Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on biochemical hyperandrogenism in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Qi Jin, Ge Xu, Yuchen Ying, Lumin Liu, Huimin Zheng, Shifen Xu, Ping Yin, Yuelai Chen

“…We assessed the consistency of the results, performed sensitivity analyses, and examined publication bias to evaluate the influence of individual studies. Furthermore, subgroup analysis and network meta-regression analysis were conducted to explore potential sources of heterogeneity. …”
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Predictive Validity of Hospital-Associated Complications of Older People Identified Using Diagnosis Procedure Combination Data From an Acute Care Hospital in Japan: Observational S... by Seigo Mitsutake, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Shohei Yano, Takumi Hirata, Kae Ito, Ko Furuta, Yoshitomo Shimazaki, Hideki Ito, Alison Mudge, Kenji Toba

“…Using “no HAC-OP-DPC” as the reference category, the analysis showed a significant and graded association with longer LOS (adjusted risk ratio for patients with one HAC-OP-DPC 1.29, 95% CI 1.25-1.33; adjusted risk ratio for ≥2 HAC-OP-DPC 1.97, 95% CI 1.87-2.08), discharge to another hospital (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] for one HAC-OP-DPC 2.36, 95% CI 2.10-2.65; AOR for ≥2 HAC-OP-DPC 6.96, 95% CI 5.81-8.35), and discharge to LTCFs (AOR for one HAC-OP-DPC 1.35, 95% CI 1.09-1.67; AOR for ≥2 HAC-OP-DPC 1.68, 95% CI 1.18-2.39). Each individual HAC-OP was also significantly associated with longer LOS and discharge to another hospital, but only delirium was associated with discharge to LTCF. …”
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Designing an Innovative Human Resources Model Based on Perceived Organizational Support Case Study of Qazvin's Government organizations by Hossein Rasouli, Morteza Mousakhani, Mahdi Alvani, parham azimi

“…The robust sample size, meticulously calculated using Cochran’s formula, was set at 220 individuals. The sampling strategy in the quantitative phase began with targeted selection, followed by a strategic combination of cluster, stratified, and simple random sampling methods. …”
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Depression symptom severity and behavioral impairment in school-going adolescents in Uganda by Ronald Anguzu, Catherine Abbo, Julia Dickson-Gomez, Max Bobholz, Arthur Kiconco, Abdul R. Shour, Richard Kabanda, Kenneth Kalani, Laura D. Cassidy

“…Our outcome variable was behavioral impairment defined as self-reported behavior that interferes with an individuals’ ability to do schoolwork (school performance) or get along with others (peer interaction) (yes/no). …”
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The compensatory enrichment of sphingosine-1-phosphate on HDL in FSGS enhances the protective function of glomerular endothelial cells compared to MCD by Yunfeng Xiong, Qiuping Ye, Lifang Liu, Wanjun Lin, Yonggen Liao, Ruiyu Gao, Jiaming Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Ruoyan Chen, Sihui Chen, Qiaoling Chen, Lixin Wei

“…Nevertheless, the abundance of S1P within HDL in individuals with FSGS and minimal change disease (MCD) is yet to be elucidated, and its defensive role in GECs necessitates empirical confirmation. …”
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Investigation of Moral Literacy Levels of University Students (The Case of Mus Alparslan University) by Fatma BİLDİRİCİ, Teceli KARASU

“…This scale consists of five sub-dimensions and 20 items, including “Moral Reasoning” (4 items), “Moral Awareness” (5 items), “Moral Imagery” (5 items), “Moral Sensitivity” (3 items), and “Moral Determination” (3 items) to determine the moral literacy levels of individuals. There are no reverse coded items in the scale. …”
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International diet quality index and revised diet quality index relationship with type 2 diabetes disease: a case-control study by Amr Ali Mohamed Abdelgawwad El-Sehrawy, Bilal AbdulMajeed Mukhlif, Enwa Felix Oghenemaro, M. M. Rekha, Rohit Kumawat, Shilpa Sharma, M. Ravi Kumar, Nagat Salah Shalaby, Munthar Kadhim Abosaoda, Abed J. Kadhim

“…By analyzing dietary patterns in individuals with and without diabetes, the research aims to identify key nutritional factors influencing disease risk and provide evidence-based dietary recommendations for prevention and management.MethodsThis case-control study involved 128 T2DM patients and 256 controls, assessing dietary intake with a validated 168-item food frequency questionnaire to calculate the Dietary Quality Index-I (DQI-I) and Dietary Quality Index-R (DQI-R). …”
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TiMON: a real-time integrated monitor for improving the placement and wear of emergency tourniquets by John Quan Nguyen, Avery Goss, Helen Keshishian, Francis Berchard, Jonathan Parks, Conor Evans

“…Yet, even well-trained individuals can find it difficult to assess proper tourniquet application. …”
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Network Design and Route Analysis Using Outside Plant by Isaac Adjaye Aboagye, Nii Longdon Sowah, Wiafe Owusu-Banahene, Aryee Shaelijah, Margaret Ansah Richardson, Emmanuel Baah-Boadi

“…Losses from distances of 0.15–5 km were observed. Individual components in the OSP architecture contributed to fixed losses of 0.7, 10.5, and 10.6 in the optical line terminal (OLT), FDT, and fiber access terminal (FAT), respectively. …”
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The Multifaceted Roles of Myrrha in the Treatment of Breast Cancer: Potential Therapeutic Targets and Promises by Anwar Shams MD, MSc, PhD, Abdullah Ahmed Alzahrani, Taghreed A Ayash MSc, PhD, Shadi Tamur MD, FRCPC, FAAP, Majed AL-Mourgi MD, FRCS, FCCP, FACS

“…Results: Combining the results of network pharmacology with other bioinformatics databases suggests that myrrh’s active components exert anti-cancer effects by regulating genes involved in breast cancer pathogenesis, particularly PTGS2, EGFR, ESR2, MMP2, and JUN. An individual evaluation of the expression profiles of these genes at both mRNA and protein levels reveals that a high expression profile of each gene is associated with breast cancer advancement. …”
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Albumin corrected anion gap and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with acute kidney injury caused or accompanied by sepsis: a MIMIC-IV retrospective study by Yongbin Wang, Lei Zhong, Jie Min, Jianhong Lu, Jinyu Zhang, Jiajun Su

“…The application of Kaplan–Meier analysis demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in cumulative survival rates among individuals with high ACAG levels (P < 0.001). Subgroup analyses indicated that ACAG levels interacted with cerebrovascular disease and acute pancreatitis on 14-day mortality (P < 0.05 for interaction). …”
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The Burden of Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Young Adults in China: A Secondary Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Junting Yang, Siwei Deng, Houyu Zhao, Feng Sun, Xiantong Zou, Linong Ji, Siyan Zhan

“…Methods: Using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021, we analyzed the age-standardized rate (ASR) of incidence, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and mortality rates of T2D among individuals aged 15 to 39 years in China from 1990 to 2021. …”
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Longitudinal assessment of diffusion-weighted imaging during magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy in head and neck cancer by Simon Boeke, Jonas Habrich, Sarah Kübler, Jessica Boldt, Fritz Schick, Konstantin Nikolaou, Jens Kübler, Cihan Gani, Maximilian Niyazi, Daniel Zips, Daniela Thorwarth

“…Changes in ADC and volumes can be assessed, but future work needs to explore the potential for biologically guided treatment individualization. Trial registration: NCT04172753, actual study start: 09.05.2018.…”
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Ekstraksi Knowledge tentang Penyebaran #Ratnamiliksiapa pada Jejaring Sosial (Twitter) menggunakan Social Network Analysis (SNA) by Lyonly Tomasoa, Ade Iriani, Irwan Sembiring

“…Memasuki tahun politik 2018-2019, Indonesia mengalami darurat hoax  dimana isu-isu politik menyebar dengan sangat cepat terutama pada jejaring sosial yang merupakan wadah untuk menghubungkan setiap individu di seluruh dunia. Twitter sebagai salah satu jejaring sosial yang sering dipakai masyarakat Indonesia, menyebabkan isu-isu politik pun ikut terbawa dalam bentuk tagar (#). …”
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Comparative analysis of 2 approaches to monitor countries' progress towards full and equal access to sexual and reproductive health care, information, and education in 75 countries... by Jewel Gausman, Richard Adanu, Delia A B Bandoh, Neena R Kapoor, Ernest Kenu, Ana Langer, Magdalene A Odikro, Thomas Pullum, R Rima Jolivet

“…Second, we used a weighted additive approach to calculate the total score, rather than the mean of the 13 individual component scores, which assigns equal weight to the substantive domains rather than the components. …”
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Sex differences in the relationships between 24-h rest-activity patterns and plasma markers of Alzheimer’s disease pathology by Maxime Van Egroo, Elise Beckers, Nicholas J. Ashton, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Heidi I. L. Jacobs

“…Our results contribute to the precision medicine approach, and they have clinical implications for improved early detection and selection of at-risk individuals to be enrolled in preventive interventions.…”
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Whole-genome resequencing landscape of adaptive evolution in Relict gull (Larus relictus) by Chao Yang, Qingxiong Wang, Kuo Sun, Lei Luo, Hao Yuan, Xuejuan Li, Yuan Huang, Hong Xiao

“…The genomic variant analysis identified 13,717,267 heterozygous SNPs in the samples obtained from 17 individuals. Population genetic diversity analysis revealed that low nucleotide diversity (0.00029) and no obvious population structure in L. relictus. …”
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Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps and Biologics: A Call for Better Data Standardisation and Presentation in Clinical Studies by Kariyawasam HH, Langan D, Rimmer J

“…For binary outcomes, the number of individuals experiencing the event should be reported alongside the number of observations that the summary is based on.Effect estimates and inferential statistics presented in a journal article are less ideal for meta-analysis. …”
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The Identification of FN1 as an Early Diagnostic Marker for Recurrent Abortion by Single-Exosome Profiling by Wang C, Lu Z, She G, Chen K, Zhou H, Zhan X, Yu H, Pi L, Zuo L, Che D

“…We performed the proximity barcoding assay (PBA) to analyze single exosome surface proteins, which allowed us to identify individual exosomes related to the development of RA as well as the major subpopulations of exosomes. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers Influencing Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake by Mazin A. Barry, Khalid I. Aljammaz, Abdulaziz A. Alrashed

“…Despite the fact that influenza vaccine is readily available, and the severity of the disease is known to adversely affect the individual’s quality of life and well-being, vaccination uptake rates are still low, contributing to the increased burden of the disease worldwide. …”
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