Outpatient acute kidney disease detection by national and institutional health data by Hsiu-Yin Chiang, Hung-Chieh Yeh, Zi-Han Lin, Bradley Chen, David Ray Chang, I-Wen Ting, Jie-Sian Wang, Yun-Lun Chang, Hung-Lin Chen, Yu-Chih Liu, Mei-Chuan Hsieh, Tzu-Ling Karen Tzeng, Chin-Chi Kuo

“…In this retrospective cohort study, the associations between AKDOPT and composite kidney outcome (CKO; e.g., end-stage kidney disease, a >40% drop in estimated glomerular filtration rate, or a 2-fold or more increase in serum creatinine), all-cause mortality, and de novo non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD-ND) were evaluated using multivariable Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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Selecting Single Model in Combination Forecasting Based on Cointegration Test and Encompassing Test by Chuanjin Jiang, Jing Zhang, Fugen Song

“…Combination forecasting takes all characters of each single forecasting method into consideration, and combines them to form a composite, which increases forecasting accuracy. …”
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Dental Students’ Perception and Self-Perceived Confidence Level in Key Dental Procedures for General Practice and the Impact of Competency Implementation on Their Confidence Level,... by Wijdan R. Elmanaseer, Salah A. Al-Omoush, Rasha A. Alamoush, Rawan Abu Zaghlan, Firas Alsoleihat

“…The same applies to 6 out of 16 conservative dentistry procedures: placing anterior composite (4.41 vs. 4.12), placing posterior composite (4.43 vs. 3.88), placing posterior amalgam (4.29 vs. 4.02), placing matrix band for Class II restorations (4.24 vs. 3.71), placing a prefabricated post (3.34 vs. 2.88), and placing fiber post (3.45 vs. 3.34). …”
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Impact of antihypertensive drug classes on cardiovascular outcomes: insights from the STEP study by Xinyi Peng, Michael Hecht Olsen, Manan Pareek, Jingjing Bai, Yang Liu, Qirui Song, Jun Cai

“…Conclusions This post hoc analysis suggested that ARBs and CCBs might be more favourable for composite cardiovascular outcomes than diuretics and beta-blockers. …”
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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Nur K. Abdul Jafar, Afra Al Balushi, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Siang Ing Lee, Christie J. Bennett, Lisa J. Moran, Aya Mousa, Chau Thien Tay, Helena J. Teede, Darren R. Mansfield

“…Compared with non-PCOS, those with PCOS showed higher risk for composite OSA (odds ratio (OR): 9.52; 95% CI: 3.90 to 23.26; I2 = 54.5%; 8 studies, n=942; P<0.001) and more pronounced OSAS risk with increasing symptom severity in PCOS (AHI≥5 OR: 3.90; 95% CI: 1.63 to 9.34; AHI≥5 with symptoms OR: 17.95; 95% CI: 6.17 to 52.22; AHI≥10 with symptoms OR: 30.61; 95% CI: 7.99 to 117.25, all P ≤ 0.0023). …”
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Relationship between cognitive impairments and psychopathological symptoms in female schizophrenia subsequent to 8 weeks treatment with antipsychotic drugs by Shuzhan Gao, Qing Xu, Yanlin Han, Jing Jiang, Fan Wu, Ting Peng, Chenxi Ling, Sulin Ni, Rongrong Zhang, Yidan Ming, Xuzhen Liu, Xijia Xu

“…Results After antipsychotic treatment, 90.43% of the patients showed a reduction rate of more than 25% in their PANSS scores. Psychopathological symptoms and overall cognitive functioning improved significantly (p < 0.05), with the exception of verbal learning and social cognition (p > 0.05). …”
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Exopolysaccharide (EPS) Production by Endophytic and Basidiomycete Fungi by Wai Prathumpai, Umpawa Pinruan, Sujinda Sommai, Somjit Komwijit, Kwanruthai Malairuang

“…The selected fungal isolate of <i>S. commune</i> LF01962 was used for further optimization of different medium compositions affecting exopolysaccharide production using statistical methods. …”
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Changes in unhealthy food consumption among vulnerable elementary-aged children in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: a serial cross-sectional analysis by Nivedhitha Parthasarathy, Nalini Ranjit, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham, Mike Pomeroy, Jacqueline Noyola, Deepali K. Ernest, Shreela V. Sharma

“…ObjectiveSeveral studies suggest that during the early pandemic, amidst socioeconomic instability, children from underserved families were more likely to resort to consuming cheaper, lower-quality foods with longer shelf lives. …”
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The effect of α-lipoic acid treatment on plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine, a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction in diabetic neuropathy by Ferenc Sztanek, Hajnalka Lőrincz, Ágnes Molnár, Anita Szentpéteri, Eszter Zöld, Ildikó Seres, Dénes Páll, Mariann Harangi, Péter Kempler, György Paragh

“…The change in ADMA level was more pronounced in responder patients based on both CPT and CAS. …”
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Comparative assessment of line probe assays and targeted next-generation sequencing in drug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosisResearch in context by Giovanna Carpi, Marva Seifert, Andres De la Rossa, Swapna Uplekar, Camilla Rodrigues, Nestani Tukvadze, Shaheed V. Omar, Anita Suresh, Timothy C. Rodwell, Rebecca E. Colman

“…Interpretation: LPAs demonstrated lower sensitivity and more limited drug resistance detection compared to tNGS workflows, underscoring the advantages of tNGS for improving DR-TB diagnostic algorithms. …”
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Long-term cancer risk in users of GLP-1 agonists in Denmark: a nationwide emulated trialResearch in context by Mads Gamborg, Mia Klinten Grand, Kathrine Grell, Susanne Rosthøj, Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lina Steinrud Mørch

“…Among sustained users of GLP-1RA, 4·1 (95% CI 0·4–7·2) more patients developed cancer per 100, compared to 100 DPP-4i patients 10-years post-initiation (HR: 1·35 [95% CI 1·05–1·73] 6–10 years post-initiation). …”
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Mammographic density and ageing: A collaborative pooled analysis of cross-sectional data from 22 countries worldwide. by Anya Burton, Gertraud Maskarinec, Beatriz Perez-Gomez, Celine Vachon, Hui Miao, Martín Lajous, Ruy López-Ridaura, Megan Rice, Ana Pereira, Maria Luisa Garmendia, Rulla M Tamimi, Kimberly Bertrand, Ava Kwong, Giske Ursin, Eunjung Lee, Samera A Qureshi, Huiyan Ma, Sarah Vinnicombe, Sue Moss, Steve Allen, Rose Ndumia, Sudhir Vinayak, Soo-Hwang Teo, Shivaani Mariapun, Farhana Fadzli, Beata Peplonska, Agnieszka Bukowska, Chisato Nagata, Jennifer Stone, John Hopper, Graham Giles, Vahit Ozmen, Mustafa Erkin Aribal, Joachim Schüz, Carla H Van Gils, Johanna O P Wanders, Reza Sirous, Mehri Sirous, John Hipwell, Jisun Kim, Jong Won Lee, Caroline Dickens, Mikael Hartman, Kee-Seng Chia, Christopher Scott, Anna M Chiarelli, Linda Linton, Marina Pollan, Anath Arzee Flugelman, Dorria Salem, Rasha Kamal, Norman Boyd, Isabel Dos-Santos-Silva, Valerie McCormack

“…If cumulative breast density is a key determinant of breast cancer risk, younger ages may be the more critical periods for lifestyle modifications aimed at breast density and breast cancer risk reduction.…”
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Characteristics and control modes of geothermal fields in deep coal reservoirs in the Linxing-Shenfu block by Lifu XU, Yuhu BAI, Bingxiang XU, Weiqiang HU, Jianqi CHEN, Yong LI

“…Investigating geothermal fields facilitates the assessment and efficient development of deep CBM resources.MethodsThis study explored the Nos. 8 and 9 coal seams in the Linxing-Shenfu block using data from drilling, well logging, well tests, and experiments. …”
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P-91 NORMALIZATION OF ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL RESPONSE CRITERIA LEADS TO LOWER LIVER RELATED EVENTS AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS LIVING WITH PRIMARY BILIARY CHOL... by LUIS ALEJANDRO ROSALES RENTERIA, José David Prieto Nava, Giovanni Francisco Pérez Roa, María Saraí González Huezo

“…Conclusions: Among patients with PBC that receive initial therapy with UDCA, a normalization of ALP after two years, compared to conventional biochemical response criteria (Toronto criteria), leads to lower liver related mortality and development of VH and EH. More prospective studies are needed.…”
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AI-based analysis of fetal growth restriction in a prospective obstetric cohort quantifies compound risks for perinatal morbidity and mortality and identifies previously unrecogniz... by Raquel M. Zimmerman, Edgar J. Hernandez, Mark Yandell, Martin Tristani-Firouzi, Robert M. Silver, William Grobman, David Haas, George Saade, Jonathan Steller, Nathan R. Blue

“…Our objective was to use data from a large, deeply phenotyped observational obstetric cohort to develop a probabilistic graphical model (PGM), a type of “explainable artificial intelligence (AI)”, as a potential framework to better understand how interrelated variables contribute to perinatal morbidity risk in FGR. Methods Using data from 9,558 pregnancies delivered at ≥ 20 weeks with available outcome data, we derived and validated a PGM using randomly selected sub-cohorts of 80% (n = 7645) and 20% (n = 1,912), respectively, to discriminate cases of FGR resulting in composite perinatal morbidity from those that did not. …”
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Exploring drought hazard, vulnerability, and related impacts on agriculture in Brandenburg by F. Brill, P. H. L. Alencar, H. Zhang, F. Boeing, F. Boeing, S. Hüttel, S. Hüttel, T. Lakes, T. Lakes

“…Existing drought risk studies often rely on expert-weighted composite indicators, while empirical evidence on impact-relevant factors is still scarce. …”
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Clinical characteristics and long‐term outcomes in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Meng Guo, Chuanfen Liu, Jingjing Ye, Jian Liu

“…We aimed to describe the characteristics and outcomes of ApHCM and identify predictors of adverse outcomes. Methods In this single‐centre retrospective study, we included 479 patients with HCM and divided them into ApHCM and non‐ApHCM groups. …”
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Atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation, in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes in a large nationwide sample across the United States by Raja Zaghlol, Elena Deych, Nina Manian, Ahmed Altibi, Joshua D. Mitchell

“…Patients in the AF group were more likely to be older males with an increased burden of baseline comorbidities compared to the no-AF group ((64 [9] vs. 56 [14] years, p < 0.001) and (3893 [67%] vs. 30,886 [58%] males, p < 0.001) respectively). …”
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The predictive value of the serum creatinine-to-albumin ratio (sCAR) and lactate dehydrogenase-to-albumin ratio (LAR) in sepsis-related persistent severe acute kidney injury by Xiaoxiao Luo, Dongyang Liu, Cuicui Li, Jia Liao, Wuyang Lv, Yuchen Wang, Ruxue Diao, Yingyu Jin

“…Independent predictors, sCAR and LAR, were combined into a composite Log(sCAR)_Log(LAR) score, denoted as the Log(sCAR)_Log(LAR) score. …”
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Infections and antibiotic resistance in Malawian children 6-59 months old hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition by Dr Bryan Vonasek, Ms. Mwawi Nyirongo, Mr. Alexander Kondwani, Dr. Anthony Garcia-Prats, Ms. Tiwonge Kamvaunamwali, Ms. Doris Ng'oma, Mr. James Kaphatika, Mr. Amazing-Grace Tepeka, Dr. Mercy Kumwenda, Dr. Emily Ciccone, Dr. Tisungane Mvalo

“…Given the persistently high mortality of children hospitalized with SAM and the demonstrated association of mortality with SBI and TB, more research is urgently needed to improve early diagnosis and optimized treatment of these deadly infections. …”
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