Maternal dietary diversity and associated factors with a focus on the food environment in the Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia by Shewit Engdashet Berhe, Gina Kennedy, Selamawit Asfaw Beyene, Freweini Gebrearegay Tela, Mestawet Gebru, Kebede Haile Misgina

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Sub-optimal birth spacing and associated factors among mothers of children admitted to therapeutic feeding centers with severe acute malnutrition in Oda Bultum Woreda, Eastern Ethi... by Sultan Feyiso, Tegenu Balcha, Elias Yadeta, Yadeta dessie, Abera kenay Tura

“…The collected data were entered into EpiData version 3.1 and then exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. …”
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基于IMU信号的人工智能上肢多关节运动状态识别系统构建——卒中后人工智能运动功能评估与检测系统建设前导研究 Construction of an Artificial Intelligence Upper Limb Multi-Joint Motion State Recognition System Based on IMU Signals—A Pre... by 程相鑫1，张烁1，杜松骏1，刘子阳1，周宏宇2，3，贾伟丽2，3，李子孝2，3，刘涛1 (CHENG Xiangxin1, ZHANG Shuo1, DU Songjun1, LIU Ziyang1, ZHOU Hongyu2,3, JIA Weili2,3, LI Zixiao2,3, LIU Tao1 )

“…方法 本研究纳入4名健康受试者，通过部署于手腕和上臂的IMU采集受试者的6维（3轴加速度+3轴角速度）运动信号，每名受试者重复10次。基于Fugl-Meyer运动功能评定量表上肢部分的屈肌协同运动，设计8个子任务，每个任务对应前臂（是否旋后）、肘关节（是否屈曲）、肩关节（是否上提）的三元状态标签。…”
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Breast self-examination practice and associated factors among pastoralist women in the West Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Mohammed Aliyi, Yimar Hotessa, Abdisa Haro, Belda Negesa Beyene, Misgana Desalegn, Derese Eshetu Debela

“…Bivariable and multivariable analyses were conducted using binary logistic regression to identify factors associated with breast self-examination practice. …”
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Efficacy of different dietary therapy strategies in active pediatric Crohn’s disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Jiaze Ma, Jinchen Chong, Zhengxi Qiu, Yuji Wang, Tuo Chen, Yugen Chen

“…Methods We searched the medical literature up to August 30, 2024 to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of dietary therapy strategies for pediatric CD. …”
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Area-Time-Efficient Secure Comb Scalar Multiplication Architecture Based on Recoding by Zhantao Zhang, Weijiang Wang, Jingqi Zhang, Xiang He, Mingzhi Ma, Shiwei Ren, Hua Dang

“…The recoding-k algorithm and randomization-Z algorithm are used to improve security, which can resist sample power analysis (SPA) and differential power analysis (DPA). …”
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment-based screening and integrated intervention for osteosarcopenia risk factors in older adults: an application analysis in patients aged ≥80 years... by Tian ZHANG, Jiangming SHA, Liming JIANG, Quanzhong YIN, Yihang GU

“…Subsequently, 40 OS patients were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n＝20) receiving integrated interventions including nutritional support, exercise training, and psychological management or a control group (n＝20, receiving routine care). …”
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Implementation of the WHO surgical safety checklist in resource-limited Somalia: a new standard in surgical safety by Najib Isse Dirie, Abdullahi Hassan Elmi, Abdishakor Mohamud Ahmed, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Mohamed Abdinor Omar, Mulki Mukhtar Hassan, Ahmed Omar Abdi

“…Methods A pre- and post-intervention study was conducted in 15 randomly selected hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia. …”
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Development and validation of a predictive model for frailty risk in older adults with cardiovascular-metabolic comorbidities by Lulu Yan, Lulu Yan, Entong Ren, Chenjiao Guo, Yuanyuan Peng, Hao Chen, Weihua Li

“…The entire sample was randomly allocated into training and validation sets at a 7:3 ratio. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram to predict depression in older adults with heart disease: a national survey in China by Xianghong Ding, Zijuan Shi, Liping Xiang, Qin Liu, Li Wu, Qingwen Long, Yujun Lee

“…The objective of this study was to create and validate a risk prediction nomogram specifically for comorbid depression in older adult patients suffering from heart disease.MethodsThe 2018 data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) was analyzed and 2,110 older adult patients with heart disease aged 60 and above were included in the study. They were randomly divided in a 7:3 ratio into a training set (n = 1,477) and a validation set (n = 633). …”
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Immediate postnatal care guidelines implementation and associated factors among healthcare providers in East Shewa zone public health facilities, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2022: a multicen... by Alemayehu Girma Bune, Eden Girmaye, Dereje Lemma, Gemechu Gelan Bekele

“…The overall proportion of healthcare providers who have a good implementation of immediate postnatal care guidelines was 44.4% (95% CI 37.3% to 51.6%). Providers who received basic emergency obstetrics and newborn care training (AOR 3.72, 95% CI 1.7 to 8.1), working in a tertiary-level hospital (AOR 3.85, 95% CI 1.3 to 11.2), and who had maternal and newborn care guidelines in their facility (AOR 3.2, 95% CI 1.5 to 6.6) were significantly associated factors with good implementation of immediate postnatal care guidelines.Conclusions Implementation of the immediate postnatal care guideline by healthcare providers in the maternity ward was found low as less than half of healthcare providers have good implementation. …”
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Comparison of double-layered scallop-shaped anastomosis and circular stapled anastomosis in Ivor–Lewis surgery for esophageal and EGJ cancer: a retrospective cohort study by KunKun Li, Qian Yang, YingJian Wang, TaiMing Zhang, Liang Zhang, Liang Chen, Tao Bao, Wei Guo

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Choice of treatment tactics in patients with acute diarrhea of bacterial etiology at high risk of irritable bowel syndrome by Mrs Roza Tlyustangelova, Mrs Natalia Pshenichnaya, Mrs Irina Lisinfeld, Ms Vadim Melnik

“…The occurrence of such representatives of opportunistic flora as campylobacter, S.typhimurium, P. aeruginosa varied from 3.3 to 13.3%. There were no statistically significant differences in the duration of the main clinical symptoms and laboratory parameters between the groups. …”
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Effect of iron supplementation in healthy exclusively breastfed infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ke Tian, Wenli Liu, Yi Huang, Rong Zhou, Yan Wang, Yan Wang

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Which сlinical, laboratory, and instrumental factors are associated with the development of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with acute coronary syndrome? by E. V. Konstantinova, Yu. S. Ilin, A. A. Velikotskiy, A. O. Chernikov, M. S. Zhdanova, E. V. Ploshchenkov

“…Group 2 (n=149) was formed randomly from the remaining 2031 patients with final coronary blood flow TIMI 3. …”
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Optimal glycine allowance levels in low-protein diets and the dynamic requirement model for broilers by Yongfa Liu, Yizhu Zhao, Jiran Ma, Siyan Guo, Xuyang Gao, Bin Wang, Lu Gong, Zengpeng Lv, Yuming Guo

“…Low-protein diets significantly upregulated mRNA levels of b0,+AT, EAAT3, and SGLT1 genes in the duodenum (P < 0.05). …”
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Clinical value and prognosis analysis of enhanced CT preoperative diagnosis for proliferative hepatocellular carcinoma by CHENG Jie, CHENG Jie, WEI Xiaofan, CHEN Wei

“…Among them, 519 cases from the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University were randomly divided into a training group(n=363) and an internal verification group(n=156) in a ratio of 7:3. …”
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Glasgow coma scale pupil score (GCS-P) and the hospital mortality in severe traumatic brain injury: analysis of 1,066 Brazilian patients by Melina Moré Bertotti, Evandro Tostes Martins, Fernando Zanela Areas, Helena Dresch Vascouto, Norma Beatriz Rangel, Hiago Murilo Melo, Katia Lin, Emil Kupek, Felipe Dal Pizzol, Alexandra J. Golby, Roger Walz

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Study on the potential clinical significance of subclinical stent edge effects after drug-eluting stent implantation by Yi Xu, Yi-Fei Wang, Meng-Yao Zhao, Wei You, Tian Xu, Pei-Na Meng, Xiang-Qi Wu, Zhi-Ming Wu, Xiao-Han Kong, De-Lu Yin, Mei-En Zhan, Hai-Bo Jia, Bin Liu, Fei Ye

“…The most valuable cutoff value of sDES-EE at 1 year was a 25% MLA reduction at the stent edge, according to receiver operating characteristic analysis, which showed a major increase in lipid normalized total volume (0.99 ± 0.25 mm3 vs. -0.21 ± 0.06 mm3, p = 0.025) and lipid percent atheroma volume (3.92 ± 1.34% vs. -1.22 ± 0.78%, p = 0.029). …”
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Machine learning-based prediction of antimicrobial resistance and identification of AMR-related SNPs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Yi Xu, Ying Mao, Xiaoting Hua, Yan Jiang, Yi Zou, Zhichao Wang, Zubi Liu, Hongrui Zhang, Lingling Lu, Yunsong Yu

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