Relative Age Effect (RAE) According to Norm Values on Anthropometric Performance and Physical Fitness in 9–11-Year-Old Children by Artan R. Kryeziu, Bujar Begu, Dana Badau, Astrit Iseni

“…The data, namely the percentiles of anthropometric parameters and physical fitness, are relevant for identifying the RAE in relation to gender and the month of birth in children. Methods: For the sample in this study, 1185 young people from Kosovo were enrolled, including 626 males and 559 females aged 9–11 years. …”
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Assessing the educational impact and quality of medical microvideos on TikTok: the case of Latin America by Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy, Marlon Arias-Intriago, Melizza Mosquera-Quiñónez, Fernando P. Melgar Muñoz, Mariana Jiménez-Ascanio, Valentina Loaiza-Guevara, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

“…‘Favorites’ may serve as a more accurate indicator of perceived informational value. …”
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First diagnosis and management of incontinence in older people with and without dementia in primary care: a cohort study using The Health Improvement Network primary care database. by Robert L Grant, Vari M Drennan, Greta Rait, Irene Petersen, Steve Iliffe

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the rates of first diagnosis in primary care of urinary and faecal incontinence among people aged 60-89 with dementia, and the use of medication or indwelling catheters for urinary incontinence.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We extracted data on 54,816 people aged 60-89 with dementia and an age-gender stratified sample of 205,795 people without dementia from 2001 to 2010 from The Health Improvement Network (THIN), a United Kingdom primary care database. …”
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Comparison of regional citrate anticoagulation and nafamostat mesylate anticoagulation during plasma exchange for children at high bleeding risk: a retrospective study by Dan Peng, Zili Cai, Jie He, Wei Duan, Xinping Zhang

“…Conclusions NM demonstrates similar efficacy but superior safety compared with RCA, making it a more suitable anticoagulation strategy for children with high bleeding risk. …”
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Spatial distribution and determinants of improved shared sanitation facilities among households in Ethiopia: Using 2019 mini-Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. by Baye Tsegaye Amlak, Daniel Gashaneh Belay

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Limited or shared sanitation services are considered improved sanitation facilities, but they are shared between two or more households. Globally, 600 million people use shared toilet facilities. …”
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Helminthofauna Diversity in Synanthropic Rodents of the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy): Implications for Public Health and Rodent Control by Filippo Maria Dini, Carlotta Mazzoni Tondi, Roberta Galuppi

“…This highlights the importance of combining necropsy with microscopic techniques, such as flotation and sedimentation, for a more thorough assessment. Using these methods, nematodes with direct life cycles, such as <i>Syphacia spp.…”
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Outcomes Following Observation of Small Non-Functioning Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas. Data from the Registry of the Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center by I. E. Khatkov, D. A. Salimgereeva, I. Yu. Feidorov, A. A. Konyakhina, A. L. Petrova

“…The exclusion criteria were patient’s refusal of observation; tumor growth of more than 3 mm/year of observation; appearance of disease symptoms. …”
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Reader’s digest version of scientific writing: comparative evaluation of summarization capacity between large language models and medical students in analyzing scientific writing i... by Jacob Matalon, August Spurzem, Sana Ahsan, Elizabeth White, Ronik Kothari, Madhu Varma

“…While the present analysis did not demonstrate a significant difference among the readability and content quality between the AI and human-generated summaries, limitations in the present study indicate that more research is needed to objectively measure, and further define strengths and weaknesses of AI models in condensing medical literature into efficient and accurate summaries.…”
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The prevalence of Group B Streptococcus rectovaginal colonization and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in Turkish and Syrian pregnant women by Emine Kirtis, Burak Karadag, Aysel Uysal, Yeşim Çekin, Gul Alkan Bulbul

“…Vaginal and rectal samples were collected and cultured in Todd–Hewitt broth. …”
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Assessing the Prevalence and Histopathology of Linguatula serrata Infection of Camels and Cattle in Zabol County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran by Mohammad Rahnama, Tayebeh Bameri, Soheil Sadr, Narges Lotfalizadeh, Majid Alipour Eskandani, Javad Khedri

“…Moreover, cattle older than 3 years had significantly more infections with L. serrata nymphs (16.07%, 9/56) than cattle of other ages (p < 0.001). …”
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Microbial diversity and ecological roles of halophilic microorganisms in Dingbian (Shaanxi, China) saline-alkali soils and salt lakes by Yue Ding, Juntao Ke, Tao Hong, Aodi Zhang, Xue Wu, Xinran Jiang, Shilong Shao, Ming Gong, Shengda Zhao, Liang Shen, Shaoxing Chen

“…Here, we employed a combination of culture-dependent and culture-independent methods to analyze the collected samples. The high-throughput sequencing results of the archaeal 16S rRNA gene indicated that the richness of halophilic archaea in saline-alkali soils was significantly higher than that in salt lakes. …”
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From Gene to Intervention: NLRC4 and WIPI1 Regulate Septic Acute Lung Injury Through Autophagy by Yang X, Sun Z, Liu Z, Chen H, Fang Y, Tao W, Zhao N, Ouyang X, Liu F, Qian K

“…Although autophagy is crucially involved in the inflammatory response, its precise molecular mechanisms in SALI remain unclear, forming the basis of this study.Methods: Herein, two microarray datasets (GSE33118 and GSE131761) and three single-cell sequencing datasets (SCP43, SCP548, and SCP2156) derived from human samples were used to ascertain the interrelationship between Differentially Expressed Autophagy-Related Genes (DEARGs) and SALI. …”
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Changes in olfactory function and serum interleukin-6 levels in the acute phase of bipolar I disorder: a longitudinal study by Chunhong Yang, Zhuohui Zhou, Qiping Li, Ao Zhao, Chao Chen, Chunyang Li

“…The purpose of this study was to search potential biomarkers for early diagnosis and efficacy evaluation of BD, and to provide more clinical evidence for exploring the hypothesis of neuroimmune pathways in BD. …”
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Study-related demands, resources and curriculum from students’ perspective: results of a qualitative descriptive study among students in nursing and healthcare in Germany by Ivonne-Nadine Jürgensen, Annike Morgane Nock, Peter Koch, Albert Nienhaus, Corinna-Petersen Ewert

“…The aim of this study is therefore to investigate these factors from the students’ perspective. Methods A descriptive qualitative study was conducted. …”
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The prognostic significance of FOXP3 expression in patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer by O.I. Vynnychenko, Y.V. Moskalenko, R.A. Moskalenko

“…Among those with high FOXP3 expression, women under 50 years and with estrogen-negative breast cancer are more prevalent. …”
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote proliferation and drug resistance of gastric cancer organoids: a primary study by ZHANG Yuanyuan, DUAN Zhenquan, LI Yuxian

“…Compared to the organoids cultured alone, the organoids co-cultured with CAFs showed more formation of organoids, in larger average diameter, and taking larger total area (P<0.05). …”
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Difference of SARS-CoV-2 infection and influence factors between people with and without HIV infection by Jianhui Yang, Esben Strodl, Dandan Zhang, Haibo Jiang, Kun Chu, Shiwen Tan, Zehao Ye, Hongbo Shi, Feng Tong, Weiqing Chen

“…Thus, we aimed to estimate the association between characteristics of HIV infection and the risk of COVID-19 Infection in a Chinese sample. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1995 people living with HIV (PLWH) and 3503 HIV-negative adults in Ningbo, China. …”
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Socio-Economic Disparities in Pediatric Viral Gastroenteritis: A Comparative Study of Clinical Outcomes and Management in Hospitalized Children with Rotavirus, Adenovirus, and Noro... by Ioana Arbanas, Gabriela Coja, Alice Bilotta, Raluca-Ileana Lixandru, Oana Patran, Laura Bleotu, Oana Falup-Pecurariu

“…All children that have met the previously mentioned criteria, presenting positive stool samples (immunochromatography method) for Rotavirus, Adenovirus or Norovirus were included in the study. …”
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An investigation into the manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD Val-9Ala) gene polymorphisms employing high-resolution melting in patients with gastric cancer: A preliminary study by Alireza Moradabadi, Maryam Fekri-Soofiabadi, Atefeh Soltani, Shahriar Dabiri

“…The sensitivity and the specificity of the HRM method in detecting MnSOD SNPs were reported to be 100 %.Conclusion: by taking into account the contributing roles of MnSOD SNPs in the induction of gastric cancer, it is highly recommended to create collaboration among basic medical scientists, geneticists, gastroenterologists, medical laboratory scientists, pathologists, and hematologists for more promising results and improved outcome of the diagnosis. …”
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PROMIS Depression Scores Improved by Surgical Intervention of Acute, but Not Chronic, Foot and Ankle Conditions by Nathaniel Zona BA, Kenneth Hunt MD

“…Methods: All foot and ankle procedures consecutively enrolled into a single institution’s PRO registry were screened for inclusion. …”
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