Self-selected vs. prescribed aerobic exercise intensity: impacts on pleasure in women with obesity by Carlos Eduardo Rosa Da Silva, Wilian Jesus Santana, Gustavo Almeida, Adriano Verame, Antonio Roberto Doro, Eduardo Barbosa, Leonardo Lima, Helton Magalhães Dias, Marcelo Callegari Zanetti, Aylton Figueira Junior

“…The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of three aerobic training protocols on psychophysiological responses in physically inactive adult obese women.MethodsThe sample consisted of 90 women with a mean age of 48.3 ± 5.5 years and BMI of 31.2 ± 4.8 kg/m2, who participated in three treadmill aerobic training protocols: 1- Control group (IPI) with individually prescribed intensity (64 to 76% of HRmax), 2- Small group (SGS) with self-selected intensity, and 3- Individual with self-selected intensity (ISS). …”
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Assessing Familiarity, Usage Patterns, and Attitudes of Medical Students Toward ChatGPT and Other Chat-Based AI Apps in Medical Education: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study by Safia Elwaleed Elhassan, Muhammad Raihan Sajid, Amina Mariam Syed, Sidrah Afreen Fathima, Bushra Shehroz Khan, Hala Tamim

“…A questionnaire was distributed through social media channels to medical students at Alfaisal University who were 18 years or older. Current Alfaisal University medical students in years 1 through 6, of both genders, were exclusively targeted by the questionnaire. …”
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Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Dyspnoea, Functional Capacity and Thoracic Excursion in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Case Report by Priyanka K Chilhate, Lajwanti Lalwani (Adwani)

“…This study focuses on a 67-year-old man who visited a respiratory clinic with breathing problems for the past 15 days and chest pain for the past week. …”
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‘You Choose No Time to Live and Die’: Dinmukhamed A. Kunayev and His Time by Ziyabek Y. Kabuldinov, Konstantin V. Cherepanov, Didar B. Kassymova

“…Kunayev ― a prominent Soviet statesman and party activist, who was long in charge of the Kazakh SSR Party Organization and greatly contributed to socioeconomic development of the Republic (and the whole Soviet Union) in 1942–1986. …”
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The impact of specialised gastroenterology services for pelvic radiation disease (PRD): Results from the prospective multi-centre EAGLE study. by John N Staffurth, Stephanie Sivell, Elin Baddeley, Sam Ahmedzai, H Jervoise Andreyev, Susan Campbell, Damian J J Farnell, Catherine Ferguson, John Green, Ann Muls, Raymond O'Shea, Sara Pickett, Lesley Smith, Sophia Taylor, Annmarie Nelson

“…Two nurse- and one doctor-led gastroenterology services were set up in three UK cancer centres. Men (n = 339) who had had radical radiotherapy for prostate cancer at least 6 months previously, were recruited; of which 91/339 were eligible to participate; 58/91 men (63.7%) accepted the referral. …”
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The Relationship Between First-Trimester Aneuploidy Markers and Birth Weight by Cenk Soysal, Hatice Sari, Ozlem Erten, Ismail Biyik, Onur Ince, Yasemin Tasci, Nadi Keskin

“…STUDY DESIGN: 594 low-risk pregnant women with a singleton pregnancy, who underwent first-trimester aneuploidy screening by measuring nuchal translucency, maternal serum free beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A were included in the study. …”
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An Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid on Inflammation, Steatosis and Liver Fibrosis and Atherogenesis Factors in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Results of the USPEH S... by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. Yu. Nadinskaia, V. D. Lunkov, I. Yu. Pirogova, E. V. Chesnokov, Kh. B. Kodzoeva, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The study included 139 patients with NAFLD who received 15 mg/kg of UDCA (Ursosan®) per day for 24 weeks. …”
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Agreement Between Isokinetic Dynamometer and Hand-held Isometric Dynamometer as Measures to Detect Lower Limb Asymmetry in Muscle Torque After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruc... by Angelica Ivarsson, Anna Cronström

“… # Study design Cross-sectional measurement study # Methods Seventy-two participants who had undergone ACL reconstruction (35 men, 37 women; age= 25.8 ± 5.4 years) were included. …”
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Surgical management of a lateral sphenoid sinus encephalocele: 2-Dimensional operative video by Ryan W. Sindewald, Michael G. Brandel, Arvin R. Wali, Carol H. Yan, David R. Santiago-Dieppa

“…Intraoperative video demonstrating an extended sphenoidotomy approach to correcting a lateral recess sphenoidal encephalocele has not previously been published.Here we present a case of a 41-year-old female who presented with meningitis, a cerebrospinal fluid leak, and an incidental sphenoid mass. …”
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Improving the Utility, Safety, and Ethical Use of a Passive Mood-Tracking App for People With Bipolar Disorder Using Coproduction: Qualitative Focus Group Study by Laurence Astill Wright, Matthew Moore, Stuart Reeves, Elvira Perez Vallejos, Richard Morriss

“…ConclusionsPeople with BD who are interested in using passive technology to monitor their mood wish to do so for a wide variety of purposes, identifying several preferences and potential risks. …”
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Untargeted metabolomic and proteomic analysis implicates SIRT2 as a novel therapeutic target for diabetic nephropathy by Ruijing Zhang, Runze Chang, Heng Wang, Jinshan Chen, Chuanlong Lu, Keyi Fan, Yuhang Zhang, Lizheng Li, Sheng Yan, Honglin Dong

“…The serum of 10 patients who were diagnosed with DN and 10 healthy individuals via untargeted metabolomics and Olink proteomics. …”
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The Effectiveness of Six Weeks of Core Stability Exercises on Q Angle and Flatfoot in Female Taekwondo Athletes by Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Parnian Rashidi, Neginsadat Tabatabaei, Narges Soleymani

“…The statistical population consisted of 30 female taekwondo practitioners, aged 15–25, from Mashhad, who were purposefully selected and randomly divided into two groups of 15. …”
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Assessment of Rifampicin Resistance in Presumptive Tuberculosis Cases at Dadeldhura Hospital of Sudurpaschim Province of Nepal by Madan Singh Bohara

“… Objectives: This study sought to determine the prevalence of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in patients at Dadeldhura Hospital in Nepal who were suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis. …”
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The Most Frequency Chief Complaint of 5.5-12.5 Years Old Patients Attending POP Department of Hawler Medical University- College of Dentistry by Manal M. Taher, Yara I. Ameen

“…Methods: A retrospective epidemiological study, the age, gender, and the chief complaints or the main reason for visit were recorded for each consecutive patient of total 324 patients who visited the oral hygiene clinics in the college of dentistry at Hawler Medical University from September 2019 to September 2020. …”
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Do health professionals know about overdiagnosis in screening, and how are they dealing with it? A mixed-methods systematic scoping review. by Veerle Piessens, Ann Van den Bruel, An Piessens, Ann Van Hecke, John Brandt Brodersen, Emelien Lauwerier, Florian Stul, An De Sutter, Stefan Heytens

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>There is a lack of research on HPs' knowledge of overdiagnosis, however, HPs who do know about overdiagnosis attribute substantially different levels of harm to it. …”
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Implementation of a rapid host-protein diagnostic test for distinguishing bacterial and viral infections in adults presenting to urgent care centers: a pragmatic cohort study by Boaz Kalmovich, Daniella Rahamim-Cohen, Ilan Yehoshua, Sara Kivity, Noam Orvieto, Shirley Shapiro Ben David

“…Methods A pragmatic prospective cohort study. Physicians who ordered MMBV reported electronically (in real-time) whether they intended to prescribe antibiotics before ordering the test and upon UCC discharge whether MMBV aided in patient management. …”
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Suicide following the death of a sibling: a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden by Ichiro Kawachi, Jan Saarela, Mikael Rostila

“…We adjusted for intrafamily correlation in death risks, which might occur because of shared genetics and shared early-life experiences of siblings in the same family.Design A follow-up study between 1981 and 2002 based on the total population.Setting Sweden.Participants Swedes aged 25–64 years (n=1 748 069).Primary and secondary outcome measures Suicide from the Swedish cause of death register.Results An increased risk of mortality from suicide was found among persons who had experienced the death of a sibling. In women, the suicide risk was 1.55 times that of non-bereaved persons (95% CI 0.99 to 2.44), and in men it was 1.28 times higher (95% CI 0.93 to 1.77). …”
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Plasma mcfDNA Sequencing May Improve Usual Care Diagnostics to Detect HHV-8 Among Outpatient People with Advanced HIV by Sarah Park, Brian Epling, Morgan Richey, Daniel Lupu, Mona Mughar, Irini Sereti

“…We then reviewed clinical and laboratory data for any people who tested positive for HHV-8 by mcfDNA sequencing or UC at baseline. …”
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Can physical and psychological factors predict pain recurrence or an exacerbation of persistent non-specific low back pain? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Deborah Falla, Michael Mansfield, Janet Deane, Kanya Wongwitwichote, Cho Wai Geoffrey Yu

“…Approximately two-thirds of those who recover from LBP experience a relapse within a year, with many chronic cases encountering acute flare-ups (exacerbation). …”
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Validity assessment of the POLARS score tool in the prediction of post rectal cancer surgery LARS score in a population-based Swedish cohort by Asif Johar, Pernilla Lagergren, Boglarka Rethy, Caroline Nordenvall, Emil Pieniowski, Gabriella Jansson-Palmer, Mirna Abraham-Nordling

“…The aim of this study was to analyse how accurately the POLARS score could predict LARS scores when compared with actual patient-reported LARS (PR-LARS) scores in a population-based Swedish cohort.Design This retrospective cohort study included patients who underwent curative rectal cancer surgery between 2007 and 2013 in Stockholm County and were identified using the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry (SCRCR). …”
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