Prevalence and associated factors of sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women attending antenatal care in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Endale Haile, Amanuel Tebabal Nega, Fentahun Yenealem, Simachew Kassa Limenih, Fentahun Alemnew Chekole, Wendu Feysa Balcha, Tadele Emageneh Goshu

“…Crude odds ratios (COR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were initially calculated to evaluate these associations. Variables with a P-value of < 0.2 in the bivariate logistic regression were then included in the multivariable logistic regression model, and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95% CIs were computed. …”
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NLRP3 inflammasome activation by turbulent shear stress drives right ventricular outflow tract fibrosis in pulmonary regurgitation by Qiang Fan, Yabo Wang, Dongyong Zhu, Qi An, Yunfei Ling

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the role of turbulent shear stress (TSS) induced by pulmonary regurgitation (PR) in driving right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, with a focus on NLRP3 inflammasome activation, inflammation, and fibrosis, particularly in the RV outflow tract (RVOT).MethodsClinical data from 6 repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) patients with PR were analyzed using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to quantify TSS distribution. …”
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A fine-grained human facial key feature extraction and fusion method for emotion recognition by Shiwei Li, Jisen Wang, Linbo Tian, Jianqiang Wang, Yan Huang

“…Abstract Emotion, a fundamental mapping of human responses to external stimuli, has been extensively studied in human–computer interaction, particularly in areas such as intelligent cockpits and systems. …”
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Immunoinformatic development of a multiepitope messenger RNA vaccine targeting lipoate protein ligase and dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase proteins of Mycoplasma bovis in cattle by Dhafer Rasheed Al-Fetly, Dhama Alsallami, Amjed Alsultan

“…T- and B-cell epitopes were predicted using Immune Epitope Database and evaluated for antigenicity, allergenicity, toxicity, and conservancy. …”
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Therapeutic benefits of acupoint massage at Yuji (LU10) and Zhaohai (KI6) for postoperative hoarseness in thyroid surgery patients by Mingzhu Lu, Yizhuo Lu, Jing Li, Yunzhang Li, Qinggui Chen

“…Abstract Objective This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of acupoint massage at Yuji (LU10) and Zhaohai (KI6) in alleviating hoarseness following thyroid surgery. …”
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Optimizing post-thoracotomy pain management: comparing erector spinae vs. paravertebral block in thoracotomy patients: a prospective randomized study by Kerem Baser, Ozal Adiyeke, Ergun Mendes, Funda Gumus Ozcan

“…Patients were randomly assigned into ESPB (n = 30) and PVB (n = 30) groups using a computer-generated randomization sequence prior to surgery. …”
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Functional-guided frameless stereotactic biopsy of highly eloquent brain tumors by Maximilian Schwendner, Axel Schroeder, Bernhard Meyer, Sandro M. Krieg, Sebastian Ille

“…In addition, nTMS-based tractography can visualize eloquent white matter pathways. This study evaluated the usefulness and clinical impact of non-invasive cortical mapping and tractography of eloquent brain functions for trajectory planning before stereotactic biopsies. …”
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Implication of Bimodal Magnetic Resonance and Fluorescence Imaging Probes in Advanced Healthcare: Enhancing Disease Diagnosis and Targeted Therapy by Gong T, Ullah Z, Roy S, Cheng C, Li M, Cheng J, Zhang Y, Guo B, Qiu Y

“…Through systematic analysis and in vitro and in vivo evaluations, we demonstrate the ability of the probes to achieve superior spatial and temporal resolution, facilitating the accurate delineation of biological targets. …”
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The Effectiveness of the Be Prepared mHealth App on Recovery of Physical Functioning After Major Elective Surgery: Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial by Miriam van der Velde, Marike van der Leeden, Edwin Geleijn, Cindy Veenhof, Karin Valkenet

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Be Prepared app on postoperative recovery of physical functioning (PF) in patients undergoing major elective surgery. …”
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Enhancing Pulmonary Disease Prediction Using Large Language Models With Feature Summarization and Hybrid Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Multicenter Methodological Study Based on R... by Ronghao Li, Shuai Mao, Congmin Zhu, Yingliang Yang, Chunting Tan, Li Li, Xiangdong Mu, Honglei Liu, Yuqing Yang

“…Finally, the proposed method was tested on an external validation dataset consisted of 343 chest computed tomography (CT) report from another hospital. …”
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Winglet Design for Class I Mini UAV—Aerodynamic and Performance Optimization by Eleftherios Nikolaou, Eleftherios Karatzas, Spyridon Kilimtzidis, Vassilis Kostopoulos

“…Various winglet designs—plate and blended types with differing heights, cant angles, and sweep angles—were then created and assessed. A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis was conducted to evaluate the flow around both the winglet-free UAV and configurations with each winglet design. …”
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Distinguishing Compact Objects in Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals by Gravitational Waves by Lujia Xu, Shucheng Yang, Wenbiao Han, Xingyu Zhong, Rundong Tang, Yuanhao Zhang

“…Assuming the “true” GW signals originate from an extended body inspiraling into a supermassive black hole, we compute the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and Bayes factors between a test-particle waveform template and our model, which includes the spin and quadrupole of the compact object. …”
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Learning curve of a novice foot and ankle surgeon in minimally invasive calcaneal fracture surgery via the sinus tarsi approach by Younguk Park, Won-Tae Cho, Myungsub Lee, Jeyoon Lee, Young Wook Seo

“…Pre- and postoperative X-rays and computed tomography (CT) were analyzed to measure the Bohler angle, hindfoot varus angle, and posterior facet step-off. …”
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Ultrasonographic abdominal visceral fat thickness as an independent predictive factor of mortality in COVID-19 patients; a prospective cohort study by Siavash Mehran, Babak Salevatipour, Hooman Bahrami-Motlagh

“…This study aimed to evaluate whether abdominal fat thickness measured via US predicts clinical outcomes in COVID-19 pneumonia. …”
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Development of an eHealth Intervention Including Self-Management for Reducing Sedentary Time in the Transition to Retirement: Participatory Design Study by Lisa Hultman, Caroline Eklund, Petra von Heideken Wågert, Anne Söderlund, Maria Lindén, Magnus L Elfström

“…Further research is needed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the eHealth intervention.…”
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Identification and validation of prognostic biomarkers in ccRCC: immune-stromal score and survival prediction by Fang Lyu, Yuxin Zhong, Qingliu He, Wen Xiao, Xiaoping Zhang

“…Methods Data from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) were subjected to analysis to compute immune and stromal scores utilizing the ESTIMATE algorithm. …”
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Navigation and non-navigation CT scan of the sinuses: comparison of the effective doses of radiation in children and adults by Noémie Villemure-Poliquin, Mario Chrétien, Jacques E. Leclerc

“…We aimed to compare the effective doses of radiation between 3D navigation protocols and standard protocols for sinus computed tomography (CT) scans for both the adult and pediatric population. …”
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CRYOBALLOON ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN DIFFERENT ANATOMY OF PULMONARY VEINS by T. Yu. Chichkova, S. E. Mamchur, A. N. Kokov, N. S. Bokhan, E. A. Khomenko, I. N. Mamchur

“…Aim. To evaluate the results of cryo-ablation in a variety of pulmonary veins (PV) anatomy.Material and methods. …”
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Glymphatic dysfunction in classical trigeminal neuralgia: DTI-ALPS index stratification from healthy controls to post-MVD by Xiaolin Hou, Bo Wu, Ruxiang Xu, Cheng Yin

“…The DTI-ALPS indices were computed preoperatively and at the 6-month follow-up, with volumes of the bilateral hippocampi, amygdalae, and lateral ventricles also being determined. …”
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Transthoracic ultrasound shear-wave elastography: can it play a role in assessing peripheral lung lesions? by Manal A. Mahmoud, Samiaa Hamdy Sadek, Ramy Mohammed Ahmed, Asmaa Abdeltawab, Waleed Gamal Elddin Khaleel

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the predictive value of 2D-SWE for diagnosing peripheral lung lesions. …”
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