What Drives Responses to Willingness-to-pay Questions? A Methodological Inquiry in the Context of Hypertension Self-management by Billingsley Kaambwa, Stirling Bryan, Emma Frew, Emma Bray, Sheila Greenfield, Richard J McManus

“…**Conclusion:** The majority of hypertensive patients who had taken part in a self-management study were prepared to purchase the self-monitoring equipment using their own funds, more so for men, those with higher incomes and those with greater satisfaction. …”
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Advanced heart failure: guideline‐directed medical therapy, diuretics, inotropes, and palliative care by Daniela Tomasoni, Julie K.K. Vishram‐Nielsen, Matteo Pagnesi, Marianna Adamo, Carlo Mario Lombardi, Finn Gustafsson, Marco Metra

“…Patients with severe HF who received omecamtiv mecarbil experienced a significant treatment benefit, whereas patients without severe HF did not (P = 0.005 for interaction). …”
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A Y-chromosome portrait of the population of Jerba (Tunisia) to elucidate its complex demographic history by Franz Manni, Pascal Leonardi, Étienne Patin, Alain Berrebi, Houssein Khodjet el Khil, Karl Skorecki, Dror Rosengarten, Hassan Rouba, Evelyne Heyer, Marc Fellous

“…We also sampled the Black group living in Jerba but typing ambiguities forced us to exclude it from further analyses.The results suggest a very low degree of genetic differentiation between Jerban Arabs and Berbers, who can be considered genetically, as belonging to the same group. …”
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Short-term follow-up of antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate in treating chronic periprosthetic joint infection during two-stage revision by Xiao Sun, Jun Tan, Lijuan Zhan, Mingkui Sheng, Zhongxin Tang, Lingxiao Wu, Jianzhong Xu, Haijun Ma

“…This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treating chronic knee PJI with and without antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate during two-stage revision surgery.MethodsThis retrospective study analyzed 94 patients with TKA infections who underwent two-stage revision between May 2017 and January 2022 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. …”
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Regimes of dispositivity in the legal regulation of contractual relations by Yu. I. Chalyі

“…The regime of regulation of contractual relations involving individuals who are non-entrepreneurs occupies a middle position between the two above legal regimes and provides for: establishment of a relatively smaller number of legal forms of contracts that may be concluded by citizens; determination of conditions mandatory for the conclusion of contracts in the legislation; consolidation of a general prohibition on unfair contractual terms; establishment of a wider list of contracts subject to notarisation; introduction of judicial control over compliance by the parties with the requirements of the law regarding the validity of contracts, etc. …”
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Unusual Presentation with Orbital Mass in a Child with Precursor B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Lalita Sathitsamitphong, Rungrote Natesirinilkul, Worawut Choeyprasert, Pimlak Charoenkwan

“…We described a 3-year-old girl who presented with progressive proptosis of the right eye and was later diagnosed with precursor B-cell ALL. …”
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Quantitative Examination of Dialectal Perception in the Vicinity of the Kaunas Lagoon by Žydrūnas Šidlauskas

“… The article analyses two poles of dialectal data: the subjective one (emic) and the objective one(etic). 50 hours of recorded interviews with 52 inhabitants who were evicted from the Nẽmunas valley in the 1950s when the Kaũnas Hydroelectric Power Plant was being built (the Kaũnas Lagoon was formed by flooding the Nẽmunas Valley) are analysed. …”
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App-Based Tele Ophthalmology: A Novel Method of Rural Eye Care Delivery Connecting Tertiary Eye Care Center and Vision Centers in India by Anthony Vipin Das, Shravani Mididoddi, Priyanka Kammari, Navya Deepthi Davara, Abhinav Loomba, Rohit Khanna, Mukesh Taneja

“…This is a retrospective review of all patients who required a tele-ophthalmology consultation from January 2017 to August 2018. …”
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Poor quality of life in indian ankylosing spondylitis patients by Latika Gupta, Sakir Ahmed, Gautam Dhar Choudhury, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal

“…BASDAI correlated negatively with the physical, psychological and environmental domains (P < 0.05), while BASFI and BASMI did not. In all 4 domains of WHO-BREF, scores for AS were significantly less as compared to healthy controls [P < 0.0001] or even to rheumatoid arthritis [P < 0.01]. …”
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The role of multifocal visual evoked potential in detection of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis by Reem M. Sabry, Osama Hamad, Hossam Eldin Mohamed Khalil, Sahar Ibrahim Mohammed, Ragaey Ahmad Eid, Hanan Hosny

“…Methods Forty-five patients with compensated hepatic cirrhosis were enrolled in our study and compared to 45 normal controls who were matched for age, sex and educational level. …”
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Condom use in deaf young people from Mexico City: what they know and how they use it by Silvia Susana Robles-Montijo, Yuma Yoaly Pérez-Bautista

“…Results: The main findings show that young people start their sexual life at an early age (17 years on average), have sex without using a condom, do not have adequate knowledge about how to use a condom, and those who reported using it made mistakes that were associated with breakage and slippage. …”
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Incidence rate and associated patient characteristics of liver disease in Wales 2004–2022: a retrospective population-scale observational study by Ashley Akbari, Andrew Yeoman, Haroon Ahmed, Jingwei Gao, Aled Davies, Thomas Peter Ignatius Pembroke

“…Objective To describe the incidence and key demographic, socioeconomic and clinical characteristics of individuals with liver disease in Wales.Design and setting This study is designed as a retrospective observational study that linked data of anonymised identified individuals from primary, secondary care and mortality data from the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank in Wales.Participants All Welsh residents who registered with a SAIL-contributing general practitioner (GP) and diagnosed with liver disease from 2004 to 2022.Primary and secondary outcome measures Our primary outcome is the annual age-standardised incidence rate of liver disease. …”
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Modern methods and means of physical culture in the rehabilitation of various population groups: a systematic review by Marina Jagiello, Marc Lochbaum

“…The study emphasizes the need for continuous innovation and comprehensive training of specialists who integrate physical and psychological rehabilitation strategies.…”
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Real-time mechanism-based interventions for daily alcohol challenges: Protocol for ecological momentary assessment and intervention by Shuyan Liu, Matthias Haucke, Rika Groß, Kay Schneider, Jaekyung Shin, Fabian Arntz, Patrick Bach, Tobias Banaschewski, Christian Beste, Lorenz Deserno, Ulrich Ebner-Priemer, Tanja Endrass, Marvin Ganz, Ali Ghadami, Marco Giurgiu, Andreas Heinz, Falk Kiefer, Reinhold Kliegl, Bernd Lenz, Marta Anna Marciniak, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas B. Neubauer, Michael Rapp, Michael N. Smolka, Jens Strehle, Rainer Spanagel, Gianna Spitta, Heike Tost, Henrik Walter, Hilmar Zech, Dominic Reichert, Markus Reichert

“…Methods We will target 180 individuals aged 18 to 70 in Germany who report loneliness, alcohol cravings, and meet risk or binge drinking criteria (over 14 standard drinks per week or five drinks in a single day for males, and over seven drinks per week or four drinks in a single day for females). …”
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An updated overview of Juvenile systemic sclerosis in a French cohort by Léa Jacquel, Rouba Bechara, Joëlle Terzic, Anne-Cécile Rameau, Emmanuel Chatelus, Linda Rossi-Semerano, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Ulrich Meinzer, Irène Lemelle, Charlotte Rebelle, Diego Urbina, Pascal Pillet, Pauline Choquet, Jad El Maamari, Ariane Zaloszyc, SOFREMIP

“…Interestingly, we found a high sensitivity of the ACR / EULAR criteria for diagnosing jSSc in our cohort with 83% of patients meeting these criteria, except for 3 children who presented with overlap syndromes. Despite the frequent use of corticosteroids at the onset, no deaths or renal crises were reported. …”
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Teachers implementing Zimbabwean sign language regulatory frameworks for deaf learners in special schools by Reward Kwashira

“…Despite teachers reporting difficulties with sign language fluency and inadequate understanding of Deaf culture and pedagogy, the study found a disconnect between teachers' expressed needs and the perspectives of district-level officials, who often did not perceive additional training as necessary. …”
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Psychological care service for children and adolescents convalescing from COVID-19 in Villa Clara by Addys Pérez Fernández, Isaac Irán Cabrera Ruiz, Miguel Ángel Toledo Méndez, Ariadna Martínez Requeiro

“…Recognizing it implies the need for evaluation, monitoring and intervention, especially when it comes to infants who have suffered from the disease and require comprehensive pediatric care.…”
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Long-term outcomes of corneal transplantation: a review of 8,378 patients by Mohammad Nasser Hashemian, Mohammad Javad Zia, Masoud Khorrami-Nejad, Qaysser Sattar Abed, Hesam Hashemian

“…Methods Utilizing a comprehensive dataset from the hospital’s Hospital Information System, the study reviewed the records of 8,378 patients who underwent corneal transplants between 2009 and 2022. …”
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The Role of Interpersonal Relationships in Adolescents' Suicidal Behavior: A Qualitative Analysis of Semi-Structured Interviews by N.A. Polskaya, D.K. Yakubovskaya, D.A. Sharova, A.Ya. Basova

“… <p>This article presents the results of a qualitative analysis based on semi-structured interviews conducted with adolescents (n=13, aged 13&ndash;17), who were admitted to an inpatient psychiatric facility after attempted suicide. …”
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Il carteggio fra Felice Casorati e Angelo Genocchi: rinnovamento scientifico e nuovi approcci didattici nell’Italia post-unitaria - The correspondence between F. Casorati and A. G... by Arrigo Pisati

“…Recent historiography, which also agrees with the opinion of Vito Volterra, brings out a portrait of Casorati as a man who “lived almost exclusively for his pupils and his school”. …”
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