Early Effects of Bronchoscopic Cryotherapy in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Immunotherapy: A Single-Center Prospective Study by Gediminas Vasiliauskas, Evelina Žemaitė, Erika Skrodenienė, Lina Poškienė, Gertrūda Maziliauskienė, Aurimas Mačionis, Skaidrius Miliauskas, Donatas Vajauskas, Marius Žemaitis

“…Immune-related adverse events (irAEs), complications, tumor size changes, overall response rate (ORR), and disease control rate (DCR) were evaluated. …”
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Augmentation index as a predictor of right ventricular dysfunction in coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study by Arash Rahimi, Babak Geraiely, Hamed Vahidi, Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Ramyar Rahimi Darehbagh, Somayeh Mohammadi, Golrokh Ghaffari, Meysam Khoshavi

“…Abstract Background Arterial stiffness is a well-established predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality. However, its relationship with right ventricular (RV) function in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains unclear. …”
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Inpatient autopsy rate and associated factors in a Chinese megacity: a population-based retrospective cohort study by Yu Wang, Jiming Zhu, Zihan Wang, Dachun Zhao, Hange Li, Yanrong He, Xidong Guo, Hanbo Zhang, Huatang Zeng

“…Among them, a total of 34 577 cases with complete data, classified hospital and Chinese nationality, were included for further multivariable rare events logistic regression and Poisson pseudo maximum likelihood regression.Outcome measures Whether the inpatient death was autopsied or not.Results The autopsy procedure was performed in 0.9% (319/35 272) of hospital deaths. …”
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Prevalence, predictors, and economic burden of mental health disorders among asylum seekers, refugees and migrants from African countries: A scoping review. by Wael Osman, France Ncube, Kamil Shaaban, Alaa Dafallah

“…These studies all revealed elevated rates of mental health disorders among these groups, and these were related to migration, refugee-related factors, and traumatic events. Most of these groups are dominated by young males. …”
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Beverage consumption modifies the risk of type 2 diabetes associated with ambient air pollution exposure by Chaonan Fan, Wenjuan Wang, Wenxue Xiong, Zhiyao Li, Li Ling

“…Results: During a median follow-up of 12.19 years, 1486 T2D events were recorded. One interquartile range increase of PM2.5, NO2, and NOX raised the T2D risk with the hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI) being 1.09 (1.03, 1.16), 1.14 (1.06, 1.21), and 1.09 (1.04, 1.15), respectively. …”
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Effectiveness of a Videoconference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Patients with Schizophrenia: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Masayuki Katsushima, Hideki Nakamura, Yuki Shiko, Hideki Hanaoka, Eiji Shimizu

“…There were no dropouts and no serious adverse events in this study. ConclusionsA total of 7 remote vCBTp sessions conducted in the vCBTp plus UC group could be safely administered to patients with schizophrenia. …”
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Assessing Sedation Depth with PSI in Elderly ERCP Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study by Huang L, Liu LL, Lu YD, Zhuang MY, Dou W, Liu H, Ji FH, Peng K

“…We also documented procedure and recovery time, oversedation (PSI < 25 for at least 10 min and EEG burst suppression), adverse events, and fatigue scores (0– 10, higher scores indicating more fatigue).Results: All patients completed this study (mean age of 73 years and 63% male), with a mean procedure time of 53 min and recovery time of 37 min. …”
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Trends and Variability of PM2.5 at Different Time Scales over Delhi: Long-term Analysis 2007–2021 by Chetna, Surendra K. Dhaka, Gagandeep Longiany, Vivek Panwar, Vinay Kumar, Shristy Malik, A. S. Rao, Narendra Singh, A. P. Dimri, Yutaka Matsumi, Tomoki Nakayama, Sachiko Hayashida

“…Satellite data of fire events showed that the crop residue burning over the Punjab region had a significant contribution to the peak PM2.5 levels in Delhi during the crop burning period. …”
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Political Marketing: Measurement Parameters of the Concept of Social Value in Possible Presidential Pre-Candidates, Elections 2021, Chimborazo, Ecuador by L. Vallejo, M. Torreso, C. Buenaño, C. Buenaño

“…The investigation was limited to the province of Chimborazo, Sierra region, after the events of October 2019. The seven social value parameters established by policy experts were: credibility, political background, honesty, professional training, leadership, charisma and tolerance. …”
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POVEIKIS IR ATSAKAS BIOLOGINIUOSE VYKSMUOSE by Jonas Rubikas

“…From this point of view the belief, miracles, predictions and other spiritual events can be considered as further conditionalities. …”
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Pregnancy stressors and postpartum symptoms of depression and anxiety: the moderating role of a cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention by Ahmed Zaidi, Atif Rahman, Pamela J Surkan, Najia Atif, Abid Malik, Yunxiang Sun, Soim Park

“…Background Little is known about the association between stressors (especially positive stressors) during pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety.Aims We investigated the association between positive and negative stress events during different stages of pregnancy and postpartum mental health outcomes among low-income pregnant women with symptoms of anxiety in Pakistan and evaluated whether an intervention based on cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) had a regulatory effect.Methods Participants were 621 pregnant Pakistani women with mild anxiety. …”
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Stress and Interpersonal Relationships in Medical Students During Public Health Emergencies: A Network Analysis by Cui Y, Guo Z, Yang T, Zhang M, Mu H, Li J, Fang J, Du T, Yang X

“…The edges between S1 “personal hassle” and R3 “dealing with people”, S2 “academic hassle” and R2 “socializing”, and S3 “negative life event” and R4 “dating someone of the opposite sex” were the strongest. …”
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Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Activation of Mirror Neuron Network in Healthy Adults during Motor Execution and Imitation: An fNIRS Study by Yao Cui, Fang Cong, Fu-Biao Huang, Ming Zeng, Jun Wang

“…Descriptive analysis of oxy-hemoglobin (HbO) and deoxy-hemoglobin (HbR) were used to show the hemoglobin (Hb) concentration changes after different event onsets in both CG and EG, a linear mixed-effects model (LMM) of HbO data was employed to analyze the effect of ES on the activation of MNN. …”
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Simulation and analysis of marine hydrodynamics based on the El Niño scenario by M. Ikhwan, R. Wafdan, Y. Haditiar, M. Ramli, Z. Muchlisin, S. Rizal

“…In this study, a simulation of an El Niño event is carried out, which is ideal in the vertical layer of the Pacific Ocean (0-250 meters). …”
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Impact of the Late Miocene Cooling on the loss of coral reefs in the Central Indo-Pacific by B. F. Petrick, L. Reuning, M. Pfeiffer, G. Auer, L. Schwark

“…<p>The Late Miocene Cooling (LMC) has been recognized as a global event in the climate record and posited as the start of modern ecosystems. …”
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Human-genome single nucleotide polymorphisms affecting transcription factor binding and their role in pathogenesis by E. V. Antontseva, A. O. Degtyareva, E. E. Korbolina, I. S. Damarov, T. I. Merkulova

“…To predict rSNPs, approaches based on searches for allele-specific events in RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, DNase-seq, ATAC-seq, MPRA, and other data are also used. …”
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Geometrical determinants of cerebral artery fenestration for cerebral infarction by Yuqian Mei, Xiaoqin Chen, Yao Zhang, Yanling Wang, Bo Wu, Mingcheng Hu, Quan Bao

“…These patients were categorized into Infarction Group (n = 55) and Control Group (n = 34) according to infarction events. These two groups are divided into two subgroups depending on fenestration location (basilar artery or other cerebravascular location), respectively, i.e., BA Infarction Group (n = 37), BA Control Group (n = 23), Non_BA Infarction Group (n = 18), Non_BA Control Group (n = 11). …”
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WHO public health laboratories webinar series – an online platform to disseminate testing recommendations and best practices during health emergencies by Céline Barnadas, Lisa Stevens, Natacha Milhano, Ana Carolina Barbosa de Lima, Bruce Struminger, Lauren Burke, Sébastien Cognat

“…Evidence that this knowledge was subsequently applied by participants, such as through changes in workflow, onwards training events and procedural changes further reinforces the efficacy with which the series was able support the laboratory workforce globally in addressing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and other health emergencies. …”
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Emulation of ARISTOTLE and ROCKET AF trials in real-world atrial fibrillation patients results in similar efficacy and safety as original landmark trials: insights from the GARFIEL... by Ralf E Harskamp, Karen Pieper, A John Camm, Ajay K Kakkar, Jelle C L Himmelreich, Saverio Virdone, Jean-Pierre Bassand, Frank Misselwitz, Freek W A Verheugt, Frank Cools, Harry Gibbs, Antônio C Pereira-Barretto

“…Aims This study aimed to determine the robustness, reproducibility and representativeness of the landmark Apixaban for Reduction in Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) (ARISTOTLE) and Rivaroxaban Once Daily Oral Direct Factor Xa Inhibition Compared with Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism Trial in AF (ROCKET AF) randomised trials through replication in an observational AF patient registry.Methods and results Patients from the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD (GARFIELD)-AF registry treated with apixaban, rivaroxaban or vitamin K antagonist (VKA) were assessed for eligibility for the ARISTOTLE and ROCKET AF trials. …”
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A Blueprint for the Problem Formulation Phase of EPA-Type Ecological Risk Assessments for 316(b) Determinations by Webster Van Winkle, William P. Dey, Steve M. Jinks, Mark S. Bevlhimer, Charles C. Coutant

“…The facility-specific problem formulation phase is designed around the hierarchy of biolo gical levels of organization in the generic conceptual model and the sequence of cause-effect events and risk hypotheses represented by this model. …”
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