Can Lp(a) become the next A1C? A case for digital health management tools to overcome inertia to Lipoprotein (a) testing by Christof Wedemeyer, Martin Peters, Graham Jones, Graham Jones

“…Despite its known correlations with risk of cardiovascular disease, awareness and testing for Lipoprotein (a) lags that of other serological markers with estimates that less than 1% of the US population have undergone screening. Herein we outline how digital tools framed around motivational models (COM-B and SEM), might help increase likelihood of patients seeking Lp(a) testing as part of their managed care. …”
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How God pays back - retributive concepts in the Book of Job by S Fischer

“…While Job's friends stick to a rigid concept, Job undergoes different stages of development that finally lead him to the denial of retribution. …”
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Predicting the evolution of bacterial populations with an epistatic selection-mutation model by Raul Donangelo, Hugo Fort

“…It incorporates two recently noticed phenomena related to mutations: (i) the fact that the marginal improvement from a beneficial mutation declines with increasing fitness or diminishing returns epistasis and (ii) for some hypermutator variants, the mutation rate for the bacterial DNA undergoes a sudden increase by at least one order of magnitude. …”
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Investigating knowledge and attitudes toward genetic testing and counseling among palestinians by Mustafa Ghanim, Maha Rabayaa, Malik Alqub, Ahmad Hanani, Mohammad Abuawad, Belal Rahhal, Shurouq Qadous, Myassar Barahmeh, Sameeha Atout, Saad Al-Lahham, Aseel Aref, Majdi Dwikat, Samar Alkhaldi, Ahmad Makhamreh

“…Only 9% indicated that they underwent genetic testing which was higher among older ages, married participants, among those undergoing routine check-ups, and among participants who had hereditary disorders in their families. …”
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Bladder Stone 6 Years after Intravaginal Slingplasty: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Fulya Dökmeci, Şerife Esra Çetinkaya, Vugar Bayramov, Kaan Aydos

“… We present a 42 year-old patient with a history of intravaginal slingplasty operation performed 6 years ago admitted with persistent lower urinary tract symptoms, dyspareunia and chronic pelvic pain for almost four years. She had undergone two previous cyctoscopies in which only mucosal edema had been reported. …”
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Different honesty conceptions align across US politicians' tweets and public replies by Fabio Carrella, Segun T. Aroyehun, Jana Lasser, Almog Simchon, David Garcia, Stephan Lewandowsky

“…Abstract Recent evidence shows that US politicians’ conception of honesty has undergone a bifurcation, with authentic but evidence-free “belief-speaking” becoming more prominent and differentiated from evidence-based “fact-speaking”. …”
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Liver Infarction in a Patient with HELLP and Probable Anti-phospholipid Syndrome by Cihan Kaya, Hüseyin Cengiz, Murat Ekin, Ammar Kanawati, Levent Yaşar

“…A 29-year-old G2P2 woman who has undergone cesarian section (C-section) due to fetal distress was referred to our department with progressively elevating liver enzymes and lowering platelets. …”
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Opportunities for Prevention of Complications in Intestinal Stoma Surgery by V. S. Groshilin, V. D. Kuznetsov, D. V. Kuznetsov, A. A. Pogosyan

“…The use of patient-centered complex approach to determining the place and method of formation of an end colostomy, which includes taking into account the individual structure of the muscular-aponeurotic frame of the anterior abdominal wall, and the peculiarities of vascularity and topography of the intestine section undergoing ostomy surgery, is accompanied by a low number of early and late paracolostomy complications.…”
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Spondylolisthesis and Scoliosis Progression and Associated Revision Rates Following Bilateral Lumbar Spine Microscopic Decompression by Walter-Soon-Yaw Wong, Ashton Kai Shun Tan, Kenneth Zhi Kuan Loi, Dhivakaran Gengatharan, Craigven Hao Sheng Sim, Hao Bin Chen, Yilun Huang

“…This retrospective study included patients undergoing BLSMD without instrumented fusion. Pre-existing SC was defined as Cobb's angle 10° and SL as any anterior-posterior slip of operated level adjacent vertebral bodies. …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Pregnancies with Uterine Leiomyomas by Caner Kose, Busra Korpe, Tugba Kinay, Seval Yilmaz Ergani, Rahmi Sinan Karadeniz, Ali Turhan Caglar, Yaprak Engin Ustun

“…The amount of blood loss (969.66±427.21 mL vs. 738.15±337.2 mL and 553.84±366.46 mL), duration of surgery (83.23±29.56 min vs. 64.47±17.96 min) and transfusion requirements (36% vs. 5.3% and 28.8%) were higher in women who underwent myomectomy during cesarean section than in the other women undergoing only cesarean section or delivering vaginally (p<0.05). …”
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A randomised trial comparing preoperative administration of single-dose kefazolin to kefazolin plus metronidazole as prophylactic antibiotics at caesarean section by R Lamfel, L Snyman, L Seopela, G Jahn, P Becker

“…Method. All patients undergoing emergency or elective caesarean section were randomised and then sequentially numbered in opaque sealed envelopes, which were placed in the caesarean section operating theatre. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Regain of Consciousness in Dexmedetomidine–Propofol versus Ketamine–Propofol in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedure under Sedation using BIS M... by Priya Banga, Sunder L. Negi, Banashree Mandal, Parag Barwad, Kulbhushan Saini, Krishna P. Gourav

“…Materials and Methods: Cyanotic and acyanotic CHD children, weighing 5–20 kg and undergoing sedation for cardiac catheterization, were randomly assigned into two groups. …”
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A high offset stem design does not increase stem migration under full weight bearing in cementless total hip arthroplasty: a model-based RSA study by Tobias Reiner, Robert Sonntag, Jan Philippe Kretzer, Michael Clarius, Eike Jakubowitz, Stefan Weiss, Stefan Kinkel, Tilman Walker, Tobias Gotterbarm, Timo Albert Nees

“…Based on the results of this study, the SL-PLUS Lateral is a safe alternative for patients with high femoral offset undergoing cementless THA.…”
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Helicobacter pylori CagA+ strains modulate colorectal pathology by regulating intestinal flora by Shasha Cui, Xinqiang Liu, Fengxia Han, Lu Zhang, Jingjing Bu, Sainan Wu, Jiafen Wang

“…Method 6-week C57BL/6J mice were divided into: (a) HP CagA+ group undergoing HP CagA+ strains administration by gavage at 0.2 mL for 10 days; (b) HP CagA- group undergoing HP CagA- strains administration by gavage at 0.2 mL for 10 days; (c) control group intragastrically given 0.2 mL of brian heart infusion (BHI) medium for 10 days. …”
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Online tools to predict individualised survival for primary oesophageal cancer patients with and without pathological complete response after neoadjuvant therapy followed by oesoph... by Jie Zhang, Xiang Chen, Dong Dong, Lijie Tan, Yajie Zhang, Hecheng Li, Yuqin Cao, Binhao Huang, Han Tang, Tianzheng Shen, Xijia Feng, Jiahao Zhang, Liqiang Shi, Chengqiang Li, Heng Jiao

“…The calibration plot, concordance index and decision curve analysis were employed to assess calibration, discrimination and clinical usefulness of the predictive models.Results In total, 13 and 15 variables were used to predict OS for pCR and non-pCR patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy followed by oesophagectomy, respectively. …”
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Five Things an Agricultural Producer Can Do to Improve Business Profitability by Edward Evans

“… The business of producing agricultural commodities is undergoing considerable change. Long gone are the days when an agricultural producer could afford to ignore what goes on outside the local area and still expect to make a profit. …”
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Emotional Focus Coping on Early Childhood Marriage Actors in Selayar by Andi Pramesti Ningsih

“…The results showed that in addition to emotional focus coping, the informants also used problem focus coping in undergoing early marriage. The forms of coping with emotional focus found were self-controlling, escape-avoidance, and positive appraisal. …”
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Preoperative Hemoglobin Level Predicts Surgical Site Infections in Trauma Orthopedic Surgery: A Cohort Study by Williams Walana, Fredrick Gyilbagr, Alexis D. B. Buunaaim

“…These inexpensive and common hematological parameters could assist in guiding preventive efforts to reduce surgical site infections and improve outcomes for vulnerable patients undergoing trauma orthopedic surgery. Assessing preoperative hemoglobin levels is crucial in identifying patients at increased risk of developing surgical site infections. …”
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Meningskonstruktion under læsning af litterære tekster: Verbal Reports fra elever i læseforståelsesvanskeligheder by Nina Berg Gøttsche

“… I denne artikel undersøges, hvordan elever i læseforståelsesvanskeligheder konstruerer mening, når de læser litterære tekster. …”
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Insights from serial cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging show early progress in diastolic dysfunction relates to impaired right ventricular deformation by Sören J. Backhaus, Alexander Schulz, Torben Lange, Simon F. Rösel, Lennart S. Schmidt-Schweda, Shelby Kutty, Johannes T. Kowallick, Julia Treiber, Andreas Rolf, Samuel Sossalla, Gerd Hasenuß, Andreas Schuster

“…Repeat rest and exercise-stress CMR was performed in median 2.94 years after recruitment during which timeframe some HFpEF patients had undergone interatrial shunt device (IASD) implantation. …”
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