Patient and caregiver perspectives of select non-communicable diseases in India: A scoping review. by Sindhu Nila, Eliza Dutta, S S Prakash, Sophy Korula, Anu Mary Oommen

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>There is a need for robust approaches and standardised tools to measure responsiveness of the healthcare system to patient needs, across geographical and population subgroups in India. Health system reforms are needed to improve access to high-quality care for treatment and palliation of cancer and management of chronic diseases such as diabetes.…”
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Evaluation and Comparison of Accuracy of Complete Arch Digital and Conventional Implant Impression as Influenced by the Use of a 3D Printed Modular Splint –An In-Vitro Study by Bhushan S. Pol, Ajay V. Sabane, Rajashree D. Jadhav, Pankaj P. Kadam, Arti R. Gachake, Bhagyashree G. Kalsekar

“…The total number of samples (n = 40) was derived and was divided into two groups with four subgroups: A1-Digital Impression without splinting of scan bodies (reference scan) and A2-Digital Impression splinted with 3D printed Modular Chain splint (test scan) and B1-Conventional Impression without Splinting of impression copings (reference scan) and B2- Conventional Impression splinted with 3D printed modular chain splint (test scan). …”
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Effect of Graphene Reinforcement on the Color Stability of Polymethyl Methacrylate Provisional Restorative Material – An in vitro Study by Vaishnavi Banode, Saee Deshpande, Neelam Pande

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 72 samples, 24 samples from each restorative material (n = 8), each measuring 10 mm in diameter and 2 mm in thickness, were fabricated from the provisional materials and were divided into three subgroups each into artificial saliva, tea solution, and sambhar solution. …”
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Effect of laser and light emitting diode bleaching techniques on micro-leakage of dental composite postoperatively using two different bonding systems by Shalaw S. Jawhar, Bassam K. Amin

“…When the scores of micro-leakage of the six subgroups were compared, the differences among the groups were found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001). there was no significant difference found between the adhesive systems after treatment with the same bleaching techniques. …”
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Exploring the Association Between Overactive Bladder (OAB) and Cognitive decline: mediation by depression in elderly adults,   a NHANES weighted analysis by Ling Liu

“…This negative association was robust in subgroups by demographics, behavioral factors, and comorbidities. …”
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Impact of Baseline Central Retinal Thickness on Outcomes in the VIVID-DME and VISTA-DME Studies by Edoardo Midena, Mark Gillies, Todd A. Katz, Carola Metzig, Chengxing Lu, Yuichiro Ogura

“…We compared visual and anatomical outcomes in subgroups of patients with baseline CRT < 400 μm and ≥400 μm. …”
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Exposure to Chinese famine in early life and the risk of multimorbidity in adulthood by Jiahui Zhang, Le Zhang, Wenyan Wu, Xiaowei Zheng

“…Based on the questionnaire, participants were divided into non-exposed, mild famine, moderate famine and severe famine subgroups. Results In cross-sectional analyses, both mild, moderate and severe famine groups were significantly associated with higher multimorbidity prevalence. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents aged from 6 to 17 years old: a cross-sectional study based on the National Health and Nutriti... by Hailun Cai, Yanyan Shao, Weihao Yu

“…The decreasing trend was observed in all subgroups, including age, gender, body mass index (BMI), education level, poverty index and eating food at the restaurant. …”
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Risk Factors for Sudden in-hospital Cardiac Death in Patients with ST-segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction by Antonio Rafael Enamorado Anaya, Isolda María García Cañete, Marilín González Agüero, Gaoussou Goro

“…<strong>Background:</strong> although advances in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction have led to a reduction in the risk of sudden death in the long term, it remains high in certain subgroups of patients. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify the risk factors for sudden in-hospital cardiac death in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. …”
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Strategies for early metabolic disturbances in patients with an end jejunostomy or end ileostomy. Experience from a specialized Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN) center by Michał Ławiński, Dominika Haraszczuk, Aleksandra Gradowska, Justyna Z. Kostro, Agnieszka Bzikowska, Jacek Sobocki

“…When the end ileostomy group was divided into subgroups depending on the lack or possibility of oral food intake, differences in C-reactive protein activity were found (55.6 vs. 25.7, p = 0.041). …”
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The Effects of Preeclampsia Severity and Thrombocytopenia on the Prognosis of Hypertensive Pregnant Women by Emre Beşe, Fatma Devran Bıldırcın, Erdal Malatyalıoğlu

“…Additionally, the patients were analyzed in two subgroups according to their platelet counts, as the groups with low and normal platelet counts. …”
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Fractures and Chronic Recurrence are Commonly Associated with Ankle Sprains: a 5-year Population-level Cohort of Patients Seen in the U.S. Military Health System by Daniel I Rhon, Tina A Greenlee, Chad E Cook, Richard B Westrick, Jon A Umlauf, John J Fraser

“…# Background Whereas ankle-foot injuries are ubiquitous and affect ~16% of military service-members, granularity of information pertaining to ankle sprain subgroups and associated variables is lacking. The purpose of this study was to characterize and contextualize the burden of ankle sprain injuries in the U.S. …”
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Smoking and alcohol use plays a mediating role on the social determinants of high blood pressure: Evidence from nationally representative sample in India by Arivarasan Barathi, Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Rajan Rushender

“…Conclusion: These results will help in developing targeted interventions to address the unique risk factors and challenges faced by different population subgroups.…”
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Folie à Deux in the Setting of COVID-19 Quarantine by Maxsaya Baez Nuñez, Ezequiel Rodriguez, Matthew DeLuca, Krishan Chirimunj, Monica Dhingra

“…Given that to the best of our knowledge, there have not been any reports describing the development of folie à deux in the setting of the COVID-19 quarantine, the authors aim to dissect how extended periods of shared isolation from society during such a significant time in history may have served as a significant precipitating factor in the onset of shared psychotic disorder, while simultaneously illustrating a parallel relation to how such conditions may predispose certain subgroups to similarly dynamic-based mental health disorders. …”
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Association between a body shape index and bone mineral density in US adults based on NHANES data by Jiabei Wu, Guiping Wu

“…Interaction tests showed a consistent association between ABSI and total BMD across subgroups, with variations in sex and BMI. This analysis of NHANES data confirms a persistent negative association between ABSI and BMD, suggesting that ABSI could be useful in osteoporosis prevention and diagnosis.…”
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Investigation of personality characteristics of hearing impaired athletes participating in 2nd European youth hearing impaired athletics championships by Erdal Demır, Kursad Sertbas, Mustafa Vural, Ugur Senturk

“…PERI; is composed of 5 subgroups including openness to experience, sense of responsibility, extraversion, compatibleness and emotional stability. …”
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Evolutionary analysis of DELLA proteins in sweet potato and related species reveals their roles in development and stress responses by Zhidan Zuo, Haoqiang Zhao, Yue Fan, Yixuan Zhu, Wenpeng Song, Hong Zhai, Shaozhen He, Huan Zhang, Ning Zhao, Qingchang Liu, Shaopei Gao

“…The DELLA genes were categorized into three distinct subgroups based on the phylogenetic topology in selected Ipomoea species. …”
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Bond Strength of Porcelain Fused to Casting and Selective Laser Base Metal Alloy with a Bonding Agent by Rafal Kareem Rasheed, Nidhal Sahib Mansoor

“…SLM from Co–Cr (n=20 specimens) the disks were airborne particles abraded with110 µm aluminum oxide particles, then two main groups separated into subgroups based on the type of bonding agent used (with and without addition). shear bond strength was used, before the SBS test the metal and ceramic interfaces were examined using test scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Empathy and Mental Health of Preschool Teachers: A Latent Profile Analysis by Jin R, Li X, Huang H

“…Latent profile analysis (LPA) was employed to identify subgroups of preschool teachers by self- and other empathy pattern types. …”
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Sources of the mitochondrial gene pool of Russians by the results of analysis of modern and paleogenomic data by B. A. Malyarchuk

“…The results of a phylogeographic analysis are also presented, showing that the features of the geographical distribution of the subgroups of the mitochondrial haplogroup R1a in Europe are a reflection of the “Caucasian” component that appeared in the gene pools of various groups of Europeans during the migration of the Bronze Age. …”
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