Clinicopathological characteristics and predictors of renal outcomes in diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis : a retrospective single-center study from Western China by Shan Wen, Shasha Chen, Yingying Lin, Guisen Li, Ping Zhang, Wei Wang

“…Results Among the 107 enrolled patients, 12 patients had Type I diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis, 70 patients had Type II, and 25 patients had Type III. …”
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The Association of COPD Exacerbations with New Onset Type 2 Diabetes among Medicare Patients by Joseph S. Marino, Cynthiya Ruban, Christopher M. Blanchette

“…Beneficiaries with at least 1 year of continuous enrollment and evidence of > 2 COPD-related claims (>1 primary diagnosis) were included in the study. …”
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The Role of Nutrients in Supporting The Immune System Against Viral Infection; Newly Emerged Coronavirus (COVID19): A Narrative Review by Halgord Ali Farag, Hardi Rafat Baqi, Yousif Taha Hussein, Osama Hamid Shareef, Syamand Ahmed Qadir, Amany El Afifi, Abdel Hamid El Bilbeisi

“…Some vitamins include A, D, K, B, and C enroll in antiviral mechanism of the immune cells. …”
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ESTUDO DOS MECANISMOS TERMORREGULADORES E DE SEUS EFEITOS QUANDO CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCTES CARVOEIROS EVITAM A INGESTÃO HÍDRICA DURANTE A ATIVIDADE LABORAL by Ada Ávila Assunção, Hugo Alejandro Cano Prais, Elizabeth Costa Dias

“…Este estudo é parte do projeto de investigação “Trabalho Precoce na Atividade Carvoeira em Mi- nas Gerais”, desenvolvido como parte do Programa de Apoio à Pesquisa e Formação de Recursos Humanos na Área de Saúde e Segurança no Trabalho (RH-SST 01/96), apoiado pelo CNPq, CAPES, Ministério do Trabalho e FUNDACENTRO, dentro do esforço brasileiro pela erradicação do trabalho infantil intolerável. …”
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Efficacy of Chinese Herbal Medicine in the Treatment of Moderate-Severe Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Retrospective Study by Yujiao Zheng, Fan Yang, Lin Han, Xiaowen Gou, Fengmei Lian, Wenke Liu, Linhua Zhao, Bing Pang, Xiyan Zhao, Xiaolin Tong

“…By searching through our medical records of all the diabetic patients from January 2006 to January 2012, we identified and enrolled 30 moderate and severe pDPN patients in the study, for whom the treatment of neuropathic pain by regular pharmacotherapies had failed. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Drug-Eluting Bead Transarterial Chemoembolization Loaded with Raltitrexed for the Treatment of Unresectable or Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yonghua Bi, Dechao Jiao, Jianzhuang Ren, Xinwei Han

“…Between May 2018 and October 2021, 41 patients with unresectable or recurrent HCC treated by DEB-TACE loaded with raltitrexed were retrospectively enrolled. The primary end points were overall survival and progression-free survival. …”
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FUNÇÃO COMUNICATIVA NUCLEAR COMO ESTRATÉGIA DE ENSINO PARA PARTÍCULAS MODAIS ALEMÃS: RELEVÂNCIA DA ABORDAGEM MINIMALISTA by MARCELI AQUINO

“…Com uma organização paradigmática interna altamente estruturada, a abordagem minimalista considera cada partícula como tendo uma função comunicativa específica, em que seu significado pragmático deve ser recuperado tanto pelo reconhecimento de sua função nuclear quanto pela inferência da situação comunicativa (AQUINO, 2023a; DIEWALD, et al., 2017). …”
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Generalizability of Randomized Clinical Trial Outcomes for Diabetes Control Resulting From Bariatric Surgery by Edward H. Livingston, MD, FACS, AGAF, Hila Zelicha, RD, PhD, Erik P. Dutson, MD, Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD, Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD, Yijun Chen, MD

“…All patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) between January 8, 2018 and May 19, 2023 had their baseline characteristics, weight change, and diabetes control compared with those enrolled in the surgical treatment and medications potentially eradicate diabetes efficiently (STAMPEDE) and diabetes surgery study (DSS) RCTs of bariatric surgery’s effect on diabetes control. …”
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Using partially shared radiomics features to simultaneously identify isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation status and epilepsy in glioma patients from MRI images by Yida Wang, Ankang Gao, Hongxi Yang, Jie Bai, Guohua Zhao, Huiting Zhang, Yang Song, Chenglong Wang, Yong Zhang, Jingliang Cheng, Guang Yang

“…Our study aimed to exploit this correlation to improve the performance of both of the IDH mutation status identification and epilepsy diagnosis models in patients with glioma II-IV. 399 patients were retrospectively enrolled and divided into a training (n = 279) and an independent test (n = 120) cohort. …”
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A mixed methods crossover randomized controlled trial exploring the experiences, perceptions, and usability of artificial intelligence (ChatGPT) in health sciences education by Mirella Veras, Joseph-Omer Dyer, Holly Shannon, Bryce J M Bogie, Morgan Ronney, Harmehr Sekhon, Derek Rutherford, Paulo Goberlânio Barros Silva, Dahlia Kairy

“…Methods Twenty-seven students at Carleton University (Canada) were enrolled in a crossover randomized controlled trial study from a Health Sciences course during the Fall 2023 academic term. …”
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Causes and Follow-Up of Central Diabetes Insipidus in Children by Wendong Liu, Jing Hou, Xiuqin Liu, Limin Wang, Guimei Li

“…Seventy-nine patients with CDI (CDI group) hospitalized from July 2012 to March 2017 and 43 healthy children (control group) were enrolled in this study. All cases underwent MRI examination including T1-weighted three-dimensional magnetization-prepared rapid gradient-echo (T1WI-3D-MP RAGE) imaging sequences. …”
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Problematic issues of vocational guidance and professional selection of candidates for service in the agencies of the National Police of Ukraine by N. E. Miloradova

“…The author has emphasized the necessity of creating an effective strategy of vocational guidance and qualitative selection procedure, referral and enrollment of young people to higher educational institutions with specific learning conditions.…”
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Advanced Colorectal Liver Metastasis: A Survival Analysis from the Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial LIGRO by Dennis Björk, MD, Kristina Hasselgren, MD, PhD, Bård I. Røsok, MD, PhD, Peter N. Larsen, MD, PhD, Ernesto Sparrelid, MD, PhD, Gert Lindell, MD, PhD, Nicolai A. Schultz, MD, PhD, Bjorn A. Bjørnbeth, MD, PhD, Bengt Isaksson, MD, PhD, Anna Lindhoff Larsson, RN, Magnus Rizell, MD, PhD, Bergthor Björnsson, MD, PhD, Per Sandström, MD, PhD

“…In the LIGRO trial, 100 patients were randomized to TSH or ALPPS, with the option of rescue ALPPS if insufficient growth was found after the initial step of TSH. Patients were enrolled between June 2014 and August 2016. Follow-up data for this study were collected between November 2022 and February 2023. …”
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Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Upregulates the Immunogenicity of Cold to Hot Tumors in Esophageal Cancer Patients by Yushi Nagaki, MD, PhD, Satoru Motoyama, MD, PhD, Yusuke Sato, MD, PhD, Akiyuki Wakita, MD, PhD, Hiromu Fujita, MD, PhD, Kohei Kemuriyama, MD, Ryohei Sasamori, MD, Shu Nozaki, MD, Kyoko Nomura, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Minamiya, MD, PhD

“…Of 105 ESCC patients who underwent surgery after NACRT between 2010 and 2018 at our hospital, 99 whose biopsy tissue samples were obtained were enrolled. Based on immunohistochemical analysis, tumors that were FOXA1 (+) and/or EYA2 (+) were defined as hot tumors, others were cold tumors. …”
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El análisis ocupacional como estrategia de cambio en las organizaciones by Denis Santacruz

“…Así, el análisis lo realizan los mismos actores, como promotores de los cambios en su realidad ocupacional, dentro de una perspectiva sistémica, centrada en el análisis de procesos. …”
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Effect of intraoperative noise isolation on postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery: protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Chong Fu, Fan Xia, Zihan Yan, Han-bing Xu, Wei-ming Zhao, Yi-shan Lei, Chang Xu, Wen-wen Huo, Duo-duo Tao, Juan Wang, Xi-sheng Shan, Ke Peng, Hong Liu, Fu-hai Ji, Hua-yue Liu

“…Method This single-center, prospective, randomized controlled trial will enroll 192 adult patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery. …”
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El meta-análisis como instrumento de búsqueda y selección de información. Una experiencia en el proceso de selección bibliográfica para el desarrollo de una tesis doctoral by José Antonio Tinto

“…Una aproximación empírica aplicada al estudio de la imagen de la inversión española en Venezuela”, la cual fue leída en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid en el año 2006, y en ella fue aplicada una novedosa metodología de revisión bibliográfica basada en el enfoque meta-analítico del tema objeto de estudio, con la finalidad de justificar y enmarcar la temática de investigación dentro de los trabajos académicos más importantes y relevantes publicados por reconocidos autores a nivel internacional. …”
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Gadamer y Nietzsche by Carlos B. Gutiérrez

“…Gadamer insiste, sin embargo, en trazar cuidadosamente los límites de la hermenéutica dentro del horizonte ampliado por el psicoanálisis y la crítica ideológica. …”
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Competencias adquiridas por el alumnado universitario durante una propuesta de aprendizaje servicio en educación física a partir de incidentes críticos by Francisco Javier Giles Girela, Johan Rivas Valenzuela, Carmen Trigueros Cervantes, Enrique Rivera García, Ricardo Martín Moya

“…Nuestro estudio se ha desarrollado dentro de un programa de ApS, puesto en práctica en el grado de Enseñanza de Educación Primaria, en la asignatura de Educación Física de la facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. …”
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The Food Resources and Kitchen Skills intervention: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial. by Armando Peña, Emily Dawkins, Mariah Adams, Lyndsi R Moser, Amy Carter, Rebecca L Rivera, Deanna Reinoso, Wanzhu Tu, Richard J Holden, Daniel O Clark

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Food Resources and Kitchen Skills (FoRKS) is an ongoing 2-arm parallel randomized controlled trial (RCT) that will enroll 200 adults (35-75 y) with food insecurity and elevated systolic blood pressure (≥120 mmHg) at a large federally qualified health center (FQHC) network in Central Indiana. …”
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