A nested case-control study evaluating the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and immune-mediated inflammatory disease in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging by Charles N Bernstein, Ruth Ann Marrie, Julia O'Mahony

“…We evaluated whether the association of ACE with disease differs between IMID and other chronic diseases.Design Nested retrospective case-control study.Setting We used data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), which recruited participants aged 45–85 years between 2010 and 2015.Participants We included 12 627 CLSA participants: 2 102 who reported diagnoses of IMID (258 multiple sclerosis (MS), 1 692 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 160 inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)), 5 519 with diabetes, 170 with epilepsy, 3 889 with asthma and 1 125 with no chronic diseases. …”
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The genesis of forensic research of documents as the branch of forensic technology by V. S. Sezonov

“…Internal and external factors are taken into account, which allow to reconstruct the psycho-physiological features of the person who wrote the document, without which the establishment of its authorship is extremely problematic. …”
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Determinants of Green Purchase Behavior of Local Coffee Shop: The Moderating Impact of Price Sensitivity by Nadhita Az-Zahrah, Donni Junipriansa, Joko Rizkie Widokarti

“…Methods: This study used a quantitative approach, with an online survey conducted using Google Forms and a structured questionnaire survey conducted with 201 respondents, who were selected using purposive sampling. The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to understand the relationships between TPB components and green purchase intentions (GPI), with a consideration of how price sensitivity (PS) influences the correlation between GPI and GPB. …”
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Core Prescribing Indicators and the Most Commonly Prescribed Medicines in a Tertiary Health Care Setting in a Developing Country by Priyadarshani Galappatthy, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Chiranthi K. Liyanage, Maheshi Wijayabandara, Dinuka S. Warapitiya, Dilini Jayasekara, Raveendra L. Jayakody

“…Prescriptions were obtained from 5 major specialties (Clinical Medicine (CM), Gynaecology and Obstetrics (GO), Paediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery). The WHO core prescribing indicators were used to describe the pattern of prescribing, and the most commonly prescribed medicines were identified. …”
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Clinical outcome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an 11-year follow-up study by Steven Dooley, Juan Du, Xiaoping Tang, Lan Chen, Jinzhu Jia, Fujun Li, Yanyan Shi, Christoph Meyer, Zhongwei Zhu, Yanming Zhang, Roman Liebe, Keming Hu, Tingting Zhou, Huier Zhang, Hong-Lei Weng, Tong Huang

“…Except one male patient who developed cirrhosis, no patients with NAFLD progressed into severe liver disease.Conclusion Diabetes, hypertension and hyperuricaemia are the main clinical outcomes of NAFLD. …”
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Improving the Utility, Safety, and Ethical Use of a Passive Mood-Tracking App for People With Bipolar Disorder Using Coproduction: Qualitative Focus Group Study by Laurence Astill Wright, Matthew Moore, Stuart Reeves, Elvira Perez Vallejos, Richard Morriss

“…ConclusionsPeople with BD who are interested in using passive technology to monitor their mood wish to do so for a wide variety of purposes, identifying several preferences and potential risks. …”
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Autoantibodies to Zinc Transporter 8 and SLC30A8 Genotype in Type 1 Diabetes Childhood: A Pioneering Study in North Africa by Raouia Fakhfakh, Sana Kmiha, Safa Tahri, Sawsan Feki, Ferjeni Zouidi, Olfa Abida, Mongia Hachicha, Thouraya Kammoun, Hatem Masmoudi

“…ZnT8-Ab were measured in the serum of T1D newly affected children (n=156) who were admitted to the pediatric department of the Hedi Chaker University Hospital of Sfax. …”
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Hypofractionated radiotherapy combined with a PD-1 inhibitor, granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor, and thymosin-α1 in advanced metastatic solid tumors: a multicenter P... by Jiamin Yu, Li Yin, Wenjie Guo, Qiang Wang, Juying Liu, Lansheng Zhang, Hongxun Ye, Jianhong Xia, Youyou Xia, Jianfeng Wu, Wanwei Wang, Yanguang Yang, Dan Zong, Xia He, Lijun Wang, Hong Jiang

“…Abscopal effects were observed in 6 patients (23.08%); four of whom achieved a partial response. Patients who achieved a partial response were significantly more likely to have an abscopal effect( P = 0.025). …”
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Clinical treatment score Post-5 Years (CTS5) predicts the benefit of postmastectomy radiotherapy in patients with T1-2N1 luminal breast cancer by Ke Liu, Guan-Qiao Li, Si-Qi Li, Xue-Qin Chen, San-Gang Wu

“…Purpose: To investigate the clinical value of Clinical Treatment Score Post-5 Years (CTS5) to predict the survival benefits of postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) of patients with T1-2N1 luminal breast cancer (BC). Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with T1-2N1 luminal BC between 2010 and 2015 were included in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. …”
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Evaluation of Wisconsin and CaPTHUS Indices Usefulness for Predicting Monoglandular and Multiglandular Disease in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism through the Analysis of... by Loredana De Pasquale, Eleonora Lori, Antonio Mario Bulfamante, Giovanni Felisati, Luca Castellani, Alberto Maria Saibene

“…Intraoperative PTH allowed to identify multiglandular disease in 16 of 18 cases with CaPTHUS ≥3 and in 18 of 20 cases with win >1600, who could have been lost, based only on the results of these 2 tests. …”
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The Feasibility of Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in Immunosuppressed ICU Patients with or without Thrombocytopenia by Marianne Angelberger, Michaela Barnikel, Alessia Fraccaroli, Johanna Tischer, Sofía Antón, Alexandra Pawlikowski, Mark op den Winkel, Hans Joachim Stemmler, Stephanie-Susanne Stecher

“…We retrospectively analyzed the charts of patients who underwent PDT or OST between May 2017 and November 2020. …”
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CONCEPTUAL BASES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU YOUTH POLICY by E. N. Grachev

“…And it is young people who is selected to be the main policy object for building common European identity. …”
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Performance evaluation of the factors influencing Tourists General Satisfaction in the Border Cities. Baneh Border City by Mohammad najarzadeh, Aliakbar bidokhti, jamal moradnejad

“…Statistical population included tourists who have traveled to baneh city to purchase mainly. …”
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Pretransplant immunotherapy increases acute rejection yet improves survival outcome of HCC patients with MVI post-liver transplantation by Xinjun Lu, Qi Zhu, Junfeng Cai, Zuozhong Yang, Guangxiang Gu, Li Pang, Mingye Su, Fapeng Zhang, Haoming Lin, Wenrui Wu, Leibo Xu, Chao Liu

“…We retrospective analyzed 159 HCC patients who underwent LT at our institution from June 2019 to December 2023, and 39 recipients (39/159, 24.5%) received pretransplant ICI therapy. …”
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Serum CD4 Is Associated with the Infiltration of CD4+T Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment of Gastric Cancer by Qi You, Tianyi Fang, Xin Yin, Yimin Wang, Yongheng Yang, Lei Zhang, Yingwei Xue

“…In this study, two hundred and eight patients who underwent radical gastrectomy for GC were included. …”
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Fixation of Olecranon Fractures Using a Hybrid Intramedullary Screw and Tension Band Construct by Kaitlin Rush, John Fisher, Neil Jain, Caleb Gottlich, Cyrus Caroom

“…A retrospective review was conducted on patients with olecranon fractures who underwent internal fixation at a level 1 trauma center between January 1st, 2013, and April 22nd, 2023. …”
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Influence of Overweight and Obesity on Morbidity and Mortality among Hospitalized Patients in Sri Lanka: A Single-Center Analysis by M. D. S. A. Dilrukshi, V. Thotamuna, D. J. Senarath Yapa, L. De Silva, P. Ranasinghe, P. Katulanda

“…Analysis was performed with WHO international (ICs) and Asian obesity cut-offs (ACs). …”
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Comparison of anterior chamber depth measured by three different anterior segment analysis systems by Han Song, Wei Yang, Chunliu Yang, Qing Sun

“…Methods: Myopic patients who underwent preoperative assessments at our hospital's refractive surgery department from January 2021 to December 2023 were included in this investigation. …”
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The Effect of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Monoclonal Antibodies on Quality of Life among Migraine Patients: Pilot Study at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Scien... by Monika Remenčiūtė, Greta Varžaitytė, Gintarė Žemgulytė

“…Frequent migraine-type headaches require prophylactic treatment, which has so far been of limited effectiveness until advent of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibody.Materials and Methods: A prospective analysis was conducted of data from 41 migraine patients who experienced 4 or more monthly migraine days (MMD) longer than three months. …”
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Quality and resilience of clinical laboratories in Rwanda: a need for sustainable strategies by Vincent Rusanganwa, Innocent Nzabahimana, Magnus Evander

“…SLMTA experts collected data for 10 years through assessments using WHO’s StepwiseLaboratory Quality Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) checklist. …”
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