External Validation of a Prognostic Model for the Presence of Acute Appendicitis in Children by Olga N. Paize, Evgeniy A. Toneev, Aliia N. Mukhutdinova, Antonina V. Smolkina, Roman F. Shagdaleev, Eric A. Keshyan, Dmitry R. Shaidullin

“…The proposed model produced a minimal number of false-positive (14.8%) and false-negative results (9%). The ROC curve analysis confirmed superior diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Psychological distress and turnover intention among Chinese nurses: a moderated mediation model of job satisfaction and social support by Chun Yang, Dehua Wu, Hong Yang, Huazhan Yin, Song Wang

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Factors Influencing Older Adults’ Perception of the Age-Friendliness of Their Environment and the Impact of Loneliness, Technology Use, and Mobility: Quantitative Analysis by Eric Balki, Niall Hayes, Carol Holland

“…ObjectiveThis study examined how life-space mobility (LSM), a concept for assessing patterns of functional mobility over time, and loneliness impacted perceived AFEs and the moderating effect of technology. …”
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Stereotyping as a barrier to the social participation of older adults with low vision: a qualitative focus group study by Sarah Fraser, Irene Beeman, Kenneth Southall, Walter Wittich

“…Further, insiders experiencing stereotypes associated with older adults who are blind had a negative impact on their social participation. Findings highlight the importance of stigma and stereotyping in the lived experience of older adults with low vision. …”
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Evaluation of estrogen expression of breast cancer using 18F-FES PET CT-A novel technique by Vuthaluru Seenu, Ankit Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, Suhani Suhani, Arun Prashanth, Sandeep Mathur, Rajinder Parshad

“…Sampling error and heterogeneity of tumor may incorrectly label a breast tumor as ER negative, thus denying patient hormonal treatment. …”
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AutoTarget: Disease-Associated druggable target identification via node representation learning in PPI networks by Hyunseung Kong, Inyoung Kim, Byoung-Tak Zhang

“…Visualization of embedding vectors using t-SNE revealed clear separations between functional protein families, including nuclear proteins, growth factor receptors, and the G proteins within the kinase proteins. …”
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Divergent growth‐differentiation balance strategies and resource competition shape mortality patterns in ponderosa pine by Scott Ferrenberg, Carla Vázquez‐González, Steven R. Lee, Milda Kristupaitis

“…Abstract Dynamic resource availability leads to trade‐offs among functions in plants. The growth‐differentiation balance hypothesis (GDBH) predicts greater allocation of carbon to defense than growth when resources are scarce, with optimum defense production occurring at a point between the minimum and maximum growth rates. …”
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The effect of COVID-19 on the presentation of thyroid antibodies. Case report by Afrim Zeqiraj

“…After 5 days, the test for SARS-CoV-2 was negative, but, after one month of recovery, blood samples were analyzed to identify the functional state of the thyroid gland, and we obtained results with high values of thyroid-stimu­lating hormone. …”
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LncRNA PVT1 Promotes Cell Proliferation, Invasion, and Migration and Inhibits Cell Apoptosis by Phosphorylating YAP by Kaiyue Ji, Qi Zhang, Wen Song, Tao Mao, Jing Guo, Congcong Min, Cuiping Zhang, Zibin Tian, Xiaoyu Li

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanism underlying the functions of PVT1 and explore a novel target for the diagnosis and treatment of GC. …”
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Urinary P75: a promising biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Martin R Turner, Andrea Malaspina, Pamela J Shaw, Stephanie Shepheard, Nick Verber, Mary-Louise Rogers, Laura R Chapman

“…There was a significant negative correlation between absolute change in the Revised ALS Functional Rating Scale score and p75ECD levels (Spearman’s rho=−0.371, p≤0.0004, 95% CI (−0.543 to –0.169)), indicating that an increase in the severity of motor neuron injury correlated with an increase in p75ECD levels. …”
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Using explainable machine learning to investigate the relationship between childhood maltreatment, positive psychological traits, and CPTSD symptoms by Xiaoxiao Zhou, Zongbao Liang, Guangzhen Zhang

“…Background: The functional impairment resulting from CPTSD symptoms is enduring and far-reaching. …”
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Navigating pressure and connection: goal orientation, coach-athlete relationships, and burnout among Chinese collegiate athletes—a mixed-methods study by Le Wang, Hongye Lian

“…Qualitative themes elaborated on these findings, highlighting how performance pressures were associated with goal orientation (e.g., ego orientation linked to cynicism via perceived system barriers) and the importance of specific functional CAR aspects (e.g., complementarity fostering competence, closeness associated with buffering life stress). …”
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Exploring habitat‐density relationships and model transferability for an alpine bird using abundance models by Håkon Brandt Fjeld, Jan Eivind Østnes, Erlend B. Nilsen

“…Although abundance and distribution are theoretically interconnected, environmental stochasticity, species interactions, functional responses in habitat selection and human management intervention might reduce the transferability of abundance models more than they affect transferability of distribution models. …”
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Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Giancarlo Logroscino, Stefania Mondello, Daniele Urso, Stefano Giannoni-Luza

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The legal deposit system as an element of the national culture (based on materials of the round table «The 5^th anniversary of adoption of Novosibirsk region law “On lega... by N. I. Podkorytova, O. N. Alshevskya, N. M. Anfinogenova, S. A. Tarasova, D. M. Tsukerblat

“…After the USSR collapse a negative attitude of printing environment to the legal deposit led to the fact that about 30% of published books were not included in the National Bibliography indices in 1991-1993. …”
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CORRECTION OF IMMUNE DISORDERS IN ACUTE PYELONE-FRITS IN DIFFERENT TRIMESTERS OF PREGNANCY by Ivan Mikhailovich Kholimenko, Maksim Nikolaevich Shatokhin, Aleksej Alexandrovich Konoplya, Nikolaj Alexandrovich Konoplya

“…The cytokine spectrum, the state of the complement system and the functional-metabolic activity of neutrophils were studied in the circulating peripheral blood. …”
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Representation of Disabled People in the Federal Media (by the Materials of the Content Analysis) by Ya. S. Rocheva, A. L. Shavonin, A. A. Shadrin, S. V. Sheverdina

“…The research formed on the basis of understanding sociology, structural functionalism, phenomenology and modern communication theories. …”
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FISCAL STIMULATION OF SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT: THE EU COUNTRIES’ CASES by V. Khudolei, M. Bespalov, S. Tulchynska, R. Tulchinsky, N. Kholiavko

“…The article proposes the ways to smooth out negative challenges and the task of regional development’s fiscal stimulation is defined. …”
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Short-term effects of a synbiotic diet on thyroid and sex hormones in Sarabi Dogs by Ali Khatami, Hadi Pourjafar, Mehrdad Neshat Gharamaleki

“…Abstract Background Synbiotic products are those Functional foods/feeds that contain both probiotic and prebiotic strains and have health-promoting effects beyond probiotics or prebiotics alone. …”
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UPLC-Q-TOF-MS-based unbiased serum metabolomics investigation of cholangiocarcinoma by Xiaowei Wang, Xuefeng Xu, Ran Jia, Yuanhong Xu, Ping Hu

“…The metabolic pathway analysis revealed critical biological functions linked to these biomarkers, offering insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying CCA initiation and progression.ConclusionThis study identifies novel metabolic biomarkers for the early diagnosis of CCA and provides a deeper understanding of the metabolic alterations associated with the disease. …”
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