Supporting self-management for patients with Interstitial Lung Diseases: Utility and acceptability of digital devices. by Malik A Althobiani, Rebecca Shuttleworth, John Conway, Jonathan Dainton, Anna Duckworth, Ana Jorge Da Ponte, Jessica Mandizha, Joseph W Lanario, Michael A Gibbons, Sarah Lines, Chris J Scotton, John R Hurst, Joanna C Porter, Anne-Marie Russell

“…<h4>Results</h4>104 patients accessed the survey and 89/104 (86%) reported a diagnosis of lung fibrosis, including 46/89 (52%) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) with 57/89 (64%) of participants diagnosed >3 years and 59/89 (66%) female. 52/65(80%) were in the UK; 33/65 (51%) reported severe breathlessness medical research council MRC grade 3-4 and 32/65 (49%) disclosed co-morbid arthritis or joint problems. …”
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Evaluating catastrophic health expenditures among patients with long bone fractures in Ghana's major teaching hospitals: a hospital-based analysis by Alexis D. B. Buunaaim, Michel Adurayi Amenah, Dominic Konadu-Yeboah, Richard Baidoo, Amgbo Asare, Wilfred Larbi Addo, Claude Martin

“…Abstract Background In low and middle-income countries like Ghana, out-of-pocket (OOP) payments remain a significant barrier to healthcare access, often leading to catastrophic health expenditures (CHE). …”
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How climate change is shaping young people’s health: a participatory, youth co-led study from Bangladesh, Guatemala and Nigeria by Jessie Pinchoff, Karen Austrian, Eno-Obong Etetim, Damilola Babatunde, Eleanor Blomstrom, Sigma Ainul, Toyin Olamide Akomolafe, Brian Medina Carranza, Angel Del Valle

“…Using NVivo software, translated transcripts were coded to explore and synthesise key thematic areas.Results Respondents discussed varied climate exposures and associated health risks, for example, how flooding events were impeding access to sexual and reproductive health commodities. …”
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“I’m living in a ‘no’ world now…”- A qualitative study of the widespread impact of living with chronic breathlessness, and experiences of identification and assessment of this symp... by Helene L. Elliott-Button, Miriam J. Johnson, Ann Hutchinson, David C. Currow, Joseph Clark

“…Evidence-based breathlessness interventions are available, but not routinely implemented with few patients accessing them. Proactive identification, assessment and management of breathlessness in primary care is needed to support adults living with chronic breathlessness.…”
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Radiological assessment of cup anteversion with a novel 3D-printed highly-porous titanium dual mobility cup by Nicole Puteo, Edoardo Matteo Valentino, Vittorio Davidoni, Domenico Tigani

“…RA were measured by three blinded observers through Lewinnek, Woo-Morrey methods and an open access mathematical software (GeoGebra), used as reference method. …”
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The Impact of Migraine on the Whole Life Course of Patients: Results from the OVERCOME (Japan) 2nd Study by Daisuke Danno, Shiho Suzuki, Tsubasa Takizawa, Ryotaro Ishii, Masayuki Hamakawa, Yoshinori Tanizawa, Satoshi Osaga, Mika Komori

“…Abstract Introduction The impact of migraine on patients’ lives, including challenges they face before getting access to appropriate medical management, is not well understood. …”
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The impact of delay in HIV diagnosis on patient survival: analysis of HIV infection trends from 2007 to 2023 by Riyaz A. Shaik, Sharan K. Holyachi, Mohammad S. Ahmad, Mohammed Miraj, Syed Yousaf Kazmi, Mohammad Rehan Asad, Ali Faraz, Mirwais Ramozi, Ritu Kumar Ahmad

“…Programs to increase awareness and access to diagnostic and treatment services should be strengthened.…”
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Cost of Serum Versus Skin Allergy Testing Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries in the United States by Kenny Y. Kwong, Yang Z. Lu

“…**Objective:** This study compared cost and utilization of allergy testing utilizing skin vs sIgE testing and whether equal access (parity) to both testing methods affects overall allergy testing costs among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in the United States. …”
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Prevalence, influencing factors, and prediction model construction of anemia in ankylosing spondylitis based on real-world data: An exploratory study. by Yifan Gong, Kun Yang, Zhaoyang Geng, Hongxiao Liu

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In November 2023, we accessed the database from China Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry of Patients with Chinese Medicine (CERTAIN). …”
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Unleashing the potential of chatbots in mental health: bibliometric analysis by Qing Han, Chenyang Zhao

“…BackgroundThe proliferation of chatbots in the digital mental health sector is gaining momentum, offering a promising solution to address the pressing shortage of mental health professionals. By providing accessible and convenient mental health services and support, chatbots are poised to become a primary technological intervention in bridging the gap between mental health needs and available resources.ObjectiveThis study undertakes a thorough bibliometric analysis and discourse on the applications of chatbots in mental health, with the objective of elucidating the underlying scientific patterns that emerge at the intersection of chatbot technology and mental health care on a global scale.MethodsThe bibliometric software Biblioshiny and VOSviewer were used to conduct a comprehensive analysis of 261 scientific articles published in the Web of Science Core Collection between 2015 and 2024. …”
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Identification of critical biomarkers and immune landscape patterns in glioma based on multi-database by Hanzhang Yuan, Jingsheng Cheng, Jun Xia, Zeng Yang, Lixin Xu

“…CellMiner was used to access the correlation between the expression of potential biomarkers and anticancer drug sensitivity. …”
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Safety and tolerability of intramuscular sotrovimab administered at different injection sites: results from the Phase 1 COSMIC study by Jennifer Moore, Alicia Aylott, Wen-Hung Chen, Jerzy Daniluk, Ian A. Hawes, Sergio Parra, Prosenjit Sarkar, Yasmin Sanchez-Pearson, Megan Turner, Amanda Peppercorn, Andrew Skingsley

“…Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) administered using intramuscular (IM) injections could offer a convenient and accessible therapeutic option. However, there is a paucity of data on IM tolerability by injection site to guide mAb development. …”
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Genetic variation of the nuclear sequences of mitochondrial origin associated with retrotransposon Tv1 insertions in Drosophila species of the virilis group by B. V. Andrianov, D. A. Romanov, T. V. Gorelova

“…A specific situation was revealed for D. montana, in which Tv1 insertions with nearly identical 5' and 3' long terminal repeats (LTRs) were present in accessions of flies from Europe and Asia. The age of this insertion was about 300 thousand years, and the insertion was absent from the D. montana fly line from North America.…”
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Pre-sowing treatment of vetch hairy seeds, viсia villosa using ultraviolet irradiation by A. Semenov, T. Sakhno, O. Hordieieva, Y. Sakhno

“…==========================================================================================COPYRIGHTS©2021 The author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original authors and source are cited. …”
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Protein-DNA interactions: statistical analysis of interatomic contacts in major and minor grooves by A. A. Anashkina, E. N. Kuznetsov, A. V.  Batianovskii, L. A. Uroshlev, V. G. Tumanyan, N. G. Esipova

“…Totally, the interaction between protein atoms and nucleic base atoms accounts for 27.1 % of all contacts. Analysis of the accessible surface area of atoms in the major and the minor grooves showed a correlation with the number of contacts (coefficient of linear correlation 0.94 and 0.93, respectively), however, nucleic acid atoms forming hydrogen bonds make contacts more often than may be expected from statistical considerations. …”
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Dataset of shotgun metagenomic evaluation of Sorghum bicolor rhizosphere microbiome in soils preceded by Glycine maxNCBINCBINCBINCBI by Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, Ben Jesuorsemwen Enagbonma

“…Information from the metagenome sequences is accessible under the bioproject numbers PRJNA1166458 (SA1, SA2, and SA3), PRJNA1166463 (SN1, SN2, and SN3), PRJNA1166623 (RA1, RA2, and RA3), PRJNA1166627 (RN1, RN2 and RN3). …”
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Supporting a state in developing a working theory of improvement for promoting equity in science education by William R. Penuel, Tiffany N. Neill, Todd Campbell

“…In this paper, we rely on descriptive analyses of joint meetings and a focus group with state leaders describe the tools supporting the process of development, the team’s use of the tools to generate an early draft of the Driver Diagram, and issues surfaced while developing it with a team of interest holders in the state.ResultsTwo meanings of equity emerged as significant within the series of meetings: that of the importance of universal access to professional learning and the importance of students having opportunities to experience culturally relevant instruction. …”
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Variation in the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents by world region and country income group: A scoping review. by Apoorva Gomber, Zachary J Ward, Carlo Ross, Maira Owais, Carol Mita, Jennifer M Yeh, Ché L Reddy, Rifat Atun

“…Investment in population-based registries and longitudinal cohort studies could help improve the current understanding of the epidemiological trends and help inform health policy, resource allocation, and targeted interventions to enhance access to effective, efficient, equitable, and responsive healthcare services.…”
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Les changements hydromorphologiques de l’estuaire de la Loire et l’évolution du port de Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Rémy Arthuis

“…AD and subsequently massive sand sedimentation definitively obstructed the access channel. This umpteenth water crisis coincided with the beginning of a climatic deterioration which lasted until the 19th c. and frustrated the project to maintain a port in this sector at all costs, despite the digging of a channel which quickly became backfilled.…”
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Effectiveness of the voluntary disclosure of corporate information and its commitment to climate change by F.G. Arredondo Trapero, E.M. Guerra Leal, J. Kim

“…This study used two data sources, the commitment of companies from Global Climate Action and the annual greenhouse gas emissions levels of each country from an open-access data platform called Our World in Data.FINDING: The findings demonstrate a significant and positive relationship between changes in greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 and 2020 and the number of companies participating in Global Climate Action (Pearson = .718*, significance = .013) and per capita (Pearson = 0.827** significance = 0.002). …”
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