Serum neurofilament heavy chains as a biomarker of neuronal damage in multiple sclerosis relapse by P. Beliaziūnas, R. Godelienė, L. Malcienė, V. Natkevičius, V. Gintauskienė, B. Šitkauskienė, M. Malciūtė

“…Using random sampling we examined 28 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who were treated for relapse in the Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Klaipėda University Hospital. …”
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Nephrotic and Non-Nephrotic Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: Clinical Characteristics, Etiology, and Columbia Classification by Gabriel Figueiredo, Luis Yu, Lectícia Barbosa Jorge, Viktoria Woronik, Cristiane Bitencourt Dias

“…The proportion of patients with secondary forms of FSGS was comparable between the two groups, with HIV infection and systemic lupus erythematosus being predominant. …”
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Utilizing physical educators to monitor muscular strength and neuromuscular control among children with varied recess time by G. Kate Webb, Yan Zhang, Deborah J. Rhea

“…The purpose of this study was to utilize the physical education setting to examine MusS and NC factors in the Fall and Spring (Time 1 to Time 2) of one school year in a predominately Hispanic sample of second-grade children who received 60 min or 20 min of daily recess.MethodsThis quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test study administered four MusS tests and one NC test to District 1 (N = 59) which received 60 min of recess daily (intervention), and District 2 (N = 49) which received one 20 min daily recess (control). …”
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Immunological Remission as a Basis for Dose Reduction of Immunosuppressors in Autoimmune Hepatitis: Results of Monocenter Surveillance Study by A. O. Bueverov, S. V. Koblov, P. O. Bogomolov

“…The data of 47 patients with AIH who received immunosuppressive therapy from April 2001 to August 2023 were analyzed: 10 men (21 %), 37 women (79 %); the average age was 37 (17–66) years. …”
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Increasing prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity in childhood type 1 diabetes in the pre-COVID but not during the COVID era by Vivien Herczeg, Eszter Muzslay, Diána Czipó, Lili Terkovics, Johanna Takács, Réka Garai, Réka Garai, Fanni Kovács, Andrea Luczay, Anna Körner, Péter Tóth-Heyn

“…Children with AIT had a significantly elevated risk of thyroid dysfunction compared to those with only thyroid autoantibody positivity (p<0.001).ConclusionOur results show a rise in the prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity among T1D children over the past decade, but our data do not support the assumed role of SARS-CoV-2 in the development of the disease.…”
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Knowledge about COVID-19 and Practices among Hemodialysis Technicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era by Amit S. Pasari, Amol Bhawane, Manish R. Balwani, Priyanka Tolani, Vishal Ramteke, Nishant Deshpande

“…But, only 25.5% of the respondents could rightly identify to keep a minimum distance of two meters between two beds while dialyzing a suspected patient of COVID-19 along with other patients to minimise risk of COVID-19 transmission. 60% of the technicians have received hydroxychloroquine as prophylaxis against coronavirus infection. …”
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Experiences and opinions of adults with type 1 diabetes on the android-based open-source closed-loop system in China: a qualitative study by Chaofan Wang, Daizhi Yang, Jinhua Yan, Ping Ling, Mengyun Lei, Ying Ni, Xiaodi Guo, Qingying Huang

“…However, there are still only a few studies examining the experiences of using AAPS, and relevant qualitative studies have not been conducted in Asia so far. This study aimed to explore the experiences and opinions of adult patients with T1D on the AAPS.Design Semi-structured interviews and the Insulin Dosing Systems: Perceptions, Ideas, Reflections and Expectations questionnaires were conducted among patients. …”
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Intestinal obstruction caused by disseminated mycobacterium avium complex disease following solid organ transplantation: a case report by Akane Mita, Sho Nakakubo, Yusuke Nishimura, Hideki Shima, Masaaki Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Shimamura, Satoshi Konno

“…Case presentation A 76-year-old woman, who had undergone living-donor liver transplantation 15 years earlier for primary biliary cirrhosis, presented with persistent fever and vomiting three months before admission. …”
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Risk factors for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infections: A case-control study by Sibongakonke Mbele, Sandeep D. Vasaikar

“…Methods: A retrospective case-control study among patients who attended Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital (NMAH) and Mthatha Regional Hospital (MRH), Eastern Cape, South Africa. …”
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Office environment and employee differences by company health management certification by Shiro Arata, Masaki Sugiuchi, Toshiharu Ikaga, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Tatsuya Hayashi, Shintaro Ando, Shun Kawakubo

“…Good office environments are also known to improve employee performance and health. However, do certified health management companies consider the maintenance of a superior office environment as a means to maintain high levels of employee performance and health? …”
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Predictors of Noncompliance to Antihypertensive Therapy among Hypertensive Patients Ghana: Application of Health Belief Model by Yaa Obirikorang, Christian Obirikorang, Emmanuel Acheampong, Enoch Odame Anto, Daniel Gyamfi, Selorm Philip Segbefia, Michael Opoku Boateng, Dari Pascal Dapilla, Peter Kojo Brenya, Bright Amankwaa, Evans Asamoah Adu, Emmanuel Nsenbah Batu, Adjei Gyimah Akwasi, Beatrice Amoah

“…The questionnaire constituted information regarding sociodemographics, a five-Likert type HBM questionnaire, and lifestyle-related factors. …”
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Elucidating epigenetic landscape of gastric premalignant lesions through genome‐wide mapping of 5‐hydroxymethylcytosines: A 12‐year median follow‐up study by Zhongguang Luo, Wenshuai Li, Wanwei Zheng, Yixiang Shi, Maolin Ye, Xiangyu Guo, Kaiyi Fu, Changsheng Yan, Bowen Wang, Bin Lv, Shaocong Mo, Hongyang Zhang, Jun Zhang, Chuan He, Feifei Luo, Wei Zhang, Jie Liu

“…Methods To our knowledge, we conducted the largest and longest longitudinal study of a Chinese population with gastric precursor lesions, involving 29,176 patients with gastritis who underwent gastroscopy and biopsy between 2001 and 2015, with follow‐up until 1 August, 2022. …”
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Recognizing and addressing burnout among healthcare workers in rural Nepal: a proof-of-concept study using Kern’s six-step theoretical framework by Raj Kumar Dangal, Eva Studer, Tula Krishna Gupta, Kristin Nguyen, Amit Suneja, Karuna Khadka, Shailina Bata Shrestha, Bibhav Acharya

“…We then developed learning objectives for knowledge, attitude, and skills domains based on the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of burnout. …”
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Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy up-regulates PD-L1 in radioresistant colorectal cancer by Sung Uk Bae, Hye Won Lee, Jee Young Park, Incheol Seo, Jae-Min Cho, Jin Young Kim, Ju Yup Lee, Yoo Jin Lee, Seong Kyu Baek, Nam Kyu Kim, Sang Jun Byun, Shin Kim

“…After exposing human CRC cells to radiation, we investigated changes in the expression levels of PD-L1 and its regulatory signaling pathways. …”
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Analysis of Charcoal Producers Perceptions of Its Production, Forest Degradation, and Governance in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia’s Dry Afromontane Forests by Alemayehu Hido, Abebe Teka, Asabeneh Alemayehu

“…The findings reveal that charcoal production is dominated by males (68.4%) compared to females, who were within the age range of 20‒43 years. About 59.18% did not attend any formal education and 18.37% attended elementary education. …”
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Africa between East and West: Searching for its own path. Book review of ‘La Russie face aux occidentaux en Afrique centrale: Pour un arrimage des Africains aux enjeux de puissance... by A. V. Nefedov

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Association between Serum Uric Acid Levels and Perinatal Outcome in Women with Preeclampsia by Robinson Uchenna Ugwuanyi, Irozuruike Munachiso Chiege, Felix Eke Agwu, George Uchenna Eleje, Nonso Martin Ifediorah

“…Consenting pregnant women were consecutively recruited into two groups comprising pregnant women diagnosed with preeclampsia and normotensive nonproteinuric pregnant women. …”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Metronidazole and Clindamycin against Gardnerella vaginalis in Planktonic and Biofilm Formation by Ting Li, Zhan Zhang, Fengjuan Wang, Yuanhui He, Xiaonan Zong, Huihui Bai, Zhaohui Liu

“…From September 2019 to October 2019, we recruited a total of 10 patients with BV who underwent gynecological examinations at Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. …”
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Role of Dolutegravir/Lamivudine in the Management of Pregnant People Living with HIV-1: A Narrative Review by William R. Short, Parul Patel, Gustavo Verdier, Ana Puga, Vani Vannappagari, Annemiek de Ruiter, Bryn Jones

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Ideas of Multipolarity in the Conceptual Frame of the Soviet Diplomacy during the Final Phases of the Great Patriotic war (1943–1945) by I. E. Magadeev

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