Characteristics of beta parapapillary atrophy in primary angle-closure suspect by Qing Zhang, Ye Zhang, Xiaohua Pan, Hui Feng, Shuning Li, Zhi Li, Meijuan Zhang, Caixia Li, Fei Xiang, Qianqian Ji

“…Objective To investigate the characteristics of beta parapapillary atrophy (β-PPA) in patients with primary angle-closure suspect (PACS).Methods and analysis In total, 215 and 259 eyes with PACS and non-PACS (NPACS), respectively, were enrolled in this observational, cross-sectional study. …”
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Alteración de las propiedades mecánicas de un Ustochrept Udértico tratado con agua enriquecida en sodio by E. MELANI, L. DRAGHI, D. JORAJURIA COLLAZO, T. PALANCAR

“…. -0,094 λ no sódico), aumento de la cohesión (263 kPa sódico vs. 114,5 kPa no sódico) y esfuerzo cortante (363 kPa sódico vs. 250 kPa no sódico). Dentro de la Teoría de EC se evidenció una mayor capacidad expansiva del tratamiento más sódico durante el corte en términos relativos. …”
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Nomogram to Predict the Survival of Chinese Patients with Alcohol-Related Liver Disease by Fangfang Duan, Chen Liu, Yuwei Liu, Chunyan Chang, Hang Zhai, Huichun Xing, Jun Cheng, Song Yang

“…Hospitalized alcohol-related liver disease patients were retrospectively enrolled from 2015 to 2018 and followed up for 24 months to evaluate survival profiles. …”
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Adverse Events of Antiepileptic Drugs Using Indonesian Version of Liverpool Adverse Events Profile by Astri Budikayanti, Lubna Muhammad Qadri, Zakiah Syeban, Luh Ari Indrawati, Fitri Octaviana

“…The total of 90 subjects were enrolled with 91% screened as having AEs using LAEP questionnaire. …”
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Comprensión de perspectivas psicosociales en Colombia by Sandra Liliana Aya Angarita, Diana Laverde Gallego

“…Los principales resultados establecen que las experiencias psicosociales, las cuales propenden al bienestar y auto-organización de afectados, se enmarcan en contextos de crisis y vulnerabilidad especialmente en escenarios de violencia política; se identifica que aunque no se explicitan de manera clara referentes teóricos, estos se reflejan en las formas de acción interventiva; se reconoce la importancia de la transdisciplinariedad para generar comprensiones holísticas de fenómenos sociales, se observan como logros la movilización de dinámicas relacionales tanto al interior de la organización como dentro de las comunidades, y como reto la confrontación de discursos y el seguimiento de la acción psicosocial. …”
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La ética y los saberes de recursividad en la formación de psicólogos/as by Ramón Sanz Ferramola

“…Tercero, nos centraremos en la concurrencia y diver gencia de la ética y la deontología, sus roles, límites y potencialidades dentro de campo ps icológico, en general y de la moral científico-profesional en particular. …”
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Empleo rural y LEADER: actores, territorios y beneficiarios en Andalucía (2007–2015) by Eugenio Cejudo García, José Antonio Cañete Pérez, Francisco Antonio Navarro Valverde, Noelia Ruiz Moya

“…Se constata tanto el desigual comportamiento de los diferentes actores según territorios como el menor empleo generado y, dentro de él, creado, respecto del periodo anterior 2000–2006. …”
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Deranged liver among Sudanese Patients with Dengue Virus Infection in Port Sudan Teaching Hospital by Bashir Abdrhman Bashir Mohamed

“…Materials and Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study recruited in Port Sudan teaching hospital in the period from February 2013 to June 2014.  334 cases of dengue along with 101 cases of control were enrolled. Rapid immune chromatographic test was used to confirm positive dengue cases and WHO criteria were used for classifying the dengue severity. …”
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Patients with colorectal cancer combined with HIV had a worse overall survival after surgery: a meta-analysis by Wen-Wen Yang, Wen-Wen Yang, Xiong Zhou, Gan He

“…Stata SE 16 was used for data analysis.ResultsA total of eight studies involving 2180 patients were enrolled in this study. After data analysis, there were significant differences in sex (OR=0.69, 95% CI=0.49 to 0.98, I2 = 22.6%, P=0.04<0.1), tumor grade (OR=6.61, 95% CI=2.36 to 18.49, I2 = 0.00%, P=0.00<0.1), and tumor location (OR=2.19, 95% CI=1.74 to 2.77, I2 = 0.04%, P=0.00<0.1) between the HIV and non-HIV groups. …”
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Impact of Visit-to-Visit Triglyceride-Glucose Index Variability on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly by Fei Chen, Ying Pan, Ziqing Liu, Rong Huang, Jing Wang, Jian Shao, Yaqin Gong, Xiyi Sun, Xiaobo Jiang, Weihao Wang, Zhaoqiang Li, Shao Zhong, Qi Pan, Kaixin Zhou

“…In this retrospective study of electronic health records, 27,520 participants aged over 60 years were enrolled. The visit-to-visit variability of TyG index was calculated from annual health examination data and defined as average real variability (ARV), standard deviation (SD), or the coefficient of variability (CV). …”
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The mediating role of accelerated biological aging in the association between household air pollution from solid cooking fuels and neuropsychiatric disorders by Rui Tang, Haisheng Wu, Ling Jiang, Jie Zhou, Xia Gao, Jiazhen Zheng, Ya-Ping Tang, Mingxi Tang

“…Methods: This nationwide cohort study enrolled 8550 participants aged 45–80 from 2011 to 2020. …”
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Evaluation of Inhaler Technique in Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Andaman and Nicobar Islands – An Observational Study by M. Natraj, Vishal Singh, T. Anbarasan

“…Materials and Methods: This was an observational study done at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. We enrolled a total of 100 patients who presented to our department during the study period of January 2024 to June 2024. …”
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Establishment and internal validation of a model to predict the efficacy of Adalimumab in Crohn’s disease by Fang Wang, He Zhou, Yujie Zhang, Yu Da, Tiantian Zhang, Yanting Shi, Tong Wu, Jie Liang

“…Results: 68 patients with Crohn’s disease were enrolled in this study. Clinical remission was observed in 55.9% at 12 weeks. …”
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Combination Treatments of Plasma Exchange and Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with Hepatitis B Virus-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failur... by Wen-xiong Xu, Hong-liang He, Shun-wen Pan, Yuan-li Chen, Mei-ling Zhang, Shu Zhu, Zhi-liang Gao, Liang Peng, Jian-guo Li

“…A total of 110 HBV-ACLF patients treated in our hospital from January 2012 to September 2017 were enrolled into this trial and divided into the control group (n=30), UC-MSC group (n=30), PE group (n=30), and UC-MSC + PE group (n=20) based on their treatments. …”
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Psoriasis severity in moderate to severe psoriatic Greek patients routinely treated with systemic treatment: a cross-sectional and retrospective chart review study (CRYSTAL-Greece) by Dimitrios Rigopoulos, J. Katsantonis, O. Neofotistou, V. Chasapi, E. Lazaridou, A. V. Roussaki-Schulze, M. Papakonstantis, C. Angelakopoulos, P. Rigatos, P. Aronis, C. Zeglinas, A. Kyriakakis, T. Heatta-Speicher, A. Kollia, K. Antachopoulou, E. Papadavid

“…Objective To characterize the systemic treatment patterns and current state of moderate-to-severe psoriasis patients in real-world settings in Greece.Methods CRYSTAL-Greece was a multicenter, cross-sectional and retrospective chart review study assessing Psoriasis Area and Index (PASI), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and EuroQol-5-Dimensions 5-Levels (EQ-5D-5L). Eligible patients were consented adults (18–75 years old) on continuous treatment with any approved systemic therapy regimen for ≥24 weeks.Results 280 eligible patients were enrolled between 07APR2020 and 30NOV2020. …”
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Tear metabolomics reveals novel potential biomarkers in epithelial herpes simplex keratitis by Jinyu Zhang, Zhenning Wu, Yangqi Zhang, Kaili Wu, Xiaoyi Li, Shiyou Zhou

“…Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study enrolling 33 participants. Tear samples were collected from one eye of 18 HSK patients and 15 healthy volunteers using Schirmer-strips. …”
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Gestión urbana en el contexto del desarrollo local by Juan Carlos Delgado Lobo

“…En este contexto se inscribe el presente artículo, donde se hace una discusión teórica de la gestión urbana y de sus elementos definitorios como son la participación social y el capital social dentro del marco del desarrollo local como enfoque integrador de las relaciones entre los actores y factores locales que intervienen en este proceso. …”
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Acute Angiographic and Intermediate-Term Clinical Results of Patients with Non-Left Main Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Treated with BVS by Jailed Semi-Inflated Balloon Technique and... by Chieh-Shou Su, Keng-Hao Chang, Chih-Hung Lai, Yu-Wei Chen, Tzu-Hsiang Lin, Hung-Chih Pan, Tsun-Jui Liu, Wen-Lieng Lee

“…Sixty-eight patients with non-LM CABD who had undergone provisional one-stent implantation with SB protection by JSIBT between January 2015 and December 2017 were retrospectively enrolled. Among them, 20 patients received Absorb BVS implantation and 48 patients received DES implantation. …”
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The Efficacy of Paxman Scalp Cooling System in Preventing Hair Loss in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Western India – Multi-centre Retrospective Cohort Study by Mangesh Mekha, Ashish Joshi, Vashishth Maniar, Udip Maheshwari, Kshitij Joshi, Pritam Kalaskar, Smit Sheth, Pradip Kendre, Disha Morzaria, Reshma Korgavkar, Chandrashekhar Pethe, Sonal Dhande

“…Results: A total of 91 female patients were enrolled in the study, with a median age of 53 years (IQR: 44–62 years). …”
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La frontera de posibilidades de desigualdad en América Latina by Joaquín Serrano, Ivana Benzaquén

“…Se estiman modelos econométricos multivariados con efectos fijos para analizar la relación entre la distribución del ingreso e indicadores de conflicto social.Resultados: AL mejora dos posiciones en el ranking de desigualdad mundial al usar la TE en lugar del Gini. Dentro de AL existe un proceso de convergencia en niveles de desigualdad, aunque las medidas se comportan diferente: mientras que el Gini aumenta en los 90 y disminuye en los 2000, la TE mantiene una tendencia decreciente a lo largo de todo el periodo. …”
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