Uninvestigated Dyspepsia and Heartburn Overlap Syndrome at Industrial Hub of Eastern Siberia by V. V. Tsukanov, A. V. Vasiutin, J. L. Tonkikh, E. V. Kasparov, O. V. Smirnova

“…Each participant signed an informed examination consent, in accordance to the regulations by the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki. …”
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Resource constraints, patient emotions, and therapy: experiences of healthcare providers in the screening and management of gestational diabetes mellitus in northern Ghana by Mohammed Bukari, Abdulai Abubakari, Hawa Malechi, Thomas Hinneh, Humphrey Garti, Faith Agbozo

“…Materials and methods This was a qualitative study of five key informants involved in the screening and management of GDM, specifically an obstetrician, a dietician/nutritionist, a nurse, and two midwives in the northern region of Ghana. …”
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Recruitment and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials: a review of trials funded and published by the United Kingdom Health Technology Assessment Programme by Stephen J Walters, Daniel Hind, Richard M Jacques, Steven A Julious, Joanne Rothwell, Oscar Bortolami, Laura Flight, Inês Bonacho dos Anjos Henriques-Cadby, Christopher Knox, Ben Nadin, Michael Surtees

“…Many trials fail to reach their planned sample size within the envisaged trial timescale and trial funding envelope.Objectives To review the consent, recruitment and retention rates for single and multicentre randomised control trials funded and published by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme.Data sources and study selection HTA reports of individually randomised single or multicentre RCTs published from the start of 2004 to the end of April 2016 were reviewed.Data extraction Information was extracted, relating to the trial characteristics, sample size, recruitment and retention by two independent reviewers.Main outcome measures Target sample size and whether it was achieved; recruitment rates (number of participants recruited per centre per month) and retention rates (randomised participants retained and assessed with valid primary outcome data).Results This review identified 151 individually RCTs from 787 NIHR HTA reports. …”
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The type of infections and the use of antibiotics among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A review by Asma D. Alshammari, Mona Matar Aldhafeeri, Amal M. Aldhafeeri, Maram Asaad Alanzi, Maha Bandar Almutairi, Jawaher Abdullah Alrasheedi, Thikra Adel Alsurur, Aeshah Dhahawi Alshammri

“…To identify relevant information, the search was limited to articles published between 2017 and 2024. …”
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Study on Impression Techniques and Materials for Implant among Dentists in Erbil city: A Survey study. by Shahla Hama Rasheed Omer, Shang Hussein Muhammed, Shayma Abdulamir Mamandi, Zina Zakaria Rashid

“…Around 72 dentists were chosen, 24 of them were inside our teaching hospital, and 48 of them were chosen by random sampling. Results: The information gathered in this study sample group shows that the highest rate was for open tray technique about 54.2%, 37.5% responded closed tray and 8.3% responded abutment level. …”
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Developing and piloting a peer quality improvement coaching protocol for front-line healthcare staff by Siobhán Eithne McCarthy, Petar Popivanov, Mairead Finn

“…Together with Bloom’s taxonomy and Kirkpatrick’s educational model, these themes informed the development of this PQIC protocol. It was piloted in three steps: education, coaching and evaluation. …”
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Correlation between uric acid levels and bone mineral density in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hang Zhao, Cuijuan Qi, Yunjia Zhang, Luping Ren, Shuchun Chen

“…Studies retrieved in the literature search were systematically screened to extract information and data based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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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

“…Despite data being available from other parts of the world, there is a significant lack of information on this topic in medical education and research, particularly in Saudi Arabia. …”
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Differences in Thigh Muscle Activation Between Standing and Landing Exercises for Knee Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation by Jesper Bencke, Mark Strøm, Derek J. Curtis, Thomas Bandholm, Mette K. Zebis

“…# Background In injury prevention or rehabilitation programs, exercises that facilitate enhanced hamstring activity may be beneficial when aiming to enhance knee joint stability during movements in sports with higher risk of acute knee injury. Information about neuromuscular activation of the hamstring muscles in commonly used exercises may improve exercise selection and progression in programs for knee injury prevention or rehabilitation…”
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Nanobody screening and machine learning guided identification of cross-variant anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing heavy-chain only antibodies. by Peter R McIlroy, Le Thanh Mai Pham, Thomas Sheffield, Maxwell A Stefan, Christine E Thatcher, James Jaryenneh, Jennifer L Schwedler, Anupama Sinha, Christopher A Sumner, Iris K A Jones, Stephen Won, Ryan C Bruneau, Dina R Weilhammer, Zhuoming Liu, Sean Whelan, Oscar A Negrete, Kenneth L Sale, Brooke Harmon

“…Using HCAb affinity for SARS-CoV-2 VOI and VOCs (pre-Omicron variants) and model features from other published data, we were able to develop a ML model that successfully identified HCAbs with efficacy against Omicron variants, independent of our experimental biopanning workflow. This biopanning informed ML approach reduced the experimental screening burden by 78% to 90% for the Omicron BA.5 and Omicron BA.1 variants, respectively. …”
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Phenotypic and Allelic Distribution of the ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups among students at Hawassa University, Ethiopia by Mihret A. Hailu, Wendawek A. Mengesha, Zelalem G. Tolesa

“… A prior information on the distribution of ABO and Rh groups is important for management of blood bank and transfusion, genetic counseling, anthropological studies, to study the association of blood groups and diet; to investigate the association between blood and diseases. …”
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Study on Air Quality Index, Atmospheric Pollutants and Dry Deposition of PCDD/Fs in the Ambient Air near Southwest China by Xueyan Liu, Kangping Cui, Yen-Kung Hsieh, Ya-Fen Wang, Ruoxin Wang

“…This study indeed provided useful information for the contribution of scientific communities and important data bank for the future air quality control.…”
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Cardiovascular Disease Detection through Innovative Imbalanced Learning and AUC Optimization by Karthikeyan Palanisamy, Krishnaveni Krishnasamy, Praba Venkadasamy

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TEACHING AND ASSESSING INDEPENDENT LISTENING IN AN ONLINE COURSE FOR TRANSLATION MAJORS by Olga G. Kvasova, Nataliia K. Liamzina, Roksoliana I. Radchuk, Yulia I. Trykashna

“…The current research is based on the findings of the preliminary study which provided information about the 2nd year students’ interests in topics and types of listening texts, the length of aural and video texts and frequency of independent listening sessions per week as well as the learning platforms they are familiar with. …”
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SURVIVING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN NIGERIA: COPING STRATEGIES OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) IN BENUE STATE, NORTHCENTRAL, NIGERIA by ISAAC OLAWALE ALBERT, JOEL ABAH

“…Primary sources include oral interviews; such as key informant interviews, and in-depth interviews; with the aid of unstructured interview guide. …”
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Análisis comparativo de la política de Japón y la República Popular China hacia América Latina by Luis Alberto Quiñónez

“…Se llevó a cabo un exhaustivo análisis documental de las políticas y estrategias de ambos países hacia América Latina, utilizando fuentes primarias y secundarias como discursos oficiales, documentos gubernamentales, informes de think tanks y medios de comunicación. Los resultados de la investigación revelaron que tanto Japón como China buscan fortalecer sus relaciones con América Latina a través de la expansión del comercio, la inversión y la cooperación en áreas como la infraestructura y la energía, aunque con enfoques diferentes. …”
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Effect of Motor Blockage on Transient Characteristics of Asymmetric Flow in a Double-suction Centrifugal Fan by S. Du, X. Wu, Z. Wang, W. Yang, Z. Yang, Z. Wang, W. Zhang

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Integrative mindfulness-based infant parenting program: theoretical foundations and a novel intervention protocol by Or Burstein, Zipi Teshale Zevin, Ronny Geva, Ronny Geva

“…To adapt mindful parenting practice for implementation in pediatric care settings and the specific needs and challenges of parenting infants, the current study introduces a novel theoretical framework, combining mindfulness with elements from calming cycle theory, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), trauma-informed care, emotion-focused therapy, schema therapy, and Vygotsky’s learning theory. …”
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Maternal mortality in Malawi, 1977–2012 by Bejoy Nambiar, Iqbal Anwar, Tim Colbourn, Sonia Lewycka, Chisale Mhango, Ann Phoya

“…Background Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG 5) targets a 75% reduction in maternal mortality from 1990 to 2015, yet accurate information on trends in maternal mortality and what drives them is sparse. …”
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Evaluation of the relationship between adversity quotient, professional identity, and perceived humanistic care of head nurses in Master’s Degrees in nursings by Cai Haina, Gu Lingna, He Qingqing, Wang Yang, Cai Zejun, Tian Chuan, Xu Qinghong

“…Methods: A convenience sampling method was used to conduct an online questionnaire survey on 160 master’s degree nursing students in Ningbo and Shanghai from July to September 2022 using the general information questionnaire, adversity quotient, career identity and perceived humanistic care of nurse leaders scale. …”
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