Assessing Sedation Depth with PSI in Elderly ERCP Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study by Huang L, Liu LL, Lu YD, Zhuang MY, Dou W, Liu H, Ji FH, Peng K

“…We also documented procedure and recovery time, oversedation (PSI < 25 for at least 10 min and EEG burst suppression), adverse events, and fatigue scores (0– 10, higher scores indicating more fatigue).Results: All patients completed this study (mean age of 73 years and 63% male), with a mean procedure time of 53 min and recovery time of 37 min. …”
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Exploration of rituximab treatment strategies for membranous nephropathy adapted to the Chinese healthcare environment by Xiaolong Wang, Xueying Cao, Jie Wu, Shuang Liang, Jian Yang, Hong Wang

“…Results A total of 126 patients were enrolled in this study, with an average age of 49.0 ± 13.4 years. Among them, males accounted for up to 77.8%, with an average BMI of 26.7 ± 4.0. …”
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Insidensi Tuberkulosis Paru pada Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 di Ruang Rawat Inap Penyakit Dalam RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Dina Fitri Fauzia, Masrul Basyar, Asman Manaf3 Manaf

“…Most of type 2 DM with pulmonary TB cases were found in males (58,62%), &lt; 60 years old (72,41%; mean: 54,66 ± 12,77 years old), and normoweight group (51,72%). …”
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Pornography-Watching Disorder and Its Risk Factors Among Young Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey by Csaba Erdős, Oguz Kelemen, Dávid Pócs, Edit Paulik, András Papp, Edina Horváth, Arbel Golan, Krisztián Széll

“…Frequent pornography consumption was a significant risk factor, with weekly users (odds ratio [OR] 0.45, 95% CI 0.33-0.62, P<.001), monthly users (OR 0.18, 95% CI 0.11-0.28, P<.001), and less than monthly users (OR 0.05, 95% CI 0.03-0.10, P<.001) showing significantly lower odds compared with daily users as a reference category. Male sex was associated with a higher risk (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.39-0.72, P<.001), as were early exposure to pornography (OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.90-0.98, P=.006), paraphilia (OR 3.95, 95% CI 2.37-6.56, P<.001), dissatisfaction with sexual life (OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.90-0.98, P=.006), difficulty forming personal relationships (OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.88-0.98, P=.005), and strong adherence to religious norms (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.06-1.19, P<.001). …”
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Hymecromone Administration in Real Clinical Practice: Results of the Prospective Multicentre Observational Study in the Republic of Kazakhstan by A. V. Nersesov, D. A. Kaybullaeva, V. S. Rakhmetova, I. A. Lozinskaya, A. K. Kurmangalieva, V. S. Ayupova, A. B. Orazbaeva, A. K. Kanabaeva, Yu. O. Shulpekova

“…Treatment satisfaction was assessed using 5 grades.Results. 877 patients, 68.2 % of females and 31.8 % of males, were included in the study; the mean age was 46.0 ± 14.9 years. …”
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Reduced Serum Glucagon Like Peptide-1 In Children with Osteoporosis of Chronic Liver Diseases: A Single Center Trial by Nashwa F. Mohamed Elmetwaly, Ola G. Behairy, Manal S. EL-Defrawy, Ola E. Seleim, Dina S. Abdelmotaleb

“…Results: The mean ± SD age of the included children with CLD and control group was 9.3 ± 5.1 years and 10.43 ± 5.54 years (p=0.130). Females and males comprised 33 (55%) and 27(45%) of the CLD group and 41 (68.3%) and 19 (31.7%) of the control group (p=0.133). …”
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Comparing the Institution-based Supervision and Tele-based Supervision for Task-oriented Exercises on Upper Limb Motor Performance and Functional Ability among Stroke Patients: A R... by Neha, Subhasish Chatterjee

“…Materials and Methods: A two-group pretest-post-test randomised clinical trial will be conducted in recognised hospitals in Mullana and Panipat, using purposive sampling from December 2022 to December 2024. A total of 62 male and female patients, aged 45-75 years, who have experienced their first ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke within the last six months and have scores ranging from 26 to 56 on the Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Upper Extremity (FMA-UE), mild to moderate spasticity (less than 2 on the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), >24 on the Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE), and stages II and III of the Brunnstrom score will be included in the study. …”
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Cloning, Characterization and Expression Regulation in Response to High-Temperature Stress of TRAF7 Gene in the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus by Yanfeng ZHAO, Meijie LIAO, Jianlong GE, Jinjin WANG, Yingeng WANG, Xiaojun RONG, Bin LI, Yanting TAN

“…Its expression was highest in female gonads, followed by coelomocytes; it decreased in respiratory trees, body walls, intestines, male gonads, and longitudinal muscles in that order, and the difference in expression among tissues was significant (P < 0.05). …”
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Usability Testing pada M-Commerce Menggunakan Kuisioner USE (Usefulness, Satisfaction, and Ease of Use) dan Performance Test (Studi Kasus: Tokopedia) by Thowaf Fuad Hasan, Tenia Wahyuningrum, Ariq Cahya Wardhana

“…The experience between android and iOS users also produced good value as evidenced by the Results of Independent Sample T-Test of 0.292 while the experience of male and female users also both gained good experience with independent sample T-Test results of 0.756. …”
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Correlation between serum homocysteine level and clinicopathological factors of IgA nephropathy by Cai Xiao-fan, Huang Jie-bo, Xing Yue, Cai Xiu-feng, Li Xue-ling, Zhong Yi-fei

“…The clinicopathological factors associated with HHcy were analyzed by logistic regression， and area under the receiver operator characteristic curve （AUC） was used to assess the ability of Hcy in predicting pathologic injuries associated with IgAN.ResultsPatients in the HHcy group had significantly higher male ratio （63.1% vs 32.7%）， age ［（40.44 ± 12.85）years vs （36.83 ± 11.56）years］， albumin ［Alb，（38.14 ± 4.71）g/L vs （36.28 ± 6.65）g/L］， serum creatinine ［Scr，（125.90 ± 75.89）μmol/L vs （75.39 ± 29.16）μmol/L］， blood uric urea ［BUN，（7.61 ± 4.01）mmol/L vs （5.29 ± 1.78）mmol/L］， uric acid ［UA，（427.04 ± 101.99）μmol/L vs （351.56 ± 93.45）μmol/L］， and cystatin C ［Cys C，（1.61 ± 0.66）mg/L vs （1.05 ± 0.36）mg/L］， but lower eGFR ［（70.50 ± 30.90）mL·min-1·（1.73 m2）-1 vs （100.35 ± 27.08）mL·min-1·（1.73 m2）-1］ than the Hcy normal group （all P<0.05）. …”
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Assessing the Factors Influencing Attrition of Health Workers in Government Health Units in Lyantonde District, Uganda. by Kansiime, Benon

“…Results 171 respondents participated in the study making a response rate of 95%, 34.5% were males, and 65.5% were females. The cadre distribution of the participants was as follows: Medical Officers 5 (2.9%), clinical officers 14 (8.2%), Nursing 82 (48.0%), Health Assistant 11(6.4%), Health inspector 4 (2.3), Radiographers 2 (1.2), Laboratory Assistants 9 (5.3%), Laboratory technicians 3(1.8%), Dispensers 2 (1.2%), Orthopaedic officer 1 (0 .6%), and Midwives 38 (22.2%). …”
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Assessment of The Factors Affecting Management of Gender and Sexual Violence Against Women in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Kyanamira Sub County Kabale District. by Tumuheki, Timothy

“…With the following summarized Sexual and Gender violence issues were locally addressed to LC courts whenever domestic resolving of such matters failed while most LC courts discriminated against women than males despite females reporting more of the SGBV cases. …”
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Providing a model of emotional and rational appeals in video marketing based on social networks by Moohan Mohammadi, payam paslari, saeed moradpour, sadegh masjoodi

“…The statistical population of the research includes 200 male and female students between the ages of 25 and 35, selected as a sample and exposed to two types of short-term video advertisement stimuli. …”
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Absence of Standard Modifiable Risk Factors in Middle Eastern Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. The Jordan Absence of Standard Modifiable Risk Factors (SMuRF-Le... by Hammoudeh AJ, Aldalal’ah M, Smadi EA, Alrishoud D, Alomari A, Alkhawaldeh M, Rizik A, Okour MF, Araydah M

“…Ayman J Hammoudeh,1 Mo’men Aldalal’ah,2 Elham A Smadi,2 Dima Alrishoud,2 Amal Alomari,2 Mahmoud Alkhawaldeh,3 Aseel Rizik,4 Mahmoud Fakhri Okour,5 Mohammad Araydah6 1Department of Cardiology, Istishari Hospital, Amman, Jordan; 2Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, Yarmouk University School of Medicine, Irbid, Jordan; 3Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan; 4Department of Medical Education, University of Jordan School of Medicine, Amman, Jordan; 5Department of Internal Medicine, Tutanji General Hospital, Amman, Jordan; 6Department of Internal Medicine, Istishari Hospital, Amman, JordanCorrespondence: Ayman J Hammoudeh, Department of Cardiology, Istishari Hospital, 44 Kindi Street, Amman, 11954, Jordan, Tel + 9626 500 1000, Fax + 9626 693 8833, Email a.hammoudeh@istisharihospital.comBackground: A growing number of individuals develop atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) despite the absence of the standard modifiable risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and cigarette smoking) (SMuRF-less patients). …”
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Awareness of Sexual Partner’s HIV Status Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Cross-Sec. tional Survey Study by Qian Ma, Tingting Jiang, Wanjun Chen, Shaoqiang Jiang, Jinlei Zheng, Hui Wang, Lin He

“…Compared to those who were unaware of their sexual partner’s HIV status, participants who were students (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.43, 95% CI 1.09‐1.86), had a monthly income of more than US $1400 (aOR 1.36, 95% CI 1.03‐1.80), had insertive anal sex (aOR 1.35, 95% CI 1.12‐1.63), had only male sexual partners (aOR 1.53, 95% CI 1.28‐1.82), had 1 sexual partner in the past 3 months (aOR 2.36, 95% CI 2.01‐2.77), had used condoms for the past 3 months (aOR 1.72, 95% CI 1.33‐2.22), had frequently used rush poppers in the past 3 months (aOR 2.27, 95% CI 1.81‐2.86), were aware of HIV PrEP (aOR 2.04, 95% CI 1.68‐2.48), were aware of HIV PEP (aOR 1.69, 95% CI 1.39‐2.06), used mail reagent self-testing (aOR 1.19, 95% CI 1.04‐1.36), and had previously undergone HIV testing (aOR 1.40, 95% CI 1.16‐1.69) were associated with increased odds of being aware of their sexual partner’s HIV status. …”
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Application of a 3D Fusion Model to Evaluate the Efficacy of Clear Aligner Therapy in Malocclusion Patients: Prospective Observational Study by Chaofeng Liu, Yan Liu, Chunyan Yi, Tao Xie, Jingjun Tian, Peishen Deng, Changyu Liu, Yan Shan, Hangyu Dong, Yanhua Xu

“…Among the 136 participants, 90 (66%) were female, 46 (34%) were male, 64 (47%) were adolescents, 72 (53%) were adults, 38 (28%) underwent extraction, and 98 (72%) did not. …”
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The Prevalence of Depression Among Parkinson&rsquo;s Disease Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Al-Qahtani Z, Alqahtani ASM, Alzuhairi AMS, Qarah M, Alqarni AA, Alqahtani AOM, AlShehri FAA, Alqathanin MAA, Alshahrani OMO, Alqahtani MAF, Mahmood SE

“…We used the Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire for quality-of-Life assessment questionnaire (PDQ-39), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for depression (PHQ-9), and General Anxiety Disorder-7 anxiety questionnaire (GAD-7).Results: The study included 46 participants, of whom 37% were aged 60– 69 years, 67% were male, 46% had completed a university education, and 87% were married. …”
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Myocarditis and neutrophil-mediated vascular leakage but not cytokine storm associated with fatal murine leptospirosisResearch in context by Stylianos Papadopoulos, David Hardy, Frédérique Vernel-Pauillac, Magali Tichit, Ivo G. Boneca, Catherine Werts

“…Methods: To investigate the causes of death in lethal leptospirosis, we compared intraperitoneal infection of male and female C57BL6/J mice with 108 Leptospira of two strains of pathogenic L. interrogans. …”
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Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Lung Cancer Survival Patients at Different Cancer Stages and Treatment Phases by Lee PY, Chen YA, Tsai TH, Chen CY, Shieh SH

“…Associations with sex, age, cancer stage, and treatment phase were investigated.Results: Compared with male patients, female patients exhibited fewer unmet health information needs (aOR=0.40; p=0.021). …”
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam, Propofol, and Intralipid on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Rats with Lidocaine-Induced Toxicity by Kucun MK, Guler EM, Saracoglu A, Yildirim M, Demirtas C, Serdogan F, Beyaztas H, Aktas S, Kacan M, Gaszynski T, Ratajczyk P, Saracoglu KT

“…Mustafa Kemal Kucun,1 Eray Metin Guler,2,3 Ayten Saracoglu,4 Mehmet Yildirim,5 Cumaali Demirtas,5 Ferda Serdogan,6 Hakan Beyaztas,2,7 Selman Aktas,8 Merve Kacan,9 Tomasz Gaszynski,10 Pawel Ratajczyk,10 Kemal Tolga Saracoglu11 1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Bartin State Hospital, Bartin, Turkey; 2Department of Medical Biochemistry, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Istanbul, Türkiye; 3Department of Medical Biochemistry, Hamidiye Institute of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Istanbul, Türkiye; 4Department of Anesthesiology, ICU & Perioperative Medicine Aisha Bint Hamad Al Attiyah Hospital HMC, Doha, Qatar; 5Department of Physiology, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey; 6Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Turhal State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey; 7Department of Medical Biochemistry, HaydarpasaNumune Health Application and Research Center, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Istanbul, Türkiye; 8University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Istanbul, Turkey; 9Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kocaeli City Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey; 10Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland; 11Department of Anesthesiology, ICU & Perioperative Medicine Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital HMC, Industrial Area Ar-Rayyan, Doha, QatarCorrespondence: Mustafa Kemal Kucun, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Bart&inodot;n State Hospital, Bart&inodot;n, Turkey, Email mustafakemalkucun@hotmail.comAim: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of dexmedetomidine, midazolam, propofol, and intralipid on lidocaine-induced cardiotoxicity and neurotoxicity.Methods: Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into six groups (n = 8 per group): control (C), lidocaine (L), lidocaine + dexmedetomidine (LD), lidocaine + midazolam (LM), lidocaine + propofol (LP), and lidocaine + intralipid (LI). …”
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