Patients’ Perspectives on the Preference for the Gender of Medical Professionals in Perioperative Care and Attitudes Toward Anaesthesiologists: A Cross-sectional Study by Usha Devi, Minnu Panditrao, Shilpa Bansal

“…The questionnaire was administered to patients who attended the preanaesthesia clinic for preanaesthesia assessment. …”
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A comparison of applicant and accepted student characteristics to research training programs with implications for recruitment and selection strategy by Young-Hee Cho, Young-Hee Cho, Chi-Ah Chun, Chi-Ah Chun, Hector Ramos, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Kim-Phuong L. Vu, Kim-Phuong L. Vu

“…Its second aim was to investigate whether applicants who were accepted to the programs using a holistic selection process differed in academic discipline, demographics, and psychosocial characteristics from applicants who were not accepted.MethodsInformation on students’ majors, race/ethnicity, and gender was obtained from the university records or applications submitted by students. …”
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Oakland score to identify low-risk patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding performs well among emergency department patients by Daniel D. DiLena, Sean C. Bouvet, Madeline J. Somers, Maqdooda A. Merchant, Theodore R. Levin, Adina S. Rauchwerger, Dana R. Sax

“…Abstract Background The Oakland Score predicts risk of 30-day adverse events among hospitalized patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) possibly identifying patients who may be safe for discharge. The Oakland Score has not been studied among emergency department (ED) patients with LGIB. …”
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Finding Ways to Lift Barriers to Care for Chronic Pain Patients: Outcomes of Using Internet-Based Self-Management Activities to Reduce Pain and Improve Quality of Life by Kevin Rod

“…To evaluate the impact of Internet-based patient self-management education and activities on patients’ pain, anxiety, and quality of life in patients who could not access multidisciplinary pain management. …”
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Social determinants of mental health in asthma: an exploratory study by Sarah A. Hiles, Sarah A. Hiles, Hayley Lewthwaite, Hayley Lewthwaite, Vanessa L. Clark, Vanessa L. Clark, Anne E. Vertigan, Anne E. Vertigan, Anne E. Vertigan, Amber Smith, Amber Smith, Vanessa M. McDonald, Vanessa M. McDonald, Vanessa M. McDonald

“…Compared to participants currently working full- or part-time, those who were not working or studying due to their health had worse depressive symptoms and those who were not working for other reasons such as retirement had greater resilience.DiscussionAs in the general population, age, sex and employment/student status were associated with components of mental health in people with asthma. …”
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Blockchain technology adoption strategies for the shipping costs bearer in the fresh product supply chain by Weisi Zhang, Lin Wu, Lulu Ji

“…Using game theory, the paper attempts to explore who should bear the shipping costs (supplier or retailer), clarifying the shipping costs bear’s blockchain adoption strategy. …”
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The relationship between self-perception of smile aesthetics and personality traits of university students: A cross-sectional study by Claudia Denisse Piscoche-Rodríguez, Livia Sonia Zambrano de la Peña, Maria Eugenia Guerrero, Dian Agustin Wahjuningrum, Novaldy Wahjudianto, Karissa Navita Saragih

“…Besides, 96.6 % of those who obtained a high score in personality traits had a positive self-perception. …”
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A History of The Six-Year Primary Project in the Use of Yoruba as the Medium of Primary Education by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“…Maintaining one’s language allows one to strengthen relationships with family and community members who perhaps do not speak English (or the majority language) or who prefer to speak in their native language. …”
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Determination of growth, leaf yield, quality and safety of potted Ocimum gratissimum L. cultivated using different fertilizer types by Nneka Angela Okoli, Elozonachukwu Stella Maris Udoh, Chukwudi Michael Lambert

“…Research Highlights • Organic and inorganic fertilizers can be used to amend the soil • Organic and inorganic fertilizers contain heavy metals • Crops absorb heavy metals and heavy metals above FAO/WHO permissible value makes the crop unsafe • Compost showed superiority in improving growth and yield of scent leaf above other fertilizers • Concentration of heavy metals in scent leaf grown with compost was below FAO/WHO permissible value  …”
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Polybrominated Dibenzo-p-dioxins/Furans (PBDD/Fs) and Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Indoor and Outdoor of Gymnasiums by Ching-Kai Su, Jian-He Lu, How-Ran Chao, Wei-Hsiang Chang, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Chih-Lung Wang, I-Cheng Lu, Yu-Ting Chang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang, Wan-Nurdiyana-Wan Mansor, Yi-Chyun Hsu, Ying-I Tsai, Shang-Ming Ma

“…The results showed that indoor-dust, indoor PM2.5, and outdoor PM2.5 levels of PBDD/Fs were 37.8 ± 13.7 pg WHO2005-TEQ g–1 and 0.00650 ± 0.00340 and 0.00469 ± 0.00101 pg WHO2005-TEQ m–3, respectively, in the gyms, while for PBDEs, they were 2670 ± 2330 ng g–1 and 9.54 ± 4.68, and 8.27 ± 3.46 pg m–3. …”
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Prospective Study of Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy for Cervical Radiculopathy in Absenceof Myelopathy by Umesh D. Jain, Amol Gowaikar, Pradip Patil, Uday Ghate, Rishabh Nair

“…Methods: This was a prospective and multicentric study including patients of cervical monoradiculopathy, who underwent PCF surgery in the “department of orthopedics,” between October 2020 and November 2022. …”
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Mid-term outcome and quality of life after Bentall procedure: single-center experience by I. O. Stetsyuk, L. R. Stetsiuk, B. M. Todurov, I. Yu. Mokryk, V. I. Zaviiskyi, I. P. Nechai, V. B. Demyanchuk, O. V. Zelenchuk

“… The aim – to evaluate the mid-term results and quality of life of patients who underwent Bentall procedure. Materials and methods. …”
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A longitudinal blended learning curriculum for bedside ultrasound education in pulmonary and critical care fellowship by Harry Kuperstein, Kunal Gada, Werda Alam, Sahar Ahmad

“…Performance on these same evaluation measures was compared between learners who completed a traditionally designed curriculum, which contained a formal in-person didactic course, and learners who completed a blended learning curriculum covering the same learning objectives. …”
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Class 3 Obesity in a Multidisciplinary Metabolic Weight Management Program: The Effect of Preexisting Type 2 Diabetes on 6-Month Weight Loss by David M. Medveczky, Raymond Kodsi, Kathryn Skelsey, Kathy Grudzinskas, Flavia Bueno, Vincent Ho, Nic Kormas, Milan K. Piya

“…Results. Of the 180 patients who entered the program, 53.3% had T2DM at baseline. …”
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The epidemiology of Hepatitis B, C and D in Germany: A scoping review. by Gyde Steffen, Ida Sperle, Siv Aina Leendertz, Navina Sarma, Sandra Beermann, Roma Thamm, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann, Sandra Dudareva

“…To meet the world Health Organization (WHO) viral hepatitis (VH) elimination goals, a national strategy was developed by the German government in 2016. …”
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Comparison of Toric and Spherical Orthokeratology Lenses in Patients with Astigmatism by Jun Jiang, Lili Lian, Feifu Wang, Ling Zhou, Xuhong Zhang, E. Song

“…The toric group comprised 25 subjects (25 eyes, 11 M, 14 F; age, 10.67 ± 1.46 years) who were fitted with toric orthokeratology lenses. …”
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Body mass index, proteinuria and total lymphocyte counts in predicting treatment responses among ART naïve individuals with HIV initiated on antiretroviral treatment in Dar es Sala... by Ellen Hertzmark, Patricia Munseri, Lazaro Jassely, Basil Tumaini

“…At 6 months of follow-up, 89.4% (76/85) of participants with sustained weight gain were virally suppressed compared with 31.8% (7/22) with sustained loss, p<0.001. In participants who were lymphopaenic at baseline, an increase to normal total lymphocyte counts at 6 months was associated with an increase in CD4 count compared with participants who remained lymphopaenic, 96.2% (50/52) versus 54.8% (17/31), p<0.001. …”
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Therapeutic drug monitoring and neutralizing anti-drug antibody detection to optimize TNF-alpha inhibitor treatment for uveitis by Howard C. Chen, Jenny Shunyakova, Amit K. Reddy, Srujay Pandiri, Lynn Hassman

“…BackgroundAdalimumab taken every other week is an effective treatment in patients with chronic refractory uveitis. Patients who have a suboptimal response to this treatment may suffer from recurrent inflammation and vision loss. …”
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The Novel Histological Prostatic Inflammation Score Helps Defining the Association Between Stromal and Glandular Inflammation with the Risk of Prostate Cancer at Prostate Biopsy by Ugo Giovanni Falagario, Francesca Sanguedolce, Angelo Cormio, Antonella Ninivaggi, Marco Finati, Francesco Guzzi, Gian Maria Busetto, Carlo Bettocchi, Daniele Castellani, Giuseppe Carrieri, Luigi Cormio

“…PIS 1 included patients who scored G 0–1/A 0–1, PIS 2 those who scored G 2–3/A 0–1, and PIS 3 included those who scored G 0–3/A 2–3. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Food Handlers in Mettu Town, Southwest Ethiopia by Solomon Yeshanew, Melaku Tadege, Abdulhakim Abamecha

“…The multivariable logistic regression indicated that the risk to be infected with intestinal parasites were related with older age (p ≤ 0.032), food handlers who had no hand wash practices (p ≤ 0.033), who had no food handling and preparation training (p ≤ 0.005), poor personal hygiene (p ≤ 0.0001), who had not taken regular medical checkup (p ≤ 0.008), and whose nail was not trimmed (p ≤ 0.0001). …”
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