Acceptance of and six‐month adherence to continuous positive airway pressure in patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea by Kun Luo, Li Zhang, Xiaolei Zhang, Teng Han, Yiming Li, Chen Wang

“…They were interviewed at 2 weeks and at 6 months to assess CPAP use and barriers to acceptance and adherence. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with cured coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) one month post-discharge by Yumeng Ju, Jin Liu, Roger M. K. Ng, Bangshan Liu, Mi Wang, Wentao Chen, Mei Huang, Aiping Yang, Kongliang Shu, Yun Zhou, Li Zhang, Mei Liao, Jiyang Liu, Yan Zhang

“…A follow-up survey was conducted 1 month post-discharge. PTSD symptoms were measured by the Impact of Event Scale-6 (IES-6) and patients’ perception of supportive care during hospitalization was investigated using a self-developed questionnaire. …”
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Comparison of anti-HBs persistence after hepatitis B vaccination on two-dose schedule and three-dose schedule among adults: results from a 12-year follow up study in China by Jingjing Lu, Bingyu Yan, Jiaye Liu, Wenlong Wu, Yi Feng, Aiqiang Xu, Li Zhang

“…Blood samples of 202 patients on 0-, 1- and 6-month schedule and 194 patients on 0- and 6-month regimen were collected at one month and twelve years (in 2015) after the primary series and anti-HBs levels were measured. …”
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Corneal densitometry: an innovative method to quantitatively evaluate corneal changes after phacovitrectomy by Xin Liu, Yuting Shao, Hui Lin, Chunyu Liu, Jiaqi Shen, Li Zhang, Yanlong Bi

“…Examinations were conducted at baseline and Day 1, Day 7, Month 1, and Month 3 postoperatively. CD and central corneal thickness (CCT) were measured using Pentacam. …”
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Effects of short-term exposure to gaseous pollutants on metabolic health indicators of patients with metabolic syndrome in Northwest China by Shan Zheng, Xiaofei Zhang, Li Zhang, Guoxiu Shi, Yanli Liu, Kang Lv, Desheng Zhang, Chun Yin, Yana Bai, Yaqun Zhang, Minzhen Wang

“…The mixed effects model was used to analyze the relationship between different short exposure windows (1-week, 1-month, 2-month, and 3-month) of gaseous pollutants (SO2, NO2, and O3) and the metabolic health indicators of patients after controlled the confounding factors. …”
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Calorie Restriction Curbs Proinflammation That Accompanies Arterial Aging, Preserving a Youthful Phenotype by Mingyi Wang, Li Zhang, Wanqu Zhu, Jing Zhang, Soo Hyuk Kim, Yushi Wang, Leng Ni, Richard Telljohann, Robert E. Monticone, Kimberly McGraw, Lijuan Liu, Rafael de Cabo, Edward G. Lakatta

“…Methods and Results Aortae were harvested from young (6‐month‐old) and old (24‐month‐old) Fischer 344 rats, fed ad libitum and a second group maintained on a 40% CR beginning at 1 month of age. …”
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Real‐world effectiveness and safety of RC48‐ADC alone or in combination with PD‐1 inhibitors for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma: A multicenter, r... by Jingwei Xu, Hongqiao Zhang, Li Zhang, Xiufeng Chu, Yu Li, Guangyuan Li, Caiyun Nie, Meng Wang, Yanwei Guo

“…Median follow‐up time was 10.6 months. The median progression‐free survival (PFS) was 8.2 months (95% CI, 5.9–10.5), with a 6‐month PFS rate of 63.2% and a 12‐month PFS rate of 34.1%. …”
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Efficacy of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Subthreshold Depression Among Older Adults in Institutional Long-Term Care Settings: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Tri... by Fanqian Kong, Libo Yu, Yanbin Hou, Lijie Zhu, Jing Zhou, Lingjie Huang, Yueer Lv, Li Wang, Li Zhang, Yiling Yang, Yuchen Ying

“…ICBT had significantly stronger effects than CBT on the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 at postintervention (d=0.15, 95% CI 0.13-0.17; P<.001 and d=0.21, 95% CI 0.19-0.23; P<.001, respectively), 6-month follow-up (d=0.18, 95% CI 0.16-0.21; P<.001 and d=0.18, 95% CI 0.15-0.21; P<.001, respectively), and 12-month follow-up (d=0.15, 95% CI 0.11-0.19; P<.001 and d=0.18, 95% CI 0.14-0.21; P<.001, respectively). …”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urban Rain Islands in China under the Conditions of Urbanization and Climate Change by Zhuoran Luo, Jiahong Liu, Shanghong Zhang, Weiwei Shao, Jinjun Zhou, Li Zhang, Ruitao Jia

“…Comparisons of precipitation prior to and following large-scale urbanization showed that precipitation and rain island intensity along the southeast coast and northwest inland region increased by 0–28 and 0–28.6 mm/month, respectively. These findings indicate that artificial water dissipation is an important water vapor source for urban precipitation, particularly during winter months.…”
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Complications after radiofrequency ablation of hyperparathyroidism secondary to chronic kidney disease by Li-Ping Lin, Miao Lin, Song-Song Wu, Wei-hua Liu, Li Zhang, Yi-ping Ruan, Mei-zhu Gao, Fu-Yuan Hong

“…Univariate analysis showed that age, serum phosphorus, ALP, and number of ablated nodules were associated with a higher risk of severe hypocalcemia after the first session of RFA.Conclusions An interval of more than 1 month between two treatments may help to avoid recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. …”
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Prefabricated Zirconia Crowns and Preformed Metal Crowns in the Treatment of Severely Childhood Caries and Anterior Crossbite in a Child with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by Shuman Deng, Qi Gao, Li Zhang, Jing Xie, Ying Chen, Xuezhen Peng

“…The posterior occlusal function was restored, and the crossbite existing in the primary anterior teeth was approached merely by NuSmile® zirconia crowns (ZCs) rather than orthodontic intervention. We conducted an 18-month period. Throughout the long-term follow-up, the boy’s masticatory efficiency was remarkably improved and the anterior teeth had transferred into the correct position with adequate overbite to maintain the new relationship, thus ameliorating the appearance of tissue on the labial surface and enhancing his quality of life and oral health.…”
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Trends in pain undertreatment among lung cancer patients at the EOL: Analysis of urban city medical insurance data in China by Jiani Zheng, Yihua Huang, Junyi He, Huaqiang Zhou, Tingting Liu, Jie Huang, Mengting Shi, Yuanyuan Zhao, Wenfeng Fang, Yunpeng Yang, Li Zhang

“…Like the MMED, the MDDP fell 4.11 mg (95% CI: −5.86 to −2.37; p = 0.005) within the last month before death compared to the previous month. …”
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A case report of peroneal muscle atrophy type 2A2 with central nervous system involvement as initial presentation by Xin Xu, Fen Lu, Senjie Du, Li Zhang

“…Case presentation A 3-year and 5-month-old girl had experienced motor lag, muscle tension, and abnormal gait for over a year. …”
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Preoperative application of carbon nanoparticles in transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach for papillary thyroid cancer by Yonghui Wang, Li Zhang, Jinning Huang, Liquan Wang

“…However, the PTH level between the two groups was similar after the first day and the first month.ConclusionThe preoperative injection of CNs is a safe and effective method to protect the parathyroid glands (PGs) in patients with PTC undergoing TOETVA. …”
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Distributions of two native ungulates at the third pole are highly sensitive to global warming by Li Zhang, Qin Li, Xiaojun Kou, Zhiyun Ouyang

“…We found the best models of grassland suitability included growth degree days, aridity, and topographical roughness as predictors; while common predictors of ungulate distributions included grassland suitability, coldest month temperature, and topographical roughness. The potential ranges of both ungulates will gradually move westward, northward, and upward in the TRSR under two climate change scenarios (SSR245 and SSR585). …”
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Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty following thermokeratoplasty assisted epikeratophkia: A novel two-stage one-graft method to treat acute corneal hydrops by Chunyu Liu, Xinyu Huang, Jiaqi Shen, Yushan Zhang, Li Zhang, Yanlong Bi

“…The mean central corneal thickness was significantly reduced from baseline to 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months after the first-stage surgery (P &lt; 0.0001). …”
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Docosahexaenoic acid enhances hippocampal insulin sensitivity to promote cognitive function of aged rats on a high-fat diet by Jiqu Xu, Ben Ni, Congcong Ma, Shuang Rong, Hui Gao, Li Zhang, Xia Xiang, Qingde Huang, Qianchun Deng, Fenghong Huang

“…Rats in the aged group, HFD group, and DHA treatment group received standard diet (10 kcal% fat), HFD (45 kcal% fat), and DHA-enriched HFD (45 kcal% fat, 1% DHA, W/W) for 10 months, respectively. Four-month-old female rats (n = 40) that received a standard diet served as young controls. …”
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Adaptive Individual-Level Cognitive Driving Anomaly Detection Model Exclusively Using BSMs by Di Wu, Shuang Z. Tu, Robert W. Whalin, Li Zhang

“…The training data for the DAD model consist of historical BSMs collected from a specific CV over the course of a month, while the testing data comprise real-time BSMs collected at the scene. …”
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A Decade’s Change in Vegetation Productivity and Its Response to Climate Change over Northeast China by Min Yan, Mei Xue, Li Zhang, Xin Tian, Bowei Chen, Yuqi Dong

“…The lag time of the NPP related to precipitation increased with the vegetation growth, and it was found that the lag period of the forest was longer than that of grass and crops, whereas the cumulative lag month of the forest was shorter. This comprehensive analysis of the response of the vegetation NPP to climate change can provide scientific references for the managing departments that oversee relevant resources.…”
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An MLC and U-Net Integrated Method for Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection Based on Time Series NDVI-Composed Image from PlanetScope Satellite by Jianshu Wang, Mengyuan Yang, Zhida Chen, Jianzhong Lu, Li Zhang

“…In this article, a 12-month time series NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) image of the study area was generated based on the high spatial and temporal resolution PlanetScope satellite images. …”
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