Effectiveness of Digital Health Interventions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Miaoqing Zhuang, Intan Idiana Hassan, Wan Muhamad Amir W Ahmad, Azidah Abdul Kadir, Xiaodong Liu, Furong Li, Yinuo Gao, Yang Guan, Shuting Song

“…Two reviewers independently screened studies and extracted data. Outcomes included quality of life, self-efficacy, functional status, and health care use. …”
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Investigating Protective and Risk Factors and Predictive Insights for Aboriginal Perinatal Mental Health: Explainable Artificial Intelligence Approach by Guanjin Wang, Hachem Bennamoun, Wai Hang Kwok, Jenny Paola Ortega Quimbayo, Bridgette Kelly, Trish Ratajczak, Rhonda Marriott, Roz Walker, Jayne Kotz

“…MethodsWe used deidentified data from 293 Aboriginal mothers who participated in the BCYR program between September 2021 and June 2023 at 6 health care services in Perth and regional Western Australia. …”
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Deep sequencing of 16 Ixodes ricinus ticks unveils insights into their interactions with endosymbionts by Paulina M. Lesiczka, Tal Azagi, Aleksandra I. Krawczyk, William T. Scott, Ron P. Dirks, Ladislav Simo, Gerhard Dobler, Bart Nijsse, Peter J. Schaap, Hein Sprong, Jasper J. Koehorst

“…By employing deep sequencing, it becomes feasible to extract complete genomes and genetic data of symbionts directly from their host organisms. …”
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Pathogen Distribution, Drug Resistance, and Postoperative High-Quality Nursing Intervention Effectiveness in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients After Knee Arthroplasty With Postoperative... by Tang Y, Fu B, Tong Q

“…Yuanyuan Tang,1 Baihui Fu,2 Qun Tong3 1Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150001, People’s Republic of China; 3Bachelor of Neurosurgery, Spine Research Center, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Baihui Fu, Email f18846812513@163.comObjective: To analyze the distribution and drug resistance of pathogens in patients with postoperative infection following knee arthroplasty (TKA) for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and to explore the effectiveness of high-quality nursing interventions postoperatively.Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical data from 87 KOA patients who underwent TKA and developed postoperative wound infections (infection group) at the first Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from July 2022 to September 2024. …”
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RESULTS OF CYTOLOGICAL STUDY IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS WITH AND WITHOUT TREATMENT OF ULCERATIVE NECROTIC GINGIVITIS WITH A COMPLEX OF DRUGS WITH ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES by Yu.H. Kilmukhametova, V.M. Batig, O.M. Soltys, I.I. Drozda, M.O. Ostafiichuk, N.V. Bernik

“…Therefore, the cytological study's data coincided with the results of a visual examination of the course of healing of local gingivitis of chemical origin. …”
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Modulating verticality representation and uprightness by virtual reality: rationale and protocol for a within-person randomised intervention associating a basic study in healthy in... by Dominic Perennou, Eugénie Lhommée, Aurélien Hugues, Stéphanie Dehem, Celine Piscicelli, Remi Gimat, Shenhao Dai, Adélaïde Marquer

“…For participants with post-stroke lateropulsion (score >0.5 on the Scale for Contraversive Pushing), the study lasts 4 weeks: W1 for inclusion, randomisation, planning and conventional rehabilitation; W2 and W4 to collect clinical data and conventional rehabilitation; and W3 for the VTR intervention over four consecutive mornings at the same time: 2 to test the VTR effects on verticality perception (PV and VV) and 2 to test the VTR effects on active standing (body orientation and WB distribution on lower limbs). …”
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The Influence of Zero‐Profile Implant Selection on the Outcomes of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion by Xing‐Jin Wang, Jun‐Bo He, Ting‐Kui Wu, Bei‐Yu Wang, Xin Rong, Quan Gong, Hao Liu

“…The preoperative general data and radiological parameters were comparable between the groups. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in patient-reported outcome measures among total hip and knee arthroplasty patients: a comprehensive analysis of instruments and domains by Joshua M. Bonsel, Max Reijman, Erin M. Macri, Jan A. N. Verhaar, Liza N. van Steenbergen, Gouke J. Bonsel

“…This study explores which self-reported PROMs and their specific domains are most involved. Methods We obtained data from the Dutch Arthroplasty Registry (2014–2022), including over 100,000 THA/TKA patients with complete preoperative and 12-month follow-up PROMs. …”
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CYP2C9 Polymorphism Study in Patients with Acute Back Pain and its Impact on the Effectiveness of Treatment with the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs by Maslova I., Mykhailovska N., Slobodin T.

“…The data obtained were subject to statistical processing. …”
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The effect of core stabilization exercises and shock wave therapy in patients with radiculopathy by J. Bubelis

“…The data were processed by mathematical statistical analysis. …”
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Continuity of care in lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review and meta-analysis providing a deeper look into postoperative efficacy by Ying Lin, Ying Lin, Qiaoling Chen, Qiaoling Chen, RouMei Wang, Bing Zhang, Bing Zhang, Rui Huang, Yiguang Bai, Yiguang Bai

“…A meta-analysis was performed using both fixed-effects and random-effects models based on heterogeneity assessment. We analyzed the data using R software version 4.2.2 and Stata software version 15.1. …”
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Prevalence and coexistence of malnutrition, sarcopenia, frailty and sarcopenic obesity among older adults in the community: Results from a prospective cohort study by Zhishan Jiang, Adrian Slee, Christine Elizabeth Weekes

“…Subjects with coexistence of MSFSO also had poorer perceived QOL (EQ-5D Visual Analogue Scale: none vs. ≥2 conditions = 85 scores vs. 56 scores, P < 0.001) and generally more contacts with HSCPs. …”
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Assessment of relationship between chickpea genotypes from ICARDA with a western Iranian landrace (Bivanij) by farhad Nazarian Firouzabadi, Mahin Rahimi, Ahmad Ismaili

“…The gels were stained using ethidium bromide and visualized with UV light. The reproducibility of the DNA band patterns was evaluated duplicate gel electrophoresis analysis. …”
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Resistencia a la fractura de raíces debilitadas restauradas con diferentes postes y cemento para reconstrucción de núcleo Fracture resistance of weakened roots restored with differ... by Fernando José San Millán, Agustina San Millán, Lagarrigue Gastón, MARIA LUISA DE LA CASA

“…Data were statistically analyzed using the Anderson Darling test, homogeneity of variances and two-way ANOVA. …”

Clinical Efficacy of Pulsed Radiofrequency Combined with Intravenous Lidocaine Infusion in the Treatment of Subacute Herpes Zoster Neuralgia by Wanyun Zhang, Chunjing He

“…Patients with poor pain control during the treatment were given 10 mg morphine tablets for pain relief to reach visual analog scale (VAS) ≤4 points. Data of the following categories were collected: VAS score, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) score, depression self-rating scale (SDS) score, Pittsburgh sleep quality score (PSQI), 45 body area rating scale score, skin temperature measurement using infrared thermography, analgesic drug use before and after treatment at six different time points: before surgery (T0), one day after surgery (T1), three days after surgery (T2), five days after surgery (T3), one month after surgery (T4), and two months after surgery (T5). …”
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Quantifying the impact of frequent diseases and syndromes on calf health using the opinions of producers and veterinarians: Toward dairy calf disability weights by Jean Silva Ramos, Marianne Villettaz Robichaud, Jocelyn Dubuc, Débora Santschi, Jean-Philippe Roy, Gilles Fecteau, Sébastien Buczinski

“…The DW values were obtained by converting the impact values to a probability density in a scale from 0 to 1 using BetaPERT methodology, a type of data distribution model. Average impact and DW were quantified for each frequent disease and syndrome. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Gastric Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Fen Deng, Liru Pan, Lei Tao, Xiaoyu Qiu, Bing Li, Jing Hao, Huihui Li, Zhenzhen Zhang, Weiwei Ding, Yingying Wang, Bo Ning

“…Pain severity was assessed using a visual analogue scale, with a score ≥ 4 defined as postoperative pain. …”
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Clinical experience with the interleukin-1β blocker canakinumab in patients with chronic tophaceous gout: abolishment of arthritis and prevention of exacerbations when allopurinol... by M. S. Eliseev, O. V. Zhelyabina, M. V. Mukagova, E. L. Nasonov

“…However, there are insufficient data on the use of this agent to abolish and prevent arthritis in patients who are resistant to another anti-inflammatory therapy.Objective: to evaluate the efficacy of the interleukin (IL)-1β inhibitor canakinumab in patients with chronic tophaceous gout, who are resistant to traditional anti-inflammatory therapy, in order to abolish arthritis and to prevent its exacerbations when adjusting the optimal dose of allopurinol.Subjects and methods. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF СLASSIC DRAMA MOTIFS IN GAME OF THRONES SERIES / ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ МОТИВОВ КЛАССИЧЕСКОЙ ДРАМАТУРГИИ В СЕРИАЛЕ «ИГРА ПРЕСТОЛОВ»... by SALNIKOVA EKATERINA V. / САЛЬНИКОВА Е.В.

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Adenoviral-vectored neoantigen vaccine augments hyperexpanded CD8+ T cell control of tumor challenge in mice by David Li, Gabriel Dagotto, Alessandro Colarusso, Robert C Patio, Tochi Anioke, Victoria Giffin, Ruoran Guan, Trisha Anand, Esther Mbiwan, Malika Aid, Dan Barouch

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