Benchmarking the Confidence of Large Language Models in Answering Clinical Questions: Cross-Sectional Evaluation Study by Mahmud Omar, Reem Agbareia, Benjamin S Glicksberg, Girish N Nadkarni, Eyal Klang

“…The confidence scores for correct and incorrect answers were also analyzed to determine the mean difference in confidence, using 2-sample, 2-tailed t ResultsThe correlation between the mean confidence scores for correct answers and model accuracy was inverse and statistically significant (rPP ConclusionsBetter-performing LLMs show more aligned overall confidence levels. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL TENSION RISK PREDICTING ALGORITHM IN THE POPULATION OF CERTAIN REGIONS OF RUSSIA by A. B. Mulik, B. I. Kochurov, V. N. Bodrova, G. V. Antonov, I. V. Ulesikova, N. O. Nazarov, Yu. A. Shatyr

“…The risk of social tension for the study area population is predicted on the condition of finding more than two thirds of the representatives of sample within the borders of a high level of general non-specific reactivity of an organism.Main conclusions. …”
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Narrative skills of children with developmental language disorder: retelling in macrostructure by Georgia Andreou, Garyfallia Lemoni

“…Research has shown that children with DLD have significant language difficulties that result in poor narrative performance.MethodsIn this paper, the narrative skills of monolingual children with DLD and typically developing (TD) children are examined at the macrostructural level, using one of the most common methods of assessing narrative skills, picture retelling. …”
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The use of less common grass varieties as a factor of increasing forage lands productivity by В. Д. Бугайов, В. В. Бугайов, І. В. Смульська

“…Methods. Field experiment, laboratory testing. Results. …”
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Telemedicine in China: Effective indicators of telemedicine platforms for promoting health and well-being among healthcare consumers by Xiaogang Jin, Youwei Yuan, Chaoqi Chang, Xianqing Wu, Xu Tan, Zhengqing Liu

“…The proposed hybrid deep learning approach demonstrates superior performance in sentiment classification accuracy, outperforming conventional methods by 11.11 percentage points. This methodological innovation enables more precise identification of consumer sentiment patterns across service dimensions. …”
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Comparison Of Vitamin B12 Level Among Vegetarian And Non Vegetarian Apparently Healthy Individuals In District Tharparkar by Aneel Kapoor, Nudrat Anwar Zuberi, Muktiar Baig

“…The current work was undertaken to investigate vitamin B12 status in apparently healthy vegetarians in Mithi, district Tharparkar, Sindh. Subjects and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in the department of Biochemistry, BMSI, JPMC Karachi and blood samples were collected from Mithi district Tharparkar, Sindh, during the period of Febuary 2012 to June 2012. …”
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A Novel Model for Noninvasive Haemoglobin Detection Based on Visibility Network and Clustering Network for Multi-Wavelength PPG Signals by Lei Liu, Ziyi Wang, Xiaohan Zhang, Yan Zhuang, Yongbo Liang

“…Different prediction methods were compared by analyzing 608 segments of multiwavelength fingertip PPG signal data from 152 volunteers and analyzing and comparing the data and methods. …”
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Lipid-Enriched Cooking Modulates Starch Digestibility and Satiety Hormone Responses in Traditional Nixtamalized Maize Tacos by Julian de la Rosa-Millan

“…Traditional taco preparation methods, such as oil immersion and steaming, can significantly affect the nutritional and metabolic characteristics of the final product. …”
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Clinical characteristics of carriers of pathogenic LDLR and АРОВ mutations by Z. F. Kim, A. S. Galyavich, D. I. Sadykova, L. M. Nurieva, E. S. Kim

“…To analyze the clinical characteristics of carriers of pathogenic LDLR and АРОВ mutations, as well as the prognostic value of Dutch Lipid Clinic Network Score (DLCNS) as applied to carriage of АРОВ or LDLR.Material and methods. The study included 1233 outpatient lipid clinic patients. …”
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Patient-specific data fusion defines prognostic cancer subtypes. by Yinyin Yuan, Richard S Savage, Florian Markowetz

“…These discoveries were crucially dependent on our model's ability to distinguish concordant and discordant signals within each patient sample, and would otherwise have been missed. We therefore demonstrate the importance of taking a patient-specific approach, using highly-flexible nonparametric Bayesian methods.…”
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Neuroimaging investigation of memory changes in migraine: a systematic review by Mírian Celly Medeiros Miranda DAVID, Bárbara Sousa dos SANTOS, Waleska Maria Almeida BARROS, Taynara Rayane Lins da SILVA, Carlúcia Ithamar Fernandes FRANCO, Rhowena Jane Barbosa de MATOS

“…However, it is necessary to perform studies with larger samples in association with cognitive tests, and without the interference of medications to verify possible alterations and to draw more concrete conclusions.…”
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Opportunities and challenges of lifestyle intervention-based digital therapeutics in LDL-C management: a scoping review by Jia Tang, Tiantian Song, Ming Kuang, Hongying Liu

“…Sources of evidence: Papers that were published between January 2014 and December 2023 were included in the PubMed database. Charting methods: Data extracted from the publications included country, year, study type, study population, sample size, study duration, intervention, and changes in LDL-C level. …”
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Sanger sequencing reveals Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most common cross-contamination of gastrointestinal endoscopy by Zainab hameed

“…This study highlights attention to the critical issue of contamination in gastrointestinal endoscopes due to inadequate sterilization. Molecular methods especially Sanger sequencing proved more accurate than traditional identification. …”
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Galectin-1-mediated expression of proteins-regulators of cell cycle and growth factors in gastric cancer by Yu. V. Kolobovnikova, A. I. Dmitrieva, K. I. Jankovic, O. A. Vasilyeva, I. L. Purlik, V. V. Novitskiy, O. I. Urazova, S. A. Hardikova

“…The obtained results were analyzed by statistical methods.Results. It is shown that in patients with gastric cancer accompanied by overexpression of galectin-1, high expression of mutant protein p53 and EGFR in tumor tissue was recorded significantly more frequently. …”
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The effect of fibroblast growth factors and advanced glycation end-products on the intima-media complex thickness in patients with coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes by Ekaterina Vladimirovna Ivannikova, Victor Yurievich Kalashnikov, Olga Mikhailovna Smirnova, Alexander Borisovich Kuznetsov, Anatolievich Terekhin, Alexander Viktorovich Il'in

“…-FGF), markers of nonspecific inflammatory response (interleukin-6 (IL-6)), C-reactive protein (CRP), advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) and their receptors (RAGEs) and to study their effect on the intima-media complex (IMC) thickness in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes, depending on carbohydrate metabolism compensation. Materials and Methods. 37 patients with CHD underwent a general clinical examination, analysis of the carbohydrate and lipid metabolism parameters and the renal function, and also were evaluated with instrumental methods of analysis (echocardiography, coronary angiography and duplex scanning of the brachiocephalic arteries). …”
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Masking is good, but conforming is better: The consequences of masking non-conformity within the college classroom. by Jessica Sullivan, Corinne Moss-Racusin, Kengthsagn Louis

“…Study 3 used correlational and qualitative methods to establish the real-world impact of mask conformity in a diverse sample of college students. …”
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Prevalence of Bacteriuria and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns among Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients Attending at Debre Tabor Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Seble Worku, Awoke Derbie, Mulusew Alemneh Sinishaw, Yesuf Adem, Fantahun Biadglegne

“…Bacterial pathogens were identified using standard bacteriological methods. The data were cleaned and entered into SPSS version 20. …”
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Moderation of social participation in the relationship between disaster exposure and depression among older adults: evidence from LASI Survey, 2017–18 by Sumit Narayan Dwivedi, R. S. Reshmi, Samrat Sarkar

“…Furthermore, it also attempts to disentangle the role of social participation in moderating the relationship between disaster-related health impacts and depression. Data and methods This study utilizes the nationally representative Longitudinal Ageing Study of India, 2017–19 Wave-1 data with an adequate sample size of 31,902 older adults aged 60 years and above. …”
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Cumulative effects of unemployment on health in midlife: the buffering effect of social participation by Xiaoqun Chen, Tsz Lam Lau, Kerui Hu, Jiangjun Yuan

“…Statistical methods included fixed effect model and factor analysis.Results(1) Unemployment significantly damages health, with more pronounced adverse effects among men than women. (2) For men, longer unemployment durations result in progressively worse health outcomes, with the greatest negative impact observed at 6–8 years of unemployment. (3) Women experience significant health declines during short-term (0–2 years) and medium-term (3–5 years) unemployment only, with no additional deterioration in long-term unemployment. (4) Informal social participation significantly buffers the negative health effects of unemployment, particularly for men, while formal social participation shows no protective effect.Conclusion(1) This study demonstrates the cumulative and gendered impact of unemployment on the health of middle-aged and older adults in China. (2) Informal social participation provides a meaningful buffer against the adverse health consequences of unemployment, particularly for men, whereas formal social activities may not offer such protection and may even have negative effects in certain scenarios. (3) These findings underscore the importance of strengthening informal social support networks to mitigate health risks associated with job loss among older populations.…”
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Effect of electrospark doping on mechanical properties of Al-Si-Cu alloys by N. E. Fomin, I. Kh. Khasan, V. M. Kyashkin

“…The work objective is to study the relationship of the physicomechanical and strength properties of the surface of AK5M7 alloy obtained after ESD with copper and copper-phosphorus electrodes.Materials and Methods. X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence analysis methods were used to determine the phase composition, coherent-scattering regions (CSR), and the surface microstrain.Research Results. …”
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