Spectrum of Cortactin Isoforms in the Urine of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Their Diagnostic Value as a Potential Molecular Marker of its Severity by Fayura O., Starikovych M., Abrahamovych O., Abrahamovych M., Stoyka R., Kit Yu.

“…The control group (CG) was formed of 10 practically healthy persons of the corresponding age and gender. …”
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El método de elementos finitos como alternativa en el cálculo de engranajes. // The finite elements method as altenative in gear design. by G. González Rey, P. Frechilla Fernández, R. José García Martín

“…En este sentido, el<br />presente trabajo pretende contrastar los esfuerzos obtenidos mediante el empleo de dos de los más potentes sistemas CAD<br />dirigidos a la aplicación del método de los elementos finitos, como son el Solid Edge y el Cosmo Edge, con los<br />procedimientos de cálculo derivados de las vigentes normas ISO para evaluar la capacidad de carga de los engranajes<br />cilíndricos. …”
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Ecological Health Assessment on the Coastal Waters in the Yellow River Estuary Using Phytoplankton Index of Biotic Integrity (P-IBI) by Mingxiang NIU, Jun WANG, Zhiguo LIU, Tao ZUO, Zhaolong CHENG, Yongtao LI, Zhiwei PANG

“…In May, a few sites were present with excellent levels (9.68%), and they were scattered around the mouth of the Yellow River. …”
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The Consequence of External Part of Transparency for Performance and Disclosure of Social Responsibility by Asil Majeed Abdulnabi, Gholamreza Mansourfar, Hamzeh Didar

“…Existing literature presents mixed findings regarding transparency’s impact on CSR. …”
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Studying the Methods of Drought Coping by Farmers: (Case Study: Shirvan County of Northern Khorasan Province) by Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani, Khalil Ghorbani, Gohar Khaksar-Moghadam

“…Understanding drought-tolerant agricultural practices in Iran is of great importance and farmers use different ways to deal with the drought phenomenon. …”
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Three-Dimensional-Printed Isoniazid Chewable Gels for On-Demand Latent Tuberculosis Treatment in Children by Amanda de O. E. Moreira, Lêda Maria S. Azevedo Neta, Márcia Pietroluongo, Ana Paula dos S. Matos, Beatriz B. Correa, Beatriz H. Ortiz, André da S. Guimarães, Marcio Nele, Carollyne M. Santos, Ana Elizabeth C. Fai, Maria Helena Gonçalves, Flávio M. Shimizu, Monique S. Dos Santos, Rosemberg B. Moure, Diogo D. Nascimento, André Luis de A. Guimarães, Saint Clair dos S. G. Junior, Alessandra L. Vicosa, Lucio M. Cabral

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The impact of physical activity on progression-free and overall survival in metastatic breast cancer based on molecular subtype by Philipp Ziegler, Andreas D. Hartkopf, Markus Wallwiener, Lothar Häberle, Hans-Christian Kolberg, Peyman Hadji, Hans Tesch, Johannes Ettl, Diana Lüftner, Volkmar Müller, Laura L. Michel, Erik Belleville, Pauline Wimberger, Carsten Hielscher, Hanna Huebner, Sabrina Uhrig, Lena A. Wurmthaler, Carolin C. Hack, Christoph Mundhenke, Christian Kurbacher, Peter A. Fasching, Rachel Wuerstlein, Michael Untch, Wolfgang Janni, Florin-Andrei Taran, Michael P. Lux, Diethelm Wallwiener, Sara Y. Brucker, Tanja N. Fehm, Andreas Schneeweiss, Chloë Goossens

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Citizen science to improve patient and public involvement in GUideline Implementation in oral health and DEntistry (the GUIDE platform) by Annabel Hosie, Maria Firdaus, Jan Clarkson, Ekta Gupta, Lynn Laidlaw, Thomas Lamont, Margaret Mooney, Gillian Nevin, Craig Ramsay, Samantha Rutherford, Ana Margarida Sardo, Irene Soulsby, Derek Richards, Douglas Stirling, Michele West, Beatriz Goulao

“…Clinical guidelines are used to improve practice, but their implementation can be limited. …”
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Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of the BEAM app-based program for parents with clinical mental... by Kaeley M. Simpson, Robert J. W. McHardy, J. Grace Zhou, Sydney Levasseur-Puhach, Cynthia M. Côté, Millie Braun, Fiona Clement, Anna L. MacKinnon, Nathan Nickel, Tracie O. Afifi, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, Ryan Giuliano, Laurence Y. Katz, Lauren E. Kelly, Terry P. Klassen, Catherine Lebel, Aislin Mushquash, Kristin Reynolds, Elizabeth Decaire, Wajihah Mughal, Frances Chartrand, Olena Kloss, Jennifer M. Hensel, James M. Bolton, Jo Ann M. Unger, Mandy Archibald, Philip Fisher, Ashley Pharazyn, Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen, Leslie E. Roos

“…Discussion The BEAM program offers a promising solution to address elevated parental mental health symptoms, parenting stress, and related child functioning concerns. The present implementation trial aims to extend the groundwork established by an open pilot trial and RCT of the BEAM program, in a next step of testing BEAM’s readiness for nationwide scaling. …”
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Demographic Characteristics, Etiology, and Comorbidities of Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome: A 10-Year Retrospective Study at a Large General Hospital in China by Jingya Zhou, Meng Zhang, Xue Bai, Shengnan Cui, Cheng Pang, Lin Lu, Haiyu Pang, Xiaopeng Guo, Yi Wang, Bing Xing

“…CD, ACA, ACC, and PPNAD presented marked preponderances in women (4.1 : 1, 10.5 : 1, 4.3 : 1, and 2.3 : 1, respectively), while BMAH (59.8%) and EAS (51.0%) showed slightly higher preponderances in men. …”
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Comparative analysis of resection boundaries depending on the defect elimination method in oral mucosal cancer by Sh. I. Musin, K. V. Menshikov, A. V. Sultanbayev, I. A. Sharifgaleev, V. V. Ilyin, A. O. Guz, A. N. Rudyk, S. V. Osokin, N. A. Sharafutdinova, A. V. Chashchin, A. V. Garev, T. R. Baymuratov

“…Based on the results of the present retrospective analysis, the choice of reconstruction method affects the resection boundary in real clinical practice. …”
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Multicomponent intervention for controlling hypertension in the adult rural population of Pakistan: a protocol for a hybrid type III implementation-effectiveness cluster randomised... by Catherine Hewitt, Aziz Sheikh, Simon Walker, Sajid Soofi, Kamran Siddiqi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zainab Samad, Aysha Almas, Saima Afaq, Hajra Khwaja, Shiraz Hashmi, Imran Naeem, Salim S Virani, Saira Bukhari, Sawera Hanif

“…Findings will be reported to: (1) study participants; (2) funding body and institutes collaborating and supporting the study; (3) provincial and district health departments to inform policy; (4) presented at local, national and international conferences and (5) disseminated by peer-review publicationsTrial registration number NCT06726057.…”
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Prevalence of visual impairment and refractive error-related risk factors in preschool children in beijing, China by Yunyun Sun, Bidan Zhu, Lei Li, Huijian Li, Yuan Qiu, Shana Wang, Xi Qin, Jiantao Cui, Meixia Jiang, Yuanbin Li, Weibin Chen, Jing Fu

“…Visual impairment (VI) was classified according to the Pediatric Eye Evaluations Preferred Practice Pattern guidelines, which define it as presenting visual acuity (PVA) in either eye exceeding 0.4, 0.3, and 0.2 logMAR for respective age groups of 36–47, 48–59, and 60–83 months, and an interocular difference (IOD) of two or more lines in PVA. …”
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Association between various insulin resistance surrogates and gallstone disease based on national health and nutrition examination survey by Rui Gong, Yuchen Ding, Kaiqi Yang, Xiaodie Meng, Xiujing Sun

“…However, the association of these IR surrogates with GSD is unclear. The present study was designed to investigate the correlation between these novel IR surrogates and the risk of developing GSD and to explore the index with the best predictive value. …”
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An Audit of Patient Characteristics, Contributing Factors, and Outcomes of Patients Leaving against Medical Advice at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Abu Dhabi by Shamma Salem Alhajeri, Ibrahim Atfah, Ali Bin Yahya, Salama Matar Al Neyadi, Fatema Salem Al Ameri, Nasser Ahmed, Ismail Al Ramahi, Kenneth Charles Dittrich, Hasan Qayyum

“…Objectives: The primary aim of this audit was to evaluate the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of patients who opt for LAMA, identify contributing factors in patients who opt for LAMA, and benchmark our current practice against a SEHA policy guideline (Policy no. …”
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Randomised controlled trial of a nurse coordination intervention for people living with dementia and their carers: study protocol by John Attia, Jennifer White, Christopher Oldmeadow, Joel J Rhee, Simon Deeming, Michelle Kelly, Anna Williams, Kylie Wales, Yun-Hee Jeon, John Ward, Dimity Pond, Kate Wood, Mariko L Carey, Kristy Fakes, Balakrishnan R Nair, Kay Khaing, Mandy Harden, Claudine Ford, Stephanie Lithgow, Jaishree Jalewa, Emma Smart, Amelia Bartczak

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Implementation and effectiveness of a nurse-enabled, shared-care follow-up model for early breast cancer survivors (The IBIS-Survivorship Study): protocol for a stepped-wedge clust... by Karla Hemming, Jane Turner, Meinir Krishnasamy, Nicolas H Hart, Patsy Yates, Helen Skerman, Elizabeth Eakin, Jon Emery, Jane Mahony, Kerry Patford, Bogda Koczwara, Fiona Crawford-Williams, Caroline Kristunas, Raymond J Chan, G Bruce Mann, Mary Azer, Louisa G Collins, Jasotha Sanmugarajah, Bethany Crowe, Gillian Blanchard, Laura Healey, Rhea Liang, Paul Craft, Amy Shorthouse, Ruth McCaffery

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ChatGPT for the Standardized Operative Notes in Plastic Surgery by Fizzah Arif

“…In the medical field, it can not only enhance medical practice by conversationally providing complex information but also can potentially be used for writing medical documents of medicolegal significance (e.g. discharge summaries, etc.) [2]. …”
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Global prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective evidence by Mohamed Kadry Taher, Talia Salzman, Allyson Banal, Kate Morissette, Francesca R. Domingo, Angela M. Cheung, Curtis L. Cooper, Laura Boland, Alexandra M. Zuckermann, Muhammad A. Mullah, Claudie Laprise, Roberto Colonna, Ayan Hashi, Prinon Rahman, Erin Collins, Tricia Corrin, Lisa A. Waddell, Jason E. Pagaduan, Rukshanda Ahmad, Alejandra P. Jaramillo Garcia

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Menstrual health needs and educational outcomes among adolescent girls living in countries in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review protocol by Julie Hennegan, Nuworza Kugbey, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Fred Binka, Sitsofe Gbogbo, Israel Wuresah, Priscilla Klutse, Wisdom Kudzo Axame, Emmanuel Gbogbo, Fred Hayibor, Mercy Monde Imakando, Victor Christian Korley Doku, Frank E Baiden

“…The findings from this review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant conferences. Also, the findings will be communicated to local stakeholders (eg, adolescent girls, parents/guardians, school authorities) in appropriate formats and languages to support translation into policy and practice to improve menstrual health and hygiene and education for adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa.PROSPERO registration number CRD42024565296.…”
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