Utilization of an undergraduate emergency department research associate program for the screening and recruitment of research subjects with heart failure into a clinical study by Dillon J. Dzikowicz, Brenda Hernandez-Romero, Nancy Wood, Beau W. Abar, David H. Adler, Linwei Wang, Wojciech Zareba

“…Consented patients tended to be younger (65 ± 12 years) than those who refused consent (70 ± 14 years) (p = 0.007). …”
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Associations between Overall and Abdominal Obesity and Suicidal Ideation among US Adult Women by Guixiang Zhao, Chaoyang Li, Earl S. Ford, James Tsai, Satvinder S. Dhingra, Janet B. Croft, Lela R. McKnight-Eily, Lina S. Balluz

“…We analyzed data from 3,732 nonpregnant women aged ≥20 years who participated in the 2005–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. …”
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Regional Medical Campuses in Canada by Aaron Johnston, Amanda Bell, Kristy Penner, Trushar Patel, Grace Perez

“…Combined model RMCs, offering both preclinical and clinical education have shown promising results in producing physicians who work in rural and regional settings and are currently a key avenue of expansion of medical training in Canada. …”
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Can physical education state policies impact on youth’s health behaviors? A natural experiment study by Lizandra Barbosa da Silva, Maria Cecília Marinho Tenório, Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins, Caroline Ramos de Moura Silva, Rafael Miranda Tassitano

“…After policy implementation the proportion of students who had at least one PE class/week increased (♂: 68.7%; ♀: 68.9%). …”
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Prevalence of malaria and associated factors among febrile children under 15 years at Bududa General Hospital, Eastern Uganda by Benson Okongo, Daisy Asiimwe, Clinton Olong, Enoch Muwanguzi, Robert Wagubi

“…Results Out of the 250 study participants, the overall prevalence of malaria was 111(44.4%). Among the children who tested positive for malaria, 98 (88.3%) had Plasmodium falciparum, 11 (9.9%) had Plasmodium malariae, and (1.8%) had Plasmodium ovale infection. …”
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AI-based automatic patient positioning in a digital-BGO PET/CT scanner: efficacy and impact by John A. Kennedy, Tala Palchan-Hazan, Zohar Keidar

“…On average, CT image quality was superior for non-obese patients who were most closely aligned with the isocenter: noise increased by 3.2 ± 0.1% for every 1 cm increase in off-centering. …”
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Survival and prognostic factors for primary lung extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: a retrospective study of data from China and the SEER database by Qiuyu Li, Haoyu Zuo, Chengyang Liu, Jing Yang, Nini Dai

“…This study aimed to analyze survival outcomes and identify prognostic factors in patients with primary lung ENKTL.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted using data from 20 cases of primary lung ENKTL, including four patients who were treated at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing and 16 patients were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program database. …”
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Preparing physiotherapists for the future: the development and evaluation of an innovative curriculum by Niki Stolwijk, Anne van Bergen, Evy Jetten, Marjo Maas

“…Participants were undergraduate physiotherapy students of cohort 2021–2022, the first group who experienced PACE and teachers involved with this cohort. …”
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Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation combined with different drugs in the treatment of adenomyosis by Yu Dai, Ling Liu, Guiyuan Yu, Yan Peng, Na Chen, Jiahong Gao, Qiuling Shi, Ping Jin

“…Objectives To observe the therapeutic efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) combined with different pharmacological treatments for adenomyosis.Materials and methods A total of 126 patients with adenomyosis who underwent HIFU combined with pharmacological treatment were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Kemampuan Membaca, Menulis, dan Membuktikan Siswa dalam Menyelesaikan Masalah Kesebangunan Dua Segitiga by A. Fuad Abd Al-Baqie, Mega Teguh Budiarto, Susanah

“…The results showed that (1) there was no difference in the average scores of male and female students' reading and writing abilities, there was a difference in the average scores of male and female students' proving abilities, and there was no difference in the average scores for the ability on solving problem (2) students who were able to do some proving steps tend to be better at solving similarity problems.…”
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T cell receptors specific for an imatinib-induced mutation in BCR-ABL for adoptive T cell therapy by Meng-Tung Hsu, Gerald Willimsky, Gerald Willimsky, Gerald Willimsky, Leo Hansmann, Leo Hansmann, Leo Hansmann, Leo Hansmann, Thomas Blankenstein

“…In summary, our results demonstrate that HLA-A2+ CML cells harboring the E255V mutation can be targeted by specific TCRs, which may benefit patients who are highly resistant to available TKIs due to compound mutations.…”
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Endoscopic Nipple- or Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction with Endoscopic Harvesting of the Latissimus Dorsi Flap: A Preliminary Experience of an Innovative... by Yu Feng, Nan Wen, Faqing Liang, Jiao Zhou, Xiangquan Qin, Xinran Liu, Juan Li, Mengxue Qiu, Huanzuo Yang, Zhenggui Du

“…This prospective study included 20 breast cancer patients who underwent E-N/SSM and E-LDMF harvesting through a single axillary incision in our hospital from September 2020 to June 2022. …”
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Short-term Outcomes of Intracorporeal Versus Extracorporeal Totally Stapled Anastomosis after Laparoscopic Colectomy: A Propensity Score-matched Cohort Study by Yoshiaki Fujii, Kenji Kobayashi, Hirozumi Sawai, Seiya Yamamoto, Shuhei Uehara, Hirotaka Miyai, Hiroki Takahashi, Shuji Takiguchi

“…Methods: In total, 59 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic colectomy between June 2018 and August 2021 were retrospectively assessed. …”
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Clinical Response Predictive Model for Omalizumab in Moderate-to-Severe Asthma Patients by Ruiqi Qian, Lingyi Yang, Xurui Shen, Cheng Chen, Jianan Huang, Xiuqin Zhang, Cuiping Fu

“…This single-center, prospective study collected patients who meet the diagnostic criteria for moderate-to-severe bronchial asthma set by the National Asthma Prevention and Treatment Group in 2016 in the first hospital affiliated with Soochow University. …”
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Hirsutism Caused by Pregnancy Luteoma in a Low-Resource Setting: A Case Report and Literature Review by David Hamisi Mvunta, Fatemazahra Amiji, Mubina Suleiman, Francisco Baraka, Ikrah Abdallah, Mabula Kazabula, Peter J. T. Wangwe, Furaha August

“…We report a case of 28-year-old gravida 2, para 1 who presented at 39+1 weeks of gestation with prolonged labor and delivered by emergency cesarean. …”
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Nest site selection during the second breeding attempt in Japanese tits (Parus minor): effects of nest site characteristics by Xudong Li, Jiangping Yu, Li Zhang, Dake Yin, Keqin Zhang, Mingju E, Haitao Wang

“…This research aimed to determine whether Japanese tits (Parus minor), who are facultatively double-brooded, alter the features of their nest sites due to changes in the surrounding environment during their second breeding attempt. …”
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Mid-term outcomes of a smoking cessation program in hospitalized patients in Türkiye by Esin B. Konyalıhatipoğlu, Dilek Karadoğan, Tahsin Gökhan Telatar, Ünal Şahin

“…Results Totally data of 183 patients included to the study, there were 163 participants who completed periodic follow-ups during 1 year and among them the quit rate was 47.2%. …”
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Long-term mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: a propensity score matching retrospective study by Pengjie Zhang, Liru Xun, Nan Bao, Ding Tong, Bin Duan, Du Peng

“…This study aimed to investigate the differences in survival and the factors that influence it in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with HD or PD.Methods We retrospectively analyzed factors related to all-cause death with renal replacement therapy and compared the long-term mortality between HD and PD strategies in patients with ESRD who started HD or PD treatment in our renal HD center between January 1, 2008, and December 1, 2021.Results Overall, 1,319 patients were included, comprising 690 and 629 patients in the HD and PD groups, respectively, according to the inclusion criteria. …”
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Medial Open-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy with Partial Meniscectomy and Without Cyst Excision for Popliteal Cysts: A Case Series by Kang-Il Kim, Jun-Ho Kim

“…<b>Methods:</b> This study retrospectively used serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evaluations to assess 26 consecutive patients who underwent MOWHTO. Of the 26 patients, six with preoperative PCs were included. …”
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Demographic Associations of Diabetes Status by Both Fasting Plasma Glucose Concentration and Glycated Hemoglobin in a Community Survey in Galle District, Sri Lanka by Keddagoda Gamage Piyumi Wasana, Anoja Priyadarshani Attanayake, Thilak Priyantha Weerarathna, Kamani Ayoma Perera Wijewardana Jayatilaka

“…The present study was aimed to determine the demographic associations of diabetes status by both tests (FPG and HbA1C) in Galle district, Sri Lanka. 147 adults (30–60 years) who are having FPG ≥ 126 mg/dL underwent demographic evaluations and testing for HbA1C. …”
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