Kidney function and cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaohua Pei, Nazia Begum Bakerally, Zhan Wang, Yun Bo, Yao Ma, Zhenzhu Yong, Sizhu Zhu, Fei Gao, Zhu Bei, Weihong Zhao

“…A random model effect was adopted for a heterogeneity (I2) of more than 50%.Results Seventeen (involving 32,141 participants) out of 5892 studies were included. …”
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The Role of Basal Cistern as Prognostic Factor in Head Injury Cases by Tri Putra Nuur Fath, Agus Suhendar, Nia Kania, Agung Ary Wibowo, Hery Poerwosusanta, Zainal Abidin, Huldani Huldani

“…In addition, the severity of head injury was closely related to the condition of basal cistern. The more severe head injury, the worse prognosis for patients. …”
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Inhibition of autophagy as a novel treatment for neurofibromatosis type 1 tumors by Megan Stevens, Yuanli Wang, Stephanie J. Bouley, Torrey R. Mandigo, Aditi Sharma, Sonali Sengupta, Amy Housden, Norbert Perrimon, James A. Walker, Benjamin E. Housden

“…We identified 54 gene candidates, which were validated with variable dose analysis as a secondary screen. Pathways associated with five candidates could be targeted using existing drugs. …”
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Predicting the thickness of alpine meadow soil on headwater hillslopes of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Xiaole Han, Jintao Liu, Pengfei Wu, Zhenghong Yu, Xiao Qiao, Hai Yang

“…Using a linear mixed-effects model, we quantified uncertainty through within-site and between-site variance analysis, and compared the performance of deep learning (DL) with three traditional machine learning methods—random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), and artificial neural networks (ANN)—under three variable selection strategies: (1) all variables, (2) stepwise selection, and (3) a novel Boruta-based recursive method. …”
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Association between milk pump type and free fatty acid concentrations on dairy farms with automated milking systems by Hannah M. Woodhouse, Stephen J. LeBlanc, Trevor J. DeVries, Karen J. Hand, David F. Kelton

“…Automated milking systems (AMS) have become more common in the dairy industry, but questions about their effect on milk quality, including FFA, remain. …”
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Natural hydrogen system evaluation in the São Francisco Basin (Brazil) by de Freitas Vivian Azor, Prinzhofer Alain, Françolin João Batista, Ferreira Francisco José Fonseca, Moretti Isabelle

“…The H2-rich layers exhibit very low porosity and permeability and are overlapped by more impermeable zones within the same lithostratigraphic units. …”
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Changes in environmental conditions regulate the biodiversity of planktonic microeukaryotes mediated by the dispersal-selection relationships in river: an example of the Beipan Riv... by Xiaohan Dong, Xiaohan Dong, Jiaxin Huang, Jiaxin Huang, Xinxin Zhou, Xinxin Zhou, Jiali Ran, Jiali Ran, Ziwei Wang, Ziwei Wang, Zongqiang Qi, Zongqiang Qi, Yanjun Shen, Yanjun Shen, Yanjun Shen

“…Dispersal contributed more to zooplankton gamma-diversity in the homogeneous downstream region. …”
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Effect of Winter Cover Crops on Soil Nitrogen Availability, Corn Yield, and Nitrate Leaching by S. Kuo, B. Huang, R. Bembenek

“…Further research is needed to determine if relay cover crops planted into standing summer crops is a more appropriate approach than fall seeding in this region to gain sufficient growth of the cover crop by fall. …”
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A Step-by-Step Harmonization Process for Nutritional Epidemiology Purposes: A Methodological Work of the Collaborative PROMED-COG Pooled Cohorts Study by Federica Prinelli, Silvia Conti, Claire T. McEvoy, Caterina Trevisan, Stefania Maggi, Giuseppe Sergi, Marianna Noale

“…Background and objectives: Pooling datasets for nutritional epidemiological purposes are becoming more common because of their several advantages. …”
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Digital Storytelling for People With Cognitive Impairment Using Available Mobile Apps: Systematic Search in App Stores and Content Analysis by Di Zhu, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Wei Liu, Dahua Wang

“…Future research is recommended to investigate regional limitations and features that would result in more inclusive and effective digital storytelling apps.…”
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Plain radiograph evaluation of concurrent filling of tibial peg holes with bone in cementless total knee arthroplasty by Kazue Hayakawa, Hideki Date, Sho Nojiri, Yosuke Kaneko, Kohei Shibata, Nobuyuki Fujita

“…Knee Society Scores and Knee Society Functional Scores did not differ significantly between groups; however, the bone filling group had a significantly lower incidence of RLLs (p ​< ​0.05) and significantly more longitudinal trabecular thickening below the pegs (p ​< ​0.05). …”
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The association between dietary antioxidant index with tumor size, proliferation marker, and the odds of breast cancer in Iranian women by Adeleh Khodabakhshi, Niloufar Rasaei, Mahmood Reza Masoudi, Mahdi Vajdi, Seyed Ali Razavi Nasab, Hossein Bavi Behbahani, Ali Akbari, Hadi Bazyar, Mostafa Dianati

“…Also, by entering the DAI as a quantitative variable in model 3 of logistic regression, a significant decrease in the odds of breast cancer was observed (p = 0.03). …”
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Os partidos políticos brasileiros realmente não importam? by Maria do Socorro Sousa Braga, Jairo Pimentel Jr

“…This article also emphasizes that despite the fact that party preference is more pronounced as a means of candidate selection for those with a high degree of education, it is possible to observe that even among those with less education this variable is fundamental to explain the vote, providing evidence that even for voters with less knowledge of politics, the parties are helping to structure the voting decision.…”
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Medial intracranial carotid artery calcifications and hematoma expansion in deep intracerebral hemorrhage by Federico Mazzacane, Stefan Moraru, Beatrice Del Bello, Federica Ferrari, Erica Ferro, Alessandra Persico, Jawed Nawabi, Alessandro Padovani, Anna Cavallini, Andrea Morotti

“…Medial ICAC were significantly more common in deep ICH with HE compared with non‐expanders (72% vs 49%, p = 0.03), whereas there was no association between ICAC and HE in lobar ICH (53% vs 52%, p = 0.85). …”
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Sex-specific cytokine signatures as predictors of anti-PD1 therapy response in non-small cell lung cancer by Catherine Taylor, Ammar Sabir Cheema, Karama Asleh, Nicholas Finn, Mahmoud Abdelsalam, Rodney J. Ouellette, Rodney J. Ouellette

“…BackgroundThe introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) as first-line therapy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer has dramatically improved response rates. However, more than half of NSCLC patients receiving ICI fail to have a durable response to treatment and therefore the identification of circulating biomarkers to improve patient stratification is required. …”
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Innovative Resource-Saving Equipment for Safflower Processing to Improve Oil Quality by Maigul Mursalykova, Gulnara Kokayeva, Mukhtarbek Kakimov, Bożena Gajdzik, Radosław Wolniak, Damian Dzienniak, Michał Bembenek

“…Although temperature was identified as the most influential factor overall, the significance of pressing time indicates that this variable also contributes meaningfully to the extraction efficiency. …”
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Decreasing rates of disorganised attachment in infants and young children, who are at risk of developing, or who already have disorganised attachment. A systematic review and meta-... by Barry Wright, Lisa Hackney, Ellen Hughes, Melissa Barry, Danya Glaser, Vivien Prior, Victoria Allgar, David Marshall, Jamie Barrow, Natalie Kirby, Megan Garside, Pulkit Kaushal, Amanda Perry, Dean McMillan

“…This is limited by few high quality studies and the fact that most studies are with mothers. More high quality randomised controlled trials are required to elucidate this further.…”
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The Relationship Between Feelings of Emptiness and Self-Harm Among Thai Patients Exhibiting Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms: The Mediating Role of the Inner Strengths by Piangdao Sripunya, Tinakon Wongpakaran, Nahathai Wongpakaran

“…Chi-square tests examined differences in categorical variables with three or more levels, such as education. …”
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Comparison of Breastfeeding Self-efficacy in Mothers with Different Ages by Elham Eslami, Sedigheh Pakseresht, Maryam Niknami, Zahra Atrkar Roshan

“…Breastfeeding self-efficacy is an important variable in predicting the duration of breastfeeding and its continuation. …”
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Bradykinin measurement by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in subjects with hereditary angioedema enhanced by cold activation by Jinguo Chen, MD, Yunkou Wu, PhD, J. Joanna Yu, MD, PhD, Joseph Chiao, MD, Jing Yu, PhD, Mark D. Scarupa, MD, Lili Wan, PhD, H. Henry Li, MD, PhD

“…Total BK levels increased more than 100-fold in attack-free HAE-C1INH subjects compared with healthy volunteers (324.3 ± 54.7 ng/mL [n = 33] vs 2.3 ± 0.3 ng/mL [n = 43]; mean ± SEM, P < .001). …”
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