Efficacy of Single-Pill Combination of Telmisartan 80 mg and Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Prospective Subgroup Analysis of a Ra... by Harold Bays, Pingjin Gao, Birgit Völker, Michaela Mattheus, Luis M. Ruilope, Dingliang Zhu

“…Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic BP reductions and BP goal achievement were evaluated in patients with CVD risk factors: presence of diabetes mellitus (DM), renal impairment, increased body mass index (BMI), and 10-year estimated risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). …”
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Switching to biological DMARDs versus cycling among JAK inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and with inadequate response to JAK inhibitors: from FIRST registry by Yoshiya Tanaka, Hiroaki Tanaka, Satoshi Kubo, Shingo Nakayamada, Yusuke Miyazaki, Yoshino Inoue, Shunsuke Fukuyo, Ippei Miyagawa, Kentaro Hanami, Yasuyuki Todoroki, Masanobu Ueno, Yurie Satoh-Kanda, Ayako Yamaguchi

“…Among those cycling to another JAKi, the Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) scores improved by week 26, with higher remission rates, while retention and adverse events remained similar. …”
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Characterization of Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease in Diabetic Patients at the General Calixto García Clinical Surgical University Hospital by Yunier Angarica Aguilar, Jorge Félix Salazar Rodríguez, Damaris Herrera Arrebato, Emelina Despaigne Carrión, María de los Ángeles Hechevarría Heredia, César Emilio Reina Rodríguez

“…The variables analyzed were: sex, skin color and age; blood pressure and body mass index; cholesterol, triacylglycerides and glycemia; type of cerebrovascular disease and its severity and comorbidities. …”
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Increase in assisted suicide in Switzerland: did the socioeconomic predictors change? Results from the Swiss National Cohort by Marcel Zwahlen, Nicole Steck, Christoph Junker

“…Female gender, higher education, having no religious affiliation, no children and a Swiss passport, living in a neighbourhood with a higher socioeconomic index and living in the French-speaking part of Switzerland were associated with a higher rate.Conclusions The study results do not indicate any shift in socioeconomic factors associated with assisted suicide, but a more pronounced increase in incidence among the elderly.…”
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Simulation of Distributed Current Sensor Based on Optical Fiber Deformation by T. P. Yanukovich, A. V. Polyakov

“…Dependence of the sensor operation at different powers of the laser used was investigated. The refractive index change influence on the result of measurements was estimated.…”
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Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Injection of Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Thoracic Herpes Zoster-Related Pain: A Study Protocol by Liu Wang, Xinyu Lei, Zhixuan Lan, Ruilin He, Zongbin Jiang

“…Trial Registration This clinical trial is registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR) at https://www.chictr.org.cn/index.html (Registration Number: ChiCTR2400087248, Registration Date: 2024–07-23).…”
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A Pilot Study on the Freelisting Method Among Adolescents with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Feasibility, Acceptability and Study Findings by Sabrina Gmuca, Dori Abel, Mackenzie McGill, Daneka Stryker, Eda Akpek, Whitney Eriksen, Pamela F. Weiss, Peter F. Cronholm

“…A list of ‘standardized’ freelisting terms was created, and we calculated Smith’s salience index. Freelisting terms were grouped into individual, family, friends, school, and medical domains. …”
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Spatial Analysis Quality of Life in Urban Areas Using Geographic Information System (GIS) (Case Study: District 2 of Mashhad) by ahmad asadi, Ebrahim akbari

“…Subsequently, using spatial analysis and multi-criteria decision making model (ANP), the final quality of life index was derived from the integration of indicators. …”
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Efficient Beach Litter Monitoring: Accelerated Surveys of Pollution Hotspots—A North African Case Study by Emna Ben Slimane, Mirco Haseler, Lilia Ben Abdallah, Fadhel Mhiri, Abdallah Nassour, Gerald Schernewski

“…Based on the Clean Coast Index (CCI), two beaches were classified as extremely dirty, one as dirty, two as moderately clean, and one as clean. …”
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Ultrasound Assessment of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Comparison between Diabetes and Nondiabetes Subjects, and Correlation with Serum Vitamin D by Sameeah Abdulrahman Rashid

“…This multicenter cross-sectional study was performed on two groups of adults (nondiabetes and type 2 diabetes) of various ages, sexes, and body mass index (BMI). CIMT for each side was measured at three segments using high-resolution ultrasound, and the mean of both sides was determined. …”
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Response of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc) Trotter) to Seeding Rate and Methods of Sowing on Yield and Yield Attributes in a Subhumid Environment, Northern Ethiopia by Abraha Arefaine, Daniel Adhanom, Negasi Tekeste

“…Results indicated that days to panicle emergence, plant height, total number of tillers, productive tillers, main panicle seed weight, thousand-seed weight, panicle length, and harvest index were significantly (P<0.05) affected by the main effects of seeding rate and methods of sowing but these parameters showed no response to interaction effects of the two treatment factors. …”
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assessment of land-cover change in South part of Lake Urmia using satellite imagery by Khadijeh Mikaeli Hajikandi, Behrooz Sobhani, Saeid Varamesh

“…The accuracy of the produced maps were assessed and compared with the training samples derived from Google Earth images and Kappa Index, overral accuracy, producer accuracy and user accuracy. …”
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Skin Temperature in Parkinson’s Disease Measured by Infrared Thermography by Mathias Møller Purup, Karoline Knudsen, Pall Karlsson, Astrid Juhl Terkelsen, Per Borghammer

“…In the HC group, a positive, moderate correlation was seen between post-CST recovery values on the 3rd and 5th phalanx and body mass index (BMI) (r = 0.661, p = 0.002). Conclusions. …”
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Influence of Waste Marble Dust on the Improvement of Expansive Clay Soils by Hassan A. M. Abdelkader, Mohamed M. A. Hussein, Haiwang Ye

“…Also, the results showed that as the percentage of the marble dust increases the plasticity index, the swelling potential of the expansive clayey soil decreases. …”
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Optimization of Load Rejection Regulation for Compressed Air Energy Storage by Yinghao Wu, Xiankui Wen, Shihai Zhang, Qiang Fan, Huayang Ye, Chao Wu

“…The key speed control index of the optimized load rejection strategy is much better than the traditional strategy, which significantly improves the control effect of accident emergencies.…”
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Factors associated with prolonged length of stay following cardiac surgery in a major referral hospital in Oman: a retrospective observational study by Paul Aylin, Ahmed Almashrafi, Hilal Alsabti, Mirdavron Mukaddirov, Baskaran Balan

“…Factors associated with prolonged overall postoperative LOS included the body mass index, the type of surgery, cardiopulmonary bypass machine use, packed red blood cells use, non-elective surgery and number of complications. …”
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Effects of Blink Rate on Tear Film Optical Quality Dynamics with Different Soft Contact Lenses by María García-Montero, Laura Rico-del-Viejo, Irene Martínez-Alberquilla, Jose Luis Hernández-Verdejo, Amalia Lorente-Velázquez, David Madrid-Costa

“…Serial measurements of Objective Scatter Index (OSI) using the HD Analyzer (Visiometrics S.L., Terrassa, Spain) were taken at different blinking patterns: blinking every 2.5 seconds (high BRs) and every 9 seconds (low BRs). …”
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Risk Evaluation of Pyrolyzed Biochar from Multiple Wastes by Shem M. Ndirangu, Yanyan Liu, Kai Xu, Shaoxian Song

“…The degree of environmental risk assessment of HM pollution in biomass and biochars has been determined by using potential ecological risk index and RAC while organic contaminant degradation by EPFRs was considered when assessing the environmental roles of biochar in regulating the fate of contaminants removal. …”
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Depressive, anxiety, and sleep disturbance symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a network analysis perspective by Xue Luo, Shuangyan Li, Qianyun Wu, Yan Xu, Ruichen Fang, Yihong Cheng, Bin Zhang

“…Methods Depressive and anxiety symptoms were evaluated using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and sleep disturbance symptoms were evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). A total of 621 patients with OSA completed the questionnaires. …”
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Contemporaneous Emotion Regulation Theoretical Models: A Systematic Review by Camila Florencia Cremades, Cristian Javier Garay, Martín Juan Etchevers, Roberto Muiños, Graciela Mónica Peker, Juan Martín Gómez Penedo

“…We included articles published between 2018 and 2020, which have been peer-reviewed in indexed scientific journals, whose central theme was the theoretical presentation of the construct of emotional regulation. …”
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