Enhancing Health Equity and Patient Engagement in Diabetes Care: Technology-Aided Continuous Glucose Monitoring Pilot Implementation Project by Madhur Thakur, Eric W Maurer, Kim Ngan Tran, Anthony Tholkes, Sripriya Rajamani, Roli Dwivedi

“…With the increasing adoption of technologies in health care delivery, digital tools for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) are being used to improve disease management and increase patient engagement. …”
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Does Treatment with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Affect Adherence to International Society Criteria for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes? A... by Aongus O’Brolchain, Joshua Maletsky, Ibrahim Mian, Serena Edwards

“…The physiological effects of SGLT2i are such that hyperglycaemia and ketonuria are no longer reliable diagnostic tools in patients treated with this class of medication. …”
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Engineered testbeds for investigating syringe injection performance in human factors studies by Andrew Pack, Sabrina Su, Frank A. Drews, Amrish Chourasia, Kevin Cluff, Joy Guerrieri, Jungkyu Kim

“…The presented systems offer valuable tools for future Human Factors studies, enabling quantification of user strength during syringe injections across various groups, including those with hand impairments. …”
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In Vitro Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities, Pharmacokinetics, and In Silico Molecular Docking Study of Phytochemicals from the Roots of Ziziphus spina-christi by Hadush Gebrehiwot, Urgessa Ensermu, Aman Dekebo, Milkyas Endale, Tariku Nefo Duke

“…The ADME and toxicity properties of the compounds were evaluated using SwissADME and ProTox-II online Web tools, respectively. Conversely, the in silico molecular docking studies were attained via a Biovia Discovery Studio Visualizer 2021 in combination with the AutoDock Vina software. …”
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Strategies for genetic manipulation of the halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii: ectopic DNA integration and marker-free CRISPR/Cas9 transformation by Yainitza Hernandez-Rodriguez, A. Makenzie Bullard, Rebecca J. Busch, Aidan Marshall, José M. Vargas-Muñiz

“…Although H. werneckii have been extensively studied due to their unique physiology and cell biology, deciphering the underlying mechanisms behind these remarkable phenotypes has been limited due to the lack of genetic tools available. Here, we report a new ectopic integration protocol for H. werneckii using polyethylene glycol-CaCl2 mediated protoplast transformation. …”
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Improving doublet cell removal efficiency through multiple algorithm runs by Yong She, Chaoye Wang, Qi Zhao

“…We evaluated the MRDR strategy in 14 real-world datasets, 29 barcoded scRNA-seq datasets, and 106 synthetic datasets with four popular doublet detection tools, including DoubletFinder, cxds, bcds, and hybrid. …”
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Navigating Treatment Dilemmas: Exploration of Strategies in Managing Unfavorably Positioned Maxillary Impacted Canines with Contraindication to Traction - Unmasking Orthodontic Per... by Gargi Singh, Purva Joneja, Tanveer Akhtar, Oshin Pawar, Mahathi Gurijala, Rani Mehrotra

“…Results: About 70% of respondents used all available diagnostic tools (Panoramic X-ray, CBCT, IOPA). About 75% of respondents identified individuals over 18 years as the most unfavorable age group for orthodontic traction. …”
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Identifying [between] Geser and Genghis Khan. Part 1: Contamination of Images in Folklore and Historical Memories of Central and Inner Asia by Natalia N. Nikolaeva, Evgenii V. Nolev

“…Methods of comparative analysis ― the comparative/genetic and historical/typological ones ― have proven instrumental in tracing common images and plots of Turko-Mongolian folklore narratives, and considering the latter both within related origins and typological proximities arising from actual historical conditions. Contextual analysis tools have revealed certain meanings of narrative situations and semantics of images articulated in those situations. …”
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Policy instrument terms in patriotic health campaign documents issued by Chinese national government agencies from 1952 to 2023: a quantitative textual analysis by Yuanyuan LA, He ZHU, Qiqi WANG, Hongyan YAO, Xiaoyun LIANG

“…Content analysis was used to systematically analyze policy goal setting and policy instrument selection at different stages. ResultsA total of 79 policy documents were included in this study. …”
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Understanding trends in osteoporosis drug prescribing: implications for reducing futile biomedical research by Jonathan R. Guillemot, Jonathan R. Guillemot, John W. Abraham, Anthea Tinker

“…The interplay of clinical evidence, diagnostic tools availability, and broader societal attitudes toward aging and treatment efficacy affect medical attitude and prescribing behaviors. …”
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Challenges and motivating factors for integrating geostatistical models in targeted schistosomiasis control: A qualitative case study in Northwestern Tanzania. by Jake D Mathewson, Linda van der Spek, Dunstan J Matungwa, Anna Samson, Harry L S Coleman, Ente J J Rood

“…However, the lack of WHO guidance on the use of these tools calls for action to translate the potential of such models into recommendations that encourage routine integration from national programs. …”
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MiR-595 and Cldnd1: Potential related factors for bone loss in postmenopausal women with hip osteoporotic fracture. by Sun Jingyue, Liu Peixin, Wang Xiao

“…Screening of miRNA target genes using TargetScan and miRDB tools. GO and KEGG analyses of target genes (TGs) function were performed. …”
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Perioperative estimations of oxygen consumption from LiDCO™plus-derived cardiac output and Ca-cvO2 difference: Relationship with measurements by indirect calorimetry in elderly pat... by Julia Jakobsson, Carl Norén, Eva Hagel, Magnus Backheden, Sigridur Kalman, Erzsébet Bartha

“…Current methods, either by reverse Fick calculations using pulmonary artery catheterisation or metabolic by breathing gas analysis, are often deemed too invasive or technically requiring. In addition, reverse Fick calculations report generally lower values of oxygen consumption.…”
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Evaluation of the relationship between worry and anxiety with the general health status of pregnant women at risk of diagnosing abnormalities by Maryam Hassanzadeh Bashtian, Morvarid Irani, Alireza Afshari-Safavi, Fatemeh Keramati, Roya Ram, Tooba Farazmand

“…Results The average age of the participants was 28.13 ± 6.17 years. The average total score of general health was 15.49 ± 7.14, while the average total worry and anxiety scores were 16.81 ± 11.74 and 45.12 ± 6.06, respectively. …”
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Dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis alters the proportion and composition of replicating gut bacteria by Eve T. Beauchemin, Claire Hunter, Corinne F. Maurice

“…Here, we use a recently developed single-cell technique alongside existing metagenomics-based tools to identify, track, and quantify replicating gut bacteria both ex vivo and in situ in the dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) mouse model of colitis. …”
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Phygitalization of educational technologies in Russia: directions, examples, problems by Andrey I. Kapterev

“….; 2) the importance of each component is analyzed and examples of how they can be implemented in practice are given, the main problems are discussed and potential solutions are proposed; 3) an overview of the main functions of the phygitalization of educational technologies is presented, including the definition of this trend, characteristics and main problems; 4) the main methods and tools used in the phygitalization of educational technologies are discussed; 5) the most promising areas of research in this field are determined. …”
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Prediction of Groundwater Level Based on the Integration of Electromagnetic Induction, Satellite Data, and Artificial Intelligent by Fei Wang, Lili Han, Lulu Liu, Yang Wei, Xian Guo

“…Remote sensing data combined with machine learning algorithms have become one of the important tools for groundwater level modeling. However, the effectiveness of the above-based model in the plains of the arid zone remains underexplored. …”
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A mixed method exploration of job morale of physicians working in public healthcare settings in Kazakhstan during the COVID-19 pandemic by Alina Kuandyk, Mariya Dmitriyeva, Nazerke Toleukhanova, Maev Conneely, Timur Suleimenov, Dauren Sarssenov, Raimzhan Mamytkhan, Madiyar Sakhayev, Arman Tleubergenov, Medet Toleubayev

“…Descriptive statistics and regression models were utilised to analyse the quantitative data, while thematic analysis was employed for the qualitative data. Results A total of 2086 survey responses and 30 interviews were analysed. …”
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CIME4R: Exploring iterative, AI-guided chemical reaction optimization campaigns in their parameter space by Christina Humer, Rachel Nicholls, Henry Heberle, Moritz Heckmann, Michael Pühringer, Thomas Wolf, Maximilian Lübbesmeyer, Julian Heinrich, Julius Hillenbrand, Giulio Volpin, Marc Streit

“…Abstract Chemical reaction optimization (RO) is an iterative process that results in large, high-dimensional datasets. Current tools allow for only limited analysis and understanding of parameter spaces, making it hard for scientists to review or follow changes throughout the process. …”
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Qwen-2.5 Outperforms Other Large Language Models in the Chinese National Nursing Licensing Examination: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Comparative Study by Shiben Zhu, Wanqin Hu, Zhi Yang, Jiani Yan, Fang Zhang

“… BackgroundLarge language models (LLMs) have been proposed as valuable tools in medical education and practice. The Chinese National Nursing Licensing Examination (CNNLE) presents unique challenges for LLMs due to its requirement for both deep domain–specific nursing knowledge and the ability to make complex clinical decisions, which differentiates it from more general medical examinations. …”
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