Providing an e-cigarette starter kit for smoking cessation and reduction as adjunct to usual care to smokers with a mental health condition: findings from the ESCAPE feasibility st... by Dimitra Kale, Emma Beard, Anna-Marie Marshall, Jodi Pervin, Qi Wu, Elena Ratschen, Lion Shahab

“…Results Feasibility targets were partially met; of 201 eligible participants, 43 (mean age = 45.2, SD = 12.7; 39.5% female) were recruited (21.4%) and randomised (intervention:48.8%, n = 21; control:51.2%, n = 22). …”
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Secular trends of physical fitness for college students in Anhui Province over the past decade by Jianzhong Sun, Hui Liang, Lei Wang, Zhongju Chen, Cunjian Bi, Feng Zhang

“…Methods A total of 58,472 university students aged 16–23 from 16 prefecture-level cities in Anhui province were recruited for this study. …”
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Benefits Conferred by Peer-Support Nursing Intervention to Pulmonary Function and Quality of Life in Nonsmoking Patients with COPD by Xiaoling Yao, Xiaoyu Wang, Jing Yuan, Zhikang Huang, Dan Wu, Hongyan Xu

“…There was no significant statistical difference on the general information between the two groups in terms of age, gender, and course of disease (P>0.05). Before intervention, the social support score involving subjective support, objective support, utilization of support, and total score revealed slight difference between the two groups (P>0.05). …”
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of severe pneumonia caused by human bocavirus in children by Zhuxia Li, Wenjing Gu, Fengming Zhu, Enze Han, Yongdong Yan, Huiquan Sun, Weidong Xu, Xin Zhang, Li Huang, Shan Gao, Yuqing Wang, Chuangli Hao, Xinxing Zhang

“…There were no significant differences in age distribution, presence of fever, lung moist rales, pleural effusion and reduced breath sounds between the two groups (all P > 0.05). 57.19% of the HBoV-positive children co-infected with other pathogens and HRV was the most common co-infected pathogens with HBoV. …”
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Ultra-low dose dual-layer detector spectral CT for pulmonary nodule screening: image quality and diagnostic performance by Li Ding, Mingwang Chen, Xiaomei Li, Yuting Wu, Jingxu Li, Shuting Deng, Yikai Xu, Zhao Chen, Chenggong Yan

“…Results A total of 249 participants (mean age ± standard deviation, 50.0 years ± 12.9; 126 male) with 637 lung nodules were included. …”
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Karakteristik Penderita Penyakit Jantung Bawaan pada Anak di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Periode Januari 2010 – Mei 2012 by Nur Ain, Didik Hariyanto, Sovina Rusdan

“…The results of this study showed that majority of the patients were female (61.8%), and the majority of samples are at the age group of less than 1 year (56.4%). The most common of CHD was Tetralogy of Fallot (21.8%), and shortness of breath was the highest (50.9%) symptom that had been found. …”
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Preliminary study assessing the long-term surgical outcomes of TBX6-associated congenital scoliosis (TACS) patients using the propensity score matching method: exploring the clinic... by Guanfeng Lin, Yang Yang, Zefu Chen, Sen Zhao, Yuchen Niu, You Du, Yiwei Zhao, Shengru Wang, Nan Wu, Jianguo Zhang

“…After propensity score matching, patients with TACS were matched with patients with NTACS according to sex, age, main curvature, classification, deformity location, surgical methods, fusion segment and number of fusions. …”
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The Impact of Nutritional Status and Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (CD4+ and CD8+) on Chemotherapy Response in Colorectal Cancer Patients by Lukman K, Septianto R, Rudiman R, Ruchimat T, Sribudiani Y, Nugraha P, Primastari E, Budiman D

“…Eighteen participants had high levels of TILs CD4+ and CD8+ expression. Nutritional status, age, histological type, tumor site, stage, and metastasis showed no significant correlation with the expression of either CD4+ or CD8+. …”
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Implementation of Compensation-Sensitive Shot-Style-Feedback of Aiming Point Training Data at the Swiss Shooting Federation by Dino Tartaruga, Ralf Kredel

“…Comparison of historical data also provides valuable insight into performance development across disciplines, gender, and age for specific technical characteristics. These insights are used to optimize coaches’ education programs by providing a generalised understanding of the technical development of young athletes in shooting. …”
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Predictive value of the systemic immune–inflammation index for outcomes in large artery occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy—a single-center study by Ao Qian, Longyi Zheng, Hui He, Jia Duan, Shuang Tang, Wenli Xing

“…Multivariate analysis demonstrated that heightened SII was significantly related to HT (odds ratio [OR]: 1.061, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.035–1.086, p < 0.001), MBE (OR: 1.074, 95% CI: 1.045–1.103, p < 0.001), adverse function (OR: 1.061, 95% CI: 1.031–1.092, p < 0.001), and mortality (OR: 1.044, 95% CI: 1.018–1.070, p = 0.001), after adjusting sex, age, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score at admission, initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, baseline Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS), present HMCAS, occluded vessel region, collateral score and successful revascularization. …”
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Seroprevalence of brucellosis in camels and humans in the Al-Qassim region of Saudi Arabia and its implications for public health by Abdulaziz M. Almuzaini, Abdullah S. M. Aljohani, Ahmed I. Alajaji, Ayman Elbehiry, Adil Abalkhail, Abdulrahman Almujaidel, Sahar N. Aljarallah, Hazem R. Sherif, Eman Marzouk, Abdelmaged A. Draz

“…The present study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of camel brucellosis as a zoonotic disease by determining the seroprevalence of brucellosis in both camels and humans, assessing potential risk factors (e.g., age, size, and location), and conducting molecular characterization of Brucella spp. associated with abortion in camels. …”
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Impact of cariprazine on body weight and blood pressure among adults with bipolar I disorder, schizophrenia, or major depressive disorder in a real-world setting by Christoph U. Correll, Andrew J. Cutler, François Laliberté, Guillaume Germain, Sean D. MacKnight, Julien Boudreau, Sally W. Wade, Nadia Nabulsi, Huy-Binh Nguyen, Mousam Parikh

“…Results The body weight analysis included 612 patients (BP-I, n = 331 [BP-I depression, n = 172; BP-I mania/mixed, n = 159]; schizophrenia, n = 75; MDD, n = 206). The mean patient age was 43.4 years, 75.2% were female, and the mean (SD) on-treatment period was 219 (185) days. …”
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Komparasi Data Mining Naive Bayes dan Neural Network memprediksi Masa Studi Mahasiswa S1 by Azahari Azahari, Yulindawati Yulindawati, Dewi Rosita, Syamsuddin Mallala

“…The attributes used are as follows: age at admission, classification of cities from high school, father’s occupation, study program, class, number of siblings, and grade point average (GPA). …”
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Cord Direct Antiglobulin Test for Predicting the Need for Phototherapy in Neonates with ABO Incompatibility: A Prospective Cohort Study by Ranjith Balan, Sakthipriya Balaji, Arun Kumar, Subash Sundar, Shrinidhi Krishnan, Ashok Chandrasekaran

“…Babies were monitored for jaundice until 14 days of age. Results: Out of 3,092 eligible deliveries, 523 babies with ABO incompatibility were enrolled. …”
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Hubungan Asupan Asam Folat, Zink, dan Vitamin A Ibu Hamil Trimester III terhadap Berat Badan Lahir di Kabupaten Padang Pariaman by Wici Septiyeni, Nur Indrawati Lipoeto, Joserizal Serudji

“…The results of this study showed that the average maternal age of 26.5424 years and the average maternal height was 153.8305 cm. …”
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Service Innovation in Customer Value Co-Creation: The Mediating Role of Customer Engagement in the Hospitality Industry – A Case Study by Meysam Fakharyan, Ali Hosseinzadeh, Hadi Bastam

“…FindingsThe descriptive findings revealed that most participants were in the age range of 20 to 29 years (46.5%), followed by 30-39 years old (21%), <20 years old (14.5%), 40-49 years old (9%), and >50 years old (9%). …”
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Development of machine learning models for diagnostic biomarker identification and immune cell infiltration analysis in PCOS by Wenxiu Chen, Jianliang Miao, Jingfei Chen, Jianlin Chen

“…Abstract Background Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder affecting women of reproductive age. It is characterized by symptoms such as hyperandrogenemia, oligo or anovulation and polycystic ovarian, significantly impacting quality of life. …”
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Concordance of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Cytology with Respect to Histological Diagnosis of Cancer: A Cross-sectional Study by Richa Singh, Krachi Agarwal, Preeti Agarwal, Madhu Kumar, Malti Kumari Maurya, Riddhi Jaiswal, Ajay Kumar Singh, Anand Srivastava

“…Results: The BAL was performed in 261 cases with a mean age of 56.79 years. The adequacy of BAL cytology was 88.12% (230/261). …”
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Sex differences in intracranial plaque burden in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease: a pilot study based on high-resolution MRI by Xuejiao Yan, Ling Li, Jie Gao, Lihui Wang, Kai Ai, Xiaoyan Lei, Min Tang, Xiaoling Zhang, Dongsheng Zhang

“…Poisson regression models or negative binomial regression models were used to analyze the interaction between sex and treatment in relation to plaque burden.ResultsA total of 495 plaques were detected in 120 patients (75 male; mean age, 60.77 ± 11.01 years), including 311 proximal and 184 distal plaques. …”
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Biologic Therapy and Cardiometabolic Risk in Psoriasis: A Retrospective Review by Annika Smith, Aidin Karahasan, Deborah Yi, Sanjay Yapabandara, James Elhindi, Pablo Fernandez-Penas, Clara Chow, Sarah Zaman

“…Results A total of 200 patients were reviewed, of which 39 had complete data sets. The participants’ ages ranged from 21 to 85 years (mean 51, SD 16.9). …”
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