Prevalence and Risk Factors of Functional Dyspepsia: A Population-Based Study by Selami Aydın, Can Oner, Hüseyin Cetin, Engin Ersin Simsek

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Village saving loan association membership and commercialization among smallholder maize farmers in northern Uganda by Sarah F. Achieng, Caleb I. Adewale, D. M. Okello, B. Mugonola

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Theory of planned behavior-based cross-sectional study of family sex education for preschoolers in China: rural-urban comparative analysis by Rong Zhang, Lu Lu, Ying Yu, Zhongxian Zhou, Hua Xia, Run Yan, Yunli Ye

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The efficacy of remote ischemic conditioning in improving neurological function and short-term prognosis in acute ischemic stroke: a prospective controlled study by Peiqi Huang, Kun Lin, Liling Wei, Qiong Zeng

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) in improving neurological function and short-term prognosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).MethodsThis randomized, controlled, single-blind study aimed to evaluate the short-term (7-day) effects of RIC on neurological function in patients with AIS. 264 AIS patients (median age 65 years, 63.3% male) with ischemic symptoms <72 h post-onset were randomly assigned to either the RIC group (n = 65) or the control group (n = 199). …”
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Acute Declines in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients Treated With Benazepril and Hydrochlorothiazide Versus Amlodipine and Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes by Elaine Ku, Kenneth Jamerson, Timothy P. Copeland, Charles E. McCulloch, Hocine Tighiouart, Mark J. Sarnak

“…Methods and Results We identified predictors of acute declines in eGFR (>15% over 3 months) during randomization to benazepril plus amlodipine versus benazepril plus hydrochlorothiazide in the ACCOMPLISH (Avoiding Cardiovascular Events through Combination Therapy in Patients Living with Systolic Hypertension) trial. …”
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An annual cropland extent dataset for Africa at 30 m spatial resolution from 2000 to 2022 by Z. Lou, Z. Lou, D. Peng, D. Peng, Z. Shi, Z. Shi, H. Wang, K. Liu, Y. Zhang, X. Yan, X. Yan, Z. Chen, Z. Chen, S. Ye, S. Ye, L. Yu, J. Hu, J. Hu, J. Hu, Y. Lv, Y. Lv, Y. Lv, H. Peng, H. Peng, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, B. Zhang, B. Zhang

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Pregnant women’s sleep quality and its associated factors among antenatal care attendants in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia by Samuel Awlachew, Assefa Desalew, Usmael Jibro, Abera Kenay Tura

“…Stata v14 was used for data analysis. A binary logistic regression model was used to identify factors associated with poor sleep quality. …”
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What predicts complete immunisation among 18-month to 24-month-old children in the urban slum area of Hlaingthayar Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar? A cross-sectional study by Zayar Lynn, Wai Wai Han

“…Multiple binary logistic regression was performed to explore the predictors for complete immunisation. …”
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The effect of preoperative vaginal preparation with povidone-iodine on post-caesarean section infection by Ayodeji Emmanuel Agbana, TOLA YINKA BAKARE, Julius Kolajo Dare, Muideen Gbenga Adesola, Hafeez Ayotunde salawu, Adebunmi Olarinoye, Adegboyega Adisa Fawole

“…The incidence of post-caesarean infection was significantly lower among the subjects compared to the controls (16.3% vs.36.6%,p-0.003). Using univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression, PVP-I use and chorioamnionitis remain significant independent predictors of infectious morbidity. …”
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A Robust Cross-Channel Image Watermarking Technique for Tamper Detection and its Precise Localization by Muhammad Ashraf, Adnan Nadeem, Oussama Benrhouma, Muhammad Sarim, Kashif Rizwan, Amir Mehmood

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R package to estimate intracluster correlation coefficient for nominal and ordinal data by Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Nicole Solomon

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Array Design for Angle of Arrival Estimation Using the Worst-Case Two-Target Cramér-Rao Bound by Costas A. Kokke, Mario Coutino, Richard Heusdens, Geert Leus

“…We cast the sensor selection problem for 3-D arrays using the worst-case two-target Cramér-Rao bound as a convex semi-definite program and obtain the binary selection by randomized rounding. …”
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A Causal Inference Approach to Mediation Analysis in Vitreomacular Traction: How Much Does Traction Resolution Mediate Functional Outcomes? by Benedicte Lescrauwaet, Stijn Vansteelandt, Timothy L. Jackson, SriniVas R. Sadda, Luc Duchateau

“…A causal mediation analysis is applied to randomized trial data including 218 participants with vitreomacular traction. …”
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Interpretable model based on MRI radiomics to predict the expression of Ki-67 in breast cancer by Li Zhang, Qinglin Du, Mengyi Shen, Xin He, Dingyi Zhang, Xiaohua Huang

“…These lesions were randomized into training and testing set (7:3). The correlation between clinical-imaging features and Ki-67 expression was analyzed via univariate analysis and binary logistic regression, leading to the development of a Clinical-imaging model. …”
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Recommended recumbency to avoid insertional complications during small-bore wire-guided thoracostomy tube placement in cats—a cadaver study by Desiree Siegelmayer, Eva Schnabl-Feichter, Alexander Tichy, Gabriele Gradner, Brigitte Degasperi, Lea Liehmann

“…Cats, euthanized for reasons unrelated to the study, were randomly assigned to pleural effusion (EFF; n = 12) and pneumothorax (PNEU; n = 12) groups. …”
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A Simple Nomogram for Predicting Extended High-Frequency Hearing Loss in Pilots Despite Normal Audiometry: A Retrospective Study by Rong Xue, Hao Zhang, Yu Pu, Xinru Kong

“…Methods: A total of 1091 pilots were randomly assigned to the training set (763) and validation set (328). …”
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Association between housing status and mental health and substance use severity among individuals with opioid use disorder and co-occurring depression and/or PTSD by Lauren Kelly, Grace M. Hindmarch, Katherine E. Watkins, Colleen M. McCullough, Beth Ann Griffin, Lisa S. Meredith, Sapna Mendon-Plasek, Miriam Komaromy, Sarah B. Hunter

“…We defined being unhoused as not living in stable housing in the past 3 months and being unstably housed as living in stable housing but being worried or concerned about loss of housing in the next 3 months. …”
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Impacts of introduced sustainable land management (ISLM) practices on crop yield and net farm income of smallholder farmers, Eastern and Southern Ethiopia by Alemayehu Temesgen Gebremikael, Jemal Yousuf Hassan, Getachew Shambel Endris, Chanyalew Seyoum Aweke

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The Hannover Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Rupture Score: A New Scoring System Predicting 30-Day Mortality by Lisa Baustert, Dietmar Boethig, MD, Adelheid Görler, MD, Christian Kühn, MD, Alexander Weymann, MD, Bastian Schmack, MD, Aron-Frederik Popov, MD, Arjang Ruhparwar, MD, Bettina Wiegmann, MD

“…Results: The specificity was 77.8% for all EuroSCOREs and 92.6% for the HpiVSR Score, and the sensitivity was in the random range for the EuroSCOREs and 83.3% for the HpiVSR Score. …”
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Effects of essential oils on calf growth, ruminal fermentation, and antioxidative status: a meta-analysis by Wei Li, Fang Wang, Yongsheng Han, Fang Sun, Chunhai Liu, Yuanfang Zhu, Peng Zhong

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