Exploring Research Trends and Mechanisms: Maternal Diabetes and Neural Tube Defects (1991–2023) by Cao L, Xi Y, Jing Z, Bao Z, Bai B, Lian X, Zhang X, Di J, Liu F

“…Consequently, there is a need for a thorough examination of the literature pertaining to NTDs and maternal diabetes to elucidate a comprehensive understanding, identify research focal points, and anticipate future developmental trends.Methods: The literature related to NTDs and maternal diabetes from 1991 to 2023 was retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). …”
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Exploring the Potential of Chaihu-Danggui Tang in Breast Cancer Treatment Based on Network Pharmacology, Molecular Docking, and Experimental Validation by Liu Y, Zhang J, Lai Y, Wu C, Liu D, Liang R, Chen G, Jiang X

“…In this study, we used network pharmacology, molecular docking, and experimental validation methods to investigate the core components, key targets, and possible mechanisms through which CHDGT may exert therapeutic effects in BC treatment.Methods: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology (TCMSP) was employed to obtain the active ingredient and targets of CHDGT. …”
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NDVI estimation using Sentinel-1 data over wheat fields in a semiarid Mediterranean region by Emna Ayari, Zeineb Kassouk, Zohra Lili-Chabaane, Nadia Ouaadi, Nicolas Baghdadi, Mehrez Zribi

“…The use of RF and SVR outperformed the curve-fitting methods with an RMSE equal to 0.12. The present findings revealed the high accuracy of the proposed approach to estimate the missing values of wheat fields NDVI values during the vegetation development period until heading and the senescence phase. …”
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Formative Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Websites for Men: Qualitative Study with Men at Risk of Suicide and with Potential Gatekeepers by Doreen Reifegerste, Anna J M Wagner, Lisa Huber, Manuel Fastuca

“…Furthermore, we examined (4) additional ideas for effective communication about suicide prevention. MethodsWe conducted (1) individual videoconference interviews with 24 men to evaluate the website and (2) four focus groups with 8 gatekeepers in each group (32 participants) to evaluate the online education program. …”
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Effectiveness of a Four-Stage Death Education Model Based on Constructivist Learning Theory for Trainee Nursing Students by Yang Y, Li Y, Fu J, Guo D, Xue J

“…Yujing Yang,1,* Yue Li,2,* Jia Fu,3 Dan Guo,4 Jingjing Xue1 1Fundamental Nursing Teaching- Research Department, Fenyang College of Shanxi Medical University, Fenyang City, Shanxi Province, 032200, People’s Republic of China; 2Academic Affairs Office, Fenyang College of Shanxi Medical University, Fenyang City, Shanxi Province, 032200, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, 030013, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Research and Teaching, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation 731 Hospital, Beijing City, 100074, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yujing Yang, Fundamental Nursing Teaching- Research Department, Fenyang College of Shanxi Medical University, No. 16 Xueyuan Road, Fenyang City, Shanxi Province, 032200, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18335846366, Email yangyj2024yj@163.comObjective: To explore the effectiveness of the four-step death education model based on constructivist learning theory in enhancing the death coping abilities and attitudes of trainee nurses and improving course satisfaction.Methods: Sixty-six trainee nurses from a tumour hospital in Shanxi Province were selected as the study subjects, and a class-experimental research design was adopted, in which the nursing students before the course implementation were taken as the control group and those after the course implementation were taken as the experimental group. …”
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Harnessing Research Pressure: A Dual Chain Mediation Effects of Achievement Motivation and Research Anxiety on Innovative Behavior Under Challenge-Hindrance Research Stressors by Ma J, Hu L

“…Grounded in the cognitive transactional theory of stress and adopting a “perception → psychology → behavior” research framework, this study develops a dual chain mediation model to explain the association between challenge-hindrance research stressors and researchers’ innovative behavior.Patients and Methods: A two-wave survey was conducted, collecting 887 valid responses from researchers across 30 provinces in China. …”
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Efficient Detection of Stigmatizing Language in Electronic Health Records via In-Context Learning: Comparative Analysis and Validation Study by Hongbo Chen, Myrtede Alfred, Eldan Cohen

“…ObjectiveWe aimed to investigate the efficacy of ICL in detecting stigmatizing language within EHRs under data-scarce conditions. MethodsWe analyzed 5043 sentences from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care–IV dataset, which contains EHRs from patients admitted to the emergency department at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. …”
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The Role of Women’s Empowerment in Fertility Preferences and Outcomes: Analysis of the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey by Sitta Fiakhsani Taqwim, Masoud Vaezghasemi, Sara Castel-Feced, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Julia Schröders

“…This study examines the association between four dimensions of women’s empowerment and three fertility-related outcomes among married women aged 22 years and older in Indonesia. Methods We used cross-sectional data from 34,017 married women participating in the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS). …”
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Peculiarities of dynamics of level of the acute phase C-reactive protein and its connection with the immune system of organism in patients, suffering the ulcer gastro-intestinal he... by M. V. Trofimov, V. P. Kryshen, A. V. Chukhrienko

“…This category of patients was distributed in accordance to methods of treatment of coexistent cardio-vascular pathology: Group A – 20 patients, who took hypotensive therapy in accordance to standard scheme, Group B – 15 patients, who took a «double» therapy. …”
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On influence of structural features on stress-strain state of a reinforced concrete floor slab by A. V. Selivanov, F. F. Reger, I. A. Chakurin

“…The development of stress values and transverse vertical displacements directly depended on the support conditions of the floor slab.Limitation of transverse horizontal displacements on the support by any of the selected methods made it possible to reduce stresses by 3.47 - 3.78 times, deflections by 1.5 - 1.52 times, stresses - up to 11.9 times, wребро deflections - 1.18–1.53 times.Creating an end rib or limiting movement with an additional horizontal connection had almost the same effect.The transverse horizontal displacements of the lower face of the longitudinal contour rib in the direction of the 𝑢ребро span which occurred in the floor slab, which did not have an end rib and limitation of displacements in the transverse direction, were in a parabolic relationship with the magnitudes of the vertical transverse forces.In a florr slab with limited displacements in the transverse direction or with an end rib, 𝑢ребро displacements were 3.88–4.32 times less, and at the ends they depended on the deformability of the bonds, i.e. when horizontal movement was prohibited, they were equal to zero. stresses acting on the lower edge of the flange in the transverse direction, in the region of the middle of the span in the floor slab with reinforcement prestressed to the maximum value, had positive values almost over the entire width of the flange and directly depended on the thickness of the slab in each section.Prestressing made it possible to reduce deflections by 4.02 - 4.37 times, wребро deflections by 1.09 - 5.59 times, and evenly distribute stresses along the length of the longitudinal contour rib, to make they are only tensile, close to zero along its entire length.The prestressing of the reinforcement of the maximum value made it possible to increase the horizontal rigidity of the longitudinal contour rib of the floor slab and limit its transverse 𝑢ребро movements.The transverse displacements that occurred near the support of the prestressed shell slab were 1.04 - 1.2 times less than in the shell slab with non-stressed reinforcement, on the rest of the span - slightly more, changing evenly, without sharp changes, unlike floor slabs with non-stressed reinforcement.Discussion and conclusion. …”
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Impact of Pathological Grades of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease on Weight Loss Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by Qu YF, Wang K, Li Y, Cheng YG, Hu SY, Zhong MW

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect of fatty liver severity on percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL) in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG).Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 226 patients with obesity who underwent LSG. …”
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Effect of Plyometric Exercises of Lower Limb on Strength, Postural Control, and Risk of Falling in Stroke Patients by Ahmed K. Abd Elsabour, Hoda M. Zakaria, Ebtesam M. Fahmy, Azza Sayed Abdelrehim Khalil, Reem M. Alwhaibi, Walaa M. Ragab, Shreen I. Taha

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> This study involved 40 chronic left stroke patients randomly divided into two equal groups. …”
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Orthopedic Trainees&amp;rsquo; Perception of the Educational Utility of Patient-Specific 3D-Printed Anatomical Models: A Questionnaire-Based Observational Study by Zhou X, Yi K, Shi Y

“…Xiaoyang Zhou,&amp;ast; Kaijun Yi,&amp;ast; Yihua Shi Department of Orthopedics, Xiangyang No.1 People’s Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, People’s Republic of China&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yihua Shi, Department of Orthopedics, Xiangyang No.1 People’s Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 0710 3420011, Fax +86 0710 3420176, Email yihua19@163.comBackground: Traditional orthopedic teaching methods have inherent limitations in conveying complex three-dimensional anatomical relationships essential for surgical planning and execution. …”
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Analysis of the Potential Link Between Dermatomyositis and Cancer by Guo J, Lei T, Yu X, Wang P, Xie H, Jian G, Zhang Q, Qing Y

“…Central genes were identified with the LASSO and SVM-RFE methods. The expression levels and diagnostic relevance of these genes were confirmed via the GSE1551 dataset. …”
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Modes of self-reflection in physical education instruction by Tong Zhou, Remigijus Bubnys, Lauras Grajauskas, Dolors Cañabate, Jordi Colomer

“…This study aims to conduct a specific analysis of research trends on self-reflection in physical education through scientometrics analysis, providing foundational material for teachers’ and students’ self-development.MethodsA scientometric analysis was conducted using WOS and Scopus databases. …”
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The Changing Landscape of Heart Failure Drug Clinical Trials in China, 2013&ndash;2023 by Zhang W, Zhang Y, Tang J, Wang X, Meng C, Wu J, Li J

“…Wenjie Zhang,1,2,&ast; Yinming Zhang,3,&ast; Jiawei Tang,4,&ast; Xuejiao Wang,1 Chao Meng,1,2 Ji Wu,1 Jun Li1 1Department of Cardiology, Guang’Anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, People’s Republic of China; 2Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Emergency, Yankuang New Journey General Hospital, Zoucheng, Shandong Province, 273500, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ji Wu, Email 13811234370@163.com Jun Li, Email gamyylj@163.comObjective: This review aimed to delineate the changing landscape of heart failure (HF) drug clinical trials conducted in China during 2013– 2023.Methods: Detailed information on HF drug trials registered on the National Medical Products Administration Clinical Trial Information Disclosure Platform from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2023, was collected. …”
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Identification of ZNF652 as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Target in Osteoarthritis Using Machine Learning by Chen Y, Liang R, Zheng X, Fang D, Lu WW, Chen Y

“…The DEGs were discerned using three distinct machine learning methods. The accuracy of these DEGs in diagnosing OA was evaluated using the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve. …”
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Causal Relationship Between Psychosocial Factors and Neck Pain: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Liang H, Wu Q, Yang S, Zhang S, Miao J, Jin H, Wang X

“…This study aimed to investigate whether potential risk factors have a causal effect on NP at the genetic level using a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.Methods: Summary-level data for potential risk factors, including distress, anxiety disorder, depression, mood, sleep disorder, loneliness, education, alcohol consumption, smoking, time spent using the computer, and physical activity, as well as NP, were obtained from multiple large-scale Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS). …”
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Exploring the Association Between Triglyceride-Glucose Indices and Their Derivatives With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surve... by Zhou Y, Xue F

“…Yating Zhou,&ast; Fei Xue&ast; Kunshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunshan City, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fei Xue, Department of Surgery, Kunshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zuchongzhi South Road, Kunshan City, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215300, People’s Republic of China, Email 2090168460@qq.comBackground: Simple and affordable methods for evaluating Insulin Resistance (IR) have been suggested, such as the Triglyceride-Glucose (TyG) index and its variants, including the TyG-Body Mass Index (TyG-BMI), TyG-Waist Circumference (TyG-WC), and TyG-Waist-to-Height Ratio (TyG-WHtR). …”
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Prognostic Value of Four Objective Nutritional Indices in Predicting Long-Term Prognosis in Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Retrospective Cohort Study by He Q, Fan X, Li B, He Q, Cao Y, Zhang H

“…Qingwei He,1,&ast; Xingman Fan,2,3,&ast; Bowen Li,3 Qiongyi He,1 Yukun Cao,2 Haitao Zhang1,2 1The Fifth School of Clinical Medicine, Air Force Clinical Medical School, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230032, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, Air Force Medical Center, Air Force Medical University, PLA, Beijing, 100142, People’s Republic of China; 3Graduate School, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, 075000, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Haitao Zhang; Yukun Cao, Email kjzht@sina.com; caoyukuntg@163.comBackground: Several objective and comprehensive nutritional assessment methods have been used for predicting adverse outcomes in elderly patients with various diseases. …”
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