Abortion Rate Following Chorionic Villous Sampling and Amniocentesis in Twin Pregnancies by Fatemeh Golshahi, Fatemeh Rahimi-Sharbaf, Mahbobeh Shirazi, Sara Saeedi, Athar Abdolrazagh Nejad, Sahar Garfami, Nafise Saedi, Jafar Golshahi, Zeynab Amiriarya, Narjes Tavakolikia, Behrokh Sahebdel

“…Materials and methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted on 187 pregnant women who underwent amniocentesis or CVS in the perinatology department of Yas Hospital affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences from January 2011 to March 2020. All participants were evaluated with amniocentesis or CVS by an expert perinatologist. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV testing in Peru: an interrupted time series analysis from 2014 to 2022 by Robinson A. Yrene-Cubas, Jesus Perez-Castilla, Daniel E. Reynaga-Cottle, Maria José Bringas, David R. Soriano-Moreno, Daniel Fernandez-Guzman, Jose A. Gonzales-Zamora

“…Results We included 211,359 participants aged 15 to 49 years. The proportion of past-year HIV testing in Peru showed a mean decrease of 8.33% (95%CI: -10.73% to -5.93%) after the COVID-19 lockdown (from August-2020) compared to the previous period (before March-2020). …”
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VR Cognitive-based Intervention for Enhancing Cognitive Functions and Well-being in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Behavioral and EEG Evidence by Pattrawadee Makmee, Peera Wongupparaj

“…Method: The immersive VR cognitive-based intervention comprised eight 60-minute sessions, held twice a week over a span of 30 days. The participants consisted of 31 non-MCI older adults in the experimental group (mean age ± SD = 66.31 ± 3.12 years), 29 older adults with MCI in the experimental group (mean age ± SD = 68.19 ± 5.03 years), and 30 non-MCI older adults in the control group (mean age ± SD = 64.97 ± 3.35 years). …”
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Characteristics That Predict Psoriatic Arthritis by the Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 18 Years After Disease Onset by Agnes Szentpetery, Mia Glerup, Kristiina Aalto, Ellen D. Arnstad, Anders Fasth, Troels Herlin, Charlotte Myrup, Ellen Nordal, Suvi Peltoniemi, Marite Rygg, Veronika Gjertsen Rypdal, Lillemor Berntson

“…Results Among the 510 patients enrolled, 434 participated in the 18‐year follow‐up, 28 (6.5%) met the ILAR criteria, and 41 (9.4%) fulfilled the CASPAR criteria. …”
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Validation of a Portable Wireless Force Platform System To Measure Ground Reaction Forces During Various Tasks by Vasileios Mylonas, Christos Chalitsios, Thomas Nikodelis

“…Three young adults (2 male, 1 female, 25.4±0.83 years) participated in the study. # Results The percentage of Bland-Altman plot point within the limits of agreement was 94.59 % for the comparison between K-Deltas and Bertec and 94.83% between the pair of K-Deltas…”
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The Impact and Risk Factors of Screen Time Exposure in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Shahad Ali Ahmed AL-Baldawi, Nabeeha Najatee Akram, Zahraa Aqeel Abdulmajeed

“…For all children, personal data (age, age at diagnosis, sex, sleeping duration at day and night, and aggressive behavior) and both parents' data (age, educational level, and occupation) and screen data (duration of screen exposure, type of device used for, and the content of screening) were collected for each participant.  Results: A total of 138 children with a mean age of 5.25 ± 2.85 years were included in the study with a male-to-female ratio of 5.6:1. …”
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Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of ecdysone response by M. Yu. Mazina, N. E. Vorobyeva

“…We provide a brief description of the regulator’s participation in the ecdysone response and links to the corresponding study. …”
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Recovery trajectories of mental health symptoms among Chinese adolescents following the end of COVID-19 by Jun Peng, Meihui He, Yongxing Guo, Yongxing Guo, Yongxing Guo, Jiangdong Diao, Jiangdong Diao, Kun Chen, Ziyi Deng, Lei Mo, Ruixiang Gao

“…This study aims to examine the recovery trajectories of ten mental health problems and suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents post-pandemic, with a focus on identifying factors that influence different recovery patterns.MethodsA total of 2,534 adolescents participated in a three-wave survey, conducted in June 2022, November 2022, and March 2023, using the Mental Health Scale for Chinese Middle School Students. …”
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Smallholder farmers' perceptions of climate variability and its risks across agroecological zones in the Ayehu watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia by Abebe Biresaw Bitew, Amare Sewnet Minale

“…The study surveyed a sample of 338 participants selected randomly. We employed the Mann-Kendall test and Sen's slope estimator to examine the actual trends and magnitude of temperature and rainfall. …”
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Competencias gerenciales en la relación universidad-sector productivo como iniciativa de integración para el desarrollo by Omaira García de Berrios

“…El punto de partida del presente artículo es la concepción que se tiene de la universidad con su entorno productivo como una de las iniciativas económico-productivas de la comunidad, que bajo formas asociativas y democráticas, intenta reproducir capacidad para extender a la sociedad la generación de bienes y servicios de calidad, e incluir en la gestión institucional a sectores tradicionalmente segregados de las dinámicas productivas. …”
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Emission Characteristics and Health Risk Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds in Key Industries: A Case Study in the Central Plains of China by Fengwei Liu, Lei Tong, Qingyue Luo, Yufei Ling, Hongyi Gu, Yangchao Lv, Anwei Shi, Hui Liu, Hang Xiao, Cenyan Huang

“…Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the precursors of ozone and fine particulate matter, are one of the atmospheric pollutants harmful to human health. …”
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Pandemic or “Plandemic”?: The Mediating Role of Epistemic Justification Strategies in the Relationship Between COVID‐19 Conspiracy Beliefs and COVID‐19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs... by Ali Gökalp, Servet Üztemur, Po‐Ching Huang, Aslı Kartol, Hsin‐Chi Tsai, Erkan Dinç, Mark D. Griffiths, Chung‐Ying Lin

“…Using convenience sampling, 690 participants (55.7% females, Mage = 32.24 years, SD = 9.75) from different regions of Türkiye completed an online survey via Google Forms. …”
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The synergism of occlusal splints along with therapeutic exercise on individuals with temporomandibular joint disorders – A pilot study by Tanuj Bachani, Fathima Banu Raza, Anand Kumar Vaidyanathan

“…Materials and Methods: Fourteen participants were grouped based on the type of treatment: Group A, assigned with combination therapy, stabilization splint with therapeutic exercises, and Group B, with only stabilization splint therapy. …”
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Preoperative risk assessment and optimization integrating surgical and anesthetic principles and practices: a national survey for internists by Marc-Antoine Lepage, Annie Lecavalier, Gabriele Baldini, Ning-Zi Sun, Amal Bessissow

“…While the majority of respondents considered surgical and anesthetic principles and practices as important, most identified knowledge gaps. Participants generally estimated surgery duration and procedure-specific cardiac risk adequately. …”
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The Effect of Whey Protein Consumption on Postprandial Glucose, Insulin and Incretin Responses in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Acute-Term... by Zahra Salimi, Maryam Asadi, Anahita Mansoori

“…Results: The pooled analysis of the included trials indicated a significant reduction in the mean of glucose in the area under the curve [standard mean difference (SMD)=-1.295, 95% CI: -1.878 to -0.712, P<0.001] and also an increase in the mean of insulin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (SMD=0.562, 95% CI: 0.303 to 0.822, P<0.001, SMD=0.349, 95% CI: 0.074 to 0.624, P=0.013 and SMD=0.439, 95% CI: 0.154 to 0.724, P=0.003, respectively) in participants who consumed whey protein compared with the control group. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of pregnancy termination for childbearing women using the modified Poisson regression model: a cross-sectional study of the Tanzania Demographic and Hea... by Sizwe Vincent Mbona, Retius Chifurira, Bonginkosi Duncan Ndlovu, Anisha Ananth

“…A total of 15,254 women aged 15–49 years, clustered in selected enumerated areas, participated in the survey. A modified Poisson regression model with sampling weights was used to find the factors that are associated with pregnancy termination. …”
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Impact of strict IGF1 control on quality-of-life scores in patients with acromegaly by Chaitanya Gandhi, Marie-Claire Denis, Daniel Holmes, Juan Rivera, Stan van Uum, Shereen Ezzat, Constance Chik

“…The Patient-Assessed Acromegaly Symptom Questionnaire (PASQ), the Acromegaly Quality of Life questionnaire (AcroQoL) and the Acromegaly Disease Activity Tool (ACRODAT®) were completed at baseline and at 6 months.ResultsTen patients (8 males) with mean age of 50.7 years participated in the study. All patients had a macroadenoma and nine had prior transsphenoidal surgeries. …”
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Evaluating the impact of an electronic support system on clinical productivity and student satisfaction in dental education by Shaimaa Al Harthi

“…Materials and Methods: The system was implemented for the 2022–2023 academic year (test group), and the data were compared to the previous year data (control group). The participants included 5th-(n = 35) and 6th-year (n = 37) dental students. …”
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Thoracic perfusion of antiangiogenic agents combined with chemotherapy for treating malignant pleural effusion in non-small cell lung cancer: a network meta-analysis by Yan Xu, Wei Si, Yingying Cui, Liming Jiang, Yinan Yu, Xiaohua Zhu

“…A total of 3026 patients participated in this analysis. According to the results of the network meta-analysis, some antiangiogenic agents combined with chemotherapy regimens improved objective response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) and quality of life (QOL). …”
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Integrated Network Pharmacology and Gut Microbiota Study on the Mechanism of Huangqin Decoction in Treatment Diabetic Enteritis by Xiaomin Xu, Cheng Fang, Fang Lu, Shumin Liu

“…The KEGG results showed that 134 pathways were enriched, which was partially consistent with the metabolic pathways of gut microbiota sequencing analysis. …”
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