TRIM study protocol - a prospective randomized multicenter Trial to assess the Role of Imaging during follow-up after radical surgery of stage IIB-C and III cutaneous malignant Mel... by Ylva Naeser, Hildur Helgadottir, Yvonne Brandberg, Johan Hansson, Roger Olofsson Bagge, Nils O. Elander, Christian Ingvar, Karolin Isaksson, Petra Flygare, Cecilia Nilsson, Frida Jakobsson, Olga del Val Munoz, Antonis Valachis, Malin Jansson, Charlotte Sparring, Lars Ohlsson, Ulf Dyrke, Dimitrios Papantoniou, Anders Sundin, Gustav J. Ullenhag

“…Patients are randomized to clinical examinations for 3 years +/− whole-body imaging with CT or FDG-PET/CT and laboratory tests including S100B protein and LDH. …”
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Gender Differences in Clinical and Biochemical Variables of Patients Affected by Bipolar Disorder by Luigi Piccirilli, Enrico Capuzzi, Francesca Legnani, Martina Di Paolo, Anna Pan, Alessandro Ceresa, Cecilia Maria Esposito, Luisa Cirella, Teresa Surace, Ilaria Tagliabue, Massimo Clerici, Massimiliano Buoli

“…Independent sample <i>t</i>-tests, chi-square tests and binary logistic regressions were performed to identify gender differences in BD. …”
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Examining Children’s Perceptions of Covid-19 Through Drawings: A Case Control Study by Mehmet Erdem Uzun, Utku Beyazıt, İrem Erdem Atak, Yeşim Yurdakul, Hande Şirin, Muharrem Bostancı, Arzu Ekici, Aynur Bütün Ayhan

“…Methods: Participants were 60 children aged 6–10 years (30 children diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last six months and 30 healthy children not diagnosed with Covid-19) and their parents. …”
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Effect of exercise intervention on quality of life and exercise capacity in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Yaya Xi, Yinxue Zhang, Leyao Han, Meishan Zhang, Yunyun Liu, Jingying Xiong, Yingqiao Wang, Weiping Li, Feng Bai, Minmin Cai, Xinman Dou, Xinman Dou, Xinglei Wang, Xinglei Wang

“…AE significantly improved vitality, social functioning, and mental health, with particular benefits in improving vitality.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, identifier (CRD42024628296).…”
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SEISMIC BELTS AND ZONES OF THE EARTH: FORMALIZATION OF NOTIONS, POSITIONS IN THE LITHOSPHERE, AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL by Semen I. Sherman, Olga G. Zlogodukhova

“…Time spans between seismic events in SZ are estimated in real time scales (decades, years, months) and thus can be considered instant in relation to periods of the geological evolution of inter­plate margins and other large structural margins (hundred thousand years, million years). …”
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Prevalence of cognitive impairment and metabolic syndrome among older adults in calabar metropolis and the associated risk factors by Idongesit KokoAbasi Isong, Kingsley John Emmanuel, Iya Eze Bassey, Mercy Etim Jackson, Unwana Paul Obadare, Ifure Uwem KokoAbasi, Glory Okoi Abam

“…Cognitive impairment (CI) impacts various brain functions, affecting daily activities and quality of life. …”
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Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Serious Video Game (The Secret Trail of Moon) for Emotional Regulation in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Randomized Clin... by Marina Martin-Moratinos, Marcos Bella-Fernández, María Rodrigo-Yanguas, Carlos González-Tardón, Chao Li, Ping Wang, Ana Royuela, Pilar Lopez-Garcia, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla

“…Analysis was conducted using the Student 2-tailed t test and 2-factor ANOVA. An independent monitor supervised the study. …”
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Acute Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Gait Kinematics in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease by Francesco Pio Oranges, Francesca Greco, Maria Grazia Tarsitano, Federico Quinzi, Andrea Quattrone, Aldo Quattrone, Gian Pietro Emerenziani

“…<b data-eusoft-scrollable-element="1">Methods:</b> Gait kinematic parameters of 26 mild-stage PD participants (age: 66.7 ± 1.63 years) were measured using BTS G-Walk sensor during a 10 m walk test under three conditions—WBV, half squat without vibration (HS), and control condition (CC)—in a crossover randomized design. …”
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An efficient propagation system through stem cuttings of a multipurpose plant—Ficus tikoua Bur by Tinghong Tan, Yu Peng, Biling An, Fan Gao, Yanni Sun, Chuandong Yang, Hong Yang, Zhihong Lu

“…The best substrate-habitat combinations for overall seeding yield were grassland-T4 (loam: light substrate: humus = 2:1:1), sandy-T6 (loam: light substrate: humus = 2:3:1), rocky-T5 (loam: light substrate: humus = 2:2:1), understory-T3 (loam: light substrate: humus = 1:1:1), respectively. Mantel test analyses revealed that the ability of F. tikoua cuttings from different habitats to form adventitious roots (ARs) largely determined the functional traits associated with cutting propagation. …”
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Fatigue outcomes following COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rachael A Evans, Trudie Chalder, Fiona Gaughran, Kim Poole-Wright, Ismail Guennouni, Olivia Sterry

“…Heterogeneity was assessed using Cochran’s Q and I2 statistic. Egger’s tests for publication bias.Results Database searches returned 14 262 records. …”
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Les quais nos 1, 12 et 13 du port romain de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Xavier Favreau, Nicolas Ménez

“…In the final years of the 1st c. AD the riverbank of the Saint-Lupien district in Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) was the object of an ambitious urban planning program that transformed it, subsequently emerging as a structured and monumental constructed space. …”
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Correlation between postprandial hypotension and post-induction hypotension in the elderly: a protocol for a prospective cohort study by Li Xu, Lu Che, Quexuan Cui, Han Zang, Tianchun Li

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Prognostic value of lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio in patients with endometrial cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Zijing Huang, Donghua Yang, Congrong Liu

“…However, the correlation between LMR and DFS was influenced by median age, with younger patients (<60 years) showing a stronger association. Sensitivity analyses confirmed the robustness of these results, and Egger’s test showed no significant publication bias. …”
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Degradation of Tetracycline in Wastewater by Persulfate Activated by Sulfidated Nanometer Zero-valent Iron by Qiuyue YE, Zhengchun HU, Ziyi WANG, Wen XU, Shiyi ZHAO, Xuying DENG, Minghao GUO, Na GUO, Bing LIAO

“…Sulfidated zero-valent iron (S–nZVI) has been extensively utilized in wastewater treatment in recent years due to its superior electron transfer efficiency and selectivity. …”
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Oral health literacy: its impact on oral health outcomes and associated factors in sixth-grade primary school students – a cross-sectional study by Kirana Kamolchaiwanich, Pinpinut Wanichsaithong

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 408 Thai sixth-grade primary school students (aged 12 years) in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand. Participants completed the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Dentistry for Primary School Children (P-TOFHLiD) to assess OHL and underwent oral examinations. …”
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Phα1β interaction with the Kv11.1 potassium channel in HEK293 cells transfected with the human ERG channel by João B. Calixto, Adara Aurea dos Santos, Juliano Ferreira, Alessandra Hubner Souza, Célio José de Castro Junior, Marcus Vinicius Gomez

“…Phα1β inhibits high-voltage calcium channels and acts as an antagonist of the TRPA1 receptor, both of which play crucial roles in pain transduction pathways. Over the past 15 years, our research has demonstrated the potential of Phα1β, in both its native and recombinant forms, as a promising analgesic drug through preclinical tests conducted on rodent pain models. …”
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Features of Cell-Mediated Immunity in Children with Congenital Ichthyosis and Their Role in the Pathogenetic Management by Karine O. Avetisyan, Nikolay N. Murashkin, Svetlana G. Makarova, Svetlana S. Petrichuk, Daria G. Kuptsova

“…The research was conducted to study the content of the main and small lymphocyte subpopulations in 86 patients with established diagnosis of CI aged from 1 month to 18 years. The diagnosis was made according to the clinical data and the results of molecular genetic testing. …”
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POSSIBILITIES OF DIAGNOSIS OF RADIATION INJURIES AND REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS AFTER COMBINED TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT TUMORS OF THE BREAST by A. V. Kondakov, M. E. Borodina, O. V. Andrianov, N. I. Rozhkova

“…The main contingent of the test (82.4%) were middle-aged women from 33 to 59 years old. …”
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IMPROVEMENT OF ADAPTATION TO STRUCTURES REMOVABLE DENTURES IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE by N.A. Ryabushko, V.N. Dvornik, I.V. Pavlish, G.N. Balya

“…The proposed health care was a complex algorithm to use: softener oral "Corsodyl" - 3-5 times a day after meals; clean teeth and dentures 2 times a day (morning and bedtime) toothpaste "Parodontax" and the bath solution Rinhra 3-5 times a day, with dryness in the mouth For the functional assessment made dentures were designed by us and proposed to use two methods of assessing patients to adapt designs removable dentures: • Objective evaluation - "Method of determining the degree of adaptation to the designs of removable dentures," Ukraine patent for utility model №101852 of 12.10.15; • Subjective evaluation - "Method of accelerated determination adaptation of patients to removable dentures designs using screening test" certificate of registration of copyright Ukraine №59280 15.04.2015. …”
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Effectiveness of advance care planning programmes in improving end-of-life outcomes for individuals with dementia and their caregivers in nursing homes: protocol for a systematic r... by Chih-Cheng Lai, Yu-Tai Lo, Yi-Jhen Chen, Jheng-Yan Wu

“…Introduction With advances in medicine and the resultant increased ageing population, dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, has become a leading cause of death in individuals aged over 65 years in nursing homes. The unpredictable trajectory of the disease, marked by cognitive and functional decline, necessitates intensive healthcare and poses challenges to end-of-life (EoL) care decisions, particularly because majority of the affected individuals become unable to make their own decisions. …”
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