An adapted smoking-cessation intervention for Turkish-speaking migrants in Switzerland: Predictors of smoking outcomes at one-year follow-up. by Raquel Paz Castro, Michael P Schaub, Corina Salis Gross

“…Among those migrant populations, Turkish- and Kurdish-speaking migrants are often overrepresented. Providing equal access to health services is one of the major challenges of our time. …”
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MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY FOR COLLORECTAL CANCER IN ELDERLY PATIENTS by I. L. Chernikovskiy, V. M. Gelfond, A. S. Zagryadskikh, S. A. Savchuk

“…Complications occurred with equal frequency in both groups (13.6 % compared to 15.0 %). …”
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Study on the mechanism of action of NGAL in renal anemia on iron metabolism and erythrocyte maturation by WU Xin-hong, ZHANG Yun

“…The control group was intragastrically administered with equal volume of distilled water. After 6 weeks of modeling, Hb, BUN, SCr, TAST, Fer, EPO, NGAL, TNF-α, IL-1, IL-6 were measured. …”
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Identification and Validation of Oxidative Stress-Related Diagnostic Marker Genes and Immune Landscape in Ulcerative Interstitial Cystitis by Integrating Bioinformatics and Machine... by Fu C, Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Wang S, Zhou Y, Lv J, Jin S, Liu F, Feng N

“…This study aimed to identify oxidative stress-linked biomarkers and explore their relationship with immune cell infiltration to enhance diagnosis and treatment strategies.Patients and Methods: The GSE711783 dataset from GEO was analyzed to identify differentially expressed genes in ulcerative IC. …”
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Production of inflammatory cytokines, cortisol, and Aβ1-40 in elderly oral cancer patients with postoperative delirium by Sun L, Jia P, Zhang J, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Jiang H, Jiang W, Guo Y

“…During the first three postoperative days, patients were examined using the confusion assessment method twice a day (8 am and 8 pm). Mini-Mental State Examination scores were recorded at T0 and on postoperative days 1, 3, and 7. …”
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Survey of Structural Autosomal Abnormalities and Autosomal Variants in Infertile Patients Treated at Some IVF Centers in Vietnam by Trieu ST, Pham MD, Le H, Vo HV, Nguyen PV, Tran TV, Nguyen NN, Trinh ST

“…Chromosome 9 inversions were equally observed in both genders, while robertsonian translocations and reciprocal translocations were more frequent in males (0.183% and 0.468%, respectively) than in females (0.146% and 0.406%, respectively). …”
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The response of TNF-α, IL-6 serum levels and lipid profiles to two aerobic training frequencies with the same volume in obese middle-aged women with type 2 diabetic by ali rajabi, ali akbarnejad, Marefat siahkohian, morteza yari

“…Purpose: The aim of this study was to comparison of the effect of two different frequencies of aerobic exercise with the same volume and detraining period on the levels of IL-6, TNF-α and lipid profiles in obese middle-aged women with type 2 diabetes.Methods: Thirty-six obese women age?? with type 2 diabetes were randomly divided into three groups of 12 equal members (Group I = three sessions and group two = six sessions per week, with the same volume). …”
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A Bibliometric Study of Interleukin Cytokines in the Treatment of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Wang H, Li X, Wang S, Liu J, Xie N

“…Systematic analysis of interleukin family cytokines and intervertebral disc degeneration and summary of related mechanisms will help to further promote the progress of related clinical treatment.Methods: The related articles published in 1 January 2015– 1 December 2024 were all from network science (WOS), and charts were made and analyzed by using social science statistics software package and GraphPad Prism 8 software. …”
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Causal Link of Distinct Mental Disorders with Androgenetic Alopecia and Alopecia Areata: A Bidirectional Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Hu C, Cheng Z, Tao Y, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Chen Z

“…We aimed to investigate whether and in which direction there is a causal link of distinct mental disorders with androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and alopecia areata (AA) in European population.Methods: We performed a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to test their causality using summary statistics. …”
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COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE MORTALITY OF THE POPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND KUZBASS FROM MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION FOR THE PERIOD 2012-2020 by Андрей Георгиевич Петров, Сергей Анатольевич Макаров, Николай Владимирович Абрамов, Сергей Николаевич Филимонов, Василий Васильевич Кашталап, Виктор Андреевич Семенихин

“…In order to establish a trend and identify the dynamics of the studied number of indicators as it would be outside the influence of «random» factors, the method of alignment by the method of least squares was applied, which is recognized as an effective method of analytical alignment of the trend. …”
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Heterogeneity in diabetic distal neuropathy and differential approach to its treatment by Oksana Evgen'evna Khutornaya, Vadim Borisovich Bregovskiy, A G Demina, I A Karpova

“…Type 1 / type 2 ratio equaled 32.4% : 67.6%, male/female - 29.7%: 70.3%. …”
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Clinical and economic analysis of the modern strategies for treating metabolic syndrome by Marina Fedorovna Kalashnikova, Vera Uchamprina, Tatiana Ivanovna Romantsova, Andrey Nikolaevich Gerasimov

“…The objective of this study was to identify the ways to optimize therapy for metabolic syndrome through complex clinical and economic analysis. Methods. Sixty patients with metabolic syndrome were included in the study. …”
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Relieving Depressive Symptoms Through Chinese Relational Culture Among Older Adults with Multimorbidity: Evidence from CHARLS by Duan XY, Sun T, Lu F, Yang XJ, Yin HY, Cao DP, Zhang SE

“…We aimed to explore the prevalence of multimorbidity and depressive symptoms among older Chinese adults, the association between the two variables, and the underlying moderating mechanism.Methods: This study extracted data from the China Health Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) of 8356 older adults aged 60 years and older and analyzed the correlation between multimorbidity and depressive symptoms in this population using Stata 16.0. …”
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Successful Treatment of Facial Multiple Melanocytic Nevus-Like Dark Macules Caused by Severe Acne Vulgaris by a Single Session of Intense Pulsed Light Treatment by Yang J, Shen J, Kong Y, Wang L, Yao Z, Liang J, Yu X

“…Jinxiang Yang,1,2,* Jinwen Shen,1,2,* Yuwei Kong,1,2,* Lei Wang,1,2 Zhirong Yao,1,2 Jianying Liang,1,2 Xia Yu1,2 1Department of Dermatology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of Dermatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xia Yu, Department of Dermatology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine; Institute of Dermatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200092, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-25076927, Email 10517832@qq.com; jianyingliang@163.comBackground and Objective: The case report aims to demonstrate the therapeutic effects of a single session of intense pulsed light (IPL) treatment on facial multiple melanocytic nevus-like dark macules induced by severe acne vulgaris.Materials and Methods: A 17-year-old male with acne was assessed as Pillsbury IV according to the Pillsbury classification. …”
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Prevalence of Blood Transfusion and Factors Influencing Blood Loss Following Primary Total Knee Replacement Surgery by Sadagatullah AN, Sahadun MAA, Md-Isa MK, Yusof MF

“…The objectives of this study were to look at the prevalence of ABT, factors leading to transfusion as well as increase in blood loss. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted involving 296 adult patients who underwent elective primary unilateral TKR surgery from January 2015 until December 2019 at Hospital Melaka. …”
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Causes of ventilatory inefficiency in lung resection candidates by Stepan Bartos, Michal Svoboda, Kristian Brat, Marek Lukes, Adam Predac, Pavel Homolka, Lyle J. Olson, Ivan Cundrle

“…We hypothesised PaCO2 and VD/VT contribute equally to the increase in V′E/V′CO2 in lung resection patients. …”
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Inclusion of under-served groups in trials: an audit at a UK primary care clinical trials unit by Rebekah Burrow, Melanie Carr, Lucy Goddard, Lisa Hinton, Mike Clarke

“…However, there is little information about the inclusivity of most under-served groups in UK clinical trials. Methods This audit assesses the inclusion of under-served groups in trials run by the Oxford Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit (PC-CTU). …”
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Increasing coverage and decreasing inequity in insecticide-treated bed net use among rural Kenyan children. by Abdisalan M Noor, Abdinasir A Amin, Willis S Akhwale, Robert W Snow

“…The free mass distribution method achieved highest coverage among the poorest children, the highly subsidised clinic nets programme was marginally in favour of the least poor, and the commercial social marketing favoured the least poor.…”
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Influence of the gastric stump’s volume on the long-term results of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery by A. G. Khitaryan, D. A. Melnikov, A. A. Orekhov, A. V. Mezhunts, S. A. Adizov, А. A. Abovyan

“…Statistically significant differences in the volume of the formed gastric stump, depending on the method of operation, were as follows: 23.8 ml (8.9–37.3 ml) in the 1st group and 47.7 ml (31.9–72.8 ml) in the 2nd group (p<0.0001). …”
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Predictive Value of Pan-Immune Inflammation Value and Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index for Identifying Coronary Vulnerable Plaques: New Insights from Optical Coherence Tomography... by Ji J, Wei X, Xue B, Wan D, Wu L, Liu H

“…This study represents the inaugural use of OCT to identify vulnerable plaques and establishes a predictive model incorporating PIV and SII, enhancing clinical treatment strategies.Methods: A total of 523 eligible ACS patients underwent coronary angiography and OCT. …”
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