Real-World Treatment Patterns in Men with Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving Docetaxel by Keith L. Davis, Benjamin Gutierrez, Teresa Zyczynski, James A. Kaye

“…To help understand these patterns, a retrospective study was conducted and is reported here. **Methods:** Medical records from 394 patients treated in the United States were reviewed. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards COVID-19 among Mothers in Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2020 by Debrnesh Goshiye, Zinet Abegaz, Sisay Gedamu

“…A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 22 to August 7, 2020, in Dessie town, Ethiopia. …”
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Aberrant resting-state functional network centrality and cognitive impairment in unmedicated, euthymic bipolar patients by Hong Li, Qijin Wu, Jiahui Wang, Xiaobin Zhang, Huihui Song, Dong Wang

“…Methods To further explore potential connectivity abnormalities and their associations with cognitive impairment, we conducted a degree centrality (DC) analysis and DC (seed)-based functional connectivity (FC) approach in unmedicated, euthymic individuals with BD. …”
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Perspectives of physicians on risk factors for patient aggression and violence against physicians in Chinese hospitals: a Q-methodology study by Yuhan Wu, Kees Ahaus, Jiaming Shi, Dahai Zhao, Martina Buljac-Samardzic

“…This lack of insight prohibits preventive measures being tailored to address the main risk factors. Method We conducted a Q-methodology study to investigate physicians’ perspectives on risk factors for aggression and violence from patients (and their relatives/friends) against physicians in Chinese hospitals. …”
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The Effect of Prior Gestational Diabetes on the Shape of the Glucose Response Curve during an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test 3 Years after Delivery by Timea Tänczer, Márk M. Svébis, Beatrix Domján, Viktor J. Horváth, Adam G. Tabák

“…Research Design and Methods. We conducted a nested case-control study of GDM (n=47 early GDM, diagnosed between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation; n=40 late GDM, diagnosed between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation) and matched healthy controls (n=37, normal glucose tolerance during pregnancy) all free from diabetes at follow-up 3.4±0.6 years after delivery. …”
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Interpretation services used for non-English language speaking patients with head and neck cancer: Findings from a tertiary London cancer centre by Maesaya Chartkul, Florence Cook, Roganie Govender

“…Descriptive statistics were conducted using Excel Analysis ToolPak. Results: 408 patients were included. …”
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Prevalence and clinicopathological Spectrum of Auto-Immune Liver Diseases & Overlap syndrome by Annapoorani Varadarajan, Archana Rastogi, Rakhi Maiwall, Chhagan Bihari, Sherin Thomas, Vikrant Sood, Saggere Muralikrishna Shasthry

“…Materials and Methods: A 10-year (2011–2020) cross-sectional, retrospective observational study of histological proven cases of AILD was conducted. Clinical, demographic, and laboratory parameters were retrieved. …”
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Relationship Between the Use of Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches for Monitoring Physical Activity and the Sociodemographic Characteristics of Long-Term Care Residents During the C... by Ivana Crnković, Karmen Lončarek, Nada Tomasović Mrčela, Danica Železnik, Tomislav Vlahović

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 198 LTC residents stationed in eleven organizational units that provide long-term accommodation services for older adults in the city of Zagreb in Croatia. …”
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Smallpox vaccination in a mouse model by S. N. Shchelkunov, A. A. Sergeev, S. A. Pyankov, K. A. Titova, S. N. Yakubitskiy

“…This study aimed to compare the s.s. and i.d. smallpox immunization routes in a mouse model when using prototypic second- and fourth-generation low-dose vaccines (104 pfu). Experiments were conducted using BALB/c mice; the LIVP or LIVP-GFP strains of the vaccinia virus (VACV) were administered into the tail skin via the s.s. or i.d. routes. …”
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“I definitely cannot afford to be feeling poorly if there’s no need to be”: a qualitative evaluation of antiviral uptake following suspected occupational exposure to avian influenz... by Riinu Pae, Lucy Findlater, Richard Amlôt, Fernando Capelastegui, Gavin Dabrera, Clare Humphreys, Jharna Kumbang, Isabel Oliver

“…Methods We interviewed 14 individuals occupationally exposed to avian influenza and conducted focus groups with 15 public health professionals involved in advising and arranging antivirals. …”
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BRAF regulates circPSD3/miR-526b/RAP2A axis to hinder papillary thyroid carcinoma progression by Chuang Li, Xiaojuan Zhao, Jingge Zhao, Jing Zhao, Lemei An, Gang Wu

“…Additionally, xenograft tumor experiments were conducted to validate our findings in vivo. Results Data showed that circPSD3 was highly expressed in PTC patients and cell lines. …”
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Workplace anxiety leading to job burnout among young and middle-aged university lecturers: mechanism and mitigation strategies by Kun Zhou, Jin Wang

“…Additionally, qualitative analysis was conducted in conjunction with the interview transcripts.ResultsThe results indicate that, on one hand, there is a significant positive relationship between the perception of workplace anxiety and the career growth expectations of young and middle-aged university lecturers. …”
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Real-world safety of linaclotide in Chinese patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation: a multicenter, single-arm, prospective observational study by Yinglian Xiao, Xianmei Meng, Qingfeng Luo, Xiaohua Hou, Jie Jin, Xianfei Zhong, Wei Gong, Xiuling Li, Minhu Chen

“…Face-to-face visits were conducted at baseline (V1), Week 4 ± 7 days (V2), and Week 12 ± 7 days (V3). …”
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Effectiveness of multimedia tools in enhancing consonant-vowel-consonant reading performance and phonics interest and enthusiasm among kindergarten ESL students by Rhazhiel Dominica P. Pesebre, Rosario F. Quicho, Leila M. Collantes, Carlos N. Lamson Jr., Jupeth T. Pentang

“…Two enrolled classes were divided into traditional (14 participants) and multimedia groups (13 participants) according to their assigned classes. The study conducted a pre-test and post-test, comparing the two groups. …”
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USERS OF TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS: KEY BEHAVIORAL TYPES by Taras Gutor, Svitlana Kozii-Bredelieva, Natalia Zaremba, Dmytro Kupyra, Dzvenyslava Moskviak-Lesniak

“…A sociological survey using Horn's questionnaire was conducted to determine the types of behavior of smokers. …”
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Mapping existing research on flushing peripheral vascular catheters: a scoping review protocol by Liping Liu, Peter J Carr, Orlaith Hernon, Jiaxin Deng, Catriona Duggan, Leo R Quinlan, Zina Alfahl

“…Systematic searches will be conducted across Embase, Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL; clinical trial registries; and grey literature sources to identify potentially eligible studies published up to May 2024. …”
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Venoarterial Membrane Oxygenation in Cardiogenic Shock Complicated from an Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Overview and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis by Kiarash Sassani, Styliani Syntila, Christian Waechter, Julian Kreutz, Birgit Markus, Nikolaos Patsalis, Bernhard Schieffer, Georgios Chatzis

“…<b>Methods:</b> A meta-analysis was conducted to assess the effectiveness of VA-ECMO in adult patients with infarct-related cardiogenic shock. …”
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Diagnosis of Water-Influx Locations of Horizontal Well Subject to Bottom-Water Drive through Well-Testing Analysis by Jiazheng Qin, Shiqing Cheng, Youwei He, Dingyi Li, Le Luo, Xinzhe Shen, Haiyang Yu

“…Additionally, relevant measures can be conducted to enhance oil production, such as water controlling for water-breakthrough segments and stimulation treatments for nonproducing locations.…”
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Comprehensive bioinformatic profiling of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors: Expression and interaction patterns in head and neck cancer toward predictive biomarkers an... by Rishaba Byju, Sredha Sunil, Sabari Sadhasivan, Rajesh Parsanathan

“…Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were conducted to assess the prognostic significance of TIMPs in HNSCC. …”
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Assessment of willingness to pay for improved air quality using contingent valuation method by S. Akhtar, W. Saleem, V.M. Nadeem, I. Shahid, A. Ikram

“…Rapid urbanization and severe air quality deterioration in Pakistan have increased citizens’s concern towards air pollution. This study, conducted in November, 2016, aimed to develop relationship between degraded air quality and resident’s willingness to pay for improved air quality in city of Lahore, Pakistan through contingent valuation method to quantify an individual’s willingness to pay for improved air quality. …”
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