Relationship Between Whole Blood Viscosity and Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease Severity by Uğur Arslan, Mustafa Yenerçağ, Metin Çoksevim, Seçkin Dereli, Mustafa Doğduş, Güney Erdoğan

“…In multivariate analysis, both high WBV at LSR (OR: 2.121, 95% CI: 1.079 – 3.164, p < 0.001) and high WBV at HSR (OR: 2.737, 95% CI: 1.671 – 4.483, p < 0.001) were independent predictors for TASC II C-D. …”
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Correlation of anti-phosphatidylethanolamine antibodies with premature birth in women with a history of miscarriage: a retrospective study by Yundong Pan, Ruru Bao, Junmiao Xiang, Zhuhua Cai

“…However, aPE antibodies have not been included in the classification criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome. …”
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Sex-specific and regional differences in the prevalence of diagnosed autoimmune diseases in Germany, 2022 by Manas K. Akmatov, Claudia Kohring, Frank Pessler, Jakob Holstiege

“…Autoimmune diseases were identified by diagnostic codes of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, German Modification (ICD-10-GM). …”
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Functional Monitoring of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis Based on Multidimensional Wearable Plantar Pressure Features: Cross-Sectional Study by Junan Xie, Shilin Li, Zhen Song, Lin Shu, Qing Zeng, Guozhi Huang, Yihuan Lin

“…ResultsA total of 92 patients with KOA were included, exhibiting varying degrees of severity as evaluated by the Kellgren and Lawrence classification. A total of 380 gait features and 4 physical characteristics were extracted to form the feature database. …”
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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

“…This study constructed a XAI-based EBM model using global plasma metabolomics profiling to identify metabolites predictive of RA patients and to develop a classification model that can distinguish RA patients from healthy controls. …”
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US-individualized infusion therapy in geriatric patients after emergency abdominal surgery: effect on the development of acute kidney injury by N. V. Momot, N. V. Tumanska, S. I. Vorotyntsev

“…Group A patients had 1.2 times higher CI (p = 0.016), by 6 mm Hg higher MAP (p = 0.012), 1.3 times greater SV (p < 0.001) than patients in group B. …”
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Predicting Overall Survival in Patients with Male Breast Cancer: Nomogram Development and External Validation Study by Wen-Zhen Tang, Shu-Tian Mo, Yuan-Xi Xie, Tian-Fu Wei, Guo-Lian Chen, Yan-Juan Teng, Kui Jia

“…These patients were randomly assigned to either a training set (n=1610) or a validation set (n=713) in a 7:3 ratio. Additionally, 22 MBC cases diagnosed at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University between January 2013 and June 2021 were used for external validation, with the follow-up endpoint being June 10, 2023. …”
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Group Socialization of Digital Games to Encourage Users' Autonomous Reading Behavior and Content Backtracking: Based on the Domestic Console Game “Black Myth: WUKONG” Known Outside... by Chaochen WANG, Ayang QI, Xiaoqing XU, Linwei CUI

“…Using the LDA model for topic classification of the effectively collected data, users who demonstrated marked behavioral tendencie towards book-related engagement and reading activities attributable to the "WUKONG" game experience were manually identified from the aforementioned dataset. …”
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Nanoindentation characterization of shale micromechanics and fracturing ability evaluation of reservoir by Lichao CHEN, Diankun ZHANG, Yuhang XIAO, Shengwei WANG, Shuaifeng LYU

“…The test results show that the shale elastic modulus of Sichuan, Shiguai and Tarim basins are 60.27 GPa, 34.87 GPa and 23.40 GPa,the shale hardness of Sichuan, Shiguai and Tarim basins are 3.05 GPa, 1.21 GPa and 0.57 GPa, and the fracture toughness is 1.56, 0.75 and 0.28 MPa·m0.5, respectively. …”
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Assessing the Effect of Groundnut Shell Ash-Lime Stabilization of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement for Road Construction. by Tumusiime, Innocent

“…RAP was classified as A-1-a using the AASHTO classification system and the general rating as sub-grade in accordance with AASHTO (1986) is excellent too good. …”
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Long‐term efficacy (at and beyond 1 year) of gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy for refractory gastroparesis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Francesco Vito Mandarino, Alberto Barchi, Noemi Salmeri, Francesco Azzolini, Ernesto Fasulo, Giuseppe Dell'Anna, Edoardo Vespa, Emanuele Sinagra, Jeremie Jacques, Silvio Danese

“…Secondary outcomes included clinical success at 2 and 3 years and the rate of adverse events according to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy classification. …”
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Effect of intraoperative low-dose esketamine infusion on postoperative sleep disturbance after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized clinical trial by Yanan Wu, Yaning Yang, Xiaomei Wang, Li Sun, Yunpeng Hei, Yuhua Zou, Zhenhai Ye, Zhi Yu

“…Study participants included patients aged ≥ 18 years, ASA classification of I to III, BMI of 18 to 30 kg/m2 and underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. …”
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The risk of endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusions harboring unruptured intracranial aneurysms by Yichan Ye, Weili Chen, Zhenxiao Chai, Xia Zhang, Wanrui Wu, Dongdong Lin, Xuerong Huang, Lifen Chi, Ruyue Huang

“…The primary outcome measure was in-hospital intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) attributable to UIA rupture after EVT according to the Heidelberg classification system. Secondary outcomes included any in-hospital ICH, in-hospital symptomatic ICH [defined by European Australian Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS-3) criteria, i.e., National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score increase ≥ 4 points], and favorable outcome [modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score 0–2] at 3-month follow-up. …”
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Atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation, in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes in a large nationwide sample across the United States by Raja Zaghlol, Elena Deych, Nina Manian, Ahmed Altibi, Joshua D. Mitchell

“…Adjusted for differences in baseline demographics, comorbidities, indication and type of SCT, patients with AF had higher in-hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 3.65 [3.02–4.41]) and adverse events including cardiac complications [composite of acute heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, and cardiac arrest] (AOR 4.92 [4.22–5.75]), bleeding (AOR 1.32 [1.15–1.53]), and respiratory failure (AOR 3.40 [2.97–3.90]) compared to patients without AF. …”
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The influence of polymorphism of genes associated with breast cancer on the effectiveness of drug antitumor therapy by T. G. Goncharova, N. A. Omarbaeva, D. R. Kaydarova, A. Zh. Abdrakhmanova, K. K. Smagulova, M. G. Orazgalieva, O. V. Shatkovskaya, L. A. Malysheva, A. М. Zkrina, Z. D. Dushimova

“…According to the TNM classification, cancer in situ was detected in 4.78 % of patients, stage I of the disease was recorded in 15.27 %, stage II in 63.43 %, stage III in 12.60 %, stage IV in 3.92 % of patients. …”
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Predicting Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Low Back Pain Using Gene Signature-Based Machine Learning Models by Youzhi Lian, Yinyu Shi, Haibin Shang, Hongsheng Zhan

“…Patients with LBP were recruited, and treatment outcomes were assessed after 3 months. Patients were classified into two groups: those with resolved pain and those with persistent pain. …”
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Impact of Onset-to-Needle Time on the Risk of Early Neurological Deterioration in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke Receiving Intravenous Thrombolysis by Hu B, Hua J

“…Heart disease history, infarct location, and Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification also differed significantly (all P&lt; 0.05). …”
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Real time intelligent garbage monitoring and efficient collection using Yolov8 and Yolov5 deep learning models for environmental sustainability by Mohammed M. Abo-Zahhad, Mohammed Abo-Zahhad

“…Additionally, this paper addresses the need for efficient garbage classification while reducing computing costs to improve resource utilization. …”
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Klasifikasi Citra Sampah Menggunakan Support Vector Machine dengan Ekstraksi Fitur Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix dan Color Moments by Iffa Zainan Nisa, Sukmawati Nur Endah, Priyo Sidik Sasongko, Retno Kusumaningrum, Khadijah Khadijah, Rismiyati Rismiyati

“…Hasil pengujian terbaik diperoleh pada fold ke-3 dengan akurasi sebesar 85,43% yang digunakan sebagai skenario pengujian data baru. …”
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Psychiatric Outcomes in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia Treated with Anticonvulsants with or without Antidepressants: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using TriNetX by Ashley Deng, Eduardo Espiridion

“…Data was queried using ICD-10 codes and NLM classification. All patients included in the study were diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia (ICD-10 CM: G50). …”
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