Homologous recombination deficiency test validation in patients with high-grade advanced ovarian cancer by Angelica Nogueira Rodrigues, Andreza Karine de Barros Almeida Souto, Diocésio Alves Pinto de Andrade, Larissa Müller Gomes, Sandra Satie Koide, Renata de Godoy e Silva, Bruno Batista de Souza, Juliana Doblas Massaro, Andréia Cristina de Melo, Andrea Morais Borges, Camila Giro, Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos de Andrade, Cesar Martins da Costa, Daniel Luiz Gimenes, Eduardo Caminha Bandeira de Mello, Fernanda Cesar de Oliveira, Frederico Müller de Toledo Lima, Gabriel Lima Lopes, Gustavo de Oliveira Bretas, Gustavo Guerra Jacob, Herika Lucia da Costa Silva, Juliana Ferrari Notaro, Lara Ladislau Alves, Marcos Veloso Moitinho, Mirian Cristina da Silva, Roberto Abramoff, Thais Amaral da Cunha Rauber, Rodrigo Dienstmann, Fernanda Christtanini Koyama

“…We assessed the performance of the in-house test (GS Focus HRD) using Cohen’s kappa statistic to measure agreement with the gold standard assay (MyChoice® HRD Plus CDx) in HRD status classification, along with other accuracy metrics.ResultsIn total, 41 samples were analyzed (20 HRD-positive, 19 HRD-negative, and 2 inconclusive results with the MyChoice® HRD Plus CDx assay). …”
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The serum level of sclerostin decreases in radiographic axial spondyloarthritis patients with fatty lesions by Xuegang Li, Haijian Jiang, Xu Wang, Shuping Zhong

“…Serum levels of bone turnover markers, including sclerostin, osteoprotegerin (OPG), procollagen I N-terminal propeptide (PINP), cross linked C-telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX-I), osteocalcin (OC), were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. …”
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Spacer-type tibial osteotomy versus open wedge high tibial osteotomy and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for Kellgren-Lawrence grade 3–4 medial unicompartmental knee osteoarthri... by Yi Zhang, Xiangzhi Yin, Jinli Chen, Yingze Zhang, Tengbo Yu

“…Radiographic parameters were measured to evaluate the correction of varus deformity. …”
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Health-promoting lifestyle behaviors and their associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Markos, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Getachew Tilaye Mihiret, Belsity Temesgen Meselu, Kumlachew Solomon Wondmu, Temesgen Getaneh, Nurilign Abebe Moges

“…Multivariable binary logistic regression was used to identify the factors associated with the outcome variable. adjusted odds ratio (AOR), with a 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to measure the strength of the associations at a p-value <0.05.ResultsThe average mean score for health-promoting lifestyle behaviors was 2.68 (±0.38). …”
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Diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Its Subtypes Using MRI and Machine Learning by Hosna Tavakoli, Reza Rostami, Reza Shalbaf, Mohammad‐Reza Nazem‐Zadeh

“…Additionally, we obtained four graph‐based measures for 116 intracranial regions from rsfMRI data, including degree, betweenness centrality, participation coefficient, and local efficiency. …”
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Green analysis of illicit drugs on banknote dust by Teresa Cecchi, Arianna Giuliani, Carlo Catini

“…Banknote dust represents the most eligible sample to ascertain the circulation of drugs of abuse. Prevalence measures of sociological interest, provided by analysing their traces on banknote dust, are less affected by the variability of their concentrations in each bill because banknote dust represents an averaged sample of high statistical significance. …”
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Risk assessment and hierarchical classification of foodborne disease epidemics during major events in Beijing: an empirical study based on surveillance data analysis by Jinru JIANG, Yangbo WU, Tongyu WANG, Chao WANG, Yanlin NIU, Di WANG, Liping LI, Qian CHEN, Yao ZHAO, Xiaochen MA

“…ConclusionsFoodborne disease risk assessment for major events should be based on the characteristics of the event, previous experience with major events, and foodborne disease surveillance data from the same period. Prevention measures should focus on high and medium risk factors and those at the top of the Borda ordinal, and carry out monitoring and testing in the procurement, storage, processing and other links of raw materials, formulate recipes scientifically, do a good job in personnel health and training, and prevent cross-contamination.…”
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Global research trends on gastrointestinal cancer and mental health (2004–2024): a bibliographic study by Wenjin Han, Tianmeng Wang, Zhiqiang He, Caihua Wang, Zhaozhao Hui, Shuangyan Lei, Nan Hao, Ning Li, Xiaoqin Wang, Xiaoqin Wang

“…More detailed clinical symptom assessment is needed to distinguish between CRF and mental health issues and to provide targeted intervention measures in the future. The mechanism of mental health effects on the occurrence and development of GI cancer will be a frontier.…”
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Standard Precaution Training on Disposition of Occupational Blood Exposure Among Healthcare Trainees: A Pre-Post Intervention Study by Zhang X, Li H, Li N, Li Y, Kong L, Zhang M, Wang P, Ma Y, Ni L, Liu L, Meng X

“…Effective education and training on post-exposure management and standard precautions for healthcare trainees, are important measures for reducing OBE and infection rates. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of standard precaution training on OBE disposition for healthcare trainees, comparing the differences of “theoretical teaching” and “situational simulation” training methods.Methods: A pre-post intervention study was conducted among 1347 healthcare trainees at a university teaching hospital located in Jining, Shandong Province from July 2023 to September 2023. …”
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Minimum Dietary Diversity and Associated Factors among Lactating Mothers in Ataye District, North Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Lemma Getacher, Gudina Egata, Tadesse Alemayehu, Agegnehu Bante, Abebaw Molla

“…Dietary diversity was measured by the minimum dietary diversity indicator for women (MDD-W) using the 24-hour dietary recall method. …”
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Outcomes of oncologic arthroplasty in children and adolescents with malignant limb tumors: a systematic review by Vyacheslav I. Zorin, Sergei V. Vissarionov, Alexandr Y. Makarov, Timofey S. Rybinskikh, Kristina N. Rodionova

“…The data obtained indicate an extremely high frequency of complications during oncologic arthroplasty in children, mainly of an orthopedic profile, which requires analysis and development of measures to prevent them, as well as organizational solutions for the correction of these disorders.…”
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Soluble CD14 Enhances the Response of Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells to Toll-Like Receptor 2 Agonists by Christian Behm, Alice Blufstein, Johannes Gahn, Nazanin Noroozkhan, Andreas Moritz, Xiaohui Rausch-Fan, Oleh Andrukhov

“…The resulting expression of interleukin- (IL-) 6, chemokine C-X-C motif ligand 8 (CXCL8), and chemokine C-C motif ligand 2 (CCL2) was measured by qPCR and ELISA. The production of IL-6, CXCL8, and CCL2 was gradually increased by both TLR-2 agonists and was significantly enhanced by sCD14. …”
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Epidemiology, Disease Severity and Outcome of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Influenza Viruses Coinfection Seen at Egypt Integrated Acute Respiratory Infection... by Manal Fahim, Wael H. Roshdy, Ola Deghedy, Reham Kamel, Amel Naguib, Shymaa Showky, Nancy Elguindy, Mohammad Abdel Fattah, Salma Afifi, Amira Mohsen, Amr Kandeel, Khaled Abdelghaffar

“…We studied epidemiology, severity, and outcome of patients with SARS-CoV-2/Flu coinfection seen at Egypt’s integrated acute respiratory infections surveillance to better describe disease impact and guide effective preventive measures. Methods. The first two outpatients were seen daily, and every fifth patient admitted to 19 sentinel hospitals with respiratory symptoms was enrolled. …”
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Migration of Health Workers and Its Impacts on the Nigerian Health Care Sector: Protocol for a Scoping Review by David Omiyi, Ebenezer Arubuola, Marcus Chilaka, Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin

“…Furthermore, the results will aid in recognizing deficiencies in the existing literature; this will offer a defined path for specific policy measures and methods to retain health care workers effectively and thus support the sustainability of health care systems. …”
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Effects of using different levels of dietary chitosan on some immune indices and antioxidant defense system in Vannamei shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei by Saeed Dayani, Valiallah Jafari, Roghayeh Safari, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar

“…At the end of the trial, samples were randomly taken from the rearing tanks and hemolymph indices including serum biochemical, immune and antioxidant indices were measured. Results and Discussion: According to the results, immune indices such as lysozyme and immunoglobulin increased significantly compared to the control group (p<0.05). …”
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Deteksi Objek menggunakan Dashboard Camera untuk Sistem Peringatan Pencegah Kecelakaan pada Mobil by Raymond Sutjiadi, Timothy John Pattiasina

“…The research stage was started from problem analysis, literature study to search comparison from previous research, also software development and finalized with testing to measure system performance. From the testing result, this application was able to detect vehicle objects in form of passenger car, bus, and truck, also could provide both visual and alarm warning when there was a vehicle come closely from in front, to warn the driver about the danger of collision. …”
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Effectiveness of mobile health for exercise promotion on cardiorespiratory fitness after a cancer diagnosis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Megan E. Gregory, Weidan Cao, Saurabh Rahurkar, Fadi Haroun, James C. Stock, Sanam M. Ghazi, Daniel Addison

“…Included studies provided a quantitative evaluation of an mHealth intervention in a primary or secondary capacity on cardiorespiratory fitness (6‐minute walk test, VO2max, 3‐minute step test, or systolic blood pressure; or any mention of cardiac measure) and were meta‐analyzed (using a random effects model) if they were a randomized controlled trial with sufficient quantitative information. …”
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Epsilon Canis Majoris: The Brightest Extreme-ultraviolet Source with Surprisingly Low Interstellar Absorption by J. Michael Shull, Rachel M. Curran, Michael W. Topping

“…At its closer parallax distance compared to previous estimates, ϵ CMa has a 0.9 mag fainter absolute magnitude M _V = −3.97 ± 0.04. We combine measurements of distance with the integrated flux f = (41.5 ± 3.3) × 10 ^−6 erg cm ^−2 s ^−1 and angular diameter θ _d = 0.80 ± 0.05 mas to produce a consistent set of stellar parameters: radius R = 10.7 ± 0.7 R _⊙ , mass M = 13.1 ± 2.3 M _⊙ , gravity $\mathrm{log}g=3.50\pm 0.05$ , effective temperature T _eff ≈ 21,000 K, and luminosity L ≈ 20,000 L _⊙ . …”
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Compassion fatigue and associated factors among nurses working in Jimma Zone public hospitals, southwest Ethiopia: A facility based cross-sectional study. by Duguma Debela Ganeti, Bikila Dereje Fufa, Ebissa Bayana Kebede, Sheka Shemsi Seid, Birhanu Wogane Ilala, Nuritu Bacha Benti, Yeshitila Belay Belachew

“…Professional Quality of Life Scale-5 was used for measuring compassion fatigues. Data were entered using Epi data version 4.6 and analyzed using SPSS version 25. …”
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Population Shrinkage and Spatio-Temporal Changes in Cultivated Land Use Efficiency in China’s Agro-Pastoral Ecotone by Lu Chen, Ning Zhao, Zhixun Zhang, Yun Zhang, Wenjie Zuo, Youshuo Wang, Bin Wu, Monika Stanny, Yuheng Li, Guoming Du

“…Based on these results, this paper puts forward measures to improve cultivated land use efficiency in the agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China from the perspective of population shrinkage, so as to provide references for ensuring national food security and promoting rural revitalization.…”
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