Exploring Systemic Autoimmunity in Thyroid Disease Subjects by Thushani Siriwardhane, Karthik Krishna, Vinodh Ranganathan, Vasanth Jayaraman, Tianhao Wang, Kang Bei, John J. Rajasekaran, Hari Krishnamurthy

“…A 2-year follow-up study was conducted to assess the sequential order of appearance of autoimmune markers in thyroid and systemic autoimmune diseases. …”
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Prevalence of malaria and associated factors among febrile children under 15 years at Bududa General Hospital, Eastern Uganda by Benson Okongo, Daisy Asiimwe, Clinton Olong, Enoch Muwanguzi, Robert Wagubi

“…Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted between April and June 2023. Informed consent was obtained from parents/guardians before 250 febrile children below 15 years were enrolled in this study. …”
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Assessment of the Image Quality of Virtual Non-Contrast Dual-energy CT Liver Scans Using Both PSNR and SSIM Methods by Yaguang LI, Jie LI, Tingyu XUE, Jiankui MU, Qiang WANG, Lidong ZHENG, Yong WANG, Licun LEI

“…Methods: A prospective analysis was conducted on TNC and enhanced three-phase DECT images of the livers of 33 patients. …”
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Survival and prognostic factors for primary lung extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: a retrospective study of data from China and the SEER database by Qiuyu Li, Haoyu Zuo, Chengyang Liu, Jing Yang, Nini Dai

“…This study aimed to analyze survival outcomes and identify prognostic factors in patients with primary lung ENKTL.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted using data from 20 cases of primary lung ENKTL, including four patients who were treated at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing and 16 patients were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program database. …”
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Preparing physiotherapists for the future: the development and evaluation of an innovative curriculum by Niki Stolwijk, Anne van Bergen, Evy Jetten, Marjo Maas

“…To compare mean total scores of the national progress test between four different universities a one-way ANOVA was conducted including a post-hoc analysis. Reflexive thematic analysis guidelines were applied to analyze the interview data. …”
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Normalized Isometric Shoulder Strength as a Predictor of Ball Velocity in Youth Baseball Players by Amanda J Arnold, Charles A Thigpen, Paul F Beattie, Stacy L Fritz, Michael J Kissenberth, John M Tokish, Ellen Shanley

“…Repeated measures ANOVA were conducted comparing changes in normalized strength using five separate anthropometric measures: weight, height, body mass index, ulnar length and % of non-dominant shoulder strength. …”
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Leadership Perceptions, Educational Struggles and Barriers, and Effective Modalities for Teaching Vertigo and the HINTS Exam: A National Survey of Emergency Medicine Residency Prog... by Mary McLean, Justin Stowens, Ryan Barnicle, Negar Mafi, Kaushal Shah

“…Subtopic teaching struggles with regard to HINTS were head impulse test and test-of-skew conduction and interpretation, selection of the correct patients, and overall HINTS interpretation. …”
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Assessment of Tuber Yield Stability and Adaptability of Some Elite Yam Genotypes in the Guinea Savannah Ecology of Northern Ghana by Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Kwabena Acheremu, Emmanuel Boachie Chamba, Freda Ansaah Agyapong, Alhassan Sayibu

“…Studies were conducted to determine tuber yield stability and adaptability of some elite yam (Dioscorea sp.) genotypes in northern Ghana. …”
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TET2-mediated 5-hydroxymethylcytosine of TXNIP promotes cell cycle arrest in systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma by Ziqing Yu, Lihua Zhong, Wangyang Tang, Wenfang Zhang, Ting Lin, Weifeng Zhu, Gang Chen, Jianchao Wang

“…Immunohistochemistry was conducted to assess the level of 5hmC and Ten-eleven translocation 2 (TET2) on FFPE samples. …”
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Private, non-profit, and plantation: Oil palm smallholders in management-assistance programs vary in socio-demographics, attitudes, and management practices. by Valentine J Reiss-Woolever, Wakhid Wakhid, Muhammad Ikhsan, Jean-Pierre Caliman, Muhammad Naim, Elfina N Azmi, Sharyn Shufiyan, John Howes, Reza Azmi, Ying Ying Lim, Siti Zulaikah Abdul Jan, Isaac Barrock, Badrul Azhar, Julia Drewer, Caroline Ward, Joshua A Jones, Sarah H Luke, Edgar C Turner, Purnama Hidayat, Damayanti Buchori

“…To effectively influence smallholder practices and ensure positive social outcomes, such schemes must consider the variety in perspectives of farmers and align with their priorities. We conducted social surveys on smallholder farmers in Indonesia and Malaysia with varying degrees of participation in programs that offer advice and support with plantation management ("management-assistance programs") led by an industrial palm oil producer in Indonesia and a conservation-focused NGO in Malaysia. …”
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Characterization and optimization of cerium oxide nanoparticle-doped cellulose acetate films using the Box-Behnken Design by Lívia Viana Aguiar de Oliveira, Noemi Raquel Checca Huaman, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Ulisses Oliveira Costa, Letícia Vitorazi

“…A comprehensive characterization was conducted using SEM, AFM, EDS, XRD, TEM, SAED, EELS, TGA, DSC, UV–Vis spectroscopy, and tensile testing. …”
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Mid-term outcomes of a smoking cessation program in hospitalized patients in Türkiye by Esin B. Konyalıhatipoğlu, Dilek Karadoğan, Tahsin Gökhan Telatar, Ünal Şahin

“…Introduction 'Teachable moments', such as inpatient treatment periods, can be turned into opportunities for smokers to acquire healthy living behaviors. This study was conducted to evaluate outcomes of smoking cessation interventions at an inpatient hospital setting. …”
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Three-Year Outcomes of Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treated with Aflibercept under the National Health Insurance Program in Taiwan by Kang-Jung Lo, Jin-Yu Chang, Hsin-Yi Chang, Shih-Hwa Chiou, De-Kuang Hwang, Shih-Jen Chen

“…This retrospective observational study was conducted at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. Patients with naive nAMD who were treated with aflibercept and followed for more than 3 years were reviewed. …”
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AcfA Regulates the Virulence and Cell Envelope Stress Response of <i>Vibrio parahaemolyticus</i> by Huan Liu, Huayu Lei, Juanjuan Cao, Zhaobang Xie, Yile Shi, Yanni Zhao

“…Furthermore, RNA-Seq transcriptome analysis was conducted to identify global gene transcription alterations resulting from deletion of the <i>acfA</i> gene. …”
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Newcastle disease virus genotype VII.1.1 identified from backyard chickens with low antibody titer: Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. by Bezina Arega Emeru, Haregawi Tesfaye Desta, Yosef Deneke

“…Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was conducted and seropositivity was determined from the collected serum samples. …”
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Risk factors for overtaking, rear-end, and door crashes involving bicycles in the United Kingdom: Revisited and reanalysed. by Chun-Chieh Chao, Hon-Ping Ma, Li Wei, Yen-Nung Lin, Chenyi Chen, Wafaa Saleh, Bayu Satria Wiratama, Akhmad Fajri Widodo, Shou-Chien Hsu, Shih Yu Ko, Hui-An Lin, Cheng-Wei Chan, Chih-Wei Pai

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The aforementioned risk factors remained largely unchanged since 2011, when we conducted our previous study. However, the present study concluded that the detrimental effects of certain variables became more pronounced in certain situations. …”
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Health utility value of overactive bladder in Japanese older adults by Takashi Yoshioka, Kenji Omae, Satoshi Funada, Tetsuji Minami, Rei Goto

“…Methods This cross‐sectional Internet‐based study was conducted between 2 and 9 November 2023, with quota sampling with equal probability for each sex and age group (age 65–74 years and ≥75 years). …”
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Surgical techniques and prognostic nomogram for patients with supravalvular aortic stenosis by Yuekun Sun, Lizhi Lv, Xinyue Lang, Aihua Zhi, Simeng Zhang, Cheng Wang, Qiang Wang

“…Methods A multi-center retrospective study of consecutive SVAS patients with surgery between 2002 and 2020 was conducted. Patients underwent McGoon repairs, Doty repairs, and other repairs. …”
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Comparison of Toric and Spherical Orthokeratology Lenses in Patients with Astigmatism by Jun Jiang, Lili Lian, Feifu Wang, Ling Zhou, Xuhong Zhang, E. Song

“…The corneal tangential difference mapping was conducted between baseline and every subsequent visit to calculate the magnitude of lens decentration. …”
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Association of Pneumatosis Intestinalis With Surgical Outcomes and Mortality: A Matched, Retrospective Cohort Study and Literature Review by Kyle D. Klingbeil, MD, MS, Hila Zelicha, PhD, RD, Yijun Chen, MD, Douglas S. Bell, MD, Edward H. Livingston, MD, FACS, AGAF

“…A matched cohort observational study was conducted including all clinical encounters for both ambulatory and inpatient care at UCLA Health between February 15, 2006 and January 31, 2023. …”
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