Diagnosis and surgical treatment of renal hydatid disease: a retrospective analysis of 30 cases. by Mulati Rexiati, Abudurezhake Mutalifu, Baihetiya Azhati, Wenguang Wang, Honglin Yang, Ilyar Sheyhedin, Yujie Wang

“…The diagnostic accuracy was 74%, 87.5%, and 66.6% respectively by using of ultrasound, CT, and laboratory tests. Thirty patients were followed up for 1-15 years after surgery. …”
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Hip and Knee Joint Angles Determine Fatigue Onset during Quadriceps Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation by Jonathan Galvão Tenório Cavalcante, Álvaro de Almeida Ventura, Leandro Gomes de Jesus Ferreira, Alessandra Martins Melo de Sousa, Ivo Vieira de Sousa Neto, Rita de Cássia Marqueti, Nicolas Babault, João Luiz Quagliotti Durigan

“…QF maximum evoked contraction (QMEC) was applied in a 26 min protocol (10 s on; 120 s off; 12 contractions) in 20 healthy participants (24.0±4.6 years old), over 4 sessions on different days to test different conditions. …”
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Feasibility of home initiation of an airway clearance device (SIMEOX) by telecare in people with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a pilot study by Jean-Christian Borel, Nathalie Arnol, Sylvie Leroy, Marlène Murris-Espin, Rebecca Hamidfar, Marie Mahot, Raphael Abouly, Hughes Gauchez, Sophie Jacques, Eloise Joffray, Laurent Morin

“…At week 12, participant satisfaction rating was 9.0 (7.9; 10.0) on a 10-point visual analogue scale; respiratory function did not change but quality of life improved (COPD Assessment Test score −4.7, 95% CI −7.7 to −1.6, p=0.023; St Georges Respiratory Questionnaire −5.8, 95% CI −10.8 to −0.9, p=0.005).Conclusion Adherence to and satisfaction with the SIMEOX airway clearance device supported by telecare were high in people with NCFB. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of chronic kidney disease among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. by Yitayew Ewnetu Mohammed, Desalegn Dawit Assele, Sinetibeb Tadesse Amsalu, Yared Habtie Tayachew, Teshome Abuka, Menbere Weldecherkos, Ashagrachew Haile, Sileshi Demelash

“…The goodness of fit of the model was checked by the Hosmer and Lemeshow test. The statistical significance of associations was declared at a p-value < 0.05.…”
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Eye reactions under the influence of drugs of abuse as measured by smartphones: a controlled clinical study in healthy volunteers by Kiki W. K. Kuijpers, Karl Andersson, Karl Andersson, Maria Winkvist, Marieke Niesters, Monique van Velzen, Fred Nyberg, Albert Dahan, Markku D. Hämäläinen

“…BackgroundIt is known that illicit and prescribed drugs impact pupil size, eye movement and function. Still, comprehensive quantitative evaluations under known ambient light conditions are lacking, when smartphones are used for monitoring.MethodsIn this clinical study (NCT05731999), four medicinal products with addiction risks were administered to 48 subjects (18–70 years old, all with informed consent, 12 subjects per drug). …”
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Association between Oral Health Status and Diabetic Nephropathy-Related Indices in Japanese Middle-Aged Men by Masami Yoshioka, Yoshifumi Okamoto, Masahiro Murata, Makoto Fukui, Shizuko Yanagisawa, Yasuhiko Shirayama, Kojiro Nagai, Daisuke Hinode

“…Sixty-six men (age range: 55–64 years) with ≥20 remaining teeth and who received public medical checkups and oral examinations were enrolled. …”
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Self-administered dual-task training reduces balance deficits and falls among community-dwelling older adults: a multicentre parallel-group randomised controlled trial with economi... by Wai-Chi Chan, Cynthia Huijun Chen, Mohammad Jobair Khan, Kenneth N. K Fong, Thomson Wai-Lung Wong, William Wai-nam Tsang, Stanley Winser

“…Background Falls are common causes of disability, reduced disability-adjusted life years and death in older adults. Balance deficits and cognitive impairment are common causes of falls. …”
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Effects of Aerobic Versus Resisted Intradialytic Exercises on Quality of Life, Pain, and Physiological Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease by Rania Nagy Karkousha, Amira Hussin Draz, Nesreen Gharib ElNahas, Efrem Kentiba, Mohamed Magdy ElMeligie

“…Methods: In this single-blinded, randomized controlled trial with a pre-and post-test design, 30 patients (both sexes, aged 25-35 years, BMI 18-25 kg/m²) diagnosed with stage 4 chronic kidney disease  and stable on dialysis for a minimum of 2 months were enrolled. …”
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The Prognostic Value of Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Tricuspid Regurgitation Velocity in Patients with Light-Chain Myocardial Amyloidosis by Zhu Y, Gong C, Hu J, Gao T, Feng C, Yang C, Wang Y

“…The prognostic value of inflammation indexes and echocardiographic parameters was assessed, and the association of inflammation indexes with cardiac function and the type of light chain (AL) was analyzed.Results: In total, 83 biopsy-proven AL-CA patients were studied (age: 61.42± 10.7 years; 68.7% male). …”
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Enhancing Predictive Tools for Skeletal Growth and Craniofacial Morphology in Syndromic Craniosynostosis: A Focus on Cranial Base Variables by Lantian Zheng, Norli Anida Abdullah, Norlisah Mohd Ramli, Nur Anisah Mohamed, Mohamad Norikmal Fazli Hisam, Firdaus Hariri

“…<b>Methods</b>: This study involved 17 SC patients under 12 years old, 17 age-matched controls for morphological analysis, and 21 normal children for developing craniofacial predictive models. …”
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Randomised control trial of virtual reality in cognitive rehabilitation: effectiveness and near-transfer effect for stroke patients by Jovita Janavičiūtė-Pužauskė, Raimonda Petrolienė, Loreta Zajančkauskaitė-Staskevičienė, Andrius Paulauskas, Liuda Šinkariova

“…Evaluations were performed before (at the beginning of rehabilitation for control group) and after the intervention (two weeks after pre-test for control group). The target functions included the changes in short-term visual memory, visual-spatial attention, attention-orientation, while near transfer effect included the changes in visuo-construction abilities, task switching, verbal memory, verbal fluency, language, visuo-spatial abilities, general cognitive function. …”
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Associations between DNMT1 Gene Polymorphisms and Cancer Susceptibility: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Asma Khorshid Shamshiri, Maryam Alidoust, Fahimeh Afzaljavan

“…Objective: For years, it has been acknowledged that cancer cells contribute to aberrant DNA methylation, an epigenetic alteration. …”
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Association between the number of pregnancies and hearing loss: NHANES 1999–2018 by Haohong Lai, Juntao Wu, ZhuoYi Chen, Minqian Gao, Haidi Yang

“…Subgroup and sensitivity analyses were used to test the consistency and robustness of the association. …”
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Development and validation of a predictive model for frailty risk in older adults with cardiovascular-metabolic comorbidities by Lulu Yan, Lulu Yan, Entong Ren, Chenjiao Guo, Yuanyuan Peng, Hao Chen, Weihua Li

“…The study population comprised individuals aged 60 years and older with CMM and complete frailty scale measurements. …”
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Differential cardiovascular risk profiles by sex among adults with CKD: a NHANES-based analysis by Hannah T. Belikoff, Ramya Walsan, Cara M. Hildreth, Jacqueline K. Phillips

“…Two-way ANOVAs compared means across groups, and a Tukey's post hoc test was performed to assess the statistical significance between group means. …”
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Clinical presentation and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients by Reham M. El Morshedy, Maha M.S.A. El-Kholy, Madonna Y.R. Kelada, Abdelroauf M.S. Abdelroauf, Marwan N.E. Mohamed

“…Patients were categorized into two groups: group 1: people with COPD are included based on their prior pulmonary function test results and postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC less than 70%. …”
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Muscle growth and anabolism in intensive care survivors (GAINS 2.0): Protocol for a multi-centre randomised; placebo controlled clinical trial of nandrolone in deconditioned adults... by Matthew Anstey, Ed Litton, Maryam Habibi, Lisa Van der Lee, Robert Palmer, Natalie Tran, Bianca Mammana, Stacey Scheepers, Annamaria Palermo, Xavier Fiorilla, Bhaumik Mevavala, Adrian Regli, Angela Jacques, Bradley Wibrow

“…<h4>Background</h4>Intensive care patients can experience significant long-term impairment in mobility and function caused by their critical illness. A potential contributory factor apart from critical illness polymyoneuropathy is the low levels of anabolic hormones in these patients. …”
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The structure of immunocompetent decidual cells in recurrent missed abortions by Radović-Janošević Dragana, Popović Jasmina, Krstić Miljan, Tubić-Pavlović Aleksandra, Stefanović Milan, Pop-Trajković Sonja

“…RMA was most common in the 25-34 years of age group. The largest number of RMA showed the ultrasound characteristics of missed abortion in 60% of cases and was in nulliparous patients (76.7%). …”
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Аntioxidant Status and Lipid Metabolism in Patients with Different Forms of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Progression by T. N. Malishevskaya, T. N. Kiseleva, Yu. E. Filippova, M. S. Zaitsev, A. S. Vlasova, I. V. Nemtsova, K. V. Lugovkina

“…For assessment of the reactivity of the vascular endothelium, a test with reactive hyperemia was performed using ultrasound method. …”
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Higher circulating adiponectin and lower orosomucoid were associated with postload glucose ≤70 mg/dL, a possible inverse marker for dysglycemia, in young Japanese women by Satomi Minato, Kaori Kitaoka, Mika Takeuchi, Ayaka Tsuboi, Miki Kurata, Tsutomu Kazumi, Keisuke Fukuo, Megumu Yano, Gen Yoshino, Bin Wu

“…Objective To examine whether serum adiponectin and orosomucoid were associated with postload glucose ≤70 mg/dL during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), termed as postload low glycemia, a possible inverse marker for dysglycemia.Research design and methods 75 g OGTTs were performed with multiple postload glucose and insulin measurements over a 30–120 min period in 168 normal-weight Japanese women (18–24 years). …”
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