The use of pigs vocalisation structure to assess the quality of human-pig relationship by Villain, Avelyne S, Guérin, Carole, Tallet, Céline

“…At weaning, 30 piglets were positively handled by an experimenter who talked to and physically interacted with them three times a day, while 30 other piglets only received the contact necessary for proper husbandry. …”
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Hepatitis B Birth Dose among Children in District 2 Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Prevalence and Associated Factors by Giao Huynh, Thanh Binh Nguyen, Ngoc Nga Cao, Minh Hoang Phan, Thi Bich Hop Dang, Thi Ngoc Han Nguyen

“…A prospective cross-sectional study between June and December 2017 recruited parents/caregivers of children aged 12–59 months who were randomly selected at the vaccination department in the District 2 Hospital. …”
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Attention Investigation on Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Different Genders at School Age by Jingzhi HUANG, Minghe LIN

“…Objective:To explore the different dimensions of attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and normal children of different genders at school age.Methods:A total of 62 children at school age who complied with DSM-V ADHD diagnostic criteria were divided into 32 male ADHD group and 30 female ADHD group, in the meantime, 65 normal children were recruited and divided into 33 male control group and 32 female control group. …”
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Impact of English proficiency on use of Glasgow Coma Scale in geriatric patients with traumatic brain injury by Veronica Layrisse-Landaeta, Gabriela R Dincheva, Shahenda Khedr, Andrew Geng, Michele Schombs, Kazi Maisha, Steven Y Chao, Chun-Cheng Chen

“…We aimed to understand the impact of limited English proficiency (LEP) on the evaluation and outcomes of TBI.Methods Retrospective comparative study in a single institution of patients aged ⪰65 who presented to the emergency department after a fall with head strike between January 2018 and December 2021. …”
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An investigation of a hemophilia A female with heterozygous intron 22 inversion and skewed X chromosome inactivation by Xiaoyan Tan, Yi Yang, Xia Wu, Jing Zhu, Teng Wang, Huihui Jiang, Shu Chen, Shifeng Lou

“…This research marks the first analysis of X chromosome-related gene mutations among monozygotic twins who are carriers of hemophilia A, laying the groundwork for further investigations into the disorder’s pathogenesis in women and highlighting the complexities in genetic counseling.…”
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Outcome of Liposuction for Limb Lymphedema in Men Compared with Women by Helen Mackie, Belinda M. Thompson, Robyn Ricketts, Kim Toyer, Asha Heydon-White, Louise A. Koelmeyer, Thomas C. Lam

“…Methods: A total of 11 men and 11 women with unilateral limb lymphedema who underwent liposuction were matched based on preoperative volume difference (Vol Diff) and percentage volume difference (%Vol Diff) between the affected and unaffected limbs. …”
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Contrast-Enhanced CT May Be a Diagnostic Alternative for Gastroesophageal Varices in Cirrhosis with and without Previous Endoscopic Variceal Therapy by Qianqian Li, Ran Wang, Xiaozhong Guo, Hongyu Li, Xiaodong Shao, Kexin Zheng, Xiaolong Qi, Yingying Li, Xingshun Qi

“…Patients with liver cirrhosis who underwent blood tests and contrast-enhanced CT scans as well as endoscopic surveillance should be potentially eligible. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Primary School Children Aged 7–17 Years in Urban Mbarara, Uganda by Benedict Twinomugisha, Abdon Marius Birungi

“….: 1.9–13.0) was independently associated with overweight/obesity on multivariate logistic regression analysis. Girls who participated in our study were more overweight than boys. …”
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Nucleotide Analogue-Related Proximal Renal Tubular Dysfunction during Long-Term Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abhasnee Sobhonslidsuk, Jirachaya Wanichanuwat, Pawin Numthavaj, Areepan Sophonsritsuk, Supanna Petraksa, Alongkorn Pugasub, Paisan Jittorntam, Anucha Kongsomgan, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Bunyong Phakdeekitcharoen

“…Inclusion criteria were patients who were on adefovir or tenofovir as mono- or add-on therapy with lamivudine (LAM) >1 year. …”
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Multimodal low-opioid anesthesia as a factor in reducing the activation of the proinflammatory response in cardiac surgery by S.R. Maruniak, O.A. Loskutov, O.M. Druzhyna, I.R. Malysh, V.G. Kolesnikov, N.O. Korotchuk

“…The study included 120 patients with coronary heart disease who underwent CABG with application of 2-3 aortocoronary anastomoses under cardiopulmonary bypass. …”
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Impact of thyrotropin levels on outcomes in T1N0M0 papillary thyroid cancer after microwave ablation by Ying Wei, Zhen-Long Zhao, Jie Wu, Shi-Liang Cao, Na Yu, Li-Li Peng, Yan Li, Ming-An Yu

“…Objective To evaluate the impact of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels on tumor progression and survival in patients with uni- and multifocal T1N0M0 papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) treated with microwave ablation (MWA).Methods This retrospective study analyzed the records of 525 patients with uni- and multifocal T1N0M0 PTC who underwent MWA from January 2015 to December 2022. …”
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Health-related quality of life measures used with Indigenous children/youth in the Pacific Rim: a scoping review by Sue Crengle, Trudy Sullivan, Emma H Wyeth, Sarah Derrett, Vicky Nelson, Georgia McCarty

“…Eligible papers were written in English, published between January 1990 and June 2020 and included an HRQoL measure used in research with Indigenous child/youth populations (aged between 8 and 17 years) in the Pacific Rim region.Data extraction and synthesis Data extracted included study characteristics (year, country, Indigenous population, Indigenous sample size, age group), HRQoL measure characteristics (generic or condition-specific measure, child or adult measure, who completed the measure(s), dimensions, items and response scale of measure) and consideration of Indigenous concepts (created for Indigenous population, modified for Indigenous population, validated for Indigenous population, reliability in Indigenous populations, Indigenous involvement, reference to Indigenous theories/models/frameworks).Results After removing duplicates, 1393 paper titles and abstracts were screened, and 543 had full-text review for eligibility. …”
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Emotion dysregulation in adolescents is normalized by ADHD pharmacological treatment by Krisztina Kondi, Mária Takács, Evelyn Kovács-Posta, Claudia Szajli, Tünde Sebők-Welker, János M. Réthelyi, Nóra Bunford

“…Across parent- and self-reported findings, observed pattern of results held when analyses focused on adolescents who did not change medication status between baseline and follow-up. …”
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Effect of galectin-3 and brain natriuretic peptide levels on echocardiographic parameters of left heart chamber following coronary artery bypass grafting by Yulia A. Styazhkina, Irina F. Grishina, Nina B. Poletaeva, Tatyana F. Peretolchina, Olga V. Nikolaenko

“…Group 1 included 58 patients who returned to work 4 months after the surgery. …”
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Prediction of mortality and prioritisation to tertiary care using the 'OUR-ARCad' risk score gleaned from the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic-A retrospective cohort study from Sou... by Narendran Gopalan, Vinod Kumar Viswanathan, Vignes Anand Srinivasalu, Saranya Arumugam, Adhin Bhaskar, Tamizhselvan Manoharan, Santosh Kishor Chandrasekar, Divya Bujagaruban, Ramya Arumugham, Gopi Jagadeeswaran, Saravanan Madurai Pandian, Arunalatha Ponniah, Thirumaran Senguttuvan, Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan, Baskaran Dhanraj, Vineet Kumar Chadha, Balaji Purushotham, Manoj Vasanth Murhekar

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The OUR-ARCad risk score, could potentially maximize recovery in a raging COVID-19 pandemic, through prioritisation of tertiary care services, neither straining the health system nor compromising patient's safety, delivering and diverting care to those who needed the most.…”
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Liver fibrosis stage classification in stacked microvascular images based on deep learning by Daisuke Miura, Hiromi Suenaga, Rino Hiwatashi, Shingo Mabu

“…Methods This single-center, cross-sectional study included 517 patients with CLD who underwent ultrasonography and liver stiffness testing between August 2019 and October 2022. …”
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Radiomics-based Machine Learning Approach to Predict Chemotherapy Responses in Colorectal Liver Metastases by Yuji Miyamoto, Takeshi Nakaura, Mayuko Ohuchi, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Rikako Kato, Yuto Maeda, Kojiro Eto, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yoshifumi Baba, Toshinori Hirai, Hideo Baba

“…Methods: We included 150 CRLM patients who underwent first-line doublet chemotherapy, dividing them into a training cohort (n=112) and a test cohort (n=38). …”
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Frequency of Lower Lung Field Tuberculosis in Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Raihan Kamal Galib, Susanta Kumar Paul, Khujjista Akter, Manzurul Ibrahim Musa, Dip Jyoti Sarker, Shah Ashiqur Rahman Ashiq Choudhury, Shipan Chandra Paul, Rajashish Chakrabortty

“…ABSTRACT Background and Aims People who have diabetes mellitus (DM) are thought to be more susceptible to pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). …”
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Analysis of Gait and Foot Pressure in Patients with Different Severity of Knee Osteoarthritis by LING Xingjin, OU Jianlin, XIE Wenhao, CHEN Zhuoming, OUYANG Hui

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the gait characteristics of patients with different severity of knee osteoarthritis and the differences in the peak pressure points in different subdivisions of the foot to provide a basis for the clinical diagnosis, treatment and rehabilateral of knee osteoarthritis.MethodsA total of 64 patients with bilateral knee osteoarthritis admitted to the Department of Bone and Joint Surgery, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Department of Spine and Trauma Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University from August 2020 to February 2021 were selected, based on the K-L classification (Kellgren-Lawrence classification) criteria of imaging, and the 50 cases of patients who met the criteria were divided into mild and moderate-severe groups, of which 26 cases of patients with grades I and II were included in the mild group, and 24 cases of patients with grades III and IV were in the moderate-severe group.The gait spatiotemporal parameters and peak plantar pressure points of the two groups were detected using the gait and balance function training assessment system and smart rehabilitation shoes respectively. …”
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Examining the reach of a diabetes screening program in an urban emergency department by Ruth A. Pobee, Kirstie K. Danielson, Angela Kong, Yuval Eisenberg, Brian T. Layden, Janet Lin

“…Methods: Sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, race and ethnicity, insurance, zip code) of patients who were screened for diabetes using hemoglobin A1c test (A1c) were examined. …”
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