Overview of styles, content, learning effects and attitudes of students towards digitally enhanced physiotherapy education – a scoping review by Larissa Pagels, Oskar Schindler, Kerstin Luedtke

“…Results Out of 2988 screened studies, 67 met the inclusion criteria, encompassing 7160 participants. …”
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The mechanism of enterogenous toxin methylmalonic acid aggravating calcium-phosphorus metabolic disorder in uremic rats by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by Xing Fan, Jing Li, Yan Gao, Lin Li, Haisong Zhang, Zhaoyu Bi

“…Results Intestinal flora richness and diversity in UR rats were decreased, along with unbalanced flora structure. Among the screened 133 secondary differential metabolites, the MMA concentration rose, showing the most significant difference. …”
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High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yongkang Huang, Wei Lei, Wenyu Zhang, Jian-an Huang

“…Two reviewers independently screened all references according to the inclusion criteria. …”
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High-Flow Nasal Cannula versus Noninvasive Ventilation in AECOPD Patients with Respiratory Acidosis: A Retrospective Propensity Score-Matched Study by Meng Wang, Feifan Zhao, Lina Sun, Ying Liang, Wei Yan, Xiaoyan Sun, Qingtao Zhou, Bei He

“…Univariate analysis was performed to identify the features that differed significantly between the HFNC success and HFNC failure groups. Results. After screening 2219 hospitalization records, 44 patients from the HFNC group and 44 from the NIV group were successfully matched after PSM. …”
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Causal association between circulating α-Klotho levels and venous thromboembolism: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Yanmin Song, Liping Cao, Hui Long

“…Conclusion An elevated circulating α-Klotho levels was associated with lower risk of DVT of lower extremities, PE, and DVT of lower extremities combined with PE, indicating α-Klotho has the potential to act as a target for early screening or treatment for VTE. However, the specific mechanism that α-Klotho influencing the occurrence of VTE still needed further exploration. …”
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Evaluating Methods for Aflatoxin B1 Monitoring in Selected Food Crops Within Decentralized Agricultural Systems by Haadia Tanveer, Hannah Glesener, Blake Su, Brooke Bolsinger, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Lee E. Voth-Gaeddert

“…The barriers-to-use analysis highlighted the practicality of low-cost tools like moisture readers for field screening but underscored their qualitative limitations. …”
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Assessing psychological health and reproductive function: Depression, anxiety, and stress in infertile men compared to controls: A case-control study by Seyedeh Narjes Roudbaraki, Maryam Ramezani, Bita Saifi, Mostafa Salimi, Massood Issapour Cheshani

“…Limitations included phone-based data collection and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale 21 questionnaire’s screening nature. Future studies should involve larger populations and consider economic status as a variable related to mental health. …”
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Prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with psoriasis: a meta-analysis by Peng Zhang, Ruifang Wu, Xiaochao Zhang, Suhan Zhang, Siying Li, Yuwen Su

“…This meta-analysis aims to determine the association between psoriasis and AITD.Design A meta-analysis of observational studies.Data sources PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus and the Cochrane Library were searched up to 1 November 2021.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included non-randomised studies, each with over 50 cases in every group, focusing on the rate of comorbidity between psoriasis and AITD.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers screened the articles and extracted data. The restricted maximum-likelihood was applied to perform the meta-analysis. …”
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National and provincial prevalence of self-reported diabetes: results from the cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey in Sri Lanka–2016 by Sobha Sivaprasad, Manjula D Nugawela, Harshana Munasinghe, Pansujee Dissanayaka, Mangalika Jayasundara

“…There is a need for risk stratifying adult Sri Lankan population to help target those at high risk of diabetes so that cost-effective approaches of screening, preventive and treatment options can be initiated.…”
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Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of radiological and histological findings in the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease stages among patients in a tertiary hospital by Ekpe Edemekong L, Emanghe U, Ekpe EL, Obiora IC, Yemiode Itam, Akinmola OO

“…Background: Early screening, detection, and early intervention are life-saving modalities to lessen the impact and burden of non-communicable diseases. …”
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Potential Biomarkers for Predicting the Risk of Developing Into Long COVID After COVID‐19 Infection by Zhiyong Hou, Yu Ming, Jun Liu, Zhong Wang

“…The immune infiltrating cells of long COVID and COVID‐19 were comparatively and respectively assessed via CIBERSORT, ssGSEA, and xCell algorithms. Subsequently, the screening of hub genes involved employing the SVM‐RFE, RF, XGBoost algorithms, and logistic regression analysis. …”
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Prevalence and Correlates of Hypertension Unawareness among Lebanese Adults: The Need to Target Those “Left Behind” by Fatima Ghaddar, Lama Hammad, Rania A. Tohme, Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, Nahla Hwalla, Abla M. Sibai

“…These findings are key for optimizing current screening practices and informing NCD prevention efforts in the country and contribute to achieving global targets of the SDGs of “leaving no one behind.”…”
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Chronic Liver Disease in Ethiopia with a Particular Focus on the Etiological Spectrums: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Behailu Terefe Tesfaye, Temesgen Mulugeta Feyissa, Azmeraw Bekele Workneh, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Mengist Awoke Yizengaw

“…The authors warrant routine screening and strengthening of preventive and treatment programs for viral hepatitis B and C, further enhancing the alcohol policy of the country.…”
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Non-pharmaceutical interventions and epigenetic aging in adults: Protocol for a scoping review. by Alina Liebich, Shenglin Zheng, Theresa Schachner, Jacqueline Mair, Mia Jovanova, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Tobias Kowatsch

“…Additionally, the reference list of other reviews will be screened for relevant articles. Study selection is carried out based on the defined eligibility criteria by two authors. …”
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Cardiovascular Safety of Clonidine and Dexmedetomidine in Critically Ill Patients after Cardiac Surgery by Angelina Grest, Judith Kurmann, Markus Müller, Victor Jeger, Bernard Krüger, Donat R. Spahn, Dominique Bettex, Alain Rudiger

“…Methods. 2769 patients were screened during the 30-month study period. Heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and norepinephrine requirements were assessed 3-hourly during the first 12 hours of the continuous drug infusion. …”
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The questions on violence (FOV) tool for interpersonal violence inquiry in Swedish healthcare settings – evaluation of content validity, face validity and test-retest reliability by Solveig Lövestad, Karin Sjöström, Josefin Björk, Karin Örmon

“…Abstract Background Previous research indicates that routine inquiry or screening conducted by healthcare providers may significantly increase the identification of interpersonal violence. …”
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Antibiotics Resistance Pattern of Food-Borne Bacteria Isolated from Ice Cream in Bangladesh: A Multidisciplinary Study by Md Sohel, Moushumi Akter, Md. Fahmid Hasan, Shahin Mahmud, Mohammod Johirul Islam, Ashekul Islam, Khairul Islam, Abdullah Al Mamun

“…All individual isolates were screened for plasmid DNA, and we found that seven strains harbored a single or more than two plasmids sized approximately between 1.9 and 140 MDa, indicating a possible connection between resistance phenotype pattern and genotype.…”
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Assessment of infectious diseases in commercial frozen semen straws of water buffalo bulls. Preliminary results by Rosaura Pérez-Gil

“…In conclusion, the use of straws without due prior disease control represents a significant risk factor in their spread, which is why these results demonstrate the need for screening for IBR, BVDV, Neospora caninum, Leptospira spp., and other diseases in water buffalo bulls destined for commercial freezing of semen to reduce the risk of spreading venereal diseases. …”
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Effect of preoperative immunonutrition on complications after salvage surgery in head and neck cancer by Simon Andreas Mueller, Catherine Mayer, Beat Bojaxhiu, Carla Aeberhard, Philipp Schuetz, Zeno Stanga, Roland Giger

“…We compared outcomes before and after implementation of preoperative immunonutrition and adjusted the regression analysis for gender, age, body mass index, Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002), tobacco and alcohol consumption, tumor localization, tumor stage, and type of surgery. …”
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Implementing psychosocial interventions for teachers' mental health: Protocol for integrating scoping review with teachers lived experiences in LMICs. by Kanika Malik, Sadananda Reddy, Yasmine A Shilla, Aditi Khanna, Ranya R Kaurr, Abbey Boban

“…Titles and abstracts of identified studies will be screened against inclusion criteria, and the potentially relevant sources will be retrieved in full. …”
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