Playing hide and seek with primates: A comparative study of Theory of Mind by Aurore San‑Galli, Marie Devaine, Cinzia Trapanese, Shelly Masi, Sébastien Bouret, Jean Daunizeau

“…Further analyses are in progress to identify predictive factors (e.g. familiarity with humans, age, motivation and frustration during the game) that could explain away inter-individual differences, thus eventually revealing (or not) inter‑species differences [Authors Aurore San‑Galli and Marie Devaine contributed equally to this work].…”
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The Undocumented Experience by Izah Tahir

“…Like many students in this situation, I worked until I burnt myself out, and then I worked some more. Now, at age 24, I am finally learning to give myself a break. …”
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Clinical and radiographic outcomes using standard length of cannulated screws for traditional Latarjet procedure by Juan M. Lopez-Ovenza, MD, Amaury Tapia, MD, Juan I. Duca, MD

“…Of these patients, 60 (87%) were available for final follow-up (n = 62 shoulders), with a mean age of 28.4 ± 9.5 years (range, 16-55 years) at the time of surgery. …”
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Selective micropulse individual retinal therapy in the navigation- guided treatment for central serous chorioretinopathy with parameter selection by preliminary testing by P.L. Volodin, E.V. Ivanova

“…</p> <p> <b>Patients and Methods: </b>61 patients (61 eyes) aged 36–58 with acute CSCR and transparent media were enrolled. …”
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Geographical Differences in the Safety and Efficacy of Tofacitinib Versus TNFi: A Post Hoc Analysis of ORAL Surveillance by Bogdan Batko, Slawomir Jeka, Piotr Wiland, Agnieszka Zielińska, Maria Stopińska-Polaszewska, Marcin Stajszczyk, Magdalena Kosydar-Piechna, Mary Jane Cadatal, Jose L. Rivas

“…Methods Patients with RA in ORAL Surveillance (NCT02092467), who were aged ≥ 50 years with ≥ 1 additional CV risk factor, received tofacitinib 5 or 10 mg twice daily or TNFi; 45.9% were from either Poland or North America. …”
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Long COVID and its risk factors in migrants: a nationwide register study from Sweden by Agneta Cederström, George Frederick Mkoma, Thomas Benfield, Charles Agyemang, Marie Nørredam, Mikael Rostila

“…Compared with residents born in Sweden, we found higher risks of long COVID among migrants from East Europe (IRR: 1.44 CI: 1.29–1.60), Finland (IRR: 1.36 CI: 1.15–1.61), South Asia (IRR: 1.28 CI: 1.03–1.59), Other Asia (IRR: 1.35 CI: 1.13–1.62), Other Africa (IRR: 1.48 CI: 1.17–1.87), and the Middle East (IRR: 1.43 CI: 1.27–1.63) in models adjusted for age and sex. We discovered that disease severity, i.e., whether the person was hospitalized (IRR: 18.6 CI: 17.3–20.0) or treated in an intensive care unit (IRR: 120.5 CI: 111.7–129.8), primarily contributed to the higher risk of long COVID found in migrants while the contribution of vaccinations and social conditions were moderate. …”
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Association between primary dysmenorrhoea on quality of life, mental health and academic performance among medical students in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study by Reynardi Larope Sutanto, Herbert Situmorang, Kevin Tjoa, Rivaldo Rivaldo

“…The associations of dysmenorrhoea occurrence and severity were analysed alongside other potential independent variables, including age, region, stage of study and parental income. …”
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Unraveling the genetic spectrum of inherited deaf-blindness in Portugal by Telma Machado, Telmo Cortinhal, Ana Luísa Carvalho, Francisco Teixeira-Marques, Rufino Silva, Joaquim Murta, João Pedro Marques

“…Results Eighty-four patients (58.3% males; mean age 40.0 ± 17.9 years) from 71 families were included. …”
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Early Postoperative Pain Control and Inflammation for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Comparison of Continuous Adductor Canal Block versus Single-Shot Adductor Canal Block... by Xiaojuan Yang, Jun Dong, Wei Xiong, Fusen Huang

“…Patients were matched according to age, body mass index, and American Society of Anesthesiologists class. …”
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Prevalence and characteristics of gastrointestinal disorders, medication use, and diagnostic interventions in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis: a nested case–control analysi... by Carolena Trocchia, Carolena Trocchia, Maua Mosha, Bailey Hamner, Neil Goldenberg, Racha Khalaf

“…Patients were included if they had an ICD9/10 diagnosis code and were between the age of zero to ≤ 21 years between January 1st, 2010, and January 1st, 2020. …”
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Peculiarities of the clinical picture and diagnosis of dirofilariasis in the maxillofacial area: a series of cases from practice by Kh.A. Buniatian, Yu.V. Khotimska, I.V. Kovach, Yu.Yu. Yaroslavska, O.V. Bondarenko, R.S. Nazaryan

“…Dirofilariasis of the maxillofacial area is not a widespread condition, its cases are described in short series, therefore, the aim of this work is to share our own experience of managing patients with this rare condition.The work presents our own experience in the management of 14 dirofilariasis patients with lesions of the maxillofacial area, of them there are 3 men and 11 women aged 29 to 54. Most patients sought help in the late autumn, winter and spring periods and only 2 people in the summer period. …”
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Impact of subgingival periodontal treatment on systemic markers of inflammation in patients with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials by Marie Chavez, Asshly Ramirez, Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Daniel Comandé, Diego Azañedo

“…A qualitative synthesis of the evidence was performed.ResultsTwo RCTs with 228 participants (ages 35–65) were included. Montero et al. reported significant reductions in CRP levels favoring the treatment group at 3 months (2.7 mg/L ± SE: 0.4 vs. 3.9 mg/L ± SE: 0.6; p = 0.001) and 6 months (2.9 mg/L ± SE: 0.4 vs. 4.0 mg/L ± SE: 0.8; p = 0.004). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Allisartan Isoproxil/Amlodipine in Patients With Essential Hypertension Uncontrolled by Amlodipine: A Phase III, Multicenter, Double‐Blind, Parallel‐Group, R... by Hongjie Chi, Xin Zhang, Shumei Ma, Gang Pan, Xiaojuan Lian, Yan Chen, Haotian Pei, Zichen Liu, Xiangmin Lin

“…In this phase III, multicenter, double‐blind, parallel‐group, randomized controlled trial, patients aged 18–70 years with mean sitting systolic blood pressure (msSBP) between 140 and <180 mmHg and mean sitting diastolic blood pressure (msDBP) between 90 and <110 mmHg, following a 4‐week treatment with AML 5 mg, were randomized 1:1 to receive either ALI/AML or AML once daily for 12 weeks. …”
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Efficacy of sacubitril/valsartan among patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by Madiha Butt, Ayesha Niazi, Zahra Rafique, Nadia Shams, Lubna Meraj, Asma Rauf

“…Adult patients (≥ 25 years of age; both genders) presenting with chronic heart failure (CHF) with LVEF ≤ 40% for ≥ 3 months duration; NYHA-II/III/ambulatory-IV, ischemic/non-ischemic cardiomyopathy cases were included by consecutive non-probability sampling. …”
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Infectious keratitis following photorefractive keratectomy: a 13-year study at a tertiary center by Alireza Attar, Hossein Jamali, Julio Ortega-Usobiaga, Golnoush Mahmoudinezhad, Dagny Zhu, Mohammad Mohammadi

“…Results Forty-two patients (42 eyes) with a mean age of 28.74 years (male-to-female ratio of 1.2:1) were included. …”
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Leveraging Administrative Health Databases to Address Health Challenges in Farming Populations: Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis (1975-2024) by Pascal Petit, Nicolas Vuillerme

“…Major gaps also persist in understanding various health conditions, including cardiovascular, reproductive, ocular, sleep-related, age-related, and autoimmune diseases. Addressing these overlooked areas is essential for comprehending the health risks faced by farming communities and guiding public health policies. …”
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Characteristics of the Approximate-Optimal Training Indicators of Goalkeepers in Modern Football by Igor Doroshenko, Andrii Svatyev, Valerij Shamardin, Bogdan Khorkavyy, Daria Vaniuk, Eduard Doroshenko

“…Material and methods. 14 athletes who are training at MFC “Metalurg” (Zaporizhzhya), playing the role – of goalkeeper: 3 athletes – MFC “Metalurg” (Zaporizhzhya), 3 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-19” (Zaporizhzhya), 2 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-17” (Zaporizhzhya), 2 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-16” (Zaporizhzhya), 2 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-15” (Zaporizhzhya), 2 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-14” (Zaporizhzhya). Age range: 14-24. Term of preparatory training period: 01.08.2024 – 24.11.2024.  …”
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Impact of dexmedetomidine-ropivacaine versus sufentanil-ropivacaine combination for epidural labour analgesia on neonatal outcomes: a pilot randomised clinical trial by Dong-Xin Wang, Chun-Mei Deng, Ke-Xin Jin, Ting Ding, Yuan Qu

“…Objective To investigate the impact of dexmedetomidine-ropivacaine combination versus sufentanil-ropivacaine combination for epidural labour analgesia on neonatal and maternal outcomes and test the feasibility of a future large, randomised trial.Design A randomised, double-blind, pilot clinical trial from 16 March 2023 to 15 June 2023.Setting A tertiary-care hospital in Beijing, China.Participants 200 women aged≥18 years who had full-term single pregnancy and were scheduled for vaginal delivery with epidural analgesia.Interventions Eligible participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive self-controlled epidural labour analgesia using ropivacaine supplemented with either dexmedetomidine (0.45 µg/mL for induction and 0.36 µg/mL for maintenance) or sufentanil (0.45 µg/mL for induction and 0.36 µg/mL for maintenance).Main outcomes and measures The primary endpoint was a composite of neonatal morbidity, including 1- or 5 min Apgar score&lt;7, umbilical artery PH&lt;7.1, requirement for immediate assisted ventilation and admission to neonatal ward or intensive care unit within 24 hours. …”
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Vaginal colonization and vertical transmission of Candida species: prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women and their neonates at public health facilities of Northeas... by Alemu Gedefie, Getnet Shimeles, Hilina Motbainor, Brhanu Kassanew, Chalachew Genet

“…Moreover, rural residence (AOR = 3.6, 95% CI: 1.37–9.5, P = 0.010) and maternal age above 28 years (AOR = 2.39, 95% CI: 1.97–5.89, P = 0.048) were independently associated with vertical transmission of Candida species. …”
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UAE pharmacists’ perceptions of the causes of unwanted or unused medications, their practices, and barriers to promoting safe medication disposal by the public by Maram O. Abbas, Semira Beshir, Doaa Kamal AlKhalidi, Eiman Shamseldin Al Gailani Ali, Yosra Lozon, Rizah Anwar Assadi, Hana Ghdaiba, Rahaf Adnan AL-Zeer

“…Moreover, factors such as pharmacist age, type of pharmacy, country of education, pharmacy location, employment status, and years of experience were significantly associated with pharmacists’ level of involvement in promoting safe medication disposal practices. …”
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