Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Investigation of Survival and Prognostic Factors with Drug-Related Remission by Gökhan Pektaş, Ercan Gönül, Şeyma Öncü, Merve Becit Kızılkaya, Gökhan Sadi, Mehmet Bilgehan Pektaş

“…Elevated Binet and Rai stages, the existence of 17p deletion, and reduced hemoglobin levels were identified as statistically significant factors. <b>Conclusions:</b> Given the unfavorable prognosis of CLL patients exhibiting a positive direct Coombs test and compromised renal function, further investigations are required to validate the necessity of more rigorous monitoring and, possibly, early intervention. …”
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Risk Factors Promoting Early Cardiovascular Structure Disorders in Patients with Primary Hypothyroidism by A. V. Nikolaeva, L. T. Pimenov, V. G. Sufiyanov, M. V. Dudarev

“…Physical examination, transthoracic echocardiography, assessment of global left ventricle longitudinal strain by speckle tracking method, endothelial function and laboratory tests were performed to all patients. …”
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Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictive Factor in Iraqi Patients with Thyroid Cancer by Fatima Falah Hassan, Wafaa Fadhil Hamed, Luma Yousif Mehdi

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Investigating the prevalence and associated factors of elevated liver enzymes and dyslipidemia during pregnancy by Ananya Dutta Mou, Nurshad Ali

“…Data on the prevalence of abnormal liver functions and dyslipidemia during pregnancy in Bangladesh are scarce since these tests are not typically done in routine prenatal screening. …”
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Exercise, memory, and the hippocampus: Uncovering modifiable lifestyle reserve factors in refractory epilepsy by Alena Stasenko, Erik Kaestner, Adam Schadler, Evan Brady, Jonathan Rodriguez, Rebecca W. Roth, Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, Jonathan L. Helm, Daniel L. Drane, Carrie R. McDonald

“…We investigated whether exercise engagement is associated with verbal memory function and hippocampal integrity in 29 young to middle-aged adults with refractory TLE and 21 demographically matched controls. …”
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Calculation of Correction Factors for Vickers’ Hardness Measurements on a Non-Planar Surface by S. G. Sandomirski, A. L. Val’ko, S. P. Rudenko

“…The sufficiency of using of a quadratic power function for approximating K(d/D) dependences and the necessity of fulfilling the physically justified condition K ≡ 1 at zero curvature of tested surface have been substantiated. …”
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Cognitive Function Is Impaired in Patients with Recently Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes, but Not Type 1 Diabetes by Theresa van Gemert, Wolfgang Wölwer, Katharina S. Weber, Annika Hoyer, Klaus Strassburger, Nora T. Bohnau, Marie A. Brüggen, Katharina Ovelgönne, Eva-Maria Gössmann, Volker Burkart, Julia Szendroedi, Michael Roden, Karsten Müssig, GDS Group

“…Objective. To test whether cognitive function is impaired in early states of diabetes and to identify possible risk factors for cognitive impairment. …”
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Factors associated with female infertility in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Dagne Addisu, Begizew Yimenu Mekuriaw, Besfat Berihun Erega, Wassie Yazie Ferede, Gedefaye Nibret Mihretie, Enyew Dagnew, Assefa Kebie Mitiku, Tegegne Wale Belachew, Maru Mekie

“…Heterogeneity and publication bias were assessed using I² and Egger's tests, respectively. A random effects model was employed to identify factors associated with female infertility. …”
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Serum trihalomethanes and cognitive decline: investigating environmental risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases by Jianping Liu, Sufang Wang, Yuanying Song, Rong Luo, Lijian Han, Lijian Han

“…However, their potential neurotoxic effects, particularly on cognitive function, remain poorly understood. This study investigates the association between serum THM concentrations and cognitive decline, aiming to identify environmental risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases.MethodsData were drawn from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–2014 cohort. …”
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The role of neurohumoral factors in the persistence of aseptic bone inflammation in patients with diabetic neuroosteoarthropathy by E. L. Zaitseva, M. M. Kalandiya, A. Yu. Tokmakova, N. M. Malysheva, L. V. Nikankina, G. R. Galstyan

“…BACKGROUND: Diabetic neuroosteoarthropathy (DNOAP, Charcot foot) is a relatively rare complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), which can lead not only to impaired support function of the lower limb in such patients, but also to high amputation. …”
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Constraint - Induced Movement Therapy: Determinants and Correlates of Duration of Adherence to Restraint use Among Stroke Survivors with Hemiparesis by Arinola Olasumbo Sanya, Olumide Olasunkanmi Dada

“…There was significantly fair correlation between motor function/functional use at any stage (p=0.55) and the corresponding percentage duration of adherence to restraint use, except the functional use in the first week (p=0.44).…”
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Effects of nitrogen levels on soil respiration of sympodial bamboo plantation and factor analysis by LI Weicheng, WANG Shuguang, SHENG Haiyan, ZHENG Youmiao, WANG Shudong, ZHONG Zheke

“…The variation rule of T10, WSOC and SW was similar as this way. Exponential function could be used to describe the relationship between T10 and respiration rate. …”
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Effect of the time factor on the hydraulic activity of mechanically activated saponin-containing powder by Marina V. Morozova, Maria A. Frolova

“…The obtained functional relationships of the Сfact Ca = f(Сteor Ca) for the test samples made it possible to determine the threshold values of the concentration of calcium ions in the solution, the excess of which creates their excess in the reaction medium. …”
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Evaluation of Hospitalized Patients with Diabetes Mellitus with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set by LU Weiyan, TANG Dandan, ZHU Junzhi, LIU Yingfen, DU Lishi, WANG Haoxiang

“…The higher the standardization results, the worse the functions were. Univariate analysis usedt-test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, or linear regression. …”
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Hearing impairment and vestibular function in patients with a pathogenic splice variant in the LHX3 gene by Åsa Kjellgren, Elenor Lundgren, Irina Golovleva, Berit Kriström, Mimmi Werner

“…These findings prove that the LHX3 gene is crucial for the function of both the cochlear and vestibular organs.…”
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Isosteviol Sodium Promotes Neurological Function Recovery in a Model of Spinal Cord Injury in Rats by Tongxia Zhang, Tao Zhang, Han Yu, Lingyi Chi

“…On Days 7, 14, 21, and 28 post‐SCI, functional recovery was measured using the Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan (BBB) scoring system along with the oblique plate test. …”
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Periostin as a predictor of uncontrolled asthma and lung function decrease in patient of different age groups by A. V. Kamaev

“…Clinical history, respiratory function and sampling (serum and nasal brushings) for periostin assay were performed on Visit 1. …”
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Investigating the impact of sleep quality on cognitive functions among students in Tokyo, Japan, and London, UK by Joshua Ampofo, Binghai Sun, Geoffrey Bentum-Micah, Geoffrey Bentum-Micah, Li Qinggong, Wang Changfeng, Le Guoan, Qian Xusheng

“…The findings suggest targeted interventions to enhance sleep quality and cognitive functioning in diverse educational settings, considering cultural nuances and lifestyle factors. …”
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Analysis of the dynamics of changes in factor load models for predicting failures of a spacecraft by Kraev Konstantin, Zaitsev Pavel, Kazakovtsev Vladimir

“…A numerical experiment to test the proposed hypothesis and interpreted the key factors influencing the functioning of the spacecraft is described. …”
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Prognostic Factors for in-hospital Complications of Acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Geovedy Martínez García, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the prognostic factors. To define the performance of these factors, discrimination was evaluated with the C statistical package and calibration using the Hosmer-Lemeshow C test. …”
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