A Nomogram Based on Circulating Inflammatory Factors for Predicting Prognosis of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients by Wang M, Yue X, Ding Y, Cai Z, Xiao H, Huang H, He J

“…Mowang Wang,1– 4,* Xiaoyan Yue,5,* Yingying Ding,5,* Zhen Cai,1,4 Haowen Xiao,5 He Huang,1– 4 Jingsong He1,4 1Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University Medical Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Institute of Hematology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 4Zhejiang Province Engineering Laboratory for Stem Cell and Immunity Therapy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Hematology and Cell Therapy, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: He Huang; Jingsong He, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310006, People’s Republic of China, Email huanghe@zju.edu.cn; hejingsong@zju.edu.cnPurpose: The growth and survival of multiple myeloma (MM) cells depend heavily on bone marrow microenvironment, where inflammation emerges as a significant feature and is commonly associated with unfavorable prognosis in MM. …”
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Implementasi Algoritme Evolusioner NSGA-II pada Optimasi Daya Wireless Power Transfer Multi-Penerlima by Sabriansyah Rizqika Akbar, Eko Setiawan, Agung Setiabudi

“…Research on WPT technology is mainly conducted to achieve maximum power absorbed at the load on the receiving side. The current WPT technology is widely used and applied to charging electronic devices using the concept of the inductive coil. …”
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Penerapan Metode Association Rule Mining untuk Asosiasi Ulasan Terhadap Aspek Tempat Wisata Jawa Timur Park 3 by Aisyatul Maulidah, Fitra A. Bachtiar

“…These aspects include road access, cost, cleanliness, satisfaction, hustle, service, security, and technology. …”
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Pemanfaatan Fuzzy Logic dan Hill Climbing untuk Optimasi Pengelolaan Tempat Pengolahan Sampah Reduce-Reuse-Recycle (TPS 3R) pada Dinas Lingkungan Hidup (DLH) DKI Jakarta by Ramadana Arbi, Meinarini Catur Utami, Qurrotul Aini

“…Therefore, this study aims to build a decision support system in determining the priority of TPS 3R DLH DKI Jakarta by using an optimization method that refers to five criteria, namely land area, facilities, distance, road conditions, and environmental aesthetic conditions, as well as Rapid Application Development (RAD). …”
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Diagnostic properties of differing BP thresholds for adverse pregnancy outcomes in standard-risk nulliparous women: A secondary analysis of SCOPE cohort data. by Laura Slade, Maya Blackman, Hiten D Mistry, Jeffrey N Bone, Milly Wilson, Nuhaat Syeda, Lucilla Poston, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura A Magee, SCOPE Consortium

“…No BP threshold could rule-out adverse outcomes (i.e., had a negative LR <0.2). Limitations of our analysis include lack of ethnic diversity and use of values from clinical notes for BP within 2 weeks before birth. …”
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Postimplantation syndrome after endovascular aortic repair: Impact of endograft material and a review of the literature by Bahadir Aytekin, Hakki Zafer Iscan

“…After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, 171 patients were included. The patients had a mean age of 70.3±8.6 years and 93% were male. …”
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The role of Pharmaceutical Marketing in Prescribing Decisions in a Developing Country: A Comprehensive Study Exploiting Theory of Planned Behaviour by Mahmoud Al-Areefi, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Abubakr Abdelraouf Alfadl

“…Although literature directly attributing rise in medicines expenditure to prescribers’ decision, but still only a few researches had employed studies with sound theoretical foundations to comprehensively examine prescribing decision behaviours. …”
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Maternal HIV and syphilis are not syndemic in Brazil: Hot spot analysis of the two epidemics. by Mary Catherine Cambou, Eduardo Saad, Kaitlyn McBride, Trevon Fuller, Emma Swayze, Karin Nielsen-Saines

“…The state of Rio Grande do Sul had the highest rate of maternal HIV detection in both 2010 and 2018. …”
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Patient Perceptions of Surgeon Attire, Professionalism, and Gender Bias in Pakistani Public Hospitals by Maham Arshad, Zara Ali, Talha Tariq, Kainat Raza, Fatima Hashmi, Tarim Nayab

“…Eligible participants, excluding healthcare professionals to avoid bias, were adults who had visited a tertiary care hospital and could understand the survey questions. …”
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Causality Analysis of Air Quality and Meteorological Parameters for PM2.5 Characteristics Determination: Evidence from Jakarta by Tri Istiana, Budhy Kurniawan, Santoso Soekirno, Alberth Nahas, Alvin Wihono, Danang Eko Nuryanto, Suko Prayitno Adi, Muhammad Lukman Hakim

“…In conclusion, the significant outcome of our research is to show that individual air quality and meteorological parameters had an influence on local PM2.5 concentrations in the Jakarta region. …”
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A Prospective Observational Comparative study Between qSOFA and SIRS Scores for Early Prediction of Sepsis Outcome in an Emergency Medicine Department , Kozhencherry, South Centr... by Rahul Rajeev, , J S Krishna Raj, Anu T R, Pratibha Dabas, Roshni, Seeja Sumedhan

“…Results The majority of participants (59.9%) were over 50 years old, with a slight male predominance (54%). qSOFA scores of 0-1 were observed in 55.6% of patients, while 60.3% had SIRS scores of 3-4. The mean qSOFA and SIRS scores were 1.59 and 2.75, respectively. …”
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Levels of IL-6 and IL-1β in Umbilical Cord Blood in Relation to Mode of Birth by Ebru Aslan Patlakoğlu, Sündüz Özlem ALTINKAYA, Mustafa Uğur, Cuma Taşın, Nezaket Kadıoğlu

“…IL-6 and IL-1β levels were measured with commercial kits. All of the subjects had uncomplicated term singleton pregnancies. RESULTS: Both study groups showed no significant difference in maternal age, gestational week, birth weight, body mass index (p>0.05). …”
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Risk factors for and incidence of osteoporosis in patients with breast cancer by gender : a nationwide cohort study by Jin Ah Lee, Hye Sun Lee, Soyoung Jeon, Dooreh Kim, YoungJoo Lee, SooYun Bae, Woo-Chan Park, Chang Ik Yoon

“…Adjusting for other variables, females with osteoporosis had a higher hip or vertebral fracture risk than males (HR, 3.96; 95% CI, 1.24–12.64; p = 0.020). …”
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The clinical role of blood coagulation and platelet receptors gene allelic variants in development of cryoglobulinemic vasculitis at chronic hepatitis C by Yekaterina Ye. Starostina, M. V. Sokolova, L. M. Samokhodskaya, T. П. Rozina, T. N. Krasnova, Ye. B. Yarovaya, N. A. Mukhin

“…CGV patients in comparison to those with ACG had 4G mutant allele are significantly more frequent (odds ratio (OR): 4G=2,008) as well as genotypes 5G4G+4G4G (OR: 5G4G+4G4G=4,950) of the gene PAI-675 5G/4G, and in comparison to patients without CG - CC mutant genotype of the gene ITGB3 1565 T/C (р =0,047). …”
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Aerosol Measurements over India: Comparison of MAX-DOAS Measurements with Ground-based (AERONET) and Satellite-based (MODIS) Data by Prithviraj Mali, Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, Steffen Beirle, Thomas Wagner, Shrivardhan Hulswar, Swaleha Inamdar, Anoop S. Mahajan

“…At 477 nm, all three locations had a moderately positive correlation between the MAX-DOAS and MODIS AODs, with statistically significant correlation coefficients of 0.66, 0.61, and 0.60, respectively. …”
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Treatment and outcomes of high-risk neuroblastoma in Southeast Asia: a single-institution experience and review of the literature by Anselm Chi-Wai Lee, Chan Hon Chui, Robert Kwok, Kim Shang Lee, Chee Meng Fong, Wilfred Hing-Sang Wong

“…On log-rank testing, only the group of 17 patients who were exclusively treated at our centre had a survival advantage. Their five-year overall survival rate compared to patients whose initial chemotherapy was done elsewhere was 81.6% versus 41.1% (P = 0.011), and that of event-free survival was 69.7% versus 36.1% (P = 0.032). …”
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Evaluation of treatment strategies for patients with stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer in the immunotherapy era by Amy Alabaster, Jeffrey B. Velotta, Haley I. Tupper, Mark S. Walker, Yanina Natanzon

“…Results: Among 1718 eligible, the two main comparator groups (SC and CRI) had 431 (25%) and 576 (34%) patients; 711 patients received chemoradiation or monotherapy. …”
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Colonic stenting in acute malignant large bowel obstruction: audit of efficacy and safety in a Singapore tertiary referral centre by James Weiquan Li, James Chi-Yong Ngu, Kok Ren Lim, Shu Wen Tay, Bochao Jiang, Ramesh Wijaya, Sulaiman Yusof, Calvin Jianming Ong, Andrew Boon Eu Kwek, Tiing Leong Ang

“…Primary anastomosis rate was 98%. Thirty-nine patients had follow-up beyond 1-year posttreatment (median 34 months). …”
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Clinical characteristics of spinning-induced rhabdomyolysis and other causes of rhabdomyolysis: a comparative study by Kashyap Shroff, Moganapriya d/o Gunasegaren, Kunzang Norbu, Eunizar Omar

“…SER patients were predominantly female (77% vs. 24% vs. 26%, P < 0.01), Chinese (100% vs. 47% vs. 79%, P < 0.01) and younger (mean age 27.7 vs. 34.6 vs. 59.4 years, P < 0.01) than those with ER and NER. The SER group had the highest CK level (20,000 vs. 10,465 vs. 6,007 U/L, P < 0.01) but the lowest mean serum creatinine level (53.5 vs. 80.9 vs. 143.5 mmol/L, P < 0.01) compared to the ER and NER groups. …”
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Reading the diplomatic reports of Petras Klimas from Paris by Algis Kasperavičius

“…In this struggle, both Lithuanian and Polish diplomats tried to turn French public opinion to their own advantage, sometimes granting subsidies to some newspapers and journalists. The Poles had larger financial possibilities and influence on French public opinion. …”
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