Real life experience of a screening strategy for latent tuberculosis before treatment with biologicals in indian patients with rheumatic diseases by Anand N Malaviya, Ravita Thakaran, Roopa Rawat, Sanjiv Kapoor, Shriram Garg, Sadhana S Baghel, Christy Messi, Vivekanand, Qamar Zaheer

“…The proportion of patients developing active TBI during the same period of follow-up did not differ between those who were and those who were not treated with bDMARDs. …”
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Mathematical model for energy savings in blood donations at the Cienfuegos Blood Bank by David Lorenzo Calles, Manuel E. Cortés Cortés

“…It is extremely important to determine the number of blood donors who minimize electricity consumption, and statistical-mathematical methods are used to do so.…”
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“What does ‘often’ even mean?” Revising and validating the Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory in partnership with autistic people by Friederike Charlotte Hechler, Outi Tuomainen, Nathan Weber, Frank Fahr, Bodie Karlek, Marie Maroske, Meike Misia, Nathan Caruana

“…We validated the CATI-R within a large sample (n = 1439), comprising people with a self-reported autism diagnosis (n = 331), people who self-identified as autistic (n = 44), and non-autistic participants (n = 1046). …”
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Exploring perceived barriers to palliative and end of life care provision in South-West England: bringing together the perspectives of professionals, patients, and families by Gary Hodge, Gina Kallis, Tomasina M. Oh, Hannah Wheat, Susie Pearce, Susie Pearce

“…This region of the UK brings its own set of unique challenges due to its rural and coastal location, an aging population, and a historical lack of research.MethodsAn exploratory study was conducted which involved patients, families, and professionals who were providing and receiving PEoLC. A total of 13 qualitative focus groups were held with a total of 63 participants; 45 were health and care professionals and 18 were people toward the end of their life, family/carers and people who were bereaved.ResultsA range of barriers were identified for those providing and receiving PEoLC services. …”
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Neurofilament Light Chain Assessment in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Distal Symmetrical Polyneuropathy by Israa Abdelmalik Salem, Sura Ahmed Abdulsattar, Haider Fadhil Alrubaye

“…Moreover, Neurofilament Light Chain levels were substantially reduced in patients who were taking sulfonylurea alone or in combination with other anti-diabetic treatments. …”
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Clinical and Prognostic Significance of Idiopathic Left Bundle-Branch Block in Young Adults by Pietro Delise, Luigi Rivetti, Giuseppe Poletti, Monica Centa, Giuseppe Allocca, Nadir Sitta, Arianna Cati, Giovanni Turiano, Emanuela Lanari, Paolo Zeppilli, Luigi Sciarra

“…At the end of follow-up, all patients were alive, except for one who suffered accidental death. Two patients (3.5%) underwent PM implantation owing to syncope. …”
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Are Emirati consumers in United Arab Emirates open to alternative proteins? Insights into their attitudes and willingness to replace animal protein sources by Sajid Maqsood, Feyisola Fisayo Ajayi, Hussein Mostafa, Kehinde Ganiyat Lawal, Juliet Mubaiwa, Noora Alantali, Maryam Alshihhi, Meera Aldhaheri

“…A total of 1,666 out of 2,600 individuals who expressed interest participated in the study. …”
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Factors Associated with Placenta Praevia in Primigravidas and Its Pregnancy Outcome by Abdul Ghani Nur Azurah, Zakaria Wan Zainol, Pei Shan Lim, Mohd Nasir Shafiee, Nirmala Kampan, Wan Syahirah Mohsin, Norfilza Mohd Mokhtar, Muhammad Abdul Jamil Muhammad Yassin

“…A retrospective cohort study was conducted in women who underwent caesarean section for major placenta praevia in a tertiary university hospital from January 2007 till December 2013. …”
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Early Blood Gas Predictors of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns by Sudhir Sriram, Joy Condie, Michael D. Schreiber, Daniel G. Batton, Bhavesh Shah, Carl Bose, Matthew Laughon, Linda J. Van Marter, Elizabeth N. Allred, Alan Leviton

“…In contrast, infants who had hypocapnea were at reduced risk of severe BPD. …”
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Gender bias in urology: The role of gender in selecting urology as a medical specialty by Mansour Alnazari, Abdullah K. Aljohani, Emad S. Rajih, Abdulaziz Bakhsh, Ghadi S. Alghamdi, Faris S. Sebaa, Ali A. Alraddadi, Adel Moalwi

“…However, while evaluating interest in urology, the statistics revealed a potential disparity, with only 43.2% affirmatively considering urology as a specialty, contrasted against 56.8% who would not. The study shows that the participants’ considering urology as a specialty has a statistically significant relation to gender (P = 0.0001) as 72.3% of those who would consider the specialty were males compared to only 27.7% for females. …”
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Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Repair with Suture Tape Augmentation Can Yield Good Midterm Clinical Outcomes Regardless of Skeletal Maturity and Joint Laxity by Shinichiro Takada, Hirotaka Nakashima, Keisuke Nakayama, Soshi Uchida

“…We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of patients who underwent MPFL repair with suture tape augmentation for at least one episode of patellar dislocation between 2015 and 2020. …”
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Evaluation of Childhood Traumas, Depressive Symptoms, and Dissociative Experiences in Tinnitus Cases by Mustafa Altıntaş, Deniz Sarlak, Erdinç Özturk, Osman Celbiş

“…Methods: The study included 90 voluntary patients (45 patients with tinnitus and 45 in the control group) aged older than 18 years who applied to the otorhinolaryngology clinic between November 2018 and February 2019 and were diagnosed with subjective tinnitus. …”
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CAREER GUIDANCE EXPERIENCE ABROAD by Sergey N. Tolstoguzov

“…The research materials and implementations can be useful to Russian career-and professional specialists, and the experts who are engaged in education management.…”
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STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF PLAGIARISM: CASE STUDY OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY FORMATION by Olena H. Kuzminska, Mariia S. Mazorchuk, Olena M. Vasilyuk

“…As a result of the survey of 146 graduate students (80 students from the intervention group and 64 students from the control group), the effectiveness of the application of the author's method has been proven: a significant difference has been determined between the point marks regarding students' confidence in preventing plagiarism and their practical confirmation among students who worked according to the author's method (the intervention group, indicators are significantly higher) and those who were trained using the educational approach (informing according to the policies and procedures determined by the university). …”
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Eight Khalkha Jebtsun-damba Khutukhtu and Pandito Khambo-Lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov, 1911–1915 by Leonid V. Kuras, Bazar D. Tsybenov

“…This charismatic leader was the one who took both secular and religious power over the new Mongolia. …”
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Evaluation of the Short-Term Effect of Bariatric Surgery on the Level of HbA1c by Hadi Salehnia, Abbas Ali Dehghan, Sara Rashki Ghalehnoo

“…Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study that was conducted on patients who underwent bariatric surgery in Mortaz and Mojibinia Hospitals (Yazd-Iran) from 2016 to 2020 to evaluate the short-term effect of bariatric surgery on HbA1C level, patients who were candidates for performing bariatric surgery were evaluated for 6 months. …”
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Ultrasonographic evaluation of joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison with conventional radiography and correlation with disease activity parameters by Renu Saigal, Laxmikant Goyal, Hariram Maharia, Meenakshi Sharma, Abhishek Agrawal

“…US could detect erosions in 29 patients including all of the fourteen patients who had radiographically detectable erosions. On US evaluation, radiocarpal joint was involved most frequently. …”
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Dementia and patient outcomes after hip surgery in older patients: A retrospective observational study using nationwide administrative data in Japan. by Noriko Morioka, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Jun Tomio, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yasuko Ogata

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate whether dementia is associated with incidence of adverse events and longer hospital stays in older adults who underwent hip surgery, after adjusting for individual social and nursing care environment.…”
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Microfragmented Adipose Tissue Injection (MFAT) May Be a Solution to the Rationing of Total Knee Replacement: A Prospective, Gender-Bias Mitigated, Reproducible Analysis at Two Yea... by Nima Heidari, Tiffanie-Marie Borg, Stefano Olgiati, Mark Slevin, Alessandro Danovi, Brady Fish, Adrian Wilson, Ali Noorani

“…MFAT injection improves quality of life in patients with KOA who are deemed suitable for the knee replacement. …”
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Management of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation for High-Risk AML following SARS-CoV-2 Associated Pancytopenia with Marked Bone Marrow Biopsy Alterations by Maria Kaparou, Zbigniew Rudzki, Hannah Giles, Vidhya Murthy, Swathy Srinath, Rebecca Lloyd, Maria Zahid Ahmed, Beena Salhan, Saleena Chauhan, Bhuvan Kishore, Richard Lovell, Claire Horgan, Shankara Paneesha, Evgenia Xenou, Anand Lokare, Joanne Ewing, Hansini Dassanayake, Emmanouil Nikolousis, Alexandros Kanellopoulos

“…The present study describes a patient aged 70 with very high-risk AML who successfully received a nonmyeloablative matched unrelated donor allograft shortly following SARS-CoV-2 infection, which manifested with mild cough, interstitial abnormalities on chest CT, and pancytopenia with profound bone marrow biopsy histological alterations. …”
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