Transcranial photobiomodulation for reducing symptoms of autism spectrum disorder and modulating brain electrophysiology in children aged 2–7: an open label study by Yuli Fradkin, Joaquin A. Anguera, Alexander J. Simon, Luis De Taboada, Eugenia Steingold

“…BackgroundSmall pilot studies have indicated that transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) may help alleviate symptoms of neurological conditions like depression, traumatic brain injury and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).ObjectiveTo examine the effect of tPBM on the behavioral symptoms of ASD and brain electrophysiology in children aged 2–7.MethodsWe conducted an open label, one-arm study with 23 participants, aged 2–7, previously diagnosed with ASD. …”
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Lessons learnt from horse-related human fatalities: Accident analysis using HFACS-Equestrianism by Meredith Chapman, Kate Fenner, Matthew J.W. Thomas

“…The aim of the study was to identify what we could learn and potentially do differently to prevent future fatalities. …”
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The predictive value of endplate morphology and pedicle screw bone quality score on screw loosening after single-level lumbar spinal fusion surgery by Jinxiang Zhan, Qipeng Wei, Weijun Guo, Zihao Liu, Shiji Chen, Qingyan Huang, Dongling Cai

“…Results Through comparative analysis of clinical data, we found statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of endplate morphology, lumbar CT values, and PBQ scores(P<0.05). …”
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Efficacy and safety of super selective bronchial artery coil embolisation for haemoptysis: a single-centre retrospective observational study by Daijiro Kabata, Ayumi Shintani, Masanori Akira, Masahiko Hara, Hideo Ishikawa, Misaki Ryuge, Jun Takafuji, Mihoko Youmoto, Yukio Nagasaka, Kouji Yamamoto

“…The objective of the present study was to evaluate the safety and the 3-year postprocedure haemoptysis-free survival rate of de novo elective ssBAE using platinum coils rather than particles for the treatment of haemoptysis.Design A single-centre retrospective observational study.Setting Hemoptysis and Pulmonary Circulation Center in Japan.Participants A total of 489 consecutive patients with massive and non-massive haemoptysis who underwent de novo elective ssBAE without malignancy or haemodialysis.Interventions ssBAE using platinum coils. …”
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Treatment of metastatic brain lesion by A. M. Zaytsev, M. I. Kurzhupov, E. A. Potapova, O. N. Kirsanova

“…To control the radical removal of the tumor in 93 (34,7%) patients we used the method of fluorescence navigation (FN) with the drug Alasens. …”
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Gender differences in use of cigarette and non-cigarette tobacco products among adolescents aged 13–15 years in 20 African countries by Israel T. Agaku, Rose Sulentic, Adriana Dragicevic, Gibril Njie, Candace K. Jones, Satomi Odani, Tina Tsafa, Joy Gwar, Constantine I. Vardavas, Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf

“…However, girls who smoke tend to start at an earlier age than boys. …”
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An Outdoor Walking Program for Immigrant Muslim Older Adults: A Community‐Based Participatory Intervention by Jordana Salma, Shelby Yamamoto, Nancy M Salbach, Ruth Barclay, Allyson Jones

“…This study provides some insights into ways to engage this population in similar programs. …”
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Posterior-Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation in Patients over 40 Years of Age by Pedro Tañá-Rivero, Francisco Pastor-Pascual, Marceliano Crespo, José L. Rodríguez-Prats, José J. Muñoz-Tomás, Robert Montés-Micó

“…This study included 33 eyes from 21 patients who underwent V4c ICL implantation for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism. …”
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International Standards of Implementing Mediation within Criminal Proceedings and the State of Its Realization in Ukraine by T. H. Fomina

“…The traditional system of criminal justice cannot offer an effective solution to the problem of dealing with persons who committed a criminal offense. It has been proved that the urgent need of our state is to create new effective alternatives to official criminal prosecution, in particular mediation. …”
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Evaluation of indirect indices in the insulin resistance assessment in patients with different body mass index by Lejla Čano Dedić, Arzija Pašalić, Emsel Papić, Emir Begagić, Sabina Šečić Selimović, Mario Gazibarić, Sabina Šegalo

“…Indirect indices based on mathematical models and derived from laboratory parameters have become increasingly popular in the past two decades. In this study, we evaluated their ability to predict IR in a population with different body mass index (BMI). …”
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Lower respiratory tract microbiome dysbiosis impairs clinical responses to immune checkpoint blockade in advanced non‐small‐cell lung cancer by Yong Zhang, Xiang‐Xiang Chen, Ruo Chen, Ling Li, Qing Ju, Dan Qiu, Yuan Wang, Peng‐Yu Jing, Ning Chang, Min Wang, Jian Zhang, Zhi‐Nan Chen, Ke Wang

“…Methods During this study, 26 bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF) from advanced NSCLC participants who received immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy were performed 16S rRNA sequencing and untargeted metabolome sequencing to identify differentially abundant microbes and metabolic characteristics. …”
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Prevalence of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) in Children Aged 2&ndash;6 years in the Highlands and Lowlands of West Java by Sofian MA, Setiawan AS, Hamdani AM, Pratidina NB, Suwargiani AA

“…The mean value of the def-t index in both regions is in the very high category according to WHO. Chi-square test results with a p-value > 0.05, namely 0.201, showed that there was no significant difference between the prevalence of ECC in children aged 2– 6 years in Bandung Regency and Pangandaran Regency.Conclusion: There is no difference in the prevalence of early childhood caries in children aged 2– 6 years in the highlands and lowlands of West Java.Keywords: early childhood caries, ECC, highlands, lowlands, prevalence…”
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استراتیجیات استخدام شبکات التواصل الاجتماعى فى الأرشیفات الوطنیة العربیة : دراسة وصفیة تحلیلیة by د. السید صلاح الصاوى

“….), the socialplatforms used by archives and the training of staff who manage and update thecontent of National Archives on these platforms. …”
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Do Maternal Vitamin D Levels Influence Vitamin D Levels in Preterm Neonates? by M. Panda, J. McIntosh, T. Chaudhari, A. L. Kent

“…Median Vit D level at 3 weeks and 6 weeks were 63.5 nmol/L (53-80.2) nmol/L and 103 (71.5-144) nmol/L respectively. 22/55 (40%) mothers were VitD deficient/insufficient. 25/70 (36%) neonates were VitD deficient/insufficient at birth. Of those neonates who were VitD deficient/insufficient at birth 5/25(10%) were deficient/insufficient at 6 weeks. …”
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Associations between Physical Exercise, Quality of Life, Psychological Symptoms and Treatment Side Effects in Early Breast Cancer by Leena Vehmanen, Johanna Mattson, Evangelos Karademas, Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, Berta Sousa, Ruth Pat-Horenczyk, Ketti Mazzocco, Panagiotis Simos, Fátima Cardoso, Greta Pettini, Chiara Marzorati, Eleni Kolokotroni, Georgios Stamatakos, Diana Frasquilho, Paula Poikonen-Saksela

“…We studied variables associated with the exercise habits of breast cancer patients and investigated if the achievement of exercise recommendations was associated with enhanced quality of life and/or psychological well-being. …”
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Comparison of the performance of three classification criteria for Behçet's Disease in a single centre cohort from South India by Vishnu S Chandran, Suma Balan

“…A total of 25 patients who visited the pediatric rheumatology clinic were included in the cohort. …”
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Risk factors for growth retardation in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case-control study by Ying Zhang, Liping Song, Weihu Ma, Ye Wang, Peipei Wang, Xiaolin Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Qianhui Yu, Yang Yu, Lin Zhang

“…Methods Clinical data from 155 JIA children who were treated at our hospital between January 2019 and December 2022 were analyzed. …”
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Multimodal data-based longitudinal prognostic model for predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation in patients with patent foramen ovale and paroxysmal atria... by Shoupeng Duan, Xujun Li, Jun Wang, Yuhong Wang, Tianyou Xu, Fuding Guo, Yijun Wang, Lingpeng Song, Zeyan Li, Xiaomeng Yang, Xiaoyu Shi, Hengyang Liu, Liping Zhou, Yueyi Wang, Hong Jiang, Lilei Yu

“…Abstract Background Clinical studies on atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after catheter ablation in patients diagnosed with patent foramen ovale (PFO) and paroxysmal AF (PAF) are scarce. Here, we aimed to develop a nomogram model utilizing multimodal data for the risk stratification of AF recurrence following catheter ablation in individuals diagnosed with PFO and new-onset PAF. …”
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Taxi services, platforms and Article 101 TFEU: changing the shape of the transport intermediation services industry? by Arianna Andreangeli

“…The entry into the market for taxi despatch services of these novel instruments has not been without consequences, however.  Are we witnessing a sea change in the way in which traditional platforms in this market have conducted their business so far? …”
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T-cell receptor beta variable gene polymorphism predicts immune-related adverse events during checkpoint blockade immunotherapy by Linghua Wang, Siqing Fu, Aung Naing, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Carl Morrison, Joud Hajjar, Mingxuan Xu, Anas Alshawa, Bettzy Stephen, Ying Yuan, Jordi Rodon Ahnert, Abdulrazzak Zarifa, Shrutii Sarda, Timothy Looney, Sapna P Patel, Geoffrey M Lowman, Dzifa Yawa Duose, Jeffrey M Conroy, Evan Kwiatkowski

“…By using principal component analysis of the 81 TRBV allele profiles followed by k-means clustering, we identified six major TRBV haplotypes. Strikingly, we found that one-third of this cohort possessed a TRBV allele haplotype that appeared to be protective against severe irAEs.Conclusion The data suggest that long-amplicon TCRB repertoire sequencing can potentially identify TRBV haplotype groups that correlate with the risk of severe irAEs. …”
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