Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: pediatric comorbidities by Francisca Gomes Neves, Dário Ferreira, Paula Cristina Correia

“…This systematic review aims to gather knowledge on prevalent comorbidities in pediatric ARFID patients. Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, a systematic literature review was conducted, focusing on comorbidities in ARFID-diagnosed participants with a mean age inferior or equal to 18 years old. …”
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Investigating the Effect of TV Advertising Strategies on Cognitive, Emotional and Behavioral Dimensions of Female Consumer Attitudes by Afsaneh Javan Hesar Shaneh, Naser Yazdani

“…The number of samples equals 384 people due to the unlimited statistical population. …”
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Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lifitegrast 5% eye drops: A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial in Indian patients with dry eye disease by Namrata Sharma, Sayan Basu, Rohit Shetty, Pramod Kumar, Anindita Mondal, P Seshu Babu, Richa Srivastava, Ranjana A Pande, Shubashree Karat, Hemaxi P Desai, S Manjula, M Krishna Kumar

“…Purpose: To compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lifitegrast 5% versus carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) 0.5% in adult patients with dry eye disease (DED). Methods: A total of 370 eligible patients with DED were randomized equally to receive twice-daily doses of a single drop in each eye of either lifitegrast 5% or CMC 0.5% for 12 weeks. …”
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Effectiveness of the Spiritual Intelligence Curriculum Based on Brain-Centered Emotional Interactive Strategies on the Resilience of Parents with Intellectually Disabled Children by Mahin Shariaty, Maryam Baratali, Zohreh Saadatmand

“…The sample, consisting of 60 parents, was selected using a combined sampling method that included both simple random and accessible sampling. …”
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A novel framework for fluid/structure interaction in rapid subject specific simulations of blood flow in coronary artery bifurcations by Blagojević Milan, Nikolić Aleksandar, Živković Miroslav, Živković Milorad, Stanković Goran

“…The places where (a) endothelial shear stress is less than 1.5, and (b) oscillatory shear index is very small (close or equal to 0) are prone to plaque genesis. Conclusion. …”
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Fracture strength of veneered translucent zirconium dioxide crowns with different porcelain thicknesses by Fahad Bakitian, Przemek Seweryniak, Evaggelia Papia, Christel Larsson, Per Vult von Steyern

“…Objective: To evaluate fracture strength of veneered translucent zirconium dioxide crowns designed with different porcelain layer thicknesses. Materials and Methods: Sixty crowns, divided into six groups of 10, were used in this study. …”
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Comparative assessment of barium tagging options for residual colonic contents at virtual colonoscopy by A. K. Leysle, V. D. Zavadovskaya, A. V. Ushakov, T. V. Zhogina

“…Objective: to compare the quality of residual colonic content tagging with 25 and 50 g of BAR-VIPS, the basе of which is barium sulfate (BaSO4), in preparing patients for virtual colonoscopy (VСS) and to evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of the method in both cases.Material and methods. The paper presents the results of VCS in 100 patients divided into two groups containing equal numbers (n = 50) according to the contrast medium dose (25 and 50 g). …”
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DAPK Promoter Methylation and Bladder Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Lihe Dai, Chong Ma, Zhensheng Zhang, Shuxiong Zeng, Anwei Liu, Shijie Tang, Qian Ren, Yinghao Sun, Chuanliang Xu

“…The frequency of DAPK promoter methylation was equal in bladder cancer tissue and paired adjacent normal tissue (OR: 0.87; 95%CI = 0.31-2.48, P = 0.794). …”
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Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing The Effect Of Oral Rehydration Therapy With And Without Racecadotril In The Management Of Acute Diarrhea In Children by Sughra Zulfiqar, Hifza Zeb, Nadia Mumtaz, Ammara Musthaq Khan, Taimur Khalil Sheikh, Tariq Saeed

“… Objective: This study aimed to investigate the beneficial effect of racecadotril in children with acute diarrheal illness. Methods: This randomized case-control study was conducted at Watim General Hospital over four months from April to July 2023. …”
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Mechanisms and Factors Influencing Resorption of Herniated Part of Lumbar Disc Herniation: Comprehensive Review by Lai Q, Gong G, Lu Y, You P, Zhu Y, Wang Z, Lin S, Jiang H, Li X, Liu J

“…Additionally, this review summarizes recent progress in the study of resorption mechanisms following lumbar disc herniation, providing a reference for future clinical research.Methods: Literature was systematically searched in PubMed, Web of Science, and CNKI (2000-2024) using keywords: ‘lumbar disc herniation,’ ‘resorption,’ ‘autophagy,’ ‘TCM.’ …”
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Development of qualimetric model of combined snack foods by V. N. Strizhevskaya, I. V. Simakova, M. V. Pavlenkova

“…Comparison of actual indicators for quality groups with the planned baseline ones, made it possible to select the optimal product sample for qualimetric indicators, with all other things being equal. A qualimetric model developed by a team of authors is relevant for modeling compositions of combined snack products and can be used to calculate and verify the quality level of products from other plant raw materials of functional purpose produced by the dehydration method.…”
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Managing collaboration between Traditional and Western health practitioners in mental health care, Limpopo province, South Africa by Nare J. Masola, Mpho Maotoana

“…Setting: This study was conducted in six rural villages in Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg district, Limpopo province, South Africa. Methods: Qualitative approach was adopted, and exploratory descriptive design was used. …”
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The Effect of Coenzyme Q10 on Vestibular Compensation Process after Unilateral Labyrinthectomy in Rats Using Behavioral Tests by Ayşe Çeçen, Rıfat Karlı, Asude Ünal

“…Objective: To determine the effect of coenzyme Q10 on the vestibular compensation process after unilateral labyrinthectomy. Material and Methods: Thirty Wistar rats were randomly assigned to 3 equal groups: the negative control group, the experimental group and the control group. …”
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Effects of dose-dependent response to gamma radiation on circumvallate papilla by expression of caspase-3 in vivo by Khaled El-Haddad, Nabil El-Faramawy

“…Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the dose-dependent response of circumvallate papillae to gamma radiation by immunohistochemical expression of caspase-3. Material and methods: Twenty-four adult male albino rats were divided into 3 equal groups irradiated at 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0 Gy whole-body gamma radiation doses. …”
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A comparative study between transbronchial cryobiopsy vs forceps biopsy in patients with interstitial lung diseases guided by fluoroscope by Mahmoud Abdelnasser Elkomy, Mohamed Samy Torky, Ayman Mohamed El Saqa, Hoda Mokhtar Bahr

“…Two equal groups were formed from the participants. Group I underwent transbronchial cryobiopsy guided by fluoroscopy, and group II underwent transbronchial forceps biopsy guided by fluoroscopy. …”
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Restrictions of the freedom of speech in France in the digital technologies era by Xenia A. Ivanova, Alexander A. Stepanov

“…The description of methodology. General scientific methods ‐ analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison ‐ were used. …”
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A Novelly-Spatiotemporal Characterization of the Disease Course in the MNU-Induced Retinitis Pigmentosa Model by Yan W, He Q, Long P, Zhang L, Wang H, Chen T

“…Weiming Yan,1,* Qiurui He,2,* Pan Long,3,* Lei Zhang,4 Haiyan Wang,4 Tao Chen5 1Department of Ophthalmology, Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiovascular Intervention, The Third Hospital of Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Ophthalmology, The General Hospital of Western Theatre Command, PLA, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Ophthalmology, The Shaanxi Eye Hospital, Xi’an People’s Hospital (Xi’an Fourth Hospital), Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 5Center of Clinical Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Weiming Yan; Tao Chen, Email ywming@fjmu.edu.cn; baiidtf0506@126.comObjective: With the aids of ophthalmic imaging techniques for animals, the spatiotemporal characterization of MNU-induced retinitis pigmentosa (RP) rats were performed.Methods: Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into normal group (N), MNU-low-dose group (L) and MNU-high-dose group (H). …”
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Artificial Intelligence Assistive Tool for Radiotherapy Plan Evaluation Based on Analysis of Integral Dose by Shriram Rajurkar, Teerthraj Verma, MLB Bhatt, S P Mishra, P Deshmukh, D Sargar

“…It was found that the ID for HR-PTV volume was almost equal in both nine and seven beam plans with the percentage variation range 0.4%–1.4%, however, significant variation up to 14.4% in the ID of organ at risk was found. …”
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Hierarchy of labor motives of different professional groups of employees of medical institutions by A. V. Kukurika, E. I. Iurovskaia

“…In the overwhelming majority, doctors and nursing staff of public health care institutions with a phthisiology profile are equally satisfied with the work they do. The most significant labor motives were identified for each category of medical personnel. …”
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Successful strategies that address gender-related barriers and promote bodily autonomy within efforts to scale up and sustain postpregnancy contraception: a scoping review by James Kiarie, Rita Kabra, Anna Coates, Arachu Castro

“…Introduction Acknowledging the integral role of bodily autonomy in advancing gender equality, our study aimed to assess the extent to which strategies used in postpartum and postabortion contraception have effectively equipped women, girls and gender-diverse individuals with the tools, knowledge and resources required to make autonomous decisions that align with their diverse life experiences.Methods We conducted a scoping review using the databases PubMed, EBSCOhost, EMBASE and SciSpace. …”
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