Structural equation modeling of symptom clusters and health-related quality of life among patients with advanced colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy in Bangkok, Thailand by Savitree Suratako, Yaowarat Matchim, Mary Quinn Griffin

“…Palliative care outcomes had a significant negative influence on HRQoL. Moreover, social support had direct positive and indirect negative influences on HRQoL. …”
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Mental state of medical students three years into the war by V. V. Ogorenko, A. V. Shornikov, V. O. Kokashynskyi, O. A. Makoviichuk, O. E. Kachan

“…At the same time, 18.3 % of students exhibited pronounced functional impairment (≥8 points). Depressive symptoms of any severity were present in 76.9 % of respondents; 39.4 % had clinically significant depression, and 19.2 % had severe depression. …”
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Knowledge graph and bibliometric analysis of inflammatory indicators in ovarian cancer by Liyan Zhang, Linlin Guo, Haiyan Wang, Huan Yang, Jiarui Dong

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Anabolic Steroid Use for Weight and Strength Gain in Critically Ill Patients: A Case Series and Review of the Literature by Matthew Anstey, Shilpa Desai, Luke Torre, Bradley Wibrow, Jason Seet, Emma Osnain

“…All patients were already receiving appropriate nutritional support and physiotherapy. All patients had functional improvements in their muscle strength. …”
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Experience in obtaining and cryopreserving semen of Mid-Caucasian Tur, Capra Caucasica Güldenstaedt et Pallas, 1783 by Marina I. Selionova, Ali-Magomet M. Aybazov, Evgeniya S. Latynina

“…The study was primarily aimed at determining the possibility of preserving the quality parameters and functional value of the semen of Caucasian tur, Capra caucasica after cryopreservation. …”
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Effectiveness of barber-facilitated "Doing What Matters in Times of Stress" intervention among urban literate youths in Western Kenya: A cluster randomised trial. by Protus Musotsi Yabunga, Phiona Naserian Koyiet, Harriet Musimbi, Ken Simiyu, Elijah Chemorei, Peter Koskei, Stella Evangelidou, Mary Nangukhula

“…Using mental health-themed music as an entry point, barbers recruited youth aged 18-29 years, fluent in English, and had mild or moderate psychological distress and functioning difficulties. …”
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Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in twin‐to‐twin transfusion syndrome undergoing laser surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Hiba J. Mustafa, Muhammad Jawwad, Ayesha Iqbal Mansoor, Giorgio Pagani, Francesco D'Antonio, Asma Khalil

“…In all, 134/197 (68%) had functional pulmonary stenosis and 62/197 (32%) had functional pulmonary atresia. …”
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Laparoscopic intervention for late-onset perforating peritonitis due to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report and literature review by Takeshi Morinaga, Osamu Nakahara, Akira Tsuji, Kunitaka Kuramoto, Masayoshi Iizaka, Shintaro Hayashida, Yuki Ohya, Yasuyuki Hitoshi, Yukihiro Inomata

“…A growing abscess was found around the perforated intestinal wall, causing bacterial ascites. After the functioning shunt catheter was pulled out from the abdomen, the nonfunctioning catheter that had perforated the intestinal wall was removed. …”
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Pelvic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in a patient with Wilson's disease and KBG syndrome: A case report by Vincenzo Bagnara, Gaetano Magro, Agata Massimino, Salvatore Arena, Gabriela Vallejo Chamorro, Fabiola Cassaro

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Symptoms, biochemical indicators and general blood analysis for hepatopathy in dogs by N. O. Kashliak, V. V. Vlizlo

“…In all sick dogs, the activity of ALT increased by 8.5 times (Р ˂ 0.05), AST by 10.2 times (Р ˂ 0.001), and LF by 9.3 times (Р ˂ 0.01), which indicates a lesion cells of the hepatobiliary system. Indicators of the functional state of the liver (bilirubin, bile acids, ammonia, albumin) and blood enzymes (ALT, AST, LF) in the group of sick dogs had significant fluctuations. …”
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A ROLE OF SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE IN DEVELOPMENT OF POST-OPERATION ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE PATIENTS by O. A. Rubanenko, O. V. Fatenkov, S. M. Khokhlunov, L. V. Limareva

“…Patients with PSAF had III functional class of angina (72,4% vs 47,8%, р=0,028) and III functional class of congestive  heart failure (38,0% vs 7,5%, р=0,006), they had larger left atrium (43,5±4,1 mm vs 37,9±3,4 mm, р<0,001).After multifactorial analysis, predictive value remained  for the following: left atrium larger than 41 mm — 5,1 (95% CI, 2,1-9,8, р=0,0005), SOD more than 2948 U/g — 4,4 (95% CI, 1,1-8,9, р=0,04).Conclusion. …”
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From the History of the Work of the Union of Soviet Writers’ Defense Commission: Closing and Reorganization by Anastasia V. Sysoeva

“…The question of the commission’s work completion had been raised starting in the summer of 1936. …”
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The Modulatory Effect of Cerebrovascular Burden in Response to Cognitive Stimulation in Healthy Ageing and Mild Cognitive Impairment by Charlotte Bentham, Matteo De Marco, Annalena Venneri

“…In healthy ageing, participants with lower levels of vascular burden had greater functional connectivity response in the target posterior default mode network. …”
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The Mechanism of Oxidative Stress in Cells Isolation, Identification, and Genome-Wide Sequence Analysis of Nitrite Amylolytic Bacillus by Jian Jiang

“…The results of whole genome sequencing showed that the strain had a large number of functional genes related to amino acids, carbohydrates, and lipids and contained nitrite reductase genes related to nitrite metabolism. …”
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Coherence of brain electrical activity: a quality of life indicator in Alzheimer’s disease?Coerência da atividade elétrica cerebral: indicador da qualidade de vida na doença de Alz... by Lineu Corrêa Fonseca, Gloria M. A. S. Tedrus, Ana Laura R. A. Rezende, Heitor F. Giordano

“…Results AD and PD patients had similar QOL (31.0 ± 5.8; 31.7 ± 4.8, respectively), worse than that of NC (37.5 ± 6.3). …”
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Essential oil-incorporated carbon nanotubes filters for bacterial removal and inactivation. by Xiuli Dong, Ambrose E Bond, Liju Yang

“…The developed TTO-MWCNTs filters had much higher antimicrobial efficacies than the filters with dual functions developed previously.…”
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ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS OF A PRISON SENTENCE EXECUTED OUTSIDE OF PRISON UNDER THE ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM by Aldona Nawój-Śleszyński

“…In the literature on the subject, only some functions of this unconventional method of serving the penalty of imprisonment are currently emphasized. …”
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Overview of the Level of Activity Daily Living of the elderly who have chronic diseases in the Geriatric Polyclinic of the State General Hospital by Ni Wayan Suetri, Sang Ayu Ketut Candrawati, Ni Ketut Citrawati

“…Results:  The results of the study showed that of the 63 elderly people, the majority of the 39 elderly people (61.9%) who had chronic diseases experienced a mild level of dependence in carrying out daily living activities Conclusions:  Chronic diseases can affect the functional abilities of elderly people in living their daily lives. …”
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Impact of Baijiu geographical indication product certification on consumer purchasing behavior by WANG Kai, WU Mengli, TONG Jun

“…Among them, the Northeast region had the highest geographical concentration index (57.960). …”
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TO THE QUESTION OF DIAGNOSTICS AND PATHOGENETIC THERAPY OF ENTEROPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH CHOLELITHIASIS by Ya. M. Vakhrushev, A. P. Lukashevich

“…Specification the features of violations of the functional characteristics of the small intestine and definition the way of correction in patients with cholelithiasis. …”
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