Prostate cancer screening knowledge and attitude among men over 50 at a referral Hospital in Oshana region, Namibia by Lonia Kashihakumwa, Daniel O. Ashipala, Yahaya Jafaru

“…Background: Prostate cancer is the third most common cancer in men and fourth in causing cancer-related deaths in both men and women in Africa. …”
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Integrated teaching methodology in the development of foreign language professional communicative competence on the discipline “organic chemistry” at Kazakhstan University by Aziza Kenzhe, Aliya Bitemirova, Ualikhanova Bayan, Saule Bitursyn, Ainur Zhorabekova

“…The initial pre-test analysis indicated no significant differences between the groups, validating the equivalence of their baseline levels. However, after conducting the experiment, the results showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group across all measured criteria. …”
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Using Machine Learning to Predict Progression in the Gastric Precancerous Process in a Population from a Developing Country Who Underwent a Gastroscopy for Dyspeptic Symptoms by Susan Thapa, Lori A. Fischbach, Robert Delongchamp, Mohammed F. Faramawi, Mohammed S. Orloff

“…Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the third most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. …”
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Health and Characteristics of Australian Apple Growing Soils by Marcus Hardie, Garth Oliver, William Cotching, Brianna Walker, Rachel Lancaster, Nigel Swarts

“…This study is unique in being the first to report the condition and characteristics of Australia’s apple growing soils; it provides essential baseline data for future monitoring of soil health in apple production systems, as well as soil physical and chemical data required for the development of perennial soil-tree-climate models. …”
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The U-Shaped Association between Bilirubin and Diabetic Retinopathy Risk: A Five-Year Cohort Based on 5323 Male Diabetic Patients by Miao Liu, Jianhua Wang, Yao He

“…And the RRs were 0.928 (95% CI: 0.646–1.331), 0.544 (95% CI: 0.365–0.811), 0.913 (95% CI: 0.629–1.324), and 1.035 (95% CI: 0.725–1.479) for the second, third, fourth, and fifth quintiles of baseline TBiL levels, respectively, compared with the first quintile. …”
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White Matter Biomarkers Associated with Motor Change in Individuals with Stroke: A Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Study by K. P. Wadden, S. Peters, M. R. Borich, J. L. Neva, K. S. Hayward, C. S. Mang, N. J. Snow, K. E. Brown, T. S. Woodward, S. K. Meehan, L. A. Boyd

“…There were no significant differences between responders and nonresponders in clinical baseline measures or microstructural properties (FA) in the CST. …”
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Potential Impacts of Future Climate Changes on Crop Productivity of Cereals and Legumes in Tamil Nadu, India: A Mid-Century Time Slice Approach by Vellingiri Geethalakshmi, Ramasamy Gowtham, Radhakrishnan Gopinath, Shanmugavel Priyanka, Marimuthu Rajavel, Kandasamy Senthilraja, Manickam Dhasarathan, Raj Rengalakshmi, Kulanthaivel Bhuvaneswari

“…Annual rainfall is predicted to increase up to 20% under RCP 4.5 scenario in two-third of the area over Tamil Nadu. Similarly, RCP 8.5 scenario indicates the possibility of an increase in rainfall in the midcentury with higher magnitude than RCP 4.5. …”
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Enhancing Health Equity and Patient Engagement in Diabetes Care: Technology-Aided Continuous Glucose Monitoring Pilot Implementation Project by Madhur Thakur, Eric W Maurer, Kim Ngan Tran, Anthony Tholkes, Sripriya Rajamani, Roli Dwivedi

“…Their clinical characteristics included an average BMI of 29.91 kg/m2 and a mean baseline HbA1c level of 9.73%. Results indicate that the CGM program reduced HbA1c levels significantly from baseline to first follow-up (P<.001) and second follow-up (P<.001), but no significant difference between the first and second follow-up (P=.94). …”
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Effects of Switching to Netarsudil/Latanoprost Fixed Dose Combination from Various Latanoprost Regimens: The Phase 4 MORE Study by Bacharach J, Sadri E, Sawhney G, Kopczynski C, Merchea MM

“…Additional inclusion criteria were current treatment regimens with latanoprost monotherapy, latanoprost plus 1 additional IOP-lowering agent, or latanoprost plus 2 agents; current IOP-lowering regimen stable for ≥ 30 days prior to baseline visit; treated morning IOP ≥ 20 mmHg at baseline visit; and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 20/100 or better in both eyes. …”
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Effect of a Multistage Educational Skill-Based Program on Nurse’s Stress and Anxiety in the Intensive Care Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Mohsen Saffari, Farshid Rahimi Bashar, Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Leila Karimi, Morteza Shamsizadeh, Keivan Gohari-moghadam, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…Perceived stress, state anxiety, trait anxiety, and work-related stress were assessed at baseline and three times after the intervention (15 days, 3 months, and 21 months). …”
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Association between transarterial chemoembolization refractoriness and prognosis in Chinese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a large retrospective cohort study by Qinxue Sun, Ziliang Wu, Xi Yin, Feng Li, Ri Liu

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An Efficient and Hybrid Deep Learning-Driven Model to Enhance Security and Performance of Healthcare Internet of Things by Muhammad Babar, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Basit Qureshi, Zabeeh Ullah, Fahim Arif, Zahid Khan

“…Secondly, a security module based on Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) is implemented to recognize various forms of attacks within the H-CIoT network. Third, the past medical records of the patients are used to train the DL model. …”
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The Psychometric Properties of the Persian Migraine-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire Version 2.1 in Episodic and Chronic Migraines by Alireza Zandifar, Samaneh Sadat Masjedi, Faraidoon Haghdoost, Fatemeh Asgari, Navid Manouchehri, Mahboobeh Banihashemi, Mohammad Reza Najafi, Abbas Ghorbani, Behzad Zolfaghari, Ali Gholamrezaei, Vahid Shaygannejad, Mohammad Saadatnia

“…At the third week from the baseline, participants filled out MSQ and MIGSEV. …”
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Achieving prediabetes reversal in China: a nationwide longitudinal study on the role of blood glucose and lipid management in middle-aged and elderly adults by Hongguang Yang, Yao Liu, Zhenhe Huang, Guifang Deng

“…BackgroundPrediabetes, impacting a third of the adult Chinese population, is linked to a variety of detrimental health outcomes. …”
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The Association of Retinal Disease with Vision Impairment and Functional Status in Medicare Patients by Vincent Garmo, Xiaohui Zhao, Carmen D. Ng, Aimee Near, Tania Banerji, Keiko Wada, Gary Oderda, Diana Brixner, Joseph Biskupiak, Ferhina S. Ali, Archad M. Khanani, Alicia Menezes, Ibrahim M. Abbass

“…Results: In patient cohorts with nAMD, DME, and RVO, approximately one-third (34.2%-38.3%) reported “a little trouble seeing” (vs 28.3% for controls), and 26%, 17%, and 9%, respectively, reported “a lot of trouble seeing/blindness” (vs 5% of controls). …”
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Is Weight Loss the Main Driver for A1C Improvement by Glucagon‐Like Peptide 1 (GLP‐1) Receptor Agonists? A 2.5‐Year Analysis in Real‐World Clinical Practice by Marwa Al‐Badri, Shilton Dhaver, Osama Hamdy

“…Body weight and A1C were measured every 6 months. Baseline characteristics included an average age of 61.8 ± 11.9 years, 51.5% female, diabetes duration of 12.9 ± 8.3 years, weight of 103.1 ± 20.7 kg, BMI of 35.7 ± 7.5 kg/m2, and A1C of 8.2% ± 1.5%. …”
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Gestational weight gain patterns as predictors of cesarean deliveries in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus by Tzu-Ling Chen, Su-Fen Cheng, Chien-Lin Kuo, Chu-Yu Huang, Chia-Hsun Wu

“…The weekly GWG rate was based on baseline weight and weight at two follow-up measurements. …”
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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Reduces Metaboreflex Contribution to the Ventilatory Response in Heart Failure Population by Jérémie Jaussaud, Laurie Aimable, Pierre Bordachar, Pierre Dos Santos, Laurent Barandon, Philippe Ritter, Raymond Roudaut, Hervé Douard

“…Metaboreflex contribution to the ventilatory response was assessed as the difference in ventilatory data at the third minute during recovery between the two tests (Δ). …”
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Development and effectiveness evaluation of an interactive e-learning environment to enhance digital health literacy in cancer patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled... by Lukas Lange-Drenth, Hellena Willemer, Mirjam Banse, Anke Ernst, Anne Daubmann, Anja Holz, Christiane Bleich, Susanne Weg-Remers, Holger Schulz

“…The primary outcome, digital health literacy, will be measured at baseline, 2 weeks, and 8 weeks after baseline.ConclusionIf the results support the primary hypothesis, then the e-learning environment could empower patients to retrieve more reliable information about their disease. …”
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Sustainable development model toward environmentally friendly hospital by F, Aini, A. Irianto, S. Amar

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study aims to create an environmentally friendly hospital at West Pasaman regional public hospital by implementing a sustainable development model, which consists of the green hospital, green building, green innovation, and green human resource management. …”
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