Protocol of a randomised controlled trial to assess medical staff’s inhalation exposure to infectious particles exhaled by patients during oesophagogastroduodenoscopy and the effic... by Li Liu, Aiming Yang, Xi Wu, Shengyu Zhang, Zhiyu Yan, Yuheng Zhang, Mengjie Duan

“…Analyses will be performed in accordance with the type of data collected (categorical or quantitative data) using SPSS (V.26.0) and RStudio (V.1.3.959).Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval for this RCT was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (ZS-3377). …”
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Development and Delivery of an Integrated Digital Health Care Approach for Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Usability Study by Sonia Butler, Dean Sculley, Derek Santos, Xavier Gironès, Davinder Singh-Grewal, Andrea Coda

“…Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the survey results, and all qualitative data underwent thematic analysis. ResultsTwelve children aged 10 to 18 years (mean 14.2, SD 3.1 years; female: n=8, 66.7%) and 1 parent for each child (n=12; female: n=8, 66.7%) were enrolled in the study. …”
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The relationship between education level, occupation, income and parity with efforts to manage symptoms in menopausal women in Banguntapan Urban Village Yogyakarta by Siti Mawardani, Susiana Sariyati, Indah Wijayanti

“…</em></p><p><strong><em>Methods:</em></strong><em> This research was conducted using a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design, using purposive sampling technique and primary data in Banguntapan Village, data analysis techniques using Chi Square statistical tests.…”
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EFFICACY OF OPTIMIZED REMINERALIZING THERAPY IN POST-COVID-19 PATIENTS: EVALUATION OF RESULTS by N.M. Savielieva, M.E. Diasamidze

“… Data from Ukrainian researchers confirm that the prevalence of dental caries, even among young people, remains too high, reaching 95-98%. …”
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BRA-YOLOv7: improvements on large leaf disease object detection using FasterNet and dual-level routing attention in YOLOv7 by Rong Ye, Rong Ye, Quan Gao, Quan Gao, Tong Li, Tong Li

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Explainable Boosting Machines Identify Key Metabolomic Biomarkers in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Fatma Hilal Yagin, Cemil Colak, Abdulmohsen Algarni, Ali Algarni, Fahaid Al-Hashem, Luca Paolo Ardigò

“…The discovered metabolites offer significant insights into RA pathophysiology and may function as diagnostic biomarkers or therapeutic targets. …”
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Integrating network pharmacology and experimental validation to explore the mechanism of action of BushenQiangxin Formula for the treatment of chronic heart failure by Jinhua Pang, Jiejun Hou, Jinyi Chen, Wenchu Zhao, Tiantian Tang, Taotao Li, Ding Liu, Jinkai Li, Xuan Wang

“…Moreover, its mechanism of action may function via the IL-17 signaling pathway.…”
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The association between visceral adiposity index and long-term all-cause mortality shows age-related disparities: a nationwide cohort study by Qiushi Sun, Sibo Wang, Xudong Han, Lingfeng Gu, Hao Wang, Qin Yang, Liansheng Wang

“…Methods This cohort study used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999–2018. …”
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Diagnostic capabilities of cardiac computed tomography in the preoperative diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Olga Y. Dariy, Liudmila A. Yurpolskaya, Inna E. Rychina, Aleksey V. Dorofeev, Elena Z. Golukhova

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: The retrospective data analysis included 47 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (mean age, 52±7 full years) before surgical correction. computed tomography was performed using our protocol with automatic bolus tracking in the left atrium with a 90 HU threshold and biphasic contrast injection to assess the heart chambers and coronary arteries anatomy and mitral valve morphology. …”
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Comparison of Development Mechanisms of Two Cyclones Affecting Northeast China by Gao Songying, Zhao Tingting, Song Lili, Meng Xin, Li Ruihan, Luo Jianyu, Zhang Xu, Pan Xiao

“…The development of C304 is strong whereas that of C502 is explosive. Based on NCEP FNL analysis data and conventional data, their development dynamics are comparatively analyzed, through diagnosis of vorticity advection, temperature advection, moist potential vorticity and frontogenesis function, combining with the circulations of high and low altitudes. …”
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Persistence in the socio-economic development of the regions of the Siberian Federal District by Misak S. Arzumanyan

“…The application of the author&apos;s methodology for determining persistence in the socio-economic development of the regions of the Siberian Federal District made it possible to obtain calculated data on the basis of which horizontal and vertical analysis of persistence values were carried out. …”
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Cardiovascular and renal comorbidities among saudi patients with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional observational study. by Syed Irfan Karim, Kamran Sattar, Tauseef Ahmad, Mustafa Kamal Memon, Abdulfattah S Alqahtani, Abdulrahman M Alsubiheen, Fahad Abdulaziz Alrashed

“…These encompassed variables such as age, gender, race, smoking status, residential location, duration of T2DM, most recent HbA1c, blood pressure, lipid levels, kidney function, and most recent weight/body mass index (BMI).…”
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Process-based measures in high-stakes testing: practical implications for construct validity within military aviation selection by Joseph T. Coyne, Laura Jamison, Kaylin Strong, Ciara Sibley, Cyrus Foroughi, Sarah Melick

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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…All other data were summarised descriptively. Fidelity data collection and analysis We used the modified Conceptual Framework for Implementation to underpin frame fidelity assessment. …”
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Cognitive readiness components of cyber defense in the military field by Morteza Talebi, Hassan Mahjub, Mohsen Aghaee

“…The current research was carried out with the aim of calculating the cognitive readiness components of cyber defense in the military field .Methodology: This research is mixed in terms of its purpose, application and approach in data collection and analysis. In the qualitative part, meta-synthesis and content analysis method with open, central and selective coding and to analyze quantitative data from descriptive statistics and to evaluate the fit of the conceptual model of the cyber defense cognitive readiness system, factor analysis method and SmartPLS software were usedFindings: The results of the qualitative part of the research showed that the concept of cognitive readiness of cyber defense includes two components of main executive functions and high-level cognitive functions with 11 sub-components; Memory, self-regulation, flexibility, decision making, problem solving, cognitive openness, metacognition, creativity, adaptability, critical thinking. …”
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THE EFFECT OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING (PJBL) USING PIZZALUV-MATHEMATICS MEDIA ON SELF-EFFICACY AND 4C SKILLS by Akhsanul In'am, Moh. Mahfud Effendi, Rani Darmayanti

“…This study was conducted on twelfth-grade students at MAN 2 Malang, Indonesia, in the context of algebraic function limits. Pizzaluv-Mathematics media is designed to help students complete learning projects through communication, collaboration, and critical and creative thinking in making a "Love" shaped math pizza using visual media. …”
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Efficacy and safety of 3D-therapy at HCV-related subcompensated liver cirrhosis (genotype 1b) by P. O. Bogomolov, M. V. Matsiyevich, A. O. Buyeverov, V. D. Beznosenko, Ye. V. Fedosova, M. Yu. Petrachenkova, S. V. Koblov, K. Yu. Kokina, O. S. Kuzmina, N. V. Voronkova

“…Original study included the data of 66 patients (26 men and 40 women) with subcompensated LC of HCV etiology (genotype 1b) who underwent interferon­free therapy by ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir, dasabuvir and ribavirin for 12 weeks (the latter was cancelled at receiving the new data on treatment efficacy after 4 weeks of therapy) in September, 2015, before the drug instruction was updated. …”
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Modeling non-hereditary mechanisms of Alzheimer disease during apoptosis in yeast by Ralf J. Braun, Cornelia Sommer, Christine Leibiger, Romina J.G. Gentier, Verónica I. Dumit, Katrin Paduch, Tobias Eisenberg, Lukas Habernig, Gert Trausinger, Christoph Magnes, Thomas Pieber, Frank Sinner, Jörn Dengjel, Fred W. van Leeuwen, Guido Kroemer, Frank Madeo

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Renal drug dosing practices and clinical outcomes in patients with kidney disease admitted at two referral hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia by Gebeyaw Addis Bezie, Meseret Adugna, Gizachew Tadesse Wassie

“…A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data which was entered to Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS for analysis. …”
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Normative values of the brain health index in UK biobank by Jodi K. Watt, David Alexander Dickie, Donald M. Lyall, Joey Ward, Frederick K. Ho, Jesse Dawson, Terence J. Quinn

“…From these data, normative score curves – with bounds described as 1, 2 and 3 standard deviations from the mean – were produced for males and females, using regression analyses to measure the scale of the BHI values as a function of age. …”
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