Assessment of Problem-Based Learning Acceptance and Associated Factors Among School of Nursing Students at Wachemo University, Central Ethiopia by Asnakech Zekiwos Heliso MSc, Getachaw Ossabo Babore MSc, Taye Mezgebu Ashine MSc, Bethlehem Birhanu MSc, Bereket Hegeno Anose MSc, Sentayehu Admasu Saliya MSc, Elias Ezo Ereta MSc, Awoka Girma Hailu MSc

“…Method and Material This study used a quantitative design with a cross-sectional approach among 200 students who were enrolled in PBL at Wachemo University School of Nursing from July 30, 2023 to August 30, 2023. …”
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Correlation of Platelet Indices with Severity of Gastroesophageal Varices in Patients of Liver Cirrhosis: A Research Protocol by Parav Tantia, Sourya Acharya

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study will be conducted in the Medicine OPD/IPD of Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital (AVBRH), Wardha, Maharashtra, India from May 2023 to May 2025, involving 64 patients who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patients fulfilling the selection criteria will be informed about the study procedure in their native language. …”
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Clinical Patterns and Outcome of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Seon Young Ahn, Suk Bae Kim, Il Han Song

“…A future prospective research should be focused on identifying NAFLD patients who require strict surveillance in order to early detect and timely treat HCC.…”
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The Effects of Different Insufflation Pressures on Liver Functions Assessed with LiMON on Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by H. Barıs Eryılmaz, Dilek Memiş, Atakan Sezer, Mehmet Turan Inal

“…We analyzed 43 patients who were scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. …”
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Development of a Predictive Model of Occult Cancer After a Venous Thromboembolism Event Using Machine Learning: The CLOVER Study by Anabel Franco-Moreno, Elena Madroñal-Cerezo, Cristina Lucía de Ancos-Aracil, Ana Isabel Farfán-Sedano, Nuria Muñoz-Rivas, José Bascuñana Morejón-Girón, José Manuel Ruiz-Giardín, Federico Álvarez-Rodríguez, Jesús Prada-Alonso, Yvonne Gala-García, Miguel Ángel Casado-Suela, Ana Bustamante-Fermosel, Nuria Alfaro-Fernández, Juan Torres-Macho

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: This is the first risk score developed for identifying patients with VTE who are at increased risk of occult cancer using ML tools, obtaining a remarkably high diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Assessment of Factors Affecting Time to Recovery from COVID-19: A Retrospective Study in Ethiopia by Anteneh Mengist Dessie, Sefineh Fenta Feleke, Denekew Tenaw Anley, Rahel Mulatie Anteneh, Zelalem Animut Demissie

“…Patients without comorbid illness/s were faster to recover than their counterparts (AHR = 1.44 : 95% CI: 1.10, 1.91) and those who have signs and symptoms on admission (AHR = 0.42 : 95% CI: 0.30, 0.60) and old-aged (AHR = 0.988; 95% CI: 0.982, 0.994) took longer to recover. …”
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Mucocutaneous Manifestations Reported by Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients in University Hospital by Ieva Renata Jonaitytė, Vita Karpavičiūtė, Gediminas Kiudelis, Juozas Kupčinskas, Laimas Jonaitis

“…Materials and methods: Prospective study included 162 out-patients with IBD who were managed in the tertiary care center. Ulcerative colitis (UC) was diagnosed in 117 patients, Crohn‘s disease (CD) in 45. …”
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Effect of Liraglutide on Serum TSH Levels in Patients with NAFLD and its Underlying Mechanisms by JiaoJiao Ye, Jing Xu, WenJie Wen, Bin Huang

“…Meanwhile, the control group included 49 patients with T2DM but without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who were matched for age and sex (baseline from July 2016 to June 2021). …”
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Preliminary Exploration of AlF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT in the Management of Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Prospective Clinical Study by Shibo Guo MD, Zhehao Lyu PhD, Chunyu Duan MD, Hui Wang PhD, Peng Xu MD, Wei Han BD, Peng Fu PhD

“…Material and Methods Twenty AS participants who met the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society criteria and were in an active disease stage were included in this study from May 2022 to April 2023. …”
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Impact of neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio on mortality in iron-deficiency anemia patients: a retrospective study using MIMIC-IV database by Weide Lin, Junfan Chen, Xufa Peng, Yaohua Yu, Shiqing Huang, Shurong Li, Bixia Lin

“…Materials and methods We analyzed data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV (MIMIC-IV) 3.0 database spanning the years 2008–2022 and identified a cohort of 817 patients with IDA who met our inclusion criteria. Through multivariate Cox regression analysis, the relationship between NPAR levels and 30-day and 365-day mortality risks was assessed, and restricted cubic splines (RCS) models were used to explore potential nonlinear relationships. …”
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Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements Contamination of Commonly Consumed Fruits in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Biset Asrade Mekonnen, Muluabay Getie Yizengaw, Haile Kassahun, Gebremariam Ketema

“…However, the Pb and Cd concentrations (mg kg-1) in mango were 0.576 and 1.771, respectively, which exceeded the FAO/WHO recommended permissible limits of 0.3 mg kg-1 and 0.2 mg kg-1, respectively. …”
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Neonatal morbidity after fetal exposure to antipsychotics: a national register-based study by Karin Kallen, Lisa Forsberg, Essi Heinonen, Katarina Wide, Ulrika Nörby

“…Exposed infants were compared with unexposed infants and with infants to mothers treated with antipsychotics before or after but not during pregnancy.Participants The cohort comprised a total of 1 307 487 infants, of whom 2677 (0.2%) were exposed to antipsychotics during pregnancy and 34 492 (2.6%) had mothers who were treated before/after the pregnancy.Outcome measures The primary outcome was admission rate to neonatal care. …”
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Definition and content of the concept of transparency of criminal justice by D. S. Heta

“…Therefore, in such cases, one should talk about the expediency of protecting the personal interests of the suspect, who is already a minor, and not the accused. On the basis of the above, it has been proposed to set out paragraph 1, part 2 of Art. 27 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in the following version: “If the accused or suspect is a minor”.…”
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The Eczema Bathing Study: Weekly versus daily bathing for people with eczema? Protocol of an online, randomised controlled trial [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved wit... by Paul Leighton, Wei Chern Gavin Fong, Ingrid Muller, Laura Howells, Arabella Baker, Eleanor J Mitchell, Eleanor Harrison, Leila Thuma, Yimin Jiang, Lucy Bradshaw, Alan Montgomery, Fiona Cowdel, Matthew J Ridd, Jane Ravenscroft, Reiko J Tanaka, Miriam Santer, Richard Swinden, Nicholas Hilken, Carron Layfield, Richard Dooley, Sophia Collins, Clare Upton, Tracy Owen, Firoza Davies, Devin Patel, Mars Eddis-Finbow, Hywel C Williams, Goldie Putrym, Kim S Thomas, Amanda Roberts

“…Secondary outcomes include skin specific quality of life, eczema control, itch severity, use of usual eczema treatments, proportion who achieve an improvement in POEM of ≥3 points, global change in eczema and safety outcomes. …”
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3D‐Printed Metacarpal Prosthesis in the Treatment of Primary Osteosarcoma of the First Metacarpal: A Novel Surgical Technique by Xuanhong He, Leilei Tian, Chang Zou, Minxun Lu, Zhuangzhuang Li, Guy Romeo Kenmegne, Yitian Wang, Yi Luo, Yong Zhou, Li Min, Chongqi Tu

“…In this study, we present a case of a patient with first metacarpal osteosarcoma who underwent tumor resection followed by reconstruction with a 3D‐printed metacarpal prosthesis. …”
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HISTORICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL COMPONENTS OF POLICY AND MO-RALITY RELATIONS by Dmytro V. Usov

“…It is proved that the development of moral and ethical principles, their consistent adherence by not only politicians, but by all the citizens are able to hinder the pragmatic interests of statesmen, who, under cover of the idea of the common good, protect primarily not the public but narrow corporate interests. …”
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Electrocardiographic markers predict hemodynamic parameters in adults with uncorrected secundum atrial septal defect by Kunti N. Umamy, Astri K. Martiana, Risalina Myrtha, Irnizarifka Irnizarifka, Alfa A. Nursidiq

“…We collected data and measured ECG parameters of secundum ASD patients who underwent elective RHC from May 2019 until November 2023. …”
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Association between oral microbiome diversity and all-cause mortality: a longitudinal study of NHANES, 2009–2012 by Bo Lin, Liang Zheng, Wanna Chen, Ju Yu, Zhanqiang Zhang, Weiming Lv

“…Objective The study investigates the association between oral microbiome diversity and all-cause mortality.Design Population-based cohort study.Setting US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2009–2010 and 2011–2012).Participants A total of 8224 participants who had valid data on the oral microbiome diversity and survival through 31 December 2019 were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures Oral microbiome diversity was measured using the observed number of amplicon sequence variant (ASV) and grouped into quartiles. …”
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New-onset paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in acute myocardial infarction: increased risk of stroke by Si-Hyuck Kang, Chang-Hwan Yoon, Dong-Ju Choi, Ji Hyun Lee, Jin Joo Park, Tae-Jin Youn, In-Ho Chae, Sun-Hwa Kim, Wonjae Lee, Youngjin Cho, IL-Young Oh, Jung-Won Suh, Young-Seok Cho

“…Objective To investigate the long-term prognostic implications of transient new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).Design Retrospective observational study.Setting Single tertiary centre.Participants This study included 2523 patients who presented with AMI from 3 June 2003 to 24 February 2015, after the exclusion of those with prior AF or in-hospital death.Outcome measures Patients were divided into three groups according to the occurrence and type of new-onset AF: (1) sinus rhythm (SR) group; (2) paroxysmal AF (PaAF: AF converted to SR prior to discharge) group and (3) persistent AF (PeAF: AF persisted during the hospitalisation) group. …”
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A Predictive Model for Super-Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: The QQ-LAE Score by Xi Liu, Yiran Hu, Wei Hua, Shengwen Yang, Min Gu, Hong-Xia Niu, Li-Gang Ding, Jing Wang, Shu Zhang

“…It is important to identify super-responders who can derive most benefits from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). …”
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