Inertial Flywheel Resistance Training in Tendinopathy Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review by Ian Burton, Aisling McCormack

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Diagnosis of oral cancer using deep learning algorithms by Mayra Alejandra Dávila Olivos, Henry Miguel Herrera Del Águila, Félix Melchor Santos López

“…The CNN achieved an overall diagnostic accuracy of 90.9% and an AUC of 0.91 with the dataset for oral cancer. Despite the limited number of images of lips, mucosa, and oral cavity, the CNN method developed for the automatic diagnosis of oral cancer demonstrated high accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, and AUC when augmented with data. …”
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An Interface-Based Method for Performance Improvement of the Municipal Solid Waste by Tabukeli, Musigi Ruhiiga, Virginia, Nthavheleni Mudau

“…The results show statistically significant final models (F (1,221) = 1093.23, 105.77, p.001), with an adjusted R2 of.040 and a 95% confidence level. …”
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Accessible model predicts response in hormone receptor positive HER2 negative breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy by Luca Mastrantoni, Giovanna Garufi, Giulia Giordano, Noemi Maliziola, Elena Di Monte, Giorgia Arcuri, Valentina Frescura, Angelachiara Rotondi, Armando Orlandi, Luisa Carbognin, Antonella Palazzo, Federica Miglietta, Letizia Pontolillo, Alessandra Fabi, Lorenzo Gerratana, Sergio Pannunzio, Ida Paris, Sara Pilotto, Fabio Marazzi, Antonio Franco, Gianluca Franceschini, Maria Vittoria Dieci, Roberta Mazzeo, Fabio Puglisi, Valentina Guarneri, Michele Milella, Giovanni Scambia, Diana Giannarelli, Giampaolo Tortora, Emilio Bria

“…The machine learning (ML) models were trained to predict pCR (n = 463), evaluated in an internal validation cohort (n = 109) and validated in an external validation cohort (n = 151). The best model was an Elastic Net, which achieved an area under the curve (AUC) of respectively 0.86 and 0.81. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of HIV testing-seeking behaviors among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: analysis of the 2022 Demographic and health survey by Jackson Micheal Asingwire, Isaac isiko, Kuli Faith Rombe, Aaron Mwesigwa, Emmanuel Asher Ikwara, Haron Olot, Lenz Nwachinemere Okoro, Manankong Jane Precious Izunwanne, Blessing Onyinyechi Agunwa, Abdul Aziiz Bwana, William Yiga Kalemba, Ebuka Louis Anyamene

“…Those able to ask their partner to use a condom are more likely to have been tested with increased odds [AOR: 3.52, CI (2.31–5.37)]. Participants with a history of genital discharge [AOR:4.30, CI (1.28–14.46)] and those who don’t know their genital discharge history have [AOR: 0.20, CI (0.07–0.55)] are significant for HIV testing. …”
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Early Postoperative Safety of Total Hip Arthroplasty in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by YANG Xingdong, YU Muyang, XU Yiming, ZHU Wei, HU Mingwei, WENG Xisheng, FENG Bin

“…The allogeneic blood transfusion rate was 22.59% (61/270). After propensity score matching, 163 cases from SLE and control groups were included for analysis. (1) Regarding medical complications, compared with control group, SLE group showed significant differences in osteoporosis, respiratory system disorders, gastrointestinal diseases, urinary system disorders, hematologic abnormalities, and secondary or concomitant rheumatic diseases (all P < 0.05). (2) In terms of preoperative laboratory tests, SLE group had lower platelet counts, absolute lymphocyte counts, hemoglobin levels, hematocrit, albumin levels, blood glucose levels, and activated partial thromboplastin times than control group, while C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and D-dimer levels were higher (all P < 0.05). (3) Regarding surgical-related indicators, a higher proportion of patients in SLE group had an ASA grade > 2 (15.95% vs. 3.07%, P < 0.001), but intraoperative blood loss was significantly smaller [324.7 (200.0, 500.0) mL vs. 421.8 (200.0, 500.0) mL, P=0.005]. (4) In terms of complications, SLE group exhibited a significantly higher incidence of major complications than control group (8.59% vs. 1.23%, P=0.005), with a relative risk of 1.081 (95% CI: 1.028-1.136). …”
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Causal role of plasma liposome in diabetic retinopathy: mendelian randomization (MR) study by Kai Yin, Lu Ding, Xueyan Li, Yuqi Zhang, Siyu Song, Liyuan Cao, Ruixue Deng, Min Li, Zirui Li, Qinjing Xia, Daqing Zhao, Xiangyan Li, Zeyu Wang

“…Phosphatidylcholine (16:0_16:0) levels [OR = 0.869 (0.810 to 0.933), P fdr = 0.006], phosphatidylcholine (16:0_20:2) levels [OR = 0.893 (0.834 to 0.956), P fdr = 0.043] and phosphatidylethanolamine (18:0_20:4) levels [OR = 0.906 (0.863 to 0.951), P fdr = 0.006] were protective against DR, whereas sphingomyelin (d36:1) levels [OR = 1.120 (1.061 to 1.183), P fdr = 0.006], and sphingomyelin (d40:1) levels [OR = 1.081 (1.031 to 1.134), P fdr = 0.043] were associated with a greater risk of DR. …”
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Estimación de parámetros genéticos para caracteres de producción de leche y mastitis subclínica en ovinos Pampinta by M. F. STAZIONATI, D. O. MAIZON, G. GIOVAMBATTISTA, I. GIGLI

“…Las estimaciones de repetibilidad para los caracteres de producción ─PL, GT, PT, G%, y P%─ fueron intermedias, entre 0,41 y 0,51, lo que indicó que una observación sería un buen predictor de la futura producción individual. …”
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus’ impact on heart failure patients’ exercise tolerance: a focus on maximal fat oxidation during exercise by Huiying Zhu, Huiying Zhu, Jianchao Pan, Jianxuan Wen, Jianxuan Wen, Xiaojing Dang, Xiaojing Dang, Xiankun Chen, Xiankun Chen, Yunxiang Fan, Yunxiang Fan, Weihui Lu, Weihui Lu, Wei Jiang, Wei Jiang

“…The VO2 at anaerobic threshold (AT VO2) was also lower in the T2DM group than in the non-T2DM group, with a MD of −1.11 ml/kg/min (95% CI −2.04 to −0.18, P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Metabolic Risk Factors and Their Impact on Quality of Life in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer, Acute or Exacerbated Chronic Pancreatitis by I. N. Grigor’eva, O. V. Efimova, N. L. Tov, T. S. Suvorova, D. L. Nepomnyashchikh

“…Quality of life indicators were higher in group 1 than in group 2 on four SF-36 scales: bodily pain (68.1 ± 5.1 and 36.8 ± 2.0; p &lt; 0.001), general health (51.1 ± 2.5 and 38.0 ± 1.7 points; p &lt; 0.001), social functioning (74.7 ± 3.0 and 64.5 ± 2.2 points; p = 0.007), role emotional functioning (28.2 ± 5.2 and 12.5 ± 3.1 points; p = 0.007) and in the general domain “physical component of health” (40.2 ± 1.0 and 33.6 ± 0.8 points; p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Renal function and clinical outcomes in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Hao-Wei Lee, Ming-Jen Kuo, Pai-Feng Hsu, I-Hsin Lee, Chih-Yu Yang, Teh-Fu Hsu, Chorng-Kuang How, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Chin-Chou Huang

“…Multivariable analysis using regression models revealed that unfavorable neurological outcomes at discharge and higher mortality at 2 years were associated with AKI (odds ratio [OR] 7.684, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.683–22.010, P < 0.001; hazard ratio [HR] 2.159, 95% CI 1.272–3.664, P = 0.004), AKI without recovery (OR 5.275, 95% CI 2.049–13.583, P < 0.001; HR 5.470, 95% CI 3.304–9.862, P < 0.001), and impaired pre-discharge renal function (OR 3.164, 95% CI 1.442–6.940, P = 0.004; HR 2.876, 95% CI 1.861–4.443, P < 0.001). …”
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Impact of perineural tumor spread in head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma for carbon-ion radiotherapy by Atsushi Musha, Nobuteru Kubo, Hidemasa Kawamura, Naoko Okano, Masahiro Onishi, Takeru Ohtaka, Midori Tamura, Osamu Nikkuni, Yuichi Tomidokoro, Satoshi Yokoo, Kazuaki Chikamatsu, Tatsuya Ohno

“…Materials and methods: In this retrospective study, we included 74 patients diagnosed with HN-ACC who underwent C-ion RT between June 2010 and July 2022. …”
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Preoperative prediction of IDH genotypes and prognosis in adult-type diffuse gliomas: intratumor heterogeneity habitat analysis using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and diffusion-we... by Xingrui Wang, Zhenhui Xie, Xiaoqing Wang, Yang Song, Shiteng Suo, Yan Ren, Wentao Hu, Yi Zhu, Mengqiu Cao, Yan Zhou

“…Compared to the IDH wild-type group, the IDH mutant group exhibited lower mean Ktrans values in Habitats 1 and 2 (both P < 0.001), higher volume (P < 0.05) and volume percentage (pVol, P < 0.01) of Habitat 2, and lower volume and pVol of Habitat 3 (both P < 0.001). …”
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Impacts of high CDW levels on the chemical, microstructural, and mechanical behavior of cement-based mortars by M.L. Peixoto, S.D. Jesus, H.S. Cavalcante, B.S. Teti, R.C. Manta, N.B. Lima, H.C.B. Nascimento, S. Fucale, N.B.D. Lima

“…However, the water absorption of the recycled aggregate was 20.1 %, which is higher than the water absorption of fine sand, which corresponds to 12.5 %. …”
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Monte Carlo simulation of interferometric measurement and wavefront shaping under influence of shot noise and camera noise by Chunghyeong Lee, Jaeyeon Oh, Hakseok Ko, Mooseok Jang

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Evaluating the impact of a tertiary multidisciplinary meeting in metastatic breast cancer: A prospective study by Belinda Sassé, Sammy Shaya, Jessica Nimmo, Katie Cao, Daphne Day, Katie Evans, Catherine Healy, Gwo-Yaw Ho, Gillian Kruss, Amelia McCartney, Linda Mojzisova, Ranjana Srivastava, Jennifer Tan, Mun Yee Tan, Kate Webber, Michelle White, Steven David, Marion Harris

“…Results: 114 MDM presentations for 95 patients were recorded from October 2023 to July 2024. 65 (57.0 %) presentations resulted in a plan change (p < 0.001); 32 (28.1 %) were high impact (p < 0.001). …”
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Risk factors for and incidence of osteoporosis in patients with breast cancer by gender : a nationwide cohort study by Jin Ah Lee, Hye Sun Lee, Soyoung Jeon, Dooreh Kim, YoungJoo Lee, SooYun Bae, Woo-Chan Park, Chang Ik Yoon

“…Before matching, hip or vertebral fractures incidence showed no difference (1.2% vs. 1.3%, p = 0.789), but after matching, a significant difference was observed. (4.0% vs. 1.0%, p = 0.011). …”
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Forensic Assessment of Alcohol Intoxication in Cases of Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Lithuania by Beata Kirstukaitė, Akvilė Paškauskienė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Sigitas Laima, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…The mean BAC was 2.16 ± 0.8‰ in male and 1.18 ± 1.12‰ in female group. By the type of road users, 23% of the pedestrians (mean BAC 2.45 ± 0.71‰), 32% of car drivers (mean BAC 2.13 ± 0.75‰), 41% of vehicle passengers (mean BAC of 1.73 ± 1.19‰), 37% of the motorcycle riders (mean BAC of 1.28 ± 0.53‰), 37% of the cyclists (mean BAC of 1.15 ± 0.75‰) were found to be intoxicated during the time of accident. …”
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Rechallenge therapy versus tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for advanced metastatic colorectal cancer: a retrospective study by Chenming Liu, Jintao Chen, Yuxing Liu

“…The result indicated that Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0–1 (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.03, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.01–0.17; P < 0.001) and chemotherapy rechallenge (HR = 0.43, 95% CI: 0.23–0.79; P = 0.007) were independent protective factors for overall survival (OS). …”
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Comparing the efficacy of different methods in assessing cervical stromal invasion in endometrial carcinoma: a retrospective study of 2,020 patients by Ying Yang, Ying Yang, Zhijun Ye, Zhijun Ye, Yifei Zhao, Yifei Zhao, Zhengyu Li, Zhengyu Li

“….), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), Youden’s index, and Kappa value of the MRI vs. CT groups were 49.50% vs. 56.74%, 92.24% vs. 79.09%, 87.70% vs. 76.15%, 11.60 vs. 4.93, 0.42 vs. 0.36, and 0.392 vs. 0.256 (p &lt; 0.001), respectively. …”
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