Insights From a Mixed Methods Analysis of 3 Health Technologies Used in Patients With Parkinson Disease: Mixed Methods Study by Daniel Pérez-Rangel, Mariana H G Monje, Sylvie Grosjean, Martin Srp, Laura Antunes, Raquel Bouça-Machado, Ricardo Cacho, Sergio Domínguez Rodríguez, John Inocentes, Timothy Lynch, Argyri Tsakanika, Dimitrios Fotiadis, George Rigas, Evžen Růžička, Joaquim J Ferreira, Angelo Antonini, Norberto Malpica, Tiago Mestre, Álvaro Sánchez-Ferro

“…The study assessed the usability and acceptability of 3 different health technologies designed to support PD management. …”
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How Does Disease Severity Affect Clinical Outcomes and Economic Burden of Patients with COPD —— A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study in Tianjin, China by Wang L, Huang K, He X, Zhang J, Yang T, Wu J

“…Clinical and economic outcomes were examined during 12-months follow-up, including incidence and time intervals between exacerbations, mortality, healthcare resource utilization, and direct medical costs.Results: Among 6759 COPD patients (mean age 68.36 ± 11.46 years, 62.4% male), patients in group E (N=2378) showed significantly worse outcomes than group A/B (N=4381): 57% higher exacerbations risk (90.5 vs 70.5%, adjusted hazard ratio [HR]=1.57; 95% CI: 1.48– 1.67), 31% higher risk of all-cause mortality (11.6 vs 6.6%, HR=1.31; 95% CI: 1.10– 1.57), and 1.7-fold higher COPD-related total costs (Chinese yuan [CNY] 21,156 vs 12,457, adjusted difference CNY 4238) during follow-up. Notably, the incidence rates of overall exacerbation, total costs increased progressively from group A to B to E in the year following the index date.Conclusion: Poor prognosis and high economic burden were observed among Chinese patients with COPD. …”
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Increasing COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Uptake in the Take Care Texas Community-Based Randomized Trial: Adaptive Geospatial Analysis by Kehe Zhang, Jocelyn V Hunyadi, Marcia C de Oliveira Otto, Miryoung Lee, Zitong Zhang, Ryan Ramphul, Jose-Miguel Yamal, Ashraf Yaseen, Alanna C Morrison, Shreela Sharma, Mohammad Hossein Rahbar, Xu Zhang, Stephen Linder, Dritana Marko, Rachel White Roy, Deborah Banerjee, Esmeralda Guajardo, Michelle Crum, Belinda Reininger, Maria E Fernandez, Cici Bauer

“…The project titled Take Care Texas ObjectiveWe aimed to develop a novel procedure for adaptive selections of census block groups (CBGs) to include in the community-based randomized trial for the Take Care Texas project. …”
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Epidemiology and genetic diversity of classic human astrovirus with whole-genome sequence analysis in inpatient children under 5 years of age in Yunnan, China by Zhichao Wang, Lili Jiang, Lihua Chen, Jianping Cun, Xiaofang Zhou, Yongming Zhou, Wenpeng Gu, Yihui Cao

“…Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology, incidence and genetic diversity of classic human astrovirus (HAstV) in inpatient children under 5 years of age for acute gastroenteritis (AGE). …”
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An assessment of the level of knowledge about diabetes mellitus among diabetic patients in a primary healthcare setting by Lushendran M. Moodley, Viren Rambiritch

“…This study was therefore aimed at clinics in the KwaZulu-Natal region, where 56,9% of the people live in rural areas, with an estimated 65% literacy rate and unemployment standing at over 50%. …”
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Iron metabolism-related indicators as predictors of the incidence of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis by Limei Zhao, Xiaoyu Yang, Shengchao Zhang, Xiaoshuang Zhou

“…The standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used as effect size measures. …”
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Effect of dietary anthocyanins on the risk factors related to metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Junyin Pan, Jingwen Liang, Zhantu Xue, Xin Meng, Liwei Jia

“…<h4>Objective</h4>This meta-analysis aims to systematically investigate whether dietary anthocyanin supplementation can reduce metabolic syndrome (MetS)-related risk factors: abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia (low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and hypertriglyceridemia), hypertension, and hyperglycemia by conducting a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).…”
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EVALUATION OF 18F-PSMA PET/CT UPTAKE IN PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA: AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS by Renata Erbert Contriciani, Fabíola Furtuoso Zarpelão, Leo Victor Kim, Larissa Ariel Oliveira Carrilho, Sandra Regina Branbilla, Luiz Roberto Lopes, Nelson Adami Andreollo, Maria Emilia Seren Takahashi, Celso Dario Ramos, Maria Carolina Santos Mendes, Elba Cristina Sá de Camargo Etchebehere, José Barreto Campello Carvalheira

“…Objectives: This study aims to investigate 18F-PSMA PET/CT uptake in different clinical scenarios of patients with gastric cancer and compare it with 18F-FDG PET/CT uptake (glucose metabolism). …”
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Herd immunity to hepatitis A virus in the Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Region by A. Yu. Popova, A. Yu. Gorbunova, Yu. V. Ostankova, S. A. Egorova, D. E. Reingardt, A. R. Ivanova, A. N. Schemelev, I. V. Drozd, O. B. Zhimbaeva, E. M. Danilova, A. M. Milichkina, E. B. Ezhlova, A. A. Melnikova, N. S. Bashketova, L. V. Buts, A. A. Totolian

“…In 2023, 423,855 people were vaccinated in the country, including 171,161 children up to and including 17 years of age. The aim of our work was to assess the seroprevalence of IgG antibodies to hepatitis A virus in the population of St. …”
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Efficacy and safety of TACE combined with lenvatinib and PD-1 Inhibitor in intermediate-stage HCC exceeding the up-7 criteria: a retrospective cohort study by Miao Xue, Yanqin Wu, Yiyang Tang, Kun Huang, Haikuan Liu, Bowen Zhu, Jie Wen, Yue Zhao, Guixiong Zhang, Hang Liu, Wenzhe Fan, Jiaping Li

“…The TACE+LEN+PD-1 group achieved a longer median PFS (10.0 months vs. 5.7 months; P=0.002) and a median OS of 21.0 months, compared to 16.2 months in the TACE+LEN group, though the OS difference was not statistically significant (P=0.096). …”
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Japanese Model of Attracting Foreign Youth in the Higher Education System by S. V. Ryazantsev, T. K. Rostovskaya, N. S. Ryazantsev

“…Japan has actually become one of the leaders in the world market for educational services; applicants from different countries seek to master the most in-demand specialties. …”
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The value of a multimodal approach combining radical surgery and intraoperative radiotherapy in the recurrence treatment of gynecological malignancies - analysis of a large patient... by Tanja Sprave, Raluca Stoian, Natalia Volegova-Neher, Mark Gainey, Michael Kollefrath, Dimos Baltas, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Ingolf Juhasz-Böss, Rieke Schröder, Florin-Andrei Taran

“…OS and DMFS, but not LRC, differed significantly between the HDR-IORT and IOERT groups (p = 0.06 and p = 0.03,) in favor of the HDR-IORT technique. …”
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Comparison of cardiovascular and psychological profile of young military men after COVID-19 with and without pneumonia by E. I. Yaroslavskaya, D. V. Krinochkin, I. R. Krinochkina, N. E. Shirokov, E. P. Gultyaeva, I. O. Korovina, V. D. Garanina, E. A. Gorbatenko, A. V. Mamarina, N. А. Osokina, O. A. Guskova, N. A. Musikhina, T. I. Petelina

“…Aim. To compare the cardiovascular and psychological profile of young military population after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with/without pneumonia.Material and methods. …”
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Quality of life in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer receiving cytotoxic and cytotoxic plus targeted therapy by Hong Tham Pham, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Thao Le Ba, Vo Ngoc Minh Tran, Ronald L. Castelino, Kim-Huong Truong-Nguyen, Bao Khanh Nguyen, Megan K. Fischer, Viet Dung Tran, Minh-Hoang Tran

“…Given the lack of robust evidence and causal inference, we aimed to investigate the effects of targeted therapy-added regimens versus cytotoxic therapy (CyT) on QoL and components of QoL in patients with mCRC eligible for curative-intent treatment. …”
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SPP1+ macrophages promote head and neck squamous cell carcinoma progression by secreting TNF-α and IL-1β by Chun Liu, Kun Wu, Chuwen Li, Zhen Zhang, Peisong Zhai, Haiyan Guo, Jianjun Zhang

“…SPP1 + macrophages (SPP1 + Macs) are found in many cancers, but their effects on HNSCC remain unknown. This study aimed to identify and validate the role and function of SPP1 + Macs in the malignant progression of HNSCC. …”
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Situación actual y retos de futuro de los servicios deportivos municipales: percepción de los responsables deportivos (Current situation and future challenges of municipal sports s... by Inmaculada Martínez de Aldama Ortuzar, Ruth Cayero, Bonifacio Teruelo Terreras, Javier González Bravo, Javier Yanci Irigoyen

“…Palabras clave: Servicios deportivos, percepción, gestores, municipios, retos. Abstract. The aim of this study was to know the perception of the current situation and future challenges of municipal sports services (MSS) from the perspective of their managers. …”
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Factors Affecting the Agricultural Sustainability of Wheat Farms in Kermanshah County by Reza Movahedi, Nafiseh Amiribavandpour, Karim Naderi Mahdeei

“…To analyze data a number of different tests in particular multiple regression were used. 3- Resultsand Discussion Results showed that farmers' annual yield per hectare was 5.24 tones. …”
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Analisis Peraturan Komisi Pemilihan Umum Nomor 18 Tahun 2024 Perspektif Jean Jacques Rousseau tentang Legitimasi Kekuasaan by Muhammad Riyadi, Moh. Mu’alim, Muhammad Nahidh Buldani, Muhammad Nur Fadli, Abdul Wahab

“… This study aims to analyze the legitimacy of authority in determining the elected candidate pairs in the Pilkada, as regulated in Articles 58 and 76 of the General Election Commission Regulation (PKPU) Number 18 of 2024, using Jean Jacques Rousseau's theory of legitimacy of authority. …”
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Validación de un instrumento de evaluación en deportes de red-muro: squash (HERS) (Validation of a wall-net sports measurement instrument: squash performance evaluation tool (SPET)... by María Catalán-Eslava, Sixto González-Víllora

“…Abstract. This research aims to design and validate, in the Squash players, the McPherson and French ‘Components of Real Play in Tennis Encoding Instrument´ (1991). …”
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Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic hazards associated with trace elements and organochlorines from fish consumption in tropical river watershed by D. Dwiyitno, F. Ariyani, G.R. Barokah, D. Yogaswara, R. Grandiosa, E. Frimawaty, H.E. Irianto, Y. Sani

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Trace elements and pesticide residues are among the crucial problems in the river Watershed ecosystem. The present study aimed to assess the health risk of trace elements and organochlorines to the local inhabitants from fish consumption in Citarum Watershed, Indonesia. …”
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