Influence of buccal mucosa width/height ratio, emergence profile and buccal bone width on peri-implant tissues: a prospective one-year study by Yiman Tang, Juan Wang, Lixin Qiu, Huajie Yu

“…Methods Fifty-eight posterior implant restoration cases were recruited in this study. Evaluations were performed at the time of restoration placement (T0), and 1 year later (T1). …”
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Study protocol of a population-based cohort investigating Physical Activity, Sedentarism, lifestyles and Obesity in Spanish youth: the PASOS study by Susana Aznar, Camille Lassale, Santiago Felipe Gómez, Clara Homs, Julia Wärnberg, Maria Medrano, Marcela Gonzalez-Gross, Narcis Gusi, Elena Marín Cascales, Miguel González-Valeiro, Lluis Serra-Majem, Nicolás Terrados, Josep A Tur, Marta Segú, Juan Carlos Benavente-Marín, Idoia Labayen, Augusto García Zapico, Jesús Sánchez-Gómez, Fabio Jiménez-Zazo, Pedro Emilio Alcaraz, Marta Sevilla-Sanchez, Estefania Herrera-Ramos, Susana Pulgar, Maria del Mar Bibiloni, Olga Sancho, Helmut Schröder

“…The PASOS study has recruited a representative random sample of children and adolescents aged 8–16 years from 242 educational centres in the 17 ‘autonomous regions’ into which Spain is divided. …”
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The experience of bodily image for patients with left ventricular assist device by Irena Milaniak, Emilia Witkowska, Marta Cebula, Paulina Tomsia, Grzegorz Wasilewski, Izabela Górkiewicz-Kot, Sylwia Wiśniowska-Śmiałek, Michał Kaleta, Karol Wierzbicki, Karol Wierzbicki

“…The study aimed to examine the relationships between anxiety and depressive symptoms, acceptance of illness, beliefs about pain control, and quality of life with body image among LVAD-implanted patients.MethodsThe cross-sectional study included 54 conveniently recruited patients who completed the Body Image Scale, SF-12, Acceptance of Illness Scale, Beliefs about Pain Control Questionnaire, NRS, HADS, and demographic and clinical data. …”
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A preliminary investigation into self-compassion and compassion-based intervention for mental health in the performing arts by Courtney C. Walton, James N. Kirby, Sabrina McKenzie, Sabrina McKenzie, Caroline X. Gao, Caroline X. Gao, Rosemary Purcell, Rosemary Purcell, Simon M. Rice, Simon M. Rice, Margaret S. Osborne, Margaret S. Osborne

“…Second, was to test a brief compassion-based intervention to establish proof of concept for future work.MethodTwo sequential studies recruiting Australian performing artists were conducted. …”
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Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) of non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL) for singleton and twin pregnancies in the first trimester by Huanyun Li, Shaojun Li, Zhenhua Zhao, Lingrong Kong, Xinyu Fu, Jingqi Zhu, Jun Feng, Weiqin Tang, Di Wu, Xiangdong Kong

“…Results Sixteen women with singleton pregnancies and one woman with a twin pregnancy were recruited. Among the 16 singleton pregnancies, NIPD was successfully applied in 15 families and the coincidence rate with invasive prenatal diagnosis was 100% (15/15). …”
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Attitudes toward artificial intelligence and robots in healthcare in the general population: a qualitative study by Paulina Smoła, Iwona Młoźniak, Monika Wojcieszko, Urszula Zwierczyk, Mateusz Kobryn, Elżbieta Rzepecka, Mariusz Duplaga

“…The interviewees were initially recruited for the interviews in a convenience sample; then, the process was continued using the snowballing technique. …”
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Inflammatory rheumatic diseases with onset after SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination: a report of 267 cases from the COVID-19 and ASD group by Laura Massaro, Annamaria Iagnocco, Florenzo Iannone, Corrado Campochiaro, Maria De Santis, Ilaria Cavazzana, Piero Ruscitti, Roberto Giacomelli, Rosario Foti, Lorenzo Dagna, Giovanna Cuomo, Giacomo De Luca, Francesco Caso, Ilenia Di Cola, Clodoveo Ferri, Vincenzo Raimondo, Francesco Ursini, Veronica Brusi, Giuseppe Varcasia, Roberta Pellegrini, Domenico Olivo, Giuseppe Murdaca, Carlo Selmi, Olga Addimanda, Erika Pigatto, Francesca Francioso, Rossella De Angelis, Jacopo Ciaffi, Luana Mancarella, Marcella Visentini, Francesca Motta, Virginia Caira, Alberto Lo Gullo, Caterina Naclerio, Elena Marchetti, Sebastiano Lorusso, Jessica Luppino, Roberta Foti, Massimo Reta

“…Objectives To better define the spectrum of new-onset post-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 vaccine inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) from a large multicentric observational study.Methods Consecutive cases of IRD encountered during a 12-month period and satisfying one of the following inclusion criteria: (a) onset of the rheumatic manifestations within 4 weeks from SARS-CoV-2 infection or (b) onset of the rheumatic manifestations within 4 weeks from the administration of one of the COVID-19 vaccines ws recruited.Results The final analysis cohort comprised 267 patients, of which 122 (45.2%) in the post-COVID-19 and 145 (54.8%) in the postvaccine cohort. …”
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Physical symptoms distress and demoralization among haemodialysis patients; the mediating effect of spirituality and self-compassion. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey by Chia-Hui Lin, Yi-Chien Chiang, Wen-Yi Li, Tsung-Lan Chu, Ya-Chu Hsiao

“…Settings: A convenience sample was used to recruit from two haemodialysis clinics. Methods: Self-report questionnaires were the Physical Symptom Distress Scale, Demoralization Scale, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale-12, and Self-Compassion Scale. …”
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Efficacy and safety of non-invasive low-frequency tibial nerve stimulator in overactive bladder by Zhipeng Zhang, Mengzhu Liu, Yangyun Wang, Peng Wu, Yiping Zhu, Bangmin Han, Zhihui Xu, Xudong Li, Chaoliang Shi, Jing Zhang, Deyi Luo, Guowei Shi, Yaoguang Zhang

“…The primary endpoint was the change in Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS) at week 12 from the baseline. Results Of the 109 recruited OAB patients. In the TNS-01 group, the OABSS change from baseline at week 12 was significantly higher than that in the sham group (2.83 ± 2.53 vs 1.62 ± 2.59, p = 0.02). …”
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Tools to improve discharge equity: Protocol for the pilot TIDE trial by Kirsten Austad, Cecilia Thai, Alegna Zavatti, Nhi Nguyen, Diana Bautista-Hurtado, Patrick Kenney, Noelia Lugo, Joo H. Lee, Howard Lanney, Ziming Xuan, Erika G. Cordova-Ramos, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Brian Jack

“…The TIDE intervention includes a translated medication calendar, pictographs, and an audio recording of the discharge instructions in the patient's preferred language. We will recruit an estimated 50 patient participants from the hospital's top four non-English language groups—Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole, and Vietnamese—as well as the nurse and in-person interpreter caring for them. …”
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Calpain 2 promotes Lenvatinib resistance and cancer stem cell traits via both proteolysis-dependent and independent approach in hepatocellular carcinoma by Xiaolu Ma, Kaixia Zhou, Tianqing Yan, Ling Hu, Suhong Xie, Hui Zheng, Ying Tong, Heng Zhang, Yanchun Wang, Zhiyun Gong, Cuncun Chen, Yanan Tian, Lin Guo, Renquan Lu

“…Notably, further co-immunoprecipitation assays revealed that YWHAE could promote the protein stability of CAPN2 via recruiting a deubiquitinase COPS5 to prevent ubiquitination-induced degradation of CAPN2. …”
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Person-based design and evaluation of MIA, a digital medical interview assistant for radiology by Kerstin Denecke, Daniel Reichenpfader, Dominic Willi, Karin Kennel, Harald Bonel, Harald Bonel, Knud Nairz, Nikola Cihoric, Damien Papaux, Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk

“…The system was evaluated according to an existing evaluation framework that covers a broad range of aspects related to the technical quality of a conversational agent including usability, but also accessibility and security.ResultsThirty-six patients recruited from two Swiss hospitals (Lindenhof group and Inselspital, Bern) and two patient organizations conducted the usability test. …”
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Impact of nurturing care educational videos focusing on children with nutritional problems aged 6-23 months on mothers' knowledge and child growth by Fitri Haryanti, Lely Lusmilasari, Sri Hartini, Ayyu Sandhi, Ika Parmawati, Akhmadi Akhmadi, Nisa Nur Hasanah, Fitriana Andarwati, Hani Risnawati, Alissa Nur Pratiwi, Ananda Sekar Kusumawati, Redyta Dwi Cahyani

“…Seventy-three mothers and their children aged 6-23 months, facing nutritional challenges, were recruited through consecutive sampling. The intervention group received nurturing care educational videos. …”
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Caregiver worry about COVID-19 as a predictor of social mitigation behaviours and SARS-CoV-2 infection in a 12-city U.S. surveillance study of households with children by Steven M. Brunwasser, Tebeb Gebretsadik, Anisha Satish, Jennifer C. Cole, William D. Dupont, Christine Joseph, Casper G. Bendixsen, Agustin Calatroni, Samuel J. Arbes, Jr, Patricia C. Fulkerson, Joshua Sanders, Leonard B. Bacharier, Carlos A. Camargo, Jr, Christine Cole Johnson, Glenn T. Furuta, Rebecca S. Gruchalla, Ruchi S. Gupta, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, Daniel J. Jackson, Meyer Kattan, Andrew Liu, George T. O'Connor, Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric, Wanda Phipatanakul, Marc E. Rothenberg, Max A. Seibold, Christine M. Seroogy, Stephen J. Teach, Edward M. Zoratti, Alkis Togias, Tina V. Hartert

“…Methods: Data were drawn from a surveillance study of households with children (N = 1913) recruited from 12 U.S. cities during the initial year of the pandemic and followed for 28 weeks (data collection: 1-May-2020 through 22-Feb-2021). …”
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Assessment of the efficacy of palliative sedation in advanced cancer patients by evaluating discomfort levels: a prospective, international, multicenter observational study by Maaike Rijpstra, Kris Vissers, Alazne Belar, Michael Van der Elst, Séverine Marie Surges, Claudio Adile, Rocío Rojí, Yasmine Grassi, Ewald Bronkhorst, Sebastiano Mercadante, Lukas Radbruch, Johan Menten, Carlos Centeno, Evelien Kuip, Jeroen Hasselaar

“…Methods In this prospective observational study, adult patients with advanced malignancies were recruited from hospice units, palliative care units, and hospital wards in five European countries. …”
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Study on exhaled volatile organic compounds identifying cognitive fatigue induced by N-back task in healthy young adults by Xiaoyu Zhang, Xiaoyan Dong, Qiang Huang, Zhe Liu, Qin Wang

“…Thirty healthy young adults were recruited and assigned to complete two 1.5-hour cognitive fatigue-inducing trials of the N-back task and one control trial of low emotion film watching of the same duration time. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Helicobacter pylori Infection among Children Aged 1 to 15 Years at Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital, Mbarara, South Western Uganda by Phoebe Aitila, Michael Mutyaba, Simon Okeny, Maurice Ndawula Kasule, Rashid Kasule, Frank Ssedyabane, Benson Okongo, Richard Onyuthi Apecu, Enoch Muwanguzi, Caesar Oyet

“…After obtaining informed consent from parents/legal guardians, illegible children who presented with gastrointestinal complaints at Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital were recruited; structured questionnaires were administered to the parents/guardians to collect information on sociodemographic data and risk factors of H. pylori infection. …”
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Corticomuscular Coupling Alterations During Elbow Isometric Contraction Correlated With Clinical Scores: An fNIRS-sEMG Study in Stroke Survivors by Xiaohan Wang, Weidong Li, Rong Song, Di Ao, Huijing Hu, Le Li

“…The study aimed to investigate changes in corticomuscular coupling during elbow flexion and extension in stroke survivors using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and surface electromyography (sEMG), and to evaluate the relationship between coupling characteristics and clinical assessment scales. This study recruited 12 stroke survivors and 12 age-matched healthy subjects, and further divided the subjects into the affected side group, healthy-side group and age-matched healthy group. …”
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Trial of alginates in throat symptoms: protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, placebo controlled, double blind, parallel, randomised controlled trial of liquid alginate (Gaviscon A... by David Hamilton, Ruth Wood, Dawn Teare, Miranda Morton, Rebecca Maier, James O’Hara, Tony Fouweather, Julian McGlashan, Julie Thompson, Richard Joyce, Hesther Smith, Lysbeth Evans

“…Trial of alginates in throat symptoms aims to compare symptomatic response of the symptoms of PTS in liquid alginate (Gaviscon Advance) in comparison to a near matched placebo over an 8-week period to provide definitive evidence of the use of alginates in treating PTS.Methods and analysis This is a multicentre, pragmatic, double blind, parallel, randomised controlled trial. 250 adults with PTS will be recruited from NHS secondary care sites and randomised to either liquid alginate (Gaviscon Advance) or near matched placebo in a 1:1 ratio. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression, general depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress (PODSAS) among mothers during their 4-week postnatal follow-up in five public... by Boon How Chew, Subashini Ambigapathy, Saidatul Akmar Mohammad Redzuan, Priyasini Suntharalingam, Thenmoli Palaniyappan, Venotha Ganasan, Puteri Normalina Megat Abu Bakar, Paream Kaur, Lili Zuryani Marmuji, V Paranthaman

“…Findings from this study will be used to identify the needs for early screening and detection, encourage development of interventions to reduce its occurrence and support mothers with PODSAS.Methods and analysis This cross-sectional study will recruit 459 postpartum mothers during their 4-week postnatal follow-up in five selected public health clinics in Perak from September 2019 to May 2020. …”
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