Association between insulin resistance indices and outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Weicheng Ni, Ruihao Jiang, Di Xu, Jianhan Zhu, Jing Chen, Yuanzhen Lin, Hao Zhou

“…Results A total of 8693 patients met the inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. The mean age of the patients was 70.59 ± 10.6 years, with 5045 (58.04%) being male. …”
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Study protocol for key interventions to improve the follow-up adherence postcervical precancerous lesion treatment in Ethiopia: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Adamu Addissie, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Eric Sven Kroeber, Sefonias Getachew, Muluken Gizaw, Abel Shita, Alemnew Destaw, Eyerusalem Getachew, Miresa Midaksa, Sophie Rossner

“…Our study will include women aged 30–49 who are HIV-negative and those over 25 who are HIV-positive, and who have been treated for suspicious cervical lesions after a positive visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) screening, as per Ethiopian Ministry of Health guidelines for cervical cancer screening eligibility. …”
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Novel complex medication containing medium chain triglycerides for the treatment of dry eye by T.N. Safonova, G.V. Zaytseva, K.Yu. Kravets, N.B. Polyakov

“…Twenty-seven patients (mean age 52.5±0.5 years) were included in the study. …”
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Preoperative ultrasound risk factors for peripartum hysterectomy among PAS suspected pregnancies by Lulu Wang, Tianjiao Liu, Yang Yang, Yalan Li, Li Xiao, Xin Li, Sumei Wei

“…The Hysterectomy group had a significantly higher mean age (34.50 ± 5.05 vs. 31.66 ± 4.43 years, p = 0.005) and pre-pregnancy BMI (26.35 ± 3.27 vs. 23.84 ± 3.99, p = 0.006). …”
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Noel Hernández Rodríguez, scalpel in hand plastic surgeon by Tatiana Hernández González, Yaneisy Valdés Gutierrez, Yurisbel Tomás Solenzal Alvarez

“…For many years he was the only second-degree specialist in Plastic Surgery and Caumatology, member and founder of the Provincial Chapter of Plastic Surgery and Caumatology and titular member of the Cuban Society of Plastic Surgery and Caumatology, he obtained the rank of assistant professor and later the consultant rank until his 72 years of age when he decided to retire. We will reveal, with the consent of his daughter, a little secret: his real name was Hilario, that is why he could not be found when he was searched for official documents, he never allowed to be called this way, he did not like that name, he had been called Noel since he was a child. …”
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Learning with Digital Tools vs. Learning Through Digital Tools in Physical Education: Impacts on Student Perceptions by André Klostermann, Till Etterlin

“…Methods This quasi-experimental field study involved 33 students (14 females; age M = 14.4 ± 0.6 years) in regular PE classes over three weeks, learning the Fosbury flop with either an LWD (N = 16) or LWTD (N = 17) intervention. …”
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Assessing Knowledge and Preventive Practices Regarding Infectious Diseases Among Healthcare Workers in Hail City, Saudi Arabia by Sandro Costanilla Villareal

“…A cross-sectional design was employed, and the study participants were 265 healthcare workers aged 18 or older who were currently employed at government hospitals, involved in patient care or essential healthcare services, and fluent in English. …”
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Prevalence, intensity and risk factors of soil-transmitted helminthiasis after five effective rounds of preventive chemotherapy across three implementation units in Ondo State, Nig... by Hammed O Mogaji, Francisca O Olamiju, Fajana Oyinlola, Ijeoma Achu, Oladunni N Adekunle, Lydia E Udofia, Ekaette G Edelduok, Clement A Yaro, Olanike O Oladipupo, Alice Y Kehinde, Fatai Oyediran, Moses Aderogba, Louise K Makau-Barasa, Uwem F Ekpo

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>Fresh stool samples were collected from 2,093 children aged 5-14 years across 45 systematically selected schools in three IUs: Ese-Odo, Irele, and Ile-Oluji. …”
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Disturbances of visual perception in non-demented patients with Parkinson’s disease by R. Timofejavaitė, V. Vilda, A. Liveikienė, R. Kaladytė-Lokominienė

“…The logistic regression did not reveal significant relations between disturbances of visual perception and age, PD duration and stage, HAD depression subscore, LED, UPDRS total, motor and complications scores, motor lateralisaton, impaired colour discrimination, contrast sensitivity, eye pressure, and visual acuity. …”
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Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa by Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Sian Floyd, María Rupérez, Helen Ayles, Redwaan Vermaak, Kwame Shanaube, Albertus Schaap, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Barry Kosloff, Thomas Gachie, Pete J Dodd, Chali Wapamesa, Michael J Burnett, Nico Kalisvaart, Tila Mainga, Linda Mureithi

“…We aimed to design an accurate diagnostic algorithm for TB prevalence surveys (TBPS) that limits the use of culture.Design TBPS in four communities, conducted during 2019.Setting Three Zambian communities and one South-African community included in the TBPS of the Tuberculosis Reduction through Expanded Anti-retroviral Treatment and Screening study.Participants Randomly sampled individuals aged ≥15 years. Among those who screened positive on chest X-ray or symptoms, two sputum samples were collected for field Xpert-Ultra testing and a third for laboratory liquid-culture testing. …”
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Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Model Based on Machine Learning by YUE Haitao, HE Chanchan, CHENG Yuyou, ZHANG Sencheng, WU You, MA Jing

“…Stepwise Logistic regression identified age, gender, BMI, ethnicity, education level, income level, being informed of hypertension, being informed of prehypertension, being informed of pregnancy-induced hypertension, current use of antihypertensive medication, being informed of hyperlipidemia, being informed of diabetes, smoking status, alcohol consumption within the last 30 days, heavy drinking status, and self-assessed health as factors influencing CHD. …”
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Satisfactory Evaluation of Call Service Using AI After Ureteral Stent Insertion: Randomized Controlled Trial by Ukrae Cho, Yong Nam Gwon, Seung Ryong Chong, Ji Yeon Han, Do Kyung Kim, Seung Whan Doo, Won Jae Yang, Kyeongmin Kim, Sung Ryul Shim, Jaehun Jung, Jae Heon Kim

“…MethodsOverall, 28 patients (aged 20-70 years) who underwent ureteral stent insertion for the first time without a history of psychological illness were consecutively included. …”
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The influence of exercise modality and intensity on ventricular arrhythmia burden and perception of effort in patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy with pla... by Fernando G. Beltrami, Kyle G. P. J. M. Boyle, Guan Fu, Corinna Brunckhorst, Firat Duru, Christina M. Spengler, Ardan M. Saguner

“…Methods Twenty ARVC patients (8 f/12 m, age 48 ± 15 years, BMI 24 ± 3 kg/m2, resting PVC burden 4 ± 4%) with a heterozygous pathogenic/likely pathogenic plakophilin-2 (PKP-2) variant prospectively performed different exercises while monitored via 12-lead ECG. …”
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The success of reforestation after experimental strip-shelterwood felling in the pine stands of the Eastern Polissia of Ukraine by Anatolyi Zhezhkun

“…After carrying out the second cut of strip-shelterwood felling with a cutting cycle of 4-5 years and measures to promote natural regeneration for 2-4 years, the density of advance growth and self-sowing of pine in the age group of 4-8 years was 4.2-15.4 thousand pcs. .ha-1 (regeneration success is good and satisfactory). …”
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Effect of Different Doses of Intrathecal Nalbuphine as Adjuvant to Hyperbaric Bupivacaine on Characteristics of Subarachnoid Block in Pelvic and Lower Limb Orthopaedic Surgeries: A... by Anupama Kumari, Shraddha Jogani, Nilesh Shah, Sara Mary Thomas

“…The Student’s t-test was used for data comparison regarding the onset and duration of sensory and motor blockade, time of two-segment regression, time for rescue analgesia, haemodynamic stability and sedative effects between the study groups. Results: The mean age for Group-R was 45.00±7.1 years and Group-L 51.95±8.03 years. onset of sensory blockade at the T10 level and the onset of motor blockade in Group-R were slower than in Group-L (p-value <0.05). …”
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Colgajo fasciocutáneo tipo lengüeta medial como alternativa para el manejo de defectos de tejidos blandos en la pierna by X. Ríos Garrido, A. De la Rosa, L. Arzuza Ortega, G. Vargas Lievano, J. Molina Gándara, D.A. Tellez Gamarra, C. Medina Monje

“…Materials and methods: Cohort study matched by age. 64 patients with soft tissue defects were selected and according to the intervention divided in: group 1) medial tab flap, and group 2) conventional flaps (sural, soleus, gastrocnemius) followed up to one year postoperatively. …”
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HbA1c Cutoff Point of 5.9% Better Identifies High Risk of Progression to Diabetes among Chinese Adults: Results from a Retrospective Cohort Study by Kai Liang, Chuan Wang, Fei Yan, Lingshu Wang, Tianyi He, Xiuping Zhang, Chengqiao Li, Weifang Yang, Zeqiang Ma, Aixia Ma, Xinguo Hou, Li Chen

“…This article performed a retrospective cohort study to estimate the annual incidence rates of diabetes and to assess the utility of HbA1c as a predictor for progression to diabetes in Chinese community adults aged 40 years or older. Methods. In all, 2778 nondiabetic subjects (including 1901 women) underwent HbA1c testing and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) measurements at baseline and after 3 years. …”
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Hubungan Lingkar Abdomen (Lingkar Perut) dengan Tekanan Darah by Marini Khairana Sari, Nur Indrawati Lipoeto, Rahmatina B. Herman

“…Observational study conducted on 92 employees consisting of 42 male employees and 50 female employees with age  of </em><em> </em><em>24-59 years. Data was collected from the measurement of abdominal circumference and blood pressure directly. …”
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Mechanism of DMOC in Diabetes Mellitus with Liver Fibrosis by Zizhi XIAO, Hong SHI, Huanwen RAO, Lifen LUO

“…Objective:To establish a rat model of high-fat and high-sugar diet combined Streptozotocin(STZ)to explore the anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic mechanisms of the dendrobium mixture in order cycle method(DMOC)in diabetes mellitus with liver fibrosis.Methods:Forty healthy and clean male Sprague Dawley rats at five weeks of age were randomly divided into the control group(<italic>n</italic>=10, basic diet), the control intervention group(<italic>n</italic>=10, basic diet and DMOC), the model group(<italic>n</italic>=10, high fat and high glucose combined STZ)and the model intervention group(<italic>n</italic>=10, high fat and high glucose, STZ combined DMOC)after one week of adaptive feeding. …”
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Mechanism of Delaying Cartilage Degeneration in Knee Osteoarthritis with Rongjin Niantong Recipe Based on lncRNA NEAT1 and Nrf2/ARE Pathway by FU Changlong, XIE Xinyu, QIU Zhiwei, HUANG Yanfeng, JIN Linglu, LI Xihai

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of Rongjin Niantong Recipe on knee osteoarthritis model rats, and to explore the mechanism of delaying cartilage degeneration in knee osteoarthritis based on long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) NEAT1 and Nrf2/ARE pathway.MethodsAfter adaptive feeding for one week, a total of 45 SPF SD rats aged two months were randomly divided into blank group and sodium iodoacetate group, with 15,30 cases in each group. …”
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