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  1. 41541

    Long-term sickness absence trajectories and associated occupational and lifestyle-related factors: a longitudinal study among young and early midlife Finnish employees with pain by Karen Walker-Bone, Tea Lallukka, Ossi Rahkonen, Rahman Shiri, Pi Fagerlund

    Published 2024-12-01
    “…It also aimed to determine the pain characteristics and occupational and lifestyle factors associated with these LTSA patterns.Design Longitudinal occupational cohort study with register linkage.Setting The largest municipal employer in Finland.Participants The study population comprised 19–39-year-old Finnish municipal employees (n=1685) who reported pain in 2017.Outcome measures Prospective register data on all-cause LTSA through March 2020 were obtained from the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. …”
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  2. 41542

    Mindfulness-based retreat for mothers of paediatric heart transplant recipients: protocol for a pilot intervention study by Sara Ahola Kohut, Joanna Mitchell, Samantha J Anthony, Taylor Robertson, Heather Telfer, Mirna Seifert-Hansen

    Published 2022-07-01
    “…This pilot study aims to investigate: (1) the implementation success of a mindfulness-based retreat (MBR), and (2) the effectiveness of a MBR at improving quality of life, distress tolerance, coping and perceived social support for mothers of paediatric heart transplant recipients.Methods and analysis A convergent parallel, mixed-method design is proposed for this pilot, exploratory study. …”
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  3. 41543

    Immune checkpoint inhibitors-related thyroid dysfunction: influencing factor analysis, prediction model development, and management strategy proposal by Xinya Li, Zaiwei Song, Yixuan Chen, Jingjing Wu, Dan Jiang, Zhen Zhang, Zeyuan Wang, Rongsheng Zhao

    Published 2024-11-01
    “…This study aimed to devise an individualized management strategy for ICI-TD to enhance the early identification and proactive management in cancer patients. Methods We designed and conducted a three-phase study. Initially, we analyzed the influencing factors through a systematic review and meta-analysis, which adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. …”
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  4. 41544

    EPRNG: Effective Pseudo-Random Number Generator on the Internet of Vehicles Using Deep Convolution Generative Adversarial Network by Chenyang Fei, Xiaomei Zhang, Dayu Wang, Haomin Hu, Rong Huang, Zejie Wang

    Published 2025-01-01
    “…Our model starts from the vehicle data source to stitch images and add noise to enhance the entropy of the images and then inputs them into our network. In addition, we design an entropy-driven stopping method that enables our model training to stop at the optimal epoch so as to prevent overfitting. …”
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  5. 41545

    The Effects of Single and Bimetallic Silicon Composite Shields in Medical Imaging Methods: A Monte Carlo Study by Abbas Ali Nazeri, Reza Malekzadeh, Parinaz Mehnati, Soheila Refahi

    Published 2025-01-01
    “… Purpose: Nowadays, the use of polymer composites with several metals to design and build new radiation composite shields with practical features in radiology is expanding. …”
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  6. 41546

    Pain medication tapering for patients with Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Type II, treated with Spinal Cord Stimulation: A RCT-study protocol of the PIANISSIMO study. by Maarten Moens, Cleo Lina Crunelle, Koen Putman, Elke Wuyts, Frenn Bultinck, Hubert Van Puyenbroeck, PIANISSIMO consortium, Lisa Goudman

    Published 2024-01-01
    “…The current objective is to examine whether a pain medication tapering program before SCS alters disability in PSPS-T2 patients compared to no tapering program.<h4>Methods and design</h4>A three-arm, parallel-group multicenter randomized controlled trial will be conducted including 195 patients who will be randomized (1:1:1) to either (a) a standardized pain medication tapering program, (b) a personalized pain medication tapering program, or (c) no tapering program before SCS implantation, all with a follow-up period until 12 months after implantation. …”
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  7. 41547

    A 250 °C Low-Power, Low-Temperature-Drift Offset Chopper-Stabilized Operational Amplifier with an SC Notch Filter for High-Temperature Applications by Zhong Yang, Jiaqi Li, Jiangduo Fu, Jiayin Song, Qingsong Cai, Shushan Qiao

    Published 2025-01-01
    “…The input-stage operational amplifier is a fully differential, rail-to-rail design, utilizing tail current control to reduce the impact of common-mode voltage on the transconductance of the input stage. …”
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  8. 41548

    Introduction of Powder Fluxes in Rotary Degassing System Towards Intensifying Refining Process of Aluminium Alloys by M. Piękoś, Z. Smorawiński

    Published 2024-12-01
    “…The innovation of the design of the stand and the treatment of the liquid metal with powdered additives consists of dosing the refiner fluid deep into the metal bath through a channel that was made in the rotor axis and the head; this differs from conventional methods in the small amounts of introduced salts and, at the same time, in the very good metal-inert gas-salt homogeneity of the treated metal bath. …”
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  9. 41549

    Occupational disparities in survival in Korean women with cancer: a nationwide registry linkage study by Ichiro Kawachi, Hye-Eun Lee, Eun-A KIM, Masayoshi Zaitsu

    Published 2020-09-01
    “…Objectives We sought to examine occupational disparities in survival among Korean women diagnosed with cancer.Design Population-based, registry-linkage study.Setting South Korea.Participants Our study population comprised female workers registered in the Korean national employment insurance programme during 1995–2000 and diagnosed with cancer between 1995 and 2008. …”
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    Protocol and clinical characteristics of patients under ‘at-home care’ for COVID-19 in South Korea: a retrospective cohort study by Jin Ju Park, Yu Bin Seo, Jacob Lee, Sun Hee Na, Young Kyun Choi

    Published 2022-06-01
    “…This study aimed to analyse the characteristics and outcomes of patients who were treated under at-home care.Design, setting and participants This retrospective cohort study targeted patients under at-home care for COVID-19 in Yeongdeungpo-gu in Seoul, Korea, from 18 October 2021 to 12 December 2021. …”
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  12. 41552

    Experiences and practices of people categorised as being ‘at risk’ based on age during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in the UK and Germany by Susannah Mayhew, Stephanie Drössler, Katharina Wabnitz

    Published 2022-07-01
    “…What characterised their sense-making of being at risk and what effects did this have on their lives, behaviour and identities?Design Interview-based qualitative study.Setting UK and Germany, July–August 2020.Participants 11 individuals from Germany and eight from the UK were recruited purposively. …”
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  13. 41553

    Developing AI Smart Sprayer for Punch-Hole Herbicide Application in Plasticulture Production System by Renato Herrig Furlanetto, Ana Claudia Buzanini, Arnold Walter Schumann, Nathan Shawn Boyd

    Published 2024-12-01
    “…To address this issue, we developed and evaluated a precision spraying system designed to target herbicide application to the transplant punch-holes. …”
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  14. 41554

    The Safety and Efficacy of Lansoprazole plus Metoclopramide among Neonates with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Resistant to Conservative Therapy and Monotherapy: A Clinical Trial by Peymaneh Alizadeh Taheri, Elahe Validad, Kambiz Eftekhari

    Published 2021-01-01
    “…The efficacy and safety of ranitidine plus metoclopramide and lansoprazole plus metoclopramide in reducing clinical GERD symptoms based on I-GERQ-R scores in neonatal GERD resistant to conservative and monotherapy. Study Design. This study was a randomized clinical trial of term neonates with GERD diagnosis (according to the final version of the I-GERQ-R), resistant to conservative and monotherapy admitted to Bahrami Children Hospital during 2017-2019. …”
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    UPGRADED SCIENTIFIC ORHODONTIC SIMULATOR WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND THERMOCHAMBER by Radu Mircea Pisc, Anne Marie Rauten, Roxana Marinescu, Horia Octavian Manolea

    Published 2024-12-01
    “…The system developed in this study has the added benefit of tooth of time and visual movement quantification, increasing students understanding and allowing the study of biomechanical principles and appliance design in order to obtain the replication of the case for head to head studies of different orthodontic wires from ultra-flexible to thermo activated ones. …”
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  18. 41558

    Circulating visfatin concentrations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and meta-analysis by Nahid Aboutaleb, Alireza Moradi, Hamzeh Mirshekari Jahangiri, Mohammad Reza Aslani, Mohammad Reza Aslani

    Published 2025-01-01
    “…ObjectiveThe current study was designed with the aim of conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the circulating levels of visfatin in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to healthy individuals.MethodsUntil March 2024, we searched the Web of Science, PubMed/Medline, and Scopus databases. …”
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  19. 41559

    Level of Awareness, Screening Practices, and Self-Detection Among Breast Cancer Patients by Ahmed Nawzad Hassan, Mustafa Saber Al-Attar

    Published 2025-01-01
    “…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study that used a designed questionnaire applied to investigate demographic data and four other aspects: level of awareness, screening practices, type of screening methods used, and who detected the case for the first time. …”
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  20. 41560

    Using the behaviour change technique taxonomy v1 (BCTTv1) to identify the active ingredients of pharmacist interventions to improve non-hospitalised patient health outcomes by Marijn de Bruin, Marie Johnston, Claire Scott, Margaret C Watson, Neil Scott, Mícheál de Barra, Catriona Matheson, Christine Bond

    Published 2020-09-01
    “…Future interventions should be designed and reported using relevant taxonomies and checklists for example, BCT taxonomy and TIDieR (the template for intervention description and replication).…”
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