A systematic review of the worldwide prevalence of survivors of poliomyelitis reported in 31 studies by Alice Theadom, Shivanthi Balalla, Kelly M Jones, Valery L Feigin, Gordon Jackman

“…The quality of each included study was assessed using an existing tool modified for use in prevalence studies. Average crude prevalence rates were used to calculate worldwide estimates.Results Thirty-one studies met criteria with 90% of studies conducted in low-income to lower middle-income countries. …”
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Leveraging ROTI map derived from Indonesian GNSS receiver network for advancing study of Equatorial Plasma Bubble in Southeast/East Asia by Prayitno Abadi, Ihsan N. Muafiry, Teguh N. Pratama, Angga Y. Putra, Suraina, Gatot H. Pramono, Sidik T. Wibowo, Febrylian F. Chabibi, Umar A. Ahmad, Wildan P. Tresna, Asnawi

“…We provide a practical tool for EPB research, by sharing two-dimensional rate of Total Electron Content (TEC) change index (ROTI) derived from this network. …”
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International collaboration of VIR as an important factor of replenishing the collection of grain legume genetic resources by M. A. Vishnyakova, T. G. Alexandrova, T. V. Buravtseva, M. O. Burlyaeva, G. P. Egorova, E. V. Semenova, I. V. Seferova, I. L. Stepanova, I. I. Yankov

“…The sources of foreign material are international collecting expeditions, the exchange of scientists, requests for germplasm to international genebanks, national botanical gardens, breeding organizations, specialized research institutions and universities. The most important tool for obtaining foreign material was and still is the exchange of germplasm samples. …”
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Prevalence of breast fibroadenoma in healthy physical examination population in Guangdong province of China: a cross-sectional study by Yingjia Li, Lijun Zhu, Xiaoqi Zeng, Shanshan Jiang, Simin Ruan, Huanrong Ma, Changsheng Ye, Jianyu Dong

“…The sensitivity and specificity for fibroadenoma were 97.0% (95% CI for sensitivity: 93.7% to 98.8%) and 91.4% (95% CI for specificity: 85.4% to 95.5%) for ultrasonography, respectively.Conclusions The prevalence of fibroadenoma in South China is as high as 27.6%, and ultrasound could be used as a tool to diagnose fibroadenoma.…”
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Mutation Analysis of Synthetic DNA Barcodes in a Fission Yeast Gene Deletion Library by Sanger Sequencing by Minho Lee, Shin-Jung Choi, Sangjo Han, Miyoung Nam, Dongsup Kim, Dong-Uk Kim, Kwang-Lae Hoe

“…Together, well-defined barcode sequences, combined with the next-generation sequencing platform, promise to make the fission yeast gene deletion library a powerful tool for understanding gene function.…”
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The Data Artifacts Glossary: a community-based repository for bias on health datasets by Rodrigo R. Gameiro, Naira Link Woite, Christopher M. Sauer, Sicheng Hao, Chrystinne Oliveira Fernandes, Anna E. Premo, Alice Rangel Teixeira, Isabelle Resli, An-Kwok Ian Wong, Leo Anthony Celi

“…The aim is to provide a comprehensive tool that enhances the transparency and accuracy of AI applications in healthcare and contributes to understanding and addressing health inequities. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Fully Automatic Segmentation of the Paranasal Sinuses in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients Using Computed Tomographic Images by Yuhang Wang, Xiaolei Zhang, Weidong Du, Na Dai, Yi Lyv, Keying Wu, Yiyang Tian, Yuxin Jie, Yu Lin, Weipiao Kang

“…Currently, sinus CT is an essential non-invasive tool for preoperative assessment of CRSwNP endotypes, and formulation of personalized and precise treatment strategies. …”
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Development of the PRECIOUS Short-Form (PRECIOUS-SF) quality of care measure for children with serious illnesses by Felicia Jia Ler Ang, Yin Bun Cheung, Mihir Gandhi, Rahul Malhotra, Truls Ostbye, Chetna Malhotra, Cristelle Chu-Tian Chow, Poh Heng Chong, Zubair Amin, Teresa Shu Zhen Tan, Eric Finkelstein

“…PRECIOUS-SF offers a practical tool for routine quality of care assessment in pediatric serious illnesses for promoting timely service evaluation and quality improvement.…”
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Artificial intelligence performance in ultrasound-based lymph node diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xinyang Han, Jingguo Qu, Man-Lik Chui, Simon Takadiyi Gunda, Ziman Chen, Jing Qin, Ann Dorothy King, Winnie Chiu-Wing Chu, Jing Cai, Michael Tin-Cheung Ying

“…The quality of the included studies was evaluated using the QUADAS-2 tool. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) were calculated to assess the diagnostic efficacy of ultrasound-based AI in classifying benign and malignant LNs. …”
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Impact of IYCF practices, as measured by national nutrition surveys from 2018 to 2022, on stunting and under-5 survival in Burkina Faso: a LiST analysis by Natacha Kere, Ella W. R. Compaore, Ella W. R. Compaore, Youssouf Keita, Daniel S. Ouedraogo, Souleymane Tirogo, Estelle A. Bambara, Z. Thierry Coulibaly, Mamoudou H. Dicko

“…This study aims to assess the impact of these interventions on the nutritional status of children aged 0–5 years between 2018 and 2022.MethodsThis study is a modeling of the impact of changes in the coverage of interventions with known effect sizes, using the LiST (Lives Saved Tool). The interventions used concern infant and young child feeding, the coverage of which was measured by the 2018 to 2022 editions of the NNS conducted in Burkina Faso using the SMART methodology. …”
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Cholangiocarcinoma combined with biliary obstruction: an exosomal circRNA signature for diagnosis and early recurrence monitoring by Ningyuan Wen, Dingzhong Peng, Xianze Xiong, Geng Liu, Guilin Nie, Yaoqun Wang, Jianrong Xu, Shaofeng Wang, Sishu Yang, Yuan Tian, Bei Li, Jiong Lu, Nansheng Cheng

“…Our study demonstrates that the exosomal triple-circRNA panel identified in both bile and serum samples serves as a novel diagnostic and prognostic tool for the clinical management of CCA.…”
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Prognostic impact of coronary microvascular dysfunction assessed by AMR in acute coronary syndrome patients with chronic kidney disease by Ziyu Guo, Yike Li, Qiang Chen, Jingang Zheng, Jingang Zheng

“…These results indicated that AMR may serve as a valuable clinical tool for classification, risk stratification or therapy individualization in these patients.…”
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Transmission of synthetic seed bacterial communities to radish seedlings: impact on microbiota assembly and plant phenotype by Simonin, Marie, Préveaux, Anne, Marais, Coralie, Garin, Tiffany, Arnault, Gontran, Sarniguet, Alain, Barret, Matthieu

“…Altogether, these results show that SynCom inoculation can effectively manipulate seed and seedling microbiota diversity and thus represents a promising tool to better understand the early stages of plant microbiota assembly. …”
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Mapping neuro-disabilities and their dimensions among under 5 years of age children in the southern agricultural corridor of Tanzania: a preliminary baseline survey by Peter M. Chilipweli, Namanya Basinda, Paul Alikado Sabuni, Fredy Hyera, Upendojackline Liana, Titus Robert Leeyio, Elias C. Nyanza, Awerasia Vera Ngowi

“…The Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (M-DAT) was used to assess the children’s developmental levels. …”
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OCT Biomarkers in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Narrative Review by Cristian Metrangolo, Simone Donati, Marco Mazzola, Liviana Fontanel, Walter Messina, Giulia D’alterio, Marisa Rubino, Paolo Radice, Elias Premi, Claudio Azzolini

“…This up-to-date review article provides a comprehensive description on how structural OCT-based biomarkers provide a valuable tool to monitor the progression of the disease and the treatment response in nAMD patients. …”
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Development and evaluation of multiplex real-time PCR for rapid identifying major pathogenic mycobacteria from pulmonary and extrapulmonary clinical samples in eastern China by Tingting Fang, Lijun Peng, Tingting Yang, Qingshan Cai, Huanyu Li, Hao Li, Long Cai

“…Conclusions: The Multiplex PCR demonstrated excellent diagnostic performance in both pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples, offering a low-cost, rapid identifying tool for major pathogenic mycobacteria in eastern China.…”
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Wastewater-based analysis of antimicrobial resistance at UK airports: Evaluating the potential opportunities and challenges by Margaret E. Knight, Kata Farkas, Matthew Wade, Gordon Webster, Daniel A. Pass, William Perry, Peter Kille, Andrew Singer, Davey L. Jones

“…Our results highlight aircraft wastewater as a potential route for cross-border AMR transmission and a valuable tool for global AMR surveillance. However, the findings also underscore the limitations and need for standardised approaches for AMR monitoring in airport environments, to effectively mitigate the global spread of AMR and enhance public health surveillance strategies.…”
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Evaluating the impact of ESICM 2023 guidelines and the new global definition of ARDS on clinical outcomes: insights from MIMIC-IV cohort data by Duanhong Song, Qingquan Chen, Shangbin Huang, Shengxun Qiu, Zeshun Chen, Yuanhang Cai, Yifu Zeng, Xiaoyang Chen, Yixiang Zhang

“…Methods Clinical consultation data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database were extracted using Structured Query Language based on the PostgreSQL tool (version 10.0). Data were analyzed using Python (version 3.9) and the deep learning framework Pytorch. …”
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MR Imaging of Prostate Cancer: Diffusion Weighted Imaging and (3D) Hydrogen 1 (1H) MR Spectroscopy in Comparison with Histology by J. Yamamura, G. Salomon, R. Buchert, A. Hohenstein, J. Graessner, H. Huland, M. Graefen, G. Adam, U. Wedegaetner

“…The results of our study showed that both DWI and MRS should be considered as an additional and complementary tool to the T2-weighted MRI for detecting prostate cancer.…”
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The clinical evaluation of the triglyceride-glucose index as a risk factor for coronary artery disease and severity of coronary artery stenosis in patients with chronic kidney dise... by Dan Liu, Xiaoyang Guan, Ruoxin Chen, Ci Song, Shanhu Qiu, Shengchun Xu, Jingyuan Cao, Hong Liu

“…The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is a simple and effective tool to evaluate IR. This study aimed to evaluate the association of the TyG index with coronary artery disease (CAD) and the severity of coronary artery stenosis (CAS) in nondialysis patients with stages 3–5 CKD.Methods Nondialysis patients with stages 3–5 CKD who underwent the first coronary angiography at Zhongda Hospital affiliated with Southeast University from August 2015 to January 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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