Tooth morbidity and its impact on oral related quality of life in elderly tribal population-The Irula experience by Margret Beaula Alocious Sukumar, Roshni Mary Peter, Alex Joseph

“…A multi-stage random sampling technique was employed in the study. Data were collected by semi-structured questionnaires covering demographics, medical history, oral health practices, and quality of life by clinical dental examination. …”
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Non-invasive control of oxygen consumption during inhalation anesthesia of antireflux laparoscopic interventions by the method of Minimal flow by V. I. Chernii, I. V. Shtompel

“…Formation, storage, analysis of electronic database, statistical data processing and visualization of research results were performed in license packages: MedStat v. 4. and Microsoft Office. …”
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Profile of postpartum patients with urinary retention at Koja Regional Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia by Suskhan Djusad, Alfa Putri Meutia, Surahman Hakim

“…Residual urine volume was measured by catheterization 6 hours after delivery. Data analysis, performed using SPSS version 22, included patient demographics and clinical factors such as maternal age, parity, gestational age, neonatal birth weight, and postvoid residual urine volume. …”
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Application of machine learning algorithms in predicting new onset hypertension: a study based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey by Manhui Zhang, Xian Xia, Qiqi Wang, Yue Pan, Guanyi Zhang, Zhigang Wang

“…Results: A total of 4,982 participants were included in the analysis, of whom 1,017 developed hypertension during the 4-year follow-up. …”
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Investigating the Link Between Poor Sleep Patterns and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Population-Based Study by Yizheng Zu, Xia Xu, Xiaoyan Xiu, Yi Xie, Huangchang Yi, Lianghui Zheng, Jianying Yan

“…Methods: Our analysis was based on a population-based sample from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data collected between 2007 and 2018. …”
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Outcome of HIV exposed infants towards prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) program and its associated factors in selected health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,... by Fasil Menbere, Blen Teshome, Ewenat G Hana, Yohannes Godie

“…Descriptive and logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the association between dependent and independent variables. …”
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Association of the tumor microenvironment collagen score and immunoscore with colon cancer lymph node metastasis by Chenyan Long, Jiaxin Cheng, Mingyuan Feng, Botao Yan, Yiran Li, Wei Jiang, Dexin Chen, Jun Yan

“…The patients’ clinicopathological data were collected retrospectively. A total of 142 collagen features were extracted by multiphoton imaging and collagen quantification. …”
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Reliability and Accuracy of Portable Devices for Measuring Countermovement Jump Height in Physically Active Adults: A Comparison of Force Platforms, Contact Mats, and Video-Based S... by Amritashish Bagchi, Shiny Raizada, Rohit K. Thapa, Valentina Stefanica, Halil İbrahim Ceylan

“…With technological advancements, various portable tools have been developed for this purpose, including force platforms, contact mats, and video-based software. …”
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Management of extra-articular fracture of the distal humerus with the upside-down use of PHILOS plates in front of the humerus: a retrospective study of 20 patients after 28.3 mont... by Guangyu Li, Yiliang Cui, Xingyi Hua, Fanxiao Liu, Di Li, Jingtao Lu, Shuang G. Yan

“…Method A retrospective analysis (10/2018–10/2022) was conducted on the clinical data of patients with extra-articular fractures of the distal humerus treated with the upside-down use of the PHILOS via the anterolateral approach. …”
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Generalized joint hypermobility and the risk of pregnancy‐related pelvic girdle pain: Is body mass index of importance?—A prospective cohort study by Kerstin Ahlqvist, Elisabeth Krefting Bjelland, Ronnie Pingel, Angela Schlager, Magnus Peterson, Christina B. Olsson, Lena Nilsson‐Wikmar, Per Kristiansson

“…Material and methods A prospective cohort study of 356 women, whose data were collected by self‐reports and clinical examinations in early and in late pregnancy and 9 months after childbirth. …”
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Investigation on core-fucosylated prostate-specific antigen as a refined biomarker for differentiation of benign prostate hyperplasia and prostate cancer of different aggressivenes... by Robert Lang, Vinzent Rolny, Andreas Leinenbach, Johann Karl, Magdalena Swiatek-de Lange, Uwe Kobold, Mark Schrader, Hans Krause, Markus Mueller, Michael Vogeser

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the core-fucosylation determinant of serum prostate-specific antigen may serve as refined marker for differentiation between benign prostate hyperplasia and prostate cancer or identification of aggressive prostate cancer. A previously developed liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry–based strategy was used for multiplex analysis of core-fucosylated prostate-specific antigen (fuc-PSA) and total prostate-specific antigen levels in sera from 50 benign prostate hyperplasia and 100 prostate cancer patients of different aggressiveness (Gleason scores, 5–10) covering the critical gray area (2–10 ng/mL). …”
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The Effectiveness of Couple Therapy Based on Acceptance and Commitment ACT on Marital Violence and Desire for Separation in Couples Applying for Divorce by M Sadeghi, H Bagholi, R Azarmidakht, H Javidi

“…Before and after the therapeutic interventions, participants responded to the Zarei Divorce Desire Scale and the Couple Abuse Questionnaire developed by Ghahari and colleagues. The collected data were analyzed using statistical tests, specifically Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA). …”
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Pharmacy students’ opinion on mandatory summer internships carried out in community and hospital pharmacies by Lucyna Bułaś, Anna Gołda, Ewa Długosz, Artur Owczarek, Anna Zagaja, Mariola Drozd

“…Similar rules for summer internships should be developed, despite maintaining distinctiveness, across faculties. …”
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Association of cardiovascular health with COPD (NHANES 2007-2020): mediating potential of lean body mass by Ruoyu Gou, Xiaoyu Chang, Danni Dou, Xin Meng, Ling Hou, Lingqin Zhu, Wei Tuo, Guanghua Li, Guanghua Li

“…The discrimination ability of lc9 on COPD odds was evaluated using (ROC) curve. Mediation analysis was used to investigate the mediating potential of LBM between lc9 and COPD odds. …”
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Prevalence and genotype distribution of human papillomavirus in individuals referred to a laboratory in Urmia, Iran by Saber Mojarrad, Mojtaba Najmafshar, Zahra Kargar Jahromi, Omid Salahi Ardekani, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki, Monireh Jalvand, Farzin Asghari Sana

“…Additionally, demographic details, including age, were analyzed in conjunction with the statistical virological data. Results Between 2022 and 2023, a total of 447 individuals, including both referred and routine visitors, attended the laboratory, comprising 431 females and 16 males. …”
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The EQ-5D and EQ-HWB fit the perceptions of quality of life from a Chinese perspective: a concept mapping study by Yifan Ding, Zhuxin Mao, Zhihao Yang, Siliu Feng, Jan Busschbach

“…The Group Concept Mapping (GCM) method was used, with participants organizing the items to reflect their interrelationships. Data were analyzed via Groupwisdom™, an online tool supporting multidimensional scaling (MDS) and cluster analysis, culminating in visual cluster rating maps that highlighted the item associations and groupings. …”
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Evaluating short-term air pollution-related mental health resilience using a directional network by Mengwei Song, Quanjun Liu, Qiulin Huang, Yuxin Zhang, Qing Wang

“…Methods Aligned with mental health resilience theory, a Bayesian network model and network analysis were applied to construct a quantitative network of factor interconnections, analyzing 2019–2020 data for 24,261 older adults from the Shandong Aging and Mental Health Survey. …”
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Practical Recommendations for Navigating Digital Tools in Hospitals: Qualitative Interview Study by Marie Wosny, Livia Maria Strasser, Simone Kraehenmann, Janna Hastings

“…The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed through inductive thematic analysis. Codes were developed iteratively, and themes and aggregated dimensions were refined through collaborative discussions. …”
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Practices and challenges of supervision and delegation in nursing in Africa: a scoping review by Amidu Alhassan, Victoria Leighton Sencherey, Christiana Bobuafor, Gifty Osei Berchie, Susanna Aba Abraham

“…Search results were screened against predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, and extraction was done using a data extraction form. Thematic analysis and synthesis were carried out with evidence presented as narrations and summarized in tables. …”
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Does ethnicity affect where people with cancer die? A population-based 10 year study. by Jonathan Koffman, Yuen King Ho, Joanna Davies, Wei Gao, Irene J Higginson

“…<h4>Material and methods</h4>Mortality data for 93,375 cancer deaths of those aged ≥65 years in London from 2001-2010 were obtained from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS). …”
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