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Prognostic Nutritional Index Correlates with Liver Function and Prognosis in Chronic Liver Disease Patients

Diagnostics, 2023
The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) is widely recognized as a screening tool for nutrition. We retrospectively examined the impact of PNI in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD, n = 319, median age = 71 years, 153 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC ...
Masahiro Matsui, Akira Asai, Kosuke Ushiro, Saori Onishi, Tomohiro Nishikawa, Hideko Ohama, Yusuke Tsuchimoto, Soo Ki Kim, Hiroki Nishikawa   +8 more
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Ferritin-haemoglobin ratio as a predictor of severity and fatal outcome in patients with Covid-19 [PDF]

Scripta Medica, 2023
Background/Aim: Although ferritin and haemoglobin were well-studied for adverse outcome prediction in COVID-19 patients, a ferritin-haemoglobin ratio (FHR) was studied poorly.
Skakun Oleksiy, Seredyuk Nestor, Fedorov Sergiy, Verbovska Olha   +3 more
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Reliability and validity of sit-to-stand test protocols in patients with coronary artery disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
BackgroundSit-To-Stand (STS) tests are reported as feasible alternatives for the assessment of functional fitness but the reliability of these tests in people with coronary artery disease (CAD) has not been reported.
Zheng Wang, Jianhua Yan, Shu Meng, Jiajia Li, Yi Yu, Tingting Zhang, Raymond C. C. Tsang, Doa El-Ansary, Doa El-Ansary, Doa El-Ansary, Jia Han, Alice Y. M. Jones   +11 more
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Development and validation of the patient reported outcomes questionnaire of children with asthma in China: A Caregiver's proxy-reported measure

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundResearch on asthma control levels and quality of life is essential for children with asthma during their growth stage. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a questionnaire that can be used for monitoring and evaluating the disease control ...
Tong Xu, Haiyue Zhang, Yuhai Zhang, Peng Yang, Zhe Yang, Xun Jiang, Lei Shang   +6 more
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Hyperspectral Image Classification via Deep Structure Dictionary Learning

Remote Sensing, 2022
The construction of diverse dictionaries for sparse representation of hyperspectral image (HSI) classification has been a hot topic over the past few years.
Wenzheng Wang, Yuqi Han, Chenwei Deng, Zhen Li   +3 more
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Discriminative Ability of a Parasitoid [PDF]

Nature, 1935
IT has recently been demonstrated1 that Trichogramma evanescens and certain other parasitoids are able to distinguish between healthy hosts and those already parasitised. Hearing cannot enter; sight and touch have been ruled out; and it appears that the sense used is that of smell.
GEORGE SALT, J. LAING
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Identification of an Age Maturity in Time Discrimination Abilities [PDF]

Timing & Time Perception, 2020
Abstract The aim of this study was to identify the age at which parameters of timing performance in a temporal bisection task converge on an adult-like stable level. Participants in the three- to 20-year-old range were tested using a temporal bisection task with sub-second and supra-second durations.
Hallez, Quentin, Droit-Volet, Sylvie
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Clinical Utility of the 6-Item CTS, Boston-CTS, and Hand-Diagram for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Background: Self-reported measures are often used in research and clinical practice to diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and guide therapeutic choices.
Daniel Gregor Schulze, Daniel Gregor Schulze, Daniel Gregor Schulze, Kristian Bernhard Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard Nilsen, Rikke Munk Killingmo, John Anker Zwart, John Anker Zwart, Margreth Grotle, Margreth Grotle   +9 more
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Evaluation of the discriminative capacity of anthropometric indicators and their predictive relationship of diabetes in health workers of the University Hospital of Guayaquil - Ecuador

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2021
Objective: To evaluate the discriminative ability to predict diabetes with anthropometric and biochemical indicators and medical history. Methods: The sampling carried out was census and the sample consisted of 104 workers.
Janet del Rocio Gordillo Cortaza, Fatima Feraud Ibarra, Franklin Encalada Calero, Juan Carlos Roque Quezada, Rosa Quintana Columbus, Jennifer Plaza Plaza, Cinthya Falquez Garcia, Dagmar Meza Solorzano, Miguel Castro Mattos   +8 more
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The development of speed discrimination abilities

Vision Research, 2012
The processing of speed is a critical part of a child's visual development, allowing children to track and interact with moving objects. Despite such importance, no study has investigated the developmental trajectory of speed discrimination abilities or precisely when these abilities become adult-like.
Manning, C, Aagten-Murphy, D, Pellicano, L   +2 more
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