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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to explore how intergenerational support affects the oral healthcare or treatment-seeking behaviors of older Chinese adults and provide evidence for improving the oral health of the older adults in an aging society. METHODS: Data from a cross-sectional survey, the 2015 China Health and Ret…

Challenges in adopting renewable energy have become significant roadblocks to the country's sustainable progress. There is a shortage of studies examining how adopting biogas energy plants affects entrepreneurship in Pakistan's off-grid areas. This study aims to address this gap in the literature by investigating bioen…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to undertake a comprehensive systematic review to describe multilevel factors (barriers and facilitators) that may influence the implementation of low-dose chest computed tomography for lung cancer screening in the United States. METHODS: Systematic literature searches were per…

This study's primary aim was to assess whether end-expiratory lung ultrasound severity score (expLUSsc) at Day 3 of life, the second week of life, and before weaning off nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) can predict the weaning readiness off nCPAP trial in preterm infants. The secondary aim was to…

Paediatric meningiomas are extremely rare. These tumours constitute only 2 to 3% of all childhood brain tumours. Despite similarities in histological features between PMs and their adult counterparts, there are important distinctions between them. In this case series, the authors describe their experience in paediatric…

AIMS: (a) To evaluate the effectiveness of different types of psychosocial interventions on the health-related quality of life among caregivers of individuals with dementia and (b) To present an overview and assessment of the quality of the most recent intervention studies. DESIGN: A systematic review and meta-analysi…

PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the thickness of each corneal sublayer in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS). METHODS: The study's sample consisted of the 74 eyes of 74 patients with PXS (group 1) and the 80 eyes of 80 individuals without PXS (group 2). Each participant was performed anterior…

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that Vitamin D deficiency is very common globally. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with lipid metabolism. A relationship between vitamin D levels and waist circumference (WC) has been observed. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D status an…

OBJECTIVE: To determine if persons with chronic stroke and decreased hip and knee flexion during swing can walk with improved swing-phase kinematics when the task demands constrained gait to the sagittal plane. DESIGN: A one-day, within-subject design comparing gait kinematics under two conditions: Unconstrained tread…

Concern exists about accepting live kidney donation from 'medically complex donors'--those with risk factors for future kidney disease. This study's aim was to examine variation in complex kidney donor use across US transplant centers. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of live kidney donors using organ procurem…

OBJECTIVE: Measure central bone mineral density (BMD) in community-dwelling individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: A regional center providing outpatient medical, residential, and day activity services for individuals with intellectual and/or develop…

PURPOSE: The effect of topiramate prophylaxis on medication use and medical resource use for migraine patients was studied. METHODS: Medical and pharmacy claims from a commercially insured population were analyzed from July 1, 1999, to March 31, 2004. The study sample included patients with at least one physician enco…

Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) is a phase-contrast technique using conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging system to visualize propagating shear waves and study the stiffness of tissues. Usually, shear vibrations are applied to the surface of tissues by means of mechanical driver at one point. But in femoral art…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relation between nutritional intake (kilocalories, protein) and weight and length growth in preterm infants, and to describe their metabolic tolerance with a focus on those with high protein intake (≥ 4.6 g · kg(-1) · day(-1)). METHODS: Secondary ana…

BACKGROUND: Healthcare accreditation standards are advocated as an important means of improving clinical practice and organisational performance. Standard development agencies have documented methodologies to promote open, transparent, inclusive development processes where standards are developed by members. They asser…

BACKGROUND: When designing studies that have a binary outcome as the primary endpoint, the hypothesized proportion of patients in each population experiencing the endpoint of interest (i.e., π,π) plays an important role in sample size and power calculations. Point estimates for πand πare often c…

Infection with human papillomaviruses (mostly HPV6 and HPV11) may lead to recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), a chronic disease affecting 2-4/100,000 people. Papillomas have to be removed surgically so patients can breathe normally. Papillomas often grow back and some patients are subjected to a number of opera…

This study developed a highly sensitive and efficient method for the detection of brucellosis by introducing a one-tube nested quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) approach, representing a remarkable advance in the field. The method demonstrated an impressive analytical sensitivity of 100 fg/μL, surpassing conventio…

The circular RNAs (circRNAs) involved in competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) mechanism are critical modulators affecting pathogenesis of thyroid carcinoma (TC). The study's goal was to investigate the effects of circ 0003747 on the biological progression of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Normal thyroid cells Nthy-ori3-…

BACKGROUND: Burn is one of the most brutal harms to the human body and mind and its wide-ranging complications have many adverse effects on the patients' quality of life. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of rehabilitation education through social media on burn patients' quality of life. METHOD…