Evaluation of Inhaler Technique in Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Andaman and Nicobar Islands – An Observational Study by M. Natraj, Vishal Singh, T. Anbarasan

“…We enrolled a total of 100 patients who presented to our department during the study period of January 2024 to June 2024. …”
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Neonatal Surgery Intensive Care Unit: Hacettepe University Experience by Umit Ayse Tandircioglu, Hasan Tolga Celik, Sule Yigit, Murat Yurdakok

“…The term babies, who did not have any surgical diseases were hospitalized for an average of 4.8 days and those with surgical indications for 16.5 days (p<0.05). …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROLE OF THE FAMILY WITH LEVEL OF DEPRESSION IN ELDERLY by Ali Sairozi, Cherlys Tin Lutfiandini, Endah sri Wijayanti, Iswatun Iswatun

“…Methods: the research used a cross-sectional design, the samples in this study were elderly people and families who lived at home with elderly people in Sungegeneng Village, Sekaran District, Lamongan Regency who met the inclusion criteria with a sample size of 39 people. …”
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Otolith Function in Young Skilled Football Players by Animesh Barman, Prajeesh Thomas, Shivaprakash Apoorva

“…The objectives of our study were to conduct cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (cVEMPs) and ocular VEMPs (oVEMPs) in young adult football players and to compare the test results with those who are not involved in regular physical activities as the control group. …”
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Rates and causes of 30-day readmission and emergency room utilization following head and neck surgery by Vincent Wu, Stephen F. Hall

“…All patients within the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery who underwent HNS for benign and malignant disease from January 1, 2010 to May 31, 2015 were identified. …”
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No improvement in pregnancy and perinatal outcomes with combined luteal support in modified natural cycle frozen embryo transfer by Wen Zhang, Sheling Wu, Bingnan Ren, Ruolin Jia, Wenjuan Zhang, Bijun Wang, Xiaofang Du, Yichun Guan

“…There were no significant differences in the newborn weight, premature delivery rate, pregnancy complications rate, and incidence of birth defects among the three groups.ConclusionsIn the mNC-FET cycle, patients under the age of 35 who chose dydrogesterone alone as a luteal phase support drug exhibited no difference in the live birth rate and perinatal outcome from patients who combined dydrogesterone with progesterone soft capsules or with progesterone vaginal sustained-release gel. …”
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Oral Feeding Competences of Healthy Preterm Infants: A Review by N. Bertoncelli, G. Cuomo, S. Cattani, C. Mazzi, M. Pugliese, E. Coccolini, P. Zagni, B. Mordini, F. Ferrari

“…The review found that oral and non-oral sensorimotor interventions, provided singly or in combination, shortened the transition time to independent oral feeding in preterm infants and that preterm infants who received a combined oral and sensorimotor intervention demonstrated more advanced nutritive sucking, suck-swallow and swallow-respiration coordination than those who received an oral or sensorimotor intervention singly.…”
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Behavioral Emotion Regulation Strategies and Symptoms of Psychological Distress Among Turkish University Students by Edib Şevki Keskiner, Ertuğrul Şahin, Nursel Topkaya, Zehra Yiğit

“…Overall, the findings demonstrate that university students who use maladaptive behavioral emotion regulation strategies (e.g., withdrawal, ignoring) tend to have higher levels of psychological distress, whereas university students who use adaptive emotion regulation strategies (e.g., distraction) tend to have lower levels of psychological distress. …”
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Folie à Deux in the Setting of COVID-19 Quarantine by Maxsaya Baez Nuñez, Ezequiel Rodriguez, Matthew DeLuca, Krishan Chirimunj, Monica Dhingra

“…We relay the case of a middle-aged male and his mother, an elderly female, who presented with folie à deux in the context of shared delusions of persecution and somatization during the COVID-19 quarantine period. …”
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Outcomes of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Surgery Converted into Balloon Dilation and Silicone Intubation due to Probing Difficulty by Oren Yaakov Sagiv, Achia Nemet, Asaf Achiron, Doron Neumann, Raimo Tuuminen, Oriel Spierer

“…A retrospective study included children with NLDO who underwent probing and irrigation only, and those who underwent in the same surgery under anesthesia, adjunct balloon catheter dilation and silicone intubation due to difficulty of the probe passage or fluid regurgitation from the punctum. …”
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Reconstructing Zakat Management Through Political Culture: Insights from Madura by Basar Dikuraisyin, Ahmadun Najah

“…Another finding is that the development of zakat management organization (OPZ) relations involves making BAZNAS, LAZ, and individual collectors as business partners who cooperate. This study also implies that BAZNAS acts as a regulator and formulator of productive zakat programs, while LAZ and individual collectors act as operators who carry out zakat management functions from collection to distribution and implement productive zakat utilization programs.…”
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The Relationship between Coping Styles and Psychological Well-being of Women Heads of Households by Maedeh Asgharpour, Soheil Moazami Goudarzi

“…And they have higher psychological well-being, and in contrast to female heads of households who use an emotional and avoidant coping style, they have lower psychological well-being.…”
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Coming of age in recovery: The prevalence and correlates of substance use recovery status among adolescents and emerging adults. by Douglas C Smith, Crystal A Reinhart, Shahana Begum, Janaka Kosgolla, John F Kelly, Brandon B Bergman, Marni Basic

“…<h4>Measurements</h4>Youth were asked if they were in recovery and if they had resolved problems with substances. Youth who reported recovery and problem resolving dual status (DS), recovery only (RO), and problem resolution only (PRO) were compared to propensity score matched control groups who reported neither status (neither/nor; NN). …”
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Forward-backward translation, content validity, face validity, construct validity, criterion validity, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency of a questionnaire on patie... by Zhi Kuan Saw, Jonathan Jun Xian Yuen, Asma Ashari, Fatima Ibrahim Bahemia, Yun Xuan Low, Nik Mukhriz Nik Mustapha, May Nak Lau

“…Content validity was assessed by nine orthodontists who appraised the questionnaire's representativeness, relevance, clarity, and necessity. …”
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Technologies of psychological rehabilitation of a personality after traumatic events (on the example of the rehabilitation programme for psychologists of the security and defence s... by N. E. Miloradova, V. V. Dotsenko

“…Psychologists who work in war and provide assistance to victims of traumatic events experience emotional (professional) burnout, secondary traumatisation and a number of negative mental states that are currently poorly understood. …”
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Experience in researching the identity of active internet users by Viktoriya A. Peregudina

“…The degree of differentiation of the types of identity real and virtual-was diagnosed based on the analysis of the results of Osgoods semantic differential; the indicator of the multiplicity of Self-images presented in reality, as well as in virtual space, was measured using the Kuhn-McPartland test Who I am? and its modification Who I am online?; the variability of real personality traits in the aspect of virtual self-presentation was diagnosed by comparing the results of the individual typological questionnaire (ITO) and the method of diagnosing interpersonal relations (DMO) by L. …”
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Implementation of an Evidence-Based Exercise Program for Older Adults in South Florida by Richard C. Palmer, Anamica Batra, Chelsie Anderson, Timothy Page, Edgar Vieira, Laura Seff

“…However, challenges were encountered in ensuring that those who participated received a program dose that would lead to beneficial gains in functional fitness.…”
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Impact of smoking cessation, coffee and bread consumption on the intestinal microbial composition among Saudis: A cross-sectional study. by Steve Harakeh, Emmanouil Angelakis, Timokratis Karamitros, Dipankar Bachar, Suhad Bahijri, Ghada Ajabnoor, Sulaiman M Alfadul, Suha A Farraj, Turki Al Amri, Ahmed Al-Hejin, Abdalla Ahmed, Ahmed A Mirza, Raoult Didier, Esam I Azhar

“…At the species level, the gut microbiota of people who consumed coffee was dominated by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron followed by Phascolarctobacterium faecium and Eubacterium rectale. …”
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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Physical Examination Combined with Transvaginal Ultrasonography in Patients with Endometriosis by Talha Tiryaki, Tolga Karacan, Seyma Yesiralioglu, Eser Ozyurek, Huseyin Kiyak, Engin Oral

“…Conclusion: The diagnostic performance of transvaginal ultrasonography in combination with physical examination in patients with asymptomatic endometriosis cannot reach the diagnostic accuracy of physical examination combined with transvaginal ultrasonography in patients with endometriosis who present with symptoms. …”
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The role of Shock Index and its derivatives in predicting mortality in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding by Mehmet Seyfettin Saribas, Ali Aygun, Furkan Kara, Adem Koksal, Ibrahim Caltekin

“…In the study, patients diagnosed with UGIB who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) between 2022 and 2024 were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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