Changes in primary healthcare workforce burnout during and after the termination of COVID-19 emergency response: A one-and-half-year observational study by Xueji Wu, Huihong Ruan, Xiaoying Feng, Chaojun Xie, Ronald R. O’Donnell, Zhoubin Zhang

“…Background: Primary healthcare workforce (PHCW) should be suffered from less burnout after the termination of the COVID-19 response. The current study compared the changes in the three dimensions of burnout in PHCW during and after the response. …”
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The Effects of Adverse Events and Associated Costs on Value-Based Care for Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Prachi Bhatt, Jared Hirsch, Paul Cockrum, George Kim, Gabriela Dieguez

“…These models are increasingly important for traditional Medicare and other payers. **Objectives:** To compare the incidence of adverse events (AEs), AE-associated excess costs, and total cost of care (TCOC) of 3 cohorts receiving first-line treatment for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC). …”
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Obstacles and opportunities for care collaboration through the utilisation of a preventive care process for frail older adults: a study protocol for a mixed methods study design by Åsa Larsson Ranada, Elisabet Rothenberg, Helle Wijk, Martina Karin Boström, Pia Skott, Anette Erichsen

“…The study protocol comprises the two first phases.Phase 1 (quantitative) Data from SA (2019–2021) will be analysed to compare municipalities regarding the quality of registration in the PcP. …”
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Early outcomes of treatment selections for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms: The first five year experience of a single center by Bahadir Aytekin, Goktan Askin, Naim Boran Tumer, Hayrettin Levent Mavioglu, Seref Alp Kucuker, Ahmet Saritas, Hakki Zafer Iscan, Mehmet Ali Ozatik, Erol Sener

“…Early mortality rates were significantly lower in the EVAR group (1.3% for elective and 27.8% for emergent) compared to the OSR group (6.1% for elective and 54.2% for ruptured cases, p=0.001). …”
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Prediction models for cognitive impairment in middle-aged patients with cerebral small vessel disease by Wei Zheng, Xiaoyan Qin, Ronghua Mu, Peng Yang, Bingqin Huang, Bingqin Huang, Zhixuan Song, Xiqi Zhu, Xiqi Zhu

“…The combination model of imaging markers and hippocampal texture did not yield improved a better diagnosis compared to the individual model (p > 0.05).ConclusionThe hippocampal texture model is a surrogate imaging marker for predicting cognitive impairment in middle-aged CSVD patients.…”
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Clinical efficacy and safety study of vNOTES for benign ovarian tumors in obese patients by Fei Wang, Yuqin Liu, Yue Xing, Dongdong Wang, Xue Bai, Linlin Li, Chunhua Ma, Yongjuan Sun, Yufang Bai, Liehong Wang

“…The vNOTES group exhibited shorter operative times compared to the MPLS group, with no significant differences in tumor pathology, intraoperative blood loss, or tumor rupture rates. …”
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Evaluating knowledge gains from structured sexual and reproductive health education among in-school adolescents in Southeast Nigeria by Chibuike Agu, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Ifunanya Clara Agu, Godstime Eigbiremolen, Ugenyi Iloabachie, Ozioma Nwankpa, Obinna Onwujekwe

“…Results A significantly higher proportion of respondents who participated in the intervention (94.16%) demonstrated good knowledge of SRH compared to those who did not participate (85.77%), with a p-value of 0.002. …”
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VICTIM OF AN OFFENCE: LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN AN INTERJURISDICTIONAL CONTEXT by Andrii Borovyk, Oleksandr Golovach, Oleksandr Shyra

“…The study provides a comparative examination of the legal frameworks for crime victims in Ukraine, the United States and the European Union. …”
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Clinical profile and outcomes in patients with moderate to severe aortic stenosis with or without concomitant chronic kidney disease by Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Ching-Hui Sia, Nicholas Wen Sheng Chew, Tze Sian Liong, Zi Yun Chang, Chi Hang Lee, Wen Ruan, Edgar Lik-Wui Tay, William Kok-Fai Kong, Huay Cheem Tan, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Kian Keong Poh

“…Baseline clinical and echocardiographic parameters were compared, and a multivariate Cox regression model was constructed. …”
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The Role of Aspartate Aminotransferase/Platelet Ratio Index Score in Predicting Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy and its Relationship with Total Bile Acid Level: A Case-Contro... by Merve Demir, Emre Sertel

“…Demographic data, laboratory findings, and APRI scores of women with and without ICP during pregnancy were compared. Using Roc analysis, the values of AST, ALT, PLT values, and APRI scores were examined in predicting ICP among the first trimester findings of the patients. …”
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Disparities in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Admissions in the United States by Peter J. Mallow, Michael Mercado, Michael Topmiller

“…The objectives of this study were twofold: (1) to compare the Cincinnati region to the United States in length of time to obtain treatment and planned medication-assisted therapy for the treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD); and (2) to assess racial disparities within the Cincinnati region in wait time and type of treatment. …”
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Identification of m6A methyltransferase-related WTAP and ZC3H13 predicts immune infiltrates in glioblastoma by Liyun Gao, Jiaxin Gao, Jiayin He, Wenyan Fan, Xiangxin Che, Xin Wang, Tao Wang, Chunhua Han

“…Our analysis revealed that cluster1 exhibited higher WTAP expression but lower ZC3H13 expression compared to cluster2. Cluster1 showed higher levels of immune infiltration and TMB compared to cluster2. …”
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Implementation of a Targeted Technologic Screening Tool to Increase Pneumococcal Vaccine Uptake in Health-System Retail Pharmacies: A Quality Improvement Initiative by Annika Skogg, Alicia Zagel, R. May O'Donnell, Ann Philbrick, Mary Nelson, Allyson Schlichte, Kassie Klasen

“…Vaccine rates and sociodemographic characteristics were compared before and after the PDSA cycle began, and reasons for patient decline were assessed. …”
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Direct and Indirect Protection with Pediatric Quadrivalent Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccination in Europe Estimated by a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Markus Schwehm, Martin Eichner

“…**Methods:** A deterministic, age-structured, dynamic model was used to simulate influenza transmission across 14 European countries, comparing current vaccination coverage using a quadrivalent inactivated vaccine (QIV) to a scenario whereby vaccination coverage was extended to 50% of 2–17 year-old children, using QLAIV. …”
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Relationship of METS-IR with cardiometabolic multimorbidity in China: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study by Chunyan Zhou, Yanyu Zhang, Xiaoyi Liu, Chenyu He, Shiyang Li, Shiyang Li

“…METS-IR was significantly higher in individuals with CMM compared to those without CMM (p < 0.001). After multivariate adjustment, a higher METS-IR was significantly associated with an increased risk of CMM. …”
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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Ribociclib plus Letrozole versus Palbociclib plus Letrozole in the United Kingdom by Gaurav Suri, David Chandiwana, Adam Lee, Rohit Mistry

“…**Results:** In the base case, treatment with ribociclib plus letrozole increased mean progression free survival (PFS) by 4.1 months and overall survival by 5.0 months compared to palbociclib plus letrozole. Further, treatment with ribociclib plus letrozole resulted in cost-savings of £8464 and incremental QALYs of 0.261, demonstrating that treatment with ribociclib plus letrozole is dominant to treatment with palbociclib plus letrozole. …”
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Correlation among blastocoel fluid DNA level, apoptotic genes expression and preimplantation aneuploidy by Fattaneh Khajehoseini, Zahra Noormohammadi, Poopak Eftekhari-Yazdi, Hamid Gourabi, Reza Pazhoomand, Shirzad Hosseinishenatal, Masood Bazrgar

“…Human blastocysts were classified into three groups; survivable embryo (SE), fatal single and double aneuploidy (FSDA) and multiple aneuploidy (MA) using array comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) by trophectoderm biopsy. …”
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Screen time among kindergarten children in the Australian Capital Territory (including a comparison of First Nations and non-Indigenous children) by Kathleen O’Brien, Clair Bannerman, Karen Ciszek, Kirsty A Douglas

“…The association between screen time of more than two hours per day and health outcomes (body mass index, respiratory health, development and wellbeing) was assessed for both First Nations and non-Indigenous cohorts using comparative statistics. Results Non-Indigenous children who had an average of more than two hours of screen time per day were 1.5 (95% CI, 1.3–1.7) times more likely to be overweight/obese, 1.2 (95% CI, 1.0-1.4) times more likely to have had a wheeze/whistle in their chest in the 12 months before the KHC, 1.5 (95% CI, 1.3–1.7) times more likely to have developmental concerns and 1.5 (95% CI, 1.3–1.8) times more likely to have reduced wellbeing measures compared to non-Indigenous children with screen time of two hours or less per day. …”
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Effects of Precipitation on the Air Quality Index, PM2.5 Levels and on the Dry Deposition of PCDD/Fs in the Ambient Air by Ruoxin Wang, Kangping Cui, Hwey-Lin Sheu, Lin-Chi Wang, Xueyan Liu

“…However, in the other 2 AQI elevation events, the AQI were between 23 and 100, and averaged 51; when comparing the average AQI and PM2.5 concentrations, during and after the rain with that before the rain, the increases in AQI were 42% and 49%, respectively, while the increases in PM2.5 concentration were 26% and 29%, respectively. …”
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Estimating the safe mud weight window for drilling operations through pre-stack seismic inversion, a case study in one of the Southwestern Iran oil fields by Mohammad Sadegh Mahmoudian, Yousef Shiri, Ahmad Vaezian

“…Examination and assessment of the estimated pore pressure revealed a layer with relatively high pressure compared to neighboring layers, which, according to regional geological reports, was precisely the sandstone Ghar reservoir. …”
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