Subjective social status and trajectories of frailty: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing by Patrick Präg, Lindsay Richards, Asri Maharani

“…Using longitudinal data, the goal of this study was, first, to identify latent trajectories of frailty over time, and second, to investigate the relationship between subjective social status and frailty trajectory.Methods Data were drawn from the 2002–2019 surveys of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, involving 9484 individuals aged 50+ years at baseline. …”
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EMM-CLODS: An Effective Microcluster and Minimal Pruning CLustering-Based Technique for Detecting Outliers in Data Streams by Mohamed Jaward Bah, Hongzhi Wang, Li-Hui Zhao, Ji Zhang, Jie Xiao

“…The analysis from our experimental studies on both synthetic and real-world datasets shows that the technique performs well with minimal memory and time consumption when compared to the other baseline algorithms, making it a very promising technique in dealing with outlier detection problems in data streams.…”
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Interventions to increase utilisation of advanced care planning documentation for hospitalised older adults by Laura E Walker, Anne Liwonjo, Deepi G Goyal

“…We performed serial Plan-Do-Measure-Act cycles. The first intervention introduced the ‘surprise question’ during an afternoon huddle. …”
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Polydeoxyribonucleotide Dermal Infiltration in Male Genital Lichen Sclerosus: Adjuvant Effects during Topical Therapy by Luigi Laino, Silvia Suetti, Isabella Sperduti

“…Lichen sclerosus (LS) is an autoimmune inflammatory skin disease that leads to tissue sclerosis. Actually, the first-line treatment consists of local steroid as clobetasol propionate (CP). …”
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Maternal Feeding Styles and Food Parenting Practices as Predictors of Longitudinal Changes in Weight Status in Hispanic Preschoolers from Low-Income Families by Sheryl O. Hughes, Thomas G. Power, Teresia M. O’Connor, Jennifer Orlet Fisher, Tzu-An Chen

“…Children were assessed at baseline (4 to 5 years old) and again eighteen months later. …”
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The Effects of High-Fidelity Simulation on Salivary Cortisol Levels in SRNA Students: A Pilot Study by Terri Jones, Sarah Goss, Bethany Weeks, Hiroko Miura, Damian Bassandeh, Dennis Cheek

“…The same process was repeated for the first clinical day in the operating room. The participants acted as their own control. …”
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Research on the Genetic Improvement Effects of Lodging Resistance-Related Traits in Maize Core Germplasm by Kaizhi Yang, Jian Tan, Qiyuan Zhang, Tianhang Bai, Shuna Zhou, Junheng Hao, Xinling Yu, Zhenyuan Zang, Dan Zhang

“…Combining ability analysis showed positive general combining ability (GCA) effects for the improved lines J133A, JM25, JM115, and JM1895 in all three traits, with higher GCA values than the baselines and first-round improved lines. Heterosis analysis revealed the highest advantages for the combinations J133A × JM115 (stem tension), JM25 × JM115 (crushing strength), and J133A × J1865 (puncture strength). …”
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Nonsyndromic Generalized Radiculomegaly of Permanent Dentition: A Rare Case Report by Mohammed Alhussain, Naif Almosa, Hourya Alnofaie

“…Since OFCD syndrome was first identified in 1996, only a few cases of nonsyndromic/nonfamilial radiculomegaly have been reported. …”
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Silent Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Case Report of Atypical Antipsychotic Induced Elevation of Creatinine Kinase and Altered Mental Status by Amber N. Edinoff, Hamza Mohammad-Amin, Amira S. Odisho

“…The first was in an adolescent who was titrated to a dose of risperidone 3mg/ day but the only abnormality was an increase in his CK levels. …”
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Refined feature enhancement network for object detection by Zonghui Li, Yongsheng Dong

“…Finally, we validate RFENet on MS-COCO2017, PASCAL VOC2012, and PASCAL VOC07+12 datasets, respectively. Compared to the baseline network, our RFENet improves by 2.4 AP on MS-COCO2017 dataset, 3.4 mAP on PASCAL VOC2012 dataset, and 2.7 mAP on PASCAL VOC07+12 dataset. …”
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A cross-sectional study to analyze the pattern of pharmacotherapy and its associated factors among patients with schizophrenia by B. S. Abhishree, Shreya Bhat, Sushma Muraraiah, Kavitha Rajarathna

“…Background: Schizophrenia, a severe chronic mental disorder, is primarily treated with pharmacotherapy, typically involving either first-generation antipsychotics (FGA) or second-generation antipsychotics (SGA) or a combination of both. …”
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HGL: A hybrid global-local load balancing routing scheme for the Internet of Things through satellite networks by Ziluan Liu, Jiangsheng Li, Yanru Wang, Xin Li, Shanzhi Chen

“…A global strategy is employed first for preliminary global traffic allocation based on long-range baselines, and a local strategy is then employed for route adjustments based on short-range fluctuations. …”
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A regional program evaluation of the Stanford Chronic Pain Self-Management Program in Eastern Ontario, Canada by E. Hum, S. Karunananthan, A. Adil, I. Moroz, R. Davidson, C. Liddy

“…We conducted a longitudinal analysis of the change in PAM score between participants’ first (baseline) and last (follow-up) day in the program.Results Overall, 1023 individuals enrolled in the CPSMP during the study period, with enrollments peaking in 2018 and remaining stable thereafter. …”
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Interval Colorectal Cancers following Guaiac Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario ColonCancerCheck Program by Lawrence Paszat, Rinku Sutradhar, Jill Tinmouth, Nancy Baxter, Linda Rabeneck

“…Interval cancers comprised 38.70% of CRC following the baseline screen and 50.86% following the subsequent screen. …”
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Twelve-Month Outcomes and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Biomarkers After Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implantation in Pseudophakic Eyes with Post-Vitrectomy Cystoid Macular Edem... by Francesco Pignatelli, Alfredo Niro, Giuseppe Addabbo, Pasquale Viggiano, Giacomo Boscia, Maria Oliva Grassi, Francesco Boscia, Cristiana Iaculli, Giulia Maria Emilia Clima, Antonio Barone, Ermete Giancipoli

“…Eyes with post-PPV CME in the first 2 months after surgery, with available clinical and OCT data for 12 months after surgery, were included in the evaluation. …”
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Dance Evaluation Based on Movement and Neural Network by Yan Lei, Xin Li, Yi Jiao Chen

“…The experimental data is obtained from dance videos on the Internet, and the experimental results are analyzed from five aspects: loss function value, comparison of different baselines, evaluation of sequence generation effect, user research, and quality evaluation of real-life dance videos. …”
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Pandemic mitigation: Bringing it home by Tom Reichert

“…Essential personnel are the first scheduled to receive preventive and therapeutic pharmaceuticals, followed by high risk groups, the largest of which are the elderly. …”
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Heart morphology and function evaluation by transthoracic echocardiography in six captive crested gibbons (Nomascus spp.) by Irène Vonfeld, Anaïs Nowakowski, Brice Lefaux, Benoît Quintard

“…However, there are currently no baseline data of heart morphology and function in hylobatid primates. …”
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Satisfactory Evaluation of Call Service Using AI After Ureteral Stent Insertion: Randomized Controlled Trial by Ukrae Cho, Yong Nam Gwon, Seung Ryong Chong, Ji Yeon Han, Do Kyung Kim, Seung Whan Doo, Won Jae Yang, Kyeongmin Kim, Sung Ryul Shim, Jaehun Jung, Jae Heon Kim

“…ConclusionsThis is the first study to use AI for patient reassurance regarding complications after ureteric stent placement. …”
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Annual Decline in Pentraxin 3 Is a Risk of Vascular Access Troubles in Hemodialysis Patients by Kei Nagai, Atsushi Ueda, Chie Saito, Asako Zempo-Miyaki, Kunihiro Yamagata

“…To demonstrate whether annual change in PTX3 is associated with vascular events, we measured blood levels of pentraxins (PTX3 and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)) at baseline and in the next year in 76 hemodialysis patients and observed 20 patients with vascular access troubles during follow-up years. …”
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