Emotion regulation-based internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for premenstrual dysphoric disorder: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Sweden by Filipa Sampaio, Alkistis Skalkidou, Gerhard Andersson, Cornelia Weise, Johanna M. Hoppe, Maria Kleinstaeuber, Johan Vegelius, Erika Comasco, Maria Gröndal, Elisavet Kaltsouni, Felicia Sundström, Monica Buhrman

“…Furthermore, increasing the generally low accessibility of CBT for PMDD necessitates scalable and cost-effective ways to deliver treatment. …”
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Health Benefits in a Cohort of Children 6 Months After Tonsil Surgery in Relation to the Perioperative Period: An Observational Prospective Cohort Study by Lundeberg Stefan, Elisabeth Ericsson

“…The information that the children considered essential to share with others covered details of the day of surgery, including the anesthesia, nutrition, pain and pain relief, and well‐being after surgery. Conclusions All indication/surgical‐method groups reported improvements regarding the health benefits of surgery, with the most pronounced effect being seen for physical health and vitality. …”
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Factors associated with decreased anal sphincter tone and the accuracy of forced anal examinations to detect individuals having receptive anal intercourse: an observational study by John A Schneider, Alan G Nyitray, Derek Smith, Michael W Ross, Elizabeth Y Chiao, Timothy J Ridolfi, Bridgett Brzezinski, B R Simon Rosser, Aniruddha Hazra, Jenna Nitkowski, Sandrine Sanos, Ever Mkonyi, Lucy Mgopa

“…Using baseline data from a longitudinal study, we aimed to determine factors associated with sphincter tone and the accuracy of sphincter tonality to detect persons engaging in receptive anal intercourse.Methods Clinicians in Chicago, Houston and Milwaukee, USA conducted digital anal rectal examinations (DARE) to score sphincter resting tone (RT) and squeeze tone (ST). …”
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Risk Factors for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After TACE: A Prospective Cohort Study by Yuzhu Wang, Xin Zhou, Guoping Li, Qianzhou Lv, Xiaoyu Li, Zhiping Yan

“…<b>Objective:</b> Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) was one of the common complications in patients with HCC who had undergone TACE. …”
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Among the reasons for the importance of sports on holiday by Cenk Temel, Murat Sentuna, Velittin Balcı

“…Between 16-25 years and 46-55 years of age (p=0.046 lt;0.05), between 500-1000 TL and 1001-2000 TL (p=0.049 lt;0.05) and 2001 TL and above (p=0.019 lt;0.05) income, between post-graduate education and high school (p=0.02 lt;0.05) and college graduates (p=0.003 lt;0.05)significant differences were found.As a result of these findings, among people who want to do sport on holiday sex, age, income and education levels may be concluded that differ.…”
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Development and Evaluation of an In-House ELISA to Detect Anti-FcεR1α IgG Autoantibodies in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Patients by Chattip Sripatumtong, Tunsuda Tansit, Papapit Tuchinda, Duangjit Kanistanon, Kanokvalai Kulthanan, Yuttana Srinoulprasert

“…Methods. We developed an in-house ELISA to quantitate IgG anti-FcεR1α autoAbs. …”
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The Bony Density of the Pedicle Plays a More Significant Role in the Screw Anchorage Ability Than Other Regions of the Screw Trajectory by Zan Chen, Yue Chen, Jiajun Zhou, Yanwei He, Jingchi Li

“…Methods A total of 73 patients who underwent single–segment bilateral pedicle screw fixation, along with posterior and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF and TLIF), from March 2019 to September 2020 were included in this retrospective study. …”
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Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of Naegleria fowleri Carter (1970): a review of the fatal brain-eating amoeba by N. Datta

“…PAM is a serious public health concern, as it affects mostly young and healthy individuals who are exposed to warm freshwater environments, and has a mortality rate of approximately 98%. …”
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Enhancing Venous Thromboembolism Risk Prediction through Novel Biomarkers and Inflammatory Indicators by Zainab Wahab Al-Maaroof

“…However, the prediction accuracy calculated with the help of traditional methods (including Wells score and D-dimer tests) is not so ideal to predict this risk of disease; therefore, novel biomarkers need to be explored. …”
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Les édifices néogothiques parisiens et leurs verrières : églises et chapelles catholiques by Martine Callias Bey

“…Behind this production, we find some 22 different stained-glass producers, amongst the most important of which are Didron, Lusson, Champigneulle, Hirsch and Gsell. …”
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Synovial fluid leukocytes as diagnostic marker in periprosthetic shoulder infection by Stefan Köppe, Daniel Karczewski, MD, Rony-Orijit Dey Hazra, MD, Alp Paksoy, MD, Agahan Hayta, MD, Doruk Akgün, MD

“…The main objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of leukocyte count at a common threshold of 3 cells/nL and the optimal cut-off value. Methods: Patients who underwent shoulder arthroplasty revision surgery and aspiration with SFLC between 2012 and 2023 were retrospectively included. …”
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Impact of muscle fatigue on anticipatory postural adjustments during gait initiation by Jorge L. Storniolo, Jorge L. Storniolo, Veronica Farinelli, Roberto Esposti, Paolo Cavallari, Paolo Cavallari

“…However, little is known regarding the effects of fatigue on anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) during gait initiation, a task in which the control of focal movement should be strictly coupled to a feedforward control of posture.MethodsWe studied APAs during gait initiation in 16 healthy well-trained adult males, searching for muscle activities that precede the backward shift of the Center of Pressure (CoP). …”
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Study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of comparing enhanced acceptance and commitment therapy plus (+) added to usual aftercare versus usual aftercare only, in... by Imran Khan, Stephanie J. C. Taylor, Clare Robinson, Elisavet Moschopoulou, Paul McCrone, Liam Bourke, Mohamed Thaha, Kamaldeep Bhui, Derek Rosario, Damien Ridge, Sheila Donovan, Ania Korszun, Paul Little, Adrienne Morgan, Olivier Quentin, Rebecca Roylance, Peter White, Trudie Chalder

“…We will recruit 344 participants identified from secondary care sites who have completed hospital-based treatment for cancer with curative intent, with low QoL (determined by the FACT-G) and randomise with an allocation ratio of 1:1 to the intervention or control. …”
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Procedure-Related Access Site Pain Multimodal Management following Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention: A Randomized Control Trial by Liuda Brogiene, Aiste Urbonaite, Giedre Baksyte, Andrius Macas

“…To address this, a randomized controlled trial was conducted in Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos in 2018. Methods. 137 patients who underwent PCI procedure via radial artery were randomly assigned (1 : 1) to the control (CG, n = 68) and intervention (IG, n = 65) groups. …”
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Urban and Rural Differences in Cancer Treatment Disruption Among Patients With COVID‐19: An Analysis of the US ASCO COVID‐19 in Oncology Registry by Yu Chen Lin, Kea Turner, Oliver T. Nguyen, Emma Hume, Marlene Camacho‐Rivera, Jessica Y. Islam

“…Methods We used data from the American Society of Clinical Oncology Survey on COVID‐19 in Oncology Registry (March 2020–September 2022), which included cancer patients with test‐confirmed SARS‐CoV‐2 infection (N = 3797). …”
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Prognosis and factors related to severe secondary hyperparathyroidism in long-term peritoneal dialysis patients by Yanmei Li, Xiaonan Feng, Na Chen, Shuhua Song, Min Yu, Yan Wang, Hongxia Zhang, Li Wang, Menghua Chen, Na Tian

“…This retrospective cohort study investigated risk factors for sSHPT and the association between SHPT and mortality (all-cause and infection-related) among 771 clinically stable patients (421 male patients; mean age, 51.2 years; median dialysis vintage, 28.3 months) who underwent >3 months of regular peritoneal dialysis (PD) between January 2013 and March 2021. …”
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Optimal timing for bilateral total knee arthroplasty: comparing simultaneous and staged procedures at various intervals: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Cheng-Yang Chang, Kun-Han Lee, Jui-Chien Wang, Shang-Wen Tsai, Cheng-Fong Chen, Po-Kuei Wu, Wei-Ming Chen

“…Methods: Four databases – Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science – were searched from inception to December 19, 2023, for studies comparing patients who underwent staged BTKA with different intervals and simultaneous BTKA. …”
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Sex-specific alterations in creatine metabolism in cellular compartments of peripheral blood leukocytes in type 1 diabetes by Nina Alchujyan, Elena Aghajanova, Nina Movsesyan, Arthur Melkonyan, Artashes Guevorkian, Armen Andreasyan, Margarita Hovhannisyan

“…The glycemic control (GC) was assessed using the glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) test. In girls of Group I with LT-T1D, both the Cr levels and CK activity were significantly reduced in both the cytoplasm and mitochondria of the PBL, despite having a good GC. …”
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Insulin Resistance and Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Mihaela Vladu, Diana Clenciu, Ion Cristian Efrem, Mircea-Cătalin Forțofoiu, Anca Amzolini, Simona Tudorică Micu, Maria Moţa, Maria Forțofoiu

“…Analyzing statistically the presence of CKD, we found highly significant differences between patients with CKD and those without CKD regarding age and sex of the patients, the duration of diabetes, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), the estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR), and the presence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperuricaemia. …”
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Validation of heavy metals in geothermal to support water management practices and mitigation strategies by G.M. Idroes, D.P. Rezeki, K. Khairi, K. Khairan, R. Idroes, E. Suhartono, R. Prasetio, S.A. Rahman, S. Suhendrayatna

“…This implies a substantial danger to the health of those who drink or are exposed to this water, as both lead and cadmium are associated with severe health complications, including damage to the nervous system and kidneys. …”
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