Prevalence and Clinical Spectrum of Liver Disease in Nepalese HIV-Sero-Positive Patients Undergoing Antiretroviral Therapy: A Cross-Sectional Hospital Based Study by Roshan Kumar Jha, Shiv Kumar Sah

“…One hundred and forty-four HIV positive patients were enrolled consecutively and their clinical profiles of liver injury were investigated. …”
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Efficacy of a “Rescue” Ciprofloxacin-Based Regimen for Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection after Treatment Failures by Maria Pina Dore, Vincenza Tadeu, Bianca Are, Ida Mura, Giuseppe Fanciulli, Giovannino Massarelli, Andrea Piana

“…Results. 34 patients were enrolled, 32 completed the study. Compliance was excellent (100%). …”
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Reproductive behaviour and longevity: Evidence from Chinese centenarians by Shuo Zhang, Si-qing Zhang, Hua-lei Yang, Jia-hao Wang, Yuan-yang Wu

“…Based on data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) from 2014 to 2018, a total of 1428 deceased older people were enrolled in the study, including 421 centenarians and 1007 non-centenarians. …”
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Habilidades socio-emocionales: un elemento esencial en el policía como mediador en Colombia by Erika Andrea Camacho Barón, Nubia Edith Céspedes Prieto

“…En principio se realizó una revisión en fuentes documentales especializadas frente al tema, posteriormente, se utilizó una metodología de tipo descriptiva e hipotética-deductiva, haciendo referencia a la identificación de las habilidades para la vida presentes en un mayor o menor nivel, en los estudiantes bachilleres y profesionales futuros oficiales de la Policía Nacional, relacionada con el perfil del policía como mediador. …”
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Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Utility in Prediction of 30-Day Readmission Rate in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure by Shengchuan Dai, Manoucher Manoucheri, Junhong Gui, Xiang Zhu, Divyanshu Malhotra, Shenjing Li, Jason D’souza, Fnu Virkram, Aditya Chada, Haibing Jiang

“…Methods and Results. We enrolled 240 patients who met the study criteria. Forty-eight (20%) patients were readmitted for decompensated HF within thirty days of hospital discharge, and 192 (80%) patients were not readmitted. …”
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Cross-Camera External Validation for Artificial Intelligence Software in Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy by Meng-Ju Tsai, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Chin-Han Tsai, Mingke Chen, An-Tsz Hsieh, Chung-Wen Tsai, Min-Ling Chen

“…Color fundus images of diabetes patients taken with three different nonmydriatic fundus cameras, including 477 Topcon TRC-NW400, 459 Topcon TRC-NW8 series, and 471 Kowa nonmyd 8 series that were judged as “gradable” by one ophthalmologist were enrolled for validation. VeriSee DR was then used for the diagnosis of referable DR according to the International Clinical Diabetic Retinopathy Disease Severity Scale. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF CONTRAST–ENHANCED HIGHRESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) FORTHE DETECTION OF RETINOBLASTOMA by Muhammad Faisal

“…Results A total of fifty patients were enrolled with mean age 19.2±4.69 months with range (9-34) months. …”
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Capacidades tecnológicas y organizacionales de las empresas mexicanas participantes en la cadena de valor de la industria aeronáutica by Juana Hernández Chavarria

“…Se encontró que las capacidades organizacionales son fundamentales en el proceso de inserción a la industria aeronáutica y determinan las actividades iniciales dentro del sector, en mayor medida que las tecnológicas.…”
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4-H Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Workbook by John Pipoly, Angelina Toomey, Sarah Hensley, Esen Momol, Jennifer W. Marvin, Kelly Perez

“…All volunteers and instructors utilizing this resource should work with their local 4-H Extension Agent to appropriately enroll youth in 4-H in order for them to experience the full benefits of the 4-H Youth Development program and to receive credit for completion of a 4-H project. …”
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Association between Interleukin-10-1082 G/A and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α 308 G/A Gene Polymorphisms and Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Iranian Preterm Infants by Abolfazl Khoshdel, Soleiman Kheiri, Peyman Omidvari, Fahimeh Moradi, Majid Hamidi, Hossein Teimori

“…The present study was done to investigate the frequency of interleukin- (IL-) 10 and tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) α gene polymorphisms and their association with the risk of RDS in preterm infants. …”
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Determining the Feasibility of Ambulance-Based Randomised Controlled Trials in Patients with Ultra-Acute Stroke: Study Protocol for the “Rapid Intervention with GTN in Hypertensive... by Sandeep Ankolekar, Gillian Sare, Chamila Geeganage, Michael Fuller, Lynn Stokes, Nikola Sprigg, Ruth Parry, A. Niroshan Siriwardena, Philip M. W. Bath

“…Time from acute stroke to enrolment in clinical trials needs to be reduced to improve the chances of finding effective treatments. …”
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Evaluation of Cognitive Schemas Based on the Presence of Anxiety Disorder among Coronary Artery Disease Patients by Huri ASLAN, İbrahim TAYMUR, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…Method: A total of 35 coronary artery disease patients with anxiety disorder and 20 coronary artery disease patients without comorbid anxiety disorders were enrolled into the study. Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 3 were applied to each participant. …”
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Influence of social support on technophobia in older adults in urban communities: the mediating role of self-efficacy and e-health literacy, a cross-sectional study by Jin Li, Chen Wang, Dan Luo, Yan Shi, Hua Qing Guo, Zhi Guang Duan

“…Objectives To explore the chained mediating role of self-efficacy and e-health literacy in the association between social support and technophobia in older adults in urban communities.Design A cross-sectional study conducted from June 2023 to April 2024.Setting This study was conducted in three districts of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, China.Participants The study enrolled 1658 older adults (> 60 years old) in urban communities in Taiyuan.Methods The analyses included assessments using the technophobia, e-health, self-efficacy and social support scales, and the mediating effects of these indices were investigated using Model 6 in SPSS V.26.Results The level of technophobia in older adults was found to be moderately high. …”
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Health information orientation and health literacy as determinants of health promotion behaviors in adolescents: a cross-sectional study by Mi-Ae You, Jeong-Ah Ahn

“…IntroductionThis cross-sectional study aimed to identify the impact of health information orientation and health literacy on adolescents’ health-promoting behaviors.MethodsWe enrolled 149 middle school students from an urban city in South Korea through convenience sampling. …”
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Anatomical and Functional Results Following 23-Gauge Primary Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: Superior versus Inferior Breaks by Panagiotis Stavrakas, Paris Tranos, Angeliki Androu, Paraskevi Xanthopoulou, Dimitrios Tsoukanas, Polixeni Stamatiou, Panagiotis Theodossiadis

“…Methods. 160 eyes were enrolled in this study, divided into two groups based on break location: the superior break group (115 eyes) and the inferior break group (45 eyes). …”
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Regímenes de pertenencia nacional en Venezuela y la República Dominicana contemporáneas by Tobias Schwarz

“…En la r epública Dominicana, la exclusión administrativa de dominicanas/os de ascendencia haitiana se ha incrementado notablemente tras los cambios en la ley de inmigración en 2004, estableciendo que se considera como dominicano solo a los nacidos en el país, de padres o dominicanos o que viven de manera permanente dentro de la r epública Dominicana. En ambos casos queda evidente que las nociones de pertenencia son decisivas tanto para las políticas de inmigración como para las de nacionalidad; y que los dos ámbitos políticos mantienen una estrecha relación.…”
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Exclusive Enteral Nutrition versus Infliximab in Inducing Therapy of Pediatric Crohn’s Disease by Youyou Luo, Jindan Yu, Jingan Lou, Youhong Fang, Jie Chen

“…Data were measured at baseline and after 8 weeks of therapy. Results. We enrolled 26 children with CD; of whom, 13 were treated with infliximab, 13 with EEN. …”
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Psychosocial Predictors of Weight Loss among American Indian and Alaska Native Participants in a Diabetes Prevention Translational Project by Edward J. Dill, Spero M. Manson, Luohua Jiang, Katherine A. Pratte, Margaret J. Gutilla, Stephanie L. Knepper, Janette Beals, Yvette Roubideaux, Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention Demonstration Project

“…Participants (n=3,135) were confirmed as prediabetic and subsequently enrolled in the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention (SDPI-DP) demonstration project implemented at 36 Indian health care programs. …”
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4-H Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Leader Guide by John Pipoly, Angelina Toomey, Sarah Hensley, Esen Momol, Jennifer W. Marvin, Kelly Perez

“…All volunteers and instructors utilizing this resource should work with their local 4-H Extension Agent to appropriately enroll youth in 4-H in order for them to experience the full benefits of the 4-H Youth Development program and to receive credit for completion of a 4-H project. …”
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The Early Expression of HLA-DR and CD64 Myeloid Markers Is Specifically Compartmentalized in the Blood and Lungs of Patients with Septic Shock by Tomasz Skirecki, Małgorzata Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz, Grażyna Hoser, Urszula Zielińska-Borkowska

“…Twenty-seven patients with septic shock were enrolled into the study. The fluorescence intensity of HLA-DR on circulating monocytes was 3.5-fold lower than on the pulmonary monocytes (p=0.01). …”
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