C-reactive protein to serum calcium ratio as a novel biomarker for predicting severity in acute pancreatitis: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Xinqi Chen, Yisen Huang, Qiaoli Xu, Bifeng Zhang, Yubin Wang, Meixue Huang

“…Each unit increase in CCR was associated with a 7% increase in the risk of developing moderate to severe AP (OR: 1.07; 95% CI: 1.06–1.09). …”
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Accuracy of Two Methods in Estimating Target Muscle Force During Shoulder Submaximal Isometric Contractions by Sean F. Griech, Christos Karagiannopoulos

“… # Conclusion Both methods had moderate - good accuracy levels and were not influenced by the test side or direction of force. …”
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Analysis of Salivary Cytokines in Retinopathy of Prematurity by Hwa-Shiu Wu, Hsin-Chun Huang, I-Lun Chen

“…After adjusting for GA, the levels of IL-6 and VEGF on D7 were significantly elevated in the Moderate to Severe ROP group compared to the None to Mild ROP group (<i>p</i> = 0.024 and 0.016, respectively). …”
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Cost of Intravenous Analgesia for the Management of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department is Substantial in the United States by Pamela P. Palmer, Judith A. Walker, Asad E. Patanwala, Carin A. Hagberg, John A. House

“…**Background:** Pain is a leading cause of admission to the emergency department (ED) and moderate-to-severe acute pain in medically supervised settings is often treated with intravenous (IV) opioids. …”
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Fractal Analysis of Fragmentation Distribution of Rockbursts Induced by Low-Frequency Seismic Disturbances by Lihua Hu, Zhenghu Zhang, Xin Liang, Chunan Tang

“…Under similar static loading conditions, the moderate seismically induced rockbursts have the largest fractal dimension, followed by the self-initiated rockbursts, and the weak seismically induced rockbursts have the smallest fractal dimension. …”
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Analysis of the Cytokine Expression in the Aqueous Humor of Individuals with BRVO-Associated Macular Edema by Chengyi Zhu, Lanlan Pan, Qiong Yi, Qiping Wei

“…Moreover, BCVA did not correlate with mild, moderate, or severe ME as well (P>0.05). However, the levels of these four cytokines were correlated with the severity of the ME. …”
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Evaluation of Serum D-dimer Levels and the Disease Severity in Patients of Chronic Urticaria by Leelavathy Budamakuntla, Sachin Somashekar, Heera Ramesh, Tapasya S Kini, S Nandish Kumar

“…About 30.5% (n = 18) of patients had mild urticaria, 54.23% (n = 32) of the patients had moderate urticaria, and 15.25% (n = 9) of patients had severe urticaria. …”
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Evaluating Oral Health Status, Oral Lesions Prevalence, and Oral Health Impact Profile-14 among Tobacco Industry Workers by Grandhi Srujananjali, K. Ramya, Roja Lakshmi Karri, Krishna Sahi Bonthagarla, Akkineni Bhavya Sree, Yannam Mounika

“…Oral health assessment indicated moderate dental caries (DMFT: 8.65), low-to-moderate periodontal issues (CPI: 2.28, LOA: 1.49), and fair oral hygiene (OHI-S: 1). …”
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Translation and cross-cultural validation of the Lithuanian version of the sleep-related breathing disorder scale of the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire by Gintare Oboleviciene, Valdone Miseviciene

“…Using a Lithuanian PSQ cutoff ratio of 0.4, a sensitivity of 72.7% and specificity of 63.3% were found to predict moderate-to-severe apnea, and a sensitivity of 85.0% and specificity of 60.9% were found to predict severe apnea.ConclusionsThe Lithuanian version of the PSQ is a reliable, validated, and culturally adapted screening tool for the prediction of moderate-to-severe sleep apnea in children aged 2–17 years. …”
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Metabolic control and its associated factors in type 1 diabetic people: longitudinal trajectory modeling by Zahra Khosravi, Ali Taghipour, Monavar Afzalaghaee, Habibollah Esmaily, Ahmad Khosravi

“…Results The results showed four trajectories of safe controlled (46.2%), moderate stable risk (28.7%), moderate increasing risk (12.5%), and high decreasing risk trajectory (12.6%) (entropy = 0.70). …”
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The systemic immune state of super-shedder mice is characterized by a unique neutrophil-dependent blunting of TH1 responses. by Smita Gopinath, Andrew Hotson, Jennifer Johns, Garry Nolan, Denise Monack

“…Administration of the cytokine granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and subsequent neutrophilia was sufficient to induce the super-shedder immune phenotype in moderate-shedder mice. Similar to super-shedders, these G-CSF-treated moderate-shedders had a dampened T(H)1 response with fewer T-bet(+) T cells and a loss of cytokine responsiveness. …”
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Machine learning for early detection and severity classification in people with Parkinson’s disease by Juseon Hwang, Changhong Youm, Hwayoung Park, Bohyun Kim, Hyejin Choi, Sang-Myung Cheon

“…This study evaluated the accuracy of machine learning models in classifying early and moderate-stages of PD based on spatiotemporal gait features at different walking speeds. …”
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Corn Response Across Plant Densities and Row Configurations for Different Moisture Environments by Kipling S. Balkcom, Kira L. Bowen

“…A moisture environment (low and moderate) variable, defined by growing season rainfall, was used to average over site-years. …”
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Nomophobia and University Business Students’ Burnout in Online Learning: Mediating effect of Fear of Missing Out by Gangaram Biswakarma, Basu Dev Lamichhane, Deepika Neupane, Keshav Subedi

“…They also showed increased Nomophobia and moderate concerns about fear of missing real-time class interactions. …”
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Relationship of Vitamin D Deficiency with Cervical Vertebral Maturation and Dental Age in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study by Golnoosh Azarbakhsh, Parastoo Iranparvar, Azita Tehranchi, Mahkameh Moshfeghi

“…The patients were then divided into three groups based on their serum vitamin D level: severe deficiency, moderate deficiency, and the control group with normal vitamin D. …”
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Diagnostic Validity of Clinical Signs Associated with a Large Exophoria at Near by Pilar Cacho-Martínez, Ángel García-Muñoz, María Teresa Ruiz-Cantero

“…To analyze the diagnostic validity of accommodative and binocular tests in a sample of patients with a large near exophoria with moderate to severe symptoms. Methods. Two groups of patients between 19 and 35 years were recruited from a university clinic: 33 subjects with large exophoria at near vision and moderate or high visual discomfort and 33 patients with normal heterophoria and low visual discomfort. …”
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Role of Long-Acting Porcine Sequence ACTH (Acton Prolongatum) Stimulated Cortisol in Assessing Glucocorticoid Status in COVID-19 Patients by Vijay S. R. Danda, Chandrashekhar Bhandiwad, Sharmila Palle, Srinivas R. Paidipally, Vivek Kyatham

“…Methods: This is a prospective observational study, conducted in 100 RT-PCR-positive COVID-19 patients of mild, moderate, and severe grades from June 2021 to May 2023. …”
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Assessment of the Diagnostic and Prognostic Values of CD200 and CD43 in CLL and Leukemic Phase of NHL by Teeb M. Jaafar Al-Khafaji, Ahmed Ibraheem Rashid

“…Most CD200-positive patients have moderate to extreme levels of CLL expression, whereas NHL patients generally have dim- or moderate-positive expression patterns. …”
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Thrombocytopenia Rates In Newborns Diagnosed With Gram-Negative Sepsis. Insights From NICU Experimental Based Study by Sobia Shahalam, Madiha Iqbal, Sara Hassan, Shazia Rizwan, Rizwan Waseem, Rabeya Rehman

“…Thrombocytopenia was classified as mild, moderate, and severe. The type of organism and mortality rate related to thrombocytopenia were also recorded. …”
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Low-Frequency rTMS over Contralesional M1 Increases Ipsilesional Cortical Excitability and Motor Function with Decreased Interhemispheric Asymmetry in Subacute Stroke: A Randomized... by Ka Yan Luk, Hui Xi Ouyang, Marco Yiu Chung Pang

“…LF-rTMS over the contralesional M1 preceding motor task practice was effective in enhancing the ipsilesional cortical excitability and upper limb function with reducing interhemispheric asymmetry in subacute stroke patients with mild to moderate arm paresis. Significance. Adding LF-rTMS prior to motor task practice may reduce interhemispheric asymmetry of cortical excitabilities and promote upper limb function recovery in subacute stroke with mild to moderate arm paresis.…”
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