The integration of hospital pharmacists into primary care settings in Shenzhen, China: a qualitative study by Zhiling Deng, Pengxiang Zhou, Yiting Lu, Zhengrong Li, Mi Yao, Yang Li, Chuan Zou, Haixin Li, Songtao Cai, Yi Guo, Yuling Tong, Yang Zhao, Zhijie Xu

“…Hospital pharmacists mainly conduct medication reviews and consultations in clinics or pharmacies of CHCs and engage in home visits with GPs in a few cases. …”
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Evaluating ChatGPT, Gemini and other Large Language Models (LLMs) in orthopaedic diagnostics: A prospective clinical study by Stefano Pagano, Luigi Strumolo, Katrin Michalk, Julia Schiegl, Loreto C. Pulido, Jan Reinhard, Guenther Maderbacher, Tobias Renkawitz, Marie Schuster

“…Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted at an orthopaedic outpatient clinic specialized in hip and knee OA treatment. …”
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The association between rapid antiretroviral therapy initiation and brain structure and function based on multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in HIV-positive men who have sex wit... by Yihui He, Yang Zhang, Taiyi Jiang, Miaotian Cai, Guangqiang Sun, Yundong Ma, Jiahao Ji, Bo Yang, Bin Yang, Junyi Duan, Dongxia Wu, Lijun Sun, Lili Dai, Yulin Zhang, Hao Wu, Wenhao Jiang, Tong Zhang, Lei Wang

“…A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) undergoing ART. …”
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The Relationship between H. pylori Infection and Osteoporosis in Japan by Daisuke Asaoka, Akihito Nagahara, Mariko Hojo, Hitoshi Sasaki, Yuji Shimada, Takashi Yoshizawa, Taro Osada, Sumio Watanabe

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted among outpatients at the Juntendo University Hospital between 2008 and 2014. …”
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A Systematic Review on the Performance Characteristics of Sustainable, Unfired Admixed Soil Blocks for Agricultural and Industrial Waste Management by Tarun Sharma, Sandeep Singh, Parteek Singh Thind, Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan, Raman Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Wojciech Kaplonek, Nima Khalilpoor, Alibek Issakhov

“…However, other parameters like bulk density, maximum dry density and optimum water content, thermal conductivity, tensile strength, and flexural strength examined in recent studies are also reported in this paper. …”
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The Life Functioning Scale: A Measurement Tool Developed to Assess the Physical Functioning Abilities of Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 50 Years or Older by Yunhwan Lee, Eunsaem Kim, Jihye Yun, Jaewon Choi, Jinhee Kim, Chang Won Won, Miji Kim, Soongnang Jang, Kyungwon Oh, Jihee Kim

“…Focus group interviews were conducted among adults aged 50 years or older to investigate their level of understanding of 60 selected items, followed by a pretest of the items on a nationally representative sample (n=508). …”
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Are Artificial Sweeteners a Healthier Alternative to Sugar? by Julia Buszek, Piotr Czerniak, Adrianna Antoszewska, Weronika Bargiel, Dominika Bąk, Halszka Wajdowicz, Mateusz Warzocha, Michał Medygrał, Sylwia Buszek, Aldona Sokołowska, Maciej Rumian, Alicja Kosel

“…Materials and Methods An analysis of PubMed papers was conducted using keywords: sweeteners, artificial sweeteners, erythritol, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, aspartame, and sugar alternatives. …”
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Identification and genetic analysis of the recent Avian pox viruses from infected pigeons and chickens by Amira M. Helal, Osama Mahana, Ali Zanaty, Karim Selim, Mohamed. E. Taha, Mostafa M. Saleh, Mohamed I. Hassan, Mona S. Abdallah

“…To achieve this, molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of APVs were conducted, comparing their sequences with vaccine strains used in Egypt. …”
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Self-Monitoring Home Blood Pressure in Community-Dwelling Older People: Age Differences in White-Coat and Masked Phenomena and Related Factors—The SONIC Study by Jinmei Tuo, Kayo Godai, Mai Kabayama, Yuya Akagi, Hiroshi Akasaka, Yoichi Takami, Yasushi Takeya, Koichi Yamamoto, Ken Sugimoto, Saori Yasumoto, Yukie Masui, Yasumichi Arai, Kazunori Ikebe, Yasuyuki Gondo, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Hiromi Rakugi, Kei Kamide

“…Some studies reported that home blood pressure (HBP) monitoring was conducted by community-dwelling older people themselves, but there have been few studies on HBP including very old populations aged over 90 years old. …”
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Dynamic retinal vessel analysis: flickering a light into the brain by Anna Peterfi, Anna Peterfi, Anna Peterfi, Ana Clara da C. Pinaffi-Langley, Ana Clara da C. Pinaffi-Langley, Zsofia Szarvas, Zsofia Szarvas, Zsofia Szarvas, Mihaly Muranyi, Mihaly Muranyi, Mihaly Muranyi, Zalan Kaposzta, Zalan Kaposzta, Zalan Kaposzta, Cheryl Adams, Camila Bonin Pinto, Camila Bonin Pinto, Peter Mukli, Peter Mukli, Peter Mukli, Konstantin Kotliar, Andriy Yabluchanskiy, Andriy Yabluchanskiy, Andriy Yabluchanskiy, Andriy Yabluchanskiy

“…Dynamic retinal vessel analysis (DVA) provides an opportunity to measure retinal vasoreactivity in a way that may be comparable to cerebral vasoreactivity, thus providing a window to the brain.MethodsWe conducted a literature search on PubMed and Scopus to identify studies utilizing DVA to describe retinal vasoreactivity in central nervous system diseases and compare it with brain function and structure. …”
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A novel potential outlier recognition approach considering local heterogeneity enhancement to improve the quality of soil datasets by Yongji Wang, Mingjun Yang, Meizi Wang, Jiayang Lv, Shuhao Yuan, Shaoqi Li, Zihan Wang, Jipeng Zhang, Qingwen Qi, Yanjun Ye

“…Second, local heterogeneity enhancement is conducted to modify the outlier scores associated with abnormal soils exhibiting low heterogeneity. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to data-based decision making in Australian early childhood education and care: A qualitative study by Shauna Sherker, Karen Villanueva, Ruth Beatson, Caitlin M. Macmillan, Wan Yi Lee, Olivia Hilton, Carly Molloy, Sharon Goldfeld

“…Semi-structured interviews with ECEC service staff and managers were conducted between May and November 2022. Barriers spanned issues of capability (knowledge), opportunity (data systems and processes, data quality, data availability, resources) and motivation (data culture, trust, pressure). …”
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Preschool and Me: Educational-clinical linkage to improve health equity for children with developmental delays and disabilities from historically marginalized communities by Tina L. Schuh, Kathleen R. Diviak, Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, Emily Pela, Raphael Kinney, Michael L. Berbaum, Amanda Klemas, Kruti Acharya, Molly Martin, Reshma Shah

“…We will simultaneously conduct an implementation evaluation. The results of this study have the potential to support effective implementation of CCL models within pediatric clinical settings serving historically marginalized communities which can be utilized to improve health outcomes for families and their children with a range of health conditions.…”
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Plant Adaptation and Soil Shear Strength: Unraveling the Drought Legacy in <i>Amorpha fruticosa</i> by Hao Jiang, Xiaoqing Chen, Gang Xu, Jiangang Chen, Dongri Song, Ming Lv, Hanqing Guo, Jingyi Chen

“…Concurrently, the stomatal conductance and transpiration rate of leaves decrease, weakening the capacity to augment soil matric suction through transpiration and potentially reducing hydrological reinforcement. …”
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Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy for stage II–IVa esophageal cancer: a network meta-analysis by Mingxing Wang, Wanhui Dong, Gongyi Wu, Baorui Zhang, Tong Lai, Aixin Liu, Qingming Sun

“…A meta-analysis was conducted using Stata 17.0. Results The cumulative ranked probability results indicated that Camrelizumab + TN had the highest probability of achieving pCR, Camrelizumab + TP of achieving MPR, and Sintilimab + TP of achieving DCR and ORR. …”
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Classification of female MDD patients with and without suicidal ideation using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and machine learning by Morteza Fattahi, Milad Esmaeil-Zadeh, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Reza Rostami, Jamil Mansouri, Gholam-Ali Hossein-Zadeh, Gholam-Ali Hossein-Zadeh

“…Feature selection was conducted using a sequential backward floating selection approach along with a Random Forest Classifier and Elastic Net. …”
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Factors Associated with Medication Nonadherence among Hypertensives in Ghana and Nigeria by Vincent Boima, Adebowale Dele Ademola, Aina Olufemi Odusola, Francis Agyekum, Chibuike Eze Nwafor, Helen Cole, Babatunde L. Salako, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Bamidele O. Tayo

“…A potentially modifiable factor for control of BP is medication nonadherence (MNA); our study therefore aimed to determine factors associated with MNA among hypertensives in Ghana and Nigeria. Methodology. We conducted a multicenter cross-sectional study. Patients were recruited from Korle-Bu Hospital (n=120), Ghana; and University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, (n=73) Apapa General Hospital Lagos (n=79) and University College Hospital Ibadan (n=85), Nigeria. …”
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Ningxiang pig-derived lactobacillus reuteri modulates host intramuscular fat deposition via branched-chain amino acid metabolism by Mei Yang, Qian Xie, Jing Wang, Andong Zha, Jiashun Chen, Qian Jiang, Meng Kang, Qiuchun Deng, Yulong Yin, Bie Tan

“…Results In the present study, a comparative analysis of the gut microbiota and metabolome in obese Ningxiang (NX) pigs and lean Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire (DLY) pigs was conducted. The results revealed a higher abundance of gut lactobacilli and a correlation of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism pathway in NX pigs. …”
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Pilot Trial on Ischemic Conditioning of the Gastric Conduit in Esophageal Cancer: Feasibility and Impact on Anastomotic Leakage (TIGOAL-I) by María-Carmen Fernández-Moreno, MD, PhD, María Eugenia Barrios Carvajal, MD, Fernando López Mozos, MD, PhD, Roberto Martí Obiol, MD, PhD, Jorge Guijarro Rozalén, MD, PhD, Elisabetta Casula, MD, PhD, Joaquín Ortega, MD, PhD

“…This pilot randomized clinical trial was conducted between April 2016 and October 2021 at a single-center tertiary hospital. …”
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The safety, pharmacokinetics and neutralizing activity of recombinant human anti-rabies monoclonal antibody NM57 injection (rhRIG, Ormutivimab) in combination with rabies vaccinati... by Yin Yin, Min Jia, Yufeng Li, Wei Zhao, Shuhong Chen, Peiyuan Huo, Qinghua Zhao, Lan Yu, Cha Wang, Yirui Ma, Meixia Wang, Jing Zhang

“…Method: This randomized, double-blind, parallel-controlled Phase Ib clinical study was conducted in healthy Chinese population to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, and neutralizing activity of rhRIG at dosages of 20IU/kg and 40IU/kg in combination with vaccines, and to compare the neutralizing activity of rhRIG + vaccine with that of HRIG + vaccine and vaccine alone. 72 healthy participants divided into 6 groups of 12 individuals. …”
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