Association between previous consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and diabetes remission in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic ketoacidosis by Shanshan Li, Jinying Wang, Junping Zhang, Yun Zou, Yuanyuan Deng, Jixiong Xu

“…This study examined the potential correlation between the immoderate intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and the subsequent rate of diabetes remission (DR). 206 individuals who met the eligibility criteria between January 2019 and June 2022 were recruited. Inquiries were conducted to gather information on the participants’ beverage consumption before the onset. …”
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Circulating, Extracellular Vesicle-Associated Tissue Factor in Cancer Patients with and without Venous Thromboembolism by Valentina Lami, Dario Nieri, Marta Pagnini, Mario Gattini, Claudia Donati, Mariella De Santis, Alessandro Cipriano, Erica Bazzan, Andrea Sbrana, Alessandro Celi, Tommaso Neri

“…All patients with VTE were enrolled within 48 h of diagnosis; non-VTE patients were recruited in the oncologic outpatient services. EV were isolated by differential centrifugation from 4 mL of peripheral blood; the final EV pellet (16,000× <i>g</i> for 45 min) was resuspended in 100 μL saline and tested for TF using a one-step clotting assay. …”
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The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Motor Symptoms in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia by J. Antczak, J. Pera, M. Dąbroś, W. Koźmiński, M. Czyżycki, K. Wężyk, M. Dwojak, M. Banach, A. Slowik

“…The aim of this randomized, controlled trial was to investigate the therapeutic potential of rTMS in various forms of HSP, including pure and complicated forms, as well as adrenomyeloneuropathy. Methods. We recruited 15 patients (five women and 10 men; mean age 43.7±10.6 years) with the mentioned forms of HSP. …”
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The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adults (Adult STRAIN) in Korean: Initial Validation and Associations with Psychiatric Disorders by Eun Soo Kim, Yun Tae Kim, Kang-Seob Oh, Young Chul Shin, Sang-Won Jeon, Dong-Won Shin, Sung Joon Cho, George M. Slavich, Junhyung Kim

“…Methods: We translated the Adult STRAIN into Korean and examined its concurrent, predictive, and comparative predictive validity in 218 Korean adults (79 men, 139 women; <i>M</i>_age = 29.5; 19–50 years old) recruited from a psychiatric setting. We assessed concurrent validity using Pearson’s correlations, predictive validity using multiple regression models, and comparative predictive validity using multivariate logistic regression to identify participants with lifetime psychiatric diagnoses. …”
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Alternations of the gut microbiota and the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio after biologic treatment in inflammatory bowel disease by Yu-Chieh Tsai, Wei-Chen Tai, Chih-Ming Liang, Cheng-Kun Wu, Ming-Chao Tsai, Wan-Hsiang Hu, Pao-Yuan Huang, Chien-Hung Chen, Yuan-Hung Kuo, Chih-Chien Yao, Seng-Kee Chuah

“…Methods: In this study, 27 IBD patients were recruited, including 14 patients undergoing biologic therapy for moderate to severe disease activity and 13 controls with inactive disease. …”
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The Relationship between Side of Onset and Cerebral Regional Homogeneity in Parkinson’s Disease: A Resting-State fMRI Study by Kai Li, Hong Zhao, Chun-Mei Li, Xin-Xin Ma, Min Chen, Shu-Hua Li, Rui Wang, Bao-Hui Lou, Hai-Bo Chen, Wen Su

“…We sought to evaluate the effect of asymmetry on the whole brain spontaneous activity using the measure regional homogeneity (ReHo) through resting-state functional MRI. Methods. We recruited 30 PD patients with left onset (LPD), 27 with right side (RPD), and 32 controls with satisfactory data. …”
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Network analysis of the association between social anxiety and problematic smartphone use in college students by Wanying Xing, Xianyang Wang, Tingwei Feng, Jiaxin Xie, Chang Liu, Xiuchao Wang, Hui Wang, Lei Ren, Lei Ren, Xufeng Liu

“…This study aim to deepen the understanding of how SA and PSU are interconnected at the symptom-level within this demographic using network analysis.MethodsWe recruited 1,197 college students from four institutions in Shaanxi Province, China. …”
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The Role of the High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Patients with Stable Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis by Meng-Heng Hsieh, Yueh-Fu Fang, Guan-Yuan Chen, Fu-Tsai Chung, Yuan-Chang Liu, Cheng-Hsien Wu, Yu-Chen Chang, Horng-Chyuan Lin

“…A within-subject correlational study of a group of patients with stable non-CF bronchiectasis, who were recruited from our outpatient clinic, was done over a two-year period. …”
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Relationship between Serum Cytokeratin-18, Control Attenuation Parameter, NAFLD Fibrosis Score, and Liver Steatosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Sumitro Kosasih, Wong Zhi Qin, Rafiz Abdul Rani, Nazefah Abd Hamid, Ngiu Chai Soon, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Yazmin Yaakob, Raja Affendi Raja Ali

“…Patients who underwent abdominal US were recruited, followed with measurement of CAP using Fibroscan® and serum fragmented CK-18 using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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PTOV1 exerts pro-oncogenic role in colorectal cancer by modulating SQSTM1-mediated autophagic degradation of p53 by Yongli Fan, Yuqin Li, Xia Luo, Shiqi Xiang, Jia Hu, Jingchun Zhan, Weilong Chang, Rui Deng, Xianwen Ran, Yize Zhang, Yudie Cai, Weiwei Zhu, Huifen Wang, Zhibo Liu, Di Wang

“…At the molecular level, PTOV1 destabilized p53 by activating autophagy and recruiting p53 for the cargo receptor SQSTM1 directed autophagic degradation. …”
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Randomized controlled comparative study of anterior abdominal field block at linea semilunaris with a standard institutional regimen for postoperative analgesia in caesarean sectio... by Sudhakar D.S., Selvakumar R., Arunachalam R., Murugesan K., Karthick S.

“…Methods: A randomized controlled comparative interventional study was conducted at Government Dharmapuri Medical College and Hospital, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India between January 2023 to June 2023. Patients recruited for the study were randomized and allotted to receive either the drug or the placebo. …”
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Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities by Fanyu Xiu, Carla M. Doyle, Jorge Luis Flores Anato, Jesse Knight, Linwei Wang, Joseph Cox, Daniel Grace, Trevor A. Hart, Terri Zhang, Shayna Skakoon-Sparling, Milada Dvorakova, Rita Shahin, Herveen Sachdeva, Nathan Lachowsky, Hind Sbihi, Darrell H.S. Tan, Michael A. Irvine, Sharmistha Mishra, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

“…Methods: We estimated changes in sexual behaviors during the outbreak using 2022 data from the Engage Cohort Study, which recruited self-identified GBM in Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver (n = 1,445). …”
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Anxiety as a mediator between symptom distress and quality of life in peritoneal dialysis patients: insights from mediation analysis and nonlinear models by Sixia Chen, Yun Wang, Sheng Feng, Mingli Shen, Fan Zhang, Kai Song, Wenwen Li, Yun- Wang

“…Objectives This study investigates anxiety’s role as a mediator between symptom burden and quality of life in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis, emphasizing the potential for targeted interventions to enhance patient outcomes.Methods In a cross-sectional design, 320 peritoneal dialysis patients were recruited, with 305 providing valid responses (response rate: 95.31%). …”
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Serum Levels and Placental Expression of NGAL in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Xiaoqian Yin, Yan Huo, Li Liu, Yixing Pan, Suxin Liu, Runfang Wang

“…A total of 49 GDM subjects and 39 age-matched women with normal pregnancies were recruited. We examined serum concentrations of NGAL and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in maternal blood and cord blood and their expression levels in the term placentas and umbilical cord. …”
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Otolaryngology needs among an adult homeless population: a prospective study by Vincent Wu, Christopher W. Noel, David Forner, Florence Mok, Molly Zirkle, Antoine Eskander, Vincent Lin, John M. Lee

“…Methods One hundred adult homeless individuals were recruited across ten homeless shelters in Toronto, Canada using a stratified random sampling technique. …”
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Serum decorin and biglycan levels as predictive biomarkers for lung fibrosis severity and mortality risk in COVID-19 patients by Shaaf Ahmad, Kaleem Maqsood, Farwa Liaqat, Nabila Roohi

“…This study aims to investigate the predictive potential of serum biomarkers, specifically decorin and biglycan, in assessing the severity and mortality risk among COVID-19 patients.MethodsFor this study, healthy controls and COVID-19 patients (n = 240) among them 186 with moderate and 54 with severe symptoms from Ittefaq Hospital and Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan were recruited satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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A Nomogram for Predicting Overall Survival in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Retrospective Study by Ling Y, Miao X, Zhou X, Ma J, Lin Z, Li Q, Zhang M, Ma Y, Chen B

“…This study aimed to develop a novel prognostic model based on real clinical data and compare it with existing systems.Patients and Methods: A total of 288 patients newly diagnosed with PCNSL were recruited. Patients were randomly allocated to the development and validation cohorts. …”
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Distinctive Gut Microbiota Alteration Is Associated with Poststroke Functional Recovery: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study by Yini Dang, Xintong Zhang, Yu Zheng, Binbin Yu, Dijia Pan, Xiaomin Jiang, Chengjie Yan, Qiuyu Yu, Xiao Lu

“…A total of thirty-eight patients with stroke and thirty-five healthy demographics-matched controls were recruited. Their fecal DNAs were extracted, and the V3-V4 regions of the conserved bacterial 16S RNA were amplified and sequenced on the Illumina MiSeq platform. …”
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“They were sort of in the room with me”: a qualitative study about callers’ experience of video streaming during medical emergency calls by Siri Idland, Kristin Häikiö, Jo Kramer-Johansen, Magnus Hjortdahl

“…During a period of five weeks, we recruited respondents from the region of Oslo who had called the medical emergency number 113 and where video streaming had been used by the dispatcher during the call. …”
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The association of social media use and other social factors with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Egyptian university students by Mustafa Mohammed Hassan, Hisham Ahmed Orebi, Basem Salama, Ibrahim Ali Kabbash

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out at Tanta University. The study recruited a total sample of 933 college students from Tanta University from five randomly selected colleges. …”
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