Malnutrition risk, weight loss, and subsequent survival in patients listed for heart transplantation by Tae Kyung Yoo, MD, MS, Satoshi Miyashita, MD, Ariella Stein, MSCIS-HI, Michael Wu, BS, MPH, Lauren Parsly Read-Button, MPH, RD, LDN, Masashi Kawabori, MD, Greg S. Couper, MD, Edward Saltzman, MD, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS, MPH

“…We constructed Cox proportional hazards models and restricted cubic spline curves for each risk score at both HT listing and HT operation and inputted HT operation as a time-varying covariate for models commencing at listing. …”
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Safe-and-sustainable-by-design redox active molecules for energy storage applications by Clemens Wolf, Janine Maier, Julia Wenger, Georg Rudelstorfer, Christian Leypold, Julia Voglhuber-Höller, Matiss Reinfelds, Andrea Weiner, Arantza Muriana, Susanne Lux, Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, Andreas Falk, Stefan Spirk

“…However, we also faced severe challenges regarding access to reliable LCA data on the raw material sourcing. Conclusion Taken together, the modified designs led to safer and more sustainable redox active materials for both humans and the environment at lab scale. …”
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Relationship between parental school involvement and its barriers among parents of students in grades 4 to 9: based on latent class and correspondence analyses by Junqiao Guo, Bihua Zhao

“…Methods Data were obtained from 1,307 parents of students in grades 4 to 9 in China. …”
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eHealth Literacy and Cyberchondria Severity Among Undergraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study by Wan -Chen Hsu

“…ResultsSignificant differences were found across the 4 dimensions of cyberchondria severity (F3,2403PrPPP ConclusionsThe study identified both benefits and risks in college students’ use of web-based health information, emphasizing the importance of critical consciousness and eHealth literacy. …”
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Characteristics and Sources of Organic Aerosol Markers in PM2.5 by Zheng Li, Ruiwen Zhou, Yuanyuan Li, Min Chen, Yachen Wang, Tonglin Huang, Yanan Yi, Zhanfang Hou, Jingjing Meng, Li Yan

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Functional analysis of a novel homozygous missense IVD gene variant: a case report with dual genetic diagnoses by Yuying Zhu, Ke Wu, Hanying Wen

“…Mutant IVD gene pcDNA3.1(+)-MUT-3xFlag and control pcDNA3.1(+)-WT-3xFlag mammalian expression vectors were constructed. Both vectors were transformed into HEK293T cells. …”
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Assessing psychological health and reproductive function: Depression, anxiety, and stress in infertile men compared to controls: A case-control study by Seyedeh Narjes Roudbaraki, Maryam Ramezani, Bita Saifi, Mostafa Salimi, Massood Issapour Cheshani

“…Limitations included phone-based data collection and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale 21 questionnaire’s screening nature. …”
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Biodiversity conservation and threat reduction in Kibale and Queen Elizabeth conservation areas, Uganda by Joseph Katswera, Norah M. Mutekanga, Charles K.Twesigye

“…Despite these threats, there was a general increase in large mammal population over the past decades, which collaborates well with the threat reduction assessment indices. Both conservation areas had an ecological integrity rating average score of “yellow” indicating significant “concern” and therefore “dissatisfactory”. …”
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Transcriptomic, histological and biochemical analyses of Macrobrachium nipponense response to acute heat stress by Xiao Wu, Yaoran Fan, Jianbin Feng, Keyi Ma, Jiale Li

“…Temperature changes could cause damages or even death. The oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense, is widely distributed in East Asian countries, and has been an important economical aquaculture species in China since 1990s. …”
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Developing a master of science in health research ethics program in Northern Nigeria: a needs assessment by Caitlin Bieniek, Fatimah I. Tsiga-Ahmed, Aishatu L. Adamu, Usman J. Wudil, C. William Wester, Zubairu Iliyasu, Muktar H. Aliyu, Elisa J. Gordon, Elizabeth S. Rose

“…Two authors independently read and coded each respondent’s transcript to identify emergent themes that represented each respondent’s answers. …”
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Characterization of New Particle Formation in Soft X-ray Radiolysis Reactor: AMCs-to-Secondary Inorganic Aerosols by Jiyoon Shin, Kyungil Cho, Yoonkyeong Ha, Giwon Kang, Jihye Park, Hunkwan Park, Changhyuk Kim

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Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk by Manami Yamagishi, Naomichi Hatano, Hideaki Obuse

“…We also observe three unique features of quantum walks, namely, ballistic propagation of peaks in one dimension, the walker staying on the constant energy plane in two dimensions, and oscillations originating from the resonant transition between the ground state $${|{\textrm{G}}\rangle }$$ | G ⟩ and the excited state $${|{\textrm{E}}\rangle }$$ | E ⟩ both in one and two dimensions.…”
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Assessing the impact of long-term inhaled corticosteroid therapy on patients with COVID-19 and coexisting chronic lung disease: A multicenter retrospective cohort study by Adela Pina Belmonte, Manuel Madrazo, Laura Piles, Manuel Rubio-Rivas, Lucía de Jorge Huerta, María Gómez Antúnez, Juan Francisco López Caleya, Francisco Arnalich Fernández, Martin Gericó-Aseguinolaza, Paula Maria Pesqueira Fontan, Nicolás Rhyman, Marina Prieto Dehesa, Juan Luis Romero Cabrera, Gema María García García, Gonzalo García-Casasola, Ane Labirua-Iturburu Ruiz, Francisco Javier Carrasco-Sánchez, Sara Martínez Hernández, Maria de los Reyes Pascual Pérez, José López Castro, José Luis Serrano Carrillo de Albornoz, José F. Varona, Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas, Juan-Miguel Antón-Santos, Carlos Lumbreras-Bermejo

“…Epidemiological and clinical data were collected at admission and at seven days, and clinical outcomes were collected. …”
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A comparison of the efficacy of the effect of online versus face-to-face group counseling based on positive-approach on sexual intimacy of women after benign abdominal hysterectomy... by Orly Nazanin Kalimi, Tayebeh Mokhtari Sorkhani, Ali Dehghani, Mahshid Bokaie

“…Methods This is a parallel clinical trial, conducted in 2023 in Yazd, Iran; with sixty-six participants post- benign complete abdominal hysterectomy were randomly assigned to online and face-to-face counseling groups. Each group had eight 90-minute sessions, and data were collected using demographic and intimacy scale (IS) questionnaires at baseline, eighth week, and twelfth week follow-up. …”
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Comparative Study of Combined Steroid-Antibiotic Aural Pack versus Antibiotic Drop in Otitis Externa by Jayanta Saha, Debabrata Biswas, Tithi Debnath, Subhadeep Chowdhury

“…We also assessed the need for second line antibiotic in both group of patients. Statistical analysis was done using “Z” test of mean to compare average number of score and visits in two different groups. …”
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Temporal trends of presumed cardiac origin out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence in Guangzhou, southern China: A 10-year consecutive analysis by Tianqi Yang, Cai Wen, Yan Zhang, Yanjun Xu, Junpeng Liu, Zhenzhou Li, Shuangming Li, Na Peng, Hao Wu, Li Li, Tao Yu

“…Crude incidence rates and age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) were calculated respectively. …”
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Effects of local infiltration of analgesia and tranexamic acid in total knee replacements: safety and efficacy in reducing blood loss and comparability to intra-articular tranexami... by Harish Sivasubramanian, Cheryl Marise Peilin Tan, Lushun Wang

“…Conclusion: Our study showed that both IA and PA TXA with analgesic components were equally efficient in reducing blood loss and improving immediate postoperative pain relief and functional outcomes.…”
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Preparing controlled low strength materials with cement-treated construction waste clay improved by sodium hexametaphosphate. by Chenhao Li, Tinglong Xie, Jianwen Ding, Jian Tang, Mengying Gao

“…Although increasing SHMP content improved the early strength, it led to a decrease in later strength, with the maximum late strength observed at 2% SHMP. Both PG and water glass also contributed to late strength enhancement, though higher SHMP levels diminished their effects. …”
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Mechanical evaluation of a novel resin infiltrated lithium-disilicate ceramic network versus resin infiltrated feldspathic ceramic network by Mariam Adel, Moustafa Aboushlieb, Nour A. Habib

“…Data were analyzed using independent sample-t test and paired sample-t test (n = 12, α = 0.05). …”
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Unraveling multimodality of digital health records by comparing mortality trajectories of diagnoses of diseases from over 12 million patients. by Hyojung Paik

“…My trajectory model rewired 705 significant mortality trajectories across both datasets (USSID and NISK). The presented mortality trajectories successfully recapitulated established patterns of mortality for each country, while also revealing different trajectories leading to death, influenced by the modality of data. …”
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