The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and the associated factors in a multiethnic upper-middle-income country in Asia: findings from a nationwide community-based study in 2023 by Kim Sui Wan, Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff, Halizah Mat Rifin, Wah Kheong Chan, Kishwen Kanna Yoga Ratnam, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Hamizatul Akmal Abd Hamid, Masni Mohamad, Nurain Mohd Noor, Feisul Mustapha, Noor Ani Ahmad

“…Methods This was a nationwide community-based cross-sectional study in Malaysia with two-stage stratified random sampling in 2023. …”
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Comparing approaches to ordering peanut component–resolved diagnostics to reduce the need for oral food challenges by Raymond Mak, MD, Edmond S. Chan, MD, Michael Irvine, PhD, Jia Yi Huang, MSC, James Hethey, MD, Sheila Hartstein, MD, Li Wang, MD

“…Objective: This study aims to evaluate the rates of oral food challenge (OFC) when CRD is ordered: routinely for all patients, selectively on the basis of clinical characteristics, or guided by other peanut biomarkers. Methods: We compared OFC rates between 2 cohorts. …”
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Tracking the infection dynamics of Fusarium oxysporum in Codonopsis pilosula based on GFP labelling by Mingming Shi, Huixia Li, Wei Guo, Ning Luo, Jinghuan Chen, Yonggang Liu, Rui Liu, Zhenchuan Mao

“…Due to the unclear pathogenic mechanisms of F. oxysporum on C. pilosula, the effective implementation of control measures has been greatly restricted.MethodsAn efficient protoplast preparation and genetic transformation system was established for F. oxysporum FO-1, enabling real-time tracking of fungal colonization in C. pilosula. …”
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Sea buckthorn-derived extracellular vesicles foster bone regeneration through aau-miR168-mediated pathways by Mai Zhao, Xiaolin Chen, Wenyan Wang, Mengying Li, Hui Zhang, Xiuqun Zou, Jiamin Wang, Qian Cong, Xingyuan Ma, Zhaoyuan Hou, Haodong Lin, Hao Jia

“…This study aims to elucidate the osteogenic and bone-healing properties of SAEVs. Methods SAEVs were isolated from sea buckthorn juice via differential centrifugation and characterized using electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. …”
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Patient Burden And Impact Of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis In the Spanish Healthcare System: The APOLO Cross-Sectional Study by Pablo De La Cueva Dobao, Laia Curto Barredo, Juan Francisco Silvestre Salvador, Esther Serra Baldrich, Pedro Herranz Pinto, Natalia Hernández Cano, Francisco Javier Ortiz De Frutos, Gastón Roustan Gullón, Rosa María Izu Belloso, Irene Arévalo Ortega, Alicia González Quesada, Manuel Galán Gutiérrez, Yolanda Gilaberte Calzada, Daniel Arumi Torredemer, Noelia Llevat Felius, Irene Hernández Martín, Francisco José Rebollo Laserna

“…Objective: This study aims to determine the multidimensional impact of atopic dermatitis (AD) on patients and the Spanish healthcare system. …”
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Benefits, harms, and cost-effectiveness of risk model-based and risk factor-based low-dose computed tomography screening strategies for lung cancer: a systematic review by Yin Liu, Qingchao Geng, Xin Lin, Chenxi Feng, Youlin Qiao, Shaokai Zhang

“…In this review, we provide an overview of the benefits, harms, and cost-effectiveness of these two strategies in lung cancer screening application, as well as discussing possible future research directions. Methods Following the PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive literature search was conducted across PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane libraries, and EMBASE from January 1994 to April 2024. …”
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Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest in the Republic of Crimea: Analysis of Epidemiology and Practice of Care by A. A. Birkun, L. P. Frolova, G. N. Buglak, S. S. Olefirenko

“…Introduction. Efficient organization of measures aimed at decreasing mortality from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) warrants a clear understanding of OHCA epidemiology and performance of the prehospital care system in such cases. …”
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Mini-cutting technique for the propagation of a Eucalyptus camaldulensis clone selected in a semiarid region by Francisco Emerson F. de Felice, Poliana C. Dias-Araujo, Ewerton S. Pinheiro, Carlos Vergara

“…These results confirm the mini-cutting technique as an efficient and practical solution for large-scale propagation, offering valuable applications in commercial forestry under challenging environmental conditions. …”
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Current applications of indocyanine green fluorescence angiography in trauma patients and its potential impact: a systematic review by Falco Hietbrink, Karlijn van Wessem, Eline Anna Breuking, Emma J de Fraiture, David D Krijgh, Ivar GJM de Bruin, Jetske Ruiterkamp

“…All studies reported beneficial effects such as necrosis detection, determination of resection/debridement margins and reduction of debridement procedures. …”
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Nurse prescribing right: a bibliometric analysis by Yingying Wang, Yingying Wang, Ruixiao Jia, Su Gu, Zihan Wang, Liqun Zhu, Shaoyong Ma

“…BackgroundThe concept of nurse prescribing rights is undergoing rapid evolution, and there is increasing interest in academic circles regarding research on this topic.ObjectiveThis study aims to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of nurses’ prescribing rights to understand the research background, emerging trends, and relevant academic impacts in this field, so as to provide valuable insights for the formulation of health policies and the promotion of more equitable and efficient healthcare services.MethodsWe conducted a bibliometric analysis of the articles on nurses’ prescribing rights from the establishment of the database until 6 December 2023. …”
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Investigating the Soil Hardness on Personal Subsidiary and Individual Peasant Farms by Aleksandr S. Ulanov, Vladimir F. Kupryashkin, Nikolay I. Naumkin, Dmitry A. Naumkin

“…The study is aimed at identifying the hardness of medium-loamy gray forest soil on different soil horizons typical for growing fruits and vegetables in personal subsidiary and individual peasant farms. Materials and Methods. To measure the soil hardness, there are used different types of penetrometers: percussion, statically loaded and forcibly pressing a deformer (cone, cy­linder, and ball) into the soil. …”
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Development and validation of an EHR-based risk prediction model for geriatric patients undergoing urgent and emergency surgery by Edward N. Yap, Jie Huang, Joshua Chiu, Robert W. Chang, Bradley Cohn, Judith C. F. Hwang, Mary Reed

“…Abstract Background Clinical determination of patients at high risk of poor surgical outcomes is complex and may be supported by clinical tools to summarize the patient’s own personalized electronic health record (EHR) history and vitals data through predictive risk models. …”
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Impact of Bobath Based Rehabilitation Program and Conventional Physiotherapy: Children with Hydrocephalus by Tanpreet Kaur Bakshi, Jaspreet Singh Vij, Ashish Chhabra

“…Materials and methods. The study design was quasi experimental in nature. …”
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The effects of dose, valency, and affinity on TfR-mediated brain delivery in vivo by Gillian Bonvicini, Sunitha Singh, Lisa Sandersjöö, Dag Sehlin, Stina Syvänen, Ken G. Andersson

“…Therefore, the aim was to evaluate the independent effects of valency and affinity on TfR-mediated brain delivery at different doses. Methods Affinity variants of antibody 8D3 were produced by introducing alanine point mutations into the complementarity-determining regions. …”
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Machine Learning for the Early Prediction of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Haofuzi Zhang, Peng Zou, Peng Luo, Xiaofan Jiang

“… BackgroundDelayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) is a primary contributor to death after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), with significant incidence. Therefore, early determination of the risk of DCI is an urgent need. Machine learning (ML) has received much attention in clinical practice. …”
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From In Vitro Cytotoxicity to In Vivo Zebrafish Assays: A Study on 3,3-Dichloro β-, γ- and δ-Lactams and Their Biological Activity Profiles by Faïza Diaba, María del Carmen Morán, Elisabet Teixidó

“…This study aims to evaluate the hemolytic behavior and cytotoxic properties of ten 3,3-dichlorolactams against A431 tumor and 3T3 fibroblast cells, with a particular focus on their selective toxicity. <b>Methods:</b> To achieve this, we assessed the hemocompatibility and cytotoxic effects of the lactams, determining their impact on cell viability through MTT and NRU assays. …”
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Viral kinetics among persons living with HIV (PLWH) on Dolutegravir-based antiretroviral Regimen: A retrospective and prospective analysis from selected HIV clinics in Ghana. by Samuel Badu Nyarko, Joel Adu Twum, Aikins Sarpong Obeng, Helena Dede Djangba, Oksana Ryabinina, Foster Kyei, George Boateng Kyei, Nicholas Ekow Thomford

“…However, monitoring viral kinetics is critical for determining treatment efficacy and making sound judgments. …”
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Optimasi Sistem Penempatan Magang Menerapkan Algoritme Genetika by Satrio Agung Wicaksono

“…During this time, manual internship placement takes more time, so less efficient. Therefore, this research tries to approach using Genetic Algorithm to make it easier in determining the internship placement by applying the applicable rules. …”
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Segmentation of the target audience of paid educational programs at children’s school of art: Problems and current management decisions by Natal'ya V. Litvinova

“…Segmentation of the potential audience allows you to quickly and efficiently achieve some of the goals of the institution - image enhancement, customer satisfaction, customer loyalty.The general issues of audience segmentation are well presented in the scientific literature, the topic is analyzed for preschool education of children. …”
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A two-stage deep learning architecture for detection global coastal and offshore submesoscale ocean eddy using SDGSAT-1 multispectral imagery by Linghui Xia, Baoxiang Huang, Ruijiao Li, Ge Chen

“…Most existing eddy detection methods rely on low-resolution satellite altimeter data, which fail to capture submesoscale ocean features and oceanographic phenomena in shallow water. …”
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