Cervical ripening at home or in hospital during induction of labour: the CHOICE prospective cohort study, process evaluation and economic analysis by Mairead Black, Cassandra Yuill, Mairi Harkness, Sayem Ahmed, Linda Williams, Kathleen A Boyd, Maggie Reid, Amar Bhide, Neelam Heera, Jane Huddleston, Neena Modi, John Norrie, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Julia Sanders, Gordon C S Smith, Rosemary Townsend, Helen Cheyne, Christine McCourt, Sarah Stock

“…Impact of COVID-19 Of responding sites, 23% reported a change in the method used for cervical ripening and 28% reported a change in criteria for offering home cervical ripening. …”
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Key Drivers Affecting the Future of Power Relations in Tehran Metropolis with a Scenario-Writing Approach by Afshin Mottaghi, Arash Ghorbani Sepehr, Joseph Saloukadz

“…Based on these indicators, the future scenarios were developed. The Delphi method and an elite panel were utilized to screen and refine these indicators. …”
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Identification of dental related ChatGPT generated abstracts by senior and young academicians versus artificial intelligence detectors and a similarity detector by Matheel AL-Rawas, Omar Abdul Jabbar Abdul Qader, Nurul Hanim Othman, Noor Huda Ismail, Rosnani Mamat, Mohamad Syahrizal Halim, Johari Yap Abdullah, Tahir Yusuf Noorani

“…Bivariate correlation and accuracy of the methods were assessed. The findings demonstrated that all the three methods made a different variety of incorrect assumptions. …”
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Pramipexole in addition to mood stabilisers for treatment-resistant bipolar depression: the PAX-BD randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial by Hamish McAllister-Williams, Nicola Goudie, Lumbini Azim, Victoria Bartle, Michael Berger, Chrissie Butcher, Thomas Chadwick, Emily Clare, Paul Courtney, Lyndsey Dixon, Nichola Duffelen, Tony Fouweather, William Gann, John Geddes, Sumeet Gupta, Beth Hall, Timea Helter, Paul Hindmarch, Eva-Maria Holstein, Ward Lawrence, Phil Mawson, Iain McKinnon, Adam Milne, Aisling Molloy, Abigail Moore, Richard Morriss, Anisha Nakulan, Judit Simon, Daniel Smith, Bryony Stokes-Crossley, Paul Stokes, Andrew Swain, Zoë Walmsley, Christopher Weetman, Allan H Young, Stuart Watson

“…If female and of child-bearing potential, a negative urine β-hCG test and using a highly effective contraceptive method. Willing and able to confirm written informed consent at the point of randomisation. …”
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Adverse effects of remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir when used for COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials by Long Ge, Bram Rochwerg, Dena Zeraatkar, Anila Qasim, Thomas Agoritsas, Ariel Izcovich, Reem A Mustafa, Assem M Khamis, Derek K Chu, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Elena Kum, Shelley L McLeod, Reed Alexander Siemieniuk, Per Vandvik, Jessica Julia Bartoszko

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Interpretable prediction of hospital mortality in bleeding critically ill patients based on machine learning and SHAP by Bingkui Ren, Yuping Zhang, Siying Chen, Jinglong Dai, Junci Chong, Yifei Zhong, Mengkai Deng, Shaobo Jiang, Zhigang Chang

“…Methods In this retrospective cohort study, we derived data from the eICU Collaborative Research Database (eICU-CRD) to develop and evaluate a predictive model. ​…”
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Development and validation of a novel prognostic model to predict 1-year post-transplant mortality for acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure: a nationwide, multicentre, cohort... by Li Zhuang, Yimou Lin, Yu Jia, Jun Fang, Yujian Zheng, Taishi Fang, Meiching Ong, Aibo Mu, Jiaxing Zhu, Mengchao Wang, Dong Zhao, Feiwen Deng, Qiucheng Lei, Leibo Xu, Zuozhong Yang, Qiang Sun, Wei Qu, Chenwei Xu, Zhijun Zhu, Chuanjiang Li, Hanyu Jiang, Jimin Liu, Xiaoshun He, Shusen Zheng, Zhiyong Guo, Qi Ling

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Modelling Neonatal Care Pathways for Babies Born Preterm: An Application of Multistate Modelling. by Sarah E Seaton, Lisa Barker, Elizabeth S Draper, Keith R Abrams, Neena Modi, Bradley N Manktelow, UK Neonatal Collaborative

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Tick-borne encephalitis: from tick surveillance to the first confirmed human cases, the United Kingdom, 2015 to 2023 by the TBE working group

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Preclinical gout is common in the patient with stage 3–5 chronic kidney disease. Relevance of musculoskeletal ultrasound by Enrique Calvo-Aranda, Laura Barrio Nogal, Boris Anthony Blanco Caceres, Diana Peiteado, Marta Novella-Navarro, Eugenio De Miguel, Jaime Arroyo Palomo, Roberto Alcázar Arroyo, Juan Antonio Martín Navarro, Milagros Fernandez Lucas, Martha Elizabeth Diaz Dominguez, Marco Antonio Vaca Gallardo, Elda Besada Estevez, Leticia Lojo Oliveira

“…Early diagnosis of PCG by musculoskeletal US in CKD may allow earlier introduction and optimization of ULT. This will probably contribute to slowing down the progression of this pathology, which makes it essential to promote collaboration between Nephrology and Rheumatology. …”
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Instantaneous dose rate as a crucial factor in reducing mortality and normal tissue toxicities in murine total-body irradiation: a comparative study of dose rate combinations by Hongyu Zhu, Shihua Liu, Jiaqi Qiu, Ankang Hu, Wanyi Zhou, Jian Wang, Weihang Gu, Yinuo Zhu, Hao Zha, Rong Xiang, Junli Li, Rui Qiu, Chong Zhao, Peng Huang, Xiaowu Deng

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COVID-19 cases treated with classical homeopathy: a retrospective analysis of International Academy of Classical Homeopathy database by Seema Mahesh, Petr Hoffmann, Cristiane Kajimura, George Vithoulkas, International Academy of Classical Homeopathy (IACH) COVID Collaborators

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Progress and current trends in prediction models for the occurrence and prognosis of cancer and cancer-related complications: a bibliometric and visualization analysis by Siyu Li, Wenrui Li, Xiaoxiao Wang, Wanyi Chen

“…ObjectivePrediction models, which estimate disease or outcome probabilities, are widely used in cancer research. This study aims to identify hotspots and future directions of cancer-related prediction models using bibliometrics.MethodsA comprehensive literature search was conducted in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) up to November 15, 2024, focusing on cancer-related prediction models research. …”
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Postoperative outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy: an international cohort study from the Oesophagogastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA) by Oesophago-Gastric Anastomotic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative

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Survival outcomes and prognosis predictors of uveal melanoma from Indian population by Payal N Shah, Mahesh Shanmugam, Neha M Kagathi, Annu T Thaliath, Sunita Mohan

“…This study aims to evaluate the survival outcomes and prognostic factors in a cohort of Asian Indian patients with choroidal and ciliochoroidal melanoma. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 150 patients with choroidal and ciliochoroidal melanoma between 2011 and 2023 at a single tertiary eyecare and ocular oncology center in India. …”
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Nosocomial infection prevalence in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): protocol for a point prevalence study across Australia and New Zealand by John F Fraser, Rachael Parke, Amanda Corley, India Lye, Jayshree D Lavana, Abhilasha Ahuja, Chris M Anstey, Paul Jarrett, Emma Haisz, Vincent Pellegrino, Hergen Buscher

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Prediction model of in-hospital mortality risk in intensive care unit patients with cardiac arrest: a multicenter retrospective cohort study based on an ensemble model by Li Liu, Wei-Wei Lai, Bo-Wen Li, Shu-Hang Wang, Mu-Ming Yu, Yan-Cun Liu, Yan-Fen Chai

“…This study developed an ensemble learning (EL) model based on clinical information to predict IHCA patient death risk.Methods and resultsThis retrospective cohort study used data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database and eICU Collaborative Research Database. …”
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Impaired membrane lipids in ischemic stroke: a key player in inflammation and thrombosis by Qian Wang, Dandan Wang, Yan Gao, Jie Jiang, Minghui Li, Shuhui Li, Xiaowen Hu, Jinfeng Wang, Tianqi Wang, Juan Zhang, Lei Feng, Chao Quan, Ping Zhang, Lan Zheng, Chunling Wan

“…However, current knowledge about the membrane lipid landscape and its involvement in IS pathophysiology is limited. Methods We performed untargeted lipidomic analysis on erythrocyte membranes from 56 IS patients and 55 healthy controls. …”
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How Charles Kelman Invented phacoemulsification in the 1960s: A reappraisal by Christopher T. Leffler, Stephen G. Schwartz

“…Design: Review of primary source materials and scholarly literature, and interviews. Methods: We reviewed the John A. Hartford Foundation files related to Kelman, and the lecture notes of Cavitron engineer Anton Banko. …”
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Standardized aqueous extract of Abutilon theophrasti Medic. ameliorates oxidative stress and inflammatory responses against hydrochloric acid/ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in rats by Hui Guo, Hui Guo, Zihan Xu, Zihan Xu, Lili Zhu, Meng Zhu, Meng Zhu, Weijin Zhang, Weijin Zhang, Man Gong, Mengyun Liu, Mengyun Liu, Mengmeng Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Erping Xu, Liping Dai, Liping Dai

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