The Korean medicine for aging cohort (KoMAC) study: A protocol for a prospective, multicenter cohort study on healthy aging in the population entering old age in South Korea. by Mi Mi Ko, Seojae Jeon, Wonbae Ha, Young-Eun Kim, So Young Jung, Bo-Young Kim, Myunghwa Kim, Kwang-Ho Choi, Geonhui Kang, So Min Lee, You Mee Ahn, Nahyun Cho, Hanbit Jin, Jungtae Leem, Seungkwan Choi, Jungho Jo, Junghan Lee, Jeeyoun Jung

“…It will also establish a database and blood biobank, serving as a platform for future research to develop a traditional KM-based healthy aging model.…”
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Research participants and stakeholders’ views on feedback of genetic research findings: a qualitative study of the H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network in Ghana by Grace Larbie Gafa, Vincent Boima, Isabella Rockson, Samuel T. Chatio, Anita Ghansah, Babatunde L. Salako, Akinlolu Ojo, Paulina Onvomaha Tindana, Dwomoa Adu, as members of the H3Africa CEBioGen Project

“…Relatives of patients with CKD may be at increased risk of developing CKD. Researchers of this project are faced with an ethical dilemma of whether, study participants and their relatives should be informed about their risk of developing CKD. …”
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Theory-Based Social Media Intervention for Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids in Young Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Cheuk Chi Tam, Sean D Young, Sayward Harrison, Xiaoming Li, Alain H Litwin

“…These findings will then be used to develop and evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a peer-led social media intervention to reduce NMUPO among young adults. …”
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M. tuberculosis Infection in Patients with HIV Infection and Incidence of Tuberculosis: 8-year Follow-up by E. M. Bogorodskaya, E. M. Belilovskiy, L. B. Ayusheeva, E. N. Posadskaya

“…According to WHO, the presence of HIV infection increases the likelihood of developing tuberculosis by 26 times and is the second factor in the world after malnutrition that affects the number of cases of tuberculosis. …”
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The influence of mood and social relationships on the intensity of basic self-disturbance: an experience sampling method investigation by Lise Baklund, Jan Ivar Røssberg, Sigurd Arne Melbye, Henri Pesonen, Paul Møller

“…BackgroundBasic self-disturbance (BSD), the overarching concept of various experiences of self-alienation, referred to as anomalous self-experiences (ASEs), is considered a relatively stable clinical marker for the potential development of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. However, research on BSD in children and adolescents in the pre-psychotic phase is limited. …”
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THE NEED FOR JOINT PLANNING OF ORTHOPEDIC DENTAL CARE IN COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DEFECTS OF MAXILLOFACIAL LOCALIZATION by L.I. Voloshyna, M.G. Skikevych, D.S. Avetikov, V.V. Bondarenko, N.A. Sokolova, V.D. Ahmerov

“…Exchange of information is easily accessible thanks to the development of modern technology in any region of the country. …”
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Researching COVID to enhance recovery (RECOVER) pediatric study protocol: Rationale, objectives and design. by Rachel S Gross, Tanayott Thaweethai, Erika B Rosenzweig, James Chan, Lori B Chibnik, Mine S Cicek, Amy J Elliott, Valerie J Flaherman, Andrea S Foulkes, Margot Gage Witvliet, Richard Gallagher, Maria Laura Gennaro, Terry L Jernigan, Elizabeth W Karlson, Stuart D Katz, Patricia A Kinser, Lawrence C Kleinman, Michelle F Lamendola-Essel, Joshua D Milner, Sindhu Mohandas, Praveen C Mudumbi, Jane W Newburger, Kyung E Rhee, Amy L Salisbury, Jessica N Snowden, Cheryl R Stein, Melissa S Stockwell, Kelan G Tantisira, Moriah E Thomason, Dongngan T Truong, David Warburton, John C Wood, Shifa Ahmed, Almary Akerlundh, Akram N Alshawabkeh, Brett R Anderson, Judy L Aschner, Andrew M Atz, Robin L Aupperle, Fiona C Baker, Venkataraman Balaraman, Dithi Banerjee, Deanna M Barch, Arielle Baskin-Sommers, Sultana Bhuiyan, Marie-Abele C Bind, Amanda L Bogie, Tamara Bradford, Natalie C Buchbinder, Elliott Bueler, Hülya Bükülmez, B J Casey, Linda Chang, Maryanne Chrisant, Duncan B Clark, Rebecca G Clifton, Katharine N Clouser, Lesley Cottrell, Kelly Cowan, Viren D'Sa, Mirella Dapretto, Soham Dasgupta, Walter Dehority, Audrey Dionne, Kirsten B Dummer, Matthew D Elias, Shari Esquenazi-Karonika, Danielle N Evans, E Vincent S Faustino, Alexander G Fiks, Daniel Forsha, John J Foxe, Naomi P Friedman, Greta Fry, Sunanda Gaur, Dylan G Gee, Kevin M Gray, Stephanie Handler, Ashraf S Harahsheh, Keren Hasbani, Andrew C Heath, Camden Hebson, Mary M Heitzeg, Christina M Hester, Sophia Hill, Laura Hobart-Porter, Travis K F Hong, Carol R Horowitz, Daniel S Hsia, Matthew Huentelman, Kathy D Hummel, Katherine Irby, Joanna Jacobus, Vanessa L Jacoby, Pei-Ni Jone, David C Kaelber, Tyler J Kasmarcak, Matthew J Kluko, Jessica S Kosut, Angela R Laird, Jeremy Landeo-Gutierrez, Sean M Lang, Christine L Larson, Peter Paul C Lim, Krista M Lisdahl, Brian W McCrindle, Russell J McCulloh, Kimberly McHugh, Alan L Mendelsohn, Torri D Metz, Julie Miller, Elizabeth C Mitchell, Lerraughn M Morgan, Eva M Müller-Oehring, Erica R Nahin, Michael C Neale, Manette Ness-Cochinwala, Sheila M Nolan, Carlos R Oliveira, Onyekachukwu Osakwe, Matthew E Oster, R Mark Payne, Michael A Portman, Hengameh Raissy, Isabelle G Randall, Suchitra Rao, Harrison T Reeder, Johana M Rosas, Mark W Russell, Arash A Sabati, Yamuna Sanil, Alice I Sato, Michael S Schechter, Rangaraj Selvarangan, S Kristen Sexson Tejtel, Divya Shakti, Kavita Sharma, Lindsay M Squeglia, Shubika Srivastava, Michelle D Stevenson, Jacqueline Szmuszkovicz, Maria M Talavera-Barber, Ronald J Teufel, Deepika Thacker, Felicia Trachtenberg, Mmekom M Udosen, Megan R Warner, Sara E Watson, Alan Werzberger, Jordan C Weyer, Marion J Wood, H Shonna Yin, William T Zempsky, Emily Zimmerman, Benard P Dreyer, RECOVER-Pediatric Consortium

“…The pediatric protocol was developed as a collaborative partnership of investigators, patients, researchers, clinicians, community partners, and federal partners, intentionally promoting inclusivity and diversity. …”
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Protocol for ‘Re: CBT Dialysis’: a realist evaluation—why, for whom and in what circumstances does cognitive behaviour therapy work for people with depressive symptoms receiving di... by Joanne Greenhalgh, Kara Schick-Makaroff, Scott Klarenbach, Megan Kennedy, Richard Sawatzky, Katrin Micklitz, Daniel Cukor, Hubert Wong, Charlotte Berendonk, Loretta Lee, Lori Suet Hang Lo

“…Realist methodology is a theory-driven approach that seeks to explain how generative mechanisms are shaped by contextual features, giving rise to outcome patterns. We will begin by developing an initial programme theory (IPT) from the literature and interviews with CBT therapists to understand how CBT is intended to work and for whom. …”
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Effects of the Namaste Care Family programme on quality of life of nursing home residents with advanced dementia and on family caregiving experiences: study protocol of a cluster-r... by Jenny T van der Steen, Judith E Bosmans, Wilco P Achterberg, Anneke L Francke, Hanneke J A Smaling, Karlijn J Joling, Peter M van de Ven, Joyce Simard, Ladislav Volicer

“…Few psychosocial interventions are specifically developed for people with advanced dementia, and actively involve family caregivers or volunteers. …”
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Manual Therapy for Fibrosis-Related Late Effect Dysphagia in head and neck cancer survivors: the pilot MANTLE trial by Jihong Wang, Karin Woodman, Katherine Hutcheson, Holly McMillan, Carla Warneke, Christine Porsche, Kiara Savage, Sheila Buoy, Stephen Lai, Clifton Fuller

“…Introduction Late dysphagia that develops or persists years after head and neck cancer (HNC) is a disabling survivorship issue. …”
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Beijing Longitudinal Disability Survey in Community Elderly (BLINDSCE): protocol for a community-based prospective longitudinal cohort study about disability prediction model by Yue Wu, Shaoyuan Lei, Siqi Cheng, Xinyan Du, ChengBei Hou, Hongjun Liu, Xiaolin Yue, Yansu Guo

“…We aim to establish a prospective cohort, the Beijing Longitudinal Disability Survey in Community Elderly (BLINDSCE), using multidimensional disability assessments and to develop multifactorial models for disability prediction among community-dwelling older adults.Methods and analysis The BLINDSCE is a prospective cohort study that includes community-dwelling older adults aged ≥65 years with or without disability from urban and rural areas in Beijing. …”
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Tablet-based sensorimotor home-training system for amnestic mild cognitive impairments in the elderly: design of a randomised clinical trial by Robin Bekrater-Bodmann, Annette Löffler, Stefano Silvoni, Lutz Frölich, Lucrezia Hausner, Simon Desch, Dieter Kleinböhl, Herta Flor

“…Access to raw data is available on request.Trial registration number DRKS00012748.…”
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Protocol for the National Nurse Health Study (NNHS): a web-based ambispective cohort study by Panfeng Wang, Tao Huang, Lin Zeng, Lin Zhuo, Siyan Zhan, Peng Wang, Pengfei Li, Baohua Li, Ying Che, Heli Zhang, Rongmei Geng

“…The National Nurse Health Study (NNHS) objective is to build an ambispective cohort to gather web-based information on early-life events, daily habits, occupational and environmental risk factors, and health outcomes of a specific subset of healthcare professionals of Chinese nurses.Methods and analysis NNHS, which was developed at a tertiary hospital in Beijing, China, is a research initiative that enrolls registered nurses working at Peking University Third Hospital. …”
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Enhancing dyadic outcomes of stroke survivors and caregivers: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Tsan-Hon Liou, Feng-Hang Chang, Valeria Chiu, Pengsheng Ni, Yen-Nung Lin, Jiunn-Horng Kang, Der-Sheng Han, Shih-Pin Hsu, Juleen Rodakowski

“…This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a newly developed dyad-focused strategy training intervention in enhancing participation among stroke survivors and their caregivers.Methods and analysis This study employs a single-blind, parallel-group randomised controlled trial with allocation concealment and assessor blinding. …”
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Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A systematic review, and meta-analysis, including dose-response analysis by Kihun Kim<sup>+<sup/>, Dai Sik Ko<sup>+<sup/>, Jin-Woo Kim, Dongjun Lee, Eunjeong Son, Hyun-Woo Kim, Tae-Jin Song<sup>+<sup/>, Yun Hak Kim

“…To mitigate the risk of developing ALS, discontinuing smoking, which is a modifiable risk factor, may be crucial. …”
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Ward-based Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy (GDFT) in Acute Pancreatitis (GAP) trial: study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial by Daniel S Martin, Brian R Davidson, Federico Ricciardi, Kurinchi Gurusamy, Massimo Varcada, Farid Froghi, Fiammetta Soggiu, Jeshika Singh, Sulman Siddique, Christine Eastgate, Maria Ciaponi, Otto Schwalowsky-Monks, Gretchelle Asis

“…Introduction Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas with high risk of developing multiorgan failure and death. There are no effective pharmacological interventions used in current clinical practice. …”
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Digitally deployed, GP remote consultation video intervention that aims to reduce opioid prescribing in primary care: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation by Nick Hex, Christopher Price, Yu Fu, Ben Allen, Tracy Finch, Denis Martin, Cormac G Ryan, Alan M Batterham, Niki Jones, Ewan Maule

“…A pilot intervention using smartphone video messaging has been developed to remotely explain the rationale for opioid reduction and facilitate self-initiation of support. …”
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Is mobile renewal enough? A qualitative study exploring stakeholders’ perspectives on mobile phone-based add-ons for national health insurance uptake in Ghana by Fati Ibrahim, Anne Neumann, Kofi Akohene Mensah, Daniel Opoku, Mawumenyo Aku Kwawukume, Laura Nübler, Martin Siegel, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Wilm Quentin, Verena Struckmann, Ruth Waitzberg

“…Methods Technical experts were interviewed in depth based on their experience and ability to provide information on developing and implementing mobile health technology, and 17 focus group discussions were held with informal workers in Accra and Kumasi between March and August 2022. …”
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Rapamycin and inulin for third-dose vaccine response stimulation (RIVASTIM): Inulin – study protocol for a pilot, multicentre, randomised, double-blinded, controlled trial of dieta... by Julian Singer, Tracey Ying, Huiling Wu, Steven J Chadban, Matthew Tunbridge, Griffith B Perkins, Tania Salehi, P Toby Coates

“…Results of this trial will be published following peer-review and presented at scientific meetings and congresses.Trial registration number ACTRN12621001465842.…”
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Seed Protein Content Estimation with Bench-Top Hyperspectral Imaging and Attentive Convolutional Neural Network Models by Imran Said, Vasit Sagan, Kyle T. Peterson, Haireti Alifu, Abuduwanli Maiwulanjiang, Abby Stylianou, Omar Al Akkad, Supria Sarkar, Noor Al Shakarji

“…This research aimed to develop robust methods for predicting seed protein concentration in wheat seeds using bench-top hyperspectral imaging in the visible, near-infrared (VNIR), and shortwave infrared (SWIR) regions. …”
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