Validity of E-PASS Score for Evaluating Perioperative Minor Complications Associated with Carotid Endarterectomy by Yutaka MORISHIMA, Masahito KAWABORI, Yoichi ITO, Masayuki GEKKA, Koji FURUKAWA, Yoshimasa NIIYA, Miki FUJIMURA

“…Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is conducted to reduce the risk of cerebral infarction; therefore, a low complication rate is highly required. …”
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Psychiatric Symptoms in Acute Intermittent Porphyria - Case Report and Course of Treatment Using Placebo by Waldemar Kosiba, Dominika Prystacka-Szar, Jakub Siemko, Wojciech Kupczak

“…Review methods:  A thorough analysis of research studies available on PUBMED was conducted using the following keywords: acute intermittent porphyria; porphobilinogen; depression; anxiety disorders; psychiatry; placebo. …”
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Retention in engineering pathways: an ecological belonging intervention supports help-seeking and continued enrollment by Matthew Bahnson, Allison Godwin, Christian Schunn, Eric McChesney, Linda DeAngelo

“…As part of a larger research project, a quasi-experimental intervention to develop a classroom ecology of belonging was conducted at a large Midwestern university in a required first-year, second-semester engineering programming course. …”
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Microwave sea ice and ocean brightness temperature and emissivity between 22 and 243 GHz from ship-based radiometers by Janna E. Rückert, Andreas Walbröl, Nils Risse, Pavel Krobot, Rainer Haseneder-Lind, Mario Mech, Kerstin Ebell, Gunnar Spreen

“…Passive microwave measurements of Arctic sea ice have been conducted over the last 50 years from space and during airborne, ship- and ground-based measurement campaigns. …”
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Prognostic factors in severe dengue patients: A multi-center retrospective cohort study. by Cheng-Hsun Yang, Ing-Kit Lee, Yi-Chun Chen, Wen-Chi Huang, Jui-Chi Hsu, Chien-Hsiang Tai, Chung-Hao Huang, Chun-Yu Lin, Yen-Hsu Chen

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective study was conducted at two medical center hospitals between 2002 and 2019, involving patients aged ≧18 years with laboratory-confirmed SD.…”
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Early mobilisation in Windhoek intensive care units: Practices, attitudes and barriers by Ilse du Plessis, Savarna Francis, Brenda Morrow

“…Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional design using a self-administered survey was conducted in Windhoek, Namibia, targeting nurses, doctors and physiotherapists working in private ICUs. …”
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Bruxism repercussions in muscular activation: Ultrasound differences in abdominal wall between women with and without bruxism. A cross-sectional study. by Paula Yela-Lorenzo, Paola Montes-Arenas, Vanesa Abuín-Porras, Ángel González-de-la-Flor, Laura González-Fernández, Jorge Hugo Villafañe, Isabel Mínguez-Esteban

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>An observational analytical cross-sectional study was conducted with 44 Spanish women (diagnosed with bruxism = 22, non-bruxism = 22). …”
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Association of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals by Noor ul ain, Sheikh Abdul Saeed, Muhammad sajid Abbas jaffri, Shazia Shakoor, Shah jabeen, Sana Kashif

“…Study type, settings & duration: This case control study was conducted at National Medical Center Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan from December 2022 to May 2023.   …”
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The impact of smartphone addiction on exercise patterns: a systematic review by Siti Kotijah, Ah Yusuf, Rizki Fitryasari P K, Ronal Surya Aditya, Binarti Dwi Wahyuni, Reem Iafi AlMutairi, Fitriana Kurniasari Solikhah, Muhammad Putra Ramadhan

“…Methods: A systematic review following PRISMA principles was conducted. Eligibility criteria included peer-reviewed studies in English, examining smartphone addiction and exercise habits. …”
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Adherence to the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines and vision impairment in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study by Haoxi Zhong, Huimin Zhu, Mingjie Jiang, Jingfeng Mu

“…ObjectivesTo investigate the associations between adherence to the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines—covering physical activity (PA), screen time (ST), and sleep duration (SD)—and vision impairment, specifically myopia and myopic anisometropia, among children and adolescents in Shenzhen, China.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in 2022 with 4,649 participants. Adherence to the guidelines was assessed using self-reported PA, ST, and SD measures, while vision impairment was clinically evaluated. …”
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Transient ocular hypertension remodels astrocytes through S100B. by Weiran Huang, Kenji Matsushita, Rumi Kawashima, Susumu Hara, Yuichi Yasukura, Kaito Yamaguchi, Shinichi Usui, Koichi Baba, Andrew J Quantock, Kohji Nishida

“…We also silenced S100B expression and conduct RNA sequencing on ONH astrocytes. Astrocytes displayed weaker GFAP intensity (p < 0.0001) in the early-stage OHT mouse model, prior to the onset of hypertrophy, which was accompanied by an increase in GFAP mRNA expression (p < 0.0001) and a decrease in S100B mRNA expression (p < 0.001). …”
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Intervention effectiveness in reducing the clustering of non-communicable disease risk factors in the workplace: A quasi-experimental study. by Nahla Guesmi, Sihem Ben Fredj, Nawel Zammit, Rim Ghammam, Imed Harrabi, Firas Chouikha, Maher Maoua, Jihen Maatoug, Hassen Ghannem

“…A quasi-experimental study, including six companies, was conducted in the governorate of Sousse between 2010 and 2014. …”
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Exposure to perchlorate via drinking water from eight major water basins in China and its health risks across different age groups by Jia Lyu, Yongyan Chen, Lan Zhang, Xu Yan, Muyesaier Tudi

“…This investigation was conducted five years ago; however, the identification of sampling locations with a health risk quotient above 1 provides quantitative evidence that exposure to perchlorate in drinking water poses a risk to residents in areas affected by source pollution, and the results are helpful for identifying priority risk control areas.…”
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A Study to Assess Resilience and Empathy among the BSc Nursing Students by S. Anand, K. R. Anoopa, J. P Haripriya

“…Methodology: The study was conducted under a quantitative approach and cross-sectional study design. …”
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The Effect of Injectable Medication Procedure on the Level of Pain among Early Childhood patients by Farida A. K. Tahir, Pary M. Azize, Aram N. Abdul Razzaq

“…This descriptive cross -sectional study was designed to assess the physiological and behavioral characteristic of pain using CRIES pain rating scale for both medical and surgical conditions, which contains (cry, spo2, heart rate, facial expression and sleep pattern). The study has been conducted for twelve weeks duration in the pediatric wards at medical and surgical hospitals in the Sulaimani city – Kurdistan region of Iraq between 1st March to 1st Jun 2019. …”
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AUDIOMETRIC PROFILE AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN ADULTS AT NANGARHAR UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL by Abdul Azeem Rasouli, Mohammad Azim Azimee, Fahima Azeem

“…Individuals aged 60 and older showed the highest frequency of hearing loss, mostly with sensorineural hearing loss (40.86%), mixed hearing loss (8.60%), and conductive hearing loss (4.30%). Regarding laterality, 25.8% of patients had unilateral impairments, while 74.19% experienced bilateral hearing loss. …”
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Dexamethasone in Treatment of Comorbid SARS-CoV-2 Patients Aged over 50 Years with Lung Injury over 50 % by O. Yu. Zolnikova, R. V. Maslennikov, V. T. Ivashkin, N. L. Dzhakhaya, O. Yu. Kiseleva, N. D. Potskhverashvili, S. A. Shorokhova

“…A retrospective study of 158 SARS-CoV-2 patients hospitalised in April—June 2020 was conducted under the inclusion criteria: age over 50 years, chest computed tomography (CT) for COVID-19-asso-ciated pneumonia, C-reactive protein (CRP) &gt;50 mg/L, anticoagulant therapy, no contraindications to steroids, no biologic therapy. …”
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Rapid left ventricular dimension normalization following transcatheter ventricular septal defect closure in children by Hui Yuan, Wenjing Zhu, Jianli Lv

“…Device-specific complications, including conduction disturbances, occurred more frequently with non-symmetric occluders (13.0 %) than with perimembranous symmetric occluders (3.0 %) (p = 0.077). …”
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Overcoming dietary complexity in type 2 diabetes: influencing factors and coping strategies by Yingying Tang, Dongmei Yang

“…Spearman correlation and logistic regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the factors influencing dietary compliance in patients with T2DM. …”
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Comparison of optical coherence tomography vs. fluorescein angiography-based macular neovascularization classifications in age-related macular degeneration by Gábor G. Deák, Klaudia Birner, Bianca S. Gerendas, Georgios Mylonas, Günther Weigert, Martin Michl, Irene Steiner, Ursula M. Schmidt-Erfurth

“…We analyzed baseline FA and OCT images from 704 eyes of neovascular AMD patients across two multicenter trials, with grading conducted at the Vienna Reading Center. Using a validated AI tool (RetInSight Fluid Monitor Version 2), we localized and quantified retinal fluid. …”
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