The relationship between vision status and its influencing factors among primary and secondary school students: The masking effect of physical activity level and the moderating eff... by Jiyan Xu, Yanjun Li, Siyuan Ma, Shimeng Dai, Weiwei Xu, Mengjiao Sang, Kaijie Feng

“…This cross-sectional study aims to explore the vision status of primary and secondary school students in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and its internal relationship with influencing factors under regional characteristics. Methods A survey was conducted among 1,670 primary and secondary school students in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China using a snapshot method and random sampling techniques from September to October 2023. …”
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Screening of COPD patients using the COPD diagnostic questionnaire and a portable spirometer in primary healthcare institutions: a cross-sectional, diagnostic study by Feng Chen, Qingrong Nie, Xuefeng Han, Chunjuan Li, Qimeng Liu, Feifei Xu, Li Zhang, Le Qiao, Maoxin Li, Ying Zhang, Haiyan Wang

“…The sensitivity and specificity of the combination of the portable spirometer and CDQ in diagnosing COPD were 96.6% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.934–0.983) and 79.9% (95% CI: 0.745–0.845), respectively, significantly higher than those with the use of either method alone (p < 0.05). The area under the ROC curve for the combined diagnosis of COPD was 0.994 (95% CI: 0.983–0.999), with a Jordan index of 0.765. …”
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Role of Ketamine in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders by Sahar Derakhshanian, Maxine Zhou, Alexander Rath, Rachel Barlow, Sarah Bertrand, Caroline DeGraw, Christopher Lee, Jamal Hasoon, Alan D. Kaye

“… # Summary TRD is associated with huge costs on individual and societal levels. Underlying disease processes are multifactorial and not well understood. …”
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Empirical prediction intervals applied to short term mortality forecasts and excess deaths by Ricarda Duerst, Jonas Schöley

“…Across the 23 countries studied, finding at least 10% weekly excess deaths in a single week during summer or winter is not very unusual under non-pandemic conditions. These results contrast sharply with those derived using a standard negative-binomial GAM. …”
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The effect of magnesium supplementation on serum concentration of lipid profile: an updated systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis on randomized controlled trials by Mitra Hariri, Masoudreza Sohrabi, Ali Gholami

“…Registry number This study was registered in PROSPERO under the protocol number CRD42024505142.…”
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Predictive value of the perivascular fat attenuation index for MACE in young people suspected of CAD by Yani Yu, Dongkai Shan, Xi Wang, Zinuan Liu, Guanhua Dou, Junjie Yang, Yuqi Liu, Yundai Chen

“…The prediction accuracy of MACE can be improved by including a high FAI on the basis of the traditional risk factor model, and the area under the curve (AUC) increased from 0.728 to 0.845 (P < 0.001). …”
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Managing Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy in Indonesia: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Hypoallergenic Milk Formulas from the Private Payers’ Perspective by Ana Teresa Paquete, Rui Martins, Mark P. Connolly, Badriul Hegar, Zakiudin Munasir, Stephanus Stephanus

“…Results were reported as cost per additional child free from allergic manifestations or per additional immunotolerant child at 3 years, and per life-years under the same conditions. Uncertainty was assessed using deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analysis. …”
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The Long-term Variations and Influencing Factors of Soil Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Terraces on the Loess Plateau by PENG Xin, NI Lingshan, JI Keyan, DAI Wei, WANG Zhuoxiao, CHANG Heng, FANG Nufang

“…[Results] (1) The Ks of terraces under different land use types exhibited varying patterns with increasing ages of terrace construction. …”
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The mcpC mutant of Salmonella enteritidis exhibits attenuation and confers both immunogenicity and protective efficacy in mice by Lu Zhang, Li Chen, Xuqiang Zhang, Yang Li, Qingfeng Zheng, Yun Li, Ning Li, Qiumei Shi, Yanying Zhang, Tonglei Wu

“…However, ΔmcpC showed significantly reduced survival under acidic, alkaline, thermal, and oxidative stress conditions; markedly diminished motility; weakened invasion of Caco-2 cells; and reduced intracellular survival in RAW264.7 macrophages. …”
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Development of delayed pulmonary toxicities and transcriptional changes in pre-existing interstitial lung disease mice after partial thoracic irradiation by Jiamei Fu, Xinglong Liu, Yuchuan Zhou, Shengnan Zhao, Liang Zeng, Yan Pan, Jianghong Zhang, Kevin M. Prise, Chunlin Shao, Yaping Xu

“…Abstract Background Lung cancer patients with comorbid interstitial lung disease (LC-ILD) have an increased risk of developing severe or even fatal radiation pneumonitis after thoracic radiotherapy. However, the underlying mechanisms of its pathogenesis are still inconclusive. …”
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A Multivariate prediction model for amlodipine therapeutic efficacy in pediatric primary hypertension by Yao Lin, Hui Wang, Yaqi Li, Yang Liu, Yanyan Liu, Hongwei Zhang, Yanjun Deng, Lin Shi

“…Compared to the baseline model, the full model with the four variables had a good calibration with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.967 (95% CI: 0.945-0.990), yielding a sensitivity and a specificity of 91.0% and 92.1%, respectively; the clinical decision curve showed a positive net benefit. …”
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Enhancing anthropometric proficiency: Effect of a structured training program on skills of Anganwadi workers in rural areas of Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh by Mukesh Shukla, Abhay Singh, Sourabh Paul, Mritunjay Kumar, Ravinder Singh Bedi

“…Context: Anganwadi workers (AWWs) require technical skills for growth monitoring of under-five children. Anthropometric skills help Anganwadi workers assess any changes or deterioration in the normal growth of children. …”
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The Linguistic Landscape of Ulaanbaatar: what Signs and People tell about by Erzhen V. Khilkhanova

“…The aim of the study is to analyze the linguistic landscape signs and social meanings attributed to them by the inhabitants of Ulaanbaatar, as well as linguistic ideologies underlying social indexicality. The method used include photographing linguistic landscape units in the center of Ulaanbaatar and surveying representatives of small businesses and ordinary urban dwellers. …”
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The Prediction Model of High-Frequency Ultrasound Combined with Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Scoring System Improved the Diagnosis of Sclerosing Adenosis and Early Breast Cance... by Ma B, Wu G, Zhu H, Liu Y, Hu W, Zhao J, Liu Y, Liu Q

“…Bingxin Ma,1 Gang Wu,1 Haohui Zhu,1 Yifei Liu,1 Wenjia Hu,1 Jing Zhao,1 Yinlong Liu,1 Qiuyu Liu2 1Department of Ultrasound, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pathology, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Gang Wu, Email drwugang325@126.com; Haohui Zhu, Email zhh761126@163.comObjective: The study aimed to apply an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted scoring system, and improve the diagnostic efficiency of Sclerosing adenosis and early breast cancer.Methods: This study retrospectively collected adenopathy patients (156 cases) and early breast cancer patients (150 cases) in Henan Provincial People’s Hospital from August 2020 to April 2023.Results: The area under the curve of the model constructed by clinical ultrasound features and combined AI features to predict and identify the two in the training group was 0.89 and 0.94, respectively. …”
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CircHIPK2 recruits SRSF1 to increase TXNIP mRNA stability and promotes autophagy-dependent ferroptosis and apoptosis in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by Zhu Zhang, Jinqi Hao, Qinghong Qiao, Junting Song, Yanqin Yu

“…Methods Human cardiac myocytes (HCM) were cultured under Hypoxia/Reoxygenation (H/R) condition to establish a MIRI model in vitro. …”
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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 assessed predictive accuracy by reporting the area under the receiver operator curve (AUROC) and sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and positive and negative likelihood ratios at multiple clinically relevant thresholds. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of antimicrobial resistance dynamics among broiler and duck intensive production systems by Zsombor Szoke, Peter Fauszt, Maja Mikolas, Peter David, Emese Szilagyi-Tolnai, Georgina Pesti-Asboth, Judit Rita Homoki, Ildiko Kovacs-Forgacs, Ferenc Gal, Laszlo Stundl, Levente Czegledi, Aniko Stagel, Sandor Biro, Judit Remenyik, Melinda Paholcsek

“…This study examines AMR dynamics in Ross 308 broilers and Cherry Valley ducks over 15 months and 15 stocking periods under consistent rearing conditions. A total of 96 pooled samples were collected: 50 from broiler farms (26 biological, 24 environmental) and 46 from duck farms (24 biological, 22 environmental). …”
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uN2CpolyG-mediated p65 nuclear sequestration suppresses the NF-κB-NLRP3 pathway in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease by Yu Shen, Kaiyan Jiang, Dandan Tan, Min Zhu, Yusen Qiu, Pencheng Huang, Wenquan Zou, Jianwen Deng, Zhaoxia Wang, Ying Xiong, Daojun Hong

“…Emerging clinical evidence suggests that inflammation contributes to NIID pathogenesis, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. This study aimed to elucidate the molecular interaction between uN2CpolyG and the NF-κB-NLRP3 pathway. …”
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A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study Investigating the Causal Relationship Between Ankylosing Spondylitis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Pan D, Dai X, Li P, Xue L

“…AS may be a risk factor for COPD, however, further studies are needed to validate these results and elucidate the underlying mechanisms.Keywords: ankylosing spondylitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Mendelian randomization, causal relationship…”
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Comparison of 8 Weeks of Selected TRX Training and Weight Training on Improving Motor Function and Chronic Nonspecific Back Pain in Women Aged 35 to 55 by Fatemeh Rezaei

“…After group assignment, kyphosis and lordosis were measured using a flexible ruler, and functional movement was assessed with the Functional Movement Screening (FMS) test. …”
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