Impact on Patient Outcomes of Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring on Medical Wards: Propensity-Matched Analysis by Bradley Rowland, Amit Saha, Vida Motamedi, Richa Bundy, Scott Winsor, Daniel McNavish, William Lippert, Ashish K Khanna

“…Patients received either 12 hours or more of continuous and wireless VS monitoring (n=1450) or intermittent VS monitoring (n=6521). …”
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The HbA1c/HDL-C ratio as a screening indicator of NAFLD in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional NHANES analysis (2017–2020) by Ju Wu, Wenjing Yu, Linglong Huang, Shuangshuang Hou, Yanan Huang, Zhihua Huang, Zhiyuan Dai, Jiajun Yin, Zhequn Nie

“…Methods Data from 5,891 adults in the 2017–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were analyzed. …”
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Impact of a dedicated antenatal specialist service for women with a history of stillbirth: the rainbow clinic by Jack Le Vance, Michelle Plant, Samiramis Saba, Alexander E.P. Heazell, R. Katie Morris, Victoria Hodgetts Morton, Leo Gurney

“…We aimed to assess the impact of our specialist service, the Rainbow Clinic, on maternal-fetal outcomes. Methods A retrospective case-control study was conducted comparing women with a history of previous stillbirth prior to and following the inception of the Rainbow Clinic at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital, United Kingdom. …”
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Enzyme replacement therapy for Anderson-Fabry disease: A complementary overview of a Cochrane publication through a linear regression and a pooled analysis of proportions from coho... by Regina El Dib, Huda Gomaa, Alberto Ortiz, Juan Politei, Anil Kapoor, Fellype Barreto

“…A linear regression showed that Fabry patients receiving agalsidase alfa are more likely to have higher rates of composite endpoints compared to those receiving agalsidase beta.…”
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LANGUAGE MEANS OF INTERTEXT EXPRESSION IN THE HISTORICAL NOVEL “MALLOWS” BY ROMAN IVANYCHUK by Oksana M. Nazarenko, Olena V. Skalatska

“…The functions of quotations and allusions are defined: characterological, dialogic, content-creative, structural- compositional. The types of transformation of quotations are revealed: fragmentation and replacement of one or more lexical components, contamination of different quotations, use of individual components, compositional transformations. …”
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A Proposed Genetic Risk Score for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Susceptibility in the Chinese Han Population by Jianjun Lan, MD, Lin Wang, MD, Guoyuan Qiu, MD, Shihai Wang, MD, Chao Yang, MD, Mengnian Ran, MD, Hongyu Li, MD, Shiyang Li, MD

“…A score of at least 6.4 was more strongly associated with increased risk of DCM (odds ratio, 2.4; P < .001) than scores lower than 6.4. …”
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Meconium‐stained amniotic fluid and neonatal morbidity in nulliparous patients with prolonged pregnancy by Isabelle Attali, Diane Korb, Elie Azria, Jacques Lepercq, François Goffinet, Thomas Schmitz, for the Groupe de Recherche en Obstétrique et Gynécologie (GROG)

“…The principal end point was a composite criterion of severe neonatal morbidity (neonatal death, 5‐minute Apgar <7, convulsions in the first 24 h, meconium aspiration syndrome, mechanical ventilation ≥24 h, or neonatal intensive care unit admission for 5 days or more). …”
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Eco-friendly synthesis of ZnO, CuO, and ZnO/CuO nanoparticles using extract of spent Pleurotus ostreatus substrate, and their antioxidant and anticancer activities by Simangele Ngwenya, Nkanyiso J. Sithole, Khosi Ramachela, Doctor M. N. Mthiyane, Mulunda Mwanza, Moganavelli Singh, Damian C. Onwudiwe

“…The green synthesized metal oxides and their composite have the potential for biomedical applications.…”
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The Impact of Digital Inequities on Oropharyngeal Cancer Disparities in the United States by David J. Fei‐Zhang, Achilles A. Kanaris, Camaren M. Cuenca, Sydney A. Fleishman, Jill N. D'Souza, Anthony M. Sheyn, Daniel C. Chelius, Jeffrey C. Rastatter

“…Setting United States. Methods In total, 70,604 patients from 2008 to 2017 were assessed for regression trends in long‐term follow‐up period, survival, prognosis, and treatment across increasing overall digital inequity, as measured by the Digital Inequity Index (DII). …”
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Facile green synthesis of silver doped NiO nanoparticles using aloe vera latex for efficient energy storage and photocatalytic applications by S. Alfadhli, Syed Khasim, A.A.A. Darwish, Khoulod Al-nahdi, Mervat Abdelkader, Raghad Gamal, Taymour A. Hamdalla

“…Herein, we report the biosynthesis of pure NiO and NiO nanoparticles doped with Silver (Ag@NiO NPs) 2, 4, 6, and 8 mol% from aloe vera extract by solution combustion method at 400 °C and calcined at 500 °C for 3 h. By utilizing silver-doped NiO nanoparticles synthesized with Aloe Vera latex, which not only enhances the material's properties but also promotes environmentally friendly fabrication methods. …”
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Multidimensional pain assessment and opioid use after total knee arthroplasty: continuous vs single-injection regional vs systemic analgesia by Michael A. Harnik, Oskar Oswald, Markus Huber, Debora M. Hofer, Marcus Komann, Johannes Dreiling, Ulrike M. Stamer

“…Methods:. Data from 4,328 adults undergoing TKA enrolled in the PAIN OUT registry (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02083835) were analyzed. …”
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Using the optimal combined index weight ratio to improve the probability of anomaly detection in big area additive manufacturing by Monique S. McClain, Dhrubajit Chowdhury, Omar Eldaghar, Kris Villez

“…Surprisingly, we also show that choosing a more complex PCA model has a minimal negative impact on anomaly detection performance compared to a more simplistic model.…”
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Time to surgical stabilization of rib fractures: does it impact outcomes? by Joseph D Forrester, Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Frank Hildebrand, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Marcelo A F Ribeiro

“…Our aim was to investigate for association between time to SSRF and complications among patients with isolated rib fractures undergoing SSRF.Methods The 2016–2019 American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) database was queried to identify patient &gt;18 years with isolated thoracic injury undergoing SSRF. …”
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Association between changes in the triglyceride glucose-body roundness Index and cardiovascular disease risk in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: a nationwide longitudinal st... by Yu Yang, Yu Yang, Jinfeng Cao, Jie Lyu

“…This study examines the association between long-term changes in the TyG-BRI composite index and CVD incidence in middle-aged and older Chinese adults.MethodsData were obtained from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, which included 4,446 middle-aged and elderly from 2011 to 2015. …”
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Stepwise Building Damage Estimation Through Time-Scaled Multi-Sensor Integration: A Case Study of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake by Satomi Kimijima, Chun Ping, Shono Fujita, Makoto Hanashima, Shingo Toride, Hitoshi Taguchi

“…By integrating the REBDE and ALOS-2-BDE datasets, we created a composite damage estimation product (integrated-BDE). …”
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Exploring Biases of Large Language Models in the Field of Mental Health: Comparative Questionnaire Study of the Effect of Gender and Sexual Orientation in Anorexia Nervosa and Buli... by Rebekka Schnepper, Noa Roemmel, Rainer Schaefert, Lena Lambrecht-Walzinger, Gunther Meinlschmidt

“…Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) show a lifetime prevalence of 1%‐2%, affecting more women than men. Among men, homosexual men face a higher risk of eating disorders (EDs) than heterosexual men. …”
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Oakland score to identify low-risk patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding performs well among emergency department patients by Daniel D. DiLena, Sean C. Bouvet, Madeline J. Somers, Maqdooda A. Merchant, Theodore R. Levin, Adina S. Rauchwerger, Dana R. Sax

“…We excluded patients who were more likely to have upper gastrointestinal bleeding (esophago-gastroduodenoscopy without LGIB evaluation), patients who left against medical advice or prior to ED provider evaluation, ED patients without active health plan membership, and patients with incomplete Oakland Score variables. …”
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Interplay of education and community norms in justifying intimate partner violence among ever-married women aged 15–49 years in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study by Mohammad Hridoy Patwary, Sumaiya Nusrat Esha

“…A sample of 19,022 ever-married women was analyzed. A composite measure of attitudes toward IPV was developed, assessing agreement with various justifications for IPV. …”
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Convolutional transform learning based fusion framework for scale invariant long term target detection and tracking in unmanned aerial vehicles by Fatma S. Alrayes, Nazir Ahmad, Asma Alshuhail, Menwa Alshammeri, Ali Alqazzaz, Hassan Alkhiri, Jehad Saad Alqurni, Yahia Said

“…With the benefit of higher mobility, UAVs are applied to fuel various significant uses in computer vision (CV), providing more effectiveness and accessibility than surveillance cameras with permanent camera view, angle, and scale. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Various ABO₃ Perovskites (A = La, Ca, Sr; B = Mn, Fe) as Oxygen Carrier Materials in Chemical Looping Hydrogen Production by Antigoni Evdou, Vassilis Zaspalis

“…Perovskites such as (La_1−xCa_x)MnO₃, (La_1−xSr_x)MnO₃, and (La_0.6Ca_0.4)(Mn_1−xFe_x)O₃ were synthesized via wet chemical methods and tested in chemical looping cycles. Doping A-site cations with Ca or Sr enhanced oxygen delivery capacity by more than 100% upon reduction with CH₄ when dopant content (x) increased from 0 to 0.5. …”
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