Exploring care pathways of patients conveyed by emergency medical services (EMS) through electronic health records by Jani Paulin, Teijo I. Saari, Heikki Riihimäki, Mari Koivisto, Laura-Maria Peltonen

“…The pathway analyses of post conveyance re-contacts show that a small number of patients burden the system. …”
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Cranioplasty infection in porous hydroxyapatite: Potential antibacterial properties by Ismail Zaed, Corrado Iaccarino, Francesca Faedo, Laura Grillini, Elisabetta Galassi, Alessandro Dotti, Angelo Nataloni, Francesca Carolina Mannella, Andrea Cardia

“…The first preliminary test (a) verified the antibacterial property at 0, 1, 2, and 4 h of contact time; the second confirmatory test (b) was repeated to verify the antibacterial property at 0, 4, 8 h. …”
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FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF ELDERLY PATIENTS AFTER STROKE by Andriy O. Golyachenko, Igor R. Mysula, Iryna I. Kamyshna, Oleksandr A. Holyachenko

“…If a similar result was obtained during repeated measurements, the patients were assigned to groups with the same level of functional activity. …”
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Effects of a 16-week dance intervention on loneliness and self-esteem in left behind children: a randomised controlled trial by Xiaolin Li, Qian Yang, Jiayi Long, Linghui Zhou, Chunxia Lu, Zhenqian Zhou, Ming Zeng, Weixin Dong

“…Participants were measured three times using the Children’s Loneliness Scale and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale: baseline (T0), after 8 weeks (T1), and post-intervention (16 weeks, T2). Linear mixed-effects models for repeated measures were used to test the effects of time, group and time × group interactions. …”
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Exploring the Dynamics of Canine-Assisted Interactions: A Wearable Approach to Understanding Interspecies Well-Being by Timothy R. N. Holder, Colt Nichols, Emily Summers, David L. Roberts, Alper Bozkurt

“…Canine-assisted interactions (CAIs) have been explored to offer therapeutic benefits to human participants in various contexts, from addressing cancer-related fatigue to treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Despite their widespread adoption, there are still unresolved questions regarding the outcomes for both humans and animals involved in these interactions. …”
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Food–Drug Interactions: Effect of Propolis on the Pharmacokinetics of Enrofloxacin and Its Active Metabolite Ciprofloxacin in Rabbits by Ali Sorucu, Cengiz Gokbulut, Busra Aslan Akyol, Osman Bulut

“…Heparinized blood samples were collected at 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 24 h post-administration. HPLC-FL was used to analyze the plasma concentrations of enrofloxacin and its active metabolite ciprofloxacin following liquid–liquid phase extraction, i.e., protein precipitation with acetonitrile and partitioning with sodium sulfate. …”
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Comparing Quality of Life Before and After Surgery in Patients With Cushing Disease: A Before-After Study by Arezoo Chouhdari, Omidvar Rezaei, Mohammad Samadian, Guive Sharifi, Kaveh Ebrahimzadeh, Zahra Davoudi

“…To compare the QoL scores before, 6 months, and 12 months after surgery, repeated measures ANOVA and for determining predictors of QoL score improvement, multivariable logistic regression analysis was used. …”
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The impact of synapsin III gene on the neurometabolite level alterations after single-dose methylphenidate in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder patients by Başay, Kabukçu Başay B, Alacam H, Öztürk, Büber A, Yilmaz SG, Kıroğlu Y, Erdal ME, Herken H

“…Both rs133945G>A and rs133946C>G polymorphisms were found to statistically significantly affect the alteration of NAA levels in response to Mph in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with two-way repeated measure of analysis of variance. Post hoc comparisons revealed a significant difference between CG and GG genotypes of rs133946C>G polymorphisms after Bonferroni adjustment (P=0.016).Conclusion: Synapsin III gene polymorphisms may be affecting the changes in neurometabolite levels in response to Mph in adult ADHD patients. …”
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A Randomized Control Trial Comparing Common Errors Made by Women During Three Different Methods of Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Training: By Verbal Education vs. Vaginal Palpati... by Duygu Sultan Öge, Fatma Kılıç Hamzaoğlu, Hanife Doğan, Türkan Akbayrak

“…After the training, the same evaluations were repeated. The sessions were conducted one-on-one and lasted for an average of one hour. …”
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Maximizing sprint performance among adolescent sprinters: a controlled evaluation of functional, traditional, and combined training approaches by Xiaohuan Liu, Xiaohuan Liu, Yongjing Shao, Sohom Saha, Zijian Zhao, Debajit Karmakar

“…Sprint performance, agility, coordination, VO₂ max, muscular strength, and body fat percentage were assessed pre- and post-intervention. A repeated-measures ANOVA was used to analyze within- and between-group differences, with significance set at p < 0.05.ResultsCombined Training Group demonstrated the most significant improvements across all performance variables, including VO₂ max (+4.32%), muscular strength (+8.93%), and sprinting ability (−4.71%). …”
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Development of Low-Cost Monitoring and Assessment System for Cycle Paths Based on Raspberry Pi Technology by Salvatore Bruno, Ionut Daniel Trifan, Lorenzo Vita, Giuseppe Loprencipe

“…Data post-processing was also focused on integrating user comfort perception with image data, and it revealed anomaly detections represented by numerical acceleration spikes. …”
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Effects of immersive virtual therapy on psychological and physical wellbeing in women with breast cancer at different stages of disease and treatment conditions: an experimental co... by Oliver Czech, Rafal Matkowski, Rafal Matkowski, Jakub Skórniak, Iwona Malicka

“…Virtual Reality (VR) has shown promise as a supportive, non-pharmacological intervention by reducing anxiety, depression, pain and aiding physical rehabilitation in cancer care.ObjectiveThis study evaluated the impact of immersive VR therapy in improving the psychological and physical wellbeing of women with BC at different stages of treatment and compared outcomes across treatment groups.MethodsFifty-six women were recruited at the Lower Silesian Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology Center in Wroclaw, Poland, and divided into four equal groups (n = 14) based on their treatment stage: recently diagnosed before treatment (diagnosis group), in the perioperative period (surgery group), undergoing radiotherapy (radiotherapy group), and post-treatment (healed group). All participants completed ten VR therapy sessions involving therapeutic tasks in a virtual garden. …”
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Treatment outcome of recombinant thrombomodulin in patients with septic urinary tract infection-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation; a retrospective study by Dr Yoshihiro Hashimoto, Dr Ryohei Azuma, Dr Emi Nazato, Dr Masayuki Usami

“…SOFA and APACHE II score in the rTM group decreased significantly in comparison with that in the control group (P<0.05). In the post hoc test, SOFA score decreased rapidly in the rTM group compared with that in the control group on day 1 (P<0.05). …”
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The COMFORT Trial: A Randomised Control Trial Comparing Group‐Based COMpassion‐FOcused Therapy Techniques and Breathing Pattern ReTraining With Treatment as Usual on the Psychologi... by Sinead Lynch, Rachel Pender, Carolyn Ingram, Clodagh Finnerty, Damien Lowry, Yvonne O'Meara, Donal J. Brennan

“…Data were collected via self‐report questionnaires at baseline (T1), post 6‐week intervention (T2) and at 12 weeks (T3). …”
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Comparison of different bioglass applications on root caries – A laboratory-based study by Ahmed Sleibi, Beliz Ozel, Paul Anderson, Aylin Baysan

“…These samples were then analysed using the SEM for the qualitative assessment of lesion topography. Repeated measures ANOVA, Wilcoxon paired tests and percentage changes were carried out to assess Ra. …”
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The effectiveness of myofascial massage of the gastrocnemius muscle on the threshold and pain tolerance by Karolina PAWLIKOWSKA, Aleksandra JAŻDŻEWSKA, Jakub KORTAS

“…Background: The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of the myofascial self-massage technique of the gastrocnemius muscle in determining the possibility of increasing pain tolerance and individual pain threshold, which could increase exercise efficiency, allow for greater training loads and accelerate post-exercise regeneration, as well as to determine the subjective assessment of pain intensity using the VAS scale. …”
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Incidence of opioid use disorder in the year after discharge from an emergency department encounter by Brittany E. Punches, Rachel M. Ancona, Caroline E. Freiermuth, Jennifer L. Brown, Michael S. Lyons

“…We report OUD incidence within 1 year, with time to first indicator of OUD among those with a repeat health system encounter post index using a Cox proportional hazards model. …”
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Optimising the use of plastic protective covers in field grown melon on a farm scale by Paolo Benincasa, Andrea Massoli, Livia Polegri, Luciano Concezzi, Andrea Onofri, Francesco Tei

“…Four experiments were set up in 2010 and repeated in 2011 in Central Italy, in an inland region with a temperate climate. …”
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Evaluation of a novel elbow joint torque measurement device in healthy subjects and stroke patients: a randomized trial by Qingqin Xu, Mengxuan Hu, Lei Li, Shi Chen, Bo Liu, Jianwei Lu, Hemu Chen

“…Repeated EJTMD measurement outcomes have a good correlation on the same day (r ≥ 0.999, P < 0.001). …”
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Increasing motivation and well-being among medical students using curricular self-experience group sessions—a randomized controlled trial by Philipp Spitzer, Claire Mittmann, Janine Utz, Stefan Mestermann, Teresa Festl-Wietek, Johannes Kornhuber, Anne Herrmann-Werner

“…Data were collected from pre- and post-internship groups as well as several weeks later using the Self-Regulation Questionnaire for Learning, the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Visual Analog Scale for Stress, and the WHO-5 Scale for Well-Being. …”
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