Evaluating the Effectiveness of Quality Control Measures in Project Management: A Study of Construction Companies in Lusaka by Mwanza Jacob, Chimbomba Kelvin

“…Quality control measures implemented in project management functions of construction companies function as essential elements which support project achievement, client fulfillment, and business endurance. …”
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Increased Serum Sclerostin Level Is a Risk Factor for Peripheral Artery Disease in Patients with Hypertension by Yahn-Bor Chern, Po-Sheng Lee, Ji-Hung Wang, Jen-Pi Tsai, Bang-Gee Hsu

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Multivariate Spatial Autoregressive Model with Latent Variables: Application to Economic Growth Modeling by Anik Anekawati, Purhadi, Mohammad Rofik

“…Research involving causal relationships among latent variables that generally use structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis and spatial data simultaneously has an unavoidable impact on using spatial SEM analysis. …”
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Exosomes Derived from miR-146a-5p-Enriched Mesenchymal Stem Cells Protect the Cardiomyocytes and Myocardial Tissues in the Polymicrobial Sepsis through Regulating MYBL1 by Chun Liu, Jianhua Xue, Bo Xu, Aixian Zhang, Lili Qin, Jiajia Liu, Yang Yang

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The role and mechanism of long non-coding RNA ARID2-IR in chronic glomerulonephritis by ZHANG Ai-ping, HE Fang, SHE Kai-ru

“…Objective To investigate the relationship between LncRNA ARID2-IR and renal function in patients with chronic glomerulonephritis(CGN)and its mechanism.Methods A total of 52 CGN patients(CGN group)and 45 healthy adults(control group)were enrolled in the study.General information(age,gender,blood pressure,body mass index,etc.)was collected.Blood urea nitrogen(BUN)and serum creatinine(Scr)were tested.Target gene prediction was performed through the Starbase database,and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis was performed by Tbtools software.Real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression of LncRNA ARID2-IR and target genes.With ROC curve,the diagnostic value of LncRNA ARID2-IR and target genes for CGN was analyzed,and the influencing factors of CGN were analyzed by Logistic regression model.Results Systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure,BUN and Scr in the CGN group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P<0.05).The expression of LncRNA ARID2-IR in the CGN group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P<0.05).LncRNA ARID2-IR expression was significantly correlated with BUN(r=0.225,P<0.05)and Scr(r=0.266,P<0.05),respectively.Target gene prediction showed that LncRNA ARID2-IR had 88 target genes in total,and the top 5 target genes in the score ranking for matching with LncRNA ARID2-IR were IFT80,IGHG4,RLBP1,ANKRD27 and TSPAN6,of which IFT80 and RLBP1 in the CGN group had much higher expression levels than those in the control group(P<0.05).The ROC curve showed that the AUCs of LncRNA ARID2-IR,IFT80 and RLBP1 were 0.783,0.821 and 0.738,respectively,which was of diagnostic significance for CGN.Logistic regression analysis showed that elevated levels of LncRNA ARID2-IR(OR=4.754,P=0.021),IFT80(OR=3.518,P=0.001)and RLBP1(OR=4.718,P=0.021)increased CGN risk.Conclusions Up-regulation of LncRNA ARID2-IR expression plays an important role in CGN.LncRNA ARID2-IR may be a new target for CGN control.…”
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) CD8+ T-cells that express interferon-gamma contribute to HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). by Rachel D Schrier, Suzi Hong, Melanie Crescini, Ronald Ellis, Josué Pérez-Santiago, Celsa Spina, Scott Letendre, HNRP Group

“…The frequency of cytokine expressing T-cells in CSF was significantly higher than in peripheral blood for CD4+T-cells: TNFα, IL-2, IFNγ and CD8+T-cells: IL-2 and IFNγ. Analysis of T-cell activity and NCI as a function of CSF HIV RNA levels suggested a general association between NCI, high CSF CD8+ (but not CD4+T-cell) cytokine expression and CSF HIV RNA <103 copies/ml (p<0.0001). …”
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Prevalence, associated factors and clinical implications of subjective cognitive decline linked to frailty in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study by Jie Li, Yue Gao, Xianghong Li, Youhui Yu, Guiyong Li, Huaihong Yuan

“…Spearman’s analysis revealed that SCD was positively correlated with frailty in MHD patients (r = 0.431, P < 0.001). …”
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Psychological and pedagogical readiness of a guide to work with disabled people by O. V. Zaslavskaya, A. S. Malafiy

“…In the course of research, general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, statistical methods, methods of survey and participant observation were employed. …”
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Development of an electrocardiographic prediction model for outflow tract idiopathic premature ventricular contraction with decreased left ventricular ejection fraction by Pinliang Liao, Xiaolian Cai, Wen Zhang, Min Ou, Heling Ren, Maoqin Shu

“…Abstract Background The incidence of premature ventricular contraction (PVC) can be as high as 70% to 75% in general population. Even in the absence of any underlying heart disease, isolated ventricular premature contractions (IPVCs) can still lead to cardiac structural remodeling and impaired heart function during long-term follow-up. …”
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Unveiling the Mechanisms of a Remission in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)-like Syndrome: The Role of Hippocampal Palmitoyltransferase Expression and Stress Susceptibility by Careen A. Schroeter, Anna Gorlova, Michael Sicker, Aleksei Umriukhin, Alisa Burova, Boris Shulgin, Sergey Morozov, Joao P. Costa-Nunes, Tatyana Strekalova

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Prevalence and Correlates of Neurocognitive Disorders among HIV Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy at a Kenyan Hospital by A. G. Mugendi, M. N. Kubo, D. G. Nyamu, L. M. Mwaniki, S. K. Wahome, J. E. Haberer

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Prevalence and Predictors of Chemotherapy‐Related Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Lung Cancer Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Wu XiuCen, Chen GuiHua, Li Qin, Tang Huan, Shen HuaPeng

“…Methods Three hundred thirty‐eight lung cancer patients from the departments of respiratory medicine, oncology, and thoracic surgery of two tertiary‐level hospitals in Chongqing from July 2023 to July 2024 were selected for the study via convenience sampling. A self‐designed General and Disease‐Related Information Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Cognitive Function (Fact‐Cog) were utilized for the questionnaire survey. …”
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Identification of multiomics and immune infiltration-associated biomarkers for early gastric cancer: a machine learning-based diagnostic model development study by Kewei Du, Wenfei Hu, Shan Gao, Jianxin Gan, Chongge You, Shangdi Zhang

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Comparison and Evaluation of Rain Gauge, CMORPH, TRMM PR and GPM DPR KuPR Precipitation Products over South China by Rui Wang, Huiping Li, Hao Huang, Liangliang Li

“…This confirms the consistency of space-borne precipitation radars and provides a foundation for analyzing long-term precipitation trends. Further analysis reveals that light rain rates from CMORPH have relatively small deviations, while rain rates generally tend to underestimate the rain rate compared to rain gauge. …”
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Effect of Dapagliflozin on Glycemic Variability in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes under Insulin Glargine Combined with Other Oral Hypoglycemic Drugs by Menghui Luo, Xiaocen Kong, Huiying Wang, Xiaofang Zhai, Tingting Cai, Bo Ding, Yun Hu, Ting Jing, Xiaofei Su, Huiqin Li, Jianhua Ma

“…Further, a stratified analysis showed that patients with higher pretreatment HbA1c and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) had greater improvement in glycemic control. …”
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Adjacent Inputs With Different Labels and Hardness in Supervised Learning by Sebastian A. Grillo, Julio Cesar Mello Roman, Jorge Daniel Mello-Roman, Jose Luis Vazquez Noguera, Miguel Garcia-Torres, Federico Divina, Pedro Esteban Gardel Sotomayor

“…We then demonstrated that a threshold of NIV may determine if a classification model can generalize to unseen data. We also presented a case study aimed at analyzing threshold neural networks and the required first hidden layer size in function of NIV. …”
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Late liver allograft dysfunction: definition, risk factors and outcomes by Yu. O. Malinovskaya, K. Yu. Kokina, O. V. Sumtsova, A. O. Grigorevskaya, Ya. G. Moysyuk

“…There are many causes for the development of a late liver allograft dysfunction and different types of its clinical presentation, but there is no generally accepted definition. This hinders its timely diagnosis, analysis of its prevalence, and also makes it difficult to compare the performance of transplantation programs.Objective. …”
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Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy Using Stroke Volume Variation Does Not Result in Pulmonary Fluid Overload in Thoracic Surgery Requiring One-Lung Ventilation by Sebastian Haas, Volker Eichhorn, Ted Hasbach, Constantin Trepte, Asad Kutup, Alwin E. Goetz, Daniel A. Reuter

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Oxygenation indices and echocardiographic markers of pulmonary hypertension and ventricular dysfunction in congenital diaphragmatic hernia by Kamal Ali, Ibrahim Ali, Naif Alotaibi, Saleh S Algarni, Mohanned Alrahili, Mohammed Almahdi, Abdulrahman Almehaid, Saif Alsaif, Talal Altamimi, Saad Alshreedah, Mohammed Sufyani

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Association of decreased glomerular filtration rate with renal hemodynamic disorders and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with medically-controlled hypertension of high cardiova... by O. A. Koshelskaya, O. A. Zhuravleva, I. V. Kologrivova, N. Yu. Margolis

“…The results of correlation analysis were used to determine the determinants of GFR decline. …”
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