The Reliability of the GNRB® Knee Arthrometer in Measuring ACL Stiffness and Laxity: Implications for Clinical Use and Clinical Trial Design by Kayla Smith, Nicole Miller, Steve Laslovich

“… # Study Design Cross-sectional test-retest study # Method Twelve healthy student participants (age 24-30 years; 6 females and 6 males) completed testing on two different testing dates. …”
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A multicenter retrospective study protocol comparing thoracoscopic anatomical lesion resection and lobectomy in children with congenital lung malformations by Yong Lv, FanKe Shu, DengKe Luo, Ru Jia, Miao Yuan, Chang Xu

“…These will be compared using mixed-effects models and the Student’s t-test, non-parametric test or χ² test. Propensity score matching will be used to ensure an even distribution of known confounders between the groups. …”
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Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in erythromelalgia management: a case report by Renato Ádler Pomilio de Sousa, Luydson Richardson Silva Vasconcelos, Marcus Villander Barros de Oliveira Sá

“…ABSTRACT A 49-year-old woman presented with a 16-year history of burning pain, warmth, redness, and edema in both toes, feet, legs and calves. …”
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Hydralazine Induces Myeloperoxidase and Proteinase 3 Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Vasculitis and Leads to Pulmonary Renal Syndrome by Gaurav Agarwal, Ghayyath Sultan, Sherry L. Werner, Claudia Hura

“…We report a case of hydralazine-induced ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis with pulmonary hemorrhage. A 62-year-old Hispanic man with hypertension, who was being treated with hydralazine 100 mg three times a day for four and half years, presented to the hospital with severe anemia. …”
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Right Ventricular Clot in Transit in a Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia Successfully Treated with Thrombolytics by Yaman Alali, Ian Jackson, Abedel Rahman Anani, Marisa Varghese, Muhammad Ebrahim Khan, Suchitra Pilli

“…We present the case of a 63-year-old man with no traditional VTE risk factors who was diagnosed with a clot in transit three weeks after diagnosis of COVID-19. …”
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Spirometric alterations in post-COVID-19 patients treated on an outpatient. Ibarra, January–December 2021 by Paulina Marilú Puedmag Rueda, Pedro René Torres Cabezas, Jorge Luis Anaya González

“…<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: among the best lung function tests is spirometry. In post-COVID-19 patients, this allows us to evaluate the severity of the condition and follow the progression of airflow limitation, to identify obstructive, restrictive and mixed patterns.…”
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A rare case of adult ovarian inguinal hernia with an associated pelvic ectopic kidney by Komal Mishra, Pratapsingh Parihar, Rakshanda Agrawal

“…Laboratory tests were normal, and the patient was afebrile. …”
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Assessment of Clinical Skills and Knowledge in Ophthalmology in Undergraduate Medical Students by Amna Rizwan, Muhammad Ali, Nida Khalid, Asfandyar Asghar

“…A detailed online questionnaire was circulated amongst fourth-year medical students between October 2023 and February 2024 who had completed their end-of-year examination. …”
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Selection of Superior Lentil (Lens esculenta M.) Genotypes by Assessing Character Association and Genetic Diversity by U. K. Nath, Santona Rani, M. R. Paul, M. N. Alam, B. Horneburg

“…Yield varies tremendously from year to year and location to location. Therefore, it is very important to find genotypes that perform consistently well even in ecological farming systems without any intercultural operations. …”
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Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome: A Rare Possibility in a Child with Failure to Thrive and Recurrent Infections - A Case Report by Vagisha Sharma, Neha Goel, Amitabh Singh, Satnam Kaur

“…Clinical Description: A 6.5-year-old girl presented with recurrent episodes of loose stools, cough with fever, and ear discharge since the age of 1 year, requiring multiple hospitalizations and blood transfusions. …”
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May-Hegglin anomaly associated nephropathy: Case series by Matthew D Nguyen, Gayathri Dileep, Marrey Quizon, Vu Nguyen, Arif Nihat Demirci, Ramy Hanna

“…Our second case highlights a 39-year-old white female with MHA associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis diagnosed at the age of 15 on renal biopsy. …”
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The Effect of Different Regimens of Vaccination against Pneumococcal Infection on the Clinical Course of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Focus on Changes in Sputum Microorga... by M. P. Kostinov, А. D. Protasov, А. V. Zhetkov, M. L. Shteyner, Yu. V. Tezikov, I. S. Lipatov

“…To verify the diagnosis of COPD, all subjects underwent external respiratory function test and bronchodilator test (salbutamol, 400 μg) according to the standard method. …”
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A 12-Month Digital Peer-Supported App Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Follow-Up Study of a Nonrandomized Controlled Trial by Kento Tabira, Yuko Oguma, Shota Yoshihara, Megumi Shibuya, Manabu Nakamura, Natsue Doihara, Akihiro Hirata, Tomoki Manabe, Takashi Yamashita

“…Physical activity was assessed using accelerometers, capturing daily step count, light-intensity activity, moderate to vigorous intensity activity, and sedentary behavior. Physical function was evaluated using grip strength and the 30-second chair stand test (CS-30). …”
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The Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen in a Chinese Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Population. by Shan Ye, Ying Ji, Chengyu Li, Ji He, Xiaolu Liu, Dongsheng Fan

“…<h4>Objective</h4>The existing screening batteries assessing multiple neuropsychological functions are not specific to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and are limited to their physical dysfunctions, whereas category cognitive tests are too time-consuming to assess all the domains. …”
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A New Hjorth Distribution in Its Discrete Version by Hanan Haj Ahmad, Ahmed Elshahhat

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Ellagic acid ameliorates renal fibrogenesis by blocking epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by Po-Yu Huang, Yi-Hsien Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan Ting, Chu-Che Lee, Jen-Pi Tsai

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Students’ understanding of two-variable calculus concepts in mathematics and physics contexts. II. The gradient and the Laplacian by Maria Al Dehaybes, Johan Deprez, Paul van Kampen, Mieke De Cock

“…To do so, we designed isomorphic open-response questions, administered as paper-and-pencil tests to 190 first-year students who were taking calculus-based introductory physics courses and multivariable calculus courses during their second semester. …”
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Application of a quantum crystallographic protocol to YLID, the world's most common crystal structure by Yaser Balmohammadi, Lorraine A. Malaspina, Yuiga Nakamura, Georgia Cametti, Michał Andrzejewski, Milosz Siczek, Simon Grabowsky

“…Abstract 2-Dimethylsulfuranylidene-l,3-indanedione (YLID) is the most common crystal structure in the world not because of its chemical or physical properties, but because of its use as a test crystal for commercial diffractometers by nearly all vendors for more than 50 years. …”
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Evaluation of the use of oral rehydration therapy in the management of diarrhoea among children under 5: knowledge attitudes and practices of mothers/caregivers by Sergius Onwukwe, Claire van Deventer, Olu Omole

“…The data collected were analysed by the use of descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, and Fisher’s exact test. The main outcome measures were the level of ORT knowledge of mothers/caregivers, attitudes, practices, and responses to diarrhoea. …”
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New photochromic spectacle lenses improve glare discomfort and photostress recovery by Jacob B. Harth, Billy R. Hammond, Cameron J. Wysocky, Lisa M. Renzi-Hammond

“…Methods: 30 participants (M = 19.2 ± 1.3 years) were tested. GD was assessed both physically, by measuring palpebral fissure size, and subjectively, via a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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