Efficacy and safety of Tanshinone capsule in Acne vulgaris: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yutong Deng, Ruli Feng, Bo Hu, Xuewen Ren, Fengchuan Zhang, Huishang Feng, Huishang Feng, Xuewan Wang, Yatong Li, Tangyunni Liu, Lingling Cai, Yuanwen Li

“…However, due to the limitations of this study, more multi-center and large-sample studies are needed to confirm these conclusions.Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?…”
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Deep Learning Shield Attitude Prediction Model Based on Grey Correlation Analysis by Ke MAN, Zongxu LIU, Yan SHANG, Zhifei SONG, Xiaoli LIU, Bao SU

“…A total of 410 datasets were collected from the A3 bidding section. These 410 sample datasets were divided into a training set and a test set in a 9:1 ratio. …”
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Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 infection and its impact on the outcome in children and adolescents with benign and malignant hematological disease in Egypt: a single-center ex... by Fatma Soliman Elsayed Ebeid, Aya Mostafa, Sondos M. Magdy, Haidy Moahmed Abd El Kader, Amal Abdel Azim Lotfy, Nihal Hussien Aly

“…COVID-19 infection was more common in patients with hematological malignancy (n = 56, 65.1%) than those with benign hematological disease (27 patients, 31.4%). …”
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Ever Use of Telehealth in Nebraska by March 2021: Cross-Sectional Analysis by Lisa C Smith, George Johnson, Snehal Jadhav, Josiane Kabayundo, Muskan Ahuja, Hongmei Wang, Kendra L Ratnapradipa

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to identify factors associated with ever use of telehealth in Nebraska, a primarily rural state with a significant portion of its population living in nonmetropolitan areas. MethodsA stratified random sample of Nebraska households (n=5300), with oversampling of census tracts with at least 30% African American, Hispanic, or Native American populations, received a mailed survey (English and Spanish) with web-based response options about social determinants of health and health care access (October 2020-March 2021). …”
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Machine learning to improve HIV screening using routine data in Kenya by Jonathan D. Friedman, Jonathan M. Mwangi, Kennedy J. Muthoka, Benedette A. Otieno, Jacob O. Odhiambo, Frederick O. Miruka, Lilly M. Nyagah, Pascal M. Mwele, Edmon O. Obat, Gonza O. Omoro, Margaret M. Ndisha, Davies O. Kimanga

“…We used multiple imputations to address high rates of missing data, selecting the optimal technique based on out‐of‐sample error. We generated a stratified 60‐20‐20 train‐validate‐test split to assess model generalizability. …”
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Crowdsourcing integrated into a digital mental health platform for anxiety and depression: A pilot randomized controlled trial by Benjamin Kaveladze, Jane Shkel, Stacey Le, Veronique Marcotte, Kevin Rushton, Theresa Nguyen, Stephen M. Schueller

“…Optimizing intervention engagement and obtaining the large sample sizes needed for appropriate statistical power will be key challenges for similar studies.NCT: 04226742…”
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HIV Incidence and Associated Risk Factors Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in Tianjin, China: Retrospective Cohort Study by Yan Guo, Hui Gong, Xiangyu Yan, Xinying Zhang, Tielin Ning, Zhongquan Liu, Long Li, Jie Yang, Liu Li, Changxu Ma, Zhuang Cui, Maohe Yu

“…Compared to YMSM who had been followed up fewer than three times, those followed up three or more times had a relatively lower risk of HIV infection (Adjusted hazard ratio [AHR] 0.553, 95% CI 0.325‐0.941). …”
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Conveying Equipoise during Recruitment for Clinical Trials: Qualitative Synthesis of Clinicians' Practices across Six Randomised Controlled Trials. by Leila Rooshenas, Daisy Elliott, Julia Wade, Marcus Jepson, Sangeetha Paramasivan, Sean Strong, Caroline Wilson, David Beard, Jane M Blazeby, Alison Birtle, Alison Halliday, Chris A Rogers, Rob Stein, Jenny L Donovan, ACST-2 study group, By-Band-Sleeve study group, Chemorad study group, CSAW study group, Optima prelim study group, POUT study group

“…However, the frequency of occurrence of equipoise issues across the RCTs suggests that the findings are likely to be reflective of clinical recruiters' practices more widely.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Communicating equipoise is a challenging process that is easily disrupted. …”
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Potential overtreatment of type 2 diabetes therapy in real clinical practice: Omsk Oblast register data by I. V. Druk, D. I. Snarskaya, O. I. Goroshchenya

“…Foreign studies indicate that a significant proportion of older adults with diabetes are potentially exposed to excessive sugar-lowering therapy.Aims: to study the frequency of excessive decrease in HbA1c in a group of patients with T2DM according to a sample from the regional diabetes register.Materials and methods: A content analysis of the regional register of diabetes mellitus was carried out as of ­December 31, 2019. …”
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Meta-analysis of integrative medicine in the treatment of irradiation cystitis (中西医结合治疗放射性膀胱炎的Meta分析) by SONG Jiangman (宋江曼), LIU Feifei (刘菲菲), LIAN Xiaojing (廉晓静)

“…More high-quality clinical studies are needed for further verification. …”
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Analysis of molecular resistance and associated risk factors in tuberculosis by Zhenzhen Wang, Tengfei Guo, Liyang Xu, Jinwei Liu, Long Li, Junrong Jin, Qing Zhang, Tao Jiang, Zhanqin Zhao, Yun Xue

“…Methods Sputum samples from 25,150 non-duplicate patients attending 10 designated TB medical institutions across Luoyang City and all county and township areas under its jurisdiction from January 2019 to December 2023 were analyzed via fluorescence real-time PCR to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC)-positive strains. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 introductions to the island of Ireland: a phylogenetic and geospatiotemporal study of infection dynamics by Alan M. Rice, Evan P. Troendle, Stephen J. Bridgett, Behnam Firoozi Nejad, Jennifer M. McKinley, The COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium, National SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance & Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Programme, Declan T. Bradley, Derek J. Fairley, Connor G. G. Bamford, Timofey Skvortsov, David A. Simpson

“…The geographic locations and collection dates of the samples in each introduction cluster were used to map the spread of the virus across Ireland. …”
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Preliminary evaluation of a mindfulness intervention program in women with long COVID dysautonomia symptoms by Elizabeth Vandenbogaart, Matthew Figueroa, Diana Winston, Steve Cole, Julienne Bower, Jeffrey J. Hsu

“…Nonetheless, the symptom burden in this population is very high, and more attention is needed to provide effective multi-modal clinical therapies to this population.…”
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Nursing Complexity and Health Literacy as Determinants of Patient Outcomes: A Prospective One-Year Multicenter Cohort Study by Antonello Cocchieri, Elena Cristofori, Mario Cesare Nurchis, Nursing and Public Health Group, Gianfranco Damiani, Manuele Cesare

“…Future research should validate these findings in broader healthcare contexts and integrate multidimensional HL assessments for a more comprehensive evaluation.…”
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Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII) and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR): A Strong Predictor of Disease Severity in Large-Artery Atherosclerosis (LAA) Stroke Patients by Liu K, Yang L, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Zhu J, Zhang H, He Z

“…However, multicenter studies with large sample size are still needed to confirm this conclusion.Keywords: large-artery atherosclerosis stroke, systemic immune-inflammation index, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, stroke severity, predictor…”
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A Digital Program for Daily Life Management With Endometriosis: Pilot Cohort Study on Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Participants by Zélia Breton, Emilie Stern, Mathilde Pinault, Delphine Lhuillery, Erick Petit, Pierre Panel, Maïa Alexaline

“… BackgroundAfter experiencing symptoms for an average of 7 years before diagnosis, patients with endometriosis are usually left with more questions than answers about managing their symptoms in the absence of a cure. …”
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Biomechanical Comparison of Two Plantar Lapidus Plating Systems by Felix Werneburg MD, Maria Felsberg MD, Juliane Beschauner MD, Christin Arnold MD, Darius Arbab MD, PhD, Heike Kielstein MD, Alexander Zeh MD, Karl-Stefan Delank MD, Natalia Gutteck MD

“…In contrast, the U-shaped plates were more consistent under repeated loading, suggesting potential advantages in fatigue resistance. …”
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Immune Cells as Mediators of Lipidome Influence on Osteoporosis: Evidence from a Mediation Analysis by Jiheng Xiao, Wei Zhou, Jiatai He, Yanbin Zhu, Yingze Zhang, Liming Xiong

“…Exploring lipidomic profiles offers a more comprehensive view of lipid metabolism and may reveal novel genetic links beyond traditional lipid traits. …”
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Protective effects of curcumin on epileptic rodent models by alleviating oxidative stress and inflammation: a meta-analysis and mechanism exploration by Peng Dai, Lingyu Xu, Peng Zhang, Zheng Liang, Yunhang Chu, Ziqiao Yu, Lin Cao, Peng Sun, Xia Li

“…Subgroup analysis showed that medium and high doses (100–299 mg/kg and ≥300 mg/kg) of curcumin were more stable, but the low dose group (&lt;100 mg/kg) did not conduct in-depth analysis due to insufficient sample size of individual indicators. …”
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Niveles de actividad física en población adolescente: estudio de caso (Physical activity levels in adolescents: a case study) by Guillermo Oviedo, Josep Sánchez, Rubén Castro, Mar Calvo, Juan Carlos Sevilla, Anna Iglesias, Mirian Guerra

“…In conclusion, we believe very important to seek new strategies and methods to involve more adolescents in the practice of PA, and we believe that PA sessions at school are very important.  …”
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