Effects of group communication norms on daily steps in a team-based financial incentive mobile phone intervention in Shanghai, China by Yingnan Jia, Yingcheng Xiao, Hao Chen, Klaus Gebel, Chengshu Li, Shuangyuan Sun, Qinping Yang, Siyuan Wang, Li Zhang, Jing Wang, Minna Cheng, Dantong Gu, Yan Shi, Ding Ding

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect on daily steps of a team-based social norms-related intervention using a mobile application. Methods The 13-week quasi-experimental study was conducted in Shanghai, China, from September to November 2019, involving 2,985 employees from 32 worksites. …”
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Effect of peer support nursing on improvement of caregiver preparedness for care of low anal fistula in infants (同伴支持式护理提升婴儿低位肛瘘照顾者准备度的研究)... by GUO Yufan (郭雨凡), WANG Yanmei (王晏美), LI Jianan (李佳楠), LAI Lixia (来丽霞), WANG Yanzhi (王艳芝)

“…Objective To investigate the effect of peer support nursing on caregiver preparedness for care of low anal fistula in infants. Methods A prospective, randomized, single-blind control study was conducted, and 60 cases of infants with anal fistula were included and randomly divided into two groups. …”
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Attitudes Toward Psychotherapeutic Treatment and Health Literacy in a Large Sample of the General Population in Germany: Cross-Sectional Study by Rebekka Schröder, Tim Hamer, Ralf Suhr, Lars König

“…Additionally, associations between sociodemographic factors, experience with psychotherapy, and attitudes toward psychotherapy were explored. MethodsA random sample was drawn from a panel representative of the German-speaking population with internet access in Germany and invited to participate in the study via email. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Cerium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Peritonitis in Rats Induced by Staphylococcus epidermidis Infection by Yan Li, Hongmei Sun, Zhiqi Yin, Xuexi Guo, Jun Yan

“…To investigate the effects of cerium dioxide (CeO2) nanoparticles on the inflammatory response of peritonitis rats induced by Staphylococcus epidermidis infection. Methods. Green tea polyphenol CeO2 nanoparticles were synthesized and characterized by transmission microscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, FT-IR, and powder diffractometer. 40 male adult SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups (n = 10 each): a control group, a model group, a CeO2 group, and a CeO2 + model group. …”
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Evaluation of scenario-based storytelling therapyas an intervention for cognitive impairment after ischemic stroke (情境故事疗法对缺血性卒中后认知功能损害的干预效果评价)... by XIA Yanli (夏艳丽), LI Qianqian (李迁迁), WANG Juan (王娟)

“…Objective To explore and evaluate the scenario-based storytelling therapy as an intervention on cognitive impairment after ischemic stroke. Methods Totally 64 patients with cognitive impairment after acute ischemic stroke were randomly divided into control group (n=31, and 1 case lost to follow-up) and intervention group (n=32 ) , the patients in the two groups were treated with basic treatment such as hypertension management, blood lipid regulation and healthy lifestyle intervention. …”
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The Combined Effect of Multisensory Stimulation and Therapist Support on Physical and Mental Health of Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Sewar Khatib, Yuval Palgi, Yoni K Ashar, Natalya Polyvyannaya, Pavel Goldstein

“…ObjectiveThis randomized controlled trial examines the specific and combined effects of brief SS and TS interventions on older adults’ physical and mental health and pain intensity levels, among individuals living in nursing homes. MethodsA total of 96 patients aged 65-99 years from a nursing home were randomly assigned to 3 groups: SS, TS, and combined SS+TS interventions, each delivered as four 20-minute sessions. …”
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Persistent organochlorine pesticides and cardiometabolic outcomes among middle-aged Latina women in a California agricultural community: The CHAMACOS Maternal Cognition Study by Marcella Warner, Stephen Rauch, Brenda Eskenazi, Lucia Calderon, Robert B. Gunier, Katherine Kogut, Nina Holland, Weihong Guo, Julianna Deardorff, Jacqueline M. Torres

“…We examined the relationship between serum concentrations of persistent organochlorine pesticides and biologic markers of inflammation and cardiometabolic disease, measured over a decade later, in a cohort of middle-aged and primarily immigrant Latina women living in an underserved agricultural community in California. Material and methods: We used data from the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas-Maternal Cognition Study (CHAMACOS-MCS). …”
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gp91phox, a Novel Biomarker Evaluating Oxidative Stress, Is Elevated in Subclinical Hypothyroidism by Xiaochun Ma, Furong Wang, Xiaowen Zhen, Lifang Zhao, Li Fang, Zhenfang Dong, Wenbin Chen, Xiaoming Zhou

“…And the relationship among gp91phox, low-density lipoprotein-C (LDL-C), and TSH was also investigated. Methods. A total of 51 subjects were enrolled and categorized into four groups: the healthy controls subjects (n = 13), controls with high level of LDL-C alone (n = 12), SH with normal level of LDL-C (n = 11), and SH with high level of LDL-C (n = 15). …”
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Morphological and functional retinal changes in postoperative hypotony by V.P. Erichev, A.A. Antonov, A.A. Vitkov, E.A. Ragozina, A.V. Volzhanin

“…</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Patients and Methods: </b>the study enrolled 35 patients (35 eyes) with uncontrolled glaucoma stages II and III in whom the intraocular pressure (IOP) level was less than 10 mm Hg after NPDS. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Low-Dose Water-Dispersible Turmeric Extract in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial by Thanawala S, Shah R, Alluri KV, Bhupathiraju K, Prasad N, Agarwal Y

“…This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of a novel low-dose water-dispersible turmeric extract containing 60% natural curcuminoids (WDTE60N) in participants with mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis.Patients and Methods: This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted at two orthopedic centers in Uttar Pradesh, India (July 2023–November 2023). …”
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Application of psychological intervention combined with wet compress of Traditional Chinese Medicine in nursing of patients with diabetic foot ulcer (心理干预联合中药塌渍技术在糖尿病足溃疡护理中的应用)... by WANG Xiuyan (王秀燕), CAO Hongjing (曹红京), LI Ning (李宁), LI Yueru (李月茹), LI Jing (李静), YANG Kun (杨坤), LI Lin (李林), TANG Hong (汤虹)

“…Objective To evaluate the psychological intervention combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine Ta stain therapy in nursing of patients with diabetic foot ulcer. Methods Totally 64 patients with diabetic foot ulcer were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group, with 32 cases in each group. …”
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MSC-exosomes pretreated by Danshensu extracts pretreating to target the hsa-miR-27a-5p and STAT3-SHANK2 to enhanced antifibrotic therapy by Jiabin Liang, Jingxiu Zhao, Lin Yang, Qian Wang, Jing Liao, Jianhao Li, Weizhao Zhuang, Fanghong Li, Jinxian He, Yukuan Tang, Hanwei Chen, Chen Huang

“…This study aims to investigate a novel strategy to enhance the therapeutic efficacy against PF by DSS preconditioning MSCs-derived exosomes (DSS-Exo). Methods The in vitro studies included the effects of DSS duration on MSCs, and the characterization of DSS-Exo and Exo, followed by the assessment of RNA and protein expression levels of peritoneal fibrosis markers and inflammatory cytokines levels after treating human peritoneal mesothelial (HMrSV5) cells. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing under the theory of symptom management on the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with gynecological tu... by WEI Xiaolin (魏小林), LIU Dan (刘丹), XU Xuewen (徐雪雯), LIU Hui (刘慧)

“…Objective To explore the effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing under the theory of symptom management on the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with gynecological tumor. Methods From March 2023 to March 2024, 60 patients with gynecological tumor undergoing chemotherapy were selected as the research objects, and they were randomly divided in to the study group (n=30) and control group (n=30). …”
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Global, regional and national burden due to retinoblastoma in children aged younger than 10 years from 1990 to 2021 by Cong Li, Lijun Zhang, Jie Zhang, Jinghua Jiao, Guangyao Hua, Yan Wang, Xue He, Chingyu Cheng, Honghua Yu, Xiaohong Yang, Lei Liu

“…It aims to inform health policy, resource allocation, and RB combat strategies. Methods Data were retrieved from newly released Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. …”
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The Effect of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor on Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Engraftment in Rat Fibrotic Liver upon Transplantation by Ke Yuan, Chunyou Lai, Lingling Wei, Tianhang Feng, Qinyan Yang, Tianying Zhang, Tao Lan, Yutong Yao, Guangming Xiang, Xiaolun Huang

“…Thus, we investigated whether the use of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can increase the number of stem cell transplants and improve the efficacy of stem cell transplantation therapy. Methods. Using a Sprague-Dawley rat liver fibrosis model, we transplanted into fibrosis liver allograft bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) which were labelled with chlormethylbenzamido-1,1-dioctadecyl-3,3,3′3′-tetramethylin-docarbocyamine (CM-DiI) or injected VEGF adenovirus solution through the tail vein or conducted the above two operations simultaneously. …”
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Extracellular HMGB1 blockade inhibits tumor growth through profoundly remodeling immune microenvironment and enhances checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy by Coraline Radermecker, Pascale Hubert, Patrick Roncarati, Stephanie Demoulin, Charlotte Pilard, Marie Ancion, Celia Reynders, Thomas Lerho, Diane Bruyere, Alizee Lebeau, Margot Meunier, Marie-Julie Nokin, Elodie Hendrick, Olivier Peulen, Philippe Delvenne, Michael Herfs

“…Regarding its role in cancer development/progression, paradoxical results exist in the literature and it is still unclear whether HMGB1 mainly acts as an oncogene or a tumor suppressor.Methods HMGB1 expression was first assessed in tissue specimens (n=359) of invasive breast, lung and cervical cancer and the two distinct staining patterns detected (nuclear vs cytoplasmic) were correlated to the secretion profile of malignant cells, patient outcomes and the presence of infiltrating immune cells within tumor microenvironment. …”
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Is there a difference in bony stability at three months postoperatively between opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy and opening-wedge distal tuberosity osteotomy? by Suguru Koyama, Keiji Tensho, Kazushige Yoshida, Hiroki Shimodaira, Daiki Kumaki, Yusuke Maezumi, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Jun Takahashi

“…Objective: To compare the initial postoperative stability of opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) and opening-wedge distal tuberosity osteotomy (DTO) and investigate the factors that influence initial stability. Methods: Patients with the same operative indications who underwent HTO (n = 51) and DTO (n = 55) were included. …”
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Evaluation of Modified Frailty Index-5 as a Predictor of 60-day Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality in Geriatric Patients Presenting for Orthopaedic Surgery: A Prospective Cohort... by Aparna Ashay Nerurkar, Amreen Fatima

“…Aim: To evaluate the modified 5-item Frailty Index (mFI-5) as a predictor of anaesthetic and surgical complications up to 60 days in geriatric patients presenting for orthopaedic surgery. Materials and Methods: The prospective cohort study was conducted at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, from December 2019 to December 2020. …”
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Development of a Russian version of the Minnesota low vision reading chart by I.R. Stepanets, A.N. Kulikov, S.A. Koskin, D.I. Zhilchuk

“…</p> <p> <b>Patients and Methods:</b> sixty sentences were composed using the most common words selected from the frequency dictionary and the school curriculum of 1^st — 4^th grades. …”
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Five-Year Prospective Follow-Up of Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents by Zhang Y, Xia H, Fan L, Jiang L, Yang B, Wang F

“…Yaping Zhang,1,2,&ast; Huan Xia,3,&ast; Luchang Fan,1 Lu Jiang,4 Bin Yang,2 Fengmei Wang4,5 1The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300170, People’s Republic of China; 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Extracorporeal Life Support for Critical Diseases, Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Nankai University Affiliated Third Central Hospital, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Tianjin Second People’s Hospital, Tianjin, 300192, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, 300192, People’s Republic of China; 5Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Cancer, Tianjin First Central Hospitial, Tianjin, 300192, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fengmei Wang; Bin Yang, Email wangfengmeitj@126.com; bioyang@126.comPurpose: The research intended to present prospective data on the long-term prognosis of individuals with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who received direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA) treatment.Patients and Methods: Patients who received DAA treatment at Tianjin Third Central Hospital and Tianjin Second People’s Hospital were prospectively enrolled and subsequently underwent a longitudinal follow-up. …”
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