Acupuncture and Kinesitherapy Improve Physical Activity More than Kinesitherapy Alone in Patients with Acute Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Who... by Dejan Ilic, Zoran Jovic, Zorica Mladenovic, Vesna Pejovic, Branislava Lung, Aleksandra Kozic, Slobodan Obradovic

“…After 5 days, 80%, 50%, and 10% achieved an A test score of 30 or higher, demonstrating functional independence, (<i>p</i> < 0.01) in the E2, E1, and C groups, respectively. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of InsightApp for Anxiety, Valued Action, and Psychological Resilience: Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial by Victoria Amo, Falk Lieder

“…MethodsWe conducted a randomized controlled trial with 228 participants (completion rate: n=197, 86.4%; mean age 38, SD 11.50 years; age range 20-80 years; female: n=101, 52.6%; and White: n=175, 91.1%), who were randomly assigned to either the treatment or the active placebo control group. …”
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Feasibility of Observing Glymphatic System Activity During Sleep Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis Along the Perivascular Space (DTI-ALPS) Index by Chang-Soo Yun, Chul-Ho Sohn, Jehyeong Yeon, Kun-Jin Chung, Byong-Ji Min, Chang-Ho Yun, Bong Soo Han

“…The final analysis included nine participants (age = 24.56 ± 2.74 years; PSQI < 5) who maintained a continuous sleep state for 1 h without awakening. …”
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Relationship between Hyponatremia and Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes by Yongze Zhang, Chuanchuan Li, Lingning Huang, Ximei Shen, Fengying Zhao, Cailin Wu, Sunjie Yan

“…A retrospective study was performed on 1928 patients with type 2 diabetes between 2010 and 2018. The multivariate test was used to analyze the relationship between the serum sodium level and the nerve conduction function. …”
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The challenging management of malignant ureteral obstruction: Analysis of a series of 188 cases by Alberto Artiles Medina, Inés Laso García, Fernando González Tello, Sara Álvarez Rodríguez, Manuel Hevia Palacios, Marina Mata Alcaraz, César Mínguez Ojeda, Fernando Arias Funez, Victoria Gómez Dos Santos, Francisco Javier Burgos Revilla

“…The mean age was 69.01 years (SD, 14.95 years), and the majority (54.8%) were male. …”
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Prospective, Multicenter Evaluation of a Polyherbal Supplement alongside Standard-of-Care Treatment for Mild Knee Osteoarthritis by Zbigniew Żęgota, Joanna Goździk, Joanna Głogowska-Szeląg

“…Physical performance (6-minute walk test, WOMAC-pain and functional domain, and heel-thigh distance flexion test), general performance (WOMAC questionnaire), and VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) assessment of knee pain, as well as anti-inflammatory and analgesic medication consumption, were assessed. …”
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Abstract 209: Incidence and outcome of perforations during medium‐vessel occlusion compared to large‐vessel occlusion thrombectomy by Marios Psychogios

“…Binomial test, chi‐squared test and t‐test for unpaired samples were used for statistical analysis. …”
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Diagnosis of Sepsis in Critically Ill Patients by M. L. Romasheva, D. G. Proshin

“…Sixty patients aged 25—50 years (38.1±11.2 years) who had signs of the systemic inflammatory reaction syndrome, including 30 (50.0%) patients with severe sepsis, 21 (35.0%) with septic shock, 3 (5.0%) with meningitis of varying etiology, 2 (3.3%) with Candida infection, and 1 (1.7%) with vasculitis, and 3 (5.0%) with pulmonary thromboembolism, were examined. …”
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A rare case of ectopic pituitary adenoma originating from the third ventricle floor: Surgical approach and outcomes by Guive Sharifi, Elham Paraandavaji, Shahin Naghizadeh, Yalda Nilipour, Mohammad Ali Kazemi, Mahbube Ebrahimpur, Ali Jafari, Farzad Taghizadeh-Hesary

“…Case presentation: A 70-year-old male presented with visual impairment. Visual field tests addressed compressive optic neuropathy. …”
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Pilot study to evaluate the use of remote patient monitoring to guide the timing of valve intervention in patients with severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis (APRAISE-AS): study prot... by James M Cotton, Derek Kyte, Nazish Khan, Winnie Chua, Larissa Fabritz, Richard P Steeds, Yongzhong Sun, Samir Mehta, Katie Kirkham, Philip Collis, Clive Stubbs, Mary Nulty

“…The aim of this pilot trial is to test the feasibility of a full-scale randomised controlled trial (RCT) to determine the utility of proactive surveillance in people with asymptomatic severe AS to guide the timing of intervention.Methods and analysis APRAISE-AS is a multi-centre, non-blinded, two-arm, parallel group randomised controlled trial of up to 66 participants aged &gt;18 years with asymptomatic severe AS. …”
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Interdisciplinary Distance Learning Workshop for IT Students by I. A. Andrianov, S. A. Rzheutskaya, M. V. Kharina

“…An additional useful function of the learning workshop as the means of developing English-language competence is presented.Conclusion. …”
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Autologous bone marrow-derived progenitor cell transplantation for myocardial regeneration after acute infarction by Obradović Slobodan, Rusović Sinisa, Balint Bela, Ristić-Anđelkov Anđelka, Romanović Radoslav, Baskot Branislav, Vojvodić Danilo, Gligić Branko

“…Four male patients (age range 47-68 years) with the first extensive anterior, ST elevation, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), were treated by primary angioplasty. …”
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Age- and Sex-Based Developmental Biomarkers in Eye Movements by Frederick Robert Carrick, Melissa Hunfalvay, Takumi Bolte, Sergio F. Azzolino, Mahera Abdulrahman, Ahmed Hankir, Matthew M. Antonucci, Nouf Al-Rumaihi

“…Eye movements were analyzed and classified in accordance with age and sex by multiple <i>t</i>-tests and linear regression models. Results: This study represented a large sample size of 23,557 subjects, with 11,871 males and 11,686 females representing ages from birth through 80 years of age. …”
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Association between dietary patterns and anemia in older adults: the 2015 China adults chronic diseases and nutrition surveillance by Pengfei Wang, Qiya Guo, Xue Cheng, Wen Zhao, Hongyun Fang, Lahong Ju, Xiaoli Xu, Xiaoqi Wei, Weiyi Gong, Lei Hua, Jiaxi Li, Xingxing Wu, Li He

“…Abstract Background Anemia is a condition that has been affected 1.92 billion people worldwide in 2021, leading physical decline, functional limitation and cognitive impairment. However, there are currently fewer studies focusing on the relationship between anemia and dietary patterns in older adults. …”
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Developing Benchmarks in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a Tertiary, Academic Medical Center by Cyrus A. Kholdani, Justin H. Lee, Kai E. Swenson, Juliana Liu, Andrew Hsi, Kristina T. Kudelko, Andrew J. Sweatt, Edda F. Spiekerkoetter, Vinicio De Jesus Perez, Joseph Rigdon, Haley Hedlin, Adam M. Andruska, Raquel L. Lyn, Roham T. Zamanian, Yon K. Sung

“…Initial diagnostic workup of incident PAH cases demonstrated excellent completion of echocardiographic (99%) and pulmonary function testing (91%), with improved completion of VQ scanning over the study time period (90% between 2015 and 2019). …”
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FORECASTING EGG PRICES WITH CONVOLUTIONAL LONG SHORT-TERM MEMORY IN INDONESIA’S HIGH STUNTING PREVALENCE PROVINCE by Sinta Septi Pangastuti, Muhammad Restu Agam, Ananda Hilmi Santika, Juzma Fawwaza Rosadi

“…The Convolutional LSTM components are Adam optimizer, ReLU activation function, Huber loss function, with batch size and neurons of 32. …”
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Controversies in thyroid disease management in pregnancy by Pushpa Singh, Kristien Boelaert

“…Adequate control of thyroid function is crucial for optimal pregnancy outcomes and neurodevelopment of the offspring, and testing for thyroid function is ideally performed using manufacturer- and gestation-specific reference ranges. …”
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Impacts of Legacy and Contemporary Nitrogen Inputs on N2O and CO2 Emissions in Miscanthus and Maize Cultivated Soils by Jaejin Lee, Paul Villanueva, Kate Glanville, Andy Vanloocke, Wendy H. Yang, Angela Kent, Marshall McDaniel, Steven J. Hall, Adina Howe

“…ABSTRACT Nutrient inputs influence the sustainability of bioenergy crop production through contemporary (shortly after addition) and legacy effects (persisting over years) on microbial nitrogen (N) and carbon cycling, which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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PO27 | B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder and acquired coagulopathy: an insidious link

“…Laboratory testing revealed deficiencies in vitamin K–dependent factors (except for factor IX) in the absence of liver dysfunction or other known causes of coagulopathy, raising suspicion of an acquired haemorrhagic disorder. …”
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Laparoscopic hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with congenital factor V deficiency: a case report by Takaomi Seki, Mariko Tsukagoshi, Norifumi Harimoto, Kenichiro Araki, Akira Watanabe, Norihiro Ishii, Kei Hagiwara, Kouki Hoshino, Ryo Muranushi, Satoru Kakizaki, Yoshiyuki Ogawa, Hiroshi Handa, Ken Shirabe

“…Case presentation A 79-year-old man, diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma of liver segment 5, with type C cirrhosis and sustained virological response visited our hospital. …”
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