The Patient-Reported Outcomes Thermometer–5-Item Scale (5T-PROs): Validation of a New Tool for the Quick Assessment of Overall Health Status in Painful Rheumatic Diseases by Fausto Salaffi, Marco Di Carlo, Marina Carotti, Sonia Farah

“…The 5T-PROs was also administered a second time (two weeks after the initial administration) to a subset of sample (n = 426) to allow for calculation of test-retest reliability. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of percutaneous endoscopic debridement and drainage for spinal infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Guozhong Zhou, Xiaorong Liu, Zhi Liang, Xuesong Chen, Chao Song

“…Erythrocyte sedimentation rate levels decreased significantly at 1-week postoperatively compared with preoperative levels (mean difference [MD] = − 13.48 [95% CI − 15.65 to − 11.31]) and continued to decrease over 3 months. …”
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Effect of diet containing alfalfa (Medicago sativa) powder and leaf extract on hemolymph factors of western whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) under low salinity stress by Kobra Babanejad Abkenar, Arash Akbarzadeh, Ahmad Noori, Mohammad Niroomand

“…Materials and methods: Shrimp were fed in seven treatments with three replications, including control (without ALP and ALE), ALP (60, 120, and 180 g/kg), and ALE (6, 12, and 18 g/kg) for nine weeks. Then, the shrimp were subjected to salinity stress at five ppt for 48 hours. …”
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Digital Exclusion and Depressive Symptoms among Older People: Findings from Five Aging Cohort Studies across 24 Countries by Jingjing Wang, Xinran Lu, Sing Bik Cindy Ngai, Lili Xie, Xiaoyun Liu, Yao Yao, Yinzi Jin

“…We adjusted for the causal directed acyclic graph (DAG) minimal sufficient adjustment set (MSAS), which includes gender, age, retirement status, education, household wealth, social activities, and weekly contact with their children. Results: During the study period (2010–2018), 122,242 participants underwent up to 5 rounds of follow-up. …”
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Effect of dietary microalgae on growth performance and health in meat-type quails by Samar M. Mohamed, Mahmoud Alagawany, Mohamed S. El-Kholy, Mohamed M. El-Mekkawy, Ayman S. Salah, Youssef A. Attia, Rashed A. Alhotan, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Antonia Lestingi

“…The outcomes of dietary inclusion of Ds plus Ap revealed a significant difference in live body weight at 5 week and body weight gain from (1-5wk) (P=0.049) and the group DsAp1 recorded the best results (191.19g, 5.69g). …”
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Cesarean section in Suriname using robson classification: a two-year nationwide cross-sectional study on rates, risk factors and perinatal outcomes of cesarean section by Zita D. Prüst, Josephine A. I. Dupont, Safir Liesdek, Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp, Thomas van den Akker, Kim J. C. Verschueren, Lachmi R. Kodan

“…Methods An observational, cross-sectional study in Suriname, using nationwide birth registry data that included all hospital births in 2020 and 2021 (≥ 27 weeks of gestation). We used multivariate logistic regression analysis to assess maternal and perinatal characteristics associated with CS. …”
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Acupuncture Dosage and Its Correlation with Effectiveness in Patients with Chronic Stable Angina: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial by Huang D, Li Y, Zheng X, Hu J, Tang H, Yin Y, Wu Z, Kong L

“…Studies were categorized into high (HDG), moderate (MDG), and low (LDG) dosage groups based on acupuncture characteristics: the number of acupoints, total sessions, frequency per week, and the need for “Deqi”.Results: Of the 807 citations screened, 16 studies (1240 patients) were included: 3 studies in LDG, 10 in MDG, and 3 in HDG. …”
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Differences in Physical and Psychological Parameters in Sub-Elite, Male, Youth Soccer Players with Jumper's Knee Following Physical Therapy Compared to Healthy Controls: A Longitud... by Marc Niering, Thomas Muehlbauer

“… # Methods All subjects were tested four times (start of the season \[T1\], 6 \[T2\], 16 \[T3\], and 20 \[T4\] weeks after the start of the season). Outcome measures included muscle power (drop jump, jump-and-reach), change of direction speed \[CODS\] (acyclic sprint), speed (tapping, 30-m linear sprint), endurance (Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 1), the Achievement Motives Scale (AMS) Sport, and injury-/pain-related data. …”
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Identification of most motivating resource for estimation of social hierarchy in water buffaloes by Sunil Dutt, M.L. Kamboj

“…Agonistic interactions for each resource were recorded manually and by Closed Circuit Television recordings five times weekly by continuous sampling for 1 hour. A socio-metric matrix of all agonistic interactions was prepared, and pooled data was analyzed using one-way ANOVA in SPSS version 22. …”
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广州市社区中老年人群缺血性脑卒中影响因素分析及 发病风险预测 by 林爱华

“…【结果】 分类树模型筛选得出8个主效应和变量之间的10个交互项,多因素logistic回归得出影响脑卒中发病的主要因素,其OR值分别为:主效应有高血压4.003(95%CI:1.948 ~ 8.223),重体力活(h/week)3.660(95%CI:2.203 ~ 6.079);交互项有吸烟和饮酒5.622(95%CI:2.316 ~ 13.646),吸烟和坐位时间(h/d)4.442(95%CI:2.720 ~ 7.253); ROC曲线下面积为0.892(95%CI:0.842 ~ 0.943),模型拟合比较稳定?…”
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Relationship between prenatal mixed heavy metal/metalloid exposure and offspring cognitive and temperament development by XU Zujing, JIANG Yining, XU Jian

“…Maternal venous blood samples were collected at 28‒36 weeks of gestation to measure prenatal maternal blood heavy metal/metalloid concentrations. …”
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How intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor initial dosing impacts patient outcomes in diabetic macular oedema by Rishi P. Singh, David Tabano, Blanche L. Kuo, Andrew LaPrise, Theodore Leng, Eunice Kim, Meghan Hatfield, Vincent Garmo

“…Based on modelling results, Eyes with initial doses received more injections (mean [standard deviation (SD)] 11.6 [8.9] vs. 6.1 [6.8] injections) more frequently (interval 7.6 [2.8] vs. 12.6 [7.7] weeks) than eyes without. These differences occurred across follow-up years. …”
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Preliminary Effectiveness of a Telehealth-Delivered Exercise Program in Older Adults Living With and Beyond Cancer: Retrospective Study by Emily R Dunston, Sonal Oza, Yang Bai, Maria Newton, Leslie Podlog, Kish Larson, Darren Walker, Rebecca W Zingg, Pamela A Hansen, Adriana M Coletta

“…All baseline measures were repeated after 12-weeks of telehealth exercise. Change scores were calculated for all assessments and compared to minimal clinically important difference (MCID) values for assessments with published MCIDs. …”
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Early Weaning Impairs the Growth Performance of Hu Lambs Through Damaging Intestinal Morphology and Disrupting Serum Metabolite Homeostasis by Haoyun Jiang, Haibo Wang, Haobin Jia, Yuhang Liu, Yue Pan, Xiaojun Zhong, Junhong Huo, Jinshun Zhan

“…The current results identify that EW at D30 decreased the growth performance (ADG and ADFI) of Hu lambs within two weeks post-weaning, which might be associated with impaired duodenal morphology and glucose metabolism. …”
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Risk factors for acute abdominal pain (colic) in the adult horse: A scoping review of risk factors, and a systematic review of the effect of management-related changes. by Laila Curtis, John H Burford, Gary C W England, Sarah L Freeman

“…For the systematic review, cohort, case-control or cross-sectional studies investigating acute abdominal pain in horses within two weeks of management changes were assessed. Study characteristics, participant characteristics and study results of included publications for the systematic review were extracted and tabulated. …”
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Frequency and persistency of DNA vaccine encoding GP25 by oral on common carp by Sri Nuryati, , Yuliyanti, , Alimuddin

“…Feeding fish with diet supplemented with 1 mL E. coli DH5α containing DNA vaccine for each fish and two times a week allowed persistence of DNA vaccine in kindney and spleen.   …”
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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder increases cognitive inflexibility in people with coronary artery disease by Agne Stanyte, Naomi A. Fineberg, Julija Gecaite-Stonciene, Aurelija Podlipskyte, Julius Neverauskas, Alicja Juskiene, Vesta Steibliene, Nijole Kazukauskiene, Julius Burkauskas

“…Methods: Seventy-eight adults (median age 59 [53.0–66.0] years) with CAD were tested within three days of hospital admission for cardiac rehabilitation occurring within two weeks of experiencing an episode of unstable angina or myocardial infarction. …”
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Performance of a Toric, Monthly, Soft Contact Lens in Digital Device Users by Pucker AD, Franklin QX, Perkins AF, May K, Kannarr SR, Bromley M, Lievens C

“…A text message visual analog scale (VAS) (± 50 scale; positive being comfortable) evaluate at-home eye comfort across the day at 1 day, 1 week, and 1 month. Subjects were evaluated at 1 month with the Computer Vision Syndrome Questionnaire (CVS-Q), Impact of Dry Eye on Everyday Life (IDEEL) Quality of Life questionnaire, and a custom questionnaire.Results: A total 48 subjects were analyzed (mean age = 28.8 ± 6.3 years; 75% female). …”
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Meta-analysis of the accuracy for RASSF1A methylation in bronchial aspirates for the diagnosis of lung cancer. by Xu-Ping Chen, Shi-Xu He, Meng-You Chen, Fu-Bin Chen, Peng Wu, Ping Shi, Shi-Cai Zhao, Ling-Yan Zhao, Xiao-Min Xiong, Jia Zeng

“…The threshold effect was defined by using the Spearman correlation coefficient, and the Deeks funnel plot was generated to evaluate publication bias.…”
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Assessment of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures on essential medicines for acute and chronic illness: a comparative study across regional and socioeconomic groups in India by Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Imteyaz Ahmad, Manas Ranjan Behera, Janmejaya Samal, Varalakshmi Manchana, Jalal Mohammed, Parthsarathi Dehury, Deepanjali Behera, Nafisa Vaz e Desouza, Abhishek Dondapati

“…The details of the expenditures for the past four weeks were compared with those of medicines and healthcare expenses. …”
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