How many stroke survivors develop problematic spasticity requiring pharmacological therapy? An international (Europe and USA) observational study protocol by Pascal Maisonobe, Sergiu Groppa, Simon Page, Richard D Zorowitz, Laura Serrano Barrenechea, Simon Butet, David Hernández Herrero, Rama Prasad, Susan Sandars, Seema Meloni, Alessandro Picelli

“…Introduction Current care plans for stroke survivors typically focus on acute management, resulting in many stroke survivors being discharged to their communities without adequate follow-up, despite their often experiencing significant post-stroke complications, such as post-stroke spasticity (PSS). …”
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Preliminary risk assessment of PFOS in former production sites: A case study in Hubei, China by Yiming Jiang, Ning Fang, Qiang Chen, Tao Long, Roland Weber, Jun Huang

“…Following 3M's voluntary phase-out plan in 2002, China emerged as the primary producer of PFOS and ceased production in 2021. …”
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Muscle selection and dosing in patients undergoing treatment with abobotulinumtoxinA for lower limb spasticity in real-world practice by Richard D. Zorowitz, Jorge Jacinto, Stephen Ashford, Mathieu Beneteau, Pascal Maisonobe, Christian Hannes, Alberto Esquenazi

“…Conclusions: This study demonstrates how a diversity of muscle patterns are currently treated in routine practice where the primary goal was related to the lower limb and highlights important issues for further debate, such as potential underdosing and the need to balance upper and lower limb priorities when devising a treatment plan. …”
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Implementation of a Hepatitis B Screening Program in Patients Receiving Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy by Jennifer Leigh, Ranjeeta Mallick, Stephanie Brule, Lisa Rambout, Jennifer Newton, Dominick Bossé, Curtis Cooper, Joanna Gotfrit

“…The results of this pilot highlight the importance of building HBV screening into standardized treatment plans and engaging all team members to ensure high levels of screening. …”
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Modification of blend reverse osmosis membranes using ZrO2 for desalination process purposes by Saleh O. Alaswad, Eman S. Mansor, Heba Abdallah, Ahmed M. Shaban

“…One of the main challenges for the researchers is its efficient application and affordable preparation. It was planned to prepare the flat sheet membranes using cellulose acetate as a base polymer, and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as an additive with dosing of (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7 wt%) from zirconium oxide (ZrO2) nanoparticle. …”
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A Novel Necroptosis-Associated lncRNA Signature Can Impact the Immune Status and Predict the Outcome of Breast Cancer by Xin Zhang, Xingda Zhang, Guozheng Li, Yi Hao, Lei Liu, Lei Zhang, Yihai Chen, Jiale Wu, Xinheng Wang, Shuai Yang, Shouping Xu

“…According to the significant difference in IC50 between risk groups, patients can be guided for an individualized treatment plan. Overall, the authors established a prognostic signature consisting of 7 necroptosis-associated lncRNAs that can independently predict the clinical outcome of BRCA patients. …”
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The youth mental health crisis: analysis and solutions by Patrick McGorry, Patrick McGorry, Hasini Gunasiri, Hasini Gunasiri, Cristina Mei, Cristina Mei, Simon Rice, Simon Rice, Caroline X. Gao, Caroline X. Gao

“…We discuss methodologies to estimate the contribution of these megatrends and outline potential barriers to implementation, along with strategies to overcome them.ConclusionThis review calls for a comprehensive global action plan, emphasizing prevention, early intervention, and improved treatment strategies. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of urine drug screening strategies alongside opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based observational study protocol by Malcolm Maclure, M Eugenia Socías, Evan Wood, Paul Gustafson, Robert W Platt, Bohdan Nosyk, Jeong Eun Min, Micah Piske, Julie Bruneau, U Siebert, P Todd Korthuis, Paxton Bach, B Carolina Guerra-Alejos, Megan Kurz, Laura M Dale, X Joan Hu, Kyle Kampman, Tom Loughin

“…A range of sensitivity analyses will be executed to determine the robustness of our results.Ethics and dissemination The protocol, cohort creation and analysis plan have been classified and approved as a quality improvement initiative by Providence Health Care Research Ethics Board and the Simon Fraser University Office of Research Ethics. …”
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Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Materials from Piers: Evaluating Durability Through a Case Study by Abraham Lopez-Miguel, Jose A. Cabello-Mendez, Alejandro Moreno-Valdes, Jose T. Perez-Quiroz, Jose M. Machorro-Lopez

“…Considering the above, it is necessary to carry out durability studies on concrete to determine the integrity conditions in which the infrastructure is found, the reasons for its deterioration, the environmental factors that affect it, and its useful life under these conditions, and develop restoration or protection plans. Generally, the durability studies include non-destructive testing such as ultrasonic pulse velocity, electrical resistivity, porosity measurement, and capillary absorption rate. …”
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Multidetector-row Computed Tomography Analysis of the Radial Midpalmar Flap: A Retrospective Anatomical Study by Tien Linh Nguyen Doan, MD, PhD, Shimpei Ono, MD, PhD, Goh Akiyama, MD, PhD, Hoyu Cho, MD, Hiromitsu Hayashi, MD, PhD, Rei Ogawa, MD, PhD

“…Our results suggest that plastic surgeons can easily and safely plan the RMP flap design, potentially without preoperative perforator mapping. …”
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A qualitative mystery shopper study that de(codes) the experiences of English and Spanish-speaking patients who call to schedule a first-time primary care appointment in the Los An... by Esmeralda Melgoza, Ahmad Ismail, Lucía Félix-Beltrán, Rosario Majano, Arturo Vargas Bustamante

“…Methods: A list of primary care offices was created by scraping online directories from each managed care organization (MCOs) health plan operating in the three MSAs. Primary care offices were randomly selected to participate in this qualitative mystery shopper study. …”
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Pan-Canadian assessment of image guided adaptive radiation therapy and the role of the radiation therapist by Amanda Moreira, Tara Rosewall, Yat Tsang, Patricia Lindsay, Peter Chung, Winnie Li

“…Purpose: Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) is a close-looped process where anatomic changes observed during treatment are identified, leading to plan modification prior to treatment delivery. The aim of this study was to explore the status of ART across Canada and review the impact of adaptive technologies on the roles and responsibilities of Radiation Therapists (RTTs). …”
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Investigating the needs and barriers for prevention, control, and treatment of HIV/AIDS in transgender population: a systematic review of literature by Heshmatollah Sofimajidpour, Ghobad Moradi, Hojat Dehghanbanadaki, Marzieh Mahboobi, Mobin Azami, Parisa Khodakhah, Mohammad Aziz Rasouli, Yousef Moradi

“…Conclusions According to the results, health policy-makers can develop an appropriate plan for timely access to HIV/AIDS control, prevention, and treatment services for transgender individuals. …”
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A Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) based framework and implementation tool for dietitians at South African central and tertiary public hospitals by Vertharani Nolene Naicker, Jane W. Muchiri, Keshan Naidoo, Modiehi Heather Legodi

“…These results will help policy makers to plan and forecast dietetic staffing needs at a macro level.…”
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Exploring Caring Motivation Barriers among Mothers of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Qualitative Content Analysis by Seyed Javad Hosseini, Monir Ramezani, Farah Ashrafzadeh, Jamshid Jamali

“…To modify the identified obstacles, a comprehensive plan of actions should be devised.…”
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Cerebral hemiatrophy unveiled: An in-depth radiological perspective on the diagnosis and clinical implications of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome by Rakshanda Agrawal, MBBS, Vaishali Dhawan, MBBS, Pratapsingh Parihar, MBBS, Anjali Kumari, MBBS, Komal Mishra, MBBS

“…Long-term follow-up is critical to monitor disease progression and adapt treatment plans.…”
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Early Echocardiographic Findings of Pulmonary Hypertension-specific Therapy in Children by Akif KAVGACI, Fatma Sedef TUNAOGLU, Serdar KULA, Ayse Deniz OGUZ, Semiha TERLEMEZ, Fatma INCEDERE

“…Objective: Echocardiography is a very useful tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of pulmonary hypertension (PH). This study was planned to investigate whether echocardiographic (ECHO) data of patients with PH are effective in the follow-up and course of treatment. …”
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Effect of bortezomib on the treatment of multiple myeloma: a systematic review protocol by Vania dos Santos Nunes-Nogueira, Lucas Oliveira Cantadori, Rafael Dezen Gaiolla

“…We will use the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation system to evaluate the certainty of evidence.Ethics and dissemination As no primary data collection will be undertaken, formal ethical assessment is not required. We plan to present the results of this systematic review in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, conferences and popular press.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020151142.…”
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Natural population cohort study on long-lived adults: West China longevity and ageing procedure (WCLAP) by Li Wang, Yan Zhang, Qiukui Hao, Xiaoyan Chen, Birong Dong, Yan He, Meijuan Chen, Jirong Yue, Xiaochu Wu, Tianyao Zhang, Yan She, Yanling Gao, Yiping Deng

“…Data collection included a comprehensive assessment of the participant’s health (including physical, psychological, social and common chronic disease assessments), instrumental tests (body composition and muscle percentage) and the collection of biomedical-biobank samples (include blood, urine, faeces, hair and urine).Future plans Through the annual cohort follow-up, survival-related information is collected at a group level. …”
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A New Age of SAR: How Can Commercial Smallsat Constellations Contribute to NASA's Surface Deformation and Change Mission? by Stacey A. Huang, Batuhan Osmanoğlu, Bernd Scheuchl, Shadi Oveisgharan, Jeanne M. Sauber, MinJeong Jo, Ala Khazendar, Ekaterina Tymofyeyeva, Betsy Wusk, Arif Albayrak

“…This gap is due to different design goals between current commercial systems (which prioritize targeted high‐resolution, non‐interferometric observations at short wavelengths with a daily or faster revisit) and a future SDC architecture (which focuses on broad, moderate‐resolution, and interferometric observations at long wavelengths). Even by 2030, planned commercial constellations are expected to only cover ∼65% of the area needed to match NISAR coverage. …”
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