Stress and pain regulation: Parallel processes among traumatized individuals by K. Ginzburg, R. Defrin

“…Methods Three studies using self-report questionnaires and psychophysical tests, assessing sensitivity to pain, as reflected by pain thresholds, and reactivity to suprathreshold noxious stimuli, as implicated in their rating Results Study 1 Included 32 PTSD outpatients, 29 anxiety disorder outpatients, and 20 healthy controls. …”
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Stress, Support, and Length of Diagnosis Among Women Living with HIV/AIDS in the Southern USA, During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Montgomerie EK, Michel C, Sanchez-Covarrubias AP, Duthely LM

“…The items in the PSI assessed emotional distress, stigma, and support, and were dichotomized, as either “stress” or “support”. Mann–Whitney U-test assessed differences in distributions of PSI scores (stress and support) comparing long-term survivors (≥ 10 years with an HIV diagnosis) to those more recently diagnosed (< 10 years).Results: The cohort consisted of 63 WLWH, aged 21– 71 (Mean = 42 years± 12.95). …”
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Training understanding of reversible sentences: A study comparing language-impaired children with age-matched and grammar-matched controls by Hsu, H, Bishop, D

“…A further 20 children with SLI were given pre- and post-test assessments, but did not undergo training. Those in the trained groups were given training on four days using a computer game adopting an errorless learning procedure, during which they had to select pictures to correspond to spoken sentences such as "the cup is above the drum" or "the bird is below the hat". …”

A Novel Blended Transdiagnostic Intervention (eOrygen) for Youth Psychosis and Borderline Personality Disorder: Uncontrolled Single-Group Pilot Study by Shaunagh O'Sullivan, Carla McEnery, Daniela Cagliarini, Jordan D X Hinton, Lee Valentine, Jennifer Nicholas, Nicola A Chen, Emily Castagnini, Jacqueline Lester, Esta Kanellopoulos, Simon D'Alfonso, John F Gleeson, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez

“…Repeated measures 2-tailed t tests assessed changes in clinical and psychosocial outcomes between before and after the intervention (3 months). …”
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Network analysis of associations between anthropometry, physical fitness, and sport-specific performance in young canoe sprint athletes: The role of age and sex by Christian Saal, Helmi Chaabene, Norman Helm, Torsten Warnke, Olaf Prieske

“…Of note, inter-item correlations (i.e., multicollinearity) may exist between tests assessing similar physical qualities. However, multicollinearity among tests may change across age and/or sex due to age-/sex-specific non-linear development of test performances. …”
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Surgical classification for large macular hole: based on different surgical techniques results: the CLOSE study group by Flavio A. Rezende, Bruna G. Ferreira, Emmanouil Rampakakis, David H. Steel, Michael J. Koss, Zofia A. Nawrocka, Daniela Bacherini, Eduardo B. Rodrigues, Carsten H. Meyer, Tomaso Caporossi, Tamer H. Mahmoud, Stanislao Rizzo, Mark W. Johnson, Jay S. Duker

“…Within each technique, chi-square test assessed association between the minimal linear diameter (MLD) (in µm) and closure rate; the postoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) gains were compared among groups. …”
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Ipidacrine (Axamon), A Reversible Cholinesterase Inhibitor, Improves Erectile Function in Male Rats With Diabetes Mellitus-Induced Erectile Dysfunction by Vladimir Bykov, MD, PhD, Evgenia Gushchina, Sergey Morozov, PhD, Natalia Zhuravskaya, Kirill Kryshen, PhD, Valery Makarov, MD, PhD, Aleksandr Matichin, Alena Zueva

“…Sexual behavior, cholinesterase activity and blood testosterone level tests assessed. Main Outcome Measure: The quantitative value of ICPmax/MAP 14 days after the start of administration of the test drug and the comparison drug. …”
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Performance of ultra-sensitive malaria rapid diagnostic test to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Japhet Kabalu Tshiongo, Flory Luzolo, Melissa Kabena, Lise Kuseke, Moussa Djimde, Patrick Mitashi, Crispin Lumbala, Kassoum Kayentao, Sandra Menting, Petra F. Mens, Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Pascal Lutumba, Halidou Tinto, Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko, Vivi Maketa

“…The agreement between the different diagnostic tests assessed was estimated by Cohen's Kappa test. Results The median parasite density by qPCR was 292 p/μL of blood [IQR (49.7–1137)]. …”
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Exercise and epigenetic ages in older adults with myeloid malignancies by Kah Poh Loh, Chandrika Sanapala, Marielle Jensen-Battaglia, Anish Rana, Michael B. Sohn, Erin Watson, Nikesha Gilmore, Heidi D. Klepin, Jason H. Mendler, Jane Liesveld, Eric Huselton, Marissa LoCastro, Martha Susiarjo, Colleen Netherby-Winslow, AnnaLynn M. Williams, Karen Mustian, Paula Vertino, Michelle C. Janelsins

“…Paired t-tests or Wilcoxon signed rank tests assessed changes in DNAm ages, and Spearman’s correlation assessed the relationships between accelerated ages and functions. …”
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Cervical Disc Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Noncontiguous Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease: Results of Mid‐ to Long‐Term Follow‐up by Ting‐kui Wu, Jun‐bo He, Kang‐kang Huang, Xin Rong, Chen Ding, Bei‐yu Wang, Hao Liu

“…Independent Student t‐tests or Mann–Whitney U tests analyzed continuous data between CDA and HS groups, while chi‐square or Fisher exact tests assessed categorical data. Results Sixty‐four patients with noncontiguous CDDD, with 31 in the CDA group and 33 in the HS group, were evaluated. …”
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Evaluation of the cognitive-motor training effectiveness in combination with drug therapy among patients with moderate cognitive disorders: the own research results by A. A. Kindarova, D. Fantalis, I. S. Preobrazhenskaya

“…Patients underwent quantitative neuropsychological testing, assessment of emotional disorders, and also assessed such indicators as satisfaction with the quality of life, adherence to therapy. …”
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The effect of tocilizumab on patient reported outcomes and inflammatory biomarkers in hematopoietic cell transplantation by Mallory R. Taylor, Cecilia J. Hillard, William R. Drobyski, Aniko Szabo, Bryon D. Johnson, Fenlu Zhu, Charles L. Raison, Steve W. Cole, Jennifer M. Knight

“…Demographic and medical characteristics were reported; an analysis of covariance regression model was fitted to evaluate differences in PROs and distance correlation t-tests assessed for associations between biomarkers and PRO measures. …”
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Dysmenorrhea pattern in adolescences informing adult endometriosis by Yu Dai, Huangjin Luo, Litong Zhu, Weichun Yang, Haishan Xiang, Qiuling Shi, Ping Jin

“…The predictive value of the model was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and the C-index, while Hosmer–Lemeshow Test assessed the goodness of fit of the model. Data from one additional cohort in Shenzhen hospitalized with EMs were used to external validation were analyzed. …”
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Masonry Construction in Active Seismic Regions / by Rupakhety, Rajesh, editor 650955, Gautam, Dipendra, editor 650956, ScienceDirect (Online service) 7722

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Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Farming Communities: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study of Participant Use and Acceptability by Harriet L Bowyer, Ruth Pegler, Christopher Williams

“…Wilcoxon signed rank tests assessed changes in scores for all outcome measures over time. …”
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Use of a Mobile App for the Process Evaluation of an Intervention in Health Care: Development and Usability Study by Winnie Szu Yun Chin, Alicia Kurowski, Rebecca Gore, Guanling Chen, Laura Punnett

“…Two stages of pilot tests assessed functionality and usability across different device software, hardware, and platforms. …”
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PRESENTATION, MANAGEMENT, AND EARLY OUTCOMES OF YOUNG ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS- ANALYSIS OF 23,560 SOUTH ASIAN PATIENTS FROM 2012-2021 by Sana Sheikh, Ghazal Peerwani, Saba Aijaz, Rehan Malik, Bashir Hanif

“…Chi-sq/Fischer exact tests assessed the difference between variables in younger vs. older patients. …”
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Vitamin D Status and Risk of Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes: A Retrospective Single Center Cohort Study by Yiqing Peng, Malinda Wu, Jessica A. Alvarez, Vin Tangpricha

“…A sub-group analysis using chi-square tests assessed the independence between vitamin D deficiency and CFRD risk factors, including gender and CF mutation types (homozygous or heterozygous for F508del, or others). …”
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Life Engagement Improvement Following Initiation of Brexpiprazole Treatment in Patients with MDD: A Naturalistic, Retrospective Real-World Study by Wee SN, Liman C, Waters HC, Houle CR, Renteria M, Mukherjee SS, Surendran S, Marcovici J, Brubaker M, Rasmussen Meehan S, de Jong-Laird A, Rush AJ, Sarkar J

“…Measures of life engagement and its four sub-domains (emotional, physical, social, and cognitive) were calculated at each clinical visit for 624 adult patients with MDD during the 6 months following brexpiprazole initiation. Paired t-tests assessed differences between the index event and time periods within 6 months of the index event. …”
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Associated Factors of Frailty in Cancer Patients: a Meta-analysis by GUO Yinning, MIAO Xueyi, JIANG Xiaoman, XU Ting, XU Qin

“…The risk of frailty in cancer rose with advanced age〔OR=1.16, 95%CI (1.05, 1.27) 〕, combined with other diseases〔OR=1.46, 95%CI (1.28, 1.67) 〕, high BMI〔OR=1.13, 95%CI (1.05, 1.21) 〕, poor nutritional status〔OR=2.77, 95%CI (1.27, 6.06) 〕, high syndrome group scores〔OR=1.07, 95%CI (1.04, 1.09) 〕and depression〔OR=1.27, 95%CI (1.12, 1.44) 〕, but decreased with high education level〔OR=0.78, 95%CI (0.68, 0.90) 〕, albumin level≥35 g/L〔OR=0.33, 95%CI (0.12, 0.90) 〕and high level of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) 〔OR=0.50, 95%CI (0.42, 0.59) 〕. Egger&apos;s test assessing the potential publication bias in 11 studies via funnel plot asymmetry showed that there was a certain publication bias (t=-4.12, P=0.003) . …”
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