Effects of Jianpi therapy for cancer-related fatigue:a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Jiaxing Dai, Jiaxing Dai, Huili Shui, Huili Shui, Huili Shui, Yuan Wu, Huanghui Zhang, Huanghui Zhang, Yuanyin Li, Yuanyin Li, Shaowang Zhang, Shaowang Zhang, Bing Yang, Bing Yang, Bing Yang, Dongxin Tang, Dongxin Tang, Dongxin Tang

“…The meta-analysis indicated that Jianpi decoction alone exhibited the most significant improvement in the proportion of CD4 cells (SMD=1.34, 95% CI 0.54 to 2.31, P<0.001) and hemoglobin (MD=7.45, 95% CI 4.18 to 10.72, Z=4.47, P<0.001), while also more significantly reducing Piper Fatigue Scale scores (SMD=-2.05, 95% CI -2.71 to -1.39, P<0.001). …”
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Practice patterns among early-career primary care (ECPC) physicians and workforce planning implications: protocol for a mixed methods study by Richard J Gibson, Tara Sampalli, Tara Kiran, Richard H Glazier, Agnes Grudniewicz, Kimberlyn McGrail, David Snadden, Ian Scott, M Ruth Lavergne, Laurie J Goldsmith, David Rudoler, Emily Gard Marshall, Megan Ahuja, Doug Blackie, Fred Burge, Steve Hawrylyshyn, Lindsay Hedden, Jacalynne Hernandez-Lee, Kathleen Horrey, Mike Joyce, Adrian MacKenzie, Maria Mathews, Rita McCracken, Madeleine McKay, Charmaine McPherson, Goldis Mitra, Gail Tomblin Murphy, Sabrina T Wong

“…The goal of this study is to inform primary care planning by: (1) identifying values and preferences shaping the practice intentions and choices of family medicine residents and early career PCPs, (2) comparing practice patterns of early-career and established PCPs to determine if changes over time reflect cohort effects (attributes unique to the most recent cohort of PCPs) or period effects (changes over time across all PCPs) and (3) integrating findings to understand the dynamics among practice intentions, practice choices and practice patterns and to identify policy implications.Methods and analysis We plan a mixed-methods study in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia. …”
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Brief Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Women With Myocardial Infarction by Tanya M. Spruill, PhD, Chorong Park, PhD, RN, Jolaade Kalinowski, EdD, Milla E. Arabadjian, PhD, RN, Yuhe Xia, MSc, Amanda J. Shallcross, ND, MPH, Pallavi Visvanathan, PhD, Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD, MS, Anaïs Hausvater, MD, Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, Hua Zhong, PhD, Ki Park, MD, Puja K. Mehta, MD, Dwithiya K. Thomas, MD, Jeffrey Trost, MD, Kevin R. Bainey, MD, Bobak Heydari, MD, Janet Wei, MD, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, RN, Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, Judith S. Hochman, MD, Harmony R. Reynolds, MD

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Componentes y Dinámica Natural del Ambiente - Ciudad de Neuquén- by Olga Capua, Elsie Marcela Jurio

“…La ciudad de Neuquén, capital de la provincia homónima, se encuentra asentada en el piso de los valles elaborados por los ríos Limay y Neuquén respectivamente y sobre la superficie, laderas y piedemonte de la meseta localizada hacia el norte del casco céntrico. …”
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Public and patient involvement (PPI) in the design, execution and dissemination of a trial: the BISTRO trial by David Coyle, Paula Ormandy, Nancy Fernandes da Silva, Simon Davies

“…Completion of health questionnaires was comparable to other published studies, but the proportion filled out dropped the longer participants were in the study. …”
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Biomass burning emission analysis based on MODIS aerosol optical depth and AeroCom multi-model simulations: implications for model constraints and emission inventories by M. Petrenko, M. Petrenko, R. Kahn, R. Kahn, M. Chin, S. E. Bauer, T. Bergman, H. Bian, G. Curci, B. Johnson, J. W. Kaiser, Z. Kipling, H. Kokkola, H. Kokkola, X. Liu, K. Mezuman, K. Mezuman, T. Mielonen, G. Myhre, X. Pan, X. Pan, A. Protonotariou, S. Remy, R. B. Skeie, P. Stier, T. Takemura, K. Tsigaridis, K. Tsigaridis, H. Wang, D. Watson-Parris, D. Watson-Parris, K. Zhang

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ارزیابی روش‌های برآورد نسبت تحویل رسوب در حوزه آبخیز معرف-زوجی خامسان by نسرین اعظمی, عبدالواحد خالدی درویشان, لیلا غلامی

“…نتایج و بحث از بین مدل‌های بررسی شده برای برآورد نسبت تحویل رسوب، مدل‌های Renfro and Waldo (1983)، Williams and Brendt (1962)، Roehl (1962)، با بارش مازاد یک ساعت، Walling (1983)، Ferro (1995)، Vanoni (1975) و USDA (1972)، در مقیاس کل حوزه آبخیز و مدل‌های Renfro (1975)، USDA (1972)، USDA-SCS (1979)، SATEEC and Roehl (1962)، با بارش مازاد یک ساعت در مقیاس زیرحوزه آبخیز نزدیک‌ترین برآوردها را به روش سزیم-137 با در نظر گرفتن خطای 10± درصد داشتند و به‌عنوان مدل‌های مناسب برای برآورد نسبت تحویل رسوب در حوزه آبخیز معرف-زوجی خامسان انتخاب شدند. …”
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Koro Ve Orkestra /Oda Müziğinde Seslendirme/Yorumlama Başarım Gücü Üzerine Program Odaklı Bir İnceleme - A Program Based Analysis Of Performing Success In Choir And Orchestra/Chamb... by H. Seval Köse, M. Can Çiftçibaşı

“…In the music teaching undergraduate program, all A coded courses are examined in general. As for the choir and orchestra/chamber music courses, definitional curricula are examined “in terms of performance targets”. …”
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Risk factors affecting progression and course of primary open-angle glaucoma in patients with different disease stages (multicenter study) by N.E. Fomin, P.Ch. Zavadskiy, A.V. Kuroyedov, A.V. Seleznev, Z.M. Nagornova, D.A. Baryshnikova, R.V. Avdeev, A.M. Getmanova, I.A. Glushnev, A.A. Gusarevich, D.A. Dorofeev, S.V. Kosmynina, O.S. Myakonkaya, N.A. Rebenok, Yu.I. Razhko, I.I. Semenova, T.V. Chernyakova

“…Moreover, PEX, PDS, DED, CHD, prior myocardial infarction, and disability resulting from a general illness are additional factors determining POAG resistance to treatment.…”
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Acute stress triggers sex-dependent rapid alterations in the human small intestine microbiota composition by Bruno K. Rodiño-Janeiro, Bruno K. Rodiño-Janeiro, Olfat Khannous-Lleiffe, Olfat Khannous-Lleiffe, Marc Pigrau, Marc Pigrau, Marc Pigrau, Jesse R. Willis, Jesse R. Willis, Eloísa Salvo-Romero, Eloísa Salvo-Romero, Eloísa Salvo-Romero, Adoración Nieto, Adoración Nieto, Elba Expósito, Elba Expósito, Elba Expósito, Marina Fortea, Marina Fortea, Cristina Pardo-Camacho, Cristina Pardo-Camacho, Cristina Pardo-Camacho, Mercé Albert-Bayo, Mercé Albert-Bayo, Ana María González-Castro, Ana María González-Castro, Ana María González-Castro, Ana María González-Castro, Danila Guagnozzi, Danila Guagnozzi, Danila Guagnozzi, Danila Guagnozzi, Cristina Martínez, Cristina Martínez, Cristina Martínez, Beatriz Lobo, Beatriz Lobo, Beatriz Lobo, Beatriz Lobo, María Vicario, María Vicario, Javier Santos, Javier Santos, Javier Santos, Javier Santos, Toni Gabaldón, Toni Gabaldón, Toni Gabaldón, Toni Gabaldón, Carmen Alonso-Cotoner, Carmen Alonso-Cotoner, Carmen Alonso-Cotoner, Carmen Alonso-Cotoner

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Intravenous versus subcutaneous tocilizumab in Takayasu arteritis: multicentre retrospective study by Patrice Cacoub, Arsène Mekinian, David Saadoun, Pavel I Novikov, Savino Sciascia, Corrado Campochiaro, Olivier Fain, Ilya Smitienko, Nicolas Schleinitz, Patrick Jégo, Francesco Muratore, Carlo Salvarani, Elena Galli, Sabine Berthier, Marc Lambert, François Maurier, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Sergey Moiseev, Masataka Kuwana, Alexandre Belot, Martin Michaud, Francis Gaches, Achille Aouba, Xavier Puechal, Karim Sacre, Tiphaine Goulenok, Alessandro Tomelleri, Thomas Sené, Elena Marina Baldissera, Luigi Boiardi, Abid Awisat, Ygal Benhamou, Vahan Mukuchyan, Mathieu Vautier, Azeddine Dellal, Lucie Biard, Julie Seguier, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Olivier Espitia, Sebastien Humbert, Guillaume Denis, Nolan Hassold, Dagna Lorenzo, Helene Munoz Pons, Jean Baptiste Gaultier, Le Mouel Edwige, Antoinette Perlat, Bertrand Lioger, Jonathan Broner, Virginie Dufrost, Faten Frikha, Alexandra Audemard-Verger, Pascal Woaye-Hune, Pierre Zeminsky, Moya Alvarado, Matheus Vieira, Alberto Lo Gullo

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Rapid inference of antibiotic susceptibility phenotype of uropathogens using metagenomic sequencing with neighbor typing by Amanda C. Carroll, Leanne Mortimer, Hiren Ghosh, Sandra Reuter, Hajo Grundmann, Karel Brinda, William P. Hanage, Angel Li, Aimee Paterson, Andrew Purssell, Ashley Rooney, Noelle R. Yee, Bryan Coburn, Shola Able-Thomas, Martin Antonio, Allison McGeer, Derek R. MacFadden

“…We created resistance-associated sequence elements (RASE) databases for Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. and used them to predict antibiotic susceptibility in directly sequenced (Oxford Nanopore) urine specimens from critically ill patients. RASE analysis was performed on pathogen-specific reads from metagenomic sequencing. …”
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Prevalence and Economic Impact of Acute Respiratory Failure in the Prehospital Emergency Medical Service of the Madrid Community: Retrospective Cohort Study by Ana María Cintora-Sanz, Cristina Horrillo-García, Víctor Quesada-Cubo, Ana María Pérez-Alonso, Alicia Gutiérrez-Misis

“… Abstract BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF), and acute pulmonary edema (APE) are serious illnesses that often require acute care from prehospital emergency medical services (EMSs). …”
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Clinical Study of Mobile Application- (App-) Based Family-Centered Care (FCC) Model Combined with Comprehensive Iron Removal Treatment in Children with Severe Beta Thalassemia by Yuke Chen, Xiuping Huang, Qingmei Lu, Jian Lu, Xiaoxiao Huang, Yanni Luo, Fengxing Huang

“…The basic treatment regimen was given to all of the children: deferoxamine mesylate combined with deferiprone. …”
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Delays in health care seeking for diarrheal disease and associated factors among caregivers of under five children in health centers of northwest Ethiopia: a mixed-method study by Asnakech Marew, Zenebe Jebero Zaza, Shiferaw Birhanu, Amare Belachew, Tsehaynew Kasse

“…A large family size (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.64, 95% CI: 1.26–5.4), poor knowledge about diarrhea danger signs (AOR = 3.25, 95% CI: 1.6–6.6), difficulty paying for treatment (AOR = 2.95, 95% CI: 1.6–5.3), not visiting health facilities as the first response to diarrhea (AOR = 3.94, 95% CI: 1.96–7.9), only diarrhea (AOR = 2.39, 95% CI: 1.01–5.63), and no information about early healthcare seeking (AOR = 4.88, 95% CI: 1.91–12.43) were identified; moreover, from the qualitative findings, mothers’ perceptions of the illness were mild, poor service provision, and economic problems were determinants of delay. …”
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Correlation Between the Inferior Vena Cava/Aorta (Ivc/Ao) Ratio and Serum Lactate Levels in Children With Renal Disorder by Hakim DDL, Widiasta A, Rachmadi D, Rahayunigsih SE, Apandi PR, Adrizain R, Martiano MRA

“…AKI was diagnosed using pRIFLE or KDIGO criteria. The IVC/Ao ratio was assessed via transabdominal USG, and serum lactate levels were measured. …”
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The Impact of Hyperoxia on Outcome of Patients Treated with Noninvasive Respiratory Support by Seyhan Pala Cifci, Yasemin Urcan Tapan, Bengu Turemis Erkul, Yusuf Savran, Bilgin Comert

“…The results from the recent clinical researches about hyperoxia indicate that hyperoxia can be related to worse outcomes than expected in some critically ill patients. According to our literature knowledge, there are not any reports researching the effect of hyperoxia on clinical course of patients who are not treated with invasive mechanical ventilation. …”
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Impact of cariprazine on body weight and blood pressure among adults with bipolar I disorder, schizophrenia, or major depressive disorder in a real-world setting by Christoph U. Correll, Andrew J. Cutler, François Laliberté, Guillaume Germain, Sean D. MacKnight, Julien Boudreau, Sally W. Wade, Nadia Nabulsi, Huy-Binh Nguyen, Mousam Parikh

“…Abstract Background Atypical antipsychotics are a common treatment for serious mental illness, but many are associated with adverse effects, including weight gain and cardiovascular issues, and real-world experience may differ from clinical trial data. …”
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Effects of heat stress abatement on behavioral response in lactating dairy cows prior to and following an intramammary lipopolysaccharide infusion by T.N. Marins, R.M. Orellana Rivas, Y-C. Chen, V.H.L.R. Melo, Z. Wang, H. Liu, J. Gao, C.G. Savegnago, A.M. Roper, J.K. Bernard, P. Melendez, S. Tao

“…ABSTRACT: The assessment of animal behavior serves as a valuable approach to identify illness and animal responses to environmental stimuli. …”
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Gambaran Angka Kejadian Gangguan Anxietas pada Warga Batu Busuk Kelurahan Padang Besi Kecamatan Lubuk Kilangan Kota Padang Akibat Banjir Bandang 24 Juli 2012 by Rigo Junaidi, Adnil Edwin Nurdin, Rosfita Rasyid

“…Anxiety due to psychological factors arising from emotional or psychological response to external threats are considered dangerous to themselves and physical factors could be the cause of anxiety such as illness and the drug using. The community survey shows about 2-5% of adults suffer from anxiety disorders, with a lifetime prevalence more than 25%. …”
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