Towards transforming malaria vector surveillance using VectorBrain: a novel convolutional neural network for mosquito species, sex, and abdomen status identifications by Deming Li, Shruti Hegde, Aravind Sunil Kumar, Atul Zacharias, Parthvi Mehta, Venkat Mukthineni, Satwik Srimath, Sunny Patel, Maitreya Suin, Rama Chellappa, Soumyadipta Acharya

“…To address these bottlenecks, a mosquito image database with fresh wild-caught specimens using basic smartphones is introduced, and we present a novel CNN-based architecture, VectorBrain, designed for identifying the species, sex, and abdomen status of a mosquito concurrently while being efficient and lightweight in computation and size. …”
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Identification of potential inhibitors of Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21 from repurposed drugs: Implications in anticancer therapeutics by Anas Shamsi, Nojood Altwaijry, Moyad Shahwan, Akram Ashames, Dharmendra Kumar Yadav, Mohammad Furkan, Rizwan Hasan Khan

“…Therefore, this study aimed to screen a collection of repurposed drugs from the DrugBank 6.0 database for possible USP21 inhibitors. At the beginning of the selection process, the library was filtered by the binding efficiency to USP21, which identified a few drug molecules with appreciable binding affinity towards the USP21 binding pocket. …”
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Coronavirus spike protein-based vaccines. Vaccine delivery systems by Akmal M. Asrorov, Mirzakamol S. Ayubov, Bin Tu, Mingjie Shi, Huiyuan Wang, Sharafitdin Mirzaakhmedov, Amit Kumar Nayak, Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov, Yongzhuo Huang

“…Our search on the PubMed database using ‘spike protein-based coronavirus vaccines’ keywords showed over 150 publications that were further filtered based on their relevance. …”
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Impact of levothyroxine in women with positive thyroid antibodies on pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Lorraine Lau, Jamie L Benham, Patricia Lemieux, Jennifer Yamamoto, Lois E Donovan

“…Objective To evaluate the effect of levothyroxine therapy on pregnancy outcomes compared with placebo or no treatment in women without overt hypothyroidism with presence of thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb) and/or thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb).Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trialsStudy eligibility criteria Prespecified criteria for inclusion were: randomised trials of levothyroxine versus control (placebo or no treatment) among women with positive TPOAb or TgAb who were pregnant or considering conception.Data sources Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched from 1980 to 5 November 2020.Outcome measures Prespecified data elements were extracted and where appropriate, meta-analyses were conducted. …”
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Impact of the Coronavirus disease pandemic on early breast cancer by Yong Li, Yong Li, Xiao-ju Lu, Bo Xu, Bo Xu, Wei-wen Li

“…ObjectiveTo assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation, treatment, and survival of patients with early breast cancer (Stage I–III).MethodsThis study utilized data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2020. …”
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Quality of Life Assessment in Diabetic Patients Using a Validated Tool in a Patient Population Visiting a Tertiary Care Center in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India by Dayanidhi Meher, Sonali Kar, Mona Pathak, Snigdha Singh

“…The tool can be made a subtle part of chronic case management of diabetes to ensure patient’s participation in the treatment of the disease and to create a database that can redefine diabetic care in India to suit the diverse regional settings in the country.…”
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Risk of depression in glaucoma patients with vision impairment: A nationwide cohort study by Sheng-Min Wang, Younhea Jung, Kyungdo Han, Kyoung Ohn, Hae-young Lopilly Park, Chan Kee Park, Jung Il Moon

“…Methods: We conducted a nationwide, population-based cohort study using data from the Korean National Health Information Database and National Disability Registry. We assessed baseline characteristics such as age, sex, income level, lifestyle factors, anthropometric data, lab results, and Charlson Comorbidity Index scores through diagnostic codes and health screening data. …”
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Enhancing older adults’ gait: a systematic review of multicomponent exercises for fall prevention by Diego Brum Allendorf, Ana Júlia de Azevedo Ferrony, Sarah Giulia Bandeira Felipe, Rafael Reimann Baptista

“…The research adhered to the PICO framework, and database search included PubMed, SciELO, Cochrane Library, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science. …”
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Predictive validity of A-level grades and teacher-predicted grades in UK medical school applicants: a retrospective analysis of administrative data in a time of COVID-19 by Katherine Woolf, Paul A Tiffin, Lewis W Paton, David Harrison, Daniel T Smith, I C McManus, Kevin Yet Fong Cheung

“…The study also models the likely future consequences for UK medical schools of replacing public A-level examination grades with teacher-predicted grades.Design Longitudinal observational study using UK Medical Education Database data.Setting UK medical education and training.Participants Dataset 1: 81 202 medical school applicants in 2010–2018 with predicted and attained A-level grades. …”
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Real-World HbA1c Changes Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Initiating Treatment With a 1.0 Mg Weekly Dose of Semaglutide for Diabetes by Noelle N. Gronroos, Caroline Swift, Monica S. Frazer, Andrew Sargent, Michael Leszko, Erin Buysman, Sara Alvarez, Tyler J. Dunn, Josh Noone

“…Patients were identified in the Optum Research Database and were included if they had continuous health plan enrollment for at least 12 months prior to (pre-index) and at least 12 months following (post-index) the date of the first OW sema T2D claim (index). …”
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The effectiveness of theta burst stimulation for motor recovery after stroke: a systematic review by Yanxin Fu, Chengshuo Wang, Linli Zhang, Dongqi Ji, Aomeng Xiang, Jingman Qi, Ruoxuan Zhao, Liang Wu, Shasha Jin, Qin Zhang

“…PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched systematically from the establishment of the database to February 2024. Relevant studies using TBS to treat patients with motor dysfunction after stroke will be included. …”
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Identifying an effective Chinese herbal medicine for reducing postoperative hidden bleeding and stabilizing blood volume following intertrochanteric femur fracture: a Bayesian netw... by Xiaowei Wu, Linglan Yan, Tianran Wu, Shaochen Tu, Yanbin Lin

“…Methods Comprehensive electronic searches were performed on databases in both Chinese and English, including the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform (Wanfang), China Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP), PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library. …”
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Epidemiology of breast cancer in Chinese women from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis and comparison with the global burden by Zheng Long, Yujie Qiu, Zhenghao Long, Zicheng Jin

“…Methods Data were sourced from the Global Burden of Disease database 2021, which includes comprehensive information on the disease burden across 204 countries from 1990 to 2021. …”
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MicroRNA-21 as a biomarker in terminal stage oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in the South Indian population by Chevuru Sai Shreya Reddy, Ashikha Shirin Usman P.P, Dhanraj M. Ganapathy, Ameya K.P., Durairaj Sekar

“…The current study retrieved mature sequences of miRNA from database- NCBI and used to find miRNA from OSCC. Its coming among the list of most prevalent malignancy in world, especially in India. …”
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Cervical Vertebral Maturation Assessment using various Machine Learning techniques on Lateral cephalogram: A systematic literature review by Shailendra Singh Rana, Bhola Nath, Prabhat Kumar Chaudhari, Sharvari Vichare

“…Data sources, study selection, data extraction and synthesis: The searches were performed in Ovid Medline, Embase, PubMed and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). A search of the grey literature was also performed in Google Scholar and OpenGrey. …”
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Effect of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) on feed conversion ratio (FCR) of broiler chickens: A meta-analysis by Mohamed El-Fateh, Muhammad Bilal, Xin Zhao

“…The database comprised 42 scientific articles containing 74 experiments totaling 19,562 chickens. …”
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Faint White Dwarf Flux Standards: Data and Models by Ralph C. Bohlin, Susana Deustua, Gautham Narayan, Abhijit Saha, Annalisa Calamida, Karl D. Gordon, Jay B. Holberg, Ivan Hubeny, Thomas Matheson, Armin Rest

“…This work adds to the calibration spectra (CALSPEC) database of 19 faint white dwarfs (WDs) with all-sky coverage and V magnitudes between 16.5 and 18.7. …”
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Comparison of general anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia in terms of mortality and complications in elderly patients with hip fracture: a nationwide population-based study by Eun Jin Ahn, Hyo Jin Kim, Kyung Woo Kim, Hey Ran Choi, Hyun Kang, Si Ra Bang

“…Objective To evaluate the effects of anaesthesia on postoperative outcome in elderly patients who underwent hip fracture surgery.Setting Nationwide National Health Insurance Sharing Service database of Korea.Participants All patients aged ≥65 years old who underwent hip fracture surgery, covered by the Korean National Health Insurance, between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2015.Interventions Hip fracture surgery under general anaesthesia (group GA) or regional anaesthesia (group RA), with a principal diagnosis of femoral fracture.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was the anaesthetic-type effect on 30-day mortality and the secondary outcome was postoperative delirium requiring pharmacological intervention.Results Among the 96 289 patients who underwent hip fracture surgery, 25 593 and 70 696 patients received GA and RA, respectively. …”
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Mapping integral cell-type-specific interferon-induced gene regulatory networks (GRNs) involved in systemic lupus erythematosus using systems and computational analysis by Blessy Kiruba, Akshayata Naidu, Vino Sundararajan, Sajitha Lulu S

“…Genotype variations of these genes were also explored using the GWAS central database to ensure their targetability. These findings indicate that IRF3, IRF7, STAT1, MYB, and FOXO1 are promising targets for therapeutic interventions for SLE.…”
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Identification of Diagnostically Relevant Biomarkers in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Comprehensive Analysis by Wu Z, Mo S, Huang Z, Zheng B

“…The purpose of this research is to determine the diagnostic value and therapeutic potential of the endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) genes in CAD.Methods: The clinical information and RNA sequence data were obtained from the GEO database and subsequently subjected to a series of optimization and visualization processes using various analytical techniques, including WGCNA, LASSO, SVM-RFE feature selection, random forest (RF), and XGBoost, as well as R software and Cytoscape. …”
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