Longitudinal impact of preregistration interprofessional education on the attitudes and skills of health professionals during their early careers: a non-randomised trial with 4-yea... by Ben Darlow, Jennifer Roberts, Patrick McHugh, Melanie Brown, Eileen McKinlay, Peter Gallagher, Lesley Gray, Gordon Purdie, Christine Wilson, Sue Pullon, Louise Beckingsale, Kaye Cheetham, Ruth Crawford, Sue Floyd, Janice Handley, Jackie Herkt, Lisa Kuperus, Alison Meldrum, Margot Skinner, Rose Schwass, Julie Weaver, James Windle, Lyndie Foster-Page

“…Mixed-model analysis of covariance, adjusting for baseline characteristics, compared scores between groups at each time point. …”
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Comparison of biodegradable and durable polymer drug-eluting stents in acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis by Tingting Wei, Can Huang, Yifan Zeng, Haoyong Yuan, Zhongshi Wu, Ting Lu, Yalin Liu

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Comparative- and Cost-Effectiveness Research Determining the Optimal Intervention for Advancing Transgender Women With HIV to Full Viral Suppression (Text Me, Alexis!): Protocol fo... by Cathy J Reback, Thomas Blue, Ali Jalali, Raphael Landovitz, Michael J Li, Raymond P Mata, Danielle Ryan, Philip J Jeng, Sean M Murphy

“…ResultsRecruitment began on April 10, 2024, and the first participant was enrolled on April 11, 2024. …”
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Modelling the air quality impacts of a zero emission zone scenario in the city of Milan by Andrea Piccoli, Valentina Agresti, Marco Bedogni, Giovanni Lonati, Guido Pirovano

“…In this specific case study, the modelling chain is applied to the metropolitan city of Milan for the reference year 2017 first, and then for two hypothetical mobility scenarios referred to 2030: the temporal evolution of baseline simulation as planned by the NEC (National Emission reduction Commitments) directive and by local emission containment measures (BAS30) and the BAS30 scenario with the implementation of the mobility policy (ZEZ30). …”
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Comparative cardiometabolic safety and effectiveness of aripiprazole in people with severe mental illness: A target trial emulation. by Alvin Richards-Belle, Alvin Richards-Belle, Naomi Launders, Sarah Hardoon, Al Richards, Kenneth K C Man, Neil M Davies, Elvira Bramon, Joseph F Hayes, David P J Osborn

“…Analyses adjusted for baseline confounders, including sociodemographics, diagnoses, concomitant medications, and cardiometabolic parameters. …”
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The role of health literacy in intervention studies targeting children living with overweight or obesity and their parents—a systematic mixed methods review by Heidi Holmen, Heidi Holmen, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Christine Tørris, Astrid Torbjørnsen, Kari Almendingen, Kirsti Riiser, Kirsti Riiser

“…Health literacy was assessed at baseline in two studies and measured as an outcome over time in one study. …”
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A randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of teprotumumab for active thyroid eye disease in Japanese patientsResearch in context by Yuji Hiromatsu, Eri Ishikawa, Ai Kozaki, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Mika Tanabe, Ken Hayashi, Yukihiro Imagawa, Kazutoyo Kaneda, Masashi Mimura, Xiaoxian Dai, Tomoko Hayashida, Takashi Akamizu

“…Primary endpoint was proptosis responder rate (percentage of patients with ≥2-mm proptosis reduction from baseline) at week 24 in the intent-to-treat population. …”
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Sacubitril/valsartan in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with end‐stage of renal disease by Seonhwa Lee, Jaewon Oh, Hyoeun Kim, Jaehyung Ha, Kyeong‐hyeon Chun, Chan Joo Lee, Sungha Park, Sang‐Hak Lee, Seok‐Min Kang

“…The mean dose of SV was 90 ± 43 mg/day at baseline and 123 ± 62 mg/day at last follow‐up (follow‐up duration: median 132 days). …”
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Smart phone-based transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation as adjunctive therapy for hypertension (STAT-H trial): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Yu Wang, Xiao Wang, Ying Lin, Chao-Qun Yan, Guang-Xia Shi, Cun-Zhi Liu, Jing-Wen Yang, Jian-Feng Tu, Shi-Yan Yan, Xin-Tong Su, Li-Qiong Wang, Si-Bo Kang, Bao-Hong Mi, He-Wen Li, Xue-Zhou Wang

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Sedentary Behavior and Its Association With Psychological Well-Being and Sleep Quality in Adolescents: Evidence from a Propensity Score Analysis by Zhang L, Zhao S, Zhao S, Zheng H, Ke Y, Yang W, Lei M

“…Following propensity scores matching, no significant differences in baseline characteristics were found between the two groups (All P> 0.282), indicating a successful matching process. …”
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A Simple Nomogram to Predict Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Undergoing Coronary Angiography by Li Lei, Yibo He, Zhaodong Guo, Bowen Liu, Jin Liu, Zhiqiang Nie, Guanzhong Chen, Liwei Liu, Mengfei Lin, Wenhe Yan, Shiqun Chen, Chen Jiyan, Yong Liu

“…The endpoint was CI-AKI defined as serum creatinine elevation of ≥0.3 mg/dL or 50% from baseline within the first 48–72 hours following the procedure. …”
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Phantom motor execution as a treatment for phantom limb pain: protocol of an international, double-blind, randomised controlled clinical trial by Brian E McGuire, Lina Bunketorp-Käll, Eva Lendaro, Liselotte Hermansson, Helena Burger, Corry K Van der Sluis, Monika Pilch, Katarzyna Kulbacka-Ortiz, Ingrid Rignér, Anita Stockselius, Lena Gudmundson, Cathrine Widehammar, Wendy Hill, Sybille Geers, Max Ortiz-Catalan

“…Changes in PLP measured using the Pain Rating Index between the first and last session are the primary measure of efficacy. …”
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Immune responses in rodent whole eye transplantation: elucidation and preliminary investigations into rejection diagnosis and monitoring by Bing Li, Yong Wang, Charles R. Owens, Touka Banaee, Charleen T. Chu, Kayvon Jabbari, Anna D. Lee, Neil J. Khatter, Alan G. Palestine, An-Jey A. Su, Christene A. Huang, Kia M. Washington

“…Additionally, these findings establish an essential baseline for future research in this evolving field.…”
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Infection‐Related Hospitalization and Incident Heart Failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study by Rebecca L. Molinsky, Amil Shah, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Bing Yu, Jeffrey R. Misialek, Bruno Bohn, David Vock, Richard MacLehose, Barry A. Borlaug, Paolo C. Colombo, Chiadi E. Ndumele, Junichi Ishigami, Kunihiro Matsushita, Pamela L. Lutsey, Ryan T. Demmer

“…Median follow‐up time was 27 years, 55% were women, 26% were Black, mean age at baseline was 54±6 years, 46% had an IRH, and 3565 had incident HF. …”
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How Antiretroviral Drug Concentrations Could Be Affected by Oxidative Stress, Physical Capacities and Genetics: A Focus on Dolutegravir Treated Male PLWH by Jessica Cusato, Anna Mulasso, Micol Ferrara, Alessandra Manca, Guido Accardo, Alice Palermiti, Miriam Antonucci, Gianluca Bianco, Francesco Chiara, Jacopo Mula, Maria Cristina Tettoni, Simone Cuomo, Giulia Trevisan, Stefano Bonora, Giovanni Di Perri, Corrado Lupo, Alberto Rainoldi, Antonio D’Avolio

“…Thirty PLWH were recruited and analyzed at baseline (triple therapy), and 6 months after (dual therapy). …”
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A lightweight wheat ear counting model in UAV images based on improved YOLOv8 by Ruofan Li, Xiaohua Sun, Kun Yang, Zhenxue He, Zhenxue He, Xinxin Wang, Xinxin Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Bin Wang, Fushun Wang, Fushun Wang, Hongquan Liu, Hongquan Liu

“…Experimental results demonstrate that the improved PSDS-YOLOv8 model achieves Mean Average Precision(mAP) 50 and mAP50:95 scores of 96.5% and 55.2%, which increases by 2.8% and 4.4%, while the number of parameters is reduced by 40.6% in comparison with the baseline YOLOv8 model. Compared to YOLOv5, YOLOv7, YOLOv9, YOLOv10, YOLOv11, Faster RCNN, SSD, and RetinaNet, the improved model demonstrates superior accuracy and fewer parameters, exhibiting the best overall performance. …”
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Integrating Videoconferencing Therapist Guidance Into Stepped Care Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child and Adolescent Anxiety: Noninferiority Randomized Contr... by Sonja March, Susan H Spence, Larry Myers, Martelle Ford, Genevieve Smith, Caroline L Donovan

“…All ICBT-SC[VC] participants completed the first 5 sessions online without therapist guidance. …”
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RETRACTED: Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Patients With Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Implantation—Implications for Physiotherapists by Peng-Ming Yu, Peng-Ming Yu, Yu-Qiang Wang, Ze-Ruxing Luo, Raymond C. C. Tsang, Oystein Tronstad, Oystein Tronstad, Jun Shi, Ying-Qiang Guo, Alice Y. M. Jones

“…Pre-operative pulmonary risk assessment score, diabetes mellitus, a low baseline MIP and 6MWD were associated with a high incidence of PPCs. …”
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Artificial intelligence-assisted clinical decision support for childhood asthma management: A randomized clinical trial. by Hee Yun Seol, Pragya Shrestha, Joy Fladager Muth, Chung-Il Wi, Sunghwan Sohn, Euijung Ryu, Miguel Park, Kathy Ihrke, Sungrim Moon, Katherine King, Philip Wheeler, Bijan Borah, James Moriarty, Jordan Rosedahl, Hongfang Liu, Deborah B McWilliams, Young J Juhn

“…While the proportion of children with AE in both groups decreased from the baseline (P = 0.042), there was no difference in AE frequency between the two groups (12% for the intervention group vs. 15% for the control group, Odds Ratio: 0.82; 95%CI 0.374-1.96; P = 0.626) during the study period. …”
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Multi-spatial urban function modeling: A multi-modal deep network approach for transfer and multi-task learning by Zhaoya Gong, Chenglong Wang, Bin Liu, Binbo Li, Wei Tu, Yuting Chen, Zhicheng Deng, Pengjun Zhao

“…We further validate the superior generalizability of our approach across various urban tasks, such as predicting urban land-use, housing prices, and population density, over other baselines. Enabling such a doubly-informed framework of urban theory and AI, this study provides a pilot demonstration for the new scientific paradigm of AI for Urban Science and Modeling.…”
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