Disease Burden and Harm of Osteoarthritis by WU Haotian, LIN Jianhao

“…Osteoarthritis, the most common degenerative musculoskeletal disease, has an increasingly heavy burden around the world. …”
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The Mid-Twentieth Century Baby Boom and the Role of Social Influence. An Agent-Based Modelling Approach by Eli Nomes, André Grow, Jan Van Bavel

“…Yet, in those regions where larger family sizes were still common, the two-child norm contributed to a fertility decline. …”
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Carotenoids Inhibit Fructose-Induced Inflammatory Response in Human Endothelial Cells and Monocytes by Ping Lin, Qian Ren, Qin Wang, Jiali Wu

“…Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) or U937 monocytes were treated with escalating concentrations (0.1, 0.5, and 1 μM) of five most common carotenoids in human plasma, i.e., α-carotene, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, lutein, and lycopene prior to stimulation with 2 mM fructose. …”
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Reduction of Constipating Scoring System Among Women Aged 18-25 Years Old as A Result of Decocted Trengguli (Cassia fistula L.) by Isnaini Nur Jannah, Arifa Mustika, Edith Frederika Puruhito

“…Constipation is indicated by hard and large size stool as well as a decrease frequency of bowel movement. Commonly, constipation is indicated by anxiety during bowel movement due to disruption defecation. …”
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Clinical course and potential associated factors of progressive calcinosis cutis in early systemic sclerosis: a cohort study by Vassana Kanjanajarurat, Prathana Chowchuen, Chingching Foocharoen, Punthip Thammaroj

“…Odds ratio (OR) and their 95%CI were used to evaluate associated factors and calcinosis cutis progression.Results A total of 35 cases (155 per 100 person-year), showed progressive calcinosis cutis with the incidence of 22.6 per 100-person-years (95%CI 16.2–31.4). The most common area of progressive calcinosis cutis was at right distal phalanx, 12 of 35 (22.6%). …”
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De-Mystifying Mysticism: A Critical Realist Perspective on Ambivalences in the Study of Mysticism by Ali Qadir, Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir

“…The study of mysticism has been at an impasse for many years, wavering between naïve realism around a common core hypothesis and critical questioning of the category of mysticism and its imposition. …”
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Verifiable computation scheme of batch matrix multiplication based on triple perturbation and linear combination by ZHANG Tianpeng, REN Zhiyu, DU Xuehui, WANG Haichao

“…The one is that the row or column common factor leaks the row or column data of the original matrix. …”
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Efficacy of Sub-Conjunctival Injection of Mitomycin C Versus Bevacizumab in Pterygium Treatment: Pakistani Population by Amber khalid, Sharjeel Sultan, Aveen Fatima, Ayesha Khalid, Maryam Shifa

“…Results: The study analyzed data from 54 patients with pterygium, having a mean age of 42.03±8.23 years, with a male-to-female ratio of 3:1. The common symptoms were Redness (40.74%), itching (27.8%), and decreased visual acuity (31.4%). …”
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Perceived Burden and Healthy Lifestyle Behavior in Family Caregivers of the Persons with Disabilities in Bukhara by Hülya YÜCEL, Nurhayat KORKMAZ

“…Objective: Family caregiving is a common tradition to Uzbekistan. The responsibilities of caring for a person with disabilities may cause caregivers to develop risky health behaviors and become a burden for them. …”
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Approaching maximum resolution in structured illumination microscopy via accurate noise modeling by Ayush Saurabh, Peter T. Brown, J. Shepard Bryan IV, Zachary R. Fox, Rory Kruithoff, Cristopher Thompson, Comert Kural, Douglas P. Shepherd, Steve Pressé

“…State-of-the-art unsupervised structured illumination microscopy (SIM) reconstruction methods, commonly implemented in the Fourier domain, often do not accurately model this noise. …”
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MetALD: Clinical aspects, pathophysiology and treatmentKeypoints by Jordi Gratacós-Ginès, Silvia Ariño, Pau Sancho-Bru, Ramon Bataller, Elisa Pose

“…Both conditions have many pathophysiological mechanisms in common, such as altered lipid and bile acid metabolism, and share some similar clinical features. …”
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Gestational Weight Gain among Healthy Pregnant Women from Asia in Comparison with Institute of Medicine (IOM) Guidelines-2009: A Systematic Review by Priyanka Arora, Bani Tamber Aeri

“…Majority of pregnant Indian women achieved less GWG than the recommendations whereas a mixed trend was noticed among the other Asian pregnant women. The most common fetal-maternal complications among the excessive GWG women were found to be macrosomia, large for gestational age and caesarean section followed by gestational diabetes and hypertension, whereas low birth weight, small for gestational age and preterm birth, was found to be associated with low GWG women. …”
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An automated information extraction model for unstructured discharge letters using large language models and GPT-4 by Robert M. Siepmann, Giulia Baldini, Cynthia S. Schmidt, Daniel Truhn, Gustav Anton Müller-Franzes, Amin Dada, Jens Kleesiek, Felix Nensa, René Hosch

“…The administrative burden of manually extracting clinical information from discharge letters is a common challenge in healthcare. This study aims to explore the use of Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically Generative Pretrained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) by OpenAI, for automated extraction of diagnoses, medications, and allergies from discharge letters. …”
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The association between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and intimate partner violence in a refugee camp in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia by Rebecca Hailu Astatke, Theodros Woldegiorgis, Jennifer Scott, Ndola Prata, Kim G. Harley, Negussie Deyessa, Anne Bennett, Vandana Sharma

“…Abstract Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most common form of gender-based violence affecting women and girls worldwide and is exacerbated in humanitarian settings. …”
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Acute aortic dissection on CT: is D-dimer determination useful for a timely and correct diagnosis? A case report by Alicja Stankiewicz, Beata Moczulska, Wiktoria Izdebska, Aleksandra Wińska, Leszek Gromadziński

“…Abstract Background Chest pain is a common reason patients are admitted to the hospital. …”
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A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Ketamine in Persons Suffering from Treatment-resistant Depressive Disorder by Vikhram Ramasubramanian, S. Mathumathi, Gautami Thirumalaisamy, Sugaparaneetharan Ayyanar, Gopi Rajendhiran, M. Kannan

“…Background: Depression is a common illness that affects about 3.8% of the population worldwide. …”
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Neural mechanisms of fairness decision-making: An EEG comparative study on opportunity equity and outcome equity by Qi Li, Ya Zheng, Jing Xiao, Kesong Hu, Zhong Yang

“…Previous studies showed the existence of inequity aversion for opportunity inequality and identified some differences between opportunity equity and outcome equity in the behavior pattern of evaluation and reaction processes. However, the commonalities and distinctions in brain activity during the fairness decision-making of opportunity equity and outcome equity remain unclear. …”
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A Novel Severity Score Index for Febrile Neutropenic Patients with Colorectal Diseases by Camila Perazzoli, Rogério S. Parra, Marley R. Feitosa, Enrico Sfoggia, Belinda Pinto Simões, José J. R. Rocha, Omar Féres

“…Based on an evaluation of common biological plausibility criteria, five factors were selected as the main predictors of hospital mortality in febrile neutropenic patients with colorectal disease. …”
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Detection of genetic sex using a qPCR-based method in the bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) by Yi-Chien Lee, Li-Lun Tang, Yu-Chen Yeh, Hau-Wen Li, Huei-Mien Ke, Cheng-Ju Yang, Chun-I Chiang, Chia-Hui Wang, Yung-Che Tseng, Ching-Fong Chang, Isheng Jason Tsai, Guan-Chung Wu

“…However, full-life cycle aquaculture remains challenging due to reproductive issues, particularly in later generations, where abnormal offspring production is common. One possible issue is sex reversal under culture conditions, possibly due to high temperatures and smaller egg sizes in later generations. …”
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Complex multivariate model predictions for coral diversity with climatic change by Tim R. McClanahan, Maxwell K. Azali, Nyawira A. Muthiga, Sean N. Porter, Michael H. Schleyer, Mireille M. M. Guillaume

“…We examined the predictions for numbers of coral taxa using all variables and compared them to models based on variables commonly used to predict climate change and human influences (eight and nine variables). …”
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