Association Between Sleep Quality and Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy: A Prospective Case-Control Study by Liu F, Cao T, Liu Y, Huang D, Zhang J

“…Fei Liu,1,* Tianqing Cao,1,* Yacong Liu,1 Dian Huang,2 Jingxin Zhang3 1Department of Cardiology, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225001, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Radiology, Affiliated hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212001, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of General Surgery, People’s Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212002, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jingxin Zhang, Email zfynjykd@163.comObjective: The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes in sleep quality among patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM).Methods: The study included liver cirrhosis patients aged 18– 75 from Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University and collected their clinical examination results to assess the clinical characteristics and related risk factors of patients with CCM.Results: The study found that the onset of CCM was not related to the etiology of inducing cirrhosis. …”
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Intensive Care Unit Rotations and Predictors of Career Choice in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine: A Survey of Internal Medicine Residency Directors by Daniel J. Minter, Sean D. Levy, Sowmya R. Rao, Paul F. Currier

“…Little is known about the exposures to CCM experienced by internal medicine (IM) residents or factors that may influence their decision to pursue a career in pulmonary/critical care medicine (PCCM). Methods. We conducted a survey of US IM residency program directors (PDs) and then used multivariable logistic regression to identify factors that were predictive of residency programs with a higher percentage of graduates pursuing careers in PCCM. …”
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Setting up standardized interventions for HIV serodiscordant couples: a guide for healthcare providers and researchers by Mona Larki, Javad Moghri, Narjes Bahri, Robab Latifnejad Roudsari

“…This study was carried out to investigate setting up standardized interventions for HIV serodiscordant couples. Material and Methods This narrative review was conducted based on the scale for assessing narrative review articles (SANRA). …”
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Mirasol PRT system inactivation efficacy evaluated in platelet concentrates by bacteria-contamination model by Jocić Miodrag, Trkuljić Miroljub, Jovičić Dragana, Borovčanin Nemanja, Todorović Milena, Balint Bela

“…The aim of this study was to determine the Mirasol pathogen reduction technology (PRT) system efficacy in PCs using an artificial bacteria-contamination model. Methods. According to the ABO blood groups, PC units (n = 216) were pooled into 54 pools (PC-Ps). …”
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Association of blood urea nitrogen with 28-day mortality in critically ill patients: A multi-center retrospective study based on the eICU collaborative research database. by Ting Deng, Die Wu, Shan-Shan Liu, Xing-Lin Chen, Zhen-Wei Zhao, Lan-Lang Zhang

“…The focus of this study was to investigate the relationship between BUN and 28-day mortality in intensive care patients.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a multi-centre retrospective cohort study that made use of data from the eICU Collaborative Research Database. …”
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Immediate Effect of Gratitude Journal on Mental Well-Being of College Students in Kerala by Jasmin James, Augustine George, Sunil Alphonse, A Saheedha

“…The experimental design was used for the study. Materials and Methods: One hundred and eight college students (F = 50 and M = 58) aged between 18 and 25 years from UIT, Alappuzha, Kerala, were selected randomly for this study. …”
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Dental Caries Experience and Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Working Adults by Omair M. Bukhari

“…Objective: To evaluate effect of dental caries experience and untreated dental decay on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) in working adults. Methods: The clinical records of 160 patients were reviewed. …”
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Analysis of dedifferentiated liposarcomas emphasizing the diagnostic dilemmas by Bhagat Singh Lali, Hema Kini, Shrijeet Chakraborti, Jyoti Kini, Pooja K Suresh

“…The present study analyzed the role of clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical (IHC) features in the diagnosis of DDLPS and its differentiation from mimics. Materials and Methods: A retrospective and prospective study was conducted wherein all cases of liposarcoma from 2012 to 2017 were reviewed. …”
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Eccentric indices based QSPR evaluation of drugs for schizophrenia treatment by Muneeba Mansha, Sarfraz Ahmad, Zahid Raza

“…This work focuses on calculating different eccentric indices (EIs), developing a regression model for thirteen anti-schizophrenia drugs, and applying statistical methods to establish a linear regression relationship between QSPR correlating properties and eccentric indices. …”
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Exploring gender influence on adolescent awareness and perspectives regarding social, economic and environmental sustainability by Salvador Boned-Gómez, Alberto Ferriz-Valero, Ove Østerlie, Salvador Baena-Morales

“…Based on an analysis of existing literature, which presents varied perspectives on the impact of gender on sustainability awareness, this work seeks to address a significant gap in the current knowledge. Methods A cross-sectional quantitative study was carried out on adolescents in the province of Alicante (Spain) through the completion of the SCQ-S questionnaire in the period from March 2022 to May 2023. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in immunisation of 12–23 months old children in Malawi: a decomposition analysis by Bridget Naphiyo, Jacob Mazalale, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa

“…The MSPA 2013–14 was used to estimate the shortest distance between a MICS 2019–20 cluster and a facility offering immunisation services.MethodsThe study utilized the concentration index to measure socioeconomic inequality and the Wagstaff decomposition to measure the marginal contributions of socioeconomic factors to inequality.ResultsThe study found no socioeconomic inequality in 2013, but pro-rich inequalities existed in 2019 (0.065 for basic immunisation, 0.09 for age-appropriate immunisation), statistically significant at p &lt; 0.01. …”
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Treadmill exercise promotes neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia&amp;ndash;reperfusion injury via downregulation of pro-inflammatory mediators by Zhang Y, Cao RY, Jia X, Li Q, Qiao L, Yan G, Yang J

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of aerobic exercise on neuroprotection and understand the underlying mechanisms.Materials and methods: Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) was conducted to establish a rat model of cerebral ischemia&amp;ndash;reperfusion injury to mimic ischemic stroke. …”
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Joint constraints from cosmic shear, galaxy-galaxy lensing and galaxy clustering: internal tension as an indicator of intrinsic alignment modelling error by Simon Samuroff, Andresa Campos, Anna Porredon, Jonathan Blazek

“…We thus propose that such tension (or the lack thereof) can be employed as a test of model sufficiency or insufficiency when choosing a fiducial IA model, alongside other data-driven methods.…”
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DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF SEROLOGICAL MARKERS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by Aleksei Leonidovich Maslaynski, S V Lapin, A V Mazing, T V Bulgakova, N M Lazareva, M D Cheshuina, P A Oleinick, E P Ilivanova, A A Totolyan, V I Mazurov

“…The objective of this study was to estimate the diagnostic value of antibodies against modified citrullinated vimentin (AMCV) and nuclear antigen RA33 of the IgA rheumatoid factor (RF) versus the value of routinely used profile of autoantibodies in diagnostic work-up of RA. Material and methods. 253 patients with RA prehistory of varying duration were included into the study group. …”
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Effects of visual search training in children with hemianopia. by Iliya V Ivanov, Stephan Kuester, Manfred MacKeben, Anna Krumm, Manja Haaga, Martin Staudt, Angelika Cordey, Claudia Gehrlich, Peter Martus, Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski

“…<h4>Background</h4>This study investigates the effect of a new computer-based visual search training (VST) that was adapted for children with homonymous hemianopia (HH).<h4>Methods</h4>22 children with HH (median age 11 years, 8 months: 6y6m-19y2m) trained at home for 15 minutes twice/day, 5 days/week, for 6 weeks. …”
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Adaptation and validation of the Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale (WEIMS) in pharmacy students based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) by Hanieh Alizadeh, Ali Norouzi, Maryam Alizadeh

“…The study was carried out within the context of pharmacy education in Iran, during the 2022–2023 academic year. Methods In the first step, the questionnaire was culturally adapted using the 5-step framework developed by the American Association of Orthopedics Surgeons. …”
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Investigating the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 vaccination, and autoimmune diseases in a pediatric population: a comprehensive analysis by Cynthia Freiberg, Arad Dotan, Dana Arnheim, Yonatan Butbul Aviel

“…This study aims to investigate the incidence of AIDs in children before and during the pandemic and explores potential links to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Methods We analyzed 493,705 anonymized medical records from Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel’s second-largest healthcare provider, to study AID incidence during 2014–2022. …”
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Relation to Metformin Use in Adults with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus by Anum Gul, Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi, Muhammad Amir, Abdul Rehman Arshad, Saqib Qayyum, Najmush Shakireen

“…Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Department of Medicine of Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan from April 2021 to September 2021. Materials and Methods: Using a consecutive sampling technique, patients were selected from both outdoor and indoor medical health facility Blood tests were performed on all patients and serum vitamin B12 level was assessed, a level less than 200 pg/ml was considered deficient. …”
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‘Beyond the Scale’: A Qualitative Exploration of the Impact of Weight Stigma Experienced by Patients With Obesity in General Practice by Leona Ryan, Fiona Quigley, Susie Birney, Michael Crotty, Owen Conlan, Jane C. Walsh

“…This study explores how patients with obesity perceive WS in general practice settings; its impact on their psychological well‐being and health behaviours, and the patients suggestions for mitigating it. Methods In‐depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 11 PwO who had experienced WS in general practice settings in Ireland. …”
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Technology of Pesticides and Fertilizers Application with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Digital Agriculture by L. A. Marchenko, A. A. Artushin, I. S. Smirnov, T. V. Mochkova, A. Yu. Spiridonov, R. K. Kurbanov

“…(Research purpose) To develop a technology for variable-rate application of pesticides and fertilizers using unmanned aerial vehicles in digital agriculture. (Materials and methods) In the process of study, the authors used the methodological recommendations on the application of chemicals in the precision farming system (offered by VIM), as well as the normative and technical documentation for unmanned aircraft systems. …”
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