The utility of robotic-assisted surgery in total knee arthroplasty for moderate and severe valgus deformities: a case series by Charles Poh Thean Ang, Kunalan Ganthel, Jade Pei Yuik Ho, Khanchana Devi, Juliet Kar Yan Cheong

“…Methods This is a single surgeon series of 14 cases of moderate and severe valgus osteoarthritic knees who underwent robotic-assisted TKA, utilizing the robotic surgical assistant ROSA® System. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Remestemcel-L-rknd versus Ruxolitinib in Pediatric Patients with Steroid-Refractory Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease using Simulated Treatment Compariso... by Gabriel Tremblay, Dimitrios Tomaras, Eric Strati, Anna Forsythe

“…Inadequate response to steroid therapy for aGVHD is associated with poor prognosis and high mortality, including among pediatric patients, who are the focus of this study. Ruxolitinib and remestemcel-L-rknd were evaluated for the treatment of steroid-refractory (SR) aGVHD in two separate single-arm trials. …”
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Attitudes of healthcare workers at a District in KwaZulu-Natal regarding institutionalisation of antimicrobial stewardship by Andile P. Dlungele, Lehlohonolo J. Mathibe

“…Eighty percent (n = 40; median score 5, interquartile range [IQR] 4–5) and 67% (n = 33; median score 4, IQR 3–4) of participants felt that they had a key role in reducing antibiotic resistance; and good knowledge of antimicrobials as well as AMS programmes, respectively. However, participants who had been employed for less than 12 months across all the facilities had ‘limited’ knowledge (median score of 2; IQR 1–3.5) of antimicrobials and AMS programmes. …”
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Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training by Guiyang Lv, Tianyong Xu, Jinhang Li, Ping Zhu, Feiyan Chen, Dongping Yang, Guoguang He

“…With fMRI data, we construct whole brain resting state connectivity of subjects who underwent long-term AMC training and other subjects from a control group. …”
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Optimizing Job Performance Through Perceived Organizational Support and Self Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement by Anisa Indigovera Wargoputri, Rr. Sri Handari Wahyuningsih, Arni Surwanti

“…Background: This research examines the importance of perceived organizational support (POS) and self efficacy (SE) in optimizing job performance (JP) through work wngagement (WE) in medical recorders. …”
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Understanding Youth Athlete Motivation, Training, and Activity Progression During and After the COVID-19 Sports Interruption by Elliot Greenberg, Eric Greenberg, J. Todd Lawrence, Theodore Ganley

“…Most athletes (86%) received instruction from coaches, with written workouts (70%) being most common; however, most athletes (70%) preferred instructor-led, group training sessions. …”
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Enhancing Residential Electricity Consumption Forecasting with Meta-Heuristic Algorithms by Milad Mohebbi, Behnam Sobhani

“…The experimental data to train a Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural network were utilized. The meta-heuristic algorithms employed for fine-tuning the ANN's weight and bias parameters include the Genetic Algorithm (GA), Multi-Verse Optimizer (MVO), Moth Flame Optimization (MFO), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), Advanced Grey Wolf Optimizer (AGWO), Biogeography-Based Optimization (BBO), and Particle Swarm Optimization with Grey Wolf Optimizer (PSOGWO). …”
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Long-term antibody responses to COVAXIN and COVISHIELD vaccines in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy control population – A cross-sectional study by Vijaya Prasanna Parimi, Anand Pyati, Madhavi Eerike

“…The participants who completed 1 year after the second dose of vaccination were included, and detailed information on demographic, medical, and vaccination were collected. …”
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Factors Affecting Continuance Intention Towards Adoption of Linkaja Mobile Payment by Muhammad Damar Hafizh, Arif Imam Suroso, Joko Ratono

“…The study involved 200 respondents who have used LinkAja, selected through purposive sampling. …”
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Contextual determinates of under-five malnutrition in mining communities: a critical review of nutrition interventions for optimal impact by Herbert Tato Nyirenda, David Mulenga, Hilda Nyambe-Silavwe

“…Anthropometric measurements were conducted according to WHO standards to assess underweight status. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and chi-square tests to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of context-specific nutrition interventions.ResultsChi-square analysis highlights a complex interplay of factors influencing underweight in children under 5 years of age, including expenditure priorities (p = 0.002), access to resources such as primary grocery stores (p = 0.001) and farmers’ markets (p < 0.001), food preparation practices (p = 0.006), agricultural empowerment (p < 0.001), and feeding styles/strategies (p = 0.004). …”
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Assessment of Medication Use by Publics in Sulaimani Province by Kamal Aziz Enayat, Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih, Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…It is also found that 72 percentage of participant who use prescription only drugs such as antibiotics can be possibly stopped after situation disappeared. …”
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Organic positioning strategies and digital consumer behavior: A study in Peru’s real estate sector by Socrates Deza-De-Souza-Ferreyra, Maria Jeanett Ramos-Cavero, Franklin Cordova-Buiza

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Healthcare Delivery among Yoruba Bonesetters in Southwest Nigeria and the Need for Collaboration with Orthodox Orthopedic Healthcare Services: A Mixed Method Study by Soladoye S. Asa, Matthew O. Ilori, Lawrence A. Akinyoola

“…The paper concludes that integration will go a long way to improving the health of the population, thereby significantly reducing deaths or disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost. …”
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A case report of fatal familial insomnia with cerebrospinal fluid leukocytosis during the COVID-19 epidemic and review of the literature by Zheng Wang, Yueqi Huang, Shuqi Wang, Jiefang Chen, Gesang Meiduo, Man Jin, Xiaoying Zhang

“…Here, we report a young male patient who was diagnosed with FFI during the COVID-19 epidemic. …”
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Government Support and Local Residents’ Behavior in E-waste Management: Evidence from Thailand by Peeranart Kiddee, Somsiri Decharat, Suttiporn Bunmak

“…Surprisingly, general characteristics do not significantly influence e-waste management behavior. …”
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The contextual awareness, response and evaluation (CARE) diabetes project: study design for a quantitative survey of diabetes prevalence and non-communicable disease risk in Ga Mas... by Swaib Abubaker Lule, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Carlos S. Grijalva-Eternod, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Olutobi Adekunle Sanuade, Mawuli Komla Kushitor, Lydia Okoibhole, Raphael Awuah, Leonard Baatiema, Irene Akwo Kretchy, Daniel Arhinful, Ama de-Graft Aikins, Kwadwo Koram, Edward Fottrell, the CARE Diabetes Team

“…Pregnant women and those who have given birth in the last six months will be excluded. …”
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Adapting MOVED as a web-based moral elevation intervention for veterans with PTSD: Using feedback from a pilot trial and subject matter experts by Adam P. McGuire, Alexander Riera, Xrystyan Lascano

“…Method: We identified 10 SMEs that included veterans, clinicians, and researchers who participated in workgroup meetings to review 17 identified issues from the pilot and potential adaptations to address those concerns. …”
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Physiological variables associated with the development of acute mountain sickness at the South Pole by Paul J Anderson, Bruce D Johnson, Michael F Harrison, Andrew D Miller, Kathy A O'Malley, Maile L Richert, Jacob B Johnson

“…Statistical analysis utilised independent sample t tests to investigate between-group differences (p<0.05) and a forward, step-wise binary logisitic regression analysis was performed.Participants Of 248 eligible ASAP participants, those who did not use acetazolamide (N=98) were included in the present analysis.Primary outcome measures The diagnosis of AMS using the Lake Louise Symptom Score.Results Analysis of participants not using acetazolamide (n=90) found 30 participants developed AMS and 60 participants did not. …”
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Characteristics, treatment patterns, and biomarker testing of patients with advanced RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer in a real-world multi-country observational stud... by Urpo Kiiskinen, Grace Segall, Hollie Bailey, Cameron Forshaw, Tarun Puri

“…A smaller RET fusion-positive cohort comprised patients from the overall aNSCLC cohort who had RET fusion-positive disease and no other co-alterations, plus an oversample of patients with RET fusion-positive disease and no other co-alterations.ResultsPatient characteristics were generally similar between the overall aNSCLC cohort (n=2947) and the RET fusion-positive cohort (n=576), aside from higher proportions of White/Caucasian patients, never smokers, and adenocarcinoma among the RET fusion-positive cohort. …”
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