Predictive value of vaginal lactic acid bacteria changes on occurrence of HR-HPV-infected cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and construction and validation of nomogram model by Ying Huang, Yuliang Shen, Xuemei Wei, Jie Feng, Lin Zhu

“…The key lactic acid bacteria characteristics and other potential risk factors related to CIN were screened out using statistical methods, and then the Nomogram prediction model was constructed. …”
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To study efficacy of foot temperature monitoring and footprint study in preventing diabetic foot ulcer in type 2 diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy by Manjunath Ashok Kolachi, Sudhir Kumar, Albail Singh Yadav, Mandavi Agarwal

“…Statistical analysis was performed using the Chi-square test, with a significance threshold of P<0.05. Results: Out of 50 neuropathic patients without ulcers, 14 (64%) developed DFUs, primarily in those with a foot temperature difference of >2°C and grade 3 or 4 pressure points. …”
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Whole-body vibration training reduces erector spinae stiffness by ultrasound shear-wave elastography: a randomized controlled trial by Ryo Miyachi, Takaaki Nishimura, Yoshinari Fujii, Yuji Kanazawa, Akio Goda, Kazuho Ishizaki

“…Abstract Background Efficient methods to reduce erector spinae stiffness are important for solving lumbar spine problems, however, the trunk training positions effective for reducing erector spinae stiffness are unclear. …”
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Renal angiomyolipoma-investigating radiological signs indicative of risk for bleeding by Jesper Swärd, Karl Bohlin, Olof Henrikson, Sven Lundstam, Ralph Peeker, Anna Grenabo Bergdahl

“…Materials and methods CT scans and angiographies preceding 58 consecutive embolisations at two institutions from 1999 to 2018 were analysed retrospectively. …”
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Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of a Large Isoniazid-Resistant Tuberculosis Outbreak in London: A Retrospective Observational Study. by Nicola Casali, Agnieszka Broda, Simon R Harris, Julian Parkhill, Timothy Brown, Francis Drobniewski

“…Eleven longitudinal pairs of patient pulmonary isolates collected up to 48 mo apart differed from each other by between zero and four SNPs. …”
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Informant accuracy of IQCODE, AD8 and GPCOGi for diagnosis of dementia: does your friend know best? by Jasmine Chingono, Samuel Thomas Creavin, Mark Fish, Sarah Cullum, Antony Bayer, Sarah Purdy, Yoav Ben-Shlomo

“…However, research on the accuracy of informant questionnaires in primary care remains limited. Methods This study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of IQCODE, AD8, and GPCOGi based on the informant’s relationship to the patient. …”
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Evaluation of ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in a conductive hearing loss model by Peng Han, Rui Zhang, Zichen Chen, Ying Gao, Ying Cheng, Qing Zhang, Min Xu

“…Similarly, cVEMPs following simulated CHL also showed decreased response rate, elevated thresholds and attenuated amplitudes, with prolonged P1 latencies compared with those before simulated CHL, although only differences in response rate, threshold and amplitude were significant. …”
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Warnings on the inclusion of cluster randomized trials in meta-analysis: results of a simulation study by Joseph Alvin Ramos Santos, Emilia Riggi, Gian Luca Di Tanna

“…Methods RCT and CRT datasets were generated with a continuous treatment effect of zero, two trial arms, and equal number of participants. …”
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Clinical characteristics of patients with pulsatile tinnitus accompanied by ethmoid sinus lesions and high jugular bulb by Hongwei Zhu, Zhimin Zhu, Zheng Wang, Xin Zhou, Luying Yang, Xiaoqing Yin, Jiwei Hao, Lu Wang, Yijie Cui, Zeyan Cui, Xiaomeng Fan, Zhiqiang Zhou

“…Results Among patients with hearing loss in the combined group, the severity of hearing impairment was primarily moderate (65.85%), while that in the non-combined group was mainly mild (49.61%), with differences between the two groups (P < 0.05). In the hearing threshold curve classification, meanwhile, the combined group predominantly showed high-frequency hearing loss (64.63%), with the non-combined group mainly exhibiting low-frequency hearing loss (58.10%), and the differences between the two groups were significant (P < 0.05). …”
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Effectiveness and acceptability of ventilation modifications in healthcare facilities, Liberia 2022–2023 by Ronan F. Arthur, Ashley Styczynski, Krithika Srinivasan, Amos Tandanpolie, Philip Bemah, Ethan Bell, Jason R. Andrews, Tom Baer, Jorge L. Salinas

“… Abstract Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of ventilation interventions in naturally ventilated hospitals in Liberia. Design: Difference-in-differences analysis of pre- and post-air changes per hour of intervention and control spaces. …”
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Effect of air gap on the flow and heat transfer behavior in rectangular channel of fuel plate during bubbling conditions by LIU Chuandong, XU Wei, HE Hui, LIU Xiaojing

“…BackgroundIn case of transient changes or minor accidents during reactor operation, the fuel temperature may temporarily exceed the critical threshold, thus forming bubbles on the fuel plate. …”
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Challenges and support needs among persons with a migration background who use drugs in four European metropolitan cities by Aline Pouille, Clara De Ruysscher, Lena van Selm, Jan van Amsterdam, Wim van den Brink, Machteld Busz, Roberto Perez Gayo, Marios Atzemis, Wouter Vanderplasschen, the SEMID-EU consortium

“…Therefore, they often had to rely on accessible and low-threshold services. Harm reduction services played a significant role in providing support to PMWUD. …”
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Association between initial intravenous fluid volume and the composite outcome of hemodialysis dependence at discharge or in-hospital mortality in inpatients with rhabdomyolysis by Wataru Yajima, Shotaro Aso, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga

“…Propensity-score overlap weighting created balanced cohorts, which did not show significant difference in primary composite outcome between the groups (3.4% vs. 3.9%; risk difference [RD] − 0.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] − 1.8 to 0.9, P = 0.53). …”
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Tumour budding, MELF-pattern and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes as possible pathomorphological parameters of the course of endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterine corpus by D. A. Zinovkin, I. V. Veyalkin, S. L. Achinovich, I. I. Slepokurova, Yu. A. Lyzikova, A. Farooq

“…Comparison of groups according to the number of TILs revealed statistically significant differences (р = 0.0242). When analyzing survival relative to the threshold value of the number of TILs, statistically significant differences were also observed (HR 3.7; 95 % CI 1.7–7.9; р = 0.021). …”
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Quality evaluation of synthetic CT using a gamma analysis for prostate cancer MR-only radiotherapy by Viktor Babka, Lubos Rehounek, Iva Jakubcová, Igor Sirak, Petr Paluska, Linda Kašaová, Milan Vosmik, Jakub Grepl

“…GA was performed with thresholds of 100 HU and 70 HU for HU differences and 3 mm for DTA to evaluate image quality. …”
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Dynamic change of direction, isometric strength, and psychological readiness in final phase ACLR athletes: an integrated approach by JPJ Stofberg, Mariaan van Aswegen, Mark Kramer

“…Reactive agility improved, with faster left-side decision-making (split 2) from P4 to RTP1 (p = 0.037), while right-side agility remained stable but met the SWC threshold (1.1%). Limited between-group differences in total RAT times and sub-phases suggest ACLR participants regained agility comparable to controls. …”
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The effect of cytomegalovirus on clinical and paraclinical as well as immune parameters of children with rotavirus infection by M. Yu. Sliepchenko, S. V. Kuznetsov

“…The threshold value of the confidence level was taken as 0.05. …”
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Development and face validity of the Danish STOB screening tool for early detection of binge eating disorder in children and adolescents by Sidsel Maigaard, Pernille Andreassen, Loa Clausen, Jens Meldgaard Bruun

“…The Interviews revealed age-related differences in language perception and notable differences in content comprehension between participants with and without BED. …”
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Short-term impact of delayed surgical treatment on the prognosis of patients with T1bN1-stage PTC: a retrospective cohort study by Hao Gong, Tianyuchen Jiang, Yi Yang, Yuhan Jiang, Zhujuan Wu, Anping Su

“…Additionally, patients were reclassified into two groups based on a one-year threshold: ≤365 days (group D, n = 420) and > 365 days (group E, n = 58). …”
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Effect of Novel, School-Based High-Intensity Interval Training (HIT) on Cardiometabolic Health in Adolescents: Project FFAB (Fun Fast Activity Blasts) - An Exploratory Controlled B... by Kathryn L Weston, Liane B Azevedo, Susan Bock, Matthew Weston, Keith P George, Alan M Batterham

“…Using magnitude-based inferences, we calculated the probability that the true population effect was beneficial, trivial, and harmful against a threshold for the minimum clinically important difference of 0.2 between-subject SDs.…”
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