Adapting and Implementing a Blended Collaborative Care Intervention for Older Adults with Multimorbidity: Quantitative and Qualitative Results from the ESCAPE Pilot Study by Josefine Schulze, Dagmar Lühmann, Jonas Nagel, Cornelia Regner, Christine Zelenak, Kristina Bersch, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Matthew M. Burg, Birgit Herbeck-Belnap

“…A monocentric, one-arm pilot study involved nine patients with a mean of 6.7 contacts with their CM over three months. …”
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Characterizing Flow and Structure of Diabetic Retinal Neovascularization after Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: A Pilot Study by Christof Haensli, Katrin Fasler, Daniel Barthelmes, Sandrine A. Zweifel

“…Results. Nine NV in eight eyes of five patients were analyzed with a median follow-up time of 45 weeks. …”
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Evaluating 36 years of fishing sustainability in a large reservoir by Luiz Guilherme dos Santos Ribas, Pitágoras Augusto Piana, Caroline Henn, Anderson Luís Maciel, Geuza Cantanhêde, Maurício Spagnolo Adames, Éder André Gubiani

“…In 2022, we identified 12 fish stocks as sustainable, nine as recovering biomass, and four as overfished. …”
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Improving analogues-based detection & attribution approaches for hurricanes by Stella Bourdin, Suzana J Camargo, Chia-Ying Lee, Jonathan Lin, Mathieu Vrac, Pradeebane Vaittinada Ayar, Davide Faranda

“…We show that our method allows for selecting a sufficient number of suitable analogues, and we apply it to nine hurricane cases. Our analysis does not reveal any robust changes in wind hazards, translation speed, seasonality, or frequency over recent decades, consistent with current literature. …”
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Effect over coagulation and fibrinolysis parameters of a prolonged release 24 + 4 daily use regime contraceptive formulation containing 2 mg dienogest/0.02 mg ethinylestradiol... by Pedro-Antonio Regidor, Alicyoy Angulo, Enrico Colli

“…All other parameters showed no significant differences before and after the treatment for both groups.Conclusion The COC 2 mg DNG/0.02 mg EE was not associated with any meaningful changes in the analyzed coagulation and fibrinolytic parameters indicating that a prolonged release formulation does not impact on these factors.Clinical trial registry EudraCT: 2019-0018-77-97…”
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MCP-1-Induced Histamine Release from Mast Cells Is Associated with Development of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome in Rat Models by Jianwei Lv, Yiran Huang, Shiguo Zhu, Ganggang Yang, Yujian Zhang, Jing Leng, Juanjie Bo, Dongming Liu

“…A rat model of IC/BPS was developed by perfusing bladders of nine SPF- grade female Sprague-Dawley rats with protamine sulfate and lipopolysaccharide (PS+LPS). …”
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Monitoring Salivary Levels of Interleukin 1 Beta (IL-1β) and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) for Two Years of Orthodontic Treatment: A Prospective Pilot Study by Hülya Çevik-Aras, Fadimana Isik-Altun, Hatice Kilic-Tok, Julia Naoumova

“…This novel approach is aimed at monitoring continuous changes in IL-1β and VEGF levels in saliva during two years of orthodontic treatment. …”
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Perancangan Data Warehouse Rumah Sakit Berbasis Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) by Joko Purwanto, Renny Renny

“…Abtract The use of information technology is very important for hospitals, because it also affects the quality of health services, which manualy changed to digital using information technology. In this study, the authors used the Nine step methodology as a reference in designing a data warehouse for modeling using a fact constellation schema with 3 fact tables and 11 dimension tables. the different in this study from previous research is that the data source was taken directly from the SIMRS database used by the hospital, so there is no manual data extraction.The aim of this research is to be able to produce a Data Warehouse design based on Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) as a means of supporting the quality of hospital health services. …”
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Phantom motor execution as a treatment for phantom limb pain: protocol of an international, double-blind, randomised controlled clinical trial by Brian E McGuire, Lina Bunketorp-Käll, Eva Lendaro, Liselotte Hermansson, Helena Burger, Corry K Van der Sluis, Monika Pilch, Katarzyna Kulbacka-Ortiz, Ingrid Rignér, Anita Stockselius, Lena Gudmundson, Cathrine Widehammar, Wendy Hill, Sybille Geers, Max Ortiz-Catalan

“…Here we present the study protocol for an international (seven countries), multicentre (nine clinics), double-blind, randomised controlled clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of PME in alleviating PLP.Methods and analysis Sixty-seven subjects suffering from PLP in upper or lower limbs are randomly assigned to PME or phantom motor imagery (PMI) interventions. …”
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Treatment of inoperable pancreatic adenocarcinoma with focused ultrasound and microbubbles in patients receiving chemotherapy by Margrete Haram, Rune Hansen, Ola Finneng Myhre, Stian Solberg, Naseh Amini, Bjørn Atle Angelsen, Catharina de Lange Davies, Eva Hofsli

“…Patients were scheduled for two months of treatment. Changes in the size of tumors were determined from Computed Tomography (CT) -images. …”
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Meningococcal Meningitis (2016 to 2018) Four Years after the Introduction of Serogroup A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Benin by Togbemabou Primous Martial Godjedo, Alidehou Jerrold Agbankpe, Moussiliou Noël Paraiso, Tamegnon Victorien Dougnon, Marie Hidjo, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Honore Bankole

“…Eight hundred and ninety-nine bacterial strains were identified, of which 219 were strains of Neisseria meningitidis. …”
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Typology of Sounding Curves and Lithological 1D Models of Mineral Prospecting and Groundwater Survey within Crystalline Basement Rocks in the East of Cameroon (Central Africa) Usin... by Daniel Hervé Gouet, Arsène Meying, Harlin Leonid Ekoro Nkoungou, Stephane Patrick Assembe, Philippe Njandjock Nouck, Théophile Ndougsa Mbarga

“…From the qualitative interpretation of VES curves, the subsurface layering is depicted by nine (09) types of sounding curves (G, H, A, QH, KH, HK, HA, HKH, and KHK) characterizing the vertical changes and the typology of sounding curves in the East Cameroon crystalline basements. …”
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High-dose glucocorticoid treatment vs. glucocorticoid replacement in immune checkpoint inhibitor associated hypophysitis (CORTICI): an open, randomised controlled trial by Verena Theiler-Schwetz, Christian Trummer, Lisa Schmitt, Angelika Terbuch, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, Erika Richtig, Stefan Pilz

“…The primary outcome was the frequency of hormonal axes recovery.Results Between 17th April 2019 and 16th September 2022, 18 out of the 20 randomised patients finished the trial; eight completed high-dose, 10 glucocorticoid replacement. Nine patients presented with hyponatraemia, two had typical changes on MRI, 12 had isolated adrenal insufficiency, and six had an additional hormone deficiency. …”
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Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol by Andrew Booth, Catrin Evans, Stephen Timmons, Helen Spiby, Mark Clowes, Nia Jones, Kerry Evans, Benash Nazmeen, Candice Sunney, Georgia Clancy

“…Introduction One of the most commonly reported COVID-19-related changes to all maternity services has been an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations such as telephone or video calling; however, the ways in which they can be optimally used along maternity care pathways remain unclear. …”
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Resilience throughout COVID-19: Unmasking the realities of COVID-19 and vaccination facilitators, barriers, and attitudes among Black Canadians. by Obidimma Ezezika, Toluwalope Adedugbe, Isaac Jonas, Meron Mengistu, Tatyana Graham, Bethelehem Girmay, Yanaminah Thullah, Chris Thompson

“…Second, COVID-19 elicited lifestyle changes, with 23 themes emerging from 62 codes. As many as 97 participants expressed feelings of isolation, while 63 reported restricted mobility. …”
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Best organic farming expansion scenarios for pest control: a modeling approach by Delattre, Thomas, Memah, Mohamed-Mahmoud, Franck, Pierre, Valsesia, Pierre, Lavigne, Claire

“…The three OF expansion scenarios were applied to nine landscape contexts differing in their proportion and fragmentation of semi-natural habitat. …”
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CFD Modelling of a Centrifugal Compressor with Experimental Validation through Radial Diffuser Static Pressure Measurement by Brett Dewar, Jonna Tiainen, Ahti Jaatinen-Värri, Mike Creamer, Mariana Dotcheva, Jovana Radulovic, James M. Buick

“…The results also highlighted a change in the pressure along the spanwise direction close to the tips. …”
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Three-Year Outcomes of Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treated with Aflibercept under the National Health Insurance Program in Taiwan by Kang-Jung Lo, Jin-Yu Chang, Hsin-Yi Chang, Shih-Hwa Chiou, De-Kuang Hwang, Shih-Jen Chen

“…The lost-to-follow-up rate, number of injections, and predictive factors for visual outcomes were analyzed. Results. Ninety-nine eyes in 99 patients were followed up for 3 years. …”
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Extracellular electron transfer genes expressed by candidate flocking bacteria in cable bacteria sediment by Jamie J. M. Lustermans, Mantas Sereika, Laurine D. W. Burdorf, Mads Albertsen, Andreas Schramm, Ian P. G. Marshall

“…The proposed flockers belonged to a large variety of metabolically versatile taxonomic groups: 18 genera spread across nine phyla. Our data suggest that cable bacteria in freshwater sediments engage in electric relationships with diverse exoelectrogenic microbes. …”
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Availability and accessibility of cytotoxic medicines in the WHO model list of essential medicines for childhood cancer in low and lower-middle- income countries: a systematic revi... by Maheeka Seneviwickrama, Sashini Shehana Denagamagei, Surangi Jayakody, Sanjeeva Gunasekera, Guwani Liyanage

“…International partnerships, policy changes, and financing strategies are some of the key enablers identified. …”
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