Prevalence of disability in Iranian older adults in Tehran, Iran: A population-based study by Vahid Rashedi, Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Mahshid Foroughan, Ahmad Delbari, Reza Fadayevatan

“…Introduction: The increase in the prevalence of disability has serious consequences for elders, their families, and the society in general. The effects of disability on an aging population’s health and welfare are important issues in gerontological research. …”
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Results of a Multicenter Clinical Study on Adaptation and Validation of the Russian Version of the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS) by I. A. Fedotov, A. V. Pavlichenko, E. M. Chumakov, A. V. Leonova, M. Yu. Sorokin, V. Yu. Bogoyavlenskaya, V. A. Vlasova, A. R. Kuznetsova, N. N. Petrova

“…Discriminant validity was evidenced by the more frequent absence of correlations between CAINS scores and positive and general psychopathological PANSS ratings. Inter-rater reliability was established by a sufficient level of agreement, with Cohen’s kappa coefficient, among independent raters for the majority (91%) of clinical assessments using the CAINS questionnaire.Conclusion: The obtained results demonstrate that the Russian adaptation of the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS) is a valid and effective psychometric clinical interview. …”
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Optimizing orthopedic care: Insights from a comprehensive analysis of day case total knee replacement by Bashir R. Alenazi, Ghassan H. Hakeem, Mohammed A. Alruwaili, Saad I. Alshammari, Sayaf H. Alshareef, Saeed S. Alzahrani

“…Pain and nausea/vomiting analyses revealed effective management strategies. Conclusion: This study provides comprehensive insights into the demographics, procedural intricacies, and short-term outcomes of day case total knee replacement. …”
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Clinical practice guidelines for acute kidney injury: a systematic review of the methodological quality by Ruizhe Li, Lanxia Wu, Xinhui Wu, Qingyang Fu, Mingyu Xu, Xu Zhai, Junfei Chen

“…Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) that outline diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for AKI can be valuable tools for healthcare professionals, but their effectiveness hinges on their quality. The research aims to conduct a systematic review focusing on the methodological and reporting quality of CPGs addressing acute kidney injury.DesignA systematic review of CPGs for the management of acute kidney injury in adult patients.Data resourcesPubMed and other related databases were systematically searched from January 2012 to January 2023 to collect clinical guidelines and expert consensus on acute kidney injury. …”
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The Dynamics of Subcutaneous Tissue Response to Microorganisms Associated with the Extract of Araçá (Psidium cattleianum): An Edemogenic and Microscopic Analysis by Alessandra Cury Machado, Denise Belucio Ruviere, Renata Zoccal Novais, Carlos Roberto Emerenciano Bueno, Elerson Gaetti Jardim Jr, Rodrigo Cardoso De Oliveira, Eloi Dezan Junior

“…Eighteen male rats (Rattus norvegiccus) under general anesthesia received 0.2 mL of 1% intravenous Evans blue. …”
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Visual nutrition analysis: leveraging segmentation and regression for food nutrient estimation by Yaping Zhao, Yaping Zhao, Ping Zhu, Ping Zhu, Yizhang Jiang, Kaijian Xia, Kaijian Xia

“…A reasonable diet structure not only meets the body’s needs for various nutrients but also effectively prevents many chronic diseases. However, due to the general lack of systematic nutritional knowledge, people often find it difficult to accurately assess the nutritional content of food. …”
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Research on Traffic Accident Severity Level Prediction Model Based on Improved Machine Learning by Jiming Tang, Yao Huang, Dingli Liu, Liuyuan Xiong, Rongwei Bu

“…The machine learning method is improved through integration for the accident level prediction. In the experiment, effective preprocessing measures were taken for problems such as data imbalance, missing values, the encoding of categorical variables, and the standardization of numerical features. …”
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Exploring, measuring and enhancing the coproduction of health and well-being at the national, regional and local levels through comparative case studies in Sweden and England: the... by Jane McGrath, Glenn Robert, Sofia Kjellström, Ann-Christine Andersson, Sara Donetto, Kristina Areskoug-Josefsson, Boel Andersson Gäre, Marlene Ockander, Jacob Käll

“…Introduction Cocreation, coproduction and codesign are advocated as effective ways of involving citizens in the design, management, provision and evaluation of health and social care services. …”
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Global, regional, and national disease burden of lymphoma and leukemia attributable to high body mass index: from 1990 to 2021 by Li Zhou, Li Zhou, Li Zhou, Li Zhou, Dongyong Shan, Yingzhe Zhang, Jiwei Li, RenFang Deng

“…We should pay more attention to the role of metabolic factors and made more proactive and effective strategies.…”
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COVID-19 infection history as a risk factor for early pregnancy loss: results from the electronic health record-based Southeast Texas COVID and Pregnancy Cohort Study by Micaela N. Sandoval, Michelle R. Klawans, MacKinsey A. Bach, Jennifer Mikhail, Edward A. Graviss, Tru Cao, Jacqueline G. Parchem, Junaid Husain, Eric Boerwinkle

“…Abstract Background The effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection before or during pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes are still largely unknown. …”
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Cell-Type-Specific ROS–AKT/mTOR–Autophagy Interplay—Should It Be Addressed in Periimplantitis? by Mihai Butucescu, Marina Imre, Florentina Rus-Hrincu, Bianca Voicu-Balasea, Alexandra Popa, Mihai Moisa, Alexandra Ripszky, Cristina Neculau, Silviu Mirel Pituru, Simona Pârvu

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cTAGE5 is essential for adipogenesis and adipose tissue development by Junwan Fan, Tiantian Ma, Xiaoping Ren, Zhilin Chang, Dan Zhang, Yi Wang, Shiyao Cheng, Xin Qi, Kehui Liu, Yan Wang, Yaqing Wang, Zhiheng Xu, Wenyan He

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A long-lasting prolactin stimulates galactopoiesis in mice by Kasia Kready, Kailyn E. Doiron, Katherine Redfield Chan, Jeffrey C. Way, Quincey Justman, Camille E. Powe, Pamela A. Silver

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Mind–body therapy for cardiometabolic risk in U.S. middle-aged Black adults: a scoping review by Danielle A. Martin, Jane Hook, Sunny Wonsun Kim, Sunny Wonsun Kim, Linda Larkey, Linda Larkey, Rebecca E. Lee, Rebecca E. Lee

“…and Research Question 2: What is the feasibility and acceptability and effectiveness of MBT in Black adults for CMR reduction?…”
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Negative life events, inadequate mental health literacy, and emotional symptoms among Chinese college students: a school-based longitudinal prospective study by Shichen Zhang, Rong Yang, Yingying Cui, Yi Zhou, Linlin Jiang, Jingjing Xi, Jun Fang

“…However, research on their combined effects remains limited, particularly in longitudinal studies. …”
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Monoclonal antibodies: their place in applied medicine and their role in the newest infectious disease – history, present, and future. Literature review by Petar Yordanov Atanasov, Maria Georgieva Moneva-Sakelarieva, Yozlem Ali Kobakova, Stefka Achkova Ivanova, Maria Vakrilova Becheva, Angelina Georgieva Kirkova-Bogdanova, Maria Sevdelinova Chaneva, Ventseslava Petrova Atanasova, Radoslav Fedeev Todorov, Nikolay Zarkov Bashev, Ismail Elhanov Bashov, Adel Habib Ibrahim

“…Monoclonal antibodies and antibody-based molecules offer a reliable opportunity to effectively counter emerging viral pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. …”
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U-shaped association between serum chloride and hypertension risk with nadir around 103 mmol/L: insights from regression and interpretable machine learning (XGBoost/SHAP) using NHA... by Shancheng He, Xuemei Zhong, Guangming Chen, Long Li

“…Smooth curve fitting, threshold effects, and saturation effects analyses were carried out to identify the threshold levels of chloride connected with changes in the risk of hypertension. …”
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Climate-driven variation in the phenology of juvenile Ixodes pacificus on lizard hosts by Samantha Sambado, Amanda Sparkman, Andrea Swei, Andrew J. MacDonald, Hillary S. Young, Jordan Salomon, Arielle Crews, Kacie Ring, Stephanie Copeland, Cheryl J. Briggs

“…As a result, traditional collection methods like dragging or flagging are less effective. To improve our understanding of juvenile tick seasonality across a latitudinal gradient, we examined Ixodes pacificus phenology on lizards, the primary juvenile tick host in California, and explored how climate factors influence phenological patterns. …”
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Linkage to care and prevention after HIV self‐testing: a systematic review and meta‐analysis by Ying Zhang, Su Mei Goh, James Tapa, Cheryl C. Johnson, Eric P. F. Chow, Lei Zhang, Tiffany Phillips, Christopher K. Fairley, Jason J. Ong

“…Abstract Introduction Effective linkage to prevention and care is a crucial step following HIV testing services. …”
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The efficiency and safety of enisamium iodide and umifenoviri in ARVI treatment in real clinical practice by V. V. Gordienko, K. V. Kozlov, A. A. Shedey, A. A. Litvinov, K. V. Kasyanenko, O. V. Maltsev, K. V. Zhdanov

“…The comparison group included patients who were not prescribed antiviral drugs. To study the effectiveness of the compared treatment regimens, we assessed the duration of hospitalization and the duration of the main clinical manifestations of acute respiratory viral infection, as well as the severity of the general infectious intoxication syndrome according to the anamnesis and the dynamics of the disease extracted from medical records.Results. …”
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