Detecting schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis vulnerability and major depressive disorder from 5 minutes of online-collected speech by Julianna Olah, Win Lee Edwin Wong, Atta-ul Raheem Rana Chaudhry, Omar Mena, Sunny X. Tang

“…Finally, in a 5-class discrimination task including individuals with MDD, our model had 76% accuracy (F1 macro = 0.757, Recall Macro = 0.758, Precision Macro = 0.766). …”
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Reproductive Potential and Population Growth of the Worm <i>Enchytraeus buchholzi</i> (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) Under Laboratory Conditions as Well as Regression Models by Limin Zhao, Guilan Ma

“…The statistical relationships help to comprehend the individual reproduction of <i>E. buchholzi</i>, understand deeply the logical sequence and the difference between individual and population reproductions, predict population dynamics of the worm, and provide its integrated pest management with a solid basis. …”
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Epidemiological analysis of pathogens of acute respiratory tract infection in Fengxian District， Shanghai from 2022 to 2023 by LIU Meihua, WANG Huanru, HU Yi, XIE Xiaohong, TAO Lixin, LIU Chen’an, WU Mei, FANG Ying, ZHAO Hongwei

“…The influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 are alternating, which is different from the past and requires a change in the previous prevention and control strategies.…”
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Development and validation of an Arabic questionnaire to assess the knowledge of neonatal danger signs (AQ-KNDS) and its possible determinants among Arab population by Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Suzan Abdel-Rahman, Marwa Abdelwahab Hassan, Marwa Abdelkarim, Engy Saad Abdelmoneim Elkaragy, Ayed A. Shati, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy

“…Results A total of 283 participants were included, their mean age was 32.3 ± 8.62 years, 96.5% were female, 94.7% were currently married, 27.6% had a university or higher education, and 83.7% were of urban residence. …”
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Abstract 077: Readmission Rates and Etiologies among Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Nationwide United States Analysis by Ibrahim Laswi, Maryam Arabi, Yousef Al‐Najjar, Soha Dargham, Salman Al Jerdi, Charbel Abi Khalil

“…Methods The Nationwide Readmission Database (NRD) was used to extract patients with SAH (ICD‐10 code: I60.x) from 2016‐2019. The difference in days between the index admission and the readmission was used to identify patients who were readmitted within 30 and 90 days. …”
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Qualitative analysis of negative and positive COVID-19 experiences of frontline client educators in a Canadian maritime province by Devesh Oberoi, Deborah McLeod, Sandra Saraydarian, Janine Giese-Davis

“…Many reported that COVID-19 had an unforeseen “silver lining” allowing these workers to find solace. …”
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Pretreatment Lipoprotein(a) as a Biomarker for EGFR Mutation and Prognosis in Lung Adenocarcinoma by Liu J, Liu Z, Xu D, Zhou T, Li A, Hu J, Li H, Li W, Wang Z, Yu Z, Zeng L

“…Logistic regression was used to analyze the EGFR mutation rate in different groups. Additionally, the relationship between pretreatment Lp(a) levels and prognostic PFS in patients with advanced (TNM stage IIIB-IV) lung adenocarcinoma treated with EGFR-TKIs was retrospectively analyzed by Cox regression, survival and stratified analysis methods.Results: We included 338 advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients, with median age of 64 years, and slightly more female patients (51.8%), most of whom had no smoking history (70.7%), no history of chronic lung disease (87.9%), and stage IV (81.1%) patients. …”
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Integrating Patient Choice and Collaborative Care Managers to Implement eHealth Tools in Depression: Self-Report Pilot Study by Jennifer Severe, Adrienne Lapidos, Danielle S Taubman, Amy Sochowicz, Sophia Wolk, Daniela Lopez, Abigail Biehl, Sagar V Parikh

“…Of the 19 participants reached and surveyed at week 6, 52% (16/31) remained actively engaged with their tools, including 2 users who had switched tools and 8 between 45 and 78 years old. …”
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LMOD2 interaction with ACTC1 regulates myogenic differentiation by Kaiming Wang, Caihong Liu, Lei Yi, Sui Liufu, Wenwu Chen, Xiaolin Liu, Bohe Chen, Xin Xu, Jingwen Liu, Xibing Liu, Yulong Yin, Haiming Ma

“…LMOD2 knockdown inhibited MyHC-I mRNA expression, but had no effect on MyHC-2b. The protein expression of MyHC-I, MyHC-2x, and MyHC-2b was suppressed after LMOD2 knockdown. …”
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Assessment of effect of chronic alcohol intoxication on certain parameters of the autonomic nervous system and cognitive functions by R. N. Аkalaev, V. Kh. Sharipova, A. A. Stopnitskiy, Kh. Sh. Khozhiev

“…All patients with severe intoxication had symptoms of toxic hepatitis, which was manifested by a significant increase in ALT, AST, LDH and bilirubin, exceeding the normal limits by 5.4, 5.4, 1.8, and 1.7 times, respectively. …”
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The impact of a simple positioning aid device on the diagnostic performance of thyroid cancer in CT scans: a randomized controlled trial by Wei-Hua Lin, Hui-Juan Huang, Wen-Cong Yang, Qing-Wen Huang, Rui-Gang Huang, Fu-Rong Luo, Dong-Yi Chen, Zheng-Han Yang, Hai-Tao Li, Hui-Huang Zeng, Hui-Jun Xiao

“…For the right thyroid lobe, Group A had significantly better diagnostic performance (AUC: 0.897 vs. 0.746, P = 0.016). …”
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L’emploi antique des géomatériaux à Reims/Durocortorum by Gilles Fronteau, Sébastien Laratte, Alain Devos, Claire Pichard

“…Indeed, our observations demonstrate that each particular context of use had a specific range of geomaterials associated with it. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of two interventions to promote physical activity in a multiethnic population at high risk of diabetes: an economic evaluation of the 48-month PROPELS r... by Melanie J Davies, Kamlesh Khunti, Laura J Gray, Thomas Yates, Stephen Sutton, Stephen Sharp, Joseph Henson, Simon J Griffin, Alan Brennan, Charlotte L Edwardson, Wendy Hardeman, Helen Eborall, Michael Gillett, Laura Ellen Heathcote, Daniel J Pollard

“…WA+ was estimated to be more effective and cheaper than WA. WA+ had an ICER of £49 273 per QALY gained versus usual care. …”
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Utility of extended HPV genotyping for the triage of self-sampled HPV-positive women in a screen-and-treat strategy for cervical cancer prevention in Cameroon: a prospective study... by Pierre Vassilakos, Evelyn Tincho, Bruno Kenfack, Patrick Petignat, Ania Wisniak, Celine Broquet, François Marcel Ndam Nsangou, Michel Noubom, Emilien Jeannot

“…Overall, triage positivity was of 68.4% for extended genotyping, 59.3% for VIA and 14.8% for cytology, with false positive rates of 83.4%, 84.1% and 37.7%, respectively. Extended genotyping had a higher sensitivity for CIN2+ detection (93.2%, CI: 81.3 to 98.6) than VIA (79.5%, CI: 64.7 to 90.2, p=0.034) and cytology (75.0%, CI: 59.7 to 86.8, p=0.005). …”
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Penerapan Logika Fuzzy Dan Metode Profile Matching Pada Sistem Pakar Medis Untuk Diagnosis Covid-19 Dan Penyakit Lain by Rusliyawati Rusliyawati, Agus Wantoro, Erliyan Redy Susanto

“…The results of the evaluation used 10 data from health centers in Bandar Lampung, the proposed method had an accuracy of 90%. The proposed method developed is able to provide fast, inexpensive and no side effects. …”
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Early results of primary total hip arthroplasty performed in young adults at a regional Saudi-Arabian orthopedics center: a prospective observational study by Walid M. Al-Shaer, Ali H. Al-Yami, Mokhtar Ahmed Al-Sayed, Ali Mohammed Al-Zaidan, Emad Ruddah Al-Sufyani, Ahmed A. Khalifa, Raad M. M. Al-Thaqafi, Abdulmohsen H. Al-Hamyani, Mohammed M. Al-Subaie

“…Younger patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) have different indications and outcomes than elderly patients. …”
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Prospective multi-centre analysis of rural trauma team development training for medical trainees and traffic law enforcement professionals in Uganda: an interrupted time series stu... by Herman Lule, Micheal Mugerwa, Robinson Ssebuufu, Patrick Kyamanywa, Jussi P. Posti, Michael Lowery Wilson

“…Conclusion This study demonstrates that rural trauma team development training had a positive effect on the test scores of course participants. …”
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Ischaemic stroke in patients with diabetes requiring urgent procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea: a retrospective, nationwide, population-based cohort study using... by Hye Jin Yoo, Sei Hyun Baik, Kyung Mook Choi, Min Jeong Park, Jeongeun Hwang, Jonghwa Ahn, Sung Joon Park, Eyun Song, Ahreum Jang

“…Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), a high-risk group for stroke, had compromised routine care during the pandemic, which increases the chance of stroke. …”
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Cardiac biomarkers for screening and prognostication of cardiac dysfunction in critically ill patients by Oscar Cavefors, Freyr Einarsson, Jakob Holmqvist, Odd Bech‐Hanssen, Sven‐Erik Ricksten, Björn Redfors, Jonatan Oras

“…Sensitivity and specificity for different cut‐off levels were calculated using receiver operating characteristic curves. …”
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Effect of a pay-it-forward strategy on reducing HPV vaccine delay and increasing uptake among 15- to 18-year-old girls in China: A randomized controlled trial. by Jing Li, Yifan Li, Chuanyu Qin, Yu He, Haidong Lu, Yewei Xie, Jason J Ong, Yajiao Lu, Ying Yang, Fan Yang, Heng Du, Wenfeng Gong, Fei Zou, Heidi J Larson, Mark Jit, Leesa Lin, Jennifer S Smith, Elvin H Geng, Dong Xu, Weiming Tang, Shenglan Tang, Joseph D Tucker, Dan Wu

“…The financial cost per person vaccinated was $294 in the control arm and $230 in the pay-it-forward arm. The trial had several limitations, including a 54% clinic attendance rate (360 of 662 consented participants attended) and its conduct in a single western province of China.…”
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