Impact of Nasal Anatomical Variation Subtype on Surgical Outcomes for Rhinogenic Contact Point Headache by Salvatore Lavalle, Annalisa Pace, Giuseppe Magliulo, Mario Lentini, Jerome Rene Lechien, Christian Calvo-Henriquez, Federica Maria Parisi, Giannicola Iannella, Antonino Maniaci, Daniela Messineo

“…The medical group did not improve significantly. All nasal subtypes improved with surgery but concha bullosa had worse VAS outcomes (4.0) than septal deviation (1.8, <i>p</i> < 0.001) or spur (1.73, <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Validation of the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire for MASH (CLDQ-MASH) by Zobair M. Younossi, Maria Stepanova, Issah Younossi, Andrei Racila

“…With the non-overlapping testing set, CLDQ-MASH demonstrated excellent face validity, internal consistency (all Cronbach’s alpha >0.78), and high correlations with relevant domains of SF-36, FACIT-F (p <0.01). …”
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Association between latent toxoplasmosis and bipolar disorder: a case-control seroprevalence study by Abdol Sattar Pagheh, Adele Sadat Talebian, Tooran Nayeri, Ali Akbar Esmaeili, Fatemeh Rezaei, Eisa Nazar, Masood Ziaee

“…Within the study population, various factors were identified as significant risk factors for BD: sex (OR 8.10, 95% CI 3.16–20.75), age 20–50 (OR 5.11, 95% CI 1.81–14.45), age over 50 (OR 19.54, 95% CI 4.02–94.89), education level (OR 0.24, 95% CI 0.09–0.60), working status (non-employment, OR 4.12, 95% CI 1.65–10.30), and income (middle, OR 0.29, 95% CI 0.10–0.89; high, OR 0.12, 95% CI 0.01–0.77), all with P-values less than 0.05. In addition, in the group of patients, there was no statistically significant relationship between T. gondii infection with the type of bipolar disease (P = 0.93), the severity of the disease (P = 0.61), and the history of suicide attempts (P = 0.63). …”
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Are We Aware of Hepatitis C Infection? HCV Results from the Tertiary Reference Center in the Aegean Region from Turkey by Gözde Derviş Hakim, Pınar Şamlıoglu, Murat Aysin, Taner Kara, Şükran Köse

“…The positivity rate among all anti-HCV tests was 1.18%. The annual average number of positive test results was 394 ± 54. …”
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Klasifikasi Kinerja Akademik Siswa Menggunakan Neighbor Weighted K-Nearest Neighbor dengan Seleksi Fitur Information Gain by Rizky Adinda Azizah, Fitra Bachtiar, Sigit Adinugroho

“…That values is generated when using 9 features with the highest order value of all features namely VisitedResource, StudentAbsenceDay, RaisedHands, AnnouncementsView, Relation, ParentsAnsweringSurvey, Discussion, NationalITy, dan PlaceofBirth, which have Gain value≥0,1182  and using optimal parameters value, that is E = 6 and K = 45. …”
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Biological Safety Studies and Simultaneous Determination of Linagliptin and Synthetic Impurities by LC-PDA by Raquel Balestri Heleno Ferreira, Jonathaline Apollo Duarte, Flávio Dias Ferreira, Luis Flávio Souza de Oliveira, Michel Mansur Machado, Marcelo Donadel Malesuik, Fávero Reisdorfer Paula, Martin Steppe, Elfrides Eva Shermann Schapoval, Clésio Soldateli Paim

“…The LOQ values were 0.06 μg·mL−1 for LGT and impurities. In all cases, the correlation coefficients of LGT and impurities were >0.999, showing the linearity of the method. …”
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Preferences and access to community-based HIV testing sites among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Côte d’Ivoire by Christine Danel, Joseph Larmarange, Lazare Sika, Maxime Inghels, Arsène Kra Kouassi, Serge Niangoran, Anne Bekelynck, Séverine Carilon, Mariatou Koné, Annabel Degrées du Loû

“…Both knowing of and ever visiting an MSM-CBTS were significantly associated with a higher number of HIV tests performed in the past 12 months and having disclosed sexual orientation to one family member.In terms of preferences, 37% of respondents said they preferred undifferentiated HIV testing sites (ie, ‘all patients’ HIV testing sites), 34% preferred MSM-CBTS and 29% had no preference.Those who reported being sexually attracted to women, being bisexual and those who did not know an MSM non-governmental organisation were less likely to prefer MSM-CBTS. …”
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Association of weight-adjusted-waist index with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese urban adults: a cross-sectional study by Qingzheng Wu, Bing Li, Yuepeng Wang, Yuepeng Wang, Yue Zhang, Qian Wang, Binqi Li, Binqi Li, Wei Jing, Jing Yang, Yiming Mu

“…Compared to the lowest tertile of WWI (T1) serving as the reference group, the second tertile (T2) and the third tertile (T3) were associated with a 0.218-fold [1.218 (1.152, 1.288), P &lt;0.001] and 0.286-fold [1.286 (1.212, 1.364), P &lt;0.001] increase in the odds of developing T2DM respectively. After adjusting for all factors with the exception of the stratified variable, this association held true in age, sex, BMI, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia subgroup and was especially pronounced in those aged &lt;60 years, BMI ≥24 kg/m2, and males, with interactions between WWI and age, sex, and BMI (P for interaction &lt;0.05).ConclusionWWI was positively associated with T2DM in Chinese urban adults, especially in young and middle-aged males with BMI ≥24 kg/m2.…”
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Effect of comprehensive nursing interventions on relieving postoperative pain of breast cancer patients (乳腺肿瘤患者术后疼痛的护理干预研究) by LI Weijia (李唯佳), LI Yueru (李月茹), LI Ning (李宁), CAO Hongjing (曹红京)

“…Methods A total of 80 breast cancer patients were randomly divided into the study group and control group, with 40 cases in each group. All patients received routine nursing and pharmacologic treatment for postoperative pain, and those in the study group were given comprehensive interventions such as basic nursing, psychological nursing and positioning nursing. …”
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Inferior outcome of stand-alone short versus long tibial stem in revision total knee arthroplasty. A retrospective comparative study with minimum 2 year follow-up by Abdelatif Elsayed Ahmed, Abu Mukh Assala, Elsaid Ahmed Nady Saleh, Youssef Ahmed Omar, Foissey Constant, Servien Elvire, Lustig Sebastien

“…Methods: Patients who underwent RTKA for all causes in a specialized arthroplasty center from 2010 to 2022 with minimum 2-year follow-up were included in this study. …”
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Reliability and Validity Study of A Portable Gait Detection System Based on Wearable Sensors by WAN Chunli, GUO Chuan, WANG Xue, WANG Yuan, WANG Jian, QIAN Yingzhou, SUN Zhenyu, ZOU Jun, HUANG Sisi

“…The assessor 1 completed the first and second tests, and the assessor 2 completed the third test. All tests were completed on the same day. Gait parameters such as gait cycle, swing phase proportion, stance phase proportion, walking speed, stride frequency, stride length, foot deviation angle, ground contact angle, ground contact inward rotation angle and propulsion angle were recorded. …”
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Characteristics of suicide prevention apps: a content analysis of apps available in Canada and the UK by Lydia Sequeira, Gillian Strudwick, Karen Lascelles, Hwayeon Danielle Shin, Laura Bennett-Poynter, Samantha Groves, Jessica Kemp

“…Many apps allowed some form of personalisation by adding text content, however most did not facilitate further customisation such as the ability to upload photo and audio content. All identified apps included content from at least one of the domains of the Essential Features Framework. …”
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PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN GENERIK FISIKA DAN PEMAHAMAN KONSEP DALAM PEMBELAJARAN GUIDED DISCOVERY MELALUI EKSPERIMEN PADA ALAT-ALAT OPTIK by Partogi Nainggolan, Nyoman Rohadi, Eko Risdianto

“…Subjects in this study were all students of class XI MIA 2 that consists of 32 people consisting of 14 male students and 18 female students. …”
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Course of COVID-19 in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Regional Experience by L. M. Kupkenova, E. N. Belousova, E. S. Bodryagina, D. D. Mukhametova, A. Kh. Odintsova, D. G. Iskhakova, D. I. Abdulganieva

“…The study included 101 patients diagnosed with IBD and COVID-19, who were observed in two infectious diseases hospitals in Kazan (Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan and City Clinical Hospital No. 7) and on an outpatient basis from April 2020 to March 2022. All patients underwent physical examination, laboratory and instrumental diagnostic methods, including a PCR test for SARSCoV-2. …”
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Medical treatment for dry eye in patients with keratoconus after corneal cross-linking by I.A. Bubnova, G.B. Egorova, V.V. Averich, T.S. Mitichkina

“…Keratoconus stage 1 was diagnosed in 4 eyes, keratoconus stage 2 in 12 eyes, and keratoconus stage 3 in 2 eyes. All patients underwent ocular examination before and in 1 week and 1 month after CXL. …”
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Enhanced Recovery after Intensive Care (ERIC): study protocol for a German stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a critical care telehe... by Ulrich Mansmann, Claudia Spies, Ursula Marschall, Reinhard Busse, Christine Adrion, Bjoern Weiss, Nicolas Paul, Elke Berger, Jörg Caumanns, Simone Rosseau

“…Furthermore, the impact on long-term recovery such as PICS-related, patient-centred outcomes including health-related quality of life, mental health, clinical assessments of cognition and physical function, all-cause mortality and cost-effectiveness 3 and 6 months after ICU discharge will be evaluated.Ethics and dissemination This protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the Charité—Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany (EA1/006/18). …”
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Improving Outcomes and Quality of Life for Patients With Hand and Foot Eczema: Randomized Study of a Patient-Centered Monitoring App by Aimee Bruch, Wanja Weigandt, Yannic Schardt, Raphael Herr, Johannes Benecke, Astrid Schmieder

“…Throughout the 60-week study period, a significant reduction in Hand Eczema Severity Index (HECSI) was consistently observed in all patients (week 60: linear regression coefficient [Coef]=–1.108; P≤.001). …”
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Perioperative nursing management of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (经导管二尖瓣缘对缘修复术围手术期护理) by LIU Yuan (刘苑), LAI Jianqing (赖间清), DING Fei (丁菲), HUANG Huifen (黄惠芬)

“…Clinical data of 37 patients with moderate to severe mitral regurgitation were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were transferred to the CCU after transcatheter intervention under general anesthesia. …”
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The associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms and diabetic retinopathy risk: an umbrella review by Shaofen Huang, Yonghui Feng, Ying Sun, Jiazi Liu, Pu Wang, Jingrong Yu, Xin Su, Shasha Han, Shiqi Huang, Haokun Huang, Shiyun Chen, Ying Xu, Fangfang Zeng

“…Significant associations were also found between interleukin-6 (IL-6) -174 G/C (rs1800795; p &lt; 0.05) or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) polymorphisms (rs2010963, rs699947, rs1570360, rs2010963, rs699947, rs2146323; all p values &lt;0.05) and DR risk, but these associations were supported by “weak” evidence. …”
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Forty years of HIV infection and AIDS in Taiwan: Reflection on the past and looking toward the future by Sung-Hsi Huang, Hsun-Yin Huang, Stephane Wen-Wei Ku, Po-Hsien Kuo, Kuan-Yin Lin, Guan-Jhou Chen, Chia-Chi Lee, Yen-Fang Huang, Chien-Ching Hung

“…The sequential introduction of well-tolerated, effective, single-tablet antiretroviral regimens has facilitated the implementation of “treat-all” policy in 2016, rapid ART initiation within 7 days of diagnosis in 2018, and same-day ART initiation in 2021 when immunochromatography was used for rapid confirmation of HIV infection. …”
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