Comparison of Measured Creatinine Clearance and Clearances Estimated by Cockcroft-Gault and MDRD Formulas in Patients with a Single Kidney by Sebastião Rodrigues Ferreira-Filho, Camila Caetano Cardoso, Luiz Augusto Vieira de Castro, Ricardo Mendes Oliveira, Renata Rodrigues Sá

“…The present study aimed to compare these formulas in individuals with one remaining kidney after previous nephrectomy (Nx) and to verify which estimated formula correlates more closely with ClCrm. …”
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Assessing psychosocial risk factors in children with Sickle Cell Disease by Nicole Frey, Julia E. LaMotte, Jillian R. Bouck, Lauren Fancher, Genese T. Parker, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob

“…Abstract Background Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) are a minoritized and marginalized community that have disparate health outcomes as a result of systemic racism and disease-related stigma. …”
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The visuomotor synchronization immersive virtual reality of a depression avatar in a stigma context experience mobilizes the fronto-parietal cortex and anterior insula by Kelssy Hitomi dos Santos Kawata, Kelssy Hitomi dos Santos Kawata, Wey Guan Lem, Koki Ono, Hiroshi Oyama

“…Although neuroimaging studies have explored the neural correlates of some SoE subcomponents of visuomotor synchronization, the neural correlates of individual differences in SoE and how humans acquire virtual body representations through SoE subcomponents remain to be investigated.MethodsHere, we used the right hand of a virtual patient with depression in immersive virtual reality (IVR) to induce SoE in participants and measured whole brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). …”
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Five year mortality in an RCT of a lung cancer biomarker to select people for low dose CT screening. by Francis Michael Sullivan, Frances S Mair, William Anderson, Cindy Chew, Alistair Dorward, John Haughney, Fiona Hogarth, Denise Kendrick, Roberta Littleford, Alex McConnachie, Colin McCowan, Nicola McMeekin, Manish Patel, Petra Rauchhaus, Fergus Daly, Lewis Ritchie, John Robertson, Joseph Sarvesvaran, Herbert Sewell, Thomas Taylor, Shaun Treweek, Kavita Vedhara, Stuart Schembri

“…We randomized 12 208 individuals aged 50-75 at high risk of developing lung cancer to either the test or to standard clinical care. …”
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Concurrent Force Feedback on Load Symmetry in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients by Steni Sackiriyas, Becky Heinert, Drew Rutherford, Gwen M Fritz, Thomas W Kernozek

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how a single session of concurrent force feedback influences load symmetry during the leg-press and body-weight squat exercises in individuals following TKA. Additionally, a secondary purpose was to examine the retention of any changes over the course of a week…”
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A biomechanical study of locking spongious screws and failure rates are higher than expected in plate fixation by Fatih Parmaksizoglu, Onur Cetin, Sinan Kilic, Yener Ince

“…The pull-out force of an FDA approved locking plate system (LPS) and anonymous locking plate using the single lead head locking spongious screw (LPuLSS) was evaluated in vitro on the PCF-15 and PCF-10 osteoporotic sawbone models. A total of 28 individual plate-bone models were tested and pull-out force was evaluated on a distraction machine. …”
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Imperatives of Strengthening Governance in the World Bank’s Engagement in Iraq, 2014–2018 by A. I. Solomatin

“…The second section examines individual World Bank projects launched after June of 2014. …”
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Correlation between uterine microbiota and pregnancy outcomes of embryo transfer in overweight and obese women by Ying Yan, Ying Li, Lingling Wu, Yuxuan Zhang, Hong Guo, Yazhong Ji

“…After regrouping based on β-hCG results 10-12 days post-transfer, in the Con-negative group (the group with negative β-hCG in the Con group, n=16) the relative abundances of pathogenic bacteria such as Klebsiella (p<0.001), Parasutterella (p=0.004), Dialister (p=0.01), and Gardnerella (p=0.029) were significantly higher than in the Con-positive group (the group with positive β-hCG in the Con group, n=15).ConclusionOverweight and obese women possess a distinct uterine microbiota, characterized by a lower relative abundance of Lactobacillus and an increased relative abundance of pathogenic bacteria, along with specific genera strongly associated with obesity. In individuals with higher BMI, pathogenic bacteria are more likely to impair endometrial receptivity, ultimately leading to adverse pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Effect of Sexual Skills Counseling With Cognitive-Behavioral Approach on Sexual Assertiveness in Women Suffering from Marital Disillusionment by Faezeh Saffari Mofrad, sakineh Taherkhani, Ashraf Khoramirad

“…Background and Objective: Marital disillusionment is associated with adverse consequences for individuals, couples, families, and society. Low sexual assertiveness paves the way for marital disillusionment. …”
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Community-based participatory process evaluation based on the Reach, Quality Control, Fidelity, Satisfaction, and Management (RQFSM) model in Nevada: A study protocol by Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma

“…Furthermore, it is anticipated that the necessity to integrate services like mental health, drug addiction treatment, pharmacies, disability assistance, and health care for older individuals would be acknowledged. This integration will be particularly crucial in places where access to reasonably priced healthcare is hampered by cultural, geographic, or economic restrictions. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis Reveals PTK6 as a Prognostic Biomarker Involved in the Immunosuppressive Microenvironment in Breast Cancer by Lili Wang, Shuimei Luo, Ziming Wang, Yiqiang Huang, Yang Luo, Xianhe Xie

“…In conclusion, PTK6 expression was found to be linked with the clinical phenotype of BC, and as a result, this finding may have consequences for the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of individuals with BC.…”
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Dinámica de las familias de menores con problemas psicosociales: el caso del menor infractor y la menor explotada sexualmente by María Amarís Macías, José Amar Amar, Myriam Arrieta Jiménez

“…Para contextualizar el objeto de estudio, se hace mención especial a la estructura familiar que, como marco de referencia, permite la comprensión de cómo se organizan las familias, cuáles son los papeles que desempeñan sus miembros, cómo se estructuran sus jerarquías, cómo definen sus límites y cómo conciben el manejo de su crecimiento tanto individual como familiar. Se señala como característica de estas familias su conformación monoparental y, al tiempo, numerosa; es decir, que se encuentran estructuradas sobre la base de la existencia de una sola figura parental, asumida por un adulto o, en ocasiones, por un menor que cumple sus funciones y, además, estas familias están conformadas por un grupo relativamente grande de individuos que incluye figuras tales como abuelos y abuelas, padres y madres, hijos, nietas y personas acogidas. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes Patients With and Without Comorbidities: Insights Into the Role of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease by Symeon Savvopoulos, Haralampos Hatzikirou, Herbert F Jelinek

“…Thus, identifying high-risk individuals can delay or prevent diabetes and its complications. …”
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Promoting a culture of respect in cardiothoracic surgery: navigating challenges in understanding unethical behaviour by A.Yu. Sydorenko, H. Spindler

“…Unprofessional behaviour should be considered an organizational concern, not merely an issue between individual team members. This perspective is essential for fostering a healthy work environment. …”
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A Comparison of the Outcomes of COVID-19 Vaccinated and Nonvaccinated Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit in a Low-Middle-Income Country by Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Moeed Bin Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad Sohaib, Asma Rayani, Muhammad Mehmood Alam, Syed Talha Sibtain, Zahra Cheema, Asad Latif

“…Results revealed comparable cohorts: vaccinated (48.13%) and nonvaccinated (51.87%). Vaccinated individuals, characterized by advanced age and higher Charlson Comorbidity Index, exhibited more critical disease (89.1%; p value: 0.06), acute respiratory distress syndrome (96.9%; p value: 0.013) and elevated inflammatory markers. …”
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Patterns Exploration on Patterns of Empirical Herbal Formula of Chinese Medicine by Association Rules by Li Huang, Jiamin Yuan, Zhimin Yang, Fuping Xu, Chunhua Huang

“…In the analysis of the effective group, we used the algorithm of association rules to select combinations between 28 herbal adjustment strategies of the empirical herbal formula and the 190 patterns of individual clinical manifestations. During this stage, 11 common patterns were eliminated and 5 major symptoms for insomnia remained. 12 association rules were identified which included 5 herbal adjustment strategies. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Case Story of Anna. I. Long-Term Effect of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Incest with a Treatment Approach by Søren Ventegodt, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…She seemingly recovered completely (including regaining full emotional range) through holistic existential therapy, individually and in a group. The therapy took 18 months and more than 100 hours of intensive therapy. …”
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Impacts of Livestock Grazing on Wild Ungulate Habitat in the Khata Corridor, Bardiya, Nepal by Usha Dahal, Nirjala Raut, Anubhav Dhital, Suruchi Mainali, Deepak Gautam, Shankar Tripathi

“…We followed livestock herds from the early morning to their return for consecutive days in each sample village to estimate the grazing circuits. We individually recorded a total number of grazing cattle in five different habitats while following the cattle grazing path by direct and indirect observation. …”
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Comparison of Concurrent and Same-Day Balance Measurement Approaches in a Large Sample of Uninjured Collegiate Athletes by Jessica Saalfield, Kelsey L. Piersol, Robert Monaco, Jason Womack, Scott A Weismiller, Carrie Esopenko, Sabrina M Todaro, Fiona N Conway, Kyle Brostrand, Jennifer F. Buckman

“…The association of ellipsoid volume (C3Logix) and Sway Index (Biodex) was examined with Spearman’s correlations. Individual-level data were plotted to visually depict the relationships…”
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Second-Generation Triple Reporter for Bioluminescence, Micro–Positron Emission Tomography, and Fluorescence Imaging by Aparna H. Kesarwala, Julie L. Prior, Jinwu Sun, Scott E. Harpstrite, Vijay Sharma, David Piwnica-Worms

“…Importantly, HeLa cells transiently transfected with the FLuc-mNLS-SR39TK-IRES-MGFP triple reporter retained the same specific activities of the FLuc-mNLS-SR39TK heteroenzyme and the individual unfused enzymes with no change in protein half-lives. …”
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