Comprehensive analysis of Pan-Immune Inflammation and all-cause mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: a database-driven approach, 1999-2018 by Muradil· Mardan, Huoliang Zheng, Qingyin Xu, Shaokuan Song, Zeyu Lu, Hui Deng, Hao Cai, Qizhu Chen, Bingyi Yang, Kudelaiti· Abuduwufuer, Pengbo Chen, Bo Li, Shengdan Jiang, Leisheng Jiang, Xin-feng Zheng

“…These findings highlight the potential of PIV as a pragmatic biomarker for stratifying mortality risk and informing personalized treatment strategies in RA.…”
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Cardio-metabolic-related plasma proteins reveal biological links between cardiovascular diseases and fragility fractures: a cohort and Mendelian randomisation investigationResearch... by Karl Michaëlsson, Rui Zheng, John A. Baron, Tove Fall, Alicja Wolk, Lars Lind, Jonas Höijer, Carl Brunius, Eva Warensjö Lemming, Olga E. Titova, Bodil Svennblad, Susanna C. Larsson, Shuai Yuan, Håkan Melhus, Liisa Byberg, Hannah L. Brooke

“…Findings: The average age at baseline was 68 years in the discovery cohort of women and 74 years in the mixed-sex replication cohort. During 100,619 person-years of follow-up, 2168 had any fracture, and 538 had a hip fracture. …”
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Against Futility Judgments for Patients with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness by William Choi

“…“Empiricism and Rights Justify the Allocation of Health Care Resources to Persons with Disorders of Consciousness.” AJOB Neuroscience 12 (2–3): 169–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.1904055…”
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Special issue: Proceedings of the 15th ISIC - The Information Behaviour Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, August 26-29, 2024

“…Montague Situating complexity: information behaviour in the contact zone Hye Lim Joy Nam An information behaviour exploration of personal and family information and curation of our life histories Bhuva Narayan, Annemarie Zijlema, Vanessa Reyes, Mary Anne Kennan Layers upon layers: data sharing & reuse challenges in archaeological contexts Michael Olsson, Olle Sköld, Lisa Andersson Development in the adoption of a national digital healthcare system and experience at taking new technology in use – changes from 2019 to 2022 Ágústa Pálsdóttir Ubiquitous but invisible – public librarians’ self-imposed professional information practices as articulation work Ola Pilerot, Jenny Lindberg Transdisciplinarity: an imperative for information behaviour research Sarah Polkinghorne, Paul Bowell, Lisa M. …”
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Changes of Narrative: Osvald Sirén’s Photographic Modeling of Modern Research on Chinese Garden by Jiuwen GU, Yuanfeng SHI, Shan JIA

“…He applied a concept very similar to the area exposure method, generating images with personal characteristics. At the same time, these images of gardens with great detail content have formed a strong set of garden narratives, which in turn influence the perspective of garden research — a spatially compressed perspective with multiple details superimposed on each other, and a perspective that transforms spatial protagonists and garden narratives, which has begun to subconsciously influence the direction of garden research. …”
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Innovations and Challenges in Intermediate Respiratory Care Units: Toward Effective Integration into the Hospital System by Beatriz Jara Chinarro, Laura Pazos Rodriguez, Miguel Cuchí Alfaro, Ainhoa Izquierdo Pérez, Silvia Aguado Ibañez, María Churruca Arrospide, Marta Soler Vigil, Cristina Moral, Carlos Almonacid

“…Reducen las tasas de ingreso en las UCI, lo que supone un ahorro sustancial de costes para los hospitales.Nuestro análisis indica que, si bien las UCRIs contribuyen positivamente a los resultados de los pacientes y a la optimización de los recursos en España, existen desafíos importantes relacionados con la heterogeneidad en las estructuras de las unidades, la dotación de personal y la asignación de recursos. La estandarización de definiciones y modelos puede mejorar la eficacia y la comparabilidad de las UCRIs en todo el sistema sanitario.…”
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Social Progress and Economic Growth based on Simultaneous Equations of Panel Data by Seyed Ehsan Hosseinidoust, Akbar Khodabakhshi, Saeedeh Ahmadi

“…In other words, with the increase of GDP per capita, many basic human needs such as nutrition and health care, water, health, shelter and personal safety, which is one of the indicators of social progress, are improved. …”
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The Simcup Morocco: Exploration of the concept, innovative pedagogical relevance, and perspectives by Mohamed El Mouhajir, Yahaya Maijimaa Tourey, Majdouline Obtel, Mohammed Mouhaoui

“…La tasa de participación del personal virtual varió, siendo mayoritaria en un 47,5%. …”
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A Prospective, Crossover, Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Study Comparing the Effectiveness and Ocular Comfort of 0.1% Hyaluronic Acid and 0.3% Hyaluronic Acid in Patients With D... by Kim SJ, Yoo WS, Kwon LH, Kim RB, Yoon HJ, Yoon KC

“…Using these eye drops in a personalized treatment plan can help people with DED manage their symptoms better and lead more comfortable lives.Keywords: dry eye disease, 0.1% hyaluronic acid, 0.3% hyaluronic acid…”
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CAD - projektovanje pomoću računara by Vlado Radić

“…S druge strane, uočljiva je masovna orijentacija inženjera i projektanata prema manje sofističkim, ali za korišćenje jednostavnim CAD sistemima koji se mogu odvijati i na PC-u (Personal Computer - lični, personalni računar) kao radnim stanicama. …”
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Microenvironmental G protein‐coupled estrogen receptor‐mediated glutamine metabolic coupling between cancer‐associated fibroblasts and triple‐negative breast cancer cells governs t... by Chongwu He, Meixi Peng, Xiaoqiang Zeng, Hanzhi Dong, Zhengkui Sun, Jiawei Xu, Manran Liu, Liyan Liu, Yanxiao Huang, Zhiqiang Peng, Yu‐An Qiu, Chunling Jiang, Bin Xu, Tenghua Yu

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A Model for Bank Management Performance Appraisal with the Advanced Technologies Approach (Meta-Synthesis Method) by Ehsan Kiani Ghalehno, Habibollah Salarzehi, Bahareh Naseri, Abdolali Keshtegar

“…These emerging dynamic technologies are dangerous even if they have positive effects on financial institutions and bank managers cannot protect their information assets against any attack on information security (Okoht , 2020).Case studyAssessing the performance of managers in branches of melli Bank of Sistan and Baluchistan province.Materials and MethodsWe have great development in this space using IR 0. 4 as setting new records or applying for personal credits in advanced banks enables buyers to do banking operations using available strategic tools. …”
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Examining Inclusive Tertiary Education Delivery through the National Open University of Nigeria's Community Study Centres by Musibau O. Oyebode

“…The attrition rate over six years is 41% due to personal, motivational and institutional challenges. …”
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Construction of feature selection and efficacy prediction model for transformation therapy of locally advanced pancreatic cancer based on CT, 18F-FDG PET/CT, DNA mutation, and CA19... by Liang Qi, Xiang Li, Jiayao Ni, Yali Du, Qing Gu, Baorui Liu, Jian He, Juan Du

“…Various feature selection methods and multimodal fusion approaches contribute to guiding personalized and precise treatment for pancreatic cancer.…”
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Impact of healthy lifestyle on diabetes incidence among adults of different socioeconomic status in Guizhou province: a prospective cohort study by Yiying WANG, Min CHEN, Lieqiang ZHANG, Xin WANG, Wei ZHAN, Yunxi PAN, Xiaodeng ZHAO, Tao LIU

“…During follow-up, 560 cases of diabetes were identified, with an incidence rate of 11.80% and an incidence density of 16.89/1 000 person-years. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis showed that after adjustment for gender, age, ethnicity, marital status, place of residence, family history of diabetes, and SES score, adults with 3, 4, and ≥ 5 healthy lifestyle factors had 34. 5% (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.655, 95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 0.517 – 0.830), 38.1% (HR = 0.619, 95%CI: 0.479 – 0.800), and 70.8% (HR = 0.292, 95%CI: 0.184 – 0.465) lower diabetes risk, respectively, compared with those with ≤ 2 healthy lifestyle factors. …”
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Short-Interval Self-Learning to Improve Retention of Resuscitation Skills: A Randomized Controlled Trial

“…However, short, frequent self-retraining in persons with poor skills might be useful in acquiring chest compression skills.   …”
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El "estudio de la enseñanza y del aprendizaje": una forma globalizadora de investigación del profesorado by John Elliott

“…La participación de los docentes en el estudio de la enseñanza de Kong orientada al aprendizaje depende, por lo tanto, en gran medida del compromiso de los equipos directivos en los centros y de su capacidad para gestionar los escasos recursos, en términos de tiempo y personal, para este tipo de investigación profesional. …”
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Lower incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma with tenofovir alafenamide in chronic hepatitis B: Evidence from a large-scale cohort by Hye-Jin Yoo, Jae-Young Kim, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Hye Won Lee, Sang Gyune Kim, Young Seok Kim

“…Results: Before matching, the incidence of HCC was significantly lower in the TAF group compared with the TDF and ETV groups (11.47 vs. 15.04 and 14.24 per 1,000 person-years). The incidence rate ratio (IRR) for TDF was 1.31 (1.19–1.44) and for ETV was 1.24 (1.12–1.37). …”
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Medical Jousting: Going for the kill! by Dr.Fuad Ahmed Khan Niazi

“…Under no circumstances should such discussion be carried out in front of patients, their attendants or any unrelated person.5 Medical jousting is a real-life problem that genuinely exists and threatens our profession. …”
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A qualitative study on the promotion and obstacle factors of pre rehabilitation for patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease based on virtual reality technology (基于虚拟现实技术的退行... by WANG Xiaoying (王小影), GAO Nana (高娜娜), GUO Jingran (郭敬然), MENG Xiaona (孟小娜), HU Huiju (胡惠菊)

“…Conclusion Virtual reality technology can promote better implementation of pre-rehabilitation for degenerative lumbar spine diseases, thereby reducing perioperative kinesiophobia, alleviating pain, and promoting rapid recovery; But it is important to choose appropriate and comfortable equipment to provide personalized, diversified, and gamified rehabilitation programs to overcome its obstacles. …”
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