A modified non-contrast MRI in the preoperative examination of periacetabular osteotomy at 3.0T by Chuanhui Xu, Xin Pan, Baochen Song, Guangwei Zhang, Daguang Zhang

“…Materials and methods This retrospective study involved 35 patients (38 hips) with DDH who underwent periacetabular osteotomy, age 9–41 years old (mean age 25), 4 males (4 hips) and 34 females (34 hips). …”
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Novel anthropometric indices are superior adiposity indexes to portend visual impairment in middle-aged and older Chinese population by Qing Chen, Yanan Hou, Yifan Zhou, Jianfeng Luo, KaiweiSa Abuduxukuer, Chuchu Wang, Jialong Dong, Yiting Wang, Wenming Shi, Fei Shi, Qing Peng

“…Objective To investigate differential associations of traditional and novel adiposity indices with visual impairment (VI) in the middle-aged and older Chinese population.Methods and analysis Based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 7750 Chinese older adults aged over 45 were included at baseline 2011, and 4133 participants who accomplished all three interviews from 2011 to 2015 were adapted for longitudinal analyses. …”
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Moving Toward a Smoke-free Campus: A Survey of Students’ Knowledge, Behavior, and Opinions by Ülken Tunga Babaoğlu, Hüseyin İlter

“…MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data were collected using a questionnaire for students (n = 15.515) who continued their education at a state university. …”
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Systemic Diseases in Patients with Congenital Aniridia: A Report from the Homburg Registry for Congenital Aniridia by Jessica Obst, Fabian N. Fries, Maryam Amini, Annamária Náray, Cristian Munteanu, Tanja Stachon, Shweta Suiwal, Neil Lagali, Berthold Seitz, Barbara Käsmann-Kellner, Nóra Szentmáry

“…Methods Our retrospective, monocentric study included patients who underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic examination at Saarland University Medical Center beginning in June 2003. …”
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Physical Therapists’ Assessment of Patient Self-Efficacy for Home Exercise Programs by Kelsey J Picha, Alison Snyder Valier, Nicholas R Heebner, John P Abt, Ellen L Usher, Gilson Capilouto, Tim L Uhl

“… # Conclusions Most PTs indicated that self-efficacy was important for patient adherence, but assessment strategies reported, such as verbal discussion and observation, may not be the most accurate. PTs who did not assess self-efficacy reported not knowing how or what to do with the information once collected. …”
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A case report of infantile fibrosarcoma with BRAF gene mutation with incomplete intestinal obstruction by Fan Zhu, Liang Fan, Guanhua Cui, Hai Jian, Hongjie Zhou, Jianfeng Xu, Fengshun Chen

“…Combining the case reported in this paper, the clinical manifestations and treatment experience were summarized.ResultsThe patient was a male infant aged 5 months 18 days who presented with vomiting for 4 days. Preoperative abdominal ultrasonography revealed an abnormal hyper-echoic mass in the right upper abdomen. …”
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Continuity and volume of bone cement and anti osteoporosis treatment were guarantee of good clinical outcomes for percutaneous vertebroplasty: a multicenter study by Zhen Cheng, Guangzong Ren, Ziyi Li, Xianda Gao, Di Zhang, Guiyue Chen

“…Material and methods 186 patients who underwent PVP from January 2021 to January 2023 were reviewed retrospectively in the study. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of 79 Patients with an Insulinoma: A Nationwide Retrospective Study in Finland by Elina Peltola, Päivi Hannula, Heini Huhtala, Saara Metso, Ulla Kiviniemi, Martine Vornanen, Juhani Sand, Johanna Laukkarinen, Mirja Tiikkainen, Camilla Schalin-Jäntti, Johanna Arola, Jukka Sirén, Antti Piiroinen, Minna Soinio, Pirjo Nuutila, Mirva Söderström, Hanna Hämäläinen, Leena Moilanen, David Laaksonen, Elina Pirinen, Fia Sundelin, Tapani Ebeling, Pasi Salmela, Markus J. Mäkinen, Pia Jaatinen

“…There were no significant differences in the types of surgical procedures between the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s; tumour enucleations comprised 43% of the operations, distal pancreatic resections 45%, and pancreaticoduodenectomies 12%, over the whole study period. Of the patients who underwent surgery with a curative aim, 89% had a full recovery. …”
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Restless legs syndrome without insomnia and antenatal depressive symptoms by Kazuhide Tezuka, Yuka Ito, Daisuke Nishi

“…The participants were 2,108 women who attended the RCT at 16–20 weeks of pregnancy. …”
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Impact of central corneal astigmatism on postoperative visual outcomes in patients undergoing trifocal intraocular lens implantation by Lan Wang, Jiaqi Meng, Jiao Qi, Dongling Guo, Yi Lu, Xiangjia Zhu

“…Methods This retrospective study included 278 eyes of 278 patients who underwent uneventful cataract surgery with implantation of the trifocal IOL (AT LISA tri 839MP). …”
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Influence of Parent Stressors on Adolescent Obesity in African American Youth by Lauren Allport, MinKyoung Song, Cindy W. Leung, Kellye C. McGlumphy, Rebecca E. Hasson

“…Data were from a cross section convenience sample of 273 African American parent-child dyads (ages 11–19) from Washtenaw County, Michigan. A subset of 122 dyads who completed parent and child questionnaires were included in this analysis. …”
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Chiari malformation with concurrent papilledema: a patient-level meta-analysis of case reports and case series by Alejandro Pando, Daniel J. Valdivia, Daniel A. Brenner, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Hai Sun, James K. Liu, Ira Goldstein

“…Notably, none of 21 patients who underwent surgical decompression without improvement had prior lumbar puncture (0% vs. 64.3%, n = 9; p = 0.003) or medical management (0% vs. 57.1%, n = 8; p = 0.011) compared to those with symptom improvement. …”
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Effectiveness of case management interventions for frequent users of healthcare services: a scoping review by Catherine Hudon, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Isabelle Dufour, Mireille Lambert, Cynthia Krieg

“…Objective Frequent users of healthcare services are a vulnerable population, often socioeconomically disadvantaged, who can present multiple chronic conditions as well as mental health problems. …”
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Is International Travel an Emerging Issue on Transmission of Beijing Lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis? by Pavithra S. Madamarandawala, Srinath Satyanarayana, Collins Timire, Aashifa Yaqoob, Dushantha Madegedara, Dhammika N. Magana-Arachchi

“…Prevalence of BL strains was higher among those with high sputum smear grades (2+ and 3+) (P<0.05) and those who had travelled abroad (P<0.05). The prevalence was also higher among young people (aged <35 years). …”
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Herpes Zoster after COVID-19 Infection or Vaccination: A Prospective Cohort Study in a Tertiary Dermatology Clinic by Charussri Leeyaphan, Pattriya Jirawattanadon, Sumanas Bunyaratavej, Waratchaya Panjapakkul, Thrit Hutachoke, Yanisorn Nanchaipruek, Phumithep Phumariyapong

“…The proportion of female patients was significantly higher in the group of patients with COVID-19 vaccination or infection than in those without such a history (P = 0.035). Patients who developed HZ following the recent COVID-19 infection had a median age of 42.5 years, which was lower than that of the other groups. …”
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Technical University Teacher Competences in Russia and Abroad by T. Yu. Polyakova, V. M. Prikhodko

“…The reforms of engineering education as its component require new competences of technical university teachers who are responsible for these reforms and as a result, trigger the improvement of further teachers’ professional development programs to train them for that. …”
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Retention in the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa: a qualitative analysis using self-determination theory by Shane A Norris, Stephen Lye, Catherine E Draper, Nosibusiso Tshetu, Nokuthula Nkosi

“…The Bukhali trial is part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative in Soweto, South Africa, with young women.Methods Nine focus group discussions were used to generate data from Bukhali trial staff (n=45, 23–64 years), and participants, including those currently enrolled (n=16, 25–31 years) and those who had withdrawn from the trial (n=20, 24–32 years). …”
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Clinical impact of proteinuria on renal function and treatment outcomes in patients with radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer treated with lenvatinib by Naoki Fukuda, Kazuhisa Toda, Hirotaka Suto, Ryosuke Oki, Xiaofei Wang, Tetsuya Urasaki, Yasuyoshi Sato, Kenji Nakano, Makiko Ono, Junichi Tomomatsu, Hiroki Mitani, Shunji Takahashi

“…However, no significant deterioration in eGFR was observed in patients with grade 3 proteinuria compared with patients with grades 0–2 proteinuria until 48 months. Patients who developed proteinuria had better survival outcomes than those without proteinuria. …”
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Effectiveness of educational interventions to promote safe handling of pesticides: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson, Sergio Paredes-Solís, José Legorreta-Soberanis, Belén Madeline Sánchez-Gervacio, Víctor Manuel Alvarado-Castro, Miguel Flores-Moreno, Claudia Erika Rios-Rivera, Janet Saldaña-Almazán

“…The review aims to summarise the impact of educational interventions on knowledge and reported behaviour of pesticide users and to identify characteristics of more effective interventions.Methods and analysis We will search MEDLINE, LILACS, AGRICOLA, IMBIOMED, SciELO, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase databases and from the grey literature, Open Grey and WHO to identify potentially eligible studies. We will consider randomised and non-randomised controlled trials that evaluated the impact of educational interventions among farmers about the safe use of pesticides. …”
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Content and face validity in virtual reality with children: a validation in five steps+1 of a wheelchair basketball game by Imanol Ceberio, Mohammad Al-Rashaida, Maitane García, Juan Francisco Lopez Paz, Monika Salgueiro, Nicole Passi, Humberto Pavel, Imanol Amayra

“…This study proposed a validation approach with six phases to assess technical and aesthetic aspects.MethodSample: a) Content validity study, 20 children (11–18 years old) were recruited as lay and content experts, who assessed the properties of grade of realism and physical fidelity of wheelchair basketball scenarios. b) Face validity study, 395 children were recruited as lay experts and divided into two groups (7–9 years old and 10–12 years old), or into ten subgroups according to Age × Gender interaction. …”
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