Sarcopenia, myosteatosis and inflammation are independent prognostic factors of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia patients admitted to the ICU by Romain Chauvot de Beauchene, Bertrand Souweine, Benjamin Bonnet, Bertrand Evrard, Yves Boirie, Lucie Cassagnes, Claire Dupuis

“…In addition, we found correlation factors of 0.79 (p < 0.01) between SMD at T4 and L3 levels, and a correlation factor of 0.64 (p < 0.01) between CSA at T4 and L3 levels.These results indicate a poorer prognosis following a decrease in muscle surface area, a decrease in density, and an increase in inflammatory biomarkers such as Il6. It also suggests that incorporating indices of sarcopenia with inflammatory biomarkers may improve prognostic accuracy.…”
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An explainable deep learning model for diabetic foot ulcer classification using swin transformer and efficient multi-scale attention-driven network by R. Karthik, Armaano Ajay, Anshika Jhalani, Kruthik Ballari, Suganthi K

“…To address this challenge, Deep Learning (DL) methods offer an efficient and automated approach to facilitate timely treatment and improve patient outcomes. …”
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PPIH is a novel diagnostic biomarker associated with immune infiltration in cholangiocarcinoma by Jun Ye, Zhitao Chen, Chuan Zhang, Rui Xie, Haini Chen, Peng Ren

“…Conclusion The results of this study suggest that PPIH is a potential novel biomarker with significant diagnostic value for patients with CHOL. PPIH may also play a role in modulating the immune microenvironment, contributing to poor prognosis.…”
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Microsimulation models on child and adolescent health: a scoping review protocol by Filipa Sampaio, Claire de Oliveira

“…We will search PubMed (until 23 September 2024), Embase (until 18 September 2024), CINAHL (until 9 September 2024), PsyclNFO (11 September 2024), EconLit (until 9 September 2024) and Scopus (until 10 September 2024), with an update closer to the time of manuscript submission. We will also undertake snowballing, Google searches and searches on specific journal (eg, International Journal of Microsimulation) and websites (eg, https://www.microsimulation.ac.uk/) to complement database searches. …”
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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty under Local Anesthesia for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Prospective Interventional Study by Dhruv Gupta, Varun Kumar Agarwal

“…PVP not only helps in pain relief but also the correction of spinal deformity with least postoperative morbidity. …”
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Pan-genome analysis and expression verification of the maize ARF gene family by Quan-cai Man, Yan-qun Wang, Shun-juan Gao, Zhi-chang Gao, Zheng-ping Peng, Jiang-hui Cui

“…Simultaneously, the structural variation also influenced the conserved domain and cis-acting elements of the gene. …”
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Coal to graphene-based materials: Evaluating coal as a potential feedstock to pave way for large scale production of graphene and related materials, a review by Boitshepho Ivy Marakalala, Victor K. Manisa, Tumeletso Lekgoba, Freeman Ntuli, Vepika Kandjou

“…The novelty of the production of graphene-based material from coal means that limited works exist in this area hence the significance of this review. The review is also geared towards valorising various coal type feedstocks including stock piling coal fines in various regions especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Extreme Air Pollution Events Spiking Ionic Levels at Urban and Rural Sites of Indo-Gangetic Plain by Manisha Mishra, U. C. Kulshrestha

“…Source apportionment based on principal component analysis and the mass ratios also indicated that local anthropogenic sources, in addition to natural ones such as soil/road dust and biogenic emissions, influenced the WSII composition. …”
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GLOBALIZAÇÃO E A NOVA CRISE DE LEGITIMAÇÃO by Alessandro Bonanno

“…O desenvolvimento do fordismo, no início do século XX, e do alto-fordismo, nas décadas subsequentes à Segunda Guerra Mundial, caracterizaram uma forte intervenção estatal, central para o equilíbrio entre o acúmulo de capital e a legitimação social. …”
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Polystyrene microplastics disrupt adrenal steroid synthesis in male mice via mitochondrial dysfunction by Ying Xiong, Zhe Chen, Hanmin Xiang, Yi Liu, Yanlin Wang

“…We proposed that mitochondrial dysfunction not only directly influenced the biosynthetic processes of steroid hormones but also induced cell apoptosis through the initiation of cellular oxidative stress. …”
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as a modality of treatment in patients with fibromyalgia by Rawan M. El Shahat, Mona A. El Sebaie, Sahar F. Ahmed, Shereen I. Fawaz, Marwa A. Kamel, Marwa A. Nassef

“…Abstract Background Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and tenderness. It is also frequently associated with mood disorders, tiredness, sleep disturbances, and cognitive dysfunction. …”
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Acute kidney injury and outcomes in hospitalized children with autoimmune rheumatic disease by Chien-Hung Lin, Wen-Sheng Liu, Chuan Wan, Hsin-Hui Wang

“…Compared to inflammatory arthritis, ANCA-associated vasculitis significantly increased the risk of AKI (aOR = 11.20, 95% CI: 8.08–15.51) and dialysis (aOR = 40.60, 95% CI: 13.54-121.71). SLE also elevated risks of AKI (aOR = 4.16, 95% CI: 3.20–5.40) and dialysis (aOR = 11.34, 95% CI: 4.15–31.01). …”
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Medical Resource Use and Costs of Treating Sickle Cell-related Vaso-occlusive Crisis Episodes: A Retrospective Claims Study by Nirmish Shah, Menaka Bhor, Lin Xie, Jincy Paulose, Huseyin Yuce

“…Health care costs per VOC episode were also examined, stratified by care setting. **Results:** Enrollees included 8521 eligible patients with a mean age of 32.88 years (SD=12.21). …”
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Type-Specific Persistence/Clearance Results in Human Papillomavirus Infections in Turkish Women by Haci Ozturk Sahin, Beril Gurlek, Bulent Demir, Fatma Silan

“…The aim of the present study is to investigate the persistence and clearance of genotype-based human papillomavirus infections and also some cofactors that could be effective in persistence. …”
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CDMA/OTFS Sensing Outperforms Pure OTFS at the Same Communication Throughput by Hugo Hawkins, Chao Xu, Lie-Liang Yang, Lajos Hanzo

“…CDMA/OTFS sensing can also consistently outperform OTFS sensing whilst not requiring any additional complexity for target parameter estimation. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors, and adverse perinatal outcomes in Chinese women with preeclampsia: a large retrospective cohort study by Lin Chai, Shuai Li, Binbin Yin, Xiaojun Zhu, Bo Zhu, Kaiqi Wu

“…Women with PE in singleton pregnancies were associated with an increased risk of maternal outcomes of cesarean section, and preterm birth, and a higher risk of neonatal outcomes of stillbirth, low birth weight, fetal distress, neonatal asphyxia, and neonatal unit admission, which were also observed in women with PE in twin pregnancies, except for stillbirth and neonatal asphyxia. …”
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INTERACTION IN AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT WITH VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY by Svitlana H. Lytvynova, Natalia V. Soroko

“…To achieve the purpose of our study and also to clarify the problem of determining the features of interaction models of participants in the educational process of a general education institution using virtual and augmented reality we used the following methods: systematic and comparative analysis of pedagogical, psychological, philosophical and sociological works, methodological and specialized literature; analysis of the pedagogical experience of using virtual and augmented reality in general school; synthesis and generalization to formulate the main points of the study; interpretation of the research results. …”
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Los servicios sociales municipales en la prevención del sinhogarismo entre las mujeres by Sergio Sánchez Castiñeira, Albert Sales, Noemí Ayguasenosa Soro

“…Los resultados muestran que la violencia de género, la enfermedad mental, los abusos en la infancia, la institucionalización en centros de menores o de rehabilitación, o una relación conflictiva con los servicios de protección a la infancia representan factores de alto riesgo de perder el techo. Sin embargo, estos problemas tienden a presentarse de forma desconectada tanto en las categorizaciones de las profesionales como en las prestaciones y las relaciones de los servicios sociales. …”
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Association between CAPN-10 gene variant and diabetes mellitus in Nigeria: a review by David Olufemi Adebo, Mathew Folaranmi Olaniyan, Christian Onosetale Ugege, Odekunle Bola Odegbemi

“…Results A significant association was observed for UCSNP-43 (rs3792267) with T2DM (OR 1.50; 95% CI 1.28–1.75; p < 0.001), particularly in urban Nigerian populations. UCSNP-19 (rs3842570) also showed a moderate association (OR 1.35; 95% CI 1.10–1.66; p = 0.01), especially in South-West Nigeria. …”
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Memahami Perjalanan "Kampung Cyber" Melalui Lensa Actor Network Theory by Alfandya Alfandya, Fathul Wahid

“…The finding unveil that the theory is very useful to explain the implementation process along with involved actors. The study also finds that the role of the leading actor (i.e. the head of neighborhood unit)) diminishes over time and the dominant role is taken over by the community.     …”
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