The D-score: a metric for interpreting the early development of infants and toddlers across global settings by Girmay Medhin, Charlotte Hanlon, Susan P Walker, Iris Eekhout, Gary L Darmstadt, Linda Richter, Maureen M Black, Ann M Weber, Marta Rubio-Codina, Stef van Buuren, Sally M Grantham-McGregor, Maria Caridad Araujo, Susan M Chang, Lia CH Fernald, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani, Simone M Karam, Betsy Lozoff, Lisy Ratsifandrihamanana, Orazio Attanasio, Bernice M Doove, Emanuela Galasso, Pamela Jervis, Ana M B Menezes, Helen Pitchik, Sarah Reynolds, Norbert Schady

“…We constructed and validated a new metric, the Developmental Score (D-score), using existing data from 16 longitudinal studies.Methods Studies had item-level developmental assessment data for children 0–48 months and longitudinal outcomes at ages >4–18 years, including measures of IQ and receptive vocabulary. …”
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Quantitative lung ultrasound to guide surfactant retreatment in preterm neonates born at ≤30 weeks’ gestation: a multicentre retrospective non-inferiority diagnostic accuracy study... by Daniele De Luca, Almudena Alonso-Ojembarrena, Davide Sarcina, Irene Gutierrez-Rosa, Barbara Loi, Fiorella Migliaro, Letizia Capasso, Francesco Raimondi

“…Methods: This was a multicentre, retrospective, non-inferiority, diagnostic accuracy study. …”
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Prevalence and intensity study of dental caries in children with bronchial asthma by O. V. Voznyi, Т. Ye. Shumna, Ye. S. Lepetchenko

“…To study the prevalence and intensity rates of dental caries in children with bronchial asthma. Materials and methods. The examination of patients was carried out in the Allergological Department of the Communal Non-Profit Enterprise “City Children Hospital No. 5” in Zaporizhzhia. …”
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Out on a Limb: The Signatures of East–West Asymmetries in Transmission Spectra from General Circulation Models by Kenneth E. Arnold, Arjun B. Savel, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Michael T. Roman, Emily Rauscher, Isaac Malsky, Hayley Beltz, Maria E. Steinrueck

“…A second goal is to assess the relative merits of two separate methods (ingress/egress versus morning-/evening-limb spectroscopy) for isolating atmospheric asymmetries. …”
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Case Report: A successful multidisciplinary approach to doxorubicin extravasation from a PICC-port in a patient with breast cancer by Concetta Calabrò, Serena Iacovelli, Giuseppe De Palma, Giuseppe Carravetta, Domenica Garofalo, Francesco Giotta, Agnese Latorre, Patrizia Nardulli, Cosmo Maurizio Ressa, Elsa Vitale, Valerio De Santis, Giovanni Mastrandrea

“…To represent the significance of a rapid, multidisciplinary intervention codified by a hospital-adopted procedure for the treatment of this specific type of extravasation.MethodsA case of a 63-year-old female patient with no comorbidities but overweight who was admitted to our hospital in 2023 was discussed. …”
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Participatory research with co-researchers with lived experience of psychosis high risk states by Barbara Hinterbuchinger, Barbara Hinterbuchinger, Raphaela E. Kaisler, Josef S. Baumgartner, Josef S. Baumgartner, Fabian Friedrich, Fabian Friedrich, Zsuzsa Litvan, Melanie Trimmel, Melanie Trimmel, Karin Hlavacek, Alina Ramya Popa, Nilufar Mossaheb, Nilufar Mossaheb, The VOICE Consortium

“…The aim of this project was to reflect on UHR terminology, diagnostic and treatment guidelines and to identify and implement unmet needs together with people at UHR.MethodsThis project was designed co-creatively from the conceptual phase to the execution. …”
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3D printed titanium TPMS for personalised tibial bone implant by Martin Appiah, Abul Arafat, Abhishek Gupta, Arun Arjunan, Ahmad Baroutaji, John Robinson, Chameekara T. Wanniarachchi, Manpreet Singh, Neil Ashwood, Aaron Vance

“…Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods, AHP and TOPSIS, were applied to evaluate the designs, considering four favourable factors of relative importance in the order porosity>yield strength>elastic modulus>ultimate strength. …”
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In vivo electrical properties of the healthy liver and the hepatic tumor in a mouse model between 1 Hz and 1 MHz during a thermal treatment by Yitong Guo, Weice Wang, Weichen Li, Junyao Li, Mingxu Zhu, Ruteng Song, Wenjing Zhu, Lei Wang, Zhenyu Ji, Xuetao Shi

“…Our research aims to investigate the changing patterns and the reversibility of in vivo electrical properties for both healthy livers and liver tumors in a mouse model over a frequency range of 1 Hz to 1 MHz at temperatures between 30 °C to 90 °C.Methods and materials: The mice were anesthetized and the target organ was exposed. …”
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Comparison of Fork‐tip and Franseen needles for endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle biopsy in pancreatic solid lesions: A propensity‐matched analysis by Akashi Fujita, Shomei Ryozawa, Yuki Tanisaka, Tomoya Ogawa, Yoichi Saito, Hiromune Katsuda, Kazuya Miyaguchi, Masanori Yasuda, Ryuichiro Araki, Yumi Mashimo, Tomoaki Tashima, Yuya Nakano, Rie Terada, Ryuhei Jinushi, Masafumi Mizuide

“…As both needles are useful, the choice of using either of them is equally good.…”
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Hypertension in Children: A Comprehensive Review of Contemporary Knowledge and Future Perspectives by Maciej Mozer, Przemysław Klasicki, Wiktoria Pietruszka, Wiktor Możarowski, Jan Stanisław Mateńko, Agata Krupa, Anna Krawczyk, Maria Potrykus, Julia Kiełbratowska, Michał Pałuchowski

“…Aim of the Study: This study aims to evaluate and summarise current knowledge regarding arterial hypertension in the paediatric population, especially emerging trends, causes, risk factors, and long-term outcomes and outline possible future avenues of research. Materials and Methods: A systemic search of currently available literature was conducted through databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and the Cochrane Library using combinations of keywords such as “paediatric hypertension,” “ treatment,” “screening,” “epidemiology,” and “complications.” …”
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Quercetin effectiveness in patients with COVID-19 associated pneumonia by I. A. Zupanets, О. А. Holubovska, O. O. Tarasenko, N. P. Bezuhla, M. F. Pasichnyk, S. O. Karabynosh, V. S. Kopcha, L. V. Moroz, H. V. Maksymchuk, O. Ya. Kobrynska, R. M. Fishchuk, D. I. Schulha, R. S. Morochkovskyj, M. S. Zoshchak

“…The aim of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of quercetin addition to the treatment regimen for patients with COVID-19 associated pneumonia. Materials and methods. The effectiveness of two dosage forms of quercetin was studied in 200 patients, who were divided equally into the main and control groups. …”
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Enhancing Physical Fitness in Primary School Children Through Inclusive Sports Activities by Nikola Utvić, Lidija Marković, Radenko Arsenijević, Nikola Aksović, Bojan Bjelica, Stanimir Stojljković, Saša Bubanj, Gabriela Raveica, Daniel-Lucian Dobreci, Nicolae-Lucian Voinea, Vasile-Cătălin Ciocan, Mihaela Anghel, Bogdan-Alexandru Antohe, Tatiana Dobrescu

“…(1) Background: The aim of this study is to investigate whether the application of adaptive sports programs, initially designed for children with disabilities, can have a positive effect on physical fitness and body composition in healthy primary school children; (2) Methods: The sample comprised 80 participants, equally divided by gender (50% male, 50% female), with a mean age of 11.5 (SD = 0.03). …”
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ASSOCIATION OF GLUCOSE WITH GENERAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY AMONG POPULATION FROM 55 YEARS AND OLDER by A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kapustina, D. A. Smirnov, Yu. A. Balanova, G. A. Muromtseva, A. D. Deev, S. A. Shalnova, M. A. Shkolnikova, V. M. Shkolnikov

“…To evaluate association of various blood glucose levels with overall and cardiovascular mortality (CVM) among population 55 y. o. and older.Material and methods. Current paper represents partially the prospective study “Stress, ageing and health”. …”
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Correlation of clinical presentation with prognosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma associated with oral submucous fibrosis by H. Hande Alka, Gadbail Amol, Sonone Archana, K. Patil Swati, Pakhale Aayushi, N. Sharma Preethi

“…This study is intended to provide the basis of clinical presentation of OSCC associated with OSMF to consider a clinicopathologically unique entity compared to OSCC without OSMF. Methods The cohort of 320 OSCC patients was divided into two groups based on the association of OSMF. …”
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ICU Admission Preferences in the Hypothetical Event of Acute Critical Illness: A Survey of Very Old Norwegians and Their Next-of-Kins by Gabriele Leonie Schwarz, MD, Elisabeth Skaar, MD, PhD, Ingrid Miljeteig, MD, PhD, Karl Ove Hufthammer, PhD, Karen E. A. Burns, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Reidar Kvåle, MD, PhD, Hans Flaatten, MD, PhD, Margrethe A. Schaufel, MD, PhD

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Evaluation of insulin-like growth factor-1 in apparently healthy infants and prepubertal Egyptian children with different nutritional statuses by Hanan Mina Fouad, Amal Ahmed Mohamed, Nashwa Adel, Mohamed Abdulhay, Iman Khalifa, Randa Ibrahim, Naglaa Elsalway, Ghada Maher Thabet, Karima Nasraldin, Ingy Maher El-Hefny, Marwa S. Abd El-raouf, Dalia Ghareeb

“…Abstract Objectives to estimate insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels in apparently healthy infants and prepubertal children and compare results among different nutritional statuses. Methods Our cross-sectional work is a sub-study of a screening project for anemia and nutritional status. …”
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Evaluation of hyaluronic acid gel with or without acellular dermal matrix allograft in the treatment of class II furcation defects in dogs: A histologic and histomorphometric study by Eman A. Tella, Salwa A. Aldahlawi, Ehab T. Azab, Wael E. Yaghmoor, Hoda A. Fansa

“…Aim: To evaluate the histologic and histomorphometric effects of hyaluronic acid (HA) gel with or without acellular dermal matrix allograft (ADMA) on periodontal regeneration in Class II furcation defects in dogs. Materials and methods: Class II furcation defects were surgically created in the mandibular first and second premolars bilaterally in eight beagle dogs. …”
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Access to single-inhaler triple medicines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China: a national survey on accessibility and utilisation by Wei Li, Wei Guo, Hongdou Chen, Wei Lu, Shule Yu, Menglei Wang, Fangfang Zheng, Huanhuan Wu, Qingqing Yang

“…This study aimed to investigate the availability, price, affordability, and utilisation of single-inhaler triple medicines for COPD in China.Methods Quarterly data about the use of BUD/GLY/FOR and FF/UMEC/VI from 2020 to 2022 were collected from the Chinese Medicine Economic Information Network. …”
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Enhancing dyadic outcomes of stroke survivors and caregivers: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Tsan-Hon Liou, Feng-Hang Chang, Valeria Chiu, Pengsheng Ni, Yen-Nung Lin, Jiunn-Horng Kang, Der-Sheng Han, Shih-Pin Hsu, Juleen Rodakowski

“…However, few interventions equally prioritise the outcomes of both survivors and caregivers. …”
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Topical larynx lidocaine Spraying reduces cardiovascular stress response caused by suspension laryngoscopic surgery by Liu Huan, Bu Wenhao, Chen Xiangdong, Wu Zhilin

“…Objective: This study aimed to investigate the potential reduction of cardiovascular stress response caused by suspension laryngoscopic surgery through the application of lidocaine spray on the larynx and trachea. Methods: A total of 68 patients scheduled for elective suspension laryngoscopic surgery were randomly assigned to either the lidocaine group (Group L, n = 34) or the control group (Group C, n = 33). …”
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