Early career psychiatrists’ perceptions of and training experience in electroconvulsive therapy: A cross-sectional survey across Europe by Cristiana Țăpoi, Laith Alexander, Renato de Filippis, Agorastos Agorastos, Diogo Almeida, Gautam Bhatia, Gamze Erzin, Martyna Ewa Gołębiewska, Enita Metaj, Sara Medved, Krista Mieze, Miloš Milutinović, Camille Noël, Antonina Pushko, David Gurrea Salas, Alejandro Compaired Sanchez, Alina Wilkowska, Rick P. F. Wolthusen, Mariana Pinto da Costa

“…Results A total of 573 participants from 30 European countries were included in the study, of whom more than half (N = 312; 54.5%) received ECT training. …”
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The Use of Social Media on Enhancing Dental Care and Practice Among Dental Professionals: Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Joseph Macadaeg Acosta, Palinee Detsomboonrat, Pagaporn Pantuwadee Pisarnturakit, Nipaporn Urwannachotima

“…Data were analyzed using SPSS software, with frequency distributions and χ2 ResultsThe 265 dental practitioners in this study were predominantly female (n=204, 77%) and aged between 20‐30 years (n=145, 54.7%). Most of the participants were general practitioners (n=260, 98.1%) working in a private practice (n=240, 90.6%), with 58.5% (n=155) having 0‐5 years of clinical experience. …”
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The Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy on Accelerating Tooth Movement in Orthodontic Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Mohammad K. Alam, Mohammad Y. Hajeer, Dalia A. Alanazi, Shahad A. Alanazi, Haya O. Alruwaili

“…Two groups, Group A (LLLT group, n = 30) and Group B (control group, n = 30), were randomly allocated to the participants. For the first 8 weeks of therapy, Group A got LLLT three times a week using a diode laser with a wavelength of 808 nm and a power output of 100 mW. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of human papillomavirus testing on self-collected samples among women referred for colposcopy by ChunX Yan, Jiong Ma, Xia Zheng, Jing Shu, XiaoJ Wang, XiaoY Chen, Feng Gao, XiaoQ Li, ShanQ M, LongM Huang, XiaoT Yu, XueJ Chen

“…Among 1,588 qualified participants, a total of 203 cases of the CIN2 + group were enrolled in the two centers. …”
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Projetos de aprendizagem na Matemática escolar: uma revisão sistemática de literatura by Rodrigo Sychocki da Silva, Mauricio Corrêa da Rosa

“…Após leitura e análise dos trabalhos consultados concluiu-se que o desenvolvimento de um protagonismo entre os estudantes culmina em uma melhor compreensão de diferentes conceitos matemáticos mediante o estabelecimento de uma relação entre teoria e prática, tendo como ponto de partida as inquietações e perguntas dos próprios estudantes. …”
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Incidence of dry eye in post-operative cataract patient by Alka Ravi, Uma Shankar Singh, Archana Kumari, Pummy Roy

“…According to the requirements of our study, none of the patients experienced dry eyes at the time of participation. Schirmer’s test results during the first and second follow-ups, respectively, varied from 12-35 mm and 8-24 mm postoperatively. …”
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Education Phenomenon in Terms of “Metaphysics of Man” by G. K. Saikina

“…The purpose of this article is to reveal the resources of “metaphysics of man” for understanding the phenomenon of education. …”
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Novel Anthropometric Indices as Screening Tools for Obesity: A Study on Healthy Iranians by Toktam Alirezaei, Hamid Soori, Rana Irilouzadian, Hadis Najafimehr

“…Results. In our 2,812 participants, NC had the lowest area under the curve (AUC) in both male and female obese and overweight subjects. …”
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Collaborative arts therapies as a supportive intervention for autism spectrum disorders: Bibliometric analysis, insights, and directions by Aijia Zhang, Xuexing Luo, Fangtian Ying, Jue Wang, Guanghui Huang

“…“family”, “social robot” and “participation” are emerging topics in the research field. …”
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Feasibility of a videoconferencing-based parent-mediated intervention: a mixed-method pilot study by Marie-Maude Geoffray, Marie-Maude Geoffray, Maeva Bourgeois-Mollier, Maud Maleysson-Baste, Natacha Gallifet, Sara Dochez, Sara Dochez, Gaelle Bonis, Agathe Jay, Lucie Jurek, Lucie Jurek

“…This pilot study assessed the feasibility of videoconferencing-based PACT as a precursor for a multicenter randomized controlled trial.MethodologyA mixed-methods approach integrated quantitative retrospective measures and semi-structured interviews. Participants included children diagnosed with ASD who received PACT, and PACT-trained professionals with videoconferencing experience. …”
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Association between social activities and risk of COVID-19 in a cohort of healthcare personnel by Holly Shoemaker, Haojia Li, Yue Zhang, Jeanmarie Mayer, Michael Rubin, Candace Haroldsen, Morgan M. Millar, Per H. Gesteland, Andrew T. Pavia, Lindsay T. Keegan, Jessica Marie Cole, Egenia Dorsan, Matthew Doane, Kristina Stratford, Matthew Samore

“…Setting: An academic healthcare system. Participants: Healthcare personnel. Results: Of 1,302 healthcare personnel who completed ≥2 surveys, 244 reported ≥1 positive test during the study, resulting in a cumulative incidence of 19%. …”
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Service users’ perception and attitude toward telemedicine-based treatment for substance use disorders: A qualitative study from India by Abhishek Ghosh, Tathagata Mahintamani, P. V. Aswathy, Debasish Basu, Surendra K. Mattoo, B. N. Subodh, Renjith R. Pillai, Manpreet Kaur

“…We assumed that social, personal, and logistic contexts influence patients’ perceptions and experiences with telemedicine-based addiction care (TAC). Results: Most participants were middle-aged men (40.5 years, 86.7%), dependent on two or more substances (86.7%), and had a history of chronic, heavy substance use (use ~16 years, dependence ~11.5 years). …”
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Relation between Headache and Mastication Muscle Tone in Adolescents by Ewa Wozniak, Jolanta E. Loster, Aneta Wieczorek

“…Volunteers aged 18 years who underwent general dental examination, clinical evaluation, and examination using the dual-axis diagnostic system Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) form in the Polish language version participated in the study. On the basis of the examination results, these individuals were divided into three groups according to RDC results. …”
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Co-Designing a Digital Brief Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Prescription Opioid–Related Harm Among People With Chronic Noncancer Pain: Qualitative Analysis of Patient Lived Exp... by Rachel A Elphinston, Sue Pager, Kelly Brown, Michele Sterling, Farhad Fatehi, Paul Gray, Linda Hipper, Lauren Cahill, Jason P. Connor

“…Purposive sampling was used to engage patients on public hospital waitlists via mail or through the treating medical specialist. Participants (N=18; n=10 women; mean age 49.5 years, SD 11.50) completed semistructured telephone interviews. …”
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Association of dietary intake with cancer of the digestive system: a cross-sectional study by Xinxin Qin, Litao Ge, Song Wu, Wei Li

“…Descriptive analysis was used to explore the demographic characteristics of the participants and p-values were calculated using a weighted linear regression model. …”
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Association between purpose in life and healthcare use among women and men in Germany: cross-sectional analysis of the nationally representative German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP)... by Hans-Helmut König, André Hajek

“…Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine the association between purpose in life and HCU (in terms of frequency of outpatient physician visits and hospitalisation) stratified by sex.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting and participants A representative sample of the general adult population in Germany (n=1238; collected from September 2020 to February 2021); taken from the innovation sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel.Outcome measures The frequency of outpatient physician visits in the past 3 months was used as first outcome measure. …”
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A cognitive-stylistic study of deixis and deictic shifting in Iris Murdoch’s The Bell by Mohammad Ghaffary, Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, Mohadesse Khosravi

“…In cognitive stylistics, “deixis” is deemed one of the core linguistic elements through which both the physical and ideological stances of the participants in fictional narratives, namely the narrator and the character(-focalizer)s, are demonstrated. …”
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STATE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN GHANA AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITY ACT (ACT 715): THE CASE OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS by Samuel K. Ansah, Kwaku Owusu

“…The results showed that though the disability law has been passed, out of 31 buildings investigated, 9.68% of the buildings were fully factored with disability facilities, 67.74% partially factored and 22.58% not factored at all. …”
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Risk prediction model of cognitive performance in older people with cardiovascular diseases: a study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database by Hui Wang, Sensen Wu, Dikang Pan, Yachan Ning, Cong Wang, Jianming Guo, Yongquan Gu

“…The objective of this research was to construct and validate a nomogram-based predictive model for the identification of cognitive impairment in older people suffering from cardiovascular diseases.Methods and resultsThis retrospective study included 498 participants with cardiovascular diseases aged >60 selected from the NHANES 2011–2014. …”
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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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