Dietary inflammatory index and mortality in middle-aged and elderly patients with metabolic syndrome by Xiangmei Li, Lei Liu, Xing Li, Long Yang, Li Men

“…Nutrient intake data were obtained from 24-hour dietary recalls. DII calculations were based on 28 food nutrient parameters, including energy, macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, and selected bioactive ingredients. …”
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Prevalence of anemia in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus with chronic renal disease by Sergey A. Martynov, Marina V. Shestakova, Evgeniy M. Shilov, Minara Sh. Shamkhalova, Olga K. Vikulova, Olga Yu. Sukhareva, Natalya P. Trubitsyna, Darya N. Egorova, Olga N. Bondarenko, Ivan I. Dedov

“…A total of 2,015 patients with DM [n = 807 with type 1 DM (T1DM); n = 1,208 with type 2 DM (T2DM)] and 244 patients with biopsy-proven chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) were selected. Patients with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of <15 ml/min/1,73 m2 (stage 5 CKD) and treated by erythropoietin-stimulating agents and/or iron medication were not included. …”
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Correlation analysis between multifidus muscle atrophy and the severity of degenerative scoliosis retrospective, cross-sectional study by Jiangkai Yu, Cong Zhang, Yan Zhou, Jing Wang, Youheng Zhang, Yuntao Wang

“…ImageJ software was used to measure the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the multifidus muscle at the mid-level of L4 and L5 on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and calculate the degree of atrophy. The proportion of males and bone mineral density (BMD) were significantly higher in the non-DS group compared to the DS group (P < 0.05). …”
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DETERMINATION OF DENTAL AGE OF 10-13 YEAR-OLD CHILDREN OF THE CARPATHIAN REGION OF UKRAINE BY THE CAMERIERE METHOD IN COMPARISON WITH THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL AGE by V.F. Makieyev, O.O. Isakova

“…Evaluating the results obtained by two methods, among girls and boys of the selected age group, a statistically significant strong correlation between the chronological age and the age calculated by the Cameriere method was revealed. …”
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Mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in adults in nonclinical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. by Julieta Galante, Claire Friedrich, Anna F Dawson, Marta Modrego-Alarcón, Pia Gebbing, Irene Delgado-Suárez, Radhika Gupta, Lydia Dean, Tim Dalgleish, Ian R White, Peter B Jones

“…Two researchers independently selected, extracted, and appraised trials using the Cochrane Risk-of-Bias Tool 2.0. …”
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The correlation of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with proportional crescent purpura nephritis by YU Ya, YANG Ding-ping, Yang Hong-xia, LI Xiao-li

“…Objective To evaluate the correlation between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR) and monocytes to high density lipoprotein ratio(MHR) with proportional crescent henoch-schonlein purpura nephritis(HSPN).Methods Forty-seven patients diagnosed with purpura nephritis by renal biopsy in People’s Hospital of Wuhan University from January 2016 to July 2019 were selected and divided into children group(age<18) and adult group(age≥18). …”
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Resting-state EEG associated with clinical measures to predict upper limb motor recovery of subacute stroke by Ling Ding, Ling Ding, Xiang Tian, Huiming Ren, Zihang Chen, Xiaokang Shu, Shugeng Chen, Jie Jia, Jie Jia, Jie Jia, Jie Jia

“…Twenty-six of the 113 patients were selected to undergo resting state EEG detection at week 0 (T0), week 1 (T1) and week 2 (T2), respectively. …”
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Computed tomography-based radiomics predicts prognostic and treatment-related levels of immune infiltration in the immune microenvironment of clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Shiyan Song, Wenfei Ge, Xiaochen Qi, Xiangyu Che, Qifei Wang, Guangzhen Wu

“…Eight ML algorithms were selected for diagnostic analysis of the test set. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the performance of the model. …”
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Identification Methods of Tumor Tissue Origin Based on Different STR Typing Kits by WU Li-ming, CHEN An-qi, ZHANG Su-hua, LI Cheng-tao

“…The number of total identical alleles （An） and identity by state （IBS） scores were calculated within the paired carcinoma （PC）, the tumor-unrelated individual （UI）, the tumor-simulated full sibling （FS） and the tumor-simulated parent-offspring （PO） groups. …”
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Prognostic Value of Systemic Inflammation, Nutritional Status and Sarcopenia in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Yahui Zhu, Ying Zhang, Mao Li, Jiongming Bai, Hongfen Wang, Xinyuan Pang, Rongrong Du, Jiao Wang, Xusheng Huang

“…Finally, time‐dependent receiver operating characteristic (time‐ROC) curves and the C‐index were calculated to evaluate the predictive efficacy of different indicators. …”
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Circulating MiRNAs as diagnostic biomarkers of lupus nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ermiyas Alemayehu, Alemu Gedefie, Habtu Debash, Abebaw Worede, Zewudu Mulatie, Endris Ebrahim, Mulugeta Teshome, Hussen Ebrahim, Melaku Ashagrie Belete

“…Stata 14.0 software was used to calculate pooled sensitivity, specificity, and other diagnostic parameters related to miRNAs for the diagnosis of LN utilizing a random effects model. …”
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Defining occult disease in glioblastoma using spectroscopic MRI: implications for clinical target volume delineation by Jonathan B. Bell, Sulaiman Sheriff, Mohammed Z. Goryawala, Kaylie Cullison, Gregory A. Azzam, Jessica Meshman, Matthew C. Abramowitz, Michael E. Ivan, Macarena I. de la Fuente, Eric A. Mellon

“…Hausdorff distances were calculated to define the margin necessary to cover Cho/NAA > 2x in pGBM and rGBM. …”
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Impact of antenatal corticosteroid therapy on neonatal outcomes in twin pregnancies by Wei-Zhen Tang, Wei-Ze Xu, Qin-Yu Cai, Kang-Jin Huang, Hong-Yu Xu, Jia-Zheng Li, Bo-Yuan Deng, Hao-Wen Chen, Li Wen, Lan Wang, Tai-Hang Liu

“…To correct for baseline imbalances, the optimal overlap weighting scheme was selected by calculating the Absolute Standardized Mean Difference (ASMD) to minimize intergroup differences. …”
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Evaluating the Performance of State-of-the-Art Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Based on the WHO Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Cross-Sectional St... by Tianyi Wang, Ruiyuan Chen, Baodong Wang, Congying Zou, Ning Fan, Shuo Yuan, Aobo Wang, Yu Xi, Lei Zang

“…The multidimensional performances among chatbots were compared, and the interrater agreements were calculated. ResultsA total of 300 responses to 25 queries were generated by the 4 chatbots. …”
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Effects of Pemafibrate on Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index (CAVI) in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes or Ischemic Heart Disease: A 24-Week Observational Study by Watanabe Y, Nonaka S, Yamaoka S, Nakamura S, Horikawa O, Yamaguchi T, Sato S, Todani S, Sugizaki Y, Ito T, Mikamo H, Takahashi M, Nagayama D, Shimizu K, Saiki A

“…Yasuhiro Watanabe,1 Shoya Nonaka,2 Shuhei Yamaoka,1 Shoko Nakamura,1 Osamu Horikawa,1 Takashi Yamaguchi,1 Shuji Sato,2 Shunsuke Todani,2 Yuta Sugizaki,2 Takuro Ito,2 Hiroshi Mikamo,2 Mao Takahashi,2 Daiji Nagayama,3 Kazuhiro Shimizu,1 Atsuhito Saiki1 1Center of Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolism, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Chiba, Japan; 2Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Chiba, Japan; 3Nagayama Clinic, Tochigi, JapanCorrespondence: Yasuhiro Watanabe, Center of Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolism, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura-City, Chiba, 285-8741, Japan, Tel +81-43-462-8811, Fax +81-43-462-8820, Email y.watanabe1216@gmail.comPurpose: Pemafibrate is a novel selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha modulator (SPPARMα) that improves lipid profile, but its effects on cardiovascular events remain unproven. …”
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SEM observation of pollen in 17 cherry germplasm resources by ZHOU Junman, DUAN Xuwei, ZHANG Kaichun, ZHANG Xiaoming, YAN Guohua, ZHOU Yu, WANG Jing, FENG Chen, WANG Wei, WANG Naiyu, YUAN Hui, WU Chuanbao

“…Image J was used to measure the polar axis length (P) and equatorial axis length (E) of selected pollen grains respectively and the polar equatorial ratio (P/E) was calculated. …”
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Modeling Factors Influencing Project Financing Risk by Gholamreza Sharafi, Kiamars Fathi Hafashjani, Faegh Ahmadi

“…From this pool, a sample of 220 individuals was randomly selected to ensure robustness and representativeness in the analysis. …”
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Effect of dietary supplementation of Zn-L-selenomethionine on lactation performance and plasma biochemical indexes of dairy cows in peak lactation period by CHEN Yi, JI Fei, LIU Jianxin, WANG Diming

“…Sixty multiparous Chinese Holstein dairy cows at peak lactation were selected. The cows were divided into 15 blocks with four cows in each block based on the similarity principles of the lactation time, body mass, parity and milk yield. …”
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Establishing Sitafloxacin Epidemiological Cut-off Values (ECOFFs) for Clinical Bacterial Isolates by Zhang J, Li X, Jia X, Li Y, Zheng B, Yu Y, Hu F, Sun Z, Chen Z, Zhang G, Kang W, Wang T, Li J, Gao H, Yi Q, Yu W, Chu X, Xu Y, Yang Q

“…MIC ECOFFs were determined using ECOFFinder software, with the 99% calculated ECOFF selected as the initial value. Zone diameter ECOFFs were determined via the visual estimation method. …”
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Evaluation of Environmental Effects of Applied Pesticides on Canola (Brassica napus L.), Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.), and Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Fields in Ali Abad Katool... by Zahra Deilam, Hossein Kazemi, Maral Niazmoradi, Javid Gherekhloo

“…The amount of environmental damage of each field was calculated from the sum of EIQ-FURs of pesticides consumed in that field per hectare. …”
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