The Frequency of Clinic Visits Was Not Associated with Medication Adherence or Outcome in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by Cheryl Kluthe, Jenkin Tsui, Donald Spady, Matthew Carroll, Eytan Wine, Hien Quoc Huynh

“…Duration of disease was the only independent factor found to be associated with a reduction in blood work and immunomodulator adherence (“OR 0.86 and 95% CI: 0.74–0.99” and “OR 0.82 and 95% CI: 0.71–0.97”) per year, respectively. Patients who remained corticosteroid-free in the 6 months after the 2 years’ adherence review had an overall median medication adherence rate of 86% compared to only 53% for those who relapsed and required corticosteroids (p=0.01). …”
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Clinical Comorbidities and Videourodynamic Characteristics of Dysfunctional Voiding in Women by Cheng-Ling Lee, Yuan-Hong Jiang, Jia-Fong Jhang, Tien-Lin Chang, Jing-Hui Tian, Hann-Chorng Kuo

“…<b>Purpose:</b> The current study aimed to investigate the clinical comorbidities and urodynamic characteristics of a large cohort of women with dysfunctional voiding (DV) validated on a videourodynamic study (VUDS). <b>Methods:</b> Women who presented with VUDS-confirmed DV from 1998 to 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Hybrid optimization of EDLP and high-low pricing strategies by Hamed Karimi

“…However, as retail applications scale up, the computational complexity becomes more challenging, necessitating the use of the Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO) algorithm. The GWO algorithm effectively balances computational efficiency with solution quality, making it a robust approach for large-scale problems. …”
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Are men's gender equality beliefs associated with self-reported intimate partner violence perpetration? A state-level analysis of California men. by Kalysha Closson, Nicole E Johns, Anita Raj

“…We assessed IPV perpetration in the last year by asking a) whether men committed any form of violence in the last year (physical violence, use or threat of violence with a weapon, sexual violence) and b) among those who reported committing violence, who they committed violence against. …”
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Area Studies at the Modern University: Experience in Studying International Communication Strategies by O. A. Nesterova, O. L. Solodkova

“…We examine the work of the Russian Indologist, scholar, journalist, publicist and professor Leonid Mitrokhin (1934-2002), winner of the Nehru Award (1985), who worked for over a decade in India and devoted his entire life to studying South and Central Asia. …”
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Evaluation of the digital diabetes prevention programme pilot: uncontrolled mixed-methods study protocol by William Henley, Elizabeth Murray, Kerry Daff, Anthi Lavida, Jenny Irwin, Jonathan Valabhji

“…The primary outcomes are reduction in HbA1c and weight (for people with NDH) and reduction in weight (for people who are overweight or obese) at 12 months. Secondary outcomes include use of the intervention, satisfaction, physical activity, patient activation and resources needed for successful implementation. …”
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Anemia during pregnancy and adverse maternal outcomes in Georgia-A birth registry-based cohort study. by Natia Skhvitaridze, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Tinatin Manjavidze, Tormod Brenn, Erik Eik Anda, Charlotta Rylander

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We used data from the Georgian Birth Registry and included pregnant women who delivered between January 1, 2019, and August 31, 2022 (n = 158,668). …”
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An Assessment of Usual Salt Intake among Older Normotensive Adults in Atonsu, a Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana by Rufai Safianu, Jacob Plange-Rhule

“…Eighty-two individuals gave their informed consent. Out of the 82 who gave their informed consent, 15 withdrew and 67 completed the course. …”
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Predictors of Recurrence After Curative Surgery for Stage I Colon Cancer: Retrospective Cohort Analysis of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology Colorectal Cancer Network Collab... by Giulia Turri, MD, Luigi Martinelli, MD, Daniela Rega, MD, Nicolò Tamini, MD, Lucia Paiano, MD, Simona Deidda, MD, QuocRiccardo Bao, MD, Laura Lorenzon, MD, PhD, Raffaele De Luca, MD, Caterina Foppa, MD, PhD, Valentina Mari, MD, Giovanni Taffurelli, MD, Arcangelo Picciariello, MD, PhD, Patrizia Marsanic, MD, Leandro Siragusa, MD, Francesco Bagolini, MD, Riccardo Nascimbeni, MD, Gianluca Rizzo, MD, PhD, Sara Vertaldi, MD, Michele Zuolo, MD, Giorgio Bianchi, MD, Lisa Marie Rorato, MD, Rossella Reddavid, MD, PhD, Gaetano Gallo, MD, PhD, Lorenzo Crepaz, MD, Alberto Di Leo, MD, Mario Trompetto, MD, Enrico Potenza, MD, Mauro Santarelli, MD, Nicola de’Angelis, MD, PhD, Francesco Ciarleglio, MD, Marco Milone, MD, PhD, Claudio Coco, MD, Guido Alberto Tiberio, MD, Gabriele Anania, MD, Giuseppe S. Sica, MD, PhD, Andrea Muratore, MD, Donato Francesco Altomare, MD, Isacco Montroni, MD, PhD, Maurizio De Luca, MD, Antonino Spinelli, MD, PhD, Michele Simone, MD, Roberto Persiani, MD, Gaya Spolverato, MD, Angelo Restivo, MD, Nicolò de Manzini, MD, Marco Braga, MD, Paolo Delrio, MD, Giuseppe Verlato, MD, PhD, Corrado Pedrazzani, MD, Adriana Gioia, Cristina Vacca, Dario Parini, Giovanni Tomasicchio, Marcello Calabrò, Bruno Sensi, Filomena Misuriello, Carlo Alberto Schena, Silvia Picotto

“…This is a retrospective multicenter cohort study considering patients who underwent surgery at 25 Italian centers between 2010 and 2019, with a minimum follow-up of 24 months. …”
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Risk of residual/recurrent cervical diseases in HPV-positive women post-conization depends on HPV integration status by Wenyu Lin, Yuxuan Huang, Yan Zhang, Lixiang Huang, Hongning Cai, Guanxiang Huang, Ye Li, Qiaoyu Zhang, Huifeng Xue, Binhua Dong, Pengming Sun

“…Abstract Background It is crucial to identify post-operative patients with HPV infection who are at high risk for residual/recurrent disease. …”
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Telehealth group intervention for adolescents and young adults with cancer: a feasibility pilot study protocol by Sherilynn F. Chan, Joanna Patten, Nancy Lau

“…Aim 1 is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention for all patients who participate in groups in their clinical care. …”
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Neuromuscular monitoring and incidence of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade: a prospective observational study by Alessandra Piersanti, Rossella Garra, Fabio Sbaraglia, Miryam Del Vicario, Rosa Lamacchia, Marco Rossi

“…Results RNMB occurred in 5 (5%) patients who had received only one dose of NMBA at induction of anesthesia. …”
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The effect of educational intervention through sending emails on improving physical posture in female computer users of Eastern Iran: a quasi-experiment study by Zahra Hosseini, Arash Ziapour, Arash Ziapour, Seyyede Fateme Rahimi, Fatemeh Dalake, Murat Yıldırım, Murat Yıldırım

“…In the IG, 44 subjects (73.30%) who needed ergonomic intervention (a score above 5) were reduced to 10 subjects (16.70%) with a need for ergonomic intervention. …”
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Knowledge and motivations of researchers publishing in presumed predatory journals: a survey by David Moher, Agnes Grudniewicz, Kelly D Cobey, Manoj M Lalu, Danielle B Rice, Hana Raffoul

“…The survey also asked six open-ended items about researchers' motivations and experiences.Participants Using Beall’s lists, we identified two groups of individuals who had published empirical articles in biomedical journals that were presumed to be predatory.Results Eighty-two authors partially responded (~14% response rate (11.4%[44/386] from the initial sample, 19.3%[38/197] from second sample) to our survey. …”
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Modelling Methodology as the Basis for Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Approach in the Training of Students of Pedagogical Specialties by E. A. Perminov, V. A. Testov

“…Also, the research findings might be useful for both theorists of education and for teachers, who are engaged in professional training of students of pedagogical specialties, and all those who are interested in the further development of educational system.…”
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Block of personal formation of the heads of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine indicators characteristics by Y. Y. Boiko-Buzyl

“…In the second stage, it was studied statistically significant differences in the characteristics of professional and personal development of managers compared to employees who do not perform managerial functions, for which the procedure of analysis of variance was used, namely one-way analysis of variance by the Fisher method. …”
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Evaluation of quality policies and strategies in health systems: a scoping review by Zenewton André da Silva Gama, Márcia Cunha da Silva Pellense, Pedro Jesús Saturno Hernández, Anna Cláudia Sales Gomes Caldas

“…The findings were synthesised using a data extraction protocol adapted from two theoretical frameworks on National Quality Policies and Strategies proposed by the WHO.Results The data search resulted in 133 potentially eligible studies, of which 14 studies were included in the review. …”
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Development of a guide for continuous positive airway pressure use - A good fit: Making continuous positive airway pressure work for you by Adeel Meraj, Lauren Koep, Muhammad R. Baig

“…However, these options are not readily available to veterans in rural areas, who constitute about 40% of veterans registered in the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS)…”
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Effects of early supplemental parenteral nutrition on new-onset infection in adults with acute severe stroke: a single-center retrospective case–control study by Chen Ma, Zhirong Fan, Xuan Wang, Bian Li, Jingjing Zhao, Xiaogang Kang, Wen Jiang, Fang Yang

“…Forty control patients in the EN group who received full EN were matched by age, sex and lesion site. …”
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Association of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width With Carotid–Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity in a Southern Chinese Population by Xing Yu, Yali Huang, Yunyun Su, Liangdi Xie

“…This correlation persisted particularly among the elderly, hypertensive patients who were not taking medication, and those who were taking medication but had poor control. …”
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