Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries and Their Effects on Perioperative Parameters and Mortality of Children with Tetralogy of Fallot: A Case-control Study by Mohammadreza Edraki, Amir Naghshzan, Hamid Amoozgar, Kambiz Keshavarz, Nima Mehdizadegan, Hamid Mohammadi

“…A comparative analysis, encompassing hospital and surgical data, such as the presence of MAPCA, blood transfusion volume, intubation time, ICU stay, and mortality rates during and post-surgery, was performed among the aforementioned groups. …”
Get full text

Pregnant Women's Knowledge And Attitudes About High-Risk Pregnancy: The Effect of Using the JIPH Educational Application by Farming Nawir, Kartini, Sitti Aisa, Fitriati Zabur

“…The Wilcoxon test was used for data analysis. Results:The findings indicated a significant increase in knowledge among the intervention group, from a pre-test score of 81.10 (post 1) to 91.50 (post 2), while the control group showed no increase, with scores of 45.75 (post 1) and 45.50 (post 2). …”
Get full text

Effect of Admission Hyperglycemia on Short-Term Prognosis of Patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome without Diabetes Mellitus by Wei Liu, Zhijuan Li, Shiying Xing, Yanwei Xu

“…The clinical data of the three groups were compared. Results. …”
Get full text

Risk factors and preventive measures for abnormal blood pressure during hemodialysis filtration for patients with sepsis by Zhang Chunfang, Lin Tingting, Xia Yu, Zhang Daowei

“…Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that the NBP group had a significantly higher 28- day survival rate than that of ABP (88.76% vs. 73.21%) (p < 0.05). …”
Get full text

Multiple Mini Interviews vs Traditional Interviews: Investigating Racial and Socioeconomic Differences in Interview Processes by Banks PW, Hagedorn II JC, Soybel A, Coleman DM, Rivera G, Bhardwaj N

“…MMIs decreased demographic differences compared with traditional interviews for African-American candidates and slightly increased for URM, Hispanic, and disadvantaged candidates, but the effect size was small.Conclusion: Future work includes conducting rigorous data analysis to better assess the MMI’s utility, exploring the correlations between MMI scores, clinical evaluations, and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) results. …”
Get full text

Longitudinal Invariance Testing Of The Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score For Joint Replacement Scale (KOOS-JR) by Alexandra Dluzniewski, Caleb Allred, Madeline P Casanova, Jonathan D Moore, Adam C Cady, Russell T Baker

“…Scale structure was assessed with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), while multi-group and longitudinal invariance properties were assessed with CFA-based procedures. …”
Get full text

Medical student experiences of Case-Based Learning (CBL) at a multicultural medical school by Catherine Bruen, Jan Illing, Ronan Daly, Frances Meagher, Caroline Delany, Gozie Offiah, Sally Doherty, Ellen Stuart, Martina Crehan, Helen Kelly

“…Students were placed in eight Structured Group Feedback sessions, a method that facilitates structured discussions and is effect in curriculum evaluation and feedback. …”
Get full text

Ethnic disparities in HbA1c and hypoglycemia among youth with type 1 diabetes: beyond access to technology, social deprivation and mean blood glucose by Suma Uday, John Stuart Pemberton, Zhide Fang, Stuart A Chalew

“…HbA1c was paired with glucose metrics from 90-day CGM data. The influence of ethnicity, SES determined by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), MBG and other covariates on HbA1c was evaluated using multiple variable regression analysis. …”
Get full text

The association between non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and sarcopenia: A cross-sectional study by Xiudeng Yang, Zheng Zhong

“…Methods: Data on NHHR and sarcopenia were based on the secondary analysis of the years 2011–2018 of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset. …”
Get full text

Time series forecasting techniques applied to hydroelectric generation systems by Julio Barzola-Monteses, Juan Gómez-Romero, Mayken Espinoza-Andaluz, Waldo Fajardo

Get full text

Effectiveness and Safety of Dupilumab and Tralokinumab for Treating Atopic Dermatitis and Pruritic Skin Disorders in Oncological Patients: A Narrative Review by Lauletta G, Potestio L, Patruno C, De Lucia M, Napolitano M

“…Real-world data is emerging, facilitated by collaboration between dermatologists and oncologists, supporting the effectiveness and safety of dupilumab and tralokinumab for managing AD in cancer patients. …”
Get full text

Self-efficacy instruments for individuals with coronary artery disease: a systematic review protocol by Karolinne Souza Monteiro, Jose Alexandre Barbosa Almeida, Rêncio Bento Florêncio, Darllane Azevedo Lemos, Jéssica Costa Leite, Lucien Peroni Gualdi

Get full text

Development of an Augmented Reality-Based Practicum E-Module Integrated with Local Wisdom of Salak Fruit by Heni Mulyani Pohan, Adi Syaputra, Fatma Suryani Harahap, Dinda Yunita, Rabiyatul Adawiyah Siregar, Anouar Ben Mabrouk

“…The research follows a Research and Development (R&D) approach using the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) model and a pretest-posttest control group design. …”
Get full text

Impact of immigration-specific stress on safety attitudes: a national cross-sectional study on overseas qualified nurses in Japan by Xinyi Chang, Xiuzhu Gu

“…Valid responses were received from 214 OQNs.Methods Data were collected via an online survey, including the Demands of Immigration Scale and Safety Attitudes Questionnaire-Short Form (SAQ-SF) to measure stress and safety attitudes evaluation, respectively. …”
Get full text

Assessment of symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment using occlusal lift by Isabella Avelar Santos, Gracia Lopes Costa, Rodrigo Bernardes Pereira, Thiago Bezerra Leite, António Sérgio Guimarães, Luciane Lacerda Franco Rocha Rodrigues

“…The assessment of psychosocial factors was carried out using the “WISE Clinicians” test (Web Based Interdisciplinary Symptom Evaluation). The data were entered into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for statistical analysis using the Chi-Square test, with a significance level of 5%. …”
Get full text

Incidence of acute lower respiratory tract disease hospitalisations, including pneumonia, among adults in Bristol, UK, 2019, estimated using both a prospective and retrospective me... by Jo Southern, Adam Finn, Catherine Hyams, James Campling, Bradford D Gessner, Elizabeth Begier, Maria Garcia Gonzalez, Sharon Gray, Jennifer Oliver

Get full text

Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis with Nonneutropenic Patients by Qidong Zhuang, Hongying Ma, Yun Zhang, Lei Chen, Li Wang, Lin Zheng, Zaichun Deng, Zhongbo Chen

“…Symptoms and radiological findings had no significant difference between proven or probable IPA group and non-IPA group. In our case-control analysis, although nine patients with false-positive results received treatment with Piperacillin/tazobactam, there was no significant difference between case and control group. …”
Get full text

Inverse Relationship Between Leydig Cell Density and Metastatic Potential of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma by W. John Wang, Y. Albert Yeh, Paul Stout, Kang Fan

“…Materials and methods: Tissue samples from 111 men, age 52–85, with PC and bilateral orchiectomy were evaluated for Leydig cell density. The patients were divided into two groups: Group A were patients with metastasis (n=36) and Group B were patients without metastasis (n=75). …”
Get full text

Developing and presenting a mathematical model for the purpose of organizational culture architecture based on creating alignment between the strategic reference points of organiza... by Elyas hasanzadeh Shweili, Mir Mehrdad peidaie, Ali reza Rezghi Rostami

“…Delphi and fuzzy neural system were used to collect and analyze data. For data analysis, in order to refine the components and criteria of the conceptual model from the point of view of experts, the fuzzy Delphi technique was used, and in order to present the mathematical model, the adaptive fuzzy inference system and Matlab software were used. …”
Get full text

Novel pyroptosis-immune-related lncRNA signature exhibits a distinct immune cell infiltration landscape in breast cancer by Dedi Kong, Dedi Kong, Hongju Cheng, Meihong Wang

“…Single-cell sequencing data from GSE176078 showed sparse T cell, B cell, myeloid, and plasmablast clusters in the HR group, whereas the LR group displayed significant clustering of B cells, myeloids, and plasmablasts.ConclusionThe six-lncRNA pyroptosis-immune signature effectively predicted BC prognosis and highlighted distinct immune cell infiltration patterns. …”
Get full text