Self-Management in Daily Life with Psoriasis: An Integrative Review of Patient Needs for Structured Education by Gitte Susanne Rasmussen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Kirsten Lomborg

“…The paper includes five stages: (1) problem identification, (2) literature search, (3) data evaluation, (4) data analysis and synthesis, and (5) presentation, based on theoretic scaffolding around the concept “need.” …”
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Eotaxin in serum of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: relationship with eosinophil cationic protein and lung function by Karina Jahnz-Ró̀zyk, Tadeusz Plusa, Justyna Mierzejewska

“…This study was undertaken to investigate the correlation between the serum ECP and the serum eotaxin level, and disease activity as evaluated with pulmonary function in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 20 patients with stable asthma and 15 patients with COPD, and 15 subjects of the control group took part in this study. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Testosterone Supplement on Heart and Muscle Damage in Rats Applied with Swimming Exercise by Ömer Kulaksız, Sefa Lök

“…SPSS 15.0 packaged software was usedin statistical evaluation of the data and the results were given as mean±SE. …”
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Optic Disc Vascularization in Glaucoma: Value of Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Pierre-Maxime Lévêque, Pierre Zéboulon, Emmanuelle Brasnu, Christophe Baudouin, Antoine Labbé

“…Clinical data, visual field (VF) parameters, and spectral-domain OCT evaluation (RNFL: retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, GCC: ganglion cell complex thickness, and rim area) were recorded for glaucoma patients. …”
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Predictive value of integrated pulmonary index for the outcome of ventilator withdrawal failure in elderly patients with hypoxic respiratory failure by Nan Wu, Jin Liu, Xianrong Feng

“…[Results] Univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in ventilation time,acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ score at ICU admission,partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide,respiratory rate, pulse rate, and IPI score between the two groups (P<0.05). …”
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Effectiveness of midwife/nurse-led non-invasive uterine massage in preventing postpartum haemorrhage: a quantitative systematic review protocol by Puangpaka Kongvattananon, Boonsurb Sosome, Sopen Chunuan, Treechada Punsomreung, Panida Varachanonth, Patraporn Bhatarasakoon

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Association of cognitive reserve with stroke outcome: a protocol for a systematic review by Laura Gallucci, Roza M Umarova

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Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Thrombopoietin (rhTPO) on Coagulation Function and Inflammatory Factors in the Treatment of Patients with Sepsis-Related Thrombocytopenia by Huijuan Wang MD, Dong Chen MD, Ming He MD

“…We compared the general demographic data, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scores, coagulation parameters, serum levels of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), interleukin-6 (IL-6), serum creatinine (SCr), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), Plt count, transfusion volume, treatment duration, incidence of complications, and mortality rates between the two groups. …”
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Protocol for a systematic review on routine use of antibiotics for infants less than 6 months of age with growth failure/faltering by Jai K Das, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Abigail Smith, Aamer Imdad, Emily Tanner-Smith, Melissa François, Fanny F Chen, Olivia J Tsistinas

“…We will use the meta-analysis to pool the studies where applicable. We will use the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach to reporting the overall evidence quality for an outcome.Ethics and dissemination This is a systematic review and will not involve contact with a human subject. …”
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NIFTy: near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging to prevent postsurgical hypoparathyroidism (PoSH) after thyroid surgery—a phase II/III pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled... by Deborah D Stocken, Maureen Twiddy, Hisham Mehanna, Jonathan Wadsley, Neil Corrigan, Katie Gordon, Julie Croft, Neil Sharma, Anna Perry, Mark Strachan, Gemma Ainsworth, Elizabeth Glenister, Sabapathy Prakash P Balasubramanian

“…The trial incorporates a process evaluation (IDEAL (Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment and Long-term follow-up framework) 2a) to inform the trial protocol, a phase II (IDEAL 2b) analysis using a surrogate primary outcome of 1 day transient hypocalcaemia to determine early futility and phase III (IDEAL 3) assessment of the primary outcome of PoSH at 6 months after surgery. 454 participants will be randomised on a 1:1 basis to evaluate thyroid surgery with NIRF and indocyanine green against standard thyroid surgery in reducing PoSH at 6 months after surgery, with the phase II analysis occurring once data are available for 200 participants. …”
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The outcomes of recent patient safety education interventions for trainee physicians and medical students: a systematic review by Charles Vincent, Nick Sevdalis, Sonal Arora, Paul Baker, Matthew A Kirkman, Maria Ahmed

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Driver anomaly detection in cargo terminal by Shahab Emaani, Abbas Saghaei

“…Subsequently, Isolation Forest, KNN, and HBOS algorithms are applied to detect abnormal behavior using data mining techniques. Results reveal three distinct driver groups, with a notable proportion (98 %) of anomalies concentrated in one group. …”
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Revamping field practicum: insights for future health services management professionals by Fatemeh Mohabati, Marzieh Arefi, Seyed Pouria Hedayati

“…The CIPP (Context, Input, Process, Product) evaluation model was applied to systematically assess and enhance the practicum program.For the quantitative data analysis, SPSS version 23 was utilized. …”
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Effect of bortezomib on the treatment of multiple myeloma: a systematic review protocol by Vania dos Santos Nunes-Nogueira, Lucas Oliveira Cantadori, Rafael Dezen Gaiolla

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Pengembangan multimedia interaktif berbantuan canva untuk menumbuhkan berpikir kritis siswa dalam pembelajaran ilmu pengetahuan sosial by Sri Suryani, Mohammad Zainudin, Ade Eka Anggraini

“…This type of research is an R&D research using Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. …”
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The effect of nursing care provided to coronary intensive care patients according to their circadian rhythms on sleep quality, pain, anxiety, and delirium: a randomised controlled... by Meryem Pelin, Havva Sert

“…Frequency distribution, dependent and independent sample t-test, Wilcoxon test, repeated measures analysis of variance, Mann Whitney U, and chi-square analysis were used to evaluate the data. …”
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Ageing in the right place—usability of a web-based housing counselling service by Frida Nordeström, Marianne Granbom, Susanne Iwarsson, Magnus Zingmark

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Development of Fuzzy Level of Service Criteria for Bus Rapid Transit considering User Heterogeneities in China by Yueying Huo, Jianrong Liu, Jian Zhang, Xiaojuan Li

“…Level of service (LOS) analysis based on LOS criteria is essential for the planning, design, and operational evaluation of public transit. …”
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Association between nutritional inflammation index and diabetic foot ulcers: a population-based study by Zhou Lin, Wanli Zhuang, Lei Wang, Weifeng Lan

“…Stratified subgroup analysis identified advantageous populations, while interaction analysis evaluated variable interactions with ANLR. …”
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Charting current evidence on the health and non-health benefits and equity impacts of pandemic/epidemic individual-level economic relief programmes: a scoping review protocol by Beate Sander, Ashley Farrell, Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle, Adeteju Ogunbameru, Adrianna Perryman

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