National Health Policy and factors predicting its implementation at the local level in Nepal: an exploratory cross-sectional study by Dipendra Khadka, Dipendra Khadka, Dipendra Khadka, Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Mengjie, Zhang Mengjie, Rajan Bhusal, Chichen Zhang, Chichen Zhang

“…Regular use of technology significantly increased the likelihood of positive NHP implementation outcomes (OR: 5.448, 95% CI: 1.988–14.926, p = 0.001). …”
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Analysis of factors associated with public attitudes towards salt reduction: a multicountry cross-sectional survey by Daisuke Yoneoka, Shuhei Nomura, Yuta Tanoue, Takayuki Kawashima, Akifumi Eguchi, Cyrus Ghaznavi, Hana Tomoi, Santosh Kumar Rauniyar, Manae Uchibori, Mami Ueta, Prapichaya Prommas, Alton Cao

“…In France (0.090, 0.033 to 0.146) and Brazil (0.092, 0.040 to 0.144), attitudes towards reducing sugar intake were positively associated with sodium reduction attitudes. …”
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<i>Proteus</i>-species-associated periprosthetic hip and knee joint infections – a 15-year cohort analysis by V. Achatz, J. A. Mitterer, J. A. Mitterer, S. Huber, S. Huber, E. Akcicek, S. Tobudic, S. Sebastian, J. G. Hofstaetter, J. G. Hofstaetter

“…Statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test and binary logistic regression. <strong>Results</strong>: Among 1776 culture-positive revision arthroplasties, we identified 26 (1.5 %) <i>Proteus</i>-species-associated PJIs. …”
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Increased serum PCSK9 levels are associated with renal function impairment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Zhicai Feng, Xiangyu Liao, Hao Zhang, Juan Peng, Zhijun Huang, Bin Yi

“…Serum PCSK9 levels were positively correlated with SBP, Scr, BUN, TG, URCR, UαCR and UACR but inversely correlated with eGFR. …”
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Demand, utilization, and supply of community smart senior care services for older people in China by Ruobing Fa, Shengxuan Jin, Peng Fan, Fengyuan Tang, Qian Jin, Changqing Wang

“…Factors influencing service preferences were analyzed using binary logistic regression based on Andersen's behavioral model. …”
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An investigation into the psychological status and influencing factors among residents undergoing standardized training by Zhenhua Liu, Haoyuan Zhang, Haoyuan Zhang, Haoyuan Zhang, Yufei Zhang, Lifang Zhou, Yixuan Wu, Zihan Lang, Leyuan Zhang, Haoyu Zhang, Qianqian Yu

“…Statistical analyses included independent-sample t-tests, chi-squared tests, and binary logistic regression to identify influencing factors.ResultsAmong 276 respondents, 20.1% screened positive for psychiatric symptoms. …”
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Intentions for post-abortion contraceptive use among women who received abortion services in health facilities of Harar city and Dire Dawa city by Meron Degefa, Nega Assefa, Merga Deresa, Dawit Abebe, Sinetibeb Mesfin

“…Data were collected using a structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire. Binary logistic regression was employed to predict the association between dependent and independent variables. …”
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Associations of Placental Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Biomarkers with Glucolipid Metabolism in Children: A Birth Cohort Study in China by Jixing Zhou, Yuzhu Teng, Jiajun Ouyang, Penggui Wu, Juan Tong, Guopeng Gao, Shuangqin Yan, Fangbiao Tao, Kun Huang

“…Statistical analyses included multiple linear regression, binary logistic regression, restricted cubic spline model, and the Bayesian kernel machine regression model. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Provincial Dwellers on Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis: Evidence from a Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in the Gambia by Amadou Barrow, Mansour Badjie, Jainaba Touray, Bakary Kinteh, Musa Nget, Ebrima Touray, Sambou L. S. Kinteh, Saikou Omar Sillah, Lamin Darboe, Yunusa Jallow, Modou Badjan, Modou Gaye, Solomon P. S. Jatta

“…Percentages, chi-square test, and binary and multiple logistic regression models were used to identify sociodemographic factors associated with the KAP variables. …”
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DRAFTS: A Deep-learning-based Radio Fast Transient Search Pipeline by Yong-Kun Zhang, Di Li, Yi Feng, Chao-Wei Tsai, Pei Wang, Chen-Hui Niu, Hua-Xi Chen, Yu-Hao Zhu

“…DRAFTS integrates object detection and binary classification techniques to accurately identify FRBs in radio data. …”
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Circulating Prokineticin 2 Levels Are Increased in Children with Obesity and Correlated with Insulin Resistance by Han Wang, Yanjun Jia, Xiaoyan Yu, Li Peng, Chunfeng Mou, Zhixin Song, Dapeng Chen, Xiaoqiang Li

“…Binary logistic regression revealed that the odds ratios for obesity were significantly elevated with increasing PK2. …”
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Sex differences in the association between metabolic disorder and inflammatory cytokines in Han Chinese patients with chronic schizophrenia by Yinghan Tian, Yinghan Tian, Zhenkuo Li, Yun Zhang, Pei Tang, Yu Zhuang, Lewei Liu, Lewei Liu, Haojie Fan, Haojie Fan, Haojie Fan, Xianhu Yao, Wenzheng Li, Lei Xia, Lei Xia, Lei Xia, Huanzhong Liu, Huanzhong Liu, Huanzhong Liu

“…General information, metabolic parameters and inflammatory cytokine indicators were collected from all participants, and the severity of their psychiatric symptoms was assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).ResultsA total of 324 patients completed the assessment and were included in this study. …”
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Major nuclear locales define nuclear genome organization and function beyond A and B compartments by Omid Gholamalamdari, Tom van Schaik, Yuchuan Wang, Pradeep Kumar, Liguo Zhang, Yang Zhang, Gabriela A Hernandez Gonzalez, Athanasios E Vouzas, Peiyao A Zhao, David M Gilbert, Jian Ma, Bas van Steensel, Andrew S Belmont

“…Models of nuclear genome organization often propose a binary division into active versus inactive compartments yet typically overlook nuclear bodies. …”
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The Relationship between Health Literacy and Online Health Information Search among Caregivers of Pediatric Oncology Children by SU Jun, WANG Jiamin, SUN Xiaojie

“…Results The health literacy scores of caregivers of pediatric oncology patients were (2.60±0.30) (2.76±0.30) (2.76±0.30), and (2.76±0.30) for the four dimensions of &quot;Perceived understanding and support from healthcare professionals&quot;&quot;Evaluation of health information&quot;&quot;Ability to interact with healthcare professionals&quot;, and &quot;Know enough about health information to know what to do&quot;, respectively; the proportion of high health literacy was 56.13%, 63.21%, and 63.21%, 35.61%, respectively; negative correlation (r=-0.161), positive correlation (r=0.006), positive correlation (r=0.073), positive correlation (r=0.102), with online health information search, respectively. …”
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Thyroid Parameters and Kidney Disorder in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the METAL Study by Yi Chen, Wen Zhang, Ningjian Wang, Yuying Wang, Chiyu Wang, Heng Wan, Yingli Lu

“…In addition, eGFR was positively associated with FT3 and T3 and was negatively associated with TSH and FT4 levels and TgAb positivity (all P<0.05). …”
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Optimizing Automated Hematoma Expansion Classification from Baseline and Follow-Up Head Computed Tomography by Anh T. Tran, Dmitriy Desser, Tal Zeevi, Gaby Abou Karam, Julia Zietz, Andrea Dell’Orco, Min-Chiun Chen, Ajay Malhotra, Adnan I. Qureshi, Santosh B. Murthy, Shahram Majidi, Guido J. Falcone, Kevin N. Sheth, Jawed Nawabi, Seyedmehdi Payabvash

“…With this strategy, we can limit expert review of automated hematoma segmentations to a subset of the dataset, tailored to the research team’s preferred sensitivity or specificity thresholds and their tolerance for false-positive versus false-negative results. We utilized three separate multicentric cohorts for cross-validation/training, internal testing, and external validation (<i>n</i> = 2261) to develop and test a pipeline for automated hematoma segmentation and to generate ground truth binary HE annotations (≥3, ≥6, ≥9, and ≥12.5 mL). …”
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Vascular retinal biomarkers improves the detection of the likely cerebral amyloid status from hyperspectral retinal images by Sayed Mehran Sharafi, Jean‐Philippe Sylvestre, Claudia Chevrefils, Jean‐Paul Soucy, Sylvain Beaulieu, Tharick A. Pascoal, Jean Daniel Arbour, Marc‐André Rhéaume, Alain Robillard, Céline Chayer, Pedro Rosa‐Neto, Sulantha S. Mathotaarachchi, Ziad S. Nasreddine, Serge Gauthier, Frédéric Lesage

“…The cerebral amyloid status was determined from binary reads by a panel of 3 expert raters on 18F‐florbetaben positron‐emission tomography (PET) studies. …”
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Maternal and perinatal outcomes by planned place of birth in Australia 2000 – 2012: a linked population data study by Jeremy J N Oats, Caroline S E Homer, David Sibbritt, David Ellwood, Hannah G Dahlen, Charlene Thornton, Seong L Cheah, Chris Rossiter, Maralyn J Foureur, Della A Forster, Helen L McLachlan, Vanessa L Scarf

“…Analysis comprised χ2 tests and binary logistic regression for categorical data, yielding adjusted ORs. …”
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Serum folate and homocysteine as biomarkers for suicide risk in major depressive disorder: insights in males and younger patients by Anqi Zhang, Yuncong Qin, Han Wang, Nan Lyu, Qian Zhao, Ling Zhang, Juan Huang

“…Furthermore, lower HCY levels (≤ 11.1 µmol/L) were positively associated with suicide risk among individuals aged ≤ 45 years (OR = 0.617; 95% CI: 0.409–0.931; p = 0.022). …”
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One Health serosurveillance of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in domestic animals from the metropolitan area of Panama by Sulamith Del C. Pacheco, Alanis J. Jimenez, Giselle A. Rangel, Claudia Del C. Rengifo-Herrera

“…In addition, 2/100 pre-pandemic canine samples (2.0%) tested positive. Most seropositive animals (75%) were reported to have lived in households with confirmed COVID-19 cases, although this variable was not statistically associated with seropositivity. …”
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