Pregnancy and Postpartum Trends in Self‐Measured Blood Pressure and Derived Indices: The BOSHI Study by Seiya Izumi, Misato Nishimura, Noriyuki Iwama, Hasumi Tomita, Hirotaka Hamada, Taku Obara, Mami Ishikuro, Takahisa Murakami, Michihiro Satoh, Takuo Hirose, Masatoshi Saito, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Shinichi Kuriyama, Nobuo Yaegashi, Kazuhiko Hoshi, Yutaka Imai, Hirohito Metoki, the BOSHI Study Group

“…Postpartum BP increased from postpartum Days 3–8 in SBP and from Days 3–22 in DBP, compared to that on the day before delivery. …”
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Changes in Corticospinal Tract Consistency after Dry Needling in a Stroke Patient by Masoome Ebrahimzadeh, Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari, Iraj Abdollahi, Behnam Akhbari, Jan Dommerholt

“…Additionally, secondary outcomes encompassed wrist extension range of motion (ROM) and performance in the box and block test (BBT). These measurements were taken both before and after the administration of DN treatment. …”
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How have Ontario Public Health units engaged with faith-based organizations to build confidence in COVID-19 vaccines among ethno-racial communities. by Kadidiatou Kadio, Melodie Yunju Song, Anna Karbasi, Denessia Blake-Hepburn, Shaza A Fadel, Sara Allin, Anushka Ataullahjan, Erica Di Ruggiero

“…This research sought to explore the processes of PHU engagement with FBOs, and challenges encountered. A qualitative research study based on in-depth interviews was conducted with 18 of the 34 Ontario PHUs who expressed an interest. …”
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An atypical presentation of autoimmune hepatitis with delayed menarche in a Nigerian adolescent: a case report by Promise Udoka Asogwa, Bruno Basil, Winifred Njideka Adiri, Nelson Ugwu, Gideon Ekene Anigbo, Evaristus Offia, Casmir Orjioke

“…Case presentation The patient was a 16-year-old Black female patient of Igbo ethnicity from Nigeria, who presented with a 6-month history of bilateral leg swelling and delayed menarche. …”
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Reasoning with Inductive Argument Test: A Study of Validity and Reliability by Mehmet Emrah Karadere, Kasým Fatih Yavuz, Ýbrahim Enis Kayran, Yasir Þafak, Bengü Yücens, Erkan Kuru, Mehmet Hakan Türkçapar

“…Method: 51 healty volunteers who work in Ankara Dýskapi Yildirim Beyazit Research and Training Hospital participated in this study. …”
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THE CORRELATION OF FAMILY SUPPORT WITH THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY OF PRIMIGRAVIDA PREGNANT WOMEN IN FACING LABOR by NARESWARI NUGRAHA, CANDRA DEWI NATANINGTYAS

“…The analysis test used uses Spearman rho correlation. Result Analysis test results using Spearman rho correlation show a correlation value (r) = 0.716 with a p value of 0.000, where p < α (α = 0.05). …”
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Association between COVID-19 severity and relatively high serum adiponectin levels at the time of admission by Ryohei Mineo, Shiro Fukuda, Shigehito Suzuki, Yoshito Ito, Sachiko Tamba, Takuya Sugiyama, Yuya Fujishima, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Iichiro Shimomura, Koji Yamamoto, Yuji Matsuzawa

“…Patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to Sumitomo Hospital (Osaka, Japan) from May through October 2021 were included. …”
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The anti-politics of food in South Africa: Transformation, accountability and the nutrition policy subsystem by Busiso Helard Moyo, Anne Marie Thow, Florian Kroll, Scott Drimie

“…Currently, the governance of the food system is grappling with substantial obstacles, balancing the influence of powerful stakeholders who uphold the status quo against its responsibilities for food justice. …”
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An Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury Risk Screening and Reduction Program for High School Female Athletes: A Pilot Study by Allison Kuntz, Olivia Peters, Andrew Bello, Ryan Perkins, Ryan Monti, Leigh Murray

“…Therefore, it is imperative to screen, identify, and educate athletes who are at high-risk. The combination of screening and education could identify those at risk and potentially reduce future injuries…”
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Late-Onset Bilateral Choroidal Metastases from Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Constantinos D. Georgakopoulos, Athina Pallikari, Panagiotis Plotas, Olga E. Makri

“…A 57-year-old male patient in the Oncology Clinic complained of reduced vision in the right eye (OD) for 7 days. The patient, who was under immunotherapy with nivolumab, had been diagnosed with clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the left kidney 15 years ago that recurred in the right kidney before 2 years. …”
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Posterolateral fusion in spondylolisthesis of the lumbosacral segment. by Jorge A. Jerez Labrada, Yoan M. Quiñónez González, Ricardo Aguilar González, Francisco J. Lam González, Félix Rodríguez Fernández, Dania Zúñiga Estrada

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Since centuries ago it has been written about lumbar pain, still its treatment remains enigmatic. …”
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Exploring Best Practices and Tensions in Immigrant-Led Community-Based Social Service Planning Models for Immigrant and Refugee Communities by Sandeep K. Dhillon, Stefanie Machado, Ryan Wai Shing Lai 黎韋成, Kari Grain

“…Based on the guidance of community partners in the immigrant and refugee settlement sector who are leading the direction of the project, the information presented in this paper focuses on community-based initiatives related to four social determinants of health: housing, employment, gender identity, and immigration status. …”
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BROOM: An International Magazine of the Arts (1921-1924) : une revue d’avant-garde américaine by Ambre Gauthier

“…Conceived as both an objet d’art with its refined aesthetic and as a tool for the dissemination of literary and artistic information, Broom magazine was a tribune freely open to American intellectuals of the 1920s, who expressed their explorations of culture and identity on its pages with increasingly more energy. …”
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Antidiabetic Rosiglitazone Reduces Soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Level in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Guang Wang, Zhe Zhang, Jie Yu, Fuchun Zhang, Liyun He, Jinru Wei, Jieming Mao, Xian Wang

“…A total of 116 diabetic patients with CAD who had undergone PCI were randomized to receive rosiglitazone (4 mg/d) or not for 6 months. …”
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Post-COVID-19 patients’ clinical-epidemiological characteristics in Baracoa, Guantánamo by Yirleidy Rodríguez Labañino, Yodanky Ochoa Rodríguez, Alexander Durán Flores, Denny Matos Laffita, Oneidis Durán Flores

“…<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize, from the clinical and epidemiological point of view, patients confirmed to SARS-CoV-2 in the post-COVID-19 stage.…”
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Predictive value of Frank’s sign for obstructive coronary artery disease confirmed by coronary computed tomography angiography by Truong Phi Hung, Nguyen Minh Kha, Dang Tuong Vi, Tran Trong Nhan, Hoang Van Sy

“…This cross-sectional study examined 124 consecutive Vietnamese individuals who underwent coronary computed tomography angiography at our center. …”
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Behavioral flexibility is manipulable and it improves flexibility and innovativeness in a new context by Logan, Corina, Lukas, Dieter, Blaisdell, Aaron, Johnson-Ulrich, Zoe, MacPherson, Maggie, Seitz, Benjamin, Sevchik, August, McCune, Kelsey

“…We attempted to manipulate grackle flexibility using shaded (light and dark gray) tube reversal learning to determine whether flexibility is generalizable across contexts (multi-access box), and what learning strategies grackles employ. …”
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The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study by Seyed Hossein Kalati, Neda Ahmadzadeh Tori, Javaneh Kalati, Nastaran Norouzi Parashkouh, Hengameh Karimi

“…The results of an independent t-test do not indicate any significant difference between the two groups. …”
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Diagnostic value and safety of contact laser-assisted endobronchial ultrasound-guided tunnel drilling biopsy in mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy: a retrospective study by Wenyu Zhan, Tian Wang, Changqing Yang, Yubao Wang, Nansheng Wan, Jing Feng

“…This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value and safety of contact laser-assisted EBUS-TDB compared to EBUS-TBNA in the assessment of mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes.MethodsThis retrospective study included patients who presented to our hospital between October 2022 and April 2024 with mediastinal or hilar lymph nodes of short diameter ≥ 1 cm on computed tomography (CT) or abnormally increased lymph node metabolism on positron emission tomography (PET)-CT. …”
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Evaluation of the Macular, Peripapillary Nerve Fiber Layer and Choroid Thickness Changes in Behçet’s Disease with Spectral-Domain OCT by Mustafa Ataş, İsa Yuvacı, Süleyman Demircan, Emel Güler, Orhan Altunel, Emine Pangal, Altan Göktaş, Serap Sütbeyaz, Gökmen Zararsız

“…Subjects and Controls. The patients with BD were divided into two groups according to the presence of ocular involvement. …”
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