Spirituality-Based Intervention in Hypertension: EFfects on Blood PrEssure and EndotheliaL Function—FEEL Trial Results by Maria Emília Figueiredo Teixeira, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Andréa Araújo Brandão, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Roberto Esporcatte, Mário Henrique Elesbão de Borba, Ana Clara Neri Ávila Baleeiro, Beatriz Caldas Gonçalves, Enzo Inumaru, Enzo Mata de Sousa, Giovana Barros Leal, Henrique Soares de Araújo Pereira Farias, Juliana Alves de Souza, Lure Emilly Barreto da Silva, Matheus Canguçu de Paiva Queiroz, Frederico Rafael Moreira, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira Vitorino, John Eikelboom, Álvaro Avezum

“…Main outcomes were between group difference in change from baseline to 12 weeks in office and central BP, HBPM and FMD, using t-tests, analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) adjusting for baseline differences, and, in addition, missing data imputation as a sensitivity analysis. …”
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The external validity of machine learning-based prediction scores from hematological parameters of COVID-19: A study using hospital records from Brazil, Italy, and Western Europe. by Ali Safdari, Chanda Sai Keshav, Deepanshu Mody, Kshitij Verma, Utsav Kaushal, Vaadeendra Kumar Burra, Sibnath Ray, Debashree Bandyopadhyay

“…The external performance was reduced when the model was trained on datasets from Italy and tested on Brazil (AUC score 69%) and Western Europe (AUC score 65%); presumably affected by factors, like, ethnicity, phenotype, immunity, reference ranges, across the populations. …”
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Neurocognitive function and health-related quality of life among glioblastoma patients: A prospective study by Mohamed A Baba, Ahmed Kharbach, Mohamed Lmejjati, Nawal Adali

“…The QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BN20 scales were used to assess QoL, while neurocognitive function was evaluated using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) test. Data normality were checked using the Shapiro-Wilk test, and non-parametric methods were used to compare scores. …”
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Incidence of methicillin, inducible clindamycin, and vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in Gombe, Northeastern Nigeria by Haruna Adamu, Celestina T. Otegwu, Fatima B. Abdullahi, Babajide A. Tytler, Busayo O. Olayinka

“…Antibiotic susceptibility testing was conducted via modify Kirby Bauer disc diffusion and the macro broth dilution method. …”
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Blood coagulation system in patients with chronic kidney disease: a prospective observational study by Xi Yang, Yang Wang, Ri-bao Wei, Ting-yu Su, Meng-jie Huang, Ping Li, Xiang-mei Chen, Ping Di, Qing-ping Li

“…The platelet count, platelet aggregation, von Willebrand factor antigen (vWF:Ag), vWF ristocetin cofactor activity (vWF:RCo), fibrinogen, factor V (FV), FVII, FVIII, antithrombin III, protein C, protein S, D-dimer, standard coagulation tests and thromboelastography were measured in patients with CKD and controls. …”
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Low-Load Blood-flow Restriction Training for Medial Tibial Stress-Syndrome in Athletes: A Case Series by Anders F. Brekke, Johanne Bjørklund, Rosa C. Holse, Christian Larsen, Mikkel H. Hjortshoej

“…One athlete sustained an injury unrelated to the LL-BFR training, and therefore the running post-test could not be completed. Adherence to exercise was high, and post-test interviews revealed positive feedback on the training method, with no side effects reported…”
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The Merit-based Incentive Payment System: Pearson’s Chi-Square and Categorical Dependent Variable Models Analyzed for Domains---Effective Clinical Care and Efficiency/Cost Reductio... by Amrita Shenoy

“…**Methodology:** The Pearson’s chi-square test examined distributions of the analyzed categorical variables. …”
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Factors accounting for limited sexual reproduction in a long-lived unisexual plant species by Irene Bisang, Flavien Collart, Flavien Collart, Alain Vanderpoorten, Lars Hedenäs

“…We tested whether reproductive stages were related to latitude. …”
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Protocolo clínico para la atención de la ofidiotoxicosis en caninos en Colombia by Zairat Yiseth Herrera-Dalel, María Paula Montoya-Forero, Daniel Zambrano-Lugo, Luz Natalia Pedraza-Castillo, Dumar Jaramillo-Hernández

“…En definitiva, signos clínicos y paraclínicos del canino, vasculotóxicos o neurotóxicos, permiten identificar el grupo al que pertenece la serpiente agresora (grupo 1 o grupo 2, respectivamente), la severidad de estos, guía en selección y dosificación de la terapia antiveveno específica para el manejo clínico de la ofidiotoxicosis en caninos. …”
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Association between serum albumin levels and erectile dysfunction in American Adults: A cross-sectional study from NHANES 2001-2004. by Haibin Wen, Zhenyu Lan, Xueming Liang, Huabin Su, Yuqi Qin

“…Stratified and interaction tests further substantiated the inverse relationship between ALB and ED prevalence.…”
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Feasibility study to assess the delivery of a lifestyle intervention (TreatWELL) for patients with colorectal cancer undergoing potentially curative treatment by Annie S Anderson, Ronan E O’Carroll, Martine Stead, Robert J C Steele, Mary Wells, Maureen Macleod, Anna Campbell, Jacqui A Sugden, Jackie Rodger, Jennifer McKell

“…Evaluation measures (except walk test) were achieved by all participants at baseline, and most (<90%) at end of phase 2 and phase 3, but <20% at end of phase 1. …”
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The Effects of TMR® Fab 6 on Hamstring Flexibility in Healthy Subjects; An Exploratory Observational Investigation by Richard D. Patterson, Alexander Zettlemoyer, Mary Plackowski, Russell Baker, Scott W. Cheatham, Alan Nasypany

“…Upon completion of treatment, control and TMR® groups were immediately re-evaluated on the AKET and the PSLR in the same order and fashion as baseline testing. Participants were asked to return in 24-hours for the same objective measurements as previously described…”
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Tissue-friendly dentin treatments as a potential element in revascularization protocol (ex-vivo study) by Hala Fayek Khalil, Nadia Ezz El Din Metwalli, Sara Magdy, Mohamed Shamel

“…Cell proliferation was evaluated via the Trypan blue exclusion test, with viable cells counted using a hemocytometer. …”
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Pulsed alternating wavelength system lighting does not negatively impact production or welfare but reduces dopamine activity and may improve bone growth in grow-out Pekin ducks by S. Tonissen, B.J. Emmert, J.M. Schober, E.M. Oluwagbenga, D.M. Karcher, G.S. Fraley

“…Serotonin data were analyzed using 2-way ANOVA for age and lighting treatment with a post-hoc Fisher's LSD test. Bone data were analyzed with independent t-tests between treatments within each age. …”
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Acueductos comunitarios y distritos de riego en el Sumapaz: historia ambiental como resistencia a la acumulación y la eficiencia by Sebastian Javier Hernandez Velasquez

“…Ante este panorama, me interesa conocer cómo se han dado y se siguen dando las interacciones alrededor del agua desde una mirada a algunas organizaciones comunitarias ubicadas en estos municipios. Esto lo hago a través de la construcción de un collage con las voces de sus integrantes, y desde el marco analítico de la historia ambiental, hacemos un ejercicio de memoria sobre sus procesos de conformación y arraigo en los territorios, que sirven de cohesión para resistir a la implementación de proyectos hidro-políticos; pero también como medio para articularse en organizaciones de segundo nivel que propendan por la defensa de las cuencas, los territorios y los procesos mismos. …”
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Tear glucose is associated with the presence and severity of diabetic retinopathy by Ningyao Cao, Lili Feng, Wei Xu, Fanglin He, Caiwen Xiao, Yan Liu, Weirong Xu, Jingjing Cui, Yuqian Guo, Lianqing Yao, Wenwen Xia, Fei Chen, Yong Li, Chuandi Zhou, Xiaofang Xu

“…TG was examined by rapid qualitative test strip in 160 patients. The severity of DR was graded as mild DR and severe DR. …”
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Prediksi Rating Film IMDb Menggunakan Decision Tree by Rifqy Rosdiyah Ilmi, Fachrul Kurniawan, Sri Harini

“…Nilai akurasi penggunaan model decision tree pada data training, validasi dan testing bertuturt – turut adalah 0,7529, 0,7237 dan 0,7079.   …”
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The influence of post-processing methods and frequency bands on rs-fMRI: An example of electroacupuncture at Zusanli (ST36) by YingJie Kang, YiLei Chen, ZhiGang Gong, YanWen Huang, Hui Wang, Jiling Huang, SongHua Zhan, YiJing Li, WenLi Tan

“…In the comparison of inter-group difference, the paired t-test was conducted between SA and EA. Results: Electroacupuncture at ST36 increased LFO amplitudes, with more pronounced effects compared to SA. …”
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Analisis Metode Cosine Similarity Pada Aplikasi Ujian Online Otomatis (Studi Kasus JTI POLINEMA) by Eka Larasati Amalia, Angelita Justien Jumadi, Irsyad Arif Mashudi, Dimas Wahyu Wibowo

“…Term Frequency is a factor that determines word weight based on the number of word frequencies in a document. To test the accuracy of the method, precision, recall, and f-measure tests were carried out and based on the results of the analysis using the method that had been tried, an average of 81% was obtained. …”
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PTEN suppresses renal cell carcinoma proliferation and migration via inhibition of the PI3K/AKT pathway by Xu Xu, Yuan-Yue Tang, Xiaohong Liang, Wen Luo, Dong-Mei Jiang, Jie Chen

“…Statistical analyses were performed using the Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test. Cell viability and migration were assessed using the CCK-8 assay and wound healing assay. …”
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