Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Hypertension and Their Impact on Target Organs by Fei Yu, Jianshu Chen, Xiaowei Zhang, Zhengke Ma, Jingtao Wang, Qiang Wu

“…Neutrophils are involved in both acute and chronic inflammation since they represent the primary line of defense against inflammatory insults once recruited to the inflamed site where they remove harmful impurities. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of personality disorders in males with alcohol dependence syndrome undergoing inpatient treatment in a tertiary care hospital in South India by Aravindan Balachandran, Parthasarathy Ramamurthy, Pradeep Thilakan

“…Results: One hundred male inpatients with alcohol dependence syndrome were recruited. Of them, 48 (48%) participants had at least one PD with a 95% confidence interval of 0.38-0.58. …”
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Assessing the impact of educational methods on influenza vaccine uptake and patient knowledge and attitudes: a randomised controlled trial by Pei Lin Hu, Eileen Yi Ling Koh, Jolene Shi Han Tay, Valerie Xin-Bei Chan, Shermin Shi Min Goh, Sinead Zhen Wang

“…Patients aged 65 years and above attending for doctor consultation were recruited. All participants received an educational pamphlet on influenza vaccination. …”
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Comparison of Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis and the Normal Population, and Role of Vitamin D on Autoimmunity by Serkan Yıldırım

“…Methods In this cross-sectional study, the patients who applied to Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital endocrinology outpatient clinic between the ages of 16 and 50 were evaluated with ultrasonographically consistent with chronic thyroiditis, serologically antibody positive (anti T, anti M), euthyroid, body mass index (BMI) <30, 40 women with Hashimoto's thyroiditis who did not enter menopause, did not have any other additional disease and did not use chronic medication, and 16-50 women who applied to the internal medicine or endocrinology polyclinics of Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital 40 healthy female patients with a body mass index (BMI) <30 years and negative for thyroid antibodies were recruited. Results When the two groups were compared in terms of age, body mass index, t3, t4, TSH, Anti M, Anti T and vitamin D, no statistically significant difference was found between the two groups. …”
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Apolipoprotein E genotyping variations and their influence on cognitive outcome among idiopathic generalized epileptic patients by Nancy El-Salhy, Noura R. Eissa, Salma Ragab, Gamil M. Abd-Allah, Sara M. Sayed

“…Patients and methods Forty adult patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and 20 healthy controls were enrolled in this study from Kafrelsheikh Governorate, Egypt. Patients were recruited from the Neurology Department at Kafrelsheikh University Hospital. …”
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Prostate Cancer Screening and Willingness among Staff of Faculties of Health Sciences and Technology and Basic Medical Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria by Rita I. Ogu, Cornelius O. Ogu, Christopher C. Wogu

“…Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 66 participants out of 80 male staff in the two faculties. …”
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Muscle Activations of the Upper Extremity and Core during Elevation and Rotational Movements in Overhead Throwing Athletes by Liam P Owens, Omid Khaiyat, Ginny Coyles

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Thirty-two male overhead throwing athletes (fifteen healthy and seventeen injured) were recruited and completed three everyday functional movements of high elevation, low elevation, and rotation, using their dominant arm to move an object between two fixed positions. …”
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Critical Risk Factors of Stakeholder Collaboration Impacting BIM Implementation in High-Rise Residential Building Projects Under the DBB System: A Delphi Survey by Dang Huy Ly, Hyosoo Moon, Hyunkyu Shin, Yonghan Ahn

“…By adopting a Delphi procedure, this study identified such CRFs by triangulating the knowledge from the literature and the experience of an expert panel recruited from the construction industry. Seven CRFs were selected and ranked through three rounds of a Delphi survey. …”
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Knowing how, arguing why: nurse anaesthetists’ experiences of nursing when caring for the surgical patient by Aina L. Bjerkeli Lekens, Sigrunn Drageset, Britt Sætre Hansen

“…Twenty nurse anaesthetists working in small or large hospitals in different regions of Norway were recruited. Semi-structured individual interviews were carried out. …”
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The development of a story recall test for distinguishing between Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment in Thai cohort by Natinee Na Chiangmai, Peera Wongupparaj, Pattrawadee Makmee, Claudio Mulatti, Remo Job

“…A total of 98 participants were recruited and underwent the TSR with the stimulus story in the Thai context along with the neuropsychological tests including the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), verbal fluency, and digit span tasks. …”
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Quality of life in patients with spinal muscular atrophy in Brazil: patient self-assessment and carer perception by Maíra Coelho, Marise Bueno Zonta, Salmo Raskin, Silvia Valderramas

“…Results: Of the 235 families recruited, 167 were eligible to respond to the questionnaire, 115 caregivers and 49 patients were included. …”
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Effectiveness of health promotion utilizing word puzzle games in enhancing older adults' knowledge and attitudes regarding hypertension management by Mia Fatma Ekasari, Aan Nurhasanah, Eros Siti Suryati, Puspita Hanggit Lestari, Siti Badriah, Ahmad Jubaedi

“…A total of 45 participants, both in intervention and control groups, were recruited through a purposive sampling technique. Data analysis involved descriptive techniques and inferential statistics using t-test models focusing on examining three variables: knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. …”
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Medication compliance by cat owners prescribed treatment for home administration by Thomas F. Odom, Christopher B. Riley, Jackie Benschop, Kate E. Hill

“…A convenience sample of owners prescribed medication for their pets by veterinarians during or after elective veterinary examination was recruited to respond to questions regarding medication administration experience and compliance. …”
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Behavioral phenotyping of Kaiso-deficient mice by V. S. Korostina, A. V. Kulikov

“…It binds methylated DNA with its zinc-finger domain and recruits repressive protein complexes to the methylated DNA fragments by the interaction of the BTB/POZ domain with the complex of NCoR corepressor and histone deacetylase, thereby performing transcription repression. …”
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Diagnostic value of procalcitonin for differentiation between bacterial infection and noninfectious inflammation in febrile children with systemic autoimmune diseases by Sathishkumar Loganathan, Sathish Kumar

“…Methods: It was a cross-sectional study and children with systemic autoimmune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) presenting with fever (>38°C) were recruited. Results: Out of 24 children included, 16 had SLE (11 in disease flare group and 5 in infection group) and 8 had disease flare of Systemic JIA. …”
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Evaluation of the Canal Transportation Following Glide Path Preparation with Different Rotary Systems: A Comparative Study by Mohsen Aminsobhani, Fatemeh Hamidzadeh, Arvin Rezaei Avval, Farid Merrikhi, Ehsan Sadri

“…Within the limitations of the present study, regardless of the recruited rotary system, glide path preparation using NiTi rotary instruments leads to less canal transportation compared to stainless steel hand files.…”
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Children's digital privacy on fast-food and dine-in restaurant mobile applications. by Christine Mulligan, Grace Gillis, Lauren Remedios, Christopher Parsons, Laura Vergeer, Monique Potvin Kent

“…A convenience sample of 11 English-speaking Canadian residents aged 9-12 years with fast-food apps on their mobile phones were recruited to use ≥1 fast-food restaurant mobile app(s). …”
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Evaluation of undergraduate forensic medicine education in Nepal: a critical analysis using Schwab’s five commonplaces and Schubert’s curriculum images by Alok Atreya, Roshani Rajbanshi, Ritesh G. Menezes, Apurba Acharya

“…Allocating more scholarship/sponsorship seats for postgraduate programmes and recruiting skilled graduates to be evenly distributed regionally would be important steps toward strengthening the country’s medico-legal proceedings and justice system.…”
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Application of the Social Cognitive Theory amid food parenting practices of Black immigrant mothers in the US: A qualitative study. by Phoebe P Tchoua, Mary Brannock, Deborah Quesenberry

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Convenience sampling was employed to recruit 30 Black immigrant mothers who lived in seven Metro Atlanta, Georgia counties in the summer of 2022. …”
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Insight, Cognitive Insight and Sociodemographic Features in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Presenting with Reactive and Autogeneus Features by Katre ÇAMLI, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, A. Emre SARGIN

“…Method: Sixty-one patients diagnosed as OCD according to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID-I) are recruited. 31 patients had reactive obsessions and 30 had autogenous obsessions. …”
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