The Association between Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Oral Neoplasm among Smokers and Betel Quids Chewers by Mei-Sheng Ku, Pallop Siewchaisakul, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Chen-Yu Liu

“…Totally 3,864,045 smokers and/or betel quids chewers were enrolled in this study. Among them, 154,030 OPMD cases and 23,286 oral cancers were found during the study period. …”
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Effect of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 (DPP-4) Inhibition on Biomarkers of Kidney Injury and Vascular Calcification in Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Thananda Trakarnvanich, Bancha Satirapoj, Swangjit Suraamornkul, Thanit Chirananthavat, Anoma Sanpatchayapong, Torpong Claimon

“…A total of 201 participants were enrolled and randomly assigned to one of two groups, one received treatment with 50 mg gemigliptin daily along with standard care for diabetes mellitus for 6 months. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Bone Metabolism in Patients on Waiting List for Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation by Simona Kratochvílová, Jana Brunová, Petr Wohl, Věra Lánská, František Saudek

“…We retrospectively compiled biochemical and densitometrical data from 177 patients with T1DM at CKD (chronic kidney disease) stages G4-G5 (115 men, 62 women, median age 40 yr, diabetes duration 23 yr) enrolled on waiting list for SPK for the first time between the years 2011 and 2016. …”
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Association between sarcopenia and weight-adjusted waist index in male patients with type 2 diabetes by Yushuang Xiang, Zhiruo Wang, Jing Xu, Jie Wang, Chaoming Wu, Youjin Pan

“…Method In this study, we enrolled 417 patients with T2DM from the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University between Dec. 2023 and Apr. 2024. …”
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Civil servants' activity regulation in Lithuania 1918-1940 by Jolanta Palidauskaitė, Milda Petrokaitė

“…Some aspects of their activity, such as enrolment, admission, career possibilities, and question of responsibility, were skipped in legislation. …”
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A laboratory feasibility study using a computer algorithm for anastomosis segmentation of epicardial ultrasonography images from distal coronary artery bypass anastomoses by Alex Skovsbo Jørgensen, Martin Siemienski Andersen, Lasse Riis Østergaard, Samuel Emil Schmidt, Dorte Nøhr, Jan Jesper Andreasen

“…Trial registration The study was registered on September 29, 2016, before enrolment of the first participant (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02919124).…”
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A New Risk Score Based on Lipid Indicators for Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wei X, Guo Z, Zhang T, Liang J

“…This retrospective study aimed to develop a quick and efficient risk score to assess prognosis and clinical response.Methods: A total of 391 hCC patients were enrolled and were divided into training and validation groups between 2015 and 2024. …”
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Acute dental pain and the different management methods among adults in Taif, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Bandar S. Shukr, Ayman Mandorah, Faisal K. Altalhi, Yousef A. Alqurashi, Hassan T. Shawli, Ali A. Alqarni, Mohammed A. Alzubaidi

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 556 adults were enrolled in the study by answering an online survey that was distributed through different social media websites. …”
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CLINICAL SIGNS AND TREATMENT OF NEW-ONSET BONE MARROW FAILURE ASSOCIATED SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN CHILDREN : A SINGLE INSTITUTION PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUD by Mervat A M youssef, Ebtisam Shawky hmed, Dalia Tarik Kamal, khalid Elsayh, Mai A Abdelfatta, Hyam Hassan Mahran Mahran, Mostafa M Embaby

“…The objectives of this study were to identify the frequency and severity of aplastic anemia in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2) infected children as well as recognition of the response to treatment Methodology: 13 children with newly-diagnosed severe aplastic anemia enrolled in this prospective clinical trial. Blood samples were obtained from all patients to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, and nasopharyngeal swabs were collected for reverse-transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction to detect  SARS-CoV-2 viruses.  …”
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Serum hydroxycotinine was associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a cross-sectional study based on NHANES by Meng’en Zhu, Zhimin Bi, Yaoling Wang, Wei Li

“…Although long-term smoking has been associated with CKD, the potential relationship between its metabolite hydroxycotinine and CKD has not been clarified.Methods A total of 8,544 participants aged 20 years and above from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017 - March 2020 were enrolled in our study. CKD was defined by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 60 mL/(min*1.73 m2). …”
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Antiviral therapy can effectively suppress irAEs in HBV positive hepatocellular carcinoma treated with ICIs: validation based on multi machine learning by Shuxian Pan, Zibing Wang

“…The accuracy of the model is verified in the DCA curve.ResultsA total of 274 HBV-related liver cancer patients were enrolled in the study. Predictive models were constructed using three machine learning algorithms to analyze and statistically evaluate clinical characteristics, including immune cell data. …”
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Effects of bronchoscopic alveolar lavage–assisted mechanical ventilation on postoperative pulmonary infection and inflammatory factors in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery by Hui Zhu, Haiyang Lu

“…Materials and methods: A total of 90 LC patients with postoperative PI were enrolled and divided into an MV group (n = 45) and a BAL-assisted MV group (n = 45). …”
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“Scarlet Cloak and the Forest Adventure”: a preliminary study of the impact of AI on commonly used writing tools by Barbara Bordalejo, Davide Pafumi, Frank Onuh, A. K. M. Iftekhar Khalid, Morgan Slayde Pearce, Daniel Paul O’Donnell

“…It calls for the creation of policies and guidelines that acknowledge the evolving role of AI in writing, emphasizing the need to interpret detection scores cautiously to avoid penalizing students unfairly. In addition, encouraging openness on how AI is used in writing could alleviate concerns in the research and writing process for both students and academics. …”
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Rationale and design of the multicenter, national, randomized, open labeled phase III trial: allogeneic stem cell transplantation as a potential curative treatment for patients wit... by Annemarie Glöckner, Stefan Schönland, Hermann Einsele, Nicolaus Kröger

“…Approximately 400 patients will be enrolled to enable a randomization of 280 patients. …”
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Comparison of the impact of intermittent fasting diet alone or in conjunction with probiotic supplementation versus calorie-restricted diet on inflammatory, oxidative stress, and a... by Sepide Talebi, Sakineh Shab-Bidar, Gholamreza Askari, Hamed Mohammadi, Ashraf Moini, Kurosh Djafarian

“…Results: A total of 90 participants (mean age, 30.49 years and mean weight, 81.45 kg) were enrolled in this trial. After 8-week intervention, we observed SBP significantly decreased in both the eTRE + probiotic group (−0.31 mmHg [95% confidence interval (CI): −0.55, −0.07]) and the eTRE + placebo group (−0.24 mmHg [95% CI: −0.43, 0.04]), with no significant differences observed between groups. …”
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Albumin-to-Fibrinogen Ratio Independently Predicts 28-Day Mortality in Patients with Peritonitis-Induced Sepsis by Huiyu Tai, Zhiyun Zhu, Haifeng Mei, Wenbin Sun, Wei Zhang

“…A total of 246 eligible patients who were scheduled to undergo surgical treatment for peritonitis-induced sepsis were enrolled in this study. The primary observational endpoint was 28-day hospital mortality. …”
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Reducing Environmental Pollution Through Behavioral Change and Education: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Pilot Study by Junu Shrestha, Ranju Karki, Esther A. Adewusi

“… This repeated cross-sectional pilot study examined the impact of environmental education on reducing overall waste generation among students enrolled in an environmental health course from Fall 2020 to Spring 2023. …”
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Spicy food intake and overweight/obesity in rural Southwest China: findings from a cross-sectional study by Huali Xiong, Huali Xiong, Peng Zhao, Fengxun Ma, Dayi Tang, Daiqiang Liu

“…This study was undertaken to explore the association between spicy food intake and overweight/obesity by a cross-sectional study.MethodWe enrolled 2,995 individuals aged 30–79 years living in Rongchang, Chongqing municipality, southwest China from The China Multi-Ethnic Cohort Study, which was deemed to be the largest cohort study in southwest China. …”
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Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Atrial Septal Aneurysm: A Prospective Case-Control Study by Ramazan Atak, Mehmet Ileri, Selcuk Ozturk, Ahmet Korkmaz, Ertan Yetkin

“…Methods. 410 patients with ASA were enrolled in the study, prospectively. After the exclusion of 33 patients, the remaining 377 patients comprised the study group. …”
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Clinical Effect of Emergency Dermabrasion Combined with Biological Dressing A on Wound Microcirculation and Preventing Sepsis in Deep Degree-II Burns by Huawei Shao, Ru Luo, Chuangang You, Qiong Li, Shulei Mao

“…A total of 90 patients with deep degree-II burns admitted to the hospital were retrospectively enrolled between January 2020 and January 2022. According to different treatment methods, they were divided into the control group (42 cases, biological dressing A) and the observation group (48 cases, emergency dermabrasion combined with biological dressing A). …”
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