Tamsulosin use in benign prostatic hyperplasia and risks of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and mortality: An observational cohort study of elderly Medicare enrollees. by Kin Wah Fung, Fitsum Baye, Seo H Baik, Clement J McDonald

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>To study the effects of benign prostatic hyperplasia treatments, namely: alpha-adrenergic receptor blockers, 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors on the risk of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and mortality.…”
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Sports experience, affects and life satisfaction in Portuguese athletes with disabilities by Miguel Jacinto, Nuno Couto, Anabela Vitorino, Teresa Bento, Rui Matos, Diogo Monteiro, Nuno Amaro, Raul Antunes, Luís Cid

“…Abstract This study aims to validate the Portuguese version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.82) and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.86 for positive affect and 0.89 for negative affect) for people with disabilities and to examine the association between engaging in physical activity and affective responses, investigating the relationship with satisfaction with life. 143 Portuguese with disabilities filled in the Portuguese version of the scales. …”
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The Role of Serum Cytokines in the Pathogenesis of Hepatic Osteodystrophy in Male Cirrhotic Patients by Ali Riza Soylu, Cengiz Tuglu, Ender Arikan, Tarkan Yetisyigit, Hakan Kunduracılar, Ibrahim Hakki Koker, Gulbin Unsal, Ahmet Huseyin Tezel, Hasan Umit, Sakir Berkarda

“…Serum interleukin-1, interleukin-8, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels were not different between all groups. …”
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Psychometric validation and cultural adaptation of the Persian Galveston orientation and amnesia test and orientation-log for assessing traumatic brain injury by Mohammad Eghbali, Mahgol Sadat Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei, Mitra Movahed, Vali Baigi, Mohammad Rahimkhani, Amirhossein Masoumipour, Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini

“…Reliability was assessed using two approaches including Cronbach’s Alpha and Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC). …”
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The persian version of mhealth app usability questionnaire (MAUQ) for patients: a psychometric assessment study by Khadijeh Moulaei, Fatemeh Dinari, Abbas Sheikhtaheri, Kambiz Bahaadinbeigy, Sadrieh Hajesmaeel-Gohari

“…The reliability of the questionnaires was assessed by calculating Cronbach’s alpha. Results The face validity and the content of the Persian version of MAUQ were confirmed. …”
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Anaemia of inflammation preceding dyspnoea, dry cough and weight loss in primary pulmonary lymphoma by Ami Schattner, Ariel Rokach, Fiona Vernea, Maria Spector, Kalman Filanovsky

“…Globulins increased, due to an increase in the alpha1, alpha2 and gamma fractions, and mild hyponatraemia developed due to the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) secondary to the intrathoracic disease. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ACNE CLINICAL COURSE AND SEVERITY AND THE STATE OF MICROBIOTA OF THE SKIN AND LARGE INTESTINE by Marianna Dashko, Orysya Syzon, Svitlana Volbyn

“…An increase in seeding with associations of the alpha-hemolytic streptococcus + Staphylococcus haemolyticus + Micrococcus, beta-hemolytic streptococcus + Staphylococcus aureus + E.Coli + Candida albicans and a significant increase in the growth of alpha-hemolytic streptococcus, Staphylococcus haemoliticus and Staphylococcus aureus were found in the microbiocenosis of the skin in patients with acne. …”
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Motivation for physical activity among university students residing in areas of military conflict in Ukraine by Tetiana Yermakova, Vasyl Lutskyi, Daria Piatnytska

“…Metrics like mean, standard deviation, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for reliability were calculated. …”
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Pediatric kidney transplant recipients are at an increased risk for dysbiosis by Gizem Yılmaz, Seha Saygılı, Ayşe Ağbaş, Esra Karabağ Yılmaz, Ahmet Variş, Nur Canpolat

“…The gut microbiota was assessed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, with alpha and beta diversity, as well as all statistical analyses, conducted using the Phyloseq library in the R programming language. …”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of “Malocclusion Impact Questionnaire” into Moroccan Arabic by Farid Bourzgui, Samir Diouny, Hadam Mkhantar, Zineb Serhier, Mohamed Bennani Othmani

“…Internal consistency reliability was determined from Cronbach’s alpha, and the intraclass coefficient of the item scores was obtained in 1 month in a subset of 30 subjects. …”
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Investigation of the validity, reliability and psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Ottawa sitting scale in patients with Parkinson’s disease by Aysu Yetiş, Mehmet Canli, Nazım Tolgahan Yildiz, Hikmet Kocaman, Hasan Yildirim, Şafak Kuzu, İrem Valamur, Selcen Duran

“…Moreover, internal consistency was high (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.948). The OSS-TR is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing sitting balance in Turkish-speaking PD patients. …”
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Design and validation of a new Healthcare Systems Usability Scale (HSUS) for clinical decision support systems: a mixed-methods approach by Peter J Watkinson, Abir Ghorayeb, Julie L Darbyshire, Marta W Wronikowska

“…The HSUS has a very good reliability with global Cronbach’s alpha 0.914 and between 0.702 and 0.926 for the four subscales.Conclusion The HSUS is a valid and reliable tool for usability testing of CDSS and early identification of usability issues that may cause medical adverse events.…”
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A Peculiar Cause of Shock: Analysing Two Clinical Cases by João Oliveira, Alberto Costa-Silva, Luís Vale, Daniel Costa, Rui Almeida-Pinto, Carlos Martins-Silva, Tiago Antunes-Lopes, João Silva

“…The patient was started on alpha and, posteriorly, beta blockage. Adrenal incidentaloma endocrinological study demonstrated high urinary catecholamines. …”
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Characterization and comparison of fecal microbiota in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction and age‐matched controls by Wenqing Wang, Justine Gibson, Sara Horsman, Deirdre Mikkelsen, François‐René Bertin

“…Microbial analysis used 16S rRNA sequencing to determine the relative abundance at genus and phylum levels, assess alpha and beta diversity and identify core microbiota. …”
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Effect of Rosa Mosqueta Husk Extract (Rosa rubiginosa) on Thermooxidation of Grape Seed Oil by Marcos Flores, Jaime Ortiz-Viedma, Nalda Romero, Lilia Masson, Paz Robert, Patricia Garcia

“…The induction period (OSI), together with the formation of polar compounds (CP) by HPSEC and the retention of alpha-tocopherol (AT) by HPLC, was the main parameter studied during this deterioration process. …”
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Analysis of Extractives in Liquid and Headspace Samples of Silver Fir Using Gas Chromatography Coupled with a Mass Selective Detector by Viljem Vek, Ida Poljanšek, Urša Osolnik, Primož Oven

“…Analysis of the headspace of silver fir revealed &alpha;-pinene, camphene, Dlimonene, &beta;-myrcene, ocimene, 2-bornanone or D-camphor and &alpha;-terpineol as the characteristic monoterpenes. …”
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Psychometric properties of the nursing start-up attitude scale in Iranian nursing students by Iman Jafari, Mehdi Jafari-Oori, Abbas Ebadi

“…The five factors extracted in the exploratory factor analysis, which accounted for 80.74% of the explained variance, were subsequently confirmed in the confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.85. Additionally, the interclass correlation coefficient for the total scale was 0.812, and there were no ceiling or floor effects observed (0%). …”
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A framework for the continuous monitoring of person-centred hospital care: validation of a checklist for participatory service improvement by F. Cardinali, S. Carzaniga, L. Martini, M. T. Loiudice, Fabrizio Carinci

“…Overall values of Cronbach’s alpha ranged between 0.77 and 0.90, showing high consistency. …”
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Antiviral and Immunoenhancing Properties of 7-Thia-8-Oxoguanosine and Related Guanosine Analogues by Donald F Smee, Howard B Cottam, Brahma S Sharma, Ganesh D Kini, Ganapathi R Revankar, Emmanuel A Ojo-Amaize, Robert W Sidwell, Weldon B Jolley, Roland K Robins

“…Immunological studies indicate that the nucleoside induces alpha-interferon and activates B cells, natural killer cells, antibody-dependent cytotoxic cells and macrophages. …”
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Interrelationships of the Intestinal Microbiome, Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein with Crohn’s Disease Activity by Yelena Laryushina, Nadezhda Samoilova-Bedych, Lyudmila Turgunova, Alexandr Marchenko, Yermek Turgunov, Samat Kozhakhmetov, Maxat Suieubayev, Nurislam Mukhanbetzhanov, Nadezhda Kabdulina

“…Strongly positive correlations in TMAO levels and mixed correlations of LPS with alpha diversity metrics were found, as well as significant correlations with microbiota species. …”
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