Lung and blood early biomarkers for host-directed tuberculosis therapies: Secondary outcome measures from a randomized controlled trial. by Robert S Wallis, Sibuse Ginindza, Trevor Beattie, Nishanee Arjun, Morongwe Likoti, Modulakgotla Sebe, Vinodh A Edward, Mohammed Rassool, Khatija Ahmed, Katherine Fielding, Bintou A Ahidjo, Mboyo D T Vangu, Gavin Churchyard

“…CRP dropped precipitously during early treatment, but did so equally in all arms; over the entire period of treatment, the rate of decline of CRP tended to be greater in CC-11050 recipients than in controls but this fell short of statistical significance. …”
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Analysis of Risk Factors Causing Adjacent Disc Degeneration After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures by Song H, Wang A, Zang L, Wang T, Yuan S, Fan N, Du P

“…This study aimed to determine whether osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) following PKP is associated with a high risk for ADD and to identify the risk factors for ADD.Patients and methods: Consecutive patients who underwent PKP at our center between January 2015 and January 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Legal Regulation of States and International Journalistic Organizations Interaction in the Eurasian Media Space by G. V. Alexeyev, O. N. Kharina

“…The development of the Eurasian media space through the involvement of post-Soviet countries in equal political dialogue presupposes the protection of the interests of state media and independent journalistic unions. …”
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Construction and Validation of a Nomogram-Based Predictive Model for Acute Kidney Injury Caused by Drug Resistance to Tuberculosis by Deng M, Han N, Jia M, Zheng Z, Tian Y, Wang H, Feng L

“…Early identification of patients at high risk for AKI is crucial to improve clinical outcomes.Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 571 TB patients, divided into training and validation cohorts. …”
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Problematic Online Video Watching, Boredom Proneness and Loneliness Among First-Year Chinese Undergraduates: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study by Yan Z, Yang Z, Xu X, Zhou C, Sang Q

“…This study aimed to fill this gap by conducting a two-wave longitudinal design.Participants and Methods: Six hundred and ninety-nine first-year undergraduates voluntarily completed two rounds of questionnaire surveys assessing problematic online video watching, boredom proneness and loneliness with an interval of 4 months. …”
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Does the trans-provincial immediate reimbursement reduce health gap between urban and rural floating population? Evidence from China by Jun Tian, Zuopeng Chen, Yu Wang, Yue Zhu

“…These results suggest that in order to achieve health equality between urban and rural residents and equitable access to medical services, China is building a more effective medical security system.…”
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New Approaches to Surgical Treatment of Patients with Advanced Stage of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by A. V. Malyshev, A. F. Teshev, A. S. Golovin

“…All patients were divided into the following two groups, equal in age, gender and visual status of the “healthy” eye: the main group (MG, 69 patients, 69 eyes), who underwent VE was performed according to the developed method and a control group (CG, 63 patients, 63 eyes), in which VE was performed according to the traditional method.Results. …”
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Genital infections in high-risk human papillomavirus positive Paraguayan women aged 30-64 with and without cervical lesions. by Alanis Arévalos, Adriana Valenzuela, Pamela Mongelós, Hernán Barrios, María Isabel Rodríguez, Romina Báez, Claudia Centurión, Jaime Vester, Ana Soilán, Marina Ortega, Lorena Meza, Malvina Páez, Amalia Castro, Carmen Cristaldo, Ana Soskin, Gerardo Deluca, Armando Baena, Rolando Herrero, Maribel Almonte, Elena Kasamatsu, Laura Mendoza, ESTAMPA Paraguayan Study Group

“…The odds of presenting GIs were 3 times higher in women under 46 years compared to older counterparts (OR: 3.32, 95%CI: 1.74-6.16), and in women with a normal Pap smear with inflammation compared to those without inflammation (OR: 3.31, 95%CI: 1.15-9.77). GIs were equally present in women with and without CIN3+ lesions.…”
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Causal Relationship Between Sex Hormone Binding Globulin and Obstetrical Disorders: A Two-Sample Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Gan Y, Tan X, Tang Y, Shi Q, Qi H

“…This Mendelian randomization (MR) study examined SHBG’s causal effects on 12 obstetrical conditions.Methods: Using cis-protein quantitative trait loci (cis-pQTLs) of SHBG as instrumental variables, we conducted MR analyses in FinnGen and UK Biobank (UKBB), followed by meta-analyses. …”
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Quantitative analysis of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in meningiomas of the brain by S. I. Tertishniy, L. L. Golubovitch, W. Е. Voteva

“…The lowest quantity of CD4+ and CD8+ TIL was established in angiomatous subtypes and the median amount of CD4+ and CD8+ TIL in meningothelial subtypes was the highest, it was equal to 9 (1; 26) and 16 (8; 47) cells respectively. …”
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Interpretable Ordinal-Aware With Contrastive-Enhanced Anomaly Severity Detection on UAV Flight Log Messages by Swardiantara Silalahi, Tohari Ahmad, Hudan Studiawan, Eirini Anthi, Lowri Williams

“…Therefore, the proposed method accordingly addresses the task objective with a promising performance while being interpretable and trustworthy.…”
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Gender bias in urology: The role of gender in selecting urology as a medical specialty by Mansour Alnazari, Abdullah K. Aljohani, Emad S. Rajih, Abdulaziz Bakhsh, Ghadi S. Alghamdi, Faris S. Sebaa, Ali A. Alraddadi, Adel Moalwi

“…Addressing these issues is crucial to achieving gender equality within the field.…”
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Conversations Between Family Members and Physicians in Intensive Care Unit During Shared Decision-Making: A Qualitative Observational Study by Lu Q, Ji J, Lu XY, Yin QH, Yang YQ

“…Qing Lu,1,* Juan Ji,2,* Xiao-yan Lu,1 Qiong-Hua Yin,1 Yi-Qun Yang3 1Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Outpatient, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yi-Qun Yang, Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Gu Su Qu, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215000, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86051213656245355, Email 592436680@qq.comIntroduction: It is necessary to understand the decision-making dynamics between physicians and families so as to help families better participate in shared decision-making.Methods: A qualitative observational research was conducted. …”
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The Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Medicine in Treating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Li L, Liu XF, Cui ZF, Zou H, Liu SL, Wang HW

“…Lei Li,1,* Xiao-Feng Liu,1,2,* Zhi-Fang Cui,1 Heng Zou,1 Shu-Ling Liu,1,2 Hong-Wu Wang1 1Respiratory Disease Center, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 101121, People’s Republic of China; 2Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hong-Wu Wang, Respiratory Disease Center, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 116 Cuiping West Road, Tongzhou District, Beijing, 101121, People’s Republic of China, Email wanghongwu2015@126.com Shu-Ling Liu, Respiratory Disease Center, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 116 Cuiping West Road, Tongzhou District, Beijing, 101121, People’s Republic of China, Email 553638521@qq.comEthnopharmacological Relevance: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the crucial chronic diseases that seriously endangers the health of residents in China. …”
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Pharmacoeconomic analysis of using cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 inhibitors in the first line treatment of HR-positive HER2-negative advanced breast cancer by N. A. Avxentyev, E. V. Lubennikova, M. Yu. Frolov

“…We used cost minimization method for the clinical and economic study, since palbociclib and ribociclib are equally or comparably effective, according to earlier literature. …”
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Identifying Google search engine optimization techniques and providing a framework to improve the ranking of websites by Bahram Kurd, Mehrdad CheshmehSohrabi

“…Using the purposeful sampling method, authoritative articles and websites, Delphi panel members, and experts in the field of SEO were identified. …”
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Risk Factors for Hip Fracture among Elderly Adults in Erbil City A Case-Control Study by Dara Abdulla Al-Banna

“…The study participants included elderly with more than and equal to 60 years old, both genders, conscious, with hip fractured (50 for case group) and without hip fracture (50 for control group). …”
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Assessment of Personalized Exercise Prescriptions Issued by ChatGPT 4.0 and Intelligent Health Promotion Systems for Patients with Hypertension Comorbidities Based on the Transtheo... by Xu Y, Liu Q, Pang J, Zeng C, Ma X, Li P, Ma L, Huang J, Xie H

“…Yang Xu,* Qiankun Liu,* Jiaxue Pang, Chunlu Zeng, Xiaoqing Ma, Pengyao Li, Li Ma, Juju Huang, Hui Xie College of Nursing, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hui Xie, Bengbu Medical University, Donghai Avenue, Longzihu District, Bengbu City, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China, Email hui2122@sina.comPurpose: Exercise is a vital adjunct therapy for patients with hypertension comorbidities. …”
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Pain Intensity and Pain Catastrophizing Among Patients with Chronic Pain: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy by Li J, Cui Y, Jia Q, Ouyang A, Hua Y

“…Jiayao Li,1,* Yi Cui,1,* Qiong Jia,2,* Anping Ouyang,3,* Yan Hua1 1Department of Nursing, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Military Medical Psychology, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yan Hua, Department of Nursing, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China, Email huayan1112@126.comAim: This study aimed to explore the mediating role of sense of self-efficacy in the relationship between pain intensity and pain catastrophizing among chronic pain patients.Methods: A questionnaire survey was administered to patients with chronic pain at the pain intervention departments of three tertiary hospitals in Shaanxi Province between July 2023 and July 2024. …”
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Relaxation and physicomechanical characteristics of polyethylenes with different molecular weights by R. A. Alekhina, V. A. Lomovskoy, I. D. Simonov-Emel’yanov, S. A. Shatokhina

“…We have shown that under isothermal conditions, when the stress equals the yield strength, the removal of the external action results in a two-stage response. …”
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