Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) versus immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of complements and immunoglobulins (Ig) in pemphigus group by Deepika Rana, Nita Khurana, Shramana Mandal, Bijay Laxmi Sahoo

“…The overall IgG, C3, IgG4, and C4d expression for pemphigus was seen in 88%, 88%, 76.9%, and 61.5% of cases. The relation between these markers, combination of IgG and C3, was best related to each other (P value = 0.80). …”
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Medical students and ChatGPT: analyzing attitudes, practices, and academic perceptions by Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz, Maysa I. Farghly, Eman Anwar Sultan, Moaz Elsayed Abouelmagd, Youssef Ashmawy, Eman Hany Elsebaie

“…Prior to the study, most respondents (78.5%) had personal experience using it. Overall, respondents demonstrated positive perceptions, attitudes, and practices toward ChatGPT, with mean scores exceeding 3 for all three variables: 3.99 ± 0.60 for perceptions, 3.01 ± 0.46 for attitudes, and 3.55 ± 0.55 for practices. …”
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Effectiveness of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Exercise After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Elina Jääskeläinen, Mikko Manninen, Heikki Hurri, Mikko Rantasalo, Yun Zhou, Hannu Kautiainen, Leena Ristolainen

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Air Quality, Atmospheric Variables and Spread of COVID-19 in Delhi (India): An Analysis by Abhishek Dutta, Wanida Jinsart

“…The study found that under the epidemic control measure during 11 May–19 June 2020, the average concentrations of atmospheric air pollutants PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and CO were reduced to 42.15 µg m–3, 128.68 µg m–3, 27.31 ppb, and 0.83 ppm respectively, and were 73.85%, 46.48%, 63.43%, and 50.18% lower than the pre-COVID-19 level of January 2020, respectively. …”
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Flexibility in PAM recognition expands DNA targeting in xCas9 by Kazi A Hossain, Lukasz Nierzwicki, Modesto Orozco, Jacek Czub, Giulia Palermo

“…xCas9 is an evolved variant of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing system, engineered to improve specificity and reduce undesired off-target effects. …”
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Associations between phenol and paraben exposure and the risk of developing breast cancer in adult women: a cross-sectional study by Yao Xiong, Zhiyu Li, Xiong Xiong, Zixuan Luo, Kaixin Zhong, Jiawei Hu, Shengrong Sun, Chuang Chen

“…The results from the weighted multivariable regression models indicated that exposure to elevated concentrations of TRS increased the risk of developing BC by 2.33 (Q2: 95% CI = 1.45–3.75, p < 0.001) and 1.94 times (Q3: 95% CI = 1.21–3.09, p = 0.006), respectively. The nonlinear association between TRS concentrations and the risk of developing BC was statistically significant (P nonlinear = 0.007), with the restricted cubic splines (RCS) curve exhibiting an inverted U shape. …”
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Feed sorting behavior and performance of Argentinian Creole, Braford and crossbred steers during the growing and fattening phases by M.M. Della Rosa, P.M. Corva, V. Royo, M. Zimerman, D. Bottegal, J.A. Nasca

“…Se observaron diferencias para seleccionar partículas largas (>19 mm, BRA<CXB, P=0.03) y una tendencia para seleccionar partículas cortas (4-8 mm, BRA>CRA y CXB, P=0.06). Experimento 2: el peso vivo inicial de CRA fue más bajo que en BRA y CXB (P<0.01) y la diferencia con BRA también fue significativa al final del experimento (P<0.01). …”
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On the behavior of a granular soil deposit subjected to horizontal vibration. A discrete element modeling by Derbane, Said, Mansouri, Mouloud, Messast, Salah,  El Malki Alaoui, Aboulghit

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Immunological Remission as a Basis for Dose Reduction of Immunosuppressors in Autoimmune Hepatitis: Results of Monocenter Surveillance Study by A. O. Bueverov, S. V. Koblov, P. O. Bogomolov

“…The data of 47 patients with AIH who received immunosuppressive therapy from April 2001 to August 2023 were analyzed: 10 men (21 %), 37 women (79 %); the average age was 37 (17–66) years. The follow-up period was 10–180 months. …”
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PERCEPTION OF ONLINE VERSUS PHYSICAL LEARNING AMONGUNIVERSITY STUDENTS by Ramna Shafique, Muhammad Abdullah, Tooba Nasir, Sundas Salim, Sabrina Jam, Bina Fawad

“…Results: The mean age of the participants was 20.65 ± 2.13 years, and the proportion of males was 28.5% (n=57). The sample comprised 67% (n=134) medical and 33% (n=66) non-medical students. …”
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WEB-BASED LEARNING AND STUDENTS' SCHOLASTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT AT NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA by Taofeek Gbolahan Muibi

“…A questionnaire with 53 questions titled: Experts validated the Online Learning and Learners' Academic Achievement in National Open University of Nigeria Scale (OLLAAS), and Cronbach's alpha yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.76. To test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance, data were analyzed using Multiple Regressions and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. …”
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Efficacy of a simple intravitreal perfluoropropane injection in treating unclosed idiopathic macular holes following vitrectomy by Zexia Dou, Jindong Han, Shaozhen Zhao

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Nutritional assessment using subjective global assessment identifies energy malnutrition and predicts mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis by Takao Miwa, Tatsunori Hanai, Kayoko Nishimura, Sachiyo Hirata, Shinji Unome, Yuki Nakahata, Kenji Imai, Atsushi Suetsugu, Koji Takai, Masahito Shimizu

“…Regarding mortality, 125 patients (54%) died over a median follow-up period of 2.8 years. After adjustment, SGA-B (hazard ratio, 1.81; 95% CI, 1.08–3.03) and SGA-C (hazard ratio, 3.35; 95% CI, 1.28–8.76) were predictors of mortality in cirrhosis patients, while energy malnutrition and FFA were not. …”
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Examining reliability of WHOBARS: a tool to measure the quality of administration of WHO surgical safety checklist using generalisability theory with surgical teams from three New... by Jennifer M Weller, Carmen Skilton, Derryn A Gargiulo, Oleg N Medvedev, Simon J Mitchell, Alan F Merry

“…All elective and acute cases (adults and children) involving surgery under general anaesthesia during normal working hours were eligible.Participants The study included 243 surgical staff members, 138 (50.12%) women.Main outcome measure Absolute generalisability coefficient that accounts for variance due to items, phases, sites and raters for the WHOBARS measure of the quality of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist administration.Results The WHOBARS in its present form has demonstrated good generalisability of scores across teams and raters (G absolute=0.83). The largest source of measurement error was the interaction between the surgical team and the rater, accounting for 16.7% (95% CI 16.4 to 16.9) of the total variance in the data. …”
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Initial use of supplementary oxygen for trauma patients: a systematic review by Trine Grodum Eskesen, Josefine Stokholm Baekgaard, Jacob Steinmetz, Lars S Rasmussen

“…Two independent reviewers screened and identified studies and extracted data from included studies.Results 6142 citations were screened with an inter-rater reliability (Cohen’s kappa) of 0.88. One interventional trial of intubated trauma patients was included. 68 trauma patients were randomised to receive an FiO2 of 0.80 (intervention group) or 0.50 (control group) during mechanical ventilation (first 6 hours). …”
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Hydrochemistry of a Tropical harbor: Influence of Industrial and Municipal inputs by Balogun Kayode James, Ladigbolu Ismail Adejare, Olaji Ebenezer Dayo

“…Surface water of the Harbour was characterized by fairy constant temperature with a range of ( 25.67 – 28.33oC), alkaline pH (7.70 – 8.42mg/l), brackish salinity (7.00 – 22.47PSU), BOD5 and COD values of (0.80 – 3.33mg/l) and (6.10 – 11.30mg/l) respectively, total dissolved solids(6.00 – 19.00mg/l), dissolved oxygen content (4.13 – 7.60mg/l) which fell below FEPA limit of 10mg/l, alkalinity (8.00 – 15.33mg/l), low Nitrate value (0.08 – 0.12mg/l), moderately high Phosphate (0.57 – 1.60mg/l), high Silicate values (1.27 – 9.23mg/l), moderate concentration of heavy metals salts such as Cr (0.03 – 0.60mg/l), Pb (0.22 – 0.61mg/l), Cd (nd – 0.02mg/l, Fe (0.67 – 1.41mg/l) and high Cu values (4.53 – 5.55mg/l). …”
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MacSyFinder v2: Improved modelling and search engine to identify molecular systems in genomes by Néron, Bertrand, Denise, Rémi, Coluzzi, Charles, Touchon, Marie, Rocha, Eduardo P.C., Abby, Sophie S.

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Psychosocial work characteristic profiles and health outcomes in registered nurses at different stages of their careers: a cross-sectional study by Katri Lönnqvist, Timo Sinervo, Anu-Marja Kaihlanen, Marko Elovainio

“…Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted with 624 early-career registered nurses and 1,016 later-career registered nurses. Data were collected using an electronic survey with internationally validated measures including the Organizational Justice Scale, the Nurse Stress Index Scale, the Job Content Questionnaire, the Team Climate Inventory, the Psychological Distress Questionnaire, the Sleep Problems Questionnaire, and the Self-Rated Health Questionnaire. …”
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Assessing the relationship between nursing process competency and work environment among clinical nurses: a cross-sectional correlational study by Reza Nemati-Vakilabad, Ehsan Kamalifar, Mobina Jamshidinia, Alireza Mirzaei

“…Results The findings revealed significant relationships between overall competency of nursing process and supportive work conditions, particularly fairness in evaluation (r = 0.388, p < 0.001) and colleague support (r = 0.306, p < 0.001). …”
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The philosophical foundations of digital twinning by David J Wagg, Christopher Burr, Jason Shepherd, Zack Xuereb Conti, Mark Enzer, Steven Niederer

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