Reducing medical cannabis use risk among Veterans: A descriptive study by Laura M. Harris-Lane, Mitchell Sheehy, Courtney A. Loveless, Joshua A. Rash, David P. Storey, Gregory K. Tippin, Vikas Parihar, Nick Harris

“…The majority of Veterans who currently use cannabis engaged in two or more higher-risk MC use behaviours (60.2%; LRCUG recommendation #12). Almost half of all Veterans received their cannabis information from a healthcare provider or the internet. …”
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Lenvatinib and tislelizumab versus atezolizumab and bevacizumab in combination with TAE-HAIC for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma with high tumor burden: a multicenter retrosp... by Hongjie Cai, Song Chen, Shuangyan Tang, Yi Xiao, Feng Shi, Zhiqiang Wu, Ping Ma, Huanwei Chen, Wenquan Zhuang, Wenbo Guo

“…Gastrointestinal hemorrhage rate was significantly higher in the THTA group (9.1% vs. 1.6%; P = 0.007). All AEs were controllable and no treatment-related grade 5 AEs occurred. …”
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Clinical burden of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in France by Philippe Charron, Carla Zema, François-Emery Cotté, Eléonore Herquelot, Taryn Krause, Florent Daydé, Jean-Noël Trochu

“…Therefore, this study 23 aimed to describe the clinical burden of patients hospitalized with obstructive HCM from a 24 nationwide study in France.MethodsThis retrospective, longitudinal, observational study was performed using data from the French National Health Data System. All adult patients (≥ 18 years old) with a hospitalization related to obstructive HCM [International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code I42.1], or at least one hospitalization with ICD-10 code I42.2 or I42.9 and at least one code for septal reduction therapy between 2012 and 2018 were included. …”
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Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Clinical Use of High-Resolution Manometry in Diagnosis of Esophageal Disorders by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, S. A. Abdulkhakov, D. N. Andreev, D. S. Bordin, E. R. Valitova, I. L. Klyaritskaya, V. V. Krivoy, Yu. A. Kucheryavyi, T. L. Lapina, S. V. Morozov, O. A. Sablin, E. V. Semenikhina, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin

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Atopic dermatitis in childhood and pubertal development: A nationwide cohort studyCapsule Summary by Camilla Lomholt Kjersgaard, MD, Andreas Ernst, MD, PhD, Pernille Jul Clemmensen, MD, PhD, Lea Lykke Harrits Lunddorf, MD, PhD, Linn Håkonsen Arendt, MD, PhD, Nis Brix, MD, PhD, Onyebuchi A. Arah, MD, PhD, Mette Deleuran, MD, PhD, Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen, MHSc, PhD

“…For girls with self-reported doctor-diagnosed AD, the average age difference at reaching all pubertal milestones was 0.0 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: −0.8; 0.8), and for hospital-diagnosed AD, it was −0.3 months (95% CI: −5.4; 4.8). …”
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Allelopathic effects on vegetative propagation, physiological-biochemical characteristic of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb from Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl. by Xiaxia Wang, Haixia Wang, Yanlei Zhang, Yan Li, Qi Jia, Ziyi Wang, Juan Sun

“…The inhibition intensities were all up to 100 % on stem vegetative propagation, were 90.40 % and 100 % on root vegetative propagation from camphor and linalool, respectively. …”
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The Assessment of the Supply of Calcium and Vitamin D in the Diet of Women Regularly Practicing Sport by Michał Wrzosek, Jakub Woźniak, Dorota Kozioł-Kaczorek, Dariusz Włodarek

“…Among the women supplementing calcium, 58.9% did not reach the reference intake value; however, all women supplementing vitamin D fulfilled the expected nutritional need. …”
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Proof of concept of fully automated adaptive workflow for head and neck radiotherapy treatments with a conventional linear accelerator by Gaia Muti, Marco M. J. Felisi, Angelo F. Monti, Chiara Carsana, Roberto Pellegrini, Edoardo Salmeri, Mauro Palazzi, Paola E. Colombo

“…The radiotherapist deems all plans clinically acceptable, and in the majority of cases the automatic plan is the preference choice. …”
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Evolocumab safety and efficacy in hypercholesteremia patients with or without diabetes: a retrospective real-world analysis by Sultan Ibrahim Alraddadi, Hind Almodaimegh, Abdullah Kharbosh, Hadeel Alharbi, Ahmed Ibrahim Fathelrahman, Mona Yaser Alsheikh, Lama Alfehaid

“…Method In a large tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia, patients aged 18 and above who initiated evolocumab therapy were screened for eligibility between January 2017 and July 2023. All patients who had been on maximally tolerated statin and ezetimibe therapy for at least 4 months before starting evolocumab were included. …”
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Incident prescriptions for common cardiovascular medications: comparison of recent versus pre-2020 medication adherence and discontinuation in three universal health care systems by Candace D. McNaughton, Peter C. Austin, Cynthia A. Jackevicius, Anna Chu, Jessalyn K. Holodinsky, Michael D. Hill, Colleen M. Norris, Mukesh Kumar, Noreen Kamal, Douglas S. Lee, Nadia Khan, Manav V. Vyas, Raed A. Joundi, Moira K. Kapral, Amy Y. X. Yu

“…The adjusted hazard of discontinuation was lower or unchanged in the recent period for all medication classes. Conclusions Despite significant health system disruptions since 2020, recent adherence to incident cardiovascular prescriptions was similar or better than before and rates of medication discontinuation were lower. …”
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Which dietary shifts to improve nutritional quality while reducing diet cost in the French West Indies? by Marlène Perignon, Rozenn Gazan, Viola Lamani, Zoé Colombet, Caroline Méjean, Florent Vieux, Nicole Darmon

“…Individual optimized diets respecting all nutritional recommendations with minimized departure from the initial diet were designed under different scenarios of cost constraint: none, not exceeding the initial diet cost (COSTinit), and 10%-step reductions (COST-X%); the initial diet cost referring to the cost of the diet based on initial dietary intakes and mean food prices. …”
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Evaluasi Heuristik Website berbasis Framework Sirius dengan Pengaturan Prioritas menggunakan Teknik Moscow by Gita Indah Marthasari, Nur Hayatin

“…Therefore, A technique called MoSCoW was introduced for prioritizing those elements from a developer point of views which corresponds to its available resource. MoSCoW can categorize all of the requirements into 4 distinct classes based on priority. …”
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External quality assurance of chest X-ray interpretation to strengthen diagnosis of childhood TB by B.F. Melingui, E. Leroy-Terquem, J.V. Taguebue, T.C. Eap, L. Borand, C. Khosa, R. Moh, J. Mwanga-Amumpaire, S. Beneteau, M.T. Eang, I. Manhiça, A. Mustapha, O. Marcy, E. Wobudeya, P.Y. Norval, M. Bonnet, on behalf of the TB-Speed study group

“…Clinician sensitivity reached 100% in all countries over EQA. Specificity ranged between 13% in Sierra Leone and 65% in Cambodia (first EQA) and increased in 4/5 countries after the EQA periods. …”
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Adsorptive Removal of Rhodamine B Using Novel Adsorbent-Based Surfactant-Modified Alpha Alumina Nanoparticles by Thi Hai Yen Doan, Thi Phuong Minh Chu, Thi Diu Dinh, Thi Hang Nguyen, Thi Cam Tu Vo, Nhat Minh Nguyen, Bao Huy Nguyen, The An Nguyen, Tien Duc Pham

“…Very high RhB removal of greater than 98% after four regenerations of M1 and the maximum removal for all actual textile wastewater samples demonstrate that SDS-modified nano α-Al2O3 is a high-performance and reusable material for RhB removal from wastewater.…”
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Infection-Related Stillbirths: A Detailed Examination of a Nine-Year Multidisciplinary Study by Liliana Gabrielli, Matteo Pavoni, Francesca Monari, Federico Baiesi Pillastrini, Maria Paola Bonasoni, Chiara Locatelli, Maria Bisulli, Alessandra Vancini, Ilaria Cataneo, Margherita Ortalli, Giulia Piccirilli, Alessia Cantiani, Simone Ambretti, Fabio Facchinetti, Tiziana Lazzarotto

“…Autopsies and placental examination were mandatory in all SB cases. Results: A total of 182 cases of SB were investigated. …”
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Level of systemic inflammation markers and clinical course in patients with stable ischemic heart disease with and without coronary atherosclerosis by V.I. Tseluyko, T.V. Pylova

“…In addition to general clinical methods of examination, the levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and highly sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) were determined in all patients. The control group consisted of 20 healthy individuals compared by age and sex. …”
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Numerical Low-Back Booster Analysis in a 6-Year-Old Infant during a Dolly Rollover Test by I. L. Cruz-Jaramillo, C. R. Torres-San Miguel, L. Martínez-Sáez, V. Ramírez-Vela, G. M. Urriologoitia-Calderón

“…Vehicle seats and passive safety systems were modeled with a CAD (Computer Aided Design) software; later, all elements were analyzed using the finite element method (FEM) with LS-DYNA® software. …”
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Intestinal Parasites Coinfection Does Not Alter Plasma Cytokines Profile Elicited in Acute Malaria in Subjects from Endemic Area of Brazil by Juan Camilo Sánchez-Arcila, Daiana de Souza Perce-da-Silva, Mariana Pinheiro Alves Vasconcelos, Rodrigo Nunes Rodrigues-da-Silva, Virginia Araujo Pereira, Cesarino Junior Lima Aprígio, Cleoni Alves Mendes Lima, Bruna de Paula Fonseca e Fonseca, Dalma Maria Banic, Josué da Costa Lima-Junior, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira

“…In contrast, low levels of almost all inflammatory mediators were associated predominantly with individuals uninfected while increased levels of IL-17A were associated predominantly with individuals with intestinal parasites only. …”
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Inflammatory Cytokine Profile Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo, Mario Molina-Ayala, Claudia Ramírez-Rentería, Guadalupe Vargas, Baldomero Gonzalez, Armando Isibasi, Irma Archundia-Riveros, Victoria Mendoza

“…We conducted a cross-sectional evaluation of all patients in our type 1 diabetes clinic from January 2012 to January 2013. …”
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Real-world enrollment for a prospective clinico-genomic database using a pragmatic technology-enabled platform by Alexia Exarchos, Ariel B. Bourla, Maneet Kaur, Katja Schulze, Sophia Maund, Yi Cao, Yihua Zhao, Elizabeth H. Williams, Sarah C. Gaffey, Richard Zuniga, Shaily Lakhanpal, Vladan Antic, Michelle Doral, Johanna Sy, Neal J. Meropol, Anne C. Chiang

“…Samples were provided at all three timepoints by 35 % of participants. Conclusion: A community-based oncology patient cohort was rapidly enrolled, creating a real-world clinico-genomic dataset. …”
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