Spatial variation and determinant factors of alcohol consumption in Ethiopia: Spatial and multilevel analysis of Ethiopian demographic and health survey. by Chala Daba, Sisay Abebe Debela, Kassahun Ayele Gasheya, Abel Endawkie, Mesfin Gebrehiwot

“…<h4>Results</h4>In this study, 33.15% (95%CI: 32.5-33.8) of the study participants consumed alcohol with statistically significant spatial variation across regions of the country. …”
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Quantitative examination of video-recorded NHS Health Checks: comparison of the use of QRISK2 versus JBS3 cardiovascular risk calculators by Christopher J Gidlow, Sarah Grogan, Lisa Cowap, Elizabeth Cottrell, Ruth Chambers, Naomi J Ellis, Victoria A Riley, Diane Crone, David Clark-Carter

“…We present data from the quantitative process evaluation.Setting and participants Twelve general practices in the West Midlands (England) conducted NHSHC using JBS3 or QRISK2 (6/group). …”
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Importance of EQA/PT for the detection of genetic variants in comprehensive cancer genome testing by Kazuyuki Matsushita, Takayuki Ishige, Kousuke Watanabe, Toshiaki Akahane, Akihide Tanimoto, Michiko Yoshimoto, Munekazu Yamakuchi, Teruto Hashiguchi, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Makoto Ikejiri, Toshikazu Yamaguchi, Tadashi Yamasaki, Mayu Takeda, Masaaki Hibi, Naoki Akiyama, Kaho Shimizu, Naonori Hashimoto, Hiroko Sato, Yoshinori Tanaka, Fumie Amari, the EQA working group of Japan Association for Clinical Laboratory Science(JACLS)

“…Second, when DNA was extracted from FFPE samples, pathogenic variants and variants with companion diagnostic indications were detected in all 10 participating laboratories. Each variant had < 20% VAFs on average (8.1–19.1%) and wide variability among laboratories was observed (relative standard deviation, 13–60%). …”
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Atezolizumab, bevacizumab, pemetrexed and platinum for EGFR‐mutant NSCLC patients after EGFR TKI failure: A phase II study with immune cell profile analysis by Shang‐Gin Wu, Chao‐Chi Ho, James Chih‐Hsin Yang, Shu‐Han Yu, Yen‐Feng Lin, Shu‐Chin Lin, Bin‐Chi Liao, Ching‐Yao Yang, Yen‐Ting Lin, Chong‐Jen Yu, Ya‐Ting Chuang, Wei‐Yu Liao, Kah Yi Yap, Weng Si Kou, Jin‐Yuan Shih

“…Rresults 22 EGFR‐mutant NSCLC patients participated in this study. The ORR was 42.9%, with a disease control rate (DCR) of 100%. …”
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Predictive models and determinants of mortality among T2DM patients in a tertiary hospital in Ghana, how do machine learning techniques perform? by Godsway Edem Kpene, Sylvester Yao Lokpo, Sandra A. Darfour-Oduro

“…Results Of the 328 participants, 183 (55.79%) were female, and the percentage of mortality was 11.28%. …”
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The mediating role of aging attitudes between social isolation and self-neglect: a cross-sectional study of older adults living alone in rural China by Yuling Jia, Yuexue Yue, Yu Sheng

“…Self-neglect was also negatively correlated with aging attitude (r = -0.367, P < 0.05). Aging attitude partially mediated the relationship between social isolation and self-neglect among older adults living alone in rural areas, with a mediation effect of -0.077, accounting for 28.20% of the total effect. …”
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Gestion durable de la biodiversité et promotion des agricultures de type écologique en milieu paysan en Martinique by Jean Miatekela

“…L’heure n’est-elle pas à la mise en œuvre de démarches participatives s’appuyant sur la logique de co-construction ?…”
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Endogenous sex hormone levels are associated with the revised Framingham Stroke Risk Profile in postmenopausal women: a longitudinal study in a Swedish cohort by Kristin Ottarsdottir, Åsa Tivesten, Claes Ohlsson, Ying Li, Margareta Hellgren, Ulf Lindblad, Bledar Daka

“…Methods This is an observational cross-sectional study on the Vara-Skövde cohort, a Swedish population-based study for longitudinal surveillance of the development and progress of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. The participants were physically examined in 2002–2005 and sex hormones were analysed with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay (LC-MS/MS). …”
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The quality of judicial decisions in cases of bullying in professional educational institutions by O. G. Yushkevych

“…The article analyses the judicial decisions made by courts in the period from 2019 to 2021 in cases on administrative offences involving bullying of participants in the educational process in vocational education institutions in terms of their clarity (comprehensibility) and validity. …”
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Evolución de un índice de verdor en hoja para evaluar el status nitrogenado en trigo by María E. Gandrup, Fernando O. García, Karina P. Fabrizzi, Hernán E. Echeverría

“…Se determinó una bajarelación entre IV e ISN al macollaje con el rendimiento en grano. A partirde encañazón, se alcanzaron aceptables ajustes entre dichas variables (R2=0.68 a 0.84 para IV; R2= 0.70 a 0.84 para ISN), lo que pone de manifiestosu valor predictivo. …”
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Impact of expressive intentions on upper-body kinematics in two expert pianists by Craig Turner, Robin Mailly, Fabien Dal Maso, Felipe Verdugo

“…An inertial measurement unit system recorded upper body kinematics.Results and discussionBoth proximal and distal joint ROM increased when pianists incorporated expressive intentions. Participants exhibited more static, non-neutral wrist postures when incorporating expressive intentions (right and left wrist for P1 and P2, respectively), suggesting an increased risk of distal injury. …”
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Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein C promotes non-small cell lung cancer progression by enhancing XB130 mRNA stability and translation by Qinrong Wang, Xuanjing Gou, Lingling Liu, Daolan Deng, Yan Zhao, Jianjiang Zhou, Yuan Xie, Yinhui Jiang, Jianglun Li, Jian Zhang, Ying Liu

“…Additionally, overexpressing XB130 in hnRNPC-silenced cells partially restored cell proliferation and EMT. Mechanistically, hnRNPC specifically bound to the 3’UTR segments of XB130 mRNA, enhancing mRNA stability by inhibiting the recruitment of nucleases 5’-3’ exoribonuclease 1 (XRN1) and DIS3-like 3’-5’ exoribonuclease 2 (DIS3L2). …”
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Identifying the mentorship needs among faculty in a large department of psychiatry- support for the creation of a formal mentorship program by Mary Jane Esplen, Lisa M. Fiksenbaum, Elizabeth Lin, Shaheen A. Darani, John Teshima, Simone N. Vigod, Nicole Kozloff, Peter Szatmari, Krista L. Lanctôt, Certina Ho, Ivan Silver, Sophie Soklaridis, Jiahui Wong

“…In comparing study participants to the department, the sample appeared to provide a fair representation. …”
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Formación en reputación. Análisis de los principales MBA en México by José Rafael Santana Villegas

“…Limitaciones/implicaciones: El trabajo presenta áreas de oportunidad para la formación ejecutiva en México a través de los programas de MBA; sin embargo, debe considerarse como un punto de partida para estudios posteriores en los que se aborde el tema desde otros ángulos, en los que se consideren también opiniones de altos ejecutivos, consultores y directores académicos de los programas de MBA. …”
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miR-10a in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Is a Biomarker for Sepsis and Has Anti-Inflammatory Function by Guoping Zheng, Guanguan Qiu, Menghua Ge, Jianbiao Meng, Geng Zhang, Jiangmei Wang, Ruoqiong Huang, Qiang Shu, Jianguo Xu

“…PBMC at admission were examined for a panel of 4 miRNAs (miR-10a, miR-17, miR-27a, and miR-125b), which have been documented to participate in inflammatory response in immune cells, via qRT-PCR. …”
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Discrimination of Radiologists' Experience Level Using Eye-Tracking Technology and Machine Learning: Case Study by Stanford Martinez, Carolina Ramirez-Tamayo, Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui, Kal Clark, Adel Alaeddini, Nicholas Czarnek, Aarushi Aggarwal, Sahra Emamzadeh, Jeffrey R Mock, Edward J Golob

“…In addition, a repeatability experiment using a separate dataset, experimental protocol, and eye tracker was performed with 8 participants to evaluate the robustness of the proposed approach. …”
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The Influence of Profit-Sharing Rate, Financing, Company Size, and Good Corporate Governance (GCG) on Deposit Growth in Islamic Banks in the Asian Region by Chinta Khusnia, Guntur Kusuma Wardana

“…The results of the analysis displayed that partially, the profit sharing has no impact on the growth of deposits, financing has an impression on the growth of deposits, the size of the company affects the growth of deposits, GCG influences the growth of deposits and overall the rate of profit sharing, financing, size of the company and GCG is a positive peer influence on the growth of deposits.   …”
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La escritura borrada de las mujeres. Itinerarios lectores inclusivos y (re)construcción del canon poético / The erased writing of women. Inclusive reading itineraries and (re)const... by Remedios Sánchez-García, Pablo Aparicio-Durán

“…Este artículo aborda el modo en que las estructuras patriarcales han silenciado el discurso poético de las mujeres en el siglo XX español, perpetuando los modelos seculares de la tradición. El punto de partida teórico muestra cómo se ha construido el canon literario a partir de la historia y la ideología dominante para promover su difusión a través del canon escolar reproducido en los materiales didácticos utilizados en la educación literaria. …”
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High-Titer Rheumatoid Factor is Associated with Worse Clinical Outcomes and Higher Needs for Advanced Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis Under Real-Life Conditions by Victor Davi R. S. Oliveira, Ana Paula M. G. Reis, Claiton V. Brenol, Ivânio A. Pereira, Karina R. Bonfiglioli, Letícia R. Pereira, Manoel B. Bértolo, Maria de Fátima L. C. Sauma, Maria Fernanda B. R. Guimarães, Paulo Louzada-Júnior, Rina D. N. Giorgi, Sebastião C. Radominski, Licia Maria H. Mota, Cleandro P. Albuquerque, Geraldo R. Castelar-Pinheiro

“…Results We included 1097 participants; 78.7% had positive RF, with high titers (≥ 3 × the upper limit of normality) in 56.2%. …”
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Association of serum chloride levels with all-cause mortality among patients in surgical intensive care units: a retrospective analysis of the MIMIC-IV database by Quan Ma, Wei Tian, Kaifeng Wang, Bin Xu, Tianyu Lou

“…This dataset encompassed demographic profiles, laboratory findings, historical medical data, vital statistics, and variables pertinent to prognosis. Participants were divided into four groups based on their serum chloride concentrations. …”
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