Cell death pathway regulation by fatty acid metabolism-related genes in neuroblastoma: a multi-omics analysis identifying CHD5 as a novel biomarker by Yankun Chen, Junzhi Liu, Yubin Jia, Jiaxing Yang, Yan Jin, Yun Liu, Benfu Zhong, Qiang Zhao

“…Utilizing a single-cell dataset of neuroblastoma samples, cells were categorized and labeled based on UMAP analysis. …”
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Intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Gizachew Yilak, Alemayehu Sayih Belay, Aychew Kassie, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Ambaw Abebaw Emrie, Mulat Ayele, Eyob Shitie Lake, Legese Fekede Abza

“…The heterogeneity between studies was assessed using I2 test statistics and the random-effects meta-analysis was done using the restricted maximum likelihood method. …”
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Spatial Information of Somatosensory Stimuli in the Brain: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data by In-Seon Lee, Won-mo Jung, Hi-Joon Park, Younbyoung Chae

“…Future studies with larger samples will identify stimulus-specific neural patterns representing stimulated locations, independent of subjective tactile perception and emotional responses. …”
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Mapping global leaf inclination angle (LIA) based on field measurement data by S. Li, S. Li, S. Li, H. Fang, H. Fang

“…This study compiled global LIA measurements and generated the first global 500 m mean LIA (MLA) product by gap-filling the LIA measurement data using a random forest regressor. Different generation strategies were employed for noncrops and crops. …”
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The Association and diagnostic value between Maternal Serum Placental Markers and Placenta Previa by Panpan Ma, Tingting Hu, Yiming Chen

“…Of the 137 women, 45 were diagnosed with placenta previa, while 92 were selected at random as the control group, in a ratio of 1: 2. Independent samples t-test or Mann-Whitney U test were utilized to compare the quantitative data of the two groups, and the Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to evaluate the diagnostic value of maternal serum placental marker levels for placenta previa. …”
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Estimated stroke risk, yield, and number needed to screen for atrial fibrillation detected through single time screening: a multicountry patient-level meta-analysis of 141,220 scre... by Nicole Lowres, Jake Olivier, Tze-Fan Chao, Shih-Ann Chen, Yi Chen, Axel Diederichsen, David A Fitzmaurice, Juan Jose Gomez-Doblas, Joseph Harbison, Jeff S Healey, F D Richard Hobbs, Femke Kaasenbrood, William Keen, Vivian W Lee, Jes S Lindholt, Gregory Y H Lip, Georges H Mairesse, Jonathan Mant, Julie W Martin, Enrique Martín-Rioboó, David D McManus, Javier Muñiz, Thomas Münzel, Juliet Nakamya, Lis Neubeck, Jessica J Orchard, Luis Ángel Pérula de Torres, Marco Proietti, F Russell Quinn, Andrea K Roalfe, Roopinder K Sandhu, Renate B Schnabel, Breda Smyth, Apurv Soni, Robert Tieleman, Jiguang Wang, Philipp S Wild, Bryan P Yan, Ben Freedman

“…Statistical analysis was performed using random effects logistic regression for AF detection rate, and Poisson regression modelling for CHA2DS2-VASc scores. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of the Clinical Efficacy of an Anti-Diabetic Polyherbal Formulation by Hasib Sheikh, Md. Khairul Alam, Md. Abdus Samad

“…Blood samples, height, weight, blood pressure, and personal data were recorded—laboratory results were obtained at the study baseline, after 1.5 months and after 3 months of intervention. …”
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Clinical validation and application value exploration of multi-modal pulmonary nodule diagnosis model by XU Wanxing, WANG Lin, GUO Qiaomei, WANG Xueqing, LOU Jiatao

“…Compared with Lung-RADS, MPI-RF had better diagnostic performance in the total samples and different types of nodules (all P=0.000). …”
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Distinct Airway Microbiome and Metabolite Profiles in Eosinophilic and Neutrophilic Asthma by Liu S, Lin Z, Zhou J, Yang X, You L, Yang Q, Li T, Hu Z, Zhan X, Jiang Y, Sun B

“…Random forest models identified diagnostic markers, validated in the external cohort.Results: Significant shifts in airway microbiota were observed, particularly between NEA and HC, and between EA and NEA. …”
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Cross-sectional study of the association between diet and physical inactivity with obesity, diabetes and hypertension among older adults in Sierra Leone by Justine Davies, Oyinlola Oyebode, Haja Wurie, Maria Lisa Odland, Miles Witham, Rashid Ansumana, Tahir Bockarie, Joseph Lamin, Ankit Shanker, Mohamed B Jalloh, Alhaji M Kamara

“…Objective To examine the association between behavioural risk factors and their physiological sequelae among adults aged 40 and above in Bo District, Sierra Leone.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Household survey in Bo District, Sierra Leone.Participants The study included 1978 randomly sampled adults aged 40 and above (44.4% male and 55.6% female). …”
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DEVELOPING OF INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE ANXIETY SCALE: VALIDITY - RELIABILITY STUDY by Esra DALKIRAN, Hülya ŞAHİN BALTACI, Zeynep KARATAŞ, Zeki NACAKCI

“…The study population consists of the students attending the 23 universities which has Music Education Department. The sample of the study consists of 438 girls and 312 boys, totally 750 students  who are studying in the Department of Music Education of randomly selected 10 universities. …”
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Authentication of rapeseed variety based on hyperspectral imaging and chemometrics by Junjun Gong, Xinjing Dou, Du Wang, Mengxue Fang, Li Yu, Fei Ma, Xuefang Wang, Baocheng Xu, Peiwu Li, Liangxiao Zhang

“…Moreover, to extend the use of this model in practice, the rapeseed samples adulterated with 4 % and 6 % rapeseeds of other varities were prepared to validate this model. …”
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The EmpaTeach intervention for reducing physical violence from teachers to students in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp: A cluster-randomised controlled trial. by Camilla Fabbri, Katherine Rodrigues, Baptiste Leurent, Elizabeth Allen, Mary Qiu, Martin Zuakulu, Dennis Nombo, Michael Kaemingk, Alexandra De Filippo, Gerard Torrats-Espinosa, Elizabeth Shayo, Vivien Barongo, Giulia Greco, Wietse Tol, Karen M Devries

“…In total, 1,493 of the 1,866 (80%) randomly sampled students approached for participation took part in the baseline survey; at baseline 54.1% of students reported past-week physical violence from school staff. …”
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Immersive Virtual Reality and AI (Generative Pretrained Transformer) to Enhance Student Preparedness for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations: Mixed Methods Study by Shaniff Esmail, Brendan Concannon

“…Future research with larger or randomized samples is needed to confirm these findings and explore advanced VR tools offering feedback to enhance learning.…”
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Maternal alloimmune antibodies against HPA and HLA class I antigens are associated with reduced birthweight among healthy neonates delivered by Chinese women by Yang Xue, Wenlong Xin, Chao Li, Xing Zeng, Zhanyun Song, Chen Cao, Tongmao Zhao

“…A portion of each serum sample was used to distinguish HLA class I antibodies from HPA antibodies. …”
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Willingness to pay for dental check-ups and the associated socioeconomic factors among Japanese adults with fewer than 20 remaining teeth: a cross-sectional study by Katsuo Oshima, Moeka Araki, Rika Takei, Yasushi Kumono, Ryutaro Kobayashi, Tomoko Tanaka, Masaomi Fukuda

“…Overall, 830 study participants (men and women aged 50–74 years) with 1–19 remaining teeth were randomly sampled from the registrants of an online research company in Japan. …”
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The effect of the informative program in the narrative style on the development of the meaning of life among blind students at Al-Noor Institute / Baghdad Governorate by Aasu Saleh Saeed, Alaa Khudair Nassif

“…The current research was determined by the students of Al-Noor Institute for the Blind for the academic year (2019/2020 AD), and the two researchers used the semi-experimental approach with a design (an experimental group and a control group with a pre-post test) The research sample consisted of (20) students from the Al-Noor Institute distributed randomly among Two groups, (an experimental group) and (a control group), and by (10) students in each group, parity was made for the two groups in some variables and a measure of the meaning of life was constructed consisting of (22) paragraphs, distributed into (4) areas, which are (estimation Self, social relations, achievement motivation, responsibility) and the two researchers presented it to a group of arbitrators in education and psychology, and in light of the results of the arbitration, we assured the validity of the scale for application and thus achieve apparent validity, as for consistency, it was found in two ways, namely, retesting as it reached (0.81), And Vackronbach has reached (0.82).    …”
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CD44 Immunohistochemical Expression in Central and Peripheral Parts of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma: An Institutional Study by Romano Oguic, Antun Grskovic, Josip Spanjol, Ivana Mikolasevic, Gordana Djordjevic

“…Tissue microarrays of 121 archival acinar prostate carcinoma samples were immunohistochemically evaluated for CD44s expression. …”
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Study protocol for a single-centre non-inferior randomised controlled trial on a novel three-dimensional matrix positioning-based cognitive fusion-targeted biopsy and software-base... by Haifeng Wang, Biming He, Rongbing Li, Dongyang Li, Liqun Huang, Xiaofei Wen, Guosheng Yang

“…Another pathway named targeted biopsy is using multiparametric MRI to localise the tumour precisely and then obtain the samples from the suspicious lesions. Targeted biopsy, which is mainly divided into cognitive fusion method and software-based fusion method, is getting prevalent for its good performance in detecting significant cancer. …”
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Effects of postbiotic products from Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation on lactation performance, antioxidant capacity, and blood immunity in transition dairy cows by Dongwen Dai, Fanlin Kong, Haoqi Han, Weina Shi, Han Song, Ilkyu Yoon, Shuo Wang, Xiaojing Liu, Na Lu, Wei Wang, Shengli Li

“…Blood (n = 15, 13, and 12 in the CON, XPC, and NTK groups, respectively) was sampled at −7 (± 3), +3, +7, +21, and +28 d, and milk (n = 19, 18, and 15 in the CON, XPC, and NTK groups, respectively) was sampled from 1 to 8 wk from a subset of cows from −21 to 56 d relative to calving. …”
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