Functional goals and outcomes of rehabilitation within palliative care: a multicentre prospective cohort study by Matthew Maddocks, Lucy Fettes, Naomi Takemura, Joanne Bayly, Helena Talbot-Rice, Karen Turner, Rebecca Tiberini, Richard Harding, Fliss E.M. Murtagh, Richard J. Siegert, Irene J. Higginson, Stephen A. Ashford, Lynne Turner-Stokes

“…Goals had a median (range) timeframe of 28 (1-196) days and spanned 13/30 ICF domains; most frequently mobility, general tasks and demands, mental functions, community, social and civic life, and self-care. …”
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Identifying subgroups of Chinese men who have sex with men based on sexual behavior and drug use patterns using a clustering analysis approach by Bingyang She, Jiajun Sun, Fang Lu, Siqi Lin, Yi Liu, Gaixia Li, Yawu Hu, Weiming Tang, Rayner Tan, Jason Ong, Shu Su, Lei Zhang

“…Abstract Introduction Sexualized drug use (SDU) refers to using drugs before and during sex to enhance experiences, increasing high-risk behaviors, such as condomless sex, multiple sexual partners, and participation in group sex, among men who have sex with men (MSM). …”
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Implementation and maintenance of breast cancer screening among Chinese rural women: a mixed-methods evaluation based on RE-AIM framework by Huijiao Yan, Qiankun Wang, Le Dang, Xianzhi Duan, Zhirong Bai, Yinhui Feng, Linlin Zhang, Suyala Qimuge, Haiying Gao, Xinchun Wang, Min Sun, Shuxia Ma, Cailing Yan, Fanghui Zhao, Youlin Qiao

“…The Positive Prediction Value (PPV) for biopsy was over 64.9%, but few patients who were referred for further examinations (mammography and biopsy) completed the procedure. …”
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c.7156C > T p.(Gln2386*) variant causes loss-of-function of the USP9X gene in a female-restricted X-linked syndromic intellectual disability: a case report by Talyta Alves da Silva Campos, Alex Honda Bernardes, Irene Plaza Pinto, Hiane Aparecida da Silva Teixeira, Juliana Ferreira da Silva, Victor Cortázio do Prado Santos, Raffael Zatarin, Aparecido Divino da Cruz

“…Despite the de novo nature of most loss-of-function variants, maternal testing is crucial for estimating recurrence risk. …”
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SPECIFICS OF THE GRAND MOTHER IMAGE TRANSFORMATION IN THE SHORT STORY “THE LOVELY LADY” BY D.H. LAWRENCE by Lyudmyla M. Kulakevych

“…The features of the lady`s appearance (she is both old and young, lovely and ugly) point to a fairy-tale mythological context, where the archetype of the Terrible Mother is most often objectified as a witch, stepmother, or mother who hates her son. …”
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Role and Significance of Circulating Biomarkers: miRNA and E2F1 mRNA Expression and Their Association with Type-2 Diabetic Complications by Mirza Masroor Ali Beg, Amit Kumar Verma, Mohd Saleem, Fayez Saud Alreshidi, Fahaad Alenazi, Hafiz Ahmad, Prakash C. Joshi

“…The present study includes a total of 200 individuals: 100 “individuals with T2DM referred to as “cases” and 100 healthy individuals referred to as “controls”. …”
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Incidence of Bell’s palsy after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Atena Soltanzadi, Omid Mirmosayyeb, Amin Momeni Moghaddam, Hamed Ghoshouni, Mahsa Ghajarzadeh

“…We also searched the grey literature including references of the references and conference abstracts. …”
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Research on adaptability of fracturing technologies for CBM horizontal wells based on the viewpoint of “unblocking and channeling” by Yuhang XIAO, Qingzhong ZHU, Qun ZHAO, Meizhu WANG, Yang ZHAO, Qinping SUN, Sanshuai WANG, Zongyuan LI, Qing DONG, Zihan WANG, Zhi ZHOU, Jigang GUO

“…Horizontal well fracturing stimulation is currently the most core technical means to achieve efficient development of unconventional coalbed methane resources. …”
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A compound heterozygous mutation in ZP1 and two novel heterozygous cis mutations in ZP3 causes infertility in women presenting with empty follicle syndrome by Xiaoxiao Wang, Yingxue Liu, Guanghui Yuan, Jingjie Yang, Xiaowen Liu, Shuyuan Chen, Huaiqian Dou, Panpan Lu, Linfang Han, Duan Li, Cuifang Hao

“…The emergence of assisted reproductive technology, particularly in vitro fertilization (IVF), has resolved the reproductive challenges of most infertile couples. In IVF, there exists a group of women who are unable to retrieve oocytes from typically developing follicles despite a positive response to ovarian stimulation, a condition clinically referred to as empty follicle syndrome (EFS). …”
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True- and pseudo-mitral annular disjunction in patients undergoing cardiovascular magnetic resonance by Kamil Stankowski, Federica Catapano, Dario Donia, Renato Maria Bragato, Pedro Lopes, João Abecasis, António Ferreira, Leandro Slipczuk, Pier-Giorgio Masci, Gianluigi Condorelli, Marco Francone, Stefano Figliozzi

“…Methods: This was a retrospective study, including consecutive patients referred to cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). …”
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Hypertensive pregnancy deaths: a three-year review at Ghana's largest referral hospitalAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Theodore K. Boafor, Perez Sepenu, FGCS, Ama Tamatey, Promise Sefogah, Alim Swarray-Deen, Naa Akushia Sepenu, Kwadwo Asiedu, Joshua Waliu Kamal, Winfred K. Baah, Emma Lawrence, Jerry Coleman

“…Lower parity (≤2) was associated with significantly higher mortality. Most women (77.3%) who died from hypertensive disorders were referred from other facilities. …”
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Patients’ acceptance toward elective induction of labor at 39th week of gestation among low-risk pregnancies in a tertiary hospital in Vietnam: the PALI studyAJOG Global Reports at... by Ha Thi Thu Nguyen, PhD, Giang Thi Tra Duong, MD, Thanh Hoang Luong, MD, Dat Tuan Do, PhD, Thuong Thi Huyen Phan, PhD, Toan Khac Nguyen, MD, Anh Duy Nguyen, PhD

“…Background: The term “elective induction of labor (eIOL)” refers to the practice of inducing labor before the due date in the absence of medical indication. …”
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Comparison of mpMRI and ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA-PET/CT in the Assessment of the Primary Tumors in Predominant Low-/Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer by Moritz J. Argow, Sebastian Hupfeld, Simone A. Schenke, Sophie Neumann, Romy Damm, Johanna Vogt, Melis Guer, Jan Wuestemann, Martin Schostak, Frank Fischbach, Michael C. Kreissl

“…While multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) is known to be a specific and reliable modality for the diagnosis of non-metastatic prostate cancer (PC), positron emission tomography (PET) using ⁶⁸Ga labeled ligands targeting the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is known for its reliable detection of prostate cancer, being the most sensitive modality for the assessment of the extra-prostatic extension of the disease and the establishment of a diagnosis, even before biopsy. …”
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LIPID PROFILE AND GENETIC MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEVEL OF OXIDIzED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIDES by E. Yu. Khlebus, А. N. Meshkov, V. Z. Lankin, А. A. Orlovsky, А. V. Kiseleva, N. V. Shcherbakova, А. А. Zharikova, А. I. Ershova, А. К. Tikhaze, Е. B. Yarovaya, I. Е. Chazova, S. А. Boytsov

“…Patients  with ts ≤3 were referred  to as those  who had genetic  susceptibility to the increased oxLDL level due to the protective role of most sNP. …”
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Construction and application of a TCN-LSTM-SVM-based time series prediction model for water inflow in coal seam roofs by Xuan LIU, Yadong JI, Kaipeng ZHU, Chunhu ZHAO, Kai LI, Chaofeng LI, Chenhan YUAN, Panpan LI, Pengzhen YAN

“…This model exhibited more accurate prediction results compared to the commonly used prediction models like backpropagation neural network (BPNN), random forest (RF), and Transformer while avoiding excessive errors produced by most of these models on the validation and test sets. …”
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Differential gene expression of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in advanced versus early-stage colorectal cancer and identification of a gene signature of poor prognosis by Reem Saleh, Varun Sasidharan Nair, Salman M Toor, Rowaida Z Taha, Khaled Murshed, Mahmood Al-Dhaheri, Mahwish Khawar, Mahir Abdulla Petkar, Mohamed Abu Nada, Fares Al-Ejeh, Eyad Elkord

“…Background Cytotoxic CD8+ T cell-mediated response is the most important arm of adaptive immunity, which dictates the capacity of the host immune response in eradicating tumor cells. …”
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GENDER PECULIARITIES OF THE SPECTRUM OF CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES OF HEALTHY PERSONS AND PATIENTS WITH GENERALIZED PERIODONTITIS by M. I. Khomyk, L. Ye. Kovalchuk, H. M. Melnychuk

“…Generalized periodontitis (GP) refers to the diseases with multifactorial heredity, in which the variability of one or another sign is determined not by one major gene, but by the influence of a large number of hereditary and external factors with small effects. …”
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The “prostate-pelvic syndrome” theory used in patients with type-III prostatitis and its correlation with prostate volume by Xiao-Ma Zhang, Wei-Yi Li, Zong-Yao Hao, Lei Zhou, Cheng Yang, He-Xi Du, Chao-Zhao Liang

“…Abstract Background Type-III prostatitis is the most common prostate disease in adult males below 40 years old. …”
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Evolution of therapeutic approaches in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and T315I mutation by A. G. Turkina, E. G. Lomaia, E. V. Morozova, O. Yu. Vinogradova, T. A. Mitina, Yu. V. Shatokhin, E. G. Ovsyannikova, Yu. Yu. Vlasova, S. M. Kulikov, E. Yu. Chelysheva

“…Patients with T315I received 1–6 lines of therapy; most often, the T315I mutation was detected after 2–3 lines of therapy. …”
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Intelligence quotient discrepancy indicates levels of motor competence in preschool children at risk for developmental delays by Yu T, Chen K, Chou W, Yang S, Kung S, Lee Y, Tung L

“…Significant negative correlations between IQD and most of the motor subtests (r=0.31–0.46, P<0.01) were found only in the VIQ>PIQ group.Conclusion: This study demonstrates that 1) IQD indicates the level of motor competence in preschoolers at risk for developmental delays and 2) IQD is negatively associated with motor competence in preschoolers with significant VIQ>PIQ discrepancy. …”
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