Have We Made Progress? Interprofessional Diversity Within Faculty and Course Directors of Continuous Professional Development Courses Pre- and Post-Joint Accreditation by Ness B, Herndon J, Hoffmann C, Benysh S, Bowler C, Tan W

“…Becky Ness,1,* Justine Herndon,2,* Chelsey Hoffmann,3,* Susan Benysh,4 Carrie Bowler,4 Winston Tan5 1Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic Health System Southwest Minnesota, Mankato, MN, USA; 2Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; 3Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; 4Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; 5Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Becky Ness, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension Mayo Clinic Health System Southwest Minnesota, 1025 Marsh Street, Mankato, MN, 56001, USA, Email ness.becky@mayo.eduObjective: This study aimed to quantify the impact of joint accreditation on the prevalence of physician and non-physician continuous professional development (CPD) course directors(CDs) and faculty.Methods: CPD CDs and faculty credentials were collected in 2017 (one-year pre-joint accreditation) and 2022 (one-year post-joint accreditation), using electronic and manual data extraction. …”
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Lateral Flow Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test with Stem Primers: Detection of Cryptosporidium Species in Kenyan Children Presenting with Diarrhea by Timothy S. Mamba, Cecilia K. Mbae, Johnson Kinyua, Erastus Mulinge, Gitonga Nkanata Mburugu, Zablon K. Njiru

“…A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique, a method with shorter time to result and with equal or higher sensitivity compared to PCR, has been developed and applied in the detection of Cryptosporidium species. …”
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Botulinum toxin and occlusal splints for the management of sleep bruxism in individuals with implant overdentures: A randomized controlled trial by Samer Mostafa Ali, Ahmed Yaseen Alqutaibi, Afaf Aboalrejal, Dina Mohamed Elawady

“…The participants were allocated randomly to three equal groups. Participants in group I (control group) were instructed to remove the OD at night; group II was managed with conventional occlusal stents. …”
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Neural Classification of Argument Elements and Styles in Arabic Competitive Debates by Al-Zawqari Ali, Mohamed Ahmed, Abdul Gabbar Al-Sharafi, Mohammad M. Khader, Ali Safa, Gerd Vandersteen

“…Demographic-parity and equalized-odds gaps stay below 0.06 for both gender and native-language groups, indicating that higher accuracy does not come at the expense of equity. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Compounds with High Affinity to BAG2 in Inhibiting Keloid Disease by Wang Y, Yuan Z, Zhou R, Lu L, Wang X, Yang J

“…This study was aimed to elucidate the role of Bcl-2-associated athanogene 2 (BAG2) in keloid pathology and identify compounds with high-affinity to BAG2.Patients and Methods: Cell migration, and cell proliferation assays, along with flow cytometry, were used to evaluate the effects of BAG2 on keloid fibroblasts (KFs) derived from tissue samples of patients with abdominal or chest keloids. …”
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Effect of Low-Dose Esketamine on Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Ma CB, Zhang CY, Gou CL, Liang ZH, Zhang JX, Xing F, Yuan JJ, Wei X, Zhang YB, Wang ZY

“…This randomized controlled trial aimed to investigate the effects of low-dose esketamine on the incidence of POD in elderly patients underwent total hip or knee arthroplasty.Patients and Methods: Two hundred and sixty elderly participants were randomly assigned to either the esketamine group (Group E) (0.20mg/kg loading, 0.125mg/kg/h infusion, 0.5 mg/kg for postoperative analgesia) or the placebo group (Group P) (received normal saline). …”
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Pilot Study of a Modified DOPS Scale for Insulin Pump and CGM Installation Training in Chinese Medical Students During Endocrinology Rotations by Yuan Y, Wang C, Wen S, Li Y, Xu C, Yu F, Li X, He Y, Chen L, Ren Y, Zhou L

“…It assesses students’ knowledge application, decision-making, and skill proficiency during clinical tasks.Methods: This study modifies the DOPS to evaluate the operation of insulin pumps (PUMP) and continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) in diabetes management. …”
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A Retrospective Comparative Performance Analysis of Multifocal Eyecryl Actv IOL and the World’s First Progressive Polyfocal Autofocus Pro IOL by Morya AK, Nishant P, Singh A, Sinha S, Shah RC

“…Ahmedabad, India) at the first and sixth weeks after implantation in Indian eyes.Patients and Methods: A retrospective nonrandomized, comparative study was conducted based on hospital records of patients operated for cataract between January 2019 and January 2021 with bilateral implantation of one of the two presbyopia-correcting IOLs. …”
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Trajectories and Predictors of Weight-Bearing and Non-Weight-Bearing Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis: A 9-Year Follow-Up Study by He ZJ, Wei JT, Jiang HM, Wang JY, Lai JY, Li SQ, Chen Z, Luo QL

“…Zi-jun He,1,2,* Jin-tao Wei,1,* Hai-mei Jiang,1 Jin-yong Wang,1 Jiong-yao Lai,1 Shu-qing Li,1 Zhi Chen,1 Qing-lu Luo1– 3 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Tenth Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University (Dongguan People’s Hospital), Dongguan, People’s Republic of China; 2Dongguan Experimental Centre for Sports Rehabilitation Research, Dongguan, People’s Republic of China; 3Dongguan Key Specialty of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Rehabilitation Department), Dongguan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Qing-lu Luo; Zhi Chen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Tenth Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University (Dongguan People’s hospital), Wanjiang District, Dongguan, Guangdong, 510280, People’s Republic of China, Email luo_qinglu@126.com; 13686616688@139.comObjective: To identify distinct developmental trajectories of weight-bearing pain (WBP) and non-weight-bearing pain (NWBP) and examine the trajectory predictors in individuals with or at risk of knee osteoarthritis.Methods: We included 971 participants from the Osteoarthritis Initiative whose baseline magnetic resonance imaging data and 9-year follow-up data on pain were available. …”
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Effectiveness of Cold Compression Therapy versus Multi-Waved Locked System Laser on Breast Cancer-Related Lymphoedema: Randomized Controlled Trial by Mohamed H. ElGendy, Sherine O. El-Sherif, Mohamed A. Abolkasem, Shreen R. Aboelmagd, Yasser R. Lasheen

“…Subjects were randomly divided into three equal groups using simple randomization via the closed-envelope technique. …”
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Deep learning approach for automated hMPV classification by Sivarama Prasad Tera, Ravikumar Chinthaginjala, Irum Shahzadi, Priya Natha, Safia Obaidur Rab

“…Traditional diagnostic methods are often inadequate for providing rapid and accurate results, particularly in low-resource settings. …”
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Dielectric properties of the system: 4-n-pentyloxybenzoic acid– N-(4-n-butyloxybenzylidene)-4᾽-methylaniline by S. A. Syrbu, M. S. Fedorov, E. A. Lapykina, V. V. Novikov

“…Our aim was to study the dielectric properties of the 4-n-pentyloxybenzoic acid– N-(4-n-butyloxybenzylidene)-4’-methylaniline system and reveal how different concentrations of N-(4-n-butyloxybenzylidene)-4’-methylaniline additives affect the dielectric properties of 4-n-pentyloxybenzoic acid.Methods. System properties were investigated using polarization thermomicroscopy and dielcometry.Results. …”
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Scientific production in sexual and reproductive health and rights research according to gender and affiliation: An analysis of publications from 1972 to 2021. by Livia Oliveira-Ciabati, Anna Thorson, Vanessa Brizuela

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched PubMed, Web of Science, and HRP public reports for publications where at least one author was affiliated with HRP. …”
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“Comparative Evaluation of Effects of Single Dose Dexmedetomidine and Magnesium Sulphate On Hemodynamic Parameters during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy under General Anesthesia”- A... by Ankita Kaasat, Mahendra Kumar, Sujata Chaudhary, Deepti Agarwal

“…Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of a single dose of DX, MG, and normal saline (NS) on hemodynamic responses to pneumoperitoneum during LC and postoperative hemodynamic stability. Methods: Forty-five patients (the American Society of Anesthesiologists Class I, 18–60 years, male and female) undergoing elective LC were selected and randomly divided by computer-generated randomization table into three equal groups. …”
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Increment of the effectiveness of treating hypertension and dyslipidemia using a triple fixed-dose combination and the vascular age concept by O. V. Tsygankova, T. I. Batluk, L. D. Latyntseva

“…To study the efficacy, safety and effect on vascular age of free-equivalent and fixed-dose combinations of amlodipine, a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockers and rosuvastatin in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk with uncontrolled hypertension and concomitant dyslipidemia.Material and methods. This open-label case series study included 148 men and women (mean age 60,63±8,16 years). …”
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Integration of scRNA-Seq and Bulk RNA-Seq Identifies Circadian Rhythm Disruption-Related Genes Associated with Prognosis and Drug Resistance in Colorectal Cancer Patients by Tao Y, Li J, Pan J, Wang Q, Ke RW, Yuan D, Wu H, Cao Y, Zhao L

“…However, the specific roles of circadian rhythm-related genes (CRDGs) in CRC remain unclear.Methods: In this study, we analyzed the expression patterns of CRDGs in CRC using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data and bulk RNA sequencing data from the GSE178318 dataset. …”
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Predicting Stroke-Associated Pneumonia in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Machine Learning Model Development and Validation Study with CBC-Derived Inflammatory Indices by Xie M, Liu Z, Dai F, Cao Z, Wang X

“…Our aim was to identify SAP risk factors and develop a machine learning (ML) model for early risk stratification.Methods: This retrospective study analyzed 574 ischemic stroke patients, divided into training (75%) and testing (25%) sets. …”
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Role of ferroptosis in acute cadmium-induced liver injury in mice by YIN Qizi, TANG Yuting, ZHANG Saijun, GUO Siyu, LI Jing, WANG Ziyue, JI Yanli

“…The mice in the Cd exposure group were injected with an equal amount of CdCl2 (4 mg·kg-1) intraperitoneally. …”
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Prognostic Value of Human Epididymis Protein 4 in Acute Myocardial Infarction by Tang Y, Zhu WY, Peng SL, Huang S, Zhao QN, Tan SY, Yin ZH, Zhang Y, Peng JQ, Pan HW

“…Yi Tang,1,&ast; Wen-Yu Zhu,2,&ast; Si-Ling Peng,2,&ast; Shuai Huang,2,&ast; Qiu-Ni Zhao,3 Si-Yuan Tan,2 Zi-Hui Yin,2 Yan Zhang,1 Jian-Qiang Peng,1 Hong-Wei Pan1 1Department of Cardiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Clinical Medicine Research Center of Heart Failure of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410005, People’s Republic of China; 2Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410005, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Anesthesia Operation, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Hunan, Changsha, 410000, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jian-Qiang Peng; Hong-Wei Pan, Email pengjianqiang2021@foxmail.com; pan.hw@foxmail.comPurpose: To investigate the prognostic value of human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).Patients and Methods: A total of 212 consecutive patients diagnosed with AMI in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital from June 2020 to May 2021 were enrolled. …”
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The effectiveness of liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride in combination with cyclophosphan in the treatment of breast cancer in an experiment by L. A. Balykova, V. I. Inchina, T. V. Tarasova, L. M. Mosina, E. N. Gvozdikova, D. A. Khaydar, G. I. Myandina, S. M. Ryzhakin, I. V. Saushev

“…To evaluate the antitumor efficacy of liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride in combination with tamoxifen in the treatment of breast cancer.Materials and methods. The study included mongrel white rats (n = 30). …”
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