Progress in the Management of Retinal Detachment Associated With Morning Glory Syndrome by Wu S, Wang W, Liu L, Wang W, Jiang K, Peng C, Sun H, Zhang J

“…Suping Wu,1 Wenting Wang,2 Lei Liu,3 Wei Wang,2 Keke Jiang,2 Chuanzhi Peng,4 Huixin Sun,1 Jie Zhang2 1Department of Ophthalmology, Binzhou Medical College, Binzhou, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Weifang Eye Hospital, Weifang, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Ophthalmology, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shangdong, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jie Zhang, Department of Ophthalmology, Weifang Eye Hospital, Weifang, Shandong, People’s Republic of China, Email 15963688601@126.comAbstract: Morning glory syndrome (MGS) is a rare congenital optic disc malformation characterized by a distinctive funnel-shaped optic disc resembling a blooming morning glory flower, typically diagnosed in childhood or adolescence and primarily presenting unilaterally, although bilateral cases have been reported. The anomaly features an enlarged optic disc, radiating blood vessels, and surrounding excavation, leading to visual impairment that can range from mild to profound. …”
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Effectiveness of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Exercise After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Elina Jääskeläinen, Mikko Manninen, Heikki Hurri, Mikko Rantasalo, Yun Zhou, Hannu Kautiainen, Leena Ristolainen

“…Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03904030; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03904030 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)DERR1-10.2196/59935…”
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Efficacy analysis of folic acid in chronic atrophic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hui Li, Jincheng Li, Mingyu Lai

“…Methods Using a systematic review method, consider randomized controlled trials (RCT), including clinical trial reports, unpublished clinical trial data, and conference papers. …”
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Development of Chatbot-Based Oral Health Care for Young Children and Evaluation of its Effectiveness, Usability, and Acceptability: Mixed Methods Study by Kittiwara Pupong, Jaranya Hunsrisakhun, Samerchit Pithpornchaiyakul, Supawadee Naorungroj

“…Participants for interviews were stratified by adherence levels and randomly selected from Hatyai and Maelan districts. All self-reported variables were measured on a 5-point Likert scale (1=lowest, 5=highest). …”
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Risk factors for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infections: A case-control study by Sibongakonke Mbele, Sandeep D. Vasaikar

“…However, there are limited reports available with a focus on identifying risk factors for CRE infections by comparing CRE cases with controls. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of the CNIC-Polypill Strategy Compared With Separate Monocomponents in Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease in Portugal: The MERCUR... by Carlos Aguiar, Francisco Araujo, Gabriel Rubio-Mercade, David Carcedo, Silvia Paz, Jose María Castellano, Valentín Fuster

“…The NEPTUNO study, Portuguese registries, mortality tables, official reports, and the literature were consulted to define effectiveness, epidemiological costs, and utility data. …”
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Persistence with Early-Line Abatacept versus Tumor Necrosis Factor-Inhibitors for Rheumatoid Arthritis Complicated by Poor Prognostic Factors by Xue Han, Francis Lobo, Michael S. Broder, Eunice Chang, Sarah N. Gibbs, David J. Ridley, Irina Yermilov

“…Poor prognostic factors included ACPA+, RF+, increased C-reactive protein levels, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate levels, or presence of joint erosions. We report 12-month treatment persistence, time to discontinuation, reasons for discontinuation, and risk of discontinuation between patients on abatacept versus TNFi. …”
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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

“…The aim of this study was to characterize chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) patients’ states, through an unsupervised cluster analysis, to implement clinical recommendations in pain care.Patients and Methods: Real-world ambulatory CNCP cohort of patients (n = 418) completed a multidimensional patient-reported registry, as part of a routine initial evaluation, in a multidisciplinary academic pain unit. …”
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Variation in Clinical Presentation, Metabolic Profile, Hormonal Parameters and Inflammatory Markers in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Morphology... by Sweekruti Jena, Ipsita Mishra, Anoj Kumar Baliarsinha, Debarchan Jena, Madhumita Debata

“…Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous disorder with a spectrum of presentation. Studies have reported considerably different rates in terms of the incidence of polycystic ovary morphology (PCOM) in patients with PCOS with inconsistent results regarding the effects of PCOM in them. …”
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Do You Speak Dialect? Yes! by Vytautas Kardelis, Gabriela Forgeron

“…This is evidenced by the finding that respondents’ self-reported dialect use, in terms of its circumstances and frequency, is subject to a conflict between objective and subjective dialect. …”
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Timosin alpha-1 immunomodulating properties by M. V. Mayevskaya

“…To present modern data on the mechanism of action and clinical utilization of immunomodulating agent «Timosin alpha-1».Original positions of the report. Timosin alpha1 is 28-base acetylated polypeptide, that effectively modulates human immune system and has direct action on the cells infected by virus that allows to talk of its «double» mechanism of action. …”
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The effectiveness of hyaluronic acid in reducing adverse effects associated with inhaled hypertonic saline therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis: A systematic review and meta-an... by Sana Arshid, Saad Ehsan Ullah, Junaid Imran, Meeran Asher Syed, Aakash Choradia, Nicole Gousy, Sukhman Boparai, Mudassir Shoaib, Bidhan Bikram Shah, Aadarsh Netha

“…Outcomes of interest included cough, throat irritation, unpleasant taste, and FEV1. Evaluations were reported as risk ratios (RRs) and mean differences (MDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Serum Carboxy-terminal Cross-linking Telopeptide Fragments of Type-2 Collagen Level in the General Population: A Pilot Study by Rajat Khanna, Divyam Jindal, Sudhir Singh

“…The sCTX-II value in young and middle-aged healthy populations is reported. However, a multicentric study with stringent subject selection criteria is needed to corroborate the results of this pilot study.…”
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COVID-19 prevention strategies and compliance among postnatal adolescent mothers with postnatal depression and generalised anxiety in rural Malawi: a cross-sectional study by Sharyn Burns, Linda Portsmouth, Chimwemwe Pindani Tembo

“…However, adolescents with probable PND and probable GAD reported higher adherence to some COVID-19 prevention strategies than adolescents without PND and GAD. …”
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Statistical exploration of factors associated with birth of children having sickle cell traits among reproductive-age women in Nigeria by Gabriel Ogunde, Ayodele Shabi, Joshua O. Akinyemi

“…Adjusted Odds Ratio with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) were reported as measures of association. Result Nearly 62% of the mothers lived in rural areas, 38.2% had no formal education and 37.4% had ever given birth to at least five children. …”
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Wnt/β-catenin signalling underpins juvenile Fasciola hepatica growth and development. by Rebecca Armstrong, Nikki J Marks, Timothy G Geary, John Harrington, Paul M Selzer, Aaron G Maule

“…Notably, silencing FhCTNNB1, the key effector of the Wnt/β-catenin signal cascade led to aberrant development of the neuromuscular system which ultimately proved lethal - the first report of a lethal RNAi-induced phenotype in F. hepatica. …”
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Visceral obesity augments prescription use: An analysis of the cross-sectional study of NHANES 2011-2018. by Maximino Acevedo-Fernández, Renata Ochoa Precoma, Leonardo M Porchia, Victor M Posadas, Enrique Torres-Rasgado, M Elba Gonzalez-Mejia, Esther López-Bayghen

“…Association between VATob and prescription use was determined with logistic regression and reported as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs).…”
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Point-of-care lung ultrasound in detecting pneumonia: A systematic review by Iqra Abid, Nadia Qureshi, Nicola Lategan, Simon Williams, Sidra Shahid

“…Studies lacking direct comparison or exploring diseases other than pneumonia, case reports, and those examining pneumonia secondary to COVID-19 variants were excluded. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of RSV Infection in Pediatric Patients: Epidemiology, Comorbidities, Treatment, and Costs in Dubai (2014-2023) by Jean Joury, Nawal Al Kaabi, Sara Al Dallal, Bassam Mahboub, Mostafa Zayed, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jennifer Onwumeh-Okwundu, Mark A. Fletcher, Subramanyam Kumaresan, Badarinath C. Ramachandrachar, Mohamed Farghaly

“…An increasing trend in reported cases was observed from 2014 to 2022, with an average annual increase of 55%. …”
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Simultaneous Measurements of PM2.5- and PM10-bound Benzo(a)pyrene in a Coastal Urban Atmosphere in Poland: Seasonality of Dry Deposition Fluxes and influence of Atmospheric Transpo... by Patrycja Siudek, Wiesława Ruczyńska

“…The highest daily BaP deposition fluxes of 2652 ng m–2 (PM2.5) and 5561 ng m–2 (PM10) were reported in winter, while the lowest values of daily BaP deposition (2 ng m–2) were found during spring and summer measurements. …”
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