Increased birth rank of homosexual males: disentangling the older brother effect and sexual antagonism hypothesis by Raymond, Michel, Turek, Daniel, Durand, Valérie, Nila, Sarah, Suryobroto, Bambang, Vadez, Julien, Barthes, Julien, Apostolou, Menelaos, Crochet, Pierre-André

“…These tools were applied on new individual data, and on various available published data (two individual datasets, and all relevant aggregated data). …”
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Components of brending and the application of artifical intelligence technologies in their implementation by Оleg Kovalchuk

“…It was established that digital tools and technologies open up new opportunities for specialists in the field of marketing, including branding. …”
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Biodegradable and healable strain gauge based on Ti3C2TX MXene-gelatin hydrogel composite for eco-friendly applications by Hyun-Gu Han, Dong-Geon Lee, Ji-Yeop Kim, Mi-Jin Jin, Seungyoung Park, Doo-Seung Um, Chang-Il Kim

“…Moreover, diverse applications were explored, including weight detection, joint angle measurement, and torsion angle sensing. The healable ability was investigated under varied temperature conditions to identify optimal healing conditions. …”
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Does handgrip strength effect pulmonary function in healthy children? by Muhammet Hakan Mayda, Serhat Erail

“…A total of 755 healthy children (age= 9.38±0.48) participated in the study voluntarily. …”
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Modulation of Cognition: The Role of Gnidia glauca on Spatial Learning and Memory Retention in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Rats by Wycliffe Makori Arika, Cromwell Mwiti Kibiti, Joan Murugi Njagi, Mathew Piero Ngugi

“…Further studies are therefore needed to establish its toxicity profiles.…”
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The Data Heterogeneity Issue Regarding COVID-19 Lung Imaging in Federated Learning: An Experimental Study by Fatimah Alhafiz, Abdullah Basuhail

“…The findings provide valuable insights that can guide future research toward achieving a balance between global generalization and local adaptation, ultimately enhancing diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes in COVID-19 lung imaging.…”
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Autoimmune Hepatitis: Progress from Global Immunosuppression to Personalised Regulatory T Cell Therapy by Nwe Ni Than, Hannah C. Jeffery, Ye H. Oo

“…Cell therapy such as infusion of autologous, antigen-specific, and liver-homing regulatory T cells to restore hepatic immune tolerance may soon be a potential future treatment for AIH patients.…”
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Serum PCSK9 Correlates with PTX3 and Apolipoproteins B, A1, and C3 Concentrations in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Małgorzata Waluś-Miarka, Maria Kapusta, Przemysław Miarka, Ewa Kawalec, Barbara Idzior-Waluś

“…Circulating PCSK9 correlated negatively with age (r=−0.21, p<0.05) and HbA1c (r=−0.21, p<0.05) and positively with BMI (r=0.21, p<0.05), total cholesterol (r=0.59), LDL-cholesterol (r=0.50), triglyceride (r=0.35), apo B100 (r=0.43), apo A1 (r=0.43) (p<0.001 for all), apo C3 (r=0.29, p<0.01), and apo B48 (r=0.25, p<0.01) concentration and FLI (r=0.26, p<0.01). …”
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Scalable information extraction from free text electronic health records using large language models by Bowen Gu, Vivian Shao, Ziqian Liao, Valentina Carducci, Santiago Romero Brufau, Jie Yang, Rishi J. Desai

“…Conclusions Open-source LLMs are effective and scalable tools for extracting SDoH from unstructured EHRs, surpassing traditional pattern-matching methods. …”
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First Basic Problem of Elasticity Theory for a Composite Layer with Two Thick-Walled Tubes by Oleksandr Yu. Denshchykov, Valentyn P. Pelykh, Yaroslav V. Hrebeniuk, Vitalii Yu. Miroshnikov

“…Further development of the research topic is necessary for a model where tubes are combined with other types of inhomogeneities.…”

Recent advances in oblique plane microscopy by Kim Jeongmin

“…This unconventional widefield imaging approach is made possible by using a remote focusing principle that eliminates optical aberrations for object points beyond the focal plane. Together with oblique lightsheet illumination, OPM can make conventional lightsheet imaging fully compatible with standard biological specimens prepared on microscope slides. …”
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Yoğun Bakım Hemşirelerinin Tıbbi Hataya Eğilimlerinin Kendini Sabotaj ile İlişkisinin İncelenmesi by Selma Tepehan Eraslan, Gülçin Bozkurt

“…Hemşirelerin tıbbi hataya eğilim ölçeği ile kendini sabotaj ölçeği toplam puanları arasında negatif yönde çok zayıf bir ilişki olduğu bulundu (r = -0,22; p lt; 0,05). …”
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Modeling smeared fiber-matrix pullout strength of steel fiber-reinforced concrete with various types of steel fiber and its tensile and compressive strength by Yuxin Xu, Tengfei Xu, Guilin Li, Tianyu Xie

“…This physically-significant approach not only provides a reliable tool for designing and optimizing SFRC materials but also offers new insights into the mechanisms of fiber reinforcement in concrete.…”
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Comparing the efficacy of 3D-printing-assisted surgery with traditional surgical treatment of fracture: an umbrella review by Lin Xiao, Peiyuan Tang, Shengwu Yang, Jingyue Su, Wenbo Ma, Han Tan, Ying Zhu, Wenfeng Xiao, Ting Wen, Yusheng Li, Shuguang Liu, Zhenhan Deng

“…The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) standards were adhered to in this review. The Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) 2 was used to rate the quality and reliability of the meta-analyses (MAs), and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) was used to grade the outcomes. …”
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Mobile Applications in Breast Cancer Postoperative Care: A Scoping Review by Maryam Alidadi, Reza Rabiei, Atieh Akbari, Hassan Emami, Seyed Mohsen Laal Mousavi

“…The quality of publications was evaluated using the mixed‐methods appraisal tool (MMAT). Results A total of 999 publications were found, of which 28 studies were considered in this review. …”
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridioides Difficile Infection in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease by Alireza Meighani, Maryam Alimirah, Mayur Ramesh, Reena Salgia

“…Descriptive analysis was conducted to compare the effect of FMT in patients with and without CLD. Results. A total of 201 patients with CDI received FMT, 14 of which had a history of CLD. …”
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Long-Term Outcome Following Concomitant Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation at University Hospital Basel: A Retrospective Study by Elodie Hersperger, Nicolas Schaerli, Brigitta Gahl, Oliver Reuthebuch, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Bernhard Winkler, Martin T. R. Grapow

“…Secondary outcomes include heart rhythm during entire follow-up, three- and five-years success, and need for additional arrhythmia interventions (incl. pacemaker implantation). <i>Results</i>: A total of 120 patients were analyzed and divided into two groups: pulmonary vein isolation (<i>n</i> = 55) and left atrial (<i>n</i> = 65). …”
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« Kwir nou exist » : le mot Kwir et les arguments linguistiques, culturels et sociohistoriques dans les discours des jeunes Réunionnais·es de la minorité sexuelle et de genre... by Nathalie Carpentier, Audrey Noël

“…The focus is on examining the role of the word "kwir" and the Creole language as tools of resistance, with special attention to the mobilization of the island’s colonial and slave past. …”
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Adult Intra-Thoracic Kidney: A Case Report of Bochdalek Hernia by Valeria Fiaschetti, Luca Velari, Eleonora Gaspari, Roberta Mastrangeli, Giovanni Simonetti

“…Abdominal ultrasound (US) showed the right kidney with many fluid and esophytic cysts; left kidney was unfeasible to study because of the impossibility to find it. Computed Tomography (CT) basal scan demonstrated a left-sided Bochdalek hernia with dilatated colon loops and the left kidney within the pleural space. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Transcendental Meditation (TM) for treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). by Erik J Groessl, Thomas R Rutledge

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>In summary, using data from a recent RCT, TM was found to both improve health outcomes and reduce total costs in this analysis. Based on these results, further effectiveness trials and wider adoption of TM should be considered.…”
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