Predictive Validity of Hospital-Associated Complications of Older People Identified Using Diagnosis Procedure Combination Data From an Acute Care Hospital in Japan: Observational S... by Seigo Mitsutake, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Shohei Yano, Takumi Hirata, Kae Ito, Ko Furuta, Yoshitomo Shimazaki, Hideki Ito, Alison Mudge, Kenji Toba

“… BackgroundA composite outcome of hospital-associated complications of older people (HAC-OP; comprising functional decline, delirium, incontinence, falls, and pressure injuries) has been proposed as an outcome measure reflecting quality of acute hospital care. …”
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Clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of migraine with patent foramen ovale: a comparative study by Yongfei Sun, Nanqu Huang, Fei Feng, Yiman Xie, Tao Xu, Yuekui Sun, Yong Luo, Jian Zhan

“…These patients respond more poorly to medication than patients with MH do. …”
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The impact of particulate matter exposure on global and domain-specific cognitive function: evidence from the Chinese Square Dancer Study by Jingyi Zhu, Shuaibo Wang, Peizheng Li, Fengping Li, Benchao Li, Lu Ma, Shuang Rong, Jingling Liao

“…Female populations over 65 years old were more susceptible to the adverse effects of PM2.5 and PM10. …”
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The Influence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress on Ageism Among Undergraduates: Mediating Roles of Life Satisfaction, Gratitude, and Prosociality by Chen S, Wan Z

“…Following data cleaning, 1174 responses were included for analysis.Methods: Data were collected using online questionnaires. …”
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The effects of rhythm control strategies versus rate control strategies for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: A systematic review with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Anal... by Naqash J Sethi, Joshua Feinberg, Emil E Nielsen, Sanam Safi, Christian Gluud, Janus C Jakobsen

“…We assessed the risk of publication bias in meta-analyses consisting of 10 trials or more with tests for funnel plot asymmetry. We used GRADE to assess the quality of the body of evidence.…”
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Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Following Esophageal Variceal Ligation and Its Impact on Clinical Outcomes: Real-World Data from the TriNetX Global Collaborative Network by Nisar Amin, Harleen Chela, Muhammad Faisal Mubarak, Mark Ayoub, Ebubekir Daglilar

“…Hepatic encephalopathy was significantly more frequent in the PPI group at 8 weeks (4.9% vs. 2.0%, <i>p</i> = 0.01), and AKI occurred more often at both 4 weeks (5.7% vs. 2.0%, <i>p</i> < 0.01) and 8 weeks (9.6% vs. 2.1%, <i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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Investigating the relationship between sleep disturbances and psychopathology In children and adolescents with microdeletion of 22q11 chromosome: an exploratory study by Maria Rosaria Lala, Domenica Bellantoni, Federica Alice Maria Montanaro, Federica Alice Maria Montanaro, Maria Pontillo, Paolo Alfieri, Stefano Vicari, Stefano Vicari

“…Further studies are required to draw more consistent conclusions.…”
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Global, regional and national sodium intakes in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis of 24 h urinary sodium excretion and dietary surveys worldwide by J Lennert Veerman, Sarah Lewis, John Britton, Bruce Neal, Kathryn G Andrews, Goodarz Danaei, Majid Ezzati, Yanping Li, Yu Chen, Farshad Farzadfar, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Idris Guessous, Lital Keinan-Boker, Paul Elliott, Carukshi Arambepola, Antonia Trichopoulou, Philippos Orfanos, Martin C Gulliford, Renata Micha, Dariush Mozaffarian, Wen-Harn Pan, Shoichiro Tsugane, Habibul Ahsan, Manami Inoue, Luz Maria Sanchez-Romero, Andrew Fogarty, Christos Pitsavos, Edward Giovannucci, Stefaan De Henauw, Stephen S Lim, Cho-il Kim, Inge Huybrechts, Didier Garriguet, Simón Barquera, Katia Castetbon, Neville Calleja, Peilin Shi, Hsing-Yi Chang, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Hubert Barennes, Guansheng Ma, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Saman Fahimi, John Powles, Morteza Abdollahi, Anahita Houshiar-rad, Eda Koksal, Sahar Zaghloul, Sirje Vaask, Ana Baylin, Simon Forsyth, Rosely Sichieri, Christian Haerpfer, Ian Brown, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Jacqui Webster, Androniki Naska, Dorothy Gauci, Rebecca E Engell, Tim E Byers, Stephanie Smith-Warner, Ibrahim Elmadfa, Mayuree Rao, Pamela A Abbott, Enrique O Abeyá Gilardon, Suad N Al-Hooti, Wulf Becker, Peter Bjerregaard, Lesley T Bourne, Mario V Capanzana, Melanie J Cowan, Dulitha N Fernando, Regina M Fisberg, Brahmam NV Ginnela, Wilbur Hadden, Daniel J Hoffman, Nahla C Hwalla, Hajah Masni Ibrahim, Maria D Jackson, Lars Johansson, Hae-Jeung Lee, Chan Mei Fen, Gert BM Mensink, Rafael A Monge-Rojas, Balakrishna Nagalla, Marga C Ocke, Maciej Oltarzewski, Marja-Leena Ovaskainen, Gulden Ayla Pekcan, Stefka Petrova, Noppawan Piaseu, Leanne M Riley, Rusidah BT Selamat, Chansimaly Simmala, Laufey Steingrimsdottir, Gillian Swan, Lucjan Szponar, Heli Tapanainen, Robert Templeton, Anastasia Thanopoulou, Holmfridur Thorgeirsdóttir, Inga Thorsdottir, Aida Turrini, Nowak Verena, Anna Waskiewicz, Gábor Zajkás, Shadi Kalantarian, Pattra Wirojratana, Mary Anne Land, Tricia McKeever, Mohannad Abed Alfattah Al Nsour, Medical Science, Heléne Enghardt Barbieri, Aida Filipovic Hadziomeragic, Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto, Stephen T. McGarvey, Abdulrahman Obaid. Musaiger, Luz Gladys. Posada, Elz˙bieta Halina. Sygnowska

“…Intakes were lower (&lt;3.3 g/day), but more uncertain, in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. …”
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Association between gestational weight gain and perinatal outcomes among women with gestational diabetes mellitus by Zize Guo, Lihua Lin, Jiayi Dong, Juan Lin

“…Insufficient GWG in IOM and AOR standard increased composite adverse outcomes among underweight women. …”
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Effects of Temperature on Reproductive Performance and Embryo Quality of Female Eriocheir sinensis by Chaoyue CUI, Zhi GENG, Guangpeng FENG, Tao ZHANG, Feng ZHAO, Gang YANG, Ping ZHUANG, Xiaorong HUANG

“…The crude protein content of embryos was determined using the Kjeldahl method; the total fat content was determined using acid hydrolysis; the composition and content of fatty acids were detected using gas chromatography; the moisture content of embryos was determined by taking 2–3 mg of wet embryos from each temperature group and drying them at 70 ℃ until constant weight; the ash content was determined by burning them at 550 ℃ until a constant weight; and the triglyceride, phospholipids, and cholesterol contents were determined using an enzyme immunoassay kit. …”
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Full-Blood Inflammatory Ratios Predict Length of Stay but Not Early Death in Romanian Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Ionut-Valentin Stanciu, Ariadna-Petronela Fildan, Barkha Rani Thakur, Adrian Cosmin Ilie, Livia Stanga, Cristian Oancea, Emanuela Tudorache, Felix Bratosin, Ovidiu Rosca, Iulia Bogdan, Anca Chisoi, Ionela Preotesoiu, Viorica Zamfir, Elena Dantes

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: Data were drawn from 80 consecutive TB in-patients and 50 community controls. …”
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Impact of Turbidity on Satellite-Derived Bathymetry: Comparative Analysis Across Seven Ports in the South China Sea by Chunzhu Wei, Yaqi Xiao, Dongjie Fu, Tingting Zhou

“…Sentinel-2 outperformed Landsat 8 in moderate to high turbidity environments (36–203), delivering higher R² values and more consistent SDB estimates, making it a more reliable tool for areas with variable turbidity. …”
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Associations between new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation and changes in left ventricular mass index in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement by Hua-Jie Zheng, Jun Li, Ling-Feng Tang, Mei Guo, Ya-Nan Wei, Wei Cheng

“…Therefore, clinicians should be more proactive in monitoring and treating POAF after TAVR.…”
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients with Aortic Insufficiency by Aniket S Rali, Siva S Taduru, Lena E Tran, Sagar Ranka, Kelly H Schlendorf, Colin M Barker, Ashish S Shah, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Sandip K Zalawadiya

“…We observed a significantly higher prevalence of the primary composite outcome in patients undergoing SAVR (30%) compared with TAVR (14.3%; p=0.001). …”
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The influence of knowledge absorptive capacity on the knowledge-based enterprises performance by explaining the mediating role of innovation strategy and open innovation activities by Seyed Reza Seyed Javadin, Rasoul Nosratpanah, Aref Ashrafzadeh

“…Purpose: Today, the methods of value creation have been transformed by the dynamics of competition. …”
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Coffee plant disease identification with an attentive multi-image segmentation framework (MISF) with CycleGAN by Savitri Kulkarni, P. Deepa Shenoy, K.R. Venugopal

“…It combines multiple classical methods—thresholding, K-means clustering, Watershed, GrabCut, and Mean Shift—to isolate disease-specific lesions while eliminating irrelevant background elements. …”
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Evaluation of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and minimal intervention associated with deproteinisation in permanent teeth with molar incisor hypomineralisation: study protocol... by Ana Paula Taboada Sobral, Marcela Leticia Leal Gonçalves, Lara Jansiski Motta, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Raquel Agnelli Mesquita Ferrari, Amanda Rafaelly Honório Mandetta, Carolina Carvalho Bortoletto, Renato Araujo Prates, Alessandro Melo Deana, Rita de Cássia Loiola Cordeiro, Lourdes Aparecida Martins dos Santos Pinto

“…Introduction Molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) is a qualitative defect of enamel development that occurs in the mineralisation phase. MIH affects one or more permanent molars and, occasionally, permanent incisors. …”
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Statistical Analysis on Interlaminar Shear Strength of Nanosilica Addition with Woven Dharbai/Epoxy Hybrid Nanocomposites under Cryogenic Environment by Taguchi Technique by Muruganantham Ponnusamy, L. Natrayan, Pravin P. Patil, G. Velmurugan, Yirga Terefe Keno

“…The composites were laminated using a traditional hand lay-up method, and their interlaminar shear strength was determined using the ASTM standard. …”
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Educational Attainment and the Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction: A Post Hoc Analysis of the SPRINT Study by Joshua Garfein, Akira Sekikawa, Andrew Mrkva, Djhenne Dalmacy, Jarett D. Berry, Yordanos M. Tiruneh, Jared W. Magnani

“…Those with higher education were more likely to be older, men, and White race. During follow‐up, SBP was nearly identical across categories of education. …”
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Association between different proportions of crescents and adverse renal outcomes in immunoglobulin a nephropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhiyun Zang, Kewei Fang, Niya Ma, Yunyun Zhang, Ying Shu, Zi Li

“…Compared to the C0 or C1 group, the C2 group was more likely to have composite kidney endpoint and ESRD. …”
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