Influence of spine biomechanics and sagittal balance on the outcome of lumbar discectomy by José Poblete Carrizo, José Poblete Carrizo, Jesús Martínez, Julio González, Alejandra Mosteiro, Ramon Torné, Ramon Torné, Alberto Di Somma, Alberto Di Somma, José Ríos, Joaquim Enseñat, Joaquim Enseñat, Salvador Fuster, Salvador Fuster

“…These concepts translated into objective measurements are progressively being integrated into clinical practice. The present study explores them as prognostic factors in patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy, which could help identify those at higher risk of surgical failure.MethodsProspective analysis of patients treated with lumbar microdiscectomy (n = 52) and healthy control subjects (n = 45) in a single tertiary centre. …”
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Process evaluation of Project Daire: a food environment intervention that impacted food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits of primary school children by Naomi Anderson, Sarah F. Brennan, Fiona Lavelle, Sarah E. Moore, Dilara Olgacher, Amy Junkin, Moira Dean, Michelle C. McKinley, Patrick McCole, Ruth F. Hunter, Laura Dunne, Niamh E. O’Connell, Chris T. Elliott, Danielle McCarthy, Jayne V. Woodside

“…Findings also identified suggestions for improvement including provision of increased teacher training, support and planning time, content reduction to facilitate easy integration, and implementation across the full academic year. …”
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A socio-ecological model of the management of leprosy reactions in Indonesia and India using the experiences of affected individuals, family members and healthcare providers by Annisa Ika Putri, Ruth M. H. Peters, Kevin De Sabbata, Brittney S. Mengistu, Regitta I. Agusni, Medhi Denisa Alinda, Joydeepa Darlong, M. Yulianto Listiawan, Cita R. S. Prakoeswa, Stephen L. Walker, Marjolein B. M. Zweekhorst

“…Despite its accessibility and wider coverage of public health insurance, the integrated service model in Indonesia faces challenges associated with complex regulations and the availability of medication. …”
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Polygonatum kingianum polysaccharide alleviated intestinal injuries by mediating antioxidant ability and microbiota by Reng Qiu, Chuangye Pan, Yuxi Qin, Qianfei Wei, Yue Yu, Ying Zhang, Xuehan Xie, Jianqin Li, Shouhai Chen, Kun Li, Dalia Fouad, Yi Wu, Qiu Zhong

“…Pathological analysis found that the majority of the villi in mice induced by LPS were broken and short, while PK-treated animals had longer and considerably integrated villi. The villi length in groups CH (P < 0.0001) and H (P < 0.0001) was longer than that in group M, and the value of villi length/crypt depth in group MH was smaller than that in groups CH (P < 0.0001) and H (P < 0.0001), while the crypt depth in group MH was higher than in groups CH (P < 0.0001) and H (P < 0.0001). …”
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Enhancing deep learning methods for brain metastasis detection through cross-technique annotations on SPACE MRI by Tassilo Wald, Benjamin Hamm, Julius C. Holzschuh, Rami El Shafie, Andreas Kudak, Balint Kovacs, Irada Pflüger, Bastian von Nettelbladt, Constantin Ulrich, Michael Anton Baumgartner, Philipp Vollmuth, Jürgen Debus, Klaus H. Maier-Hein, Thomas Welzel

“…Cross-technique annotation may enhance DL models by integrating benefits from specialized, time-intensive MRI sequences while not relying on them. …”
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Hepatitis B and C Viruses’ Infection and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Hospitals in the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia by Mulat Dagnew, Yihenew Million, Mucheye Gizachew, Setegn Eshetie, Gashaw Yitayew, Lakachew Asrade, Mulat Adefris, Feleke Moges, Moges Tiruneh

“…This calls for screening and integration of HBV prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) into HIV. …”
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HELLO: a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial to enhance interpersonal relationships and team cohesion among ICU healthcare professionals by Elie Azoulay, Nancy Kentish Barnes, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Maria-Cruz Martin Delgado, Yaseen Arabi, Carole Boulanger, Giovanni Mistraletti, Maria Theodorakopoulou, Vernon Van Heerden, José-Artur Paiva, Oktay Demirkýran, Gabriel Heras La Calle, Abdulrahman Al Fares, Gaston Burghi, Guy Francois, Anita Barth, Jan De Waele, Samir Jaber, Michael Darmon, Maurizio Cecconi

“…The six components include: Hello campaign posters, email reminders, integrating greetings in morning huddles, hello jars, lead-by-example initiatives, and a daily updated hello board in each ICU. …”
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Establishing a radiomics model using contrast-enhanced ultrasound for preoperative prediction of neoplastic gallbladder polyps exceeding 10 mm by Dong Jiang, Yi Qian, Yijun Gu, Ru Wang, Hua Yu, Zhenmeng Wang, Hui Dong, Dongyu Chen, Yan Chen, Haozheng Jiang, Yiran Li

“…Significant features were identified using the Mann–Whitney U test and further refined with a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression model to construct radiomic features. By integrating clinical characteristics, a radiomics nomogram was developed. …”
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Prevalence and Related Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasitosis among Private School-Going Pupils of Dharan Submetropolitan City, Nepal by Bijay Kumar Shrestha, Manita Tumbahangphe, Jenish Shakya, Anu Rai, Kabita Dhakal, Bidhya Dhungana, Romika Shrestha, Jyoti Limbu, Kabiraj Khadka, Santoshi Ghimire, Sujata Chauhan, Lata Chalise, Ashu Ghimire

“…The poor sanitation and sanitary habits like biting nails, consumption of untreated drinking water, and failure to practice proper hand washing were studied as contributors to the acquisition of intestinal parasitic infections. Therefore, integration of control measures such as provision of clean and safe drinking water, improved sanitation and hygiene, with biannual administration of drugs are necessary for effective eradication of parasitic infections.…”
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Characterization of RAP Signal Patterns, Temporal Relationships, and Artifact Profiles Derived from Intracranial Pressure Sensors in Acute Traumatic Neural Injury by Abrar Islam, Amanjyot Singh Sainbhi, Kevin Y. Stein, Nuray Vakitbilir, Alwyn Gomez, Noah Silvaggio, Tobias Bergmann, Mansoor Hayat, Logan Froese, Frederick A. Zeiler

“…The autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model was employed to outline the time-series structure of RAP across different temporal resolutions using the autoregressive (<i>p</i>-order) and moving average orders (<i>q</i>-order). …”
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Development of a framework to structure decision-making in environmental and occupational health: A systematic review and Delphi study by Emily Senerth, Paul Whaley, Elie Akl, Brandy Beverly, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Ezza Jalil, Jayati Khattar, Nicole R. Palmer, Andrew Rooney, Holger J. Schünemann, Kristina A. Thayer, Katya Tsaioun, Rebecca L. Morgan

“…However, there is no prevailing approach for how to integrate this evidence into decisions or recommendations. …”
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Development and interpretation of a pathomics-driven ensemble model for predicting the response to immunotherapy in gastric cancer by Jing Wang, Zhe Li, Wei Wang, Md Tauhidul Islam, Xiaoyan Wang, Zhen Han, Zihan Li, Guoxin Li, Yuming Jiang, Taojun Zhang, Wenjun Xiong, Zepang Sun, Lequan Yu, Zhicheng Zhang, Xianqi Yang, Shengtian Sang, Alyssa A Guo

“…An ensemble model, integrating four classifiers: least absolute shrinkage and selection operator, k-nearest neighbors, decision trees, and random forests, was developed and validated using pathomics features, with the objective of predicting the therapeutic efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibition. …”
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Harnessing Human-Centered Design for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions and Implementation Strategies in Community Settings: Protocol for Redesign to Improve Usability, Enga... by Aaron R Lyon, Sean A Munson, Michael D Pullmann, Brittany Mosser, Tricia Aung, John Fortney, Alex Dopp, Katie P Osterhage, Helen G Haile, Kathryn E Bruzios, Brittany E Blanchard, Ryan Allred, Macey R Fuller, Patrick J Raue, Ian Bennett, Jill Locke, Karen Bearss, Denise Walker, Elizabeth Connors, Eric Bruns, Jenna Van Draanen, Doyanne Darnell, Patricia A Areán

“…These resources will contribute to broader discourse on how to enhance implementation of clinical interventions and implementation strategies that integrate HCD and implementation science. …”
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Effectiveness of Electronic Quality Improvement Activities to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in People With Chronic Kidney Disease in General Practice: Cluster Randomized Trial... by Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Barbara Hunter, Natalie Lumsden, Adrian Laughlin, Rita McMorrow, Douglas Boyle, Patty Chondros, Shilpanjali Jesudason, Jan Radford, Megan Prictor, Jon Emery, Paul Amores, An Tran-Duy, Craig Nelson

“… BackgroundFuture Health Today (FHT) is a program integrated with electronic medical record (EMR) systems in general practice and comprises (1) a practice dashboard to identify people at risk of, or with, chronic disease who may benefit from intervention; (2) active clinical decision support (CDS) at the point of care; and (3) quality improvement activities. …”
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Internet-Based Dementia Prevention Intervention (DementiaRisk): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Knowledge Translation by Anthony J Levinson, Stephanie Ayers, Sandra Clark, Rebekah Woodburn, Maureen Dobbins, Dante Duarte, Roland Grad, Nick Kates, Sharon Marr, Doug Oliver, Alexandra Papaioannou, Karen Saperson, Henry Siu, Gillian Strudwick, Richard Sztramko, Sarah Neil-Sztramko

“…ResultsThis study was approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board on August 24, 2022 (project ID 14886) and received funding in February 2023. …”
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In vitro antitumor and immunomodulatory activities of 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives by Héverton Mendes Araújo, Gabriel Acácio de Moura, Yasmim Mendes Rocha, Cristian Vicson Pinheiro Gomes, Valentina Nascimento e Melo de Oliveira, Ronaldo Nascimento de Oliveira, Larissa Deadame de Figueiredo Nicolete, Emanuel Paula Magalhães, Ramon R.P.P.B. de Menezes, Roberto Nicolete

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Economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture production at the crop level by A.Z. Bi, K.B. Umesh, B. Md Abdul, D. Sivakumar, P. Srikanth

“…Economic management, which lowers market risk and stabilizes farm revenue, involves cost analysis, budgeting, and community supported agriculture. The goals of integrated pest management and organic farming are to preserve the sustainable environment, control diseases and pests at the farm level, and use less chemicals overall. …”
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Emergence of mcr-8.1-bearing MDR-hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 by Jie Sheng, Rory Cave, Mary M. Ter-Stepanyan, Siyu Lu, Yingxiong Wang, Taihang Liu, Hermine V. Mkrtchyan

“…All Armenian isolates carried the integrative and conjugative element ICEKp4, which bears the yersiniabactin locus, and shared a common evolutionary origin, diverging around 2005 (95% CI: 1999 to 2011). …”
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Prevalence and determinants of HIV testing-seeking behaviors among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: analysis of the 2022 Demographic and health survey by Jackson Micheal Asingwire, Isaac isiko, Kuli Faith Rombe, Aaron Mwesigwa, Emmanuel Asher Ikwara, Haron Olot, Lenz Nwachinemere Okoro, Manankong Jane Precious Izunwanne, Blessing Onyinyechi Agunwa, Abdul Aziiz Bwana, William Yiga Kalemba, Ebuka Louis Anyamene

“…Raise Awareness and Accessibility of HIV Prevention Tools: Expand education on PrEP and HIV self-test kits to improve familiarity and acceptance, which may empower individuals to proactively seek testing. Integrate Sexual Health Screening into Routine Healthcare: Health facilities should incorporate HIV testing when individuals present with symptoms like genital discharge to improve early detection and intervention.…”
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Determining dry oak lumber consumption for the production of solid edge-glued panels by Volodymyr Mayevskyy, Rostislav Moroz, Serhiy Kopynets, Oleh Ferents, Roman Shchupakivskyy, Yevstakhii Myskiv

“…Determining the yield of billets, the type and amount of waste are significant from the point of view of the integrated use of wood, therefore it is important to study the operational consumption of wood at the technological stages of manufacturing solid edge-glued panels. …”
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