The Effect of Certification and Product Knowledge on Instant Food Purchasing Decisions through Halal Awareness: The Moderating Role of Religiosity by Zamratul Akbar, Agustina Shinta Hartati Wahyuningtiyas, Riyanti Isaskar

“…Data was obtained using questionnaires distributed to 150 respondents who have consumed instant food. Using WarpPLS 8.0, the data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). …”
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Quality of life prognosis in patients with somatoform disorders with sleep disorders by V.V. Ogorenko, I.I. Makarova, A.V. Shornikov

“…It was found that only 51 out of 120 patients who completed the study had a sufficient level of quality of life. …”
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Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome Components and COVID-19 Disease Severity in Hospitalized Patients: A Pilot Study by Hande Erman, Banu Boyuk, Meltem Sertbas, Ali Ozdemir

“…The study population consisted of inpatients who tested positive by the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Self-Harm in Eating Disorders (SHINE): a mixed-methods exploratory study by Maria Michail, Helen Bould, Anna Lavis, Sheryllin McNeil, Anthony Winston, Kalen Reid, Christina L Easter, Rosina Pendrous

“…Introduction Self-harm is highly prevalent among young people with eating disorders. However, why a young person may develop and continue to experience both an eating disorder and self-harm is unclear. …”
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Association of Body Fat Percentage with Time in Range Generated by Continuous Glucose Monitoring during Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes by Yuting Ruan, Jiana Zhong, Rongping Chen, Zhen Zhang, Dixing Liu, Jia Sun, Hong Chen

“…Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that body fat percentage was significantly associated with TIR independent of age, gender, diabetes duration, HbA1c, and BMI (P=0.043). Conclusions. Body fat percentage was significantly associated with TIR in T2DM during short-term CSII therapy. …”
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Cardiovascular function shows early impairment in asymptomatic adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus: an ultrasound-derived myocardial work study by Martina Ghirardo, Martina Ghirardo, Irene Cattapan, Irene Cattapan, Jolanda Sabatino, Jolanda Sabatino, Alice Pozza, Alice Pozza, Jennifer Fumanelli, Jennifer Fumanelli, Martina Avesani, Joaquin Gutierrez De Rubalcava Doblas, Carlo Moretti, Biagio Castaldi, Giovanni Di Salvo

“…This study aims to provide a comprehensive non-invasive cardiovascular evaluation of T1D adolescents using both conventional and advanced echocardiography.MethodsWe enrolled 31 patients, aged between 13 and 19 years, who were diagnosed with T1D for at least 10 years and were followed up by the Paediatric Diabetology Unit of our institution. …”
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Intracardiac 3D navigation as a tool to improve the efficiency of ablation of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias by S. Yu. Prorok, M. M. Dolzhenko

“…Patients were divided into two groups. Group I included 30 (52.6 %) patients who used a 3D navigation system during mapping. …”
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Trends in palliative care utilization among older adult decedents with and without cancer in Taiwan: a population-based comparative studyResearch in context by Yu-Tai Lo, Tzu-Jung Chuang, Yu-Tung Huang, Yi-Lin Wu, Yi-Ching Yang, Chung-Yi Li

“…Methods: The study utilized data from the Health and Welfare Data Science Center in Taiwan, covering demographic and healthcare variables for 588,010 decedents aged 65+ years who died between 2010 and 2020. We used Poisson regression to investigate the temporal trends in palliative care utilization during the last six months of life. …”
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Contribution of integrase inhibitor use, body mass index, physical activity and caloric intake to weight gain in people living with HIV by Giovanni Guaraldi, Jovana Milic, Elena Bacchi, Federica Carli, Marianna Menozzi, Iacopo Franconi, Alessandro Raimondi, Giacomo Ciusa, Valentina Masi, Michela Belli, Stefano Guaraldi, Emanuele Aprile, Maria Mancini, Cristina Mussini, Jordan E. Lake, Kristine M. Erlandson

“…We assessed the population attributable fractions (PAFs) of modifiable lifestyle factors and INSTI regimens in PLWH who experienced a ≥5% WG over follow-up. …”
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Psychological testing in children with elevated blood lead level: the effect of spirulina by N.I. Hnida, N.H. Lotysh, D.V. Usenko, I.M. Hnidoi, V.N. Kukushkin

“…In children with elevated blood lead level, there was a significant increase in cognitive impairment (memory and attention) compared to control scores. According to WHO recommendations, nutritional intervention was selected to correct the identified changes. …”
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Neutrophil extracellular traps as an important part of the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis without polyps by Valery М. Svistushkin, Galina N. Nikiforova, Boris V. Pinegin, Nina V. Vorobjeva, Artem S. Dekhanov, Yulia A. Dagil, Anna R. Mironova

“…Nasal secretions and venous blood were analyzed in all study participants with the determination of surrogate markers of neutrophil extracellular traps – myeloperoxidase complexes with DNA and the detection of double-stranded DNA (Quant Pico Green dsDNA kit). In patients who received azoximer bromide, the material was taken twice – before the start of treatment and 10 days after the course of treatment. …”
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Argon Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty and Argon Laser Pupilloplasty: Alternative Management for Medically Unresponsive Acute Primary Angle Closure by Wenkai Zhou, Fangkun Zhao, Dong Shi, Majida Qadri, Lingfeng Jiang, Liwei Ma

“…Retrospective study. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed the records of 23 patients (27 eyes) with APAC, who were applied ALPI and ALPP when traditional treatment failed. …”
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Clinical characteristics of hospitalized male adolescents and young adults with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) by Jason M. Nagata, Anita V. Chaphekar, Patrick Low, Ruben Vargas, Kyle T. Ganson, Anthony Nguyen, Sara M. Buckelew, Andrea K. Garber, Amanda E. Downey

“…Compared to youth with eating disorders like anorexia nervosa (AN), youth with ARFID tend to be younger and are more likely to be male. We aim to describe sex differences in clinical characteristics of youth hospitalized for medical complications of ARFID and compare their characteristics with youth hospitalized for anorexia nervosa. …”
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COVID-19 infection and later risk of sickness absence by socioeconomic status: a cohort study by Matti Joensuu, Johanna Kausto, Jaakko Airaksinen, Tuula Oksanen, Jussi Vahtera, Mika Kivimäki, Jenni Ervasti

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Direct targeting of risk factors significantly increases the detection of liver cirrhosis in primary care: a cross-sectional diagnostic study utilising transient elastography by Guruprasad P Aithal, Indra Neil Guha, Stephen D Ryder, Emilie A Wilkes, David J Harman, Martin W James, Matthew Jelpke, Dominic S Ottey, Timothy R Card

“…Objectives To assess the feasibility of a novel diagnostic algorithm targeting patients with risk factors for chronic liver disease in a community setting.Design Prospective cross-sectional study.Setting Two primary care practices (adult patient population 10 479) in Nottingham, UK.Participants Adult patients (aged 18 years or over) fulfilling one or more selected risk factors for developing chronic liver disease: (1) hazardous alcohol use, (2) type 2 diabetes or (3) persistently elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) liver function enzyme with negative serology.Interventions A serial biomarker algorithm, using a simple blood-based marker (aspartate aminotransferase:ALT ratio for hazardous alcohol users, BARD score for other risk groups) and subsequently liver stiffness measurement using transient elastography (TE).Main outcome measures Diagnosis of clinically significant liver disease (defined as liver stiffness ≥8 kPa); definitive diagnosis of liver cirrhosis.Results We identified 920 patients with the defined risk factors of whom 504 patients agreed to undergo investigation. …”
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Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of Five Clinical Questionnaires for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Alirio R. Bastidas, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, José S. Arias, Diana Cufiño, Diana Moya, Daniel Martin, Faure Rodríguez, Carolina Aponte-Murcia, Doris M. Pumarejo, Maria A. Bejarano, Geraldine Ospina, Lina M. Morales, Adriana M. Portella, Maria D. Barragán, Daniela A. Álvarez, José M. Hernández

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out on subjects who underwent spirometry in the third-level center. …”
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Ipsilateral ectopic pregnancy in the distal remaining part of the previously removed Fallopian tube: a case report by Bassant Elshatby, Mohamed Mohamed Belal, Mohamed Emad Rezk

“…Here, we present a case of recurrent ectopic pregnancy occurring in the distal remnant of the right fallopian tube following ipsilateral incomplete salpingectomy in a 22-year-old woman. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine (Mindful,Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Complemented with Bodywork) in the Treatment of Experienced Mental Illness by Søren Ventegodt, Suzette Thegler, Tove Andreasen, Flemming Struve, Lars Enevoldsen, Laila Bassaine, Margrethe Torp, Joav Merrick

“…Calculated from this we find 1.41 < NNT < 2.31; we estimate NNH > 500. …”
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Oral health improvement for nursing home residents through delegated remotivation and reinstruction (MundZaRR Study): study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Falk Schwendicke, Peter Schlattmann, Gabriele Meyer, Katrin Hertrampf, Georg Gassmann, Jens Abraham, Volker Hammen

“…In the intervention group, dentists will assign one or more intervention component from the box (phase 1). During follow-up, nursing staff will be reinstructed and remotivated by DA, who use the box to decide how to maintain the intervention (phase 2). …”
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Machine learning Nomogram for Predicting endometrial lesions after tamoxifen therapy in breast Cancer patients by Cao Shaoshan, Chen Niannian, Ma Ying

“…Method A retrospective study was conducted on 224 patients who underwent diagnostic curettage post-tamoxifen (TAM) therapy between November 2012 and November 2023. …”
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