Using Research Capacity Enhancement to Develop and Implement National Standard-of-Care Treatment Protocols in Pakistan by Mohiba A. Khowaja, Alia Ahmad, Sadaf Altaf, Sadia Anwar, Mahwish Faizan, Tariq Ghafoor, Uzma Imam, Zulfiqar Ali Rana, Rabia Wali, Nuzhat Yasmeen, Asim F. Belgaumi

“…Protocol implementation: case report forms and databases were developed using RedCap software and tested for functionality. Education and training were provided to institutional principal investigators and data entry personnel on the disease, protocol, use of RedCap, and data entry. …”
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Impact of Multimorbidity on Symptom Burden and Symptom Clusters in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy by Carolyn Harris, Marilyn J. Hammer, Yvette P. Conley, Steven M. Paul, Bruce A. Cooper, Joosun Shin, Kate Oppegaard, Lisa Morse, Jon D. Levine, Christine Miaskowski

“…For each multimorbidity group, symptom clusters based on occurrence rates were identified using exploratory factor analysis. Results Compared to the low group (61.4%), patients in the high group (38.6%) were older, had fewer years of education, were less likely to be married or partnered, less likely to be employed, and had a lower annual income. …”
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Health Literacy and Behaviors of Patients and Caregivers Related to Glycemic Control Among Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand by Chaimongkon S, Sakulwattana W, Ong-Artborirak P, Liyanage E, Seangpraw K

“…Mean FBS and HbA1c levels were 129.81 mg/dl and 7.3%, respectively. Linear regression analysis showed that, after adjusting for sex, age, education level, financial status, duration of diabetes, smoking, and alcohol consumption, FBS was significantly associated with patients’ HL (Beta = − 0.161), SCB (Beta = − 0.197), caregivers’ HL (Beta = − 0.217), and caregivers’ patient care behaviors (Beta = − 0.181). …”
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Expedient Application of The Pedagogical Website of a Teacher of Russian As A Foreign Language in The New Didactics by Svetlana V. Marchuk

“…For research and determination of expediency, a theoretical analysis of works on physiology by N. Bernstein, I. …”
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Sex-Related Differences in Chronic Pain: A Narrative Review by a Multidisciplinary Task Force by Maurizio Marchesini, Diego Fornasari, Silvia Natoli, Elena Vegni, Arturo Cuomo

“…The impact of CP on quality of life, daily functioning, and employment is profound, particularly for women. …”
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Clinical usefulness of hemoencephalography beyond the neurofeedback by Serra-Sala M, Timoneda-Gallart C, Pérez-Álvarez F

“…We use one-way and two-way analysis of variance to disentangle the differences between groups. …”
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INTERPLAY BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH, SYSTEMIC COMORBIDITIES, AND THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: TOWARD AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF DEMENTIA CARE by Oana Cristina Cretu, Doriana Agop Forna, Cosmin Bida, Marius Cocu, Teona Tudorici, Magda Calina Bârlean, Andrei Georgescu, Corina Ciupilan, Razvan Branzan, Elena Rodica Popescu

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Obesity and health-related quality of life in adolescents from ethnic groups of rural areas of Buryatia, Russia by L. V. Rychkova, A. V. Pogodina, Zh. G. Ayurova, Ju. N. Klimkina

“…Being overweight was associated with poorer adolescent-reported HRQoL totals and in each domain in comparison with the control group of Caucasian adolescents (all р < 0.01), but not Mongolians.Subgroup analysis for overweight adolescents indicated that after controlling for gender, age, Tanner stage of adolescents, education and social status of their mothers, HRQoL scores were significantly lower in the Caucasians compared with the Mongolians regardless of BMI z-score in all domains. …”
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Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Survey on Primary Healthcare Workers' Knowledge by Noah Agbo, Yetunde Adeniyi, Onoja Matthew Akpa, Olayinka Omigbodun

“…ABSTRACT Background Neurodevelopmental disorders are a set of conditions that appear early in a child's development, usually before they begin school, and are likely to impair personal, social, academic, or occupational functioning. These conditions are the result of disturbances in brain development caused by genetic, environmental, or rather unknown causes. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of combination therapy for post-occlusive retinal changes by A.G. Shchuko, S.I. Zhukova, M.V. Akulenko

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Place attachment and migration intentions of the population: An example of eight cities in Serbia by Petrović Mina, Backović Vera, Petrović Irena

“…The selected cities: Kragujevac, Sabac, Užice, Novi Pazar, Sombor, Zrenjanin, Leskovac, and Zaječar are chosen as middle sized cities for which the issues to develop attractiveness and attach their population becomes particularly complex in times of (post-socialist) transformation and economic crisis. Empirical analysis is aimed to illustrate the researched cities potential to keep their population by investigating their place attachment (emotional and functional) and the way they perceive their city, in relation to their intention to migrate. …”
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Mental health-related, existential, and biological factors are associated with the desire to hasten death in Mexican cancer patients undergoing palliative care: A single-center stu... by Oscar Rodríguez-Mayoral, Edith Monreal-Carrillo, Irazú Contreras-Yáñez, Silvia Allende-Pérez, Evandro Agazzi, Virginia Pascual-Ramos

“…Factors associated with the WTHD were identified using multiple logistic regression analysis. The study was approved by the IRB.<h4>Results</h4>The study included 302 primarily middle-aged (54.5 [45-64]) females (225 [74.5%]), with 9 years of education. …”
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Effect of music listening on delirium after hip fracture operations (MLDHFO) in a regional hospital in Taiwan: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Ling Wang, Lin-Yu Chao, Chun-Chih Lin, Hsing-Ju Lu, Jiun-Liang Chen, Han-Chang Ku

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Factors influencing virtual reality use in paediatric acquired brain injury upper limb rehabilitation: a qualitative study by Rajat Gupta, William Farr, Daniel Ray, Chandrasekar Rathinam

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Prognostic Factors Associated with the Efficacy of Hepatic Transarterial Embolization in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors by Jose Eduardo Nuñez, Charles Zurstrassen, Milton Barros, Deise Uema, Rossana Lopez, Rachel Riechelmann

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Children’s and Their Parents’ Experiences With Home-Based Guided Hypnotherapy: Qualitative Study by Ilse N Ganzevoort, Adriëlla L van der Veen, Manna A Alma, Marjolein Y Berger, Gea A Holtman

“… Abstract BackgroundManagement of children with functional abdominal pain (FAP) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is difficult in primary care. …”
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Prioritising and including children in intersectoral policymaking: uncovering Immunity to Change in Ghana by Sarah L Dalglish, Aku Kwamie, Isabella Sagoe-Moses, Leonie Akofio-Sowah, Maria Lisa Soraghan, Srivatsan Rajagopalan, Kwame S Sakyi, Bethany Jennings, Florence Ayisi Quartey, Prince Owusu

“…Data sources were analysed separately using content analysis for real-time application of findings into the policy process. …”
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Spatially constrained disulfide bond shuffling delays insulin aggregation and enhances neurotoxicity by Weida Qin, Ruomeng Li, Juan Liu, Jun Liu, Xiaoli Wang, Binbin Hu, Zhen Zheng, Zhilin Yu, Gongyu Li

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Assessing the Elderly Health-related Unmet Needs and Some Related Factors in Hamadan City, Iran by Fatemeh Mansouri-Shad, Parvin Cheraghi, Sediqheh Mafakheri-Bashmagh, Qhadir Nouri, Zahra Cheraghi

“…The elderly with academic education had a higher score of met needs by 2.23 units (95% confidence interval: 1.40, 3.05). …”
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Experimental androgen deficiency and associated structural changes in the muscle tissue of the external anal sphincter by A. S. Pronina, G. N. Suvorova, N. N. Vologdina

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