The Journey Toward Health Care Equity: Accredited Hospitals’ Alignment with Joint Commission Health Care Equity Standards Preimplementation by Jamie Patrianakos, Scott C. Williams, Brian Johnson, David W. Baker

“…This study assessed the state of the field immediately following the release of the new standards to gain a baseline understanding of the field’s progress toward HCE. Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study. …”
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Photobiomodulation Therapy Plus Usual Care Is Better than Usual Care Alone for Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Ann K Ketz, Juanita Anders, Judy Orina, Betty Garner, Misty Hull, Nicholas Koreerat, Jeff Sorensen, Candice Turner, James Johnson

“… # Study Design Prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial # Methods A convenience sample of adults with PF were randomly assigned to one of three groups: (1) usual care, (2) usual care plus nine doses of PBMT with 25W output power over three weeks, or (3) usual care plus nine doses of PBMT with 10W output power over three weeks. …”
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Psychological Distress among Healthcare Workers with Chronic Diseases during the COVID-19 Crisis by Huriyyah Abdullah Alfaraj, Fatmah Hazza Alsharif, Mona Mohamed Elhady

“…This study is aimed at determining psychological distress among healthcare workers with chronic diseases during the COVID-19 crisis. Methods. This was a quantitative cross-sectional correlation study. …”
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Comparison of the push-out bond strength of different prefabricated fiber post systems: An in vitro study by Ayşe Karabaş, Güler Yildirim Avcu, Numan Tatar

“…Conclusions: Push-out bond strength may be affected more negatively from coronal and middle of the tooth compared to its apical part. …”
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Patient Knowledge and Attitudes towards Genetic Testing in Parkinson’s Disease Subjects with Deep Brain Stimulation by Avram Fraint, Bichun Ouyang, Leonard Verhagen Metman, Carolyn Jones, Deborah A. Hall, Karen Marder, Gian Pal

“…Methods. A sample of 88 PD subjects with bilateral STN-DBS completed a Genetic Attitudes Questionnaire (GAQ). …”
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Challenges Women with Disability Face in Accessing and Using Maternal Healthcare Services in Ghana: A Qualitative Study. by John Kuumuori Ganle, Easmon Otupiri, Bernard Obeng, Anthony Kwaku Edusie, Augustine Ankomah, Richard Adanu

“…The objective of this paper is to explore the challenges women with disabilities encounter in accessing and using institutional maternal healthcare services in Ghana.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>A qualitative study was conducted in 27 rural and urban communities in the Bosomtwe and Central Gonja districts of Ghana with a total of 72 purposively sampled women with different physical, visual, and hearing impairments who were either lactating or pregnant at the time of this research. …”
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Personalized Critical Care Medicine (Review) by A. M. Golubev

“…Creation of Biobanks, development of training programs and regulatory documentation, advancing the scientific research, introduction of new methods of diagnosis and treatment will contribute to the implementation of PM principles in practical healthcare.…”
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Effect of external sensory integration on motor functional disorder in children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) by Chhavi Kumar Sharma, Shahiduz Zafar

“…Further research with larger sample sizes is recommended.…”
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Genomic analysis of small renal masses reveals mutations linked with renal cell carcinoma and fast-growing tumors by Ieva Vaicekauskaitė, Algirdas Žalimas, Rasa Sabaliauskaitė, Kristina Žukauskaitė, Mantas Trakymas, Jurgita Ušinskienė, Albertas Ulys, Sonata Jarmalaitė

“…Tissue biopsy samples evaluated for mutations in 51 cancer hotspot genes using next generation sequencing and qPCR. …”
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The Role of Complementary Therapy to Reduce Insomnia in Older Adults by Sitti Musdalifah Ahmad, Yuliana Syam, Ariyanti Saleh

“…The results of the insomnia score were more than 50% positive changes, without adverse effects, including improvement in sleep efficiency (57%), total sleep time (60%), and insomnia rating scale score (75%). …”
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Patterns and Correlates of Tobacco Use Among PLWH in Viet Nam: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Reet Kapur, Nam Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Gloria Guevara Alvarez, Charles M. Cleland, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Donna Shelley

“…Dual users were less likely to report a no-smoking household policy, and more likely to have a higher level of nicotine dependence. …”
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Seroprevalence of Gestational and Neonatal Toxoplasmosis as well as Risk Factors in Yaoundé, Cameroon by Joy Nkain Ayeah, Adesina Oladokun, Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Abiodun Olatunbosun Ilesanmi, Obase Ngemani Bekindaka

“…A total of 259 cord blood samples were collected at birth from these women. …”
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Glycated Hemoglobin as a Screening Tool in the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus among Adult Patients in a Tertiary Health Facility in Port Harcourt, Niger Delta Region of Nigeria by Gesiye Bozimo, Marcellinus Okafor Nkpozi, Adaeze Ugwu, Victoria Eno Gomba, Chinweuba M. Abonyi, Chioma Unachukwu

“…A structured questionnaire was administered to the recruited subjects, and their blood samples were collected for HbA1c and fasting plasma glucose. …”
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Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Level Is Associated with Aortic Stiffness in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis by Liang-Te Chiu, Chi-Di Hung, Lin Lin, Yu-Li Lin, Bang-Gee Hsu

“…This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the relationship between serum FGF-21 levels and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD). Methods. Blood samples and baseline characteristics were collected from 130 HD patients. …”
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Investigating Ground Reaction Forces in Active Male with and without Genu Varum Deformity during the Stance Phase of Running by Hosein Tajdini Kakavandi, Heydar Sadeghi, Ali Abbasi

“…Objectives: Genu Varum deformity is known as a factor disrupting gravity line and force patterns in lower limb and may make the individual more exposed to lower extremity injuries especially in repeated activities like running. …”
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The influence of vertical muscles surgery on refraction and visual acuity by Risović Dušica J.

“…By the analysis of the results of visual acuity it could be concluded that it was significantly improved 6 months after the surgery on cyclovertical muscles. This change was more significant in the sample group of patients (p&lt;0,01) than in the children from the control group (p&lt;0,05), who were much older. …”
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Prevalence of Sleep-related Breathing Disorders in Children from 6 to 11 Years Old by Alexander Torres Molina

“…<strong><br />Objective</strong>: To determine the prevalence of habitual snoring and major symptoms associated with sleep-related breathing disorders in school children from 6 to 11 years old. <strong><br />Methods</strong>: A longitudinal study was conducted in Moa, which included a sample of 1608 school children aged from 6 to11 years old. …”
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Evaluation of serum vascular cell adhesion marker-1 in β- thalassemia major patients by Nuha Abd Ali Al-Sarai, Subh Salim Al-Mudallal, Rana Rai’d Najm

“…BACKGROUND: Defects in the production of one or more hemoglobin chains result in a set of hereditary hematologic illnesses known as thalassemias. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA HVRII (Poly-C) and HVRIII (Poly-CA) tandem repeat variation in the Koraga population by Swathy Krishna, Jaison Jeevan Sequeira, Mohammed S. Mustak, Ranajit Das

“…Abstract Background In situations where nuclear DNA samples are limited or degraded, mitochondrial DNA can be used as an alternative for forensic applications. …”
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Comorbid Neurodegeneration in Primary Progressive Aphasia: Clinicopathological Correlations in a Single-Center Study by Robert Rusina, Radoslava Bajtosova, Zsolt Cséfalvay, Jiri Keller, Anna Kavkova, Jaromír Kukal, Radoslav Matej

“…Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinically variable syndrome manifesting as slow progressive loss of speech and language with multiple underlying neurodegenerative pathologies. Materials and Methods. We included data from nine PPA patients with available autopsies. …”
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