Facilitating person-centered patient participation in kidney care—a process evaluation of a quasi-experimental study incorporating a tool and training of local implementation teams... by Liselott Årestedt, Fredrik Uhlin, Ann Catrine Eldh

“…This process evaluation was comprised of repeat interviews with managers (n = 10), internal facilitators (n = 5), recordings, and notes from the interventions, and Alberta Context Tool survey data (n = 78). Hybrid analyses comprised mixed methods: descriptive and comparative statistics, and qualitative descriptive analysis. …”
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Long-term weight change among breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy: a longitudinal study over 13 years by Mathilde His, Iris Baggio, Sylvie Chabaud, Louis Tassy, Olivier Trédan, Béatrice Fervers, Olivia Pérol

“…We compared weight at each time using analysis of variance for repeated data based on mixed-effect models, and examined clinical and individual factors as potential determinants of weight change over the study period. …”
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Performance of Plug-In Augmented ChatGPT and Its Ability to Quantify Uncertainty: Simulation Study on the German Medical Board Examination by Julian Madrid, Philipp Diehl, Mischa Selig, Bernd Rolauffs, Felix Patricius Hans, Hans-Jörg Busch, Tobias Scheef, Leo Benning

“…Particularly, current LLMs encounter limitations, especially in symbolic representation and accessing contemporary data. The recent version of GPT-4, alongside newly released plugin features, has been introduced to mitigate some of these limitations. …”
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Health Literacy and Behaviors of Patients and Caregivers Related to Glycemic Control Among Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand by Chaimongkon S, Sakulwattana W, Ong-Artborirak P, Liyanage E, Seangpraw K

“…Mean FBS and HbA1c levels were 129.81 mg/dl and 7.3%, respectively. Linear regression analysis showed that, after adjusting for sex, age, education level, financial status, duration of diabetes, smoking, and alcohol consumption, FBS was significantly associated with patients’ HL (Beta = − 0.161), SCB (Beta = − 0.197), caregivers’ HL (Beta = − 0.217), and caregivers’ patient care behaviors (Beta = − 0.181). …”
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The effect of pre-transplant dialysis duration on the relationship between delayed graft function and recipient death by Rui-Yu Wang, Dan Jia, Shuan-Hong Wang, Shang-Guo Wang, Bin Liu, Lei Yang, Wen-Qiang Zhang, Hao Wu, Bao-Shan Gao

“…Using a retrospective database, this study collected clinical data from 1,311 patients who underwent DBD kidney transplantation. …”
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A Novel Hybrid Optimizer Based on Coati Optimization Algorithm and Differential Evolution for Global Optimization and Constrained Engineering Problems by Saptadeep Biswas, Binanda Maiti, Gyan Singh, Absalom E. Ezugwu, Kashif Saleem, Laith Abualigah, Aseel Smerat, Uttam Kumar Bera

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Exploring factors influencing number of fouls in soccer by Xuan Liu, Yuxin Zuo, Hamza Saghir Aslam, Seungmo Kim, Ming Fu

“…Multiple linear regression and one-way ANOVA were employed for statistical analysis, with the significance level set at p < 0.05. …”
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Accelerating Oncology Drug Reimbursement in Canada: Impact of the CDA-AMC Time-Limited Recommendation and pCPA Temporary Access Process by Catherine Y. Lau, Arif Mitha, Allison Wills

“…Drugs with promising early efficacy data may receive a Notice of Compliance with Conditions (NOC/c) from Health Canada. …”
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Genetic modification of the shikimate pathway to reduce lignin content in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) significantly impacts plant microbiomes by Shuang Liu, Ming-Yi Chou, Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci, Aymerick Eudes, Gregory Bonito

“…This study enhances understanding of plant-microbiome interactions by providing baseline microbial data for developing beneficial bioengineering strategies and by assessing nontarget impacts of engineered plant traits on the plant microbiome.IMPORTANCEBioenergy crops provide an important strategy for mitigating climate change. …”
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Phylogeography of Pleurospermum foetens (Apiaceae) From the Sky Islands of Southwest China by Shuliang Yu, Jieyu Zhang, Zhimin Li, Wensheng Li, Xiangguang Ma, Wenguang Sun

“…Among them, the Yunnan‐Kweichow Plateau harbors several isolated mountains with well‐developed alpine subnival vegetation, sharing a similar species composition with the Hengduan Mountains. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of denture use among older adults living in rural and urban areas of China: a national cross-sectional study by Yuxin Eva Lin, Xiaoyue Zhang, Meijun Chen, Ying Ji, Yuhui Shi, Yuting Lin, Xiaochen Yang, Wangnan Cao, Chun Chang

“…The study focused on the urban-rural gap in Chinese older population, aiming to describe their tooth loss and denture use status, and explore the associated factors, hoping to provide insights into improving the oral healthcare system in China and other developing countries. Methods This cross-sectional study used data collected from May to September in 2020. …”
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Types of river sources of the thin-grained aluminosilicaclastics for the Jurassic and lower cretaceous deposits of the West Siberian megabasin by A. V. Maslov

“…The ICP MS data for almost 100 samples of mudstones and fine-grained clayey siltstones were used to analyse the features of distribution of lanthanides and Th in the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous clayey rocks of the Shaim OGR and the area of the North Pokachevsky deposits. …”
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The prevalence and behavioral risk factors contributing to non-communicable diseases in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga province, South Africa by Thabo D. Pilusa, Cairo B. Ntimana, Eric Maimela

“…The participants were selected using simple random sampling. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 29. A comparison of proportions was performed using the chi-square test. …”
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A New Drought Index Study that Takes into Account a Multi-timescale and the Effects of Evapotranspiration——Taking Yunnan as an Example by Qiang ZHANG, Xukai ZOU, Xianyan CHEN, Lin ZHAO, Tingting LI, Zhonghua QIAN

“…Based on the response of a multiscale drought index to soil moisture and the drought-affected crop area， this study constructed a new composite-index DI that consists of a short time scale （the last 30 days） relative to the Humidity Index （MI30） considering evapotranspiration， a medium-length time scale （the last 60 days） Standardized Precipitation Index with Weighted coefficients（SPIW60）， and a long time scale （the last 120 days） Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index considering evapotranspiration （SPEI120）.DI is more suitable for real-time drought monitoring.Based on the daily precipitation and average temperature data of 125 national meteorological stations in Yunnan Province， China， comprehensive drought intensities were calculated using various drought indexes.The comprehensive drought intensity was developed based on EID theory.In addition， the typical drought processes of each drought index were compared， and a correlation analysis was performed with the drought-affected crop areas.The results show that the response of the drought index intensity with a long time scale to drought disaster conditions is better than that of the index with a short time scale， further， the index incorporating a long time scale is more stable in real-time drought monitoring and does not easily output unreasonable jumps； while the response of the drought index intensity with a short time scale to precipitation is more sensitive and can monitor drought mitigation caused by effective precipitation in a timely manner.Composite drought indexes （DI， MCI） with multiple time scales have the advantages of both monitoring and identifying drought and reflecting the impacts of drought disasters.The newly constructed composite drought index， DI， is simpler than MCI in the index composition and the determination of coefficient weights.The correlation coefficient between DI and the drought-affected crop area is 0.63， which is better than that of MCI.The sensitivity and stability of real-time drought monitoring are equivalent between DI and MCI.DI is more suitable than MCI for drought monitoring and drought assessments in Yunnan Province.This study can provide useful guidance for selecting suitable indicators for real-time drought monitoring.…”
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Association of sarcopenia and its prognostic value in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis among older people in China: the first longitudinal evidence from CHARLS by Jiaxiang Gao, Mulatibieke Yesihati, Huang Cheng, Tong Li, Ran Ding, Weiguo Wang

“…To fill this knowledge gap, we aimed to investigate the longitudinal association among the older Chinese population. Methods Data were attracted from 2 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), and 6212 individuals aged ≥ 60 years were included. …”
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Mediating effect of intolerance of uncertainty between fear of war and mental health in adults during the Israel-Palestine war of 2023 by Yelda Najem, Diana Malaeb, Fouad Sakr, Mariam Dabbous, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Souheil Hallit, Sahar Obeid

“…Conclusion Understanding the role of intolerance of uncertainty is crucial to developing interventions aimed to reduce mental health challenges in populations affected by conflict.…”
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Characterization of pathogenic bacterial distribution in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-related nosocomial infections and the prognostic value of early inflammatory biomarkers... by Zhiwen Zhao, Pengfei Liang, Lanlan Cai, Li Zhang, Qi Jia, Wentao Tao, Zhicheng Fang

“…The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical characteristics, survival rates and prognostic factors of patients with ECMO-related nosocomial infections.MethodsThis study retrospectively analysed patients treated with ECMO at a tertiary hospital in China between 2017 and 2023. Patient demographic data, ECMO indications, type of pathogen and site of infection, duration of ECMO and tracheal intubation-assisted breathing, and indicators of inflammation at the time of first infection were collected. …”
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Modelling for deriving management plan for production and environment of marine fish cage farm by Woo Sung Jung, Sok Jin Hong, Sang Pil Yoon, Dae In Lee, Won Chan Lee, Dong Myung Kim

“…A limitation of this study remains the lack of sufficient observational data. Scenario analysis for the management plan yielded the following results: Firstly, different age classes require specific management approaches due to varying impacts of feeding, excrement production, and growth-limiting factors. …”
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New spring barley variety ‘Rafael’ adapted to the conditions of the Central region by O. V. Levakova, O. V. Gladysheva, L. M. Eroshenko

“…Breeding number 35/1-09 h 662 was obtained when crossing the lodging-resistant variety ‘Ksanadu’ and the breeding lines 27/13-78 h 34 (‘Moskovsky 121 x Highproli’), identified from the genetic collection according to a complex resistance to helminthosporiasis of barley and soil drought. The analysis of long-term data (2014–2019) has shown that under various agrometeorological conditions of the environmental trials, the variety was characterized by improved productivity in comparison with the standard variety ‘Yaromir ‘and varieties of earlier breeding. …”
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An Investigation into the Current Landscape, Challenges, and Training Imperatives of Clinical Research Among Anesthesiologists in China by Du Y, Chen R, Wu L, Chen Q, Yu T, Li H, Wang G

“…The respondents reported needing training in statistical analysis (74.69%), research design (73.86%), and topic selection (72.34%). …”
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