Social Workers in Hospice and Palliative Care in Indian Contect: Voices from the field by Pallavi Mech, Dr Vasundharaa S Nair, Dr Priya Treesa Thomas

“…Methods: The study adopted a qualitative research design. Eight participants who are expert practitioners with specific experience in palliative care were recruited purposively following inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Mutational Analysis of a Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Pedigree with Bile Duct Polyp Phenotype by Li-jun Xie, Dan-dan Ruan, Jian-hui Zhang, Yi Li, Li Chen, Mao-lin Yan, Ming-dian Yu, Jie-wei Luo, Hui-zhen Zhang

“…Using modified Sanger sequencing, we identified members of the family who were carriers of this variant and whether this segregated well with disease occurrence. …”
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Comparison of Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan, Clinical and Para-clinical Findings in Hospitalized Vaccinated and Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients: A Pilot Study from Babol County by Hesamoddin Arabnozari, Farzin Sadeghi, Mohammadreza Tabatabaie, Ghazaleh Hosseininozari, Mana Baziboron, Masoumeh Bayani

“…The researchers selected 106 confirmed COVID-19 patients and divided them into two groups: 53 fully vaccinated individuals who received the Sinopharm vaccine and 53 unvaccinated individuals. …”
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Impact of in-hospital COVID-19 quarantine policy changes on quality of acute stroke care: a single center experience by Minkyung Kim, Keon-Joo Lee, Seong-Eun Kim, Hokyu Kim, Jung Hoon Han, Han Jun Kim, Kyungmi Oh, Sung-Jun Park, Chi Kyung Kim, Young-Duck Cho

“…The purpose of this study was to determine effects of changes in in-hospital quarantine policies on quality of care for acute stroke patients.MethodsHyperacute ischemic stroke patients who were admitted to Korea University Guro Hospital between January 2019 and February 2021 via the emergency department were included in this study. …”
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Diagnostic and Predictive Recurrence Value of Plasma Fibrinogen in Patients With Adrenocortical Carcinoma by Chengquan Ma, Bin Yang, Quanzong Mao

“…This study aimed to explore the value of preoperative plasma fibrinogen as a biomarker for ACC. Methods: We identified 40 patients with ACC and 170 patients with adrenal adenoma (AA) who underwent surgery at our institution between 2015 and 2022. …”
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A Clinical Nomogram Based on the Triglyceride-Glucose Index to Predict Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury after Percutaneous Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome... by Yue Hu, Xiaotong Wang, Shengjue Xiao, Na Sun, Chunyan Huan, Huimin Wu, Minjia Guo, Tao Xu, Defeng Pan

“…We divided the patients into the CI-AKI and non-CI-AKI groups according to whether CI-AKI occurred or not. …”
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Does welfare technology contribute to security, activity, participation and independence within municipal elder care? A qualitative study protocol by Ingrid Hellström, Johannes Österholm, Åsa Larsson Ranada, Katarina Baudin, Vedrana B Baric

“…Introduction In Swedish municipal elder care, there is a growing expectation that welfare technology (WT) will play a pivotal role in addressing the increasingly complex needs of older persons who receive municipal elder care. …”
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Balancing Explainability and Privacy in Bank Failure Prediction: A Differentially Private Glass-Box Approach by Junyoung Byun, Jaewook Lee, Hyeongyeong Lee, Bumho Son

“…In this study, we employ differentially private glass-box models, namely Explainable Boosting Machine (EBM) and Neural Additive Models (NAM), to address these issues. …”
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Comparative Study of Heavy Metal Concentration in Eggs Originating from Industrial Poultry Farms and Free-Range Hens in Kosovo by H. Aliu, S. Dizman, A. Sinani, G. Hodolli

“…This study revealed that the heavy metals in eggs from free-range hens are richer in essential elements such as Mn, Fe, and Zn, while poultry farm eggs contain a higher contribution of Cr, Cd, As, and Pb. However, the daily intake of heavy metals from egg consumption was lower than the WHO-FAO advised provisional daily intake. …”
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Efficacy of the Couples’ Relationship Enrichment Training According to Choice Theory on the Psychological Resilience and Affective Divorce of Couples with Marital Conflicts by Razieh Sodagar, Alireza Maredpour, Khosro Ramazani

“…The research method was quasi-experimental, utilizing a pretest, posttest, and two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the current research consisted of couples with marital conflicts who visited six consultation centers in zone eight in Shiraz during the autumn and winter of 2020. 35 couples were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups (17 couples in the experimental group and 18 in the control group), using the multi-stage sampling method. …”
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Treatment of gingival recession with vestibular incision subperiosteal tunnel access and advanced platelet-rich fibrin by Marwa Abdelhaleem, Wafaa Saleh, Samah Elmeadawy

“…Methods Twenty-four patients who met the eligibility criteria were randomly allocated into two groups. …”
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Mental health and quality of life in patients with premenstrual exacerbation: a cross-sectional study in Japan by Mariko Ogawa, Yukiko Iioka, Kiyoshi Takamatsu

“…However, the incidence of PME and its impact on mental health and quality of life have not been investigated. Therefore, we investigated the proportion of PME among women seeking treatment for premenstrual symptoms in Japan and compared the levels of anxiety, depression and quality of life between women with PME and those with core PMD.Methods Women who presented to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of a single institute for treatment of premenstrual symptoms and were diagnosed with PMDs using patient diaries were included in the study. …”
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Forging new paths in the development of community mental health interventions for people with mental illness at risk of criminal legal system contact by Amy Blank Wilson, Natalie Bonfine, Jonathan Phillips, Jamie Swaine, Faith Scanlon, Anna Parisi, Caroline Ginley, Robert Morgan

“…This study will examine the extent to which FNP is able to engage its primary (aggression and community tenure) and secondary (criminal attitudes and impulsivity) treatment outcomes. …”
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Efficiency of Real-time Computer-aided Polyp Detection during Surveillance Colonoscopy: A Pilot Study by Shin Morimoto, Hidenori Tanaka, Yudai Takehara, Noriko Yamamoto, Fumiaki Tanino, Yuki Kamigaichi, Ken Yamashita, Hidehiko Takigawa, Yuji Urabe, Toshio Kuwai, Shiro Oka

“…Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent surveillance colonoscopy with computer-aided detection between January and March 2023 and had undergone colonoscopy at least twice during the past 3 years were recruited. …”
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Differences in use of telemedicine integrated into traditional primary health care – a comparative observational study by Pär Eriksson, Maria Randjelovic, Hans Thulesius, Tora Hammar, Stefan Lagrosen, Evalill Nilsson

“…However, the impact and effect will depend on who will use the new technology.Objective The objective of the study was to investigate differences between users and non-users of telemedicine integrated into traditional office-based primary health care.Methods Quantitative registry-based population study in two regions in the southeast part of Sweden (n = 73,486), comparing users with non-users of telemedicine across the variables sex, age, socioeconomic status (SES), morbidity and health care seeking behaviour (HSB). …”
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Unlocking autism’s complexity: the Move Initiative’s path to comprehensive motor function analysis by Ashley Priscilla Good, Elizabeth Horn

“…In response, this Perspective introduces the Move Initiative, a coalition spearheaded by the nonprofit 2 m Foundation, composed of self-advocates, families, clinicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors who aim to advance and refine the measurement of movement in autism. …”
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The Acute Effect of Chlorpromazine on Body Temperature in Intensive Care Unit Patients by Ates Duman, Mehmet Ali Baş, Faruk Çiçekci, Jale Bengi Çelik, Bülent Devrim Akçay, Muhammed Emin Zora, Ömür İlban

“…Materials and methods: 63 intensive care patients who needed sedative treatment due to agitation were divided into two groups as Group 1 (n = 30) with temperatures ≤ 38°C, and Group 2 (n = 33) with temperatures > 38°C according to baseline body temperatures. …”
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Global burden of colorectal cancer: epidemiology, risk factors by E. A. Medvedeva, G. G. Maryin, A. A. Leshchenko, M. V. Chernogorova, M. B. Dolgova, D. A. Nazarov, S. A. Ivanov

“…A few decades ago, colorectal cancer (CRC) was diagnosed much less frequently. …”
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Social media use is associated with body image concern in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marina de Sá Azevedo, Brenda Esper-Pereira, Larissa Vaz-Gonçalves, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Marília Mendonça Guimarães, Karine Anusca Martins, Luciana Bronzi de Souza

“…ABSTRACT Introduction: Body image is the mental image we form of our own body, and it can be influenced by several aspects of everyday life. …”
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Health care provider's perceived factors for the increased practice of caesarean delivery in North West Amhara referral hospitals, Ethiopia, 2022: a qualitative study by Mulat Ayele, Marta Berta, Amare Zewudie, Eyob Shitie Lake, Gizachew Yilak, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Mastewal Belayneh Aklil

“…Multiple factors were identified as contributing to this rise, including the involvement of medical students, the use of cardiotocography, a decline in instrumental deliveries, inadequate trial of labor after previous caesarean deliveries, and the absence of clear indications for performing caesarean deliveries for social or maternal requests. Notably, patients who had received care in private clinics were more likely to undergo caesarean deliveries.ConclusionCaesarean deliveries were observed to be performed based on subjective or approximate indications, rather than clear obstetric indications. …”
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