Postural Variability in Sitting: Comparing Comfortable, Habitual, and Correct Strategies Across Chairs by Yi-Lang Chen, Li-Peng Zhang

“…<b>Results:</b> The chair type significantly influenced HI and TA (<i>p</i> < 0.001), with ergonomic chairs encouraging more upright trunk postures. The sitting strategy significantly affected TA and KA (<i>p</i> < 0.01), with comfortable sitting associated with more extended angles. …”
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PERAMPANEL EFFECTIVENESS IN THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTERY PARTIAL ONSET EPILEPSY WITH OR WITHOUT SECONDARY GENERALIZATION: PHARMACOECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION HEALTH... by N. K. Mazina, I. V. Sheshunov, P. V. Мazin, Yu. V. Kislitsin, E. M. Markova

“…Results of open multicenter controlled randomized (phase III) international clinical trials in patients over 12 years of age were used. …”
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Exploratory study of nanoparticle interaction with intraorally formed dental biofilms by Anton Schestakow, Maria Riegelmann, Matthias Hannig

“…In subject 2, distinctly more nanoparticles persisted after 24 h of water storage. …”
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Experimental investigation of dual fuel (gasoline-natural gas) in lean burn ICE by Seyyed Kazem Yekani, Mehrdad Sarabi, Mahdi Nami Khalilehdeh

“…The findings suggest that combustion mixture systems can be more effective in controlling greenhouse gas emissions compared to pure gasoline.…”
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Next-Generation Long-Acting Anti-VEGF Therapies for the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema by Piotr Rzyczniok, Aneta Rasińska

“…Long-acting intravitreal drugs and devices used in DMO may help bridge this gap by achieving optimal treatment with more feasible injection regimens. …”
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Factors associated with nursing students’ satisfaction with simulation-based assessments: interaction between psychological safety and gender in a cross-sectional study by Minjung Kyung, Hieun Kim, Jung-Hee Kim

“…Abstract Background Simulation-based learning (SBL) provides realistic clinical scenarios within a safe and controlled environment, allowing students to develop clinical skills without posing risks to patient safety. …”
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Supporting self-management with an internet intervention for low back pain in primary care: a RCT (SupportBack 2) by Adam W A Geraghty, Taeko Becque, Lisa C Roberts, Jonathan Hill, Nadine E Foster, Lucy Yardley, Beth Stuart, David A Turner, Gareth Griffiths, Frances Webley, Lorraine Durcan, Alannah Morgan, Stephanie Hughes, Sarah Bathers, Stephanie Butler-Walley, Simon Wathall, Gemma Mansell, Malcolm White, Firoza Davies, Paul Little

“…Design A multicentre, pragmatic, three parallel-arm randomised controlled trial with parallel economic evaluation. …”
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MODIS surface reflectance reconstruction based on an RTLSR inversion strategy with dynamically adjusted multi-surface parameters by Junjie Hu, Junjie Hu, Junjie Hu, Bo Gao, Bo Gao, Bo Gao, Hao Ma, Huili Gong, Huili Gong, Huili Gong, Yuanyuan Liu, Jiahao Liu, Jiahao Liu, Jiahao Liu, Yinchuan Feng, Yinchuan Feng, Yinchuan Feng, Heping Lin, Heping Lin, Heping Lin, Ziteng Wang, Ziteng Wang, Ziteng Wang

“…To enhance the quality control of input data, the conventional NDVI threshold-based snow masking approach was replaced with the more rigorous “Internal Snow Mask” from the MOD09GA product. …”
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A study of connectivity features analysis in brain function network for dementia recognition by Siying Li, Peng Wang, Zhenfeng Li, Lidong Du, Xianxiang Chen, Jie Sun, Libin Jiang, Gang Cheng, Zhen Fang

“…The K-nearest neighbors (KNN) machine learning model achieves the highest accuracy of 0.978 with the optimal subset when the threshold is 0. Visualization of edge-level features suggests that there are more long connections linking the frontal region with the occipital and parietal regions in AD and MCI patients compared with healthy controls. …”
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Perceived workplace stressors and professional experiences of clinical embryologists working in Italy and Spain: a pilot qualitative study by Giancarlo Astro, Monica Gatti, Mauro Costa, Arianna Cosmelli, Alessandra Alteri, Attilio Anastasi, Attilio Anastasi, Danilo Cimadomo, Danilo Cimadomo, Lucia De Santis, Lucia De Santis, Francesca Gioia Klinger, Francesca Gioia Klinger, Emanuele Licata, Emanuele Licata, Laura Sosa Fernandez, Laura Sosa Fernandez, Giovanna Tomasi, Giovanna Tomasi, Elena Vegni, Irene Cuevas Sáiz, Nicolas Prados, Nicolas Prados, Nicolas Prados, Valerio Pisaturo, Valerio Pisaturo

“…The participants emphasized the importance of patient counseling for their professional well being, advocating for a more intense interaction with the couples. Finally, an ergonomic laboratory environment, optimized equipment arrangement, access to natural light, and the inclusion of adjacent break rooms appear essential for reducing physical and mental fatigue and enhancing overall well being.DiscussionThis study highlights the need to address embryologists' workload, compensation, and professional well being to improve MAR performance and patient care.…”
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Isolated Nighttime Masked Uncontrolled Hypertension in Treated Patients by Kang Hee Kim, Jaehoon Chung, Suyoung Jang, Byong-Kyu Kim, Masanori Munakata, Moo-Yong Rhee

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: The IN-MUCH was significantly more prevalent in patients with normal or optimal office BP, posing treatment challenges. …”
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Rituximab in the management of systemic lupus erythematosus by Adrian Levitsky, Sara Linder, F. Vollenhoven Ronald

“…There remain reasons to believe that these controlled trials may have not been designed optimally and additional controlled trials are currently being planned to provide more data on this issue. …”
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A Phase II Clinical Trial of Neoadjuvant Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced High-Grade Thymic Tumors by Ning Xu, MD, Changlu Wang, MD, Qin Zhang, MD, Xiuxiu Hao, MD, Teng Mao, MD, Jianxin Shi, MD, Zhitao Gu, MD, Lanting Gao, MD, Yan Shen, MD, Lei Zhu, MD, Xuefei Zhang, MD, Yuan Liu, MD, Wentao Fang, MD

“…Effective induction chemoradiation may help increase the chance of surgical resection and prolonged disease control. Future studies are in need to find more effective treatment approaches for patients with thymic carcinomas.…”
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Bayesian adaptive trials for social policy by Sally Cripps, Anna Lopatnikova, Hadi Mohasel Afshar, Ben Gales, Roman Marchant, Gilad Francis, Catarina Moreira, Alex Fischer

“…BATs’ adaptive nature is particularly advantageous in policy settings, allowing for more timely and context-sensitive decisions. Moreover, BATs’ ability to value potential future information sources positions it as an optimal strategy for sequential data acquisition during policy implementation. …”
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Efficacy and safety of first-line treatments for recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Tongze Cai, Caiyue Lin, Qiongqian Li, Juanmei Mo, Jinghui Zheng, Jianlong Zhou

“…By calculating the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) for each treatment, we determined their relative advantage: the higher the SUCRA score, the more likely that treatment is to be the optimal choice.ResultsSeven RCTs were included, which involved 1495 patients who received 8 different treatment regimens. …”
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People living with chronic pain in Canada face difficult decisions and decisional conflict concerning their care: data from the national DECIDE-PAIN survey by Florian Naye, France Légaré, Chloé Cachinho, Thomas Gérard, Karine Toupin-April, Maxime Sasseville, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Annie LeBlanc, Isabelle Gaboury, Marie-Eve Poitras, Linda C. Li, Alison M. Hoens, Marie-Dominique Poirier, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Simon Décary

“…Based on the Ottawa Decision Support Framework, we collected data on difficult decisions (i.e., decision with more than one option and no clear best option) related to their chronic pain condition, the level of decisional conflict associated with the most difficult decisions (i.e., Decisional Conflict Scale), the assumed and preferred role during the decision-making process (i.e., Control Preferences Scale), and respondents’ characteristics. …”
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Investigation on the situation of hospital accompanying visitors and patient satisfaction under the nursing management in orthopedic wards in the post-epidemic era (后疫情时代骨科病房护理管理下住... by CHEN Liping (陈丽萍), WANG Fengmei (王凤美), LI Nannan (李南南), LI Jing (李靖)

“…Conclusion In the post-epidemic era, we still remains vigilant and never slacken our efforts to normalized prevention and control. It is necessary to pay more attention to the psychology of hospitalized male patients and reduce the impact of the epidemic on the lives of inpatients, so as to continuously optimize medical services, ensure medical safety, and improve patient satisfaction. …”
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Enhancing Microwave Disinfection: Impact of Sodium Chloride on Microbial Inactivation by Saleh A. Alfawaz, Ibrahim N. Alquaydheb, Amirreza Ghadimi Avval, Sara Ghayouraneh, Samir M. El-Ghazaly, Jianhong Zhou, Yuchun Du

“…These insights emphasize the critical importance of optimizing exposure time and incorporating NaCl in microwave-based disinfection processes to achieve more effective microbial inactivation.…”
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Evolution of burnout syndrome in Spanish healthcare professionals during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: psychosocial variables involved by Fernanda Gil-Almagro, Fernanda Gil-Almagro, Fernanda Gil-Almagro, F. Javier Carmona-Monge, Fernando J. García-Hedrera, Cecilia Peñacoba-Puente

“…They are shown as results of a chronification of a poor management of emotional exhaustion, and in the case of their appearance, given the variables associated with their evolution (i.e., optimism and hopelessness), therapies more focused on the meaning of existence, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, could be useful.…”
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Impact of COVID-19 vaccination on the use of PD-1 inhibitor in treating patients with cancer: a real-world study by Yang Yang, Junping Yin, Jian Li, Bo Liu, Ming Li, Qiao Huang, Xianglin Yuan, Christian Kurts, Guangyuan Hu, Qi Mei, Xi Tang, Alexander Böhner, Amy Bryant

“…Propensity score match analysis with the optimal pair matching was used to compare these criteria between the vaccinated and non-vaccinated subgroups. …”
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