Musculoskeletal morbidity and associated factors among designated sanitation workers employed by Thiruvananthapuram corporation and its possible implications in primary care: A cro... by Pranav V. Vasisht

“…The designated sanitation workers employed by Thiruvananthapuram corporation were study population. 165 workers sampled out of 641 workers, working for not less than 12 months from before initiation of study, were included in study and were selected by simple random sampling. …”
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Temporal Changes in Blood Metabolome Among Patients on Hemodialysis by Vida Dehghan Niestanak, Natasha Wiebe, Lun Zhang, David S. Wishart, Marcello Tonelli, Larry D. Unsworth

“…Overall, 267 participants were selected; however, only 241 of these had required samples for analysis at the baseline, 137 at 6 months, 116 at 12 months, and 43 at 60 months. …”
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The Correlations between Volume Loss of Temporal and Subcortical Functional Subregions and Cognitive Impairment at Various Stages of Cognitive Decline by Fang Lu, Cailing Shi, Dingcai Rao, Wenjun Yue

“…Methods: We selected 711 participants from the AD Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database, which included 195 cases of cognitively normal (CN), 271 cases of early Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (EMCI), 132 cases of late MCI (LMCI), and 113 cases of AD. we looked at how subregion atrophy in the temporal lobe and subcortical nuclei correlated with cognition at different stages of AD. …”
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Unveiling the Triad’s Struggles and Triumphs in MDL: Valuable Insights for Post-Pandemic Resiliency and Recovery Roadmap by Julius R. Garzon

“…Participants comprised of 24 randomly selected teachers, parents, and learners each from four (4) districts of Maasin City via multi-stage cluster sampling. …”
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Performance evaluation and comparative analysis of different machine learning algorithms in predicting postnatal care utilization: Evidence from the ethiopian demographic and healt... by Daniel Niguse Mamo, Agmasie Damtew Walle, Eden Ketema Woldekidan, Jibril Bashir Adem, Yosef Haile Gebremariam, Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Ermias Bekele Enyew, Shimels Derso Kebede

“…Feature importance techniques were used to select the top predictors. The models' effectiveness was evaluated using sensitivity, specificity, F1 score, precision, accuracy, and area under the curve. …”
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Examining the Role of Sex Education in Maternal Awareness and Proficiency in Addressing Children’s Sexual Questions by Seyede Soraya Alavinezhad, Seyed Saeid Sajjadi Anari, Masoumeh Zabeti Arani, Morteza Valaei

“…The research encompasses mothers who participated in sex education training in Tehran during the years 2021-2022.A total of 20 mothers were selected through targeted sampling based on the following criteria: 1. …”
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Serologic vaccination response after solid organ transplantation: a systematic review. by Isabella Eckerle, Kerstin Daniela Rosenberger, Marcel Zwahlen, Thomas Junghanss

“…<h4>Results</h4>Of the 2478 papers initially identified, 72 were included in the final review. …”
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Mapping the research landscape of oral appliances in obstructive sleep apnea: a bibliometric analysis of trends, influential publications, and emerging areas by Gowri Sivaramakrishnan, Kannan Sridharan

“…Results Out of 1370 initially retrieved articles, 753 were selected for final analysis, revealing a marked increase in scientific output in recent years. …”
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Saudi urologists’ treatment pattern for high-risk Bacillus Calmette–Guérin naïve and Bacillus Calmette–Guérin unresponsive nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer by Mohammad Alghafees, Mohamad Abou Chakra, Abdullah Alkhayal, Mohamad Moussa, Mohammad Alkhamees, Bader Alsaikhan, Ahmed Alasker, Abdulrahman Alsayyari, Abdullah Alsaghyir, Ali Alkahtani, Michael A. O'Donnell

“…Conclusions: Saudi urologists have begun employing a bladder-sparing strategy, particularly intravesical chemotherapy, for BCG-unresponsive disease. To properly select treatment for this condition, there is an urgent need to implement initiatives to open clinical trials and provide guideline-based protocols to Saudi Arabia and throughout the Arab world.…”
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A comprehensive survey and comparative analysis of time series data augmentation in medical wearable computing. by Md Abid Hasan, Frédéric Li, Philip Gouverneur, Artur Piet, Marcin Grzegorzek

“…This proliferation has resulted in a notable increase in the availability of Time Series (TS) data characterizing behavioral or physiological information from the patient, leading to initiatives toward leveraging machine learning and data analysis techniques. …”
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Gastric cancer radiation therapy: a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature by Zhen-Hong Weng, Bin-Bin Chen, Jia-Rui Lin, Mu-Ming Xu, Jin-Peng Yuan, Hao-Kai Hu

“…Main thematic areas included isolated (niche) topics, emerging topics, hot (motor) topics, and necessary (basic) topics.ResultsA total of 2405 documents were initially retrieved, from which 484 articles closely related to gastric cancer radiation therapy were selected, showing an annual growth rate of -2.05%. …”
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Nationwide experience of treatment with protease inhibitors in chronic hepatitis C patients in Denmark: identification of viral resistance mutations. by Christina Sølund, Henrik Krarup, Santseharay Ramirez, Peter Thielsen, Birgit T Røge, Suzanne Lunding, Toke S Barfod, Lone G Madsen, Britta Tarp, Peer B Christensen, Jan Gerstoft, Alex L Laursen, Jens Bukh, Nina Weis, DANHEP group

“…<h4>Methods</h4>80 patients, who initiated and completed triple therapy in Denmark between May 2011 and November 2012, were included. …”
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Intelligent Control of Smooth Blasting Quality in Rock Tunnels Using BP-ANN, ENN, and ANFIS by Baoping Zou, Jianxiu Wang, Zhanyou Luo, Lisheng Hu

“…By using the methods of index utilization rate statistics, gray correlation analysis, and principal component analysis, this paper primarily elects and selects the control indexes; establishes the tunnel smooth blasting quality control index system; constructs a comprehensive optimization control model of tunnel smooth blasting quality using back propagation artificial neural network (BP-ANN), Elman neural network (ENN), and adaptive neuro fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS); and studies the tunnel smooth blasting quality control system. …”
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A systematic review on sleep stage classification and sleep disorder detection using artificial intelligence by Tayab Uddin Wara, Ababil Hossain Fahad, Adri Shankar Das, Md Mehedi Hasan Shawon

“…This review aims to comprehensively analyze recent literature on different approaches and outcomes in sleep studies, specifically on ‘sleep stages classification’ and ‘sleep disorder detection’ using Artificial Intelligence. Initially, 185 articles were selected from top journals, and eventually, 81 of them were reviewed in detail, covering the period from 2016 to 2023. …”
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Risk of recurrence and bleeding in patients with cancer‐associated venous thromboembolism treated with rivaroxaban: A nationwide cohort study by Mette Søgaard, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Flemming Skjøth, Jette Nordstrøm Kjældgaard, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen

“…However, among those who received rivaroxaban, the treatment appeared safe and effective with rates comparable to previous studies of selected populations.…”
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Obstetric outcomes and antenatal access among adolescent pregnancies in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa by Trishka Govender, P Reddy, S Ghuman

“…Qualitative interviews with randomly selected pregnant adolescents were conducted to assess experiences of ANC access and utilisation. …”
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Screening and identification of lactic acid bacteria and Allium chinense fermentation by multi-bacterial system by ZHANG Dai, ZHU Li, ZHAO Lingyan, YANG Chunya, NIE Minyu, DENG Fangming

“…A total of 25 lactic acid bacteria strains were initially screened, among which strains D1-9, D2-3 and D1 with strong acid production, acetoin production, and amino nitrogen production abilities were selected, respectively. …”
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Determination of the actual accuracy of GNSS positioning using a total station for monitoring landslide processes by V.V. Korobiichuk, D.V. Mitchenko

“…A Topcon ES-105 total station was used to perform coordinate-based surveys at all initially selected control points. To determine the average result using the total station, measurements were conducted three times on separate days. …”
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Evolution of the RNA alternative decay cis element into a high-affinity target for the immunomodulatory protein Roquin by Jan-Niklas Tants, Katharina Friedrich, Jasmina Neumann, Andreas Schlundt

“…In sum, our study sheds light on how the conserved Roquin protein selected ADE-specific structural features to evolve a second high-affinity mRNA target cis element relevant for adaptive immune regulation. …”
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Women Leaders in the Strategic Positions of Pharmaceutical Companies: Overcoming Barriers and Systemic Biases by Nsovo Nyeleti Mayimele

“…A systematic desktop review was conducted to analyse the websites and annual reports of 49 publicly listed MPCs that were selected from the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) 2021 register. …”
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