A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Evaluating the Efficacy of an Exosome-Containing Plant Extract Formulation for Treating Male Alopecia by Farahnaz Amini, Jing Ju Teh, Chung Keat Tan, Eugenie Sin Sing Tan, Edmond Siah Chye Ng

“…Between-group analysis revealed a significant difference in the hair count changes (Wilcoxon rank-sum test: W = 86.5, <i>p</i> = 0.006) with a large effect size (Cliff’s Delta: & = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.41–0.89), with the ECPE group showing higher median hair growth (9.5, IQR = 16.88) compared to the placebo group (1.5, IQR = 3.00). A Bayesian ANCOVA, adjusted for covariates (the father’s scalp hair condition, baseline hair count, and Norwood classification), showed no significant effect of these factors on the outcomes. …”
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The combined impact of chronic kidney disease and ulcer severity on incident cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes‐related foot ulceration by Nick S. R. Lan, Jonathan Hiew, Ivana Ferreira, J. Carsten Ritter, Laurens Manning, P. Gerry Fegan, Emma J. Hamilton, Girish Dwivedi

“…Ulcer severity was defined using the SINBAD (site, ischaemia, neuropathy, bacterial infection, area, depth) classification, dividing into low (1–3) or high (4–6). …”
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Early postoperative complications following periacetabular osteotomy: a single-center cohort study on 1,356 consecutive procedures by Anne R Kristiansen, Ole Ovesen, Martin H Haubro, Anders Holsgaard-Larsen, Søren Overgaard, Martin Lindberg-Larsen

“…Minor complications were defined as Clavien-Dindo grades 1 and 2, while major complications were defined as grades 3 and 4. Results: 1,356 consecutive PAO procedures were performed in 1,096 patients with a mean age of 29.3 years (SD 11.1) and 77% females. …”
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Combined Use of Spectral and Structural Features for Improved Early Detection of Pine Shoot Beetle Attacks in Yunnan Pines by Yujie Liu, Youqing Luo, Run Yu, Lili Ren, Qi Jiang, Shaoshun He, Xinqiang Chen, Guangzhao Yang

“…The anthocyanin reflectance index and int_kurtosis were identified as the best indicators for early detection. (4) Combining HSI with LiDAR data obtained the best RF model accuracy (classification accuracy: 87.31%; Kappa: 0.8275; SDR estimation accuracy: R² = 0.8485; RMSE_cv = 3.728%). …”
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The Correlation between Endoscopic Reflux Esophagitis and Combined Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance-pH Monitoring in Children by Yu-Wen Liu, Jia-Feng Wu, Huey-Ling Chen, Hong-Yuan Hsu, Mei-Hwei Chang, Wei-Chung Hsu, Ping-Huei Tseng, Hsiu-Po Wang, Yen-Hsuan Ni

“…The severity of reflux esophagitis was graded with Los Angeles classification. Results: MII-pH monitoring significantly increased the detection of numbers of reflux compared with traditional 24-hour pH monitoring (p < 0.001). …”
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Prevalence of Isolated Idiopathic Teres Minor Atrophy: A Retrospective Study by Waleed F Alkhaldi, Nouf Alharbi, Faten Almohideb, Mamdouh Almalki, Abdulmalik B Albaker, Abdulrahman Alabdali, Ibrahim Alrashidi, Yazeed Altebainawi, Ali Albweady, Mohammed Mubarak Al Dengoh

“…Teres minor atrophy was classified using the original Goutallier classification system to assess fatty infiltration. In addition, demographics, including age, gender, and nationality, were collected. …”
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Postoperative mortality in New Zealand following general anaesthetic: demographic patterns and temporal trends by James Stanley, Sarah Jackson, Jason K Gurney, Melissa McLeod, Doug Campbell, Luke Boyle, Elizabeth Dennett, Jonathan Koea, Dick Ongley, Diana Sarfati

“…Increasing procedure risk (measured using the Johns Hopkins Surgical Risk Classification System) was also associated with an increased risk of postoperative death. …”
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Detection and Pattern Recognition of Chemical Warfare Agents by MOS-Based MEMS Gas Sensor Array by Mengxue Xu, Xiaochun Hu, Hongpeng Zhang, Ting Miao, Lan Ma, Jing Liang, Yuefeng Zhu, Haiyan Zhu, Zhenxing Cheng, Xuhui Sun

“…Chemical warfare agents (CWAs), including hydrogen cyanide (AC), 2-[fluoro(methyl)phosphoryl]oxypropane (GB), 3-[fluoro(methyl)phosphoryl]oxy-2,2-dimethylbutane (GD), ethyl S-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methylphosphonothioate (VX), and di-2-chloroethyl sulfide (HD), pose a great threat to public safety; therefore, it is important to develop sensing technology for CWAs. …”
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Large Language Models in Medical Diagnostics: Scoping Review With Bibliometric Analysis by Hankun Su, Yuanyuan Sun, Ruiting Li, Aozhe Zhang, Yuemeng Yang, Fen Xiao, Zhiying Duan, Jingjing Chen, Qin Hu, Tianli Yang, Bin Xu, Qiong Zhang, Jing Zhao, Yanping Li, Hui Li

“…GPT-4 and its variants dominated research (70/95, 74% of studies), followed by GPT-3.5 (34/95, 36%). Key applications included disease classification (text or image-based), medical question answering, and diagnostic content generation. …”
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Impact of diet in shaping gut virome of grain-fed and grass-fed beef cattle revealed by a comparative metagenomic study by Yujie Zhang, Yen-Te Liao, Fang Liu, Robert W. Li, Vivian C. H. Wu

“…Furthermore, the analysis of the fecal viral population showed that approximately 795 and 1266 predicted viral sequences were obtained in the grain-fed and grass-fed samples, respectively. Among those, 54.3% of the grain-fed and 26.3% of the grass-fed viral sequences were identified as known viruses. …”
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Incidence of Breast Cancer in Eritrea: A Retrospective Study from 2011 to 2017 by Lidia B. Medhin, Lia A. Tekle, Daniel T. Fikadu, Danait B. Sibhatu, Samson F. Gebreyohans, Kibrom H. Gebremichael, Tesfamariam M. Halki, Saleh M. Said, Yosief T. Ghidei, Hartmut Lobeck

“…The incidence age standard rate per 100,000 in females and male was 3.3 and 0.2, respectively. In sum, the age standardized incidence of breast cancer was relatively low. …”
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Epidemiologic, Clinical, Ultrasonographic, and Cytological Features of Thyroid Nodules in Predicting Malignancy Risk: A Retrospective Study of 442 French Afro-Caribbean Patients by Johan Joseph-Auguste, Lucien Lin, Magalie Demar, Olivier Duffas, Vincent Molinie, Caroline Sulpicy, Marie-Josée Dorival, Olivier Luxembourger, Nadia Sabbah

“…Hypoechogenicity in solid pattern nodules and nodules between 2 and 3 cm in size revealed a high diagnostic value in detecting malignancy. …”
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EEG-Based Seizure Onset Detection of Frontal and Temporal Lobe Epilepsies Using 1DCNN by Xiaoshuang Wang, Guanyu Wang, Tingting Wu, Ying Wang, Tommi Karkkainen, Fengyu Cong

“…Method: 20 FLE patients and 20 TLE patients are utilized in our work, and a parallel one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1DCNN) model is built for classification. Our work explores two strategies: the patient-specific strategy and the patient-cross strategy, during seizure detection. …”
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Routine Multiple Duodenal Biopsy during Endoscopy of Dyspeptic Patients Seems Unnecessary for Screening of Celiac Disease by Amir Behforouz, Abbas Esmaeelzadeh, Homan Mosanan Mozaffari, Ali Mokhtarifar, Elham Faravani, Sakineh Amoueian, Alireza Khooei, Lida Jarahi, Ladan Goshayeshi

“…Bloating was the most common type of dyspepsia in CD patients (7, 46.7%), followed by epigastric pain (6, 40%), and postprandial fullness (2, 13.3%). Two CD patients (13.3%) reported a positive family history for CD. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Scores in Diabetic Neuropathy Patients Receiving Gabapentin and Non-Gabapentin Therapies at an Indonesian Tertiary Hosp... by Rifky Alif Novianto, Hanik Badriyah Hidayati, Hermina Novida, Klára Bodová

“…Results: Among 24 patients, the majority were female (54.1%) and over 60 years old (58.3%), with a diabetes duration of 6–10 years (54.1%). …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF MAIN DRUG THERAPY TYPES IN SUBJECTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN POPULATION by S. K. Malyutina, М. Yu. Shapkina, A. N. Ryabikov, E. V. Mazdorova, Е. М. Avdeeva, L. V. Shcherbakova, M. Bobak, J. A. Hubacek, Yu. P. Nikitin

“…The entire subsample with AF included 76 people (3,2%). The presence of AF was defined by ECG with Minnesota coding. …”
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Social media as a source of information for patients with knee osteoarthritis by Anas Dekhissi, Fatima Zahrae Taik, Fatima Zahra Aharrane, Anass Adnine, Nihad Takhrifa, Maryam Fourtassi, Fatima Ezzahra Abourazzak

“…The average progression period of KOA was around 3 years [1; 8,5] and the median pain score on the VAS was 4,79 ± 2,214. …”
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Spatio-temporal distribution characteristics and driving factors of forest land in the Da-Xiao Liangshan mountains based on topographic gradient by Jianwei Zhou, Bin Feng, Hua Wu, Zelin Zhang, Linna Chen, Jihang Li, Xingwang Chen, Yuzhong Kong, Ze Meng, Xiangyun Kong

“…During the study period, the degree of fragmentation intensified, and the centroid of forest land shifted 0.84 km to the northeast between 1980 and 2020. (3) Forest land distribution demonstrated significant vertical zonation, being highly concentrated on sunny slopes at altitudes between 1,622 m and 3,976 m, with slopes ranging from 8.77° to 44.16° and relief degree of land surface between 199 m and 969 m. …”
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Systemic outcomes of symptomatic peripheral artery disease patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing lower limb endovascular treatment: a propensity score-matched analysis by Shang-Yu Tsai, Tzu-Yen Huang, Han-Yan Li, Shun-Ying Yin, Tzu-Ping Chen, Yao-Chang Wang, Chi-Hsiao Yeh

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study included symptomatic PAD patients, categorized by the Rutherford classification, who underwent EVT at a single tertiary medical center from May 2018 to May 2021. …”
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Lightweight Deep Learning Model, ConvNeXt-U: An Improved U-Net Network for Extracting Cropland in Complex Landscapes from Gaofen-2 Images by Shukuan Liu, Shi Cao, Xia Lu, Jiqing Peng, Lina Ping, Xiang Fan, Feiyu Teng, Xiangnan Liu

“…Deep learning methods are widely used for land cover classification. This paper proposes ConvNeXt-U, a lightweight deep learning network that efficiently extracts fragmented cropland while reducing computational requirements and saving costs. …”
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