Colchicine combination therapy increases treatment tolerance in patients with arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Changwei Zhao, Xiaogang Hao, Wenjun Cai, Ling-Feng Zeng, Wenhai Zhao, Xiangxin Li

“…Relative risk (RR) and Cohen's d (SMD) were used for categorical and continuous variables, respectively, at 95% confidence interval (CI), and Stata 17.0 software was used for statistical analysis. Sensitivity analyses were used to verify the stability of the analyzed results, and heterogeneity analyses were used to explore the sources of heterogeneity in the studies. …”
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Evaluating the association between lipidome and female reproductive diseases through comprehensive Mendelian randomization analyses by Ye Ma, Fang Wu, Zeming Yu, Lu Yang

“…Subsequently, a range of comprehensive evaluations were performed, including sensitivity analysis, mediation MR analysis, reverse MR analysis, and steiger test. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Risk Factors of Carbapenem-Resistant Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Chinese Tertiary Hospital by Zhu R, Li J, Lian S, Li Y, Cai M, Cao Y, Xu X

“…Resistance was observed against most common antibiotics, with the exception of complete sensitivity to ceftazidime-avibactam. ERIC-PCR indicated a potential clonal spread among CR-hvKp. …”
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Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its associated factors among adults in East African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Habtamu Wagnew Abuhay, Tigabu Kidie Tesfie, Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Muluken Chanie Agimas, Getaneh Awoke Yismaw, Gebrie Getu Alemu, Nebiyu Mekonnen Derseh, Bantie Getnet Yirsaw

“…Subgroup analysis, sensitivity analysis, and meta-regression analysis were also performed. …”
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Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa by Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Sian Floyd, María Rupérez, Helen Ayles, Redwaan Vermaak, Kwame Shanaube, Albertus Schaap, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Barry Kosloff, Thomas Gachie, Pete J Dodd, Chali Wapamesa, Michael J Burnett, Nico Kalisvaart, Tila Mainga, Linda Mureithi

“…Counting trace-positive results as positive, the sensitivity of Xpert-Ultra compared with culture was 87% (95% CI 76% to 94%) using two samples compared with 76% (95% CI 64% to 86%) using one. …”
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Productivity of water and heat resources and cotton yield response to cropping pattern and planting density in cotton fields in arid area by Zhenlin Dong, Sumei Wan, Yunzhen Ma, Jinbin Wang, Lu Feng, Yunlong Zhai, Tiantian Li, Zhengjun Cui, Jian Wang, Beifang Yang, Ze Yang, Zhan Zhao, Fei Yan, Shiwu Xiong, Yabing Li, Guodong Chen

“…To test this, a two-year field experiment (2022–2023) employed a split-plot design with two main planting patterns (four rows per film and six rows per film) and three planting densities (low, medium, and high) as subplots. Using internet of sensor technology, soil temperature and moisture were monitored to assess their spatial and temporal distributions. …”
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Blood Cell Ratio Combinations for Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infections: A Preliminary Study by Yu Y, Wen Y, Xia J, Dong G, Niu Y

“…When PAR was combined with CRP and ESR, sensitivity and specificity notably improved to 93.8% and 92.5%, respectively. …”
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Circulating Galectin-3 and Aldosterone for Predicting Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation by Zhong-bao Ruan, Run-feng Gao, Fei Wang, Ge-cai Chen, Jun-guo Zhu, Yin Ren, Li Zhu

“…The area under the curve (AUC) of preoperative serum Gal-3, ALD, and 2 combined to predict the recurrence of AF patients after RFCA was 0.636, 0.798, and 0.893, respectively, while sensitivity was 65.32%, 71.69%, and 88.61%, respectively and specificity was 77.46%, 78.53%, and 86.0%, respectively. …”
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Environmental risk factors for self-harm during imprisonment: A pilot prospective cohort study. by Thomas Stephenson, Imogen Harris, Charlotte Armstrong, Seena Fazel, Roxanna Short, Nigel Blackwood

“…Time spent in areas with a higher number of prisoners per member of prison staff was significantly associated with reduced self-harm behaviour in adjusted models (OR 0.89, CI 0.78-0.99, p = 0.039). Following sensitivity analyses, the associations between frequent cell changes and self-harm behaviour, and between single cell placement and self-harm ideation, remained statistically significant.…”
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Osobowość ekologiczna płci - badania ankietowe by Irena Grochowska

“…Woman can show man how to admire nature, how to develop sensitivity and open ones eyes to new perspectives, whose theoretical author is often he himself. …”
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Clinical Features at Onset and Genetic Characterization of Pediatric and Adult Patients with TNF-α Receptor—Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS): A Series of 80 Cases from the AIDA... by Carla Gaggiano, Antonio Vitale, Laura Obici, Giampaolo Merlini, Alessandra Soriano, Ombretta Viapiana, Marco Cattalini, Maria Cristina Maggio, Giuseppe Lopalco, Davide Montin, Masen Abdel Jaber, Lorenzo Dagna, Raffaele Manna, Antonella Insalaco, Matteo Piga, Francesco La Torre, Virginia Berlengiero, Viviana Gelardi, Luisa Ciarcia, Giacomo Emmi, Piero Ruscitti, Francesco Caso, Rolando Cimaz, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Paola Parronchi, Ludovico Luca Sicignano, Elena Verrecchia, Florenzo Iannone, Jurgen Sota, Salvatore Grosso, Carlo Salvarani, Bruno Frediani, Roberto Giacomelli, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Alessandra Renieri, Donato Rigante, Luca Cantarini

“…No statistically significant differences were found in the sensitivity of the classification criteria according to age at onset and according to genotype (p<0.05). …”
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The impact of E × B shear on microtearing based transport in spherical tokamaks by B.S. Patel, M.R. Hardman, D. Kennedy, M. Giacomin, D. Dickinson, C.M. Roach

“…This is especially critical towards the plasma edge where $\hat{s}$ can be larger and where the total stored energy in the plasma is more sensitive to the local gradients. This work highlights the important role of the safety factor profile in determining the impact of equilibrium E  ×  B shear on the saturation level of MTM turbulence.…”
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Expression of LINC00847 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Children with Asthma and Its Prediction between Asthma Exacerbation and Remission by Jiaying Hu, Zhike Wang, Suzhen Han, Kai Chen

“…When LINC00847 expression was used to distinguish asthma exacerbation from asthma remission, a 0.871 AUC (95% CI: 0.805–0.936) was yielded with sensitivity of 79.63% and specificity of 77.78%. Conclusion. …”
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Human intestinal nematode infections in Sri Lanka: A scoping review. by Nalini Kaushalya Jayakody, Anjana Silva, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Nilanthi de Silva, Sisira Siribaddana, Kosala Gayan Weerakoon

“…Reliance on single stool smear microscopy highlights the need for more sensitive diagnostics to better assess infections. …”
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Self-Reported Substance Use among Patients with Mental Illness in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study by Kilaye Karino, Joel S. Ambikile, Masunga K. Iseselo

“…The implementation of routine substance use screening programs for patients with mental illness is crucial, alongside gender-sensitive and age-specific interventions. Consideration of patients’ family history of mental illness and substance use should be an integral part of these measures.…”
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Association of insulin resistance surrogates with live birth outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing in vitro fertilization by Shenghao Wu, Yanhong Wu, Lizi Fang, Xiaosheng Lu

“…Moreover, we also performed sensitivity analyses with stratification and interaction tests. …”
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Inflammatory bowel disease increases the risk of pancreatitis: a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis by Li-Hui Fang, Jia-Qi Zhang, Jin-Ke Huang, Xu-Dong Tang

“…Four independent summary statistics of pancreatitis from the the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI, 10,630 AP cases and 844,679 controls, 1,424 CP cases and 476,104 controls) and FinnGen Consortium (8,446 AP cases, 4,820 CP cases and 437,418 controls) were used for bidirectional MR analyses and sensitivity analysis. Finally, further meta-analysis was conducted on the MR results. …”
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Antibiotic resistance genotype, phenotype, and clinical outcomes in patients with Gram-negative infections at Rabin Medical Center in Israel by Rachelle E. Koch, Jackson Barth, Andrew E. Clark, Dhara Desai, Jiwoong Kim, Christine A. Pybus, Xiaowei Zhan, Leonard Leibovici, Dafna Yahav, David E. Greenberg

“…Increased blaOXA-72 copy number was associated with carbapenem-resistance in A. baumannii (P = 0.003) and meropenem minimum inhibitory concentration (P = 0.005), yet carbapenem-resistant isolates retained sensitivity to cefiderocol and sulbactam–durlobactam. …”
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Pengamanan Citra Digital Menggunakan Kriptografi DnaDan Modified LSB by Sabrina Adela Br Sibarani, Andreas Munthe, Ronsen Purba, Ali Akbar Lubis

“…The encryption process consists of two layers: first, a chaotic system like Arnold's Cat Map (ACM) is used to shuffle pixel positions through several iterations, while the Logistic Map (LM) generates a keystream due to its high sensitivity. The second layer involves DNA characteristics, utilizing nucleotide bases (A, T, C, G) to encrypt image data at the molecular level, resulting in higher randomness. …”
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Fine-scale satellite-based monitoring of temperature and vegetation cover in microclimates, distribution ranges, and landscape connectivity for Neurergus kaiseri (Kaiser’s mountain... by Peyman Karami, Sajad Tavakoli, Mina Esmaeili

“…Amphibians’ sensitivity to climate change makes them effective environmental indicators. …”
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