Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease – A multicenter observational study from India by Sham Santhanam, Pravin Patil, Mohit Goyal, C B Mithun, Parthajit Das, Kavitha Mohanasundaram, Neeraj Jain, Vijaya Prasanna, Keerthi Talari, Himanshu Pathak, Parshant Aggarwal, Deepika Ponnuru, Vikram Raj Jain, Sharath Kumar

“…Methods: Adult outpatients with CTD-ILD and interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF), who were seen at the 12 participating rheumatology centers at least once in the preceding 6 months, were recruited and information was retrieved from their medical records. …”
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Preface by CTA Editorial Board

“…He was one of the first scientists of the Ural State University who managed to go on an internship abroad, to Professor P. …”
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The value of exosomes suppressor of cytokine signaling 1， speckled protein 140 and calcyclin binding protein expressions in peritoneal dialysis effluent in the diagnosis of periton... by Han Xiao-li, Wang Jia-wei, Wei Zhi-feng, Wang Lin-lin, Guo Bao-zhu, Cao Yan-chun, Jin Yu-jie, Liu Sheng-jun

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the value of suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 （SOCS1）， speckled protein 140 （SP140）， calcyclin binding protein （CacyBP） expressions in peritoneal dialysis effluent in the diagnosis of peritoneal fibrosis （PF）.MethodsA total of 90 patients with end-stage renal disease who underwent peritoneal dialysis in the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University from November 1， 2021 to September 30， 2023 were selected as study subjects. …”
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Mortality trends and disparities for coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease: A retrospective analysis of deaths in the United States from 1999-... by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Wania Sultan, Ajeet Singh, Abdullah, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Zubair Amin, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar, Rozi Khan, Wael AlJaroudi

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This study analyzed death certificates from the CDC WONDER database for individuals aged 25 and older who died between 1999 and 2020 with both CVD (ICD I00-I99) and COPD (ICD J41-J44). …”
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Intelligent measurement of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis x-ray coronal imaging parameters based on VB-Net neural network: a retrospective analysis of 2092 cases by Jinlong Liu, Haoran Zhang, Pei Dong, Danyang Su, Zhen Bai, Yuanbo Ma, Qiuju Miao, Shenyu Yang, Shuaikun Wang, Xiaopeng Yang

“…Methods Retrospective analysis of 3192 patients aged 8–18 years who had a full-length orthopantomogram of the spine and were diagnosed with AIS at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2019 to March 2024. …”
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Liraglutide Decreases Liver Fat Content and Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels in Newly Diagnosed Overweight Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseas... by Xinyue Li, Xiaojuan Wu, Yumei Jia, Jing Fu, Lin Zhang, Tao Jiang, Jia Liu, Guang Wang

“…FGF21 levels significantly decreased in patients who had a significant decrease in liver fat content (≥29%) (95% CI: -262.8, -55.1, P=0.006); however, there was no significant change in the patients without a significant decrease in liver fat content (<29%) (95% CI: -60.0, 54.1, P=0.899). …”
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Internalizing and externalizing symptoms in individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Dan Liu, Liyan Yu, Xian Wu, Julia Moreira, Benjamin Felipe Mujica, Elora Shelly Mukhopadhyay, Angelena Novotney, André B. Rietman, Yang Hou

“…Studies that included more participants with NF1 who had ADHD or a lower verbal IQ reported greater group disparities in total internalizing symptoms or aggression. …”
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Assessment of anthropometric measurements and body composition of selected beginner South West Ethiopian soccer players by Esayas Haılu, Daniel Kıbret

“…In so doing, three soccer teams were selected by employing a cluster sampling techniques that consisted of a total forty eight players, and those who attended less than seventeen years of age. Depending on their playing position players were classified in to four categories as goalkeeper (GK), defense (DF), midfielder (MF) and striker (SK). …”
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Development of a machine learning-based prediction model for extremely rapid decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic kidney disease: a retrospectiv... by Shingo Fukuma, Yukio Yuzawa, Daijo Inaguma, Hiroki Hayashi, Ryosuke Yanagiya, Akira Koseki, Toshiya Iwamori, Michiharu Kudo

“…It is clinically important to identify patients who have high risk for eGFR decline. We aimed to identify clusters of patients with extremely rapid eGFR decline and develop a prediction model using a machine learning approach.Design Retrospective single-centre cohort study.Settings Tertiary referral university hospital in Toyoake city, Japan.Participants A total of 5657 patients with CKD with baseline eGFR of 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 and eGFR decline of ≥30% within 2 years.Primary outcome Our main outcome was extremely rapid eGFR decline. …”
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Novel prehospital lactate cut-off estimation for mortality: a multicentre observational study by Ancor Sanz-García, Carlos del Pozo Vegas, Daniel Zalama-Sánchez, Raúl López-Izquierdo, Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Pedro Ángel de Santos Castro, Eduardo Silva Alvarado, Santos Gracia Villar, Luis Alonso Dzul López, Silvia Aparicio Obregón, Rubén Calderon Iglesias

“…The mortality rate in patients who were less than 3.71 mmol/L was 0.004%, and that above that cut-off was 18%.Conclusions This study established a real-world lactate cut-off for 2-day in-hospital mortality of 3.71 mmol/L (95% CI 2.92 to 3.91) on the basis of data from the EMS. …”
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The Phenomenon of Islamophobia in Germany on Indonesian Online News Sites 2018-2023 by Balkis Nur Azizah, Abdul Muntaqim Al Anshory, Adul Leesen

“…Islamophobia does not only occur among non-Muslims but Islamophobia is also experienced by Muslims who do not agree with their thoughts. Islamophobia is a psychological symptom that sufferers experience when they encounter Muslims. …”
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The Risk Factors of Self-Management Behavior among Chinese Stroke Patients by Huang Shuqi, Li Siqin, Wu Xiaoyan, Yang Rong, Zhao Lihong

“…Besides, patients with a high educational level who accept health education before discharge may also have better self-management behavior. …”
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Understanding Individual Differences in Happiness Sources and Implications for Health Technology Design: Exploratory Analysis of an Open Dataset by Edel Ennis, Raymond Bond, Maurice Mulvenna, Colm Sweeney

“…For marital status, differences in sources of happiness were predominantly between married individuals and those who are divorced or separated, but these were the same for both sexes. …”
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Correlation of intracranial and extracranial carotid atherosclerotic plaque characteristics with ischemic stroke recurrence: a high-resolution vessel wall imaging study by Shengyu Shao, Tianle Wang, Li Zhu, Yin Gao, Xian Fan, Yu Lu, Chengqun Qian, Manyu Zhang, Jinhua Qian

“…ObjectivesTo evaluate the ability of the plaque characteristics of extracranial carotid and intracranial arteries to predict large atherosclerotic ischemic stroke recurrence via head and neck combined high-resolution vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI).MethodsThis prospective cohort study included 169 patients with large atherosclerotic ischemic stroke who underwent head and neck combined HR-VWI from April 2022 to May 2023. …”
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A study of disability and socio-economic impact of mental morbidities from the state of Madhya Pradesh, India by Vijender Singh, Roshan F. Sutar, Suruchi Gupta, Abhijit P. Pakhare, Arun M. Kokane, B. A. Aravind, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao

“…The Sheehan Disability Scale and socio-economic impact of illness (from selected questions from WHO-Disability Assessment Schedule-2.0) were used to assess mental morbidity and the subjective reporting of disability. …”
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Correlation analysis between preoperative odontoid incidence and clinical outcomes 2 years after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion by Yan Gong, Hao Liu, Yanchi Gan, Jiahui He, Zelin Zhou, Hang Zhuo, Yu Liu, De Liang, Hui Ren, Xiaobing Jiang, Zhaojun Cheng

“…Methods A retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 87 patients with CSM who underwent ACDF surgery from January 2018 to December 2023 was conducted. …”
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Kiwifruit and Kiwifruit Extracts for Treatment of Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohamed Eltorki, Russell Leong, Elyanne M. Ratcliffe

“…Eligible studies enrolled participants with constipation who were randomized to receive kiwifruit or kiwifruit extracts vs. any nonkiwifruit control. …”
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Preoperative immunochemotherapy versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with stage I–IIIB small-cell lung cancer by Linhai Zhu, Jiacong Liu, Xuhua Huang, Jian Hu

“…Methods This investigation collected 53 consecutive patients diagnosed with LS-SCLC spanning stage I to IIIB who underwent preoperative immunochemotherapy or conventional chemotherapy at our hospital from January 2019 to July 2021. …”
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Authors of Lithuanian books in the first part of 19th century by Aušra Navickienė

“…In this period of seventy years, a new generation of Lithuanian book writers emerged, who essentially renovated the repertoire of Lithuanian literary production and introduced, for the first time, great masterpieces of world literature. …”
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Interacciones docente-estudiantes y maltrato infantil: análisis microgenético desde la perspectiva sociocultural/ Teacher-Student Interactions and Child Abuse: Microgenetic Analysi... by María Natalia Rodríguez, Julian David Torres, Mónica Roncancio

“…We used the idiographic approach to characterize the case study of Martina, a first-grade teacher, through microgenetic analysis; who from her pedagogical practice and the design of a workshop aimed at preventing abuse provided us with elements to characterize the significations she has built on child abuse. …”
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