Etiology of Community Acquired Pneumonia at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Ritika Jha, Sumit Sengupta, Anshuman Mukhopadhyay, Ritam Chakraborty

“…Patients aged >18 years admitted from August 2019 to February 2020 at AMRI Hospital, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India with a diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia were included in the study. Pneumonia Severity Index and CURB 65 were used to assess the severity. …”
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Safety of Colonoscopies in Patients on Advanced Heart Failure Therapies Who Received a Heart Transplant by Zaid Ansari, Akram Ahmad, Osama Sharjeel Khan, Vuha Reddi, Fernando Castro

“…Only four patients had a complication of bleeding requiring clips after polypectomy during the index procedure, with no anesthesia‐related adverse events (such as hypotension, arrhythmias, or cardiac arrest) or addition of inotropes, vasopressors, or MCS. …”
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Long-term effects of duodenal mucosal resurfacing and liraglutide on glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes by Max Nieuwdorp, Annieke C G van Baar, Jacques J G H M Bergman, Celine B E Busch, Julia Rubingh

“…Secondary endpoints were changes in HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), weight, body mass index (BMI), use of glucose-lowering medications, treatment satisfaction and willingness to undergo DMR retreatment.Results Nine out of 14 patients (64%) were off insulin at 4 years. …”
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Impact of glioma metabolism-related gene ALPK1 on tumor immune heterogeneity and the regulation of the TGF-β pathway by YaoFeng Hu, Sen Qin, RuCui Deng

“…A predictive model was developed utilizing the optimal consistency index derived from a combination of 101 machine learning techniques, and its effectiveness was confirmed through multiple datasets employing different methodologies. …”
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Investigation of the preventive effect of methylsulfonylmethane on alveolar bone loss and oxidative stress in a rat model of periodontitis by Melek Beder, Hatice Yemenoglu, Semih Alperen Bostan, Oğuz Kose, Sibel Mataracı Karakas, Tolga Mercantepe, Adnan Yılmaz, Levent Tumkaya

“…Histomorphometric and immunohistochemical (receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegerin (OPG)) evaluations were performed on right mandibular tissue samples, and biochemical (interleukin (IL)-1 beta (β)/IL-10, malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH), oxidative stress index (OSI)) evaluations were performed on left mandibular tissue samples. …”
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Restless legs syndrome without insomnia and antenatal depressive symptoms by Kazuhide Tezuka, Yuka Ito, Daisuke Nishi

“…RLS, insomnia, and antenatal depressive symptoms were assessed using the Cambridge-Hopkins questionnaire short form, Insomnia Severity Index, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, respectively. …”
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Insular infraorbital neurovascular pedicle labial salivary gland transplantation for the treatment of severe dry eye disease: an IDEAL stage 0, 1 and 2a study by Jing Zhou, Xiaohong Chen, Mei Li, Ke Yang, Ying Jie, Yinghui Wang, Yingshi Piao, Yun Cheng

“…We designed a modified LSGT, called insular infraorbital neurovascular pedicle LSGT, and evaluated the postoperative efficacy.Design This is a prospective, single-centre, self-contained study.Setting The research was conducted at Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University from July 2019 to March 2024.Participants Eight patients (nine eyes) with severe dry eye disease (DED) were enrolled in this study.Interventions All patients underwent insular infraorbital neurovascular pedicle LSGT and were followed up for at least 6 months postoperatively.Main outcome measure Key evaluation indices were best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) score, tear break-up time (TBUT), Corneal Fluorescence Staining (CFS) score, and Schirmer I test (SIT).Results With a mean follow-up of 17.56±11.72 months, BCVA improved in four eyes and stabilized in five. …”
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Targeted Plasma Bile Acid Metabolomic Analysis in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis and Alcoholic Hepatitis by Yuta Hirata, Yasunaru Sakuma, Hideo Ogiso, Ryozo Nagai, Kenichi Aizawa

“…Child–Pugh score, Fibrosis-4 index, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis score were positively correlated with GCA, whereas the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio correlated with TCA, TCDCA, and GCA. …”
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Efficacy of Olive Oil, Ozonated Olive Oil, and Chlorhexidine Gel as an Adjunct to Scaling and Root Planing in Chronic Periodontitis: A Clinical Study by Koushik Mukherjee, BJ Janardhana Amaranath, Neelam Das, Anishka Dhanai, Kumari Pallavi, Priya Katiyar

“…Recordings of clinical parameters (gingival index [GI], probing pocket depth [PPD], clinical attachment level [CAL]) were done at baseline and one month. …”
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Turkish validity and reliability of Burnout Syndrome Assessment Scale for nurses working in intensive care units by Yağmur Dağ, Gülsün Özdemir Aydın, Nuray Turan

“…Results Following confirming language equivalence for the scale, the content validity index was subsequently computed. The items’ content validity indices (CVIs) ranged between 0.833 and 1.000 and were higher than the generally accepted standard level. …”
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Are changes in pain intensity related to changes in balance control in individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Daniel K.Y. Zheng, Jae Q.J. Liu, Jeremy R. Chang, Jeffrey C.Y. Ng, Zhixing Zhou, Jinlong Wu, Chelsia K.C. Cheung, Frank F. Huang, Sabina M. Pinto, Dino Samartzis, Manuela L. Ferreira, Kanchana Ekanayake, Stephen Lord, Xueqiang Wang, Arnold Y.L. Wong

“…Additionally, very low-quality evidence suggested that pain relief explained a 44% decrease in the static anteroposterior stability index with eyes closed but not in the eyes-open, mediolateral, or overall conditions. …”
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Pre-operative Neutrophil-Lymphocyte and Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratios as Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality in Diabetic Foot Infection Amputation Patients by Joseph Paulo Sales, Emiliano Tablante

“…Results: Only 10.28% of patients experienced in-hospital morbidity and/or mortality. Based on Youden’s index, the optimal cutoff points of neutrophil-lymphocyte and platelet-lymphocyte ratios were 7.27 and 32.40, respectively. …”
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Vegetation Change and Its Response to Climate Change in Yunnan Province, China by Huaizhang Sun, Jiyan Wang, Junnan Xiong, Jinhu Bian, Huaan Jin, Weiming Cheng, Ainong Li

“…In this study, we explored the temporal changes of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) in different seasons based on MOD13Q1 NDVI by the maximum value composite and then analyzed spatial distribution characteristics of vegetation using Sen’s tendency estimation, Mann–Kendall significance test, and coefficient of variation model (CV) combined with terrain factors. …”
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Exploring associations of financial well-being with health behaviours and physical and mental health: a cross-sectional study among US adults by Kai McKeever Bullard, Carla Mercado, Michele L F Bolduc, Desmond Banks, Courtni Andrews, Zoe R F Freggens, Rashid Njai

“…FWB associations with health service visits, biometric screenings, smoking status, body mass index and physical and mental conditions were tested using age-adjusted, sex-adjusted and health insurance coverage-adjusted linear regression analysis.Results In 2019, the mean FWB for US adults was 56.1 (range 14 (worse) to 95 (best)). …”
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Multi-user collaborative access control scheme in cloud storage by li SHIJiao, he HUANGChuan, Jing WANG, yu QINKuang, Kai HE

“…This scheme designs a mechanism of logical blocking of the file and a representing method based on index matrix, and the representation of sub data mask is put forward to describe write permission of multiple users on different logical blocks of the same file. …”
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Functional outcome of the three-stitch technique of humerus nailing for comminuted shaft humerus fractures by Sachin Kale, Bhushan Patil, Garvit Khatod, Pramod Bhor, Gursimran Sandhu, Venkatsh Jyoti, Rohan Baruah, Sachiti Kale, Rahul Ghodke, Joydeep Dey

“…Over 6 months, 22 out of 24 patients experienced significant restoration of function, evidenced by an improvement in Mayo Elbow Performance Index scores from 18 to 23 within the excellent outcome group. …”
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Statistical trend analysis and forecast modeling of air pollutants by A. Jaiswal, C. Samuel, V.M. Kadabgaon

“…The study provides a statistical trend analysis of different air pollutants using Mann-Kendall and Sen’s slope estimator approach on past pollutants statistics from air quality index station of Varanasi, India. Further, using autoregressive integrated moving average model, future values of air pollutant levels are predicted. …”
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Correlates for the severity of suicidal risk in participants with common mental disorders with comorbid chronic medical conditions in rural primary healthcare settings in India by Johnson-Pradeep Ruben, Maria L. Ekstrand, Elsa Heylen, Krishnamachari Srinivasan

“…Methods and Material: The severity of suicidal risk at baseline was assessed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), and other measures included the severity of depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9-items (PHQ-9)), the severity of anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7-items (GAD-7)), disability, social support, quality of life, number of comorbid chronic medical illnesses, and body mass index (BMI). Statistical Analysis Used: Chi-square tests and independent-samples t-tests were used to compare the demographic and clinical characteristics of the no-low and mod-high suicidal risk groups. …”
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Effect of sparing S1 motion segment on spinopelvic-sagittal balance relationship and its impact on pain and functional outcome by Mahmoud Saad, Ali A. Mowafy, Ahmed Naguib Taha, Ahmed R. Shalaby, Mostafa Shahein, Hanee Ali

“… Purpose: To assess the effect of S1 motion segment sparing in the setting of degenerative spondylosis and its effect on spinopelvic-sagittal balance parameters and long-term pain and disability using VAS (visual analogue scale) and ODI (modified Oswestry disability index-Arabic version). Methods: 89 patients with multilevel lumbar canal stenosis underwent fusion surgery with or without S1 fixation were enrolled in the study. …”
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Long-term outcomes of drainless anatomical lung resection surgery for pulmonary malignancies by Ting-Fang Kuo, Mong-Wei Lin, Ke-Cheng Chen, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Pei-Ming Huang, Jang-Ming Lee

“…The median five-factor modified frailty index was 1. Most patients had primary lung cancer; four (7%), 43 (74%), seven (12%), and three (5%) had stage 0, I, II, and III, respectively. …”
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