Surgical delay-associated mortality risk varies by subtype in loco-regional breast cancer patients in SEER-Medicare by Macall Leslie Salewon, Rashmi Pathak, William C. Dooley, Ronald A. Squires, Hallgeir Rui, Inna Chervoneva, Takemi Tanaka

“…This retrospective cohort study aimed to assess whether the impact of delayed surgery on survival varies by subtype (hormone [HR] + /HER2 −, HR −/HER2 −, and HER2 +) in patients with loco-regional breast cancer who received surgery as their first treatment between 2010 and 2017 using the SEER-Medicare database. …”
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A Fortified Method to Screen and Detect Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Asymptomatic Hypertensive Adults: A Korean Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study by Hyo Eun Park, Sung-Bin Chon, Sang Hoon Na, Heesun Lee, Su-Yeon Choi

“…This retrospective cross-sectional study included asymptomatic hypertensive individuals aged ≥40 y who underwent voluntary checkups including echocardiography. …”
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KETERKAITAN KEASLIAN (AUTHENTICITY) OBJEK WISATA TERHADAP KETERIKATAN TEMPAT (PLACE ATTACHMENT) PENGUNJUNG by Syam Rachma Marcillia

“…The respondents of this research were 65 tourists who had visited the Keraton Kesultanan Yogyakarta and Monumen Jogja Kembali. …”
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TEACHERS’ PROFILE, MOTIVATION, APTITUDE, AND SATISFACTION IN A VIRTUAL UPSKILLING ENVIRONMENT by Dave E. Marcial, Jan Cynth Palama, Fredlie Bucog, Steven Binarao

“…This shift presented new hurdles for teachers who needed to acquire the knowledge and skills essential for effective online teaching. …”
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Characteristics of Slovenian Adults in Community-Based Whole-Food Plant-Based Lifestyle Program by Boštjan Jakše, Barbara Jakše, Stanislav Pinter, Jernej Pajek, Nataša Fidler Mis

“…We discovered no significant differences in lifestyle between participants who were involved in our WFPB lifestyle program for short, medium, or long periods of time. …”
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Predictive Clinical Factors of Pain-Related Quality of Recovery Following Elective Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery: An Observational Study in Norway by Bergestuen L, Hagen M, Kisa S

“…The sample consisted of 268 adult patients who underwent elective gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery between September 2021 and May 2022. …”
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To remove or to replace traditional electronic games? A crossover randomised controlled trial on the impact of removing or replacing home access to electronic games on physical act... by Anne J Smith, Leon M Straker, Rebecca A Abbott

“…Objective To evaluate the impact of (1) the removal of home access to traditional electronic games or (2) their replacement with active input electronic games, on daily physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children aged 10–12 years.Design Crossover randomised controlled trial, over 6 months.Setting Family homes in metropolitan Perth, Australia from 2007 to 2010.Participants 10-year-old to 12-year-old children were recruited through school and community media. From 210 children who were eligible, 74 met inclusion criteria, 8 withdrew and 10 had insufficient primary outcome measures, leaving 56 children (29 female) for analysis.Intervention A counterbalanced randomised order of three conditions sustained for 8 weeks each: no home access to electronic games, home access to traditional electronic games and home access to active input electronic games.Main outcome measures Primary outcome was accelerometer assessed moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA). …”
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Effects of switching from MiniMed™ 640G to 770G on continuous glucose monitoring metrics and DTR‐QOL scores: An observational study of Japanese people with type 1 diabetes mellitus... by Toshiki Kogai, Junko Sato, Haruna Yasuda, Tatsuhiro Ayame, Azusa Ozaki, Eri Takagi, Mami Koshibu, Yuya Nishida, Fuki Ikeda, Hirotaka Watada

“…Fifty Japanese people with type 1 diabetes switched from the MiniMed™ 640G to 770G, and we analyzed the continuous glucose monitoring data of 24 subjects who used auto mode throughout the study. We also analyzed the scores of the Diabetes Therapy‐Related Quality of Life questionnaire completed by 26 auto‐mode users before and after the treatment change. …”
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Adverse events following immunization surveillance on two types of enterovirus 71 vaccines: A real-world comparative study in China by Yiqing Zhu, Yihan Wang, Jinghui Wang, Yafei Wang, Li Sun, Shiheng Cui, Jing Li, Yu Guo

“…Our research included children of the recommended age who voluntarily received the EV71 vaccine in Hebei Province from 2019 to 2023. …”
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Extent and pattern of burden of care and its associated factors among Eritrean families of persons living with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study by Xiaofeng Li, Tesfaldet Habtemariam Hidru, Mohammed Hamid Osman, Sainyugu Lolokote

“…Total mean objective score was 29.47+6.67. Family caregivers who were single (F=3.224, p<0.005, effect size (ES)=0.064), had educational level at elementary (F=5.647 p=0.001, ES=0.11), had low monthly income (t=7.727, p<0.001, ES=0.01) and were dissatisfied with family support (t=2.889, p<0.01, ES=0.01) experienced greater burden relative to the counterparts. …”
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Cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil as induction therapy in lupus nephritis by Božić-Majstorović Ljubinka, Popović-Pejičić Snježana, Mrđa Jelena, Mrđa Vladimir, Ovčina Irma

“…Almost 50 % of patients who suffer from systemic lupus erythematosus have lupus nephritis (LN) as well. …”
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Analisis Sentimen Maskapai Penerbangan Menggunakan Metode Naive Bayes dan Seleksi Fitur Information Gain by Arif Bijaksana Putra Negara, Hafiz Muhardi, Indira Melinda Putri

“…Pegipegi.com is a website that provides ticket reservations and a review section for visitors to express their opinions. Other visitors who read the reviews can get a more objective picture of airlines. …”
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Insulin secretion, sensitivity, and clearance in normoglycemic Black and White adults with parental type 2 diabetes: association with incident dysglycemia by Samuel Dagogo-Jack, Jim Wan, Chimaroke Edeoga, Peace Asuzu

“…Insulin clearance was derived as the molar ratio of plasma C peptide to insulin and by calculating the metabolic clearance rate during HEC.Results POP-ABC participants who completed IVGT and HEC at baseline (145 African American, 123 European American; 72% women; mean age 44.6±10.1 years) were included in the present analysis. …”
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Fully Covered Stent-TIPS for Advanced HCC Patients with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus-Related Severe Symptomatic Portal Hypertension by Liu Z, Lyu T, Yang J, Xie Y, Fan S, Song L, Zou Y, Wang J

“…This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of fully covered stent-TIPS (FCS-TIPS) for treatment of PVTT-related SPH in advanced HCC patients.Patients and Methods: This retrospective study enrolled 25 patients with advanced HCC who underwent FCS-TIPS for PVTT-related severe SPH from June 2018 to January 2024. …”
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Emergency and critical care medicine residents’ competency to identify patient ventilator asynchrony using a mechanical ventilator waveform analysis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a mul... by Wegderes Bogale, Merahi Kefyalew, Finot Debebe

“…Methodology : We conducted a cross-sectional study among senior ECCM residents who were on training at TASH and SPHMMC, Addis Ababa. …”
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Association of frailty with non-laboratory based cardiovascular disease risk score among older adults and elderly population: insights from longitudinal aging study in India (LASI-... by Pritam Halder, Semanti Das, Anshul Mamgai, Divya Sharma, Ashish Behera, Pulak Syal, Vineeth Rajagopal, Tanvi Kiran

“…Abstract Introduction Frailty is an inevitable part of ageing, which is also associated with a variety of chronic diseases, the most common of which are cardiovascular diseases. The WHO non-laboratory-based CVD risk scores are reliable predictors of cardiovascular events and are used in treatment decision-making in primary health-care settings. …”
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Association between chronic diseases and severe periodontal disease progression: A retrospective cohort study in a city of Japan by Sayaka Nin, Yu Sun, Takami Maeno, Chihiro Nishiura, Kento Taira, Kenji Fujimoto, Jun Hamano, Sachiko Ozone, Tetsuhiro Maeno

“…The study included participants aged 40–70 years who had received medical care between April 2017 and March 2018. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Four Aerobic Exercise Intensity Prescription Techniques in Rehabilitation Training for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Tao Chen, Huiying Zhu, Qingyuan Su

“…A retrospective study was conducted on all patients with CHD who were admitted to CR and completed cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) in Guangdong Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. …”
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The Combination of D-TACE-HAIC, Lenvatinib, and PD-1 Inhibitors Shows Significant Clinical Efficacy in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wu Y, Zhu J, Zhang H, Xia N

“…Yintao Wu,* Jianyong Zhu,* Hong Zhang, Nianxin Xia Senior Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Nianxin Xia, Senior Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China, Email doctorxnx@163.comPurpose: This study was developed to compare the efficacy of combined D-TACE-HAIC + lenvatinib + PD-1 inhibitor treatment to that of TACE + sorafenib treatment for patients with intermediate and advanced HCC.Patients and Methods: Here, a retrospective analysis of patients with unresectable HCC who underwent transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) from March 2018 to March 2022 at the our hospital was conducted. …”
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Development and validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) by Daisy Gaunt, Chris Salisbury, Mei-See Man, Katherine Chaplin, Polly Duncan, Mairead Murphy

“…The scale was piloted and the final version was tested in 1546 adults with multimorbidity (mean age 71 years) who took part in the 3D Study, a cluster randomised controlled trial. …”
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