Computational analysis of reproducibility and image quality of 2011 and 2017 models of Heidelberg Spectralis SD-OCT machines by Kyoung A Viola Lee, Corey Tesdahl, Keith Zimmerman, Kimberly Jun, Sabrina Khalil, Alexander Shahin, Abdullah Abou-Samra, Ramesh Ayyala, Radouil Tzekov

“…Heatmap analysis indicated greater inter-patient variability in the nasal retinal regions, while intra-patient variability was consistently low (<1%) across both devices. …”
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Serum Lipid Profile in Uterine Fibroids Patients Attending a Tertiary Healthcare: A Cross-sectional Study by Medowelie Matthew, Yanglem Ajitkumar Singh, Arunkumar Singh, Victoria Kshetrimayum, Guiphiuliu Kamei, Sangeeta Naorem, Kaling Tayeng, Diana Yumnam

“…The data were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. For continuous variables, an independent t-test was used, while for categorical variables, the Chi-square test was employed to compare cases and controls. …”
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Vision-related Quality of Life (VRQOL) and its determinants among the Elderly in rural blocks of Haryana, India by Mona Duggal, Ankita Kankaria, Latika Rohilla, Harashish Jindal, Limalemla Jamir, Parul Chawla Gupta, Debarati Sarkar, Vaibhav Miglani, Akash Kumar, Drishti Sharma, Neha Dahiya, Siddhartha Sharma, Sandeep Grover

“…Bivariate analysis was done using Student t-test or Rank Sum test for continuous variables (for up to 2 groups) and One-Way ANOVA was run for continuous variables (for more than 2 groups). …”
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Spatial distribution and determinants of children ever born among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of 2019 mini Ethiopian demographic health surv... by Ahmed Fentaw Ahmed, Bezawit Adane, Tilahun Degu Tsega, Mekides Nigusu, Kalaab Esubalew Sharew, Abebaw Molla, Mulugeta Tesfa

“…The primary outcome, CEB, was categorized as “low” if fewer than five children were born and “high” if five or more children were born. …”
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Pathogenetic characteristics and related risk factors of incisional infection after surgery for acute intestinal obstruction and construction of prediction model by Qiangqiang Wang, Yanjing Zhu, LvHao Cao, Tongyuan Zhang, Jiawei Chang, Xingyu Wang

“…Gram-negative bacteria exhibited high resistance to ceftriaxone but low resistance to imipenem. Gram-positive bacteria demonstrated higher resistance to erythromycin than ciprofloxacin, with no vancomycin-resistant strains identified. …”
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Time to breast cancer recurrence and associated predictors in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia: a retrospective Cohort Study by Yadessa Chala, Tesfaye Techane, Bonsisa Bekele, Tesfaye Girma, Warati Fekede, Chalchisa Abdeta, Kibiru Mardasa, Tolera Abdeta, Bedada Teshome, Gashaye Atinkut, Abdinasir Wako, Mohammed Adem, Alem Deksisa

“…Variables with a P-value < 0.05 at 95% confidence level were considered independent predictors of recurrence. …”
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Application Value of an AI-based Imaging Feature Parameter Model 
for Predicting the Malignancy of Part-solid Pulmonary Nodule by Mingzhi LIN, Yiming HUI, Bin LI, Peilin ZHAO, Zhizhong ZHENG, Zhuowen YANG, Zhipeng SU, Yuqi MENG, Tieniu SONG

“…Univariate analysis was used to screen significant variables; variance inflation factor (VIF) was calculated to exclude highly collinear variables, and LASSO regression was further applied to identify key features. …”
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A Prediction Model of Disease Progression in X-Linked Alport syndrome Based on Clinical Characteristics and Genetic Variants by Mengyao Zeng, Hongling Di, Jie Ding, Yanqin Zhang, Hong Xu, Jingyuan Xie, Jianhua Mao, Aihua Zhang, Guisen Li, Jiahui Zhang, Erzhi Gao, Dandan Liang, Qing Wang, Ling Wang, Yu An, Chunxia Zheng, Zhihong Liu

“…Based on the model risk stratification, the median age at kidney failure was 23, 30, and 61 years in the low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups, respectively. …”
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Investigation on fracture behavior and prediction model of AA2219-T6 under the coupled effects of temperature and stress state by Cong Liu, Ji Qiu, Buyun Su, Zhiqiang Li, Xiaohu Yao, Xuefeng Shu

“…The sensitivity of stress triaxiality to temperature exhibits distinct geometry-dependent characteristics, while the Lode parameter maintains low sensitivity across all temperature conditions. …”
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Assessment of Hematology Laboratory Specimen Rejection Rate and Associated Factors at Northwest, Ethiopia by Dereje Mengesha Berta, Elias Chane, Amare Mekuanint Tarekegn, Negesse Cherie, Zewudu Mulatie, Amanuel Kelem, Bedasa Addisu, Bisrat Brike Teketelew

“…The strength of the association between dependent and independent variables was measured using a 95% confidence interval. …”
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Effects of aging on experimentally induced pain perception during a distraction task by Francisco G. Fernández-Palacios, Angela Tejera-Alonso, Juan C. Pacho-Hernández, Arvin Naeimi, Ana I. de-la-Llave-Rincón, Silvia Ambite-Quesada, Ricardo Ortega-Santiago, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Juan A. Valera-Calero, Margarita Cigarán-Mendez

“…Age (young, elderly), psychological and psychophysical variables, and neurocognitive test performance levels (low, medium, high) were included in separate ANCOVAs to compare pain intensity at baseline and during distraction tasks. …”
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Dynamic Anterior Shoulder Stabilization Using a Long Head of the Biceps Transfer and Bankart Repair Improves Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Subcritical Bone Loss: A Systematic... by Neil Jain, M.D., Jonathan McKeeman, M.D., M.B.A., Margaret Higgins, M.D., Alexander Johnson, M.D., Tyler Smith, D.O., Brian Waterman, M.D.

“…Forest plots were created to visualize mean differences in variables of interest. Results: Among the 4 studies evaluated, 90 patients with mean ages of 23.4 to 31.9 years were included. …”
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Blood absolute lymphocyte count and trajectory are important in understanding severe COVID-19 by Catharine I. Paules, Jacqueline A. Nordwall, Kathryn Shaw-Saliba, Judith A. Aberg, Edward M. Gardner, Anna L. Goodman, N. Kumarasamy, Shikha Vasudeva, David M. Vock, Crystal M. North, Jens Lundgren, Neil R. Aggarwal, for the STRIVE Network and TICO Trial Study Group

“…Abstract Background Low blood absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) may predict severe COVID-19 outcomes. …”
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Potential role of hypoxia in maintaining lactation persistency of dairy cows by Zhenzhen Hu, Lin Luo, Yi Lu, Jie Cai, Jianxin Liu, Diming Wang

“…Of the 61 cows, 12 cows with high lactation persistency (HP) and 12 with low lactation persistency (LP) were selected for the current study. …”
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The Role of Sociodemographic Characteristics and Social Determinants of Health in Influencing the Perceived Quality of Patient–Provider Communication by Nada Eldawy, Sahar Kaleem, Vama Jhumkhawala, Goodness Okwaraji, Samantha Jimenez, Joshua Sohmer, Maria Mejia, Panagiota Kitsantas, Lea Sacca

“…These issues are further exacerbated by cultural and language barriers, along with low levels of health literacy and social determinants of health (SDoHs), which complicate efforts to deliver patient-centered care. …”
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Survival outcomes among patients with breast cancer and leptomeningeal disease by Badr Id Said, Katarzyna J. Jerzak, Hanbo Chen, Veronika Moravan, Ellen Warner, Sten Myrehaug, Chia-Lin Tseng, Jay Detsky, Deepak Dinakaran, Chris Heyn, Arjun Sahgal, Hany Soliman

“…Multivariable analysis (MVA) identified variables associated with brain-specific progression-free survival (bsPFS) and overall survival (OS). …”
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Affective valence predictors from real-world based short sprint interval training by Stefano Benítez-Flores, Flávio A. de S. Castro, Eduardo Caldas Costa, Daniel Boullosa, Todd A. Astorino

“…Seventeen (7 women/10 men) moderately active young adults (age ​= ​[28.2 ​± ​5.6] years; V˙O2max [maximum oxygen consumption] ​= ​[52.9 ​± ​8.1] mL·kg−1·min−1; BMI [body mass index] ​= ​[24 ​± ​2] kg·m−2) completed four low-volume running sSIT sessions (10 ​× ​4 ​s efforts with 30 ​s of passive recovery). …”
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Impacts of long-range transport of aerosols and biomass burning smoke from the Bay of Bengal to the Indian Ocean by Benjamin de Foy, Noora Khaleel, Thameem Abdul Razzaq, Md Firoz Khan, Siti Jariani Mohd Jani, Michael H Bergin, James J Schauer

“…We analyze multiyear time series of hourly concentrations made by reference monitors in five major cities around the bay as well as measurements from low cost sensors at three locations spanning the meridional extent of the Maldives. …”
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Understanding Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia: An Umbrella Review of Scientific Evidence and Qualitative Content Analysis by Mario González-Iglesias, Alexis Martínez-Benito, Javier Andrés López-Vidal, Alberto Melis-Romeu, Daniel Jacobo Gómez-Rabadán, Álvaro Reina-Varona, Silvia Di-Bonaventura, Roy La Touche, José Fierro-Marrero

“…Systematic reviews presented high methodological quality. However, half had low risk of bias, while the other half presented high risk of bias. …”
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Trend in incidence and clinicopathological characteristics of prostate cancer in Northern Tanzania: analysis from a population based cancer registry data 2015–2021 by Bartholomeo Nicholaus Ngowi, Alex Mremi, Orgeness Jasper Mbwambo, Furaha Seventh, Salum Hassanally Kalonge, Charles Nkya, Thadeus Jere Mshana, Idd Joseph Kennedy, Modesta P. Mitao, Mramba Nyindo, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga, Kien Alfred Mteta

“…Risk stratification followed American Society of Medical Oncology criteria, including low, intermediate and high-risk categories. The analysis was conducted using STATA version 17. …”
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