Comparison of ophthalmic artery Doppler velocimetry changes on patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy versus normotensive pregnant women in third trimester of pregnancy:... by Suma K. B, Anupama Marnal B A, Mamatha S, Vikram Patil, Shweta R. Poojary, Sumuk M S

“…Seventy pregnant women with hypertensive disorders and 70 normotensive pregnant women were enrolled in this study during their third trimester. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Fetomaternal Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zainab Groof, Ghadeer Garashi, Hamid Husain, Shaikhah Owayed, Shaima AlBader, Hawra’a Mouhsen, Anwar Mohammad, Ali H. Ziyab

“…This cross-sectional study enrolled 947 mothers living in Kuwait, who had given birth within the previous four years. …”
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B and NK Cells Closely Correlate with the Condition of Patients with Acute Pancreatitis by Xin Wei, Weifeng Yao, Huiping Li, Jingjing Qian, Yaosheng Xie, Zhuo Zhang, Hong Lu, Liang Shi, Xiangyang Lin

“…Materials and Methods. 131 acute pancreatitis (AP) patients and 11 chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients constituted the patients’ group; 20 healthy individuals were enrolled as healthy controls (HC). Serum concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP), amylase, and lipase and the frequency and absolute number of many types of peripheral lymphocytes (including T, B, NK, CD16+/CD56+ T, CD4+ T, CD8+ T, CD4+CD8+ T, and CD4−CD8− T cells) were detected on admission and the seventh day of standard treatment. …”
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Overweight and Obesity, Body Fat, Waist Circumference, and Anemia in Peruvian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ruth B. Quiliche Castañeda, Josué Turpo-Chaparro, Jesús Hanco Torres, Jacksaint Saintila, Percy G. Ruiz Mamani

“…The findings of this study suggest that college students, especially males and those who are not enrolled in health sciences colleges, should be a priority in healthy lifestyle interventions, particularly nutritional education programs, to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity.…”
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Construcción de subjetividad en jóvenes raperos y raperas: más allá de la experiencia mediática by Andrés Vélez Quintero

“…Los mass media constituyen un importante escenario y agente promotor del acercamiento entre sujetos y objetos culturales, como por ejemplo entre los jóvenes y las jóvenes, y el Rap; sin embargo, en la elección por parte de los primeros hacia los segundos, como referente nodal en la constitución de sus subjetividades, esta experiencia es tratada de modo alterno junto con otras, dentro de las cuales se destaca la que se desarrolla en el barrio, en la calle, junto a los pares. …”
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Sublingual Buprenorphine and Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Three-Year Follow-Up of Quality of Life Assessment by Salvatore M. Giacomuzzi, Markus Ertl, Georg Kemmler, Yyvonne Riemer, Alexander Vigl

“…In the first study period, 53 opioid-dependent subjects were enrolled and 25 could be reached after 3 years. The retention rate was 50% for methadone and 45% for buprenorphine (p = 0.786). …”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHRONIC APICAL PERIODONTITIS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS OR META-INFLAMMATION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY by Antonia Boca, Ada Delean, Sanda Ileana Cîmpean, Adina Bianca Boșca, Cosmina Ioana Bondor, Sebastian Candrea, SALIVAGES Project group, Aranka Ilea

“…Two hundred patients were enrolled in a cross-sectional observational study, with 73 diagnosed with periapical inflammation based on orthopantomography and clinical assessment. …”
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Pre-IVF treatment with a GnRH antagonist in women with endometriosis (PREGNANT): study protocol for a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Hugh Taylor, Hao Huang, Lubna Pal, Heping Zhang, Howard J Li, Sandra Carson, Valerie Flores, Jared Robbins, Nanette F Santoro, James H Segars, David Seifer, Steven Young

“…Recent approval of an oral GnRH antagonist for endometriosis provides a novel option for women with endometriosis who are undergoing IVF. …”
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Propiedades psicométricas de un instrumento en construcción para evaluar la inteligencia emocional en alumnos de secundaria y la universidad by Federico Pulido Acosta, Francisco Herrera Clavero

“…Para esto se contó con 782 participantes, procedentes de 5 centros distintos. El 60.6% fueron chicas, el 39.4% varones, el 53.7% musulmanes, el 46.3% cristianos. …”
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Establishment and evaluation of a nomogram prediction model for risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence after the cox-maze IV procedure by Chuang Yu, Yanan Wei, Huajie Zheng, Sanjiu Yu, Yongbo Cheng, Chaojun Yan, Jun Li, Ping He, Wei Cheng

“…In this study, we aimed to develop and validate a risk prediction model of AF recurrence within 1 year after undergoing the Cox-Maze IV procedure. We retrospectively enrolled 303 consecutive patients who underwent the Cox-Maze IV procedure for persistent AF concomitant with other cardiac procedures at our institute between 2019 and 2021. …”
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Improved outcomes of children with Wilms’ tumor in a low-middle-income nation: The contribution of a pediatric oncologist to successful management by Usama Al-Jumaily, Hamid D. Habeeb Rjeib, Mohammed Fawzi Alqanbar, Safa Faraj, Dheyaa Aldeen Al-Khateeb

“…Results: In this study, 54 patients were enrolled. The median age was 3.3 years. The numbers of patients with stages I and III are 24 (44%) and 12 (22%), respectively. …”
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Screening for Atrial Fibrillation by Digital Health Technology in Older People in Homecare Settings: A Feasibility Trial by Edvard Liljedahl Sandberg, Sigrun Halvorsen, Trygve Berge, Jostein Grimsmo, Dan Atar, Bjørnar Leangen Grenne, Jarle Jortveit

“…This feasibility study highlights the challenges of enrolling older people receiving homecare services in clinical trials. …”
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PIVKA-II as a surrogate biomarker for therapeutic response in Non-AFP-secreting hepatocellular carcinoma by San-Chi Chen, Hsiang-Ling Ho, Chien-An Liu, Yi‑Ping Hung, Nai-Jung Chiang, Ming‑Huang Chen, Yee Chao, Muh-Hwa Yang

“…Methods Patients with unresectable HCC undergoing systemic therapy were enrolled. Baseline imaging and PIVKA-II levels were recorded. …”
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Ultrasonography of articular and periarticular structures as a relapse predictor in patients with clinically remitted rheumatoid arthritis by Mehdi Karami, Zohre Mohammadzadeh, Shadi Ebrahimian, Maryam Moradi, Sayedbonakdar Zahra

“…Methods: Seventy clinically remitted RA patients were enrolled based on the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints. …”
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Is It Matters to Have a Higher Education for the Young People Behavior on the Internet? by G. F. Gabdrakhmanova

“…Representatives of Generation Z, who today are still studying at or enrolling in Russian universities, are not inferior to those who have higher education in terms of the information and technological innovations level of use. …”
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The relationship between hypomagnesemia and ICU mortality in severe hemorrhagic stroke patients: an observational multicentre study on eICU database by Xinzhao Jiang, Faliang Gao, Zongjie Shi, Fang Liu, Wenyan Zhao, Guihong Gong

“…Results A total of 2,026 severe hemorrhagic stroke patients, aged over 16 and hospitalized in the ICU for more than 24 h, were enrolled. Among them, 277 (13.7%) died in the ICU, and hypomagnesemia was observed in 489 patients. …”
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Development of a Predictive Model of Tuberculosis Transmission among Household Contacts by Saibin Wang

“…This was a secondary analysis of data from a prospective cohort study, in which a total of 700 TB patients and 3417 household contacts were enrolled between 2010 and 2013 at two study sites in Peru. …”
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Hemosiderin-Laden Macrophages in Bronchoalveolar Lavage: Predictive Role for Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias by Toru Arai, Tomoko Kagawa, Yumiko Sasaki, Reiko Sugawara, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, Kazunobu Tachibana, Yoshiki Fujita, Seiji Hayashi, Yoshikazu Inoue

“…Two hundred and twenty-one patients with IIP diagnosed by bronchoscopy were enrolled in the study (IPF, n = 87; IIPs other than IPF, n = 134). …”
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Alberto Castilla, Así llegamos las comunidades campesinas al Senado. Bogotá, La Fogata Editorial, 2018. 126 pp. by Juan Felipe Monroy Simbaqueba

“…Sin embargo, no se limita a narrar su vida —como si de una autobiografía se tratara— sino que cuenta cómo fue su evolución dentro de distintas organizaciones políticas hasta ser elegido por las mismas para llevar los requerimientos del movimiento social al Senado. …”
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Significant Cytokine mRNA Expression Changes Immediately after Initiation of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Mareen Braunstein, Martina Williamson, Thomas Kusmenkov, Jürgen Landes, Peter Biberthaler, Karl-Georg Kanz, Wolfgang Böcker, Viktoria Bogner

“…Results. 25 patients (63 ± 15 years) were enrolled presenting a characteristic time-dependent cytokine profile in the early postresuscitation period. …”
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