Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa by Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Sian Floyd, María Rupérez, Helen Ayles, Redwaan Vermaak, Kwame Shanaube, Albertus Schaap, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Barry Kosloff, Thomas Gachie, Pete J Dodd, Chali Wapamesa, Michael J Burnett, Nico Kalisvaart, Tila Mainga, Linda Mureithi

“…We aimed to design an accurate diagnostic algorithm for TB prevalence surveys (TBPS) that limits the use of culture.Design TBPS in four communities, conducted during 2019.Setting Three Zambian communities and one South-African community included in the TBPS of the Tuberculosis Reduction through Expanded Anti-retroviral Treatment and Screening study.Participants Randomly sampled individuals aged ≥15 years. Among those who screened positive on chest X-ray or symptoms, two sputum samples were collected for field Xpert-Ultra testing and a third for laboratory liquid-culture testing. …”
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Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Model Based on Machine Learning by YUE Haitao, HE Chanchan, CHENG Yuyou, ZHANG Sencheng, WU You, MA Jing

“…Stepwise Logistic regression identified age, gender, BMI, ethnicity, education level, income level, being informed of hypertension, being informed of prehypertension, being informed of pregnancy-induced hypertension, current use of antihypertensive medication, being informed of hyperlipidemia, being informed of diabetes, smoking status, alcohol consumption within the last 30 days, heavy drinking status, and self-assessed health as factors influencing CHD. …”
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Satisfactory Evaluation of Call Service Using AI After Ureteral Stent Insertion: Randomized Controlled Trial by Ukrae Cho, Yong Nam Gwon, Seung Ryong Chong, Ji Yeon Han, Do Kyung Kim, Seung Whan Doo, Won Jae Yang, Kyeongmin Kim, Sung Ryul Shim, Jaehun Jung, Jae Heon Kim

“…MethodsOverall, 28 patients (aged 20-70 years) who underwent ureteral stent insertion for the first time without a history of psychological illness were consecutively included. …”
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The influence of exercise modality and intensity on ventricular arrhythmia burden and perception of effort in patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy with pla... by Fernando G. Beltrami, Kyle G. P. J. M. Boyle, Guan Fu, Corinna Brunckhorst, Firat Duru, Christina M. Spengler, Ardan M. Saguner

“…Methods Twenty ARVC patients (8 f/12 m, age 48 ± 15 years, BMI 24 ± 3 kg/m2, resting PVC burden 4 ± 4%) with a heterozygous pathogenic/likely pathogenic plakophilin-2 (PKP-2) variant prospectively performed different exercises while monitored via 12-lead ECG. …”
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The success of reforestation after experimental strip-shelterwood felling in the pine stands of the Eastern Polissia of Ukraine by Anatolyi Zhezhkun

“…After carrying out the second cut of strip-shelterwood felling with a cutting cycle of 4-5 years and measures to promote natural regeneration for 2-4 years, the density of advance growth and self-sowing of pine in the age group of 4-8 years was 4.2-15.4 thousand pcs. .ha-1 (regeneration success is good and satisfactory). …”
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Effect of Different Doses of Intrathecal Nalbuphine as Adjuvant to Hyperbaric Bupivacaine on Characteristics of Subarachnoid Block in Pelvic and Lower Limb Orthopaedic Surgeries: A... by Anupama Kumari, Shraddha Jogani, Nilesh Shah, Sara Mary Thomas

“…The Student’s t-test was used for data comparison regarding the onset and duration of sensory and motor blockade, time of two-segment regression, time for rescue analgesia, haemodynamic stability and sedative effects between the study groups. Results: The mean age for Group-R was 45.00±7.1 years and Group-L 51.95±8.03 years. onset of sensory blockade at the T10 level and the onset of motor blockade in Group-R were slower than in Group-L (p-value <0.05). …”
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Colgajo fasciocutáneo tipo lengüeta medial como alternativa para el manejo de defectos de tejidos blandos en la pierna by X. Ríos Garrido, A. De la Rosa, L. Arzuza Ortega, G. Vargas Lievano, J. Molina Gándara, D.A. Tellez Gamarra, C. Medina Monje

“…Materials and methods: Cohort study matched by age. 64 patients with soft tissue defects were selected and according to the intervention divided in: group 1) medial tab flap, and group 2) conventional flaps (sural, soleus, gastrocnemius) followed up to one year postoperatively. …”
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HbA1c Cutoff Point of 5.9% Better Identifies High Risk of Progression to Diabetes among Chinese Adults: Results from a Retrospective Cohort Study by Kai Liang, Chuan Wang, Fei Yan, Lingshu Wang, Tianyi He, Xiuping Zhang, Chengqiao Li, Weifang Yang, Zeqiang Ma, Aixia Ma, Xinguo Hou, Li Chen

“…This article performed a retrospective cohort study to estimate the annual incidence rates of diabetes and to assess the utility of HbA1c as a predictor for progression to diabetes in Chinese community adults aged 40 years or older. Methods. In all, 2778 nondiabetic subjects (including 1901 women) underwent HbA1c testing and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) measurements at baseline and after 3 years. …”
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Hubungan Lingkar Abdomen (Lingkar Perut) dengan Tekanan Darah by Marini Khairana Sari, Nur Indrawati Lipoeto, Rahmatina B. Herman

“…Observational study conducted on 92 employees consisting of 42 male employees and 50 female employees with age  of </em><em> </em><em>24-59 years. Data was collected from the measurement of abdominal circumference and blood pressure directly. …”
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Mechanism of DMOC in Diabetes Mellitus with Liver Fibrosis by Zizhi XIAO, Hong SHI, Huanwen RAO, Lifen LUO

“…Objective:To establish a rat model of high-fat and high-sugar diet combined Streptozotocin(STZ)to explore the anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic mechanisms of the dendrobium mixture in order cycle method(DMOC)in diabetes mellitus with liver fibrosis.Methods:Forty healthy and clean male Sprague Dawley rats at five weeks of age were randomly divided into the control group(<italic>n</italic>=10, basic diet), the control intervention group(<italic>n</italic>=10, basic diet and DMOC), the model group(<italic>n</italic>=10, high fat and high glucose combined STZ)and the model intervention group(<italic>n</italic>=10, high fat and high glucose, STZ combined DMOC)after one week of adaptive feeding. …”
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Mechanism of Delaying Cartilage Degeneration in Knee Osteoarthritis with Rongjin Niantong Recipe Based on lncRNA NEAT1 and Nrf2/ARE Pathway by FU Changlong, XIE Xinyu, QIU Zhiwei, HUANG Yanfeng, JIN Linglu, LI Xihai

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of Rongjin Niantong Recipe on knee osteoarthritis model rats, and to explore the mechanism of delaying cartilage degeneration in knee osteoarthritis based on long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) NEAT1 and Nrf2/ARE pathway.MethodsAfter adaptive feeding for one week, a total of 45 SPF SD rats aged two months were randomly divided into blank group and sodium iodoacetate group, with 15,30 cases in each group. …”
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Manifestaciones neurológicas asociadas a la vacuna contra COVID-19 by R. Alonso Castillo, J.C. Martínez Castrillo

“…Most occurred in women (63.89%), with a median age of 50 years. The most frequently reported adverse events were Bell's palsy 4936/13809 (35.7%), headache (4067/13809), cerebrovascular events 2412/13809 (17.47%), Guillain-Barré syndrome 868/13809 (6.28%), central nervous system demyelination 258/13809 (1.86%) and functional neurological disorder 398/13809 (2.88%). …”
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Prevalence and Related Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasitosis among Private School-Going Pupils of Dharan Submetropolitan City, Nepal by Bijay Kumar Shrestha, Manita Tumbahangphe, Jenish Shakya, Anu Rai, Kabita Dhakal, Bidhya Dhungana, Romika Shrestha, Jyoti Limbu, Kabiraj Khadka, Santoshi Ghimire, Sujata Chauhan, Lata Chalise, Ashu Ghimire

“…Statistically, significant difference in the parasitic prevalence with respect to age and gender was not seen (P>0.05). However, the prevalence of parasitic infection was strongly associated with the ethnicity of the pupils (P=0.001). …”
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Serum Leptin Is not a Diagnostic Marker for Familial Mediterranean Fever Attacks

“…We enrolled 25 patients (22 males and 3 females) and 25 healthy controls (21 males and 4 females) with a mean age of <mml:math alttext="$24.42pm 1.22$"> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>24.42</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00B1;</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.22</mml:mn> </mml:mrow></mml:math> (Mean <mml:math alttext="$pm$"><mml:mo>&#x00B1;</mml:mo></mml:math> SEM) years and <mml:math alttext="$24.30pm1.19$"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>24.30</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00B1;</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.19</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math> years (Mean <mml:math alttext="$pm$"><mml:mo>&#x00B1;</mml:mo></mml:math> SEM), respectively. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Berbagai Olahan Telur terhadap Kadar Kolesterol Total Darah Mencit by Putri Mira Magistri, Rismawati YaswiR, Yustini Alioes

“…The experiment used 24 male albino mice (Mus nusculus) age 3 – 4 months old with 30 – 40 grams of body weight. …”
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Characteristics of Static Balance Function in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Different Blood Pressure States by Shuai GUO, Zhizhen LIU, Jiawei QIN, Lianhua YIN, Jia HUANG, Jing TAO

“…Compared with the control group and the T2DM group, RQ and DA in the T2DM-HTN group were higher (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05).Conclusion:The ability of elderly patients with T2DM to maintain static postural was lower than that in non-diabetic patients of the same age, the patients with T2DM should provide more visual compensation to maintain stability, the balance control ability in the X-axis direction was more obviously affected by vision. …”
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Seroconversion and dynamics of IgG anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies during the pandemic: A two-month observation cohort study on the population of Sleman in Indonesia. by Jajah Fachiroh, Septi Kurnia Lestari, Dewi Kartikawati Paramita, Bagas Suryo Bintoro, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Lutfan Lazuardi, Cici Permata Rusadi, Erti Nur Sagenah, Eggi Arguni

“…The inclusion criteria for subjects were age ≥ 18 years, absence of flu-like symptoms, and negative COVID-19 by using GeNose C19® screening. …”
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Effectiveness of a technical support program with women’s self-help groups in catalyzing health and nutrition behaviors in Bihar—a multicomponent analysis by Sudipta Mondal, Indu Bisht, Santosh Akhauri, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Narottam Pradhan, Sweta Kumari, Shuchi Sree Akhouri, Rakesh Kumar Jha, Manoj Kumar Singh, Suman Das, Apollo Purty, Arko Mukherjee, Tanmay Mahapatra

“…This study investigates whether Health &amp; Nutrition (HN) interventions delivered by JEEViKA Technical Support Program (JTSP) via SHG platforms could improve maternal and newborn health and nutritional behaviors in rural Bihar.MethodsAnnual Household Survey and Married Women of Reproductive Age (MWRA) studies of Bihar Technical Support Unit were used to analyze the effectiveness of JTSP on HN behaviors for mother and their infants in Bihar during 2016–21. …”
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Cardiovascular risk associated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists versus other conventional glucose-lowering drugs in patients with type-2 diabetes: protocol for a nati... by François Schiele, Mikael Mazighi, Nicolas Danchin, Igor Sibon, Gilles Lemesle, Kamel Mohammedi, Laurent Fauchier, Bruno Detournay, Alexandre Caron, Corinne Emery, Camille Nevoret, Lucile Vigié, Christine Massien

“…Comparative analyses will be conducted versus these control groups, adjusting for cardiovascular event history and a propensity score considering age, sex, area of residence, deprivation index, comorbidities, duration of diabetes, use of lipid-lowering drugs, anticoagulants, antiplatelet therapies and blood pressure-lowering therapies. …”
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Exploring socio-economic inequalities in mental healthcare utilization in adults with self-reported psychological distress: a survey-registry linked cohort design by J. J. Muwonge, C. Dalman, B. Burström, B. Jablonska, A-C. Hollander

“…Methods MHC use was examined in 31,433 individuals aged 18–64 years over a 6-month follow-up period, after responding to the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) in 2014 or the Kessler Six (K6) in 2021. …”
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