EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF DRUG THERAPY FOR OBESITY ON THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN OVERWEIGHT WOMEN by E. A. Strebkova, I. V. Solovyeva, E. P. Sharapova, A. M. Mkrtumyan, L. I. Alekseeva, E. L. Nasonov

“…The tolerability of Orlistat was good; only two patients reported diarrhea due to dietary errors (fat intake), which required no drug discontinuation.Conclusion. …”
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Analysis of the implementation effect of the operating room nursing safety management model based on Heinrich’s law by Yanru Wu, Mengmin Jing, Haiqin Yang, Juan Liu, Tiantian Zhang, Hui Zhu, Yajuan Yang, Chunyan Gao

“…Abstract Objective The study evaluates the clinical value of the operating room nursing safety management model based on Heinrich’s law. Methods A quasi-experimental design with a historical control group was conducted at Changzheng Hospital. …”
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Evaluating quasi-experimental approaches for estimating epidemiological efficacy of non-randomised field trials: applications in Wolbachia interventions for dengue by Jo Yi Chow, Lin Geng, Somya Bansal, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, Lee Ching Ng, Ary Anthony Hoffmann, Jue Tao Lim

“…Simulations identified Synthetic Control Methods (SCM) and its variant, count Synthetic Control Method (cSCM), as superior in precision, with the smallest percentage errors in efficacy estimation. …”
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Three‒Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Breaching Process of Landslide Dams with Heterogeneous Structures by HU Xianrui, PENG Ming, FU Xiaoli, YANG Ge, ZHU Yan, SHI Zhenming, ZHANG Gongding

“…A Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method was employed to simulate the evolution of the free surface and interface, enabling the precise tracking of water-sediment interactions. …”
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Replication of a GWAS signal near HLA-DQA2 with AML using a disease-only cohort and external population-based controls by Rose Laflamme, Véronique Lisi, Josée Hébert, Guy Sauvageau, Sébastien Lemieux, Vincent-Philippe Lavallée, Guillaume Lettre

“…Because genotypes were generated using different technologies in the 2 data sets (eg, low- vs high-coverage whole-genome sequencing), we applied stringent quality-control filters to minimize type 1 errors. We showed, using data reduction methods (eg, principal component analysis and uniform manifold approximation and projection), that our approach successfully integrated the Leucegene and CaG genetic data. …”
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Conventional scan body vs. scan bodies with auxiliary geometric devices: an in vitro study for edentulous full-arch implant impressions by Francesco Gianfreda, Carlo Raffone, Mirko Martelli, Alberto Pitino, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Patrizio Bollero

“…All these values are crucial for achieving a precise fit of implant-supported prostheses.MethodsA gypsum-based edentulous maxillary model with four multi-unit abutment replicas was prepared, replicating clinical scenarios. …”
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Effect of Aerobic Training on Anxiety, Activities of Daily Living and Visual Motor Skills Performance in Children with Autism: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Anju Dhingra, Aarti Gupta, Aditi

“…There was a significant reduction in the SCARED scores in Group A compared to Group B (p-value=0.004) after aerobic exercises. …”
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Evaluating compliance with proper application of compression stockings in surgical patients: a clinical audit by Merin Annassery, Aravind Thayyil Raman

“…Materials and Methods: The objectives of the study were to evaluate the proportion of patients wearing stockings correctly, identify the most common application errors, assess staff knowledge and practices regarding sizing and fitting, and gauge patient understanding and educational needs. …”
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Facility-Based Delivery during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Rural Liberia: Analysis from a Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Household Survey. by John Ly, Vidiya Sathananthan, Thomas Griffiths, Zahir Kanjee, Avi Kenny, Nicholas Gordon, Gaurab Basu, Dale Battistoli, Lorenzo Dorr, Breeanna Lorenzen, Dana R Thomson, Ami Waters, Uriah G Moore, Ruth Roberts, Wilmot L Smith, Mark J Siedner, John D Kraemer

“…While modeling studies have attempted to estimate the impact of these disruptions, no studies have yet utilized population-based survey data.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We conducted a two-stage, cluster-sample household survey in Rivercess County, Liberia, in March-April 2015, which included a maternal and reproductive health module. …”
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Analisis Sistim Manajemen Dokumentasi Keperawatan pada Poliklinik Gigi Rumah Sakit di Bukittinggi by Dewi Rosmalia, Rizanda Machmud, Haryadi Mangkuto

“…The study was conducted with qualitative analysis methods, data sources derived from observations, documents and in-depth interviews. …”
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Women’s reports of violence before and during COVID-19 in Curitiba-PR, Brazil: an analysis of forensic reports by Ádelin Olívia Lopes Joly, Elisa Cristina Zvir, Emanuélle Branco Moreira, Rhafaela Ribeiro Silva, Isabela Cristina Santos Freire de Paula, Thaís Aparecida Xavier, Sérgio Aparecido Ignácio, Marilisa Carneiro Leão Gabardo, Luciana Reis Azevedo Alanis, Samuel Jorge Moysés, Renata Iani Werneck, Juliana Schaia Rocha Orsi

“…For significant associations, pairwise comparisons of proportions were made using the Z-test, with Bonferroni correction applied to control for Type I errors. Variables with p-values ≤ 0.05 were considered significant. …”
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VMMCD: VMamba-Based Multi-Scale Feature Guiding Fusion Network for Remote Sensing Change Detection by Zhong Chen, Hanruo Chen, Junsong Leng, Xiaolei Zhang, Qi Gao, Weiyu Dong

“…The redundancy within the models and detection errors, particularly missed detections, generally affect accuracy and merit further research. …”
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Bias Mitigation in Primary Health Care Artificial Intelligence Models: Scoping Review by Maxime Sasseville, Steven Ouellet, Caroline Rhéaume, Malek Sahlia, Vincent Couture, Philippe Després, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, David Darmon, Frédéric Bergeron, Marie-Pierre Gagnon

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to describe the attempts, strategies, and methods used to mitigate bias in AI models within primary health care, to identify the diverse groups or protected attributes considered, and to evaluate the results of these approaches on both bias reduction and AI model performance. …”
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Mind the HAP: an initiative to improve the diagnosis, management and prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia on the RBH elderly care wards by Charles McLaren, Apurba Chatterjee, Shabnam Iyer, Thanuja Nanayakkara, Patricia Knight, Tanya Demonne, Oscar Amarille, Amanda Adkins, Ruhel Miah

“…The objective of this initiative was to reduce the monthly incidence of HAP on the elderly care wards to <5% by working toward three key aims: (1) to improve the accuracy of diagnosis; (2) to implement prevention measures across all wards; and (3) to standardise treatment approaches. Methods: Retrospective audits revealed diagnostic and coding errors, alongside a dearth of structured preventative measures across the five wards. …”
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A Vision-Based End-to-End Reinforcement Learning Framework for Drone Target Tracking by Xun Zhao, Xinjian Huang, Jianheng Cheng, Zhendong Xia, Zhiheng Tu

“…Across various target trajectories, the VTD3 algorithm demonstrates a significant reduction in average tracking errors along the X-axis and Y-axis of up to <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>34.35</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>45.36</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, respectively. …”
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The Effects of the Clinical Simulation of Transfusion Reactions on Nursing Students’ Knowledge Gain: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial by Ana Beatriz Frota Lima Rodrigues, Samia Valéria Ozorio Dutra, Maria Ivaneide Teixeira dos Santos, Lucas Ribeiro Araujo, Annie Leticia de Holanda Ferreira, Arthur Feitosa Jacinto, Brenda Sousa da Conceição, Gleiciane Kélen Lima, Igor Cordeiro Mendes, Elaine Cristina Negri, Maria Neyrian de Fátima Fernandes, Luciana Mara Monti Fonseca, Francisco Mayron Morais Soares

“…In terms of overall scores, the intervention group went from an average of 8.10 to 9.67 (<i>p</i> = 0.001), while the control group went from 8.13 to 8.66 (<i>p</i> = 0.053). The reduction in errors was significant in topics such as hand hygiene (from 56.7% to 23.3%) and the maximum exposure time of the blood component at room temperature (from 66.7% to 20%). …”
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Allergic rhinitis: Review of the diagnosis and management: South African Allergic Rhinitis Working Group by Guy A. Richards, Marinda McDonald, Claudia L. Gray, Pieter de Waal, Ray Friedman, Maurice Hockman, Sarah J. Karabus, Cornelia M. Lodder, Tshegofatso Mabelane, Sylvia M. Mosito, Ashen Nanan, Jonny G. Peter, Traugott H.C. Quitter, Riaz Seedat, Sylvia van den Berg, Andre van Niekerk, Eftyhia Vardas, Charles Feldman

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Impact of social protection on child malnutrition and mortality across 46 LMICs: a longitudinal study over two decades with insights from the COVID-19 pandemicResearch in context by Elisa Landin Basterra, Ugo Gentilini, Daniella Medeiros Cavalcanti, Andrea Ferreira da Silva, Lucas de Oliveira Ferreira de Sales, Natanael J. Silva, Davide Rasella

“…We used fixed-effects Poisson models with robust standard errors to estimate associations, adjusting for socioeconomic, healthcare, and gender-related variables. …”
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The FRIENDS preventive programme for reducing anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Trine Filges, Geir Smedslund, Tine Eriksen, Kirsten Birkefoss, Malene Wallach Kildemoes

“…Six studies did not report data that enabled calculation of effect sizes and standard errors. Two studies had partial overlap of data to other studies used, and two were written in Persian. …”
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Primary healthcare expansion and mortality in Brazil's urban poor: A cohort analysis of 1.2 million adults. by Thomas Hone, Valeria Saraceni, Claudia Medina Coeli, Anete Trajman, Davide Rasella, Christopher Millett, Betina Durovni

“…Key limitations in this study are potential unobserved confounding through selection into the program and linkage errors, although analytical approaches have minimized the potential for bias.…”
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