Naloxone training programs in corporately-owned versus independently-owned Alabama community pharmacies: A pilot cross-sectional survey by Erin Blythe, Nicholas McCormick, Shannon Woods, Karen Pham, Asia White, Hannah Bricker, Sadie Newhouse, Anne Taylor, Lindsey Hohmann

“…Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, 2-sided Fisher’s Exact tests for categorical and Mann Whitney U tests for continuous/ordinal outcomes. …”
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Short-Form Video Informed Consent Compared With Written Consent for Adolescents and Young Adults: Randomized Experiment by Aliyyat Afolabi, Elaine Cheung, Joanne Chen Lyu, Pamela M Ling

“…Independent sample 2-tailed t tests and chi-square tests were conducted to compare the outcomes between the 2 groups. …”
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The cognitive toll of household air pollution: cross–sectional associations between polluting cooking fuel use, cognitive functions and brain MRI in a rural aging population from K... by Sumedha Mitra, Manogna Sagiraju, Hitesh Pradhan, David Yao, Jayant M. Pinto, Jonas S. Sundarakumar

“…Fully adjusted linear regression models were used to test the associations between HAP exposure, cognition, and brain MRI parameters. …”
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Characteristics of new flue-cured tobacco strains developed from Yunyan87 mutants and their DNA fingerprint identification by CHEN Tingting, LI Xianfu, JIA Chunlei, AN Xueqin, ZHU Jun, XIAO Lizeng, DAI Xiumei, ZHANG Jiankui

“…The distinctive fingerprint map of the tested varieties can provide basis for the variety identification and protection.…”
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Broad-range polymerase chain reaction and sequencing for the diagnosis of infectious diseases by Nicole E. Putnam, Drew W. Charles, James B. Doub, J. Kristie Johnson

“…In addition to the standard of care (microbiology cultures), providers can order a broad-range polymerase chain reaction and sequencing (BR-PCR) test to identify microorganisms directly from clinical specimens and independently from culture. …”
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Characterization and Selection of <i>Lactobacillus</i> Strains with Potential Probiotic Applications by Yulian Tumbarski, Ivelina Peykova-Shapkova, Mihaela Ivanova, Remzi Cholakov, Agata Dutkiewicz, Krzysztof Grzymajło

“…The strains were evaluated based on their resistance to simulated upper gastrointestinal conditions, tolerance to bile salts, antimicrobial activity, antibiotic resistance and ability to adhere to intestinal cells. All the strains were resistant to simulated upper gastrointestinal conditions (pH 2.5 + pepsin and pH 7.4 + pancreatin) and exhibited cell recovery rates varying between 74.24 and 87.50% (pH 2.5 + pepsin) and between 93.95 and 98.15% (pH 7.4 + pancreatin) at the 24th h of cultivation. …”
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Impairment of renal reserve filtration capacity in stage II–III chronic obstructive pulmonary disease under conditions of syntropy with stage II essential hypertension by S. Ya. Dotsenko, L. S. Akimova

“…In COPD comorbid with EH, almost 5/6 patients showed signs of renal dysfunction in the form of impaired renal reserve ability to proportionally increase GFR, indicating the progression of nephron hyperfiltration processes. …”
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Effects of Physical Exercise Programs on Sarcopenia Management, Dynapenia, and Physical Performance in the Elderly: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials by Renato Gorga Bandeira de Mello, Roberta Rigo Dalla Corte, Joana Gioscia, Emilio Hideyuki Moriguchi

“…A systematic review was conducted in the Pubmed database to identify randomized clinical trials (RCTs) which tested the effects of physical exercise programs to manage sarcopenia components in sarcopenic elder individuals. …”
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Potensi Serbuk Daun Pepaya untuk Meningkatkan Efisiensi Pemanfaatan Pakan, Rasio Efisiensi Protein dan Laju Pertumbuhan Relatif pada Budidaya Ikan Nila (Oreochromis niloticus) <br... by Gunanti Mahasri, Romziah Sidik, Norma Isnawati

“…Fish feed without the addition of the enzyme papain proximate tested. Once given the addition of papaya leaf powder, tested proximate feed back. …”
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Patient Triage and Guidance in Emergency Departments Using Large Language Models: Multimetric Study by Chenxu Wang, Fei Wang, Shuhan Li, Qing-wen Ren, Xiaomei Tan, Yaoyu Fu, Di Liu, Guangwu Qian, Yu Cao, Rong Yin, Kang Li

“…Data analyses included Wilcoxon tests, Kendall correlation coefficients, and logistic regression analyses. …”
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A predictive model for WHO/ISUP pathologic grading of renal clear cell carcinoma based on CT radiomics: a multicenter study by Chunying Wu, Yuzhen Xi, Juanjuan Hu, Guodong Li, Xu Wang, Xiaofei Jiao, Zhongxiang Ding, Weiying Sun

“…The combined model also exhibited strong predictive ability in both the validation cohort (AUC = 0.885) and the external cohort (AUC = 0.860). …”
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Assessment of Severity of Acute Pancreatitis Using Modified Computed Tomography Severity Index and Revised Atlanta Classification and Their Association with Clinical Outcome Parame... by Swasti Jain, Ankur Malhotra, Shruti Chandak, Deepti Arora, Aman Taneja

“…It can lead to various complications and is commonly diagnosed using laboratory tests and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scans. …”
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N88S seipin-related seipinopathy is a lipidopathy associated with loss of iron homeostasis by Mariana O. Ribeiro, Mafalda Oliveira, Verónica Nogueira, Vítor Costa, Vitor Teixeira

“…Statistical comparisons were made using unpaired Student's t-tests or two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey´s / Šídák's multiple comparisons tests. …”
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Pregnancy Carpal Tunnel: Nerve/Tendon Ratio (NTR)—A New Paradigm by Fatih Şahin, Recep Yilmaz Bayraktarli, Veli Mihmanlı

“…Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a prevalent condition during gestation. The recent ability of ultrasound to provide comparable results with electrodiagnostic tests (EDx) has opened the door for investigating new parameters. …”
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Analysis of self‐monitoring of blood glucose metrics in gestational diabetes mellitus and their association with infants born large for gestational age: A historical observational... by Nael Shaat, Omar Akel, Karl Kristensen, Anton Nilsson, Kerstin Berntorp, Anastasia Katsarou

“…The diagnosis of GDM was based on a universal 75 g oral glucose tolerance test at gestational week 28 or 12 in high‐risk women. …”
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Relationships Between Insulin Resistance Surrogate Indicators and Chronic Kidney Disease in Non-Diabetic Individuals: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Liu Q, An XF, Li L, Zhang H, Zuo YQ

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and DeLong tests were used to compare the predictive performances of different indicators.Results: Among the recruited 29,625 participants, 8.01% (2372/29,625) participants were CKD patients. …”
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Unraveling the laser decal transfer-based printing of ZnO ceramic towards FEP-ZnO-based Piezo-Tribo hybrid nanogenerators by Arpit Kumar Singh, Anshu Sahu, Palani Iyamperumal Anand

“…In this growing technological world, laser decal transfer has emerged as a groundbreaking technique due to its ability to offer high precision, material versatility, and design freedom. …”
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Assessing female call responses to syllable level details in song by Nora H. Prior, Nora H. Prior, Adam R. Fishbein, Adam R. Fishbein, Esther Martinez Garcia, Savannah Clough, Mary R. Elson, Gregory F. Ball, Gregory F. Ball, Robert J. Dooling, Robert J. Dooling

“…Altogether, our results contribute to growing evidence that syllable level details in birdsong are behaviorally relevant, and, perhaps more importantly, demonstrate that birds’ enhanced ability to discriminate acoustic fine structure as shown in psychophysical tests plays a role in communication.…”
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How accurately can supervised machine learning model predict a targeted psychiatric disorder? by Haitham Jahrami, Amir H. Pakpour, Waqar Husain, Achraf Ammar, Zahra Saif, Ali Husain Alsalman, Adel Aloffi, Khaled Trabelsi, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Michael V. Vitiello

“…A decision tree classification model was employed to predict clinical HD using self-report data from two psychological tests, the HRS-SR and GAD-7. The target variable was whether a participant had clinical HD, while the predictive variables were the continuous scores from the HRS-SR and GAD-7 tests. …”
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Clinical Model Based on DR3 Promoter Methylation for Predicting Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Hepatitis B Liver Failure by Wei XF, Wang J, Li JH, Zhang Y, Liu HH, Wang N, Jiang XM, Lyu H, Fan YC, Wang K

“…Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (ROC) was used to evaluate the model’s discriminative ability. The Hosmer-Lemeshow (H-L) goodness-of-fit test and Decision Curve Analysis (DCA) were employed to assess the model’s calibration and clinical practicability. …”
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