Subclinical imaging activity in multiple sclerosis patients during war‐related psychological stress by Omri Zveik, Tal Friedman‐Korn, Ariel Rechtman, Tal Ganz, Garrick Hoichman, Lyne Shweiki, Dana Ekstein, Adi Vaknin‐Dembinsky

“…Methods This observational retrospective case–control study includes 93 patients with MS (pwMS) who had routine annual MRI scans from three periods (7 October 2021 to 7 January 2022; 7 October 2022 to 7 January 2023; and 7 October 2023 to 7 January 2024). …”
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Micra Leadless and Transvenous Pacemaker: A Single‐Center Comparative Study of QRS Wave Duration Resulting From Different Pacing Sites by Yichi Yu, Xiaomin Yang, Xiaoming Lian, Yan Zhao, Bo Liu, Xiangfei Feng, Qunshan Wang, Yigang Li

“…Method A total of 82 patients from Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, were enrolled, including two groups of 41 patients matched according to gender, age, and pacemaker indications, who underwent Micra and TV‐PM implantations, respectively. …”
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Analysis of the Muscle Structure and Protein Composition of Different Varieties of Cultured Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea) by Yuan MA, Quanyou GUO, Yao ZHENG, Weibo SUN, Liu YANG, Xiaoyan SONG

“…The leucine, lysine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine contents in the muscles of all five varieties were higher than the WHO/FAO standards. This study systematically analyzed the differences in muscle structure and protein composition among different varieties of cultured large yellow croaker from the perspective of food material, providing a reference for subsequent variety selection and high-quality processing.…”
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Temporary ectopic banking as a treatment option for mangled thumb: a case report by Meisam Jafari Kafiabadi, Adel Ebrahimpour, Seyyed Hamidreza Ayatizadeh, Reza Fereidooni, Amirhossein Kamalinia, Mehrdad Sadighi, Farsad Biglari, Seyed Arman Moein

“…Case presentation This case report describes the management of a severe occupational thumb injury in a 25-year-old white Persian male who sustained an occupational injury to his left thumb, resulting in extensive burn, crush injury to the distal and proximal phalanx, and severe soft tissue damage to the first metacarpal, thenar, and palmar areas. …”
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Association Between Maternal Physical Activity From Pre-pregnancy to Child-rearing and Their Children’s Physical Activity in Early Childhood Among Japanese by Aya Yamada, Haruki Momma, Nozomi Tatsuta, Kunihiko Nakai, Takahiro Arima, Chiharu Ota, Nobuo Yaegashi, Ryoichi Nagatomi

“…Children’s physical activity level was measured at age 5.5 years using the WHO Health Behaviour School-aged Children questionnaire and defined as engaging in physical activity for at least 60 minutes per day for more than 5 days. …”
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Characterising COVID-19 empirical research production in Latin America and the Caribbean: A scoping review. by Cristián Mansilla, Cristian A Herrera, Laura Boeira, Andrea Yearwood, Analia S Lopez, Luis E Colunga-Lozano, Eva Brocard, Tatiana Villacres, Marcela Vélez, Gabriel Di Paolantonio, Ludovic Reveiz

“…Using a modified version of WHO's COVID-19 Coordinated Global Research Roadmap classification, 54.2% were epidemiological studies, followed by clinical management (22.3%) and candidate therapeutics (12.2%). …”
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Factors Associated with Anemia among Children Aged 6–23 Months Attending Growth Monitoring at Tsitsika Health Center, Wag-Himra Zone, Northeast Ethiopia by Haile Woldie, Yigzaw Kebede, Amare Tariku

“…The overall prevalence of anemia among children who aged 6–23 months has sever public health importance in the study area. …”
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Sick leave and disability pension in patients with chronic hepatitis C compared with a matched general population: a nationwide register study by Matti Sällberg, Katharina Büsch, Fredrik Hansson, Michelle Holton, Martin Lagging, Johan Westin, Jan Kövamees, Jonas Söderholm

“…Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate sick leave and disability pension in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as compared with a matched general population cohort.Design Retrospective register study.Setting Nationwide in Sweden.Participants This register-based study used the Swedish National Patient Register to identify working-age patients with HCV in 2012 (n=32 021) who were diagnosed between 1999 and 2007 (n=19 362). …”
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The role of gestures in predicting treatment outcomes in children with autism spectrum disorder by YE Qianying, LIU Linru, XU Yanting, ZHU Huilin, DENG Hongzhu

“…Methods Twenty-four ASD children who received early behavioral interventions for three months from March 2018 to March 2019 were recruited in this study in Child Development and Behavior Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. …”
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Prenatal malaria exposure and risk of adverse birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study of pregnant women in the Northern Region of Ghana by Akbar Fotouhi, Masud Yunesian, Hawawu Hussein, Mansour Shamsipour, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Percival Delali Agordoh, Mashoud Alabi Seidu

“…After adjusting for newborn admissions to the neonatal intensive care unit, parity, maternal age and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, women who were exposed to malaria during the third trimester of pregnancy had 2.02 times (95% CI 1.36 to 2.99) higher odds of premature delivery. …”
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Poor Control of Plasma Triglycerides Is Associated with Early Decline of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates in New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in China: Results from a 3-Year Follow-U... by Chuan Wang, Lingshu Wang, Kai Liang, Fei Yan, Xinguo Hou, Fuqiang Liu, Li Chen

“…Compared with patients with constantly abnormal TG levels, the risks were even higher in the subjects who experienced a transition from normal TG to hypertriglyceridemia (OR=2.576 versus OR=2.184, after multiple adjustment), and by tight controlling of TG, patients started with abnormal baseline TG levels could reduce the risk of DKD progression to the same low levels as the TG-constantly-normal group. …”
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Efficacy in prenatal vitamin B12 supplementation preventing vitamin B12 deficiency in exclusively breastfed infants by Eren Güzeloğlu, Bilge Doğan Taymur, Büşra Nükhet Pehlivanoğlu, Hüseyin Dağ

“…When the babies of mothers who took a multivitamin containing B12 were compared with the babies of other mothers, it was observed that there was a statistical significance in the B12 levels of the babies (p=0.012). …”
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Association of Awake Bruxism with Tooth Wear and Occupational Stress Among Mechanical and Non-Mechanical Workers by Fatima Tu Zahra, Syeda Sameen Zehra Rizvi, Amna Riaz, Amna Nisar, Amna Khan, Naveed Ahmad

“…The number of instances of mechanical workers who reported having both conditions was three times higher than that of non-mechanical workers (23.6% vs. 7.3%). …”
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Estimation of Prevalence of Hospital-Acquired Blood Infections among Patients Admitted at a Tertiary Hospital in Oman over a Period of Five Years: A Cross-Sectional Study by Marah El-Beeli, Yahya Al-Farsi, Abdullah Balkhair, Zakariya Al-Muharrmi, Mansoor Al-Jabri, Samir Al-Adawi

“…The governorate-specific estimate of HA-BSI prevalence was the highest among admitted patients who resided in Dhofar governorate, while the lowest estimate was reported from the Buraimi governorate (5.3). …”
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Trans Fatty Acids in the Hong Kong Food Supply by Stephen W. C. Chung, S. K. Tong, Violette F. P. Lin, Melva Y. Y. Chen, Janny K. M. Ma, Y. Xiao, Y. Y. Ho

“…Only consuming one whole piece of doughnut would have reached 100% of the maximum daily TFA intake as recommended by WHO based on a 2000 kcal diet. About 78% of samples had TFA ≤0.3 g/100 g food. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Three-Dimensional-Printed Pure Titanium Fracture Plates with Locking Screw Systems in Distal Tibia Fractures by Ji Hye Choi, Jun Hyoung Lee, Seung Hyeop Lee, Woo Young Jang

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: Between March 2021 and June 2022, nine patients who underwent open reduction and internal fixation for distal tibia fractures using 3D-printed pure titanium plates were enrolled. …”
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TO THE BASICS OF MODERN POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IN THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY OF T. HOBBES by L. A. Sytnichenko, D. V. Usov

“…For an in-depth study of the philosophical and anthropological aspects of Hobbes’s contractualism, we used the historical-comparative and contextualization method, as well as the works of leading native and foreign researchers of Hobbes, who uphold the provisions on the organic affiliation of fundamental socio-philosophical and philosophical-anthropological questions about the nature of man, the relation of coercion, freedom and justice with the discourse of social contract. …”
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‘Subtle Instrument of Music’: Translating the Sound and Appearance of Decadence in Wilde’s Salomé by Erin Dunbar

“…After two exhaustive attempts at translation, each by men who knew (and loved) him well, Wilde conceded, it appears, that these were the best possible while working within the constraints of Victorian censorship. …”
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Spinal presentations in children with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy on nusinersen treatment across the SMA-REACH UK network: a retrospective national observational study by Francesco Muntoni, Giovanni Baranello, Pinki Munot, Mariacristina Scoto, Adnan Manzur, Marion Main, Evelin Milev, Lianne Abbott, Victoria Selby, Amy Wolfe, Annemarie Rohwer, Catherine Rye, Sarah Gregson, Grainne NicFhirleinn, Rosanna Raab, Heather McMurchie, Angela Topping, Faye Mason, Jennie Sheehan, Felicity Vann, Steph Wadsworth, José Longatto, Lindsey Pallant, Nick Emery, Jenny Moustoukas, Sarah D’Urso, Kay White, Efthymia Panagiotopoulou

“…This study aimed to evaluate the spinal presentation and management of type 1 SMA children on nusinersen across the SMA-REACH UK network.Methods Spinal presentation and management of 80 children (age range 4 months–14 years, median 4 years 2 months) with type 1 SMA on nusinersen across the SMA-REACH UK network were reviewed through retrospective data analysis.Results There were 60 type 1 children who developed a spinal asymmetry, of which 40 had kyphosis and 50 used a supportive thoraco-lumbar-sacral orthosis (TLSO). …”
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Psychometric Testing of the CHAMPS Questionnaire in French Canadians with COPD by Susanne Mak, Jean Bourbeau, Nancy E. Mayo, Sharon Wood-Dauphinee, Judith E. Soicher

“…Validity was assessed in 56 English-speaking and 74 French-speaking participants, who completed the CHAMPS, Short Form- (SF-) 36, and St. …”
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