Analysis of Prognostis Factors and Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Yiming XU, Honghua SHEN, Jingbo DU, Lei REN

“…The factors affecting survival were investigated, and Cox regression analysis was used to analyze various factors affecting the survival of COPD patients.Results:①The 38 cases of COPD grade III died of respiratory diseases, and 43 cases of COPD gradeⅣdied of respiratory diseases.②According to the single factor correlation analysis, pulmonary function grade, BODE index, aerobic exercise intensity and frequency of acute episodes were the factors influencing the survival rate of COPD patients within two years after 20-week pulmonary rehabilitation (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05), but sex, age, and the use of noninvasive ventilator had no obviously effect on survival rate of the COPD patients (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05). ③From multifactor correlation analysis, pulmonary function grade, BODE index, aerobic exercise intensity and frequency of acute episodes were the factors influencing the survival rate of COPD patients within two years after 20-week pulmonary rehabilitation (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05), but the use of noninvasive ventilator had no obviously effect on survival rate of the COPD patients (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05). …”
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Vision impairment and associated daily activity limitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Masoud Rahmati, Lee Smith, Laurent Boyer, Guillaume Fond, Dong Keon Yon, Hayeon Lee, Tarnjit Sehmbi, Mapa Prabhath Piyasena, Shahina Pardhan

“…Meta-regression analysis indicated that for every one-year increase in age, ADL performance decreased by an average of 0.0147 units (p < 0.001), while IADL performance declined at a slower rate of 0.0047 units/year (p = 0.031).…”
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Indicators of Esophageal pH-Impedance Monitoring and High-Resolution Manometry in Patients with Various Forms of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by I. V. Maev, E. V. Barkalova, M. A. Ovsepyan, D. N. Andreev, Yu. A. Kucheryavyi

“…The gender structure was as follows: 44 male and 25 female patients. The average age of the examined patients was 46 years. All patients underwent 24-hour esophageal pH-impedance monitoring and high resolution manometry.Results.  …”
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Efficacy of total transanal laparoscopic pull‑through and pure transanal endorectal pull‑through in the treatment of common‑type Hirschsprung disease by Guizhen Huang, Wenqian Huang, Chi Sun, Meng Li, Chaosheng He, Yi Su, Weili Xu, Suolin Li

“…Results: The mean (SD) age of patients undergoing surgery was 16.75 (12.82) months in the TTLP group and 18.92 (11.55) months in the PTEP group. …”
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Translation and assessment of encultured meaning of the Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in Din&eacute; bizaad (Navajo) using community-based participatory actio... by Tapati Dutta, Jon Agley, Camille Keith, Gregory Zimet

“…Participants were four males and four females with an age range of 30-60 years. Since the discussion and recording were bilingual, a written English and Din&amp;eacute; transcription was produced and anonymized, then reviewed by researchers. …”
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Clinical significance of determining individual intraocular pressure in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma in ophthalmological practice by S.V. Balalin, V.P. Fokin, O.V. Yuferov, S.Z. Boskhomdzhieva

“…<br> <b>Patients and Methods:</b> tolerant IOP was determined using software and the effectiveness of drug treatment was analyzed in 341 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (498 eyes). The average age of the patients was 69.5±0.39 years. Patients were divided into groups according to the level of IOP (P0, mm Hg), which was measured against the background of the initial drug therapy: with normal values of ophthalmotonous&nbsp;(fr om 11 to 21 mm Hg) — 69.7% (347 eyes), with moderately increased IOP values (fr om 22 to 32 mm Hg) — 26.5% (132 eyes) and high IOP values&nbsp;(over 32 mm Hg) — 3.8% (19 eyes). …”
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Usability and Usefulness of a Symptom Management Coaching System for Patients With Cancer Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Comparative Mixed Methods Study by Savannah Lucia Caterina Glaser, Itske Fraterman, Noah van Brummelen, Valentina Tibollo, Laura Maria Del Campo, Henk Mallo, Sofie Wilgenhof, Szymon Wilk, Vitali Gisko, Vadzim Khadakou, Ronald Cornet, Manuel Ottaviano, Stephanie Medlock

“…ResultsWe included 21 participants in the study, aged 29 to 73 years; 13 participants who had received immunotherapy and 8 participants who had not received immunotherapy. …”
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Adverse events associated with the delivery of telerehabilitation across rehabilitation populations: A scoping review. by Thomas Yau, Josh Chan, McKyla McIntyre, Damanveer Bhogal, Angie Andreoli, Carl Froilan D Leochico, Mark Bayley, Ailene Kua, Meiqi Guo, Sarah Munce

“…<h4>Results</h4>The search identified 11,863 references, and 81 studies were included in this review with a total of 3,057 participants (mean age:59.3 years; females:44.6%). Modes of telerehabilitation delivery (whether asynchronous, synchronous or hybrid) used in the studies included videoconferencing (52), phone calls (25), text messaging (4), email (6), mobile apps (10), and internet-based virtual reality systems (3). …”
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Sexual Practices and HIV Prevention Strategies Used by Female Sex Workers in Lagos, Nigeria: An Assessment of the Willingness to Use a Microbicide by Ekama SO, Sheth AN, Ilomuanya MO, Okwuzu JO, Musa AZ, Idigbe I, Ezeobi PM, Oladele DA, Ezechi OC, Salako BL

“…Descriptive statistics were used to present the results, and a multiple logistic regression model was used to determine the factors associated with willingness to use a microbicide.Results: A total of 461 female participants with a mean-age of 29.63 ± 8.8 years were included in the analysis of which 34.3% had > 4 sexual partners, 91.8% used condoms, 53.6% engaged in anal sex, 69.6% had experienced condom rupture, and 31% would “accept unprotected sex” if the male partner refuses to use a condom. …”
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Measuring the uptake of clinic-based HIV treatment and prevention services following HIV testing and referral at private pharmacies in Kenya by Victor Omollo, Stephanie D. Roche, Shengruo Zhang, Magdalene Asewe, Bernard K. Rono, Benn Kwach, Greshon Rota, Patricia Ong’wen, Kendall Harkey, Josephine Odoyo, Daniel Were, Kenneth Ngure, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Katrina F. Ortblad

“…Among those reached, the majority (63%, 742/1178) were women, the median age was 26 years (IQR 22–31), and few (4%, 51/1178) reported any prior PrEP use. …”
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Digital Transformation in Voluntary Sports Organizations: A Scoping Review on Multi-Level Drivers, Promoting Factors, Forms and Consequences by Pascal Stegmann, Grazia Lang

“…Organisational capabilities for successful digital transformation: A global analysis of national football associations in the digital age. Journal of Strategy and Management, 17(3), 408–426. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSMA-02-2022-0039 Nagel, S., Stegmann, P., Bürgi, R., & Lamprecht, M. (2020). …”
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Features of development and progression of colorectal cancer on a background of ulcerative colitis by I. L. Khalif, V. N. Kashnikov, A. V. Gusev, O. V. Golovenko, K. V. Bolikhov, L. L. Kapuller, A. N. Kuznetsov, A. V. Vasilchenko

“…UC was diagnosed at the age of under 10 years in 5 patients (7,7%), from 10 to 19 years – in 16 (24,6%), 20–29 years – in 27 (41,5%), 30–39 years – in 4 (6,2%), 40–49 years – in 6 (9,2%), from 50 years and over – in 7 (10,8%). …”
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Estimation of Willingness to Pay for Life Cycle Eco-label Using Spike Model (A Case Study of Fresh Packaged Agricultural Products) by samaneh heydari, Leili Abolhassani, Morteza Molaei, Ali Firoz-zare

“…The results from the spike model show that the variables of marital status, monthly family income, the market where the product was purchased, the importance of the product's appearance, the individual's attitude towards the environmental impact of traditional agriculture, prior knowledge of eco-labels, and the bid amount all have a significant and positive effect. The variables of age and the importance of the shape product packaging have significant and negative effect on willingness to pay. …”
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Relationship between Surface Electromyography Parameters and Balance Function in Patients with Lower Limb Spasm after Stroke by ZHENG Bao, LIU Yiwen, WANG Zongbao, XU Wanyue, XIONG Shanshan

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the correlation between electromyography (EMG) parameters of bilateral lower limb muscles and standing balance parameters in patients with hemiplegic lower limb spasm after stroke, and to provide basis for rehabilitation and treatment of balance function in patients with lower limb spasm after stroke.MethodsA total of 30 patients with hemiplegic lower limb spasm after stroke were recruited as the patient group from Anhui Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and 30 healthy people with no history of trauma, gender, age and body mass index (BMI) matched were selected as healthy control group (referred to as healthy group). …”
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International diet quality index and revised diet quality index relationship with type 2 diabetes disease: a case-control study by Amr Ali Mohamed Abdelgawwad El-Sehrawy, Bilal AbdulMajeed Mukhlif, Enwa Felix Oghenemaro, M. M. Rekha, Rohit Kumawat, Shilpa Sharma, M. Ravi Kumar, Nagat Salah Shalaby, Munthar Kadhim Abosaoda, Abed J. Kadhim

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis explored the relationship between DQI-I, DQI-R, and their components with T2DM development odds.ResultsThe mean (SD) age and body mass index (BMI) of participants, comprising 53.7% men, were 37.8 (7.8) years and 27.7 (3.3) kg/m2, respectively. …”
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Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Tindakan Pencegahan Osteoporosis pada Wanita Usila di Kelurahan Jati by Sri Ganesh Rajaratenam, Rose Dinda Martini, Nur Indrawati Lipoeto

“…WHO reports, budgeted that every 1 in 3 women prone to osteoporosis, at the age of over 45 years of accelerating the disease process in women increased to 80%. …”
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Refraction in adolescents with various severity of Internet addiction and intensity of device use by T.R. Mukhamadeev, R.R. Akhmadeev, E.F. Shaykhutdinova, A.R. Khusniyarova

“…</p> <p> <b>Patients and Methods: </b>84 adolescents (66 girls and 18 boys, mean age 16.0±0.2 years) underwent psychometric and ophthalmic examinations to determine Internet addiction (IA) and duration and experience of using devices and to measure spherical equivalent (SE) (Righton Speedy-K). …”
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The effect of pharmaceutical composition based on L-carnitine on structural and functional features of rat placenta in the model of passive tobacco smoking by I.V. Volokhov, V.A. Rybak, L.Yu. Sergienko, S.S. Sokolova, S.P. Kustova

“…The study was conducted on 40 nonlinear pregnant rats aged 6 months. Passive smoking modeling was performed from day 1 to day 20 of pregnancy. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Non-Vitamin K Anticoagulants for Atrial Fibrillation in Relation to Different Renal Function Levels: A Network Meta-Analysis by Hao Jin, Kongbo Zhu, Lina Wang, Yifan Li, Jingjun Meng, Hong Zhi

“…And it does not coincide with patients taking dabigatran 110 mg with dose reduction for other factors including aged ≥75 years, renal impairment (CrCL 30–50 mL/min), gastritis, esophagitis, or gastroesophageal reflux, receiving concomitant verapamil, and so on. …”
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Safety and efficacy of CD33-targeted CAR-NK cell therapy for relapsed/refractory AML: preclinical evaluation and phase I trial by Ruihao Huang, Xiaoqi Wang, Hongju Yan, Xu Tan, Yingying Ma, Maihong Wang, Xiao Han, Jia Liu, Li Gao, Lei Gao, Guangjun Jing, Cheng Zhang, Qin Wen, Xi Zhang

“…Ten eligible patients with R/R AML aged 18–65 years who received one or more infusions of anti-CD33 CAR-NK cells following the preconditioning regimen were enrolled. …”
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