Association between frailty, as measured by the FRAIL scale, and 1-year mortality in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery by Shaohua Xi, Zhibin Wu, Jian Cui, Suran Yin, Shaozhi Xi, Chaoyang Liu

“…Methods This retrospective analysis included 194 older patients (aged ≥ 75 years) with hip fractures who underwent surgical treatment in our departments from January 2019 to December 2022. …”
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Changing trends from inguinal radical orchiectomy to testis-sparing surgery in pediatric testicular tumors by Özlem Balcı, Aslı Nur Abay, Şule Yeşil, İbrahim Karaman, İsmet Faruk Özgüner, Burçak Kurucu, Derya Erdoğan, Gürses Şahin, Ayşe Karaman

“…Results A total of 47 children were identified. The median age was 6.2 years. Twenty-eight (59.6%) patients had left, 14 (29.8%) right, and 5 (10.6%) bilateral testicular tumors. …”
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Growth resilience of Pinus latteri to extreme drought events across aridity gradients in southern Laos by Dao-Xiong Gao, Nakhonekham Xaybouangeun, Zaw Zaw, Rao-Qiong Yang, Ze-Xin Fan

“…The relationship between tree resistance and recovery demonstrated a closer fit to the theoretical “line of full resilience” at the MM and TX sites, highlighting a higher recovery potential for P. latteri in these environments. Trees with larger age and size exhibited higher resistance to drought stress, especially under better pre-drought moisture conditions. …”
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Adverse events and overall health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination: interim results from the VAC4COVID cohort safety study by Thomas M MacDonald, Andrew Duncan, Amy Rogers, Greg Guthrie, Alex Doney, Steve Morant, Isla Mackenzie, Evelien Rooke, Rebecca Barr, Filippo Pigazzani, Krists Zutis

“…Objectives To describe the incidence of adverse events (AEs), reactogenicity symptoms, menstrual changes and overall self-rated improvement in health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination.Design VAC4COVID is an ongoing prospective, active observational, post-authorisation cohort safety study (PASS) of UK-approved vaccines for COVID-19 disease.Setting The study is conducted through a secure website (www.vac4covid.com) by MEMO Research, University of Dundee, UK.Participants 16 265 adult (18 years or older) UK residents with a valid email address and internet access.Interventions Any UK-authorised COVID-19 vaccination.Main outcome measures The outcomes reported in this interim analysis include AEs, reactogenicity-type AEs (headache, fatigue, muscle or joint pain, fever, nausea, dizziness or local vaccine reaction), menstrual changes and reported improvement in overall health and well-being.Results 11 475 consented participants (mean age 54.8 years) provided follow-up data between 2 February and 5 October 2021 (mean follow-up duration 184 days), by which date 89.2% of participants had received two vaccine doses. 89.8% of 5222 participants who completed a follow-up questionnaire in the 7 days after any COVID-19 vaccination reported no AEs. …”
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Evaluation of double-balloon enteroscopy in the management of type 1 small bowel vascular lesions (angioectasia): a retrospective cohort study by Suleyman Dolu, Mehmet Emin Arayici, Soner Onem, Ilker Buyuktorun, Huseyin Dongelli, Goksel Bengi, Mesut Akarsu

“…Results A total of 67 patients (mean age 68.1 ± 8.9 years; 44 males) with SBVL, angioectasia was diagnosed in 62 (92.5%) patients, dieulafoy lesion in 1 (1.5%) patient, and arteriovenous malformation in 4 (6%) patients. …”
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Altered Brain Activation in Early Drug-Naive Parkinson’s Disease during Heat Pain Stimuli: An fMRI Study by Ying Tan, Juan Tan, Cheng Luo, Wenjuan Cui, Hui He, Yi Bin, Jiayan Deng, Rui Tan, Wenrong Tan, Tao Liu, Nanlin Zeng, Ruhui Xiao, Dezhong Yao, Xiaoming Wang

“…The activation patterns of contact heat stimuli (51°C) were assessed in 14 patients and 17 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Patients with PD showed significant decreases in activation of the superior temporal gyrus (STG) and insula compared with controls. …”
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Impact of Irrigation Regimes on Growth and Postharvest Quality of Pomegranates (Punica granatum L.) under Conditions of Newly Reclaimed Land by Magdi A.A. Mousa, Adel D. Al-Qurashi, Omer H.M. Ibrahim, Kamal A.M. Abo-Elyousr, Ahmed M.K. Abdel Aal, Abdel-Fattah M. El-Salhy, Tarek K.H. El-Bolok, Mohamed A.H. Ali, Esmat F. Ali, Eman A.A. Abou-Zaid

“…Eighteen trees with comparable strength and growth were chosen, free of elemental deficiency signs, planted at 3.5 × 3.5 m, with an age of 8 years. Three irrigation levels 50%, 75%, and 100% of the pomegranate tree’s water standard were applied. …”
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Evaluating a targeted selective speech, language, and communication intervention at scale – Protocol for the Happy Talk cluster randomised controlled trial. [version 2; peer review... by Pauline Frizelle, Darren Dahly, Aoife O'Shea, Aileen Murphy, Cristina McKean

“…Background In areas of social disadvantage up to 40–50% of children enter preschool with speech and language skills significantly poorer than would be expected for their age. The Happy Talk trial tests if a community embedded, targeted selective speech and language programme that simultaneously engages with parents and early childhood educators, (1) improves language outcomes in children aged between 2 years 10 months and 6 years and (2) is cost effective for the health care system. …”
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Pooled safety analysis of two phase 3 studies investigating trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer by Julien Taieb, Marwan Fakih, Gabor Liposits, Gerald W. Prager, Eric Van Cutsem, Fortunato Ciardiello, Nadia Amellal, Elizabeth Calleja, Mei Liu, Lucas Roby, Josep Tabernero, Thierry André

“…Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were analyzed by age and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS).ResultsThe pooled safety population comprised 669 patients (SOLSTICE, n = 423; and SUNLIGHT, n = 246). …”
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Effect of dry needling, ischemic compression and cross-taping of the masseter in patients with orofacial myofascial pain: a randomized comparative study by B. Macedo de Sousa, N. López-Valverde, N. López-Valverde, A. López-Valverde, A. López-Valverde, D. Neves, M. Santos, J. A. Blanco Rueda, J. A. Blanco Rueda

“…The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of three therapeutic methods (dry needling, ischemic compression and cross-taping) in reducing or relieving masseter pain in individuals with orofacial myofascial pain.Materials and methodsA multicenter randomized comparative clinical trial was conducted in 60 subjects over 18 years of age, divided into three groups: dry needling, ischemic compression and cross-taping. …”
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Analysis of ICIs alone or in combination rechallenged outcomes after progression from first-line ICIs plus chemotherapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Guisen Yin, Xin Liu, Xiangtao Yu, Song Tan, Fen Liu

“…Multivariate analysis showed that treatment regimen was a risk factor for immune rechallenge PFS, but there was no statistical correlation between gender, age, smoking history, pathological type, intermittent treatment or first-line drug resistance and immune rechallenge PFS. …”
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Introduction of the single-lumen oocyte retrieval needle in an assisted reproductive technology center: Propensity score matching analysis of grouping by Tian-Jeau Huang, Hsiao-Chin Huang, Horng-Der Tsai, Chew-Teng Kor, Chueh-Ko Yang, Hsin-Hung Wu

“…Pairwise comparisons were conducted through propensity score matching analysis at a 1:3 ratio according to patients’ age, anti-Müllerian hormone levels, and body weight. …”
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Assessing the Impact of a Virtual Reality Cognitive Intervention on Tennis Performance in Junior Tennis Players: Pilot Study by Joaquin A Anguera, Aleem Choudhry, Michael Seaman, Dominick Fedele

“…MethodsData were collected from a cohort of tennis players in a randomized controlled trial design led by the dedicated research team. Participants (N=23, age: mean 14.8, SD 2.4 years) from the Czech Lawn Tenis Klub (Prague, Czech Republic) were invited to participate in this study. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of HIV-Positive Adolescents Related to HIV/AIDS Prevention in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) by Azagoh-Kouadio Richard, Yeboua Kossonou Roland, Yao Kouassi Christian, Kouassi-Kouadio Amenan Cécile, Aholi Jean Michel, Cissé Lacina, Asse Kouadio Vincent

“…Fifty adolescents (22 boys and 28 girls) participated in the study, a participation rate of 24%. The average age of the participants was 16 years (extreme 10 and 19 years). …”
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Prediction of OCT contours of short-term response to anti-VEGF treatment for diabetic macular edema using generative adversarial networks by Xueying Yang, Fabao Xu, Han Yu, Zhongwen Li, Xuechen Yu, Zhiwen Li, Li Zhang, Jie Liu, Shaopeng Wang, Shaopeng Liu, Jiaming Hong, Jianqiao Li

“…Diabetic macular edema (DME) stands as a leading cause for vision loss among the working-age population. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents are currently recognized as the first-line treatment. …”
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Pica practices, anemia, and oral health outcomes: a systemic review by Brenda A. Z. Abu, Abigail Morrissey, Yan Wu, Daniel A. Castillo, Rachel Becker, TongTong Wu, Kevin Fiscella, Steven Gill, Jin Xiao

“…Furthermore, 81% of the papers reported the co-occurrence of pica with anemia and 15 papers reported a significant association (p < 0.05) between pica and low hemoglobin levels ranging from < 12.0 to 2.7g/dL among all age groups, including among pregnant and postpartum women. …”
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Association Between Artificial Liver Support System and Prognosis in Hepatitis B Virus-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure by Cui K, Liu CH, Teng X, Chen F, Xu Y, Zhou S, Yang Q, Du L, Ma Y, Bai L

“…Subgroup analyses were conducted to test the robustness of the results.Results: A total of 589 hBV-ACLF patients were enrolled in this study (median age, 48.00 years [IQR,44.00– 55.00 years]; 70 [11.9%] female). …”
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Manufacturing high-performance flexible sensors via advanced patterning techniques by Xiaokun Qin, Bowen Zhong, Hao Xu, Joshua A Jackman, Kaichen Xu, Nam-Joon Cho, Zheng Lou, Lili Wang

“…Sensors play an important role in information perception during the age of intelligence, particularly in areas such as environmental monitoring and human perception. …”
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Individual-level and community-level factors associated with the family planning use among pastoralist community of Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Mussie Alemayehu, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Elizabeth Reed, Afework Mulugeta

“…The result was described using the Adjusted OR (AOR), and the variance partition coefficient.Setting and participants Afar, Ethiopia (2018; n=891) married women of reproductive age (15–49) years.Primary outcome measures FP use or non-use.Results The current use of FP was 18.7% (16.31%–21.43%). …”
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Perceived wildfire risk and past experiences with wildfire smoke influence public support for prescribed burning in the western conterminous United States by Christopher J Rogers, Celeste Beck, Rima Habre, Jo Kay Ghosh

“…In weighted logistic regression models, we evaluated associations between predictor variables (past experiences with smoke, wildfire risk perception) and support for prescribed burns in general or near a respondent’s neighborhood, adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, gender, education, household income, and wildland urban interface status. …”
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