Understanding Associations Between Patient‐Level Factors and Participation in a Breast Cancer Clinical Trial by Nicole E. Caston, Luqin Deng, Courtney P. Williams, Emily B. Levitan, Andres Azuero, Russell Griffin, Karen L. Smith, Antonio C. Wolff, Michelle E. Melisko, Eileen H. Shinn, Kathleen Gallagher, Rebekah Angove, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Gabrielle B. Rocque

“…Standardized total effects (bTot) were estimated using a prespecified Structural Equation Model with 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5 indicating weak, medium, and large magnitude, respectively. …”
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“A torch, a rope, a belly laugh”: engaging with the multiple voices of support groups for people living with rare dementia by Paul M. Camic, Emma Harding, Sam Rossi-Harries, Oliver S. Hayes, Mary Pat Sullivan, Lawrence Wilson, Nikki Zimmermann, Roberta McKee-Jackson, Joshua Stott, Nick C. Fox, Catherine J. Mummery, Jonathan D. Rohrer, Jason D. Warren, Rimona S. Weil, Sebastian James Crutch

“…The aim of the present study was to explore and better understand what the concept of support means for people living with different rare dementia (PLwRD) and their care-partners who attend ongoing support groups.MethodsRepresenting seven types of rare dementia, source material was collected from 177 PLwRD and care-partners attending in-person support groups, with the goal of developing research-informed group poems, co-constructed by a facilitating poet. Data were analyzed through a three-step process involving linguistic analysis followed by structured-tabular thematic analysis, relational analysis, and concluded with an online survey about participation in the study.ResultsLinguistic analysis found that co-constructed poems remained faithful to the original source material offered by participants. …”
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Impact of multidimensional assessment on anti-fracture treatment decisions in patients with fragility hip fractures within a Fracture Liaison Service by Chiara Ceolin, Stefania Sella, Cristina Simonato, Ester Bukli, Giulia Bano, Valentina Camozzi, Anna Bertocco, Marco Onofrio Torres, Alberta Cecchinato, Martin Diogo, Mor Peleg Falb, Francesca Guidolin, Maria Grazia Rodà, Michele Cannito, Antonio Berizzi, Andrea Venturin, Vito Cianci, Elisa Pala, Mariachiara Cerchiaro, Deris Gianni Boemo, Maria Vittoria Nesoti, Gaetano Paride Arcidiacono, Paolo Simioni, Pietro Ruggieri, Giuseppe Sergi, Sandro Giannini, Marina De Rui, on behalf of the Hip-POS working group

“…Conclusion The integration of the MPI into multidisciplinary taking care of old patients with hip fractures may provide a structured approach for individualizing treatment decisions, considering aspects such as prognosis, functional autonomy, and cognitive status. …”
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Evaluation of diabetes mellitus medication-taking behavior among first- and second-generation Australians of Chinese heritage: A nationwide cross-sectional study by Olumuyiwa Omonaiye, Alemayehu Mekonnen, Christopher Gilfillan, Rosemary Wong, Bodil Rasmussen, Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Kevin Mc Namara, Elizabeth Manias, Jerry Lai, Julie Considine

“…Culturally relevant clinical discussion and structured diabetes education may support the development of health promoting medication beliefs potentially supporting optimal medication-taking behavior.…”
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Disease modeling of a mutation in α‐actinin 2 guides clinical therapy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Maksymilian Prondzynski, Marc D Lemoine, Antonia TL Zech, András Horváth, Vittoria Di Mauro, Jussi T Koivumäki, Nico Kresin, Josefine Busch, Tobias Krause, Elisabeth Krämer, Saskia Schlossarek, Michael Spohn, Felix W Friedrich, Julia Münch, Sandra D Laufer, Charles Redwood, Alexander E Volk, Arne Hansen, Giulia Mearini, Daniele Catalucci, Christian Meyer, Torsten Christ, Monica Patten, Thomas Eschenhagen, Lucie Carrier

“…Abstract Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a cardiac genetic disease accompanied by structural and contractile alterations. We identified a rare c.740C>T (p.T247M) mutation in ACTN2, encoding α‐actinin 2 in a HCM patient, who presented with left ventricular hypertrophy, outflow tract obstruction, and atrial fibrillation. …”
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Role of glucocorticoid receptor expression in Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy: implications for inflammation and cardiac hypertrophy by Florencia B. González, Florencia B. González, Antonella Pacini, Araceli Castro, Susana Lioi, Silvina R. Villar, Silvina R. Villar, Luciano D’Attilio, Luciano D’Attilio, Rodolfo D. Leiva, Rodolfo D. Leiva, Liliana Favaloro, Oscar A. Bottasso, Oscar A. Bottasso, Carlos A. Vigliano, Carlos A. Vigliano, Ana Rosa Pérez, Ana Rosa Pérez

“…Heart control samples with no evidence of structural heart disease and from ischemic cardiomyopathy patients were included. …”
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The MR neuroimaging protocol for the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Program by Michael P. Harms, Kang-Ik K. Cho, Alan Anticevic, Nicolas R. Bolo, Sylvain Bouix, Dylan Campbell, Tyrone D. Cannon, Guillermo Cecchi, Mathias Goncalves, Anastasia Haidar, Dylan E. Hughes, Igor Izyurov, Omar John, Tina Kapur, Nicholas Kim, Elana Kotler, Marek Kubicki, Joshua M. Kuperman, Kristen Laulette, Ulrich Lindberg, Christopher Markiewicz, Lipeng Ning, Russell A. Poldrack, Yogesh Rathi, Paul A. Romo, Zailyn Tamayo, Cassandra Wannan, Alana Wickham, Walid Yassin, Juan Helen Zhou, Jean Addington, Luis Alameda, Celso Arango, Nicholas J. K. Breitborde, Matthew R. Broome, Kristin S. Cadenhead, Monica E. Calkins, Eric Yu Hai Chen, Jimmy Choi, Philippe Conus, Cheryl M. Corcoran, Barbara A. Cornblatt, Covadonga M. Diaz-Caneja, Lauren M. Ellman, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Pablo A. Gaspar, Carla Gerber, Louise Birkedal Glenthøj, Leslie E. Horton, Christy Lai Ming Hui, Joseph Kambeitz, Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Sung-Wan Kim, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Jun Soo Kwon, Kerstin Langbein, Daniel Mamah, Daniel H. Mathalon, Vijay A. Mittal, Merete Nordentoft, Godfrey D. Pearlson, Jesus Perez, Diana O. Perkins, Albert R. Powers, Jack Rogers, Fred W. Sabb, Jason Schiffman, Jai L. Shah, Steven M. Silverstein, Stefan Smesny, William S. Stone, Gregory P. Strauss, Judy L. Thompson, Rachel Upthegrove, Swapna K. Verma, Jijun Wang, Daniel H. Wolf, Rene S. Kahn, John M. Kane, Patrick D. McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Scott W. Woods, Martha E. Shenton, Stephen J. Wood, Carrie E. Bearden, Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ), Ofer Pasternak

“…This protocol includes T1- and T2-weighted structural scans, resting-state fMRI, and diffusion-weighted imaging collected at two time points, approximately 2 months apart. …”
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Desulfovibrio vulgaris flagellin exacerbates colorectal cancer through activating LRRC19/TRAF6/TAK1 pathway by Yue Dong, Fanyi Meng, Jingyi Wang, Jingge Wei, Kexin Zhang, Siqi Qin, Mengfan Li, Fucheng Wang, Bangmao Wang, Tianyu Liu, Weilong Zhong, Hailong Cao

“…Flagella are important accessory structures of bacteria, which can help them colonize and enhance their invasive ability. …”
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Fertility intentions among Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study using a national survey by Mingyan Hao, Chenxiao Zhang, Haofeng Fu, Jingting Zhang, Ziyi Zhang, Baotong Ma, Ruitong Xia, Yuanwei Lu, Jingwen Liu, Hanjia Xin, Yumeng Cao, Saier Yang, Runqing Li, Ji Zhao, Jin Zhang, Zheng Gao, Yaxin Zeng, Yixiao Ding, Zhuolun Ren, Yan Guan, Na Zhang, Jia Li, Yan Ma, Pei Wei, Jingjing Dong, Chen Chen, Yajing Zhou, Jianzhong Zheng, Wei Liu, Lizheng Wang

“…To investigate the impact of various factors on fertility intentions, we organized the independent variables into three primary domains: socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle and health behaviors, and family structure. We utilized domain-specific multivariate linear regression analyses, along with gender-stratified models, and examined interaction effects. …”
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A new ALK inhibitor overcomes resistance to first‐ and second‐generation inhibitors in NSCLC by Yue Lu, Zhenzhen Fan, Su‐Jie Zhu, Xiaoxing Huang, Zhongji Zhuang, Yunzhan Li, Zhou Deng, Lei Gao, Xuehui Hong, Ting Zhang, Li Li, Xihuan Sun, Wei Huang, Jingfang Zhang, Yan Liu, Baoding Zhang, Jie Jiang, Fu Gui, Zheng Wang, Qiyuan Li, Siyang Song, Xin Huang, Qiao Wu, Lanfen Chen, Dawang Zhou, Jianming Zhang, Cai‐Hong Yun, Liang Chen, Xianming Deng

“…XMU‐MP‐5 blocks ALK signaling pathways and inhibits the proliferation of cells harboring either wild‐type or mutant EML4‐ALK in vitro and suppresses tumor growth in xenograft mouse models in vivo. Structural analysis provides insights into the mode of action of XMU‐MP‐5. …”
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STORY GRAMMAR AS A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING NARRATIVE SKILLS IN THE CASE OF L2 ROMANIAN ADULT LEARNERS by Ștefania-Lucia TĂRĂU, Adelina Patricia BĂILĂ, Antonela-Carmen ARIEȘAN-SIMION

“…The results showed that teaching narrative strategies to students who learn a second language is a necessary step if one aims to impact the development of their ability to tell and retell and give them (self)assessment instruments that can foster access to SG strategy in L2 and provide tools for optimising structural organisation when producing oral or written texts in L2. …”
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Women Undergoing Donor IVF Treatment: The Moderating Role of Economic Independence in Isfahan by Heydar Zafari, Aliasghar Mohajerani, Sayed Naser Hejazi

“…Reliability analysis showed that all reflective scales and subscales exhibited internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficients exceeding 0.90 or being very close to that threshold. Data analysis was conducted using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach, utilizing SmartPLS4 software. …”
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Phenomenological Exploration of Organ Donor Families’ Experiences: From Decision-Making to the Consequences of Life Donation by Yazdan Karimi Monjarmooei, SeyedAlireza Afshani, Ali Ruhani, Mohammad Mobaraki, Ahmad Kalateh Sadati

“…This sampling approach ensured the inclusion of information-rich cases aligned with the research objectives. Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews. …”
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Using Andersen's behavioral model of health care utilization in a decentralized program to examine the use of antenatal care in rural western Ethiopia. by Habtamu Tolera, Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher, Helmut Kloos

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in Gida Ayana Woreda (District) among 454 women. Data were collected through structured questionnaires. …”
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What is behind the high turnover intention among hospital nurses during the full liberalization of COVID-19 and the postpandemic era in China: a 2-wave multicentre cross-sectional... by Julan Xiao, Lili Liu, Yueming Peng, Xia Lyu, Chunfeng Xing, Yanling Tao, Shening Zhu, Aihuan Mai, Lijun Liang, Hongying Hu, Yi Fan, Weisi Peng, Haishan Xie, Jun Ren, Weixiang Luo

“…A structured questionnaire was used to assess sociodemographic and work-related factors, such as perceived stress (10-item Perceived Stress Scale), depression (9-item Patient Health Questionnaire), anxiety (7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder), insomnia (Insomnia Severity Index), intolerance of uncertainty (Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale), life satisfaction (Satisfaction with Life Scale), and turnover intention (Turnover Intention Scale). …”
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Double fluorescence-guided surgery with 5-ALA and fluorescein sodium in grade 2 and grade 3 adult-type diffuse gliomas: retrospective analysis of 112 cases by Andrea Bianconi, Marta Bonada, Pietro Zeppa, Francesco Bruno, Pietro La Cava, Flavio Panico, Roberta Rudà, Antonio Melcarne, Diego Garbossa, Fabio Cofano

“…Structured Abstract: Objective: Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) has been increasingly used to support glioma surgery to obtain a maximal extent of resection (EOR). …”
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Chronic disease medications accessibility among Sudanese patients during war by Thoraya Salah Murtada Sidahmed, Al-Romaysa M. Osman Khalafalla El-Haj, Hiba Salah Abdelgadir, Afra K. Ahmed, Asjad Elias Sidieg Mohammed, Abdelfatah Abdelelah El Zain Hassan, Ebaa Ismat Mahmoud Ahmed, Hiba Algaali Altayeb Babikir, Khalid Mukhtar Awad Hamza, Alaa Hamid Yousif Ahmed, Mojtaba Majdy Elfakey Omer, Shahad Yahya Awadelkarim Elbadawi, Logaine Tarig Abdelwahab Mohammed, Rawan Ali Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed, Hind Elmukashfi ShamsEldin Elobied, Hind Salah Abdelgadir, Ruba Ahmed Osman Mohamed, Hala Hashim Salim Hamza, Omnia Yousif Abdalmalik Alfaki, Arwa Yagoub Elmadani Ibrahim, Rawan Izzeldin Babiker Farah, Abeer Hussien Musa Mohamed, Amaal Izzeldin Ahmed Altamar, Lana Awad Jahallah Hassab Alrasoul, Ali Mohamedahmed Ali Mohamed, Mohamedelamin Abdelgayoum Khalifa, Tarig Siddig Abdelgader Mohieldin, Soujod Emad Elden Mohamed Elamen

“…Total of 1000 Sudanese patients in conflict-affected areas were surveyed using a pre coded and pretested structured questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed for this study in Arabic for easy understanding by the targeted population. …”
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Assessment of psychosocial aspects in adults in post-COVID-19 condition: the EURONET-SOMA recommendations on core outcome domains for clinical and research use by Stefan Salzmann, Lars de Vroege, Petra Engelmann, Per Fink, Susanne Fischer, Stephan Frisch, Lise Kirstine Gormsen, Katharina Hüfner, Willem J. Kop, Ferenc Köteles, Nadine Lehnen, Bernd Löwe, Christoph Pieh, Victor Pitron, Charlotte Ulrikka Rask, Markku Sainio, Rainer Schaefert, Meike Shedden-Mora, Anne Toussaint, Roland von Känel, Ursula Werneke, Winfried Rief, on behalf of the EURONET-SOMA Group

“…Abstract Background Harmonizing core outcome domains allows for pooling data, comparing interventions, and streamlining research evaluation. …”
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Distribution patterns of gross primary production of mangrove ecosystems in Hainan Island and their driving mechanisms by ZHENG Yinqi1,2,3, SHI Xian3,4, CHEN Quan3,5, WU Lan3,5, CUI Wei6, WANG Wenmei1,2, SUN Zhongyi3,5*, TAN Ke7*

“…At the end of the paper, we discussed the uncertainties and limitations of MVP-LUE, and the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of mangrove ecosystem GPP not only be constrained by environmental factors, but also species composition and forest age structure can also be driving factors. The results of this study provide basic data to assess the contribution of regional mangrove forests to the global carbon cycle, and theoretical support to reveal the key environmental factors affecting mangrove ecosystem carbon dynamics.…”
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Drought-driven shifts in Eucommia ulmoides rhizosphere mycobiota and metabolites mediate host tolerance by Chenglong Li, Shuangshuang Hou, Jinling Li, Xueqian Zhang, Qingsong Ran, Yanfeng Han, Zhijie Wang, Chunbo Dong

“…During drought stress mid-stages, rhizosphere core fungal taxa of E. ulmoides exhibit higher diversity, increased network connectivity, and a tighter network structure. Correlation analyses show that core fungal taxa are significantly linked to malondialdehyde (MDA) content. …”
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