Alteration of gut microbiota associated with hypertension in children by Jiahong Sun, Liu Yang, Chuanwei Ma, Lili Yang, Min Zhao, Costan G. Magnussen, Bo Xi

“…At the genus level, after adjusting for the false discovery rate (FDR), the proportions of several gut microbiota such as Blautia (P FDR=0.042), Coprococcus (P FDR=0.042), Eubacterium_ventriosum_group (P FDR=0.027), Christensenellaceae_R-7_group (P FDR=0.027), and norank_f__Lachnospiraceae (P FDR=0.015) significantly decreased in children with HTN compared to those with normal BP. Receiver operating characteristic analysis, net reclassification improvement (NRI) and integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) were performed and showed that the genera norank_f__Lachnospiraceae and Dorea significantly enhanced the ability of body mass index to differentiate between children with HTN and those with normal BP (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve: 0.95, 95% confidence interval 0.91–0.99; NRI > 0; IDI = 0.12, P < 0.05). …”
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Multicenter research of the dependence of skin graft engraftment and the concentration of blood hemoglobin, total serum protein and albumin by D. O. Vagner, E. V. Zinoviev, V. V. Soloshenko, A. E. Chukharev, V. S. Borisov, M. Yu. Kaplunova, S. B. Bogdanov, A. A. Petrov, N. V. Ostrovsky, E. P. Malyshina, R. D. Ermolova, D. V. Cherdancev, I. V. Vladimirov

“…This relationship was most pronounced during skin grafting on granulating wounds and after radical necretomy. The data obtained were identical for meshed and non-meshed skin grafts. …”
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Soil health indicators, farmer concepts and carbon market standards in agroforestation of underutilized lands in West Sumatra (Indonesia) by Kurniatun Hairiah, Paul Burgers, Ai Farida, Irma Ardi Kusumawati, Mila Oktavia Mardiani, Danny Dwi Saputra, Rika Ratna Sari, Leony Siska Aldini, Nandha Ardiansyah, Arega Dwi Putra, Avi Qurvanda Putri Pradani, Rizki Maulana Ishaq, Meine van Noordwijk

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Thrombocytosis as a Marker for Postoperative Complications in Colorectal Surgery by M. Mohamud, L. Osborne, H. G. Jones, A. Ahmed, J. Beynon, D. A. Harris, M. Evans, M. Davies, U. Khot, T. V. Chandrasekaran

“…Pearson’s chi-square test was used for the analysis of the categorical variables. Results. Of the 201 patients studied, 75 (37%) had postoperative thrombocytosis (platelets ≥ 500 × 109/L, range 501–1136), 120 (59%) had postoperative normocytosis (platelets < 500 × 109/L, range 107–499), and 6 (2.9%) patients were excluded due to insufficient data. …”
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Digitalisasi Model Sistem Akuntansi Terintegrasi Bagi Usaha Bersama Simpan Pinjam di Kota Kupang by Yustina Alfira Nay, Selfiana Goetha, Maria Goreti Malut

“…Tahap desain menggunakan Data Flow Diagram (DFD) level 0 dan 1, desain database Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD), flowchart dan metode black box untuk menguji kesesuaian spesifikasi sistem dengan kebutuhan fungsional UBSP. …”
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Sequence, characterization and pharmacological analyses of the adipokinetic hormone receptor in the stick insect, Carausius morosus by Gerd Gäde, Jinghan Tan, Salwa Afifi, Jean-Paul V. Paluzzi, Graham E. Jackson, Heather G. Marco

“…The phylogenetic analyses support the data obtained from other studies involving receptors for AKH, Crz and ACP peptides. …”
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Population Pharmacokinetics‐Pharmacodynamics and Exposure‐Response of Ropeginterferon Alfa‐2b in Chinese and Japanese Patients With Polycythemia Vera by Albert Qin, Kazuya Shimoda, Shanshan Suo, Rongfeng Fu, Keita Kirito, Daoxiang Wu, Jason Liao, Haoqi Chen, Lei Wu, Xia Su, Yucheng Gao, Toshiaki Sato, Yaning Li, Jingjing Zhang, Weihong Shen, Wei Wang, Lei Zhang, Jie Jin, Norio Komatsu

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Midterm outcomes of physician-modified endovascular grafts for repair of postdissection and degenerative thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmsCentral MessagePerspective by Guangmin Yang, MD, Ming Zhang, MD, PhD, Yepeng Zhang, MD, Guangyan Wu, MD, Xiaoqiang Li, MD, PhD, Min Zhou, MD, PhD

“…The DG-TAAAs group sustained more nonaortic complications than PD-TAAAs (23.7% vs 12.5%; P = .03) in adjusted analysis. Operative mortality was 3.2% (4 out of 126), which didn't differ between the groups (1.4% vs 5.6%; P = .19). …”
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Monitoring Livestock Health by Modeling Rumination Behavior According to Accelerometer-Based Information by E. Vahedi Tekmehdash, H. Navid, H. Ghasemzadeh, H. Karimi, M. Javani Holan

“…The sensor was installed in three different positions on the cow's body to collect data. Important factors were calculated from the raw data, and the modeling was done using the logistic regression method. …”
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Kinematic Adaptive Frame Recognition (KAFR): A Novel Framework for Video Segmentation via Frame Similarity and Surgical Tool Tracking by Huu Phong Nguyen, Shekhar Madhav Khairnar, Sofia Garces Palacios, Amr Al-Abbas, Melissa E. Hogg, Amer H. Zureikat, Patricio M. Polanco, Herbert J. Zeh, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan

“…The interest in leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for surgical procedures to automate analysis has witnessed a significant surge in recent years. …”
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Correlation between Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Diabetic Neuropathy in Chinese Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Using Machine Learning Methods by Lijie Zhu, Yang Liu, Bingyan Zheng, Danmeng Dong, Xiaoyun Xie, Liumei Hu

“…One-way ANOVA and multivariate logistic regression were applied to analyze data from the two groups, including peripheral blood NLR values and other biomedical indices. …”
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The Association and diagnostic value between Maternal Serum Placental Markers and Placenta Previa by Panpan Ma, Tingting Hu, Yiming Chen

“…Independent samples t-test or Mann-Whitney U test were utilized to compare the quantitative data of the two groups, and the Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to evaluate the diagnostic value of maternal serum placental marker levels for placenta previa. …”
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Mortality Risk Prediction in Patients With Antimelanoma Differentiation–Associated, Gene 5 Antibody–Positive, Dermatomyositis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Algorithm Develo... by Hui Li, Ruyi Zou, Hongxia Xin, Ping He, Bin Xi, Yaqiong Tian, Qi Zhao, Xin Yan, Xiaohua Qiu, Yujuan Gao, Yin Liu, Min Cao, Bi Chen, Qian Han, Juan Chen, Guochun Wang, Hourong Cai

“…LR was chosen as the best algorithm for model construction, and the model demonstrated excellent performance, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) of 0.866, a sensitivity of 84.8%, and a specificity of 84.4% on the validation data set and an AUC of 0.90, a sensitivity of 85.0%, and a specificity of 83.9% on the training data set. …”
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The relationship between postoperative proximal junctional kyphosis and MRI-based pedicle bone quality scores in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by Junhu Li, Qiujiang Li, Linnan Wang, Zhipeng Deng, Shuxin Zheng, Lei Wang, Yueming Song

“…Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify risk factors associated with PJK, and in addition, univariate linear regression analyses were used to identify potential factors associated with PBQ score. Finally, Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and area-under-the-curve values were used to assess the predictive ability of PBQ and VBQ scores. …”
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Explainable Machine Learning Model for Predicting Persistent Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Development and Validation Study by Wei Jiang, Yaosheng Zhang, Jiayi Weng, Lin Song, Siqi Liu, Xianghui Li, Shiqi Xu, Keran Shi, Luanluan Li, Chuanqing Zhang, Jing Wang, Quan Yuan, Yongwei Zhang, Jun Shao, Jiangquan Yu, Ruiqiang Zheng

“…Multiple evaluation metrics, including area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), were used to compare predictive performance. …”
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Should single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy be the new standard for pediatric appendicitis? by Paul Chia-Yu Chang, Sheng-Chieh Lin, Yih-Cherng Duh, Hsuan Huang, Yu-Wei Fu, Yao-Jen Hsu, Chin-Hung Wei

“…TULA was defined as exteriorizing appendix and performing extracorporeal appendectomy by using an operative telescope. Statistical analysis was conducted in patients with simple (SA) and complicated appendicitis (CA), respectively. …”
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Exploring the concept of surgical transition: surgical activity in the light of economic development in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and India by Juul M. Bakker, Juul M. Bakker, Alex J. van Duinen, Alex J. van Duinen, Alex J. van Duinen, Alex J. van Duinen, Priti Patil, Priyansh Nathani, Priyansh Nathani, Adam Gyedu, Adam Gyedu, Håvard A. Adde, Pranav Bhushan, Nobhojit Roy, Nobhojit Roy, Nobhojit Roy, Anita Gadgil, Håkon A. Bolkan, Håkon A. Bolkan, Håkon A. Bolkan

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Surgical glove perforation in caesarean section and its association with surgical site infections: a prospective cohort study by Volkan Özgür Akbulut, Dinçer Sümer, Aziz Kından, Ahmet Kurt, Aykut Kından, Recep Taha Ağaoğlu, Ahmet Arif Filiz, Kubilay Canga, Hatice Ayhan, Ali Turhan Çağlar

“…In multivariable logistic regression analysis, glove micro-perforation was found to be a significant independent predictor of SSI (adjusted odds ratio: 12.705; 95% CI: 4.244–38.039; p < 0.001), even after adjusting for potential confounders including diabetes, obesity, emergency cesarean, operative duration, and intraoperative blood loss. …”
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INTER-ILEAL-ABDOMINAL DISSECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LOCALLY ADVANCED BONY AND SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS by V. A. Derzhavin, V. Yu. Karpenko, A. V. Bukharov, M. V. Ivanova

“…The results of the functional status of patients after  the operation were 45% on the MSTS scale, which correlates with the data of other authors.…”
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Dynamics of Runoff Quantity in an Urbanizing Catchment: Implications for Runoff Management Using Nature-Based Retention Wetland by Lihoun Teang, Kim N. Irvine, Lloyd H. C. Chua, Muhammad Usman

“…Runoff is currently managed via a set of operating rules governing gate operations that prevents flows into the ecological sensitive downstream waterbody from December to April (drier periods in summer and most of autumn). …”
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