Dynamic Lactate Clearance Patterns During Normothermic Machine Perfusion Predict Posttransplant Biliary Complications in Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation by Ayato Obana, MD, Miho Akabane, MD, Hannah Chi, MD, Nolan Ladd, MD, Andrew Nguyen, BA, Lin Abigail Tan, BS, Rithin Punjala, MBBS, Kejal Shah, MD, Matthew Hamilton, DO, Ashley Limkemann, MD, MPH, Navdeep Singh, MBBS, Musab Alebrahim, MD, Khalid Mumtaz, MBBS, Austin Schenk, MD, PhD, Sylvester Black, MD, PhD, Kenneth Washburn, MD

“…K-means clustering revealed 3 distinct patterns: consistently low (cluster A), rapid clearance (cluster B), and prolonged elevation (cluster C). …”
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Physical activity moderates the deleterious relationship between cardiovascular disease, or its risk factors, and quality of life: Findings from two population-based cohort studies... by Viviane de Menezes Caceres, Nigel Stocks, Robert Adams, Dandara Gabriela Haag, Karen Glazer Peres, Marco Aurélio Peres, David Alejandro González-Chica

“…<h4>Background</h4>Few studies have investigated the relationship between physical activity (PA) of low intensity and duration with quality of life (QoL) among individuals at risk or with cardiovascular disease (CVD).…”
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Left ventricular decompression in paediatric veno‐arterial extracorporeal life support: Reviewing the evidence by Giacomo Veronese, Paolo Meani, Domenico Sirico, Giovanni Di Salvo, Enrico Ammirati, Alessandro Varrica, Umberto Di Dedda, Paolo Bianchi, Giuseppe Isgrò, Alessandro Giamberti, Tommaso Aloisio, Marc Dickstein, Ezio Bonanomi, Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Peta M.A. Alexander, D. Michael McMullan, Ryan P. Barbaro, Graeme MacLaren, Marco Ranucci, Navin K. Kapur, Roberto Lorusso

“…While PAS‐based strategies such as BAS generally showed low complication rates, adverse events like arrhythmia, bleeding and cardiac perforation were reported in 7%–9% of cases. …”
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Preconception care utilization and pregnancy outcomes among postpartum women at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana by Timothy Kwabena Adjei, Timothy Kwabena Adjei, Opei Kwafo Adarkwa, Opei Kwafo Adarkwa, Evans Ansu-Yeboah, Esmond Ofori, Esmond Ofori, Bernard Arhin, Augustine Tawiah, Augustine Tawiah, Charles Mawunyo Senaya, Charles Mawunyo Senaya, Seth Amponsah Tabi, Seth Amponsah Tabi, Amponsah Peprah, Amponsah Peprah, Edward Tieru Dassah, Edward Tieru Dassah, Atta Owusu Bempah, Atta Owusu Bempah

“…For every case who gave consent, two consecutive controls were recruited until the sample size was attained. Categorical variables were compared using Chi-square (χ2) or Fisher's exact test as appropriate, while continuous variables were compared using student t-tests. …”
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Microdissection testicular sperm extraction–intracytoplasmic sperm injection strategy in patients with Klinefelter syndrome: synchronous or asynchronous? by Ke Feng, Ke Feng, Ke Feng, Jin-Wei Wang, Yan-Qing Xia, Yan-Qing Xia, Xiao-Wei Qu, Xiao-Wei Qu, Feng Wan, Feng Wan, Bo Zhang, Bo Zhang, Cui-Lian Zhang, Cui-Lian Zhang, Cui-Lian Zhang, Hai-Bin Guo, Hai-Bin Guo, Hai-Bin Guo, Lei-Lei Feng, Ying-Hong Fang

“…Among these, 73 had their sperm cryopreserved at low temperature before ICSI, while 51 had their fresh sperm directly used for ICSI. …”
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Parental presence improves pediatric MRI success without sedation: a prospective randomized study by Hideyuki Iwayama, Noriko Hayata, Mizuki Takagi, Ryohei Fukatsu, Kohei Kawahara, Hiroaki Somiya, Jun Sada, Shingo Numoto, Kiyoshi Yamakawa, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Hiromitsu Mori, Taichiro Muto, Hirokazu Kurahashi, Mio Ando, Makoto Endo, Wataru Ohashi, Sachiko Kitagawa, Sachiko Kitagawa, Yoshinori Ito, Akihisa Okumura

“…Compared to other interventions, it is simple, safe, low-cost, and requires no specialized resources, supporting its use as a first-line strategy in younger children.…”
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Mpox: Characterization and clinical outcomes of patients in Colombian healthcare institutions by Carlos Arturo Álvarez-Moreno, Ludovic Reveiz, Claudia Aristizabal, Jesús Quevedo, María Lucia Mesa Rubio, Leonardo Arévalo-Mora, Julián Felipe Porras Villamil, Monica Padilla, Juan Carlos Alzate-Angel, Jamie Rylance, Kurbonov Firdavs, Ilich de la Hoz, Sandra Liliana Valderrama-Beltran, Santiago Arboleda, Otto Sussmann, Javier Andrade, Carolina Murillo Velásquez, Estefania García, Ximena Galindo, Daniela Martínez, Lisandra Arango, Ernesto Martínez, Karyna Reyes-Caicedo, Mónica Mantilla Suarez, Juana Gutiérrez Ríos, Alexandra Garay, Wendy Pinzón, Ana María Crispin, Antoine Chaillon

“…Mpox symptomatology was not significantly associated with unsuppressed viral loads or low CD4 levels, highlighting the need for further research.…”
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Neuropsychiatric adverse events in people with HIV initiating a new integrase strand transfer inhibitor-based regimen in Italy: findings from the NEURO-INSTI study by Nicola Squillace, Elena Delfina Ricci, Giancarlo Orofino, Gabriele Forcina, Laura Albini, Barbara Menzaghi, Giuseppe Vittorio De Socio, Stefania Piconi, Paolo Maggi, Giordano Madeddu, Giovanni Francesco Pellicanò, Eleonora Sarchi, Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Filippo Lagi, Elena Salomoni, Antonio Di Biagio, Paolo Bonfanti

“…Abstract Background Although clinical trials reported a low and comparable rate of central nervous system (CNS)/neuropsychiatric (NP) disturbances among people with HIV (PWH) receiving integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTI) or other antiretroviral therapy (ART), higher rates of these disturbances have been reported in clinical practice. …”
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Health literacy assessment and analysis of influencing factors in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus in Southwest China by Fangmei Tang, Fangmei Tang, Li Gu, Li Gu, Xiujing Guo, Xiujing Guo, Wenjing Fu, Wenjing Fu, Benyi He, Yuqing Song, Yuqing Song, Dehua Li, Dehua Li

“…Healthcare professionals should focus on the GDM population with low family income and high pre-pregnancy BMI, fully mobilize their social support system, provide reliable access to information, encourage all GDM pregnancies to use pregnancy management diaries to record their self-management behaviors, and ensure the effectiveness of health education.…”
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Correlation Between Family Support and Depression Among Pre-Elderly Individuals with HIV in Jakarta by Gracella Tanjaya, Surilena Surilena, Nicholas Hardi, Eva Suryani

“…The participants reported low family support (median 25.00) and mild depressive symptoms (median 8.00). …”
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Estimating the Population Size of People Who Inject Drugs in 3 Cities in Zambia: Capture-Recapture, Successive Sampling, and Bayesian Consensus Estimation Methods by Lauren Parmley, Giles Reid, Joyce J Neal, Brave Hanunka, Leigh Tally, Lophina Chilukutu, Tepa Nkumbula, Chipili Mulemfwe, Lazarous Chelu, Ray Handema, John Mwale, Kennedy Mutale, Lloyd Mulenga, Anne F McIntyre, Neena M Philip, Hannah Chung, Maria Lahuerta

“… Abstract BackgroundAccurate population size estimates (PSE) of key populations—those disproportionately affected by HIV—are critical to forecast need and inform HIV prevention and treatment programs, though they can be difficult to ascertain due to low visibility of these groups. In Zambia, reliable estimates on the number of people who inject drugs are limited, inhibiting public health response. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of diarrhea among under-five children in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Aboma Motuma, Sina Temesgen Tolera, Fekade Ketema Alemu, Dechasa Adare, Roba Argaw, Abdi Birhanu, Kasiye Shiferaw, Gari Hunduma, Shiferaw Letta, Shibiru Temesgen, Desalegn Admassu Ayana

“…The pooled adjusted odds of improper disposal of child feces (AOR:3.33, 95% CI:2.70, 4.11), unvaccinated against Rota virus (AOR:1.81,95% CI:1.55, 2.12) and low maternal education (AOR:1.05, 95%CI:1.00, 1.11) were the risk factors for the prevalence of diarrhea among children under five years old. …”
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NitroNet – a machine learning model for the prediction of tropospheric NO₂ profiles from TROPOMI observations by L. Kuhn, L. Kuhn, S. Beirle, S. Osipov, S. Osipov, A. Pozzer, T. Wagner, T. Wagner

“…During wintertime considerable low biases arise because the summertime/late-spring training data are not fully representative of all atmospheric wintertime characteristics (e.g. longer <span class="inline-formula">NO₂</span> lifetimes). …”
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Hazard and Lag Effect of Compound Heat-Drought Events in Southeastern Coastal China under Climate Change Scenarios by An Aohua, Chen Jie, Gao Guoping

“…Under the SSP5-8.5 scenario, the CHDE duration was approximately 2.23 times higher in the high-value areas than in the low-value regions, whereas the differences in occurrence days and intensity were smaller, at 1.13 and 1.11 times, respectively. …”
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Disparities in Postoperative Pain Management: A Scoping Review of Prescription Practices and Social Determinants of Health by Aidan Snell, Diana Lobaina, Sebastian Densley, Elijah Moothedan, Julianne Baker, Lama Al Abdul Razzak, Alexandra Garcia, Shane Skibba, Ayden Dunn, Tiffany Follin, Maria Mejia, Panagiota Kitsantas, Lea Sacca

“…<b>Background</b>: Opioid analgesic therapy has been traditionally used for pain management; however, the variability in patient characteristics, complexity in evaluating pain, availability of treatment within facilities, and U.S. physicians overprescribing opioids have contributed to the current opioid epidemic. …”
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Investigating Engine Performance and Emission Characteristics during Testing of Diesel-Biodiesel Mixed Fuels Obtained from Vegetable Oils and their Modeling by S. R. Mousavi Seyedi, M. Askari, S. M. R. Miri

“…Furthermore, the modeling results indicated a significantly higher correlation (R² > 0.98) between actual and predicted values of performance variables and emissions using ANFIS, compared to linear regression (R² < 0.47) and non-linear regression (R² < 0.92). …”
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Haemodynamic effects of intra‐aortic balloon pumps stratified by baseline pulmonary artery pulsatility index by George Kalapurakal, Vinh Q. Chau, Teruhiko Imamura, Sanika Tolia, Chris Sciamanna, Gregory P. Macaluso, Anjali Joshi, Jessica Pillarella, Sunil Pauwaa, Muhyaldeen Dia, Tarek Kabbany, James Monaco, Mark Dela Cruz, William G. Cotts, Patroklos Pappas, Antone J. Tatooles, Nikhil Narang

“…The primary aim was haemodynamic changes of specific variables on pulmonary artery catheter monitoring over 72 h following IABP placement. …”
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A hybrid approach to predicting and classifying dental impaction: integrating regularized regression and XG boost methods by Asok Mathew, Pradeep K. Yadalam, Ahmed Radeideh, Shrouk Hady, Rona Swed, Reyyan Cheema, Majd Mousa AL-Mohammad, Mohammed Alsaegh, SR Shetty

“…Advanced predictive models like logistic Regression and XGBoost analyze critical variables, identify patterns, and perform predictive analysis. …”
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Predicting isolated impaired glucose tolerance without oral glucose tolerance test using machine learning in Chinese Han men by Lin Wang, Jing Xie, Zhaoyan Gu, Xinyu Miao, Lichao Ma, Shuangtong Yan, Yanping Gong, Chunlin Li, Banruo Sun, Yue Ruan

“…This study aims to predict glucose tolerance status in Chinese Han men at fasting state using machine learning (ML) models with demographic, anthropometric, and laboratory data.MethodsThe study population consisted of 1,117 Chinese Han men aged 50–87 years. Baseline variables including age, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), high blood pressure (HBP), body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were collected from electronic medical records (EMRs) for machine learning model training and validation. …”
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First dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccinations and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A pooled self-controlled case series study of 11.6 million individuals in England, Scotl... by Steven Kerr, Mark Joy, Fatemeh Torabi, Stuart Bedston, Ashley Akbari, Utkarsh Agrawal, Jillian Beggs, Declan Bradley, Antony Chuter, Annemarie B Docherty, David Ford, Richard Hobbs, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Emily Lowthian, Simon de Lusignan, Ronan Lyons, James Marple, Colin McCowan, Dylan McGagh, Jim McMenamin, Emily Moore, Josephine-L K Murray, Rhiannon K Owen, Jiafeng Pan, Lewis Ritchie, Syed Ahmar Shah, Ting Shi, Sarah Stock, Ruby S M Tsang, Eleftheria Vasileiou, Mark Woolhouse, Colin R Simpson, Chris Robertson, Aziz Sheikh

“…Although we pooled data from several large datasets, there was still a low number of events, which may have caused imprecision in our estimates.…”
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