Quality of Life and Healthcare Seeking Behavior among Internal Migrant Laborers in Coimbatore, India: A Community-based Analytical Cross-sectional Study by P Aparnavi, M Malarkodi, Sivagami Ramanathan, Madhavi Sambandan, Jeevithan Shanmugam, Mohan Kumar, Shanmuga Priya, Seetharaman Narayanan, Ramesh Rathinamoorthy

“…Informed written consent was obtained from the participants. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 27. …”
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Rational metabolic engineering of <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i> to create a producer of L-valine by M. E. Sheremetieva, K. E. Anufriev, T. M. Khlebodarova, N. A. Kolchanov, A. S. Yanenko

“…This amino acid not only serves as a building block for proteins, but also regulates protein and energy metabolism and participates in neurotransmission. L-Valine is used in the food and pharmaceutical industries, medicine and cosmetics, but primarily as an animal feed additive. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose-body mass index and risk of aortic stenosis progression in patients with non-severe aortic stenosis: a retrospective cohort study by Zhen Guo, Zhenyu Xiong, Lixiang He, Shaozhao Zhang, Xinghao Xu, Guanzhong Chen, Mengjie Xie, Wenjing Zhang, Ziwen Hui, Jiaying Li, Xinxue Liao, Xiaodong Zhuang

“…During a median follow-up period of 27.48 months, 44 participants experienced disease progression. The cut-off of the TyG-BMI index is 239. …”
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Determine the Level of IL-17 in People Recovering from Viral Infections of the Respiratory System by Zahraa Khalid Al-Kheroo, Khalid N. Al-Kheroo, Mahmood Abd Al Jabbar Al-Tobje

“…Conclusion: According to the current study, the parameters measured in coronavirus disease-2019 recovery participants after six months were higher than those in control samples.…”
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Study design and protocol of a low to high intensity computer-based cognitive training at home in supplement to standard care in patients with AD by Bernard Croisile, Samar Dimachki, Franck Tarpin-Bernard, Hanna Chainay

“…Informed consent is obtained from each participant. Results will be disseminated in oral communications or posters in international conferences and published in scientific journals.Trial registration number NCT04010175.…”
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The impact of a water promotion and access intervention on elementary school students in the presence of food insecurity by Leslie Gerstenfeld, Lauren Blacker, Charles E McCulloch, Lorrene D Ritchie, Valeria M Ordonez, Laura Schmidt, Anisha I Patel

“…Setting: Eighteen elementary schools (serving ≥ 50 % children from low-income households), in which drinking water had not been previously promoted, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Participants: Students in fourth-grade classes (n 1056). …”
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The association between recent stressful life events and brain structure: a UK Biobank longitudinal MRI study by Cheryl R.Z. See, Annabel X. Tan, Lucia R. Valmaggia, Matthew J. Kempton

“…Methods The current study uses longitudinal data from the UK Biobank and comprises 4,543 participants with structural neuroimaging and recent SLE data (mean age = 61.5 years). …”
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Neuroimaging features for cognitive fatigue and its recovery with VR intervention: An EEG microstates analysis by Jia-Cheng Han, Chi Zhang, Yan-Dong Cai, Yu-Ting Li, Yu-Xuan Shang, Zhu-Hong Chen, Guan Yang, Jia-Jie Song, Dan Su, Ke Bai, Jing-Ting Sun, Yu Liu, Na Liu, Ya Duan, Wen Wang

“…We aimed to investigate the effect of VR natural scene on cognitive fatigue and further explored its underlying neurophysiological alterations with electroencephalogram (EEG) microstates analysis. Methods: Ten participants performed a 20-minute 1-back task before and after VR intervention while EEG was recorded (pre-task, post-task). …”
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Neonatal outcomes in offspring of mothers with pregestational diabetes: a hospital-based multicentre prospective cohort study protocol by Manu Raj, Vishnu Renjith, Renjitha Bhaskaran, Anju Philip Thurkkada, Radhamany Kunjukutty, Sobha S Nair, Annie Soman, Sethulakshmi Ramachandran

“…Informed consent will be obtained from the study participants before data collection.Trial registration number CTRI/2024/06/068978.Conclusion Early identification and management of PGDM among mothers will probably help to prevent adverse neonatal outcomes at birth.…”
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Economic evaluation of tranexamic acid for the treatment of acute gastrointestinal bleeding: a cost-effectiveness analysis using data from the HALT-IT randomised controlled trial by Ian Roberts, Vipul Jairath, Alec Miners, Jack Williams, Haleema Shakur-Still, Nuha Bazeer

“…Objective To perform an economic evaluation of tranexamic acid (TXA) versus no-TXA, in addition to current clinical practice, for acute gastrointestinal bleeding, using the results of the HALT-IT trial (NCT01658124), a large randomised controlled trial which included 11 937 patients.Design A cost-effectiveness modelling analysis, performed over a lifetime time horizon.Setting The analysis was performed from a UK health service perspective.Participants The model includes adults with acute gastrointestinal bleeding.Outcomes measures The model reports costs in Great British pounds in 2021 and outcomes as life years (LYs) and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). …”
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Surgical treatment of obesity and excess risk of developing heart failure in a controlled cohort study by Christina E. Lundberg, Shabbar Jamaly, Martin Adiels, Jesper Lagergren, Carl Johan Svensson, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren

“…During follow‐up (maximum 10 years, median 4.4 years, and interquartile range 2.5–7.2 years), 1884 participants were hospitalized for heart failure. Compared with population controls, gastric bypass patients had no excess risk of heart failure during the initial 0–≤4 years of follow‐up (HR = 1.35 [95% CI = 0.96–1.91]) but a marked increased risk during the final >4–10 years of follow‐up (HR = 3.28 [95% CI = 2.25–4.77]). …”
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Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (atDCS) of the Primary Motor Cortex (M1) Facilitates Nonconscious Error Correction of Negative Phase Shifts by Bettina Pollok, Martin Jurkiewicz, Vanessa Krause

“…Such error correction has been related to a cerebello-thalamo-cortical network. At least partially distinct networks for the correction of perceived (i.e., conscious) as compared to nonperceived (i.e., nonconscious) errors have been suggested. …”
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An Ultrasound-Based Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Estimation Method Based on Optimal Vascular Wall Tracking Position by Liyuan Liu, Xingguang Geng, Fei Yao, Yitao Zhang, Haiying Zhang, Yunfeng Wang, Zhaoying Zheng

“…To validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, 25 volunteers participated in the study. Data were collected using both an oscillometric cuff-based blood pressure monitor and our ultrasound system in four states: morning, evening, pre-exercise, and post-exercise. …”
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Reliability of an Instrumented Pressure Walkway for Measuring Walking and Running Characteristics in Young, Athletic Individuals by Alyx Jorgensen, Matthew McManigal, Austin Post, David Werner, Christopher Wichman, Matthew Tao, Elizabeth Wellsandt

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional Laboratory Study # Methods Individuals (n=38) in this cross-sectional study walked and ran at self-selected comfortable speed on a pressure-sensitive Zeno^TM^ Walkway. Twenty-one participants returned for follow-up testing between one and 14 days later. …”
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Dendriform pulmonary ossification in military combat veterans: A case series by Jeremy T. Hua, Carlyne D. Cool, Tami J. Bang, Silpa D. Krefft, Richard C. Kraus, Cecile S. Rose

“…The most prevalent chest imaging and histopathology findings were airway-centric injury, inflammation, and retained particulate matter, suggesting substantial hazardous exposure during military deployment. …”
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Constant Dizziness Versus Episodic Vertigo in Ménière’s Disease: Health-Related Quality of Life, Cognitive Dissonance, and Postural Problems by Ilmari Pyykkö, Jing Zou, Vinaya Manchaiah

“…A total of 539 people with MD participated in this study. The online questionnaire included 36 items which had mixture of structured and open-ended questions that were focusing on MD symptoms, impact of their symptoms, vestibular rehabilitation, as well as health-related quality of life (HRQoL). …”
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Perceived barriers and facilitators to breast-feeding support practices in hospitals and birthing facilities in the USA by Bee-Ah Kang, Sarah Gonzalez-Nahm, Sara E Benjamin-Neelon

“…Setting: This study included hospital administrators from both BFHI and non-BFHI hospitals from all regions of the USA to help elucidate potential differences. Participants: A stratified random sample of 50 % of BFHI and 50 % of non-BFHI hospitals was obtained. …”
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Comparison between point‐of‐care testing from capillary samples and conventional laboratory testing from venous samples for white blood cells and C‐reactive protein in a pediatric... by Yasutaka Kuniyoshi, Takeru Kimoto, Haruka Tokutake, Natsuki Takahashi, Azusa Kamura, Makoto Tashiro

“…The median age of the participants was 1 year (interquartile range: 0–2 years). …”
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Nurse-led patient-centred intervention to increase written advance directives for outpatients in early-stage palliative care: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with... by Katia Iglesias, Catherine Busnel, Florian Dufour, Sophie Pautex, Laurence Séchaud

“…Randomisation will be at the nurse level as each patient is referred to one of the 20 participating nurses (convenience sample of 20 nurses). …”
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Standardised protocol for a prospective cross-sectional multicentre clinical utility evaluation of two dual point-of-care tests in non-clinical settings for the screening of HIV an... by James Kiarie, Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin, Jordi Casabona, Soe Soe Thwin, Massimo Mirandola, Rosanna Peeling, Ronald Ballard, Laura Fernàndez-López, Inga Upmace, Juliana Reyes-Urueña, Mara Vaselova, Mitja Ćosić, Simon Maljevac, William Mejías, Ander Pazos, Andrii Chernyshev

“…Trained staff will collect a capillary blood sample using finger prick blood to perform both POCTs according the manufacturers’ instructions. …”
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