Body mass index and risk of knee osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies by Huaqing Zheng, Changhong Chen

“…Subgroup analysis showed that obesity was an independent predictor of knee OA risk regardless of the study country, sample size, gender proportion of participants, duration of follow-up, presence of adjusted knee injury and assessed study quality above or below an NOS score of 8. …”
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Children's digital privacy on fast-food and dine-in restaurant mobile applications. by Christine Mulligan, Grace Gillis, Lauren Remedios, Christopher Parsons, Laura Vergeer, Monique Potvin Kent

“…All responding food companies were found to collect sociodemographic information on child participants (e.g., name, email). Some collected other information, such as order details and available promotional offers. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Physiotherapists in COVID-19 ICUs: A National Survey by Nikitha Suresh Babu, Vijay Pratap Singh, K. Shyam Krishnan, Dattatray Prabhu

“…A total of 136 responses were obtained from 18 states of India. Of 136 participants, 89 were female (65.4%) and 47 were male (34.6%). …”
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Análisis de los métodos de cálculo del costo de producción de papa municipio rangel del estado mérida. Año 2005 (segunda parte) by Ana María Contreras, Olga M De Paredes

“…Sin embargo, no incluyen algunas partidas de costos y lo hacen bajo la premisa del costeo por absorción. …”
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Mémoires sous vitrines : mises en scènes de l’esclavage dans les musées du Bénin et du Ghana by Anna Seiderer

“…L’article porte sur les stratégies élaborées par trois nations fortement, mais à titres différents, impliquées dans la traite de l’esclavage. …”
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Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of Proportional Assist Ventilation for Minimizing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation: the PROMIZING study by Karen J. Bosma, Claudio M. Martin, Karen E. A. Burns, Jordi Mancebo Cortes, Juan Carlos Suárez Montero, Yoanna Skrobik, Kevin E. Thorpe, Andre Carlos Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral, Yaseen Arabi, John Basmaji, Gaëtan Beduneau, Francois Beloncle, Guillaume Carteaux, Emmanuel Charbonney, Alexandre Demoule, Martin Dres, Vito Fanelli, Anna Geagea, Ewan Goligher, François Lellouche, Tommaso Maraffi, Alain Mercat, Pablo O. Rodriguez, Jason Shahin, Stephanie Sibley, Savino Spadaro, Katerina Vaporidi, M. Elizabeth Wilcox, Laurent Brochard, On behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and, the REVA Network

“…Once eligibility is determined, patients must tolerate a short-term PSV trial and either (1) not meet general weaning criteria or (2) fail a 2-min Zero Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Trial using the rapid shallow breathing index, or (3) fail a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT), in this sequence. Then, participants in this study will be randomized to either PSV or PAV+ in a 1:1 ratio. …”
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Healing potentiality of blood clot, S-PRF and A-PRF as scaffold in treatment of non-vital mature single rooted teeth with chronic peri-apical periodontitis following regenerative e... by Omnia Badawy Darwish, Said Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Hany Samy Sadek

“…Methods A total analyzed 51 adult participant with mature single rooted teeth having necrotic pulp with chronic periapical periodontitis (PAI ≥ 3) were selected. …”
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Cimetidine Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Subjects: A Comparison of Tablets and Suspension by ABR Thomson, P Kirdeikis, L Zuk, RE Samuels, P Zarevics

“…These pharmacokinetic variations between cimetidine suspension and tablets may have partially explained the pharmacodynamic differences of the lower area under the pH time curve (0 to 6 h). …”
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Prevalence of daily fruit and vegetable intake by socio-economic characteristics, women’s empowerment, and climate zone: an ecological study in Latin American cities by Giovanna Valentino, Amy H. Auchincloss, Binod Acharya, Natalia Tumas, Nancy López-Olmedo, Ana Ortigoza, Mariana Carvalho de Menezes, María Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, Carolina Nazzal

“…Compared to the least favourable tertile of city conditions, F&V daily intake prevalence was higher for cities within the most favourable tertile of per capita GDP (median = 65.7% vs. 53.0%), labour force participation (median = 68.7% vs. 49.4%), women achievement-labour force score (median = 63.9% vs. 45.7%), and gender inequality index (median = 58.6% vs. 48.6%). …”
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Data quality in centenarian research: The proxy-centenarian relationship and item nonresponse in the SWISS100 study. by Daniele Zaccaria, Justine Falciola, Barbara Masotti, Armin von Gunten, François Herrmann, Daniela S Jopp, Stefano Cavalli

“…<h4>Results</h4>We noted differences between centenarians participating themselves in interviews and those represented by proxies, observing higher proportions of men and private home residents in the self-report group. …”
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Teacher competency and work engagement among secondary school physical education teachers: the multiple mediating roles of occupational stress, emotional exhaustion, and profession... by Weisong Chen, Zhen Huang, Bo Peng, Lin Li, Jingsong Chen

“…It also investigated demographic differences in these variables and tested the structural invariance of the proposed model across genders.MethodA total of 1,347 secondary school physical education teachers participated in the study, completing validated scales to measure the key constructs and providing demographic information such as gender, age, education level, professional title, and school location. …”
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Point-of-care lung ultrasonography for early identification of mild COVID-19: a prospective cohort of outpatients in a Swiss screening center by Olivier Hugli, Jean-Yves Meuwly, Noémie Boillat-Blanco, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Siméon Schaad, Thomas Brahier, Mary-Anne Hartley, Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier, Luca Bosso, Tanguy Espejo, Olivier Pantet

“…This study evaluates the diagnostic performance of lung ultrasound (LUS), an affordable, consumable-free point-of-care tool, for COVID-19 screening.Design, setting and participants This prospective observational cohort included adults presenting with cough and/or dyspnoea at a SARS-CoV-2 screening centre of Lausanne University Hospital between 31 March and 8 May 2020.Interventions Investigators recorded standardised LUS images and videos in 10 lung zones per patient. …”
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Association between ethylene oxide exposure and osteoarthritis risk: an analysis of NHANES data (2013–2014 and 2017–2018) by Zhongshan Li, Zhongshan Li, Qi Qu, Qi Qu, Zhiyu Wang, Zhiyu Wang, Shuanglin Mou, Rui Jiang, Rui Jiang, Wensheng Zhu, Wensheng Zhu

“…This study aims to investigate the association between EO exposure and the risk of Osteoarthritis (OA), a prevalent orthopedic condition.MethodsA total of 3,386 participants were selected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013–2014 and 2017–2018 cycles, including 952 individuals with OA. …”
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Shared Medical and Environmental Risk Factors in Dry Eye Syndrome, Sjogren’s Syndrome, and B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Case-Control Study by Hadas Ben-Eli, Doron J. Aframian, Eldad Ben-Chetrit, Dror Mevorach, Geffen Kleinstern, Ora Paltiel, Abraham Solomon

“…In a clinic-based case-control study, 702 participants (91 SS, 120 DES, 211 (age and sex frequency-matched) controls, and 280 B-NHL cases) were recruited and interviewed regarding exposures, medical history, and family history. …”
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Evidence Gaps and Lessons in the Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Study in a Primary Care Setting (PREFATE Study) by Josep L. Clua-Espuny, Alba Hernández-Pinilla, Delicia Gentille-Lorente, Eulàlia Muria-Subirats, Teresa Forcadell-Arenas, Cinta de Diego-Cabanes, Domingo Ribas-Seguí, Anna Diaz-Vilarasau, Cristina Molins-Rojas, Meritxell Palleja-Millan, Eva M. Satué-Gracia, Francisco Martín-Luján

“…<b>Methods:</b> The prospective cohort study (NCT 05772806) included 149 patients aged 65–85 years, identified as high-risk for AF. Participants underwent 14 days of cardiac rhythm monitoring using the Fibricheck^® app (CE certificate number BE16/819942412), alongside evaluations with standard ECG and transthoracic echocardiography. …”
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Image-based robotic (ROSA® knee system) total knee arthroplasty with inverse kinematic alignment compared to conventional total knee arthroplasty by Henriëtte M. Eijking, Isobel M. Dorling, Emil H. van Haaren, Roel Hendrickx, Thijs Nijenhuis, Martijn G.M. Schotanus, Lee Bouwman, Jasper Most, Bert Boonen

“…Methods This randomized controlled trial evaluates clinical effectiveness of robotic-assisted TKA (ROSA® Knee System, Zimmer Biomet, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) aiming for iKA compared to conventional TKA aiming for mechanical alignment. A total of 150 participants will be randomized (1:1) to either treatment to provide an 80% power for a 4.8-point clinically important difference in the primary outcome measure, the Oxford Knee Score (OKS) 12 months after surgery. …”
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Association between Circulating B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Population by Pijun Yan, Qin Wan, Zhihong Zhang, Yong Xu, Ying Miao, Pan Chen, Chenlin Gao

“…Circulating levels of BNP were measured in 258 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and participants were divided into a DPN group (n=61) and no DPN group (n=197). …”
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Multistate Markov model application for blood pressure transition among the Chinese elderly population: a quantitative longitudinal study by Bin Zhao, Juan Xiong, Yuxin Wang, Xujuan Zheng, Yiqin Zhang, Liping Xu, Lina Zhou

“…Objective To explore the transitions of different blood pressure states based on a multistate Markov model among the Chinese elderly population.Setting A community health centre in Xiamen, China.Participants 1833 elderly Chinese people.Methods A multistate Markov model was built based on 5001 blood pressure measurements from 2015 to 2020. …”
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Development of agency skills and creative thinking among students of a technical university: practical cases by Oksana F. Abramova

“…This is important for all areas of study, but this article focuses on educational processes at a technical university, or rather, areas of study related to information technology. …”
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Development of risk models for early detection and prediction of chronic kidney disease in clinical settings by Pegah Bahrami, Davoud Tanbakuchi, Monavar Afzalaghaee, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Habibollah Esmaily

“…Four main algorithms and four algorithms using the stratified K-folds cross-validation technique, consisting of gender-specific Random Forest and feedforward Neural Networks were developed using the preprocessed data of 6855 participants. The RF model in women exhibited the highest AUC of 0.90 followed closely by 0.89 in their NN model. …”
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