Associations between age, red cell distribution width and 180-day and 1-year mortality in giant cell arteritis patients: mediation analyses and machine learning in a cohort study by Si Chen, Rui Nie, Xiaoran Shen, Yan Wang, Haixia Luan, Xiaoli Zeng, Yanhua Chen, Hui Yuan

“…Furthermore, SHAP analysis revealed that both age and RDW levels made significant contributions to the prediction of mortality in GCA patients hospitalized or admitted to the ICU. …”
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Personal culture as a goal of continuing developmental education: Philosophical and methodological substantiation by N. L. Hudyakova, A. B. Nevelev, V. S. Neveleva

“…Such a justification is the content of philosophy of developmental education in that part, which can be attributed to philosophical anthropology, to the philosophy of culture and social philosophy. This content is made up of knowledge about the laws governing the development of a personal experience and the formation of the main types of personal culture. …”
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Measuring Fear and Greed Index in Stock Market: Evidence from the Tehran Stock Exchange by Mojtaba Rostami Noroozabad, Ali Golbabaei Pasandi, Milad Shahrazi, Somayeh Esfandyari

“…To apply the Fear and Greed Index in the Tehran Stock Exchange, we adapted CNN's Fear and Greed Index, making some modifications. Specifically, we retained seven variables while removing the Junk bond demand variable due to the absence of credit ratings for the debt securities traded on the Tehran Stock Exchange. …”
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Pilot study of a comprehensive multidisciplinary inpatient-based approach to smoking cessation in patients with vascular disease by Tanner Kim, MD, Anand Brahmandam, MBBS, Dana Alameddine, MD, Rachel Forman, MD, Amin Hardik, MD, Lisa Fucito, PhD, Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD, Raul Guzman, MD, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS, MPH

“…A minority of patients knew that smoking was taking years off their life (42%), made them worry about developing heart disease (34%), and reduced their quality of life (31%). …”
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Evaluation of modified interventions of integrated Traditional Chinese and western medicine in nursing of stroke patients (中风患者中西医结合优化护理干预效果观察)... by LI Yanmin (李艳敏), HUANG Chaoping (黄朝萍)

“…The Activity of Daily Living (ADL) and Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) scores were compared between two groups, and patients’ satisfaction with nursing service was evaluated by using self-made questionnaire. Results Scores of ADL and FMA were increased in both two groups after interventions, and Scores of ADL and FMA in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P＜0. 05). …”
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Deep learning radiomics nomogram for preoperatively identifying moderate-to-severe chronic cholangitis in children with pancreaticobiliary maljunction: a multicenter study by Hui-min Mao, Kai-ge Chen, Bin Zhu, Wan-liang Guo, San-li Shi

“…Conclusions The integrated DLRN can be a useful and non-invasive tool for preoperatively identifying moderate-to-severe chronic cholangitis in children with PBM, potentially enhancing clinical decision-making and personalized management strategies.…”
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Kombinasi K-NN dan Gradient Boosted Trees untuk Klasifikasi Penerima Program Bantuan Sosial by Elly Firasari, Umi Khultsum, Monikka Nur Winnarto, Risnandar Risnandar

“…Abstract Poverty for the Indonesian government is a problem that is difficult to solve. The efforts made by the government in overcoming poverty in Indonesia are through social assistance programs including BLT (Bantuan Langsung Tunai), PKH (Program Keluarga Harapan), Raskin (Beras Miskin), and others. …”
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Intratumoral BO-112 in combination with radiotherapy synergizes to achieve CD8 T-cell-mediated local tumor control by Helena Escuin-Ordinas, Ignacio Melero, Marisol Quintero, Jose Luis Perez-Gracia, Maite Alvarez, Maria E Rodriguez-Ruiz, Miguel F Sanmamed, Paloma Sanchez-Mateos, Inmaculada Rodríguez López, Irantzu Serrano-Mendioroz, Celia Barrio-Alonso, Eneko Garate-Soraluze, Victor Diaz Pascual, Leire Arbea Moreno

“…BO-112 and focal irradiation were used to make the proof-of-concept for local immunotherapy plus radiation therapy combinations.Methods Murine transplantable tumor cell lines (TS/A, MC38 and B16-OVA) were used to show increased immunogenic features under irradiation, as well as in bilateral tumor models in which only one of the lesions was irradiated or/and injected with BO-112. …”
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Redesain Aplikasi Mobile Supervisi Observasi Kelas untuk Meningkatkan Tingkat Usability by Muhammad Ifa Amrillah, Retno Indah Rokhmawati, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar

“…Testing was carried out twice, namely before and after design improvements were made. The results of observations and interviews in the initial test revealed 42 new problems, which then became the basis for recommendations for design improvements. …”
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An Injectable Hydrogel Bioimplant Loaded with Engineered Exosomes and Triple Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs with Potential for Treating Bone and Joint Tuberculosis by Huang J, Li H, Mei Y, Yi P, Ren Y, Wang Y, Han L, Tang Q, Liu D, Chen W, An Y, Hu C

“…This study aimed to develop a bioimplantable scaffold with osteoinductive and antituberculosis characteristics to treat BJTB.Methods: This scaffold is built on oxidized hyaluronic acid and carboxymethyl chitosan hydrogel mixed with hydroxyapatite as a bone tissue engineered material. In order to make the scaffold have the biological activity of promoting tissue repair, the engineered exosomes (Exoeng) were added innovatively. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of pembrolizumab, nivolumab, and atezolizumab as adjuvant therapy for high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma: an indirect comparison by Wei Chen, Wei Chen, Soichiro Yoshida, Noriyoshi Miura, Shohei Fukuda, Hiroshi Fukushima, Yuma Waseda, Hajime Tanaka, Yasuhisa Fujii

“…These results provide an evidence-based framework for clinical decision-making despite the lack of direct comparative data.…”
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The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (NKID) of the USSR in the City of Kuibyshev (1941-1943) by S. I. Chernyavsky

“…Although this period was quite short, and though key decisions were, of course, made in Moscow, intense rough work was being carried out in the “reserve capital”, which ensured the solution of the tasks set by the country's leadership to the NKID apparatus.The aggression of Nazi Germany found the Soviet Union poorly prepared not only militarily, but also diplomatically. …”
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Validation of the version 4.5 MAESTRO ozone and NO₂ measurements by P. S. Jeffery, J. R. Drummond, C. T. McElroy, K. A. Walker, J. Zou

“…The UV-channel measurements from MAESTRO are used to retrieve profiles of ozone from the short-wavelength end of the Chappuis band (UV-ozone) and <span class="inline-formula">NO₂</span>, while measurements made in the visible part of the spectrum are used to retrieve a separate ozone (Vis-ozone) product. …”
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Exploring the Social Media Discussion of Breast Cancer Treatment Choices: Quantitative Natural Language Processing Study by Daphna Y Spiegel, Isabel D Friesner, William Zhang, Travis Zack, Gianna Yan, Julia Willcox, Nicolas Prionas, Lisa Singer, Catherine Park, Julian C Hong

“…Recognizing sentiments and emotions surrounding the decision-making process can facilitate patient-centric and emotionally sensitive treatment recommendations.…”
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Descemet Endothelial Thickness Comparison Trial 1 (DETECT 1): outcome masked, placebo-controlled trial comparing two types of corneal transplant surgeries and effect of rho kinase... by Thomas M Lietman, Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, Bennie H Jeng, Benjamin F Arnold, Winston Chamberlain, Charles C Lin, Jennifer Y Li, William Gensheimer, Jameson Clover, Nicole Varnado, Sarah Abdelrahman

“…Data from the trial will be made available on reasonable request.…”
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Does Treatment with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Affect Adherence to International Society Criteria for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes? A... by Aongus O’Brolchain, Joshua Maletsky, Ibrahim Mian, Serena Edwards

“…The Joint British Diabetes Society (JBDS) and American Association of Clinical Endocrinology/American College of Endocrinology (AACE/ACE) have recently made changes to their diagnostic criteria to account for the effects of SGTL2i. …”
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ETHICS OF LIABILITY K.-O.APELY IN THE LANDSCAPES OF CONTRACTUALISM by Dmytro V. Usov

“…Methodology. In order to make a sequential analysis of the basic components and principles of ethical responsibility in K-O. …”
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Sex and outcomes of patients with microsatellite instability-high and BRAF V600E mutated metastatic colorectal cancer receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors by Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner, Chiara Cremolini, Sara Lonardi, Filippo Pietrantonio, Julien Taieb, David Tougeron, Robyn L Ward, Marco Vitellaro, Thierry André, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Jitendra Jonnagaddala, Francesca Bergamo, Raghav Sundar, Claire Gallois, Michael J Overman, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Lisa Salvatore, Romain Cohen, Rossana Intini, Priya Jayachandran, Miriam Koopman, Javier Ros, Marwan Fakih, Vincenzo Nasca, Giacomo Mazzoli, Jeanine M L Roodhart, Filippo Ghelardi, Elena Elez, Durgesh Wankhede, Marta Ligero, Joseph Zhao, Koen Zwart, Jeroen Derksen, Nicholas Hawkins, Javier Carmona

“…A significant proportion of patients show resistance, making the identification of determinants of response crucial. …”
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The Cost-effectiveness of Celecoxib versus Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs plus Proton-pump Inhibitors for Treating Osteoarthritis in Algeria by Nadir Hammoumraoui, Sid Ahmed Kherraf, Joaquin Mould-Quevedo, Tarek A. Ismail

“…Celecoxib+PPI remains dominant over a 5-year horizon, making it the most cost-effective treatment option for medium- and long-term use.…”
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The health promoting sports coach: theoretical background and practical guidance by Benjamin Tézier, Kévin Barros, Susanna Geidne, Farid Bardid, Spartaco Grieco, Stacey Johnson, Sami Kokko, Barry Lambe, Arthur Lefebvre, Aoife Lane, Linda Ooms, Jan Seghers, Vassilis Sevdalis, Stephen Whiting, Anne Vuillemin, Aurélie Van-Hoye

“…This paper enables the development of a guide to help sports coaches promote health by identifying concrete actions and short- and long-term interventions, whilst making links with the health promoting sports club model. …”
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