Function of non-coding RNA in radioresistance in non-small cell lung cancer by CHEN Mengdan, WANG Huaying, YU Wanjun

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Community‐Level Compact City Design, Health Care Provision, and Outcomes of Patients With Stroke by Yukihiro Imaoka, Nice Ren, Soshiro Ogata, Shogo Watanabe, Tomoya Itatani, Eri Kiyoshige, Hirotoshi Imamura, Kunihiro Nishimura, Syoji Kobashi, Yasuyuki Kaku, Koichi Arimura, Hitoshi Fukuda, Masafumi Ihara, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Yuji Matsumaru, Nobuyuki Sakai, Takanari Kitazono, Shigeru Fujimoto, Kuniaki Ogasawara, Koji Yoshimoto, Akitake Mukasa, Koji Iihara

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Impact of worklist selection on point-of-care ultrasound workflow – a quality improvement project by Jonathan Rowland, Jessa Baker, Natassia Dunn, Matthew Whited, Soheil Saadat, J. Christian Fox

“…This project was undertaken to improve the functionality of the existing POCUS workflow and move toward an “encounter-based” system by automating worklist generation. …”
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Care-associated adverse events related to the use of laser in urological interventions: the French experience by Maher Abdessater, Maher Abdessater, Frédéric Panthier, Philippe Michel, Vanessa Avrillon, Bertrand Pogu, Bertrand Pogu, Stéphane Bart, Stéphane Bart

“…Training teams on the use of laser generators and providing feedback on functional results and related specific morbidity seem necessary to guarantee the proper use of these technologies and the safety of staff and patients.…”
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Normative values to assess functional fitness in older adults in a region of Chile by Marco Cossio-Bolaños, Rubén Vidal-Espinoza, Luis F. Castelli Correia de Campos, Jose Sulla-Torres, Camilo Urra-Albornoz, Fernando Alvear-Vasquez, Jose Fuentes-Lopez, Marcella Silva Ramos de Lazari, Rossana Gomez-Campos

“…IntroductionAging is a global phenomenon that has generated great concerns and challenges in terms of public health and medical care, associated with a lower quality of life. …”
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Functional reconstitution of plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase into giant unilamellar vesicles by Huriye D. Uzun, Ekaterina Malysenko, Bo H. Justesen, Thomas Günther Pomorski

“…In this study, we focused on the reconstitution conditions suitable for the P3 ATPase Arabidopsis thaliana H+-ATPase isoform 2 and compatible with various giant unilamellar vesicle generation techniques. Among the methods evaluated for GUV formation, including electroformation, gel-assisted formation, and charge-mediated fusion, only the gel-assisted approach successfully generated AHA2-containing giant unilamellar vesicles while preserving the pump activity. …”
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Prevalence of the use of medications requiring renal adjustment in critical care units of a public hospital by Dandara BINDEMANN, Lorena FRANQUETO, Antonio Matoso MENDES, Inajara ROTTA

“…Objective: To evaluate, among the most prescribed medications in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) of a public teaching hospital, those that require dose adjustment according to renal function, and to present the role of the pharmacist in this care setting. …”
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Physicians’ experiences of assessing and supporting fatigued patients in primary care: a focus group study by Conrad Samuelsson, Lisa Gunnarsson, Frank Svärdman, Christian Rück, Elin Lindsäter

“…Results The analysis generated the overarching theme "Frustration in the role as physician," consisting of two main themes: (1) “Time pressure and an empty toolbox”, highlighting the perceived lack of standardised assessment procedures, effective interventions, and sufficient time for care; and (2) “Challenges in the patient-physician relationship”, highlighting role ambivalence, ambivalence regarding sick leave, and the importance of reaching mutual understanding with the patient. …”
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Recommendations for Interventions to Improve Function in Patients With Lung Cancer: A Clinical Practice Guideline by Mary Vargo, Lynn H. Gerber, Laura S. Gilchrist, Mary Insana Fisher

“…This Clinical Practice Guideline generates evidence‐based recommendations to improve functional outcomes in this population. …”
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Sepsis beyond bundles: contextualising paediatric care in resource-limited settings through situational analysis by John Adabie Appiah, Leah Ratner, Sheila Agyeiwaa Owusu, Ahmet Uluer, Gustav Nettey, Allysa Warling, Charles Martyn-Dickens, Emma Otchere, R. Elaine Cagnina, Maame Fremah Kotoh- Mortty, Eugene Martey

“…PreHA, although without a paediatric-specific ICU, leveraged research funding to enhance clinical care capacity. Both hospitals experienced regular power outages but had reliable generators, and while they offered basic medications and treatments, resource limitations, including out-of-pocket costs for families, impacted access to essential medications and laboratory tests.Conclusion Concerns around resource availability, compounded by structural determinants such as financial barriers and historical underfunding hypothesised to be rooted in colonialism, highlight the need for context-sensitive adaptations of paediatric sepsis bundles. …”
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Sexual experience and functioning in male and female patients with Sjögren’s disease: a qualitative study by Suzanne Arends, Hendrika Bootsma, Davy Paap, Frans Kroese, Dagmar Rebel, Grieteke Pool

“…Many participants reported an unmet need for support, advice and treatment of sexuality-related symptoms related to SjD. The themes generated provide valuable insights into understanding the factors that shape sexual experience and underscore the importance of addressing sexuality-related symptoms as part of holistic care for patients with SjD. …”
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Experiences With an Intervention Based on Geriatric Assessment With Management: A Qualitative Study by May Ingvild Volungholen Sollid, Line Melby, Marit Slaaen, Grethe Eilertsen, Inga Marie Røyset, Øyvind Kirkevold

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CareTaker.ai—A Smart Health-Monitoring and Caretaker-Assistant System for Elder Healthcare by Ankur Gupta, Sahil Sawhney, Suhaib Ahmed

“…It consists of smart bed sheets, pillow covers with embedded sensors, and a processing unit with GPUs, conversational AI, and generative AI capabilities, with associated functional modules. …”
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Impact of General Anesthesia and Antioxidants on Cognitive, Static and Locomotor Functions During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by V. V. Moroz, V. T. Dolgikh, S. A. Karpitskaya

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Emotional burden and self-care strategies among individuals in the sex trade during COVID-19 in Israel by Nour Shimei, Yeela Lahav-Raz, Ayelet Prior, Guy Shilo, Einat Peled

“…Building on these insights, this article examines how self-care practices functioned as relational and strategic responses to crisis. …”
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Diversification of sources of income in agricultural holdings in the context of multi-functional development of rural areas in Poland by Roman Rudnicki, Anna Dubownik, Mirosław Biczkowski

“…What can prove the progressing multi-functional development of agricultural holdings is a low rank of farms where incomes are generated mostly by agriculture-related activities, which is particularly conspicuous upon comparison with the percentage of agricultural holdings with incomes from work in non-agricultural sectors. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Work package 4: Development and refinement of a care transitions intervention Intervention development Functional resonance analysis method was used to model the transition process. …”
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Family Physicians’ Feedback on the Feature Design of a Digital Health Platform to Streamline the Care of Older Adults by Marjan Abbasi, Sheny Khera, Julia Dabravolskaj, Amira Aissiou, Reza Abbasi-Dezfouly

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Family physicians are essential to a well-functioning healthcare system; however, they face significant administrative and cognitive burdens that contribute to their burnout and reduce the quality of patient care they provide. …”
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On-demand imidazolidinyl urea-based tissue-like, self-healable, and antibacterial hydrogels for infectious wound care by Qi Wu, Krishanu Ghosal, Nadine Kana'an, Shounak Roy, Nagham Rashed, Ranabir Majumder, Mahitosh Mandal, Liang Gao, Shady Farah

“…Additionally, the hydrogels exhibit good 3D printability and remarkable antibacterial activity, attributed to concentration dependent ROS generation, oxidative stress induction, and subsequent disruption of bacterial membrane. …”
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Optimisation of Several Estimating Functions by Multicriterial Analysis of Civil Engineering Structure in Service Stage Monitoring by Daniel LEPĂDATU, Dorina ISOPESCU, Ion RUSU, Loredana JUDELE, Gabriel SANDULACHE

“… In order to ensure the safety of engineering structures and especially those with special regimen such as the viaducts requiring careful monitoring of spatial displacements, it is necessary to find an optimal combination of criteria that are evaluated by a multi-criteria analysis to avoid major structural degradation and their effects on of the entire structure that can generate catastrophes with major losses of human lives. …”
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