Immediate and Medium-Term (6 Months) Results of BVS Absorb Biodegradable Coronary Scaffolds Installation in Patients with Chronic Forms of Coronary Artery Disease by V. V. Fomenko, D. G. Ioseliani, D. A. Asadov, S. P. Semitko

“…To characterize the type of coronary artery lesion, the ACC/AHA classification was used: type A vascular lesion (95 coronary segments); type B vascular disease (68 coronary segments); type C vascular disease (36 coronary segments). …”
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Integrated analysis on the N6‐methyladenosine‐related long noncoding RNAs prognostic signature, immune checkpoints, and immune cell infiltration in clear cell renal cell carcinoma... by Yuqin Qiu, Xiaogang Wang, Zhenjia Fan, Shanhui Zhan, Xin Jiang, Jinchang Huang

“…The expression of PD‐1, PD‐L1, CTLA‐4, LAG‐3, TIM‐3, and TIGIT were significantly increased in the high‐risk patients, and there was a correlation between the risk score and immune cell infiltration. …”
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Serum metabolic profiling in diabetic kidney disease patients using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry by Bin Zhang, Chunmei Dai, Jiuyi Jiang, Jun Wang, Yuwei Yang, Jiafu Feng

“…The currently available diagnostic and classification markers, such as the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio and estimated glomerular filtration rate, demonstrate inadequate precision in forecasting the onset and progression of DKD. …”
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Study of acute and subacute toxicity of an immunostimulating drug based on the S-derivative of 1,2,4-triazole by O.-L. I. Labunska, V. M. Hunchak, B. V. Gutyj, M. P. Soltys

“…According to the currently existing classification, the drug is classified as toxicity class IV or “low-toxic substances.” …”
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Derivation and Validation of a Clinical and Endothelial Biomarker Risk Model to Predict Persistent Pediatric Sepsis-Associated Acute Respiratory Dysfunction by James G. Williams, MD, Jane E. Whitney, MD, Scott L. Weiss, MD, Brian M. Varisco, MD, Nadir Yehya, MD, Mihir R. Atreya, MD, MPH

“…We trained TreeNet (Minitab, LLC) and classification and regression tree (CART) models using clinical and endothelial biomarkers measured on day 1 of septic shock to predict risk of sepsis-associated acute respiratory dysfunction (SA ARD) on day 3. …”
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Hyperbaric oxygenation in prevention of amputations of diabetic foot by Stefanović Zvezdan, Donfrid Branislav, Jovanović Tomislav, Zorić Zoran, Radojević-Popović Radmila, Zoranović Uroš

“…The demographic data, the types of diabetes, as well as the Wagner classification stage of diabetic ulcers and radiography scans of changes in bones were equal in both groups. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of a Dietary Fiber Mixture in an Intestinal Screening Platform and a Crossover Intervention Study by Femke P. M. Hoevenaars, Tim J. van den Broek, Boukje Eveleens Maarse, Matthijs Moerland, Ines Warnke, Hannah Eggink, Frank H. J. Schuren

“…In the world of microbiome research, classification is often based on the bacteriological composition of gut microbiota and enterotypes. …”
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Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Holter ECG Recordings by ECHOView Images: A Deep Transfer Learning Study by Vessela Krasteva, Todor Stoyanov, Stefan Naydenov, Ramun Schmid, Irena Jekova

“…The top-ranked DNNs evaluated on 11,400 test samples from independent records are the retrained EfficientNetV2B1 (96.3% accuracy with minimal inter-patient (1%) and inter-lead (0.3%) drops), and fine-tuned EfficientNetV2B1 and DenseNet-121, -169, -201 (97.2–97.6% accuracy with inter-patient (1.4–1.6%) and inter-lead (0.5–1.2%) drops). …”
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Mapping the world's inland surface waters: an upgrade to the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD v2) by B. Lehner, M. Anand, E. Fluet-Chouinard, F. Tan, F. Tan, F. Aires, G. H. Allen, P. Bousquet, J. G. Canadell, N. Davidson, N. Davidson, M. Ding, C. M. Finlayson, C. M. Finlayson, T. Gumbricht, L. Hilarides, G. Hugelius, R. B. Jackson, M. C. Korver, L. Liu, P. B. McIntyre, S. Nagy, D. Olefeldt, T. M. Pavelsky, J.-F. Pekel, B. Poulter, C. Prigent, J. Wang, J. Wang, T. A. Worthington, D. Yamazaki, X. Zhang, M. Thieme

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Essential neuromuscular advice for pathologists: Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (second of two parts) by Ana Cotta, Elmano Carvalho, Antonio Lopes da-Cunha-Júnior, Julio Salgado Antunes, Francineide Sadala de Souza, Heveline Becker de Moura, Andreia Portilho de Brito Pinto, Jaquelin Valicek, Monica Machado Navarro, Frederico Godinho, Eni Braga da Silveira, Maria Isabel Lima, Bruno Arrivabene Cordeiro, Alexandre Faleiros Cauhi, Miriam Melo Menezes, Simone Vilela Nunes-Neves, Antonio Pedro Vargas, Rafael Xavier da-Silva-Neto, Renata Lobo Giron, Cynthia Costa-e-Silva, Reinaldo Issao Takata, Julia Filardi Paim

“…Main body The aims of this review are: (1) to show the recent Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) genetic classification illustrated with clinical and physiopathological characteristics, and cellular localization of the main gene products; (2) to present muscle radiophenotypes with an algorithm for differential diagnosis; (3) to show the role of muscle biopsy for phenotypic characterization, and pathogenicity confirmation in the era of surgical-molecular pathology. …”
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Using apparent diffusion coefficient maps and radiomics to predict pathological grade in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma by Rile Nai, Kexin Wang, Shuai Ma, Zuqiang Xi, Yaofeng Zhang, Xiaodong Zhang, Xiaoying Wang

“…Conclusions The ADC-based radiomics model showed promising potential in predicting the pathological grade of UTUC, outperforming the mean ADC values in classification accuracy. Further studies with larger sample sizes and external validation are necessary to confirm its clinical utility and generalizability. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXPRESSION OF ERG/ PBOV1 PROTEINS AND LYMPH NODE METASTASIS AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ACINAR ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE by N. V. Bezgodova, S. V. Vtorushin, M. V. Zavyalova

“…Surgical specimens from 85 patients with stage T1–3N0–3M0 prostate cancer were morphologically studied using standard techniques. …”
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Digital culture of a modern teacher as a professional activity resource in the conditions of educational space digital transformation by Alexandra Vladimirovna Leontyeva, Saida Aslanovna Bibalova, Fatima Ramazanovna Khatit

“…This goal was achieved through the use of the following research methods: literature analysis, classification, modeling, description, ways of visualizing data in the form of figures and tables.The results of the research: 1) the analysis of scientific sources has made it possible to determine the conceptual approaches to considering the problem of the digital culture of a teacher, which made it possible to accumulate information and develop a map of the component composition of a teacher’s digital culture; 2) the basic components of a teacher’s digital culture have been theoretically substantiated: digital literacy and motivational-value attitude; 3) a procedure for assessing the level of formation of a teacher’s digital culture has been proposed.Key conclusions: 1) the map of the component composition of the digital culture of a teacher is an integrative information about the essence and composition of the digital culture of a teacher and includes the types of digital competence, their corresponding competencies, indicators and digital skills; 2) the basic components of a teacher’s digital culture are digital literacy and a motivationalvalue attitude, each of which is represented by indicators and digital skills corresponding to it; 3) the methodology for assessing the formation of a teacher’s digital culture includes a level scale and the calculation of an individual index of digital competence. …”
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Using the Q-method to explore pregnant and breastfeeding women’s perceptions of antibiotic use in Mahajanga, Northwest Madagascar by Sitraka Rakotosamimanana, Aina Harimanana, Timothée Razafindrabesa, Voahirana Ravololomihanta, Laurent Kapesa, Chiarella Mattern, Daouda Kassié

“…The participants ranked 36 statements about antibiotic use on a 7-point scale ranging from − 3 (strong disagreement) to + 3 (strong agreement). …”
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Development of a reliable risk prognostic model for lung adenocarcinoma based on the genes related to endotheliocyte senescence by Hongzhi Li, Guangming Li, Xian Gao, Chengde Chen, Zhongfeng Cui, Xiaojiu Cao, Jing Su

“…In-vitro experiments demonstrated that silencing of Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4), Gap Junction Protein Beta 3 (GJB3), Family with sequence similarity 83-member A (FAM83A), and Anillin (ANLN) reduced the number of invasive cells and the wound healing rate, while silencing of solute carrier family 34 member 2 (SLC34A2) had the opposite effect. …”
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Construction and validation of a nomogram model for predicting the risk of recurrence in patients with lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans after surgical intervention by Yanyan Lu, Lingyan Wang, Xiaoxiao Yu, Xiaohu Meng

“…Univariate analysis in the training cohort revealed significant differences in age, body mass index (BMI), diabetes, hypertension, lesion location classification, use of antiplatelet drugs, triglycerides, fibrinogen (FIB), and di-dimer (D-D) (P < 0.05, respectively). …”
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Impact of race, sex and age on the probability of pancreatic cancer among patients with newly diagnosed diabetes in a claims-based cohort by Michael Goggins, Bryan Lau, Elham Afghani, Laura K Becker, Alison P Klein

“…Diabetes and cancer were defined using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9/10 codes.Results Individuals with newly diagnosed diabetes were at an increased HR of pancreatic cancer, but this effect waned over time. …”
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Studying an educational intervention and its impact on health-related quality of life and fasting blood glucose levels among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural China by Shaofan Chen, Kristina Burström, Bo Burström, Dongfu Qian

“…FBG levels and HRQoL (assessed via EQ-5D-3 L, EQ-VAS, and Paretian Classification of Health Change [PCHC]) were analyzed using difference-in-differences (DID) models and multinomial logistic regression. …”
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The Diagnostic Accuracy of an Abbreviated vs. a Full MRI Breast Protocol in Detecting Breast Lobular Carcinoma: A Single-Center ROC Study by Francis Zarb, Deborah Mizzi, Paul Bezzina, Leanne Galea

“…However, the abbreviated protocol demonstrated significantly lower specificity (73.3% for Radiologist A and 53.5% for Radiologist B) compared to 100% specificity with the full protocol (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Open reduction, internal fixation of Vancouver B1, C &amp; D type periprosthetic femoral fractures with use of an antiglide plate at fracture apex - The “Apex Plate” by Roland Bell, Mohammed Remtulla, Bryan Riemer

“…We prefer fixation alone, including for Unified Classification System (UCS) B2 and B3 type fractures. …”
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