Understanding Types of Stigma Experienced in Black Women Living With HIV in Baltimore, Maryland: A Mixed Methods Study by Tanya Mikhael, Kyra Jennifer Waligora Mendez, Chun‐An Sun, Joy Chepkorir, Hae‐Ra Han

“…Methods Quantitative data were collected in the baseline survey, and qualitative data were gathered during 6‐month follow‐up focus group and individual interviews. …”
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Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infection following Corticosteroid Therapy in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Exacerbation by Aliyeh Bazi, Seyed Mohammad Baghbanian, Monireh Ghazaeian, Sahar Fallah, Narjes Hendoiee

“…The first treatment for multiple sclerosis exacerbation is usually short-term intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP), with or without a regimen of oral prednisone taper (OPT). …”
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Evaluation of Peripapillary Nerve Fiber Layer after Dexamethasone Implantation (Ozurdex) in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusions by Muhammed Nurullah Bulut, Yusuf Özertürk, Ümit Çallı, Güzide Akçay, Ulviye Kıvrak, Kezban Bulut

“…The BCVAs were significantly increased and CMTs were significantly decreased at month 3 and month 6 visits compared to baseline values. The mean IOP was significantly increased from baseline at day 1, week 1, and month 1 visits (p1=0.008, p2=0.018, and p3=0.022, resp.). …”
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A Propensity-Score Matching Comparison between 27-Gauge and 25-Gauge Vitrectomy Systems for the Repair of Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment by Daniele Veritti, Valentina Sarao, Paolo Lanzetta

“…All eyes completed a six-month follow-up. Baseline demographic and preoperative ocular characteristics showed no statistically significant difference between the two cohorts. …”
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Environmental influences on chorusing patterns in an Australian tropical savanna frog community by Sheryn Brodie, Slade Allen‐Ankins, Lin Schwarzkopf

“…Fine‐grained nightly data on patterns of chorusing and the relationship with environmental conditions allow us to understand the detectability of the presence, or absence, of the frog species in these habitats, and provide baseline data for monitoring and management programs.…”
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Effects of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors on Urine Albumin to Creatinine Ratio in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients and Medication Care by Dong-Dong Wang, Cun Zhang, Yang Yang, Su-Mei He, Ping Zhu, Xiao Chen

“…The change rates of UACR from baseline were intended to be evaluation indicators. …”
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[F]Fluoroethyltyrosine–Positron Emission Tomography-Based Therapy Monitoring after Stereotactic Iodine-125 Brachytherapy in Patients with Recurrent High-Grade Glioma by Nathalie L. Jansen, Bogdana Suchorska, Silke B. Schwarz, Sabina Eigenbrod, Juergen Lutz, Vera Graute, Peter Bartenstein, Claus Belka, Friedrich W. Kreth, Christian la Fougère

“…Increasing uptake kinetics at baseline ( p < .05) and during follow-up ( p < .01) were stringently associated with a longer LPFS. …”
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FTACMT study protocol: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of faecal microbiota transplantation for autism spectrum disorder by Li Ling, Wei Wei, Li Lin, Li Ke, Ye Chen, Li Ning, Wang Yu, Zhang Xin, Yang Rong, Zhang Xueying, Cui Jiaqu, Chen Qiyi, Qin Huanlong, Du Yasong, Zhao Xiaoxin, Lu Jubao, Lv Xiaoqiong, Ma Chunlian, Chen Shidong, Kuang Guifang, Zhao Dongmei, Fang Shuanfeng, Zhang Xujing, Yang Binrang, Wang Yanxia, Yuan Song, Zhou Xiang, Zhang Beihua, Jiang Lin, Ji Hong, Yan Yinmei, Yan Peihua, Huang Linsheng, Zhang Shaoyi, Ma Chenhuan, Miao Yun, Ling Wenqi, Geng Bojing, Feng Xueying, Li Huilin, Liu Liyan, Wu Weijia, Li Dexin, Jiang Qianru

“…Outcomes will be evaluated at baseline, throughout the period of intervention, and at subsequent follow-ups for 2 months. …”
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Identifying the Predictors of Short Term Weight Loss Failure after Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass by Effat Bahadori, Ali Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Leila Sadat Bahrami, Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Ali Jangjoo, Mohsen Nematy, Afshin Roghani, Reza Rezvani

“…There was no significant gender difference in mean weight and BMI loss percentage at six months post-RYGB (p>0.05). Baseline skeletal muscle mass (SMM), excess BMI loss (EBMIL) at first month after surgery, and baseline neck circumference (NC) could predict EWL six months after surgery. …”
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IAPCP: An Effective Cross-Project Defect Prediction Model via Intra-Domain Alignment and Programming-Based Distribution Adaptation by Nana Zhang, Kun Zhu, Dandan Zhu

“…Extensive experiments on a total of 82 cross-project pairs from 16 software projects demonstrate that IAPCP can achieve competitive CPDP effectiveness and efficiency compared with multiple state-of-the-art baseline models.…”
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An Investigation of the Association between Transversus Abdominis Myofascial Structure and Activation with Age in Healthy Adults using Ultrasound Imaging by Nathaly Gaudreault, Justine Benoît-Piau, Jan Paul van Wingerden, Carla Stecco, Frédérique Daigle, Guillaume Léonard

“…Assessment of these metrics can provide valuable baseline information for physical therapists involved in rehabilitation and strengthening programs targeting older individuals…”
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Classification and Regression Trees analysis identifies patients at high risk for kidney function decline following hospitalization. by Weihao Wang, Wei Zhu, Janos Hajagos, Laura Fochtmann, Farrukh M Koraishy

“…Among patients hospitalized during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it remains unclear which individuals are at the greatest risk of eGFR decline after discharge. …”
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Self-adaptive fuzzing optimization method based on distribution divergence by XU Hang, JI Jiangan, MA Zheyu, ZHANG Chao

“…The experimental results show that on the benchmark FuzzBench, the code coverage speed and overall coverage achieved by the prototype are significantly better than those of the baseline fuzzer AFL++ and HavocMAB, and better results are achieved on most benchmarks compared to CmpLog. …”
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Person-to-person bacterial transmission can change the sleep pattern in newly married couples by R. Rastmanesh, F. Marotta

“…Gut microbiota composition was analyzed at two-time points: baseline and 3 months later. Results: Three months after the marriage, spouses with healthy sleep patterns were significantly more likely to resemble their insomniac or hypersomniac couples. …”
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Changing Treatment and Metastatic Disease Patterns in Patients with EGFR Mutated NSCLC: An Academic Thoracic Medical Investigator’s Consortium Registry Analysis by Margaret Stalker, MD, Connor B. Grady, MPH, Alex Watts, MS, Wei-Ting Hwang, PhD, Krishna Chandrasekhara, MS, Fangdi Sun, MD, Geoffrey Liu, MD, Devalben Patel, MD, Jorge Nieva, MD, Amanda Herrmann, MD, Kristen Marrone, MD, Vincent K. Lam, MD, Vamsidhar Velcheti, MD, Stephen V. Liu, MD, Gabriela Liliana Bravo Montenegro, MD, William Tompkins, MD, Tejas Patil, MD, Jared Weiss, MD, Kelsey Leigh Miller, MD, William Schwartzman, MD, Jonathan E. Dowell, MD, Khvaramze Shaverdashvili, MD, PhD, Liza Villaruz, MD, Amanda Cass, PharmD, Wade Iams, MD, Dara Aisner, MD, PhD, Charu Aggarwal, MD, MD, D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, Lova Sun, MD, Melina E. Marmarelis, MD

“…Introduction: Osimertinib is now a standard first-line (1L) therapy for EGFR-mutated (EGFRm) advanced NSCLC. …”
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EFFICACY OF THIONONTRITE-S FOR PREVENTION OF METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE IN CATTLE by Ye. V. Tyapkina, M. P. Semenenko, Ye. V.  Kuzminova, A. A.  Abramov

“…The use of thiononitrite-S promoted an increase in the protein-synthesizing function of the liver; in particular, an increase in the level of total protein was 8.8% against the baseline indicators in the experimental group. The increase in glucose level with respect to baseline indicators in the experimental group was 26.6%, in the control group this parameter decreased by 6.7%. …”
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Isotopic Data on Diet and Mobility from Pictish and Viking Age Orkney by Alexandra Johnson, Christophe Snoeck, Rick Schulting, Philippe Claeys, Nadine Mattielli, Gail Drinkall

“…In addition to the human remains, 29 plant samples were collected to supplement the geological baseline for strontium isotopes. This study provides new results as evidence of increased δ13C and δ15N at the end of the first millennium, with dietary differences between ‘local’ and ‘non-local’ individuals.…”
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Ellipsoid Zone Integrity and Visual Acuity Changes during Diabetic Macular Edema Therapy: A Longitudinal Study by Lucy J. Kessler, Gerd U. Auffarth, Dmitrii Bagautdinov, Ramin Khoramnia

“…EZ reflectivity improved the most in the first year of treatment (0.68 to 0.75; p<0.05) and declined gradually until year 5 of therapy (0.71; compared to baseline p>0.05). …”
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Basic self-disorders may play a role in the development of depression in schizophrenia: a seven-year follow-up study by Elisabeth Haug, Merete Glenne Øie, Merete Glenne Øie, Ingrid Hartveit Svendsen, Ingrid Hartveit Svendsen, Paul Møller, Barnaby Nelson, Barnaby Nelson, Ingrid Melle, Ingrid Melle

“…This study aimed to explore the relationship between self-disorders at baseline and the development of depression over the follow-up periodMethodsSelf-disorders were examined with the Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience (EASE) instrument in 31 patients with schizophrenia during their first treatment. …”
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New horizons for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treatment through PosturalSpine^® D’Amanti Method by Francesca Campoli, Maria Chiara Parisi, Antonino Zoffoli, Donatella Di Corrado, Vincenzo Francavilla, Elvira Padua, Giuseppe Messina

“…The two groups are similar in the anthropometric characteristics, in baseline Risser index and in the Cobb angles average and no statistically significant differences were found between the two groups. …”
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