The Relationship between the Activity Balance Confidence and Mobility Tests among Older Adults in Indonesia by Indri Hapsari Susilowati, Sabarinah Sabarinah, Susiana Nugraha, Sudibyo Alimoeso, Bonardo Prayogo Hasiholan, Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among older adults living in long-term care facilities and community dwellings. …”
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Pilot study of extended-release lorcaserin for cocaine use disorder among men who have sex with men: A double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial. by Glenn-Milo Santos, Janet Ikeda, Phillip Coffin, John E Walker, Tim Matheson, Matthew McLaughlin, Jennifer Jain, Eric Vittinghoff, Steven L Batki

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>We found that it is feasible, acceptable, and tolerable to conduct a placebo-controlled pharmacologic trial for MSM with CUD who are actively using cocaine. …”
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Evaluating Medical Students' Perspectives on the CBME Curriculum: A Qualitative Exploration of Curriculum Structure, Pedagogical Approaches, and Educational Integration by Amit Kumar Kamboj, Mudit Sharma, Rashmi Ramanathan, Vivin Vincent, Jeevithan Shanmugam

“…Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional qualitative study was conducted over April and May 2023 at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS), Port Blair, among MBBS students from the 2019-2022 batches. …”
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Coexistence of accompanying autoimmune diseases in adolescents with autoimmune thyroiditis by V.I. Pankiv

“…Most studies, which investigated the coexistence of AIT and other autoimmune diseases, were conducted in the adult patient population, and examined the prevalence of AIT in nonthyroid autoimmune diseases. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Aspirin Resistance in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Fan Zhang, Hongyan Zheng

“…Methods: We conducted a systematic search of three major medical databases (PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library) to identify relevant articles up to September 17, 2024. …”
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Expert evaluation of large language models for clinical dialogue summarization by David Fraile Navarro, Enrico Coiera, Thomas W. Hambly, Zoe Triplett, Nahyan Asif, Anindya Susanto, Anamika Chowdhury, Amaya Azcoaga Lorenzo, Mark Dras, Shlomo Berkovsky

“…The comparison was done between automatically generated and human-produced summaries. We conducted an exploratory evaluation of five language models: one general summarisation model, one fine-tuned for general dialogues, two fine-tuned with anonymized clinical dialogues, and one Large Language Model (ChatGPT). …”
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Rural perinatal nursing in Canada: A hermeneutic literature review by Lela V. Zimmer, Martha L.P. MacLeod, Amanda De Smit, Steinunn Jónatansdóttir

“…Design: A hermeneutic literature review Setting: Rural and remote Canada Methods: A hermeneutic literature review was conducted through a two-phase, interpretive process of evaluation and deliberation for relevance and meaning carried out through dialogue and questioning with the selected texts and among members of the research team. …”
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Impact of the five-pattern personality traits of traditional Chinese medicine on workplace violence and depression among nurses by ZhiHui Gu, ChenXin Yang, MengYao Li

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted. 2,788 valid questionnaires nationwide were collected based on Wenjuanxing from June to July 2024. …”
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Relationship between triglyceride levels and different snoring states: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fei-Fei Hou, Bei-Bei Wang, Ye Chen, Qiong Wang, Qiong Wu, Li-Na Yan

“…Materials and methods A systematic search was conducted in four online electronic databases as of Jul 1, 2024. …”
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Shiftwork and insulin resistance in professional drivers: exploring the association using non-insulin-based surrogate measures by Mirella Youssef Tawfik, Shaimaa A. A. M. Amer, Ahmed Mahmoud Fouad

“…Methods A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on professional drivers at four Egyptian companies, where 187 SW were compared to 193 dayworkers (DW). …”
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Maternal nutrition and offspring lung health: sex-specific pathway modulation in fibrosis, metabolism, and immunity by Shuangyi Zhao, Zhimin Chen, Huina Liu, Xinyan Wang, Xiuru Zhang, Huirong Shi

“…Wet-lab validation, including Masson trichrome staining, immunofluorescence for α-SMA, and qRT-PCR for fibrotic markers (α-SMA, collagen I, Fn1, and TGF-β), was conducted to confirm fibrosis and other injury markers. …”
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Entomological assessment of hessian fabric transfluthrin vapour emanators as a means to protect against outdoor-biting Aedes after providing them to households for routine use in P... by Chicoye Supreme, Obrillant Damus, Joseph Frederick, Jean-Frantz Lemoine, Christian Raccurt, Justin McBeath, Nosrat Mirzai, Sheila B Ogoma, Vincent Corbel, Daniel Impoinvil, Gerry F Killeen, Cyrille Czeher

“…A series of three such entomological assessment experiments were conducted, to examine the influence of changing weather conditions, various transfluthrin formulations and emanator placement on protective efficacy measurements. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Presentations of Various Pulmonary Infections in Hospitalized Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Prospective, Hospital-Based, Comparative, Case Series Study by Pravesh Vishwakarma, Kauser Usman, Rajiv Garg, Jyoti Bajpai, Rishi Sethi, Akshyaya Pradhan

“…A prospective, hospital-based, consecutive, comparative observational study of 12-month study duration was conducted. Patients aged 13–90 years diagnosed with lower respiratory tract infection with or without diagnosed diabetes mellitus participated in the study. …”
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Identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of Bangladesh by Sarder Safiqul Islam, Ratna Ghosh, Md. Shafiqul Islam, Minhazul Abedin Sun, Mustajabur Rahman, Dhiman Mondol

“…The study was conducted in southwestern Bangladesh, 90 chicken farmers were surveyed across three upazilas under three districts of southwestern Bangladesh to understand the practices and farmers' perceptions of antibiotic use in poultry farming. …”
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Association between red cell distribution width to albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis admitted to the intensive care unit: a retrospective st... by Xuan Chen, Yuchen Luo, Side Liu

“…Additionally, Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis and subgroup analysis were conducted to assess the predictive value and to explore the significance of RAR in different populations.Results499 patients were included in this study. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, Motivations, Expectations, and Systemic Factors Regarding Antimicrobial Use Amongst Community Members Seeking Care at the Primary Healthcare Level: A Scoping... by Nishana Ramdas, Johanna C. Meyer, Natalie Schellack, Brian Godman, Eunice Turawa, Stephen M. Campbell

“…Results: The search identified 497 sources, of which 59 met the inclusion criteria, with 75% of the studies conducted in outpatient primary care settings. Four key themes were identified: (1) the ’patient’ theme, highlighting beliefs, knowledge, and expectations, which was the most prominent (40.5%); (2) the ’provider’ theme, emphasizing challenges related to clinical decision-making, knowledge gaps, and adherence to guidelines; (3) the ’healthcare systems’ theme, highlighting resource limitations, lack of infrastructure, and policy constraints; and (4) the ‘intervention/uptake’ theme, emphasizing strategies to improve future antibiotic use and enhance access to and quality of healthcare. …”
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Impact of “Enhanced Recovery After Surgery” (ERAS) protocols vs. traditional perioperative care on patient outcomes after colorectal surgery: a systematic review by Vaishnavi Kannan, Najeeb Ullah, Sunitha Geddada, Amir Ibrahiam, Zahraa Munaf Shakir Al-Qassab, Osman Ahmed, Iana Malasevskaia

“…An extensive search was conducted across multiple electronic databases and registers from July 2 to July 5, 2024, complemented by citation searching on November 30, 2024. …”
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Increased Phenotype Severity Associated with Splice-Site Variants in a Hungarian Pediatric Neurofibromatosis 1 Cohort: A Retrospective Study by Klára Veres, Benedek Nagy, Zsófia Ember, Judit Bene, Kinga Hadzsiev, Márta Medvecz, László Szabó, Zsuzsanna Zsófia Szalai

“…Although genotype–phenotype correlation studies are increasing, robust clinically relevant correlations have remained limited. <b>Methods:</b> We conducted a retrospective analysis of data obtained from a cohort of 204 Hungarian individuals, with a mean age of 16 years (age range: 1–33 years). …”
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Multiple Sessions of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Improve Periodontal Outcomes in Patients with Down Syndrome: A 12-Month Randomized Clinical Trial by Rafael Ferreira, Sebastião Luiz Aguiar Greghi, Adriana Campos Passanezi Sant’Ana, Mariana Schutzer Ragghianti Zangrando, Carla Andreotti Damante

“…A randomized, double-blind, parallel trial was conducted with 37 individuals with DS. <b>Methods:</b> The test group (aPDT; <i>n</i> = 18) received SRP + aPDT, while the control group (C group; <i>n</i> = 19) received SRP only. …”
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‘Everyone should know what they’re on’: a qualitative study of attitudes towards and use of patient held lists of medicines among patients, carers and healthcare professionals in p... by Caitriona Cahir, Kathleen E Bennett, Sheena M Mc Hugh, Ciara Kirke, Muriel Pate, Bernadine O'Donovan

“…The aims of this study are to investigate attitudes towards and use of PHMLs among healthcare professionals (HCPs), patients and carers.Design Qualitative study based on 39 semistructured telephone interviews.Setting Primary and secondary care settings in Ireland.Participants Twenty-one HCPs and 18 people taking medicines and caregivers.Methods Telephone interviews were conducted with HCPs, people taking multiple medicines (5+ medicines) and carers of people taking medicines who were purposively sampled via social media, patient groups and research collaborators. …”
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