Investigation Of The Relationship Between Examination Anxiety And Early Maladaptive Schemas Of Students Who Are Preparing For University Examination by Azize ATLI ÖZBAÞ, Aslýhan SAYIN, Behçet COÞAR

“…One hundred and eight students who were preparing for university examination were recruited. All data were obtained by using Sociodemograpical Questionnaire, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Young Schema Questionnaire Third version, during 1-10 June 2011. …”
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Management of Ectopic Pregnancy: Comparison of Systemic Methotrexate Administration and Surgical Treatment; A Retrospective Study by Ali Cenk Özay, Özlen Emekçi, Recep Emre Okyay, Ali Rıza Taylan Bodur

“…RESULTS: A total of 199 patients diagnosed with ectopic pregnancy were recruited for the study. We had total of 199 patients diagnosed with ectopic pregnancy. 90 patients were given methotrexate (MTX) treatment. …”
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Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation on Improving Upper Extremity Motor Function in Stroke Patients Revealed by fMRI:a Controlled Study by Fangfang ZHENG, Huihua LIU, Tiebin YAN, Xiaokun JIN, Xiaohui DUAN, Jun SHEN

“…Objective:To investigate the effect of functional electrical stimulation (FES) on brain function by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and further explore the mechanism of FES on central nervous system rehabilitation in patients with sub-cortical stroke.Methods:Ten subjects were recruited in the study, including five stroke patients (stroke group) and five age-and-gender-matched healthy persons (control group). …”
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Circulating levels of osteoprotegerin and sRANKL and the effect of methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Aadhaar Dhooria, Narendhiran Pandurangan, Karthik Vinay Mahesh, Suchet Sachdev, Aman Sharma, Shefali Sharma, Nidhi Gupta, Varun Dhir

“…Results: Fifty-one consecutive patients with RA and 57 controls were recruited. Circulating OPG (mean ± standard deviation) levels were higher in RA patients as compared to controls, 2879.6 ± 1037.9 and 2214.1 ± 705.3 pg/ml, respectively (P < 0.001). …”
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Six-month course and outcome of treatment-seeking individuals with alcohol dependence syndrome by Thenmozhi Sivaraman, Susan Solomon, Parthasarathy Ramamurthy, Pradeep Thilakan

“…Results: Ninety-four patients were recruited for the study. The mean age of the participants was 43.98 years (standard deviation (SD) 10.68). …”
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Numerical Analysis of Hybrid Steel Beams with Trapezoidal Corrugated Web Nonwelded Inclined Folds by Yasir M. Alharthi, Ibrahim A. Sharaky, Ahmed S. Elamary

“…Hybrid beams provide the opportunity to implement characterized steel sections by recruiting materials based on yield strength and the type of applied stress. …”
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Exploring Consumer and Clinician Attitudes towards Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in an Australian Inpatient Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Unit: A Qualitative Pilot Stu... by Rehana Di Rico, Louisa Ng, Jacquelin Capell

“…<strong>Methods</strong>: Two focus groups, were recruited via convenience sampling, comprising English speaking rehabilitation clinicians (n = 5) and consumers (n = 6) who had recent experience of inpatient musculoskeletal rehabilitation in a large, privately funded, rehabilitation hospital in Melbourne Australia, in 2020. …”
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Analysis of Salivary Cytokines in Retinopathy of Prematurity by Hwa-Shiu Wu, Hsin-Chun Huang, I-Lun Chen

“…Additionally, we sought to identify a minimally invasive method for cytokine detection in this population. Methods: We recruited premature neonates born at less than 34 weeks gestational age (GA), with no history of maternal or neonatal infections. …”
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Vaccine hesitancy among health paraprofessionals: A mixed methods study. by Madeline Hergott, Michael Andreski, John Rovers

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This was a 25 question, mixed methods, cross sectional email survey. Subjects were recruited from the mailing list of a non-profit organization in the Midwest. …”
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Prognostic impact of primary versus secondary resistance to sorafenib in patients with HCC by Jin Lei, Hongyuan Dai, Ya Zhang, Guangling Ou, Zhi Peng Liang, Yinying Lu, Haiyang Li

“…Design: This was a retrospective cohort study. Methods: We recruited all patients with advanced HCC who received first-line sorafenib from January 2019 to January 2023 in two medical centers in China. …”
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Peripheral Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation(rTMS) for Idiopathic Facial Nerve Palsy: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial by Zicai Liu, Dongling Xie, Xin Wen, Risheng Wang, Quan Yang, Huiyu Liu, Yuchun Shao, Tingting Liu

“…Methods. 65 patients with idiopathic facial nerve palsy with the first onset were recruited and randomly divided into rTMS group and control group. …”
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Detection of Hemoglobinopathies in Cuban Pregnant Women from the Program: Sickle Cell Anemias in Cuba by Yadira Valdés Fraser, Tatiana Acosta Sánchez, Jacqueline Pérez Rodríguez, Beatriz Suárez Besil, Sandra Bárbara Correa Jiménez

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the type of hemoglobinopathies in 1,342,917 pregnant women recruited over a period of ten years. The research meth-od was hemoglobin electrophoresis in agarose gels at alkaline pH. …”
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Effect of Motorized Elephant-Assisted Therapy Program on Balance Control of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Satiansukpong Nuntanee, Sasat Daranee

“…Twenty participants, aged 8 to 19 years, were recruited from occupational therapy clinics around Chiang Mai city and were divided into 2 groups: control and experimental. …”
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Challenges and Barriers Faced by People with TB and Healthcare Workers Providing TB Care and Management – A Qualitative Study by S. Suseendar, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, T. Pritish Baskaran, V. R. Rehana, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Manoj Kumar Gupta, S. Srikanth, Suman Saurabh

“…Health-care personnel include nursing staff, medical officers, laboratory technicians, community health workers, and medical personnel from tertiary care hospital. Participants were recruited across all levels of health-care systems. …”
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Impact of an online mindfulness-based program on wellbeing and trait mindfulness for research postgraduate students: a randomized-controlled trial by Jia-Qi Xu, Yee-Man Jennifer Tang, Hoi Ying Katherine Chen

“…Methods A total of 88 RPg students, either studying in Hong Kong or Macau, were recruited (43 were randomized into the immediate intervention group; 67 females; mean age = 27.7; SD = 4.60). …”
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Cross-sectional study on the risk of breast cancer and practices among young women in Central India by Arti Tiwari, Maharaj Singh, Bharati Sahu, Shatrughan Pareek

“…Data collection spanned 6 months, during which 250 young women were randomly recruited from different colleges in Jabalpur city, Madhya Pradesh, India. …”
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Microbiota alterations in patients treated for susceptible or drug-resistant TB by M. Hauptmann, B. Kalsdorf, J.E. Akoh-Arrey, C. Lange, U.E. Schaible

“…RESULTS: From September 2018 to December 2019, 5 participants with treatment-naïve TB, 6 participants with DS-TB, 10 participants with DR-TB-inj–, and 4 participants with DR-TB-inj+ were recruited. Reduced alpha diversities in stool samples indicated more profound dysbiosis in participants treated for DR-TB than in participants treated for DS-TB (–12% (non-significant) for DS-TB, –44% (P < 0.001) for DR-TB-inj–, and –60% (P < 0.05) for DR-TB-inj+ compared to treatment-naïve participants). …”
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Effects of Permissive Hypercapnia on Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Carcinoma by Lei Wang, Lina Yang, Jing Yang, Shiqiang Shan

“…A total of 90 patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for rectal carcinoma were recruited from July 2016 to March 2017. They were randomly assigned to high hypercapnia group (n=30), low hypercapnia group (n=30), or control group (n=30), whose PaCO2 levels were maintained at 56-65 mmHg, 46-55 mmHg, or 35-45 mmHg, respectively. …”
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Family participatory clown therapy in venipuncture in hospitalized children: A non-randomized controlled trial. by Tianyu Chen, Qiying Chen, Zhenhua Lin, Jingfang Ye

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To explore the effectiveness of family participatory clown therapy in venipuncture in hospitalized children.<h4>Methods</h4>We recruited 104 children aged 3 to 6 years for a non-randomized controlled trial from March to December 2022. …”
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Profile of Falls and Its Associated Factors among Adults with Visual Impairment: A Cross-sectional Study from a Tertiary Eye Hospital by Ramya Sachidanandam, Anuradha Narayanan

“…Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited subjects from a tertiary eye care center with VI aged ≥18 years based on clinical records. …”
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