Effect of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing management model in relieving constipation of deficiency syndrome in cancer patients (中西医结合护理管理模式改善肿瘤患者虚证便秘效果观... by LIU Yin (柳吟), HUANG Jun (黄君)

“…The Self-rating Depression Scale and Self-rating Anxiety Scale scores in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P＜0. 05). …”
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Assessment of relative energy deficiency in sport and malnutrition prevalence in female endurance runners by energy availability questionnaire, bioelectrical impedance analysis and... by Samantha Sharp, Roni Mashiach-Fransis, Nicola Keay, Adrian Slee

“…Examination of ovulation status revealed that REDs-RS values were significantly greater, thus implicating lower REDs risk, in ovulatory (3.5 ± 3.9) vs anovulatory (-0.7 ± 5.1) participants. …”
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The Effects Of Differing Density Of Swim-Training Sessions On Shoulder Range Of Motion and Isometric Force Production In National and University Level Swimmers by Matias Yoma, Lee Herrington, Tanya Mackenzie

“… # Results University-level swimmers had lower baseline ER torque (p= 0.006; d= 2.55) and IR torque (p= 0.011; d= 2.42) than national-level swimmers. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, I. . A.s. Trukhmanov, Ye. K. Baranskaya, O. B. Dronova, O. V. Zayratyants, R. G. Sayfutdinov, A. A. Sheptulin, T. L. Lapina, S. S. Pirogov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, O. A. Storonova, D. N. Andreyev

“…Prokinetic drugs promote recovery of a normal physiological state of the esophagus, controlling the pathogenic mechanisms of GERD, reducing the number of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations and improving esophageal clearance due to stimulation of the lower gastrointestinal motor function. …”
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Effect of Cardiac Exercise Rehabilitation on Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Xing XING, Xinying GE, Ao GENG, Hongyan JIANG

“…In the long axis section of the left heart beside the sternum, the relative hypoechoic area between the free wall of right ventricle and the visceral pericardium was measured at the end of left ventricular diastole for 5 consecutive cardiac cycles, and the mean value was taken as the final EAT thickness.Results:(1) EAT thickness of the patients in the exercise rehabilitation group was significantly reduced after cardiac exercise rehabilitation (<italic>P</italic>=0.001); While EAT thickness of the control group did not change (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05); There was no difference in EAT thickness between the two groups before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05), but EAT thickness of the patients in the exercise rehabilitation group was lower than that in the control group after treatment (<italic>P</italic>=0.044).(2) There were no significant changes in waist circumference, body weight, BMI, TC and LDL-C in the exercise rehabilitation group before and after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05), while TG was lower than that before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.01); There were no statistical differences in the above indicators before and after treatment in the control group (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05).(3) EAT thickness was positively correlated with waist circumference (<italic>r</italic>=0.411, <italic>P</italic>=0.001), body weight (<italic>r</italic>=0.324, <italic>P</italic>=0.008) and BMI(<italic>r</italic>=0.411, <italic>P</italic>=0.001), but it had no significant correlation with blood lipids of TG, TC and LDL-C(<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05).Conclusion:Cardiac exercise rehabilitation can reduce EAT thickness in patients with CHD, and the change of EAT thickness is more sensitive than that of other body fat parameters, which can be used as an index to evaluate the effect of cardiac exercise rehabilitation.…”
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Safety of a co-designed cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for people with type 1 diabetes and eating disorders (STEADY): a feasibility randomised controlled trialResearch... by Marietta Stadler, Natalie Zaremba, Amy Harrison, Jennie Brown, Divina Pillay, Jacqueline Allan, Rachael Tan, Salma Ayis, Emmanouela Konstantara, Janet Treasure, David Hopkins, Khalida Ismail

“…The drop-out rate was 3/20 = 15% (4.39%, 36.55%) in STEADY and 2/20 = 10% (1.57%, 31.32%) in Control. STEADY reported lower GAD-7 (5.75 ± 2.89 vs 10.18 ± 5.31, p = 0.0060) and higher DIDP (3.13 ± 0.63 vs 2.46 ± 0.87, p = 0.020) at follow-up compared with Control, indicating lower anxiety and higher diabetes-specific quality-of-life. …”
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Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave combined with Rehabilitation Training on Patients with Chondromalacia Patellae by Yanna ZHU, Yupeng LIU, Xiaoyi FAN, Chunling LIU, Hui YU, Xin QI, Shunji SHEN

“…Compared with the control group after treatment for eight weeks, the VAS score in the combined group was significantly lower, and clinical effective rate in the combined group was significantly higher, Compared with the control group after treatment for eight weeks and follow up after discharge for three months, the Lysholm knee joint function score in the combined group were significantly higher, and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Systematic Evaluation and Trial Sequential Analysis of Therapeutic Effect of Needle Knife <italic>Versus</italic> Acupuncture on Cervical Spondylosis of Cervical Type by HUANG Bowei, CHEN Bin, CHEN Yinzhu, ZHAO Yingrong, ZHAO Hongjia

“…Compared with the control group, the cure rate of the experiment group was higher [<italic>OR</italic>=2.64, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (1.92,3.64), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001], the VAS score was lower [<italic>MD</italic>= -1.15, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (-2.03, -0.28), <italic>P</italic>=0.009], and the NPRS score was lower [<italic>MD</italic>= -3.22, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (-3.71, -2.73), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001]. …”
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Current trends of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA): choosing between robotic-assisted and conventional surgeries and timing of procedures by Kelvin S. C. Cheung, Kai Chun Augustine Chan, Amy Cheung, Ping Keung Chan, Michelle Hilda Luk, Kwong Yuen Chiu, Henry Fu

“…Interestingly, biUKAs, especially conventional ones, showed a lower attendance rate than uUKAs at 30-day (2.9% VS 6.9%; P = 0.036) and 90-days (7.8% VS 15.7%; P = 0.004). …”
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Global Use, Adaptation, and Sharing of Massive Open Online Courses for Emergency Health on the OpenWHO Platform: Survey Study by Jamie Sewan Johnston, Nadine Ann Skinner, Anna Tokar, Elham Arabi, Ngouille Yabsa Ndiaye, Matthew Charles Strehlow, Heini Utunen

“…ResultsOf the enrollees who indicated their country of residence, half were from lower-middle-income countries (LMICs; 43,168/85,882, 50%) and another 9% (7146/85,882) from low-income countries. …”
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Risk factors for gastric cancer and related serological levels in Fujian, China: hospital-based case–control study by Lin Cai, Wen Wang, Ping Yuan, Lan Lin, Kuicheng Zheng, Sihan Wu, Liangxiang Huang, Bingshan Wu, Tiehui Chen, Xiaoqing Li

“…Serum PG II levels were higher in patients with advanced gastric cancer than in patients with early-stage cancer (p&lt;0.05), however, PG I/II ratio was lower in patients with advanced-stage gastric cancer than in patients with early-stage cancer (p&lt;0.05). …”
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON CIRCADIAN ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE by Oksana Yadzhyn, Tetiana Solomenchuk

“…The mean GFR level in smokers is 13.00% lower than in non-smokers (p<0.05). A 57% significantly higher ACR level was found in the group of smokers (Group I) compared to non-smokers (Group II) (p<0.01). …”
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Association between Corneal Stiffness Parameter at the First Applanation and Keratoconus Severity by Kaili Yang, Liyan Xu, Qi Fan, Shengwei Ren

“…ResultsThe SP-A1 values of keratoconus were lower than that of normal eyes (72.11 (57.02, 83.08) mmHg/mm vs 110.89 (100.45, 122.47) mmHg/mm, P<0.001). …”
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Clinical effect of auricular point pressing with beans combined with acupoint massage in the treatment of post-stroke constipation with Qi deficiency syndrome (耳穴压豆联合穴位按摩治疗中风后气虚便秘的... by LI Chenchen (李陈晨), YANG Yu (杨宇), FAN Yan (范艳), JIA Tieying (贾铁英), HU Shirong (胡世荣)

“…TCM syndrome integrals of constipation in the study group were lower than those in the control group after intervention(P＜0. 05). …”
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Associations of meteorological factors and ambient air pollutants with mumps incidence in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: boosted regression tree model analysis by Xianglong LIU, Linlin CHEN, Jiayu YU, Rui GONG, Yaogeng CHEN, Yu ZHAO

“…Lower concentrations of CO, NO2, PM2.5, and PM10 all promoted mumps incidence. …”
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Genetic inbreeding load and its individual prediction for milk yield in French dairy sheep by Simona Antonios, Silvia T. Rodríguez-Ramilo, Andres Legarra, Jean-Michel Astruc, Luis Varona, Zulma G. Vitezica

“…A fraction of 99.1% of the partial inbreeding coefficients were lower than 0.01 in all breeds, meaning that in practice inbreeding occurs in pedigree loops that span several generations backwards. …”
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Clinical Outcomes in Diabetic Females Presenting with STEMI: A Cohort Study by Anjana Ajith Beena, Priya Shanmukhan, Veena Felix, Alummoottil George Koshy, Kunjukrishnapilla Sivaprasad

“…Introduction: Although the incidence of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is lower in women, outcomes are worse, particularly in diabetic females. …”
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Factors Associated with Healthcare-Seeking Behavior among Health Profession Students in Selected Universities in Southwestern Uganda. by Wamaani, Hannington Gamukama, Olum, Ronald, Ajuna, Noble, Atwijukire, Humphrey, Kabami, Jane, Asiimwe, John Baptist

“…Accessibility to health facilities and lower academic years predicted formal healthcare-seeking behavior while minor illnesses and being too busy predicted informal HSB among health profession students. …”
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Implications, actors, and geopolitical levers of tourism. Israel / Palestine: what religious places tell us by Caroline Rozenholc-Escobar

“…It responds to this by looking at the places that contribute to producing this form of tourism; and the physical flows and symbolic movements of which these places are the objectives. …”
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Have you seen a skinny alligator in south Florida? [trifold brochure] by Michiko Squires, Avishka Godahewa, Justin R. Dalaba, Laura A. Brandt, Frank J. Mazzotti

“… This is a trifold brochure based on the fact sheet by the same title, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw460 The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is an effective indicator for restoration of more natural patterns of water levels and flows through the Everglades. The Florida Everglades is a highly modified system, so monitoring health of alligators can inform how different areas of this large ecosystem are doing. …”
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