The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled tria... by Lisa-Marie Rau, Meltem Dogan, Gerrit Hirschfeld, Markus Blankenburg, Michael C. Frühwald, Rosemarie Ahnert, Sarah Braun, Ursula Marschall, Boris Zernikow, Julia Wager

“…Multilevel models and regression analyses explored long-term treatment effects on pain characteristics and psychological outcomes, associations of pandemic-related burden with these outcomes, and whether pandemic-related burden moderates those effects. Results:. Patients who received PAC significantly improved treatment outcomes concerning pain characteristics and psychological well-being 18 to 33 months after IIPT discharge. …”
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The role of advanced practice nurses in improving healthcare outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease: A scoping review protocol. by Hanako Nozu, Haruka Tamura, Takemi Kudo, Tomoko Araki, Hidetaka Sato, Takao Watanabe, Isoji Sasagawa

“…In general, nurse practitioners are generalist nurses who work as autonomous clinicians with whole personal care. …”
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Revisit two memoryless state‐recovery cryptanalysis methods on A5/1 by Yanbin Xu, Yonglin Hao, Mingxing Wang

“…Soon after its proposal, Zhang's near collision attack was severely challenged by Derbez et al. who claimed that Zhang's attack cannot have a time complexity lower than Golic's memoryless guess‐and‐determine attack dating back to EUROCRYPT 1997. …”
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Efficacy and safety of non-invasive low-frequency tibial nerve stimulator in overactive bladder by Zhipeng Zhang, Mengzhu Liu, Yangyun Wang, Peng Wu, Yiping Zhu, Bangmin Han, Zhihui Xu, Xudong Li, Chaoliang Shi, Jing Zhang, Deyi Luo, Guowei Shi, Yaoguang Zhang

“…Abstract Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a non-invasive low-frequency tibial nerve stimulator (TNS-01) vs sham control in relieving the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB) patients. Patients Participants who were diagnosed with primary OAB or exhibited at least one OAB symptom. …”
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Mask-Related Headache Among Health Workers During COVID-19 Pandemics: Study from Somalia by Mehmet Ufuk Aluçlu, Nor Osman Sidow, Ahmed Muhammad Bashir, Mohamed Sheikh Hassan, Yavuz Yücel

“…Aim: After the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), new headaches have been reported to develop or worsen among healthcare workers who regularly wear personal protective equipments. …”
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Maternal Serum Uric Acid as an Index of Perinatal Outcomes in Severe Preeclampsia by Rozhan Yassin Khalil, Awat Saber Muhammed

“…Included 100 pregnant women in third trimester with signs and symptoms of labour, who had no comorbid diseases. Grouped to 30 control without hypertension, 30 with pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) and 40 with severe preeclampsia based on clinical and laboratory evaluation. …”
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Efforts to strengthen anatomic pathology diagnostic services for cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol by Katherine Van Loon, Elia John Mmbaga, Marcia Edelweiss, Dianna L. Ng, Asteria Herman Kimambo, Edda Vuhahula, Beatrice Paul Mushi, Omolade Adegoke, Johanna Goldberg, Pendo M. Ibrahim, Zainab Illonga, Julia Jackman, Luisa Jamisse

“…A limited search for grey literature will be conducted using the WHO Institutional Repository for Information Sharing. …”
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Longitudinal associations of flare and damage accrual in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake, Sang-Cheol Bae, Zhanguo Li, Shereen Oon, Vera Golder, Mandana Nikpour, Masayoshi Harigai, Zhuoli Zhang, Eric Morand, Chak Sing Lau, Worawit Louthrenoo, Alberta Hoi, Sandra Navarra, Sean O’Neill, Shue-Fen Luo, Yanjie Hao, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Dominique Milea, Aisha Lateef, Laniyati Hamijoyo, Sargunan Sockalingam, Madelynn Chan, Jiacai Cho, Leonid Zamora, Fiona Goldblatt, Yeong-Jian Jan Wu, Xiaomeng Xu, Aldo A Navarro Rojas

“…The risk of subsequent damage accrual in patients who experienced mild-to-moderate flare, after controlling for confounders, was 32% greater than in patients without flares (adjusted HR) (95% CI 1.32 (1.17 to 1.72)). …”
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Powassan Encephalitis: A Case Report from New York, USA by Danielle A. Bazer, Matthew Orwitz, Nicholas Koroneos, Olga Syritsyna, Elizabeth Wirkowski

“…The patient is a 62-year-old male with a past history of a right putamen infarct, hepatitis C, hypertension, and substance abuse who presented due to acute onset altered mental status, dysarthria, and left-sided facial droop. …”
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Effect of Informative Cesarean Delivery Operative Steps Video on Maternal Anxiety Level: A Randomized Controlled Trial [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] by Pichita Prasongvei, Panicha Phetprapasri, Athita Chanthasenanont, Densak Pongrojpaw, Suphachai Chaitrakulthong, Winitra Nuallaong

“…Methods This randomized controlled trial was conducted at Thammasat University Hospital, Thailand, between April and September 2023. Pregnant women who underwent their first cesarean section were allocated to two groups: intervention and control groups. …”
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Effects of Metabolism-Related Indicators on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Nonobese Population Based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by XingWang Zhu, HaiPing Wang, HongLong Zhang, Guole Nie, Jun Yan, Xun Li

“…Our study included 904 nonobese patients who had taken part in the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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Satisfactory Functional Outcome and Significant Correlation with the Length of Haglund’s Deformity after Endoscopic Calcaneoplasty: A Minimum 4-Year Follow-Up Study by Hossam Fathi Mahmoud, Walid Feisal, Fahmy Samir Fahmy

“…The patients were satisfied and returned to their previous activities without reporting major morbidities except one patient who had mild pain with exertion. Conclusion. Endoscopic calcaneoplasty is a safe, less invasive surgical procedure for the management of Haglund’s syndrome after failure of conservative treatment. …”
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The economic burden of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure infections in Italy by Paolo Sciattella, Annarosa Fornero, Susanna Giordano, Claudio De Angelis, Francesco Cattel

“…The study included all patients who underwent their first inpatient ERCP between 2018 and 2021. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Safety and Functional Outcomes of Anterior versus Retropupillary Iris-Claw IOL Fixation by Paolo Mora, Giacomo Calzetti, Stefania Favilla, Matteo Forlini, Salvatore Tedesco, Purva Date, Viola Tagliavini, Arturo Carta, Rino Frisina, Emilio Pedrotti, Stefano Gandolfi

“…Preoperatively, the groups were similar in all parameters except for a significantly higher proportion of retropupillary fixations in patients who had previously experienced a closed-globe trauma (p=0.03). …”
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Cardiac magnetic resonance quantified epicardial fat volume is associated with complex coronary artery disease among diabetics by Shimaa Sayed Khidr, Bakeer Mohamed Bakeer, Hatem Abdel-Rahman Helmy, Heba Mahmoud El-Naggar

“…Methods This was a cross-sectional study that included 111 patients having CAD as indicated by coronary angiography and who underwent CMR. Epicardial and pericardial fat volumes were measured along short-axis CMR-derived images. …”
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Tasks of the National Police of Ukraine as a subject of implementation of the preventive function of the state by I. V. Ishchenko

“…It was emphasized that the general tasks of the Department of Preventive Activities of the National Police of Ukraine include: ensuring public safety and public order; protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms, as well as the interests of society and the state; providing, within the limits established by law, services to assist persons who, for personal, economic, social reasons or due to emergencies, need such assistance. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of systemic immune-inflammation index for acute appendicitis in the geriatric population by Ömerul Faruk Aydın, Ali Cankut Tatlıparmak

“…Abstract Aims This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) in distinguishing acute appendicitis from non-appendicitis cases in geriatric patients who underwent surgery with a preliminary diagnosis of appendicitis. …”
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Postural Control During Single-Leg Landing in Female Athletes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by Ayane Ogura, Terumitsu Miyazaki, Hirofumi Ida, Satoshi Shibata, Masahiro Takemura

“… # Conclusion These findings suggest that APAs and CPAs of athletes who returned to sports more than 1 year post-ACLR may be similar. …”
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TITO DORČIĆ AS A FORERUNNER OF THE IRONIC MODE by Dean Slavić

“…Typical such figures are the protagonists of Kafka’s and Beckett’s works, who lack even the most basic information regarding their own position – due to which the reader has the sense of looking down on scenes of bondage, frustration or absurdity. …”
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The Effects of Exposure to Repeated Minor Pain During the Neonatal Period on Formalin Pain Behavior and Thermal Withdrawal Latencies by C Celeste Johnston, Claire-Dominique Walker

“…Preterm infants undergoing untreated, repeated painful procedures as part of their early experience are more likely to behave differently to pain as they mature than infants who were born at term and did not experience excessive exogenous pain. …”
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