Subregional analysis of the amygdala, thalamus, and hypothalamus at the pre-decline stage in Parkinson’s disease with later cognitive impairment by Kazuhide Seo, Genko Oyama, Toshimasa Yamamoto, Toshimasa Yamamoto

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From Novel Facial Measurements to Facial Implantology: A Systematic Review by Helena Baecher, Alexandra Scheiflinger, Katya Remy, Niklas Straub, Bhagvat Maheta, Khalil Sherwani, Can Deniz, Samuel Knoedler, Ali-Farid Safi, Martin Kauke-Navarro, Max Heiland, Leonard Knoedler

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Meta-Analysis of Acupuncture on Physical and Activity Participation Related Functions of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders by CHEN Qiang, KAN Mengfan, JIANG Xiaoyu, LIU Huifen, SUN Wenyu, BI Hongyan

“…ObjectiveWith reference to the theory and framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth (ICF-CY), a meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the effect of acupuncture on physical and activity participation functions of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).MethodsData were searched from Chinese and English databases such as Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, VIP, CBMdisc, Wanfang Data and CNKI. …”
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Therapeutic Guidelines for the Self-Management of Major Depressive Disorder: Scoping Review by Priscila de Campos Tibúrcio, Priscila Maria Marcheti, Daniela Miori Pascon, Marco Antônio Montebello Junior, Maria Alzete de Lima, Carla Sílvia Fernandes, Célia Samarina Vilaça de Brito Santos, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Sousa Nóbrega

“…Therapeutic guidance is an important resource for patients, their families, and the community, making patients the protagonists of their own health. For health professionals, therapeutic guidelines become tools that help develop skills and competencies for care among patients, thus ensuring their ability to self-manage major depressive disorder.…”
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Association of social contact with dementia and cognition: 28-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study. by Andrew Sommerlad, Séverine Sabia, Archana Singh-Manoux, Glyn Lewis, Gill Livingston

“…Social contact is a potential target for clinical and public health studies, but previous observational studies had short follow-up, making findings susceptible to reverse causation bias. …”
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Rapid inference of antibiotic susceptibility phenotype of uropathogens using metagenomic sequencing with neighbor typing by Amanda C. Carroll, Leanne Mortimer, Hiren Ghosh, Sandra Reuter, Hajo Grundmann, Karel Brinda, William P. Hanage, Angel Li, Aimee Paterson, Andrew Purssell, Ashley Rooney, Noelle R. Yee, Bryan Coburn, Shola Able-Thomas, Martin Antonio, Allison McGeer, Derek R. MacFadden

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A Systematic Review of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: A Potential Treatment for Glioblastoma by Edoardo Agosti, Sara Antonietti, Tamara Ius, Marco Maria Fontanella, Marco Zeppieri, Pier Paolo Panciani

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Current concepts on etiology of the pathogenetic mechanisms related to chronic endometritis by D. E. Galkina, T. A. Makarenko

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Integration of resistance exercise into a multimodal approach to prehabilitation for patients with sarcopenia prior to surgery: a narrative review by Harsh Patel, Khang Duy Ricky Le, Khang Duy Ricky Le, Khang Duy Ricky Le, Annie Jiao Wang, Samuel Boon Ping Tay

“…Additionally, asides from muscular hypertrophy, resistance exercise programs have been shown to have a multifactorial impact on sarcopenia, synergistically improving the domains of nutrition, mental health, hormonal imbalance, and chronic inflammation. …”
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Effectiveness of psychoeducational intervention in promoting post-stroke self-care: a systematic literature review by Victor Nhime Nungulo, Victor Nhime Nungulo, Mauer Gonçalves, Maria Adriana Henriques, Maria Adriana Henriques, Cristina Lavareda Baixinho, Cristina Lavareda Baixinho

“…The results of the articles reinforce that psychoeducational interventions may increase functional independence and the ability to carry out activities of daily living and improve health and quality of life.Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD42023483087, PROSPERO CRD42023483087.…”
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Neuroplasticity in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review by Gabriela Garcia de Carvalho Laguna, Ana Beatriz Ferreira Gusmão, Breno Oliveira Marques, Níkolas Brayan da Silva Bragas, Isadora Bagues Rodrigues, Rafaela Souza Melo, Katiene Rodrigues Menezes de Azevedo

“…Methods: This systematic review, registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews—PROSPERO (ID: CRD42024522425) and guided by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses—PRISMA (2020) criteria, searched databases like Web of Science, Scopus, United States National Library of Medicine/ Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (PubMed/Medline), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) for original articles published in 2018–2023. …”
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ProtAlign-ARG: antibiotic resistance gene characterization integrating protein language models and alignment-based scoring by Shafayat Ahmed, Muhit Islam Emon, Nazifa Ahmed Moumi, Lifu Huang, Dawei Zhou, Peter Vikesland, Amy Pruden, Liqing Zhang

“…Abstract The evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance pose a global health challenge. Whole genome and metagenomic sequencing offer a promising approach to monitoring the spread, but typical alignment-based approaches for antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) detection are inherently limited in the ability to detect new variants. …”
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Melatonin in the regulation of human life and its role in development pathology by A. V. Shilova, N. I. Ananyeva, N. Yu. Safonova, L. V. Lukina

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Knee Joint Biomechanics in Physiological Conditions and How Pathologies Can Affect It: A Systematic Review by Li Zhang, Geng Liu, Bing Han, Zhe Wang, Yuzhou Yan, Jianbing Ma, Pingping Wei

“…The knee injuries considerably impact the normal living ability and mental health of patients. Understanding the biomechanics of a normal and diseased knee joint is in urgent need for designing knee assistive devices and optimizing a rehabilitation exercise program. …”
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Role modelling to support careers in general practice: a realist review protocol by Elizabeth Iris Lamb, Bryan Burford, Catherine Exley, Gillian Vance, Valerie Wass, Hugh Alberti

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Single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing analysis reveals CENPA as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target in cancers. by Hengrui Liu, Miray Karsidag, Kunwer Chhatwal, Panpan Wang, Tao Tang

“…<h4>Background</h4>Cancer remains one of the most significant public health challenges worldwide. A widely recognized hallmark of cancer is the ability to sustain proliferative signaling, which is closely tied to various cell cycle processes. …”
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Genital ulcer disease: current challenges and perspectives by L. O. Kovtun

“…The most important among these pathogens are herpes viruses due to the ability to cause recurrent and lifelong infection that are perhaps the main cause of genital ulcers. …”
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Selenium and lung cancer: a systematic review and meta analysis. by Heidi Fritz, Deborah Kennedy, Dean Fergusson, Rochelle Fernandes, Kieran Cooley, Andrew Seely, Stephen Sagar, Raimond Wong, Dugald Seely

“…<h4>Background</h4>Selenium is a natural health product widely used in the treatment and prevention of lung cancers, but large chemoprevention trials have yielded conflicting results. …”
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Instruments for Assessing Patient Independence in Self-Care: A Scoping Review by Eriyani T, Shalahuddin I, Pebrianti S, Maulana I

“…Many patients with various conditions need help in self-care.Objective: To identify the right instrument to measure patients’ level of independence in performing self-care.Methods: The scoping review uses the PICO framework through PubMed, Science Direct, and Scopus databases.Results: Nine instruments/measuring tools can be used to measure the level of independence of patients in self-care, namely CDS, Barthel Index and MBI (Modified Barthel Index), SCHFI, ECOG, Self-care ability questionnaire, DCTAQ, and Revised Summary of Diabetes Self-Care.Conclusion: Some instruments have various assessment methods and scores but can provide helpful information for health practitioners to assess patient independence. …”
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Identification of cuproptosis and ferroptosis-related subtypes and development of a prognostic signature in colon cancer. by Yinghao He, Fuqiang Liu, Qingshu Li, Zheng Jiang

“…Colon cancer, as a highly prevalent malignant tumor globally, poses a significant threat to human health. In recent years, ferroptosis and cuproptosis, as two novel forms of cell death, have attracted widespread attention for their potential roles in the development and treatment of colon cancer. …”
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