Mitral valve transcatheter edge‐to‐edge repair in the elderly—A safe and effective therapy by Dominik Felbel, Michael Paukovitsch, Matthias Gröger, Sinisa Markovic, Leonhard Schneider, Wolfgang Rottbauer, Mirjam Keßler

“…Group differences regarding 1 and 3 year mortality and heart failure hospitalization rates were assessed using Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazard models. Results A total of 1118 patients [median age 79 (inter‐quartile range 74–83) years; 42% female] were included and divided into 513 elderly (≥80 years) and 605 younger (<80 years) patients. …”
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Endorsement among Adolescents and Young Adults in Tanzania: Insights from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey by Alpha Johnson Kapola, Rahma Musoke, Glenda Marie Manayon, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Haji Mbwana Ally, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Lynn Moshi, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Habib Omari Ramadhani

“…Objectives: This study evaluates the prevalence of PrEP awareness and endorsement, as well as the factors associated with these outcomes, using data from the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey. Methods: The analysis included participants aged 15–24 years. …”
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Inverse association of obesity with bout periodicity in episodic cluster headache: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Byung-Su Kim, Mi Ji Lee, Byung-Kun Kim, Jong-Hee Sohn, Tae-Jin Song, Min Kyung Chu, Soo-Kyoung Kim, Jeong Wook Park, Heui-Soo Moon, Pil-Wook Chung, Soo-Jin Cho

“…In multivariable adjusted models, OR of BMI (per 1 kg/m2) and the obese group for lifetime bout occurrence were 0.89; 95% CI, 0.84–0.95 and 0.40; 95% CI, 0.23–0.68. …”
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Platelet inhibition strategies in rescue stenting after failed thrombectomy: a large retrospective multicenter registry by Aikaterini Anastasiou, Alex Brehm, Johannes Kaesmacher, Adnan Mujanovic, Marta de Dios Lascuevas, Tomás Carmona Fuentes, Alfonso López-Frías, Blanca Hidalgo Valverde, Ansgar Berlis, Christoph J. Maurer, Thanh N. Nguyen, Mohamad Abdalkader, Piers Klein, Guillaume Thevoz, Patrik Michel, Bruno Bartolini, Marius Kaschner, Daniel Weiss, Andrea M. Alexandre, Alessandro Pedicelli, Paolo Machi, Gianmarco Bernava, Shuntaro Kuwahara, Kazutaka Uchida, Jason Wenderoth, Anirudh Joshi, Grzegorz Karwacki, Manuel Bolognese, Agostino Tessitore, Sergio Lucio Vinci, Amedeo Cervo, Claudia Rollo, Ferdinand Hui, Aaisha Siddiqua Mozumder, Daniele Giuseppe Romano, Giulia Frauenfelder, Nitin Goyal, Vivek Batra, Violiza Inoa, Christophe Cognard, Matúš Hoferica, Riitta Rautio, Daniel P. O. Kaiser, Johannes C. Gerber, Julian Clarke, Michael R. Levitt, Marcel N. Wolf, Ahmed E. Othman, Luca Scarcia, Erwah Kalsoum, Diana Melancia, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Maria Porzia Ganimede, Vittorio Semeraro, Flavio Giordano, Massimo Muto, Aristeidis Katsanos, Umesh Bonala, Anil M. Tuladhar, Sjoerd F. M. Jenniskens, Victoria Hellstern, Ilka Kleffner, Paolo Remida, Susanna Diamanti, Leonardo Renieri, Elena Ballabio, Luca Valvassori, Nikki Rommers, Mira Katan, Victor Schulze-Zachau, Marios-Nikos Psychogios

“…We assessed the effects of platelet inhibition strategy and potentially covariates on the primary outcome of 90-day modified Rankin Scale (mRS) using ordinal shift analysis with proportional odds models. Results: RS was performed in 589 patients (mean age 67.9 years, 60.8% male). …”
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Measurement invariance of HIV-related stigma scales among men who have sex with men (MSM) and non-MSM populations: implications for comparative studies in China by Tianyue Mi, Xueying Yang, Guanghua Lan, Shan Qiao, Zhiyong Shen, Yuejiao Zhou, Xiaoming Li

“…Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test measurement invariance by progressively adding equality constraints to the models for each stigma dimension.ResultsPartial scalar measurement invariance was achieved for the internalized stigma scale, allowing the intercepts of items 2, 3, and 6 to vary (χ2 = 89.32, df = 43; CFI = 0.986; TLI = 0.981; RMSEA = 0.043, 95%CI [0.030, 0.056]; SRMR = 0.033), indicating that the zero points of item 2 (“I feel ashamed of having HIV”), item 3 (“Having HIV makes me feel unclean”), and item 6 (“I feel guilty because I have HIV”) were different between MSM and non-MSM. …”
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MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF RAT PERIODONTIUM IN SUPRAOCCLUSAL RELATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL TEETH IN THE AGE ASPECT by S.M. Zviahin, Y.V. Lakhtin

“…In the experimental group, the state of supraocclusion was modeled by increasing the height of the lower right second molars by placing 1 mm high filling. …”
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Effect of integrating paediatric tuberculosis services into child healthcare services on case detection in Africa: the INPUT stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial by Lise Denoeud-Ndam, Rhoderick Machekano, Anne Cecile Bissek, Rose Masaba, Millicent Ouma, Saint Just Petnga, Martina Casenghi, Appolinaire Tiam, Stephen Siamba, Nicole Herrera, Patrice Tchendjou, Leonie Simo, Boris Kevin Tchounga, Gordon Odhiambo Okomo

“…Generalised linear mixed Poisson models estimated the intervention’s effect as adjusted rate ratios (aRR) and associated 95% CIs. …”
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Psychiatric factors predict type 2 diabetes mellitus in US Veterans by Lora Lee Pless, Chantele Mitchell-Miland, Yeon-Jung Seo, Charles B. Bennett, Zachary Freyberg, Gretchen L. Haas

“…Our objective was to use predictive modeling methods to capture risk factors for T2D in a sample of 618,203 Veterans using data obtained from hospital electronic health records (EHR). …”
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Retention in HIV care during the 3 years following release from incarceration: A cohort study. by Kelsey B Loeliger, Jaimie P Meyer, Mayur M Desai, Maria M Ciarleglio, Colleen Gallagher, Frederick L Altice

“…Using multivariable logistic regression models (individual-level analysis for 1,001 individuals after excluding 93 deaths), both sustained RIC and VS at 3 years post-release were independently associated with older age (RIC: adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.22-2.12; VS: AOR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.06-1.78), having health insurance (RIC: AOR = 2.15, 95% CI = 1.60-2.89; VS: AOR = 2.01, 95% CI = 1.53-2.64), and receiving an increased number of transitional case management visits. …”
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Oral Endotracheal Intubation with Restricted Glottis View using C-MAC D Blade®: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Vaidarbhi Rasikbhai Patel, Nirali Nimeshkumar Panchal, Sanket Hirenbhai Mehta, Madhavi Sanjay Chaudhari, Bhumika Pradipkumar Pathak, Mayur Kiran shinde

“…This heralds a wide array of VL models with their own strengths and weaknesses. The C-MAC D blade® is one such VL with an angulated blade that provides an excellent glottis view, but negotiating the Endotracheal Tube (ETT) past the glottis opening and into the trachea might be difficult. …”
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Differential effects of aging, Alzheimer's pathology, and APOE4 on longitudinal functional connectivity and episodic memory in older adults by Larissa Fischer, Jenna N. Adams, Eóin N. Molloy, Niklas Vockert, Jennifer Tremblay-Mercier, Jordana Remz, Alexa Pichet Binette, Sylvia Villeneuve, Anne Maass, PREVENT-AD Research Group

“…We used region of interest (ROI)-to-ROI bivariate correlations, graph analysis, and multiple regression models. Results In the amyloid- and tau-negative sample, rsFC strength within PMC, between parahippocampal cortex and inferomedial precuneus, and between posterior hippocampus and inferomedial precuneus decreased over time. …”
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Modified triglyceride-glucose indices as novel predictors of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in US adolescents: a nationally representative study from NHANES 2... by Yigui Zou, Yu Dai, Ziyuan Li, Baixian Lin, Hu Chen, Zeling Zhuang, Wenwen Li, Qinghua Yang, Dongling Dai

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, using Youden's index, evaluated the predictive performance of TyG indices for MAFLD identification. …”
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Pattern of changes in morpho-densitometric parameters of magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus under restraint stress of different duration by K. B. Romanova, O. V. Hancheva, Yu. M. Kolesnyk

“…Chronic stress condition modelled in rats for 6, 15, and 21 weeks (limited living space, inactivity, and complicated communications) resulted in a decrease in the area of cytoplasm and nuclei of magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamic PVN. …”
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Exploring the psychological landscape of thyroid nodules: resilience, anxiety, and ultrasound correlations by Jing Wang, Lixia Wang, Daidi Zhang, Daidi Zhang, Guoqing Chen, Guoqing Chen, Qinfang Zhang, Qinfang Zhang, Haiyan Chen, Jiamao Cheng

“…Ultrasonographic analysis demonstrated significant psychosomatic associations: Higher C-TIRADS classifications predicted reduced psychological resilience (OR = 0.327, 95%CI = 0.114–0.943, p = 0.044) and increased nodule multiplicity (OR = 0.135, 95%CI = 0.034–0.537, p = 0.005). …”
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Self-assembled drug-loaded nanoprobes for pyroptosis sensitization and chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging in breast cancer by DENG Jiali, GUO Jiajing, WANG Jingyi, DING Xinyi, ZHU Yi, WANG Zhongling

“…Objective·To prepare self-assembled drug-loaded nanoprobes with activatable chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging capability, and evaluate their imaging performance and therapeutic potential for photodynamic-sensitized pyroptosis in breast cancer in vivo and in vitro.Methods·GC nanoprobes co-loaded with gemcitabine (Gem) and chlorin e6 (Ce6) were constructed by using a self-assembly strategy. …”
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Nursing Complexity and Health Literacy as Determinants of Patient Outcomes: A Prospective One-Year Multicenter Cohort Study by Antonello Cocchieri, Elena Cristofori, Mario Cesare Nurchis, Nursing and Public Health Group, Gianfranco Damiani, Manuele Cesare

“…Survival analyses and Cox proportional hazard models were used to evaluate the relationships between variables. …”
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Prediabetes: prevalence, associations with cardiovascular risk factors and contribution to survival in the Russian population by Yu. A. Balanova, S. A. Shalnova, A. E. Imaeva, V. A. Kutsenko, A. V. Kapustina, S. E. Evstifeeva, G. A. Muromtseva, R. V. Ievlev, R. N. Shepel, O. M. Drapkina

“…To study the contribution of carbohydrate metabolism disorders to mortality and the occurrence of cardiovascular events.Material and methods. We included data from cross-sectional studies ESSE-RF and ESSE-RF2. …”
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“We Are Our Own Worst Enemies”: Workplace Bullying Among Nurses and Its Implications on Healthcare Workers and Job Performance: A Multi‐Facility Study in the Tamale Metropolis... by Abubakari Wuni, Ajara Musah, Iddrisu Mohammed Sisala, Abdul Malik Abdulai, Letitia Chanayireh, Brenda Abena Nyarko, Hannah Buasilenu, Mudasir Mohammed Ibrahim, Sulemana Musah, Dorothy Azure, Nafisah Abdulai

“…Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were used to explore the factors associated with the prevalence of perceived workplace bullying among nurses. …”
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Videoconference-Delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Areum Han, Robert Oster, Hon Yuen, Jeremy Jenkins, Jessica Hawkins, Lauren Edwards

“…Linear mixed-effects models for repeated measures were used to analyze outcomes. …”
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Personal care product use and risk of adult-onset asthma: Prospective cohort analyses of U.S. Women from the Sister Study by Jungeun Lim, Che-Jung Chang, Alexandra J. White, Shelton Lo, Hantao Wang, Gabriel A. Goodney, Rui Miao, Amisha V. Barochia, Véronique L. Roger, Dale P. Sandler, Jason Y.Y. Wong

“…Multivariable Cox regression models were used to assess the associations between PCP use and incident adult-onset asthma. …”
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