The Impact of an Adaptive mHealth Intervention on Improving Patient-Provider Health Care Communication: Secondary Analysis of the DIAMANTE Trial by Lynn Leng, Marvyn R Arévalo Avalos, Adrian Aguilera, Courtney R Lyles

“…After excluding patients who had incomplete or missing baseline or exit surveys, 156 patients were included in this secondary analysis. Overall, there was a substantive but nonsignificant decrease in the average CAHPS score over the 6-month trial period (−2.6; P ConclusionsDigital health interventions are rapidly increasing in clinical practice and have the ability to reach historically underserved communities by overcoming barriers such as language, geography, and time constraints. …”
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Optimized Physiological Monitoring System for COVID-19 Using VLC-Based 3D Localization and Markov Chain Analysis by Eduardo Viera Riquelme, Diego Alonso Candia, Ismael Soto, Carolina Lagos, Pablo Palacios Jativa, Raul Carrasco, Cesar Azurdia Meza, Ivan Sanchez

“…The results showed a cough frequency peak at 0.2 Hz, an average respiratory rate of 1.3 breaths per minute, and precise detection of hypoxia events through infrared and red light absorption. …”
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Exploring the effect of different tea varieties on the quality of Sichuan Congou black tea based on metabolomic analysis and sensory science by Liran Yang, Xueping Luo, Qi Wang, Mingli Liu, Jingna Yan, Congming Wang, Yuanhua Xian, Kangli Peng, Kunyi Liu, Bin Jiang

“…Sensory evaluation, quantitative chemical analysis, and metabolomics techniques were employed. …”
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Comparative benchmark analysis of coverage by specialists involved in healthcare provision to patients with cardiovascular diseases in the regions of the Northwestern Federal Distr... by G. A. Neplyueva, A. E. Solovieva, V. V. Zaitsev, N. G. Avdonina, A. V. Bespalov, G. V. Endubaeva, A. A. Fedorenko, A. N. Yakovlev, N. E. Zvartau, A. O. Konradi, S. V. Villevalde

“…For emergency  medicine paramedic, the largest number of subjects with positive values of the statistical correction of the average relative to Russia was noted (7 out of 11 regions). …”
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Social isolation in relation to the incidence and dynamic progression of frailty in the oldest old: a trajectory analysis of a nationwide cohort by Junyi Wang, Yafu Yu, Lang Xu, Xinyan Xie, Xiaochang Liu, Juan Zhou, Guirong Cheng, Feifei Hu, Dan Liu, Linya Huang, Gangbin Han, Shiyue Li, Dan Song, Jing Liu, Qianqian Nie, Cheng Cai, Yuyang Cui, Wei Tan, Yan Zeng

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Multi-Modal Analysis of Satellite Cells Reveals Early Impairments at Pre-Contractile Stages of Myogenesis in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Sophie Franzmeier, Shounak Chakraborty, Armina Mortazavi, Jan B. Stöckl, Jianfei Jiang, Nicole Pfarr, Benedikt Sabass, Thomas Fröhlich, Clara Kaufhold, Michael Stirm, Eckhard Wolf, Jürgen Schlegel, Kaspar Matiasek

“…TFM revealed significantly higher average traction forces in DMD than WT SCs (90.4 ± 10.5 Pa vs. 66.9 ± 8.9 Pa; <i>p</i> = 0.0018). …”
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Characterization and source analysis of trace metal pollution in coastal shallow marine sediments, Wanning area, Hainan Island, China by Suimiao Wang, Suimiao Wang, Xianqin Wang, Xianqin Wang, Zhaofan Wang, Zhaofan Wang, Guangfei Guo, Guangfei Guo, Liang Chen, Liang Chen, Zanhui Huang, Zanhui Huang, Dinghui Fu, Dinghui Fu, Pingru Li, Pingru Li, Xiuyu Yun, Xiuyu Yun

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Analysis of the Digestion Dynamics and Dietary Risk Assessment of Fluridone in Cotton Fields via QuEChERS Coupled with HPLC by Sen Wang, Ruitong Yang, Yuxuan Li, Zhiqiang Jin, Yutian Xia, Yipin Zhao, Xiaoqiang Han, Guoqiang Zhang, Chunjuan Wang, Ting Ma, Cailan Wu, Desong Yang

“…The relative standard deviation (RSD) values of fluridone were 0.46% to 4.57% at the spiked level of 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mg·kg⁻¹, respectively. The average daily recovery rate of fluridone was 85.08% to 95.07%. …”
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Trends and Disparities in Liver Transplantation in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis of Demographic, Clinical, and Socioeconomic Factors (2016–2021) by Vignesh Krishnan Nagesh, Vivek Joseph Varughese, Marina Basta, Emelyn Martinez, Shruthi Badam, Lokaesh Subramani Shobana, Abdifitah Mohamed, Alin J, Simcha Weissman, Adam Atoot

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Analysis of productive and biological parameters of age-1+ carp crossbreed obtained by synthetic selection method in the Polissya zone of Ukraine by H. Kurinenko, U. Kuts, М. Ostapchuk, S. Yurchak

“…The study showed that among the crossbreed carps, the highest weight gain was observed in age-1+ carps obtained from crossing scaly Antoniny-Zozulenets females with Lyubin males, in which the average seasonal specific weight gain was 2.17%/day. …”
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Repercussions of the COVID- 19 pandemic on maternal and congenital syphilis in South Brazil: a time series analysis 2010-2022 by Fernando Echegaray, Christopher J. Hernandez, Kavya G. Sundar, Lanbo Z. Yang, Mary Catherine Cambou, Eddy R. Segura, Marineide Gonçalves de Melo, Breno Riegel Santos, Ivana Rosângela dos Santos Varella, Karin Nielsen-Saines

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Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of BPG, AGU, AVIF and HEIF compression methods for medical images corrupted by noise of two types by Viktoriia Naumenko, Volodymyr Lukin, Vitalii Naumenko, Nadiia Kozhemiakina, Mykyta Solodovnyk

“…The scientific novelty of the obtained results includes: 1) The consideration of noise models and parameter levels typical for medical imaging, namely, additive Gaussian noise of such intensity that it approximately corresponds to just noticeable differences, and signal-dependent Poisson noise; 2) The analysis of the multi-scale structural similarity index (MS-SSIM), which has not been previously explored in studies on lossy compression of noisy medical images; 3) A detailed examination of AVIF and HEIF coders to determine whether the optimal operating point (OOP) is observed for them and under which noise conditions; 4) The use of a dataset comprising ten medical images of varying visual complexity, with generalized tendencies revealed for different structural types; 5) The identification of the ability of many metrics to exhibit an OOP for images of moderate visual complexity or those dominated by homogeneous areas; 6) For Poisson noise, the demonstration of a dependence between the quality factor Q in the OOP and the average image intensity, which can be practically estimated for a given image; 7) The finding that different encoders require different approaches to determine their respective OOPs due to their distinct compression control parameters; 8) The observation that compression ratios achieved at the OOP are generally high, supporting the feasibility of using the OOP or its neighbourhood in practice.…”
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Internet addiction and mental health: a cross-sectional study and mediation analysis in medical students with a psychiatric major by Ying Lu, Ying Lu, Yue Lu, Yu Tian, Yu Gan, Xiaolu Chen, Xiaolu Chen, Xiao Li, Xiao Li

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Morrey Award 2023: radial head donor plug for capitellum osteochondral autograft transfer: a cadaveric biomechanical analysis by MAJMD Bryan G. Adams, LTMD Jeremy Tran, Steven Voinier, PhD, MAJMD Donald F. Colantonio, PhD, LTCMD Michael A. Donohue, PhD, LTCMD Kelly G. Kilcoyne, PhD, LTCDO Joseph W. Galvin, PhD

“…The radial head was removed from the specimen and biomechanical analysis performed. Results: Both surgical approaches had adequate exposure to access the lateral two-third capitellar lesions in all specimens. …”
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Genome-wide identification, tissue expression pattern, and salt stress response analysis of the NAC gene family in Thinopyrum elongatum by Jilin Sun, Xiaokuo Cui, Jiaqi Zhang, Fansen Meng, Jiangong Li, Shenghui Zhou, Changai Wu, Peng Zhou, Silong Sun, Long Han

“…Comprehensive physicochemical characterization revealed substantial variation among TeNAC proteins: amino acid length (162–718 aa), molecular weight (18.33–78.25 kDa), isoelectric point (6.5–7.5), instability index (30.34–63.32), and aliphatic index (50.92–80.68). Hydropathicity analysis confirmed the hydrophilic nature of all TeNACs, with grand average values consistently below zero. …”
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Health economic analysis for the ‘CURE Project’ pilot: a hospital-based tobacco dependency treatment service in Greater Manchester by Matthew Evison, Ram Sundar, Seamus Grundy, Andrea Crossfield, David Shackley, Julian Cox, Freya Howle, Kathryn Groom, Ryan Moore, Hannah Clegg, Cheryl Pearse, Michael Rutherford, Alex Tempowski, Beth Turnpenny, Hou Law, Al-Tahoor Butt, Muntasir Abdelaziz, Jane Coyne, Claire O’Rourke

“…The estimated average cost per patient who was discharged on pharmacotherapy was £97.40. …”
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Estimating the impact of maternal anemia on low-birth-weight in Sub-Saharan African countries: propensity score matching analysis by Bezawit Melak Fente, Angwach Abrham Asnake, Yohannes Mekuria Negussie, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Hiwot Altaye Asebe, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Mamaru Melkam, Meklit Melaku Bezie

“…To estimate the impact of anemia on low birth weight, we used PSM analysis with a logit model using psmatch2 ate STATA command to find the average treatment effect on the population (ATE), treated and untreated. …”
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Salvage treatment strategies for refractory sudden sensorineural hearing loss—a comprehensive review and meta-analysis with practical recommendations by Piero Giuseppe Meliante, Piero Giuseppe Meliante, Luigi D’Avino, Giuseppe Barba, Edoardo Covelli, Carla Petrella, Christian Barbato, Antonio Minni, Antonio Minni

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Effectiveness of Radiomics-Based Machine Learning Models in Differentiating Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lechang Zhang, Dewei Li, Tong Su, Tong Xiao, Shulei Zhao

“…ResultsThis meta-analysis included 24 studies with 14,406 cases, including 7635 PDAC cases. …”
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Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measures and quality of life in cancer (E-PROMISE): systematic review of the evidence and meta-analysis by Abdulqadir J Nashwan, Russell Kabir, Muhammad Aaqib Shamim, Pradeep Dwivedi, Noor Husain, Zarrin Ansari, Zahid Zahiri, Mamta Singh, Shambo Samrat Samajdar, Dinesh Dhodi, Bijaya Kumar Padhi, Aiman Zehra Kazmi, Suelen Queiroz

“…Objective The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis (SRMA) was to evaluate the impact of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with cancer.Design We performed SRMA of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing ePRO interventions with usual care in patients with cancer. …”
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