Structural validity and internal consistency of the Patient Centred Assessment Method in a primary care setting in a Japanese island area: a cross-sectional study by Masato Matsushima, Shuhei Yoshida, Rieko Mutai, Yoshifumi Sugiyama, Ryoko Horiguchi, Hisashi Yoshimoto

“…Objectives The objective of this study was to examine the structural validity and internal consistency of the original English version of the Patient Centred Assessment Method (PCAM) in a primary care setting in a Japanese island area.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting A clinic on a remote island in Okinawa, Japan, that provides general outpatient and 24-hour emergency services.Participants This study included 355 patients who visited Tarama Clinic from 1 April 2018 to 30 June 2018, were aged ≥20 years, lived in Tarama Village and had decision-making capacity.Main outcome measures Patient complexity scored by the PCAM.Results The mean (SD) PCAM score was 21.4 (5.7). …”
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Endoprosthetic Reconstruction for a Displaced Atypical Femoral Fracture in a Cancer Patient with Poor Prognosis by Hironari Tamiya, Hiroki Hagizawa, Takaaki Nakai, Yoshinori Imura, Takaaki Tanaka, Kazuya Oshima, Toshikazu Ito, Norifumi Naka, Shigeyuki Kuratsu

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Association of caffeine intake and sleep duration with bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2011 and 2018 by Yuxue He, Wenjia Zou, Fei Xiao

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Patient perspectives on telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods community-based study by Marije J. Splinter, M. Kamran Ikram, Charles W. Helsper, Patrick J.E. Bindels, Evelien I.T. de Schepper, Silvan Licher

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Domain‐Specific Prediction of Clinical Progression in Parkinson's Disease Using the Mosaic Approach by Marlene Tahedl, Ulrich Bogdahn, Bernadette Wimmer, Dennis M. Hedderich, Jan S. Kirschke, Claus Zimmer, Benedikt Wiestler

“…On the contrary, for general motor function, the unrestricted, whole‐brain MAP yielded higher power. …”
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Determination of genetic diversity in persimmon accessions using morphological and inter simple sequence repeat markers by Yazgan Tunç, Canan Aydınlıoğlu, Kadir Uğurtan Yılmaz, Ali Khadivi, Daya Shankar Mishra, El Hassan Sakar, Tomáš Vyhnánek

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Determining Priority Areas for the Technological Development of Oil Companies in Mexico by Tatyana Semenova, Juan Yair Martínez Santoyo

“…This dynamic significantly hinders the development of the oil industry. Despite the general measures taken within the framework of energy policy, the volume of oil production is constantly declining. …”
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Calidad de la atención médica a pacientes con infarto agudo del miocardio. Cienfuegos 2011 by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Dania Pedraza Alejo, Francisco de Jesús Valladares Carvajal, Karelys Lastre Navarro, Lucía Hernández Torres, Darehyne Ávila Piña

“…<strong><br />Objetivo:</strong> evaluar la calidad de la atención médica a pacientes con infarto agudo de miocardio admitidos en el Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima de Cienfuegos en junio de 2011. …”
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Virological and Immunological Aspects of AIDS Pathogenesis by Brian Conway, Francisco J Diaz-Mitoma

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Solution of the inverse problem of modified cyclographic model by E. V. Lyubchinov, K. L. Panchuk, T. M. Myasoedova

“…The results of the work can be used in computer-aided design systems that specialize in the design of general and special roads. …”
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Prevalence of Frailty Indicators and Association with Socioeconomic Status in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in a Swiss Region with Universal Health Insurance Coverage: A Population-... by Idris Guessous, Jean-Christophe Luthi, Christopher Barrett Bowling, Jean-Marc Theler, Fred Paccaud, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, William McClellan

“…We determined the prevalence of frailty indicators among middle-aged and older adults from a general Swiss population characterized by universal health insurance coverage and assessed the determinants of frailty with a special focus on socioeconomic status. …”
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Sodium‐glucose cotransporter‐2 inhibitors in heart failure: an updated meta‐analysis by Yang Cao, Pengxiao Li, Yi Li, Yaling Han

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Evaluation of Quality of Life among Dental Professionals by Using the WHOQOL-BREF Instrument in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia by Nabras Alrayes, Hend Alshammary, Marwah Alamoudi, Banin Alfardan, Muhanad Alhareky, Muhammad Nazir

“…This cross-sectional study recruited dental professionals (general dentists, specialists, and consultants) from public and private sectors in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. …”
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Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Activity Is Related to Body Composition, Measures of Adiposity, and Insulin Resistance in Subjects with Excessive Adiposity and Different Degrees of Glucose... by Wellington S. Silva Júnior, Maria das Graças C. Souza, José Firmino Nogueira Neto, Eliete Bouskela, Luiz Guilherme Kraemer-Aguiar

“…At fasting, pooled analysis showed it was positively correlated with measures of central adiposity, such as WC (P=0.011) and WHR (P=0.009), and with all measures of IR, but inversely related to indexes of general adiposity, such as fat mass percentage (P=0.014) and BAI (P=0.0003). …”
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Unraveling the threads of depressive symptoms: Enhancing predictions of depression among university junior students by Said El-Ashker, Abdulmajeed Alharbi, Somaya Mahmoud, Feras Al-Awad, Ahlam Alghamdi, Nouf Alaqeel, Mohammed Al-Hariri

“…A self-administered electronic general health and well-being questionnaire was implemented. …”
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Balaghah Ar-Ritsa’ Fii Syair Al-Khanasa’ Min Nihayah Al-Lafdhi Wa Al-Ma’ani by Sumardi Sumardi, Ivan Aulia Trisnady, Zulkhairi Sofyan

“…Al-Khansa’a’s poems are related to the purposes of poetry in general, and one of them is lamentation, which is the prominent poetry purpose in pre-Islamic and Islamic poetry, and it occupies a significant place in the poems of most poets. …”
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Ossification Vesicles with Calcium Phosphate in the Eyes of the Insect Copium teucrii (Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Javier Garcia-Guinea, Alberto Jorge, Laura Tormo, Marta Furio, Elena Crespo-Feo, Virgilio Correcher, Pedro Prado-Herrero, Ana C. Soria, Jesus Sanz, Jose L. Nieves-Aldrey

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Construcción y validación del cuestionario Satisfacción de los usuarios en servicios de Estomatología. Cienfuegos, 2018 by José Luis Capote Femenías, Amalia Peña Rosell, Teresita Barrios Pedraza, Gretchen LLanes Bugallo, Neylin Lopez Ramil

“…<br /><strong>Objetivo</strong>: validar un instrumento que permita evaluar el nivel de satisfacción de los usuarios del servicio de Estomatología General Integral.<br /><strong>Métodos</strong>: estudio de innovación tecnológica, en el sub-sistema de atención estomatológica en la especialidad de Estomatología General Integral, en Cienfuegos. …”
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Recent advances in the application of Mendelian randomization to chronic kidney disease by Chaofan Wen, Lanlan Chen, Dan Jia, Ziqi Liu, Yidan Lin, Guan Liu, Shuo Zhang, Baoshan Gao

“…New insights also reveal a substantial causal connection between both central and general obesity and CKD onset, while no significant links were found between genetically modified LDL cholesterol or triglyceride levels and kidney function.Conclusion This review not only presents the recent achievements of MR in CKD research but also illuminates the path forwards, underscoring critical unanswered questions and proposing future research directions in this dynamic field.…”
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Meta Analysis of Efficacy and Safety of Prostate Biopsy: A Comparison Between Transperineal and Transrectal Approach by Syah Mirsya Warli, Stivano Rizky Valentino Torry, Dhirajaya Dharma Kadar, Ginanda Putra Siregar, Fauriski Febrian Prapiska

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