Trends in Global Burden and Socioeconomic Profiles of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Samuel Chin Wei Tan, MD, Mae-Ling Tang, MD, Hongyuan Chu, MD, Yun-Tao Zhao, MD, Cuilian Weng, MD

“…Methods: Using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2021, we employed average annual percentage change (AAPC) and Bayesian Age Period Cohort (BAPC) modelling to assess trends and future projections, with a focus on disparities across Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) levels. …”
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The impact of enhancing nutrition and antenatal infection treatment on birth outcomes in Amhara, Ethiopia: a pragmatic factorial, cluster-randomised clinical effectiveness study by Alemayehu Worku, Sheila Isanaka, Yemane Berhane, Chunling Lu, Grace J Chan, Luke C Mullany, Blair J Wylie, Michelle Eglovitch, Anne CC Lee, Parul Christian, Estifanos Baye, Krysten North, Tigest Shifraw, Yoseph Yemane Berhane, Mulatu Melese Derebe, Nebiyou Fasil, Workagegnehu Tarekegn Kidane, Fisseha Shiferie, Sitota Tsegaye, Kalkidan Yibeltal, Yunhee Kang, Mandefro M Mengistie, Fred Van Dyk, Amare Worku Tadesse, Rose L Molina, Firehiwot Workneh, Ingrid Olson

“…In the ENP arm, 427 (36%) women were eligible for BEP and consumed on average 74 days. The prevalence of genitourinary tract infection was low (4.9%), while parasitic stool infections were common (31%). …”
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Connectivity guided intermittent theta burst stimulation versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in moderately severe treatment resistant depression by Richard Morriss, Lucy Webster, Luke Ingram, Mohamed Abdelghani, Adriana Anton, Shaun Barber, Peter Bates, Paul Briley, Clement Boutry, Cassandra Brookes, Edward Cox, Beth Hall, Marilyn James, Matthew Keane, Micheal Kurkar, Sudheer Lankappa, Peter Liddle, Hamish McAllister-Williams, Hyerin Oh, Alexander O’Neill-Kerr, Jehill Parikh, Stefan Pszczolkowski, Ana Suazo Di Paola, Louise Thomson, Yvette Walters, Dorothee Auer

“…Findings were consistent between adjusted and unadjusted analyses. This finding was consistent when a broader societal viewpoint was considered. …”
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Identification of Genomic Regions Related to Litter Size With Divergent Selection between Iranian Indigenous Sheep Breeds and Iceland Sheep Breed using FST Unbiased Statistics by Parviz Azizi, Hossein Moradi Shahrbabak, Mohammad Moradi Shahrbabak, Mahdi Mokhber

“…In order to better identify the selection signals, numerical values of SNP markers were averaged using the creeping window method up to a maximum length of 100 kb for adjacent SNPs. …”
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Evolving epidemiology of HCC in Spain by Margarita Sala, Sonia Pascual, Maria Rosa Rota Roca, Ana María Matilla, Marta Campos, Manuel Delgado, María Teresa Ferrer, José Luís Montero, Jesús Manuel González-Santiago, Antonio Guerrero, Carles Aracil, Carlos Rodríguez-Lope, Marta Romero-Gutiérrez, Miguel Sogbe, Sergio Vázquez-Rodríguez, Javier Fuentes Olmo, Beatriz Mínguez, Luís Cortés-García, Nicolau Vallejo-Senra, Paloma Rendón Unceta, Ariadna Clos, Dácil Díaz-Bethencourt, Araceli García Sánchez, Raisa Quiñones Castro, Javier Bustamante, Christie Perelló, Juan José Urquijo Ponce, Hernán Andreu Serra, Camilo Julio Llamoza-Torres, Silvia Montoliu, Cristina Fernández-Marcos, Ana Guiberteau, Manuel Hernández-Guerra, Mercedes Vergara, Alexia María Fernández-López, María Paz Valer López-Fando, María Luisa Gutiérrez-García, Tánia Hernáez-Alsina, Susana Coll, Berta Cuyás, María Julia Morillas, Susana Rebolledo Olmedo, Miguel Fernández-Bermejo, Mercè Roget, Irina Calvo Ramos, Gemma Pacheco del Río, Raimon Rifà, Pilar Conde Gacho, Mónica Llorente Barrio, Mariano Gómez-Rubio, Irene Peñas, Isabel Serra, Alba Cachero, María Reig, Álvaro Giraldez, Marta Guerrero, José Xavier Segarra, José Luis Lledó, Álvaro Díaz-González, Carolina Delgado, Mercedes Iñarrairaegui, María Milagros Rodríguez-González, María Lázaro, María Bermúdez-Ramos, Alberto Lué, Esther Molina, Manuel Alberto Macías-Rodríguez, Manuel Rodríguez, Valentina Chiminazzo, María Varela

“…We conducted descriptive and comparative analyses with data collected in 2008 and 2014. Results: Of the 767 cases of primary liver cancer collected from 52 centers, 91% were diagnosed as HCC. …”
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BioImpedance Spectroscopy to maintain Renal Output: the BISTRO randomised controlled trial by Simon J Davies, David Coyle, Elizabeth Lindley, David Keane, John Belcher, Fergus Caskey, Indranil Dasgupta, Andrew Davenport, Ken Farrington, Sandip Mitra, Paula Ormandy, Martin Wilkie, Jamie MacDonald, Mandana Zanganeh, Lazaros Andronis, Ivonne Solis-Trapala, Julius Sim

“…The intervention was associated with £382 (95% confidence interval −£3319 to £2556) lower average cost per patient (price year 2020) and 0.043 (95% confidence interval −0.019 to −0.105) more quality-adjusted life-years and no harm compared to control. …”
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Quantification of Subsurface Hydrological Connectivity Using Wavelet Coherence Analysis by REN Ruijie, Fan Bihang, ZHANG Yaling, WANG Erqing, YANG Ruxin, HAN Xiaole, LIU Jintao, GUO Li

“…All analyses excluded the Cone of Influence (COI) boundaries to eliminate edge effects.Results and Discussions1)Vertical subsurface hydrological process connectivity was significantly higher than lateral connectivity across all slope positions and aspects (<italic>p</italic>&lt; 0.05). …”
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Supporting antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence: the SUPA research programme and RCT by Rob Horne, Caroline Sabin, Trudie Chalder, Vanessa Cooper, Lucy Campbell, Elizabeth Glendinning, Iris Mosweu, Paul McCrone

“…Of those, 17 participants (15.2%) met the primary end point (> 80% of months, with an average monthly adherence of ≥ 90%) [9 (16.4%) in the CAU group and 8 (14.0%) in the CBT group (p = 0.94)]. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Clinical effectiveness analysis Analysis for the primary outcome (30-day unplanned hospital re-admissions) included treatment allocation, ward type, baseline ward re-admission rate, percentage of patients 75 + and gender as fixed effects and trust and ward as random effects to account for clustering. Two sensitivity analyses were conducted as well as a secondary complier-average causal effect analysis to assess the impact of fidelity on outcomes. …”
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Behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity in people with intermittent claudication: the OPTIMA systematic review by Ukachukwu O Abaraogu, Philippa Dall, Chris Seenan, Sarah Rhodes, Trish Gorely, Joanna McParland, Julie Brittenden, Ebuka M Anieto, Lorna Booth, Cathy Gormal, Jeremy Dearling, Candida Fenton, Sarah Audsley, Kimberley Fairer, Lindsay Bearne, Dawn A Skelton

“…Only 2 (out of 22 studies) did not achieve acceptable recruitment rates (40%). Average retention rate was 88%, and average adherence rate was 76%. …”
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Cervical ripening at home or in hospital during induction of labour: the CHOICE prospective cohort study, process evaluation and economic analysis by Mairead Black, Cassandra Yuill, Mairi Harkness, Sayem Ahmed, Linda Williams, Kathleen A Boyd, Maggie Reid, Amar Bhide, Neelam Heera, Jane Huddleston, Neena Modi, John Norrie, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Julia Sanders, Gordon C S Smith, Rosemary Townsend, Helen Cheyne, Christine McCourt, Sarah Stock

“…Data were securely transferred to the University of Edinburgh. Data were analysed using SAS software version 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). …”
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The Lived Experience of Women Regarding Family-Centric Roles in the Southern Neighbourhoods of Tehran by Fatemeh Farhadi babadi, Mehrdad Navabakhsh, Talieh Khademian

“…The interviews lasted an average of 45 minutes each and were conducted over a period of 6 months. …”
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Interpersonal counselling for adolescent depression delivered by youth mental health workers without core professional training: the ICALM feasibility RCT by Jon Wilson, Viktoria Cestaro, Eirini Charami-Roupa, Timothy Clarke, Aoife Dunne, Brioney Gee, Sharon Jarrett, Thando Katangwe-Chigamba, Andrew Laphan, Susie McIvor, Richard Meiser-Stedman, Jamie Murdoch, Thomas Rhodes, Carys Seeley, Lee Shepstone, David Turner, Paul Wilkinson

“…Interviews, observations and focus groups were analysed using thematic analysis. Session recordings were analysed using conversation analysis. …”
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Optimisation of the deployment of automated external defibrillators in public places in England by Terry P Brown, Lazaros Andronis, Asmaa El-Banna, Benjamin KH Leung, Theodoros Arvanitis, Charles Deakin, Aloysius N Siriwardena, John Long, Gareth Clegg, Steven Brooks, Timothy CY Chan, Steve Irving, Louise Walker, Craig Mortimer, Sandra Igbodo, Gavin D Perkins

“…Statistical analysis Descriptive statistics were used to analyse for any differences in neighbourhood characteristics where OHCAs occurred and registered AEDs were located. …”
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Temperature, precipitations and water balance trends in Maribor in the period 1876 – 2010 by Igor Žiberna, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

“…In this article are presented trends of temperature, precipitation, evapotranspiration and water balance for the meteorological station Maribor in the period 1876 – 2010. Analysed are the changes of monthly, seasonal and annual averages in observational sequences. …”
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Longitudinal assessment of cortical motor function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Dhayalen Krishnan, Dayna-Lee Talbot, Jasmine F. Ashhurst, Susanna B. Park, Steve Vucic, Hannah C. Timmins, Matthew C. Kiernan

“…In terms of disease trajectory, ALS patients experienced a significant decline in averaged SICI overtime. When compared to initial assessment, averaged SICI was significantly reduced after 12 months (p = 0.004). …”
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Numerical analysis of momentum transfer processes in a mechanically agitated air – biophase – liquid system by Musiał Monika, Cudak Magdalena, Karcz Joanna

“…The effect of sucrose concentration on the distributions of the velocity of the continuous phase, gas hold-up and the size of gas bubbles in the system was analysed. Simulation results were presented in the form of the contours of the analysed magnitudes. …”
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ESTIMATING THE HEREDITY OF SOME QUANTITATIVE TRAITS OF TWO-ROW SPRINGBARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE var. distichum) by Ioana PORUMB, Florin RUSSU, Emanuela FILIP

“…In this regard, the averages of the traits from the parental populations and from the geneticpopulations from the lineages were analysed, the following being estimated: additive geneticeffects (a), dominant (d) and the epistatic interactions of the type additive x additive (aa), additivex dominant (ad), dominant x dominant (dd), involved in the heredity of the analysed traits.…”
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Temperature-humidity index values and their significance on the daily production of dairy cattle by Pero Mijić, Vesna Gantner, Krešimir Kuterovac, Drago Solić, Ranko Gantner

“…Model was applied to each class of parity (P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5) and region. During the analysed period, the highest monthly averages of ambient temperature were determined in Mediterranean region, the highest monthly averages of relative humidity were observed in Central region, while the highest monthly mean values of temperature-humidity index (THI) were determined in Mediterranean region. …”
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Convergence of Extreme Value Statistics in a Two-Layer Quasi-Geostrophic Atmospheric Model by Vera Melinda Gálfi, Tamás Bódai, Valerio Lucarini

“…We consider a two-layer quasi-geostrophic atmospheric model of the mid-latitudes, adopt two levels of forcing, and analyse the extremes of different types of physical observables (local energy, zonally averaged energy, and globally averaged energy). …”
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