Trends and Gaps in Digital Precision Hypertension Management: Scoping Review by Namuun Clifford, Rachel Tunis, Adetimilehin Ariyo, Haoxiang Yu, Hyekyun Rhee, Kavita Radhakrishnan

“…ResultsAfter screening 883 articles, 46 were included; most studies had a precision health focus on personalized digital interventions (34/46, 74%), followed by prediction models (8/46, 17%) and phenotyping (4/46, 9%). …”
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SPEC Process III. Synthesis of a Macroporous Silica-Based Crown Ether-Impregnated Polymeric Composite Modified with 1-Octanol and its Adsorption Capacity for Sr(II) Ions and Some T... by Anyun Zhang, Chunmei Chen, Zhifang Chai, Mikio Kumagai

“…Increasing the HNO 3 concentration from 0.1 M to 2.0 M led to a significant increase in the adsorption of Sr(II), followed by a decrease when the HNO 3 concentration was increased further to 5.0 M. …”
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From across the globe – traumatic injuries are an international concern at the US-Mexico border wall by Allison E Berndtson, Jay Doucet, Todd W Costantini, Laura Haines, Sarah Lagan, Laura Adams, Jarrett Santorelli, Gabriella Waters

“…Most patients (405, 67.8%) were Mexican, followed by 23 (3.9%) patients from Peru, 17 (2.8%) patients from India, 14 (2.3%) patients from El Salvador, 13 (2.2%) patients from Cuba and 12 (2.0%) patients from Jamaica. …”
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Piloting creative engagement strategies to explore themes of parenthood with fathers by Iryna Culpin, Iryna Culpin, Catherine Lamont-Robinson, Mark Billington, Matthew James, James Prewett, Gareth Ward, Mireia Bes Garcia, Giovanni Biglino, Giovanni Biglino

“…Two further shorter sessions followed as fathers' key messages emerged, and the final forms of their own creative expressions crystallised.ResultsThe final pieces included a musical composition around sharing vulnerability as a new father, a word cloud to represent gendered language of parenthood, an animated graphic image representing the bond between father and child, a combination of short poetic stanzas highlighting assumptions around fatherhood, an experiential photographic record of a father and a son in the early years, and a cartoon strip around emotional intelligence in parenting.DiscussionArts-based participatory engagement enabled to capture deep-rooted experiences of being a father in modern society, illuminating common cultural and intergenerational perspectives, while also tapping into unique individual experiences. …”
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Extended Reality Interventions for Health and Procedural Anxiety: Panoramic Meta-Analysis Based on Overviews of Reviews by Tom Arthur, GJ Melendez-Torres, David Harris, Sophie Robinson, Mark Wilson, Sam Vine

“…Furthermore, data were only included from studies that compared intervention outcomes against no-treatment or treatment-as-usual controls. Analyses followed a preregistered, publicly available protocol. …”
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Cross-Platform Ecological Momentary Assessment App (JTrack-EMA+): Development and Usability Study by Mehran Sahandi Far, Jona M Fischer, Svea Senge, Robin Rathmakers, Thomas Meissner, Dominik Schneble, Mamaka Narava, Simon B Eickhoff, Juergen Dukart

“…ResultsWe investigated our platform in a pilot study with 480 days of follow-up to assess participants’ compliance. The 6-month average compliance was 49.3%, significantly declining (P=.004) from 66.7% in the first month to 42% in the sixth month. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Multimodal Psychotherapy Training Program for Medical Students in China: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Tao Pei, Yinan Ding, Jinsong Tang, Yanhui Liao

“…The intervention group received a 2-day multimodal intensive educational intervention (supervision-based online teaching), while the waitlist control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Both groups were followed up for 8 weeks, completing the same survey administered at baseline. …”
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Ecological security driving mechanisms and optimization of zoning in Chinese urban agglomerations: A case study of the central plains urban agglomeration by Jinyuan Zhang, Xuning Qiao, Yongju Yang, Liang Liu, Yalong Li, Shengnan Zhao

“…Spatial disparities in ecological security were relatively small, and counties with lower ecological security levels tended to show greater clustering; (2) The explanatory power of the driving factors is ranked as follows: human factors > natural factors > landscape factors. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Retro-Cavity Preconditioning with or Without Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid on Root Surface pH and Dislodgement Resistance of NeoMTA2 and Mineral Trio... by Sedigheh Khedmat, Seyyed Ali Abaee, Hadi Assadian, Antonio Signore, Stefano Benedicenti

“…In group A, retro-cavities were preconditioned with 2.5% NaOCl, followed by 17% EDTA solution, whereas in group B, preconditioning was performed using 2.5% NaOCl before final irrigation with normal saline. …”
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Evaluation of ecological geological environment carrying capacity and analysis of driving mechanisms based on normal cloud model and geodetector model by Rongkun Dai, Changlai Xiao, Xiujuan Liang, Lin Jia, Yi Jia, Jiarui Yao, Weifei Yang, Jiang Zhang, Linzuo Zhang, Weifeng Li

“…The findings demonstrate that: (1) The overall EGECC in the Luoyang region of the YRB fluctuates upward, with the eastern area displaying more favorable conditions compared to the western region. (2) Over these twenty-two years, the geological environment system experienced initial deterioration followed by improvement, the ecological environment system remained relatively stable, and social and economic development continuously strengthened. (3) Landform types, elevation, human activity impact index, population density, and geological disaster susceptibility are the main driving elements for the assessment of the ecological geological environment system. …”
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Fracture Line Morphology and a Novel Classification of Pilon Fractures by Jichao Liu, Chengdong Piao, Guanlu Cui, Haipeng Sun, Zhengwei Li

“…Three‐column fractures were the most common, followed by two‐column fractures. Using the five‐column classification, the K‐weighted values of interobserver and intraobserver analysis were 0.653 (p < 0.001) and 0.708 (p < 0.001), respectively. …”
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Real-world treatment patterns of patients with acute coronary syndrome based on 15-year data by Inga S. Egorova, Natalia N. Vezikova

“…For ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (STEACS), 2 928 (81.2%) patients had PCI, and 228 (7.8%) patients had thrombolytic therapy followed by PCI. Thrombolysis was performed in 113 (43%) and 150 (57%) patients before and after hospitalization, respectively. …”
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Late-season source limitation practices to cope with climate change: delaying ripening and improving colour of Cabernet-Sauvignon grapes and wine in a hot and arid climate by Luca Pallotti, Guadalupe Partida, Eve Laroche-Pinel, Vania Lanari, Miguel Pedroza, Luca Brillante

“…T was the only treatment that significantly decreased sugar accumulation, followed by P, which showed some effect although not significant. …”
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Molecular Patterns of MEFV Gene Mutations in Egyptian Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Amal R. Mansour, Ayman El-Shayeb, Nihal El Habachi, Mohamad A. Khodair, Doaa Elwazzan, Nermeen Abdeen, Marwa Said, Riham Ebaid, Noha ElShahawy, Amr Seif, Nadia Zaki

“…The most commonly encountered gene mutations in the compound heterozygous groups were E148Q+M694I observed in 20.6% of the patients, followed by M694I+V726A and M6801+V726A found in 18.9% and 11.4 %, respectively. …”
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Patients admitted in an Intensive Care Unit with severe clinical manifestations of Influenza, october-december 2009 by Yenisey Quintero Mendez, Jorge Luis Ulloa Capestani, Rudis Monzón Rodríguez, Francisco García Valdés, Ramón E Álvarez Cepero, Jaime Geroy Gómez, Pablo Rodríguez Díaz, Alfredo Dario Espinosa Brito, Yanli Vázquez Villazón, Diley Moreno Ruiz, Octavio Rivero Rodríguez

“…Among the signs found in the thorax´s radiographies at the moment of admission, it prevailed the pattern of radiopacity diffuse hilar and bilateral parahilar in 31 patients (28,4%), followed by bilateral diffuse opacities toward medial and inferiors lobes in 16 (14,7%), unilateral diffuse radiopacity in 12 (11,0%), increment in the broncovascular network in 13 (11,9%), lobar consolidation in 7 (6,4%) and pleural esfusion in 5 (4,6%). …”
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Evaluasi User Experience Aplikasi “J-KOPI (Jember Kota Pintar)” Menggunakan Metode Survei Dengan User Experience Questionnaire Dan User Interview by Pradiptya Kahvi Sugiharto, Satrio Hadi Wijoyo, Mochamad Chandra Saputra

“…Based on these problems, recommendations for improvement were designed, followed by retesting. The improvement results show that it has succeeded in improving the user experience for all aspects of the UEQ questionnaire and the increase in user experience on the UEQ benchmark for the Attractiveness and Stimulation scales reached the "very good" category. …”
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Childhood body size, adulthood adiposity, underlying mechanisms, and risk of incident hypertension: a prospective cohort study of 180,527 participants by Shujing Ma, Xue Liu, Ruilang Lin, Ye Yao, Min Zhao, Yongfu Yu, Costan G. Magnussen, Bo Xi

“…Results Participants with childhood thinner body size and adulthood obesity had the highest risk of incident hypertension (hazard ratio, HR = 3.09, 95% CI = 2.88–3.32) compared with those with “average → normal” pattern, followed by those with “average → obese” pattern (HR = 2.45, 95% CI = 2.31–2.61) and “plumper → obese” pattern (HR = 2.82, 95% CI = 2.62–3.02). …”
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Age‐related longitudinal change in cardiac structure and function in adults at increased cardiovascular risk by Fei Fei Gong, Jennifer M. Coller, Michele McGrady, Umberto Boffa, Louise Shiel, Danny Liew, Simon Stewart, Alice J. Owen, Henry Krum, Christopher M. Reid, David L. Prior, Duncan J. Campbell

“…Methods and results CVD risk factors were recorded in 3065 participants who underwent a baseline echocardiographic examination, of whom 2358 attended a follow‐up examination 3.8 [median, inter‐quartile range (IQR) 3.5, 4.2] years later. …”
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Genetic determinants of silver nanoparticle resistance and the impact of gamma irradiation on nanoparticle stability by Amira M. Mahfouz, Walaa A. Eraqi, Hala Nour El Din El Hifnawi, Alaa El Din Shawky, Reham Samir, Mohamed A. Ramadan

“…The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of AgNPs against the tested isolates were evaluated using the agar dilution method. This was followed by the induction of bacterial resistance to AgNPs using increasing concentrations of AgNPs. …”
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A pilot study examining Toronto-area family physician perspectives on thyroid neoplasm evaluation by Arjun Kundra, David P. Goldstein, Kimberly Wintemute, Sangeet Ghai, Richard W. Tsang, Karuna Gupta, Donatus R. Mutasingwa, Jeff Weissberger, Ella Huszti, Patrick Brown, Huan Jiang, Anna M. Sawka

“…The demographic characteristics were as follows: 58.6% (34/58) from Markham, 55.2% (32/58) were female, 58.6% (34/58) were in practice > 10 years, and 32.8% (19/58) affiliated with a University. …”
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