Burden of caregivers of older people in Sri Lanka: an overlooked concern in the health care system by Nirmala Rathnayake, Wedura Kannangara, Thilina Abeygunasekara, Warsha De Zoysa, Dhammika Palangasinghe, Sarath Lekamwasam

“…Principal component analysis revealed two factors explaining 65.8% of the cumulative variance. …”
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Penggunaan Asthma Control Test (ACT) secara Mandiri oleh Pasien untuk Mendeteksi Perubahan Tingkat Kontrol Asmanya by Yessy Susanty Sabri, Yusrizal Chan

“…<p>Abstrak<br />Asma adalah penyakit dengan spekrum gejala yang luas dan gejala yang sering dilaporkan pasien kepada dokter sangat beragam, tergantung dari persepsi masing-masing pasien. …”
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Antiviral therapy can effectively suppress irAEs in HBV positive hepatocellular carcinoma treated with ICIs: validation based on multi machine learning by Shuxian Pan, Zibing Wang

“…BackgroundImmune checkpoint inhibitors have proven efficacy against hepatitis B-virus positive hepatocellular. However, Immunotherapy-related adverse reactions are still a major challenge faced by tumor immunotherapy, so it is urgent to establish new methods to effectively predict immunotherapy-related adverse reactions.ObjectiveMulti-machine learning model were constructed to screen the risk factors for irAEs in ICIs for the treatment of HBV-related hepatocellular and build a prediction model for the occurrence of clinical IRAEs.MethodsData from 274 hepatitis B virus positive tumor patients who received PD-1 or/and CTLA4 inhibitor treatment and had immune cell detection results were collected from Henan Cancer Hospital for retrospective analysis. …”
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Clinical Features of Combined Central Retinal Artery and Vein Occlusion by Hao Wang, Yongye Chang, Fen Zhang, Rong Yang, Suxia Yan, Jieying Dong, Minglian Zhang, Shaomin Peng

“…In addition, 45.5% (15/33) of the eyes had BCVA of finger counting (FC) or below, whereas 12.1% (4/33) had BCVA of 20/60 or above. The IOP was lower in the involved eyes than in the fellow eyes (15.0 ± 3.0 mmHg vs. 16.4 ± 2.3 mmHg, p=0.03). …”
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Characteristics and long-term health outcomes of the first domestic COVID-19 outbreak cases in Da Nang, Vietnam: a longitudinal cohort study by Miyuki Tsuruoka, Mai Kim Huynh, Michiko Toizumi, Thanh Tien Hoang, Trieu Bao Nguyen, Anh The Dao, Luong Dinh Nguyen, Huy Xuan Le, Chung Thanh Le, Anh Quang Dang, Hung Thai Do, Lay Myint Yoshida

Subjects: “…SARS-CoV-2…”
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Pembangunan Aplikasi Latihan Soal IPA SD dengan Gamifikasi dan Mersenne Twister by Naufal Irfan Hayanto, Seng Hansun

“…Study shows that there are still a lot of students who do not pay attention when they are studying natural science. …”
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A deep learning model for assistive decision-making during robot-aided rehabilitation therapies based on therapists’ demonstrations by David Martínez-Pascual, José M. Catalán, Luís D. Lledó, Andrea Blanco-Ivorra, Nicolás García-Aracil

“…Methods An experimental session was conducted with diverse people who suffered from neurological conditions. The participants used an upper limb rehabilitation robot to play a point-to-point game. …”
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Sex differences in intracranial plaque burden in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease: a pilot study based on high-resolution MRI by Xuejiao Yan, Ling Li, Jie Gao, Lihui Wang, Kai Ai, Xiaoyan Lei, Min Tang, Xiaoling Zhang, Dongsheng Zhang

“…This study attempts to explore possible associations between sex, treatment, and the burden of intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) in patients with T2DM who have experienced an acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease.MethodsWe focused on patients with T2DM with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack due to intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis. …”
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Early childhood caries and their association with serum iron, serum ferritin, serum albumin, and Vitamin D by Vasundhara Megha, Jeevendra Nath Shukla, Rajat Kumar Singh, Chitrita Gupta Mukherjee, Siddharth Anand, Aparna Singh

“…They were divided into two groups: Group 1 consisted of 99 children with ECC and Group 2 (control group) with 78 children. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Glandular Fever by Dominic Worku, Li Hui Chang, Ian Blyth

“…Admission bloods revealed pancytopenia (WCC 1.5 × 109/L, Plt 84 × 109/L, and Hb 82 g/L) with normal reticulocyte count and raised mean corpuscular volume (114 fL). …”
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Effects of respiratory sarcopenia on the postoperative course in elderly lung cancer patient: a retrospective study by Dong Jae Han, Kwon Joong Na, Taeyoung Yun, Ji Hyeon Park, Bubse Na, Samina Park, Hyun Joo Lee, In Kyu Park, Chang Hyun Kang, Young Tae Kim

“…Methods This retrospective study included patients aged 70 years and older who underwent lobectomy with curative intent for lung cancer between 2017 and 2019. …”
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Exploring the prevalence of gout among underrepresented low socioeconomic status type 2 diabetes populations by Jessica Smith, Abey Martin, Jane Mundadan, Michael Roberts, Youssef Roman, Arturo Bravo-Nuevo, Farzaneh Daghigh

“…Participants with high HbA1c had significantly higher uric acid levels compared to those with lower HbA1c levels, with diabetic levels of HbA1c accounting for approximately 40% of the variance in uric acid levels. …”
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The Application of Three-dimensional Shear Wave Elastography in the Detection of Inguinal Lymph Node Metastasis in Gynecological Malignancies by Yuping Shen, Jiulong Dai, Jiami Li, Man Lu

Subjects: “…two-dimensional shear wave elastography…”
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Central obesity is a burden even in normal weight adolescents of a non-metropolitan Indian City: A case for alarm and action for prevention and control by Tabassum Nawab, Zulfia Khan, Iqbal M. Khan, Mohammad A. Ansari

“…CO was defined as >90th age-and-sex-specific percentile of WC and GO by BMI-for-age-and-sex percentiles given by WHO Growth Reference 2007. …”
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Descripción de la estructura familiar de una muestra de pacientes con hemofilia. Comparación Argentina-México / Description of a Sample of Hemophilia Patients’ Family Structures: A... by Maricela Osorio-Guzmán, Silvina Graña

“…Abstract: Chronic diseases such as hemophilia go beyond the containment of institutional health care systems and involve not only a patient’s personal daily life but also their social networks. …”
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Comparative Pitching Biomechanics Among Adolescent Baseball Athletes: Are There Fundamental Differences Between Pitchers and Non-pitchers? by Garrett Bullock, Tessa C Hulburt, Gary Collins, Brian R Waterman, Kristen F Nicholson

“… # Study Design Retrospective cross-sectional study # Methods Baseball players were designated as pitchers or non-pitchers, who then threw fastballs (FB), breaking balls (BB), and change-ups (CH) during a biomechanical assessment. …”
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Composite cardiac computed tomography angiography score for improved risk assessment in chronic coronary syndromes by Subin Lee, Alexander Giesen, Dimitrios Mouselimis, Loris Weichsel, Andreas A. Giannopoulos, Max Nunninger, Matthias Renker, Florian André, Norbert Frey, Grigorios Korosoglou

“…However, few studies have so far compared the prognostic value of all those parameters together. …”
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Primary Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Cervix: A Clinical Analysis of 18 Cases without Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol by Dongying Wang, Chunhua Zhao, Li Fu, Yang Liu, Weiyang Zhang, Tianmin Xu

“…Methods. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 18 patients with CCAC who were diagnosed and treated from January 2009 to August 2017 in the Second Hospital of Jilin University. …”
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Investigating the Feasibility of Behavioral Nudges to Reduce the Phenomenon of Escape from Responsibility in Public Sector by Seyed Kamal Vaezi, Mahboubeh Hosseini

“…These biases essentially pave the way for escape from responsibility by deviating decision-making from the right path. …”
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Treatment Patterns and Healthcare Costs Among Patients with Stroke and Spasticity: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study by Michael Hull, Vamshi Ruthwik Anupindi, Jing He, Mitchell DeKoven, Jumaah Goldberg, Jonathan Bouchard

“…Results Overall, 7851 patients fulfilled study criteria; 47.7% were treated with physical or occupational therapy, 11.3% with muscle relaxants, and 0.8% with BoNT-A; 12.4% met the post-index definition of PSS; 84.2% were identified using muscle relaxant or BoNT-A codes, 6.6% using diagnosis codes, and 9.2% using both. …”
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