Survey Influencing Factors on Prenatal Care in mothers referring to health care ‎centers in Rasht city in ‎‏2008‏ by fataneh bakhshi, nasrin mokhtari, shahin jefruodi, jila shekani, moohamad abasi, zahra atrkarruoshan

“…‎ Methods: This descriptive study surveyed ‎‏354‏‎ mothers referring to health centers in Rasht city who ‎were chosen by cluster sampling. …”
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Heart failure clinic inclusion and exclusion criteria: cross-sectional study of clinic’s and referring provider’s perspectives by Sherry L Grace, Michael McDonald, Taslima Mamataz, Sean A Virani, Heather Edgell

“…Objectives There are substantial variations in entry criteria for heart failure (HF) clinics, leading to variations in whom providers refer for these life-saving services. This study investigated actual versus ideal HF clinic inclusion or exclusion criteria and how that related to referring providers' perspectives of ideal criteria.Design, setting and participants Two cross-sectional surveys were administered via research electronic data capture to clinic providers and referrers (eg, cardiologists, family physicians and nurse practitioners) across Canada.Measures Twenty-seven criteria selected based on the literature and HF guidelines were tested. …”
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Decomposing working memory subprocesses with the reference-back paradigm: Event-related potentials and age-related differences. by Zsófia Anna Gaál, Boglárka Nagy, István Czigler, Petra Csizmadia, Béla Petró, Petia Kojouharova

“…We used a data-driven approach to study the electrophysiological correlates of the working memory subprocesses revealed by the reference-back paradigm. In the absence of prior research, we focused on how aging affects the four subprocesses: updating, substitution, gate opening, and gate closing. …”
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A Reference Model of GaaP Readiness Indexes Using Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis Method by Sayyed Mahdi Razavi, Sahar Kousari, Roozbeh Balounejad Nouri, Fatemeh Saghafi

“…This study presents a reference model for the Government as a Platform readiness index. …”
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Reference intervals for CD4 and hemoglobin among apparently healthy pregnant women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Dinkenesh Chalchisa, Yohannes Belay, Melkitu Kassaw, Endalkachew Befekadu, Letebrhan G/Egzeabher, Gebremedhin Gebremicael, Boki Lengiso, Dawit Chala, Zewdineh Sahlemariam, Estifanos Kebede, Ebba Abate, Aster Tsegaye

“…Abstract Background Most African countries, including Ethiopia, have not developed local well-defined reference intervals (RIs) for immuno-hematological testes in terms of pregnant women. …”
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Reference equations for the six-minute walk distance in the healthy Chinese population aged 18-59 years. by He Zou, Xiuruo Zhu, Jia Zhang, Yi Wang, Xiaozhen Wu, Fang Liu, Xiaofeng Xie, Xiaoshu Chen

“…However, there is a lack of standard reference equations for the six-minute walk distance (6MWD) in the healthy Chinese population aged 18-59 years.…”
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Evaluation of reference genes for gene expression analysis in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) under temperature stress by Ping Han, Jianming Chen, Zhennan Sun, Shengjie Ren, Xubo Wang

“…Abstract Background Quantitative Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) is a powerful technique to analyze gene expression patterns by measuring the relative abundance of mRNA transcription levels. The most crucial step in obtaining accurate results of qRT-PCR is to select suitable reference genes. …”
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Establishment of reference intervals for complete blood count in healthy adults at different altitudes on the Western Sichuan Plateau by QiaoLing Wang, JiaYu Liu, ShengLin Hu, JunWu Du, ShuZhi Zhou, ZhengLin Huang, Yanwu Liu, Kongjie Yang, Ling Zhang, Jian Yang, Qing Yuan

“…With increasing age, RBC count, HCT, HGB, WBC count, and PLT count increased in both sexes. Most CBC indicators in the study population exceeded national reference intervals, except for HGB and HCT in males from Guza and Lucheng.ConclusionThis study established CBC reference intervals for the high-altitude regions of Ganzi Prefecture, revealing significant variations by altitude, sex, and age. …”
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An improved reference library and method for accurate cell-type deconvolution of bulk-tissue miRNA data by Shaoying Zhu, Hui Yang, Jun Liu, Qingsheng Fu, Wei Huang, Qi Chen, Andrew E. Teschendorff, Yungang He, Zhen Yang

“…Here we present a novel miRNA expression reference library and deconvolution tool for cell-type composition estimation of complex tissues. …”
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Mapping the pathway and support offered to children with an intellectual disability referred to specialist mental health services in the UK by Vaso Totsika, Zhixing Yang, Lauren Turner, Charmaine Kohn, Angela Hassiotis, Eilis Kennedy, Michael Absoud, Rachel McNamara, Elizabeth Randell, Sophie Levitt, Gemma Grant, Angela Casbard, Lauris Jacobs, Cristina Di Santo, Claire Buckley, Emma Hignett, Ashley Liew

“…During the active caseload phase, services offered mostly psychoeducation (52–59%), followed by applied behaviour analytic approaches for behaviours that challenge (52%) and cognitive–behavioural therapy (41%). …”
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A Multicenter Study for Establishing Reference Intervals of Serum GDF-15 Levels Based on the Chinese Population by Chen K, Fan X, Wu J, Chen S, Yang J, Shen L, Liu Z, Yuan H

“…We aimed to establish reference intervals (RIs) for GDF-15 in a large, multicenter cohort of apparently healthy Chinese individuals.Patients and Methods: Adopting unified and stringent criteria, 8,488 eligible subjects from six representative cities in China were enrolled. …”
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Hematology and clinical biochemistry reference intervals for companion pigs using the ADVIA 2120 and Cobas c501 by Deanna M. W. Schaefer, Ricardo Videla, Joe S. Smith, Pierre-Yves Mulon, Bente Flatland, Xiaojuan Zhu

“…If so, published reference intervals may be used cautiously as guidelines for interpretation. …”
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Top 100 most-cited articles on apoptosis of non-small cell lung cancer over the past two decades: a bibliometrics analysis by Leshi Ma, Jing Zhang, Zi Dai, Pei Liao, Jieshan Guan, Jieshan Guan, Jieshan Guan, Jieshan Guan, Jieshan Guan, Zhijie Luo, Zhijie Luo, Zhijie Luo, Zhijie Luo

“…VOSviewer1.6.19 was used to produced co-citation maps of institutions, journals, authors, and references.ResultsFrom 2004 to 2023, 13316 articles were retrieved, and the top 100 most cited were chosen. …”
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Revolutionising young adult diabetes care: a patient-centred transformation to improve access, engagement and outcomes in one of England's most deprived areas by Tala Balafshan, Heather Sullivan, Suzanne Keigan, Amanda Wilson, Ifeoluwa Oyedeji

“…Introduction: The transformation of our Young Adult Diabetes Service was driven by a patient-centred approach aimed at improving clinical outcomes and patient experience in one of the most deprived areas in England. The service faced significant challenges, including high ‘Did Not Attend’ (DNA) rates, long waiting times, preventable emergency admissions and limited access to advanced diabetes technology. …”
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Obras de ficción, formas de conciencia y literatura by Josep E. Corbí

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Diagnostic reference levels (DRL) in Computed Tomography during the period 2018-2022 in a private hospital in Chile by Jugleys Seijas Acosta, Javiera Sanguesa M, Pablo Soffia S, Daniella Fabri G

“… The aim of this study was to compare and optimize the diagnostic reference levels (DRL) of our institution obtained over 5 years, in order to find the appropriate balance between the patient dose and the quality of the clinical image for the most frequently used CT examinations.The typical values of 6 CT scanners of an institution were evaluated, taking as a reference the DRLs established in 2018. …”
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Selection and validation of reference genes for qRT-PCR normalization in dayflower (Commelina communis) based on the transcriptome profiling by Yuejiao Yang, Gaohui Cao, Lulu Tang

“…Conclusion This study identified the most stably expressed reference genes under three abiotic stresses and in five organs of dayflower, and SAND showed high expression stability under various experimental conditions, making it a reliable reference gene for gene expression analysis experiments under different conditions in dayflower. …”
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Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis: Single Reference Center Experience and Review of Current Literature: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Alper Aykanat, Hasan Tolga Celik, Gulsen Hazirolan, Sule Yigit, Murat Yurdakok

“…The most common microorganisms in CSF cultures were coagulase-negative Staphylococci with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis being most common among all. …”
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Iteratively mapping ancient DNA to reconstruct highly divergent mitochondrial genomes: An evaluation of software, parameters and bait reference by Michael V. Westbury, Eline D. Lorenzen

“…Further complicating matters for most extinct species is the lack of a sufficiently closely related extant relative to act as a reference. …”
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Identification and validation of reference genes for qRT-PCR analyses under different experimental conditions in Dendrobium nobile by Kaijie Li, Xianfen Deng, Yao Wu, Jinling Li, Mingjin Huang, Chunli Luo, Hualei Wang, Hongchang Liu, Dandan Li

“…The reference gene that demonstrated the most stable expression under high-temperature stress was 60SRPL26. …”
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