Engaging health system, service and consumer representatives in the co-design of a multi-criteria decision-making framework for commissioning overweight and obesity programs and se... by Laura Thomas, Suzanne Robinson, Sharyn Burns, Helen Mitchell, Andrea Begley

“…Participants included Western Australian stakeholders from the Western Australian health system, services and consumers, who reviewed, ranked and validated responses and criteria through ongoing discussions. …”
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Genetic Analyses on Transgender Individuals: Impact on Physician Attitudes and Surgical Decision‐Making by Duygu Onur Cura, Ayfer Ülgenalp, Tufan Çankaya

“…Results More than half of the physicians expressed the view that genetic analyses for TGD individuals would confer benefits (67.1%). Those who thought that the presence of gender–diversity‐related genetic alterations would have a “positive impact” on their GCS‐related decision to operate were found to have less positive attitudes toward TGD individuals (Bonferroni corrected p < 0.001). …”
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Body Composition in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Correlation with Disease Severity and Duration by Dawesh P. Yadav, Saurabh Kedia, Kumble Seetharama Madhusudhan, Sawan Bopanna, Sandeep Goyal, Saransh Jain, Naval K. Vikram, Raju Sharma, Govind K. Makharia, Vineet Ahuja

“…Patients of CD/UC following between Dec 2014 and Dec 2015 who consented for bioimpedance analysis for body fat measurement were included. …”
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Effect of Different Cooking Methods on Lipid Content and Fatty Acid Profile of Red Mullet ( Mullus barbatus ) by Francesca Biandolino, Ermelinda Prato, Asia Grattagliano, Isabella Parlapiano

“…The PUFA/SFA ratio was between 0.69 in fried and 1.02 in boiled fish, both being greater than those recommended by the WHO/FAO [2003]. Atherogenicity index value decreased significantly after the cooking particularly in fried fish. …”
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Tackling Disinformation Through Public Administration Recommendations –The Czech Experience by Tomáš Svoboda

“…., administrative decisions) but by issuing recommendations to third parties, who then carry out regulatory interventions. Design/Methodology/Approach: The paper employs qualitative research methodology and a case study approach, focusing on the analysis of the specific situation in the Czech legal environment (including existing case law), which it frames as a broader issue that can be replicated and thus requires a more general solution. …”
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A Cost-Effective and Robust Cell-Based Bioassay Method for Evaluating the Bioactivity of Trastuzumab-like Antibodies by Pooja Bharali, Subhash Chand, Harish Chander

“…The biological activity of different trastuzumab biosimilars was found to be comparable to the WHO primary reference standard of trastuzumab in terms of its relative potency using the IOP assay and binding assay by flow cytometry. …”
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Low Systemic Inflammation Response Index Predicts Good Prognosis in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma Patients Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy by Erkan Topkan, Huseyin Mertsoylu, Ahmet Kucuk, Ali Ayberk Besen, Ahmet Sezer, Duygu Sezen, Yasemin Bolukbasi, Ugur Selek, Berrin Pehlivan

“…Present retrospective cohort analysis investigated consecutive 154 LAPC patients who received radical CRT. The SIRI was defined as: SIRI=neutrophil×monocyte/lymphocyte counts. …”
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Sex uden samtykke ̶ udviklingen i islandsk ret by Ragnheiður Bragadóttir

“…According to par. 2 of Art. 194 GPC, rape also involves the abuse of the situation of a person, who does not have the same capacities as adults generally do to defend themselves against sexual attacks. …”
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Burnout Syndrome among Emergency Physicians and Nurses in Abha and Khamis Mushait Cities, Aseer Region, Southwestern Saudi Arabia by Abdulghani M. Alqahtani, Nabil J. Awadalla, Safar A. Alsaleem, Awad S. Alsamghan, Mohammed Abadi Alsaleem

“…Healthcare professionals who reported a history of taking medications for sleep disorders expressed higher risk for burnout opposed to those with no history of sleep disorder medication (aOR=6.59; 95% CI: 2.08-20.81, p=0.001). …”
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Neonatal outcomes and resuscitation practices following the addition of heart rate-guidance to basic resuscitation. by Jackie K Patterson, Daniel Ishoso, Adrien Lokangaka, Pooja Iyer, Casey Lowman, Joar Eilevstjønn, Ingunn Haug, Beena D Kamath-Rayne, Eric Mafuta, Helge Myklebust, Tracy Nolen, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl Bose, Sara Berkelhamer

“…The increase in death before discharge and unchanged perinatal mortality may be due to resuscitation of newborns with a higher risk of mortality who were previously presumed stillborn. A cluster-randomized trial of heart rate-guided basic resuscitation is needed to evaluate its impact on neonatal mortality in low-resource settings.…”
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Integrating deep learning in public health: a novel approach to PICC-RVT risk assessment by Yue Li, Yue Li, Shengxiao Nie, Lei Wang, Dongsheng Li, Shengmiao Ma, Ting Li, Hong Sun

“…It also seeks to identify key predictive factors for PICC-RVT using these models.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective multi-center cohort study involving 5,272 patients who underwent PICC placement. After preprocessing patient data, the models were trained. …”
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Burden assessment of podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka woreda, east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey, Kenate Bekele, Tsige Amberbir, Geleta Tadele, Abdi Samuel

“…It is prevalent among subsistence barefoot farmers who live and work in highland areas of the tropics. …”
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Insight into Nigeria’s progress towards the universal coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services: a secondary data analysis by Xiaohui Wang, Joy James Mafiana, Xiping Shen, Wenping Hu

“…Analysis was conducted using Excel and the WHO’s Health Equity Assessment Toolkit software.Setting The study setting is Nigeria.Participants Aggregated health service coverage data of women aged 15–49 years and children under 5 years of age.Outcome measures The outcome of interest is the level of coverage of RMNCH services in Nigeria and the difference in equity gaps among subgroups before and after UHC adoption.Results The RMNCH index increased by 6.4% points with a difference of 33.7% points to attain the minimum 80.0% target. …”
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Efficacy, safety, and biomarker analysis of TACE combined with lenvatinib plus sintilimab in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a real-world study by Lingzhan Meng, Hu Li, Yingjie Ji, Peng Yu, Zizheng Wang, Li Cao, Bin Shi, Yanling Shao, Jin Yan, Yinjie Gao, Zhenyu Zhu

“…Methods Unresectable HCC patients who received TACE in combination with sintilimab plus Lenvatinib as first-line treatment from 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2023 were included for the analysis. …”
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES RELATED TO THE DISPOSAL OF EXPIRED AND UNUSED MEDICATIONS IN HOUSEHOLD IN DUHOK CITY, KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ by Najmaldin Ezaldin Hassan, Sonia Khalil

“…Interestingly, 127 (61.95%) of the participants who disposed of medicines in the garbage had formal education. …”
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MRI to digital medicine diagnosis: integrating deep learning into clinical decision-making for lumbar degenerative diseases by Baoyi Ke, Wenyu Ma, Junbo Xuan, Junbo Xuan, Yinghao Liang, Liguang Zhou, Wenyong Jiang, Jing Lin, Guixiang Li

“…A retrospective analysis was conducted on lumbar spine MR images of patients who visited our hospital from January 2017 to January 2022. …”
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Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy and chemotherapy in patients with potentially resectable stage IIIA/IIIB NSCLC: a retrospective study by Yuchen Wang, Xiaobo Ma, Kewei Ma, Xi Chen, Hua He, Xiangye Zhao, Mengge Fan, Yinghui Xu

“…Their clinicopathological characteristics were reviewed and analyzed.ResultsPatients who received NCI had a significantly longer DFS. …”
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“We Argued for a Long Time — Until the Tears of Stress…” (Scientific Controversy in the Community of Russian Logicians on the Pages of Public Press in the Early 20th Century)... by N.Kh. Orlova

“…Povarnin – I.I. Lapshin) and those who had personal grudge against their opponents (I.S. …”
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Microsatellite instability and somatic gene variant profile in solid organ tumors by Ibrahim Halil Erdogdu, Seda Orenay-Boyacioglu, Olcay Boyacioglu, Nesibe Kahraman-Cetin, Habibe Guler, Merve Turan, Ibrahim Meteoglu

“…Material and methods In this study, the records of 192 patients with solid organ tumors who were referred to the Molecular Pathology Laboratory between January 2018 and December 2022 were reviewed retrospectively. …”
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Optimization of treatment and prevention of recurrences of bacterial vaginosis in postmenopausal women by S.O. Ostafiichuk, N.V. Drogomyretska, O.M. Kusa, O.V. Neiko, I.V. Levitsky, N.M. Kinash

“…The study aimed to improve the effectiveness of treatment and prevention of recurrences of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in postmenopausal women. 87 women with BV aged 50 to 65 who received a course of antibacterial therapy with control clinical and laboratory recovery were examined. …”
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