NFLUENCE OF BIOACOUSTIC STIMULATION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM OF SPORTSMEN ON LIFE-CAPACITY OF LUNGS by G. G. Erofeev

“…The study involved nine athletes test volunteers: men aged 19 to 31 years, a sport – skiing, a sports category – the first adult, who underwent a training using bioacoustics stimulation in the following way: three times for three minutes each exposure, with an interval between exposures equal to one minute. …”
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An Assessment of Usual Salt Intake among Older Normotensive Adults in Atonsu, a Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana by Rufai Safianu, Jacob Plange-Rhule

“…The study targeted 100 participants, twenty from each of the five churches. Eighty-two individuals gave their informed consent. Out of the 82 who gave their informed consent, 15 withdrew and 67 completed the course. …”
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Value of routine blood count surveillance in detecting relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Sarah AlHarbi, Sarah AlHarbi, Areej Taha, Areej Taha, Ahmed Ashi, Ahmed Ashi, Naglla Elimam, Naglla Elimam, Sami Althubaiti, Sami Althubaiti, Sami Althubaiti

“…We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of routine blood testing for detecting relapse using a systematic method of assessing normal and abnormal results.MethodsThis a retrospective, single center study included children aged 1–14 years diagnosed with ALL who completed therapy and were in complete remission. …”
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Predictors of Recurrence After Curative Surgery for Stage I Colon Cancer: Retrospective Cohort Analysis of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology Colorectal Cancer Network Collab... by Giulia Turri, MD, Luigi Martinelli, MD, Daniela Rega, MD, Nicolò Tamini, MD, Lucia Paiano, MD, Simona Deidda, MD, QuocRiccardo Bao, MD, Laura Lorenzon, MD, PhD, Raffaele De Luca, MD, Caterina Foppa, MD, PhD, Valentina Mari, MD, Giovanni Taffurelli, MD, Arcangelo Picciariello, MD, PhD, Patrizia Marsanic, MD, Leandro Siragusa, MD, Francesco Bagolini, MD, Riccardo Nascimbeni, MD, Gianluca Rizzo, MD, PhD, Sara Vertaldi, MD, Michele Zuolo, MD, Giorgio Bianchi, MD, Lisa Marie Rorato, MD, Rossella Reddavid, MD, PhD, Gaetano Gallo, MD, PhD, Lorenzo Crepaz, MD, Alberto Di Leo, MD, Mario Trompetto, MD, Enrico Potenza, MD, Mauro Santarelli, MD, Nicola de’Angelis, MD, PhD, Francesco Ciarleglio, MD, Marco Milone, MD, PhD, Claudio Coco, MD, Guido Alberto Tiberio, MD, Gabriele Anania, MD, Giuseppe S. Sica, MD, PhD, Andrea Muratore, MD, Donato Francesco Altomare, MD, Isacco Montroni, MD, PhD, Maurizio De Luca, MD, Antonino Spinelli, MD, PhD, Michele Simone, MD, Roberto Persiani, MD, Gaya Spolverato, MD, Angelo Restivo, MD, Nicolò de Manzini, MD, Marco Braga, MD, Paolo Delrio, MD, Giuseppe Verlato, MD, PhD, Corrado Pedrazzani, MD, Adriana Gioia, Cristina Vacca, Dario Parini, Giovanni Tomasicchio, Marcello Calabrò, Bruno Sensi, Filomena Misuriello, Carlo Alberto Schena, Silvia Picotto

“…Given the low risk of recurrence of stage I CC, some international guidelines do not recommend intensive follow-up after surgery. …”
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Risk of residual/recurrent cervical diseases in HPV-positive women post-conization depends on HPV integration status by Wenyu Lin, Yuxuan Huang, Yan Zhang, Lixiang Huang, Hongning Cai, Guanxiang Huang, Ye Li, Qiaoyu Zhang, Huifeng Xue, Binhua Dong, Pengming Sun

“…Abstract Background It is crucial to identify post-operative patients with HPV infection who are at high risk for residual/recurrent disease. …”
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Telehealth group intervention for adolescents and young adults with cancer: a feasibility pilot study protocol by Sherilynn F. Chan, Joanna Patten, Nancy Lau

“…Aim 1 is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention for all patients who participate in groups in their clinical care. …”
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Neuromuscular monitoring and incidence of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade: a prospective observational study by Alessandra Piersanti, Rossella Garra, Fabio Sbaraglia, Miryam Del Vicario, Rosa Lamacchia, Marco Rossi

“…Two patients with RNMB (40%) required O2 supplementation during monitoring in the RR, compared to 11 patients in the rest of the sample (13%). …”
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Evaluation of Skin Prick Test Results Performed for the Diagnosis of Inhaled Allergens in Konya by İlknur Külhaş Çelik, Ayşe Can Erçin, Hasibe Artaç, Bahar Ürün Ünal

“…Aims: We aimed to determine the distribution of inhaled allergens by evaluating the results of skin prick tests performed on patients with allergic complaints in Konya. …”
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The effect of educational intervention through sending emails on improving physical posture in female computer users of Eastern Iran: a quasi-experiment study by Zahra Hosseini, Arash Ziapour, Arash Ziapour, Seyyede Fateme Rahimi, Fatemeh Dalake, Murat Yıldırım, Murat Yıldırım

“…In the IG, 44 subjects (73.30%) who needed ergonomic intervention (a score above 5) were reduced to 10 subjects (16.70%) with a need for ergonomic intervention. …”
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Knowledge and motivations of researchers publishing in presumed predatory journals: a survey by David Moher, Agnes Grudniewicz, Kelly D Cobey, Manoj M Lalu, Danielle B Rice, Hana Raffoul

“…The survey also asked six open-ended items about researchers' motivations and experiences.Participants Using Beall’s lists, we identified two groups of individuals who had published empirical articles in biomedical journals that were presumed to be predatory.Results Eighty-two authors partially responded (~14% response rate (11.4%[44/386] from the initial sample, 19.3%[38/197] from second sample) to our survey. …”
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Modelling Methodology as the Basis for Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Approach in the Training of Students of Pedagogical Specialties by E. A. Perminov, V. A. Testov

“…Also, the research findings might be useful for both theorists of education and for teachers, who are engaged in professional training of students of pedagogical specialties, and all those who are interested in the further development of educational system.…”
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Block of personal formation of the heads of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine indicators characteristics by Y. Y. Boiko-Buzyl

“…In the second stage, it was studied statistically significant differences in the characteristics of professional and personal development of managers compared to employees who do not perform managerial functions, for which the procedure of analysis of variance was used, namely one-way analysis of variance by the Fisher method. …”
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Evaluation of quality policies and strategies in health systems: a scoping review by Zenewton André da Silva Gama, Márcia Cunha da Silva Pellense, Pedro Jesús Saturno Hernández, Anna Cláudia Sales Gomes Caldas

“…This study aims to map studies evaluating policies and strategies for quality in health systems around the world.Design This is a scoping review based on the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR).Data sources The search for articles was carried out in the Embase, Medline/Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases and in the grey literature in July 2024.Eligibility criteria Publications describing a tool for evaluating interventions for quality in the health system and studies containing at least one conceptual framework related to the evaluation of policies and strategies for quality in the health system, in any language, were included.Data extraction and synthesis Data selection was carried out independently by two reviewers, whose conflicts were resolved by consensus and the decision of a third reviewer. …”
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Development of a guide for continuous positive airway pressure use - A good fit: Making continuous positive airway pressure work for you by Adeel Meraj, Lauren Koep, Muhammad R. Baig

“… # Methods After getting local IRB exemption, we surveyed thirty (30) veterans in the outpatient clinic setting who could not tolerate CPAP therapy to evaluate the need for a tool to improve CPAP adherence. …”
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Evaluation of Stroke Patients Diagnosed with Rheumatologic Diseases by Cihat Özgüncü, Şerefnur Öztürk, Gökhan Özdemir

“…Rheumatological diseases constitute an important group of these diseases. In our study, we evaluated patients who were followed up for stroke in our clinic. …”
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Effects of early supplemental parenteral nutrition on new-onset infection in adults with acute severe stroke: a single-center retrospective case–control study by Chen Ma, Zhirong Fan, Xuan Wang, Bian Li, Jingjing Zhao, Xiaogang Kang, Wen Jiang, Fang Yang

“…The benefit of the EN plus early SPN strategy over the full EN strategy is unknown in acute severe stroke patients. Methods We retrospectively enrolled 20 patients with acute severe stroke in the SPN group who received EN plus early SPN (more than 50% of the energy target within 72 h after admission). …”
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Association of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width With Carotid–Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity in a Southern Chinese Population by Xing Yu, Yali Huang, Yunyun Su, Liangdi Xie

“…A significant increase in age, systolic blood pressure, cfPWV, and HbA1c levels was observed with higher RDW quartiles. …”
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Diagnostic value of interferon-γ release assay in patients with COPD complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis by Yanxiao Rong, Haibin Wang, Yuanyuan Su, Qian Wang, Xuepei Sun, Wei Wang

“…COPD-related complications did not affect the T-SPOT; the greater the T-SPOT value was, the greater the likelihood of active TB. For patients who are T-SPOT positive but clinically considered to have inactive tuberculosis, regular follow-ups should be performed to observe changes in the patient’s condition.…”
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Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis among surgical patients: results from a retrospective observational study at a public hospital in Liberia by Michelle Niescierenko, John Shakpeh, Kayla Enriquez, Saned Raouf, Finda Mayah-Toto

“…One-day training was provided on SAP/SSI to 24 health workers by the Ministry of Health and WHO. Following this training, surgical cases (general surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology (OB/GYN) underwent chart review with focus on time of SAP administration and appropriate SAP based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wound classification.Results A total of 143 charts were reviewed. …”
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Comparative analysis of alectinib and brigatinib in real-world treatment of advanced NSCLC with ALK rearrangements by Kyuhwan Kim, Kyu Yean Kim, Hye Seon Kang, Ah Young Shin, Sung Kyoung Kim, Chan Kwon Park, Sang Haak Lee, Seung Joon Kim, Jeong Uk Lim, Chang Dong Yeo

“…Prior crizotinib treatment significantly shortened TTD for second-generation TKIs ( p  = 0.025), but the overall TKI treatment duration did not show a significant difference between patients who received frontline second-generation ALK TKIs and those who received second-generation ALK TKIs sequentially after crizotinib. …”
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