Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury at a Tertiary Institution in Nigeria by Omotayo Abimbola Ojo, Jennifer Chukwuamaka Okei, OyinOluwa Gloria Adaramola, Shakiru Olabisi Olajide, Opeyemi Mercy Awofeso, Chukwuemeka Abraham Agbarakwe, Bruno Jeneru Arekhandia, Bukola Samuel Owolabi, Abidat Adedamola Ashimi, Zaynab Oyindamola Solahudeen

“…Data were obtained with the aid of a study pro forma which recorded participants’ sociodemographic information, pre-hospital indices and clinical examination/investigations. …”
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The application of machine learning approaches to classify and predict fertility rate in Ethiopia  by Ewunate Assaye Kassaw, Biruk Beletew Abate, Bekele Mulat Enyew, Ashenafi Kibret Sendekie

“…The performance of models was evaluated using accuracy, area under the curve (AUC), precision, recall, F1-score, specificity, and sensitivity. The mean age of participants was 32.7 (± 5.6) years. The random forest classifier (accuracy = 0.901 and AUC = 0.961) followed by a one-dimensional convolutional neural network (accuracy = 0.899 and AUC = 0.958), logistic regression (accuracy = 0.874 and AUC = 0.937), and gradient boost classifier (accuracy = 0.851 and AUC 0.927) were the top performing ML models. …”
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Experience of induction of labour: a cross-sectional postnatal survey of women at UK maternity units by Helen Cheyne, Christine McCourt, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Julia Sanders, Sarah Jane Stock, Mairead Black, Cassandra Yuill, Mairi Harkness, Neelam Heera, Chlorice Wallace

“…The questionnaire was administered online and included fixed response and free-text options.Setting National Health Service maternity units in the UK.Participants 309 women who had an IOL.Outcome measures The primary outcome measure was experience of IOL. …”
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Numerical Analysis Model for the Instantaneous Grinding Temperature of Face Gears with a Worm Grinding Wheel by Wang Chao, Guo Hui, Ruan Yuhang, Ran Xiaoping, Zhao Ning

“…Secondly, the forces acting on individual abrasive grains during the grinding process are analyzed, taking into account factors such as the number of participating abrasive grains and their average grinding thickness, thereby obtaining the instantaneous tangential and normal forces. …”
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Evaluation of Therapeutic Potential of Yoga Practice in Managing Hypertension Based on Cardiopulmonary Efficiency and Physical Fitness by Ruchi Kothari, Ashay Gomashe, Bala C. Bethamcherla, Nithila Sivakumar, Lakshiya Ramamoorthy, Lakshmi Murugesan

“…Conducted over eight months at a rural medical college’s Sports Physiology Laboratory, the study reassessed participants’ cardiorespiratory fitness after six months of yoga therapy. …”
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Pretreatment with serine protease inhibitors impairs Leishmania amazonensis survival on macrophages by Patrícia de Almeida Machado, Pollyanna Stephanie Gomes, Elaine Soares Coimbra, Herbert Leonel de Matos Guedes

“…Serine proteases emerge as important virulence factors in the Leishmania genus, as they participate in important processes involved in their infectivity, virulence, and survival. …”
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Isotemporal substitution of physical activity patterns and sitting time with obesity indicators among workers in São Paulo by Diego Sales, Gerson Ferrari, João Pedro da Silva Junior, Raiany Rosa Bergamo, Pedro Paulo de Oliveira Moda, Amauri dos Santos, Mauricio dos Santos, Victor Matsudo

“…Isotemporal substitution models were analyzed using multivariate linear regression, adjusted for sociodemographic variables. Participants reported median values of 150.0 min/day (IQR: 60.0–360.0) for walking and 445.7 min/day (IQR: 317.1–565.7) for sitting time. …”
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Perioperative hypothermia prevention: development of simple principles and practice recommendations using a multidisciplinary consensus-based approach by Fiona M Wood, Nicholas Ralph, Jed Duff, Judy Munday, David Sturgess, Mary-Anne Ramis

“…Objectives To develop a consensus on evidence-based principles and recommendations for perioperative hypothermia prevention in the Australian context.Design This study was informed by CAN-IMPLEMENT using the ADAPTE process: (1) formation of a multidisciplinary development team; (2) systematic search process identifying existing guidance for perioperative hypothermia prevention; (3) appraisal using the AGREE II Rigor of Development domain; (4) extraction of recommendations from guidelines meeting a quality threshold using the AGREE-REX tool; (5) review of draft principles and recommendations by multidisciplinary clinicians nationally and (6) subsequent round of discussion, drafting, reflection and revision by the original panel member team.Setting Australian perioperative departments.Participants Registered nurses, anaesthetists, surgeons and anaesthetic allied health practitioners.Results A total of 23 papers (12 guidelines, 6 evidence summaries, 3 standards, 1 best practice sheet and 1 evidence-based bundle) formed the evidence base. …”
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Aortic stenosis post-COVID-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality by Chris P Gale, Jonathan Weir-McCall, James H F Rudd, Mamas Mamas, Ramesh Nadarajah, Ben Gibbison, Louise Sun, Christian Philip Stickels, Houyuan Jiang, Kieran J Sharkey, Nick Holliman, Sara Lombardo, Lars Schewe, Matteo Sommacal, Katherine Cheema, Feryal Erhun

“…From published data, we calculated estimates for how the strategies listed under Interventions may affect the time to clear the backlog of patients waiting for treatment and the associated waiting list mortality.Setting The NHS in England.Participants Estimated patients with AS in England.Interventions (1) Increasing the capacity for the treatment of severe AS, (2) converting proportions of cases from surgery to transcatheter aortic valve implantation and (3) a combination of these two.Results In a capacitated system, clearing the backlog by returning to pre-COVID-19 capacity is not possible. …”
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Biochemical analysis of miR-217 and miR-532 in patients with fibromyalgia by Shymaa E. Ayoub, Azza M. Ahmed, Mostafa Y. Abdelwahed, Abeer A. Khalefa, Aeshah A. Awaji, Samer S. Zekry, Enas G. Ibrahim, Hana M. Eid, Shimaa M. Elasmer, Reham Fares

“…This study included 80 participants who splitted into two groups: 40 fibromyalgia sufferers (12 male and 28 female), and 40 healthy volunteers (10 male and 30 female) who served as the control group. …”
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The effect of pre-exercise caffeine loading on body composition, blood parameters and resting pulse rate in women by Murat Bekleyiş Apaydın, Rüçhan İri

“…A total of 28 healthy women willingly participated in our study, consisting of the Step-aerobic group (Group A, N=10); Zumba (Group B, N=9), and the control group (Group C, N=9). …”
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Sequential Serous Choroidal Detachment in Subjects Undergoing Bilateral Trabeculectomy by Maryam Yadgari, Kiana Hassanpour, Fatemeh Vafaei, Nina Firoozian, Maryam Oraee Yazdani, Zahra Khorram, Sadid Hooshmandi

“…The five-year cumulative probability of success in the first- and second-operated eyes was 61.0% and 67.6%, respectively (log rank = 0.085, P = 0.77). Among the participants, 28.9% experienced SCD, and 76.9% of those who had SCD in the first-operated eye developed the same condition in the second eye as well (P < 0.001). …”
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Evaluation of mental disorder related to colposcopy procedure during the COVID period: A cross-sectional study by Ilaria Bochicchio, Martina Catalano, Giovanni Deiana, Giandomenico Roviello, Pasquale Marino, Fabrizia Calenda, Alessandro R Lettini, Francesca Sanseverino

“…Design: This longitudinal study included 96 individuals undergoing colposcopy, aged between 22 and 64, who were examined between March 2020 and December 2023. Methods: Participants were assessed at four distinct time points, referred to as T0, T1, T2, and T3. …”
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Anthropology and the City. Street Art in Medellín’s Comuna 13: A City-Making Practice and an Ethnographic Tool by Claudio Riga

“…This article will present five of these street artworks, along with their respective narrations, each reflecting a different period in Comuna 13’s history. …”
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Thresholds of handgrip strength for all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease: a secondary systematic review with dose-response meta-analysis by Hao Chen, Fan Zhang, Liuyan Huang, Yan Bai, Yifei Zhong, Yi Li

“…Outcomes of interest included only all-cause mortality.Results A total of 18 studies with 4810 participants (aged 47–71 years) were included. REMR modeling showed a U-shaped trend of association between handgrip strength and all-cause mortality in patients with CKD. …”
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Online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: Medical students’ perspective of challenges and barriers by Loma Al-Mansouri, Firas R. Al-Obaidi, Noor Ahmed Abdullah

“…Results: The total number of participants was 882 students. There were 438 (49.6%) females. …”
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The relationship between gross motor skills and visual perception of preschoolers by Kezban Tepelı

“…within this study where the relationship between preschool children's visual perceptions and their gross motor skills were comparatively examined. 322 children, ages ranging from 54 to 59 months, participated in this research designed in relational screening model. 52% of the children are boys, 48% of them are girls. …”
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Gender Was Associated with Depression but Not with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Qin Xiao-ling, Du Yin-zhen, Liu Xue-kui, Li Xue, Cheng Gang, Li Zai-li, Gao Dian-shuai

“…Demographic and PD-related clinical information of the participants were collected by the same neurologist. …”
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The Effectiveness and Safety of Probiotic Supplements for Psoriasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Preclinical Trials by Liuting Zeng, Ganpeng Yu, Yang Wu, Wensa Hao, Hua Chen

“…A total of 3 RCTs involving 164 participants were included. Two RCTs showed that probiotics can improve PASI and thereby improve the condition. …”
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Wpływ czynników środowiskowych na powstawanie chorób układu krążenia – wybrane problemy by Janusz Jerzemowski

“…Schetler (70) divided the factors favoring diseases of circulation system into two groups: risk factors (which have admitted participations in pathogenesis of heart and vascular diseases) and environmental factors which significance in pathogenesis of heart diseases still increases. …”
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