Predictive markers of rapid disease progression and chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer patients following postoperative adjuvant therapy by Tao Ma, Xiao-meng Hao, Hong-dan Chen, Min-hui Zheng, Xiao-geng Chen, Shuang-Long Cai, Jin Zhang

“…A retrospective evaluation was conducted on 2294 TNBC patients who underwent surgery at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital. …”
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First report of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), biotypes B and Q, in soybean Glycine max (L.) Merrill (Fabales: Fabaceae) in Paraguay by Nancy Noemí Espinoza-Morel, Marta Alicia Fernández-Gamarra, Liliana Noelia Talavera-Stefani, Cinthia Noemí Burgos-Cantoni, Felipe Giménez, Claudia Cabral, Andrés Sanabria-Velazquez

“…DNA was extracted using the Wizard genomic purification kit, followed by PCR amplification of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) region using specific primers for B. tabaci and T. vaporariorum. Agarose gel electrophoresis confirmed the presence of B and Q biotypes of B. tabaci in both Paraguayan locations, with no detection of T. vaporariorum. …”
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Association of overweight and obesity with hypertension, diabetes and comorbidity among adults in Bangladesh: evidence from nationwide Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018 data... by Sukanta Das, Manabika Debnath, Sunanda Das, Snigdha Sarkar, Afrin Sadia Rumana

“…So, nationally representative data can be used for programme planning to prevent and treat these chronic conditions.…”
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Prevalence and determinants of HIV among reproductive-age women (15–49 years) in Africa from 2010 to 2019: a multilevel analysis of demographic and health survey data by Alemu Gedefie, Amare Muche, Anissa Mohammed, Aznamariam Ayres, Dagnachew Melak, Eyob Tilahun Abeje, Fekade Demeke Bayou, Fekadeselassie Belege Getaneh, Lakew Asmare, Abel Endawkie

“…Increasing maternal age, higher maternal education, women who were unemployed, a history of multiple sexual partners, women in a union, community-level educational status, community-level wealth index, African sub-region, and urban residence were found to be independent predictors of HIV infection in Africa.ConclusionThe burden of HIV has remained higher, highlighting the need for targeted public health intervention strategies to prevent the transmission of HIV among key populations.…”
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Traditional medicine use and associated factors in chronic patients in Jamalpur, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study by Mahmuda Akter Poli, Md Jamil Hossain, Ibrahim Kholil, Sumaya Yasmin, Bishwjit Bhowmick, Lakshmi Rani Kundu

“…Among the respondents, 22.9% of people who used traditional medicine claimed that it was effective for disease management. …”
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Acute Effects of Percussive Therapy on the Posterior Shoulder Muscles Differ Based on the Athlete’s Soreness Response by Jack H Trainer, Matthew Pascarella, Ryan W Paul, Stephen J Thomas

“… # Results The positive response group had greater improvements than the negative response group in dominant arm IR ROM (2.3° positive vs. -1.3° negative, p=0.021) and IR strength (1.1 lbs vs. -1.2 lbs, p=0.011) after percussive therapy. …”
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Modeling the determinants of attrition in a two-stage epilepsy prevalence survey in Nairobi using machine learning by Daniel M. Mwanga, Isaac C. Kipchirchir, George O. Muhua, Charles R. Newton, Damazo T. Kadengye, Abankwah Junior, Albert Akpalu, Arjune Sen, Bruno Mmbando, Charles R. Newton, Cynthia Sottie, Dan Bhwana, Daniel Mtai Mwanga, Damazo T. Kadengye, Daniel Nana Yaw, David McDaid, Dorcas Muli, Emmanuel Darkwa, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Gershim Asiki, Gergana Manolova, Guillaume Pages, Helen Cross, Henrika Kimambo, Isolide S. Massawe, Josemir W. Sander, Mary Bitta, Mercy Atieno, Neerja Chowdhary, Patrick Adjei, Peter O. Otieno, Ryan Wagner, Richard Walker, Sabina Asiamah, Samuel Iddi, Simone Grassi, Sloan Mahone, Sonia Vallentin, Stella Waruingi, Symon Kariuki, Tarun Dua, Thomas Kwasa, Timothy Denison, Tony Godi, Vivian Mushi, William Matuja

“…Background: Attrition is a challenge in parameter estimation in both longitudinal and multi-stage cross-sectional studies. Here, we examine utility of machine learning to predict attrition and identify associated factors in a two-stage population-based epilepsy prevalence study in Nairobi. …”
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Non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials by K M Saif-Ur-Rahman, Md Shariful Islam, Anupam Sarker, Rina Das, Saraban Ether

“…A total of six electronic databases including MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov and International Clinical Trials Registry Platform were searched in February 2021 using a comprehensive search strategy.Two sets of independent reviewers performed screening, risk of bias (ROB) assessment using the Cochrane ROB tool and data extraction. …”
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Transaxillary vs. Transsubclavian Gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy approaches for papillary thyroid cancer by Hongji Wu, Meiyu Zhu, Chi Ma, Rui Yang, Yanzhong Gu, Shujian Wei, Xincheng Liu, Haiqing Sun, Guibin Zheng, Xicheng Song, Haitao Zheng

“…Medical records of patients with PTC who underwent GETTA or GETTSA performed by the same surgical team between August 2022 and August 2023 were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Observational Cohort Study by Ahmed Hassan, Amr Yosry Emam, Mohammed Thabet, Ahmed Osman, Khaled Ahmed Shams, Mina Samir Labib, Ahmed Elguindy

“…Nevertheless, the outcomes are variable among studies, and data on pPCI outcomes in the elderly in Africa is scarce. Thus, we attempted to gain better insight into the outcomes of primary PCI in this age group from a single center in upper Egypt. …”
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Pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding experience of women with epilepsy in Me’enit community, South West Ethiopia by Rahel Yaekob, Tefera Belachew

“…Methods A phenomenological approach was employed to gather data on women with epilepsy (WWE) on their pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding experiences. …”
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Adaptive clinical trial of AZD7442 and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in immunosuppressed patients highly vulnerable to infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus (RAPID-PROTECTION): protocol for a multicentre, interventional open-label, randomised controlled trial by Ernest Choy, Kerenza Hood, Emma Thomas-Jones, Eleanor Barnes, Keith Wilson, Christian H Ottensmeier, Debbie Harris, Adrian Hill, Mark Tuthill, Richard Adams, Catherine Porter, Katie Ewer, Sian Griffin, Rebecca Tangney, Joanne Euden, Shirley Pringle, Lawrence Raisanen, Ruby Ray, Lisette Sheena Nixon, Melanie Varley, Craig Bodman, Paola Cicconi, Vivien Dagley, Steven Knapper

“…Introduction Despite repeated vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 virus, patients who are immunocompromised remain at very high risk of catching SARS-CoV-2 virus and becoming unwell. …”
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Association of frailty with non-laboratory based cardiovascular disease risk score among older adults and elderly population: insights from longitudinal aging study in India (LASI-... by Pritam Halder, Semanti Das, Anshul Mamgai, Divya Sharma, Ashish Behera, Pulak Syal, Vineeth Rajagopal, Tanvi Kiran

“…The prevalence of frailty was 15.6% in the participants above 45 years and 25.5% among participants aged more than 60 years. …”
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Value of Anterior Band of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament Area as a Morphological Parameter of Adhesive Capsulitis by Yun-Sic Bang, Junbeom Park, Sun Young Lee, Jiyeon Park, Sukhee Park, Young Joo, Young Uk Kim, Yoon Kyung Lee

“…To reduce this measurement error, we devised a new morphological parameter, called the anterior band of inferior glenohumeral ligament area (aIGHLA). …”
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Machine learning analysis of pathological images to predict 1-year progression-free survival of immunotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer by Hirotaka Matsumoto, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Yuki Sato, Daichi Fujimoto, Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Motohiro Tamiya, Yasuhiro Koh, Junya Fukuoka, Hisashi Tanaka, Naoki Furuya, Ryota Shibaki, Tsukasa Nozawa, Akira Sano, Yuka Kitamura, Takashi Kijima, Toshihide Yokoyama, Satoru Miura, Akito Hata, Jun Sugisaka

“…Background In small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) could be a promising biomarker for immunotherapy, but objectively evaluating TIME remains challenging. Hence, we aimed to develop a predictive biomarker of immunotherapy efficacy through a machine learning analysis of the TIME.Methods We conducted a biomarker analysis in a prospective study of patients with extensive-stage SCLC who received chemoimmunotherapy as the first-line treatment. …”
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Construction of a predictive model for the risk of aspiration in enteral nutrition patients in ICU by CHEN Yue, ZHANG Hui, GUAN Chun, HU Fasheng

“…Objective To investigate and screen the risk factors and construct a risk prediction model for aspiration in enteral nutrition patients in ICU.Methods ICU patients who underwent enteral nutrition in the ICU of Qingdao Municipal Hospital were included from January 2022 to June 2023. …”
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The Long-Term Change of Arrhythmias after Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects by Hongyan Zheng, Aiwen Lin, Li Wang, Yukai Xu, Zhiwei Zhang

“…To observe and analyze the long-term change of different types of arrhythmias after transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect (pmVSD). Methods. We retrospectively collected the data of patients who underwent pmVSD closure in our institution from March 2002 to December 2010. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of manual therapy, pharmacological treatment, exercise therapy, and education for neck pain (COMPETE study): protocol of a systematic review with network... by Ana Izabela Sobral de Oliveira-Souza, Jordana Barbosa-Silva, Douglas P. Gross, Bruno R. da Costa, Nikolaus Ballenberger, Tiago V. Pereira, Liz Dennett, Susan Armijo-Olivo

“…The revised Cochrane Risk-of-Bias (RoB) tool for RCTs (RoB-2) will be used to evaluate RoB, and the certainty of evidence will be evaluated by Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE). …”
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Application of information-based closed-loop management in optimizing surgical process (基于信息化的闭环管理优化手术流程的设计与实践) by ZHOU Liheng (周立恒), ZHU Xiaodong (朱小东), CHEN Qiannan (陈倩楠), LI Amin (李阿敏)

“…Medical staff operates the PDA to perform corresponding operations on patients who need surgery, and the information system captures the execution node (node set through the actual business content), the execution time and the integrated analysis of these data information to form a closed-loop style. …”
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Evaluating the Effect on Total Daily Insulin Dose in Adult Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Managed with Metformin and/or GLP-1 or GLP-1/GIP Receptor Agonists by Mayeesha Ahmed, Emily Pierson, Molly Webster

“…Methods: This single-center, retrospective cohort study evaluated adult patients with T1D who received standard insulin therapy plus the following non-insulin therapies for at least 3 months: metformin; GLP-1 RA or GLP-1/GIP RA; or metformin and a GLP-1 RA or GLP-1/GIP RA (combination group). …”
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