Diagnostic pathways for breast cancer in 10 International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) jurisdictions: an international comparative cohort study based on questionnaire and... by David Weller, Usha Menon, Alina Zalounina Falborg, Henry Jensen, Andriana Barisic, Anne Kari Knudsen, David H Brewster, Victoria Cairnduff, Eva Grunfeld, Elizabeth Harland, Mats Lambe, Rebecca-Jane Law, Yulan Lin, Martin Malmberg, Donna Turner, Richard D Neal, Victoria White, Samantha Harrison, Peter Vedsted, Una MacLeod, Conan Donnelly, Anna Gavin, Jon Emery, Oliver Bucher, Jatinderpal Kalsi, Chantelle Anandan, Evangelia Ourania Fourkala, Therese Kearney, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Sigrun Saur Almberg, Breann Hawryluk, Jacqueline Kelly, Jackie Boylan, Jan Willem Coebergh, David Brewster, Stefan Bergström, Victoria Hammersley, Rebecca Bergin, Alina Zalounina Falborg, Andriana Barisi, Kerry Moore, Maria Rejmyr Davis

“…To explore this association, the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership Module 4 examined differences in breast cancer diagnostic pathways in 10 jurisdictions across Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK.Setting Primary care in 10 jurisdictions.Participant Data were collated from 3471 women aged >40 diagnosed for the first time with breast cancer and surveyed between 2013 and 2015. …”
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Impact of an online mindfulness-based program on wellbeing and trait mindfulness for research postgraduate students: a randomized-controlled trial by Jia-Qi Xu, Yee-Man Jennifer Tang, Hoi Ying Katherine Chen

“…Results The results revealed that participants from the intervention group showed increased resilience (b = 0.88, p = .012), wellbeing literacy (b = 2.52, p = .04), trait mindfulness (b = 5.16, p = .006), and decreased emotional disturbances (b=-8.24, p = .015), while there were no changes in subjective wellbeing, sleeping quality, and self-compassion or compassion towards others compared to the waitlist controls. …”
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Association of Immune Nutrition Indices with the Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure in the NHANES (1999–2018) by Feifei Zhang, Yuetao Xie, Litian Liu, Huiliang Liu, Ohua Feng, Yingxiao Li, Yi Dang

“…Methods: The data source for this study was the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). A total of 1232 participants with HF were included. Weighted Cox proportional hazards models were employed to assess the independent association of different immune nutrition indices with mortality risk, alongside subgroup analyses and Kaplan–Meier survival curves. …”
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Nurse management of minor problems in primary care emergencies: a non-randomized controlled trial by Jordi Estarlich-Corominas, Neus Soler-Abril, Anna Casanellas-Chuecos, Sara Becerra-Corzo, Andrea Sofia Bianco, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Rosa García-Sierra

“…There were fewer prescriptions given out by nurses, with an average of 1.79 medicines per participant versus 2.26 medicines prescribed by doctors. …”
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Effect of multiple counselling contacts along the continuum of care on use of postpartum family planning in a cohort of Ethiopian women: a dose-response analysis by Saifuddin Ahmed, Anne Pfitzer, Firew Ayalew, Gebi Husein Jima, Deborah Sitrin

“…Competing risks regression analysis examined the dose effects in HRs by the number of maternal, newborn or child health (MNCH) contacts where FP was discussed, adjusted for confounding covariates.Setting Two Arsi zone woredas: Oromia and Ethiopia.Participants and measures 722 pregnant women enrolled, and 706 successfully reinterviewed 12 months postpartum about each MNCH contact during pregnancy, delivery and later visits, whether these included any PPFP counselling and PPFP use.Main results Two-thirds of the cohort delivered at home. …”
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Health-related quality of life in hemato-oncology patients: role of informativeness and doctor-patient communication by Stella Sremić, Lovorka Brajković, Vanja Kopilaš

“… # Methods 60 women and 54 men with diagnoses of both leukemia and lymphoma have participated in filling out questionnaires. The survey consisted of a sociodemographic questionnaire, EORTC QLQ-C30~(version 3)~, EORTC QLQ-INFO25 and the Doctor-Patient Communication Questionnaire…”
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"Many old people taking care of old people": Experiences of older adults after Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. by Adrián J Santiago-Santiago, Jeffrey Ramos-Santiago, Eliut Rivera-Segarra

“…We used semi-structured interviews to gather data and analyzed it using thematic analysis. A total of 25 participants engaged in our interview process including older adults (n = 15) and community caregivers and leaders that provide services to older adults (n = 10). …”
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Determining the Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version of Brief Problem MonitorTM for Ages 18-59 in Students by Meysam Tajamolian, Mohammadreza Shaeiri, Hojjatollah Farahani

“…To calculate the test-retest coefficient of this tool, a retest was administered to 41 participants from the initial sample after an interval of two weeks. …”
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Effects of Apolipoprotein E Isoforms in Diabetic Nephropathy of Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Patients by YongWei Jiang, Liang Ma, ChengWu Han, Qian Liu, Xiao Cong, YaPing Xu, TingTing Zhao, Ping Li, YongTong Cao

“…Genetic polymorphism of Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) has been proposed to participating in DN. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the relationship between ApoE genetic polymorphism and the presence of DN in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients. …”
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Clinical aspects of diagnosis and prognosis of acute necrotic pancreatitis by A.I. Banadyga, N.V. Banadyha

“…The study protocol was approved by the Local Ethics Committee for all participants. The informed consent of the patient was obtained for conducting the studies. …”
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Statistical Physics Modeling of Sorption Isotherms of Aluminum, Iron, and Indium on Tetraphenylporphyrin (H2TPP) and Tetrakis(4-tolylphenyl)porphyrin (H2TTPP): Phenomenological Inv... by Zainab Elqahtani, Mohamed Ben Yahia, Nada Alfryyan, Shatha Aldaghfag, Fatma Aouaini

“…The discussion of the experimental observations indicated that the adsorption of the aluminum chloride and the iron chloride was performed via a monolayer process. On contrary, the participation of the chloride ions in the double-layer adsorption of the indium chloride was explained by the layer-by-layer process. …”
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Intranasal racemic ketamine maintenance therapy for patients with treatment-resistant depression: a naturalistic feasibility study by Katelyn Halpape, Raelle Pashovitz, Annabelle Wanson, Monika Hooper, Evyn M. Peters

“…Methods This was an observational program evaluation study. Participants were adult inpatients with treatment-resistant depression who had been successfully treated with intranasal racemic ketamine in hospital and were being referred for outpatient maintenance therapy with an intranasal racemic ketamine spray, administered at a specialized community treatment centre. …”
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Exploring The Influence Of Vitamin D In The Management Of Acne Vulgaris: A Pilot Study by Aqsa Naheed, Aashi Mughal, Tehzeeb Zehra, Rahila Aamir, Samina Fida, Taha Naveed

“…Results: The mean age of the study participants was 18.33 years (SD= 3.3 Years). A statistically insignificant association (p=0.49) and weak positive correlation (r= 0.17, p=0.65) were observed between Vit D levels and acne Status and GAG-1 score on applying chi-square test and Pearson correlation respectively. …”
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Caminhos da distopia no romance contemporâneo: a espera sem horizontes do individualismo niilista by Ângela Maria Dias

“…La novela Herencias (2008), de Silviano Santiago, en su juego de pastiche y degradación con la célebre Memorias póstumas de Brás Cubas (1880), de Machado de Assis, al replicar el personaje machadiano en la arrogante figura de Walter, escenifica con elegancia esta nueva humanidad. …”
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Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review. by Yesol Yang, Yufen Lin, Grace Oforiwa Sikapokoo, Se Hee Min, Nicole Caviness-Ashe, Jing Zhang, Leila Ledbetter, Timiya S Nolan

“…Thus, health care providers need to educate patients about the importance of building solid social relationships and encourage them to participate in a supportive network of friends and family members.…”
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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADOPTION OF INTEGRATED SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES BY SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN NAMTUMBO DISTRICT, TANZANIA by Hija Walad Mwatawala, Estherbella Martin Burian

“…Soil fertility, climatic conditions, education, participation in groups, access to extension services, cost of input and credit access had substantial (p< 0.05) influences on the probability of adoption of ISFM technology by a farmer. …”
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Positive association of triglyceride glucose index and gestational diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study by Jie Zhang, Xia Fang, Zhan Song, Xue-ke Guo, Dong-mei Lin, Fei-na Jiang, Lin Lin, Zhu-hua Cai

“…The study collected data on the TyG index, glucose levels, and clinical outcomes from all participants. Research objectives were validated using logistic regression analysis and Receiver Operating Characteristic curves.ResultsWe found an independent correlation between TyG index and increased risk of GDM, with an odds ratio (OR) of 3.11 (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.09-4.63, P&lt;0.001). …”
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Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk and the Recognition of the Russian Imperial Title by the Holy Roman Empire in 1745–1746 by M. A. Petrova

“…This largely explains the success of Keyserlingk's mission, which enjoyed the support of imperial diplomats – representatives of the Electors of Mainz, Saxony, Bohemia and at the final stage – of the Elector of Brandenburg, King of Denmark and Emperor Franz I. The article also examines Keyserlingk's participation in recognizing the seventeen-year-old Grand Prince Peter as Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, a legal major a year early.…”
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Validation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group Neurotoxicity Questionnaire for the Latin American Population by Ivana Leao Ribeiro, Luz Alejandra Lorca, Rodrigo Cuevas-Cid, Snehil Dixit, Nicolás Yáñez-Benavides, Francisco Ortega-Gonzalez

“…A cross-sectional study in which 101 participants with haematologic, colorectal, breast, gastric, gynaecological, and other types of cancer completed the FACT/GOG-Ntx. …”
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Influence of the metabolic control in patients with type 1 diabetes on their oral health status and the need for orthodontic treatment in a group of Spanish children (aged 6–12 yea... by Adrián Curto, Cristina Gómez-Polo, Daniel Curto, Marta Muñoz-Bruguier, Mari Cruz Lorenzo-Luengo, Javier Montero

“…A total of 260 children with type 1 diabetes (aged between 6 and 12 years) participated. The sample was divided into two study groups based on their metabolic control: good metabolic control (HbA1c < 7%) (n = 130) and poor metabolic control (HbA1c > 7%) (n = 130). …”
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