Understanding the Impact of Urinary Incontinence in Persons with Dementia: Development of an Interdisciplinary Service Model by Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Elizabeth Coulthard, Elizabeth Mallam, Hilary Archer, Marcus J. Drake

“…Care partners were concerned about loss of independence and early nursing home admission. Awareness of bladder and bowel services should be increased.…”
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Serum Calprotectin Level as an Inflammatory Marker in Newly Diagnosed Hypertensive Patients by Nergiz Bayrakci, Gülsüm Ozkan, Sonat Pinar Kara, Ahsen Yilmaz, Savas Guzel

“…A lower serum calprotectin level was found to be independently related to hypertension (β = −0.009, p=0.005). …”
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Association between Serum Uric Acid to HDL-Cholesterol Ratio and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Lean Chinese Adults by Ya-Nan Zhang, Qin-Qiu Wang, Yi-Shu Chen, Chao Shen, Cheng-Fu Xu

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that UHR was independently associated with an increased risk of NAFLD (odds ratio: 1.105; 95% CI: 1.076–1.134; P<0.001). …”
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Identification and ranking of disadvantages of coopetition strategy in the healthcare supply chain: the mix of the thematic analysis and ordinal priority approach by Esmaeil Mazroui Nasrabadi, Zahra Sadeqi-Arani, Abolfazl Sadeqi-Arani

“…The statistical population was the health supply chain experts of Kashan, Aran and Bidgol cities.Findings: The results show 13 disadvantages under the title of loss of independence in decision-making, loss of opportunity to cooperate with others, increasing transaction cost, severe conflicts and patient delays, danger of losing control over resources, asymmetric access to resources, unethical partner behavior, profit disproportion, distortion of brand image due to conflict with competitors, information leakage, prioritizing your patients, risk of sending patients to others treatment places and fluctuations in positions and government decisions. …”
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Comparison of efficacy of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block versus thoracolumbar interfascial plane block in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgeries: A systematic rev... by Siddhavivek Majage, Rajathadri Hosur Ravikumar, Mrudula Prasanna, M Chandramouli, Priyankar Kumar Datta, Dalim Kumar Baidya

“…Two authors extracted data independently, cross-checked, and analysed them using RevMan 5.4. …”
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Development of an advanced multimode refractive index plasmonic optical sensor utilizing split ring resonators for brain cancer cell detection by Ali Khodaie, Hamid Heidarzadeh, Farrokhfar Valizadeh Harzand

“…The results indicate that the proposed sensor operates effectively across a range of temperatures and angles of radiant light, demonstrating its independence from these variables. This reliability in performance underscores its potential for use in diverse environments, making it a dependable tool for detecting biological samples, including brain cancer cells, irrespective of external conditions.…”
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The Prevalence of Weak Handgrip Strength in Ambulatory Oncology Patients and its Relationship with Quality of Life by Niamh O'Callaghan, Aoibheann O Sullivan, Catherine McHugh, Laura Keaver

“…Dynapenia (weak strength) is independently associated with loss of physical functionality, quality of life (QoL) characteristics and reduced survival. …”
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Psycho-social factors associated with type two diabetes remission through lifestyle intervention: A scoping review. by Kathy J Hart, Andrew Kubilius, Martin Clark

“…Screening and data extraction was performed independently by two reviewers using prespecified criteria.…”
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Development and validation of risk models to predict chronic kidney disease among people living with HIV: protocol for a systematic review by A P Kengne, Adesola Z Musa, Babatunde L Salako, Nasheeta Peer, Oluwatosin Olaseni Odubela, Nkiruka Odunukwe

“…Title and abstract screening, full-text review and data extraction will be completed independently by two reviewers. Using appropriate tools designed for predictive modelling investigations, the included papers will be rigorously assessed for bias and applicability. …”
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Epstein Barr Virus Reactivation during COVID-19 Hospitalization Significantly Increased Mortality/Death in SARS-CoV-2(+)/EBV(+) than SARS-CoV-2(+)/EBV(−) Patients: A Comparative Me... by Sivananthan Manoharan, Lee Ying Ying

“…Six databases and three non‐databases were thoroughly searched, independently. The articles related to non‐human study (abstract, in vitro, in vivo, in silico, case study, poster, and review articles) were excluded for main analysis. …”
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Experiences of general practitioners explaining central sensitisation to patients with persistent physical symptoms: a focus group study by Henriëtte E van der Horst, Johannes C van der Wouden, Berend Terluin, Annette H Blankenstein, Carine den Boer

“…Audio recordings were transcribed and two researchers independently analysed the data. The text was coded, codes were organised into themes and discussed until consensus was reached.Results We identified eleven themes and grouped these into four categories.The GPs regarded the CS model as evidence-based, credible and giving recognition to the patient. …”
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British Policy and Strategy in the Middle East in 1941: Three Wars ‘East of Suez’ by A. M. Fomin

“…As the author notes, the sharpest disagreements aroused on the future of Syria and Lebanon, and the prospects of granting them independence. In the Iran’s case, the necessity of harmonizing policies with the Soviet Union came to the fore. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation and adoption of computerised clinical decision support systems: an umbrella review protocol by Anna Katharina Böhm-Hustede, Johanna Sophie Lubasch, Anna Thalea Hoogestraat, Eike Buhr, Antje Wulff

“…Obtained results will be independently screened by four reviewers based on pre-defined eligibility criteria. …”
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Anti malicious KGC certificateless signature scheme based on blockchain and domestic cryptographic SM9 by Fei TANG, Ning GAN, Xianggui YANG, Jinyang WANG

“…The certificateless cryptosystem can solve the problems of certificate management and key escrow at the same time, but its security model always assumes that Type II adversary (named malicious KGC) will not launch public key replacement attacks.This security assumption has certain limitations in real-world applications.As an efficient identity-based cryptographic scheme, SM9 signature scheme adopts R-ate bilinear pairing which has good security and high computational efficiency.However, it requires KGC to generate and manage keys for users, so it has the problem of key escrow.In view of the above problems, a certificateless signature scheme against malicious KGC was constructed based on blockchain and SM9 signature algorithm.Based on the properties of decentralization and tamper-proof of blockchain, the proposed scheme used the smart contract to record part of the public key corresponding to the user’s secret value on the blockchain.Then, the verifier can revoke the smart contract to query the user’s public key during the signature verification stage.Therefore, the proposed scheme ensured the authenticity of the user’s public key.The user’s private key consisted of the partial private key generated by KGC and a secret randomly chosen by the user.The user required the partial private key generated by KGC to endorse his identity identifier when the user generates the private key for the first time.Subsequently, the private key can be independently updated by changing the secret and the corresponding partial public key.During this process, the identity remains unchanged, which provided a viable solution for key management in decentralized application scenarios.The blockchain relied on the consensus mechanism to ensure the consistency of the distributed data.Based on the traceability of the blockchain, the change log of user’s partial public key was stored in the blockchain, which can trace the source of malicious public key replacement attacks and thereby prevent malicious KGC from launching public key replacement attacks.According to the experimental simulation and security proof results, the total overhead of signature and verification of the proposed scheme is only 7.4ms.Compared with similar certificateless signature schemes, the proposed scheme can effectively resist public key replacement attacks and has higher computational efficiency.…”
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A scoping review to map the concept, content, and outcome of wilderness programs for childhood cancer survivors. by Mats Jong, E Anne Lown, Winnie Schats, Michelle L Mills, Heather R Otto, Leiv E Gabrielsen, Miek C Jong

“…At least two authors independently performed screening, data extraction and analysis.…”
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Models of provider care in long-term care: A rapid scoping review. by Candyce Hamel, Chantelle Garritty, Mona Hersi, Claire Butler, Leila Esmaeilisaraji, Danielle Rice, Sharon Straus, Becky Skidmore, Brian Hutton

“…Study selection was performed independently, in duplicate. Mapping was performed by two reviewers, and data were extracted by one reviewer, with partial verification by a second reviewer.…”
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The Formation and Features of Massive Vacuole Induced by Nutrient Deficiency in Human Embryonic Kidney Cells by Dakang Sun, Xinye An, Yanli Cheng

“…Interestingly, we provided evidence that complete massive vacuoles or autophagosome-like massive vacuoles can be released and exist independently outside HEK293T cells. …”
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Methods for Developing Evidence Reviews in Short Periods of Time: A Scoping Review. by Ahmed M Abou-Setta, Maya Jeyaraman, Abdelhamid Attia, Hesham G Al-Inany, Mauricio Ferri, Mohammed T Ansari, Chantelle M Garritty, Kenneth Bond, Susan L Norris

“…Selection and data extraction was conducted by one reviewer (KQ1) or two reviewers independently (KQ2-3).<h4>Results</h4>Across all KQs, we identified 42,743 citations through the literature searches. …”
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Risk prediction models for depression in patients with coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jie Zhang, Yue Zhou, Linyu Huang, Xingling Zhang, Long Li, Chongcheng Xi

“…However, the quality and applicability of these models in clinical practice remain uncertain.ObjectiveTo systematically evaluate depression risk prediction models in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).MethodsDatabases including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, and SinoMed were searched for relevant studies from inception to September 29, 2024. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted data, and used the Prediction Model Risk of Bias Assessment Tool (PROBAST) to evaluate the models' risk of bias and applicability.ResultsEight studies, encompassing 13 risk prediction models and involving 8,035 CHD patients, were included, with 1,971 patients diagnosed with depression. …”
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Washout Duration of Prostaglandin Analogues: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Vlad Diaconita, Matthew Quinn, Dania Jamal, Brad Dishan, Monali S. Malvankar-Mehta, Cindy Hutnik

“…Results. 1055 papers were identified, 548 were independently screened by two physicians., and 56 papers were analyzed for washout durations. …”
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