The Protocol for the Multi-Ethnic, multi-centre raNdomised controlled trial of a low-energy Diet for improving functional status in heart failure with Preserved ejection fraction (... by Noelle Robertson, Melanie J Davies, Thomas Yates, Gerry P McCann, Gaurav Singh Gulsin, Emer M Brady, Joanne V Wormleighton, Eylem Levelt, Oliver Rider, Jiliu Pan, Christopher Miller, Iain Squire, Mehak Asad, Fardad Soltani, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Rachel L Brown, Joanna M Bilak

“…Randomisation is stratified by sex, ethnicity, and baseline Sodium Glucose Cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2-i) use, using the electronic database RedCap with allocation concealment. …”
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Machine learning prediction of anxiety symptoms in social anxiety disorder: utilizing multimodal data from virtual reality sessions by Jin-Hyun Park, Yu-Bin Shin, Dooyoung Jung, Ji-Won Hur, Seung Pil Pack, Heon-Jeong Lee, Hwamin Lee, Chul-Hyun Cho, Chul-Hyun Cho

“…In the same analysis, models using only physiological features had AUROCs of 0.626, 0.744, and 0.671, whereas models using only acoustic features had AUROCs of 0.788, 0.823, and 0.754.ConclusionsThis study showed that a ML algorithm using integrated multimodal data can predict upper tertile anxiety symptoms in patients with SAD with higher performance than acoustic or physiological data obtained during a VR session. …”
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A Quasi-experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Reminiscence Therapy on Depression among Hospitalized Elderly Undergoing Abdominal Surgery Admitted in Nehru Hospital, PGI... by Ritika Tandon, Rajesh Gupta, Sunita Sharma, Mukta Thakur

“…It is not uncommon for older adults who are undergoing abdominal surgery to experience depression during their hospital stay. Reminiscence therapy is one of the most widely used interventions to alleviate depressive feelings among older adults. …”
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Polybrominated Dibenzo-p-dioxins/Furans (PBDD/Fs) and Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Indoor and Outdoor of Gymnasiums by Ching-Kai Su, Jian-He Lu, How-Ran Chao, Wei-Hsiang Chang, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Chih-Lung Wang, I-Cheng Lu, Yu-Ting Chang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang, Wan-Nurdiyana-Wan Mansor, Yi-Chyun Hsu, Ying-I Tsai, Shang-Ming Ma

“…In conclusion, although the gym employees and users inhaled more PM2.5 during the exercise, the risks of PBDD/DE/DFs were still under the acceptable levels.…”
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An Analysis of the Gear Meshing Characteristics of the Main Planetary Gear Trains of Helicopters Undergoing Shafting Position Changes by Li Xuejun, Jiang Lingli, Hua Dengrong, Yin Daoxuan, Yang Dalian

“…In this study, the planetary gear trains of helicopters were examined. Due to the fact that these structures are considered to be the most representative structures of the main reducers of helicopters, they were selected as the study objects for the purpose of examining the meshing characteristics of planetary gear trains when the relative positions of the shafting changed due to the position changes of the main rotor shafts under variable load conditions. …”
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Protocol for evaluating the effects of integrating music with taekwondo training in children with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized controlled trial. by Clare C W Yu, Kam M Mok, Emma Mak, Chun T Au, Dorothy F Y Chan, Stanley Wu, Raymond C K Chung, Matthew C K Ip, Simpson W L Wong

“…One plausible explanation for suboptimal treatment outcomes is insufficient engagement in the exercise programs due to the children's difficulties in following instructions and performing the correct movements. …”
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Patient satisfaction with radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag localization compared with wire localization for nonpalpable breast lesions: the RFID trial by Raphaël Pete, Céleste Pinard, Fanny Sirodot, Ioana Molnar, Margot Dressaire, Angeline Ginzac, Catherine Abrial, Xavier Durando, Marielle Tekath

“…Data on anxiety and satisfaction was collected from patients and clinicians using questionnaires, and clinical data was collected from the medical files. …”
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Time without PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy as a predictor of future biochemical recurrence, metastatic disease and prostate cancer death: a prospective Scandinavian co... by Mats Steinholtz Ahlberg, Hans-Olov Adami, Hans Garmo, Lars Holmberg, Anna Bill-Axelson, Ove Andren, Gunnar Steineck, Jan-Erik Johansson

“…Four patients were excluded due to surgery-related death (n=1) or salvage radiotherapy or hormonal treatment within 6 weeks from surgery (n=3).Primary outcome measures Cumulative incidences and absolute differences in metastatic disease and prostate cancer death.Results We analysed 302 patients with complete follow-up during a median of 24 years. …”
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Generalising axion-like particle as the curvaton: sourcing primordial density perturbation and non-Gaussianities by Anish Ghoshal, Abhishek Naskar

“…Abstract We investigate the non-perturbatively generated axion-like particle (ALP) potential, involving fermions in the dark sector that couple to the ALP, in an early universe cosmological inflationary stage with the ALP being a spectator field. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards COVID-19 among Mothers in Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2020 by Debrnesh Goshiye, Zinet Abegaz, Sisay Gedamu

“…However, more than two-fifths of the participants had an unfavorable attitude and poor practice on COVID-19 preventive measures, which may put a high risk of infection that could worsen maternal morbidity and mortality during this pandemic. Therefore, health education programs for mobilizing and improving COVID-19-related knowledge, attitude, and practice are urgently needed, especially for those mothers who have low access to information due to home duty.…”
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Prevalence and clinicopathological Spectrum of Auto-Immune Liver Diseases & Overlap syndrome by Annapoorani Varadarajan, Archana Rastogi, Rakhi Maiwall, Chhagan Bihari, Sherin Thomas, Vikrant Sood, Saggere Muralikrishna Shasthry

“…Two pathologists independently reviewed the liver biopsies and reassessed 18 histopathological parameters. Results: During the study period, 17664 liver biopsies were received, out of which 1060 (6%) biopsies of AILD were identified. …”
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Association of varicose veins with the risk of heart failure: A nationwide cohort study. by Dongyeop Kim, Moo-Seok Park, Ju-Young Park, Tae-Jin Song

“…<h4>Background</h4>Research investigating the association between varicose veins (VV) and heart failure has been limited. Here, we examine this association within a nationwide longitudinal cohort, hypothesizing an increased risk of heart failure associated with the presence of VV.…”
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Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on behavioural and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling people with dementia: a prospective cohort study (PAN.DEM) by Maarja Vislapuu, Mala Naik, Bettina S Husebø, Marie H Gedde, Ipsit V Vahia, Janne Mannseth, Line I Berge

“…Moreover, depressive symptoms increased as assessed by CSDD total score (5 (3–9) to 7 (4–12), p=0.01) and worsened for 56 (54%), which was inversely associated with psychotropic drugs on-demand (0.16, 0.03 to 0.75).Conclusions BPSD worsened during the first months of the COVID-19 restrictions, most pronounced for psychosis and depression. …”
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Peel of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) diets boost growth, digestive-absorptive functions, immune-antioxidant indices, and regulate immunomodulatory genes and mTOR/MAPK-P38/apoptosis sig... by Rowida E. Ibrahim, Gehad E. Elshopakey, Elsayed M. Younis, Abdelwahab A. Abdelwarith, Asmaa Yaseen, Tarek Khamis, Simon J. Davies, Afaf N. Abdel Rahman

“…CPP diets caused down-regulation (P˂0.05) of the splenic expression of the tumor suppressor gene (P53), mitogen-activated protein kinase (P38), caspase-9, and mechanistic target of rapamycin. During the A. veronii challenge, the fish survival percentage increased with CPP diets. …”
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Efficacy of Early Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Transluminal Drainage for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula by Nao Fujimori, Takashi Osoegawa, Akira Aso, Soichi Itaba, Yosuke Minoda, Masatoshi Murakami, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Katsuhito Teramatsu, Yu Takamatsu, Takehiro Takaoka, Takamasa Oono, Eikichi Ihara, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Takao Ohtsuka, Masafumi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Ogawa

“…Methods. We retrospectively reviewed patients diagnosed with POPF who underwent EUS-TD in the Kyushu University Hospital between 2008 and 2019. …”
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A mediation analysis of meteorological factors on the association between ambient carbon monoxide and tuberculosis outpatients visits by Tianfeng He, Tianfeng He, Xujun Qian, Jing Huang, Guoxing Li, Xinbiao Guo

“…Subgroup analysis revealed a significant effect of CO exposure in males (RR = 1.090, 95%CI: 1.009–1.777, lag 0–3 days), females (RR = 1.101, 95%CI: 1.014–1.195, lag 0–3 days), younger individuals (RR = 1.097, 95%CI: 1.022–1.178, lag 0–2 days), and during the warm season (RR = 1.012, 95%CI: 1.002–1.022, lag 0–4 days). …”
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Mid-term outcome and quality of life after Bentall procedure: single-center experience by I. O. Stetsyuk, L. R. Stetsiuk, B. M. Todurov, I. Yu. Mokryk, V. I. Zaviiskyi, I. P. Nechai, V. B. Demyanchuk, O. V. Zelenchuk

“…All three case of death during follow-up period were due to non-cardiac causes. …”
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Characterization and assessment of hydrogen leakage mechanisms in salt caverns by Mojtaba Ghaedi, Raoof Gholami

“…A finite-difference approximation with an iterative procedure was then used to treat the nonlinearity and solve the presented formulations. …”
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The effect of online training based on stroke educational program on patient’s quality of life and caregiver’s care burden: a randomized controlled trial by Amir Mohamad Nazari, Abbas Abbaszadeh, Rouzbeh Kazemi, Vahid Yousofvand, Mitra Zandi

“…Participants were selected by convenient sampling method and then randomly allocated into intervention and control groups using research randomizer software. The participants in the intervention group received the educational content through the WhatsApp application during a series of fifteen sessions, each lasting between 45 and 60 min. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Attention‐Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Binbin Fu, Xiangyue Zhou, Xuan Zhou, Xin Li, Zhengquan Chen, Yanbin Zhang, Qing Du

“…ABSTRACT Background Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a promising neuromodulation technique that has been widely used in neuropsychiatric disorders, but there was no evidence on its effect on the improvement attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). …”
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