Prediction Model for Brain Metastasis in Patients With Metastatic Germ‐Cell Tumors by Tareq Salous, Ryan Ashkar, Sandra K. Althouse, Clint Cary, Timothy Masterson, Nasser H. Hanna, Jennifer King, Lawrence H. Einhorn, Nabil Adra

“…We aimed to establish an effective and practical BM prediction model. Patients and Methods Between January 1990 and September 2017, 2291 patients with mGCT who were treated at Indiana University were identified. …”
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Phytotea “ATINE” has beneficial effects on some neural, endocrine, immune, metabolic and biophysics variables in patients with maladaptation by Igor Bombushkar, Anatoliy Gozhenko, Ivan Savytskyi, Dariya Popovych, Nataliya Badiuk, Anatoliy Anchev, Viktor Duzhar, Igor Popovych

“…The parameters of metabolism, EEG, HRV, acupuncture, biophotonics, cholekinetics, immunity, microbiota as well as adaptation hormones was assessed using routine methods, and two equal groups were formed on this basis. …”
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Empagliflozin-Pretreated MSC-Derived Exosomes Enhance Angiogenesis and Wound Healing via PTEN/AKT/VEGF Pathway by Wang H, Bai Z, Qiu Y, Kou J, Zhu Y, Tan Q, Chen C, Mo R

“…Current treatment methods are limited and often ineffective in promoting wound repair. …”
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Exploring Research Trends and Mechanisms: Maternal Diabetes and Neural Tube Defects (1991–2023) by Cao L, Xi Y, Jing Z, Bao Z, Bai B, Lian X, Zhang X, Di J, Liu F

“…The cluster analysis of keywords obtained eight clusters, and the research focus was on the pathogenesis of NTDs induced by maternal diabetes.Conclusion: This study employed bibliometric methods to visualize the research landscape of NTDs induced by maternal diabetes, aiming to comprehend trends and identify key areas of interest in this domain. …”
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Exploring the Potential of Chaihu-Danggui Tang in Breast Cancer Treatment Based on Network Pharmacology, Molecular Docking, and Experimental Validation by Liu Y, Zhang J, Lai Y, Wu C, Liu D, Liang R, Chen G, Jiang X

“…In this study, we used network pharmacology, molecular docking, and experimental validation methods to investigate the core components, key targets, and possible mechanisms through which CHDGT may exert therapeutic effects in BC treatment.Methods: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology (TCMSP) was employed to obtain the active ingredient and targets of CHDGT. …”
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Assessing the Causal Relationship between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Tuberculosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Wang Z, Zhao S, Zhou Y, He Y

“…However, their causal relationship remains unclear.Methods: We utilized genome-wide association study (GWAS) datasets to conduct bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization and multivariable Mendelian randomization analyses. …”
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NDVI estimation using Sentinel-1 data over wheat fields in a semiarid Mediterranean region by Emna Ayari, Zeineb Kassouk, Zohra Lili-Chabaane, Nadia Ouaadi, Nicolas Baghdadi, Mehrez Zribi

“…The use of RF and SVR outperformed the curve-fitting methods with an RMSE equal to 0.12. The present findings revealed the high accuracy of the proposed approach to estimate the missing values of wheat fields NDVI values during the vegetation development period until heading and the senescence phase. …”
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Formative Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Websites for Men: Qualitative Study with Men at Risk of Suicide and with Potential Gatekeepers by Doreen Reifegerste, Anna J M Wagner, Lisa Huber, Manuel Fastuca

“…The focus group sample was equally distributed regarding gender and age. Recruitment was conducted together with a field research partner who posted adverts on Facebook and Instagram (Meta) to reach as many potential participants as possible in an efficient way. …”
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Effectiveness of a Four-Stage Death Education Model Based on Constructivist Learning Theory for Trainee Nursing Students by Yang Y, Li Y, Fu J, Guo D, Xue J

“…Yujing Yang,1,* Yue Li,2,* Jia Fu,3 Dan Guo,4 Jingjing Xue1 1Fundamental Nursing Teaching- Research Department, Fenyang College of Shanxi Medical University, Fenyang City, Shanxi Province, 032200, People’s Republic of China; 2Academic Affairs Office, Fenyang College of Shanxi Medical University, Fenyang City, Shanxi Province, 032200, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, 030013, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Research and Teaching, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation 731 Hospital, Beijing City, 100074, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yujing Yang, Fundamental Nursing Teaching- Research Department, Fenyang College of Shanxi Medical University, No. 16 Xueyuan Road, Fenyang City, Shanxi Province, 032200, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18335846366, Email yangyj2024yj@163.comObjective: To explore the effectiveness of the four-step death education model based on constructivist learning theory in enhancing the death coping abilities and attitudes of trainee nurses and improving course satisfaction.Methods: Sixty-six trainee nurses from a tumour hospital in Shanxi Province were selected as the study subjects, and a class-experimental research design was adopted, in which the nursing students before the course implementation were taken as the control group and those after the course implementation were taken as the experimental group. …”
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Harnessing Research Pressure: A Dual Chain Mediation Effects of Achievement Motivation and Research Anxiety on Innovative Behavior Under Challenge-Hindrance Research Stressors by Ma J, Hu L

“…Grounded in the cognitive transactional theory of stress and adopting a “perception → psychology → behavior” research framework, this study develops a dual chain mediation model to explain the association between challenge-hindrance research stressors and researchers’ innovative behavior.Patients and Methods: A two-wave survey was conducted, collecting 887 valid responses from researchers across 30 provinces in China. …”
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Evaluation of Virtual Learning Environment of Medical Students Using Distance Education Learning Environment Survey Questionnaire at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences by Mohammadali Mohammadi, Majid Khadem-Rezaiyan, Masoud youssefi, Maryam Alinezhad Namaghi

“…Sampling was conducted using a multi-stage method. Initially, students were chosen from different educational levels (basic science, physiopathology, externship, and internship). …”
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Efficient Detection of Stigmatizing Language in Electronic Health Records via In-Context Learning: Comparative Analysis and Validation Study by Hongbo Chen, Myrtede Alfred, Eldan Cohen

“…Model fairness was evaluated using the equal performance criterion, measuring true positive rate, false positive rate, and F1-score disparities across protected attributes, including sex, age, and race. …”
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The Role of Women’s Empowerment in Fertility Preferences and Outcomes: Analysis of the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey by Sitta Fiakhsani Taqwim, Masoud Vaezghasemi, Sara Castel-Feced, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Julia Schröders

“…Women’s empowerment has been identified as a critical factor influencing fertility dynamics, gender equality, reproductive autonomy, and broader socioeconomic development. …”
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Peculiarities of dynamics of level of the acute phase C-reactive protein and its connection with the immune system of organism in patients, suffering the ulcer gastro-intestinal he... by M. V. Trofimov, V. P. Kryshen, A. V. Chukhrienko

“…The control group consisted of 50 relatively healthy persons (donors), who have had approximately equal age, the gender distribution with the patients investigated, while procedure of the indices determination in them was the same. …”
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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR MATCHING QUALIFICATIONS TO THE LEVELS OF THE NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK by Volodymyr Kovtunets, Sergiy Londar, Serhii Melnyk, Oles Kovtunets

“…But for some national qualification frameworks that use only three descriptors maximal dimension of matrices equals three. Therefore, some simple approximation methods for eigenvector computing may be applied using only minimal means of Microsoft Excel or analogous applications. …”
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On influence of structural features on stress-strain state of a reinforced concrete floor slab by A. V. Selivanov, F. F. Reger, I. A. Chakurin

“…An assessment of the influence for the type of bonds and the magnitude of the prestress of the longitudinal working reinforcement on the stress-strain state of the reinforced concrete floor slab, developed by the authors was made.Materials and methods. The studies on a finite element model of a reinforced concrete floor slab, implemented in LIRA software package were carried out.Results. …”
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Impact of Pathological Grades of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease on Weight Loss Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by Qu YF, Wang K, Li Y, Cheng YG, Hu SY, Zhong MW

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect of fatty liver severity on percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL) in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG).Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 226 patients with obesity who underwent LSG. …”
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Effect of Plyometric Exercises of Lower Limb on Strength, Postural Control, and Risk of Falling in Stroke Patients by Ahmed K. Abd Elsabour, Hoda M. Zakaria, Ebtesam M. Fahmy, Azza Sayed Abdelrehim Khalil, Reem M. Alwhaibi, Walaa M. Ragab, Shreen I. Taha

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> This study involved 40 chronic left stroke patients randomly divided into two equal groups. …”
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Comparative evaluation of BRIX3000 and Carisolv in chemomechanical caries removal in immature permanent first molars: a randomized controlled trial by Mohammad Malek Rajab, Mawia Karkoutly, Samar Alsalameh, Shadi Azzawi

“…Conclusions All methods were equally effective in removing caries. …”
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Coronavirus pandemic as a reason for limitation of human rights and freedoms by G. A. Vasilevich, I. Yu. Ostapovich, E. G. Kalinina

“…The article is based on the dialectical method, as well as at the logical, historical, systemic methods. …”
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