Immediate 2-Stage breast reconstruction outcomes after proton or photon postmastectomy radiotherapy by Robert W. Gao, William S. Harmsen, Na L. Smith, Trey C. Mullikin, Adam C. Amundson, Feven Abraha, Kimberly G. Gergelis, Arslan Afzal, Christin A. Harless, Aparna Vijayasekaran, Minh-Doan T. Nguyen, Judy C. Boughey, Nicholas B. Remmes, Hok S. Wan Chan Tseung, May Elbanna, Allison E. Garda, Mark R. Waddle, Safia K. Ahmed, Sean S. Park, Kimberly S. Corbin, Robert W. Mutter, Dean A. Shumway

“…Conclusions: Although approximately one-fifth of women experienced SSI or unplanned reoperation, the rate of reconstruction failure was low (7.6%) and most women achieved a successful reconstruction outcome with PMRT using photons or protons. …”
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Prevalence and associated risk factors of stunting too early: analysis of the 2020 Rwanda demographic and health survey by Jeanine Condo, Raphael Ndahimana, Melissa Uwase, Roger Muragire, Alliance Uwase, Edith Uwamahoro, Bwiza Flavia, Elysee Niyonganyira, Ayinkamiye Esperance, Divine Umutesi Rusa, Marie Josée Mwiseneza, Absolomon Gashaija, Godfrey Ngabonziza, Japhet Ishimwe, Binayisa Gad, Claude Kalisa, Joseph Imanishimwe, Muhire Jean, Michael Habtu

“…After adjusting for potential confounding variables, the following factors were independently associated with stunting too early: being male (aOR:2.3; 95% CI:1.68 to 3.00), not currently being breastfed (aOR:1.97, 95% CI:1.21 to 3.19), mothers aged 25–34 and more than 34 years (aOR:1.64; 95% CI:1.11 to 2.43) and (aOR:1.63; 95% CI:1.07 to 2.47), respectively, households with poor wealth index (aOR:2.61; 95%CI: 1.72 to 3.09), child age group of 13–23 months (aOR:2.00; 95% CI:1.14 to 5.51) and small child size at birth (aOR:2.36; 95% CI:1.42 to 3.92).Conclusions The prevalence of stunting too early was high, and the factors significantly associated with it were the sex and age of the child, the mother’s age, low socio-economic status and small child size at birth. …”
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The Relationship Between Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, and Infertility: A Systematic Review by Charalampos Voros, Antonia Varthaliti, Kyriakos Bananis, Despoina Mavrogianni, Diamantis Athanasiou, Antonia Athanasiou, Aikaterini Athanasiou, Anthi-Maria Papahliou, Constantinos G. Zografos, Panagiota Kondili, Menelaos Darlas, Ioannis Papapanagiotou, Maria Anastasia Daskalaki, Marianna Theodora, Panagiotis Antsaklis, Georgios Daskalakis, Dimitrios Loutradis

“…It alters the hypothalamic–pituitary–ovarian (HPO) axis, promotes insulin resistance, and causes persistent low-grade inflammation, all of which result in hormonal abnormalities that compromise normal ovarian function. …”
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Causal Discovery in Astrophysics: Unraveling Supermassive Black Hole and Galaxy Coevolution by Zehao Jin, Mario Pasquato, Benjamin L. Davis, Tristan Deleu, Yu Luo, Changhyun Cho, Pablo Lemos, Laurence Perreault-Levasseur, Yoshua Bengio, Xi Kang, Andrea Valerio Macciò, Yashar Hezaveh

“…The supermassive black hole (SMBH)–galaxy interaction has long been constrained by observed scaling relations, which is low-scatter correlations between variables such as SMBH mass and the central velocity dispersion of stars in a host galaxy's bulge. …”
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Predictors of white matter hyperintensities in the elderly Congolese population by Emile Omba Yohe, Alvaro Alonso, Daniel L. Drane, Saranya Sundaram Patel, Saranya Sundaram Patel, Megan Schwinne, Emmanuel Epenge, Guy Gikelekele, Esambo Herve, Immaculee Kavugho, Nathan Tshengele, Samuel Mampunza, Lelo Mananga, Liping Zhao, Deqiang Qiu, Anthony Stringer, Amit M. Saindane, Jean N. Ikanga, Jean N. Ikanga

“…However, there is a dearth of research on this topic in low-income countries and underserved populations, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the population is aging rapidly with increasing cardiovascular risk factors and dementia-related diseases. …”
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Non-High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: A Modern Benchmark for Assessing Lipid Metabolism Disorders by S. A. Shalnova, V. A. Metelskaya, V. A. Kutsenko, E. B. Yarovaya, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, G. E. Svinin, Yu. A. Balanova, A. E. Imaeva, S. E. Evstifeeva, V. G. Vilkov, O. L. Barbarash, O. A. Belova, Yu. I. Grinshtein, A. Yu. Efanov, O. N. Kalachikova, N. V. Kulakova, O. P. Rotar, I. A. Trubacheva, D. V. Duplyakov, R. A. Libis, I. A. Viktorova, A. N. Redko, S. S. Yakushin, S. A. Boytsov, E. V. Shlyakhto, O. M. Drapkina

“…Analysis was performed for three lipid variables: total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and non-HDLC in two samples: the general population sample and the same sample without individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD), myocardial infarction (MI) and/or stroke history and not taking statins (the population sample of "without a history of cardiovascular diseases [CVD]". …”
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Association of echocardiographic pulmonary hypertension with all-cause mortality in hospitalized AECOPD patients by Zhiqi Zhao, Xue He, Ruoyan Xiong, Yanan Cui, Weiwei Meng, Jiankang Wu, Jiayu Wang, Rui Zhao, Huihui Zeng, Yan Chen

“…Conclusion: Echocardiographic suspected PH was associated with adverse survival in hospitalized AECOPD patients. Low EOS counts at admission emerged as a potential biomarker for elevated estimated systolic PAP. …”
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Daily Estimates of Global Radiation in the Brazilian Amazon from Simplified Models by Charles Campoe Martim, Rhavel Salviano Dias Paulista, Daniela Castagna, Daniela Roberta Borella, Frederico Terra de Almeida, João Gabriel Ribeiro Damian, Adilson Pacheco de Souza

“…In this study, 87 empirical models were evaluated to estimate global radiation (Hg) in the Brazilian Amazon biome; these models were divided into five groups according to the input variables, such as insolation (group I), air temperature (group II), relative humidity (group III), astronomical variables (group IV), and hybrid models (group V). …”
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Estudio longitudinal de los comportamientos y el nivel de actividad físico-deportiva en el tiempo libre en estudiantes de Costa Rica, México y España (Longitudinal study on leisure... by Maureen Meneses Montero, Francisco Ruiz Juan

“…Vigorous level is very low in the three countries as well as in the three measurement sessions, always being higher in boys than in girls. …”
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Características clínicas y tratamiento farmacológico de los pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca en una cohorte de atención primaria by Maria Giner-Soriano, Ramon Monfà, Roser Vives, Silvia Fernández-García, Antoni Vallano, Rosa Morros

“…Conclusions: We analysed the population with HF in PHC in Catalonia. We highlight a low registry of cardiac function, LVEF and NYHA. …”
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On the added value of sequential deep learning for the upscaling of evapotranspiration by B. Kraft, B. Kraft, B. Kraft, J. A. Nelson, S. Walther, F. Gans, U. Weber, G. Duveiller, M. Reichstein, W. Zhang, M. Rußwurm, D. Tuia, M. Körner, Z. Hamdi, M. Jung

“…</p> <p>The generated patterns of global ET variability were relatively consistent across the ML models overall, but in regions with low data support via eddy covariance (EC) stations, we observed substantial biases across models and covariate setups and large ensemble uncertainties. …”
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Clinical diagnostic and prognostic value of homocysteine combined with hemoglobin [f (Hcy-Hb)] in cardio-renal syndrome caused by primary acute myocardial infarction by Min-Juan Zeng, Yan-Quan Liu, Ping Pang, Xiao-Jun Chen, He Huang, Rui-Na Huang, Shi-Sen Li, He-Hui Zhang, Yue Yin, Chang-Sen Wang, Jin-Da Lin, Lin Lin, Shao-Peng Chen, Li Xu, Liang-Qing Zhang

“…Patients were stratified into high and low f (Hcy-Hb) groups, revealing that elevated f (Hcy-Hb) levels were associated with adverse clinical pathophysiological indices (P < 0.05) and poorer prognosis (P < 0.05). …”
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Standardization of laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair for incisional hernia: Impact on clinical outcome and quality-of-life (LIPOM trial, NCT 02089958) by A. Hellinger, F. Wotzlaw, V. Fackeldey, G. Pistorius, M. Zdichavsky, O. Stern, R. Jünemann, A. Buia

“…Purpose: Current available outcome data following laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair (IPOM) for incisional hernia (IH) are comparable to a limited extent only because of a huge number of variability particulary in surgical technique and use of medical devices. …”
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Mechanism of Influence of Spatial Perception on Residents’ Emotion in Child-Friendly Urban Streets of Fuzhou City by Shaofeng CHEN, Zhengyan CHEN, Yuhan XU, Zheng DING

“…Spatial analysis finds that clusters of low-emotion areas are associated with fragmented pedestrian networks, insufficient green space, and mismatched security measures. …”
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Effects of Exoskeleton Robots on Balance and Lower Limb Function of Patients with Stroke： A Meta-Analysis by PENG Xiaoke, ZHAO Guoshun, HAN Shiyu, DONG Anqin

“…Data extraction and literature quality assessment were independently conducted by two researchers, and the meta-analysis was performed using Stata 16.0 software. Continuous variables were expressed by weighted mean difference (WMD) with 95% confidence interval (CI). …”
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HLA II genes distribution in Epstein–Barr virus-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma and other tumors of the oral cavity patients in Russia by N. B. Senyuta, M. N. Boldyreva, E. V. Goncharova, D. M. Maximovich, L. N. Shcherbak, T. E. Dushenkina, V. E. Gurtsevitch

“…However, in order to establish a strict association between a specific HLA haplotype and the NPC and OOCT incidence, the information obtained is insufficient due to the complexity and variability of the genetic control of immune responses controlling the tumor process. …”
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Good Governance and Seigniorage in a Selected OPEC Countries and Iran by ALI Rashid Shamkhal, Kambiz Paykarjou, beitollah Akbari Moghaddam

“…The research results did not indicate a negative relationship between the variables of "political stability and absence of violence/terrorism" and "government effectiveness." …”
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Assessing water security in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of climate change threats: a case study by Timothy O. Ogunbode, Victor O. Oyebamiji, Ayobami A. Oyelami, Timothy A. Akinkuolie, Aruna O. Adekiya, Paul I. Ifabiyi

“…Research limitations/implications – Limitations of this research include potential model inadequacy (indicated by low R values), suggesting the need for additional variables for better predictive accuracy. …”
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Aerosol hygroscopicity over the southeast Atlantic Ocean during the biomass burning season – Part 1: From the perspective of scattering enhancement​​​​​​​ by L. Zhang, L. Zhang, M. Segal-Rozenhaimer, M. Segal-Rozenhaimer, M. Segal-Rozenhaimer, H. Che, H. Che, C. Dang, C. Dang, J. Sun, Y. Kuang, Y. Kuang, P. Formenti, S. G. Howell

“…The sensitivity of <span class="inline-formula"><i>f</i></span>(RH) to <span class="inline-formula"><i>κ</i>_OA</span> indicates that applying a constant <span class="inline-formula"><i>κ</i>_OA</span> is only suitable when the OA fraction is low and <span class="inline-formula"><i>κ</i>_OA</span> shows limited variation. …”
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Study protocol to assess clinical outcomes of breast cancer and its relationship with access to healthcare in Brazil—BREAST trial (BRaziLian outcomE for metAStatic breasT cancer):... by Leticia Kawano-Dourado, Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti, Afonso Celso Pinto Nazário, Vanessa Monteiro Sanvido, Lucíola de Barros Pontes, Rachel HV Machado, Jackeline Oliveira Gomes, Leticia Galvão Barbante, Marina Lazzari Nicola, Samira Martins Tokunaga, Tamiris Abait Miranda, Ligia Nasi Laranjeira, Karina Leal Negrelli, Nanci Valeis, Maria Silvia Petty Moutinho, Henrique Alkalay Helber, Rafael da Silva Sá

“…Introduction Breast cancer survival rates in low-income and middle-income countries significantly differ from those in high-income countries, indicating limited access to first-line systemic therapy for advanced and metastatic tumours. …”
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