Determination of the effect of danofloxacin on 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine level by Devran Coşkun, Rahmi Canbar, Yasemin Korkmaz, Burak Dik, Ayşe Er, Enver Yazar

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> In this study, 8-OHDG levels did not change (P>0,05) statistically, while temporal elevations in troponin I, CK-MB isoenzyme and AST levels were determined (P<0,05). …”
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Does the Use of Nitroglycerin Patch Improve Local Anaesthetic Effects in Bier’s Block? A Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study by Ahmed Said Elgebaly

“…The aim of the study was to assess the nitroglycerin patch as a new additive to Bier’s block and its impact on the effects and dose of lidocaine. …”
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On the risks of secure attachment in infancy: Childhood irritability and adolescent depression predicted by secure attachment and high approach behaviours at 14-months towards a ca... by Jonathan Hill, Nicky Wright, Helen Sharp, Andrew Pickles, Howard Steele

“…At age 13 years, 199 young people rated their levels of depression (SMFQ). In addition to the standard SSP classification, a latent variable reflecting approach behaviours during reunions was generated from the SSP dimensional scores and a factor score extracted. …”
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Comparative analysis of consistency of adaptations to interval interventions individualized using sport-specific techniques in well-trained soccer players by Hongjun Zhang, Sheng Li, Bingyuan Yang

“…Also, anaerobic power was measured using lower-body Wingate test. Both interventions resulted in significant enhancement in all measures of cardiorespiratory fitness and anaerobic power over the training period. …”
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Altered spontaneous brain activity in children with deprivation amblyopia: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study by Yadong Li, Guangying Zheng, Baohong Wen, Xiaopan Zhang

“…One-way analysis of variance was employed to analyze fALFF values among the three groups. Additionally, the relationship between fALFF values and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was analyzed via correlation analysis. …”
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Pollutant removal by Canna Generalis in tropical constructed wetlands for domestic wastewater treatment by H.D. Tran, H.M.T. Vi, H.T.T. Dang, R.M. Narbaitz

“…However, these constants were higher for the hybrid free water subsurface constructed wetlands because of the modified structure flow of the free water subsurface constructed wetlands applied in this study, compared to conventional ones, as well as the additional benefits of the ponds in the hybrid systems.…”
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Genes related to the white face colour pattern in eight Russian cattle breeds by N. S. Yudin, N. M. Belonogova, D. M. Larkin

“…One of the major effects of domestication is change of animal coat colour to up to complete white colour of the whole body. It is possible that white colour of livestock animals had aesthetic significance for humans as well. …”
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Predicting bullying victimization among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: a large-scale machine learning approach by Ethan Low, Joshua Monsen, Lindsay Schow, Rachel Roberts, Lucy Collins, Hayden Johnson, Carl L. Hanson, Quinn Snell, E. Shannon Tass

“…LightGBM was used to create the model, achieving 70% accuracy, and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) values were utilized to interpret model predictions and to identify risk and protective predictors most highly associated with bullying victimization. …”
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Response to 1-Year Fixed-Regimen Bevacizumab Therapy in Treatment-Naïve DME Patients: Assessment by OCT Angiography by Magdalena Hunt, Sławomir Teper, Adam Wylęgała, Edward Wylęgała

“…The demographic, systemic, and ocular parameters, including the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), CMT, microaneurysm (MA) count, and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area in both superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP), as well as vessel density in SCP, were assessed in the patients. In addition, the response (good or poor) of the DME eyes to bevacizumab treatment and the final visual acuity (BCVA of 75 letters) were analyzed. …”
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Point-of-care lung ultrasound in detecting pneumonia: A systematic review by Iqra Abid, Nadia Qureshi, Nicola Lategan, Simon Williams, Sidra Shahid

“…Statistical analysis using Stata Version 16 determined pooled sensitivity and specificity via a bivariate model, emphasizing LUS and CXR diagnostic capabilities. Additionally, RevMan 5.4.1 facilitated the calculation of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV), offering insights into diagnostic accuracy…”
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Prediction of sentiment polarity in restaurant reviews using an ordinal regression approach based on evolutionary XGBoost by Dana A. Al-Qudah, Ala’ M. Al-Zoubi, Alexandra I. Cristea, Juan J. Merelo-Guervós, Pedro A. Castillo, Hossam Faris

“…The main purpose of this research is to study the problem expressed above using a model of ordinal regression to overcome issues related to misclassification. Additionally, an automatic multi-language prediction approach for online restaurant reviews was proposed by combining the eXtreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) techniques for the ordinal regression of these reviews. …”
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Co-design for stroke intervention development: Results of a scoping review. by Hardeep Singh, Natasha Benn, Agnes Fung, Kristina M Kokorelias, Julia Martyniuk, Michelle L A Nelson, Heather Colquhoun, Jill I Cameron, Sarah Munce, Marianne Saragosa, Kian Godhwani, Aleena Khan, Paul Yejong Yoo, Kerry Kuluski

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A scoping review informed by Joanna Briggs Institute and Arksey & O'Malley methodology was conducted by searching nine databases on December 21, 2022, to locate English-language literature that used co-design to develop a stroke intervention. Additional data sources were identified through a hand search. …”
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Nomogram for prognosis prediction in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients undergoing intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy: incorporating immune-inflammation scores and coagulation... by Yifan Yang, Shaoqi Zong, Yongqiang Hua

“…Next, univariate analysis was utilized to identify prognostic factors, and a stepwise regression method was employed for variable selection to construct a nomogram based on the Cox proportional hazards model. Additionally, the predictive performance of the nomogram was assessed by the concordance index (C-index), the area under the ROC curve (AUC), and calibration curves. …”
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Sequelae of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Large Single-Center Experience by Emily E. Zona, Mina L. Gibes, Asha S. Jain, Juan S. Danobeitia, Jacqueline Garonzik-Wang, Jeannina A. Smith, Didier A. Mandelbrot, Sandesh Parajuli

“…Risk factors for both all-cause and COVID-19-related mortality in the multivariate analyses included advanced age, hospitalization, and respiratory symptoms for hospital admission. Furthermore, additional risk factors for all-cause mortality in the multivariate analysis included being a non-white recipient and diabetes as a cause of ESKD, with being a recipient of a living donor as protective. …”
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A high-throughput ResNet CNN approach for automated grapevine leaf hair quantification by Nagarjun Malagol, Tanuj Rao, Anna Werner, Reinhard Töpfer, Ludger Hausmann

“…ResNet CNN-based phenotypic results compared to ground truth data received by two experts revealed a strong correlation with R values of 0.98 and 0.92 and root-mean-square error values of 8.20% and 14.18%, indicating that the model performance is consistent with expert evaluations and outperforms the traditional manual rating. Additional validation between expert vs. non-expert on six varieties showed that non-experts contributed to over- and underestimation of the trait, with an absolute error of 0% to 30% and -5% to -60%, respectively. …”
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Fluocinolone acetonide 0.2 µg/day intravitreal implant in non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment: EU expert user panel consensus-based clinical recommendations by Uwe Pleyer, Carlos Pavesio, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Carsten Heinz, Helen Devonport, Víctor Llorenç, Tomás Burke, Vanda Nogueira, Laurent Kodjikian, Bahram Bodaghi

“…Treatment algorithms were developed; one that refers to the management of patients with NIU-PS in clinical practice and another that establishes the best clinical scenarios for the use of FAc implants, both as monotherapy and as adjuvant therapy. Additionally, the Clinical-expert-panel has provided recommendations about the use of the FAc implants in a clinical-setting. …”
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M cells targeted H. pylori antigen SAM-FAdE displayed on bacterium-like particles induce protective immunity by Furui Zhang, Jiale Chen, Zhen Zhang, Jing Wu, Yuliang Qu, Linhan Ni, Guolin Zhang, Kunmei Liu, Le Guo

“…Methods and results In this study, we used bacteria-like particles (BLPs) obtained by treating Lactic acid bacteria (L. lactis) with hot acid, and successfully displayed the M cell-targeted H. pylori multi-epitope purified antigen SAM-FAdE, with 90% display efficiency. In addition, BLPs-SAM-FAdE can effectively target M ​​cell models and M cells of mouse Peyer’s patches (PPs) through oral immunization, promote the transport of particulate vaccines to dendritic cells (BMDCs) and stimulate their maturation, significantly increased proportion of plasma cells and germinal centers B cells. …”
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Impact of predictive selection of LbCas12a CRISPR RNAs upon on‐ and off‐target editing rates in soybean by Linda Rymarquis, Chenxi Wu, Diane Hohorst, Miguel Vega‐Sanchez, Thomas E. Mullen, Vijetha Vemulapalli, Douglas R. Smith

“…Examination of the edited off‐target sites revealed that LbCas12a was highly tolerant to mismatches between the crRNA and target site in bases 21–23 relative to the start of the protospacer, but even a single mismatch in the first 20 nt drastically reduced the editing rate. In addition, edits at off‐target sites have lower inheritance rates than on‐target edits, suggesting that they occur later in the plant's lifecycle. …”
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Combination of inflammatory proteins in serum can be used to diagnose papillary thyroid carcinoma with lymph node metastasis by Yongqin Pan, Guanghao Wang, Delin Chen, Zhihui Wu, Yimwing Kei, Mingxi Xu

“…Methods The 92 immune-related proteins were analyzed using a proximity extension assay. In addition, logistic regression and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression methods were used to develop combined diagnostic markers for thyroid cancer. …”
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Causal Inference for Hypertension Prediction With Wearable E lectrocardiogram and P hotoplethysmogram Signa... by Ke Gon g, Yifan Chen, Xinyue Song, Zhizhong Fu, Xiaorong Ding

“…Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of predicting the risk of hypertension by exploring features that are causally related to hypertension via causal inference methods. Additionally, we paid special attention to and verified the reliability and effectiveness of causality compared to correlation. …”
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