Comparing the safety and efficacy of remimazolam-based total intravenous anesthesia versus volatile agent-based anesthesia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ji-In Park, Hyo-Seok Na, Keum-O Lee, Jung-Hee Ryu, Hyun-Jung Shin

“…We estimated the relative risk (RR) and mean difference with 95% CIs using a random-effects model. …”
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Mobile sedentism? The Marakwet settlements of the Elgeyo Escarpment, north-western Kenya by David K. Kay

“…Conversely, changes in the form and distribution of sedentary settlement have most commonly been studied across wide spatio-temporal ranges that do not consider the role of mobile livelihood practices at scales appreciable to the people who actually performed them. …”
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Incidence and Risk Factors for Early Acute Kidney Injury in Nonsurgical Patients: A Cohort Study by Javier Enrique Cely, Elkin José Mendoza, Carlos Roberto Olivares, Oscar Julián Sepúlveda, Juan Sebastián Acosta, Rafael Andrés Barón, Juan José Diaztagle

“…The median length of hospital stay was higher among patients who developed EAKI (8 [IQR 5–14] versus 6 [IQR 4–10], p=0.008) and was associated with an increased requirement for dialysis (4.87 OR 95% CI 2.54 to 8.97, p<0.001) and in-hospital death (3.45 OR; 95% CI 2.18 to 5.48, p<0.001). …”
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The Effectiveness of &#147;Improvement of Driver-Behavior Program&#148; on Self-Control of Individuals Whose Driving Licenses Have Been Seized due to Drinking and Driving. by &Yacute;brahim Taymur, Veli Duyan, Kadir &Ouml;zdel, Ersin Budak, Buket Belk&yacute;z G&uuml;ng&ouml;r

“…Objective: The aim of the current study to evaluate the effectiveness of &#147;Improvement of Driver-Behavior Program&#148; on Self-Control of individuals whose driving licenses have been seized for two years due to drinking and driving. Methods: Study sample consisted of 60 volunteers whose driving licenses have been seized for two years due to getting stopped for drunk driving for the second time and who were participated in improvement of driver-behavior program. …”
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Retrospective comparison of cortical bone trajectory and pedicle screw in lumbar fusion for patients over 80, including sagittal balance: a single-center study by Giwuk Jang, Seungjun Ryu, Sanghoon Lee, Jeong-yoon Park, Dong-ah Shin, Hoyeol Zhang

“…This study aimed to retrospectively analyze the clinical and surgical outcomes following posterior lumbar interbody fusion with pedicle screw fixation compared to cortical bone trajectory in patients aged ≥ 80 years with degenerative lumbar spine disease. Methods We included 68 patients aged ≥ 80 years who underwent degenerative lumbar spinal surgery at our spine center between January 2011 and December 2020. …”
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The Archive of University Science as the Core of Research Education in Russia: the Motivational Potential of Social Software by I. O. Shchedrina, B. I. Pruzhinin, T. G. Shchedrina

“…This approach, according  to  the  authors,  makes  it  possible  to  reveal  in  a  new  way  the  educational  and  pedagogical  potential  of  social  software,  which  today  attracts  the  attention,  first  of  all,  of  sociologists,  political scientists, and economists, who only partially touch upon its cognitive parameters. …”
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Gendered associations of situational and dispositional factors with exclusion from social relations and loneliness in older age by Georgios Pavlidis, Georgios Pavlidis

“…Within ESR states, older men living alone and older women who are less extraverted were more at-risk of loneliness.ConclusionSituational factors are more predictive of ESR states than personality traits, yet a gendered perspective is needed when assessing the risk factors of ESR and loneliness in later life.…”
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Tjalma syndrome: A rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus by Ashwaq Alhmoudi, Ahlam Almarzooqi, Maryam Alahmad, Amna Al Muhairi, Sehriban Diab, Raven Haan, Khalid Elsayed

“…The syndrome is characterized by the presence of ascites, pleural effusion, and an elevated cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) level. We present the case of a 27-year-old female patient admitted in 2021 without any comorbidities, who presented with unintentional weight loss, gastrointestinal upset, and ascites. …”
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Considerations and experiences with healthcare-seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark by Isabella Raasthøj Holst, Lisa Maria Sele Sætre, Gitte Bruun Lauridsen, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Peter Haastrup, Sonja Wehberg, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl

“…Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression models were applied.Results Of the 27,369 eligible individuals, 18% reported a need to contact their GP. Being worried about burdening the healthcare system was most frequently reported (45%), followed by being in doubt about acceptable contact reasons (33%), and concern about infection (24%). …”
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Risk factor assessment of prediabetes and diabetes based on epidemic characteristics in new urban areas: a retrospective and a machine learning study by Li Xu, Xiangcheng Sun, Ning Wang, Yiyi Wang, Yan Li, Chuan Zhang

“…After excluding the population with incomplete data, a total of 47,608 people who underwent physical examinations and blood tests were included in this study. …”
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Epidemiology of pelvic and acetabular fractures in a tertiary hospital in Singapore by Amritpal Singh, Amaris Shu Min Lim, Bernard Puang Huh Lau, Gavin O’Neill

“…They are one of the major injuries that lead to death in patients involved in such accidents. We studied the recent epidemiology of these injuries in Singapore. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Pilot Study on the Effect of Vaginal Acupressure (Hippocratic Pelvic Massage) by Søren Ventegodt, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…This is a pilot study of 20 female patients with a long history of sexual problems (mean is 8.92 years) who received vaginal acupressure (VA) with a quantitative and qualitative evaluation: 56% experienced help and none reported setbacks, 89% rated the treatment to be of high quality, and 89% rated it as valuable. …”
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Utprøving av simuleringsaktiviteter i grunnskolelærerutdanningen – en ny læringsarena for sterkere koherens og utvikling av profesjonsfellesskap by Hege Myhre

“…A backdrop for developing and testing simulation activities is that the theory–practice relationship is a major challenge in general teacher training and that we need to work more on the links between different forms of knowledge. …”
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Demographic-Based Algorithm Used to Predict the Implant Sizing in Total Knee Arthroplasty by Sunil Rajan, Saurabh Jain, Chetan Singh Dhosariya

“…Conventionally, the prediction of implant sizes by preoperative templating is improper owing to a variable degree of accuracy. We correlated patients’ demographic features of gender, weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) with the size of the implants used in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) so as to formulate an algorithm between the implant size and these parameters. …”
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Platelet antibody production in children with congenital heart disease leading to coagulation dysfunction and reduced platelet function by ZHEN Zida, FU Xiaoyan, ZHANG Huimin, LIU Yu, MA Shuxuan

“…[Methods] A retrospective analysis was conducted on 3 504 congenital heart disease patients without a history of blood transfusion who were treated at Beijing Children's Hospital between January 2019 and June 2024 to study the positive rate of platelet antibodies. …”
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Study protocol for an international registry observational study evaluating clinical outcomes of transcatheter versus standard surgical mitral valve operation for secondary mitral... by Antonio Salsano, Francesco Nappi, Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh, Cristiano Spadaccio, Yasushige Shingu, Satoru Wakasa, Antonio Fiore

“…The registry will enrol consecutive patients who underwent mechanical intervention for SMR between January 2007 and December 2023. …”
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A Study on Histomorphological Spectrum in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding at a Tertiary Care Center by Santharam M, Preethi Sekar, Karthikeyan TM, Sharanya Kandaswamy

“…A total of 150 reproductiveage, peri-menopausal, and post-menopausal women with complaints of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) who underwent hysterectomy were included in the study. …”
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L’émergence d’une sexualité juvénile hors mariage chez les jeunes de Sidi Ifni (Maroc) by Leila Boufraioua

“…More and more young people are transgressing the laws of social morality. and schools is are becoming the places where boys and girls are initiated into romantic relationships.; therefore, the gateway to sexuality outside marriage is therefore being opened. …”
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Driving Risk Analysis Based on Driving Experience at Hook-Turn Intersection Using the Emerging Virtual Reality Technology by Taeho Oh, Yanping Xu, Zhibin Li, Inhi Kim

“…Australia allows people from 44 nations to convert their home country driver’s license to an Australian driver’s license without a driving test. Visitors who have never heard of the hook-turn experience difficulty driving following the new traffic rule. …”
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Legal status of national minorities on the Ukrainian territory in the 19th century by S. Yu. Ivanov

“…The peculiarities of the formation and development of legal status of national minorities, who were on Ukrainian territory during the studied period and were engaged in various types of economic activity, as well as the influence of the general imperial and local legislation on certain aspects of the life of national minorities, have been investigated. …”
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