The Influences of Visceral Fat Area on the Sites of Esophageal Mucosal Breaks in Subjects with Gastroesophageal Reflux Diseases by Ji Hyung Nam, Eirie Cho, Jeung Sook Kim, Eun-Cheol Park, Jae Hak Kim

“…Subjects who underwent abdomen-computerized tomography and esophagogastroduodenoscopy for screening on the same day were evaluated between 2007 and 2016. …”
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Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions by Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Angkana Lekagul, Chawisa Suradom, Peeraya Piancharoen, Anamika Chattong

“…All RCTs were assessed for risk of biases; five studies (15, 35.7%) had low risk as measured against all six dimensions reflecting high-quality study.Of these 29 studies, 26 diagnostic or screening measures were applied; 8 (30.9%) for anxiety, 7 (26.9%) for depression, 5 (19.2%) for stress, 5 (19.2%) for insomnia and 1 (3.8%) for suicide. …”
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Clinical value of serum biomarkers, squamous cell carcinoma antigen and apolipoprotein C-II in follow-up of patients with locally advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma treated... by Yoko Harima, Takuro Ariga, Yuko Kaneyasu, Hitoshi Ikushima, Sunao Tokumaru, Shigetoshi Shimamoto, Takeo Takahashi, Noriko Ii, Kayoko Tsujino, Anneyuko I Saito, Hiroki Ushijima, Takafumi Toita, Tatsuya Ohno

“…Pre- and posttreatment SCC-Ag and pretreatment ApoC-II might be useful in clinical settings for screening patients to improve treatment strategies in cervical cancer.…”
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ANALYSIS OF A GENETIC COLLECTION OF TOMATO CULTIVARS AND HYBRID FORMS FOR RESISTANCE TO LEAF MOLD USING DNA MARKERS by I. N. Shamshin, M. V. Maslova, Y. V. Gryazneva

“…The present work offers the results of screening more than 30 accessions from the genetic collection of tomato cultivars and hybrids of the Michurinsk State Agrarian University using the P7 molecular marker.Results and discussion. …”
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Effect of microbial community on the formation of flavor components in cigar tobacco leaves during air-curing by Lin Zhang, Wenlong Li, Zheng Peng, Juan Zhang

“…This study revealed the potential role of microbial community on flavor formation in cigar tobacco air-curing process, and provided guidance for subsequent screening of specific functional microorganisms to improve and stabilize cigar tobacco flavor.…”
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Demographic and Clinical Presentation of Hospitalised Patients with SARS-CoV-2 During the First Omicron Wave by Mehool Patel, Elizabeth Aitken

“…Patients were subdivided into three groups: Group 1 were admitted with true COVID-19 pneumonitis, Group 2 had incidental COVID-19 on admission screening, and Group 3 were negative on admission but developed COVID-19 over 7 days post-admission. …”
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Health literacy and medication adherence in adults from ethnic minority backgrounds with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a systematic review by Jinal Parmar, Aymen El Masri, Freya MacMillan, Kirsten McCaffery, Amit Arora

“…Two reviewers independently screened and selected the studies, extracted data from the included articles, and assessed the methodological quality of the studies. …”
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Risks to human and animal health from the presence of bromide in food and feed by EFSA Scientific Committee, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Ana Allende, Angela Bearth, Josep Casacuberta, Laurence Castle, Tamara Coja, Amélie Crépet, Thorhallur Halldorsson, Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom, Helle Knutsen, Konstantinos Koutsoumanis, Claude Lambré, Søren Nielsen, Dominique Turck, Antonio Vicent Civera, Roberto Villa, Holger Zorn, Vasileios Bampidis, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Marie‐Christine Chagnon, Bruce Cottrill, Keyvin Darney, Jürgen Gropp, Secundino Lopez Puente, Martin Rose, Marco Vinceti, Maria Bastaki, Petra Gergelová, Luna Greco, Matteo Lorenzo Innocenti, Judit Janossy, Anna Lanzoni, Andrea Terron, Diane Benford

“…A conservative safety screening of the MRLs indicated that the TDI and ARfD are exceeded for some EU diets. …”
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Blood pressure, gallstones, and age at first cholecystectomy in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study by Yue Zhang, Ruifeng Duan, Xin Chen, Lijuan Wei

“…While causality cannot be confirmed, these findings may assist in identifying early risk groups for GD and early cholecystectomy, thereby enhancing risk stratification and potentially reducing screening costs.…”
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Using a Two-Steps Clustering and PCA Analysis for Stratified Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Care: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Peiró AM, Barrachina J, Escorial M, Aguado I, Margarit C, Grimby-Ekman A

“…Being older than 65 years old, retired or on medical leave, under opioids and anxiolytic prescription, had a severe impact on daily quality of life without any sex-difference.Conclusion: These clusters based on real-world clinical information might be useful for screening even more where the access to physical exploration is limited. …”
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One hundred years of zoonoses research in the Horn of Africa: A scoping review. by Lisa Cavalerie, Maya Wardeh, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Mark Nanyingi, K Marie McIntyre, Mirgissa Kaba, Daniel Asrat, Robert Christley, Gina Pinchbeck, Matthew Baylis, Siobhan M Mor

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We used keyword combinations to search online databases for peer-reviewed papers and theses. Screening and data extraction (disease, country, domain and method) was performed using DistillerSR. …”
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The Association between the Activin A Serum Level and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients by Ade Yonata, Zulkhair Ali, Taufik Indrajaya, Erial Bahar, Ian Effendi, Novadian Suhaimi, Suprapti Suprapti

“…Vascular calcification should be screened for in all CKD patients by the measurement of cIMT.…”
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X-Linked Autism Type 9 Caused by a Hemizygote Pathogenic Variant in the TMLHE Gene: Etiological Diagnosis in an Adult Male with Moderate Intellectual Disability by Verhoeven WM, Pfundt R, Engelke UF, Kluijtmans LA, Egger JI

“…Also, Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) and Next-Generation Metabolic Screening (NGMS) were performed.Results: Moderate intellectual disability along with obsessive and aggressive behaviour in the context of autism spectrum disorders was established as well as symptoms from the catatonic spectrum. …”
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Identification and Validation of the Pyroptosis-Related Hub Gene Signature and the Associated Regulation Axis in Diabetic Keratopathy by Yi Cui, Li Wang, Wentao Liang, Li Huang, Shuting Zhuang, Hong Shi, Nuo Xu, Jianzhang Hu

“…A total of 459 DEGs were screened out from the diabetic group and nondiabetic controls. …”
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Incidence and Anatomical Properties of Retromolar Canal in an Iranian Population: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study by N. Nikkerdar, A. Golshah, M. Norouzi, S. Falah-Kooshki

“…Two hundred bilateral CBCT images were collected and screened in the three spatial planes for the presence of an RC. …”
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Developing a priority global research agenda for antimicrobial resistance in the human health sector: protocol for a scoping review by Alessandro Cassini, Raph L Hamers, Koe Stella Asadinia, Silvia Bertagnolio

“…A literature scoping review represents the first phase in a stepwise process, and we hereby outline the protocol to review current knowledge gaps and research questions on AMR in the human health sector.Methods and analysis This literature scoping review will follow the Arksey and O’Malley (2005) methodology and will include: (1) a hand search to identify relevant WHO guidelines and documents suggested by the WHO Steering Group for the AMR Global Research Agenda; (2) a grey literature search through a stakeholder mapping process and google searches of organisational websites; (3) a systematic search of relevant systematic reviews through bibliographic databases (PubMed, Embase and Web of Science); (4) screening of the reference lists of included studies. …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the composite physical function scale in Chinese community-dwelling older adults by Jiaying Qi, Jing Xu, Hui Zhang, Mingshuai Feng, Hongyan Meng, Li Wang

“…Conclusions The C-CPF scale serves as a valid and practical tool for widespread health screening to measure the level of comprehensive physical function and its decline amongst Chinese older adults. …”
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The Effect of Occupational Engagement on Lifestyle in Adults Living with Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Svetlana Solgaard Nielsen, Søren T. Skou, Anette Enemark Larsen, Alessio Bricca, Jens Søndergaard, Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen

“…Of the 9526 items identified, 286 were full text screened. We included twelve articles with eleven RCTs comprising 995 adults and assessing physical activity, sleep quality, stress, and Body Mass Index. …”
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Early childhood caries and their association with serum iron, serum ferritin, serum albumin, and Vitamin D by Vasundhara Megha, Jeevendra Nath Shukla, Rajat Kumar Singh, Chitrita Gupta Mukherjee, Siddharth Anand, Aparna Singh

“…A total of 200 children aged between 3–6 years were screened for ECC, according to the AAPD guidelines. …”
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Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life in Kawasaki Disease-Related Coronary Artery Aneurysm: A Large Single-Center Assessment in Nanjing, China by Yun Zhou, MD, Mei Chen, MD, Wenting Gao, MD, Yu Chen, MD, Ying Meng, MD

“…Routine outpatient HRQOL screening could be instituted to help eliminate the risk of long-term disability following initial clinical improvement.…”
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