Health education based on precede-proceed model in perioperative functional exercise for patients with lung cancer (基于格林模式的健康教育在肺癌患者围手术期功能锻炼中应用)... by CAI Daoling (蔡道玲)

“…Objective To investigate the application effect of health education based on precede-proceed model in perioperative functional exercise for patients with lung cancer. Methods Totally 104 patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic resection for lung cancer were randomly divided into the observation group and control group, with 52 cases in each group. …”
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Needs Assessment and Tailored Training Pilot for Emergency Care Clinicians in the Prehospital Setting in Rwanda by Naz Karim, Jeanne D’Arc Nyinawankusi, Mikaela S. Belsky, Pascal Mugemangango, Zeta Mutabazi, Catalina Gonzalez Marques, Angela Y. Zhang, Janette Baird, Jean Marie Uwitonze, Adam C. Levine

“…In this study we aimed to assess the current state of prehospital care in Kigali, Rwanda, through a needs assessment, focused training intervention, and analysis of current practices and patient outcomes. Methods: We identified 30 clinicians through the prehospital medical command office and included them in the study. …”
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Access to context-specific lexical-semantic information during discourse tasks differentiates speakers with latent aphasia, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitively healthy adult... by Brielle C. Stark, Brielle C. Stark, Sarah Grace Dalton, Alyssa M. Lanzi, Alyssa M. Lanzi

“…Innovatively, it also contrasts the sensitivity with which each task differentiates the groups based on this metric (Aim 2).MethodsTranscribed connected speech data from TalkBank were analyzed for three discourse tasks (i.e., Sandwich Procedure, Cat Rescue Picture Description, and Cinderella Story) from three participant groups [Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) n = 30, stroke-induced latent aphasia n = 29, and Cognitive Healthy Adults (CHA) n = 56]. …”
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on Comparing Transabdominal Preperitoneal Versus Lichtenstein Operations for Primary Inguinal Hernia Repair by Muhammad Aslam Javed, Muhammad Arshad Abbas, Mudassar Murtaza, Wasif Majeed Chaudhry, Adnan Faisal, Muhammad Mohsin Gillani

“…This systematic review and meta-analysis reviewed and compared two widely used surgical techniques: the Trans-abdominal Pre-peritoneal (TAPP) repair, a minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical technique, and the Lichtenstein operation, which is an open repair. Methods: A thorough search was conducted across several databases, including PubMed, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and Web of Science, from 2004 to August 2024. …”
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Double-Blind Clinical Trial of Arginine Supplementation in the Treatment of Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Anaemia by Renata M. N. Eleutério, Francisco O. Nascimento, Tamara G. Araújo, Marilena F. Castro, Tarcísio P. Almeida Filho, Pedro A. Maia Filho, José Eleutério, Darcielle B. D. Elias, Romélia P. G. Lemes

“…The State Blood Centre of Ceará, Brazil. Methods. This was a randomized double-blind clinical study of adults with SCA with continuous use of HU at the State Blood Centre of Ceará. …”
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Spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal cluster detection of malaria incidence in Southwest Ethiopia by Lidetu Demoze, Fetlework Gubena, Eyob Akalewold, Helen Brhan, Tigist Kifle, Gelila Yitageasu

“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess the spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal variation in malaria incidence in the South Omo Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted using 4 years of malaria data from the South Omo Zone District Health Information Software (DHIS). …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding vitamin D among adults in Ghana: a cross-sectional study by Abraham Ameyaw Kwabena, Benedicta Appiah, Samuel Ankomah Danso, Samuel Kwame Sopuruchi Agomuo, Samuel Kwarteng, Ebenezer Senu, Alfred Effah, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo

“…We investigated vitamin D awareness, knowledge and its associated factors in the Ghanaian population. Methods This cross-sectional study involved 515 adults from Jaman South Municipal between January and June 2024. …”
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The prevalence and distribution of malaria in Mpumalanga Province before and during COVID-19 (2017 - 2022) by I Kleinhans, S Mahanjana, F Els, M Mabona, L A Pitso, G Malatje, G Kok, J Raman

“…To describe the trends and distribution of malaria before and during the pandemic and its associated lockdown strategies in one of the country’s malaria-endemic provinces, Mpumalanga Province. Method. A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted using Mpumalanga provincial malaria case data extracted from the provincial District Health Information System 2. …”
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circASAP1 induces renal clear cell carcinoma ferroptosis by binding to HNRNPC and thereby regulating GPX4 by Yunfei Wang, Taowei Yang, Qihao Li, Zhousan Zheng, Lican Liao, Junjie Cen, Wei Chen, Junhang Luo, Yi Xu, Mi Zhou, Jiaxing Zhang

“…Recent research has shown that high expression of circular non-coding RNA (circRNA) is associated with poor prognosis in patients with renal clear cell carcinoma (ccRCC), however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Methods After analysing self-sequenced renal cancer and paracancer circRNA sequencing data and comparing it with the GEO public database, we discovered that circASAP1 expression was significantly up-regulated in renal cancers. …”
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Interventions for Digital Addiction: Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses by Peng Lu, Jiamin Qiu, Shiqi Huang, Xinman Wang, Shasha Han, Sui Zhu, Youjing Ning, Fang-fang Zeng, Yuan Yuan

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to summarize and assess the certainty of evidence of interventions proposed to decrease digital addiction from published meta-analyses. MethodsAn umbrella review of published meta-analyses was performed. …”
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What activities do patients hope to perform following anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty but are unable to? Looking beyond patient-reported outcome measures by Alexander E. White, MD, Nicolas Pascual-Leone, MD, Anthony Finocchiaro, BS, Christopher M. Brusalis, MD, David M. Dines, MD, Joshua S. Dines, MD, Andreas Kontaxis, PhD, Samuel A. Taylor, MD, Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD, Michael C. Fu, MD, MHS

“…The purpose of the present study was to identify specific activities, sports, and/or hobbies that patients wish they could perform but are unable to following aTSA at a minimum of 2 years postoperatively. Methods: Patients who underwent primary aTSA, with a primary diagnosis of glenohumeral osteoarthritis between February 1, 2016 and January 1, 2021, were identified using an institutional clinical registry. …”
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Validation of the Polish version of the Functional Oral Intake Scale against flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing and the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initi... by Magdalena Milewska, Barbara Jamroz, Mariusz Panczyk, Joanna Chmielewska-Walczak, Tomasz Czernicki, Marta Dabrowska-Bender, Marcin Folwarski, Marcin Folwarski, Dorota Szostak-Wegierek

“…Despite its frequent use, a validated version for the Polish population has been lacking.MethodsThis study aimed to validate the Polish adaptation of FOIS (FOIS-PL) by examining its concordance with Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) outcomes and the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative Functional Diet Scale (IDDSI-FDS) scores across patients with diverse clinical profiles. …”
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Analisis Dampak Kabut Asap dari Kebakaran Hutan dan Lahan dengan Pendekatan Text Mining by Zuliar Efendi, Imas Sukaesih Sitanggang, Lailan Syaufina

“…This study aims to see the relation between conversations on social media Twitter and the occurrence of haze that arises from forest and land fires. The method used is a text mining technique that uses a clustering algorithm. …”
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Prognostic factors for transplant-free survival in patients with secondary sclerosing cholangitis associated with critical illness by Christoph Schramm, Hartmut Schmidt, Christian Gerges, Alisan Kahraman, Christian M Lange, Jassin Rashidi-Alavijeh, Katharina Willuweit, Georgios Konstantis, Dorsa Ghaffar Loy Moghadam, Alexandra Frey, Nargiz Nuruzade, Moritz Passenberg

“…The primary aim of this study was to identify factors associated with transplant-free survival in SSC-CIP patients using readily available data.Methods A cohort of 47 patients diagnosed with SSC-CIP was retrospectively analysed for clinical, biochemical and endoscopic variables. …”
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Efficacy of Aeromonas hydrophila formalin-killed cells and lipopolysaccharides vaccines in maternal immunity of tilapia broodstock and the offspring resistance by Rahma Mulyani, Sukenda Sukenda, Sri Nuryati

“…Secondly, the offsprings from both the vaccinated and non‒vaccinated broodstock were vaccinated with the same vaccine for broodstock by immersion method. After vaccination, the offsprings were challenged with pathogenic A. hydrophila. …”
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Hubungan Derajat Merokok Berdasarkan Indeks Brinkman dengan Kadar Hemoglobin by Rizky Amelia, Ellyza Nasrul, Masrul Basyar

“…The data degree of smoking got by interview and hemoglobin levels checked by using cyanmethemoglobin method. The relationship between the degree of smoking </em><em>and</em><em> hemoglobin levels used Anova statistical test, with p value &lt;0.05.The result show that average smoking duration is 19.65 ± 10.95 years and the average of cigarrete that they smoke in a day </em><em>wa</em><em>s 19.28 ± 11.88 stems. …”
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A Mobile App for Promoting Breastfeeding-Friendly Communities in Hong Kong: Design and Development Study by Heidi Sze Lok Fan, Emily Tsz Yan Leung, Ka Wing Lau, Janet Yuen Ha Wong, Edmond Pui Hang Choi, Christine Lam, Marie Tarrant, Hextan Yuen Sheung Ngan, Patrick Ip, Chia Chin Lin, Kris Yuet Wan Lok

“…ObjectiveThe objective of this paper was to describe the development of a breastfeeding-friendly app called “bfGPS” (HKU TALIC), which provides comprehensive territory-wide information on breastfeeding facilities in Hong Kong, with the goal of fostering a breastfeeding-friendly community. MethodsThe development of bfGPS can be categorized into three phases, which are (1) planning, prototype development, and preimplementation evaluation; (2) implementation and updates; and (3) usability evaluation. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among healthcare workers in the Ekurhuleni District, South Africa by E Mahlare, E Ramutshila, A Musekiwa, L Kuonza, T Mabuto

“…To understand knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) of healthcare workers responsible for generating demand for HIV PrEP services, or identifying clients eligible for HIV PrEP services in PHCs in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional interviewer-administered survey among healthcare workers from 45 randomly selected PHCs in Ekurhuleni District. …”
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Work-related burnout and its associated factors among kindergarten teachers: a multi-center cross-sectional study in Ethiopia by Anmut Endalkachew Bezie, Girum Tareke Zewude, Amensisa Hailu Tesfaye, Amensisa Hailu Tesfaye, Asmare Asrat Yirdaw, Alebachew Bitew Abie, Giziew Abere

“…Therefore, this study aimed to investigate work-related burnout prevalence and associated factors among kindergarten teachers in Dessie City, Northeast Ethiopia.MethodsAn institution-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in March and April of 2024. …”
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Retinal vascular geometry and its association to silent brain infarction by Jing Wang, Tingli Chen, Jing Wang, Xiyun Bian, Xiaowei Zhang, Xiaolong Yang, Xing Qi, Yihan Li, Haixia Huang, Qian Qian, Fei Yuan

“…Abstract Objective To examine the relationship between retinal vascular geometry and silent brain infarction (SBI) in the Chinese population. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study that retrospectively analyzed the fundus photographs, MRI and other clinical data of 227 SBIs and 227 controls who visited Shanghai Health And Medical Center for physical examination. …”
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