Acceptance, Safety, and Effect Sizes in Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Interventional Pilot Study by Ruben Vonderlin, Tali Boritz, Carola Claus, Büsra Senyüz, Saskia Mahalingam, Rachel Tennenhouse, Stefanie Lis, Christian Schmahl, Jürgen Margraf, Tobias Teismann, Nikolaus Kleindienst, Shelley McMain, Martin Bohus

“…MethodsA total of 39 individuals meeting the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [Fifth Edition]) criteria for BPD received 1 year of outpatient telehealth DBT at 3 sites in Germany and Canada. …”
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Association between the triglyceride-glucose index and its combined obesity indicators and the risk of hypertension in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: A nationwide cross-sect... by Huoping Zheng, Meiling Xu, Jing Yang, Mingjun Xu

“…The receiver operating characteristic curve indicated that TyG-WC demonstrated the highest diagnostic performance for hypertension, with an area under the curve of 0.642 (95% CI: 0.631-0.654).…”
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Prediction Efficiency of Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection Patients with Renal Resistive Index and Semiquantitative Color Doppler by Huai Qin, Yaqiong Li, Nan Zhang, Tiezhu Wang, Zhanming Fan

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to compare the diagnostic accuracy between RRI and SQC Doppler grade in early prediction of PAKI by using AKIN classifications as the reference standard. …”
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Washback of a High-stakes Language Exam on Spanish Teachers' Practice in Brazil by Yasser Abdullah Al Tamimi, Gladys Quevedo-Camargo, Rafael Sena Raposo de Melo

“…The Serial Assessment Program (PAS) is an annual reading test in Spanish, French or English functioning as a diagnostic, summative, and formative assessment tool and offering an entry opportunity for low-income students. …”
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Esophageal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Assisted by an Overtube with a Traction Forceps: An Animal Study by Ken Ohata, Kuangi Fu, Eiji Sakai, Kouichi Nonaka, Tomoaki Tashima, Yohei Minato, Akiko Ohno, Takafumi Ito, Yosuke Tsuji, Hideyuki Chiba, Makoto Yamawaki, Hideyuki Hemmi, Teruo Nakaya, Junichi Fukushima, Nobuyuki Matsuhashi

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Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Provided Through a Web Application for Subthreshold Depression, Subthreshold Insomnia, and Subthreshold Panic: Open-Labeled 6-Arm Rand... by Kayoko Taguchi, Mirai Miyoshi, Yoichi Seki, Shiori Baba, Eiji Shimizu

“… BackgroundA common definition of “subthreshold” is that the diagnostic threshold is not met but the individuals are not asymptomatic. …”
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Genetic variants associated with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury. by Nicholas J Douville, Lisa Bastarache, Emily Bertucci-Richter, Snehal Patil, Elizabeth S Jewell, Robert E Freundlich, Miklos D Kertai, Milo C Engoren

“…The expansion of biobanks, advances in genotyping, and standardized diagnostic criteria have enabled large-scale, hypothesis-generating studies into the genetic mechanisms underlying S-AKI. …”
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Identification of Anoikis-Related Genes in Chronic Kidney Disease Based on Bioinformatics Analysis Combined with Experimental Validation by Liu H, Mei M, Zhong H, Lin S, Luo J, Huang S, Zhou J

“…WGCNA yielded 6 hub genes, all of which demonstrated significant diagnostic potential in univariate logistic regression analysis (P< 0.05). …”
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OCT Biometry (B-OCT): A New Method for Measuring Ocular Axial Dimensions by Bartosz L. Sikorski, Pawel Suchon

“…Observational cross-sectional study and evaluation of new diagnostic technology. Methods. B-OCT was implemented in the spectral domain OCT device for posterior and anterior segment imaging (REVO NX, Optopol Technology). …”
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Metrics for Evaluating Telemedicine in Randomized Controlled Trials: Scoping Review by Yuka Sugawara, Yosuke Hirakawa, Masao Iwagami, Ryota Inokuchi, Rie Wakimizu, Masaomi Nangaku

“… BackgroundTelemedicine involves medical, diagnostic, and treatment-related services using telecommunication technology. …”
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Clinical significance and pro-oncogenic function of DBF4 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Liuyan Chen, Lvying Wu, Minying Tang, Yuanhang Cheng, Kuanyin Wang, Jianan Zhang, Wenyi Deng, Lingfeng Zhu, Jin Chen

“…We analysed its expression patterns, prognostic and diagnostic value, and potential mechanisms. We subsequently validated our findings through an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay of ccRCC clinical samples. …”
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Pleomorphic Adenoma in Palatal Region of a Young Patient: A Case Report by Adel Sharifi Rayeni, Arian Yeganeh

“…All of the teeth were vital. After performing diagnostic work, the patient was prepared for biopsy and enucleation and curettage of the lesion. …”
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aDolescent and prEconception health peRspectiVe of Adult Non-communicable diseases (DERVAN): protocol for rural prospective adolescent girls cohort study in Ratnagiri district of K... by Suvarna Patil, Netaji Patil, Charudatta Joglekar, Arvind Yadav, Anup Nilawar, Ulka Banavali, Rohit Bhat, Vijay Dombale, Bhushan Warpe, Rachana Mohite, Kiran Joshi

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The injury effect of osteopontin in sepsis-associated lung injury by Qian Wang, Zhicai Yu, Zhixin Song, Xue Lu, Zhu Li, Dandan Pi, Jing Li, Feng Xu

“…Trial registration Study on the diagnostic value of osteopontin in children with sepsis. …”
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Hyperspectral imaging in living and deceased donor kidney transplantation by Rasmus Wrigge, Robert Sucher, Fabian Haak, Hans-Jonas Meyer, Julia Unruh, Hans-Michael Hau, Matthias Mehdorn, Hans-Michael Tautenhahn, Daniel Seehofer, Uwe Scheuermann

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Prevalence of peripheral artery disease in young coronary artery disease patients by Medikonda Malla Reddy, N. Krishna Geetha, Kakumani Jagadeswar, I. Mariraj, K.I.S.N. Vaishnavi, Fahad Dadu, Gowri Shankar A.

“…Conclusion. ABI is a valuable diagnostic tool in young populations for detecting early signs of CHD, offering advantages over routine blood pressure measurements. …”
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In silico analysis of hub genes and regulatory networks implicates the putamen in non-motor Parkinson’s disease disorders by Stephen Tunmise Akanbi, Joshua Ayodele Yusuf, Thompson Oluwaferanmi Ayandele, Dayo Samson Oladipupo, Darasimi Racheal Olorunlowu, Blessing Dorcas Olawuyi, Joshua Oluwafisayo Adepoju, Dolapo Emmanuel Opasina, Elizabeth Kehinde Opoola, Uchenna Victor Ugwuanyi, Olufunto Omodele Adeleye

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The epidemiology of malaria in four districts in southern Mozambique receiving indoor residual spray as part of a cross-border initiative by Rajendra Maharaj, Nada Abdelatif, Mara Maquina, Ishen Seocharan, Vishan Lakan, Krijn Paaijmans, Francois Maartens, Pedro Aide, Francisco Sauté

“…One hundred and twenty children from each sentinel site were tested for malaria using rapid diagnostic tests. Monthly malaria cases were obtained from health facilities in each study district. …”
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Association of baseline and trajectory of triglyceride-glucose index with the incidence of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Qiong Huang, Wenbin Nan, Baimei He, Zhenhua Xing, Zhenyu Peng

“…The area under the curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess the diagnostic value of the TyG index in predicting the risk of CAN. …”
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Optimizing Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk Assessment in Hypertension: Development of a Predictive Nomogram in China by Yang Y, Sun X, Liang J, Liao WF, Ye W, Zheng Z, Du L, Chen M, Zhang Y, Lin W, Huang J, Yao W, Chen R

“…The area under the curve (AUC) of the predictive model and STOP-Bang at the three diagnostic cut-off points of the Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) ≥ 5, AHI ≥ 15 and AHI ≥ 30 were 0.840 vs 0.778, 0.754 vs 0.740, and 0.765 vs 0.751 respectively. …”
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