Healthcare professionals’ representation toward optimal palliative care provision for COPD patients: a cross-sectional survey by Filipa Alexandra Baptista Peixoto Befecadu, Paola Gasche, Dan Adler, Ivan Guerreiro, Sophie Pautex, Lisa Hentsch

“…Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition causing chronic physical symptoms, psychological burdens, as well as social consequences. …”
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Influencing Factors and Implementation Pathways of Adherence Behavior in Intelligent Personalized Exercise Prescription: Qualitative Study by Xuejie Xu, Guoli Zhang, Yuxin Xia, Hui Xie, Zenghui Ding, Hongyu Wang, Zuchang Ma, Ting Sun

“…Personalized solutions, long-term support, feedback mechanisms, and social support networks are essential for promoting adherence. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of People With COPD Who Experience Exacerbations While on Inhaled Triple Therapy: Results of the SIRIUS I Cohort Study in the US (2015–2019) by Nordon C, Carstens D, Fagerås M, Müllerová H, Veeranki PS, Alves JA, Germack HD, Barnes TL, McCormack MC

“…Clementine Nordon,1 Donna Carstens,2 Malin Fagerås,3 Hana Müllerová,1 Phani S Veeranki,4 João André Alves,3 Hayley D Germack,2 Timothy L Barnes,4 Meredith C McCormack5 1Respiratory Evidence Strategy, BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK; 2US Medical Evidence, Biopharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, USA; 3Global Medical, BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden; 4Value & Evidence Solutions, Optum Life Sciences, Eden Prairie, MN, USA; 5School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MA, USACorrespondence: Hana Müllerová, AstraZeneca UK, Academy House, 136 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PA, UK, Email hana.muellerova@astrazeneca.comPurpose: Many people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continue to experience frequent moderate/severe exacerbations despite treatment with inhaled triple therapy (TT). …”
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Adapting a digital monitoring system for self-management to geriatric COPD rehabilitation: A participatory mixed method study by Suzanne M Debeij, Eléonore F van Dam van Isselt, Marise J Kasteleyn, Heleen V Krabben, Petra Siemonsma, Wilco P Achterberg, Miriam L Haaksma

“…Introduction Self-management for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is essential in preventing relapse and rehospitalization. …”
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Trends in Canadian Respiratory Clinical Trials from 2001 to 2011 by Claire Elizabeth Tacon, Hina Abbas, Shiyuan Zhang, Barbara Nicholls, Glenn Crater, Zhen Su

“…Clinical research bridges patients’ unmet medical need with innovative medicines, increases knowledge acquisition by clinicians, and creates solutions to improve the sustainability and quality of the Canadian health care system and economy. …”
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Digital health interventions for chronic diseases: a scoping review of evaluation frameworks by Mohan Karunanithi, Farhad Fatehi, Nazli Bashi, Mahsa Mosadeghi-Nik, Marzieh S Askari

“…Background Monitoring and evaluations of digital health (DH) solutions for the management of chronic diseases are quite heterogeneous and evidences around evaluating frameworks are inconsistent. …”
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A realist review of factors critical for the implementation of eHealth in chronic disease management by Nida Shahid, Gillian Parker, Joanna M. Bielecki, Valeria Rac, Whitney Berta

“…This paper reports on a realist review of critical factors for the implementation of eHealth interventions relevant to conditions such as heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes. …”
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Unlocking the potential of unregulated rooftops for solar PV on residential buildings: Identifying and addressing key challenges by M. Asif, R. Sharieff, M. Olawale, M. Imran Khan

“…However, a multi-criteria assessment incorporating technical, economic, regulatory and social perspectives revealed that pragmatically rearranging rooftop obstructions (Case B) was the most preferred solution with a score of 0.311, followed by Case C (0.262) and Case D (0.190). …”
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Pathogenetic substantiation of minimally invasive methods of urinary system heterochrony correction by V. A. Dmitryakov, V. N. Svekatun, M. S. Stoyan, G. V. Kornienko, V. D. Polishchuk

“…Technique for megaureter surgery: urinary bladder was filled via catheter by 0.9 % sodium chloride solution. The state of both ureters mouths was estimated. …”
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MISSION ABC: transforming respiratory care through one-stop multidisciplinary clinics – an observational study by Anoop J Chauhan, Thomas Brown, Daniel Neville, Selina Begum, Richard Jackson, Ruth DeVos, Emily Heiden, MARK SANDERS, Hitasha Rupani, Jayne Longstaff, Milan J A Chauhan, Ellie Lanning, Thomas Llewelyn Jones, Mark Amos, Mark Mottershaw, Joanne Micklam, Ben Holdsworth, Jona Baghammar, Kathryn Bannell, Rachel Dominey, Robert Guile, Anthony Leung, Fiona Maxwell, Dave Meehan, Sara Moseley, Marcus Pullen, Kathleen A Rickard, Matt Whiteman

“…Objectives The Modern Innovative Solutions to Improve Outcomes in Asthma, Breathlessness and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (MABC) service aimed to enhance disease management for chronic respiratory conditions through specialist multidisciplinary clinics, predominantly in the community. …”
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Longitudinal assessment of health-related quality of life in patients with adult congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgeryCentral MessagePerspective by Brittany A. Potz, MD, Justin A. Robinson, MD, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, PhD, Carla Duvall, MSN, Beata Earl, BS, John Urchek, BS, Natalie Salvatore, DNP, MBA, RN, Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

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Treatment tactics and strategy for complicated colon cancer in the settings of surgical department by B.O. Matviychuk, R.L. Bokhonko, A.V. Gotsulenko, O.B. Matviychuk, A.D. Kvit, A.M. Lavryk, Ya.Z. Pater, O.М. Pylypiak, S.D. Boyarchuk

“…Colon cancer is often primarily detected due to complications such as acute obstruction, perforation and peritonitis, acute bleeding. …”
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CodeX effectively identifies high-risk patients with asthma or COPD in Dutch primary care, supporting guideline-driven treatment by Iris van Geer-Postmus, Marika T. Leving, Yoran H. Gerritsma, Esmé Baan, Lars Dijk, Evelien Harms, David Price, Gerian H. Prins, Jennifer K. Quint, Dermot Ryan, Philippe Salomé, Björn Ställberg, Nilouq Stoker, Janwillem H. Kocks

“…Background: Prevention of lung attacks (LAs)/exacerbation is an important treatment goal in both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, LAs are often not registered as such in medical records. …”
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Chip loading on electroplated diamond wheels in trimming process for CFRPs and effects by in-process laser dressing by Keiji YAMADA, Tochi NAGANO, Kenta KUBO, Ryutaro TANAKA, Katsuhiko SEKIYA

“…Experimental results show that the chip loading immediately reaches at very early stage of process and is obstructive to the continuous trimming process. In addition, an in-process laser dressing is proposed as a solution to suppress and the chip loading and to enable highly efficient machining of CFRPs. …”
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SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN COMBINATION WITH X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE STUDY OF LACRIMAL PASSAGES. FIRST RESULTS by E. L. At’kova, I. O. Tomashevskiy, A. I. Luchshev, V. D. Yartsev

“…Sodium pertechnetate (99mTc) solution and a radiocontrast agent were instilled into the conjunctival sac during the study.Results. …”
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Novel Wearable Device for Non-Invasive Management of Positional Sleep Apnea: A Proof-of-Concept by Elisabetta Leogrande, Pasquale Tondo, Donato Lacedonia, Francesco Dell'Olio

“…Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a serious health condition characterized by repetitive airway collapses during sleep, which can lead to cardiovascular and metabolic complications if untreated. …”
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A systematic review on the outcome of distraction osteogenesis in TMJ ankylosis by Ankita Chugh, Divya Mehrotra, Pradeep K. Yadav

“…Distraction osteogenesis (DO) can offer a pragmatic solution to TMJa. The aim of the study was to generate evidence towards the role of DO in TMJa, evaluate its efficiency and develop an algorithm for use of DO in TMJa. …”
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Aerosol of Enoximone/Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex, Biopharmaceutical Evidence for ARDS Applicability by Chiara Migone, Brunella Grassiri, Lucia Vizzoni, Angela Fabiano, Baldassare Ferro, Ylenia Zambito, Anna Maria Piras

“…The obtained solution is characterized in terms of aerodynamic distributions and biopharmaceutical features. …”
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A Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Model-Based Human Respiration Monitoring Method Using a UWB Radar by Ping Wang, Haoran Liu, Xiusheng Liang, Zhenya Zhang

“…Real-time respiratory monitoring when sleeping is crucial for sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep quality assessment, and other issues related to the tracking of human health status. …”
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Hybrid Integration Strategies: Combining the Strengths of mmWave and Sub-6 GHz Technologies by Thaar A. Kareem

“…Due to the limited range and sensitivity to obstructions, sub-6 GHz frequencies are required; however, the coverage and penetration through the obstructions are higher. …”
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