Metabolomics Biomarkers in Prediction of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: The Role of Short Chain Fatty Acids by Maria Aslam, Omer Riaz, Jawaria Aslam, Dost Muhammad Khan, Mustafa Hameed, Muhammad Suleman, Rizwan Shahid, Turke Althobaiti, Naeem Ramzan

“…The models also demonstrated strong classification capabilities, as indicated by a high True Positive Rate (TPR) in the AUC, a low Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of 0.20, Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 0.04 and Standard deviation (SD) of 0.10, emphasizing the robustness and precision of the approach. …”
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Nailfold videocapillaroscopy in patients with deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2): a case-control study by Pietro Francesco Bica, Caterina Matucci-Cerinic, Elvis Hysa, Andrea Cere, Silvia Rosina, Stefano Volpi, Roberta Caorsi, Alberto Sulli, Sabrina Paolino, Vanessa Smith, Maurizio Cutolo, Marco Gattorno

“…The capillary density was normal and no scleroderma pattern was found. Between DADA2, RP patients and HC, no significant differences in the rate of each microvascular finding were detected (p values NS). …”
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Altered dynamic functional network connectivity in rheumatoid arthritis associated with peripheral inflammation and neuropsychiatric disorders by Lei Xie, Yanmin Zheng, Zhiduo Hou, Shuhua Ma, Zikai Huang, Jianhua Peng, Shuxin Huang, Ruiwei Guo, Jinzhuang Huang, Zhirong Lin, Zelin Zhuang, Jingjing Yin

“…The Spearman correlation was calculated between aberrant DFC alterations, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD), C reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Diagnostic efficacy of indicators was assessed using receiver operating characteristic analysis (ROC).Results Three dynamic functional states were identified. …”
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T-cell repertoire correlates with cytokine imbalance in multiple sclerosis patients by Lisa Weidner, Lisa Weidner, Rodolphe Poupardin, Tobias Zrzavy, Sandra Laner-Plamberger, Georg Gratz, Tanja Eichhorn, Viktoria Weber, Paulus S. Rommer, Christof Jungbauer, Christof Jungbauer, Dirk Strunk, Dirk Strunk

“…TCR sequencing revealed more productive rearrangements in CSF of MS and a significantly higher shared clone recovery rate in blood. We found significant associations involving 492 unique sequences and 34 cytokines in blood. …”
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Plasma state monitoring and disruption characterization using multimodal VAEs by Yoeri Poels, Alessandro Pau, Christian Donner, Giulio Romanelli, Olivier Sauter, Cristina Venturini, Vlado Menkovski, the TCV Team, the WPTE Team

“…Subsequently, we can identify continuous indicators for the disruption rate and the disruptivity based on statistical properties of measurement data. …”
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Behavioral Responses of Migratory Fish to Environmental Cues: Evidence from the Heishui River by Jiawei Xu, Yilin Jiao, Shan-e-hyder Soomro, Xiaozhang Hu, Dongqing Li, Jianping Wang, Bingjun Liu, Chenyu Lin, Senfan Ke, Yujiao Wu, Xiaotao Shi

“…A Cox proportional hazards model was applied to identify key abiotic drivers of migration success and to develop a predictive framework. The upstream success rate was notably low (15.6%), with a mean passage time of 438 h, while downstream success reached 81.1%, with an average of 142 h. …”
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Apnea detection using wrist actigraphy in patients with heterogeneous sleep disorders by Xiaoman Xing, Sizhi Ai, Jihui Zhang, Rui Huang, Yaping Liu, Dongming Quan, Jiacheng Ma, Guoli Wu, Jiangen Xu, Yuan Zhang, Hongliang Feng, Wen-fei Dong

“…Wrist actigraphy is a widely-used and energy-efficient tool for respiratory rate estimation. The main challenge in OSA pattern recognition is handling various disturbances in real-world applications. …”
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Two-Stage Target Detection for Compact HFSWR With Space-to-Depth YOLOv8 and Multiframe ViT by Tong Wu, Ming Li, Jiong Niu, Ling Zhang, Wandong Zhang, Qing Ming Jonathan Wu

“…Experiments using the measured data show that the proposed MFTDF achieves a considerably improved precision rate while maintaining an average improvement of 12.3% in the recall rate. …”
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The seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus and its associations with meteorological factors in Hong Kong, 2014–2023 by Qian Xiong, Zhuyao Rong, Jinjun Ran, Xiang Ren, Li Li

“…A generalized additive model was used to explore the associations between RSV positive rate and meteorological factors. Results: During 10-year study period, 44,722 specimens were positive for RSV with a positive rate of 2.81 % in Hong Kong. …”
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Spectrum of epilepsy – prevalence, impact, and treatment gap: an epidemiological study from Al-Quseir, Egypt by El tallawy H, Farghaly W, Rageh T, Shehata G, Metwally N, Badry R, Sayed M, Abdelwarith A, Kandil M, Ibrahim MAAEH, Mohamed K, Tohamy A

“…The annual incidence rate is 48/100,000, and the age-specific incidence rate has a U-shaped pattern with two peaks of incidence in early infancy and elderly life. …”
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Is Collum Femoris Preserving Stem (CFP) an Epiphyseal‐Stabilized Prosthesis? A Long‐Term Single‐Center Series Follow Up of 705 Cases by Yansong Liu, Yongbo Ma, Xuzhuang Ding, Jiangqi Chang, Mengnan Li, Tao Wu

“…The long‐term survival rate of the CFP stem was 95.32%, with a 97.2% survival rate for aseptic loosening and 95.5% for reoperation. …”
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Day 3 Embryo Morphology is a Significant Predictor of Blastocyst Euploidy by Yunhao Liang, Zhanhui Ou, Zhiheng Chen

“…Background: This retrospective cohort study aims to determine the relationship between morphologic grading of day 1 or 3 embryos and euploid blastocyst rate in the preimplantation genetic testing cycle. …”
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Multimodal smoking cessation treatment combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, cognitive behavioral therapy, and nicotine replacement in veterans with posttraumatic... by Jonathan R Young, Carri S Polick, Andrew M Michael, Moritz Dannhauer, Jeffrey T Galla, Mariah K Evans, Addison Troutman, Angela C Kirby, Michelle F Dennis, Claire W Papanikolas, Zhi-De Deng, Scott D Moore, Eric A Dedert, Merideth A Addicott, Lawrence G Appelbaum, Jean C Beckham

“…The most efficacious strategies being used at the VA for smoking cessation only result in a 23% abstinence rate, and veterans with PTSD only achieve a 4.5% abstinence rate. …”
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Site of Service Changes Have Resulted in Increased Opioid Prescriptions for Primary Total Hip and Knee Patients in Michigan, a Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality... by Harjot Uppal, MD, David Markel, MD, Giresse Melone, MD, Simarjeet Puri, MD, Lisheng Chen, PhD, Tae Kim, MHSA, Brian Hallstrom, MD, Richard Hughes, PhD, Elizabeth Dailey, MD

“…ASCs had the lowest compliance rate for both THA (56%) and TKA(69%) compared to HOPDs (89%, 80%) and hospitals (83%, 87%) (P < .05), respectively. …”
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Tracking the infection dynamics of Fusarium oxysporum in Codonopsis pilosula based on GFP labelling by Mingming Shi, Huixia Li, Wei Guo, Ning Luo, Jinghuan Chen, Yonggang Liu, Rui Liu, Zhenchuan Mao

“…PEG-mediated transformation produced 11 GFP-tagged strains, with FO-GFP-7 retaining wild-type morphology, growth rate, and pathogenicity. Microscopic observation revealed infection dynamics: conidia aggregated at the rhizome by 2 days post-inoculation (dpi), followed by phloem colonization at 4 dpi and vascular invasion at 6 dpi. …”
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Early-stage endometrioid carcinoma with MSH6 protein deficiency: pitfalls in the diagnostic interpretation of microsatellite instability by Cheng Wang, Cheng Wang, Dongni Liang, Dongni Liang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Kuang, Wei Kuang, Juan Zou, Juan Zou, Jing Zeng, Jing Zeng, Min Feng, Min Feng

“…This atypical MSI pattern is often overlooked, potentially increasing the risk of underdiagnosis of LS.…”
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Assessing the implementation of ESG criteria in the frontrunners insurance companies in the Spanish market by Albert Marti, Ramon Bastida-Vialcanet, Frederic Marimon

“…Originality/value: This study contributes to the academic literature and managerial practice by offering a robust framework, model, and methodology for ESG assessment, as well as identifying patterns in ESG adoption. Additionally, the article explores how the combination of outstanding PSI principles achievements influences the ESG rating performance of insurance companies. …”
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A personalized reinforcement learning recommendation algorithm using bi-clustering techniques. by Muhammad Waqar, Mubbashir Ayub

“…Moreover, we introduced a novel strategy to predict item ratings within the RL framework. The validity of the proposed algorithm is evaluated on three datasets of movies domain, namely, ML100K, ML-latest-small and FilmTrust. …”
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Excessive or reduced rest-day sleep compensation linked to depression in Chinese adults by Yanliqing Song, Long Wang, Yue Liu

“…These findings highlight the importance of maintaining stable sleep patterns during special periods and provide scientific evidence for the development of targeted public health interventions.…”
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The Nature of Attachment Relationships and Grief Responses in Older Adults: An Attachment Path Model of Grief. by Yan Kho, Robert T Kane, Lynn Priddis, Josephine Hudson

“…<h4>Design</h4>Men (N = 21) and women (N = 68) aged 60 years and above who had lost a partner within the last 12 to 72 months were invited to participate. Participants rated their levels of yearning thoughts about the deceased, emotions and non-acceptance on the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief (TRIG-Present), and their type and level of general romantic attachment on the Experiences In Close Relationship questionnaire (ECR).…”
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