Evaluation of the Results of Patients Who Were Treated with Laparoscopic Simple Tunnel Hysterosacropexy Method to Prevent Uterine Prolapse: A New Approach by Erdal Seker, Evindar Elci

“…There were not any complications during the intraoperative period and postoperative follow-ups. During the first six-month follow-up, there were not any recurrence of prolapse. …”
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Factors Affecting Visual Prognosis of Myopic Foveoschisis after Macular Buckling by Xiujuan Zhao, Yanbing Wang, Yuqing Chen, Silvia Tanumiharjo, Yijin Wu, Ping Lian, Shida Chen, Xia Huang, Bingqian Liu, Lin Lu

“…Anatomical success was achieved in 151/155 eyes (97.42%) after the first surgery and in 155/155 eyes (100%) at the 2-year follow-up visit. …”
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DVGEDR: a drug repositioning method based on dual-view fusion and graph enhancement mechanism in heterogeneous networks by Dongjiang Niu, Lianwei Zhang, Beiyi Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Shanyang Ding, Hai Wei, Zhen Li

“…Performance comparisons with baseline models on three public datasets validate the state-of-the-art performance of DVGEDR in the field of drug repositioning. …”
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Estimating the Effect of Adhering to the Recommendations of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide on Health Outcomes in Older Adults: Protocol for a Target Trial Emulation by Didier Brassard, Nancy Presse, Stéphanie Chevalier

“…We will attempt to emulate the randomization of treatment by adjusting for baseline covariates and prebaseline dietary habits. …”
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BERT-Residual Quantum Language Model Inspired by ODE Multi-Step Method by Shaohui Liang, Yingkui Wang, Shuxin Chen

“…Experiments show that in text classification benchmarks, our proposed method generally surpasses baseline models.…”
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Enhancing foster care relationships through attachment-based intervention: the safe families study protocol, a randomized controlled trial of the circle of security parenting progr... by Mathieu Pereira, Lauriane Sedes, Emilie Gadéa, Rebecca Shankland

“…Discussion This study is the first to evaluate the COS-P program for foster carers in France. …”
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Impact of a Novel Insulin Management Service on Non-insulin Pharmaceutical Expenses by John E. Schneider, Anjani Parikh, Ivana Stojanovic

“…A prospective cost analysis was conducted using data from enrolled patients who completed the first 90 days of follow up. **Results:** Of the 192 patients who completed the 90-day study period, 54 (28.13%) were prescribed one or more expensive medications at baseline, but 45 (83.33%) of those patients were eligible for medication discontinuation after 90 days. …”
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Screening for coronary artery disease among cancer survivors: rationale and design of the REDEEM-CAD study by Cheng Hwee Soh, Joel Smith, Shristy Shrestha, Mark Nolan, Joshua Wong, Nitesh Nerlekar, Thomas H. Marwick

“…Secondary endpoint includes the absolute change in total coronary plaque volume over 24 months among those imaged at baseline and follow-up. Summary The REDEEM-CAD study will be the first study to systematically evaluate risk of CAD in cancer survivors, and subsequent responsiveness to coronary risk reduction. …”
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A Comprehensive Comparison of Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with COVID-19 during Wave 1 versus Wave 2 at a Tertiary Care Center, India by Sanjiv Jasuja, Gaurav Sagar, Anupam Bahl, Neharita Jasuja, Rajesh Chawla, Avdhesh Bansal, Manjit. S. Kanwar, Sudha Kansal, Nikhil Modi, Athar P. Ansari, Viny Kantroo, Purnima Dhar, Chitra Chatterjee, Nitin Ghonge, Samir Tawakley, Shalini Verma

“…Data comparing the clinical spectrum of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) during the first and second waves of the pandemic in India is limited. …”
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The Effects of Noxious Electrical Stimulation and Eccentric Exercise on Mechanical and Thermal Pain Sensitivity in Recreational Runners with Achilles Tendinopathy by Scott K. Stackhouse, Brian J. Eckenrode, Kathleen C. Madara

“…There were significant improvements from baseline to one month follow-up for heat temporal summation (p = 0.001) and heat pain threshold ( p < 0.001)…”
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Association of Psoriasis Severity with Serum Prolactin, Thyroid Hormones, and Cortisol before and after Treatment by Reza M. Robati, Parviz Toossi, Mohammad Rahmati-Roodsari, Sara Khalilazar, Ehsan Abolhasani, Nastaran Namazi, Shima Younespour

“…At this time, the hormones were measured again and compared to the baseline. Results. No statistical significant difference was observed in the mean PRL, T3, T4, TSH, and cortisol levels between cases and controls. …”
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Clinical Feature of Men Who Benefit from Dose Escalation of Naftopidil for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Prospective Study by Takaki Mizusawa, Noboru Hara, Kenji Obara, Etsuko Isahaya, Yuki Nakagawa, Kota Takahashi

“…In the 50 mg group, both scores reduced at 4 weeks, thereafter unchanged. The baseline slow stream score alone was higher in the 75 mg group (𝑃=.013). …”
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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on treatment-seeking college students by Natalie R. Pottschmidt, Rebecca A. Janis, Brett E. Scofield, Alaina L. Cummins, Dever M. Carney, Katherine A. Davis, J. Ryan Kilcullen, Hongjun (Michael) Tan, Louis G. Castonguay, Benjamin D. Locke

“…The current research presents two studies examining impacts of COVID-19 in a large clinical sample of treatment-seeking college students, using data collected through the Center for Collegiate Mental Health. First, examining baseline psychological symptom distress in a pre-COVID and a COVID cohort, few differences were seen between the two groups. …”
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MRI Correlates of Parkinson’s Disease Progression: A Voxel Based Morphometry Study by Valentina Fioravanti, Francesca Benuzzi, Luca Codeluppi, Sara Contardi, Francesco Cavallieri, Paolo Nichelli, Franco Valzania

“…PD is associated with brain morphological changes in cortical and subcortical structures. The first regions to be affected in PD seem to be the parietal cortex and the putamen. …”
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Associations between choroidal thickness and rate of axial elongation in orthokeratology lens users by Riping Zhang, Suoqing Zhuang, Youming Zhou, Man Pan Chin, Lixia Sun, Vishal Jhanji, Mingzhi Zhang

“…The first interval (baseline to 3 months) saw the most notable alteration (p < 0.0001). …”
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Effectiveness and safety of the XEN45 gel stent compared to trabeculectomy in primary open-angle glaucoma: the Gold-Standard Pathway Study by Kaweh Mansouri, Xuemin Gu, Ingeborg Stalmans, Herbert A Reitsamer, Iqbal K Ahmed, Vanessa Vera, Antonio Maria Fea, Earl Randy Craven

“…Visual recovery was faster/better (per the mean and time to first return to baseline best corrected visual acuity) and SHPC-18-related improvements were greater post-gel stent than post-trabeculectomy.Conclusion Similar proportions of eyes with POAG achieved the primary endpoint post-gel stent and post-trabeculectomy. …”
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The Prognostic Value of Peripheral Blood Inflammatory Markers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Lenvatinib Combined with PD-1 Inhibitors by Xin Y, Liu N, Peng G, Huang X, Cao X, Zhou X

“…Yujing Xin,1 Ning Liu,2 Gang Peng,3 Xiaoyu Huang,3 Xiaojing Cao,3 Xiang Zhou3 1Department of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Software, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250101, People’s Republic of China; 3National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xiang Zhou, Email zhou.xiang@yeah.netPurpose: To investigate the prognostic value of inflammatory indexes based on peripheral blood cells in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients treated with Lenvatinib combined with PD-1 inhibitors.Methods: This study retrospectively collected baseline inflammatory indexes from HCC patients received Lenvatinib and PD-1 inhibitor-based combination therapy at the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences between October 2018 and October 2021. …”
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Real-World Assessment of Weight Change in People with HIV-1 After Initiating Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors or Protease Inhibitors by Yen-Wen Chen, Helene Hardy, Christopher D. Pericone, Wing Chow

“…Adult PLWH who initiated INSTI- or PI-based regimens between March 1, 2016 and June 30, 2018 (index date was the first INSTI or PI prescription in this period) with ≥12-month baseline and follow-up periods, ≥1 weight measure during each period, and no prior antiretroviral use were included. …”
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Burden of Illness in Prostate Cancer Patients with a Low-to-Moderate Risk of Progression: A One-Year, Pan-European Observational Study by Cesare Selli, Anders Bjartell, Javier Burgos, Matthew Somerville, Juan-Manuel Palacios, Laure Benjamin, Libby Black, Ramiro Castro

“…Questionnaires were completed at baseline, at 3 months and 12 months after starting treatment. …”
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Occlusion and Temporomandibular Function among Subjects with Mandibular Distal Extension Removable Partial Dentures by N. H. J. Creugers, D. J. Witter, A. Van 't Spijker, A. E. Gerritsen, C. M. Kreulen

“…Data were collected at baseline and at 3-, 6-, and 9-year observations. Results. …”
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