Pain Intensity and Pain Catastrophizing Among Patients with Chronic Pain: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy by Li J, Cui Y, Jia Q, Ouyang A, Hua Y

“…The average score for catastrophizing pain among participants was 22.76 (score range 0– 52), which is considered moderate. …”
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Organization of treatment and health resort rehabilitation of elderly and long-living patients with cardiovascular diseases in hospital for war veterans by A. K. Kashirin, M. A. Kachkovsky, S. N. Brylyakova, V. P. Artischev, I. D. Berezhnov

“…To summarize the experience of organizing treatment and inpatient rehabilitation of elderly patients and long-livers with cardiovascular diseases, to assess their cardiovascular risk factors. Methods. The study involved 50 patients, aged from 77 to 97 years (average age – 86.6 ± 4.9 years), who underwent treatment and rehabilitation for cardiovascular diseases. 32 (64 %) people corresponded to old age, and 18 (36 %) people over the age of 90 years were long-livers. …”
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Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the nurses’ health-related procrastination scale (NHRPS) in Chinese nurses by Haili Zhang, Yan Shen, Ling Xu, Liangyi Cao, Lan Chen

“…The ranges of composite reliability (CR) and average variance extracted (AVE) of convergence validity were 0.839–0.902 and 0.497–0.616. …”
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Effects of exogenous β-glucanase on ileal digesta soluble β-glucan molecular weight, digestive tract characteristics, and performance of coccidiosis vaccinated broiler chickens fed... by Namalika D Karunaratne, Rex W Newkirk, Nancy P Ames, Andrew G Van Kessel, Michael R Bedford, Henry L Classen

“…<h4>Results</h4>In Experiment 1, the soluble β-glucan weighted average molecular weight (Mw) in the ileal digesta was lower with medication in the 0% BGase treatments. …”
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In situ oxidative stress in patients with epiretinal membrane by Tomasz Wilczyński, Jolanta Zalejska-Fiolka, Sabina Sapeta-Wieckowska, Monika Sarnat-Kucharczyk, Monika Sarnat-Kucharczyk, Wojciech Rokicki, Wojciech Rokicki

“…Statistical significance was set with a level of α = 0.05.ResultsTwenty-one Caucasian women (60%) and 14 men (40%) were included in the study. The average age of participants was 74.7 years (95% CI: 71.13–75.45). …”
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Longitudinal whole-brain analysis of multi-subject diffusion data in diffuse axonal injury by Daphine Centola Grassi, Ana Luiza Zaninotto, Fabrício Stewan Feltrin, Fabíola Bezerra de Carvalho Macruz, Maria Concepción García Otaduy, Claudia da Costa Leite, Vinicius Monteiro de Paula Guirado, Wellingson Silva Paiva, Celi Santos Andrade

“…This lesion leads to disarrangement of the neuronal network, which can result in some degree of deficiency. The Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS-E) is the primary outcome instrument for the evaluation of TBI victims. …”
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Development of geometrically necessary dislocation density and micromechanical fields in solid state thermal cycle by Anderson Nascimento, Irene J. Beyerlein

“…Results reveal that while both methods yield residual GND densities at the same order of magnitude, ρGNDe shows higher sensitivity to transient thermoelastic expansion. …”
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New Opportunities in Non-Preservative Glaucoma Therapy by A. A. Antonov, I. V. Kozlova, A. A. Vitkov

“…The degree of conjunctival hyperemia on the MacMonnies photographic scale decreased in both groups.Conclusion. …”
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Quality and Optimal Shelf Life of Late Season Green Cabbage by Maria I. Ivanova, Elena V. Yanchenko, Aleksey V. Yanchenko, Ivan I. Virchenko

“…The yield of commercial products depended on the solid matter content (r = 0.81) and, to a lesser degree, on the average content of ascorbic acid (r = 0.52), monosaccharides (r = 0.55), and nitrates (r = 0.55). …”
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Development and Validation of Azari Version of Speech Recognitifon Threshold Test in Adult Azari Population and Compiling Psychometrically Equivalent Lists by Asma Hammami Dizaj, Nariman Rahbar, Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, Seyyed Jalal Sameni, Nayiere Mansouri

“…Results: All 5 lists showed favorable face, content validity index and content validity ratio. The average speech thresholds obtained were 9.62, 9.77, 9.57, 9.67 and 9.57, respectively. …”
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Corneal viscoelastic properties in patients with subclinical keratoconus by I.V. Dutchin, E.L. Sorokin, Yu.V. Kutuzova, Ia.E. Pashentsev

“…To evaluate corneal viscoelastic properties in subclinical keratoconus (SKC), analysis of its association with corneal thickness, and degree of risk of iatrogenic corneal ectasia. Material and methods. …”
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The Effect of Leucocytosis, Gender Difference, and Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis in the Elderly Population by Arda Demirkan, Ayça Koca Tanrıverdi, Arda Çetinkaya, Onur Polat, Müge Günalp

“…Clinicians must maintain a degree of awareness in the evaluation of geriatric patients with right upper quadrant abdominal pain.…”
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Assessment of Wavefront Aberrations in Children with Myopia Against the Background of Ocular Surface Disorders in Combination with Computer Vision Syndrome Digital and Eye Strain by I. L. Plisov, E. M. Naumova, A. I. Smoleva

“…All patients used glasses as a method of optical correction and were constantly worn. …”
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To work or to continue to higher education? The choice of radiologic technology students at Shahroud University of Medical Sciences in 2023 by Golshan Mahmoudi, Heidar Toolee, Robabe Zarooj Hosseini, Amir Mohammad Sadeghi, Mahsa Sadeghi, Sara Khosravi, Amirhossein Faramarzi, Ali Hosseinzadeh

“…The availability sampling method was used and the data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire containing 33 questions. …”
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Мodern opportunities of organizing complex obstetric and gynecological care using hospitalreplacing technologies by N. N. Lebedev, A. N. Shikhmetov, A. M. Zadikyan, A. A. Pazychev, E. A. Panova, E N. Kalmakova, E. N. Kalmakova, M. V. Petrova, L. A. Osin, V. A. Nazarov

“…Cost-effectiveness of hospital-replacing forms of care delivery involves a significantly lower cost of services in day hospital, as well as a shorter average length of treatment in comparison with a day and night facility. …”
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The potential of local orange peel-derived eco-enzymes in producing indole acetic acid by Siska Alicia Farma, Nurfa Dewiza Luzik, Salma Sakina, Irma Leilani Eka Putri, Linda Advinda, Azwir Anhar

“…The ecoenzyme exhibited favorable characteristics, including an average degree of acidity of 3.55, and the highest total protein content was found in sample 2A (144.277 mg/mL). …”
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Exploring autistic traits in parents of autistic children: a pilot study on the broader autism phenotype by Antonio Narzisi, Elena Maria Busuoli, Maddalena Fabbri-Destro, Martina Pinzino, Sara Calderoni, Sara Calderoni, Raffaella Tancredi, Michael Vincent Lombardo, Gabriele Masi

“…While BAP traits are known to be prevalent among first-degree relatives of autistic individuals, the relationship between parental traits and children’s characteristics remains under-explored.ObjectivesThis pilot study examines the presence and extent of BAP traits in an Italian sample of both biological mothers and fathers of autistic children, exploring also the correlations between parental BAP traits and children's autistic traits.MethodsSeventy-six autistic children (ages 4-11) and their biological parents were recruited for the study. …”
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Estimation of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions in China: Remote Sensing with Generalized Regression Neural Network and Partition Modeling Strategy by Chen Chen, Kaitong Qin, Songjie Wu, Bellie Sivakumar, Chengxian Zhuang, Jiaye Li

“…We evaluated XCO₂ anomalies derived from three background XCO₂ concentration approaches: CHN (national median), LAT (10-degree latitudinal median), and NE (N-nearest non-emission grids average). …”
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WATCH-PR: Comparison of the Pulse Rate of a WATCH-Type Blood Pressure Monitor with the Pulse Rate of a Conventional Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor by Mathini Vaseekaran, Marcus Wiemer, Sven Kaese, Dennis Görlich, Jochen Hinkelbein, Gerrit Jansen, Alexander Samol

“…Objective: This study investigates whether a smartwatch that performs oscillometric blood pressure measurements at the wrist can also deliver reliable pulse rate readings using the same method. Methods: This study compared pulse rates recorded by the Omron HeartGuide smartwatch and conventional ambulatory blood pressure monitors in 50 patients over 24 h. …”
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Post-stroke cognitive impairment (results of a 5-year follow-up) by S. V. Verbitskaya, V. A. Parfenov, V. A. Reshetnikov, V. V. Kozlov, A. R. Kabaeva

“…Prior stroke plays an important role in the development of cognitive impairment (CI), the prevention of which requires detailed study.Patients and methods. A total of 350 patients (mean age, 65±17.7 years; 49% men) who had experienced a stroke with a small degree of neurological deficit were followed up. …”
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