Associations between nighttime or weekend deliveries and adverse maternal, birth, and neonatal outcomes: secondary analysis of the MANGO study in western Kenya by Maneet K. Virk, Jenine Shafi, Pooja Maheria, Garoma Basha, Harold E. Kooreman, John Humphrey, James G. Carlucci, Audrey Chepkemoi, Caitlin Bernard, Megan S. McHenry, Beverly Musick, Caroline Kerich, Winnie Matelong, Constantin T. Yiannoutsos, Wycliffe Kosgei, Julia Songok, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Edwin Were, Rena C. Patel

“…More than half of deliveries occurred during nighttime (6pm to 7am)/weekends (62.6%). In multivariate modeling, nighttime/weekend delivery was associated with a reduced risk of adverse composite maternal outcomes (adjusted risk ratio [aRR] 0.92, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.88, 0.96) and composite birth outcomes (aRR 0.92, 95% CI: 0.88, 0.96). …”
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Hybrid cardiac rehabilitation trial (HYCARET): protocol of a randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority trial in South America by Sherry L Grace, Fernando Lanas, Pamela Serón, Maria J Oliveros, Gabriel N Marzuca-Nassr, Gladys Morales, Claudia Román, Sergio R Muñoz, Nicolás Saavedra

“…There is an urgent need to create more accessible CR delivery models to reach all patients in need. This trial aims to evaluate if the prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events is not inferior in a hybrid CR programme compared with a standard programme.Method and analysis A non-inferiority, pragmatic, multicentre, parallel (1:1), prospective, randomised and open with blinded endpoint assessment clinical trial will be conducted. 308 patients with coronary artery disease will be recruited consecutively. …”
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Mobile Phone Auscultation Accurately Diagnoses Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Nonlinear Respiratory Biofluid Dynamics by Caroline Emily Gosser, Luther Daniel, Martin Huecker, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Hiram Rivas, Jarred Jeremy Thomas, Ryan Close

“…The recordings from the egophonic and axillary sites were initially modeled separately and then combined in a single composite model. …”
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A Numerical Investigation of the Deformation Mechanism of a Large Metro Station Foundation Pit under the Influence of Hydromechanical Processes by Yan Wang, Yongjun Zhang, Mingfei Li, Yi Qi, Tianhui Ma

“…Considering the unique conditions of deep and large subway foundation pit excavation affected by heavy rainfall in soil-rock composite strata, this paper employs finite element numerical simulation methods to study foundation pit instability under the influence of heavy rainfall. …”
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ID1 and ID3 functions in the modulation of the tumour immune microenvironment in adult patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia by Nathaly Poveda-Garavito, Nathaly Poveda-Garavito, Nathaly Poveda-Garavito, Carlos A. Orozco Castaño, Carlos A. Orozco Castaño, Yulieth Torres-Llanos, Yulieth Torres-Llanos, Yulieth Torres-Llanos, Nataly Cruz-Rodriguez, Rafael Parra-Medina, Rafael Parra-Medina, Sandra Quijano, Jovanny Zabaleta, Alba Lucia Combita, Alba Lucia Combita, Alba Lucia Combita

“…This study investigates the relationship between ID1 and ID3 expression, TIME dynamics, and immune evasion mechanisms in adult B-ALL patients. MethodsThis exploratory study analysed BM samples from 10 B-ALL adult patients diagnosed at the National Cancer Institute of Colombia. …”
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Effects of a physical activity-enhanced curriculum on increasing physical activity and improving physical fitness in preschoolers: Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlle... by Whitney W. Au, Chit K. Leung, Shine H. Lin, Angus P. Yu, Daniel Y. Fong, Stephen H.S. Wong, Derwin K.C. Chan, Catherine M. Capio, Clare C.W. Yu, Sam W.S. Wong, Ya-Jun Chen, Walter R. Thompson, Parco M. Siu

“…Generalized estimating equations or other appropriate statistical models will be used to examine the treatment effects with adjustment for baseline values. …”
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Downhole Coal–Rock Recognition Based on Joint Migration and Enhanced Multidimensional Full-Scale Visual Features by Bin Jiao, Chuanmeng Sun, Sichao Qin, Wenbo Wang, Yu Wang, Zhibo Wu, Yong Li, Dawei Shen

“…Additionally, a multi-scale luminance adjustment module is integrated to merge features across perceptual ranges, mitigating localized brightness anomalies such as overexposure. The model is structured around an encoder–decoder backbone, enhanced by a full-scale connectivity mechanism, a residual attention block with dilated convolution, Res2Block elements, and a composite loss function. …”
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Fabrication a sustainable adsorbent nanocellulose-mesoporous hectorite bead for methylene blue adsorption by Holilah, Asranudin, Noureddine El Messaoudi, Maria Ulfa, Amir Hamzah, Zuratul Ain Abdul Hamid, Dini Viandi Ramadhani, Lisman Suryanegara, Melbi Mahardika, Alvina Tata Melenia, Agus Wedi Pratama, Didik Prasetyoko

“…NCs was successfully isolated using the acid hydrolysis method. NC from Garcinia mangostana L. peel had a diameter of 24.5 ± 0.2 nm and a length of 381.2 ± 10.4 nm. …”
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Prognostic Value of Serum Uric Acid in Patients on the Waiting List before and after Renal Transplantation by Henrique Cotchi Simbo Muela, Jose Jayme Galvão De Lima, Luis Henrique W. Gowdak, Flávio J. de Paula, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto

“…In the Cox proportional model UA was no longer significantly associated with CV events. …”
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Removal of methylene blue dye from textile industry wastewater using green synthesized Teff straw assisted ZnO nanoparticle by Getachew L. Rorissa, Ermias A. Tesema, Reddy Prasad D.M., Abdisa R. Hunde, Sirno Y. Beyena, Meron A. Biru, Dereje T. Mekonnen, Tebelay L. Adnualem

“…Adsorption experiments analyzed the impact of pH, adsorbent dose, contact time, and initial dye concentration, while Response Surface Methodology (RSM) with a Central Composite Design (CCD) optimized conditions, achieving 99.77% removal efficiency at pH 6.9, 68.5 mg/L dye concentration, 0.265 g adsorbent dose, and 77.87 min contact time, fitting the Freundlich isotherm model (R² = 0.99). …”
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Prepregnancy Obesity Reprograms Offspring Skeletal Muscle Fibre Transition Through H3K9me3 by Yichi Wu, Sujuan Li, Jingyi Zhang, Anran Tian, Xiangyao Wang, Xi Yang, Fucheng Meng, Qing Li, Yuan Gao, Yingying Li, Furong Liang, Minglan Yao, Xiaoping Luo, Cai Zhang

“…Given that skeletal muscle plays a crucial role in systemic metabolism, we investigated how maternal prepregnancy high‐fat diet (HFD) influences muscle fibre composition and metabolic function in offspring. Methods We established mouse models with a prepregnancy chow diet (CD) and a prepregnancy high‐fat diet (HFD) for 8 weeks to compare metabolic phenotypes in offspring. …”
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Microbial Patterns in Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease Revealed by Presence and Transcriptional Activity - Relationship to Diagnosis and Outcome by Vatn SS, Hansen SH, Tannæs TM, Brackmann S, Olbjørn C, Bergemalm D, Keita ÅV, Gomollon F, Detlie TE, Kalla R, Satsangi J, Jahnsen J, Vatn MH, Halfvarson J, Hov JR, Ricanek P, Moen AEF

“…Simen Svendsen Vatn,1– 3,* Simen Hyll Hansen,1,4,* Tone Møller Tannæs,5 Stephan Brackmann,1,2 Christine Olbjørn,1,6 Daniel Bergemalm,7 Åsa V Keita,8 Fernando Gomollon,9 Trond Espen Detlie,1,2 Rahul Kalla,10 Jack Satsangi,10,11 Jørgen Jahnsen,1,2 Morten Harald Vatn,1 Jonas Halfvarson,7 Johannes Roksund Hov,1,4,12 Petr Ricanek,2,13 Aina EF Moen1,5,14 On behalf of the IBD-Character Consortium1Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; 2Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway; 3Innlandet Hospital Trust, Gjøvik, Norway; 4Norwegian PSC Research Center and Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Division of Surgery, Inflammatory Diseases and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 5Section for Clinical Molecular Biology (Epigen), Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway; 6Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway; 7Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; 8Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 9Digestive Diseases Unit, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain; 10Gastrointestinal Unit, Centre for Genomics and Molecular Medicine, Division of Medical and Radiological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; 11Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Medical Sciences/ Experimental Medicine Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 12Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 13Department of Gastroenterology, lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 14Department of Virology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Simen Svendsen Vatn, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Gjøvik, Norway, Tel +47 94277594, Email bikkjas@hotmail.comBackground: As part of the IBD Character initiative, we examined an inception cohort and investigated mucosal microbiota composition and transcriptional activity in relation to clinical outcomes.Methods: A cohort of 237 individuals were included from five countries: Crohn’s disease (CD, n = 72), ulcerative colitis (UC, n = 57), symptomatic non-IBD controls (SC, n = 78) and healthy controls (HC, n = 30). …”
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Estimation of Health State Utility Values in Fabry Disease Using Vignette Development and Valuation by Derralynn Hughes, Andrew Lenny, Koonal Shah, Louise Longworth, Giovanna Devercelli, Olulade Ayodele

“…Each vignette was valued in an online survey by members of the United Kingdom (UK) general population using the composite time trade-off (TTO) method, which aims to determine the time the respondent would trade to live in full health compared with each impaired health state…”
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Formulation, in vitro characterization and optimization of taste-masked orally disintegrating co-trimoxazole tablet by direct compression. by Chernet Tafere, Zewdu Yilma, Solomon Abrha, Adane Yehualaw

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>In this study, co-trimoxazole ODT was formulated successfully. Central composite design was effectively used to model and optimize friability, DT and WT. …”
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A nomogram to predict sarcopenia in middle-aged and older women: a nationally representative survey in China by Jiayi Yang, Zihao Chen, Xinxin Dai, Liyao Jiang, Liyan Dai, Yu Zhao

“…Therefore, this study used the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) data to explore further the risk factors associated with sarcopenia in middle-aged and older Chinese women.MethodsIn this study, data from the 2015 CHARLS database were analyzed, comprising 7,805 eligible participants. …”
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Consumption of Chinese Tea-Flavor Liquor Improves Circulating Insulin Levels without Affecting Hepatic Lipid Metabolism-Related Gene Expression in Sprague-Dawley Rats by Ju-Sheng Zheng, Yuan-Qing Fu, Qi Chen, Tao Huang, Jing Yang, Duo Li

“…To examine the effect of two Chinese liquors with quite different nonalcoholic components on insulin sensitivity, tissue polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), and hepatic lipid metabolism in SD rats. Methods. Thirty-three SD rats were randomized into four groups and maintained in each treatment for 10 weeks: Chinese tea-flavor liquor (TFL, n=9), traditional Chinese liquor (TCL, n=8), ethanol control (EC, n=8), and water control (WC, n=8). …”
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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire by Xia Ma, Suyan Wang, Mengjie Cui, Hongliang Dai, Jianfeng Hu

“…The present study aims to develop a Chinese version of the ERSQ (C-ERSQ), and further establish its psychometric properties among college students. Methods: A total of 848 college students aged 18–35 years answered questionnaires including demographic questionnaire, C-ERSQ, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), and Positive and Negative Affect (PANAS). …”
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Stratifying risk outcomes among adult COVID-19 inpatients with high flow oxygen: The R4 score by G.M. Aguirre-García, D. Ramonfaur, G. Torre-Amione, M.T. Ramírez-Elizondo, R. Lara-Medrano, J.F. Moreno-Hoyos, E.S. Velázquez-Ávila, C.A. Diaz-Garza, V.M. Sanchez-Nava, F. Castilleja-Leal, G.M. Rhoades, M.F. Martínez-Reséndez

“…This study aims to provide a simple risk stratification system to predict invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) or death among COVID-19 inpatients on HFO.Methods Among 529 adult inpatients with COVID-19 pneumonia, we selected unadjusted clinical risk factors for developing the composite endpoint of IMV or death. …”
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AI driven prediction of early age compressive strength in ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete by Mohamed Abdellatief, Wafa Hamla, Hassan Hamouda

“…Results indicate that GPR and SVR models with high predictive accuracy (R2 > 0.90) outperformed ANN, RF, and GB models. …”
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Validating the ChatGPT Usage Scale: psychometric properties and factor structures among postgraduate students by Mohamed Nemt-allah, Waleed Khalifa, Mahmoud Badawy, Yasser Elbably, Ashraf Ibrahim

“…Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted to assess the model fit and psychometric properties of the final 15-item measure. …”
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