Characterization of Cannabis usage in individuals with non-cancer chronic pain in the state of Maine using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) by Rachel Bordonaro, Elizabeth N. Bean, Ling Cao

“…Results We observed an increase of high-frequency users (21–30 days/last 30 days) and reduction of non-users for both sexes from 2017 to 2020, which was significant in controls (p < 0.05). The average age of cannabis users was lower than non-users, regardless of sex or pain status (p < 0.05). …”
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Occult Renal Calcifications in Patients with Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Their Association with the Parathyroid Hormone-Vitamin D Axis by Fernanda Victor, Alyne Layane Pereira Lemos, Anna Mirella de Holanda Ribas, Leonardo Bandeira, José Henrique Pimentel, Luiz Otávio de Andrade Damázio, Francisco Bandeira

“…The patients had a mean age of 67.97 ± 10.45 years, predominantly postmenopausal women (88.2%); serum PTH, 119.67 ± 64.44 pg/mL; 25(OH)D, 39.00 ± 8.88 ng/dL; 1.25(OH))2D, 74.53 ± 26.37 pg/mL; corrected serum calcium, 9.34 ± 0.62 mg/dL; and 24-hour urinary calcium, 134.87 ± 79.68 mg/day. …”
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Structural validity and internal consistency of the Patient Centred Assessment Method in a primary care setting in a Japanese island area: a cross-sectional study by Masato Matsushima, Shuhei Yoshida, Rieko Mutai, Yoshifumi Sugiyama, Ryoko Horiguchi, Hisashi Yoshimoto

“…Objectives The objective of this study was to examine the structural validity and internal consistency of the original English version of the Patient Centred Assessment Method (PCAM) in a primary care setting in a Japanese island area.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting A clinic on a remote island in Okinawa, Japan, that provides general outpatient and 24-hour emergency services.Participants This study included 355 patients who visited Tarama Clinic from 1 April 2018 to 30 June 2018, were aged ≥20 years, lived in Tarama Village and had decision-making capacity.Main outcome measures Patient complexity scored by the PCAM.Results The mean (SD) PCAM score was 21.4 (5.7). …”
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Methylation and Expression of Retinoblastoma and Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Genes in Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated and -Negative Gastric Carcinomas by Xia Liu, Xiuming Tang, Shaoyan Zhang, Yun Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Chengquan Zhao, Bing Luo

“…RB methylation, loss expression of RB, and TGF-β1 expression were significantly associated with tumor invasion and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05), but was not associated with sex, age, histological subtype (differentiation status) and tumor location. …”
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Association between Visual Acuity and Retinal Layer Metrics in Diabetics with and without Macular Edema by LakshmiPriya Rangaraju, Xuejuan Jiang, J. Jason McAnany, Michael R. Tan, Justin Wanek, Norman P. Blair, Jennifer I. Lim, Mahnaz Shahidi

“…The associations among VA and retinal layer metrics were determined by multivariate linear regressions after adjusting for covariates (age, sex, race, HbA1c, diabetes type, and duration) and correcting for multiple comparisons. …”
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Assessment of programmed cell death 1 and its programmed cell death ligand 1 levels in vitiligo by Hanan R. Nada, Ahmed Mourad, Laila A. Rashed, Ghada M. El-Hanafy, Nermeen M.A. Abdallah, Mohamed M. Abdelhady

“…Patients and methods A total of 30 vitiliginous patients and 30 age and sex-matched controls were included. Full history and clinical examination were done and ELISA measured tissue levels of PD-1 and PD-L1 from lesional and nonlesional biopsies. …”
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Perspectives towards training approaches to skill achievement in swimming athletes: mixed methods by Ari Tri Fitrianto, Hegen Dadang Prayoga, Oddie Barnanda Rizky, Nina Sutresna, Albadi Sinulingga, Syahruddin Syahruddin, Trisnar Adi Prabowo

“…The sample consisted of ten coaches aged 35-55 years, with an average of 17.8±7.8 years of coaching experience. …”
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Evaluating the therapeutic effect of different forms of silymarin on liver status and expression of some genes involved in fat metabolism, antioxidants and anti‐inflammatory in old... by Samira Faryadi, Ardashir Sheikhahmadi, Ayoub Farhadi, Himan Nourbakhsh

“…Methods The experiment was conducted using 70 Lohmann LSL‐Lite hens at 80 weeks of age with 7 treatments each with 10 replicates. Treatments included: (1) control diet without silymarin, (2) daily intake of 100 mg silymarin powder/kg body weight (BW) (PSM100), (3) daily intake of 200 mg silymarin powder/kg BW (PSM200), (4) daily intake of 100 mg nano‐silymarin/kg BW (NSM100), (5) daily intake of 200 mg nano‐silymarin/kg BW (NSM200), (6) daily intake of 100 mg lecithinized silymarin/kg BW (LSM100) and (7) daily intake of 200 mg lecithinized silymarin/kg BW (LSM200). …”
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Digital sleep phenotype and wrist actigraphy in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis and people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analy... by Andrea Cipriani, Edoardo Giuseppe Ostinelli, John Torous, Paolo Brambilla, Philip McGuire, Dominic Oliver, Rosario Aronica, Charlotte Austin

“…Factors such as antipsychotic medications (pseudo-R²=88.14%), age (38.89%) and gender (26.29%) partially explained the heterogeneity between subgroups. …”
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Telomere Length and Oxidative Damage in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Leping Ma, Cui Liu, Ran Song, Yeping Qian, Feng Zhang

“…Telomere erosion caused by oxidative stress is a common consequence in age-related diseases. However, whether telomere length (TL) and oxidative indicators are significantly changed in ASD patients compared with controls remains controversial. …”
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Nursing-Related Barriers to Children’s Pain Management at Selected Hospitals in Ghana: A Descriptive Qualitative Study by Abigail Kusi Amponsah, Evans Frimpong Kyei, John Bright Agyemang, Hanson Boakye, Joana Kyei-Dompim, Collins Kwadwo Ahoto, Evans Oduro

“…NVivo 12 plus software guided data management and analyses. The mean age of participating nurses was 30 years, with majority being females (n = 24). …”
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Patient perspectives on telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods community-based study by Marije J. Splinter, M. Kamran Ikram, Charles W. Helsper, Patrick J.E. Bindels, Evelien I.T. de Schepper, Silvan Licher

“…Results 4514 participants completed the questionnaire (response rate 77.0%, 58.7% women, mean age 70.8 ± 10.5 years). 1103 participants (24.4%) reported having had experience with virtual consultations. …”
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Validation of the shortest version of the eating attitude test (EAT-7) as a screening tool for disordered eating in patients with first-episode schizophrenia by Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Youssef Boukadida, Majda Cheour, Souheil Hallit

“…The study took place between January and June 2024, and involved clinically-stabilized outpatients with schizophrenia who have had < 3 months of treatment with antipsychotics (N = 112; mean age of 24.44 ± 5.41 years). Results In terms of factor analysis, the EAT-7 presented a one-dimensional structure. …”
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Capecitabine enhances sensitivity to oxaliplatin in advanced gastric cancer and the effects on patients’ FOXP1 and GGT levels by Xinyu Guo, Yi Liu

“…The 1-year survival rate of 152 patients with gastric cancer was 84.87% (129/152) and the 3-year survival rate was 63.17% (96/152). Age, tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage, lymph node metastasis, chemotherapy regimen, FOXP1, and GGT levels were important factors in determining OS. …”
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Shaping the future of primary healthcare: Factors influencing medical students’ preference for family medicine specialty in Qatar by Maryam A. Al-Rashid, Muna T Abed Alah, Areej S. Al-Hamad, Michail Nomikos, Marwan F. Abu Hijleh

“…RESULTS: A total of 262 students completed the survey with age ranging between 17-24 years (Mean=20, SD=1.7 years); majority (68.3%) were females and 54.4% were non-Qatari. …”
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Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Vijay Jaimni, Barkur Ananthakrishna Shasty, Sharath P. Madhyastha, Ganesh V. Shetty, Raviraja V. Acharya, Ragini Bekur, Akhila Doddamani

“…A case-control study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital from 2014 to 2016, including 50 adult newly diagnosed sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients as cases and 50 age and sex-matched healthy participants as control groups. …”
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Excerpts from The Freedom Fight: A Novel of Resistance and Freedom. by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“…Undoubtedly, its depiction of slavery and resistance makes it unrivalled as an eloquent marker of a historical and linguistic age gone by. Secondly, it joins the ranks of the works of only two other leading contemporary Yorùbá writers, whose attention to language make them the remaining literary and linguistic purists of the previous generation of Yorùbá writers. …”
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Empire Seen from Within. Cinema Objects, Spaces and Edifices in the Limelight in Colonial India and Ceylon (1899-1950) by Vilasnee Tampoe-Hautin

“…Further, it was the Victorians and the Edwardians who bequeathed us the first objects, edifices and spaces of cinema, adding to the iconic and material wealth characteristic of the age. The scope widens further for research when one contemplates the way technical innovations in Europe, first in photography, then in picture animation as well as in printing and reproducing fixed or moving images, contributed eminently to the promotion of Empire within Empire, in what Michel Foucault qualified as a fin de siècle ‘frénésie neuve des images’ (Exhibition catalogue of Gérard Fromanger’s ‘Le désir est partout’, 1975, Leutrat). …”
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Utilization and Associated Factors among College Students at West Arsi Zone in Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Demelash Wachamo, Yadessa Tegene, Abdisa Tibeso, Assefa Washo

“…Mainly information and counseling (81.3%), voluntary testing and counseling for HIV (80.6%), condom service (37.2%), pregnancy test (35.5%), family planning services (33.2%), and abortion care services (26.0%) were most frequently utilized. The students’ aged between 20 and 24 years [AOR = 2.05, 95% CI: 1.38–3.06], female students [AOR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.30–2.82], those not living with family [AOR = 1.54, 95% CI: 1.05–2.26], those who discussed about SRH with family/friends [AOR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.31–2.82], and those who participated in school clubs [AOR = 1.75, 95% CI: 1.19, 2.58] more frequently used SRH service compared with their counterparts. …”
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Cross-Cultural Validity, Reliability, and Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease-Psychosocial Questionnaire by Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Farzaneh Farhadi, Hasti Hadizadeh, Gholam Ali Shahidi, Ahmad Delbari, Johan Lökk

“…The Persian version of SCOPA-PS is a highly reliable and valid scale to measure psychosocial functioning in IPD patients with different sex, age-group, and educational level, which could be applied in future researches. …”
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