Renal prognostic value of serum monoclonal immunoglobulin in cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis by Lei Ma, Yuanyuan Xia, Yun Fan, Dan Zhou, Xinchen Yao, Yongzhong Zhong, Fan Yang, Feng Xu, Shaoshan Liang, Yujie Wang, Xiaodong Zhu, Dacheng Chen, Rong Tan, Zhengyun Zhu, Dandan Liang, Caihong Zeng

“…The renal survival was inferior for MIg group than HBV/HCV group. Multivariate analysis showed that serum MIg and eGFR were independent prognostic factors.ConclusionRegardless of the presence of HBV/HCV infection, non-systemic autoimmune diseases related Cryo-GN patients with serum MIg had worse renal function and renal survival. …”
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Questions about a risk of malignancy of toxic adenomas and the problems of their preoperative diagnosis by Yu.V. Buldygina, H.V. Zelinska, Yu.M. Tarashchenko, S.L. Shlyakhtych, O.I. Kefeli-Yanovska, V.V. Ulishchenko

“…The purpose was to study the cytomorphological structure of autonomously functioning thyroid nodules and the prevalence of cancer in this group based on a retrospective analysis of laboratory, instrumental and morphological data. …”
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Chatbot-Delivered Stage of Change–Tailored Web-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Inactive Community-Dwelling People Aged 65 years or More: Protocol for a Random... by Xue Liang, Fenghua Sun, Qingpeng Zhang, Yuan Fang, Fuk-yuen Yu, Danhua Ye, Borui Zhang, Qianwen Liao, Phoenix KH Mo, Zixin Wang

“…Secondary outcomes include (1) minutes of MPVA, low-intensity PA, and sedentary time in the past week; (2) step counts in the past week; (3) SOC levels, perceived pros, perceived cons, and perceived self-efficacy related to PA; (4) compliance to the web-based interventions; and (5) cognitive status measured at T0, T1, and T2. Intention-to-treat analysis will be used for data analysis. …”
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The comprehensive transcriptomic atlas of porcine immune tissues and the peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) immune dynamics reveal core immune genes by Qingyao Zhao, Jiahao Wang, Fuping Ma, Quanzhen Chen, Huatao Liu, Jinyan Yang, Siqian Chen, Yongjie Tang, Siyuan Mi, Lulu Wang, Xini Wang, Guohong Liu, Kai Xing, Ying Yu, Chuduan Wang

“…With the development of genomics technology, the combination of transcriptome, genetic variation, immune response, and QTL mapping data to illustrate the interactions between pathogen and host immune system, will be an effective tool for identification of disease resistance genes in pigs. …”
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The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative 2 (EDGI2): study protocol by Natasha Berthold, Casey M. MacDermod, Laura M. Thornton, Richard Parker, Shantal Anid Cortés Morales, Liv Hog, Hannah L. Kennedy, Jerry Guintivano, Patrick F. Sullivan, James J. Crowley, Jessica S. Johnson, Andreas Birgegård, Bengt T. Fundín, Emma Frans, Jiayi Xu, Michaela Pettie “Ngāti Pūkenga”, Allison L. Miller, Mariana Valdez Aguilar, Sarah Barakat, Mohamed Abdulkadir, Jennifer P. White, Janne T. Larsen, Elsie Trujillo, Bertha Winterman, Ruyue Zhang, Rachel Lawson, Stephen Wonderlich, Joseph Wonderlich, Lauren M. Schaefer, Philip S. Mehler, Judy Oakes, Marina Foster, Jennifer Gaudiani, Eva Trujillo Chi Vacuán, Emilio J. Compte, Liselotte V. Petersen, Zeynep Yilmaz, Nadia Micali, Jennifer Jordan, Martin A. Kennedy, Sarah Maguire, Laura M. Huckins, Yi Lu, Lisa Dinkler, Nicholas G. Martin, Cynthia M. Bulik

“…Case–control and case-case genome-wide association studies will be conducted within EDGI2 and enhanced via meta-analysis with external data from the Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC-ED). …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rainfall in Eastern Amazon during the Rainy Season by Douglas Batista da Silva Ferreira, Everaldo Barreiros de Souza, Bergson Cavalcanti de Moraes, Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho

“…Empirical orthogonal functions (EOF) and composites analysis were employed on pentad data in order to investigate the tropical atmospheric-ocean patterns over the Atlantic Ocean and the spatial-temporal characteristics of the rainfall in eastern Amazon during the peak of the rainy season (February to April). …”
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A digital and nurse-led support intervention, first year after prostate cancer treatment: a single-arm feasibility study in a Swedish primary care setting by Nazmije Kelmendi, Ann Langius-Eklöf, Marina Taloyan, Kay Sundberg, Åsa Craftman, Marie Nilsson

“…Descriptive statistics were applied to logged data. The interviews and the field notes were analysed using qualitative content analysis. …”
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Needs and Expectations for the myNewWay Blended Digital and Face-to-Face Psychotherapy Model of Care for Depression and Anxiety (Part 1): Participatory Design Study including Peopl... by Katarina Kikas, Kathleen O'Moore, Rosemaree Kathleen Miller, Julie-Anne Therese Matheson, Sophie Li, Kathleen Varghese, Peter Baldwin, Nicole Cockayne, Alexis Estelle Whitton, Jill Maree Newby

“…Qualitative interview data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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First-line Nurse Managerial Competence and Its Influencing Factors in Public Jordanian Hospitals by Abdulkareem S. Iblasi, Samer Makahleh, Yupin Aungsuroch, Joko Gunawan, I Gede Juanamasta

“…Methods: As a cross-sectional study, this research leveraged online platforms to distribute questionnaires to 130 FLNMs across three public hospitals in Jordan’s central region using a random sampling method. Univariate analysis comprised numerical data (Mean, median, mode, SD) and categorical data (percentage and proportion). …”
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Enhancing water saturation predictions from conventional well logs in a carbonate gas reservoir with a hybrid CNN-LSTM model by Ali Gohari Nezhad, Mohammad Emami Niri

“…The methodology includes data pre-processing to de-noise and transform data into a proper format, feature engineering followed by feature selection based on domain knowledge, models’ training, testing, and optimizing. …”
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Integrating Interpretability in Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks: A Novel Approach to Feature Importance and Outlier Detection in COVID-19 Symptomatology and Vaccine Effic... by Shadi Jacob Khoury, Yazeed Zoabi, Mickey Scheinowitz, Noam Shomron

“…Studies have shown that individuals reporting sore throat may have a compromised immune system, where antibody generation is not functioning correctly. This aligns with our data, which indicates that 5% of patients with sore throats required hospitalization. …”
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Gamified mHealth System for Evaluating Upper Limb Motor Performance in Children: Cross-Sectional Feasibility Study by Md Raihan Mia, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Samuel Nemanich

“…The game tasks were focused on key features of skilled motor control: (1) whole limb reaching, (2) fine motor control and manual dexterity, and (3) bilateral coordination. Spatiotemporal game data were transferred and stored in a cloud-based data management server for further processing and analysis. …”
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Designing host-associated microbiomes using the consumer/resource model by Germán Plata, Karthik Srinivasan, Madan Krishnamurthy, Lukas Herron, Purushottam Dixit

“…For example, there has been a boom in machine-learning models aiding in the design of proteins with user-specified structures or functions. Host-associated microbiomes play important roles in animal health and disease, as well as the productivity and environmental footprint of livestock species. …”
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Barriers and facilitators for healthy lifestyle and recommendations for counseling in endometrial cancer follow-up care: a qualitative study by Anne M. de Korte, Belle H. de Rooij, Dorry Boll, Ingrid van Loon, Noor Vincent, Meeke Hoedjes, Chantal R.M. Lammens, Floor Mols, Marije L. van der Lee, M. Caroline Vos, Nicole P. M. Ezendam

“…This study aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to improve and sustain a healthy lifestyle that can be translated to behavioral methods and strategies for lifestyle counseling.Methods Endometrial cancer patients from three hospitals were recruited to participate in a semi-structured interview. The data were transcribed and coded. Thematic analysis was applied to identify themes and the behavior change wheel was used as a theoretical framework. …”
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Investigation of a mathematical model of a bio-artificial liver using a PID-controller by Alexey S. Ganshin, Denis A. Andrikov

“…The research methodology covers the creation of a mathematical model, its computer modeling and analysis of the data obtained. The experimental part of the work is to identify the optimal parameters of the PID-controller for various operating conditions of the bio-artificial liver. …”
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MUSIC CLASSES INFLUENCE ON THE COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN by M. E. Permiakova, E. S. Tkachenko

“…This demonstrates more rapid flow of their compensatory processes and forming a number of cognitive functions.Scientific novelty. The statistically confirmed data on correctional-developing influence of music classes on cognitive development of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are achieved.Practical significance. …”
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Outlook of applying of virtual reality (VR) technologies in the treatment of patients with mental disorders (review of foreign literature) by V. V. Freize, L. V. Malyshko, G. I. Grachev, V. B. Dutov, N. V. Semenova, N. G. Neznanov

“…There is evidence of the effectiveness of such methods in patients with schizophrenia, particularly, one of the most significant results is an increase in social functioning. The absence of side effects data makes it possible to consider t VR therapy as a safe method. …”
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Pharmacotherapy of insomnia in childhood by Z. G. Tadtaeva, A. N. Galustyan, V. V. Rusanovsky, O. A. Gromova, I. S. Sardaryan, M. Yu. Krivdina, N. A. Kuritsyna

“…Sleep disorders and a decrease in its duration and quality lead to the development of cognitive disorders, change emotional and behavioral functions of the developing organism, and negatively affect medical and psychological aspects that require medical correction. …”
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Research on a traffic flow statistical algorithm based on YBOVDT and SAM2 by Yuanyuan Wang, Zheng Ding, Jiange Liu, Kexiao Wu, Md Sharid Kayes Dipu, Tingmei Ma, Yonghao Ma, Haiyan Zhang

“…To address these challenges, this paper proposes a traffic flow statistical method based on YBOVDT(YOLO-World and BOT-SORT-Open Vocabulary Detection and Tracking)and SAM2.Specifically, in the method, this paper proposes a “Traffic Flow Data Processing and Analysis” module, aiming to optimize and supplement the five core functions required for traffic flow statistics tasks, thereby making the functions of the entire solution more comprehensive.In addition, this paper combines the latest open set object detection and tracking algorithms to enhance the recognition ability and tracking stability of traffic objects. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Medical Care – Patients' Perceptions on Caregiving Relationships and Ethics: A Qualitative Study by Jana Gundlack, Sarah Negash, Carolin Thiel, Charlotte Buch, Jan Schildmann, Susanne Unverzagt, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Thomas Frese, PEAK consortium

“…Perceived main advantages of AI were its efficient and flawless functioning, its ability to process and provide large data volume, and increased patient safety. …”
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