Prognostic Value of Four Objective Nutritional Indices in Predicting Long-Term Prognosis in Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Retrospective Cohort Study by He Q, Fan X, Li B, He Q, Cao Y, Zhang H

“…Qingwei He,1,* Xingman Fan,2,3,* Bowen Li,3 Qiongyi He,1 Yukun Cao,2 Haitao Zhang1,2 1The Fifth School of Clinical Medicine, Air Force Clinical Medical School, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230032, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, Air Force Medical Center, Air Force Medical University, PLA, Beijing, 100142, People’s Republic of China; 3Graduate School, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, 075000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Haitao Zhang; Yukun Cao, Email kjzht@sina.com; caoyukuntg@163.comBackground: Several objective and comprehensive nutritional assessment methods have been used for predicting adverse outcomes in elderly patients with various diseases. …”
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Assessment of the Myocardial Stress Biomarker NT-proBNP in Real Clinical Practice by I. A. Kozlov, D. A. Sokolov

“…Subjects and Methods. The study involved 35 vascular surgery patients of varying degrees of cardiological risk. …”
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Macrophage Infiltration Correlated with IFI16, EGR1 and MX1 Expression in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Within Lupus Nephritis-Associated Tubulointerstitial Injury via Bioinformat... by Tian M, Tang M, Chen C, Lin Y, Chen H, Xu Y

“…Ming Tian,1,2,* Min Tang,1,2,* Caiming Chen,1– 3,* Yufang Lin,1,2 Hong Chen,4 Yanfang Xu1– 3 1Department of Nephrology, Blood Purification Research Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Fujian Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Chronic Kidney Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Nephrology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350212, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hong Chen; Yanfang Xu, Email fychenhong@126.com; xuyanfang99@hotmail.comObjective: A comprehensive bioinformatics analysis was conducted to investigate potential new diagnostic biomarkers and immune infiltration characteristics associated with tubulointerstitial injury in lupus nephritis (LN), and to examine possible correlations between key genes and infiltrating immune cells.Methods: The GSE32591, GSE113342, and GSE200306 datasets were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in the pooled dataset. …”
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Identification of Potential Drug Targets for the Treatment of Severe Burn Wounds from a Multi-Omics Perspective by Zhu G, Li J, Xu J, Guo G, Zhu F

“…Despite improvements in the treatment of burn patients due to advancements in materials and techniques, there remains a need for novel therapeutic approaches to enhance burn prognosis further.Patients and Methods: Several types of genomic methods are used in this study, such as differential gene expression analysis, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), machine learning, and Mendelian randomization (MR), to find genes that are linked to severe burns and create a diagnostic nomogram to see how well these genes can predict severe burns. …”
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Parental preferences for sex of children in Nigeria: Cultural influences and family structure. by Alex Bawuah, Michael Sarfo, Godness Kye Biney, Francis Appiah, Linus Baatiema, Sanni Yaya

“…Men with more sons were significantly more likely (RRR = 1.48, 95% CI = 1.23-1.78) to prefer more boys over an equal number of boys and girls, compared to men with equal numbers of sons and daughters. …”
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METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE ESTIMATING RADIO TERMINAL-RETRANSMITTERS CONNECTIVITY OF MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM by Anatolii I. Sbitniev, Dmytro A. Bukhal

“…In these systems radio terminals have equal status and interact with each other directly or via relaying messages thought other ones. …”
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Quality of life after liver transplantation with old donor graft by Maria José Nascimento Flor, José Huygens Parente Garcia, Maria Isis Freire de Aguiar, João Marcos de Meneses e Silva, Paulo César de Almeida, Francisca Diana da Silva Negreiros

“…Objective: to compare the quality of life of liver transplant patients who received liver from donor aged ≤60 or >60 years old. Methods: a prospective study with a sample of 141 recipients from liver donors aged equal to or less than 60 years and recipients of elderly donor liver, in a reference center. …”
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Effects of Rural Tourism on Rural Development: Hajij Village in Kermanshah by Hamid jalalian, fariosh namdari, Asghar pashazadeh

“…The population of this study equals to 180 persons- based on Cochran Table- including the 130 residents, 15 local governors and 35 visitors were selected by simple random method. …”
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Antimicrobial efficacy of clindamycin, linezolid, and calcium hydroxide as root canal medicaments on tubular infection against Enterococcus faecalis biofilm: An in vitro study by Manisha Rani Bharathi, Mahima Tilakchand, Priya Horatti, Rideep Chaliha

“…Conclusion: Linezolid and clindamycin outperformed Ca(OH)2 in reducing bacteria and were equally efficient against E. faecalis but showed no significant differences in antimicrobial efficacy.…”
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Managing the digital transformation of education as part of the Chinese national project of a “Great Unity” society by M. Yu. Zakharov, A. V. Shishkova

“…Using the comparative, hermeneutic, historical and philosophical methods, the authors analyse three problem areas – social ideal, forecasting, and national education in China. …”
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The problem of social inequality in the USA by N. E. Petrovskaya

“…In the USA the social in-equality level is one of the highest in the world. …”
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Undergraduate and Graduate Students’ Beliefs about Dyslexia: Implications for Initial Foreign Language Teacher Education by Alma Žero, Karmen Pižorn

“…The study follows a convergent parallel mixed methods design. A questionnaire was used to gather quantitative data on students’ beliefs about dyslexia and to consider potential variances at different levels of study. …”
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Examination of Posttraumatic Growth in Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis Treatment by Sümeyra Koçyiğit, Hatice Yorulmaz

“…Objective: The study was aimed posttraumatic growth levels of patients treated with peritoneal dialysis. Methods: The study included 100 patients receiving peritoneal dialysis treatment. …”
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Making people meet: volunteers’ contributions to social connection for the well-being of self and others by Nina Petersen Reed, Julia Hagen

“…This study aimed to contribute knowledge about how volunteers may help promote social connections and well-being, by exploring the experiences and perspectives of volunteers themselves. Methods We conducted a qualitative study in Norway interviewing nine volunteers. …”
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Social and clinical aspects of oncological patients of a chemotherapy service by Marilia Aparecida Carvalho Leite, Denismar Alves Nogueira, Fábio de Souza Terra

“…Objective: to identify the social and clinical aspects of oncological patients undergoing chemotherapy in a health clinic. Methods: it is an epidemiological cross-sectional research. …”
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Social and clinical aspects of oncological patients of a chemotherapy service by Marilia Aparecida Carvalho Leite, Denismar Alves Nogueira, Fábio de Souza Terra

“…Objective: to identify the social and clinical aspects of oncological patients undergoing chemotherapy in a health clinic. Methods: it is an epidemiological cross-sectional research. …”
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Influence of sweetener stevia on the quality of strawberry flavoured fresh yoghurt by Katarina Lisak, Irena Jeličić, Ljubica Tratnik, Rajka Božanić

“…This study examined the differences in the sweetness of the strawberry flavoured yoghurt with the addition of sucrose, stevia and equal portions of sucrose and stevia; each combination was used at three different concentrations (3, 4.5 and 6 % / 100 g yoghurt). …”
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Results of prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism after orthopedic operations by B. S. Sukovatykh, M. B. Sukovatykh, S. O. Per’Kov

“…Venous thromboembolic complications were noted in 36 (17,3) patients equally in both groups. Internal bleedings of different nature were found in 18 (8,65 %) patients with deep venous thrombosis. …”
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JEMAAH MAHASISWA SALAFI DI MASJID POGUNG YOGYAKARTA by Arbi Mulya Sirait

“…To get the data in this paper, the writer uses interview, questionnaire and observation methods. The total sample in this study amounted to twenty-seven salafi students. …”
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Correlation Between Delivery Type and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: A Case-Control Study by Azar Danesh Shahraki, Maryam Hajhashemi, Minoo Movahedi, Fatemeh Abbasi

“…Results: In total, 260 patients were enrolled in our study and divided equally into two groups: uncomplicated cesarean delivery and VDE. …”
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