Validism in the Elderly. Social Context and Functional Capacity by Mairovy Hernández Romero, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Belkis González Aguiar, Ismaray Sacerio González, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the social context and functional capacity in gerontos of clinic # 8 of Health Area I of the Cienfuegos municipality during the year 2022.<br /> <strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out. …”
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The dose–effect relationship between acupuncture and its effect on primary insomnia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoni Zhang, Xiaoni Zhang, Yue Wang, Chengyong Liu, Shan Qin, Liyu Lin, Liyu Lin, Can Dong, Wenzhong Wu, Wenzhong Wu, Zhaoming Chen

“…Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the relationship between the dose and efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of PI.MethodsSeven databases were searched from inception until May 30, 2024. …”
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Effect of traditional Asian exercise on patients with chronic heart failure: a protocol for network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Yan Li, Qian Lin, Zhuo Zhang, Lintong Yu, Kun Zhou, Jie Wan, Xiang Ji, Jianglin Xu, Ruli Feng, Jialin Jin, Cong Huang, Tianshi Mao

“…For included articles, two reviewers will independently extract the data, and Cochrane Collaboration’s tool will be used to assess risk of bias. …”
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Development of a Machine Learning–Based Predictive Model for Postoperative Delirium in Older Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients: Retrospective Study by Houfeng Li, Qinglai Zang, Qi Li, Yanchen Lin, Jintao Duan, Jing Huang, Huixiu Hu, Ying Zhang, Dengyun Xia, Miao Zhou

“…ObjectiveWe aimed to construct and validate a predictive model for postoperative delirium state in older ICU patients, providing timely and effective early identification of high-risk individuals and assisting clinicians in decision-making. MethodsThe data from patients admitted to the ICU for over 24 hours were extracted from the Medical Information Marketplace for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database and the eICU Collaborative Research Database (eICU-CRD). …”
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Sequence and taxonomic feature evaluation facilitated the discovery of alcohol oxidases by Yilei Han, Xuwei Ding, Junjian Tan, Yajuan Sun, Yunjiang Duan, Zheng Liu, Gaowei Zheng, Diannan Lu

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Investigation of neuromodulation of the endbulb of Held synapse in the cochlear nucleus by serotonin and norepinephrine by Maria Groshkova, Maria Groshkova, Maria Groshkova, Maria Groshkova, Maria Groshkova, Theocharis Alvanos, Theocharis Alvanos, Theocharis Alvanos, Yumeng Qi, Fangfang Wang, Carolin Wichmann, Carolin Wichmann, Carolin Wichmann, Carolin Wichmann, Yunfeng Hua, Tobias Moser, Tobias Moser, Tobias Moser, Tobias Moser, Tobias Moser, Tobias Moser

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Multidisciplinary tuberculosis care: leveraging the role of hospital pharmacists by Maarten J Postma, Job F M van Boven, Deni Iskandar, Ivan S Pradipta, Ani Anggriani

“…Pharmacists should proactively support current TB care and conduct operational research, sharing data with healthcare peers and fostering a collaborative multidisciplinary TB care team.…”
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Automatic Recognition of Authors Identity in Persian based on Systemic Functional Grammar by Fatemeh Soltanzadeh, Azadeh Mirzaei, Mohammad Bahrani, Shahram Modarres Khiabani

“…However, the simultaneous use of both methods improved effectiveness compared to using either method alone. …”
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Diversity in the medical research ecosystem: a descriptive scientometric analysis of over 49 000 studies and 150 000 authors published in high-impact medical journals between 2007... by Leo Anthony Celi, Jonathan Shaffer, Marie-Laure Charpignon, Liam G McCoy, Luis Filipe Nakayama, Jack Gallifant, Urvish Jain, Joao Matos, Pia Gabrielle I Alfonso, Marisa Cobanaj, Amelia Morel Fiske, Alexander J Gates, Frances Dominique V Ho, Mohammad Kashkooli, Naira Link

“…We advocate for medical journals to adopt policies and practices that promote greater diversity and collaborative research. In addition, our findings offer a first step towards understanding the composition of teams conducting medical research globally and an opportunity for individual authors to reflect on their own collaborative research practices and possibilities to cultivate more diverse partnerships in their work.…”
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The origin and dissemination of HIV-1 subtype B on Hainan Island, South China, 2007–2024 by Chunyun Lu, Kaokao Zhu, Nengde Zhang, Mu Li, Shanmei Zhong, Cai Qin, Tong Luo, Rongjing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Yi Ning, Hao Liang, Li Ye, Bingyu Liang, Dee Yu

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Real-world impact of COVID-19 vaccination, household exposure, and circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants on infection risk and symptom presentation in a U.S./Mexico border community by Ariel Cohen, Breanna Reyes, Maria Linda Burola, Angel Lomeli, Arleth A. Escoto, Linda Salgin, Borsika A. Rabin, Borsika A. Rabin, Nicole A. Stadnick, Nicole A. Stadnick, Nicole A. Stadnick, Ilya Zaslavsky, Robert Tukey, Louise C. Laurent, Marva Seifert

“…In this increased infection risk environment, we explored the impact of COVID-19 vaccine status, household exposure, and primary circulating SARS-CoV-2 variant on the probability of infection and symptom presentation while controlling for temporal and sociodemographic factors.MethodsData were collected as part of CO-CREATE (Community-Driven Optimization of COVID-19 Testing to Reach and Engage underserved Areas for Testing Equity), a collaborative implementation study between University of California San Diego, a local Federally Qualified Health Center, and the Global Action Research Center. …”
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Vladimir R. Petković and the foundation of the institute of archaeology: Circumstances and realization by Milovanović Milan, Bikić Vesna

“…The decision to leave the museum after several years probably influenced Petković to implement the first attempt to form the Institute of Archaeology. …”
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A multijurisdictional healthcare-associated outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii from contaminated saline, Australia 2023 by Dr Kelsi Marris, Dr Ned Latham, Dr Caitlin Swift, Sandra Chaverot, Dr Sally Ellis, Narelle Dean, Nerida Russell-Green, Dr Benjamin Armstrong, Vishal Ahuja, Dr Kelly Tsang, Dr Amanda Cuss, Dr Kathy Dempsey, Dr Kate Clezy, Dr Therese Marfori, Dr Gajan Perinpanayagam, Dr Jordan Breed, Frances Sheehan, Dr Karina Kennedy, Dr Jen Kok, Dr Catherine Pitman, Prof Vitali Sintchenko, Dr Anthea Katelaris, Dr Christine Selvey

“…Results: 55 cases (41 confirmed, 14 probable) were identified across seven jurisdictions in Australia with samples collected between 1 August and 4 December 2023. …”
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Advice on better utilization of validation data to adjust odds ratios for differential exposure misclassification (recall bias) by Igor Burstyn, George Luta

“…Thus, Vestergaard et al (1) is an example of a study where using fixed values of misclassification probabilities leads to a rather different estimate of 1.05 (and corresponding 95% CI 0.95–1.16) compared to both probabilistic bias analysis and Bayesian adjustment method that use the same validation data. …”
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Time-to-pregnancy in patients with previous breast cancer and unexposed women: a prospective exposed-unexposed cohort studyResearch in context by Anne-Sophie Hamy, Agathe Chabassier, Clara Sebbag, Christine Rousset-Jablonski, Clémentine Berkach, Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Laura Sablone, Lauren Darrigues, Elise Dumas, Angélique Bobrie, William Jacot, Marc Espié, Sylvie Giacchetti, Floriane Jochum, Aullène Toussaint, Geneviève Plu-Bureau, Lorraine Maitrot-Mantelet, Anne Gompel, Paul Gougis, Raphaëlle Bas, Christine Decanter, Bernard Asselain, Charles Coutant, Lili Sohn, Guillemette Jacob, Claire Saule, Sophie Frank, Judith Abécassis, Florence Coussy, Fabien Reyal, Guillemette Jacob, Fabien Reyal, Bernard Asselain, Isabelle Ray Coquard, Marie Préau

“…This study aimed to compare the time-to-pregnancy between women with and without prior BC seeking to become pregnant. Methods: We conducted a prospective exposed-unexposed cohort study between March 13, 2018 and June 27, 2019, recruiting participants via the collaborative network Seintinelles. …”
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Archaeology of the military orders in Castilla-La Mancha and the virtual reconstruction of its heritage by Jaime García Carpintero López de Mota, David Gallego Valle

“…In this way, we discover things which probably never would have been approached without this process. …”
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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

“…Their findings raised doubts regarding the probable effects that ChatGPT may have on the academia. …”
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A comprehensive review of research on surface defect detection of PCBs based on machine vision by Zihan He, Yudong Lian, Yulei Wang, Zhiwei Lu

“…This paper also mentions hybrid methods and ensemble approaches, which leverage the advantages of different detection techniques to achieve defect detection, improve detection accuracy, and reduce the probabilities of false positives and false negatives. …”
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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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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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