Reliability of the electronic patient reported outcome measures for assessing xerostomia, dysphagia and quality of life in Spanish patients with head and neck cancer: a randomised... by Mario Lozano-Lozano, Maria Lopez-Garzon, Paula Cuadrado-Guerrero, Paula Postigo-Martin, Carolina Fernández-Lao, Isabel Tovar-Martín, Noelia Galiano-Castillo

“…Analysis over time exhibited from good to excellent (0.81–0.93) test–retest stability for the majority of outcome measures. …”
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Risk Factors for Stiffness After Fixation of Tibial Tubercle Fractures: A Multicenter Study From the TITUS Group by Konstantin Brnjoš, MD, O. Folorunsho Edobor-Osula, MD, MPH, John S. Blanco, MD, Lindsay M. Crawford, MD, Dustin A. Greenhill, MD, FAOA, Alexander H. Griffith, BS, Neil K. Kaushal, MD, David M. Kell, BA, Abhi Rashiwala, MD, John A. Schlechter, DO, Evelyn S. Thomas, DO, Haley N. Tornberg, BS, Brendan A. Williams, MD, Neeraj M. Patel, MD, MPH, MBS

“…Given the rare nature of this fracture, little data exist to help identify risk factors for this complication. …”
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Radiomics to predict outcomes and abscopal response of patients with cancer treated with immunotherapy combined with radiotherapy using a validated signature of CD8 cells by Jean-Charles Soria, Charles Ferte, Christophe Massard, Roger Sun, Guillaume Louvel, Eric Deutsch, Benjamin Frey, Markus Hecht, Rainer Fietkau, Nora Sundahl, Florian Putz, Andrea Lancia, Angela Rouyar, Marina Milic, Alexandre Carré, Enzo Battistella, Emilie Alvarez Andres, Stéphane Niyoteka, Edouard Romano, Jérôme Durand-Labrunie, Sophie Bockel, Rastilav Bahleda, Charlotte Robert, Celine Boutros, Maria Vakalopoulou, Nikos Paragios, Piet Ost, Udo Gaipl

“…We also evaluated differences between irradiated and non-irradiated lesions.Methods Clinical data from patients with advanced solid tumors in six independent clinical studies of IORT were investigated. …”
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The Reliability of a Novel Structured Testing Device for Single-breath Lung Carbon Monoxide Uptake: A Randomized Comparison Crossover Study by Shihua Yao, Tuping Fu, Kuiqing Lin, Zhongping Wu, Shubing Chen, Liping Zhong, Beilan Shen, Yanqing Xie, Jiaying An, Xudong Wang, Wenting Liu, Xinxin Yu, Jinping Zheng, Yi Gao

“…Results D LCO ‘s Bland-Altman plot showed 95.0% of data points within the 95% CI, with a CCC of 0.988. …”
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Outpatient Virtual Care Among People Living With and Beyond Cancer From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds in Australia: A Protocol for a Realist Evaluation by Prince Peprah, Sagda Osman, Rebecca Mitchell, Ashfaq Chauhan, Ramya Walsan, Maryam Sina, Bronwyn Newman, Nadine El‐Kabbout, Jan Mumford, Emilie Francis‐Auton, Elizabeth Manias, Virginia Mumford, Kate Churruca, Michelle Moscova, Natalie Taylor, Craig Nelson, Alexander Cardenas, Robyn Clay‐Williams, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Reema Harrison

“…Patients and the public are also represented as Project Steering Group members who will inform the data collection processes, development, and refinement of our program theory.…”
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Effect modification of amino acid levels in association between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and metabolic syndrome: A nested case-control study among coking workers by Jinyu WU, Jiajun WEI, Shugang GUO, Huixia XIONG, Yong WANG, Hongyue KONG, Liuquan JIANG, Baolong PAN, Gaisheng LIU, Fan YANG, Jisheng NIE, Jin YANG

“…Stratified by the median concentration of amino acids, Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) model was employed to assess the mixed effects of PAHs on MS. Due to the skewed data distribution, all PAH metabolites and amino acids in the analysis were converted by natural logarithm ln (expressed as lnv). …”
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Targeted inhibition of Gus-expressing Enterococcus faecalis to promote intestinal stem cell and epithelial renovation contributes to the relief of irinotecan chemotoxicity by dehyd... by Ruiyang Gao, Bei Yue, Cheng Lv, Xiaolong Geng, Zhilun Yu, Hao Wang, Beibei Zhang, Fangbin Ai, Ziyi Wang, Donghui Liu, Zhengtao Wang, Kaixian Chen, Wei Dou

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Molecular and genetic evidence for the role of AMBRA1 in suppressing S-phase entry and tumorigenesis by Hisako Akatsuka, Tomohiro Kashikawa, Kaori Masuhara, Mizuki Tokusanai, Chenyang Li, Yumi Iida, Chisa Okada-Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Okada, Masayuki Tanaka, Takahiro Suzuki, Norio Yamamoto, Katsuto Hozumi, Tomoaki Tanaka, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Yu Hamaguchi, Michiaki Hamada, Yoshiki Shiraishi, Akihide Kamiya, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Kaito Harada, Abd Aziz Ibrahim, Takashi Yahata, Masato Ohtsuka, Naoya Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Minoru Kimura, Ituro Inoue, Takehito Sato

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Uncertainties in carbon emissions from land use and land cover change in Indonesia by I. B. M. Brasika, I. B. M. Brasika, P. Friedlingstein, P. Friedlingstein, S. Sitch, M. O'Sullivan, M. C. Duran-Rojas, T. M. Rosan, K. K. Goldewijk, J. Pongratz, J. Pongratz, C. Schwingshackl, L. P. Chini, G. C. Hurtt

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EVALUATION OF HYGIENIC CONDITION OF THE ORAL CAVITY IN CHILDREN WITH INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS by L.F. Kaskova, V.A. Honcharenko

“…Oral hygiene was determined by means of oral hygiene index simplified (OIH-S) (J.C.Green, J.R.Vermilion, 1964). The data obtained were statistically processed by means of variation statistics method considering Student criterion and the use of software Statistica 7.0 (StatSoft, Inc). …”
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Kun–Qi birth cohort (KQBC) study for the incidence, aetiology and risk factors of chronic kidney disease in Chinese children: a cohort profile by Yan Ma, Xingdong Chen, Jie Wei, Li Guo, Jian Huang, Li Xie, Lei Chen, Ping Lu, Wei Sun, Wei Shi, Feng Ding, Liping Zhang, Yue Zhang, Linlin Zhang, Rui Song, Yi Huang, Jun Shen, Hong Xu, Zhigang Chen, Qian Shen, Ying Ma, Yiwen Zhang, Hongxia Li, Yihui Zhai, Biao Xu, Xian Zhou, Jun Sun, Bing Wu, Rui Su, Xiaoyan Yu, Jianhong Zhu, Yihong Huang, Ling Gong, Nana Wu, Jingjing Sun, Tianyi Liu, He Yuan, Yiwen Shen, Jiaojiao Liu, Xia Han, Juanjuan Wu, Yinghua Sun, Suxiang Xu, Qinyi Zhang, Na Xie, Jianfeng Ji, Weizhi Mo, Yuanxin Liu, Xinghua Shi, Wanshan Qiu, Jiapeng Mi, Juhua Yan, Minghui Zhu, Pei Feng, Wenqian Sheng, Mingqin Tai, Chunqin Zhou, Qian Jin, Chengyu Gu, Xiujuan Huang, Qinfang Qian, Yixin Cao, Haochen Shen, Ziwen Xue, Yucui Ma, Juan Tian, Yingdan Zhang, Weiyuan Zhuang, Kaiqun Yang, Xiaohui Shen, Yanwei Gu, Beibei Shi, Chenhong Pan, Hongmei Zhou, Xiuchen Zhang, Meihua Tang, Kaixuan Gu, Hongping Liu, Yuanxian Li

“…We aim to develop multimodal risk prediction models by integrating genomics and artificial intelligence algorithms. …”
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Environmental phenol mixture during pregnancy and child sleep quality in the ECHO cohort by Sarah D. Geiger, Sarah D. Geiger, Xiaoshuang Xun, Cai Zhang, Cai Zhang, Aruna Chandran, Kritika Madan, Grace Kim, Fatima Naveed, Megan Woodbury, Dana E. Goin, Stephanie M. Eick, Courtney K. Blackwell, Maxwell Mansolf, Max Aung, Akram Alshawabkeh, Dana Dabelea, Anne L. Dunlop, Assiamira Ferrara, Jonika B. Hash, Monique Hedderson, Erica Jansen, Monique LeBourgeois, Louise O’Brien, Yeyi Zhu, Susan L. Schantz, Susan L. Schantz

“…Endocrine-disrupting chemicals can affect adults’ sleep quality, and prenatal phenol exposure impacts fetal development.ObjectiveTo assess associations between prenatal phenol concentrations and child sleep outcomes.MethodsWe used data from the National Institutes of Health-funded Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort (n = 1,198) that were collected from 2008 to 2019 at several sites across the United States. …”
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Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Heterogeneity Parameters Combined with Inflammatory Cells to Predict the Value of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Patients Post Myocard... by Yu-jiao Song, Xiao-ying Zhao, Lu-jing Wang, Ting Ning, Ming-tian Chen, Pei Liu, Si-wen Chen, Xin-xiang Zhao

“…However, the role of EAT in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) who develop heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains unclear. …”
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Peculiarities of Clinical Indices, Duration and Complication of Acute Pancreatitis in Patients With Comorbid Obesity by Kebkalo A., Tkachuk O., Reiti A.

“…It is not surprising that in patients with obesity the risk of developing acute pancreatitis increases. It is known that acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas. …”
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Characteristics of demersal fish community structure during summer hypoxia in the Pearl River Estuary, China by Han Lai, Sheng Bi, Huadong Yi, Haiyang Li, Xuchong Wei, Gongpei Wang, Dingli Guo, Xuange Liu, Jiahui Chen, Qiuxian Chen, Zhilun Zhang, Shuang Liu, Chenlei Huang, Li Lin, Guifeng Li

“…To explore these effects, we collected fish community and environmental data in July 2021 during the summer hypoxia development period. …”
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Fertility intentions among Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study using a national survey by Mingyan Hao, Chenxiao Zhang, Haofeng Fu, Jingting Zhang, Ziyi Zhang, Baotong Ma, Ruitong Xia, Yuanwei Lu, Jingwen Liu, Hanjia Xin, Yumeng Cao, Saier Yang, Runqing Li, Ji Zhao, Jin Zhang, Zheng Gao, Yaxin Zeng, Yixiao Ding, Zhuolun Ren, Yan Guan, Na Zhang, Jia Li, Yan Ma, Pei Wei, Jingjing Dong, Chen Chen, Yajing Zhou, Jianzhong Zheng, Wei Liu, Lizheng Wang

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Relationships between metabolic syndrome and lifestyle factors: a retrospective cohort study in Japan by Karin Ueta, Taku Asano, Sachiko Ohde

“…Results: Among the 52,516 included subjects, 5482 (10.4 %) developed MetS. The Cox proportional hazards analysis revealed that a lower risk of developing MetS was associated with walking for >one hour/day (HR = 0.74, 95 % CI = 0.66, 0.83), skipping breakfast <three days/week (HR = 0.86, 95 % CI = 0.76, 0.98), and eating within two hours before bedtime <three days/week (HR = 0.88, 95 % CI = 0.78, 0.99). …”
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Applicability of the adjusted morbidity groups algorithm for healthcare programming: results of a pilot study in Italy by Roberta Papa, Francesco Balducci, Giulia Franceschini, Marco Pompili, Marco De Marco, Josep Roca, Rubèn González-Colom, David Monterde

“…An iterative semi-automated procedure was developed to extract, filter, check and merge the data. …”
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Prognostic nomogram in patients with epithelioid sarcoma: A SEER‐based study by Di Zhang, Jintao Hu, Zhuojie Liu, Haoyu Wu, HanWen Cheng, Chunhai Li

“…Additionally, an analysis of decision curves was conducted to evaluate the clinical usefulness of this newly developed model. …”
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What is the global perspective on advanced practice physiotherapy: A qualitative study across five countries. by Andrews K Tawiah, Marguerite Wieler, Jordan Miller, Alison Rushton, Linda Woodhouse

“…Data were analyzed using reflective thematic analysis and reported following the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR).…”
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