Durvalumab, Tremelimumab, and Platinum Chemotherapy in EGFR Mutation–Positive NSCLC: An Open-Label Phase 2 Trial (ILLUMINATE) by Chee Khoon Lee, PhD, Bin-Chi Liao, MD, Shalini Subramaniam, MMed (Clin Epi), Chao-Hua Chiu, MD, Antony J. Mersiades, MMed (Clin Epi), Chao-Chi Ho, MD, PhD, Chris Brown, MBiostats, Chun-Liang Lai, MD, PhD, Brett G.M. Hughes, M.B.B.S. (Hons), Tsung-Ying Yang, MD, PhD, Ken O’Byrne, MD, Yung-Hung Luo, MD, PhD, Sonia Yip, PhD, Ching-Liang Ho, MD, Victoria Bray, PhD, Wu-Chou Su, MD, PhD, Melissa Moore, PhD, Wei-Lien Feng, MS, Ya-Ying Bai, MS, Kate Ford, MHSc, Michelle M. Cummins, PhD, Martin R. Stockler, MSc (Clin Epi), Benjamin J. Solomon, PhD, Thomas John, PhD, James Chih-Hsin Yang, MD, PhD

“…Results: One hundred participants from Australia and Taiwan were enrolled. …”
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Oxidative stress and retinopathy: evidence from epidemiological studies by Xiangliang Liu, Yu Chang, Yuguang Li, Yingrui Liu, Wei Song, Jin Lu, Naifei Chen, Jiuwei Cui

“…Methods Data were obtained from the NHANES 2005–2008, including 3,287 participants. OBS was calculated from 16 dietary and 4 lifestyle components and categorized into tertiles. …”
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Comprehensive multi-metric analysis of user experience and performance in adaptive and non-adaptive lower-limb exoskeletons. by Krongkaew Supapitanon, Tanyaporn Patathong, Chaicharn Akkawutvanich, Arthicha Srisuchinnawong, Worachit Ketrungsri, Poramate Manoonpong, Patarawan Woratanarat, Chanika Angsanuntsukh

“…A cross-over design with randomized allocation in Thai healthy and independently walking adults ensured participants experienced both modes. All participants were assigned into two groups to receive an alternate sequence of walking with the intelligent mode or the default mode of the lower-limb exoskeleton Exo-H3 at high and normal speed. …”
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Incidence and Associated Factors of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Abdominal Surgery in the Public Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Geresu Gebeyehu, Ashenafi Eshetu, Senait Aweke

“…Participants were followed for 7 days postoperatively, and any respiratory problems were recorded once identified. …”
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Physicians’ perception towards continuing professional development in government teaching hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-mixed method design by Merahi Kefyalew Merahi, Walelegn Worku Yallew

“…A total of 367 and 6 study participants were included in the quantitative and qualitative study, respectively. …”
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Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and its Associated Risk Factors among symptomatic Residents of Sulaimani city, Kurdistan region, Iraq, 2020 by Seerwan Hama Rashid Ali, Sabiha Sharif Salih, Taib Ahmed Hama Sour, Goran Mohammad Raouf, Araz Latif Rahim

“…Three hundred and four patients were included, all of them underwent Urea breath test only but eighty-one of the participants underwent endoscopy and stained the gastric sample with Giemsa stain. …”
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The Prevalence and Determinants of Hand and Face Dermatitis during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Population-Based Survey by Mohammed Saud Alsaidan, Aisha H. Abuyassin, Zahra H. Alsaeed, Saqer H. Alshmmari, Tariq F. Bindaaj, Alwa’ad A. Alhababi

“…Of the total 2356 participants, 34.8% reported skin changes or symptoms over hands, and 15.3% reported skin changes on their face during this pandemic. 88.7% of the participants reported a change in handwashing habits during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 62.2% of participants were not using any hand sanitizers before COVID-19 but began using them during the pandemic. …”
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Communication Aspect of National Testing Digitalization: Investigating Key Stakeholders’ Satisfaction by Miloš Jevtić, Slavica Cicvarić Kostić, Milan Okanović

“…Effective communication is essential due to the large number of participants involved in the process and should ensure national testing effectiveness and transparency. …”
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Análisis del patrón gol en la competición del fútbol femenino: primera y segunda división by Norberto Pascual Verdú, Pascual Villena Rodas, José Antonio Mártinez Carbonell

“… Introducción: A pesar de la gran cantidad de estudios publicados acerca de los factores que intervienen en la consecución de los goles durante los partidos de fútbol, pocos de ellos se centraron en el fútbol femenino.   …”
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Innovations that helped with accessing and delivering primary care for infants and young children during COVID-19 by Kimberley McFadden, Helen Valkanas, Leslie Rourke, Patricia Li, Imaan Bayoumi

“…The survey was sent to parent groups and primary care providers across the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec from May to October 2023. Survey participants who indicated interest in further participation were subsequently contacted for an interview. …”
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Perspectives of health workers on the facilitators and barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence following intensive adherence counseling in Northern Uganda by Humphrey Beja, Daisy Nakayiwa, Innocent Ocitti Owachgiu, Micheal Tonny Edek, Veronic Kobusinge, Oscar Akaki, Samson Udho

“…BackgroundIn some contexts, people living with HIV (PLWH) who are virally non-suppressed and participating in an intensive adherence counseling (IAC) program have demonstrated non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) even after IAC. …”
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Healthy Eating Index-2015 and Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity as Predictors of Prediabetes: A Case-Control Study by Jamal Rahmani, Karim Parastouei, Maryam Taghdir, Heitor O. Santos, Farinaz Hosseini Balam, Mohsen Saberi Isfeedvajani

“…Demographics, anthropometric measures, and fasting blood glucose levels of all participants were obtained. Participants completed a validated 80-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). …”
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Interactive effects of salinity, redox, and colloids on greenhouse gas production and carbon mobility in coastal wetland soils. by Nicholas D Ward, Madison Bowe, Katherine A Muller, Xingyuan Chen, Qian Zhao, Rosalie Chu, Zezhen Cheng, Thomas W Wietsma, Ravi K Kukkadapu

“…We also evaluated how OM and redox-sensitive species varied across different size fractions: particulates (0.45-1μm), fine colloids (0.1-0.45μm), and nano particulates plus truly soluble (<0.1μm; NP+S) during 21-day aerobic and anaerobic slurry incubations. …”
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Impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on knowledge of self-management among asthmatic patients: a prospective cohort study by Ahmad Khan, Saima Mushtaq, Amjad Khan, Nafees Ahmad, Shahzadi Sidra Saleem, Rubina Aman, Shahzadi Sadia Saleem, Ayesha Bibi, Saifullah Mehsud, Ivan R Green, Sheikh Abdur Rashid, Kifayat Ullah Shah

“…More than half of the participants (55%) did not know that asthma cannot be cured. …”
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Hip and Trunk Variables in University Students with and without Recurrent Low Back Pain by BJ Lehecka, Jordin Burleson, Paige Diederich, Morgan Salem, Rachel Schoonover, Jason Tejano

“…However, most of these are studies of participants with acute or chronic LBP rather than rLBP…”
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Don’t assume, ask! A focus group study on end-of-life care planning with people with intellectual disabilities from minoritised ethnic groups by Andrea Bruun, Leon Jordan, Jo Giles, Rhidian Hughes, Rebecca Anderson-Kittow, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne

“…Methods Nine focus groups and three semi-structured individual interviews were held with 41 participants from minoritised ethnic groups (11 family carers; 25 support staff; and five people with intellectual disabilities). …”
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A randomized, double-blind, Phase 1, single- and multiple-dose placebo-controlled study of the safety and pharmacokinetics of IN-006, an inhaled antibody treatment for COVID-19 in... by Thomas R. Moench, Lakshmi Botta, Brian Farrer, Jason D. Lickliter, Hyunah Kang, Yoona Park, Cheolmin Kim, Marshall Hoke, Miles Brennan, Morgan D. McSweeney, Zachary Richardson, John B. Whelan, Jong Moon Cho, Soo Young Lee, Frances Faurot, Jeff Hutchins, Samuel K. Lai

“…There were no serious adverse events. All enrolled participants completed the study without treatment interruption or discontinuation. …”
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Association between chronic kidney disease and oxidative balance score: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2018 by Cong Liu, Jiju Yang, Hongdian Li, Yuanyuan Deng, Pengfei He, Jiao Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang

“…In the fully adjusted model, compared to the lowest OBS quartile, participants in the highest quartile had a 26% reduced risk of CKD (OR = 0.74, 95%CI: 0.63–0.87, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Task-Driven Neurophysiological qEEG Baseline Performance Capabilities in Healthy, Uninjured Division-I College Athletes. by Robert E. Mangine, Thomas G. Palmer, James A. Tersak, Michael Mark, Joseph F Clark, Marsha Eifert-Mangine, Audrey Hill-Lindsay, Brian M Grawe

“…While this paper focuses on healthy, uninjured participants, results underscore the need to discen pre-injury benchmarks…”
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The steps that young people and suicide prevention professionals think the social media industry and policymakers should take to improve online safety. A nested cross-sectional stu... by Jo Robinson, Jo Robinson, Pinar Thorn, Pinar Thorn, Samuel McKay, Samuel McKay, Hannah Richards, Hannah Richards, Rikki Battersby-Coulter, Rikki Battersby-Coulter, Michelle Lamblin, Michelle Lamblin, Laura Hemming, Laura Hemming, Laura Hemming, Louise La Sala, Louise La Sala

“…Two expert panels were developed to participate in the overarching Delphi study, one of young people and one of suicide prevention experts; of them 43 young people and 23 professionals participated in the current study. …”
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