Development and Validation of a Nosocomial Infection Nomogram Model in the NICU: A Novel and Nurse-Led Way to Prediction in Preterm Infants by Shang Y, Chen L, Hu X, Zhang K, Cheng Q, Shui X, Deng Z

“…This study aims to develop a nurse-led prediction model for NI of preterm infants in the NICU.Patients and Methods: This study was designed as a retrospective study, preterm infants of the NICU at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from January 2020 to December 2023 were selected and divided into the NI group and non-NI group. Clinical data were collected and then analyzed by univariate analysis, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analysis, and multivariate logistic regression analysis. …”
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Effects of low, moderate, and high-intensity aquatic exercise on joint edema in induced rat knee arthritis by Alline Mardegan Mioto, Daniel Fernando dos Reis, Thiago Alves Garcia, Guilherme Akio Tamura Ozaki, Iara Buriola Trevisan, Rodrigo Metzker Pereira Ribeiro, Robson Chacon Castoldi, José Carlos Silva Camargo Filho

“…At the end of the 5th week euthanasia was performed, and soleus muscles were histologically. Group comparisons: one-way ANOVA with Tukey or Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn's post-test, contingent on data homogeneity Levene test. …”
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Effects of low, moderate, and high-intensity aquatic exercise on joint edema in induced rat knee arthritis by Alline Mardegan Mioto, Daniel Fernando dos Reis, Thiago Alves Garcia, Guilherme Akio Tamura Ozaki, Iara Buriola Trevisan, Rodrigo Metzker Pereira Ribeiro, Robson Chacon Castoldi, José Carlos Silva Camargo Filho

“…At the end of the 5th week euthanasia was performed, and soleus muscles were histologically. Group comparisons: one-way ANOVA with Tukey or Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn's post-test, contingent on data homogeneity Levene test. …”
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Adaptation Of The Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait Into Turkish by Sadiye Akkurt, Gizem Kose, Aslihan Donmez

“…The questionnaires used comprise form of demographical data, food craving scale (including 39 articles) and eating attitudes test (including 40 articles). 39 articles and 9 sub-dimensions of Food Craving Scale were studied by confirmatory factor analysis and it was determined that factor loads and error variances of all articles are proper but fit indexes are not at allowable levels. …”
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Impact of Nutritional Support for Tuberculosis on Intermediate and Terminal Undernutrition and Treatment Outcomes (INSTITUT) study: a protocol for a quasi-experimental study to ass... by Dissou Affolabi, Chelsie Cintron, Madolyn Dauphinais, Attannon Arnauld Fiogbe, Mohammed Fall Dogo, Safiou Ate, Christine Adjonou, Kokou Agossou, Susie Jiaxing Pan, Marius Esse, Benjamin Ade, Komi Séraphin Adjoh, Pranay Sinha, Kobto G Koura

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Erosive Effect of Long-Term Liquid Oral Pediatric Medicines on Permanent Tooth Enamel by Fábio Gomes dos Santos, Ana Maria Barros Chaves Pereira, Isabela Albuquerque Passos Farias, Tibério Andrade dos Passos, Andressa Feitosa Bezerra de Oliveira

“…Specimens were immersed in 5 ml of medicine solution for 5 min, 2x/ day for 12 days, and stored in artificial saliva at 37°C between immersions. Data analysis was performed according to the enamel surface morphology using SEM. …”
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Current applications and challenges in large language models for patient care: a systematic review by Felix Busch, Lena Hoffmann, Christopher Rueger, Elon HC van Dijk, Rawen Kader, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Marcus R. Makowski, Luca Saba, Martin Hadamitzky, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Daniel Truhn, Renato Cuocolo, Lisa C. Adams, Keno K. Bressem

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Peer-assisted telemedicine hepatitis-C treatment for people who use drugs in rural communities: a mixed methods study by Kim Hoffman, Gillian Leichtling, Sarah Shin, Andrew Seaman, Tonhi Gailey, Hunter C. Spencer, P. Todd Korthuis

“…Participants were asked their views of key elements for successful implementation and outcomes of the Peer TeleHCV model. Group interviews lasted one hour. Recordings were professionally transcribed for thematic analysis with a mixed deductive and inductive framework, using Atlas.ti. …”
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Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) implementations to control cholera outbreak in Oromia region, Ethiopia by Dabesa Gobena, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Getahun Fetensa, Tizta Tilahun Degfie, Tessema Debela, Afework Tamiru, Zenebu Begna Bayissa, Dereje Diriba, Tarekegn Sarbessa, Daniel Bekele, Natinel Teferi, Achalu Layesa, Abate Zewdie, Dawit Worku Ayele, Meron Debebe Mersha, Chala Bafikadu, Senahara Korsa Wake, Lemi Abebe, Tesfaye Kebebew, Tefera Goshu, Birhanu Kenate, Yadeta Dessie, Zeleke Mekonnen

“…The findings have also been derived qualitatively from three distinct themes or pillars, specifically (coordination and logistics, RCCE, and the Oral Cholera Vaccine). The quantitative data were analyzed using Stata, version 14.0, and ATLAS.ti9 software was used for qualitative data analysis. …”
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Predictive factors of fibrotic interstitial lung abnormality on high-resolution computed tomography scans: a prospective observational study by Kazuya Ichikado, Hidenori Ichiyasu, Kazuhiro Iyonaga, Kodai Kawamura, Yuko Yasuda, Keisuke Anan, Hiroko Okabayashi, Kimitaka Akaike, Noritaka Higashi, Takeshi Johkoh, Kiminori Fujimoto, Tetsuo Saito, Jun Morinaga, Minoru Yoshida, Katsuhiko Mitsuzaki, Takuro Sakagami

“…Clinical laboratory evaluations are expressed as medians and interquartile ranges for each evaluation time point, and boxplots were created for graphical representation. …”
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Factors Affecting ICU Stay and Length of Stay in the ICU in Patients with HELLP Syndrome in a Tertiary Referral Hospital by Elif Ağaçayak, Rezan Bugday, Nurullah Peker, Ugur Deger, Gönül Ölmez Kavak, Mehmet Siddik Evsen, Talip Gul

“…The data of both groups were compared in terms of demographic characteristics, transfusion amounts, length of stay in the intensive care unit, maternal complications, and mortality. …”
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Impediments for the Uptake of the Botswana Government's Male Circumcision Initiative for HIV Prevention by Motshedisi Sabone, Mabel Magowe, Lesego Busang, Jonathan Moalosi, Benjamin Binagwa, Janet Mwambona

“…Qualitative data were obtained from 32 key informants and 36 focus group discussions in 2011. …”
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Evaluasi Penerapan Nesting Terhadap Perubahan Berat Badan dan Tanda Vital Bayi by Melania Fitri Astuti, Lina Dewi Anggraeni, Sada Rasmada

“…This study involved 318 samples with purposive sampling technique, pre-experimental research design one group pre posttest design. Data obtained from medical records. …”
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Trends in US Adolescents and Their Association with Insulin Resistance-Related Parameters by Andrew A. Bremer, Peggy Auinger, Robert S. Byrd

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate current sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption trends and their association with insulin resistance-related metabolic parameters and anthropometric measurements by performing a cross-sectional analysis of the NHANES data during the years 1988–1994 and 1999–2004. …”
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Serum Concentrations of Betatrophin and Its Association with Indirect Indices of Insulin Resistance and Beta Cell Function in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Agnieszka Adamska, Agnieszka Łebkowska, Małgorzata Jacewicz, Anna Krentowska, Justyna Hryniewicka, Sławomir Wołczyński, Maria Górska, Irina Kowalska

“…Introduction. Data underline the role of betatrophin in glucose homeostasis. …”
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The Effect of Adjuvant Therapy on Metabolic Syndrome in Schizophrenia Patients at Madani Hospital by Indah Kurnia Utami, Yasinta Rakanita, Patricia Novina Nurak, Niluh Puspita Dewi

“…Based on this data, an analysis of the reduction in metabolic syndrome categories was conducted.   …”
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In vitro assessment of fracture resistance of endodontically treated teeth restored with short fiber reinforced resin based composite and ceramic overlays by Mona Elshirbini Hafez, Ahmed Ata Abd El-ghany, Ahmed Ismail Taha, Ashraf Amin

“…Fracture loads were recorded, and fracture mode was evaluated. All data were subjected to statistical analysis. …”
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miR-223 promotes cartilage differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and protects against osteoarthritis by suppressing NLRP-3 expression by Nan Min, Jie Ma, Lei Shi, Lin Wang, Chi Liu, Yaonan Zhang, Qingyun Xue

“…Expression of MMP-13 and NLRP-3 was lower, and expression of Col II was higher in miR-223 mimic treated BMSCs than normal. Moreover, data of the in-vivo study indicate that the expression level of cytokines was lower in the cartilage tissue of the miR-223 mimic treated group than the OA group. …”
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Limited Vitrectomy versus Complete Vitrectomy for Epiretinal Membranes: A Comparative Multicenter Trial by Matteo Forlini, Purva Date, Domenico D’Eliseo, Paolo Rossini, Adriana Bratu, Andrea Volinia, Giovanni Neri, Tommaso Verdina, Maria Rosaria Carbotti, Gian Maria Cavallini, Luigi Sborgia, Alessandra Galeone, Aurelio Imburgia, Alessandro Mularoni, Alessandro Meduri

“…Incidence of iatrogenic retinal breaks, retinal detachment, surgical time, and visual outcomes were compared between groups. Results. We included 139 eyes in the analysis with a mean age being 72.2 ± 6.9 years. …”
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Database quality assessment in research in paramedicine: a scoping review protocol by Dean Kriellaars, Gordon Giesbrecht, Neil McDonald, Malcolm Doupe, Rob T Pryce

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