Identifying key signs of motor neurone disease in primary care: a nested case–control study using the QResearch database by Aleksandar Radunović, Carol Coupland, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Christopher J McDermott, Tom A Ranger, Judith Burchardt, Xue W Mei

“…Among those from the Red Flag tool, dysarthria had the strongest association with subsequent MND (adjusted OR (aOR): 43.2 (95% CI 36.0 to 52.0)) followed by muscle fasciculations (aOR: 40.2 (95% CI 25.6 to 63.1)) and muscle wasting (aOR: 31.0 (95% CI 19.5 to 49.4)). …”
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Involving migrants in the development of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: a participatory learning and action research project by Chris van Weel, Anne MacFarlane, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Tomas de Brún, Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, Mary O'Reilly-de Brún, Ekaterina Okonkwo, Jean Samuel Bonsenge Bokanga, Maria Manuela De Almeida Silva, Florence Ogbebor, Aga Mierzejewska, Lovina Nnadi

“…Objective The aim of this research was to involve migrants and other key stakeholders in a participatory dialogue to develop a guideline for enhancing communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations. …”
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Parental Involvement in the Transition from Paediatric to Adult Care for Youth with Chronic Illness: A Scoping Review of the North American Literature by Bryn Badour, Amanda Bull, Abha A. Gupta, Raza M. Mirza, Christopher A. Klinger

“…However, there is currently a paucity of research focusing on the role that these patients’ parents should play during and after the transition to adult care and if maintained parental involvement is beneficial during this transition within a North American context. …”
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Efficacy of continuous intravenous infusion of lidocaine on postoperative sore throat after laryngeal mask insertion: a randomized controlled trial by Jianxin Jiang, Jimin Wu, Shuqi Shi, Xiaoli Dong, Jiaxiang Yin, Yini Wu

“…Methods In this prospective trial one hundred and sixty general anesthesia surgery patients (20 to 60 years) using laryngeal mask airway were randomly divided into control group (Group C, saline as placebo), lidocaine gel group (Group LG, lidocaine gel applied to the surface of the laryngeal mask), single intravenous lidocaine group (Group SL, intravenous lidocaine 1.5 mg/kg at induction of anesthesia) and continuous infusion of lidocaine group (Group CL, a bolus of 1.5 mg/kg, followed by an infusion of 2 mg/kg/h until the end of the surgical). …”
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A Quantitative Trait Locus on Chromosome 5p Influences D-Dimer Levels in the San Antonio Family Heart Study by V. P. Diego, L. Almasy, D. L. Rainwater, M. C. Mahaney, A. G. Comuzzie, S. A. Cole, R. P. Tracy, M. P. Stern, J. W. MacCluer, J. Blangero

“…D-dimer is associated with increasing severity of atherosclerosis and with increased risk of a cardiovascular disease (CVD). …”
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Combination therapy of intravitreal ranibizumab and sub-tenon triamcinolone for treatment of resistant diabetic macular edema: a clinical study in Egypt by Hossam Eldin M. A. Khalil, Hazem E. Haroun, Alaa A. I. Shalan, Waleed M. Mahran

“…DME that is resistant to therapy is now being treated with a number of different management strategies. This research was to examine the efficacy of sub-tenon steroid and anti- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections as a combination therapy for the treatment of resistant DME, owing to the synergistic effect of this combination. …”
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Understanding Turkish students' STEM career aspirations, STEM hopes and goals, parental perception, and cultural capital: A path analysis by Hakan Ulum, Menşure Alkış Küçükaydın

“…Developing students' career goals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a high priority in Turkey and around the world. …”
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Impact of protein intake from a caloric-restricted diet on liver lipid metabolism in overweight and obese rats of different sexes by Ying Tian, Jiawei Gong, Zhiyan He, Suwen Peng, Yuping Huan, Hongpeng Cao

“…The Sprague-Dawley rats, which were half female and half male, were used to construct a rat model of overweight and obesity attributed to a high-fat diet. …”
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Evaluation of Three Satellite Precipitation Products TRMM 3B42, CMORPH, and PERSIANN over a Subtropical Watershed in China by Junzhi Liu, Zheng Duan, Jingchao Jiang, A-Xing Zhu

“…This study conducted a comprehensive evaluation of three satellite precipitation products (TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) 3B42, CMORPH (the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Morphing algorithm), and PERSIANN (Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks)) using data from 52 rain gauge stations over the Meichuan watershed, which is a representative watershed of the Poyang Lake Basin in China. …”
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A content awareness module for predictive lossless image compression to achieve high throughput data sharing over the network storage by Asif Rajput, Jianqiang Li, Faheem Akhtar, Zahid Hussain Khand, Jason C Hung, Yan Pei, Anko Börner

“…The idea of applying integer Reversible Colour Transform to increase compression ratios in lossless image compression is a well-established and widely used practice. Although various colour transformations have been introduced and investigated in the past two decades, the process of determining the best colour scheme in a reasonable time remains an open challenge. …”
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Use of quasi-normal form to examine stability of tumor-free equilibrium in a mathematical model of bcg treatment of bladder cancer by Svetlana Bunimovich-Mendrazitsky, Yakov Goltser

“…This treatment exploits the host's own immune system to boost a response that will enable the host to rid itself of the tumor. …”
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Predictive Factors, Treatment, and Outcomes of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Peritonitis in Malaysian Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Single-Center Study by Siew Yan Lau, Boon Cheak Bee, Hin-Seng Wong, Marhanis Salihah Omar, Norazlah Bahari

“…Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS) are frequently isolated in peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis with a high rate of relapse and repeat peritonitis after initial response to antimicrobials. …”
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La dignità umana e la ricerca del suo fondamento. Considerazioni a margine dall’Enciclica “Fratelli tutti” by Agnese Varsalona

“…Therefore, there emerges the need to revisit the concept of absoluteness in the light of the God of Jesus, who is a relationship of love, unity in the diversity of the three persons.       …”
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Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Performance in Older Adults: A Narrative Review of the Evidence, Possible Biological Mechanisms, and Recommendations for Exercise Prescription by Adria Quigley, Marilyn MacKay-Lyons, Gail Eskes

“…The review begins with a summary of evidence of the effect of chronic physical activity and exercise on cognition. …”
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Relationship between Activities of Daily Living of Home-Based Rehabilitation Users and Caregiver Burden-Induced Depression: A Retrospective Study by Takuro Ohashi, Takaaki Fujita, Yui Togashi, Yuji Ohashi, Yuta Kisara, Ryohei Jinbo, Ryuichi Kasahara, Yuichi Yamamoto

“…High caregiver burden was identified in 85.7% of the caregivers in whom the score of controlling bladder of BI was ≤5 points and the patient was aged ≤78 years. A score of ≤5 points for the controlling bladder item of BI along with young recipient age was associated with high caregiver burden that induces depression among caregivers. …”
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Community Acquired, Nursing Home Acquired and Hospital Acquired Pneumonia: A Five-Year Review of the Clinical, Bacteriological and Radiological Characteristics by CW Chow, LR Lee-Pack, N Senathiragah, M Rawji, M Chan, CK Chan

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TurkMedNLI: a Turkish medical natural language inference dataset through large language model based translation by İskender Ülgen Oğul, Fatih Soygazi, Belgin Ergenç Bostanoğlu

“…This study introduces a pipeline for translating a medical NLI dataset into Turkish, which is a low-resource language. …”
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High-Flying Research Trends and Innovations in Young Athletes’ Jump Training: A Bibliographic Analysis of Research Over Ten Years by Cahyo Yuwono, Adi S, Mahenderan Appukutty, Erna Setyowati, Bondan Fiqi Riyalda, Hilmy Aliriad, Made Bang Redy Utama

“…Materials and methods. This study was a systematic review with conducting a bibliometric analysis. …”
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The Referral System between Primary and Secondary Health Care in Saudi Arabia for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review by Mohammed Senitan, Ali Hassan Alhaiti, James Gillespie, Badar Faiz Alotaibi, George Binh Lenon

“…In Saudi Arabia, the mortality of diabetes is currently reported at 6%. A well-administered referral system is crucial in aiding the management of this disease. …”
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Psychometric Validation of the German Version of the Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA): A Secondary Analysis of Cross‐Sectional Survey Data by Hannah McGowan, Rik Crutzen, Tari Topolski, Stefan Tino Kulnik

“…Methods We conducted a psychometric validation of a new German translation of the RAPA by performing a secondary analysis of survey data from 234 former cardiac rehabilitation patients (mean [SD] age 69 ± 11 years, 23% female) in Austria. …”
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