Eco-epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in captive chimpanzees in Gabon by Mohamed Hassani Mohamed-Djawad, Krista Mapagha-Boundoukou, Neil M. Longo-Pendy, Serge Ely Dibakou, Barthelemy Ngoubangoye, Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, Larson Boundenga

“…A Spearman rank correlation analysis revealed a strong positive, though non-significant, relationship between parasite prevalence in soil samples and in captive chimpanzees (ρ = 0.82; p = 0.089).…”
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Early rehabilitation challenges of surgical patients with COVID-19 infection - a single-arm study by Simić-Panić Dušica, Bošković Ksenija, Pantelinac Slobodan, Knežević Aleksandar, Jovićević Predrag, Kozios Apostolos, Janjić Nataša, Nikolić Nikola, Vojnović Larisa, Tomašević-Todorović Snežana

“…The remaining 31 patients had unsuccessful RT. The binary logistic regression analysis has shown that age (p = 0.009), cardiovascular disease (p = 0.017), and malignancy (p = 0.022) were significant predictors of rehabilitation outcome. …”
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Prevalence of pregnancy, unintended pregnancy, poor pregnancy outcome and its associated factors among female sex workers in Cameroon by Jean-Pierre Yves Awono Noah, Justin Ndié, Clifford Muluh, Rogacien Kana Dongmo, Francis Ateba Ndongo, Félicité Naah Tabala, Jean De Dieu Anoubissi, Martial Guengang Tedongmo, Yembe Njamnshi Wepnyu, Martial Aimé Bonyohe, Jaures Metambou, Yvette Ndjatte Heuya, Zacheaus Zeh Akiy, Iris Kuoh Ebongue, Carrine Angumua, Albert Zeh Meka, Basile Keugoung, Joseph Fokam, Jérôme Ateudjieu, Anne Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek

“…Conclusion Among FSWs in Cameroon, younger age (< 25 years), positive pregnancy intention, and psychoactive substance use were all significantly associated with higher odds of experiencing pregnancy in the past twelve months. …”
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Assessment of risk factors for high-grade cervical or endometrial lesions to triage women with AGC-FN: a retrospective study by Shuxia Xu, Tingting Jiang, Xiaodan Mao, Liangzhi Cai, Xite Lin, Yao Tong, Binhua Dong, Pengming Sun

“…The association between high-grade lesions and clinicopathologic features were analyzed using independent sample nonparametric tests and binary logistic regression. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of different triage strategie were evaluated. …”
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Clinical and laboratory indicators predicting coagulase-negative staphylococci as a cause of bloodstream infection among children below five years of age admitted at a tertiary hos... by Petro Juma, Upendo Kibwana, Anjela Charles, Namala Mkopi, Mabula Kasubi, Lilian Nkinda, Salim Masoud, Joel Manyahi, Mtebe Majigo, Agricola Joachim

“…A p-value <0.05 at 95% confidence intervals was considered significant.Results Of 246 patients, 100(40.7%) were positive blood cultures. CoNS were the most prevalent, isolated in 51(51.0%) blood cultures. …”
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Predictors of rethrombosis and death in patients with COVID-19 after lower limb arterial thrombectomy for acute ischemia by M. V. Afonkina, O. Yu. Martynova, S. S. Nazarova, A. V. Korotkikh, O. V. Lebedev, S. V. Artyukhov, O. Sh. Mukhtorov, R. Yu. Lider, Sh. Van, T. Sh. Ramazanova, L. V. Roshkovskaya, A. S. Zharova, V. S. Trishin, G. Yu. Kargatova, E. Ya. Yakhnis, A. A. Pivovarov, M. A. Khetagurov, V. M. Unguryan, A. N. Kazantsev, Yu. B. Belov

“…For the period from April 2020 to January 2022, 189 pa tients with acute arterial lower limb thrombosis and acute lower limb ischemia were included in this study. In all cases, a positive polymerase chain reaction test for SARS-CoV-2 was obtained. …”
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Evidence of high genetic diversity among parasite populations in a schistosomiasis hotspot by Yvonne Aryeetey Ashong, Emmanuel Odartei Armah, Jewelna Akorli, Frank Twum Aboagye, Isaac Owusu-Frimpong, Linda Batsa Debrah, Rhoda Lims Diyie, Samuel Armoo, Alexander Yaw Debrah, Mike Yaw Osei-Atweneboana

“…This study assessed the genetic diversity and structure of S. mansoni populations under treatment using multi-locus microsatellite markers. Egg-positive stool samples from school-aged children in schistosomiasis-endemic communities were analyzed to obtain a binary matrix for GenAlEx 6.502 analysis. …”
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Spatial distribution and factors associated with HIV testing among adolescent girls and young women in Sierra Leone by Augustus Osborne, Camilla Bangura, Samuel Maxwell Tom Williams, Alusine H. Koroma, Lovel Fornah, Regina M. Yillah, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…An analysis utilising mixed-effect multilevel binary logistic regression was performed to determine the factors associated with HIV testing. …”
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Pooled prevalence of modern contraceptive utilization and its associated factors among reproductive age women in East Africa: derived from demographic and health surveys by Gosa Mankelkl, Beletu Kinfe

“…The primary outcome was modern contraceptive utilization, defined as a binary variable (yes = use of modern methods; no = use of traditional/folkloric or no methods). …”
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Prediction of apolipoprotein A-I and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the neurological impairment and relapse of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder by Yanyan Wang, Feng Wang, Teng Huang, Ziling Zeng, Li Jiao, Hao Sun, Xiaoyu Zhang, Baojie Wang, Rujia Liu, Shougang Guo, Shougang Guo

“…The purpose of the study is to investigate the associations between lipid profile with neurological impairment and relapse.MethodsThis study retrospectively collected data from 130 hospitalized patients with AQP4-IgG positive NMOSD. Based on the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores at admission, patients were categorized into a mild-to-moderate group (EDSS ≤ 5.5) and a severe group (EDSS ≥ 6). …”
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Predictive value of ENLIGHT-DP in patients with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors and platinum chemotherapy directly from histopathology slid... by Eli Pikarsky, Anna Elia, Gal Dinstag, Omer Tirosh, Tuvik Beker, Ranit Aharonov, Hovav Nechushtan, Leon Gugel, Yaron Kinar, Michael Tabi, Tzivia Gottlieb, Aron Popovtzer, Johnathan Arnon, Yakir Rottenberg, Philip Blumenfeld

“…Using a predetermined binary cut-off (established on independent cohorts) for patients predicted to respond to ICI, ENLIGHT-DP achieves 100% positive predictive value (PPV) and 44% sensitivity, superior to both PD-L1&gt;50% (65% PPV and 38% sensitivity) and TMB-high (82% PPV and 26% sensitivity). …”
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Electroencephalographic biomarkers of antibody-mediated autoimmune encephalitis by Lu Sun, Yaping Hu, Jingjing Yang, Lihong Chen, Ying Wang, Wei Liu, Jau-Shyong Hong, Yunhui Lv, Lin Yang, Ying Wang

“…The EEG severity grading correlated positively with disease severity (r = 0.547, p &lt; 0.0001) and prognosis score (r = 0.521, p &lt; 0.0001). …”
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Research Progress on the Effect of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Environmental Behavior of Cadmium in Environmental Remediation by Jiabao MA, Siwen LIU, Bo WANG, Di WU, Jixin WEI, Qing SUN, Chenge MA, Yi HUANG, Taotao YAN

“…DOM can directly form DOM-Cd binary complexes through ligand exchange. According to the different bridging positions of DOM, Cd(Ⅱ), and mineral/metal surface cations (Mi/Me), two types of ternary complexes can also be formed: A or B. …”
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Multi-dimensional Element Graph Construction and Spatial Representation of Gardens in the Fuhai Area of Yuanmingyuan Based on Literary Cartography by Yuchao CAO, Nan ZHANG, Yuhang KONG

“…The semantic information mapped by the words and their relative positions in the Node-Edge is then used to carry out clustering, and the connectivity of the elements is determined according to the semantic and syntactic associations to form the associated element library. …”
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Video game-based application for fall risk assessment: a proof-of-concept cohort studyResearch in context by Antao Ming, Tanja Schubert, Vanessa Marr, Jaqueline Hötzsch, Sebastian Stober, Peter R. Mertens

“…By data analyses using binary machine learning models a classification of participants was achieved and compared with actual fall events reported for the past 24 months. …”
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A Radiogenomic Deep Ensemble Learning Model for Identifying Radionecrosis Following Brain Metastases (BM) Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer BM by Jingtong Zhao, MS, Eugene Vaios, MD, MBA, Evan Calabrese, MD, PhD, Zhenyu Yang, PhD, Scott Robertson, PhD, John Ginn, PhD, Ke Lu, PhD, Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, Zachary Reitman, MD, PhD, John Kirkpatrick, MD, PhD, Scott Floyd, MD, PhD, Peter Fecci, MD, PhD, Chunhao Wang, PhD

“…A deep neural network (DNN) was trained for radionecrosis/recurrence prediction using the 3-month post-SRS T1+c magnetic resonance imaging. Preceding the binary prediction output, latent variables were extracted as 1024 deep features. …”
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Integrated analysis of the prevalence and influencing factors of poststroke dysphagia by Xiaopeng Wen, Baochao Fan, Jie Zhan, Hao Wen, Huihui Ban, Yujiao Yang, Chenyang Tao, Cui Li, Kunbin Li, Liming Lu

“…The the Speech Language Physiotherapist group accounts for 41.36% (95% CI 36.61–46.11%), and a positive correlation between the prevalence of PSD and the NIHSS score. …”
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The relationship between neurofilament light chain and depressive symptoms according to cognitive status by Federico Bellelli, Jeremy Raffin, Davide Angioni, Julie Romana, Maria Soto, Julien Delrieu, Philipe De Souto Barreto, for the MAPT/DSA study group

“…Abstract INTRODUCTION Although recent studies have suggested a positive association between plasma neurofilament light chain (NfL) and depressive symptoms, the moderating effect of cognitive performance on this relationship remains unclear. …”
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Water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions and prevalence of intestinal parasitosis among primary school children in Dessie City, Ethiopia. by Awoke Aschale, Metadel Adane, Melaku Getachew, Kebede Faris, Daniel Gebretsadik, Tadesse Sisay, Reta Dewau, Muluken Genetu Chanie, Amare Muche, Aregash Abebayehu Zerga, Mistir Lingerew, Mesfin Gebrehiwot, Leykun Berhanu, Ayechew Ademas, Masresha Abebe, Gebremariam Ketema, Mengistie Yirsaw, Kassahun Bogale, Fanos Yeshanew Ayele, Mequannent Sharew Melaku, Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu, Gedamnesh Bitew, Awoke Keleb, Gete Berihun, Tarikuwa Natnael, Seada Hassen, Mohammed Yenuss, Mengesha Dagne, Alelgne Feleke, Helmut Kloos

“…Factors significantly associated with intestinal parasitosis were determined using binary logistic regression model at 95% CI (confidence interval). …”
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 expression in non-small-cell lung cancer: analyses of prevalence, clinical correlations and prognostic impact in 2 large patient cohorts by Francesco Agustoni, Francesco Agustoni, Hui Yu, Kim Ellison, Derek Smith, Paul Mitchell, Gareth Rivalland, Rafal Dziadziuszko, Dexiang Gao, Shengxiang Ren, Christopher J. Rivard, Inigo San Millan, Inigo San Millan, Salvatore Corallo, Salvatore Corallo, Paolo Pedrazzoli, Paolo Pedrazzoli, Fred R. Hirsch

“…IDO-1 expression was determined to be greater in tumor immune infiltrate, with 406 patients (93.8%) determined as positive. Both continuous and binary versions of tumor H-Score showed a significant positive correlation with the amount of tumor immune infiltrate (0.1806 and 0.1698, p &lt; 0.0001). …”
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