Effectiveness of the self-fatigue assessment in guiding early postoperative ambulation in gynaecological oncology patients: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Bo Chen, Xu Wang, Hong He, Xiaojie Huang, Qian Du, Shaoyong Xu, Xiaomin Qin, Tongting Kang

“…Secondary outcome measures are the time to first bowel movement, the incidence of moderate to severe bloating, the incidence of bowel obstruction or venous thromboembolism, the incidence of adverse events (nausea, vomiting, dizziness), patient satisfaction, sleep quality scores, patient compliance with activities, hospital costs and days in hospital.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Independent Ethics Committee of Xiangyang Central Hospital affiliated with Hubei University of Arts and Sciences and registered with the China Clinical Trials Registry in May 2021. …”
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Tough choices: the experience of family members of critically ill patients participating in ECMO treatment decision-making: a descriptive qualitative study by Xiangying Yang, Yao Lin, Amao Tang, Xiaokang Zeng, Weiying Dai, Qian Zhang, Li Ning

“…Results Eleven family members consented to ECMO treatment, and 8 refused. 4 themes and 10 subthemes emerged: (1) tough choices: the dilemma in the emergency situation, the guilt and remorse after giving up; (2) rationalisation of decision-making: ethics and morality guide decision-making, expected efficacy influences decision making, and past experience promotes decision making; (3) decision-making methods: independent decision-making, group decision-making, decision making based on patient preferences; (4) influencing factors of decision making: information and communication, social support. …”
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The Association of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Gestational Hypertensive Disorders in a Diverse Community-Based Cohort by Diane Schneider, Joel R. Gonzalez, Miya Yamamoto, Jingrong Yang, Joan C. Lo

“…Compared to women without PCOS, women with PCOS are at higher risk for PIH but this association was not independent of weight status.…”
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Comparison of the Effects of Articaine and Lidocaine Anesthetics on Blood Pressure after Maxillary Infiltration Technique: A Triple-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Amirhossein Moaddabi, Parisa Soltani, Maryam Zamanzadeh, Kamran Nosrati, Mojtaba Mollamirzaei, Mariangela Cernera, Gianrico Spagnuolo

“…The data were statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics, Shapiro–Wilks test, Levene test, chi-square test, independent t-test, and paired t-test. Results. The mean systolic blood pressure after anesthetic injection in the articaine and lidocaine groups was 125.00 ± 5.67 and 123.16 ± 6.417 mmHg, respectively, showing no statistically significant difference (p=0.127). …”
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Intertwined depressive and cognitive trajectories and the risk of dementia and death in older adults: a competing risk analysis by Jufen Liu, Ziyang Ren, Yushan Du, Lirong Nie

“…The restricted cubic spline, group-based trajectory modelling and subdistribution hazard regression were used.Results Significant interactions between depressive symptoms and cognitive function in 2010 in their association with new-onset all-cause dementia and AD from 2010 to 2020 were found, especially in women (p for interaction <0.05). Independent trajectory analysis showed that emerging or high (vs no) depressive trajectories and poor or rapidly decreased cognitive trajectories (vs very good) from 1996 to 2010 were at significantly higher risk of subsequent all-cause dementia, AD and all-cause death. 15 joint trajectories of depressive symptoms and cognitive function from 1996 to 2010 were determined, where rapidly decreased cognitive function was more common in those with no depressive symptoms. …”
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Exploring predisposing factors of hearing loss in prematurely born children: A nationwide case-control study by Pei-Chen Tsao, Hung-Chih Lin, Shang-Po Shen, Yu-Chia Chang

“…Congenital CMV infection and recurrent acute otitis were also independent postnatal factors for HL in prematurely born children. …”
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Patients’ Educational Program Could Improve Azathioprine Adherence in Crohn’s Disease Maintenance Therapy by Lei Wang, Rong Fan, Chen Zhang, Liwen Hong, Tianyu Zhang, Zhengting Wang, Jie Zhong

“…Multivariate logistic regression showed that anxiety (OR 6.244, 95% CI 2.563–15.213), depression (OR 3.801, 95% CI 1.281–11.278), and concern belief (OR 19.531, 95% CI 3.393–120.732) were independent risk factors of nonadherence. Necessity belief (OR 0.961, 95% CI 0.925–0.999) and AZA knowledge (OR 0.823, 95% CI 0.758–0.903) were protective factors of adherence. …”
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Relationships between Running Biomechanics, Hip Muscle Strength, and Running-Related Injury in Female Collegiate Cross-country Runners by Elena N. Venable, Lily A. Seynaeve, Scott T. Beale, Albert Gamez Jr., Antoinette Domingo, Michael D. Rosenthal, Mitchell J. Rauh

“…RRI occurrence was obtained via post-season questionnaires. Independent t-tests were used to determine mean differences between injured and non-injured runners for hip abductor muscle strength and selected running kinematics. …”
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Practice on Metered Dose Inhaler Techniques and Its Associated Factors among Asthmatic Patients at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, East Gojjam, Ethiopia: A Prospec... by Tadele Asmare, Anteneh Belayneh, Bekalu Dessie

“…Associations between dependent and independent variables were assessed by using binary and multiple logistic regressions. …”
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Treatment of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Failure of Sorafenib Treatment: Subsequent or Additional Treatment Interventions Contribute to Prolonged Survival Postprogressi... by Masaaki Kondo, Kazushi Numata, Koji Hara, Akito Nozaki, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Makoto Chuma, Shin Maeda, Katsuaki Tanaka

“…The median OS and SPP for patients who failed to respond to sorafenib treatment were 10.5 and 6.2 months, respectively, and the SPP was strongly correlated with the OS (r=0.982, P<0.01, and R2=0.965). The independent predictors of OS and SPP were identical. …”
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Perbedaan Status Gizi, Pola Makan, Riwayat Diare, dan Pengetahuan Gizi Seimbang pada Anak Autisme dan Non-Autisme di Jakarta by Andini Rizky Aulia, Sintha Fransiske Simanungkalit, Firlia Ayu Arini

“…Analisis data menggunakan uji beda rata-rata Independent Sample T-test atau Mann Whitney. Hasil: Hasil menunjukkan perbedaan signifikan pada status gizi TB/U (p-value=0,006), frekuensi konsumsi makanan pokok (p-value=0,018), protein hewani (p-value=0,014), produk olahan susu (p-value=0,001), jumlah konsumsi makanan pokok (p-value=0,016), produk olahan susu (p-value=0,003), asupan lemak (p-value=0,037), asupan serat (p-value=0,033), frekuensi diare (p-value=0,042), dan durasi diare (p-value=0,042). …”
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Management of thyroid tumors diagnosed cytologically as follicular neoplasms in a high-volume center: utility of a scoring system using serum thyroglobulin level, tumor size, ultra... by Yasuhiro Ito, Makoto Kawakami, Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa, Masashi Yamamoto, Minoru Kihara, Naoyoshi Onoda, Akihiro Miya, Akira Miyauchi, Takashi Akamizu

“…The former three were independent predictors of malignancy in the multivariate logistic analysis. …”
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Does the Temperature of the Distension Medium Affect Pain Perception in Patients undergoing Ambulatory Hysteroscopy? by Sai Kalmegh, Meenal Patvekar

“…The Chi-square test was utilised to determine the association between two independent categorical variables. Results: The age of the women ranged from 34 to 53 years, with a mean age of 41.77±6.28 years. …”
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Human phospholipases A2: a functional and evolutionary analysis by I. I. Turnaev, M. E. Bocharnikova, D. A. Afonnikov

“…The remaining PLA2 types (G4, G6, G7, G8, G15 and G16) could be considered evolutionarily independent. Our study has found that the genes most tolerant to PLA2 mutations in humans (G4, G2, and G7 types) belong to the largest number of disease groups.…”
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Decoding the mannose receptor-mAb interaction: the importance of high-mannose N-glycans and glycan-pairing by Julia Baumeister, Maximilian Meudt, Sybille Ebert, Frank Rosenau, Boris Mizaikoff, Michaela Blech, Kristina M. J. Aertker, Fabian Higel

“…The interaction is found to be dependent on high-mannose content, but is independent of the mAb format or sequence. However, different glyco-pairs exhibited varying binding affinities to the MR, with the symmetrical high-mannose glyco-pair showing the strongest binding properties. …”
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Life-history traits, pace of life and dispersal among and within five species of Trichogramma wasps: a comparative analysis by Guicharnaud, Chloé, Groussier, Géraldine, Beranger, Erwan, Lamy, Laurent, Vercken, Elodie, Dahirel, Maxime

“…Major traits defining the life history of organisms are often not independent from each other, with most of their variation aligning along key axes such as the pace-of-life axis. …”
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Pain Associated with Endometriosis. A Review of Quality of Life. Psychological Aspects, Career Development, Sexual Health, and Intimate Partner Relationships by Marlena Zubiak, Martyna Byrska, Hanna Barska-Kobylińska, Sara Langner, Ewa Katarzyna Malaka, Marta Janura, Jagoda Elias, Wiktor Biesiada, Sara Szydłowska, Krzysztof Błaszków

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The Expression of T Cell FOXP3 and T-Bet Is Upregulated in Severe but Not Euthyroid Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by Stana Tokić, Mario Štefanić, Ljubica Glavaš-Obrovac, Sonja Jaman, Eva Novosadová, Jana Petrkova, Zdenka Navratilova, Mirjana Suver Stević, Martin Petrek

“…In summary, severe but not euthyroid HT was associated with robust upregulation of T-bet and FOXP3 mRNA in peripheral T cells, independent of the thyroid hormone status but proportional to disease activity.…”
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Prognostic Value of N1/N2 Neutrophils Heterogeneity and Tertiary Lymphoid Structure in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients by Yanfei Lang, Weiwei Fu, Wei Xu, Chao Ma, Xiuyun Tian, Chunyi Hao, Shigang Ding

“…Both univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that the N1/N2 ratio in peritumoral tissues was an independent prognostic predictor of HCC. Conclusions The N1/N2 ratio of neutrophils and the proportion of SFL‐TLS are considered important prognostic indicators that may reflect the immune microenvironment of HCC patients.…”
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Distress and coping mechanisms among people with diabetes: cross-sectional assessment from an NCD screening clinic of a tertiary care hospital in North India by Madhur Verma, Shivani Sidana, Prakash Kumar, Omna Singh, Vandana Esht, Karthick Balasubramanian, Nitin Kapoor, Rakesh Kakkar, Sanjay Kalra

“…Coping was assessed using a GlucoCoper scale. Independent variables included socio-demographic and clinic history variables. …”
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