Well-Preserved Urinary Bladder Anatomy in Rats After Minimally Invasive Surgery by Daniela Giaquinto, Antonio Palladino, Annunziata Cummaro, Elena De Felice, Vincenzo Esposito, Rosalba Moretta, Sigismondo Castaldo, Eva Di Maro, Paolo de Girolamo, Livia D’Angelo, Chiara Attanasio

“…Here we report a detailed description of all peri-operative and post-operative care and clinical evaluation in a surgical rat model to test the efficacy of a catheter functionalized by a peptide coating with antimicrobial and antibiofilm properties, whose efficacy was previously tested in vitro. <b>Methods:</b> We used male and female adult Fischer 344 rats (tot <i>n</i> = 44, <i>n</i> = 22 each sex), which were divided into four experimental groups. …”
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The potential impact of exercise on affect and neuroinflammation in older adults living with fibromyalgia: a scoping review by Taylor L. Taylor, Fitzgerald Dodds, McKenna Tharpe, Emily L. Zumbro, Michael Hankes, Raymond Jones, Deanna Rumble, Lisa Antoine, Kristen Allen-Watts, Andrew Sims, Reshu Chandra, Burel R. Goodin, Jarred Younger, Thomas W. Buford, Thomas W. Buford

“…Older adults living with FM experience longer pain symptom durations that can negatively impact their quality of life. …”
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A qualitative exploration of the implementation facilitators and challenges of a community health worker program to address health disparities for people recently released from inc... by Quinn O. Hood, Natalia Irvine, Krina Shah, Shahmir H. Ali, Tamar Adjoian Mezzacca, Michael Serrano, Lorna E. Thorpe, Terry T. K. Huang, Maria R. Khan, Nadia Islam

“…We explored barriers and facilitators to implementation of a municipal CHW program, the Health Justice Network (NYC HJN), led by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) in partnership with three reentry-focused community-based organizations (CBOs) and three federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) that was designed to serve the health and social service needs of PWJI. Methods Eighteen in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of CHWs, partner site supervisors, and DOHMH staff. …”
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Community-based health insurance dropout rate and its' associated factors among households in Seyo District, Kellem Wollega Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: community-based cross-sectional... by Segni Mulugeta Tafasa, Yonas Etana, Firezer Belay Keno, Worku Fikadu, Dejene Seyoum

“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess the CBHI dropout rate and its associated factors among households in Seyo District, Kellem Wollega, Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 551 randomly selected households from eight kebeles in the Seyo district. …”
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PROJECT-BASED LEARNING (PjBL) CONTAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs): STUDENTS’ METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS by Indri Andriyatno, Widi Purwianingsih, Rini Solihat, Widya Eko Nurazizah, K.W.A.L. Levhan

“…The purpose of this study is to improve metacognitive awareness through PjBL containing environment change material SDGs. The research method used was a quasi-experiment with a nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design. …”
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Fractures in sub-Saharan Africa: epidemiology, economic impact and ethnography (Fractures-E3): study protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Christopher Grundy, Simon Matthew Graham, Hannah Wilson, Samuel Hawley, Kebba Marenah, Tadios Manyanga, James Masters, Bintou Trawally, Munyardardzi Ndekwere, Prudance Mushayavanhu, Mkhululi Lukhele, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Farhanah Paruk, Kate A. Ward, Matthew Costa, Celia L. Gregson, Rashida A. Ferrand, Sarah Drew, Anya Burton, Landing M. Jarjou, Bilkish Cassim, Nyashadzaishe Mafirakureva, Sian Noble

“…Age- and sex-stratified household sampling will recruit 5030 adults aged 40 years and older; (ii) prospective cohort studies in adults aged 40 years and older will determine hip fracture incidence, associated risk factors, and outcomes over one year (e.g. mortality, disability, health-related quality of life); (iii) economic studies of direct health costs of hip fracture with projection modelling of future national health costs and cost-effectiveness analyses of different hip fracture care pathways; (iv) national surveys of hip fracture services (including traditional bonesetters in The Gambia); and (v) ethnographic studies of hip fracture care provision and experiences will understand fracture service pathways. …”
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Palm-Print Pattern Matching Based on Features Using Rabin-Karp for Person Identification by S. Kanchana, G. Balakrishnan

“…Feature based pattern matching has faced the challenge that the spatial positional variations occur between the training and test samples. To perform effective palm-print features matching, Rabin-Karp Palm-Print Pattern Matching (RPPM) method is proposed in this paper. …”
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Establishment and Implementation of the Point-of-Care RT-RAA-CRISPR/Cas13a Diagnostic Test for Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype O in Pigs by Ping Meng, Bo Ni, Chenyu Li, Zhou Sha, Chunju Liu, Weijie Ren, Rong Wei, Fuxiao Liu, Jinming Li, Zhiliang Wang

“…The repeatability of this method was also observed to be good. This method could produce stable fluorescence and exhibited good repeatability when three independent experiments yielded the same results. …”
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A deep learning model for classification of chondroid tumors on CT images by Felix G. Gassert, Daniel Lang, Nina Hesse, Hans Roland Dürr, Alexander Klein, Luca Kohll, Florian Hinterwimmer, Johanna Luitjens, Stefan Weissinger, Jan C. Peeken, Carolin Mogler, Carolin Knebel, Stefan Bartzsch, Florian T. Gassert, Alexandra S. Gersing

“…A 2D convolutional neural network was developed and tested using split-sample and geographical validation. Four radiologists blinded to patient data and the DLM results with various levels of experience performed readings of the external test dataset for comparison. …”
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Examining the impacts of input factor application, production efficiency, and inefficiency model on maize yield: employing the stochastic frontier model in search of more efficient... by Muslim Salam, Ayu Anisa Amir, A Nixia Tenriawaru, Muhammad Hatta Jamil, Letty Fudjaja, Muhammad An-Nashrullah K Samma, Ahmad Imam Muslim, Hamed Noralla Bakheet Ali, Muhammad Ridwan

“…The study was conducted in Bantaeng Regency, utilizing a sample size of 180 households engaged in maize farming as the primary data collection method. …”
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DIA-TSK: A Dynamic Incremental Adaptive Takagi–Sugeno–Kang Fuzzy Classifier by Hao Chen, Chenhui Sha, Mingqing Jiao, Changbin Shao, Shang Gao, Hualong Yu, Bin Qin

“…Extensive comparative experiments demonstrate that the DIA-TSK approaches significantly outperform existing incremental learning methods across multiple dynamic data sets, exhibiting notable advantages in terms of computational efficiency, classification accuracy and memory management. …”
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Biosample collection in a biobank to solve problems of personalized medicine by O. V. Kopylova, A. I. Ershova, A. N. Meshkov, M. S. Pokrovskaya, I. A. Efimova, A. S. Limonova, A. V. Blokhina, Z. Z. Serebryanskaya, S. A. Smetnev, V. I. Mikhailina, R. P. Myasnikov, A. V. Kiseleva, E. V. Garbuzova, V. A. Metelskaya, A. L. Borisova, O. M. Drapkina

“…To present an approach to collection of biosamples of patients with rare and scientifically interesting clinical situations for solving the problems of personalized medicine, as well as to analyze related 8-year experience.Material and methods. The approach and a collection of biosamples of blood and its derivatives is developed at the National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine within the project "Interesting Cases at the National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine". …”
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Endoscopic surgery affects the gut microbiota and its metabolism in breast cancer patients by Jingtai Li, Fangfang Gao, Runwei Li, Zhilin Chen, Guoping Chen, Pingming Fan, Guankui Du, Guankui Du, Guankui Du

“…Further investigation is necessary to fully understand this impact and its implications.Materials and methodsBetween June and December 2022, fecal samples were collected from 20 patients who underwent endoscopic surgery. …”
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Do men adapt to lower urinary tract symptoms? An 11-year longitudinal study of male urinary urgency and associated bother by Jonne Åkerla, Jori S. Pesonen, Essi Peltonen, Heini Huhtala, Jukka Häkkinen, Juha Koskimäki, Teuvo L.J. Tammela, Anssi Auvinen, Antti Pöyhönen

“…Objective: The study objective is to evaluate prognosis and predictors of bother caused by urinary urgency among middle-aged and older men. Material and methods: A population-based sample of men born in 1974, 1964, 1954, 1944, 1934 and 1924 was followed-up from 2004 to 2015. …”
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Assessment of printed lung cancer surgery patient education materials in the United StatesCentral MessagePerspective by Woorin Jang, BS, Savanna Kerstiens, MA, Rachel Nordgren, PhD, Anne Dijkstra, MB, Marina DePablo, MPH, DNP, RN, Lauren Gleason, MD, MPH, Darren Bryan, MD, Jessica S. Donington, MD, MSCR, Mark K. Ferguson, MD, Jane L. Holl, MD, MPH, Maria Lucia Madariaga, MD

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Longitudinal Analysis of the Deep Brain Stimulation Impairment Scale for Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease by Paula Broetzmann, Carolin Semmler, Hannah Jergas, Gregor A. Brandt, Christina van der Linden, Charlotte Schedlich-Teufer, Franziska Maier, Elke Kalbe, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Michael T. Barbe, Juan Carlos Baldermann

“…The Deep Brain Stimulation Impairment Scale (DBS-IS) was developed to assess these impairments, yet their postoperative development is underexplored. Methods: We retrospectively analysed changes in the DBS-IS Total Score and subscales assessed in patients at baseline, three, six and twelve months post-DBS implantation (n = 33 PwP) using linear mixed models for repeated measurements. …”
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A score prediction model for predicting the heterogeneity symptom trajectories among lung cancer patients during perioperative period: a longitudinal observational study by Yong Yang, Xueqi Tian, Huiling Zhou, Yichao Wang, Yifeng Gu, Ao Qi, Decai Wang, Zhiying Wang, Yabin Gong, Lijing Jiao, Ling Xu

“…Introduction Patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATs) for lung cancer (LC) frequently experience prolonged symptoms that can significantly affect their quality of life (QoL).Patients and methods This study employed a longitudinal observational design. …”
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Comprehensive genomic study of Plasmodium falciparum in Sierra leone: genetic variation and resistance patterns by Xin-jie Zhan, Shen-Bo Chen, Tian-yu Wang, Yi-wen Duan, Hai-Mo Shen, Jun-Hu Chen, Jing-jing Xie

“…Methods We collected P. falciparum samples from Freetown, Sierra Leone, between December 2022 and March 2023. …”
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La necesidad de apoyo psicoemocional a los hombres durante la paternidad. Estudio cualitativo by Ariadna Cirera Autet, Ester Muñoz-Sellés, María Monreal Barba, Judit Tarrés Rovira

“…Two groups were established: participants and non-participants in parenthood preparation activities. Method: One individual interview, two focus groups and written observations in the field diary. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Pyridine, Aniline and Nitrobenzene in Printing and Dyeing Wastewater by Headspace Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Yue WU, Yongzhong LAI, Guoyong LU, Xiaosheng LIN, Shusheng LIANG, Wenshuai XU

“…The process and conditions of headspace are summarized as follows: 10.0mL of sample was placed into a 20mL headspace bottle containing 4.0g Na2CO3, and then 50µL methanol was added; the equilibration time of the headspace sampler was 60 min, and the equilibrium temperature was 80℃.CONCLUSIONSSome measures are conductive to improving the sensitivity of the method, such as addition of methanol and sodium carbonate, and increasing the sample equilibrium temperature, in order to reduce the dissolved concentrations of the targets in the water and improve the precipitation effect of the targets. …”
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