A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Lifestyle Intervention and Pioglitazone for Normalization of Glucose Status in Chinese with Prediabetes by Yingying Luo, Hongyuan Wang, Xianghai Zhou, Cuiqing Chang, Wei Chen, Xiaohui Guo, Jinkui Yang, Linong Ji, Sanjoy K. Paul

“…We conducted a randomized, multicenter, 2×2 factorial designed study to examine whether intensive lifestyle intervention and/or pioglitazone could revert prediabetes to normal glucose tolerance. The participants were followed up for three years unless they reverted to normal glucose state or developed diabetes at the annual oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). …”
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Association of quality of life in older patients with breast cancer: a cross-sectional study from China by Xi Chen, Qing Li, Xiang Wang, Lei Ji, Jintao Zhang, Qiao Li, Min Xiao, Shanshan Chen, Pin Zhang, Jiani Wang, Heng Cao, Xiaoyan Qian, Meng Xiu, Zhuoran Li, Yiqun Li, Xiaojuan Zheng

“…Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of life (QoL) of older Chinese patients with breast cancer and to explore further the associations of functions, symptoms, financial burdens and comorbidities with global health/quality of life (gQoL).Design This was a cross-sectional study carried out following the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist.Setting This study was conducted in two hospitals in Beijing from October 2021 to November 2022.Participants Patients with breast cancer aged over 65 years were included in the final analysis, which comprised a total of 481 patients.Primary and secondary outcome measures The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) were used to assess patients’ QoL and comorbidities. …”
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Changes in Gastric Smooth Muscle Cell Contraction during Pregnancy: Effect of Estrogen by Othman A. Al-Shboul, Hanan J. Al-Rshoud, Ahmed N. Al-Dwairi, Mohammad A. Alqudah, Mahmoud A. Alfaqih, Ayman G. Mustafa, Mohammad Jaafar

“…Moreover, previous reports have shown that estrogen, which changes in levels during pregnancy, participates in the regulation of GI motility and is involved in the pathogenesis of various functional disorders in the stomach. …”
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Autism spectrum disorder, social anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders: beyond the comorbidity by Liliana Dell’Osso, Giulia Amatori, Chiara Bonelli, Benedetta Nardi, Enrico Massimetti, Ivan Mirko Cremone, Stefano Pini, Barbara Carpita

“…The aim of the study is to investigate the distribution of social-phobic, obsessive–compulsive and panic-agoraphobic traits within a sample of individuals with ASD, social anxiety disorder (SAD), obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and panic disorder (PD). Methods 40 participants with ASD, 40 with SAD, 40 with OCD, 40 with PD and 50 HC were assessed with the Social Anxiety Spectrum—Short Version (SHY-SV) questionnaire, the Obsessive—Compulsive Spectrum—Short Version (OBS-SV) questionnaire and the Panic Agoraphobic Spectrum—Short Version (PAS-SV) questionnaire. …”
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Priming and task‐specific training for arm weakness post stroke: A randomized controlled trial by Erin C. King, Jacob M. Schauer, Shyam Prabhakaran, Alexandra Wax, Sebastian Urday, Sangeetha Madhavan, Daniel M. Corcos, Mary Ellen Stoykov

“…Methods In this single‐blind, randomized controlled trial, 76 adults with moderate to severe upper limb hemiparesis ≥6 months post‐stroke were stratified by baseline impairment and randomized to receive either BUMP or CP prior to receiving the same TST protocol. Participants completed 30 h of treatment in 15 days over 6 weeks. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of selective digestive decontamination (SDD) versus selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) in intensive care units with low levels of antimicrobial resist... by Marc J M Bonten, Denise van Hout, Nienke L Plantinga, Patricia C Bruijning-Verhagen, Evelien A N Oostdijk, Anne Marie G A de Smet, G Ardine de Wit, Cornelis H van Werkhoven

“…Objective To determine the cost-effectiveness of selective digestive decontamination (SDD) as compared to selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) in intensive care units (ICUs) with low levels of antimicrobial resistance.Design Post-hoc analysis of a previously performed individual patient data meta-analysis of two cluster-randomised cross-over trials.Setting 24 ICUs in the Netherlands.Participants 12 952 ICU patients who were treated with ≥1 dose of SDD (n=6720) or SOD (n=6232).Interventions SDD versus SOD.Primary and secondary outcome measures The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER; ie, costs to prevent one in-hospital death) was calculated by comparing differences in direct healthcare costs and in-hospital mortality of patients treated with SDD versus SOD. …”
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Wages withheld, deferred or deflected: The case of child domestic workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Annabel Erulkar, Lemi Negeri, Eyasu Hailu Mekonnen, Elizabeth Anderson, Yuki Lo

“…Objective: The objective is to explore the dynamics of payment between child domestic workers and employers, specifically, factors associated with direct or withheld payments, or payment sent to family members. Participants and setting: This study of child domestic workers took place in selected locations of Addis Ababa, where large numbers were known to be present. …”
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Start of Higher School in Crimea: Taurida University (1918–1920) by Sergey B. Filimonov

“…On their pages, it was possible to find not only chronicle notes to recreate the missing pages of the history of Taurida University and existing scientific societies, not only information about the participation of university professors in the activities of numerous Crimean scientific organizations, but also publications of a number of leading scientists that remained unknown.The present article is based mainly on these newspapers, which have long become a bibliographic rarity.…”
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Reliably quantifying the severity of social symptoms in children with autism using ASDSpeech by Marina Eni, Yaniv Zigel, Michal Ilan, Analya Michaelovski, Hava M. Golan, Gal Meiri, Idan Menashe, Ilan Dinstein

“…ASDSpeech was trained with acoustic and conversational features extracted from the speech recordings of 136 children, who participated in a single ADOS-2 assessment, and tested with independent recordings of 61 additional children who completed two ADOS-2 assessments, separated by 1–2 years. …”
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Involvement of the Dectin-1 Receptor upon the Effector Mechanisms of Human Phagocytic Cells against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Juliana Carvalho de Quaglia e Silva, Amanda Manoel Della Coletta, Taiane Priscila Gardizani, Graziela Gorete Romagnoli, Ramon Kaneno, Luciane Alarcão Dias-Melicio

“…These results show the involvement of the Dectin-1 receptor in fungal recognition and its consequent participation in the induction of the killing mechanisms against P. brasiliensis.…”
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Role of Chest Radiography in Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Does Every Suspected Case Needs GeneXpert MTB; A Cross-Sectional Study by Mujahid Raza, Saleh Khurshied, Altaf Hussain, Nawal Khurshid, Ali Khurshid

“…Results: The mean age of the participants was 38±6.34. About 128 (75.74%) were male 41 (24.26%) were female. …”
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Perspectives of healthcare providers and persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus on improving glycaemic control in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study by Joel M Francis, Olufemi Babatunde Omole, Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki

“…This study aimed to explore the perspectives of persons with type 2 diabetes and healthcare providers on ways to improve glycaemic control in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.Methods This qualitative study used face-to-face, semistructured interviews on 26 purposively sampled participants: 10 persons with type 2 diabetes and 16 healthcare providers. …”
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Prediction of some peroxidase functions in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> L. by bioinformatic search by A. S. Tugbaeva, A. A. Ermoshin, I. S. Kiseleva

“…They are likely to participate in lignin biosynthesis.…”
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Regime de informação e a noção relacional para a comunicação da ciência by Bruna Lessa

“…Discute-se as diferentes perspectivas sobre o processo de construção do conhecimento, sobretudo, o papel do cientista frente às novas configurações do atual contexto da revolução científica, a partir das relações conceituais e marcos históricos da comunicação científica, em especial, no que tange ao acesso aberto. …”
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The Soviet-British Relations at the Turn of 1917/1918: Key Issues and Untapped Opportunities by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…This paper examines one of the key issues in relations between the Great Britain and the Bolshevik government during the first months after the October period of the Great Russian Revolution of 1917–1922 – participation of the Soviet Russia in military operations on the side of the Entente in the final stage of the First World War. …”
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Standardization in the management of gram-negative bloodstream infections after implementation of a clinical care guideline at a large academic, safety-net institution: a quasi-exp... by Michael A. Deaney, Katherine C. Shihadeh, Alexandra Craig, Margaret M. Cooper, Paul D. Paratore, Timothy C. Jenkins

“…Setting: A large academic safety-net institution. Participants: Adults (≥18 years) with GN-BSI, defined by at least one positive blood culture for specific gram-negative organisms. …”
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Strategies for Improving Irrigation Systems Based on Lamasba Regulation: A 2024 Field Study in Hoba Farms, Southeastern Algeria by Samira Attia, Guamra Kiram, Abderrahmane Khechekhouche

“…The study also examines the use of a new 5-meter-high tower that partially solved the problem of low water flow, while providing additional improvement suggestions to ensure the sustainability of agricultural production in these desert areas. …”
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A digital leap in the evolution of continuous professional development for teachers by M. Ghobrini, R. E. A. Ghobrini, F. Benaicha

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated the adoption of online CPD, encompassing self-driven initiatives, government-led programs, and third-party offerings, notably those by the British Council in the MENA region, which is the emphasis of this study. …”
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Some aspects of the abuse of rights in civil and economic proceedings by K. M. Hurtova

“…The article is devoted to the analysis of abuse of procedural rights in civil and economic proceedings. …”
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Analysis of a Family with Brugada Syndrome and Sudden Cardiac Death Caused by a Novel Mutation of SCN5A by Yao-Bin Zhu, Jian-Hui Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Ji, Ya-Nan Hu, Han-Lu Wang, Dan-Dan Ruan, Xiao-Rong Meng, Xin-Fu Lin, Jie-Wei Luo, Wei Chen

“…The family members who participated in the survey were tested for possible mutations using Sanger sequencing. …”
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