Determination of factors affecting the development processes of active fencing referees in Turkey by Tuncay Sarıipek, Yusuf Barsbuğa

“…In the analysis process of the data obtained, the data analysis program called MAXQDA Analyctis Pro (2022) was used. …”
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Role of Serum and Ultrasonometric Markers in the Early Diagnosis of Malignant Transformation of Periductal Liver Fibrosis in Patients with <i>Opisthorchis Felineus</i> Infection by A. Е. Kovshirina, O. S. Fedorova, Yu. V. Kovshirina, V. A. Petrov

“…Evaluation of the relationship between the presence of ultrasound signs of stage 1–2 opisthorchiasis-associated periductal fibrosis and changes in serum levels of the biochemical, immunologic parameters and oncomarkers in patients with O. felineus infection demonstrated that the levels of alkaline phosphatase, conjugated bilirubin, AST, glucose and CA 19-9 oncomarker were significantly higher in the serum of patients in the group with cholangio-carcinoma and opisthorchiasis (p &lt; 0.01).Conclusion. …”
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Application of complexity theory in health and social care research: a scoping review by Áine Carroll, Claire Collins, Andrew Darley, Diarmuid Stokes, Jane McKenzie

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Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale as a predictor of adverse outcomes among older adults undergoing aortic valve replacement: a protocol for a systematic review by Rose Galvin, Ahmed Gabr, Catherine Peters, Margaret O'Connor, Aoife Leahy, Elaine Shanahan, Tadhg Prendiville, Laura Quinlan, Anastasia Saleh, Ivan Casserly

“…Relative risk ratios with 95% CIs will be generated for each outcome of interest, comparing frail with non-frail groups. Data will be plotted on forest plots where applicable. …”
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Effectiveness of multicomponent interventions in primary healthcare settings to promote continuous smoking cessation in adults: a systematic review by Carlos Martín Cantera, Elisa Puigdomènech, Jose Luis Ballvé, Olga Lucía Arias, Lourdes Clemente, Ramon Casas, Lydia Roig, Santiago Pérez-Tortosa, Laura Díaz-Gete, Sílvia Granollers

“…The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network checklists were used to evaluate methodological quality. Data selection, evaluation and extraction were done independently, using a paired review approach. …”
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The synergism of occlusal splints along with therapeutic exercise on individuals with temporomandibular joint disorders – A pilot study by Tanuj Bachani, Fathima Banu Raza, Anand Kumar Vaidyanathan

“…Statistical analysis: Chi-square statistical analysis was applied to the quantitative data obtained from the Fonseca questionnaire and EMG analysis, with P < 0.05 as significant. …”
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The Effect of Regular Basketball Education on Children's Some Anthropometric Parametersand Vertical Jump by Alparslan Ünveren, Mihri Karavelioğlu, Şebnem Şarvan Cengiz

“…The same measurements were taken from the other 38 children in the control group, yet any training was not applied to them.Basic basketball education was given in line with complete recovery principle to the experimental group for 12 weeks-three days a week and 90 minutes a day.SPSS 15.00 package program was used in order to evaluate the data obtained from the study and form the tables. …”
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Developing the maturity model of strategic alliances using the weighted fuzzy inference system by Saeed Roshandel, Mohammad Karimi Govareshaki, Morteza Abbasi

“…In this research, to obtain the weight of the model’s dimensions, the Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis (FDEA) technique has been used, which has suitable capabilities for this purpose. …”
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High-Flow Nasal Cannula versus Noninvasive Ventilation in AECOPD Patients with Respiratory Acidosis: A Retrospective Propensity Score-Matched Study by Meng Wang, Feifan Zhao, Lina Sun, Ying Liang, Wei Yan, Xiaoyan Sun, Qingtao Zhou, Bei He

“…Propensity score matching (PSM) was implemented to increase between-group comparability. Kaplan–Meier analysis was utilized to evaluate differences between the HFNC success, HFNC failure, and NIV groups. …”
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Presenting a Leadership Empowerment Model through Sense-making by Using the Cognitive and Behavioral Scripts by Hamid Zare, Aliasghar Pourezzat, Hasan Zareei Matin, Arezoo Salmani

“…Results The evaluation of leadership effectiveness is predominantly conducted through a detailed analysis of a leader’s followers; hence, interviews were strategically conducted with groups at different organizational levels, always involving the presence of the group leader and at least two of his or her followers. …”
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Early subjective cognitive disorders and their relationship with chronic diseases, subjective hearing difficulties, burnout syndrome, and depression among middle-aged women by J. Pečeliūnienė, I. Žukauskaitė, V. Dovydėnas

“…Student’s t-test, Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test, and logistic regression analysis (LRA) were used for data analysis. Results. 34 females (11%) had subjective cognitive failures (CF+ group) and 276 (89%) had not (CF- group). 28.7% of respondents had subjective cognitive complaints (SCC+ group) and 71.3% had not (SCC- group). 23 females (7.4%) had depression and 62 females (20%) were likely to be depressed. 34 (11%) females had significant symptoms of burnout. 30.6% (N=95) self-reported having chronic diseases. 14.84% of females had subjective hearing disorders. …”
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Noninvasive hemodynamic assessment of type 2 diabetes mellitus using four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging by Di Wu, Jiachen Ji, Yuancheng Wang, Shujun Zhang, Hong Ge, Mingzhu Fu, Yunduo Li, Shenghong Ju, Rui Li

“…The reproducibility of these measurements was assessed with Bland-Altman analysis, differences between groups were evaluated using t-tests, and their diagnostic utility for T2DM and DN was analyzed using ROC curves. …”
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Implementing a Care Model for Bedridden Stroke Survivors: A Qualitative Study in Northeastern Thailand by Panpanit L, Jongudomkarn D, Doungmungkorn A, Boontoch K, Neelasmith S, Manorat M, Maneerat T

“…Forty participants were purposively selected, including SSs, family caregivers (FCGs), CVCGs, and relevant community leaders (RCLs). Data collection involved focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and participant observations, with content analysis used for data interpretation.Results: Key themes emerged: SSs experienced “Feeling Isolation & Powerlessness” and “Hopelessness & Being Burden to Family”, FCGs expressed “Sorrow & Gratitude”, and CVCGs identified “Inadequate Capacity & Need for Training”. …”
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Efficacy of alternate mucosa–submucosa clip closure in preventing postoperative adverse events for patients with gastric mucosal lesions after endoscopic submucosal dissection: a m... by Lu Chen, Jingjing Jiang, Hongxia Li, Xin Yin, Xiajiao Tang, Yinnan Zhu, Wei Chen, Qin Lu, Ruihua Shi

“…Results: The rate of delayed hemorrhage was lower in the completely closed group than in the unclosed group (0.8% vs 7.6%; p  < 0.001), and subgroup analysis showed that this effect was consistent across all subgroups. …”
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e-GLR Score Predicts Early Graft Loss in Adult Live-Donor Liver Transplantation by Viniyendra Pamecha, MS, MRCS, FRCS, FEBS, Nilesh Sadashiv Patil, MS, MCh, Tharun Gattu, MS, Guresh Kumar, MSc, MPhil, PhD, Bramhadatta Pattnaik, MS, MCh, Nihar Mohapatra, MS, MCh, Gaurav Sindwani, MD, PDCC, Ashok Choudhury, MD, DM

“…A homogeneous group of 387 patients was analyzed: random cohort A (n = 274) for primary analysis and random cohort B (n = 113) for validation. …”
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Physical functioning outcome measures in the lumbar spinal surgery population and measurement properties of the physical outcome measures: protocol for a systematic review by Alison B Rushton, Jai Mistry, Michael J Lukacs, Katie L Kowalski, Maren Goodman

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Compliance status of tobacco control laws in the university setting of Bangladesh: an analytical study followed a mixed-method approach by Nasrin Akter, Bilkis Banu, Sujana Haque Chowdhury, Tahsin Tasneem Tabassum, Sarder Mahmud Hossain

“…Logistic regression analysis was performed to find out the determinants. …”
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Effect of Liraglutide on Serum TSH Levels in Patients with NAFLD and its Underlying Mechanisms by JiaoJiao Ye, Jing Xu, WenJie Wen, Bin Huang

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect of liraglutide on serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and explore the underlying mechanisms via bioinformatics analysis. …”
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Comparison of Biparametric and Multiparametric Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Predicting Oncologic Outcomes After Radical Prostatectomy by Ozgur EFILOGLU, Nesrin GUNDUZ, Ayberk IPLIKCI, Mahmut Bilal DOGAN, Mehmet Caglar CAKICI, Turgay TURAN, Asif YILDIRIM

“…Group 1 included 31 patients evaluated as PIRADS 3 in both bpMRI and mpMRI, group 2 included 31 patients evaluated as PIRADS 3 in bpMRI and PIRADS 4 in mpMRI, and group 3 included 45 patients evaluated as PIRADS 4 without contrast. …”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Hemodialysis: Survival Comparison and Mortality-Related Factors by Hwajeong Lee, Seok-Hui Kang

“…Multivariate analysis showed that the hazard ratios were 0.89 (<i>p</i> = 0.334) in the others group and 1.32 (<i>p</i> = 0.015) in the DM group compared to those in the SLE group. …”
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