Mortality trends and disparities for coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease: A retrospective analysis of deaths in the United States from 1999-... by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Wania Sultan, Ajeet Singh, Abdullah, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Zubair Amin, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar, Rozi Khan, Wael AlJaroudi

“…This study analyzes mortality trends and disparities among individuals in the United States (US) affected by both CVD and COPD.…”
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Comparative study of Baduanjin and brisk walking on balance and stability in older adults by Ya-Guang Yu, Jun Zhang, Lin Wang, Dai-Feng Yu, Gong-Bing Shan, Xiao Fu

“…There were a total of 20 individuals in each group, 10 males and 10 females. …”
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Combined analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequencing data reveals core vaginal bacteria across livestock species by Lucille C. Jonas, Lucille C. Jonas, Curtis R. Youngs, Stephan Schmitz-Esser, Stephan Schmitz-Esser

“…Across the vaginal microbiota of individual livestock species, compositional differences were observed. …”
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Cognitive behavioural therapy plus Kiesler Circle Training (CBT+) versus CBT only for patients with interpersonal problems: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility t... by Stephan Köhler, Philipp Sterzer, Eva-Lotta Brakemeier, Karen Ollrogge, Daniel Schulze, Eva Friedel, Nina Romanczuk-Seiferth, Anna-Lena Siegerist, Anne Guhn

“…They will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: the experimental group will receive the KCT in group sessions, in addition to individual CBT, while the control group will receive only individual CBT. …”
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Association between Chinese visceral adiposity index and risk of new-onset hypertension in middle-aged and older adults with prediabetes: evidence from a large national cohort stud... by Lanlan Li, Lanlan Li, Linqiang Xi, Qianhui Wang

“…Significantly higher incidence rates of hypertension were observed in individuals belonging to the highest quartile group (Q4) compared to those in the lowest quartile group (Q1) of CVAI (29.41% vs. 14.69%, p < 0.001). …”
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Efficacy in Japanese adults with growth hormone deficiency receiving weekly somapacitan or daily growth hormone: results from phase 3 REAL 1 trial by Fumio Otsuka, Michael Højby Rasmussen, Takaaki Endo, Claus Sværke, Shigeyuki Tahara, Gudmundur Johannsson

“…A total of 36 Japanese GH-naïve individuals with AGHD were allocated to somapacitan or daily GH (excluding the placebo group of the global trial). …”
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The combined impact of BMI and ABSI on all-cause mortality among American adults with diabetes by Shuwu Wei, Weimin Jiang, Huijuan Zheng, Jiale Zhang, Jie Yang, Yaoxian Wang, Yang Liu, Liqiao Sun, Xinrong Li, Junping Wei, Weiwei Sun

“…The weighted receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess the diagnostic value of individual anthropometric indices and their combinations in predicting mortality. …”
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Effects of environmental variability on population dynamics of golden carpet shell clam (Polititapes aureus) by José Manuel Parada, José Molares

“…Density reached a value of 62.29 individuals m−2 and biomass was 76.30 g m−2. Recruitment was related to water temperature, to food availability measured as fluorescence and to density-dependent phenomena starting at 39 individuals m−2. …”
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Exploring ethical considerations in medical research: Harnessing pre-generated transformers for AI-powered ethics discussions. by Takuya Mori, Takuya Watanabe, Shinji Kosugi

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>In medical research involving human subjects, ethical review is essential to protect individuals. However, concerns have been raised about variations in ethical review opinions and a decline in review quality. …”
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Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Epidemiological Characteristics of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment by Naifi Hierrezuelo Rojas, Alfredo Hernández Magdariaga, Rolando Bonal Ruiz

“…The results showed that cognitive impairments were most prevalent among individuals aged 60 to 69 (49.9%), women (55.6%), married individuals (41.9%), those with higher education (41.9%), and retirees (50.8%). …”
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FREQUENCY OF RH-D NEGATIVE & WEAK D IN PAKISTANI POPULATION by Muhammad Usman et al

“…Among these, 3375 Rh-D factor negative individuals 27 (0.8%) were found to be weak D positive. …”
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Personalized Injury Reduction Strategies in Sports Medicine: Lessons Learned from Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment: A Clinical Commentary by Garrett Bullock, Gary Collins, Rober Adams, Charles Thigpen, Ellen Shanley

“…Examples include calculating only non-modifiable risk, creating individualized screening schedules based on risk assessment, or calculating the influence of each intervention on the athlete's injury risk. …”
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NAVA: A Network-Adaptive View-Aware Volumetric Video Streaming Framework by Nguyen Long Quang, Truong Thu Huong, Duc Nguyen

“…In our framework, multiple versions with different quality of individual volumetric video are prepared and stored on the server in advance. …”
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Ultrasonographic Validation for Needle Placement in the Tibialis Posterior Muscle by Stephanie R. Albin, Larisa R. Hoffman, Cameron W. MacDonald, Micah Boriack, Lauren Heyn, Kaleb Schuler, Annika Taylor, Jennie Walker, Shane L. Koppenhaver, Mark F. Reinking

“… # Results Ultrasonography confirmed the needle filament was inserted into the TP muscle in all 20 individuals and did not penetrate the neurovascular bundle in any individual. …”
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The Effect of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome on DOMS and Recovery Time by Nicole F Ostuni, Charles A Marinello, Taras Luzhnyy, Alexa Pawlikowski, Connor Vlasaty, Georgios Thomatos, Peter C Douris

“…However, there is limited research comparing the recovery times and length of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) in individuals with JHS to non-hypermobile individuals in response to exercise…”
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Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach by Jay Salerno, Stephanie Tow, Elizabeth Regan, Stephen Bendziewicz, Matthew McMillan, Shana Harrington

“…These programs should be individualized to address swimming biomechanics and athlete-specific impairments. …”
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Functional feature extraction and validation from twelve-lead electrocardiograms to identify atrial fibrillation by Wei Yang, Rajat Deo, Wensheng Guo

“…Abstract Background Deep learning methods on standard, 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECG) have resulted in the ability to identify individuals at high-risk for the development of atrial fibrillation. …”
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Computationally expensive constrained problems via surrogate-assisted dynamic population evolutionary optimization by Zan Yang, Chen Jiang, Jiansheng Liu

“…For accelerating the convergence, the sparse local search is designed based on update state of the current best solution in which two excellent but non adjacent individuals are used to provide valuable guidance information for local search. …”
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The impact of fruit and vegetable intake on healthcare costs and preventive care in older adults: evidence from SHARE data by S. Asieh Hosseini Tabaghdehi, Cristina Elisa Orso, Cristina Tealdi, Simona Tenaglia

“…However, among hospitalized individuals, daily consumption is associated with fewer hospitalizations and shorter hospital stays. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Clostridium botulinum by Keith R. Schneider, Rachael Silverberg, Alexandra Chang, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider

“…Although it is one of the least common of the foodborne diseases, anyone is susceptible even with the ingestion of only a small amount of toxin present in contaminated food. Immunocompromised individuals, young children, and elderly individuals may suffer from more serious symptoms. …”
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