Avolition Characterizes the Chronic Fatigue Experienced in Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Tristan Gabriel-Segard, Margherita Boltri, Mathilde Barrau, Catherine Massoubre, Stéphane Paul, Xavier Roblin

“…<b>Methods:</b> Patients presenting IBD (n = 110) in a quiescent stage of Crohn’s disease (CD) (n = 60) and ulcerative colitis (UC) (n = 50) were enrolled and classified following their declared experience of fatigue (n = 58) or not (n = 52). …”
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Association between the systemic immune-inflammation index and sarcopenia in older adults: a cross-sectional study by Esra Cataltepe, Eda Ceker, Ayse Fadiloglu, Fatih Gungor, Nermin Karakurt, Zekeriya Ulger, Hacer Dogan Varan

“…Methods This cross-sectional study enrolled 632 patients. All participants underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment. …”
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Oral Midazolam Premedication for Children Undergoing General Anaesthesia for Dental Care by Saad A. Sheta, Maha AlSarheed

“…Subjects and Methods. 60 children aged 2–6 years were enrolled in the study. The children were randomly assigned to one of 3 groups and received orally 0.5, 0.75, or 1.0 mg/kg of injectable midazolam mixed with apple juice 30 minutes before separation from parents. …”
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Psicología y discapacidad: un encuentro desde el paradigma social by Lucrecia Alfaro-Rojas

“…Aunque en la literatura se encuentran diversas denominaciones para estos paradigmas, el presente artículo se refiere a los tres paradigmas que engloban las posturas más habituales hacia el tema de la discapacidad: el paradigma tradicional, el paradigma médico-biológico y el paradigma social.  Es dentro de este último que se concibe a la persona con discapacidad desde un enfoque biopsicosocial y se apunta hacia una integración real y efectiva de esta población en todas las esferas de la vida en la sociedad.  …”
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Propuesta de plan estratégico para la empresa EXPORTQUILSA S.A. 2024 – 2026 by Tatiana Paola Velasco Mejía, Alejandro Reigosa Lara

“…Ecuador es un país destacado internacionalmente por la exportación de productos petroleros y no petroleros; dentro de estos últimos los productos acuícolas y particularmente la producción de camarón constituye un importante pilar para la economía nacional, sustentado por empresas productivas y/o exportadoras radicadas en la zona costera. …”
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Direito Penal Econômico e o índice de reforma decisional para crimes tributários: o uso da metodologia de análise de decisões nas câmaras criminais do TJCE em busca de respostas... by Mariana Dionísio de Andrade, Ives Nahama Gomes dos Santos

“…Para tanto, é necessário atender a quatro objetivos específicos: 1) estabelecer o lugar conceitual do de crimes tributários, dentro do contexto do Direito Penal Econômico; 2) investigar e demonstrar a Metodologia de análise de decisões como forma de investigação empírica e necessária, delineando quais as teses mais recorrentes pelas defesas e acusações, quais os dados apresentados por estas; quais os dados levados em consideração pelo julgador; quais as proxys dos índices de provimento dos recursos; 4) apresentar, de modo empírico, aplicando a Análise de Conteúdo os resultados da pesquisa, a partir da esquematização sobre com que resultados? …”
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A Vaginal Inlay for Reduction of Stress Urinary Incontinence: Outcome of a Randomized Clinical Trial and Four User Acceptance Studies by Aino Fianu Jonasson, Karin Bryder, Elisabeth Sthengel

“…The clinical investigation enrolled 97 women diagnosed with SUI, randomized 3 : 1 to either treatment or standard care (control). …”
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Rate Pressure Products Affect the Relationship between the Fractional Flow Reserve and Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio by Suguru Ebihara, Hisao Otsuki, Hiroyuki Arashi, Junichi Yamaguchi, Nobuhisa Hagiwara

“…In this study, we investigated the effects of the RPP on the FFR and iFR. We retrospectively enrolled 195 patients (259 lesions) who had undergone invasive coronary angiography and both the iFR and FFR examinations between 2012 and 2017. …”
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The Clinical Importance of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Report by Burcu AVCI OZBALIK, Tugba BINGOL TANRIVERDI, Hafize Gulsah OZCAN, Melek GURA CELIK

“…Methods: Forty-four patients with severe TBI were retrospectively enrolled in the study. The patients were divided into two groups: survivors (n=17) and non-survivors (n=27). …”
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Signatures of lower respiratory tract microbiome in children with severe community-acquired pneumonia using shotgun metagenomic sequencing by Ting-Yu Yen, Ching Hsu, Ni-Chung Lee, Chao-Szu Wu, Hsin Wang, Kuan-Yi Lee, Chia-Ray Lin, Chun-Yi Lu, Mo-Li Tsai, Tzu-Yu Liu, Che Lin, Chien-Yu Chen, Luan-Yin Chang, Feipei Lai, Li-Min Huang

“…Signatures of lower respiratory tract microbiome were compared between groups using an exact k-mer matching metagenomic analysis pipeline (Kraken 2) and a metagenome-assembled genomes pipeline (MetaWRAP). Results: Totally 66 children were enrolled, and 27 children were critical cases, and the rest were severe cases. …”
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Final Analysis of Post‐Marketing Surveillance for Avelumab + Axitinib in Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma in Japan by Norio Nonomura, Taito Ito, Masashi Sato, Makiko Morita, Mie Ogi, Masahiro Kajita, Mototsugu Oya

“…Materials and Methods We report data from prospective, noncomparative, multicenter, observational PMS in patients with RCC who received ≥ 1 dose of avelumab. Patients were enrolled between December 2019 (date of regulatory approval) and May 2021. …”
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Validity and Reliability Analysis of Knowledge of, Attitude toward and Practice of a Case-mix Questionnaire among Turkish Healthcare Providers by Saad Ahmed Ali Jadoo, Seher Nur Sulku, Syed M. Aljunid, Ilker Dastan

“…**Methods:** A sample of 238 health care providers selected conveniently from three public hospitals in Turkey was enrolled in a cross-sectional study from September 1 until November 30, 2012. …”
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Study Protocol of the Korean EGFR Registry: A Multicenter Prospective and Retrospective Cohort Study in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients With EGFR Mutation by Chang Dong Yeo, Dong Won Park, Seong Hoon Yoon, Eun Young Kim, Jeong Eun Lee, Shin Yup Lee, Chang‐Min Choi, In‐Jae Oh, Do Jin Kim, Jeong Seon Ryu, Jae Cheol Lee, Young‐Chul Kim, Tae Won Jang, Kye Young Lee, Seung Hun Jang, Seung Joon Kim, for the Korean EGFR Registry Investigators

“…Methods The Korean EGFR Registry was designed to enroll 2000 patients with all stages of EGFR‐mutated NSCLC from 40 university hospitals across Korea. …”
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Clinical characteristics, complications and satisfaction of megameatus intact prepuce (MIP) hypospadias variant: a 15 year retrospective study by Meng He, Songqiao Fan, Ning Sun, Jun Tian, Minglei Li, Hongcheng Song, Weiping Zhang

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for 31 patients with MIP admitted to our hospital from January 2008 to February 2023. All enrolled patients underwent telephone follow-up and a survey was conducted on the satisfaction of patients and their families. …”
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Portfolio assessment in AI-enhanced learning environments: a pathway to emotion regulation, mindfulness, and language learning attitudes by Mohamad Ahmad Saleem Khasawneh, Alaa Aladini, Sabah Abdulkader Assi, Bemnet Ajanil

“…A total of 69 students (38 in the experimental group (EG) and 31 in the control group (CG) from Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, aged 22–34 years, participated in this quasi-experimental study. The participants, enrolled in the final term of their Bachelor’s program in English Teaching, were randomly assigned to either the EG or CG. …”
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La actividad turística. En el Municipio Rangel - Estado Mérida. Innovación en el sector Alojamiento y Actividades Complementarias by OLGA M. DE PAREDES

“…Las empresas del sector servicios proporcionan a sus clientes servicios o productos intangibles. Encontrándose dentro de este tipo las que realizan actividades turísticas, que ofrecen a los usuarios alojamiento, transporte aéreo, excursiones, esparcimiento, información, etc. …”
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Gut Microbiota as Mediator and Moderator Between Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective Study by Bingren Hu, Yi Yang, Jiangqiao Yao, Ganglian Lin, Qikuan He, Zhiyuan Bo, Zhewei Zhang, Anlvna Li, Yi Wang, Gang Chen, Yunfeng Shan

“…Fecal samples were collected and subjected to 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was applied to identify risk characteristics. …”
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Comparison between Sevoflurane and Isoflurane Effects on Hemodynamic Status by Adel Amen Hama

“…Thirty patients between the ages 7- 68 years were enrolled in this study, 13 Male and 17 females. All patients fasted for 8-10 hours before proposed time of surgery. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with COVID-19 in pediatric intensive care units during the Omicron wave in Taiwan by Jeng-Hung Wu, Ching-Chia Wang, Frank Leigh Lu, Shu-Chien Huang, Ting-Yu Yen, Chun-Yi Lu, Luan-Yin Chang, En-Ting Wu

“…Clinical characteristics and outcomes were compared between patients in early and late stages. Results: We enrolled 78 children with COVID-19, with a median length of stay (LOS) in PICU of 3 days and a 5% mortality rate. …”
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Individualized drug therapy and survival prediction in ICU patients with acute kidney injury: construction and validation of a nomogram by Rui Yang, Xiaozhe Su, Ziqi Liu, Shuai Shao, Yinhuai Wang, Hao Su, Haiqing He

“…Ultimately, a comparative analysis was performed to elucidate the prognostic disparities among these patient subgroups. Results This study enrolled 1,208 patients and developed a nomogram incorporating oxygen flow rate, respiratory frequency, continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration status, age, and medication use (including ibuprofen, epinephrine, cefazolin, warfarin, and vasopressin). …”
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