Development of metastasis and survival prediction model of luminal and non-luminal breast cancer with weakly supervised learning based on pathomics by Hui Liu, Linlin Ying, Xing Song, Xueping Xiang, Shumei Wei

“…The stratification of breast cancer patients into risk groups, determined by their metastasis and survival outcomes, is pivotal for tailoring personalized treatments and therapeutic interventions. …”
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Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions, The Level of Anxiety and Hopelessness of University Students by Aysel Esen ÇOBAN, Neslihan Güney KARAMAN

“…The reason of this could be that this study was made on healthy populations that are not diagnostic patients and this study was made on the students who continue to the foundation university. …”
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Association of LPCAT1-rs8352 genetic variant with susceptibility and severity of pediatric bronchial asthma: a case-control study by Khalid M. Mohany, Yasser Gamal, Yaser F. Abdel Raheem

“…Additionally, the study examined the influence of LPCAT1-rs8352 genotypes on asthma-related biomarkers including blood eosinophils count (BEC), eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and immunoglobulin E (IgE) and on lung function [forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and the forced vital capacity (FVC)]. Patients and methods The study included ninety-six participant grouped into two groups: G1 (46 asthmatics) and G2 (50 healthy controls). …”
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Comparative efficacy of sleep positional therapy, oral appliance therapy, and CPAP in obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis of mean changes in key outcomes by Yunjun Gao, Sixiang Zhu, Wenjun Li, Youqing Lai

“…BackgroundObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is commonly treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), though many patients struggle with adherence. Sleep positional therapy (SPT) offers a potential alternative, especially for positional OSA (POSA). …”
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Magnitude and Predictors of Dietary Diversity among HIV-Infected Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy: The Case of North-Western, Ghana by Louis Nebayeng Mornah, Mahama Saaka, Diana Pireh

“…This study assessed the magnitude and factors associated with dietary diversity among HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Methods. …”
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FTO deficiency facilitates epithelia dysfunction in oral lichen planus by Yufeng Fan, Yukai Hao, Yan Ding, Xiangyu Wang, Xuejun Ge

“…Here, we demonstrated that the protein levels of FTO in the keratinocytes from OLP patients were down-regulated compared to those from healthy participants. …”
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Muscular Dystrophies at Different Ages: Metabolic and Endocrine Alterations by Oriana del Rocío Cruz Guzmán, Ana Laura Chávez García, Maricela Rodríguez-Cruz

“…These facts all suggest that there is a need for better comprehension of metabolic and endocrine implications for muscular dystrophies with the purpose of developing improved clinical treatments and/or improvements in the quality of life of patients with dystrophy. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to describe the current knowledge about of metabolic and endocrine alterations in diverse types of dystrophinopathies, which will be divided into two groups: childhood and adult dystrophies which have different age of onset.…”
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A Systematic Review of Center of Mass as a Measure of Dynamic Postural Control Following Concussion by Sarah Patejak, Joshua Forrest, Emily Harting, Mable Sisk, Eric Schussler

“…The areas that had the poorest scoring were bias, study size, statistical methods, participants, descriptive data, and main results. Results of the review indicate that COM displacement was higher in concussion groups with a sufficiently taxing task, such as a dual task paradigm…”
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Plasma circulating cell–free DNA integrity and relative telomere length as diagnostic biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy: a cross-sectional study by Chao Ying, Chao Han, Yuan Li, Mingkai Zhang, Shuying Xiao, Lifang Zhao, Hui Zhang, Qian Yu, Jing An, Wei Mao, Yanning Cai

“…This study investigated the total concentration, nonapoptotic level, integrity, and cell-free DNA relative telomere length of cell-free DNA in the peripheral blood of 171 participants, comprising 76 normal controls, 62 patients with Parkinson’s disease, and 33 patients with multiple system atrophy. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Physical Activity on Dementia Progression Using Clustering and the MRI-Based Kullback–Leibler Divergence by Agnieszka Wosiak, Małgorzata Krzywicka, Katarzyna Żykwińska

“…Our study mainly focused on crucial parameters such as the body mass index (BMI), skeletal muscle index (SMI), and MRI biomarkers, including the hippocampal volume and white matter integrity. We grouped the participants according to the similarities of their body compositions through clustering techniques. …”
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Poor COVID-19 Preventive Practice among Healthcare Workers in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 by Belayneh Ayanaw Kassie, Aynishet Adane, Eskeziaw Abebe Kassahun, Amare Simegn Ayele, Aysheshim Kassahun Belew

“…The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak affects the global social, economic, and political context and becomes a significant threat to healthcare providers who are among the exposed groups to acquire and transmit the disease while caring and treating patients. …”
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Hydrocortisone for Preventing Adverse Drug Reactions to Snake Antivenom: A Meta-Analysis by Jihua Feng, Zimeng Wu, Qiao Yu, Hongyuan Li, Pan Ji, Yanli Yang, Xiaoliang Zeng, Xiaowen Zheng, Chunling Zhao, Jianfeng Zhang

“…Our primary end point was the risk of ADRs, which was reported as the number of patients who developed ADRs divided by the total number of snakebite patients administered with antivenom separately for the prehydrocortisone and control groups for each study. …”
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Measurement of Photoreceptor Layer in Glaucoma: A Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Study by Ning Fan, Nina Huang, Dennis Shun Chiu Lam, Christopher Kai-shun Leung

“…Thirty-eight healthy normal volunteers and 47 glaucoma patients were included in the analysis. One eye from each participant was randomly selected for macula imaging by a spectral-domain OCT (3D OCT-1000, Topcon, Tokyo, Japan). …”
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Influence of Disc Size on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Cirrus Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma by Shino Sato, Kaori Ukegawa, Eri Nitta, Kazuyuki Hirooka

“…A total of 51 eyes of 51 normal participants and 71 eyes of 71 glaucoma patients were examined. …”
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Levels of generalized anxiety, moral distress, and moral courage among nurses: A comparative study in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 wards by Seyede Fatemeh Gheiasi, Ahmad Reza Abedi, Mahboobeh Khosravani, Fatemeh Rafiei, Andrew Fournier, Maryam Ebrahimabadi

“…Similarly, no significant difference was found in the mean (SD) score of moral courage between the two groups caring for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients [59.66 (8.28) vs. 60.46 (6.06), p=0.983]. …”
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The impact of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists in the treatment of eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hanieh Radkhah, Shiva Rahimipour Anaraki, Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari, Razman Arabzadeh Bahri, Diar Zooravar, Sara Asgarian, Reza Hosseini Dolama, Ali Alirezaei, Razieh Khalooeifard

“…Results Five studies (182 participants) were included. Patients receiving GLP-1 agonists experienced greater weight loss (− 3.81 kg; 95% CI − 5.14 to − 2.49; p < 0.01, I 2: 59.88%) compared to controls. …”
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MATN3 Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Osteoarthritis in Chinese Han Population: A Community-Based Case-Control Study by Jiaao Gu, Jiesheng Rong, Fulin Guan, Liying Jiang, Shuqing Tao, Guofa Guan, Tianzun Tao

“…The numbers of patients with different OA subtypes were also calculated. …”
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Adverse events associated with the delivery of telerehabilitation across rehabilitation populations: A scoping review. by Thomas Yau, Josh Chan, McKyla McIntyre, Damanveer Bhogal, Angie Andreoli, Carl Froilan D Leochico, Mark Bayley, Ailene Kua, Meiqi Guo, Sarah Munce

“…For synthesis, data were summarized quantitatively using numerical counts and qualitatively via content analysis. The data were grouped by intervention type and by type of adverse event.…”
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Fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) and mortality among survivors of liver cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study by Danial Fotros, Azita Hekmatdoost, Fereshteh Pashayee-khamene, Sara Karimi, Saleheh Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Saberifiroozi, Behzad Hatami, Zahra Yari

“…The study classified participants into three groups based on their FODMAPs consumption and assessed the risk of mortality using Cox proportional hazards regression models. …”
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Efficacy and safety of intermittent fasting for type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials by Joshua Chadwick, Lavanya Ayyasamy, Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram, Ganeshkumar Parasuraman, Bhavani Shankara Bagepally, Jeyashree Kathiresan, Lokesh Shanmugam

“…The frequency of hypoglycemic episodes was comparable across both groups. Interpretation &amp; conclusions: On the basis of moderate to low certainty of evidence, IF can be a safe dietary approach for patients with T2DM, with similar safety and effectiveness profiles to regular diets. …”
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