Addressing technology-mediated stigma in sexual health-related digital platforms: Insights from design team members. by Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai, Amanda Fuchsia Howard, Paul J Yong, Leanne M Currie

“…We interviewed 14 design team members (i.e., software engineers, user interface and user experience (UI/UX) designers, content creators, and project managers) who were involved in digital health design projects across two universities in western Canada. …”
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Prognostic stratification of patients with AJCC 2018 pN1 disease in stage III oral squamous cell carcinoma by Ming-Hsien Tsai, Hui-Ching Chuang, Yu-Tsai Lin, Tai-Lin Huang, Fu-Min Fang, Hui Lu, Chih-Yen Chien

“…Methods Patients with pT1-3N1 (based on the eighth edition of the AJCC staging system) oral cancer who underwent surgery between 2007 and 2016 were enrolled retrospectively for survival analyses. …”
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Identification of Potential Type II Diabetes in a Large-Scale Chinese Population Using a Systematic Machine Learning Framework by Mingyue Xue, Yinxia Su, Chen Li, Shuxia Wang, Hua Yao

“…A total of 584,168 adult subjects who have participated in the national physical examination were enrolled in this study. …”
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Statistical Fragility of Findings From Randomized Phase 3 Trials in Pediatric Oncology by Hannah E. Olsen, Pei‐Chi Kao, Caleb Richmond, David S. Shulman, Wendy B. London, Steven G. DuBois

“…We also report fragility quotients (FQ and SFQ) to normalize FI and SIFI relative to trial size. …”
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Dosimetry of automatic non-coplanar volumetric-modulated arc therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Kaiqiang Chen, Jihong Chen, Yanming Cheng, Danni Hong, Cairong Hu, Penggang Bai, Jinyong Lin, Yang Yang, Xiuchun Zhang

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 20 patients with initially diagnosed NPC who had received TomoTherapy (TOMO) treatment. Treatment plans were redesigned using HA technology on the Eclipse planning system. …”
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Assessment of heavy metal pollution and spatial distribution in waterfalls of Chattogram district, Bangladesh: Implications for drinking and irrigation purposes by Abdur Rouf Azad, Md. Rezaul Karim, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Md. Ripaj Uddin

“…CA grouped monitoring sites into two clusters based on anthropogenic and geo-genic inputs. …”
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Postoperative Complications After Operative Treatment of Open Versus Closed Distal Radius Fractures: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis by R. Cole Schmidt, MD, Conor N. O’Neill, MD, Zakkary J. Walterscheid, MD, James R. Satalich, MD, Jonathan Isaacs, MD

“…This suggests that many OF patients do not carry a clinically increased short-term risk of infection when compared to CF patients. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Salmonella, Shigella, and Intestinal Parasites and Associated Factor among Food Handlers in Dilla University Student Cafeteria, D... by Kuma Diriba, Ephrem Awulachew, Zemach Ashuro

“…In this study, through irregular medical checkups, those who drunk unpasteurized milk and ate raw meat were significantly associated with intestinal parasites. …”
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Association of age-related macular degeneration on fracture risks among osteoporosis population: a nationwide population-based cohort study by Bing-Yu Chen, Chi Chin Sun, Ting-Shuo Huang, Tsai-Sheng Fu, Chia-Yi Lee, Fang-Ping Chen

“…A total of 13 584 and 54 336 patients with OS were enrolled in the AMD group and the non-AMD group, respectively.Intervention Patients with OS were included from the Taiwan’s NHIRD after exclusion, and each patient with AMD was matched for age, sex and comorbidities to four patients with non-AMD OS, who served as the control group. A Cox proportional hazard model was used for the multivariable analysis.Primary outcome measures Transitions for OS to spine fracture, OS to hip fracture, OS to humero-radio-ulnar fracture and OS to death.Results The risks of spine and hip fractures were significantly higher in the AMD group (HR=1.09, 95% CI=1.04 to 1.15, p<0.001; HR=1.18; 95% CI=1.08 to 1.30, p=0.001, respectively) than in the non-AMD group. …”
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Topical Tranexamic Acid and Chest Masculinization Surgeries—Impact on Postoperative Hematoma Incidence by Krisztina Sipos, Katriina Joensuu, Susanna Kauhanen, Kaisu Ojala

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort comprises female-to-male transgender and non-binary patients who underwent chest masculinization at Helsinki or Tampere University hospitals between 2018 and 2024. …”
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Diagnostic disparities in inborn errors of immunity: From clinical suspicion to diagnosis by Karen M. Gilbert, PhD, Robert F. LeCates, MA, Alison A. Galbraith, MD, MPH, Paul J. Maglione, MD, PhD, Stephanie Argetsinger, MPH, Nicholas L. Rider, DO, Jocelyn R. Farmer, MD, PhD, Mei-Sing Ong, PhD

“…However, there remains a lack of national studies evaluating diagnostic disparities in IEI. Objective: We examined disparities in the timely IEI diagnosis and related health outcomes. …”
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Genre et discours métaphoriques sur la traduction by Lori Chamberlain

“…Based on the study of texts and anthologies from 1958 to 1985, particularly major texts such as those by Serge Steiner and Serge Gavronsky (and by those who inspired them from 1684 like Roscommon, Franklin or Cowper), she draws on Jacques Derrida, Terry Eagleton, Joseph Graham, Carole Maier, Suzanne Jill Levine or Susan Gubar, by deepening their approach, to analyze both the subordinate status given to translation by great translation scholars in the face of writing, but also the sexualized and submissive relationship it is supposed to have with the original text. …”
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The Associations of COVID-19 Induced Anxiety, Related Knowledge and Protective Behavior by Abanoub Riad, Yi Huang, Liping Zheng, Steriani Elavsky

“…A self-administered questionnaire with multiple-choice items was created in Microsoft Forms (Microsoft Corp. Redmond, WA. 2020). A 5-point Likert scale with ten items, where "1" refers to "Totally disagree" and "5" refers to "Totally agree," was developed to evaluate the anxiety induced by the COVID-19 outbreak highlighting the suggested sources of stress and anxious emotions, e.g., "When I or any family member go outside home during this COVID-19 outbreak I feel anxious". …”
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Computational Study Protocol: Leveraging Synthetic Data to Validate a Benchmark Study for Differential Abundance Tests for 16S Microbiome Sequencing Data [version 2; peer review: 2... by Clemens Kreutz, Eva Kohnert

“…Building on Nearing et al.’s study (1), who assessed 14 differential abundance tests using 38 experimental 16S rRNA datasets in a case-control design, we are generating synthetic datasets that mimic the experimental data to verify their findings. …”
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New‐Occurrence of Postoperative Modic Changes and Its Influence on the Surgical Prognosis After Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Disc Discectomy by Lei Li, Chao Wang, Hao Zhang, Zhiming Liu, Zheng Lian, Han Li, Hao Tao, Xuexiao Ma

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from 419 patients with single‐segment lumbar disc herniation who underwent PELD between January 2019 and December 2022. …”
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Predictors and Outcomes of Hematoma Expansion and Neurological Decline in Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Multisite Mobile Stroke Unit Study by Asish K. Gulati, Tianwen Ma, Isaiah Rolle, Ryan Peterson, Bianca Pirlog, Justine Chen, Megan Heckathorn, Jonathan Ratcliff, Nicolas Bianchi, Carol Fleming, Michael Frankel, James Grotta, Ritvij Bowry, Stephanie Parker, William Hicks, Digvijaya Navalkele

“…Results Of the 55 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 27% experienced HE within the first 4 hours from last known well with the majority of HE occurring within the first 60 to120 minutes. …”
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PERSPECTIVES ON THE CHALLENGES TO THE WATCHDOG FUNCTION OF THE MEDIA IN NIGERIA by EMMANUEL OMULA, ROSELINE OGBOLE

“…Institutions of the state will continue to remain weak and useless until people who work in such institutions do the right thing. …”
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Effects of Low-Flux and High-Flux Dialysis Membranes on Erythropoietin Responsiveness in Hemodialysis Patients by Walid A. R. Abdelhamid, Mohamed M. Soliman, Ayman R. A. El-Hameed

“…Erythropoietin resistance index levels did not differ between the two groups upon repeated measures over a 1-year follow-up. …”
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Role of Ultrasonography in Monitoring Chemotherapeutic Effects on Primary Thyroid Lymphoma: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Shirong Liu, Ying Fu, Ligang Cui, Shumin Wang, Shi Tan

“…<i>Background and Objectives:</i> In this study, we assessed the utility of ultrasonography in monitoring the chemotherapeutic effects on primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL). …”
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Comparison Of ALT In Type 2 Diabetics with And Without Fatty Liver Disease by Kausar Malik, Faiza Batool, Lubna Meraj, Shazia Saddiq, Abrar Akbar, Hina Hanif Mughal

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was done for six months at Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zaid Al-Nahyan Hospital Rawalakot. In our study, we included all the patients who presented to the outpatient department (OPD) having type 2 diabetes mellitus. …”
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