A Network Meta-Analysis to Compare Effectiveness of Baricitinib and Other Treatments in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Inadequate Response to Methotrexate by Walid Fakhouri, Xiaofei Wang, Inmaculada de La Torre, Claudia Nicolay

“…Bayesian network meta-analyses (NMA) were used to compare American College of Rheumatology (ACR) responses at 24 weeks. …”
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Efficacy and safety of filgotinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: week 156 interim results from a long-term extension study by Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Daniel Aletaha, Maya H Buch, Yoshiya Tanaka, Ricardo Blanco, Paul Emery, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg, Bernard G Combe, Roberto Caporali, Patrick Verschueren, Vijay Rajendran, Anna Zubrzycka-Sienkiewicz, Edmund V Ekoka Omoruyi, Francesco De Leonardis

“…Efficacy assessments up to week 156 include American College of Rheumatology 20% response (ACR20), Disease Activity Score 28 using C-reactive protein of <2.6, Clinical Disease Activity Index of ≤2.8, Simplified Disease Activity Index of ≤3.3 and Boolean remission (1.0 and 2.0) with non-responder imputation.Results In patients with an inadequate response to methotrexate, 60.2% and 54.6% receiving de novo filgotinib 200 mg and 100 mg had an ACR20 at week 156, respectively, as did 67.3% and 59.5% of those who continued filgotinib 200 mg and 100 mg. …”
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Assessing the Role of Incubation Temperature as a Barrier to Successful Establishment of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in a Rapidly Warming Arctic by Elizabeth D. Lindley, Karen M. Dunmall, Peter A. H. Westley

“…Broadly, our findings suggest that spawning sites within thermal tolerances that can support the survival and development of coho salmon exist in the North American Arctic. Whether the habitat is otherwise suitable for transitions through other life stages remains unknown.…”
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Gestational weight gain and increased risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categoriesAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Pearl A. McElfish, PhD, Britni L. Ayers, PhD, Nicola L. Hawley, PhD, Aaron Caldwell, PhD, Austin Porter, DrPh, Michael D. Macechko, MD, Donya Watson, MD, Jennifer A. Callaghan-Koru, PhD, James P. Selig, PhD, Jennifer A. Andersen, PhD, Nirvana Manning, MD, Lanita White, PharmD, Enrique Gomez-Pomar, MD, Clare C. Brown, PhD

“…Reducing cesarean deliveries is a national goal of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthy People 2030, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health. …”
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Systemic disease activity measured with ESSDAI varies largely over 5 years in a prospective, longitudinal cohort of patients with Sjögren’s disease by Suzanne Arends, Arjan Vissink, Hendrika Bootsma, Liseth de Wolff, Gwenny Verstappen, Alja Stel, Greetje van Zuiden, Jolien van Nimwegen, Frans Kroese

“…Objectives The objectives are to evaluate variation in systemic disease activity (European Alliance of Associations For Rheumatology (EULAR) Sjögren’s Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI)) over time at group and individual patient level and to assess associations of ESSDAI low disease activity (LDA) with other outcome measures in a standard-of-care cohort of patients with Sjögren’s disease (SjD).Methods Patients with SjD participating in a prospective longitudinal study (REgistry of Sjögren Syndrome LongiTudinal cohort) fulfilling the 2016 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR classification criteria with ≥2 years of follow-up were included. …”
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Congenital pulmonic and aortic stenosis in Newfoundland dogs: Results of a 14-year French cardiovascular screening program (921 dogs). by Valérie Chetboul, Constance Fauveau, Peggy Passavin

“…Unlike reports from other European and North American countries, this program suggests the low and decreasing prevalence of both AS and PS in the Newfoundland breed in France.…”
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Accuracy of Teledentistry for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of Pediatric Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic by Ozra Golsanamloo, Sanaz Iranizadeh, Amir Reza Jamei Khosroshahi, Leila Erfanparast, Ali Vafaei, Yalda Ahmadinia, Solmaz Maleki Dizaj

“…An appropriate radiograph and five standard intraoral photographs (frontal view occlusion, maxillary occlusal view, mandibular occlusal view, right lateral view, and left lateral view) were prescribed for each patient according to the guidelines of the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry. Then, the treatment plan for the carious teeth was recorded for each patient. …”
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Continuous Patient-Independent Estimation of Respiratory Rate and Blood Pressure Using Robust Spectro-Temporal Features Derived From Photoplethysmogram Only by Muhammad Ahmad Sultan, Wala Saadeh

“…The results meet the American Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and British Hypertension Society (BHS) Class A criteria. …”
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Trends in Specialty Training and National Institutes of Health Funding Among Surgeon-Scientists by Gabriel Velez, MD, PhD, Vinit B. Mahajan, MD, PhD, Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, Steven R. Lentz, MD, PhD

“…We analyzed publicly available data from the National MD/PhD Program Outcomes Study and the Association of American Medical Colleges Graduate Medical Education Track database to identify trends in the number and proportion of MD/PhD graduates pursuing surgical specialties. …”
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Impact of Scleroderma‐Associated Autoantibodies on Clinical Outcome Assessments: Post Hoc Analysis From a Randomised, Double‐blind, Placebo‐controlled, Phase 3 Trial of Tocilizumab... by Basmah Al Dulaijan, Suiyuan Huang, Celia J. F. Lin, Christopher P. Denton, Dinesh Khanna

“…We assessed the impact of baseline SSc‐Abs on six COAs: modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS), forced vital capacity (FVC%), Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index, patient and clinical global assessments, and American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Composite Response Index in Systemic Sclerosis (CRISS). …”
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China’s national continuing medical education program for general practitioners: a cross-sectional survey (2016–2023) by Conglei You, Lingling Wang, Jian Zhang, Mi Yao

“…The programs were subsequently subjected to a competency-based assessment by using the six core competencies outlined by the American Board of Medical Specialties and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education as a framework. …”
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The Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia Michx) by Peter C. Andersen, Ali Sarkhosh, Dustin Huff, Jacque Breman

“…Most scientists divide the Vitis genus into two subgenera: Euvitis (the European, Vitis vinifera L. grapes and the American bunch grapes, Vitis labrusca L.) and the Muscadania grapes (muscadine grapes). …”
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Progress on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections elimination among youth and adults across BRICS-plus countries: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Rizhen Wang, Yinuo Sun, Huan Wang, Xiaoran Yu, JiYan Ma, Zuokun Liu, Jing Li, Zhiyong Zou, Yangmu Huang

“…Results: Around 46 % of global incident cases attributed to HIV and other STIs were found in BRICS-plus countries, exceeding the combined totals of North American countries. The HIV new cases in BRICS-plus declined by 8.2 % between 2010 and 2020. …”
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Performance of Cementless Hip Arthroplasty Stem Types Based on Consolidated Large Registry Data by Logan E. Finger, MD, Matthew F. Gong, MD, Asher Mirvish, BS, Alexandra S. Gabrielli, MD, Ahmad P. Tafti, PhD, Michael J. O’Malley, MD, Brian A. Klatt, MD, Johannes F. Plate, MD, PhD

“…Methods: Joint registry data on the reported overall cases and revisions for each cementless stem brand were collected from the annual reports of the American Joint Replacement Registry (2021), United Kingdom National Joint Registry (2021), New Zealand Joint Registry (2020), and Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (2021). …”
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Comparison of CaO-NPs and Chicken Eggshell-Derived CaO in the Production of Biodiesel from Schinziophyton rautanenii (Mongongo) Nut Oil by Keene Carlvin Mmusi, Sebusi Odisitse, Florence Nareetsile

“…The analysis of mongongo nut oil (MNO) and mongongo methyl esters (MMEs) was done according to the European biodiesel specification (EN 1421) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM D675). …”
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Secukinumab in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis: efficacy and safety results through 3 years from the year 1 extension of the randomised phase III FUTURE 1 trial by Philip J Mease, Arthur Kavanaugh, Andreas Reimold, Hasan Tahir, Jürgen Rech, Stephen Hall, Piet Geusens, Pascale Pellet, Evie Maria Delicha, Shephard Mpofu, Luminita Pricop

“…Overall, 76.8%/54.9% (secukinumab 150 mg) and 65.2%/39.0% (secukinumab 75 mg) of patients achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20/50 response (multiple imputation data); ACR20 responses were sustained irrespective of previous anti-tumour necrosis factor exposure. …”
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Effects of exercise dose based on the ACSM recommendations on depression in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yang Fang, Yang Fang, Bai Xiaoling, Li Huan, Li Huan, Guan Yaping, Zhang Binying, Wang Man, Wu Juan, Liu Xinyu

“…Exercise interventions were classified based on adherence to American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommendations, dividing studies into groups with high and low/uncertain ACSM adherence. …”
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Using the modified frailty index as a predictor of complications in adults undergoing transforaminal interbody lumbar fusion by Momin M. Mohis, Simon G. Ammanuel, Cuong P. Luu, James A. Stadler

“…Objective: To correlate the operative characteristics and complications of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) to patient frailty status for the first time in a multicenter study. Methods: Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement (ACS-NSQIP) database, all patients who underwent TLIF in 2015–2020 were filtered for their demographics, operative characteristics, and 30-day complication outcomes. …”
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Influencing factors of the outcome of patients with haemophilia after knee replacement–a retrospective study by Hongyu Jiang, Xueke Chang, Fubin Yu, Ming Zhang, Yifan Liu, Jianzhi Man, Kangshu Guo, Hongzheng Meng, Wenqiang Zhang

“…The knee joint efficacy was evaluated using the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) knee score, the American Knee Society’s Clinical (KSC) and Functional (KSF) scores, flexion contracture degree (FC), range of motion (ROM), and wound healing. …”
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The association between neutrophil to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and gallstones: a cross-sectional study by Yinkang Wang, Xingchen Shang, Yinchao Zhang, Yu Zhang, Wei Shen, Qian Wu, Wenyi Du

“…The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between NHR and gallstones in a population of American adults. Methods This study investigated the correlation between NHR and gallstone prevalence among US adults using population-based data from the 2017–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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