Effects of a Newly Developed Therapeutic Deep Heating Device Using High Frequency in Patients with Shoulder Pain and Disability: A Pilot Study by Gi-Wook Kim, Yu Hui Won, Sung-Hee Park, Jeong-Hwan Seo, Dae-hyun Kim, Hyung Nam Lee, Myoung-Hwan Ko

“…Shoulder pain and disability were evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), the University of California at Los Angeles score (UCLA score), the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI), and the Constant score in both groups before, immediately after, and four weeks after treatment. …”
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Institutional, neighborhood, and life stressors on loneliness among older adults by Kazumi Tsuchiya, Amy Danielle Thierry, Harry Owen Taylor

“…Loneliness was measured using the 11-item UCLA Loneliness Scale. PID included unfairly not hired for a job, unfairly prevented from moving into a neighborhood, and unfairly treated by the police. …”
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Erythropoietin Dose and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Marginal Structural Model to Examine Causality by Elani Streja, Jongha Park, Ting-Yan Chan, Janet Lee, Melissa Soohoo, Connie M. Rhee, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

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Assessment of maternal health and behavior during pregnancy in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Rationale and approach by Kelly K. Gurka, Heather H. Burris, Lucia Ciciolla, Claire D. Coles, Suena H. Massey, Sharlene Newman, Vidya Rajagopalan, Lynne M. Smith, Anna Zilverstand, Gretchen Bandoli

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Assessment of improvement in functional outcomes between a novel knee replacement design and conventional designs in 240 patients: a randomized controlled trial by Tero Irmola, Aleksi Reito, Jarmo Kangas, Antti Eskelinen, Mika Niemeläinen, Ville M Mattila, Teemu Moilanen

“…Secondary outcomes were Forgotten Joint Score, 15D quality of life questionnaire, UCLA activity score, and complications. Methods: We compared functional outcomes between a novel TKA implant design (Persona CR) and 2 conventional designs (NexGen CR, PFC CR). 240 patients with severe knee osteoarthritis were recruited to a pragmatic, single-center, prospective, parallel-group RCT between September 2015 and August 2018. …”
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Neuroanatomical and functional substrates of the short video addiction and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture by Yuanyuan Gao, Ying Hu, Jinlian Wang, Chang Liu, Hohjin Im, Weipeng Jin, Wenwei Zhu, Wei Ge, Guang Zhao, Qiong Yao, Pinchun Wang, Manman Zhang, Xin Niu, Qinghua He, Qiang Wang

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Deep learning empowered sensor fusion boosts infant movement classification by Tomas Kulvicius, Dajie Zhang, Luise Poustka, Sven Bölte, Lennart Jahn, Sarah Flügge, Marc Kraft, Markus Zweckstetter, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Florentin Wörgötter, Peter B. Marschik

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Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals characteristic feature of macrophage reprogramming in liver Mallory-Denk bodies pathogenesis by Zixuan Fang, Bei Zhong, Yi Shi, Wanmei Zhou, Maoping Huang, Samuel W. French, Xiaoping Tang, Hui Liu

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Tolerability and Effectiveness of Regorafenib Treatment in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Real-World Data from the United States by Finn RS, Iyer R, Kalman RS, Parikh ND, Cabrera R, Babajanyan S, Kaseb AO

“…Richard S Finn,1 Renuka Iyer,2 Richard S Kalman,3 Neehar D Parikh,4 Roniel Cabrera,5 Svetlana Babajanyan,6 Ahmed O Kaseb7 1Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 2Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA; 3Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 4Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 5Department of Medicine, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA; 6US Medical Affairs, Oncology, Bayer Healthcare, Whippany, NJ, USA; 7Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USACorrespondence: Richard S Finn, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Tel +1-310-586-2091, Email rfinn@mednet.ucla.eduIntroduction: While several systemic therapies are available for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), there is a lack of granular real-world evidence to support the efficacy and safety of these therapies. …”
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Three-dimensional analysis of facial morphology in nine-year-old children with different unilateral orofacial clefts compared to normative data by Marjolein Crins-de Koning, Robin Bruggink, Marloes Nienhuijs, Till Wagner, Ewald M. Bronkhorst, Edwin M. Ongkosuwito

“…No statistically significant differences were observed among the UCL, UCLA, and UCLP groups for the complete face, cheeks, chin, forehead, lower lip, and nose. …”
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Toward an Integrated Clinical, Molecular and Serological Classification of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Report of a Working Party of the 2005 Montreal World Congress of Gastroentero... by Mark S Silverberg, Jack Satsangi, Tariq Ahmad, Ian DR Arnott, Charles N Bernstein, Steven R Brant, Renzo Caprilli, Jean-Frédéric Colombel, Christoph Gasche, Karel Geboes, Derek P Jewell, Amir Karban, Edward V Loftus, A Salvador Peña, Robert H Riddell, David B Sachar, Stefan Schreiber, A Hillary Steinhart, Stephan R Targan, Severine Vermeire, Bryan F Warren

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Patient-Reported Outcomes in Children Undergoing the Modified Green Procedure for Treating Sprengel’s Deformity: Results from a Multicentric Study by Giovanni Trisolino, Paola Zarantonello, Marco Todisco, Giovanni Luigi Di Gennaro, Grazia Chiara Menozzi, Philipp Scheider, Alessandro Depaoli, Diego Antonioli, Gino Rocca, Sebastian Farr

“…Several dedicated questionnaires such as QuickDASH, the Shoulder Pain Index and the Shoulder Disability Index (SPADI) and finally the UCLA Shoulder Scale were submitted to assess the quality of life of the subjects and the ability to practice certain activities, including work and sports. …”
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Is There a Noninvasive Source of MSCs Isolated with GMP Methods with Better Osteogenic Potential? by Carla C. G. Pinheiro, Alessander Leyendecker Junior, Daniela Y. S. Tanikawa, José Ricardo Muniz Ferreira, Reza Jarrahy, Daniela F. Bueno

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Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Small (1–2 cm) Hepatocellular Carcinomas Inconspicuous on B-Mode Ultrasonographic Imaging: Usefulness of Combined Fusion Imaging with MRI an... by Min Woo Lee, Hyo Keun Lim, Hyunchul Rhim, Dong Ik Cha, Tae Wook Kang, Kyoung Doo Song, Ji Hye Min, Geum-Youn Gwak, Seonwoo Kim, David S. K. Lu

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Addressing racial and ethnic disparities in premature exits from permanent supportive housing among residents with substance use disorders by Talia J. Panadero, Sonya Gabrielian, Marissa J. Seamans, Lillian Gelberg, Jack Tsai, Taylor Harris

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Painting a portrait: Analysis of national health survey data for cancer genetic counseling by Monica H. Stamp, Ora K. Gordon, Christopher P. Childers, Kimberly K. Childers

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Associations between night-time sleep duration and fasting glucose and ratio of triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol among adults free of type 2 diabetes or without... by Rong Zhang, Li Zhang, Qiang Li, Minying Zhang, Feng Liu, Shuo Chen, Yu-Jie Niu, Xin Qi, Chunjun Li, Jiangshan He, Chenglin Hong, Yuxue Wang, Yaqi Fan, Pei Guo, Binbin Zhang, Shitao Ma, Mianzhi Zhang

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Socioeconomic correlates of mental health in Moldova: A nationally representative door-to-door survey by J.M. van Baar, C. Ciofu, F. Thompson, A.I. Luik, O. Mereanu, J. Kramer, F. Schouten, V. Condrat, L. Voorham, J. Chihai, L. Shields-Zeeman

“…The main outcome measures were depression symptoms (PHQ-2), anxiety symptoms (GAD-2), loneliness (UCLA-3), and mental well-being (WHO-5). Multivariable regression models were used to compare outcomes across age, gender, ethnicity, education, employment, and household income groups. …”
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Comparison of the Journey II bicruciate stabilised (JII-BCS) and GENESIS II total knee arthroplasty for functional ability and motor impairment: the CAPAbility, blinded, randomised... by Allan B Clark, Toby O Smith, J Wells, Iain McNamara, Juliet High, Ann Marie Swart, Valerie Pomeroy, Graham Creelman, Celia Whitehouse, B Harry, Celia Clarke

“…Secondary outcomes were: OKS Activity and Participation Questionnaire, EQ-5D-5L and UCLA Activity scores, Timed Up and Go Test, 6 min walk test, lower limb kinematics and lower limb muscle activity during walking and balance.Results This study found no difference in the OKS between groups. …”
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The association between physician sex and patient outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kiyan Heybati, Ashton Chang, Hodan Mohamud, Raj Satkunasivam, Natalie Coburn, Arghavan Salles, Yusuke Tsugawa, Ryo Ikesu, Natsumi Saka, Allan S. Detsky, Dennis T. Ko, Heather Ross, Mamas A. Mamas, Angela Jerath, Christopher J. D. Wallis

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