‘That’s kind of under my work blanket’—redeployment experiences of children’s hospital staff during the covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study by Paula Kelly, Susie Aldiss, Jo Wray, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Faith Gibson

“…We identified five main themes: (i) Drivers and Agency; (ii) Journey to Redeployment; (iii) Working Reality; (iv) Personal Impact and Support; (v) Professional Disruption. …”
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Retention of bimanual performance following hand arm bimanual intensive therapy in children with unilateral cerebral palsy: A six-month longitudinal study. by Shailesh S Gardas, Christine Lysaght, Charity Patterson, Swati M Surkar

“…UE capacity measures also showed improvements (p < 0.05) post-HABIT. Although HABIT initially may enhance performance of real-world bimanual tasks, its benefits diminish within six months, suggesting a need for repeating HABIT every 3-6 months to retain long-term improvements.…”
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Estimation of chlorophyll-a in uncrewed aircraft systems imagery using autonomous surface vessel data with machine learning algorithms and feature selection techniques by Mohammad Shakiul Islam, Padmanava Dash, Abduselam M. Nur, Hafez Ahmad, Rajendra M. Panda, Jessica S. Wolfe, Gray Turnage, Lee Hathcock, Gary D. Chesser, Jr, Robert J. Moorhead

“…To ensure the algorithms were developed using accurate remote sensing reflectance data, the spectral response function of the UAS was applied to the radiometer measurements. An initial dataset comprising of 85 variables was compiled, including individual spectral bands, band ratios, vegetation indices, and three-band indices. …”
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Lymphoadenopathies caused by Bartonella henselae by V.S. Zhukovskiy, O.V. Prokopiv, I.R. Trutyak, M.V. Pankiv

“…In order to prevent the development of purulent complications and to avoid unreasonable invasive procedures, it is important to make a timely diagnosis and carry out appropriate antibacterial treatment at the initial stage of the manifestation of clinical symptoms of cat scratch disease.…”
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Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Fatemeh Darsareh, Malihe Shirzadfard Jahromi, Amene Ranjbar, Mitra Shekari, Vahid Mehrnoush, Nasibeh Roozbeh

“…Background: Understanding the various outcomes of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is essential for initiating a cascade of preparatory steps to address them. …”
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P-glycoprotein and/or Histone Deacetylase 2 Regulates Steroid Responsiveness in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome by Harshit Singh, Narayan Prasad, Durga Prasanna Misra, Akhilesh Kumar Jaiswal, Vikas Agarwal

“…Materials and Methods: Thirty-one patients were recruited at baseline (n = 31) (before initiating steroid therapy); after 6 weeks of steroid therapy, 24 patients achieved remission (steroid-sensitive NS [SSNS] n = 24 mean age, 7.96 ± 3.90), whereas seven patients were resistant to steroids (SRNS, n = 7, mean age 10.00 ± 3.55). mRNA expression of HDAC2 and P-gp and functional analysis of P-gp and enzymatic activity of HDAC2 were analyzed at baseline, and at 6 weeks of steroid treatment and at the time of relapse. …”
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Standards and Practices: A Reflection on Programming for Skill Learning and Evaluation in the First Aid Classroom

“…This paper explores two priorities that may initially seem conflicting: the need to standardize the delivery of skills for purposes of mass education, production of learning materials, and program evaluation; facing the need to personalize the skills to fit the learner and the context in which the skills are intended to be applied. …”
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Unexpected inheritance: multiple integrations of ancient bornavirus and ebolavirus/marburgvirus sequences in vertebrate genomes. by Vladimir A Belyi, Arnold J Levine, Anna Marie Skalka

“…Integrations are generally limited to one or very few copies of a related viral gene per species, suggesting that once the initial germline integration was obtained (or selected), later integrations failed or provided little advantage to the host. …”
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Effects of spray dried plasma on litter growth performance and oxidative stress and inflammation of sows kept in a hot environment by Hannah M. Bailey, Natalia S. Fanelli, Joy M. Campbell, Hans H. Stein

“…The second hypothesis was that pigs weaned from sows fed 0.5% SDP in lactation have reduced diarrhea incidence and improved growth performance during the initial 14 d of the nursery period regardless of dietary SDP. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of the CNIC-Polypill Strategy Compared With Separate Monocomponents in Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease in Portugal: The MERCUR... by Carlos Aguiar, Francisco Araujo, Gabriel Rubio-Mercade, David Carcedo, Silvia Paz, Jose María Castellano, Valentín Fuster

“…The clinical effectiveness of the CNIC-Polypill strategy initially demonstrated in the NEPTUNO study has been recently corroborated in the SECURE trial. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection rates and associated risk factors in healthcare workers: systematic review and meta-analysis by Amit Bansal, Mai-Chi Trieu, Emily M. Eriksson, Fan Zhou, Jodie McVernon, Karl Albert Brokstad, Rebecca Jane Cox

“…We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and Google Scholar from 1 December 2019 to 5 February 2024. From 498 initial records, 190 articles were reviewed, and 63 studies were eligible. …”
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Enhancing laboratory education through collaborative online international learning: A case study between USA and UK students by Matthew Allan Jones, Pika Miklavc, MaryAnne Stewart

“…Pre (n = 46) and Post-analysis (n = 35) revealed significant enhancement of students international education knowledge, international medical practice knowledge, cultural intelligence, social initiative, emotional stability, and work-based flexibility (P < 0.05). …”
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Low body mass index as a predictor of sputum culture conversion and treatment outcomes among patients receiving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lesotho by Lawrence Oyewusi, Chengbo Zeng, KJ Seung, Stephanie Mpinda, Mikanda Kunda, Carole D Mitnick, Makelele Kanu, Meseret Tamirat, Joalane Makaka, Mabatloung Mofolo, Refiloe Maime, Llang Maama, Ninza Senyo, Bamidele Oguntoyinbo, Lwayi Mayombo, Molly F Franke

“…Methods Secondary data from a prospective cohort of patients initiating a longer (18–20 months) treatment containing bedaquiline and/or delamanid under routine programmatic conditions in Lesotho were analysed. …”
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Computational analysis of congenital heart disease associated SNPs: unveiling their impact on the gene regulatory system by Shikha Vashisht, Costantino Parisi, Cecilia L. Winata

“…Here, we developed a systematic computational pipeline for the identification and analysis of CHD-associated SNPs spanning both coding and noncoding regions of the genome. Initially, we curated a thorough dataset of SNPs from GWAS-catalog and ClinVar database and filtered them based on CHD-related traits. …”
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Assessment of thermal ablation for treating Bethesda IV thyroid nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jia-shan Yao, Xi-han Zhang, Zi-geng Li, Yu Xi

“…The VRR at 12 months, stratified by initial nodule size, was 84% (95% CI: 77 − 91%) and 86% (95% CI: 78 − 94%). …”
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Incidence of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome by Occupation – 10-Year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study by Juliane Bauer, Janice Hegewald, Karin Rossnagel, Sylvia Jankowiak, Michaela Prigge, Julian Chalabi, Matthias Nübling, Alice Freiberg, Merle Riechmann-Wolf, Pavel Dietz, Philipp S. Wild, Thomas Koeck, Manfred E. Beutel, Norbert Pfeiffer, Karl J. Lackner, Thomas Münzel, Konstantin Strauch, Philipp Lurz, Oliver Tüscher, Julia Weinmann-Menke, Stavros Konstantinides, Andreas Seidler

“…As the workplace is an important platform for interventions, the findings of this study could guide the development of more nuanced and effective workplace health initiatives to promote a healthier workforce for the future.…”
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Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated factors among male prisoners in Great Tehran Prison by active case finding by Behnam Farhoudi, Elnaz Shahmohamadi, Seyedahmad Seyedalinaghi, SeyedAlireza Nadji, Fatemeh Pahlaviani, Mehrzad Tashakorian

“…We aimed to evaluate the risk factors and prevalence of STIs among imprisoned men based on clinical and molecular findings initiated by active (screening prisoners with STIs’ symptoms complaints) case findings. …”
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The breast cancer genetic testing experience: probing the potential utility of an online decision aid in risk perception and decision making by Anna Vaynrub, Brian Salazar, Yilin Eileen Feng, Harry West, Alissa Michel, Subiksha Umakanth, Katherine D. Crew, Rita Kukafka

“…While most did not change lifestyle behaviors in response to their GT results, there was a consistent call for further guidance following the initial discussion of GT results. Empowering patients, especially those with negative or VUS results, with the context to internalize the implications of their results and form accurate risk perception represents a powerful opportunity to optimize subsequent risk management strategies. …”
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Protocol for a multicentre, prospective, open-label, randomised controlled trial to compare PROs and safety outcomes between preoperative and postmastectomy radiotherapy in locally... by Li Zhang, Jiong Wu, Guangyu Liu, Shuang Hao, Jianjing Hou, Changming Zhou, Yifeng Hou, Keda Yu, Zhen Hu, Genhong Di, Zhi Min Shao, Xiaoli Yu

“…Stratification will be performed by cancer centre at initial diagnosis. The radiation volumes will include the ipsilateral breast/chest wall, supraclavicular lymph nodes, undissected axilla and internal mammary nodes. …”
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The Linda Kizazi study: a comparison of morbidity and mortality from birth to 2 years between children who are HIV-unexposed and HIV-exposed, uninfected in the era of universal ant... by John Kinuthia, Dara A Lehman, Dalton Wamalwa, Brenda Wandika, Emily R Begnel, Ednah Ojee, Judy Adhiambo, Eliza Mabele, Vincent Ogweno, Efrem S Lim, Soren Gantt, Jennifer Slyker

“…We compared the risk of each outcome between CHEU versus CHUU using HRs from Andersen-Gill (recurrent morbidity outcomes) and Cox proportional hazards (mortality) regression models adjusted for maternal age, marital status and education level.Results Among 187 mother–infant pairs with postpartum data, 86 (46%) infants were CHEU and 101 (54%) were CHUU. All initiated breastfeeding, and 88% of CHEU and 57% of CHUU were exclusively breastfed (EBF) for ≥6 months. …”
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