Machine learning models predicting risk of revision or secondary knee injury after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction demonstrate variable discriminatory and accuracy perfor... by Benjamin Blackman, Prushoth Vivekanantha, Rafay Mughal, Ayoosh Pareek, Anthony Bozzo, Kristian Samuelsson, Darren de SA

“…Future research should focus on validating current models in addition to developing new multimodal neural networks to improve accuracy and reliability.…”
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Identifying impact factors on the communications and telecommunications sector using ensemble machine learning methods by Badykova Idelia, Biktimirova Kamilla

“…In addition, it seems advisable to generate neural networks to obtain even more accurate estimates of the impact of various factors on the communications and telecommunications sector, as well as to obtain more accurate forecast estimates.…”
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Effects of isoquinoline alkaloids as an alternative to antibiotic on oxidative stress, inflammatory status, and cecal microbiome of broilers under high stocking density by Kittisak Insawake, Thaweesak Songserm, Ornprapun Songserm, Atthawoot Plaiboon, Nitipong Homwong, Kazeem D. Adeyemi, Konkawat Rassmidatta, Yuwares Ruangpanit

“…The treatments included normal stocking density (NSD, 10 birds/m²), HSD (15 birds/m²), HSD with 50 ppm Bacitracin (BCT50), HSD with 80 ppm isoquinoline alkaloids (IQA80), and HSD with 100 ppm isoquinoline alkaloids (IQA100). …”
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Prevalence, correlates of postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic; and validation of the arabic edinburgh postnatal depression scale among Lebanese women by Christian El Kahwaji, Elie Barakat, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Camille Akkari, Savio Barakat, Souheil Hallit

“…Multivariate analysis showed that perceived childbirth experience (as “normal” (Beta= -2.57), “good” (Beta= -3.45) and “very good” (Beta= -4.14)), with worries that the newborn will get hurt/die during labor (“rarely” (Beta = 1.43) and “never” (Beta = 1.24)), a lower financial burden (Beta = − 0.19) and a higher social support (Beta = − 0.02) were significantly associated with lower rates of PPD; while higher levels of anxiety (Beta = 0.32) were associated with increased symptoms of PPD. …”
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Decoding the chicken gastrointestinal microbiome by PB. Burrows, F. Godoy-Santos, K. Lawther, A. Richmond, N. Corcionivoschi, SA. Huws

“…This study aids in defining what ‘normal’ is within poultry gastrointestinal tract microbiota globally, which is imperative to enhancing the microbiome for productive and environmental improvements.…”
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Daily time series of 12 human thermal stress indices in Greece, aggregated at commune level (1998–2022)Zenodo by Georgios Charvalis, Michalis Koureas, Chloe Brimicombe, Chara Bogogiannidou, Fani Kalala, Varbara Mouchtouri, Christos Hadjichristodoulou

“…The heat indices contained in the dataset include Apparent Temperature (AT), Heat Index (HI), Humidity Index (Humidex), Normal Effective Temperature (NET), Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (simple version WBGT), Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (thermofeelWBGT), Wet Bulb Temperature (WBT), Wind Chill Temperature (WCT), Mean Radiant Temperature (MRT), and Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) with two variations (UTCI indoor and UTCI outdoor).To develop the dataset, we used hourly climate variables, acquired from the ERA5 and ERA5-Land datasets, produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), which are accessible through the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS) Application Program Interface (API) client. …”
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The Vibrio type VI secretion system induces intestinal macrophage redistribution and enhanced intestinal motility by Julia S. Ngo, Piyush Amitabh, Jonah G. Sokoloff, Calvin Trinh, Travis J. Wiles, Karen Guillemin, Raghuveer Parthasarathy

“…A piece of Vibrio’s type VI secretion system, a syringe-like apparatus that stabs cellular targets, induces localized tissue damage, activating macrophages and drawing them from their normal residence near neurons, whose stimulation of gut contractions they dampen, to the damage site. …”
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Effects of a whole body compression garment on recovery after a heavy resistance by Ahmad Arbabı

“…An 6-exercise whole body heavy resistance exercise protocol using barbells (10 repetition of 3 sets at 70% of one- repetition maximum, 2.0 minute rest) was performed after which the subject showered and put on a specific whole body compression garment one designed for women and one for men (CG) or just wore his/her normal noncompression clothing (CON). Subjects were then tested after 24 hours. …”
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Low Serum miR-607 Level as a Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker in Patients of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Preliminary Study by Dawei Jiang, Xiangfei Yuan, Jianqi Ni, Lan Shen, Min Cai, Liu Xu

“…Results. miR-607 levels were downregulated in PDAC tumor tissues compared with normal tissues. Also, low miR-607 levels were observed in serum samples from PDAC patients than that in healthy controls. …”
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The Plasma Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor Is Related to Disease Activity of Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis by Fei Huang, Yueqiang Li, Ranran Xu, Anying Cheng, Yongman Lv, Qingquan Liu

“…We evaluated 90 AAV patients with follow-up data and 35 normal controls; their plasma suPAR and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were measured by ELISA. …”
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Predictors of self-reported hypertension among women of reproductive age in North Dakota by Corey A. Day, Grace Njau, Matthew Schmidt, Agricola Odoi

“…Results The odds of hypertension were significantly higher among women of reproductive age who reported frequent mental distress (odds ratio [OR] = 2.0, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.3–3.3), resided in a primary care health professional shortage area (OR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.2–2.6), were obese (OR = 2.6, 95% CI = 1.7–4.1) and were 35–44 years old (OR = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.6–3.4), relative to their counterparts who did not have frequent mental distress, did not reside in a health professional shortage area, had a normal body mass index, and were 18–34 years old, respectively. …”
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Alterations of gray matter volume and functional connectivity in patients with cognitive impairment induced by occupational aluminum exposure: a case-control study by Huaxing Meng, Bo Liu, Xiaoting Lu, Yan Tan, Shanshan Wang, Baolong Pan, Hui Zhang, Qiao Niu

“…A mediation analysis was also conducted.ResultsPlasma aluminum levels were significantly higher in the CI group than in the normal control group. The gray matter (GM) volume in the left caudate and bilateral hippocampus was lower in the CI group and was positively correlated with cognitive scale scores. …”
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Gene expression changes in blastocyst hatching affect embryo implantation success in mice by Liyou An, Liang Zhang, Yulin Wu, Yadi Teng, Zihan Liu, Meixiang Ma, Miaolong Li, Xinrong Peng, Chenxi Liu

“…In mammalian embryonic development, blastocyst hatching is essential for normal implantation and development of the fetus. …”
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RoboGait: sistema robótico no invasivo para el análisis de la marcha humana by David Álvarez, Diego Guffanti, Alberto Brunete, Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao

“…Posteriormente, se ha medido el rendimiento del sistema en la clasificación de patrones normales y patológicos, utilizando como referencia un sistema basado en sensores inerciales Xsens®. …”
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Atividade física, sobrepeso e pressão arterial: associação independente e combinada em adolescentes by Afonso Cauduro, Mauren Bergmann, Gabriel Bergmann

“…A PA foi aferida através do método auscultatório e classificada em normal ou aumentada. Os dados foram descritos e as associações testadas pelo Qui-quadrado e regressão logística binária. …”
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Malnutrition among under-5 children and its determinants in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh: A community-based study by Shahinur Akter, Nishana Afrin Nishu

“…Moreover, children aged ≤24 months (AOR = 0.151; 95% CI: 0.034 to 0.661; p = 0.012) and 25–36 months (AOR = 0.195; 95% CI: 0.046 to 0.829; p = 0.027) were less possibly to be moderately stunted.Conclusion The study recommends training young mothers on effective child-rearing practices, creating income opportunities for women in rural Bangladesh, implementing local awareness programmes about appropriate growth standards for children and expanding facility-based healthcare centres in rural areas for better access to quality healthcare.…”
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Transcription factors MhyFIL1 and MhyFIL3 <i>(Monotropa hypopitys)</i> determine the asymmetric development of above-ground lateral organs in plants by A. V. Shchennikova, A. M. Kamionskaya, A. V. Nezhdanova, K. S. Gavrilova, M. A. Filyushin, E. Z. Kochieva, K. G. Skryabin

“…Some of the 35S::MhyFIL1 and 35S::MhyFIL3 plants died as early as the stage of the formation of the first leaves, others did not bloom, and still others had a greatly prolonged vegetation period and formed fewer flowers than normal ones. The flowers had no visible differences from the control except for fragile pedicles. …”
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Influence of gestational weight gain on baby’s birth weight in Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia: a follow-up study by Andrew Hayen, Yadeta Dessie, Maralyn Foureur, Fekede Asefa, Allison Cummins

“…Babies born to underweight women were 150.9 g (95% CI 5.8 to 308.6 g, p=0.049) lighter than babies born to normal-weight women. Similarly, babies whose mothers gained inadequate weight were 248 g (95% CI 112.8 to 383.6 g, p&lt;0.001) lighter than those who gained adequate weight. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variations in 94-GHz Radar Backscatter From a Springtime Snowpack by William D. Harcourt, Duncan A. Robertson, David G. Macfarlane, Brice R. Rea, Mike R. James, Mark Diggins, Blair Fyffe

“…AVTIS2 is a tripod-mounted, real-aperture radar system which mechanically scans across a scene of interest to map normalized radar cross section <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(\sigma ^{0})$</tex-math></inline-formula> and 3-D point clouds. …”
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Unraveling the Beneficial Role of Resveratrol in Fructose-Induced Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis with a Focus on the AMPK/Nrf2 Signaling Axis by Soha S. Zakaria, Safaa M. Hanafy

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: Sixty male albino rats were allocated to three groups: group I, the normal control group; group II, the fructose-enriched diet group (FED), which was fed a 70% fructose diet for six weeks to induce NASH; and group III, the resveratrol–FED group (RES + FED), which was given the same FED diet plus an oral dose of 70 mg/kg resveratrol (RES) every day for an additional six weeks. …”
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