Coverage of continuum of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) care in a nationally representative sample of 40,687 mother–child dyads of India: a report from NFHS-5 by Jyoti Ghosal, Anita Nanda, Pallavi Behera, Meena Som, Madhusmita Bal, Manoranjan Ranjit, Srikanta Kanungo, Shridhar Murlidharrao Kadam, Sanghamitra Pati, Ambarish Dutta

“…Nineteen CoC interventions (Y/N) were added (equally-weighted) to construct a composite CoC score. Multi-level models were used to study the state effect on CoC score after adjusting for individual-level wealth, education, caste, urban/rural residence and fertility. …”
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Macrophage Infiltration Correlated with IFI16, EGR1 and MX1 Expression in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Within Lupus Nephritis-Associated Tubulointerstitial Injury via Bioinformat... by Tian M, Tang M, Chen C, Lin Y, Chen H, Xu Y

“…Support vector machine-recursive feature elimination analysis and the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression model were used to screen for possible markers, and the compositional patterns of the 22 types of immune cell fractions in LN were determined using CIBERSORT. …”
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The Predictive role of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) and Mean Platelet Volume-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (MPVLR) for Cardiovascular Events in Adult Patients with Acute Heart Failur... by Teeranan Angkananard, Teeraporn Inthanoo, Suchat Sricholwattana, Nattapun Rattanajaruskul, Arthit Wongsoasu, Worawut Roongsangmanoon

“…The association between their NLR, MPVLR, and combined NLR and MPVLR and CVEs, rehospitalization for HF, in-hospital death, and a composite outcome was explored by survival analysis using a Cox proportional hazard model. …”
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Neutropenia (even mild) and anemia are poor prognostic factors in myelodysplastic syndromes by Reut Hausman, Roi Gat, Roi Gat, Noa Goldschmidt, Noa Goldschmidt, Moshe Mittelman, Moshe Mittelman, Moshe Mittelman, Howard S. Oster, Howard S. Oster, Howard S. Oster

“…In a Cox proportional hazard model, CVD affected OS, while cytogenetics and neutropenia affected leukemic transformation and composite outcome. …”
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Development of thin-film micro-outlets for spatially constraining local PO2 perturbations to capillaries in vivo by Meghan E. Kiley, Richard J. Sové, Reilly H. Smith, Brenda N. Wells, Gaylene M. Russell McEvoy, Graham M. Fraser

“…ObjectiveTo develop and validate thin-film micro-outlet devices to study microvascular blood flow responses to localized changes in skeletal muscle oxygen concentration ([O2]).Methods30 male Sprague-Dawley rats (159–194 g) were anesthetized and instrumented to maintain cardiovascular state. …”
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Ability of soluble TREM2 and PRO-C3 as biomarkers to predict changes in MASLD activity by Charlotte Wilhelmina Wernberg, Vineesh Indira Chandran, Mette Munk Lauridsen, Maria Kløjgaard Skytthe, Camilla Dalby Hansen, Johanne Kragh Hansen, Lea Ladegaard Grønkjær, Birgitte Gade Jacobsen, Tina Di Caterino, Sönke Detlefsen, Maja Thiele, Alejandro Mayorca Guiliani, Ida Falk Villesen, Diana Julie Leeming, Morten Karsdal, Jonas Heilskov Graversen, Aleksander Krag

“…Combining soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2, PRO-C3, or homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance enhances the potential for monitoring NAS improvement. …”
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Multifunctional Z‐scheme NaGdF4:Yb,Tm@ZnO/Ag3PO4 nanoheterojunction photocatalysts for water purification and antibacterial wound healing by Ran Yi, Changyuan Zhang, Dan Shan, Mengyu Di, Chen Li, Yu Wang, Yang Wu, Jing Zheng, Wenqi Liu, Baiqi Wang

“…In vivo studies using a mouse model of acute bacterial‐infected wounds demonstrated that UZA incorporated into chitosan hydrogel dressings accelerated wound healing through photodynamic therapy within 9 days. …”
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The efficacy and safety of sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in patients aged over 80 years with heart failure by Kenji Nakano, Kenji Kanenawa, Akihiro Isotani, Takashi Morinaga, Kaori Yamamoto, Norihisa Miyawaki, Euihong Ko, Miho Nakamura, Yuichi Tanaka, Kenichi Ishizu, Toru Morofuji, Masaomi Hayashi, Masato Fukunaga, Makoto Hyodo, Shinichi Shirai, Kenji Ando

“…A multivariate Cox regression model was used to compare the risk of primary composite outcome (all‐cause death and HFH) and secondary safety composite outcome (ischaemic stroke, urinary tract infection and dehydration) at 1 year post‐discharge between the two groups. …”
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Association between ABO blood type and coronavirus disease 2019 severe outcomes across dominant variant strains by Nicholas Mielke, Rebecca Gorz, Amit Bahl, Lili Zhao, David A Berger

“…A logistic regression model was employed to test the association between ABO blood type and severe outcome, adjusting for age, sex, race, vaccination status, Elixhauser comorbidity indices, and the dominant variant time period in which the encounter occurred. …”
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impHFrEF trial: study protocol for an open-label, multicentre study of improvement the outcome of patients with heart failure in China using a mobile hEalth-supported platForm by Xinxin Zhang, Fangfang Wang, Bing Xu, Qin Shen, Junhong Wang, Xiaoyu Dong, Yu Zou, Fuzhong Chen, Guangjuan Li, Wensen Chen

“…The study aims to assess the impact of an optimised GDMT model for HF patients, established on a mobile health (mHealth) platform, compared with a control group. …”
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Diagnostic sensitivity of immune-inflammatory cell proportion in early diagnosis of endometrial cancer by Li Sun, Shujie Zhai, Guojia Wu, Jie Gu, Yiran Huang, Dandan Hong, Jianmei Wang, Yongmei Li

“…The model was validated in an additional cohort. Result: In the single-indicator ROC analysis, the baseline AUC for NLR was 0.724, with a significance level of p ​< ​0.05, indicating good predictive power. …”
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Risk of cardiovascular events in patients with metabolic syndrome: Results of a population-based prospective cohort study (PURE Turkey) by Aytekin Oğuz, Mustafa Kılıçkap, Sadi Güleç, Yüksel Altuntaş, Kubilay Karşıdağ, Ahmet Temizhan, Burcu Çalık Tümerdem, Miraç Vural Keskinler, Sumathy Rangarajan, Salim Yusuf

“…This study aimed to assess CV risk of MetS, contribution of its components to the risk, and whether MetS provides additional risk beyond its components. Methods: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Turkey cohort included 3933 individuals aged between 35 and 70 years, with a median follow-up of 8.9 years. …”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of a patient-reported symptom index for patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: the NMIBC-SI by Claudia Rutherford, Margaret-Ann Tait, Daniel S. J. Costa, Madeleine T. King, David P. Smith, Shomik Sengupta, Joseph Ischia, Andrew Mitterdorfer, Dickon Hayne, Roger Watson, Paul Anderson, Mark Frydenberg, Peter Gilling, Nicholas Buchan, Euan Green, Noel Clarke, Stephen A. Boorjian, Badrinath Konety, Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein, Peter C. Black, Venu Chalasani, Jörg Henseler, Manish I. Patel, on behalf of the NMIBC-SI Study Group

“…Results NMIBC-SI assesses disease and treatment-related symptom burden and two treatment-specific side-effects (cystoscopy, intravesical BCG/Chemotherapy). Composite analysis supported a single composite model including core symptom and cystoscopy index items (Intravesical index items were not tested due to small sample). …”
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The use of immobilized form of benzalkonium chloride and metronidazole in the treatment of purulent wounds by Anastasia S. Gorohova, Arsen Yu. Grigoryan, Alexander I. Bezhin, Tatyana A. Pankrusheva, Boris S. Sukovatykh, Ludmila V. Zhilyaeva, Ekaterina S. Mishina, Elena V. Kobzareva

“…The experiment was performed on 180 male Wistar rats, which were divided into three statistically homogeneous groups of 60 animals in each, a purulent wound was modeled in all experimental rats using the method of P.I. …”
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Effectiveness of azvudine versus nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and pre-existing liver diseases by Guanyue Su, Feng Gao, Mengzhao Yang, Ling Wang, Lili Liang, Silin Li, Guangming Li, Na Han, Guotao Li, Guowu Qian, Shixi Zhang, Hong Luo, Donghua Zhang, Hongxia Liang, Zhigang Ren

“…Efficacy and safety were evaluated by Kaplan–Meier analysis, multivariable Cox regression model, subgroup analysis, as well as sensitivity analyses. …”
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Subtle changes on electrocardiogram in severe patients with COVID-19 may be predictors of treatment outcome by Illya Chaikovsky, Illya Chaikovsky, Dmytro Dziuba, Olga Kryvova, Katerina Marushko, Julia Vakulenko, Kyrylo Malakhov, Оleg Loskutov, Оleg Loskutov

“…A total of 240 primary and composite ECG parameters were analyzed for each electrocardiogram. …”
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Functional and internalizing disorders co-aggregate with cardiometabolic and immune-related diseases within families: a population-based cohort study by Olivier D. Steen, Martje Bos, Sonja L. van Ockenburg, Yiling Zhou, Ilja M. Nolte, Harold Snieder, Kenneth Kendler, Judith G. M. Rosmalen, Hanna M. van Loo

“…We used logistic regression to model the prevalence of these disorders in the general population and in participants with affected relatives. …”
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Aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio and short-term prognosis of patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for heart failure by Dan Liu, Li Liu, Nan Li, Yiling Zhou, Hongmei Huang, Jidong He, Heling Yao, Xiangyang Chen, Xiaochi Tang, Miye Wang, Ying Qi, Si Wang, Ye Zhu, Haoming Tian, Zhenmei An, Sheyu Li

“…A multivariable Cox proportional regression model was utilized to evaluate the association between the AST/ALT ratio and outcomes. …”
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Insights into alleviating high brittleness of TiCu compound by doping C and O as interstitials: First-principle calculations by Yujie Tao, Yibo Liu, Yue Liu, Qi Sun, Haoyu Kong, Qingjie Sun

“…The highly brittle TiCu compound poses a significant threat to the reliability of Ti/Cu composite components, imposing limitations on their widespread application. …”
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Cultural Humility: A Collaborative Approach to Recruiting Patients with Deliberate Self-Harm into a Multi-Hospital Randomized Controlled Trial by Suzanne H. Brownhill, Garry J. Stevens, Trent E. Hammond, Richard Baldacchino, Rose Maposa, Bonyface Makoni, Aviva Sheb'a, Jagadeesh Andepalli, Anita Kotak, Olav D'Souza, Azadeh Atashnama, Anish Thayil, Alison Jones

“…The findings of this multidisciplinary consultation informed a composite model of knowledge exchange and the development of educational briefing/ orientation modules that make explicit team members’ roles and responsibilities to foster group member participation and enhance patient recruitment. …”
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