The Usability and Effect of a Novel Intelligent Rehabilitation Exergame System on Quality of Life in Frail Older Adults: Prospective Cohort Study by Chien-Hsiang Chang, Chun-Chun Wei, Wei-Chih Lien, Tai-Hua Yang, Bo Liu, Yimo Lin, Poh Thong Tan, Yang-Cheng Lin

“…The System Usability Scale (SUS) and Taiwanese version of the EuroQol-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) were administered after completing the first (week 1, baseline) and last training (week 4, one-month follow-up) to evaluate the usability of the IRES and its effects on the quality of life of participants. …”
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The effect of telenursing follow-up on blood glycosylated hemoglobin and quality of life in the elderly with diabetes type 2 by Elahe Asadi, Fariba Borhani, Abbas Abbaszadeh

“…The nursing follow-up test group intervention lasted for 12 weeks. In the first month, participants were contacted twice a week, and in the second and third months, they were contacted once a week by phone. …”
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Impact of triglyceride-glucose index on risk of cardiovascular disease among non-diabetic hypertension patients: a 10-year prospective cohort study by Xin Chen, Jinyou Yang, Dan Wang, Jiali Liu, Hang Jin, Yongqing Zhang, Quanyong Xiang

“…The TyG index was calculated as ln [fasting triglyceride (TG) (mg/dl) × fasting plasma glucose (FPG) (mg/dl)/2] and variation degree was calculated as the TyG index at first year follow-up (2011) minus that at baseline (2010). …”
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Study of Postprandial Lipaemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Exenatide versus Liraglutide by Maria Voukali, Irene Kastrinelli, Sapfo Stragalinou, Dimitra Tasiopoulou, Pinelopi Paraskevopoulou, Nicholas Katsilambros, Alexandros Kokkinos, Nicholas Tentolouris, Ioannis Ioannidis

“…Exenatide and liraglutide both appear to be equally effective in lowering postprandial lipaemia after the first administration and after a two-week treatment. …”
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Investigating the causal pathways among psychopathological variables, cognitive impairment, and real-life functioning in people with schizophrenia by Luigi Giuliani, Francesco Sanmarchi, Armida Mucci, Paola Rucci, Edoardo Caporusso, Paola Bucci, Giulia M. Giordano, Mario Amore, Paola Rocca, Alessandro Rossi, Alessandro Bertolino, Silvana Galderisi, Mario Maj

“…Two PAGs were generated at baseline and after 4 years of follow-up to model the nature of the causal relationships linking psychopathology, cognition, and functioning. …”
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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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AKRASIJA IR SUBJEKTAS EGONOMIKOJE by Zenonas Norkus

“…Two main versions of this discourse are distinguished. In the first version (e.g. Buddha), "monolithic self" is fragmented into the successive selves; in the second one (e.g. …”
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AKRASIJA IR SUBJEKTAS EGONOMIKOJE by Zenonas Norkus

“…Two main versions of this discourse are distinguished. In the first version (e.g. Buddha), "monolithic self" is fragmented into the successive selves; in the second one (e.g. …”
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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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TransDeep: Transformer-Integrated DeepLabV3+ for Image Semantic Segmentation by Tengfei Chai, Zhiguo Xiao, Xiangfeng Shen, Qian Liu, NianFeng Li, Tong Guan, Jia Tian

“…In the encoder, two different backbones, Xception and MobileNetV2, are first used for feature extraction, and a better backbone network is selected. …”
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Flash flood simulation based on distributed hydrological model in future scenarios by Qi Liu, Nan Zhang, Lingling Wang, Kunxia Yu, Jiayi Wu, Jingqi Wang, Meihong Ma, Meihong Ma

“…Compared to the baseline period, the annual precipitation increases under all three scenarios. …”
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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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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 Characteristics of Early-Onset and Late-Onset Multiple Sclerosis in Patients from Lithuania by Emilija Šlajūtė, Naglis Vičkačka, Tautvydas Klėgėris, Ingrida Ulozienė, Renata Balnytė

“…Only LOMS patients had an increase in Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score (MSSS) at the last follow-up compared to the baseline (<i>p</i> = 0.028), and MSSS was higher than in EOMS patients both at the baseline (<i>p</i> = 0.004) and the last follow-up (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Evolution of Functional and Paraclinical Markers as Predictive Factors in Pediatric Late-Onset SMA Under Nusinersen Treatment: The Role of CSF pNF-H by Mihaela Badina, Gabriel Cristian Bejan, Corina Sporea, Andrada Mirea

“…In SMA types 2 and 3, higher baseline CSF pNF-H levels correlated with improved performance over time. …”
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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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