Impact of COVID-19 on Dutch General Practitioner Prenatal Primary Care: Retrospective, Observational Cohort Study Using an Interrupted Time-Series Approach by Wikje Berends-Hoekstra, Maarten Homburg, Anke Oenema, Matthijs Simeon Berends, Lilian Peters

“…MethodsUsing a retrospective cohort design, EHRs of selected pregnant women from 3 Dutch GP networks between 2019 and 2021 were analyzed, comparing 6 pandemic phases divided into 13 subphases with a prepandemic phase. …”
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A study of the clinical significance of mSEPT9 in monitoring recurrence and prognosis in patients with surgically treated colorectal cancer. by Rong Li, Jiaojiao Chen, Xin Shen, Yanping Lin, Jiadai Tang, Guangrui Xiong, Ke Zhang, Mengying Xiang, Lin Xie, Fengdi Hu

“…Patients were followed up for at least 3 years post-surgery until the death or final follow-up dates (31/12/2022). …”
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Primary staging with 2[18F]-FDG-PET/CT and -PET/MRI and radiotherapy response evaluation with MRI in uterine cervical cancer: an interim analysis of a prospective clinical trial by Maja Aasa, David Lindquist, Ulrika Ottander, Sara N. Strandberg

“…Results In 2/10 patients, a higher stage was obtained with rFIGO compared to cFIGO, where presence of metastases led to upstaging. In 3/10, rFIGO was lower than cFIGO, and in 5/10 rFIGO and cFIGO were similar. …”
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Leveraging Large Language Models for Improved Understanding of Communications With Patients With Cancer in a Call Center Setting: Proof-of-Concept Study by Seungbeom Cho, Mangyeong Lee, Jaewook Yu, Junghee Yoon, Jae-Boong Choi, Kyu-Hwan Jung, Juhee Cho

“…ConclusionsThis study shows the potential of GPT-4 to significantly improve the classification of patient intent in cancer-related telephone oncological consultations. …”
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Evaluation of a Novel Immediate Graded Weight-bearing Protocol and its Effect on the Formation of Fracture Callus in Femoral Shaft Fractures Fixed with Intramedullary Interlocking... by Singaravadivelu Vaidyanathan, Cheralathan Senguttuvan, Ambethraj Sankaran, Prabhakaran Vivekanandam, Dhanasekaran Palanisamy Rathinasamy

“…They were grouped based on the Winquist and Hansen classification (WHC). Type I and II fractures were allotted to group A, and type III and IV fractures were allotted to group B. …”
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Neighbourhood deprivation and cardiometabolic outcomes in the UK Biobank: differences by sex and ethnicity by Véronique L Roger, Katsuyuki Miura, Yangyang Deng, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Kosuke Tamura, Ram Jagannathan, Lu Hu, Leonardo Mariño-Ramírez, Breanna Rogers

“…Participants had a mean follow-up of 14.3 years for all-cause mortality (3 745 307 person-years, 9933 deaths) and 12.7 years for total CVD incidence (3 321 619 person-years, 64 748 events). …”
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Proteinuria Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Young Population by Joo Hee Jeong, Yun Gi Kim, Kyung‐Do Han, Seung‐Young Roh, Hyoung Seok Lee, Yun Young Choi, Jaemin Shim, Young‐Hoon Kim, Jong‐Il Choi

“…The mean age was 30.9±5.0 years, and 3 775 535 (59.5%) were men. The mean follow‐up duration was 9.4±1.2 years. …”
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Fourier Features and Machine Learning for Contour Profile Inspection in CNC Milling Parts: A Novel Intelligent Inspection Method (NIIM) by Manuel Meraz Méndez, Juan A. Ramírez Quintana, Elva Lilia Reynoso Jardón, Manuel Nandayapa, Osslan Osiris Vergara Villegas

“…The results demonstrate that the NIIM offers 96.99% accuracy, low computational requirements, 100% inspection capability, and valuable information to improve machining parameters, as well as quality classification.…”
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Profiling Language Skills in Minimally Verbal Autism: Findings From Greek-Speaking Preschoolers by Eleni Peristeri, Maria Andreou

“…Methods Twenty-six MV autistic preschoolers (mean age = 5;3) from Greece participated in the study. They were assessed using Level I of the LaTo tool, a standardized battery for evaluating language in young Greek-speaking children. …”
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Coeliac disease on the rise: the COVID-19 vaccination hypothesis by Maisam Akroush, Aktham Akroush, Zain Al Qaisi, Noura Mheidat

“…Some research suggests that viral infections may trigger autoimmune diseases, such as CD.2 This study explores the potential link between the surge in cases and factors such as infections and vaccinations.3 Method: In this retrospective analysis, the medical records of a cohort of 454 patients were categorised according to date, age, gender, clinical manifestations, CD serology and histopathological findings. …”
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CASE REPORT: THE FORTH MAXILLARY MOLARS IN WOMAN LIVING IN THE IV CENTURY A.D. by L.F. Kaskova, N.V. Yanko, A.V. Artemyev

“…Distomolars or the forth molars that erupt behind wisdom teeth are found in 0,18–3,8% of the modern population, but are quite rare compared to other supernumerary teeth. …”
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Addition of punishments by V. M. Stepashin

“…The problem lies in the fact that all the rules for the application of punishment (sentencing, replacement of punishment with a stricter one, release from serving a sentence) proceed from the presumption of an indisputable and accurate classification of punishments according to their severity. …”
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State of peroxidation processes in pregnant women with somatoform dysfunction of vegetative nervous system by V. G. Syusyuka

“…In accordance with International Classification of Diseases-10 neurocirculatory dystonia (NCD) refers to the section “Somatoform vegetative dysfunction of heart and cardiovascular system”. …”
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Abundance of Gut Microbiota, Concentration of Short-Chain Fatty Acids, and Inflammatory Markers Associated with Elevated Body Fat, Overweight, and Obesity in Female Adolescents by Valter Paulo Neves Miranda, Paulo Roberto dos Santos Amorim, Ronaldo Rocha Bastos, Eliane Rodrigues de Faria, Maria Eliza de Castro Moreira, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Maria do Carmo Gouveia Peluzio, Célia Lucia de Luces Fortes Ferreira, Silvia Eloiza Priore

“…They were divided into 3 groups: G1—eutrophic (EUT) and adequate BF%; G2—EUT and high BF%; and G3—overweight (OW) or obese (OB) and high BF%. …”
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Computed Tomographic Analysis of Medial Clavicular Epiphyseal Fusion for Age Estimation in Western Indian Population: A Cross-sectional Study by Padma V Badhe, Ajith R Varrior, Sumeet A Dhulshette, Manoj B Parchake, Moinuddin Sultan, Khushboo Tekriwal, Swapnil Moharkar, Abhijeet Shukla

“…The mean age for medial clavicular epiphyseal fusion in men was 22.66±1.3 years, while for women it was 21.86±1.09 years. …”
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Emergency room visits and admission rates of children with neuromuscular disorders: A 10-year experience in a medical center in Taiwan by Wei-Tsun Kao, Yung-Hao Tseng, Yuh-Jyh Jong, Tai-Heng Chen

“…Most NMD children belonged to triage class 3 (35.3%), with underlying congenital hereditary muscular dystrophy (44.1%). …”
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Prevalence and clinical relavance of germline mutations in Chinese patients with pancreatic cancer by Yu Jiang, Dan Li, Yang Liu, Jiejie Qin, Hao Chen, Jun Zhang, Yijin Gu, Baiyong Shen, Jiabin Jin

“…Besides the known PC predisposition genes, DNMT3A emerge as novel potential susceptibility genes for PC. …”
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STORCH Brazil: multicenter cohort study protocol to investigate neurodevelopmental paths and functioning in infants exposed to STORCH in Brazil by Daniele Almeida Soares-Marangoni, Amanda de Oliveira Arguelho, Ayrles Silva Gonçalves Barbosa Mendonça, Carine Carolina Wiesiolek, Carolina Daniel de Lima-Alvarez, Eloá Maria dos Chiquetti, Everton Falcão de Oliveira, Márcio José de Medeiros, Silvana Alves Pereira, Renata Hydee Hasue

“…However, no study has examined the impact of STORCH on infants’ neurodevelopmental outcomes in a large, multi-center cohort, recruiting a substantial number of participants, with analysis across a broad set of variables and ages and based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) model. …”
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Correcting Tibiotalar Alignment Correlates with FAO Changes after Total Ankle Replacement by Ricardo Villar MD, Emily Teehan MS, Kira Lu, Ranqing Lan MS, Patricia Friedmann MS, Jensen Henry MD, Constantine Demetracopoulos MD

“…Submission Type: Ankle Arthritis Research Type: Level 3 - Retrospective cohort study, Case-control study, Meta-analysis of Level 3 studies Introduction/Purpose: Re-establishing anatomic ankle and foot alignment is critical to optimize clinical outcomes and longevity of total ankle replacement (TAR). …”
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Distinct Roles of HHLA2 and PD-L1 in the Immune Cell and Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wang CH, Chen SL, Yang X, Wu T, Liu LL, Yun JP

“…Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining was utilized to quantify TILs (percentage/area), while IHC was used to measure the densities of CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ TILs (cells/mm²).Results: HHLA2 and PD-L1 exhibited similar positivity rates. …”
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