Prioritization of the Skills to Be Mastered for the Daily Jobs of Japanese Dental Hygienists by Yoshiaki Nomura, Erika Kakuta, Ayako Okada, Yuko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Tomonari, Noriyasu Hosoya, Nobuhiro Hanada, Naomi Yoshida, Noriko Takei

“…In this study, the responses of 3,807 dental hygienists who worked at dental clinics were analyzed. We analyzed 77 kinds of daily jobs and the items regarding the motivation to work. …”
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Predicting the risk of gastroparesis in critically ill patients after CME using an interpretable machine learning algorithm – a 10-year multicenter retrospective study by Yuan Liu, Songyun Zhao, Wenyi Du, Wei Shen, Ning Zhou

“…The clinical data of critically ill patients transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) post-CME were meticulously analyzed to identify key risk factors associated with the development of gastroparesis.MethodsWe gathered 34 feature variables from a cohort of 1,097 colon cancer patients, including 87 individuals who developed gastroparesis post-surgery, across multiple hospitals, and applied a range of machine learning algorithms to construct the predictive model. …”
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Central Venous Catheterization before Versus after Computed Tomography in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients with Major Blunt Trauma: Clinical Characteristics and Factors for Decisi... by Ji Hun Kim, Sang Ook Ha, Young Sun Park, Jeong Hyeon Yi, Sun Beom Hur, Ki Ho Lee

“…Methods This retrospective study included 70 hemodynamically unstable patients with chest or/and abdominal blunt injury who underwent WBCT and CVC between March 2013 and November 2017. …”
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Small Magnets, Big Future: Low-Field MRI Technology and Clinical Utility by Mohamamdreza Elhaie, Abolfazl Koozari, Iraj Abedi, Mahmoud Mohammadi-Sadr, Abbas Monsef

“…It enables the scanning of anxious patients and children who cannot tolerate enclosed high-field scanners due to discomfort. …”
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Disrupted Regional Spontaneous Neural Activity in Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients with Depressive Symptoms: A Resting-State fMRI Study by Xiaozheng Liu, Yunhai Tu, Yirou Zang, Aiqin Wu, Zhongwei Guo, Jiawei He

“…Depressive symptoms are common in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who have an increased risk of dementia. It is currently unclear whether the pattern of spontaneous brain activity in patients with MCI differs between subjects with and without depressive symptoms. …”
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Recovery of the Intestinal Microbiota Metabolic Activity in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. D. Potskhverashvili, N. I. Kokina

“…The administration of a probiotic after a course of rifaximin-α led to a decrease in the relative amount of isoacids and the isoacids/acids ratio in comparison with patients who received rifaximin-α only for treatment of SIBO (p <0.05).Conclusion. …”
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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-guided biliary drainage for distal malignant biliary obstruction due to pancreat... by Naminatsu Takahara, Yousuke Nakai, Kensaku Noguchi, Tatsunori Suzuki, Tatsuya Sato, Ryunosuke Hakuta, Kazunaga Ishigaki, Tomotaka Saito, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

“…Methods We enrolled 56 patients with pancreatic cancer and asymptomatic DI who underwent EUS-HGS (n=25) or ERCP-BD (n=31). …”
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Efficacy of Diltiazem for the Control of Blood Pressure in Puerperal Patients with Severe Preeclampsia: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Controlled Trial by Gilberto Arias-Hernández, Cruz Vargas-De-León, Claudia C Calzada-Mendoza, María Esther Ocharan-Hernández

“…Significantly, patients who received diltiazem had fewer hypertension and hypotension episodes and stayed fewer days in the intensive care unit than those treated with nifedipine. …”
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Hyperandrogenism, Elevated 17-Hydroxyprogesterone and Its Urinary Metabolites in a Young Woman with Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor, Not Otherwise Specified: Case Report and Review of t... by Felix C. K. Wong, Angela Z. Chan, W. S. Wong, Angel H. W. Kwan, Tracy S. M. Law, Jacqueline P. W. Chung, Jeffrey S. S. Kwok, Angel O. K. Chan

“…We describe a case of a 24-year-old overweight woman who presented with hirsutism, secondary amenorrhea, clitoromegaly, and symptoms of diabetes mellitus (DM). …”
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Relationship between the location of the popliteal artery and the tibial osteotomy plane in patients with medial and lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A retrospective ana... by Kubo Tatsuya, Takahashi Tsuneari, Kimura Yuya, Ajiki Takashi, Yasuda Eri, Takeshita Katsushi

“…Methods: Preoperative MRI and postoperative radiographs obtained from 50 patients with unicompartmental KOA who underwent fixed-bearing UKA were analyzed. The amount of tibial resection was determined from the surgical records, and a line was drawn parallel to the tibial posterior tilt angle on the sagittal MR image to create a virtual tibial cut line. …”
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Utility of Endoscopic Examination in the Diagnosis of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract by Kosuke Nomura, Toshiro Iizuka, Daisuke Kaji, Hisashi Yamamoto, Yasutaka Kuribayashi, Masami Tanaka, Tsukasa Furuhata, Satoshi Yamashita, Daisuke Kikuchi, Akira Matsui, Toshifumi Mitani, Yasunori Ota, Shuichi Taniguchi, Shu Hoteya

“…Methods. Of 1231 patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation between January 2005 and December 2014, 186 of whom underwent colonoscopy and biopsy and had no cytomegalovirus infection. …”
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Long-Term Observations of Thickness Changes of Each Retinal Layer following Macular Hole Surgery by Atsushi Tada, Shigeki Machida, Yuji Hara, Satoshi Ebihara, Masahiko Ishizuka, Mana Gonmori

“…The medical records of 42 eyes of 42 patients (41 to 86 years of age) who underwent MH surgery with ILM peeling between February 2016 and October 2018 were reviewed. …”
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RELEVANSI PEMIKIRAN IRIGARAY TERHADAP ARSITEKTUR by Nurhijrah Nurhijrah, Tamiya M. S Kasman, Boyke M. Akbar

“…This paper aims to describe the thoughts of one of the philosophers who contributed to the development of architectural theory, Luce Irigaray. …”
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Dynamic Changes in Parameters of Complete Blood Count Predict Disease Severity and Prognosis in Patients with COVID-19; A Prospective Study by Toktam Alirezaei, Mahdi Baratnia, Rama Bozorgmehr, Yasamansadat Keshmiri, Faezeh Ebrahimpour, Maryam Arefnia, Mohammadali Ghodsirad

“…Considering dynamic changes in blood elements, repeated measured ANOVA showed patients who survived had a decrease in WBC and Neutrophil count as well as Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) compared to expired patients; in contrast, platelet and lymphocyte count increased in survivors while dropped in deceased ones. …”
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Revisiting teacher educators' training in Ethiopia: Implications for a new approach to curriculum development by Haftu Hindeya Gebremeskel, Ahmed Yibrie Ahmed, Dawit Asrat Getahun, Meskerem Lechissa Debele, Dawit Tibebu, Dereje Taye Wondem

“…They reported they have sufficient subject matter knowledge but in pure disciplines that are not very much relevant for someone who pursues a career as a teacher educator. Furthermore, traditional nature of content delivery, use of assessment merely for grading purposes, and deviation of assessment from the Minimum Learning Competencies (MLC) designated for the level are depicted as problems. …”
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Smartphone Delivery of Mobile HIV Risk Reduction Education by Karran A. Phillips, David H. Epstein, Mustapha Mezghanni, Massoud Vahabzadeh, David Reamer, Daniel Agage, Kenzie L. Preston

“…We developed 3 video modules that consisted of a 10-minute HIVRR video, 11 acceptability questions, and 3 knowledge questions and deployed them as a secondary study within a larger study of ecological momentary and geographical momentary assessments. All 24 individuals who remained in the main study long enough completed the mHIVRR secondary study. …”
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Left Diaphragmatic Herniation following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in an Adult by Adriá Rosat, Ayaya Alonso, Javier Padilla, Pablo Sanz, M. Aránzazu Varona, Javier Méndiz, Enrique Moneva, Manuel Barrera

“…We present the case of a fifty-seven-year-old male who required an orthotopic liver transplant in 2010 due to a trifocal hepatocarcinoma. …”
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Exploring the clinical significance of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody titers, changes, and change rates in Myasthenia Gravis by Lijun Luo, Xinyi Zhu, Chunbei Wen, Yifan Guo, Jie Yang, Dongsheng Wei, Ping Yu, Mei Wan

“…This study aims to explore the relationship between AChR-Ab titers and AChR-Ab rate of change (RR-AChR-Ab, %) and MG scores.MethodsWe used a prospective study approach, and included 62 patients with generalized MG (GMG) who were positive for AChR-Ab. We measured AChR-Ab titers, MGFA-QMGS, and MG-ADL scores at baseline (before treatment) and at 3 and 6 months into treatment. …”
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Assessment of Healthcare Solid Waste Composition, Generation and its Management: the case of Two Hospitals of Shashemene Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Gudeta Elie, Daniel Fitamo, Semere Gebreaegawi

“…Of the total solid waste generated, over half(GH: 53.3%; PH: 57.1%) constituted general waste (GW), and the remaining (GH: 46.7%; PH: 42.9%) comprised hazardous waste (HW), which exceeded the WHO threshold(10‒25%) intimates the lack of poor waste segregation. …”
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A randomized cohort study on the use of 3D printed models to enhance surgical training in suturing techniques by Zhihao Zhu, Sidney Moses Amadi, Jinlei Mao, Menghui Zhou, Minjun Xia, Nikhilkumar Jagadishbhai Parikh, Junfeng Hu, Zhifei Wang

“…Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) printed surgical models provide an excellent surgical training option to closely mimic real operations to teach medical students who currently rely largely on visual learning aided with simple suturing pads. …”
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