Prevalence of Sarcoptes scabiei Infection in Pet Dogs in Southern China by Yi-Zhou Chen, Guo-Hua Liu, Hui-Qun Song, Rui-Qing Lin, Ya-Biao Weng, Xing-Quan Zhu

“…To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive report of S. scabiei prevalence in pet dogs in China.…”
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Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Parkinson’s Disease by Sheng Zhuang, Fu-Yu Wang, Xin Gu, Jia-Jing Wu, Cheng-Jie Mao, Hao Gui, Jing Chen, Chun-Feng Liu

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Longitudinal association of thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin levels with clinical characteristics in thyroid eye disease by Kyung In Woo, Suk-Woo Yang, Jeong Kyu Lee, Sang In Khwarg, Jin Sook Yoon, Sehyun Baek, Jae Wook Yang, JaeSang Ko, Koung Hoon Kook, Sang Duck Kim, Jun Hyuk Son, Helen Lew, Sung Bok Lee, Jae Woo Jang, Hee Young Choi, Mi Jung Chi

“…In this study, we evaluated the longitudinal association between changes in serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor antibody (TRAb) levels and course of disease activity and severity over time.Design This was a multicentre, prospective, observational study.Setting Fifteen tertiary care oculoplastic service centres in Korea.Participants Seventy-six patients with newly diagnosed TED were included and followed up for 12 months.Methods We evaluated clinical characteristics and serum TRAb levels at baseline, 6 and 12 months of TED diagnosis. Additionally, we analysed longitudinal associations between the serum TRAb levels and clinical activity score (CAS), no signs or symptoms, only signs, soft tissue involvement, proptosis, extraocular muscle involvement, corneal involvement, sight loss (NOSPECS) score and proptosis.Results Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI) and TSH-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin (TBII) levels decreased during the 1-year follow-up, whereas disease activity measured using CAS decreased mainly in the first 6 months. …”
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The Relationship between the Depression and Anxiety Stress Survey Questionnaire, Salivary Cortisol and Heart Rate Variability by Fateme Sangtarash, Haniyeh Choobsaz, Milad Zarrin, Sousan Salari, Ehsan Mokari Manshadi, Ali Akbar Esmaeili, Sayyed Hossein Mozaffari, Boshra Hatef

“…Differences in cortisol levels between baseline and post-trier social stress tests were recorded as changes in cortisol after stress (CCAS). …”
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Feasibility, User Acceptance, and Outcomes of Using a Cancer Prehabilitation App for Exercise: Pilot Cohort Study by Fuquan Zhang, Deepali Bang, Christine Alejandro Visperas, Mon Hnin Tun, San San Tay

“…Lower baseline functional outcome measures and a higher mean frailty score in the unprescribed group have implications for the selection process and patient participation. …”
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Comparison of Healthcare Encounters and Drug Persistence in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Oral Selexipag, Inhaled Iloprost, or Parenteral Treprostinil: A... by Ci Song, Peter Kunovszki, Amélie Beaudet

“…Patients were categorized into index-drug cohorts based on first pharmacy claims for selexipag, inhaled iloprost, or parenteral treprostinil. …”
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Feasibility of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation combined with personalized word retrieval for improving naming in primary progressive aphasia by Allan George, Eric McConathey, Amy Vogel-Eyny, Elizabeth Galletta, Giuseppina Pilloni, Leigh Charvet

“…Language measures were remotely administered at baseline and intervention end.ResultsWe enrolled 10 patients (age: 70 ± 7 years; 60% male) with confirmed logopenic variant (n = 2), semantic variant (n = 2), or unspecified (n = 6) PPA. …”
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Clinical Response Predictive Model for Omalizumab in Moderate-to-Severe Asthma Patients by Ruiqi Qian, Lingyi Yang, Xurui Shen, Cheng Chen, Jianan Huang, Xiuqin Zhang, Cuiping Fu

“…This single-center, prospective study collected patients who meet the diagnostic criteria for moderate-to-severe bronchial asthma set by the National Asthma Prevention and Treatment Group in 2016 in the first hospital affiliated with Soochow University. …”
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Comparison of Toric and Spherical Orthokeratology Lenses in Patients with Astigmatism by Jun Jiang, Lili Lian, Feifu Wang, Ling Zhou, Xuhong Zhang, E. Song

“…In toric group, the corneal astigmatism decreased from 1.85 ± 0.31 D at baseline to 1.45 ± 0.85 D after the first month of wear. …”
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Association Between Patient-Reported Pain and Remission or Low Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from RA-BE-REAL Prospective Observational Study by Peter C. Taylor, Walid Fakhouri, Samuel Ogwu, Ewa Haladyj, Inmaculada de la Torre, Bruno Fautrel, Rieke Alten, Peter Nash, Eugen Feist

“…Pain was measured using the visual analogue scale (VAS) (0–100 mm) and clinically meaningful pain improvement thresholds of ≥ 30%, ≥ 50% and ≥ 70% from baseline to 3, 6, 12 and 24 M. Results At 3 M, the mean change from baseline (CFB) pain VAS of patients in remission/LDA was − 32.6 mm (cohort A), − 27.3 mm (cohort B-TNFi) and − 28.0 mm (cohort B-OMA). …”
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The Effectiveness of Acupuncture on Myofascial Trigger Points Versus Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupoints for Treating Plantar Fasciitis With Low Back Pain: A Study Protocol for... by Huang Z, Liang X, Luo Y, Fang Z, Xu M, Xu Y, Cheng S, Li L

“…The primary outcome measure will be the change from baseline in the worst first-step pain intensity in the morning after treatment. …”
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Effectiveness of the Electromagnetic Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Cellulite by Débora Apª O. Modena, Caroline Nogueira da Silva, Talita C. P. Delinocente, Tatiane Bianca de Araújo, Tania Maria de Carvalho, Clovis Grecco, Renata Gomes Moreira, Gisele Campos, José Ricardo de Souza, Renata Michelini Guidi

“…The evaluations occurred before the first session (baseline), after 6 and 10 sessions, and during a follow-up of 3 months after the last session. …”
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Using monitoring and simulation to analyze the failure characteristics of multizone landslides controlled by faults: a case study by Jinduo Li, Tianhong Yang, Wenxue Deng, Shigui Du, Penghai Zhang, Jia Wang, Dongdong Sun, Yuan Gao

“…Using the 298–710 m bench in the central area of the eastern slope of the Nanfen open-pit mine as a case study, the multidimensional small baseline subset (MSBAS) technique of InSAR was employed to calculate the vertical and horizontal deformation time series in the study area, enabling an analysis of the deformation characteristics of multizone bedding sliding. …”
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Anatomical and physiological features of the right heart affecting the effectiveness of balloon valvuloplasty and increase the risk of repeated interventions in children with valvu... by Yu.L. Kuzmenko, A.A. Dovhaliuk, M.P. Radchenko, O.О. Motrechko

“…The aim – to study and evaluate the anatomical and physiological features of heart defects affecting the effectiveness and necessity of surgical reoperations after balloon valvuloplasty of valvular pulmonary artery stenosis in patients of the first year of life. Materials and methods.The study of the effectiveness of the intervention was carried out on a retrospective analysis of the results of balloon valvuloplasty in 238 children under the age of 1 year with isolated pulmonary artery stenosis. …”
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Cytopenia among CML Patients on Imatinib in Kenya: Types, Grades, and Time Course by Angela McLigeyo, Jamilla Rajab, Mohammed Ezzi, Peter Oyiro, Yatich Bett, Andrew Odhiambo, Matilda Ong’ondi, Sitna Mwanzi, Mercy Gatua, NAOthieno- Abinya

“…Anemia was present at baseline while neutropenia and thrombocytopenia developed within 12 months of imatinib initiation. …”
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Association between Clinical Characteristics and Laboratory Findings with Outcome of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Report from Northeast Iran by Sahar Sobhani, Reihaneh Aryan, Elham Kalantari, Salman Soltani, Nafise Malek, Parisa Pirzadeh, Amir Yarahmadi, Atena Aghaee

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first discovered in December 2019 in China and has rapidly spread worldwide. …”
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Plantar Temperature Response to Walking in Diabetes with and without Acute Charcot: The Charcot Activity Response Test by Bijan Najafi, James S. Wrobel, Gurtej Grewal, Robert A. Menzies, Talal K. Talal, Mahmoud Zirie, David G. Armstrong

“…A thermal image was acquired at baseline after acclimatization and immediately after each walking trial. …”
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Acute Exercise Increases Adiponectin Levels in Abdominally Obese Men by Travis J. Saunders, Andrew Palombella, K. Ashlee McGuire, Peter M. Janiszewski, Jean-Pierre Després, Robert Ross

“…Blood samples were taken before and after the first exercise session and 24–72 hours following the completion of the final exercise session. …”
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Renal anemia and hyporesponsiveness to ESA for preservation of residual kidney function in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis by Takahiro Imaizumi, Takeshi Hasegawa, Takaaki Kosugi, Hiroki Nishiwaki, Masanori Abe, Norio Hanafusa, Hirokazu Honda, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Yasuhiko Ito, Takahiro Kuragano

“…After excluding patients with anuria at baseline from the Total cohort of 2,712, 659 of 1,640 patients developed anuria during a median follow-up of 2.5 (interquartile range: 1.5–4.2) years. …”
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Measurement of Gallbladder Volume with Ultrasonography in Pregnant Women by Sait Kapicioglu, Sevgi Gürbüz, Ahmet Danalioglu, Ömer Sentürk, Mehmet Uslu

“…After administration of a test meal, the postprandial gallbladder volumes decreased during the first few minutes compared with baseline values. …”
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