Comparison of General and Liver-Specific Prognostic Scores in Their Ability to Predict Mortality in Cirrhotic Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit by Pedro Paulo Costa e Silva, Liana Codes, Fernanda Ferreira Rios, Carolina Pedreira Esteve, Murilo Tavares Valverde Filho, Douglas Oliveira Carmo Lima, Geraldo Fernandes de Almeida Filho, Maria Clara Alves Morais, Bruno Calazans Lima, Paulo Bravo de Oliveira Chagas, Ney Boa-Sorte, Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt

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A retrospective study of association between demographic features of NEET-based selected candidate and final outcome in undergraduate medical education by Rajalakshmi Mahendran, Shivayogappa S. Teli, Sunil S. Shivekar

“…Introduction: The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) has standardized medical entrance examinations in India but has faced criticism for favouring urban students and CBSE-based syllabi, potentially disadvantaging rural and state board students. …”
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Blues as a Symbolic Resistance and Representation of Countercultural Groups in the United States in the late 19 – early 20 centuries by M. P. Zamotin

“…Forms of hidden transcripts are coded demonstrations by oppressed groups to resist and oppose themselves, their way of life, and the difficulties of inequality to dominant groups.Results and discussion. …”
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The RNA pseudoknots in foot-and-mouth disease virus are dispensable for genome replication, but essential for the production of infectious virus. by Joseph C Ward, Lidia Lasecka-Dykes, Chris Neil, Oluwapelumi O Adeyemi, Sarah Gold, Niall McLean-Pell, Caroline Wright, Morgan R Herod, David Kealy, Emma Warner, Terry Jackson, Donald P King, Tobias J Tuthill, David J Rowlands, Nicola J Stonehouse

“…Non-coding regions of viral RNA (vRNA) genomes are critically important in the regulation of gene expression. …”
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Therapeutic potential of microRNAs in neurological disorders: mechanisms, biomarkers, and emerging therapeutic strategies by Sourav Pal, Subhajit Mandal

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNA molecules that play a pivotal role in post-transcriptional gene regulation, influencing various biological processes such as cell division, proliferation, and apoptosis. …”
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Non-native English-speaking seafarers – an investigation into communicational challenges and consequent on high retention rates by Alaa Abdelbarry, Soha Heikal, Ahmed Swidan, Mohamed Khattab, Shadi Alghaffari

“…The qualitative data is analyzed utilizing a commercial NVivo software, focusing on thematic coding and correlation analysis.</p><p>The study identified significant psychological, technical and cultural barriers to effective English communication among maritime students, including fear of criticism, lack of interest, and difficulties in understanding accents. …”
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Methodological literature on the reporting of systematic reviews of health economic evaluations: a scoping review protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with rese... by Andrew Booth, Stavros Petrou, Anastasios Bastounis, Joseph Kwon, Phuong Bich Tran

“…The extracted data will be coded and analyzed to produce an initial list of candidate reporting items, structured according to conventional sections of a systematic review (e.g., title, abstract, methods, results). …”
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Role of extracellular vesicle-carried ncRNAs in the interactive ‘dialogue’ within the brain and beyond: emerging theranostic epigenetic modifiers in brain-derived nanoplatforms... by Nima Sanadgol, Pegah Mousavi, Fatemeh Sadri, Clara Voelz, Miriam Scheld, Roghayeh Khalseh, Javad Amini, Elham Karimi, Amid Rahi, Mohammad-Reza Sepand, Cordian Beyer, Markus Kipp

“…Abstract Proper brain function and overall health critically rely on the bidirectional communications among cells in the central nervous system and between the brain and other organs. …”
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Increasing uptake of self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in primary care: the Embedding research programme including an RCT by Melanie J Davies, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Caroline Kristunas, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Mike Patterson, Daniel Pollard, Rebecca Pritchard, Sally Schreder, Jane Speight, Bernie Stribling, Jackie Sturt, Jess Turner, Christina Weis

“…Contributors provided governance and oversight of the project, offered advice on recruitment, publicity, local culture and dissemination, and acted as a critical friend giving feedback on project delivery in the local context. …”
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Developing a master of science in health research ethics program in Northern Nigeria: a needs assessment by Caitlin Bieniek, Fatimah I. Tsiga-Ahmed, Aishatu L. Adamu, Usman J. Wudil, C. William Wester, Zubairu Iliyasu, Muktar H. Aliyu, Elisa J. Gordon, Elizabeth S. Rose

“…Two authors independently read and coded each respondent’s transcript to identify emergent themes that represented each respondent’s answers. …”
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(Semi)automated approaches to data extraction for systematic reviews and meta-analyses in social sciences: A living review [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with rese... by Ashlee Noblin, Amanda Legate, Kim Nimon

“…With a few exceptions, most tools were either in the infancy stage and not accessible to applied researchers, were domain specific, or required substantial manual coding of articles before automation could occur. …”
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Analysis the Integration of Medical Education with the Provision of Healthcare Services in Iran with a SWOT Approach by Zohreh Bagherinezhad, Roya Malekzadeh, Ghasem Abedi

“…Subsequently, the interviews were transcribed, semantic units were determined, and the themes’ coding, categorization, and identification were conducted. …”
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Chloroplast genome features and intraspecific variation of Rosa praelucens by WANG Qigang1, CAO Shirui1,2, WANG Huichun1, MA Changle2, YAN Huijun1, QIU Xianqin1, JING Weikun1, JIAN Hongying1*

“…Rosa praelucens is a critically endangered alpine wild flower endemic to Shangri-La City of Yunnan Province. …”
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Statistical learning re-shapes the center-surround inhibition of the visuo-spatial attentional focus by Andrea Massironi, Carlotta Lega, Luca Ronconi, Emanuela Bricolo

“…Additionally, going beyond the physical dimension, our data provide interesting implications about how visual information is coded within working memory representations, especially under scenarios of heightened uncertainty.…”
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Challenges of providing of special care services in hospitals during emergencies and disasters: a scoping review by Mohammad Masbi, Nader Tavakoli, Mohsen Dowlati

“…Data was analyzed through a systematic coding process where common themes across the studies were identified. …”
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Quality of pharmaceutical advertisements in medical journals: a systematic review. by Noordin Othman, Agnes Vitry, Elizabeth E Roughead

“…Despite the availability of regulations and controls of drug promotion worldwide, information on medicines provided in journal advertising has been criticized in several studies for being of poor quality. …”
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Experience of Occupations among People Living with a Personality Disorder by Olivier Potvin, Catherine Vallée, Nadine Larivière

“…A thematic content analysis fostered the development of a coding structure that reflected a first-account perspective. …”
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Defining conditions for effective interdisciplinary care team communication in an open surgical intensive care unit: a qualitative study by Andrew Berry, Julie Johnson, Abahuje Egide, Michael Shapiro, Carmen M Diaz, Miriam Rafferty, Ali Amro, Kaithlyn Tesorero, Bona Ko, Whitney Jones, John D Slocum, Anne Madeleine Stey

“…All transcripts were independently coded by two team members.Primary outcome Conditions for effective interdisciplinary care team communication.Results We identified five themes relating to conditions for effective interdisciplinary care team communication in our surgical intensive care unit setting: role definition, formal processes, informal communication pathways, hierarchical influences and psychological safety. …”
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Outcomes of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: factors associated with dialysis dependence and progression to end-stage renal disease – a MarketScan database analysi... by Ahmad Matarneh, Sundus Sardar, Abdelrauof Akkari, Eric Schaefer, Muhammad Abdulbasit, Ronald Miller, Navin Verma, Nasrollah Ghahramani

“…CRRT is preferred for critically ill patients due to gradual fluid and solute removal, whereas iHD is used for stable patients. …”
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Inflammatory indices AISI and SIRI in atherosclerosis risk stratification: validation across community and intensive care populations by Jing Tang, Ting-xin Li, Ling Deng, Xin-cheng Huang, Pei-yuan He, Han Zhao

“…The Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII) was also assessed in univariate analysis.Methods Data were obtained from a health examination cohort (n = 23,516) diagnosed with carotid atherosclerosis via ultrasound, and the MIMIC-IV database (n = 15,000) classified using ICD codes. Individuals were included based on complete demographic, laboratory, and diagnostic data, with strict exclusion of those with recent acute events or missing values. …”
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