The Effects of Employee Relations, Workplace Well-Being, and Compensation on Turnover Intentions: The Mediation Role of Work Stress by Tine Yuliantini, Abdul Rahmat, Eri Marlapa, Fadhila Dhia Malihah, Endri

“…Background: An employee who works at a company may intend to resign from his job for various reasons. …”
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Association of clinical knowledge with patient care ownership among resident physicians: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan by Hirohisa Fujikawa, Hidetaka Tamune, Yuji Nishizaki, Taro Shimizu, Yu Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Shikino, Miwa Sekine, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yasuharu Tokuda

“…The survey targeted medical residents who took the General Medicine In-Training Examination (GM-ITE). …”
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Pharmacokinetics of tebipenem pivoxil used in children suffering from shigellosis: a pilot study in Bangladesh by Sharika Nuzhat, Md Ridwan Islam, Syed Jayedul Bashar, Subhasish Das, Rukaeya Amin, Firdausi Qadri, Farhana Khanam, Dilruba Ahmed, Patricia B. Pavlinac, Cindy X. Zhang, Samuel L. M. Arnold, Amy Newlands, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Tahmeed Ahmed

“…Pharmacokinetics of tebipenem was assessed among fifteen children who received tebipenem pivoxil using Noncompartmental analysis (NCA). …”
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Risk factors and preventive measures for severe orofacial and neck infections: a three-year observational study by Jarno Velhonoja, Meira Lääveri, Tero Soukka, Saara Haatainen, Noora Al-Neshawy, Ilpo Kinnunen, Heikki Irjala

“…Patients under the age of 18 and patients who did not consent to participate in the study were excluded. …”
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Risk factors associated with the failure of local methotrexate combined with minimally invasive surgery for late cesarean scar pregnancy by Xiao-Tong Cheng, Yan-Song Liu, Dan-Yang Song, Xiao-Cui Nie, Yu-Shi Xiang, Ju-Min Niu

“…Methods This retrospective case-control study was conducted between January 2016 and December 2023, involving patients with late CSP (≥ 8 weeks) who received local MTX injection combined with either hysteroscopic or laparoscopic surgery. …”
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The variation in the number of roots and canals morphology of permanent mandibular first molar teeth by using cone beam computed tomography imaging in a sample of Erbil city by Hassan Ali Mahmoyd Albarzanji, Alaa Muhamed Sadiq Muhamed Jamil

“…One hundred patients have been selected from those patients who referred to obtain CBCT for the lower mandibular region, after obtaining consent from these patients and about 141 mandibular first molar teeth were used in this study. …”
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Preferred labels and language to improve communication about lesions at low risk of progressing to cancer: qualitative interviews with patients and physicians by Antonio Finelli, Anna R Gagliardi, Frances C Wright, Rachel Kupets, Mavis S Lyons, Clara Baker, Genevieve Chaput, Nicole J Look Hong

“…Objectives We explored how to improve communication about low-risk lesions including labels, language and other strategies.Design Qualitative description and thematic analysis to examine the transcripts of telephone interviews with patients who had low-risk lesions and physicians; and mapping to Communication Accommodation Theory to interpret themes.Setting CanadaParticipants 15 patients: 6 (40%) bladder, 5 (33%) prostate and 4 (27%) cervix lesions; and 13 physicians: 7 (54%) cervix, 3 (23%) bladder and 3 (23%) prostate lesions.Main outcome measures Patient and physician views of labels, language and other strategies to improve communication about low-risk lesions.Results Patients and clinicians held discordant views about low-risk lesion label impact, preferences and rationale. …”
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Analysis of the predictive value of the prostate-specific antigen-to-neutrophil ratio for the diagnosis of prostate cancer by Yuxuan Chen, Haisheng Yan, Yaoqin Xu, Kexin Chen, Runqin Yang, Jiali Yang, Ruian Zhu, Rui Lin, Jiang Wang, Jie Liu, Pingsheng Gao, Lei Pang, Lexin Wang

“…Methods Patients were grouped in three different divisions of PSA 4–10 ng/ml, 10–20 ng/ml, > 20 ng/ml, We grouped the patients and compared the test data such as age, PSA, PSA-density (PSAD), and prostate-specific antigen-to-neutrophil ratio (PNR) between the two groups of patients who had puncture results of prostate cancer and non-prostate cancer at the same time using Log regression test to verify the diagnostic value of PNR. …”
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South African Open Distance Elearning Student: The Types, Effectiveness, and Preference of Feedback Support by Morakinyo Akintolu, Mohamed Ahmed Mitwally, Moeketsi Letseka

“…The study included 3842 participants who responded to an online survey. The findings indicate that proactive and prompt feedback significantly enhances student learning, emphasising the need for constructive comments within the ODeL framework. …”
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Comparing two corrective exercise approaches for body image and upper-quadrant posture in schoolgirls with hyperkyphosis by Samineh Mokhtaran, Hashem Piri, Rahman Sheikhhoseini, Mohammad Salsali

“…This study demonstrates that compared with a control group, schoolgirls with hyper-kyphosis who received a six-week intervention of eccentric-based and NASM- based exercises had significantly improved postural parameters but not body image. …”
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Ejaculate Oxidative Stress Is Related with Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Round Cells by Valeria Maria Iommiello, Elena Albani, Alessandra Di Rosa, Alessandra Marras, Francesca Menduni, Giovanna Morreale, Shanti Lia Levi, Benedetta Pisano, Paolo Emanuele Levi-Setti

“…The purpose of this study was the evaluation of any possible relation between the unbalance of oxidative stress caused by superoxide anion in the ejaculate with the presence of sperm DNA fragmentation and high concentration of round cells. 56 semen samples from males from couples suffering from infertility were evaluated according to World Health Organisation (WHO) 2010 guidelines. Oxidative stress levels from N1 (low) to N4 (high) were assessed in ejaculates using oxiSperm; DFI (sperm DNA fragmentation index) as assessed by the SCSA (Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay) was used for evaluation of sperm chromatin integrity. …”
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Establishment and validation of a nomogram for coronary artery lesions in children with Kawasaki disease by Chong Hu, Chong Hu, Xiao Yan, Henglian Song, Qin Dong, Qin Dong, Changying Yi, Changying Yi, Jianzhi Li, Jianzhi Li, Xin Lv, Xin Lv

“…This is especially valuable in the early identification of the risk of CALs, which will lead to proper diagnosis and treatment to reduce their associated complications.MethodsRetrospective clinical data of 677 children diagnosed with KD who were treated in the Children's Hospital Affiliated with Shandong University were analyzed. …”
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Dyslipidemia Impacts Cardiometabolic Health and CVD Risk in a Relatively Young Otherwise Healthy Population by Jillian M. Lang, Elena S. Shostak, William K. Quinn, Valerie D. Chervinskaya, Elisa Fioraso, Everett Smith, Christopher J. Kotarsky, Justin A. DeBlauw, Jennifer L. Lloyd, Stephen J. Ives

“…There is a significant impact on cardiometabolic health in individuals with dyslipidemia who are otherwise healthy, which may increase individual risk for CVD. …”
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Hubungan Tingkat Keteraturan Berolahraga Terhadap Komplikasi Penyakit pada Pasien DM Tipe 2 di Poliklinik Endokrin RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padang by Reza Ekatama Rajasa, Afriwardi ., Setia Budi Zein

“…T</em><em>he objective of t</em><em>his study </em><em>wa</em><em>s to </em><em>investigate</em><em> the correlation of exercise regularity </em><em>to</em><em> the type </em><em>2</em><em> DM complications.The research was conducted </em><em>to the </em><em> people who visit polyclynic of M. Djamil Hospital. It is a retrospective study with 73</em><em> subjek</em><em>. …”
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Severe pneumonia due to concurrent Legionella pneumophila and Acinetobacter baumannii infections: a case report by Xiaoming Yang, Zhongda Liu, Xiaojing Liu, Quan Li, Hui Huang, Yibo Wei, Tao Sun

“…Close clinical monitoring, early pathogen detection and antibiotic susceptability tests, and appropriate antibiotic regimen adjustments should be applied to these patients who failed initial antibiotic treatments.…”
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Antihypertensive drug-related problems in Vietnamese ambulatory care by Hoang Hai Nguyen, Le Anh Thu Vu, Minh-Hoang Tran, Hong Tham Pham

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study targeting ambulatory prescriptions of Vietnamese patients with hypertension who either received standard therapy (using two or fewer medications, SdT) or standard plus add-on therapy (using more than two medications, SdT + add-on). …”
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Preoperative Altered Spontaneous Brain Activity and Functional Connectivity Were Independent Risk Factors for Delayed Neurocognitive Recovery in Older Adults Undergoing Noncardiac... by Zhaoshun Jiang, Xixue Zhang, Yating Lv, Xiaodong Zheng, Huibiao Zhang, Xuelin Zhang, Chongyi Jiang, Guangwu Lin, Weidong Gu

“…Results. Of the 74 patients who completed assessments, 16/74 (21.6%) had DNR following surgery. …”
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FIGO 2023 staging system predicts not only survival outcome but also recurrence pattern in corpus-confined endometrial cancer patients by Hua-Hsi Wu, Hung-Tse Chou, Shih-Yao Lin, Chiung-Ru Lai, Yi-Jen Chen

“…In comparison to the FIGO 2023 stage I patients, the stage II patients had a higher distant recurrence rate (8.8 % vs. 2.6 %) and poorer overall survival (38.0 vs 69.0 months, p = 0.02). Conclusion: Patients who are upstaged are prone to worse oncological outcomes, including distant recurrence and mortality. …”
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Development of ptxD/Phi as a new dominant selection system for genetic manipulation in Cryptococcus neoformans by Muthita Khongthongdam, Tanaporn Phetruen, Sittinan Chanarat

“…Taken together, the ptxD/Phi system provides a robust and versatile tool for genetic manipulation in C. neoformans, facilitating further research into its biology and pathogenicity.IMPORTANCECryptococcus neoformans is a type of fungus that can cause serious illnesses in people who have weakened immune systems, like those with HIV/AIDS. …”
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Evaluation of extracts from used Xpert MTB/RIF cartridges for detection of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Et... by Tilahun Ketema, Mulualem Tadesse, Zegeye Bonsa, Getu Balay, Wakjira Kebede, Mekidim Mekonnen, Gemeda Abebe

“…The Xpert MTB/XDR assay is the WHO recommended method for detecting resistance to isoniazid and second-line anti-TB drugs when rifampicin resistance is detected. …”
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