Effectiveness of Dry Needling versus Trigger Point Compression Release among Patients with Neck Pain - RCT by Saad Tariq, Mamoona Tasleem Afzal, Anam Javed, Iqra Naseem, Nasir Khan, Muhammad Shakir Khan

“…Initially the patients were recruited using non-probability convenient sampling, later the allocation between the groups was done randomly using sealed envelope method. …”
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Genetic Structure and Diversity of Eurasian Otter (<i>Lutra lutra</i>) in Northern Eurasia and Caucasus: Are There Any Differences Between the Two Subspecies? by Nadezhda A. Sokolova, Aleksey Yu. Oleynikov, Nikolay P. Korablev, Pavel N. Korablev, Gor A. Kaloyan, Andranik A. Gyonjyan, Andrey N. Korolev, Jose Antonio Hernandez-Blanco, Pavel A. Sorokin

“…Haplotype and nucleotide diversities of Far Eastern otters are also the highest between sample groups (H = 0.882, π = 0.003) and, of Caucasian otters, the lowest (H = 0.464, π = 0.001). …”
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Comparison of Labour Progression between Nulliparous Pregnant Women of Advanced Maternal Age and Young Nulliparous Women with Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery: A Retrospective Study in... by Ryosuke Arakaki, Wataru Isono, Hiroaki Fukuda, Junya Tanaka, Arisa Minamino, Shiko Hayashi

“…Conclusions: We did not detect a clear impact of maternal age on labour progression in the groups of nulliparous women who had spontaneous vaginal delivery after women who underwent emergency caesarean section or intravenous uterotonic agent administration were excluded; however, further studies with larger sample sizes of women of advanced maternal age may be needed.…”
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Patient safety in the ‘Room of Horrors’ simulation: a multi-method study of student, novice, and experienced nurses by Seung Eun Lee, Hyun Joo Lee, V. Susan Dahinten, Won Jin Seo, Heejin Lim, Hanjoe Kim

“…The study involved participants from one nursing college and five hospitals in Korea. The sample (N = 90) comprised three groups: nursing students (n = 30), novice nurses (n = 30), and experienced nurses (n = 30). …”
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Smoking habits, awareness and support needs for cessation among people with multiple sclerosis in Australia: findings from an online survey by Roshan das Nair, Ron Borland, Claudia H Marck, Isabelle Weld-Blundell, Lisa Grech, Sarah L White

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Investigate if Metoprolol and Troxerutin Could Prevent Cardiotoxicity Mitigated by Doxorubicin by Fouad Zeidan Hamzah, Teeba Ghassan

“…The combination treatment group provided a superior effect in almost all groups, The combination treatment group achieved nearly the levels of the control negative group in 2 markers, which were CK-MB and TNF. …”
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Evaluation of fracture resistance and mode of failure of premolars restored with nanohybrid composite, ORMOCER and ceramic inlays by Mohit. K. Gunwal, Pratima R. Shenoi, Tanvee Paranjape, Sonal Dhote, Ravish Tongya, Magesh Kumar, Sanjay Rastogi

“…Mode of fracture in Group IV and Group V are almost similar and In Group III 65% of the cases showed non-restorable fractures. …”
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The role of psychological safety and psychological capital in linking leadership curiosity to employee creative performance by Barbara Rebecca Mutonyi, Renate Fredheim, Terje Slåtten

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Postmortem serotonin level in cerebrospinal fluid as a marker of the manner of death by Damjanjuk Irina, Popović Vesna, Lukić Vera, Soldatović Ivan, Mihailović Zoran, Atanasijević Tatjana

“…Serotonin [5-hydroxytriptanine (5-HT)], as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, is included in the regulation of autonomic and cognitive functions, sensory processing, motor activity, emotions, mood, and almost every kind of behavior. In forensic investigations of death, 5-HT has been studied in different body fluids, regarding the cause of death, particularly in suicides and drug abuse or as a marker of an acute stress response. …”
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Discrepancies between supervisor self-evaluations and staff perceptions of leadership: a cross-sectional study in healthcare by Nguyen Hoang Long, Julie Sochalski

“…However, supervisors’ scores were significantly higher than those of their staff for almost all leadership components, with large and significant mean differences observed in areas such as individualized consideration (mean difference = 0.63, t = 9.34, p <.001). …”
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The impact of socioeconomic characteristics on Sudanese women’s use of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine for self-management of infertility by Suhad Abdelhamid Mohamed Babikir, Elnazeer Ibrahim Mohammad Hamedelniel, Gamal Osman Elhassan, Abubakr Abdelraouf Alfadl

“…Results The majority of the respondents were in the two middle-aged groups (28–37 years and 38–47 years). Few of the respondents had less than just a primary education (3.0%), while those with higher education represented almost half of the sample (49.8%). …”
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INDICATIONS FOR AND MEDICAL-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CAESAREAN SECTION by Zlatina Nikolova, Milena Sandeva

“…A total of 467 deliveries through CS were covered. The group of women in the age group from 30 to 34 yrs., incl., is the largest one. 233 women in the sample have at least one born child, 178 of them have undergone at least one previous CS. …”
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Efficacy and safety of risankizumab versus methotrexate in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: results from IMMbrace, a randomized, double-blind, phase 3 study with... by Tania F. Cestari, Cacilda da Silva Souza, Luna Azulay-Abulafia, Ricardo Romiti, André V.E. Carvalho, Caio César Silva de Castro, Sílvio Alencar Marques, João Roberto Antonio, Lincoln Fabrício, Ahmed M. Soliman, Tianshuang Wu, Ranjeeta Sinvhal, Vassilis Stakias, Alexandra P. Song, Jasmina Kalabic, Naomi Martin, Luiza Keiko Matsuka Oyafuso

“…Adverse event rates were similar in the two groups. Study limitations: The sample size was small due to the difficulty of recruiting patients without methotrexate use. …”
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Appraisal of healthcare students and professionals’ knowledge and intention to educate the public regarding monkeypox (Mpox) by Malik Suliman Mohamed, Mona Timan Idriss, Nasser Hadal Alotaibi, Yusra Habib Khan, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi

“…Understanding the knowledge gaps within these groups is essential, as they play a vital role in infection prevention and public education. …”
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The effect of one and two sessions endurance and resistance exercise training per day on serum levels of IgA and cortisol in soccer players by Nabi Shamsaei, Hadi Abdi

“…Cortisol concentration was almost unchanged after the single bout of exercise, but it increased after two bouts of exercise in both groups. …”
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Comparative analysis of the rehabilitation potential of dogs with different types of feeding by V. V. Sydelov

“…The level of inorganic phosphorus almost did not differ between groups and did not change statistically significantly over time. …”
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Antimicrobial efficacy of superoxide water as an intracanal irrigant in primary anterior teeth against facultative anaerobes: A randomized clinical trial by Deepika Narasimha Chari, Bhavna Haresh Dave

“…Chi-square analysis and analysis of variance were carried out to find the significance of study parameters on the categorical scale and between the groups, respectively. Results: All the three irrigating solutions showed a statistically significant reduction in the microbial count of facultative anaerobes when pre- and postirrigating samples were compared. …”
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Health behaviour surveillance of Health Sciences students in Northern Germany: Design and first results by Sandra Tobisch, Annika von Borczyskowski, Ralf Reintjes

“…</p><p class="2berschriftMasterthesis"><strong>Methods</strong></p><p>Since 2014, an almost complete convenience sample of Health Sciences students is surveyed twice a year at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Single-row and Double-row Arthroscopic Shoulder Rotator Cuff Repair: Impacts on Patient-reported Outcomes, Strength, and Range of Motion by Abrar H Mekkamannil, Jeganathan Parthiban, Suresh Perumal, Sanjay A K, Rohit KR

“…Abduction strength was significantly higher for DR repair at 3 and 6 months (<italic>p</italic> = 0.0024 and 0.0039), with both groups achieving similar strength at 1 year. The SR group demonstrated significantly better flexion, abduction, internal rotation, and external rotation at 3 and 6 months (<italic>p</italic> < 0.05), with both groups achieving almost the same range of motion 1-year postsurgery. …”
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Honeydew Honey as a Reservoir of Bacteria with Antibacterial and Probiotic Properties by Dorota Grabek-Lejko, Mariusz Worek

“…The <i>Bacillus pumilus</i>/<i>altitudinis</i>, <i>B. licheniformis</i>, and <i>Bacillus cereus</i> groups were the dominant identified bacteria. Almost 16% of the isolates expressed antibacterial potential against three pathogenic bacteria, over 20% against two, while almost 34% of the isolates did not inhibit any. …”
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