Reliability of Chest Wall Mobility and Its Correlation with Lung Functions in Healthy Nonsmokers, Healthy Smokers, and Patients with COPD by Ravi S. Reddy, Khalid A. Alahmari, Paul S. Silvian, Irshad A. Ahmad, Venkata Nagaraj Kakarparthi, Kanagaraj Rengaramanujam

“…Chest wall circumference measurements are common evaluation methods in clinical settings by therapists in order to obtain chest wall mobility. …”
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Assessment of Clinical Features in HIV-Infected Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in China by Ying Liu, Yongfu Chen, Yiwei Hao, Jing Xiao, Bei Li, Leidan Zhang, Junyan Han, Hongxin Zhao

“…In PLWH (mean age: 53.6 ± 10.6 years, 95.8% male, and 79.2% on ART), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was lower than in HIV-negative controls; however, the statin use was more common, the incidence of hypertension was lower, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and the body mass index were significantly lower than in controls. …”
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Addressing Label Noise in Colorectal Cancer Classification Using Cross-Entropy Loss and pLOF Methods With Stacking-Ensemble Technique by Ishrat Zahan Tani, Kah Ong Michael Goh, Md Nazmul Islam, Md Tarek Aziz, S. M. Hasan Mahmud, Dip Nandi

“…Colorectal cancer is a significant global health issue, ranking as the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. …”
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Global, regional, and national burdens of low back pain in women of childbearing age from 1990 to 2021: an analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021 by Shiwen Zhang, Xuan Ma, Yao Yao, Huashan Pan, Lijuan Zou

“…Abstract Background Low back pain (LBP) is very common in women of child bearing age (WCBA) and is a major burden on individuals and society, but studies about it have not been reported. …”
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Exploring the Association Between Gastroesophageal Reflux and Temporomandibular Joint Disorder in European Populations: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Renjie Gu, Liangqiong Chen, Minhui Hua, Huangtai Miao, Yongwei Qin

“…Introduction and aims: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) are relatively common conditions with a potential causal relationship. …”
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Significant room for improvement in the prehospital assessment and treatment of acute abdominal pain: a retrospective observational study by Rasmus Bjerén, Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz, Denise Bäckström

“…Abstract Background Acute abdominal pain (AAP) is a common reason for calling emergency medical services (EMS). …”
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Assessing the Adherence of ChatGPT Chatbots to Public Health Guidelines for Smoking Cessation: Content Analysis by Lorien C Abroms, Artin Yousefi, Christina N Wysota, Tien-Chin Wu, David A Broniatowski

“…About half of the responses included the recommendation to consider using nicotine replacement therapy (52.7%), the recommendation to seek out social support from friends and family (55.6%), and information on how to deal with cravings when quitting smoking (44.4%). The least common was information about considering the use of non–nicotine replacement therapy prescription drugs (14.1%). …”
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Epidemiology of ophthalmia neonatorum: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Randy Asiamah, Gideon Owusu, Pious Tawiah Amoako, Richmond Amponsah, Emmanuel Adator, Samuel Kyei

“…The pooled resistance of Pseudomonas spp. and Klebsiella spp. to Gentamicin are 50% [(95% CI 43.11 to 56.89%), I 2 = 0.00%] and 50.02% [(95% CI 27.50–72.53%), I 2 = 95.3%], respectively. Conclusion ON is a common ocular morbidity in neonates, especially in those from low-income settings. …”
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A meta-analysis and systematic review of the clinical efficacy and safety of platelet-rich plasma combined with hyaluronic acid (PRP + HA) versus PRP monotherapy for knee osteoarth... by Dan Du, Yuan Liang

“…Abstract Introduction KOA, a chronic degenerative joint disease, is commonly treated with intra-articular HA and PRP, used alone or in combination. …”
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‘Piloting a framework for analysing the public contributions to R&D: new antibiotics in focus’ by Louise Schmidt, Ozren Sehic, Ursula Theuretzbacher, Daniel Fabian, Claudia Wild

“…At both early-stage and late-stage development, public research funding is the most common public funding reported by SMEs, ahead of other public sources like public equity funds, private-public partnerships and philanthropic sources. …”
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Response to 1-Year Fixed-Regimen Bevacizumab Therapy in Treatment-Naïve DME Patients: Assessment by OCT Angiography by Magdalena Hunt, Sławomir Teper, Adam Wylęgała, Edward Wylęgała

“…Although the study showed that the number of MAs was significantly reduced during treatment, which is an OCT-A predictor of a good response to bevacizumab treatment at a 12-month visit, commonly observed artifacts may reduce the usefulness of OCT-A.…”
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The consensus rye microsatellite map with EST-SSRs transferred from wheat by D. O. Vidakovic, D. Perovic, T. V. Semilet, A. Börner, E. K. Khlestkina

“…With the exception of Xcfe159 and Xcfe224, all the Xcfe loci mapped were found in orthologous positions considering multiple evolutionary translocations in the rye genome relative to those of common wheat. The consensus map was constructed using mapping data from the four bi-parental populations. …”
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Radiographic outcomes and subsidence rate in hyperlordotic versus standard lordotic interbody spacers in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion by Rajkishen Narayanan, Nicholas B. Pohl, Jonathan Dalton, Yunsoo Lee, Alexa Tomlak, Anthony Labarbiera, Meryem Guler, Emilie Sawicki, Sebastian I. Fras, Mark F. Kurd, John J. Mangan, Ian David Kaye, Jose A. Canseco, Alan S. Hilibrand, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Christopher K. Kepler, Gregory D. Schroeder, Joseph K. Lee

“…Background: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a common surgery for patients with degenerative cervical disease and current interbody spacers utilized vary based on material composition, structure, and angle of lordosis. …”
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Determinants of Pelvic Floor Disorders among Women Visiting the Gynecology Outpatient Department in Wolkite University Specialized Center, Wolkite, Ethiopia by Ayana Benti Terefe, Tolesa Gemeda Gudeta, Girma Teferi Mengistu, Seboka Abebe Sori

“…Pelvic floor disorders are a common public health concern that affects the lives of millions of adult females. …”
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Development and validation of a prediction model for chronic post-surgical pain risk: a single-center prospective study of video-assisted thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery by Xiong-Fei Zhang, Chang-Guo Peng, Hua-Jing Guo, Zhi-Ming Zhang

“…Abstract Background Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) is a common complication following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) that significantly impacts the quality of life of patients. …”
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Treatment of Hepatitis C Post-Liver Transplantation Could Mitigate Discard Rates of Hepatitis C-Positive Deceased Donor Livers and Expand the Donor Pool by Jennifer Keller, Gary Marklin, Obi Okoye, Roshani Desai, Tej Sura, Ajay Jain, Chintalapati Varma, Mustafa Nazzal

“…Comparison was made before the widespread use of DAAs 2008–2013 (pre-DAA) against their common practice use 2014–2017 (post-DAA). All deceased liver donors with HCV antibody or nucleic acid positive results were evaluated. …”
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Effects of prophylactic antibiotic administration and antibiotic timing on culture results and clinical outcomes of paediatric musculoskeletal infection: a protocol for a randomise... by Chao You, Yibiao Zhou, Zhiyong Liu, Chao Deng, Yongjie Xia, Dechao Wu, Liangfu Xie, Bing E, Jingming Han

“…Introduction Musculoskeletal infection (MSI) is a common cause of morbidity among the paediatric population. …”
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SSR analysis of the genomic DNA of perspective Uzbek hexaploid winter wheat varieties by A. T. Adylova, G. K. Norbekov, E. E. Khurshut, E. V.  Nikitina, F. N. Kushanov

“…It showed that Uzbekistan breeding varieties are divided into two main clusters, which may be evidence of their common origin.  A genetic formula has been developed for each Uzbek wheat variety. …”
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Combined Use of Excimer Laser and High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy to Overcome a Severely Calcified Lesion in Endovascular Therapy by Keisuke Nakabayashi, Shinya Hata, Nobuhito Kaneko, Akihiro Matsui, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Ando, Minoru Shimizu

“…Although endovascular therapy (EVT) is commonly used in treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD), severely calcified lesions pose a challenge, in spite of the technical advancement. …”
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A Nation-Wide Survey of High School Baseball Coaches’ Perceptions Indicates their Arm Care Programs Play a Role in Injury Prevention by K A Matsel, E E Weiss, R J Butler, M C Hoch, P M Westgate, T R Malone, T L Uhl

“…Among the 12.7% (n=83/654) of coaches who do not use arm care programs, the two most commonly cited reasons for not implementing arm care were lack of observed benefit (41%) and insufficient staff (31%). …”
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