Validity and Responsiveness of a Modified Balance Error Scoring System Assessment Using a Mobile Device Application in Patients Recovering from Ankle Sprain by Michael S Crowell, Eliot Thomasma, Erin Florkiewicz, Richard Brindle, Megan Roach, Donald Goss, Will Pitt

“… # Purpose The primary purposes of this study were to determine the ability to differentiate between those with ankle sprain versus controls (construct validity) and ability to detect change over time (responsiveness) of a mBESS assessment using a mobile device application to evaluate static balance after an acute ankle sprain. # Study Design Case-control study. # Methods Twenty-two military academy Cadets with an acute ankle sprain and 20 healthy Cadets were enrolled in the study. …”
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Production of green steel from low-grade ores: An end-to-end techno-economic assessment by Alireza Rahbari, M. Shahabuddin, Shabnam Sabah, Geoffrey Brooks, John Pye

“…We examine the role of Australian ore grades on the process design, ore beneficiation, fluidized bed (FB) and shaft furnace routes, and downstream steelmaking choices—electric arc furnace or smelter plus basic oxygen furnace (smelter-BOF). …”
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Insidens Riwayat Hipertensi dan Diabetes Melitus pada Pasien Penyakit Jantung Koroner di RS. Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Putri Yuriandini Yulsam, Fadil Oenzil, Efrida .

“…This was a descriptive study with cross sectional design which carried out in Medical Record of Dr. …”
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Essential Oils from Citrus Peels Promote Calcium Overload-Induced Calcicoptosis in U251 Cells by Yurong Li, Juanjuan Wei, Zimao Ye, Chen Ji, Wenji Li, Li Xu, Zhiqin Zhou

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The equivalent value (EV)-based workload assessment of primary healthcare workers in Beijing, China by Shasha Yuan, Tao Yin, Naijie Weng, Zheng Wang, Delu Yin

“…Methods The EV-based workload assessment system was designed by three main steps: identifying the list of essential PHC service items provided by PHC workers, quantifying the EV of each service item, and calculating the corresponding workload for PHC workers and community health centers (CHCs). …”
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Snow-cover seasonality in Kyrgyzstan: variation and change over 20 years (2001–2021) as observed by the MODIS Terra snow product by Geoffrey M Henebry, Monika A Tomaszewska

“…Our comprehensive updated trend analysis was designed to be more conservative. It revealed more area (106%–130%) trending to earlier FDoS than earlier LDoS, reinforcing the counterintuitive finding of longer snow seasons starting earlier at lower elevations.…”
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Does Treatment with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Affect Adherence to International Society Criteria for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes? A... by Aongus O’Brolchain, Joshua Maletsky, Ibrahim Mian, Serena Edwards

“…Additionally, the demographics and clinical characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes presenting with DKA were compared based on their treatment with SGLT2i at the time of diagnosis. Design. Retrospective observational study. Setting. …”
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The Effect of Counseling Based on Functional Analytic Psychotherapy with Enhanced Cognitive Therapy on Married Adolescent Women’s Sexual Self-efficacy: A Prospective Study by Maryam Gholami, Katayoun Alidousti, Mozhgan Taebi, Yunes Jahani, Atefeh Ahmadi

“…Methods: This prospective clinical trial, conducted in 2019, used a pre-test/post-test design with a control group. The study included 80 urban and rural married adolescents who met the inclusion criteria and were referred to the health centers in Darab and surrounding villages. …”
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Association between male involvement during antenatal care and use of maternal health services in Mwanza City, Northwestern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study by Clara C Natai, Neema Gervas, Frybert M Sikira, Beatrice J Leyaro, Juma Mfanga, Mashavu H. Yussuf, Sia E Msuya

“…In Tanzania information is limited regarding influence of male involvement during ANC on utilisation of maternal health services.Objectives To determine the effect of male involvement during ANC on use of maternal health services in Mwanza, Tanzania.Design A cross-sectional study conducted from June to July 2019.Setting This study was conducted at seven randomly selected health facilities providing reproductive, maternal and child health (RCH) services in Mwanza City.Participants Included 430 postpartum women who delivered 1 year prior to the study and attending for RCH services (growth monitoring, vaccination, postpartum care).Outcome measures 4 or more ANC visits, skilled birth attendant (SBA) use during childbirth and postnatal care (PNC) utilisation 48 hours after delivery.Methods Interviews and observation of the women’s ANC card were used to collect data. …”
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Associations of Maternal Complaints to Levator Ani Muscle Trauma within 9 Months after Vaginal Birth: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study by N. Kimmich, J. Birri, A. Richter, R. Zimmermann, M. Kreft

“…The questionnaires were self-designed but oriented to and modified from validated questionnaires. …”
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Deaths in children in England from SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first 2 years of the pandemic: a cohort study by Shamez N Ladhani, Peter Fleming, Tom Williams, Karen Luyt, Godwin Oligbu, David Odd, Sylvia Stoianova, Anna Thursby-Pelham

“…Objective The aim of this analysis was to describe the epidemiology, demographics and characteristics of children and young people (CYP) who died of SARS-CoV-2 infection in England during the first 2 years of the pandemic.Design The cohort investigated in this study is all CYP, born alive at, or after, 22 weeks of gestation, who died before their 18th birthday between 1 February 2020 and 31 March 2022 in England. …”
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Gabapentin versus Transdermal Fentanyl Matrix for the Alleviation of Chronic Neuropathic Pain of Radicular Origin: A Randomized Blind Multicentered Parallel-Group Noninferiority Tr... by Chang Ju Hwang, Jae Hyup Lee, Jung-Hoon Kim, Sang Hyuk Min, Kun-Woo Park, Hyoung-Yeon Seo, Kwang-Sup Song

“…We evaluated the relative efficacy and safety of fentanyl matrix and gabapentin for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain of radicular origin. The study was designed as a randomized blind multicentered parallel-group noninferiority trial. …”
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Sneak Peek: Food, Waste, and Packaging Characteristics of South Australian School Children’s Lunchboxes by Neha Kishan Lalchandani, Clare Hume, Lynne Giles, Shona Crabb, Jo Hendrikx, Caroline Miller

“… ABSTRACT Objective: To characterise children’s lunchbox contents for food, waste, and packaging. Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Lunchboxes were photographed at two time points on the same day: before first morning break to capture food and packaging and post-lunch break to capture food waste. …”
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Time to Reach Full Enteral Feeding and Its Predictors among Very Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Follow-Up Cohort Study by Belay Alemayehu Getahun, Sileshi Mulatu, Hailemariam Mekonnen Workie

“…An institutional retrospective follow-up study design was conducted among 332 very low birth weight neonates from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2021. …”
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Pursuing healthy homeownership: an evaluation of the neighborhood health trajectories of shared equity homeowners by Geoffrey M. Gusoff, Alex Ramiller, Arthur Acolin, Ruoniu Wang, Frederick J. Zimmerman

“…While understanding the net impact of these factors on individual and household health requires further study, these results can inform the siting and design of shared equity homeownership units to maximize the health benefits of the model.…”
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Clinical and ultrasound assessment of body composition in preterm infants at discharge: an observational study by Beatriz del Rey Hurtado de Mendoza, Montserrat Izquierdo Renau, Elsa García González, Carla Balcells-Esponera, Emilio J Inarejos Clemente, Isabel Iglesias-Platas

“…Prenatal and postnatal factors can influence the growth and BC of VPIs in the NICU.Design, setting and patients We conducted a case-control study, including preterm infants born before 32 weeks gestational age at term-corrected age (TCA) and healthy late preterm or term infants as controls and also a retrospective cohort analysis of factors influencing VPI’s BC at discharge. …”
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Population Health Management to identify and characterise ongoing health need for high-risk individuals shielded from COVID-19: a cross-sectional cohort study by Adrian Pratt, Richard Wood, Charlie Kenward, Sam Creavin, Jennifer A Cooper

“…Objectives To use Population Health Management (PHM) methods to identify and characterise individuals at high-risk of severe COVID-19 for which shielding is required, for the purposes of managing ongoing health needs and mitigating potential shielding-induced harm.Design Individuals at ‘high risk’ of COVID-19 were identified using the published national ‘Shielded Patient List’ criteria. …”
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Dexmedetomidine Attenuates Monocyte-Endothelial Adherence via Inhibiting Connexin43 on Vascular Endothelial Cells by Yunfei Chai, Runying Yu, Yong Liu, Sheng Wang, Dongdong Yuan, Jimei Chen

“…Two special siRNAs were designed to knock down Cx43 expression on HUVECs. U937-HUVEC adhesion, adhesion-related molecules, and the activation of the MAPK (p-ERK1/2, p-p38, and p-JNK1/2) signaling pathway were detected. …”
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Integration of artificial intelligence and advanced optimization techniques for continuous gas lift under restricted gas supply: A case study by Leila Zeinolabedini, Forough Ameli, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…To this end, 154 data points constructed by a central composite design (CCD) experiment were utilized to develop neural network models. …”
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Investigating the effect of the teaching method of peer education in medical students of surgical internship on satisfaction, grade at the end of the section, and implementation ab... by Keivan Sabooni, Madjid Shafiayan, Farzaneh Zarei, Behzad Khalafi

“…Therefore, this study was designed and implemented to compare the effectiveness and feasibility of peer education in surgical department discussions. …”
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