Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Canakinumab in Patients with MKD/HIDS: Interim Analysis of the RELIANCE Registry by Prasad T. Oommen, Tilmann Kallinich, Juergen Rech, Norbert Blank, Julia Weber-Arden, Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner

“…Methods From June 2018, the RELIANCE registry enrolled paediatric (aged ≥ 2 years) and adult patients (aged ≥ 18 years) with MKD/HIDS who were receiving canakinumab as part of their routine medical care. …”
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A Study to Assess the Attitude and Acceptance toward COVID-19 Vaccine among General Public by Bijitha Biju, M. Melvin David, J. Balalakshmi

“…Materials and Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care hospital among 272 participants who were selected conveniently. The attitude was assessed using self-structured five-point Likert scale, and acceptance was assessed using self-structured dichotomous questionnaire. …”
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Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals Compound Heterozygosity for Ethnically Distinct PEX7 Mutations Responsible for Rhizomelic Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Type 1 by Jessie C. Jacobsen, Emma Glamuzina, Juliet Taylor, Brendan Swan, Shona Handisides, Callum Wilson, Michael Fietz, Tessa van Dijk, Bart Appelhof, Rosamund Hill, Rosemary Marks, Donald R. Love, Stephen P. Robertson, Russell G. Snell, Klaus Lehnert

“…We describe two brothers who presented at birth with bone growth abnormalities, followed by development of increasingly severe intellectual and physical disability, growth restriction, epilepsy, and cerebellar and brain stem atrophy, but normal ocular phenotypes. …”
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Recording of Falls in Elderly Fallers in Northern Greece and Evaluation of Aging Health-Related Factors and Environmental Safety Associated with Falls: A Cross-Sectional Study by Dimitrios Lytras, Evaggelos Sykaras, Paris Iakovidis, Konstantinos Kasimis, Ioannis Myrogiannis, Anastasios Kottaras

“…The study involved 150 elderly fallers (median age 70 (67-74)), who completed a record containing information on known risk factors related to their health status, as well as information on the conditions and causes that led to the fall. …”
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Persistence of Hepatitis C RNA in Liver Allografts Is Associated with Histologic Progression Independent of Serologic Viral Clearance by M. Ghabril, R. C. Dickson, M. Krishna, R. Lloyd, J. Aranda-Michel, A. Keaveny, R. Satyanarayana, H. Bonatti

“…To determine if HCV nondetectability in liver allografts by ISH can predict SVR in patients who cleared virus serologically on treatment. Methods. …”
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Metabolic syndrome and pancreatic lesions by O. S. Shifrin, I. A. Sokolina, A. E. Leonovich, M. A. Ashitko, T. L. Lemina, A. V. Korolyov

“…Overall 720 patients were investigated who have admitted to the clinic with referral diagnosis «chronic pancreatitis» (CP). …”
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Differences in Physical and Psychological Parameters in Sub-Elite, Male, Youth Soccer Players with Jumper's Knee Following Physical Therapy Compared to Healthy Controls: A Longitud... by Marc Niering, Thomas Muehlbauer

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in physical, psychological, and injury-/pain-related parameters in sub-elite male youth soccer players, who previously underwent physical therapy for JK compared to healthy controls (HC) over the course of a season…”
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Self-reported food intolerance, dietary supplement use and malnutrition in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases: Findings from a cross-sectional study in Lebanon. by Maha Hoteit, Nour Ftouni, Malak Olayan, Souheil Hallit, Joya Maria Karam, Mahmoud Hallal, Samer Hotayt, Bilal Hotayt

“…A significant percentage of malnourished patients with CIBD had to follow a diet outside the flare, had a nutritional follow up, were currently taking corticosteroids and had a severe form of the disease compared to patients who were well nourished.<h4>Conclusions</h4>This study has contributed valuable insights into the understanding that some food items could be associated to periods of increased disease activity in CIBD patients and that awareness/intervention regarding nutrition must be provided by healthcare professionals (dietitians, physicians…) to decrease the need for second line therapy. …”
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Association between systemic inflammatory response index and glaucoma incidence from 2005 to 2008 by Xiang Li, Yi Qing Sun, Xiao Dan Zhong, Zhi Jie Zhang, Jia Feng Tang, Zhan Yang Luo

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the association between the Systemic Inflammatory Response Index (SIRI) and glaucoma using data from the 2005–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).MethodsWe performed a cross-sectional analysis using data from NHANES (2005–2008). Among participants who underwent non-mydriatic retinal imaging and Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) visual field testing, 4,514 were included after excluding those with missing key variable data. …”
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Comparison of the Disposable Streamlined Liner of the Pharynx Airway and the Disposable I-gel in Anaesthetized, Paralyzed Adults: A Randomized Prospective Study by Khaled EL-Radaideh, Ala"a Alhowary, Diab Bani Hani

“…Eighty adults (ASA physical statuses I–III) who were undergoing elective procedures under general anesthesia with an SAD were enrolled in this prospective, randomized, single-blind study. …”
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Epidemiological Changes in Hospitalized Bronchiolitis in Children Under 2 Years of Age in Hangzhou Before and After COVID-19 Restriction Easing by Xu X, Chen X, He J, Su L, Tong X, Sun Y, Huang S, Bai G, Chen Z

“…This study aimed to analyze the changes in the viral etiology of bronchiolitis in Hangzhou during the COVID-19 restriction period (2022) compared to the period following the easing of restrictions(2023).Methods: This study collected data on patients under 2 years of age who were admitted for bronchiolitis to the Department of Pulmonology at the Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Hangzhou) from January, 1, 2022, to December 31, 2023. …”
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Different Effects of Structured Education on Glycemic Control and Psychological Outcomes in Adolescent and Adult Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysi... by Fang Liu, Yuzhu Guan, Xia Li, Yuting Xie, Jing He, Zhi-Guang Zhou, Lezhi Li

“…Twelve studies targeted adolescents and six targeted adults. Adolescent patients who were randomized to the intervention group did not show significant improvement of HbA1c in the short (SMD = −0.04; 95% CI: −0.14 to 0.06; P=0.41), medium (SMD = −0.03; 95% CI: −0.13 to 0.07; P=0.55), and long term (SMD = 0.04; 95% CI: −0.16 to 0.25; P=0.66) or of diabetes self-efficacy (SMD = −0.17; 95% CI: −0.33 to 0.00; overall effect P=0.05). …”
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Specificity of psychological readiness for changes and psychological resilience in the employees of the State Criminal-Executive Service of Ukraine by O. V. Mitroshkina

“…The subjects were employees of the State Criminal-Executive Service of Ukraine, who were divided into groups according to the level of psychological readiness for change. …”
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The Single Leg Squat Test: A “Top-Down” or “Bottom-Up” Functional Performance Test? by Lindsay A Carroll, Benjamin R Kivlan, RobRoy L Martin, Amy L Phelps, Christopher R Carcia

“… # Methods Sixty-five healthy, active volunteers (sex = 50 female, 15 male; age = 25.2 +/- 5.6 years; height = 1.7 +/- .1 m; weight = 68.5 +/- 13.5 kg) who demonstrated static balance and hip abductor strength sufficient for performance of the SLST participated in the study. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study on the Affordable Care Act from the Perspective of People Living with HIV: The Interplay between Knowledge, Stigma, Trust, and Attitudes by Christopher Kaperak, Sarah Elwood, Tamara Saint-Surin, Christopher Winstead-Derlega, Robert O. Brennan, Rebecca Dillingham, Kathleen A. McManus

“…Almost three-fourths of participants used HIV clinic case managers for ACA information. Participants who used websites for ACA information had correct ACA knowledge more often compared to those that did not (71% vs. 15%; p = 0.001). …”
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A Prospective Study Comparing Two-Time Points of Thyroid Hormone Replacement during the Holy Month of Ramadan by Zeinab Dabbous, Buthaina Alowainati, Sara Darwish, Hamda Ali, Seleena Farook, Mariam Al Malaheem, Abeir Abdalrubb, Wajiha Gul, Wajiha Abu Haliqa

“…Adult patients known to have primary hypothyroidism with stable TSH for the last 6 months who intended to fast during the month of Ramadan were invited to participate in this prospective study. …”
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Enhancing fracture risk indication: The impact of bone load index and muscle fat infiltration on vertebral compression fracture by Xiao-Yue Jiang, Zhi-Yang Tang, Bo-Wen Liu, Si-Yuan Lu, Dong-Gang Pan, Hui Jiang, Xiu-Hong Shan

“…Methods: A retrospective collection of clinical and imaging data was conducted for patients with vertebral compression fractures and control subjects who underwent quantitative computed tomography scans. …”
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Functional alignment is a feasible alignment strategy in robotic assisted total knee arthroplasty for knee osteoarthritis with extra-articular deformity – A case series by Eu Wei Cheong, Yuik Ho Jade Pei, Kunalan G.

“…Methodology: This is a single surgeon series of 8 patients with extraarticular deformity who underwent robotic assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with FA technique. …”
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The effects of training female students in emotion regulation techniques on their social problem-solving skills and social anxiety: a randomized controlled trial by Ashraf Akbari, Camellia Torabizadeh, Narjes Nick, Giti Setoodeh, Parvin Ghaemmaghami

“…The subjects were 47 female high-school second graders who were randomly divided into a control (25 students) and an intervention group (22 students). …”
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Potential alternative and novel biomarkers for paediatric MAFLD: exploratory evidence from a Chinese cohort by Fan Yang, Mengyuan Hu, Lulian Xu, Xiaowei Zheng, Lihong Zhu, Le Zhang, Haoyang Zhang

“…Results Out of 1,108 participants who completed all examinations (N biomarker = 91), 113 participants were diagnosed with MAFLD (prevalence: 14.99% in boys and 5.18% in girls). 27 biomarkers that were strongly correlated with diagnostic biomarkers were identified as alternative biomarkers. …”
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