Changing incidence of reported viral hepatitis in China from 2004 to 2016: an observational study by Yanhang Gao, Ruihong Wu, Mingyuan Zhang, Hongqin Xu, Julia Uhanova, Robert Gish, Xiaoyu Wen, Qinglong Jin, Minuk Y Gerald, M H Nguyen, J Niu

“…This study aims to provide a detailed national-level description of the reported incidence of viral hepatitis in China during 2004–2016.Design Observational study.Setting Data were obtained from China’s National Notifiable Disease Reporting System, and changing trends were estimated by joinpoint regression analysis.Participants In this system, 16 927 233 reported viral hepatitis cases occurring during 2004–2016 were identified.Primary outcome measure Incidence rates per 100 000 person-years and changing trends were calculated.Results There were 16 927 233 new cases of viral hepatitis reported in China from 2004 to 2016. …”
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Sex hormones influence on epilepsy in young men by T.A. Litovchenko, O.A. Goncharova, A.O. Voitiuk, O.P. Zavalna, V.A. Florikian, O.Yu. Sukhonosova

“…The studies were carried out on the basis of clinical symptoms and instrumental data analysis. The hormonal status of the subjects was studied by determining serum level of sex hormones. …”
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A novel cross-validated machine learning based Alertix-Cancer Risk Index for early detection of canine malignancies by Hanan Sharif, Hanan Sharif, Reza Arabi Belaghi, Kiran Kumar Jagarlamudi, Sara Saellström, Liya Wang, Henrik Rönnberg, Staffan Eriksson, Staffan Eriksson

“…Serum TK1 protein levels were measured using TK1-ELISA and cCRP levels by a quantitative ELISA. The whole data set was divided as training (70%) and validation (30%). …”
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Psychometric properties of the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale and the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire in three German samples by Ariane Göbel, Lisa Lüersen, Eva Asselmann, Petra Arck, Anke Diemert, Susan Garthus-Niegel, Susanne Mudra, Julia Martini

“…Aim The study aim was to investigate the psychometric properties of the German versions of both MPAS and PBQ, across three different German-speaking study samples. Methods Maternal data from three longitudinal studies from Hamburg, Germany (PAULINE-PRINCE study, N = 229), and Dresden, Germany (MARI study, N = 286; DREAM study, N = 1,968), were used to investigate the psychometric properties (descriptive statistics, item difficulty, inter-item correlations) and the factorial structure (confirmatory factor analysis, CFA; principal axis factoring, PAF) of both MPAS and PBQ. …”
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Clinical and morphological myocardial changes in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome by S. V. Mayrina, I. A. Makarov, L. B. Mitrofanova, M. S. Vonsky, A. L. Runov, K. A. Papko, O. M. Moiseeva

“…Group II was also divided into two subgroups with and without morphologically verified myocarditis. In addition to the analysis of clinical and paraclinical data, a histological and immunohistochemical study of myocardial tissue was carried out with anti-CD3, CD68, CD16, HLA-DR, MHC1, C1q, enterovirus VP1, SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, ACE2, Ang1, von Willebrand factor, VEGF antibodies, as well as a PCR of myocardial tissue after reverse transcription. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Pediatric Pertussis Cases: A Retrospective Study from Southeast Romania by Cristina Maria Mihai, Ancuta Lupu, Tatiana Chisnoiu, Adriana Luminita Balasa, Ginel Baciu, Silvia Fotea, Vasile Valeriu Lupu, Violeta Popovici, Simona Claudia Cambrea, Mircea Grigorian, Felicia Suciu, Florin-Daniel Enache, Anna Sora, Ramona Mihaela Stoicescu

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Trends and inequalities in full immunisation coverage among one-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019 by Augustus Osborne, Camilla Bangura, Umaru Sesay, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…Ensuring vaccine availability, trained personnel, and data collection for monitoring could be useful. There is also the need to develop targeted interventions for regions with lower coverage. …”
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Assessing the Cultural Fit of a Digital Sleep Intervention for Refugees in Germany: Qualitative Study by Maja Blomenkamp, Andrea Kiesel, Harald Baumeister, Dirk Lehr, Josef Unterrainer, Lasse B Sander, Kerstin Spanhel

“…A total of 17 semistructured interviews (11 for the adapted, 6 for the nonadapted intervention version) and 9 think-aloud sessions (6 for the adapted, 3 for the nonadapted intervention version) were conducted to assess cultural appropriateness, suggestions for adaptations, and perceived relevance. Data were transcribed, categorized, and analyzed using structured qualitative content analysis. …”
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Effect of polar functional groups on the hydrophobicity of carbon nanotubes-bacterial cellulose nanocomposite by Sa’aya Nurul Syahirah Nasuha, Halim Norhana Abdul, Norrrahim Mohd Nor Faiz, Tajuddin Hairul Anuar, Demon Siti Zulaikha Ngah, Azmi Ahmad Farid Mohd

“…While different functionalized BXC nanocomposites exhibit varying OH-group characteristics in their FTIR spectra, Raman spectroscopy data demonstrate that BXC-OH has the lowest I D/I G ratio, indicating defect levels around 0.80. …”
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HPV awareness and vaccine knowledge gaps among adults in bahrain: a community-based study by Reem Alzahrani, Maha Ali Alghamdi, Amna M. A. Mahmud, Faris Alsobyani, Sebastien Taurin, Moiz Bakhiet

“…A web-based questionnaire was developed to collect data about socio-demographic characteristics, and knowledge regarding HPV and HPV vaccine and was forwarded through various social media pl. …”
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Characteristics of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in patients with systemic sclerosis by M. N. Starovoytova, O. V. Desinova, L. P. Ananieva, O. A. Koneva, L. А. Garzanova, O. B. Ovsyannikova, R. U. Shayakhmetova

“…At the same time, there is insufficient information in the literature on the clinical course of COVID-19 in systemic sclerosis (SSc), a systemic autoimmune disease associated with high mortality.Objective: to identify the characteristics of coronavirus disease in SSc and risk factors for severe COVID-19 and death.Material and methods. A retrospective analysis of data from patients with SSc was performed. …”
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Validation of the Nociception Level Index for the Detection of Nociception and Pain in Critically Ill Adults: Protocol for an Observational Study by Céline Gélinas, Shiva Shahiri T, Han Ting Wang, Maria Cecilia Gallani, Walid Oulehri, Denny Laporta, Philippe Richebé

“…Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the NOL will be performed for Groups A and B using pain standard measures as reference criteria. …”
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Concurrent modes of climate variability linked to spatially compounding wind and precipitation extremes in the Northern Hemisphere by B. François, K. Teber, L. Brett, R. Leeding, L. Gimeno-Sotelo, L. Gimeno-Sotelo, L. Gimeno-Sotelo, D. I. V. Domeisen, D. I. V. Domeisen, L. Suarez-Gutierrez, L. Suarez-Gutierrez, E. Bevacqua

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Morphological and immunohistochemical features of deobliterated femoral arteries and saphenous veins of patients with obliterating atherosclerosis of the lower extremities vessels... by I. S. Shpon’ka, O. L. Tkachuk, O. I. Gudz, O. V. Poslavs’ka

“…Primary monoclonal antibodies CD31, Ki-67, Collagen IV, aSM-1, Myosin, Desmin, MMP-9, TIMP-1 were used. Statistical analysis of data was carried out in the program SPSS Statistica 17.0. …”
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Inequalities in oral health: estimating the longitudinal economic burden of dental caries by deprivation status in six countries by Gerard Dunleavy, Neeladri Verma, Radha Raghupathy, Shivangi Jain, Joao Hofmeister, Rob Cook, Marko Vujicic, Moritz Kebschull, Iain Chapple, Nicola West, Nigel Pitts

“…Methods A cohort simulation model was developed to estimate the direct costs of dental caries over time for different socioeconomic groups. …”
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Open-Source High-Throughput Phenotyping for Blueberry Yield and Maturity Prediction Across Environments: Neural Network Model and Labeled Dataset for Breeders by Jing Zhang, Jerome Maleski, Hudson Ashrafi, Jessica A. Spencer, Ye Chu

“…Instead, visual ratings as an estimation of yield are often used as a faster way to quantify the yield, which is categorical and subjective. In this study, we developed and shared a high-throughput phenotyping method using neural networks to predict blueberry time to maturity and to provide a proxy for yield, overcoming the labor constraints of obtaining high-frequency data. …”
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ROLE OF THE CELLULAR IMMUNITY IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF BRAIN CONTUSION by A. O. Norka, S. V. Vorobyev, R. N. Kuznetsova, M. K. Serebriakova, I. V. Kudryavtsev, S. N. Kovalenko

“…However, according to the latest available data, they are subsequently able to stimulate the processes of repair and regeneration in the brain tissue. …”
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Application of a Dual-Stream Network Collaboratively Based on Wavelet and Spatial-Channel Convolution in the Inpainting of Blank Strips in Marine Electrical Imaging Logging Images:... by Guilan Lin, Sinan Fang, Manxin Li, Hongtao Wu, Chenxi Xue, Zeyu Zhang

“…By designing a texture-aware data prior algorithm, a high-quality training dataset with geological rationality is generated. …”
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Childhood maltreatment and depression: mediating role of lifestyle factors, personality traits, adult traumas, and social connections among middle-aged and elderly participants by Xuemei Wang, Zhi Cao, Shaohua Yin, Tingshan Duan, Tao Sun, Chenjie Xu

“…Methods We used a nationwide cohort data from the UK Biobank, involving half a million participants aged 37–73 years, recruited across 22 centers in the UK between 2006 and 2010. …”
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RESULTS OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE UPPER AIRWAY PRESSURE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA by A. V. Pevzner, E. Sh. Bayrambekov, A. Yu. Litvin, E. M. Elfimova, V. V. Ermishkin, S. F. Sokolov, S. P. Golitsyn

“…During 12 month follow-up, comparative analysis was done, of AAM efficacy in both groups of patients. …”
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