The Effectiveness of Acupuncture on Myofascial Trigger Points Versus Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupoints for Treating Plantar Fasciitis With Low Back Pain: A Study Protocol for... by Huang Z, Liang X, Luo Y, Fang Z, Xu M, Xu Y, Cheng S, Li L

“…Patients with plantar fasciitis and low back pain will be enrolled in this trial. Eligible participants will receive acupuncture for 30 minutes per session over 8 total sessions, with a 12-week follow-up period. …”
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Geometrical determinants of cerebral artery fenestration for cerebral infarction by Yuqian Mei, Xiaoqin Chen, Yao Zhang, Yanling Wang, Bo Wu, Mingcheng Hu, Quan Bao

“…Methods A cohort comprising 89 patients diagnosed with CAF were enrolled from a total of 9,986 cranial MR angiographies. …”
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Predictive factors of fibrotic interstitial lung abnormality on high-resolution computed tomography scans: a prospective observational study by Kazuya Ichikado, Hidenori Ichiyasu, Kazuhiro Iyonaga, Kodai Kawamura, Yuko Yasuda, Keisuke Anan, Hiroko Okabayashi, Kimitaka Akaike, Noritaka Higashi, Takeshi Johkoh, Kiminori Fujimoto, Tetsuo Saito, Jun Morinaga, Minoru Yoshida, Katsuhiko Mitsuzaki, Takuro Sakagami

“…Methods Clinical and paraclinical data of 164 patients enrolled in the initial year of a multicentre prospective observational study (Kumamoto interstitial lung abnormalities study in Japan) involving over 62,000 examinees during routine health examinations were analysed. …”
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Immunomodulatory Effects of Combination Therapy with Bushen Formula plus Entecavir for Chronic Hepatitis B Patients by Long-Shan Ji, Qiu-Tian Gao, Ruo-Wen Guo, Xin Zhang, Zhen-Hua Zhou, Zhuo Yu, Xiao-Jun Zhu, Ya-Ting Gao, Xue-Hua Sun, Yue-Qiu Gao, Man Li

“…Two hundred and twenty CHB patients were enrolled in the historical prospective cohort study. …”
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Comparative effects of gong’s mobilization and mobilization with movement in patients with adhesive capsulitis: a randomized clinical trial by Fareeha Amjad, Hasha Asghar

“…In this triple blinded randomized clinical trial, sixty patients of Adhesive Capsulitis were enrolled within group A (Gong’s Mobilization) and group B (Mobilization with Movement). …”
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Impact of Nutritional Support for Tuberculosis on Intermediate and Terminal Undernutrition and Treatment Outcomes (INSTITUT) study: a protocol for a quasi-experimental study to ass... by Dissou Affolabi, Chelsie Cintron, Madolyn Dauphinais, Attannon Arnauld Fiogbe, Mohammed Fall Dogo, Safiou Ate, Christine Adjonou, Kokou Agossou, Susie Jiaxing Pan, Marius Esse, Benjamin Ade, Komi Séraphin Adjoh, Pranay Sinha, Kobto G Koura

“…PWTB cared for in Benin served as the exposed populations and those in Togo served as control. We plan to enrol 1050 adult participants across two countries: 700 subjects from Benin and 350 from Togo. …”
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Mortality and immunological indicators of men who have sex with men living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy: a 10-year retrospective cohort study in Southern China by Huaxiang Lu, Huanhuan Chen, Shujia Liang, Yuhua Ruan, He Jiang, Jinghua Huang, Guangjie Tan, Xiuling Wu, Jianjun Li, Chen Gong, Qiuying Zhu, Guanghua Lan

“…Results A total of 5,642 patients who met the criteria were enrolled in the study, and 160 died, representing a mortality of 2.8%. …”
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Significance of the Lesion–Pleura Relationship in Differentiating Peripheral Inflammatory Lesions and Lung Cancers by Tao Y, Zhang WT, Ding C, Fu BJ, Lv FJ, Chu ZG

“…Yang Tao,&ast; Wen-Tao Zhang,&ast; Can Ding, Bin-Jie Fu, Fa-Jin Lv, Zhi-Gang Chu Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fa-Jin Lv; Zhi-Gang Chu, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 1&num; Youyi Road, Yuanjiagang, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, 400016, Tel +86 18723032809, Fax +86 23 68811487, Email cyscitg@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn; chuzg0815@163.comPurpose: To determine the significance of lesion–pleura relationship in differentiating peripheral inflammatory lesions (PILs) and peripheral lung cancers (PLCs).Patients and Methods: From January 2017 to April 2022, a total of 743 patients with 501 PLCs and 292 PILs (≥ 1.5 cm) were retrospectively enrolled. The patients’ clinical characteristics and CT features of lesions in these two groups were analyzed and compared, and the impact of the lesion–pleura relationship (broad or narrow basement and distance between lesion and pleura) on differentiation was specifically assessed.Results: Lesions attached to pleura were more frequent in PILs (188, 64.4%) than in PLCs (244, 48.7%) (P < 0.001), and those with broad basement-to-pleura were also more common in PILs (133, 70.7%) than in PLCs (47, 19.3%) (P < 0.001). …”
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Comparación entre el Índice de Precipitación Estandarizado (SPI) y el Índice de Evapotranspiración Estandarizado (SPEI) para la sequía agrícola en el valle del Mantaro, Perú... by Víctor Antonio Ángeles Clemente, Del Piero R. Arana-Ruedas, Steve Dann Camargo Hinostroza, Oketta Onafuje

“…Se aplicó el SPI y el SPEI a seis estaciones meteorológicas diferentes dentro del Valle del Mantaro con datos entre 1990-2021 bajo un enfoque espacio-temporal. …”
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Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism Patients Treated with Rivaroxaban versus Standard of Care by W. Frank Peacock, Craig I. Coleman, Phil Wells, Gregory J. Fermann, Li Wang, Onur Baser, Jeff Schein, Concetta Crivera

“…# Study Design Adult patients with continuous health plan enrollment for ≥12 months pre- and 3 months post-inpatient PE diagnosis (index date=discharge date) between October 1, 2011- June 30, 2015 and an anticoagulant claim during the index hospitalization were included…”
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Tracheostomy-related indications, early complications and their predictors among patients in low resource settings: a prospective cohort study in the pre-COVID-19 era by Nyanzi, Daniel J., Daniel, Atwine, Kamoga, Ronald, Birungi, Caroline, Nansubuga, Caroline A., Nyaiteera, Victoria, Nakku, Doreen

“…Methods In a prospective cohort study, we consecutively enrolled one-hundred patients, both adults and children 2 h post-tracheostomy procedure. …”
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Adverse Maternal Outcomes and Associated Factors Among Mothers of Advanced Age delivering at a Tertiary Hospital, Southwestern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. by Masembe, Sezalio, Migisha, Richard, Turyasingura, Godwin, Aheisibwe, Hillary, Nzabandora, Emmanuel, Lule, John C.

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study at the Maternity Ward of KRRH from April to September 2023. We consecutively enrolled pregnant women aged≥35 years during their immediate post-delivery period and before discharge. …”
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Exclusión social y gestión urbana: ejes en la construcción del riesgo ambiental by Elsie Marcela Jurio, Celia Viviana Torrens, Mabel Ciminari, Olga Capua

“…La gran expansión de las ciudades que, a partir de mediados del siglo XX, caracteriza particularmente a los centros urbanos latinoamericanos, presenta una amplia variedad de problemas que afectan la calidad de vida de los habitantes y provocan el deterioro del ambiente. …”
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¿El comercio lleva a la convergencia? Un análisis del efecto del TLCAN sobre la convergencia local en México by Alberto Díaz Dapena, Esteban Fernández Vázquez, Rafael Garduño Rivera, Fernando Rubiera Morollón

“…Sin embargo, a diferencia de estudios empí- ricos anteriores, se utilizan datos municipales de panel para identificar con mayor claridad la relación entre el comercio y la convergencia regional, además se inclu- yen datos de los censos económicos de 2009 para observar si, después de 15 años de la entrada en vigor del TLCAN , la actividad económica se ha descentralizado y se ha trasladado de la Ciudad de México a las regiones fronterizas con los Estados Unidos. …”
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Experience with the implementation of central venous catheters by medical oncologists in a non-surgical setting by Alfonso Revuelta, Luka Mihic, Alfredo Castillo, Axel Mariño, Lucía Mateos, Claudia Iglesias, Carmen Sáenz de Jubera, Cristina Fernández, David Rodríguez-Rubí, Paula Jiménez-Fonseca, José Pablo Berros, Emilio Esteban

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La geografía, los geógrafos y la gestión. Aportes para la democratización del territorio by Javier Martín Ordoqui, Facundo Martín Hernández

“… La geografía es propuesta como una ciencia de síntesis en la cual confluyen determinadas disciplinas del ámbito natural y social. Esta característica genera críticas por parte de la comunidad científica sobre la consideración de la geografía como ciencia, ya que aducen sus críticos que carece de una metodología propia. …”
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LA GEOGRAFÍA, LOS GEÓGRAFOS Y LA GESTIÓN. APORTES PARA LA DEMOCRATIZACIÓN DEL TERRITORIO by Javier Martín Ordoqui, Facundo Martín Hernández

“…La geografía es propuesta como una ciencia de síntesis en la cual confluyen determinadas disciplinas del ámbito natural y social. Esta característica genera críticas por parte de la comunidad científica sobre la consideración de la geografía como ciencia, ya que aducen sus críticos que carece de una metodología propia. …”
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EXCLUSIÓN SOCIAL Y GESTIÓN URBANA: EJES EN LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL RIESGO AMBIENTAL by Elsie Jurio, Celia Torrens, Mabel Ciminari, Olga Capua

“…La gran expansión de las ciudades que, a partir de mediados del siglo XX, caracteriza particularmente a los centros urbanos latinoamericanos, presenta una amplia variedad de problemas que afectan la calidad de vida de los habitantes y provocan el deterioro del ambiente. …”
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The analysis of risk factors for diabetic kidney disease progression: a single-centre and cross-sectional experiment in Shanghai by Shan Huang, Juan Du, Nan Zhao, Wen Liu, Fan Hu, Xiaoxu Ge, Xiaohong Jiang, Wenfang Peng, Lisha Shen, Lili Xia

“…Objective To identify the risk factors for diabetic kidney disease (DKD) development, especially the difference between patients with different courses.Patients and methods 791 patients were considered to be eligible and were enrolled in the cross-sectional study from Shanghai Tongren Hospital Inpatient Department. 36 variables were initially screened by univariate analysis. …”
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Epi-Off versus Epi-On Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking in Keratoconus Patients: A Comparative Study through 2-Year Follow-Up by F. Cifariello, M. Minicucci, F. Di Renzo, D. Di Taranto, G. Coclite, S. Zaccaria, S. De Turris, C. Costagliola

“…Forty eyes from 32 patients with progressive keratoconus were prospectively enrolled from June 2014 to June 2015 in this nonblinded, randomized comparative study. …”
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