Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study from 82938 Adults in China by Qingqing Liu, Jie Yuan, Maerjiaen Bakeyi, Jie Li, Zilong Zhang, Xiaohong Yang, Fangming Gao

“…Overweight/obese adults commonly coexist with T2DM, which is closely related to adverse health outcomes. …”
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A systematic review on the influence of coagulopathy and immune activation on New Onset Atrial Fibrillation in patients with sepsis. by Brian W Johnston, Michael Downes, Angela Hall, Zachary Thomas, Ingeborg D Welters

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>New Onset Atrial Fibrillation (NOAF) is the most common arrhythmia in intensive care. Complications of NOAF include thromboembolic events such as myocardial infarction and stroke, which contribute to a greater risk of mortality. …”
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Systematic review of educational interventions to improve the menstrual health of young adolescent girls by Frances Griffiths, Bronwyn Harris, Chinwe Onuegbu, Rebecca Lane Evans

“…A logic model was constructed to frame the effect of menstrual education interventions on menstrual health.Setting Papers reporting on interventions in high-income and low-income and middle-income countries were sought.Information sources Seven electronic databases were searched for English-language entries that were published between January 2014 and May 2020.Participants The interventions were aimed at younger adolescent girls aged 10–14 years old.Interventions The interventions were designed to improve the menstrual health of the recipients, by addressing one or more elements of menstrual knowledge, attitude or practices (KAP).Eligibility criteria Interventions that had not been evaluated were excluded.Primary and secondary outcomes The most common type of output was a difference in knowledge or skill score ascertained from a pre and post test. …”
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Dietary Iodine Intake and Pattern of Thyroid Disorders among the Ethnic Population of Eastern Himalayan Ranges of India by Trisha Sonowal, Jatin Sarmah, Paresh Kumar Sarma

“…Thyroid disorders were common in subjects with iodine deficiency (61.34%) than iodine sufficient subjects (20%). …”
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Body mass index and B‐lines on lung ultrasonography in chronic and acute heart failure by Philip Brainin, Brian Claggett, Eldrin F. Lewis, Kristin H. Dwyer, Allison A. Merz, Montane B. Silverman, Varsha Swamy, Tor Biering‐Sørensen, Jose Rivero, Susan Cheng, John J.V. McMurray, Scott D. Solomon, Elke Platz

“…Abstract Aims Increased body mass index (BMI) is common in heart failure (HF) patients and is associated with lower levels of N‐terminal pro‐brain natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP). …”
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Enterprise energy supply system design management based on renewable energy sources by S. Drobyazko, M. Skrypnyk, N. Radionova, O. Hryhorevska, M. Matiukha

“…This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original authors and source are cited. …”
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Increased Phenotype Severity Associated with Splice-Site Variants in a Hungarian Pediatric Neurofibromatosis 1 Cohort: A Retrospective Study by Klára Veres, Benedek Nagy, Zsófia Ember, Judit Bene, Kinga Hadzsiev, Márta Medvecz, László Szabó, Zsuzsanna Zsófia Szalai

“…Intracranial malformations were the second most common feature (55.6%), followed by Lisch nodules (35.6%), neurofibromas (33.3%), and skeletal abnormalities (31.1%). …”
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Analysis of Risk Factors of Gastric Low-Grade Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Asymptomatic Subjects Undergoing Physical Examination by Yingling Liu, Yuli Cai, Si Chen, Yawen Gou, Qiaomin Wang, Mingli Zhang, Yetao Wang, Haiou Hong, Kaiguang Zhang

“…History of antibiotic misuse and H. pylori infection showed significant associations with LGIN (odds ratio OR=6.767, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.873-11.825 and OR=3.803, 95% CI 3.009-4.808, respectively). The most common endoscopic classification of LGIN was erosive gastritis (50.78%), and the major endoscopic appearance was Paris IIa (flat with slight elevation located mostly in the antrum). …”
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Candida albicans and Napkin Dermatitis: Relationship and Lesion Severity Correlation by Amani Hussein Karsani, Abdullateef A. Alzolibani, Yasser Farouq, Khalid Zedan, Mohammed Mohsen Alotaibi, Ghada Bin Saif, Ibrahim H. Babikir

“…Introduction: Napkin Dermatitis (ND) is a common problem in infancy that affects almost every child during the early months and years of their lifetime. …”
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Machine learning-random forest model was used to construct gene signature associated with cuproptosis to predict the prognosis of gastric cancer by Xiaolong Liu, Pengxian Tao, He Su, Yulan Li

“…Abstract Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common tumors; one of the reasons for its poor prognosis is that GC cells can resist normal cell death process and therefore develop distant metastasis. …”
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The application of allostasis and allostatic load in animal species: A scoping review. by Kathryn E Seeley, Kathryn L Proudfoot, Ashley N Edes

“…Glucocorticoids were the most commonly used biomarker, and were the only biomarker measured in 25 publications. …”
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Women's experiences and outcomes of abortion care in sub-Saharan countries: A mixed methods systematic review protocol. by Negash Wakgari, Gizachew A Tessema, Stuart J Watson, Delayehu Bekele, Zoe Bradfield

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Abortion care experiences encompass various aspects, including women's decision-making capability, physical and emotional experiences, service provision, and post-abortion experiences. The lack of woman-centred and respectful abortion services, influenced by stigma and restrictive abortion laws in certain contexts, poses a public health concern. …”
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Phenolic-Rich Baccaurea angulata Modulates Inflammatory Biomarkers of Atherosclerosis by Muhammad Ibrahim, Maryam Abimbola Mikail, Idris Adewale Ahmed, Radiah Abdul Ghani

“…Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of CVD. Inflammation has been progressively acknowledged as a vital and central player in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. …”
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Uniaxial Experimental Study of the Deformation Behavior and Energy Evolution of Conjugate Jointed Rock Based on AE and DIC Methods by Jiliang Pan, Xu Wu, Qifeng Guo, Xun Xi, Meifeng Cai

“…Conjugate joint is one of the most common joint forms in natural rock mass, which is produced by different tectonic movements. …”
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Observational study on the current status of thalassaemia in Malaysia: a report from the Malaysian Thalassaemia Registry by Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim, Zulaiha Muda, Ida Shahnaz Othman, Mohamed Najib Mohamed Unni, Kok Hoi Teh, Asohan Thevarajah, Kogilavani Gunasagaran, Gek Bee Ong, Seoh Leng Yeoh, Aisyah Muhammad Rivai, Che Hadibiah Che Mohd Razali, Nazzlin Dizana Din, Zarina Abdul Latiff, Rahman Jamal, Norsarwany Mohamad, Hany Mohd Ariffin, Hamidah Alias

“…Objective Thalassaemia is the most common inherited blood disorder in Malaysia. This study aims to report the current status of thalassaemia in Malaysia and provide a comprehensive understanding of the disease through data obtained from the Malaysian Thalassaemia Registry.Design Data were extracted from the Malaysian Thalassaemia Registry, a web-based system accessible to enrolled users through www.mytalasemia.net.my.Setting The Malaysian Thalassaemia Registry data was recorded from reports obtained from 110 participating government and university hospitals in Malaysia.Participants The patients were those attending the 110 participating hospitals for thalassaemia treatment.Intervention Data were collected from the Malaysian Thalassaemia Registry from 2007 until the fourth quarter of 2018.Primary outcome measure 7984 out of 8681 patients with thalassaemia registered in the Malaysian Thalassaemia Registry were reported alive.Results Majority of the patients were reported in the state of Sabah (22.72%); the largest age group affected was 5.0–24.9 years old (64.45%); the largest ethnic group involved was Malay (63.95%); and the major diagnosis was haemoglobin E/β-thalassaemia (34.37%). …”
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Effect of Melatonin on Cognitive Function and Sleep in relation to Breast Cancer Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Melissa Voigt Hansen, Michael Tvilling Madsen, Lærke Toftegård Andersen, Ida Hageman, Lars Simon Rasmussen, Susanne Bokmand, Jacob Rosenberg, Ismail Gögenur

“…Sleep disturbances and cognitive dysfunction are common in patients with breast cancer. Disturbed sleep leads to poor cognitive performance and exogenous melatonin may improve sleep and attenuate cognitive dysfunction. …”
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MFCEN: A lightweight multi-scale feature cooperative enhancement network for single-image super-resolution by Jiange Liu, Yu Chen, Xin Dai, Li Cao, Qingwu Li

“…Extensive experiments on commonly used image super-resolution datasets further validated the effectiveness of the network.…”
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Complications of Estimating Hatchery Introgression in the Face of Rapid Divergence: A Case Study in Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) by Bradley Erdman, Wesley Larson, Matthew G. Mitro, Joanna D. T. Griffin, David Rowe, Justin Haglund, Kirk Olson, Michael T. Kinnison

“…If this is the case, then commonly used genomic clustering methods and their associated model selection criteria may result in underestimation of hatchery introgression in the face of rapid drift.…”
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Measuring the Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patient in Hospital Jitra: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Norazila Abdul Ghani, Sharifah Nor Faiza Syed Hassan, Rusyidah Zainol Abidin, Zarmisha Zakaria, Fatin Farhana Ahmad Nasir, Ahmad Zulfitri Azmi

“…Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and heart disease were the most common comorbidities among them; 92.3%, 78.0%, and 23.1%, respectively. …”
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Mental health and substance use among rehabilitation sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Itumeleng Ntatamala, Saajida Khan, Zenzo Chakara

“…Results: Substance use was common, including alcohol (54.05%), cigarettes and/or tobacco (17.27%), and illicit drugs (5.56%). …”
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