Aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio and short-term prognosis of patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for heart failure by Dan Liu, Li Liu, Nan Li, Yiling Zhou, Hongmei Huang, Jidong He, Heling Yao, Xiangyang Chen, Xiaochi Tang, Miye Wang, Ying Qi, Si Wang, Ye Zhu, Haoming Tian, Zhenmei An, Sheyu Li

“…Baseline AST/ALT ratio was calculated. The primary outcomes were all-cause death within 30 days after discharge, composite cardiac events, major acute kidney injury, and major systemic infection. …”
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Epidemiology and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dadaab Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, March 2020–December 2022 by Maurice Ope, Raymond Musyoka, Abdihakim Kosar, Mohammed Osman, Abdijamal Hassan, Hussein Mohammed, Penina Munyua, Bonventure Juma, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Sofia Mohammed, John Burton, Rachel B. Eidex

“…Methods: We describe interventions to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Dadaab Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya and performed descriptive analyses using March 2020 to December 2022 data from Kenya's national SARS-CoV-2 repository and line list of positive cases maintained by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We calculated case fatality rates (CFR) and attack rates per 100,000 (AR) using the 2019 national census and population statistics from UNHCR and compared them to national figures. …”
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Benefits and Risks of Clopidogrel vs. Aspirin Monotherapy after Recent Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Maurizio Paciaroni, Birsen Ince, Bo Hu, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Kursad Kutluk, Liping Liu, Min Lou, Vladimir Parfenov, Ka Sing Lawrence Wong, Babak Zamani, Dara Paek, Jung Min Han, Michael del Aguila, Shalini Girotra

“…Pooled effect estimates were calculated using a random effects model and were reported as risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals. …”
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Impaired Sphenoparietal Venous Drainage Is Associated With Increased Risk of Vasospasm in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage by Kyle A. Lyman, Gautam Adusumilli, Hera A. Kamdar, Joanna Yang, Guy A. Rordorf, Daniel B. Rubin, Robert W. Regenhardt, Christopher J. Stapleton, Aman B. Patel, Joseph J. Locascio, William Taylor Kimberly, Brian L. Edlow, Jeremy J. Heit, David Y. Chung

“…The cortical vein opacification score (COVES) is a radiographic metric calculated from a computed tomography angiogram that provides a measure of venous drainage using 3 cortical veins in each hemisphere. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence-Powered Software in Crown Design: An In Vitro Study by Ziqiong Wu, Chengqi Zhang, Xinjian Ye, Yuwei Dai, Jing Zhao, Wuyuan Zhao, Yuanna Zheng

“…Morphological accuracy was assessed by means of three-dimensional geometric calculations, with the root-mean-square error compared against the standard group. …”
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The diagnostic performance of indocyanine green for the sentinel node biopsy in prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Siyang Ma, Jianxuan Sun, Jinzhou Xu, Ye An, Mengyao Xu, Chenqian Liu, Sihan Zhang, Lintao Miao, Xingyu Zhong, Na Zeng, Haodong He, Shaogang Wang, Qidong Xia

“…., PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science, to retrieve articles studying the diagnostic performance of ICG for the SNB in PCa from the inception to Sep 9, 2023. We calculated the pooled sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, diagnostic odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Relationship between kidney function and healthy life expectancy: A historical cohort study by Hisayuki Ogura, Tadashi Toyama, Hikaru Samuta, Kohei Hirako, Tomoya Itatani, Shiori Nakagawa, Megumi Oshima, Shinji Kitajima, Akinori Hara, Norihiko Sakai, Miho Shimizu, Tomoyuki Takura, Takashi Wada, Yasunori Iwata

“…Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate the risk regarding time to the primary endpoint. …”
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The Impact of Atorvastatin on Intraprostatic Biomarkers – Prognostic Value of 3LS-score – Follow-up of ESTO1-Trial by Eemil Lehtonen, Maiju Vertanen, Heimo Syvälä, Teemu Tolonen, Seppo Auriola, Teuvo Tammela, Aino Siltari, Teemu Murtola

“…Cox regression models were used to analyse clinical outcomes between the groups. The 3LS score was calculated by identifying the constituent lipids from the prostate lipidome. …”
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Effect of adipose tissue deposition on insulin resistance in middle‐aged and elderly women: Based on QCT and MRI mDIXON‐Quant by Ying Liu, Lei Gao, Mengfei Wu, Boyang Yang, Dongxue Ren, Zekun Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yan Wang

“…Methods All participants underwent quantitative computed tomography (QCT) and MRI mDIXON‐Quant examination and calculated the TyG index based on the fasting blood glucose and triacylglycerol. …”
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Donor-derived cell-free DNA for detection of acute rejection in lung transplant recipients by Gökce Yavuz, Julia Walter, Julia Walter, Kaimo Hirv, Oliver Wachter, Andrea Dick, Julia Kovacs, Julia Zimmermann, Olaf M. Glueck, Maximilian Vorstandlechner, Nicole Samm, Jan M. Fertmann, Wulf Sienel, Sebastian Michel, Sebastian Michel, Michael Irlbeck, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Rudolf Hatz, Rudolf Hatz, Jürgen Behr, Jürgen Behr, Christian Schneider, Christian Schneider, Teresa Kauke, Teresa Kauke

“…An optimal cut-off of 0.73% for %ddcfDNA was calculated to detect ACR and AMR with 80% specificity and 68% sensitivity.Discussion%ddcfDNA is a promising biomarker for identifying allograft injury due to acute rejection in LTR and could be a valuable tool for monitoring allograft health.…”
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A new and automated risk prediction of coronary artery disease using clinical endpoints and medical imaging-derived patient-specific insights: protocol for the retrospective GeoCAD... by Louisa Jorm, Daniel Moses, Dona Adikari, Ramtin Gharleghi, Shisheng Zhang, Arcot Sowmya, Sze-Yuan Ooi, Susann Beier

“…More than a quarter of cardiovascular events are unexplained by current absolute cardiovascular disease risk calculators, and individuals without clinical risk factors have been shown to have worse outcomes. …”
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Sealing Ability of AH Plus and GuttaFlow Bioseal by Soo-Hyuk Lee, Soram Oh, Adel Saeed Al-Ghamdi, Ayman Omar Mandorah, Kee-Yeon Kum, Seok Woo Chang

“…The leakage was obtained by calculating the volume of moved water by time (s), after stabilization of the fluid flow was achieved. …”
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Depression as a risk factor for osteoporosis independent of sarcopenia in hemodialysis patients: findings from a multicenter cross-sectional study by Xiaohua Hu, Xianwu Ye, Haimin Chen, Bibo Wu, Qi Guo, Chen Yu, Wei Ding, Jianying Niu, Junli Zhao, Hualin Qi, Suhua Zhang, Cheng Xue, Liming Zhang

“…Skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) was calculated from body composition data obtained through multifrequency bioimpedance analysis (BIA), while handgrip strength (HGS) was measured with a dynamometer. …”
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Associations between contextual and compositional characteristics of early childcare facilities with health, health behaviours and well-being among young children aged 0 to 6 years... by Jennifer Hilger-Kolb, Sven Schneider, Raphael Herr, Nina Osenbruegge, Stephanie Hoffmann, Max Herke, Claudia Pischke, Leonie Sundmacher, Katharina Diehl

“…To determine inter-rater agreement between reviewers, we will calculate Cohen’s Kappa after both steps. Key characteristics (eg, country of origin, sample size, study design) of included articles will be extracted. …”
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Modifiable risk factors for anemia among women of childbearing age in sub-saharan Africa (2015–2023) by Beminate Lemma Seifu, Yohannes Mekuria Negussie, Angwach Abrham Asnake, Bezawit Melak Fente, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Mamaru Melkam, Meklit Melaku Bezie, Alemayehu Kasu Gebrehana, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Hiwot Atlaye Asebe

“…Using multilevel multinomial regression models, we calculated the Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) with a 95% Confidence Interval, and subsequently estimated the Population Attributable Fraction (PAF) based on these AOR values. …”
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A Method for Quantifying Mung Bean Field Planting Layouts Using UAV Images and an Improved YOLOv8-obb Model by Kun Yang, Xiaohua Sun, Ruofan Li, Zhenxue He, Xinxin Wang, Chao Wang, Bin Wang, Fushun Wang, Hongquan Liu

“…Linear fitting was performed via the least squares method to calculate planting layout parameters. The results indicated that on the 13th day post seeding, a 2640 × 1978 image captured at 7 m above ground level exhibited optimal detection performance. …”
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Nonlinear Modelling of Kinetic Data Obtained from Photocatalytic Mineralisation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol on a Titanium Dioxide Membrane by Ignazio Renato Bellobono, Roberto Scotti, Massimiliano D'Arienzo, Franca Morazzoni, Riccardo Bianchi, Rodica Stanescu, Cristina Costache, Liliana Bobirica, Gabriela Cobzaru, Paola Maria Tozzi, Mauro Rossi, Mauro Luigi Bonardi, Flavia Groppi, Luigi Gini

“…For the first series of experiments, a kinetic model was employed, already validated in previous work, from which, by a set of differential equations, four final optimised parameters, k1 and K1, k2 and K2, were calculated. By these parameters, the whole kinetic profile could be fitted adequately. …”
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Optomechanical Gyroscope Based on Micro-Hemispherical Shell and Optical Ring Resonators by Jamal N. A. Hassan, Wenyi Huang, Maoyuan Wang, Senyu Zhang, Guangjun Wen, Yongjun Huang

“…Numerical simulations demonstrated the optomechanical micro-hemispherical shell resonator gyroscope could attain a calculated scale factor of 77.9 mV/(°/s) and total angle random walk of 0.0662 °/h^1/2 for a micro-hemispherical shell mass of 212 ng at an input laser power of 5 mW. …”
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Trends to shorter diagnostic delay in spondyloarthritis patients during the last decades and association with clinical presentation: data from ASAS-COMOSPA study by Robert Landewé, Désirée van der Heijde, Filip van den Bosch, Maxime Dougados, Anna Molto, Stefan Siebert, Juergen Braun, Yuko Kaneko, Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand, Martin Soubrier, Atsuo Taniguchi, Masato Okada, Alain Cantagrel, Shigeto Kobayashi, Jon Packham, Philippe Goupille, Rene-Marc Flipo, Alain Saraux, Philippe Gaudin, Roberto Caporali, Raj Sengupta, James Cheng-Chung Wei, Tetsuya Tomita, Fernando Pimentel-Santos, Alberto Ortiz, Gaëlle Varkas, Alejandro Martínez, Shigeyoshi Tsuji, Alejandro Alvarellos, José Maldonado-Cocco, Yoshinori Taniguchi, Fadoua Allali, Raquel Almodovar González, Elena Alonso Blanco-Morales, Maria Aparicio Espinar, Pamir Atagunduz, Pauline Bakker, Leila Benbrahim, Bahia Benchekroun, Alberto Berman, Pedro Carvalho, Gustavo Casado, Francisco Colombres, Eugenio del Miguel Mendieta, Vanesa Duarte, Cristina Fernandez Carballido, Manuel Fernandez-Prada, Pilar Font Ugalde, Dolors Grados Cánovas, Jordi Gratacós Masmitjá, Vittorio Grosso, Naomi Ichikawa, Hisashi Inoue, Taku Kawasaki, Manjari Lahiri, Hernán Maldonado-Ficco, Kazuo Matsui, Ramón Mazzuchelli Esteban, Corinne Micelli, Chisun Min, Mitsuhiro Morita, Juan Mulero Mendoza, Gisela Pendón, Dora Pereira, Hanan Rkain, Oscar Rillo, Carlos Rodriguez Lozano, Adrián Salas, Carlos Salinas-Ramos, Amelia Santosa, Caroline Spiegel, Carmen Stolwijk, Kurisu Tada, Naoho Takizawa, Chung Tei Chou, Lay-Keng Teoh, Wen-Chan Tsai, Olga Tsyplenkova, Kiana Vakil-Gilani, Rafael Valle-Oñate, Virginia Villaverde, Ai Yap, Pedro Zarco Montejo, Juan C Barreira, Juan D Diaz-Garcia, Michel De Bandt, Astrid van Tubergen, Rodolfo Pérez-Alamino, T Marhadour, Christian Waimann, Mari CruzFernandez Espartero, Jose Raul NogueraPons, José A PereiradaSilva

“…Better disease knowledge and more accessibility to new image technology could have a positive impact on time to diagnosis.Objectives The objectives are (1) to evaluate trends in time to diagnosis in SpA patients during the last decades and (2) to determine the association between clinical presentation and diagnostic delay.Methods Cross-sectional, retrospective international study, including 3984 patients with SpA diagnosis.Statistical analysis Delay in diagnosis was calculated and patients were stratified according to decade of disease onset and initial clinical presentation. …”
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Quantifying the potential value of entomological data collection for programmatic decision-making on malaria control in sub-Saharan African settings by Nora Schmit, Hillary M. Topazian, Matteo Pianella, Giovanni D. Charles, Peter Winskill, Penelope A. Hancock, Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Katharina Hauck, Thomas S. Churcher, Azra C. Ghani

“…The DALYs averted and their net monetary benefit were compared at different cost-effectiveness thresholds and the value of resolving uncertainty in entomological model parameters was calculated. Results Across transmission settings and at cost-effectiveness thresholds over US$170 per DALY averted, the most cost-effective intervention package was switching to and scaling up pyrethroid-pyrrole ITNs combined with the treatment and prevention package. …”
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