THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PUZZLE PLAYING THERAPY IN REDUCING ANXIETY IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS: A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY by Umi Sofiatun, Nafisatun Nisa, Siti Lestari

“…Before the intervention, 73.9% of participants had severe anxiety (mean = 23.65). Following the intervention, 73.9% of participants reported moderate anxiety (mean score = 12.78), with no instances of severe anxiety. …”
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The Association Between Asymmetrical Hallux Valgus and Lumbar Spine Deformities: An Analysis from the Large General Population Cohort by Takumi Matsumoto MD PhD, Ryutaro Takeda MD, PhD, Sakae Tanaka MD PhD

“…Although rare, there are instances of unilateral cases or cases with significant asymmetry between the left and right sides. …”
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Assessment of Space Weather Impacts on New Zealand Power Transformers Using Dissolved Gas Analysis by S. P. Subritzky, A. C. Lapthorn, S. Hardie, D. H. Mac Manus, C. J. Rodger, M. Dalzell

“…Analysis of the results of this study concluded that no link had been found between the production of combustible gasses in a transformer and geomagnetic activity during the observation period. …”
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The Status of Religious Training Components in “Heavenly Gifts هدیه‌های آسمانی” Books in Primary Course by Katayoon Hamidizade, Amir Hosseyn Ehrahimi, Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi

“…The findings revealed that the three components; that is, providing appropriate educational and training models, creativity in familiarizing with moral and ethical virtues and vices and adoptability of religious issues to the student ages, have had the highest attention getting rate in every five educational levels in primary school. …”
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Versatile use of vacuum-assisted healing in fifty patients by Al Fadhli Ahmad, Alexander George, Kanjoor James

“…It may be used in most instances in both hospital and community settings.…”
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The association between the rise of gun violence in popular US primetime television dramas and homicides attributable to firearms, 2000-2018. by Patrick E Jamieson, Daniel Romer

“…Nevertheless, homicide rates have not increased over recent decades in the US, suggesting that media portrayals have had little influence on gun violence. Here we challenge this interpretation by examining trends in the proportion of violence that are attributable to firearms, a measure that should be more sensitive to media violence. …”
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Developing retroperitoneal anaplastic carcinoma with choriocarcinoma focus after ovarian non-gestastional choriocarcinoma: Case report by Nikolić Branka, Ljubić Aleksandar, Terzić Milan, Aranđelović Aleksandra, Babić Srđan, Vučić Miloš

“…In the majority of instancies it developes after any gestational event. …”
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The clinical effectiveness of patient initiated clinics for patients with chronic or recurrent conditions managed in secondary care: a systematic review. by Rebecca Whear, Abdul-Kareem Abdul-Rahman, Kate Boddy, Jo Thompson-Coon, Mark Perry, Ken Stein

“…Studies comparing patient initiated clinics with traditional consultant-led clinics in secondary care for people with long term chronic or recurrent diseases were included. Included studies had to provide data on clinical or resource use outcomes. …”
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Meta-analyses of adverse effects data derived from randomised controlled trials as compared to observational studies: methodological overview. by Su Golder, Yoon K Loke, Martin Bland

“…The symmetric funnel plot suggests that there is no consistent difference between risk estimates from meta-analysis of RCT data and those from meta-analysis of observational studies. In almost all instances, the estimates of harm from meta-analyses of the different study designs had 95% confidence intervals that overlapped (54/58, 93%). …”
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Coinfection with chikungunya and Zika results in mild disease and distinct inflammatory response by Juliana Cardoso Alves, Lucas Sousa Magalhães, Priscila Lima dos Santos, Regina Adalva de Lucena Couto Ócea, Alejandra Debbo, Jaira Vanessa de Carvalho, Mauro Martins Teixeira, Suresh Mahalingam, Amelia Ribeiro de Jesus, Angela Maria da Silva, Roque Pacheco de Almeida, Camilla Natália Oliveira Santos

“…Coinfected and monoinfected patients exhibited similar symptoms, although ZIKV-infected individuals experienced fewer instances of fever. No patients had persistent symptoms or required hospitalization. …”
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A natural language processing approach to support biomedical data harmonization: Leveraging large language models. by Zexu Li, Suraj P Prabhu, Zachary T Popp, Shubhi S Jain, Vijetha Balakundi, Ting Fang Alvin Ang, Rhoda Au, Jinying Chen

“…We first manually created a dataset by matching 347 EU variables with 1322 candidate JP variables and treated matched variable pairs as positive instances and unmatched pairs as negative instances. …”
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Use of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Instrument Recognition by Syed Ali Haider, Olivia A. Ho, Sahar Borna, Cesar A. Gomez-Cabello, Sophia M. Pressman, Dave Cole, Ajai Sehgal, Bradley C. Leibovich, Antonio Jorge Forte

“…Subgroup analysis revealed ChatGPT-4 and 4o recognized trocars in all instances. Similarly, Gemini identified surgical scissors in all instances. …”
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Men’s Experiences of Psychological and Other Forms of Abuse in Intimate Relationships: A Qualitative Study by Gloria Macassa, Frida Stål, Michelle Rydback, Joan Pliakas, Daniel Winsjansen, Anne-sofie Hiswåls, Joaquim Soares

“…In some instances, it affected their health behavior, as they reverted to alcohol and drug use to cope with the abuse. …”
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Advancing the frontier of left ventricular assist device outflow graft stenting: Stenting techniques and outcomes in a landmark case series by David Gittess, MD, Mohammad A. Al-Ani, MD, Andrew Stein, MD, Juan R. Vilaro, MD, Alex M. Parker, MD, Juan M. Aranda, Jr MD, Mustafa M. Ahmed, MD, Eric Jeng, MD, R. David Anderson, MD

“…Results: One patient experienced OGO recurrence and one patient had 2 recurrences, making the total interventions analyzed 13. …”
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Characterization of Large Yellow Croaker Quality in Different Culture Modes and Sizes by Weibo SUN, Banghong WEI, Xiaomei ZHUANG, Yuan MA, Caiwen DONG, Quanyou GUO

“…Fish cultured in the offshore ship system had lower protein levels than those in the other two culture modes. …”
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Primary Resistance to ALK Inhibitors in a Patient with Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer with ALK Rearrangement: A Case Report with Review of Literature by Suma Devaraj, Soumya Surath Panda, Gourab Arun, Adya Kinkar Panda, Debahuti Mohapatra, Lalatendu Moharana, Spoorthy Kolluri, Sindhu Kilaru, Swati Sucharita Mohanty, Ghanashyam Biswas

“…Despite being started on first- and second-generation ALK-targeted therapy, he had rapid disease progression ultimately succumbing to the disease within 3 months of diagnosis. …”
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Chronic Posttraumatic Nail Reconstruction with an Eponychium Flap: Technique Description and Case Series by Ricardo Kaempf de Oliveira, MD, Paula Fischer, MD, Luna Hussein Colombelli, MD, Monique Alves, MD, Pedro Delgado, MD, PhD, Matias Craviotto, MD, PhD

“…Regarding function satisfaction, 11 patients regarded the results as excellent; six reported good outcomes; and one had a fair result. As for appearance, 11 considered the results as excellent, and seven as good. …”
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Effectiveness of Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose-Based Haemostat (Surgicel®) for Monopolar Electrosurgical Conization and Its Risk Factors for Postoperative Rebleeding: An Observati... by Wataru Isono, Akira Tsuchiya, Asuka Okamura, Michiko Honda, Ako Saito, Hiroko Tsuchiya, Reiko Matsuyama, Akihisa Fujimoto, Osamu Nishii

“…Results: Among the 274 patients, 19 instances of postoperative recurrence and 8 instances of haemostatic suture were detected. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: a mixed-methods realist evaluation by Matthew Booker, Sarah Voss, Nicky Harris, William Hollingworth, Nouf Jeynes, Hazel Taylor, Kirsty Garfield, Helen Baxter, Jonathan Benger, Andy Gibson, Trudy Goodenough, Justin Jagosh, Kim Kirby, Cathy Liddiard, Alyesha Proctor, Sarah Purdy, Behnaz Schofield, Hannah Stott, Grace Scrimgeour, Nicola Walsh

“…Paramedics in general practice sites had lower scores at initial visit and 30 days for the Primary Care Outcomes Questionnaire ‘Confidence in Health Provision’. …”
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Efficacy and safety of ciprofol for sedation/anesthesia in patients undergoing hysteroscopy: a prospective, randomized, non-inferiority trial by Shi Cheng, Haixuan Wu, Zhongqi Liu, Dan Liu, Minghui Cao, Ganglan Fu

“…Patients in the ciprofol group had higher diastolic pressure, pulse oxygen saturation levels and minute breathing during surgery than patients in the propofol group, but their induction time and recovery time were longer. …”
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