Pilot Study: Investigating the Local Breast Microbiome in Implant-based Breast Reconstruction Using 16S rRNA Sequencing by Laura L. Barnes, MD, Nisha Parmeshwar, MD, Michael Campbell, PhD, Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, Merisa Piper, MD

“…The microbiome of each sample was defined using 16S rRNA microbiome sequencing. …”
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Cyberchondria in Older Adults and Its Relationship With Cognitive Fusion, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Mental Well-Being: Mediation Analysis by Richard Huan Xu, Vladan Starcevic

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore cyberchondria in the older population and investigate its relationship with cognitive fusion (ie, the tendency to become entangled with thoughts and perceive them as literal truths that dictate behavior), HRQOL, and mental well-being. MethodsA web-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted in May 2024 with a sample of 638 participants from China aged ≥60 years recruited through the online panel of a survey company. …”
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Characteristics of acupuncture treatment associated with outcome: an individual patient meta-analysis of 17,922 patients with chronic pain in randomised controlled trials. by Hugh MacPherson, Alexandra C Maschino, George Lewith, Nadine E Foster, Claudia M Witt, Andrew J Vickers, Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration

“…Potential confounders include differences in control group and sample size between trials. Trials to evaluate potentially small differences in outcome associated with different acupuncture characteristics are likely to require large sample sizes.…”
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ISSR-Based Population Genetic Structure of Some Turkish Honeybee (Apis mellifera L., 1758) Populations by Ömer Yüzer, Ersin Doğaç, Alper Tonguç, Evin Günenç

“…Examination of genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships of colonies in nine different locations in Türkiye was carried out using ISSR primers. Materials and Methods: Apis mellifera samples were collected from Çorum, Elazığ, Eskişehir, Kütahya, İzmir, Manisa, Antalya, Samsun, and Muğla. …”
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Evaluating Eye Tracking Technology in Nursing Education: A Scoping Review on Medication Administration Training by Jiranut Chaichana, Rob Eley, Chris Watling, Linda Ng

“…Future research should address these gaps with larger, more diverse samples and extended follow-ups.…”
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Comparing Grid Model Fitting Methodologies for Low-temperature Atmospheres: Markov Chain Monte Carlo versus Random Forest Retrieval by Anna Lueber, Adam J. Burgasser

“…Self-consistent atmosphere models are commonly used for spectral fitting, but computational limits restrict the production of finely sampled multidimensional parameter grids, necessitating interpolation methods to infer precise parameters and uncertainties. …”
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Expression of Lamin A gene in periodontitis: A cross-sectional study by Naser Sargolzaie, Jalil Tavakkol-Afshari, Raziyeh Mohebati, Faeze Basiri, Arsalan Shahri, Mahdiye Fasihi Ramandi

“…These findings suggest that the expression of the Lamin A gene was higher in healthy individuals than in periodontitis patients. More studies are needed to draw more accurate conclusions. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of Dermatophytes in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, South India by Sreedevi Vijayan Selvajyothi, Anuja Elizabeth George, Cicili Lalitha, Seema Ambikatmajan Nayar, Sajan Muhammad Kamaludeen

“…Direct microscopy was positive for fungus in 71 (86.58%) samples. In comparison, only 57 (69.51%) were positive by culture, but one sample was positive by culture, although negative in direct microscopy, indicating the need for culture if skin scraping is negative. …”
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Patient satisfaction of a city multi-disciplinary hospital with medical care by S. A. Suslin, A. V. Vavilov, R. I. Ginnyatulina

“…Patients are more satisfied with the relationship with the average medical personnel (75.9%) than with the doctors (63.5%). …”
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Antibiogram of Bacteria Isolated from Bloodstream Infection-Suspected Patients at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Northwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective... by Minichil Worku, Tigist Molla, Desie Kasew, Muluneh Assefa, Alene Geteneh, Melak Aynalem, Mucheye Gizachew, Sirak Biset

“…As a result, data on bacterial profile and their antibiogram are essential for strategies to contain drug resistance, improve the quality of patient care, and strengthen health systems. Methods. Retrospective data from bacteriological results of blood samples of BSI-suspected patients from 2018 to 2021 were collected using a data collection sheet. …”
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Tako‐Tsubo Cardiomyopathy in Severe Sepsis: Nationwide Trends, Predictors, and Outcomes by Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Abhishek J. Deshmukh, Kianoush Kashani, Abhiram Prasad, Ankit Sakhuja

“…Background There are limited data on the presentation of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) in severe sepsis. Methods and Results This was a retrospective cohort study using the National Inpatient Sample database (2007–2013) of all adults with severe sepsis. …”
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Status and opportunities of machine learning applications in obstructive sleep apnea: A narrative review by Matheus Lima Diniz Araujo, Trevor Winger, Samer Ghosn, Carl Saab, Jaideep Srivastava, Louis Kazaglis, Piyush Mathur, Reena Mehra

“…Conclusion: Our findings highlight the need for more inclusive research approaches, starting with adequate data collection in terms of sample size and bias mitigation for better generalizability of machine learning models in OSA research. …”
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Aerobic bacteria study, clinical spectrum, and outcome of patients with community-acquired multidrug-resistant pathogens by Chandra Sekhar Talari Sree, Ravi Shankar Calerappa, Geethanjali Anke

“…Settings and Design: A single-center prospective cohort study for two years undertaken during the study period of March 2022 to 31 October 2023. Materials and Methods: All clinical samples of 402 patients diagnosed microbiologically as community-acquired infections were included. …”
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The effect of embodied learning on students’ learning performance: A meta-analysis by Zhiwei Liu, Haode Zuo, Yan Zhao, Yongjing Lu

“…It also seeks to explore variations based on moderators such as discipline, educational level, experiment period, sample size, region, learning approach, embodied level and type.MethodsA meta-analysis was conducted on 46 studies (66 effect sizes) published between 2010 and 2025. …”
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Detection of circulating tumor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma using antibodies against asialoglycoprotein receptor, carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 and pan-cytokeratin. by Jun Li, Lei Chen, Xiaofeng Zhang, Yu Zhang, Huiying Liu, Bin Sun, Linlin Zhao, Naijian Ge, Haihua Qian, Yefa Yang, Mengchao Wu, Zhengfeng Yin

“…The current approach obtained a higher recovery rate of HepG2 cells and more CTC detection from HCC patients than the previous method. …”
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Perception of altered smile esthetics among Moroccan professionals and lay people by L. Ousehal, H. Aghoutan, S. Chemlali, I. Filali Anssari, N. Talic

“…Conclusions: In this sample, Moroccan dentists evaluate smile esthetic alterations more critically than Moroccan lay people. …”
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Storage and purification adaptations for the isolation of total RNA from the dura mater by Maria Rosana de Souza Ferreira, André Pukey Oliveira Galvão, Marcelo Moraes Valença, Danyelly Bruneska Gondim Martins

“…Objective To test stock reagents and purification kits, optimizing commercial kit protocols for RNA extraction from the dura mater. Methods Dura mater samples were obtained from eight Wistar rats and maintained in two different stabilizers. …”
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Eco-friendly electrospun fibers from marshmallow root mucilage and polyvinyl Alcohol: Enhanced performance for sustainable applications by Marzieh Rownaghi, Mahdi Keramat Jahromi, Ahmadreza Esfandiari, Mehrdad Niakousari

“…XRD analysis revealed enhanced crystallinity and a more ordered molecular structure in the 7:1 sample. …”
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Socio-economic position, area-level deprivation and gradients in cancer incidence: England and Wales, 1971–2016 by Robert A. Hiatt, Wei Xun, Eduardo J. Santiago-Rodríguez, Jitka Pikhartova, Nicola Shelton

“…Abstract Background Social gradients for cancer mortality and survival have been reported but are less clear for cancer incidence where social factors external to health care systems are likely to be of more etiologic importance. Methods We examined social gradients in cancer incidence using data from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (ONS-LS), which selects an approximately 1.1% representative sample of the population of England and Wales. …”
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Assessment of insomnia and sleep quality among medical students-benghazi university: A cross-sectional study by Rabha A El Sahly, Abdelnasir M Ahmed, Salah Eldin A. Amer, Khaled D Alsaeiti

“…More than half the sample (52.7%) were sleeping alone, 44.7% were sharing a room with a roommate, and 2.7% were married . …”
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