Interpersonal psychotherapy delivered by nonspecialists for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among Kenyan HIV-positive women affected by gender-based violence: Randomiz... by Susan M Meffert, Thomas C Neylan, Charles E McCulloch, Kelly Blum, Craig R Cohen, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Helen Verdeli, John C Markowitz, James G Kahn, David Bukusi, Harsha Thirumurthy, Grace Rota, Ray Rota, Grace Oketch, Elizabeth Opiyo, Linnet Ongeri

“…IPT+TAU participants had lower odds of MDD-PTSD comorbidity than controls (OR 0.36, 95% CI [0.15 to 0.90], p = 0.03). …”
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Characteristics of positive and negative effects on the quality of life of breast cancer patients by Jin Zhao, De-Shuang Yang, Yi-Qi Liu, Yan-Kun Wu, Chao Chen, Ji-Tao Li, Ren-Gang Wu

“…Patients were excluded from the study if they (1) had severe comorbid conditions causing functional impairment or life-threatening risks or (2) suffered from mental disorders or were unconscious at the time of the study. …”
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Modified Minimally Invasive Reduction and Osteosynthesis System Technique for Fixation of Distal Radius by Atanu Mohanty, Anuraag Mohanty, Jitendra Sarangi, Sibananda Ratha, Rabindra Kumar Nayak

“…Results: Among the 20 participants, 9 (45%) demonstrated good functional outcomes, 9 (45%) had fair outcomes, and 2 (10%) had poor outcomes based on the Green and O’Brien scoring criteria. …”
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FALSE CHORDS IN THE LEFT VENTRICLE FOR DIAGNOSTIC APPROACHES IN CHILD CONNECTIVE TISSUE DYSPLASIAS by V. E. Timokhina, K. R. Mekhdieva, A. M. Cherednichenko, F. A. Blyakhman

“…Case histories of 200 patients analyzed, of those had undergone treatment in the department last 6 months. …”
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Urban sports fields support higher levels of soil butyrate and butyrate‐producing bacteria than urban nature parks by Joel E. Brame, Craig Liddicoat, Catherine A. Abbott, Christian Cando‐Dumancela, Nicole W. Fickling, Jake M. Robinson, Martin F. Breed

“…Soil moisture (r = .50), calcium (r = −.62), iron (ρ = .54), ammonium nitrogen (ρ = .58) and organic carbon (r = .45) had the strongest soil abiotic effects on soil butyrate concentrations and iron (ρ = .56) and calcium (ρ = −.57) had the strongest soil abiotic effects on buk read abundances. …”
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The impact of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis hormone levels on suicide risk in patients with schizophrenia by E. G. Kornetova, S. A. Galkin, O. A. Lobacheva, I. A. Mednova, A. N. Kornetov, N. A. Bokhan

“…Among 120 patients with schizophrenia, 11 patients (9.2%) had elevated serum TSH values (> 4.0 mME/L), 108 (90%) had decreased FT3 levels, (< 4.0 pmol/L), 42 (35%) had decreased FT4 levels (< 10.3 pmol/L). …”
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Microbial dark matter spearheading the biogeochemical cycle in the Solar Lake of Taba, Egypt by Rehab Z. Abdallah, Ali H.A. Elbehery, Amged Ouf, Rania Siam

“…A total of 364 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were recovered, of which 116 (∼30 %) were classified as MDM, comprising 55 % archaeal and 45 % bacterial lineages. Functional annotation revealed that ∼14 % of the MDM MAGs had the genetic potential to fix carbon. …”
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Incidence and associations of unplanned acute care unit readmissions of primary brain tumour patients during rehabilitation: a retrospective study by Matthew Rong Jie Tay, Justin Desheng Seah, Karen Sui Geok Chua

“…Logistic regression analysis was used to determine associations with patients who had an unplanned ACUR. Results: Altogether, the majority of patients had low-grade (World Health Organization Class I and II) tumours (76.9%), whilst 32 (18.5%) patients had glioblastoma multiforme tumours. …”
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Analyzing the Effect of Bandage and Bracing on Stability Indices of Single Leg Stance in Patients with Ankle Sprain by Amin Behdarvandan, Mouhamad Jafar Shaterzadeh Yazdi, Shahin Goharpey, Reza Salehi

“…Ankle complex motor performance was measured using the Biodex Balance System.Results: Results showed that rigid brace had no effects on stability indices but the use of elastic bandage improved motor performance of ankle complex as evidenced by the decrease in overall (P= 0.004) and AP(P=0.010) stability indices.Conclusion: In patients with functional ankle instability external supports used improved ankle sensorymotor functions possibly because of elevated sensory inputs.…”
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Modified Capanna’s Technique (Vascularized Free Fibula Combined with Allograft) as a Single-Stage Procedure in Post-traumatic Long-Segment Defects of the Lower End of the Femur: Ou... by Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju, Hari Venkataramani, Raja Bhaskara Rajasekaran, Devendra Agraharam, Shanmuganathan Raja Sabapathy, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran

“…Bone union time and functional outcome using lower extremity functional score (LEFS) after union were noted. …”
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Total Hip Arthroplasty Using the Conjoined Tendon‐Preserving Posterior Approach: The Modified Posterior Approach with a Minimum of 2‐Year Follow‐Up by Yuto Ozawa, Yusuke Osawa, Taisuke Seki, Yasuhiko Takegami, Hiroki Iida, Hiroto Funahashi, Shiro Imagama

“…Considering complications, the PA group had one case each of dislocation and infection, and the CPP group had two cases of sciatic nerve palsy, but the difference was not significant. …”
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Purification Optimization of Mung Bean Skin Polyphenols by Macroporous Adsorption Resin and Its in Vitro Hypoglycemic Activity by Ziyin WANG, Lujing XU, Kaiyang MA, Yifei LU, Ying LI, Jingxuan FU

“…In summary, purified MBPs had good in vitro hypoglycemic activity and could be developed and utilized as functional ingredients in health foods.…”
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Tailoring polymethylhydrosiloxane as candidate material for vitreous humour substitution: physical properties and in vitro toxicity by Diba G. Auliya, Vira F. Arini, Tiara Nurmadanti, Ulfa Fauziah, Soni Setiadji, Fitrilawati Fitrilawati, Risdiana Risdiana

“…All samples were ~ 100% transparent, had typical functional groups of PMHS, and did not show signs of being irritant (non-toxic). …”
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Differentially expressed transcript isoforms associate with resistance to tuberculin skin test and interferon gamma release assay conversion. by Jason D Simmons, R Max Segnitz, Kimberly A Dill-McFarland, Catherine M Stein, Glenna J Peterson, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, W Henry Boom, Thomas R Hawn

“…These novel DET genes included PDE4A and ZEB2, which each had multiple DETs with higher expression among RSTR subjects, and ACSL4 and GAPDH that each had a single transcript isoform associated with RSTR.…”
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Towards a new perspective: Exploring the variability of conditional risk factors for multimorbidity susceptibility among older adults in India. by Ajay Kumar, Suryakant Yadav

“…The highest susceptibility of multimorbidity with a risk of 0.57 was observed among individuals who had moderate to poor childhood health. Conversely, those adults who had good childhood health, resided in rural areas, underweighted or normal BMI and belonged to the Schedule tribe had the lowest risk of multimorbidity (0.19).…”
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Telemedicine for HIV care: a cross-sectional survey of people living with HIV receiving care at two federally qualified health centers in Los Angeles during a mature phase of the C... by Daisy Walker, Corrina Moucheraud, Derrick Butler, Christian Takayama, Steven Shoptaw, Judith S. Currier, Jay Gladstein, Risa Hoffman

“…Almost all respondents (95%, n = 257) had access to a functioning smartphone and self-rated their technological literacy as high. …”
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Predictors of external branch of superior laryngeal nerve paresis and paralysis in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: by videostroboscopy by Manoj Kumar N., Rajiv S.R., T. M. Nagaraj, Sweta S., Ramya K., Pavitra N.

“…Results Thirty-six cases (70%) had normal findings, whereas 9 patients (18%) had EBSLN paresis and 6 cases (12%) had EBSLN paralysis. …”
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Falls and long-term survival among older adults residing in care homes. by Alicia Padrón-Monedero, Roberto Pastor-Barriuso, Fernando J García López, Pablo Martínez Martín, Javier Damián

“…There was a weak graded relationship between increased fall severity and survival rates for the non-severe fall group (HR = 0.92; 95% CI = 0.58-1.45) and the severe fall group (HR = 1.36; 95% CI = 0.73-2.53) compared with residents who had not suffered any kind of fall. The hazard ratios for severe falls were higher in men, residents with less comorbidity, fewer medications, and those functionally independent.…”
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Nutritional and Nutraceutical Properties of Cocoa Shell–Based Herbal Infusion by Gloria Adjei Mensah, Enoch Aryeetey, Herman Erick Lutterodt

“…Infused F1 formulation, which had 75% cocoa bean shell, 18.75% cinnamon and 6.25% ginger, was the most acceptable. …”
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The First Results of a Full Loading Dose of Brolucizumab in the Treatment of DME by R. N. Amirkulieva, E. N. Khomyakova, I. A. Loskutov

“…Patients with DME, who were treated with brolucizumab and who had not previously received treatment with other drugs, showed an improvement in anatomical and functional parameters, patients, who retained the activity of the disease against the background of the treatment, showed a slight decrease in the activity of the disease.…”
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