Cause of death in people living with HIV who initiated antiretroviral therapy after enrolling to the Thai National AIDS Program from 2008 to 2021Research in context by Cheewanan Lertpiriyasuwat, Stephen J. Kerr, Sairat Noknoy, Patiphak Namahoot, Niramon Punsuwan, Tanakorn Apornpong, Jiratchaya Sophonphan, Napon Hiranburana, Ploenchan Chetchotisakd, Opass Putcharoen, Kiat Ruxrungtham, Anchalee Avihingsanon

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Study protocol: the ear–nose–throat (ENT) prospective international cohort of patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (EPIC-PCD) by Andreas Anagiotos, Myrofora Goutaki, André Coste, Nagehan Emiralioglu, Amanda Harris, Andrea Burgess, Mieke Boon, Philipp Latzin, Jean François Papon, Eric G Haarman, Natalie Lorent, Yin Ting Lam, Mihaela Alexandru, Miguel Armengot, Emilie Bequignon, Ela Erdem, Sara-Lynn Hool, Bulent Karadag, Sookyung Kim, Ugur Ozcelik, Ana Reula, Jobst Roehmel, Christine van Gogh, Panayiotis Yiallouros, Soeren Marian Zappe

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A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial in three culturally different middle-income countries (ASSIST global): protocol for a randomised feasibility study by Bin Dong, Peijin Hu, Sharon Anne Simpson, Laurence Moore, Sean Semple, Nicola McMeekin, Kate Reid, Yayi Suryo Prabandari, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Emily Long, Meigan Thomson, Anthony Purvis, Bagas Suryo Bintoro, Yin Nwe Soe, Sally Good, Nino Jose Mateo, Maria Guadalupe Salanga, Charisse Tan Llorin, Jing-Yi Wang

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PErioperative respiratory care aNd outcomes for patients underGoing hIgh risk abdomiNal surgery (PENGUIN): a randomised international internal pilot trial by Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Aneel Bhangu, Alisha Bhatt, Bruce Biccard, Sohini Chakrabortee, Richard Crawford, Jyoti Dhiman, Christina George, Dhruv Ghosh, James Glasbey, Pollyanna Hardy, Parvez Haque, Bryar Kadir, Mwayi Kachapila, Harsharan Kaur, Divya Kapoor, Ismail Lawani, Rachel Lillywhite, Laura Magill, Janet Martin, Dion Morton, Rachel Moore, Omar Omar, Rupert Pearse, Antonio Ramos-De la Medina, Tracy Roberts, Emmy Runigamugabo, Donna Smith, Matthew Soden, Atul Suroy, Stephen Tabiri, Neil Winkles, Manisha Aggarwal, Satya Shree Balija, Pradeep Kumar Bhatia, Sharon J. Bannister, Bruce M. Biccard, Julia Brown, Adam BT. Boutall, Sona Chowdhury, Ramkaran Chaudhary, Nonkululo Daniel, Swati Daniel, Neha Desai, Parth Dhamija, Jyoti Dhiman, Iran Duran Sanchez, Maria Fourtounas, Margot G. Flint, Dhruva N. Ghosh, Diana Gonzalez Vazquez, Jyotsna Goswami, Sunita Goyal, Anuj Goyal, Simphiwe W. Gumede, Gurleen Kaur Garry, Parvez D. Haque, Priyanka Hans, Christina George, Deepak Jain, Shaman Jhanji, Ruchi Jakhar, Manoji Joshva, Harsharan Kaur, Karan Kumar, Amit Mahajan, Nikhil Kothari, Rajkumar Kottayasamy Seenivasagam, Ashwani Kumar, Kshitij Kumar, Parmod Kumar, Vaibhav Kumar Varshney, Soeren Laurberg, Kate Leslie, Sonia Mathai, Maria Martinez Lara, Laura Martinez Perez Maldonado, Rachel Moore, Vishal Michael, Sanjeev Misra, Nivedita Sharma, Farhanul Hudda, Nnosa Sentholang, Puneet Pareek, Dharma Ram Poonia, Viplab Patro, Shreya Rayamajhi, Reuben Rajappa, Arti Rajkumar, Antonio Ramos-De la Medina, Kirti Kumar Rathod, Mahaveer Singh Rodha, Sameer Sharma, Naveen Sharma, Subhash Chandra Soni, Shafiq Shajahan, Neil Smart, Marcus Schultz, Sunil Kumar Singh, Ravinder Singh Thind, Jeewan Ram Vishnoi, Simon Cousens, Praveen Talwar, Debendra Kumar Tripathi, Atul Suroy, Graeme S. Wilson, Ly-Mee Yu

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Azithromycin to prevent acute lower respiratory infections among Australian and New Zealand First Nations and Timorese children (PETAL trial): study protocol for a multicentre, int... by Anne B Chang, Keith Grimwood, Yuejen Zhao, Gabrielle B McCallum, Catherine A Byrnes, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Peter S Morris, Christine Connors, Adrian Trenholme, Shirley Lawrence, Joshua Francis, Kobi L Schutz, Mark D Chatfield, Nevio Sarmento, Robyn L. Marsh, Emily R Bowden, Nicholas Fancourt, Adriano Vieira, Kim M Hare, Dennis Bonney, Felicity Marwick, Bronwyn Karvonen, Carolyn Maclennan, Milena Santos Lay, Endang Soares da Silva

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Safety and efficacy of AMG 820, an anti-colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor antibody, in combination with pembrolizumab in adults with advanced solid tumors by Jeanne Tie, Dirk Jäger, Victor Moreno, Dirk Nagorsen, Gloria Juan, Kyriakos P Papadopoulos, Anthony J Olszanski, Erik Rasmussen, Nehal Lakhani, Albiruni RA Razak, James M Cleary, Michael Boyer, Emiliano Calvo Aller, William Edenfield, R Donald Harvey, Annemie Rutten, Manish A Shah, David P Ryan, Hansen Wong, Neelesh Soman, Marie-Anne Damiette Smit

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The ultrasound study of the optic canal for detecting raised intracranial pressure (a literature review and critical analysis) by M. I. Andreytseva, S. S. Petrikov, L. T. Khamidova, A. A. Solodov

“…The advantages of direct measurement of ICP include accuracy and continuity of registration. The disadvantages are the invasiveness of the method, high cost, the risk of developing infectious and hemorrhagic complications and possible dislocation of sensors. …”
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Students’ preparedness for disasters in schools: a systematic review protocol by Hamid Reza Khankeh, Meroe Vameghi, Hamed Seddighi, Sepideh Yousefzadeh, Mónica López López, Homeira Sajjadi, Hassan Rafiey, Magdalena Garzon Fonseca

“…This study aims to identify the effects, strengths and weaknesses of interventions in schools to prepare children for disasters.Methods and analysis We use Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to develop a protocol for this systematic review. The included studies will report on the results of interventions targeting ‘schoolchildren’ defined as individuals between 4 and under 18 years old studying in schools. …”
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Heterogeneity in Danish lung choirs and their singing leaders: delivery, approach, and experiences: a survey-based study by Daniel Bech Rasmussen, Anders Løkke, Uffe Bodtger, Mette Kaasgaard, Ingrid Charlotte Andersen, Ole Hilberg, Peter Vuust

“…Further studies are needed to develop and distribute a preferred methodological approach.Trial registration number This study is linked to clinical trial number NCT03280355 and was performed prior to data collection and results of the clinical trial…”
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Comparison of two skin protection regimes for the Prevention of Incontinence-associated Dermatitis in geriatric care (PID): a study protocol for an exploratory randomised controlle... by Jan Kottner, Monira El Genedy-Kalyoncu, Alexandra Fastner, Bettina Völzer, Kathrin Raeder, Konrad Neumann, Nils Axel Lahmann

“…These individuals are at risk of developing incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD), a common type of irritant contact dermatitis caused by repeated and prolonged direct contact of the skin with urine and stool. …”
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Factors influencing the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring interventions: a realist review by Monica L Taylor, Emma E Thomas, Centaine L Snoswell, Anthony C Smith, Liam J Caffery, Annie Banbury, Helen M Haydon, Victor M Gallegos Rejas

“…Therefore, this study aimed to explore these results further to (1) identify factors of RPM interventions that relate to increased and decreased acute care use and (2) develop recommendations for future RPM interventions.Design Realist review—a qualitative systematic review method which aims to identify and explain why intervention results vary in different situations. …”
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Lifestyle-, environmental-, and additional health factors associated with an increased sperm DNA fragmentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Anett Szabó, Szilárd Váncsa, Péter Hegyi, Alex Váradi, Attila Forintos, Teodóra Filipov, Júlia Ács, Nándor Ács, Tibor Szarvas, Péter Nyirády, Zsolt Kopa

“…Abstract Introduction Infertility affects one in every six couples in developed countries, and approximately 50% is of male origin. …”
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Pregnancy and Urban Environment (PRUNE) Cohort Profile and Built Environment in Infertile Couples by Eunseon Gwak, Taemi Kim, Erdenetuya Bolormaa, Hyun Tae Park, Seung-Ah Choe, Jee Hyun Kim

“…Background: Addressing the association between the perceived physical environment and human fertility is necessary to understand the impact of the built environment on reproductive health and develop effective interventions to improve human fertility. …”
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Provision of educational events and subsequent questionnaire response rates in a large-scale birth cohort study from Japan by Mika Kigawa, Akiko Tsuchida, Mika Ito, Tomomi Tanaka, Kei Hamazaki, Hidekuni Inadera, Kenta Matsumura

“…Objectives We examined whether providing educational events for participants in a birth cohort study would increase the response rates of study questionnaires.Design Birth cohort study.Setting Questionnaires were distributed and returned by post twice in 1 year. We developed and implemented two educational sessions; a Baby Food lecture for mothers with children around 8 months old (analysis 1) and a Eurythmic session for mothers with children around 1 year and 8 months old (analysis 2). …”
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Association between acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants in France by Damien Basille, Lola Soriot, Florence Weppe, Peggy Desmettres, Paulo Henriques, Nicolas Benoit, Stéphanie Devaux, Momar Diouf, Vincent Jounieaux, Claire Andrejak

“…We collected all consecutive ERV for AECOPD throughout 2017 and developed single pollutant models to assess the association between AECOPD and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), or particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) levels, while adjusting for temperature, hygrometry, influenza circulation and pollen allergy risk. …”
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Adaptation of WHO’s generic tuberculosis patient cost instrument for a longitudinal study in Africa by Denise Evans, Craig van Rensburg, Caroline Govathson, Olena Ivanova, Friedrich Rieß, Andrew Siroka, Abdou K. Sillah, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Ilesh Jani, Farzana Sathar, Sydney Rosen, Ian Sanne, Andrea Rachow, Knut Lönnroth

“…The WHO developed a generic ‘TB patient cost survey’ tool and a standardized approach to assess the direct and indirect costs of TB incurred by patients and their households, estimate the proportion of patients experiencing catastrophic costs, and measure the impact of interventions to reduce patient costs. …”
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Electroacupuncture use for treatment of taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with breast cancer: protocol for a pilot, randomised, blinded, sham-controlled trial (EA fo... by Sanjeev Kumar, Susanna B Park, Judith Lacey, Peter Grimison, Gillian Heller, Victoria Choi

“…The results will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and at scientific conferences.Trial registration number ACTRN12622000081718.…”
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GPU Accelerated Trilateral Filter for MR Image Restoration by Suthir Sriram, Nivethitha Vijayaraj, T. Srilekha, M. Praveena, Thangavel Murugan

“…The bilateral filter served as foundation to develop this filter while adding another intensity comparison function to deal with brain MR image noise. …”
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Urinary placental growth factor as a predictor of complications in hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis by Marie-Claude Battista, Camille Francoeur, Julie Moreau, Samuel Lemaire-Paquette, Marie-Eve Roy-Lacroix, Anne-Marie Côté

“…All eligible studies will be assessed for risk of bias with a standardised 10-items study quality assessment tool adapted from the Study Quality Assessment tools developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). …”
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Caregiving Experiences of Caregivers of Adolescents With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Qualitative Meta‐Synthesis by Huan Xu, Chao Wu, Changchang Chen, Bo Yan, Ning Zha, Kai Zhang, Fang Liu, Hongjuan Lang

“…Healthcare professionals should recognise the varied needs of these caregivers and develop tailored support programmes to help alleviate psychological stress and enhance caregiving quality. …”
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