Do women prefer caesarean sections? A qualitative evidence synthesis of their views and experiences. by Mercedes Colomar, Newton Opiyo, Carol Kingdon, Qian Long, Soledad Nion, Meghan A Bohren, Ana Pilar Betran

“…Thematic synthesis of data was conducted. Confidence in findings was assessed using GRADE-CERQual.…”
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A Qualitative Study of Factors That Influence Older Adults' Work on the Arduous Path to Spine Surgery by Andrea L. Strayer, Samantha Bjornson, Nicole E. Werner, Anna Krupp

“…Methods Secondary analysis of data (28 interviews) from older adults who underwent spine surgery, using deductive and inductive qualitative content analysis to describe patient work system factors. …”
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Spatiotemporal Analysis and Physicochemical Profiling of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 in Slovenia by Maja Ivanovski, Ivan Anžel, Darko Goričanec, Danijela Urbancl

“…In addition to decreasing annual concentrations, a notable reduction in exceedance days was observed between 2019 and 2022, indicating the effectiveness of recent air quality improvement measures. Meteorological data and statistical models were used to assess environmental influences on PM variability. …”
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Association of the newly proposed dietary index for gut microbiota and constipation: a cross-sectional study from NHANES by Zhuhui Zhang, Chunlu Bi, Runsheng Wu, Muwen Qu

“…DI-GM was derived from dietary recall data, including avocado, broccoli, chickpeas, coffee, cranberries, fermented dairy, fiber, green tea, soybean and whole grains as beneficial elements, red meat, processed meat, refined grains, and high fat as detrimental components. …”
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Citrate Supplementation Modulates Medium Viscosity and Poly‐γ‐Glutamic Acid Synthesis by Engineered B. subtilis 168 by Frederik Völker, Kyra Hoffmann, Birthe Halmschlag, Sandra Maaß, Jochen Büchs, Lars M. Blank

“…However, a high citrate concentration resulted in a 6‐fold increase in γ‐PGA titer compared to low exogenous citrate levels. Data suggests that citrate was not used as a precursor in γ‐PGA synthesis but rather influenced the fate of imported glutamate. …”
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ANOVA Based Optimization of UV Nanosecond Laser for Polyamide Insulation Removal from Platinum Wires Under Water Confinement by Danial Rahnama, Graziano Chila, Sivakumar Narayanswamy

“…This study primarily focused on analyzing the main effects and two-factor interactions of these parameters using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). …”
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Evaluating 3D-Printed Polylactic Acid (PLA)-Reinforced Materials: Mechanical Performance and Chemical Stability in Concrete Mediums by Hanna Csótár, Szabolcs Szalai, Dmytro Kurhan, Mykola Sysyn, Szabolcs Fischer

“…The research identifies gaps in understanding PLA’s mechanical and chemical behavior in alkaline environments, particularly its interactions with concrete matrices. To bridge this gap, four distinct PLA variants (high-impact PLA, engineering PLA, electrical ESD PLA, and gypsum PLA) and ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) were subjected to dissolution tests in NaOH solutions (pH 12 and 12.55) and mechanical evaluation under three-point bending using digital image correlation (DIC) technology. …”
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Contribution of Unresolved Sources to Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane by Jiayin He, Houdun Zeng, Yi Zhang, Qiang Yuan, Rui Zhang, Jun Li

“…The flux is higher than predicted for cosmic rays interacting with the interstellar medium. In this work, we utilize a nonparametric method to derive the source count distribution using the published first LHAASO source catalog. …”
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Anthozoan eDNA primer set characterizes Ctenophora and Medusozoa inhabiting mesophotic and deep waters off the Gulf Coast of the southern USA by Annemarie Wood, Luke McCartin, Luke McCartin, Luke McCartin, Santiago Herrera, Santiago Herrera, Santiago Herrera, Andrea M. Quattrini, Allen G. Collins, Allen G. Collins

“…We recovered sequences belonging to a diverse array of GZ taxa and used these data to distinguish GZ communities by site and ecosystem type, characterize community diversity, and facilitate a better understanding of how these mysterious organisms interact within their ecosystem. …”
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Virulence and genetic characterization of Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici populations on different wheat cultivars by Jierong Wang, Yongjin Jin, Li Geng, Hongyan Wang, Jing Zhao, Lili Huang, Zhensheng Kang, Gangming Zhan

“…Significant genetic differentiation was observed using F ST  analyses of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) markers data among populations on the different cultivars, but cultivar-specific clustering was not detected. …”
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Pregnant women’s perceptions of antenatal care and utilisation of digital health tools in Magu District, Tanzania: a qualitative study by Sandra van Pelt, Marit van der Pijl, Robert A.C. Ruiter, Pendo M. Ndaki, Rehema Kilimba, Laura Shields-Zeeman, John B.F. de Wit, Karlijn Massar

“…It is less clear to what extent the use of digital health tools in low- and middle-income counties would be perceived as beneficial by end-users. …”
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Oxidative Nanopatterning of Titanium Surface Influences mRNA and MicroRNA Expression in Human Alveolar Bone Osteoblastic Cells by Maidy Rehder Wimmers Ferreira, Roger Rodrigo Fernandes, Amanda Freire Assis, Janaína A. Dernowsek, Geraldo A. Passos, Fabio Variola, Karina Fittipaldi Bombonato-Prado

“…Titanium implants have been extensively used in orthopedic and dental applications. It is well known that micro- and nanoscale surface features of biomaterials affect cellular events that control implant-host tissue interactions. …”
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Comprehensive Review of Meta-Learning Methods for Cold-Start Issue in Recommendation Systems by Jamallah M. Zawia, Maizatul Akmar Binti Ismail, Mohammad Imran, Buce Trias Hanggara, Diva Kurnianingtyas, Silvi Asna, Quang Tran Minh

“…The cold-start issue in recommendation systems refers to the challenge of recommending items or users when minimal or no prior data is available. Meta-learning methods have emerged as a response to this challenge due to their ability to transfer prior knowledge to recommendation tasks. …”
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EasyMetagenome: A user‐friendly and flexible pipeline for shotgun metagenomic analysis in microbiome research by Defeng Bai, Tong Chen, Jiani Xun, Chuang Ma, Hao Luo, Haifei Yang, Chen Cao, Xiaofeng Cao, Jianzhou Cui, Yuan‐Ping Deng, Zhaochao Deng, Wenxin Dong, Wenxue Dong, Juan Du, Qunkai Fang, Wei Fang, Yue Fang, Fangtian Fu, Min Fu, Yi‐Tian Fu, He Gao, Jingping Ge, Qinglong Gong, Lunda Gu, Peng Guo, Yuhao Guo, Tang Hai, Hao Liu, Jieqiang He, Zi‐Yang He, Huiyu Hou, Can Huang, Shuai Ji, ChangHai Jiang, Gui‐Lai Jiang, Lingjuan Jiang, Ling N. Jin, Yuhe Kan, Da Kang, Jin Kou, Ka‐Lung Lam, Changchao Li, Chong Li, Fuyi Li, Liwei Li, Miao Li, Xin Li, Ye Li, Zheng‐Tao Li, Jing Liang, Yongxin Lin, Changzhen Liu, Danni Liu, Fengqin Liu, Jia Liu, Tianrui Liu, Tingting Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yaqun Liu, Bangyan Liu, Minghao Liu, Wenbo Lou, Yaning Luan, Yuanyuan Luo, Hujie Lv, Tengfei Ma, Zongjiong Mai, Jiayuan Mo, Dongze Niu, Zhuo Pan, Heyuan Qi, Zhanyao Shi, Chunjiao Song, Fuxiang Sun, Yan Sun, Sihui Tian, Xiulin Wan, Guoliang Wang, Hongyang Wang, Hongyu Wang, Huanhuan Wang, Jing Wang, Jun Wang, Kang Wang, Leli Wang, Shao‐kun Wang, Xinlong Wang, Yao Wang, Zufei Xiao, Huichun Xing, Yifan Xu, Shu‐yan Yan, Li Yang, Song Yang, Yuanming Yang, Xiaofang Yao, Salsabeel Yousuf, Hao Yu, Yu Lei, Zhengrong Yuan, Meiyin Zeng, Chunfang Zhang, Chunge Zhang, Huimin Zhang, Jing Zhang, Na Zhang, Tianyuan Zhang, Yi‐Bo Zhang, Yupeng Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Mingda Zhou, Yuanping Zhou, Chengshuai Zhu, Lin Zhu, Yue Zhu, Zhihao Zhu, Hongqin Zou, Anna Zuo, Wenxuan Dong, Tao Wen, Shifu Chen, Guoliang Li, Yunyun Gao, Yong‐Xin Liu

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Understanding the relationship between adolescents with tuberculosis and health services: an indepth qualitative study from Cape Town by Graeme Hoddinott, James Seddon, Khanyisa Mcimeli, Stephanie Jacobs, Dillon Timothy Wademan, Zara Kavalieratos, Mfundo Mlomzale, Arlene J Marthinus, Lucia N Jola

“…A subset of 20 was selected for serial qualitative data collection, with 19 completing all tasks between December 2020 and September 2021. 52 interviews were conducted and thematically analysed using a case descriptive process for experiences across the TB care cascade.Findings Adolescents criticised the difficulties and delays they encountered in obtaining an accurate TB diagnosis. …”
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The influence of patient self-efficacy on value co-creation behavior and outcomes in chronic disease management: a cross-sectional study by Jiamin Tang, Jie Jia, Yuan Gao, Weixiao Yu, ZhengNan Meng, Hailong Zhu, Xianhong Huang

“…This study investigated the impact of chronic disease patients’ self-efficacy and value co-creation behaviors on the outcomes of value co-creation. Methods Relevant data were acquired through a questionnaire survey using statistical methods, such as the t-test, analysis of variance, and stratified linear regression. …”
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Association between exposure to proton pump inhibitors and delirium: a descriptive and disproportionality analysis of VigiBase by Charles Dolladille, Joachim Alexandre, Alexandre Decros, Elise-Marie Minoc, Véronique Lelong-Boulouard, Basile Chrétien, Alexandre Meurant, Cédric Villain

“…We aimed to describe the association between reports of delirium and PPI exposure and to assess the association between PPI and delirium with and without hyponatraemia.Design A descriptive and disproportionality analysis of claims data.Setting World pharmacovigilance database VigiBase between 1 January 1991 and 9 February 2022.Primary and secondary outcome measures In the first part, we described reports of delirium for which involvement of a PPI or interactions of PPIs with other drugs were suspected. …”
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Modeling and predicting growth and growth boundary of Bacillus cereus s.l. from phylogroups II, IV, V, and VI in starchy foods at or below 12°C by Veronica Martinez-Rios, Resadije Idrizi, Paw Dalgaard, Lisbeth Truelstrup Hansen, Tina Beck Hansen

“…Using 21 of the growth kinetics obtained for starchy foods, the five best performing of 10 available growth models were selected for improvement by product calibration and/or expansion with terms to consider the effect of interactions between temperature, pH and aw. …”
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Regression analysis and artificial neural networks for predicting pine species volume in community forests by Wenceslao Santiago-García

“…These variables were explicitly incorporated into the ANN structure, enabling the model to learn complex, non-linear interactions. The ANN was optimized using L1 regularization and the Adam optimizer. …”
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The hidden dangers in routine medical complaints: uncovering patient harm by Shaoting Luo, Xueting Chen, Xinyu Wen, Boyu Yao, Cui Wang, Qingbin Li, Wei Wang, Lianyong Li, Yong Zhang

“…Methods A retrospective study was conducted using data collected from January 2014 to December 2023, encompassing patient interactions, treatments, and complaints in the authors’ institution. …”
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