Self-managed occupational therapy and physiotherapy for adults receiving inpatient rehabilitation (‘My Therapy’): protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial by Natasha K. Brusco, Christina L. Ekegren, Nicholas F. Taylor, Keith D. Hill, Annemarie L. Lee, Lisa Somerville, Natasha A. Lannin, Derick Wade, Rania Abdelmotaleb, Libby Callaway, Sara L. Whittaker, Meg E. Morris

“…Using a stepped-wedge cluster randomised design, My Therapy will be implemented across eight rehabilitation wards (inpatient and home-based) within two public and two private Australian health networks, over 54-weeks. …”
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Educational differences in healthcare use among survivors after breast, prostate, lung, and colon cancer – a SEQUEL cohort study by Anne Katrine Graudal Levinsen, Trille Kristina Kjaer, Thomas Maltesen, Erik Jakobsen, Ismail Gögenur, Michael Borre, Peer Christiansen, Robert Zachariae, Søren Laurberg, Peter Christensen, Niels Kroman, Signe Benzon Larsen, Thea Helene Degett, Lisbet Rosenkrantz Hölmich, Peter de Nully Brown, Christoffer Johansen, Susanne K. Kjær, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton

“…Information about education and healthcare use, defined as the number of consultations with general practitioner (GP), private practicing specialists (PPS), hospital, and acute healthcare contacts 1–9 years after diagnosis/index date, was extracted from national registers. …”
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A Questionnaire Survey of Current Practice in the Management of Internal Mammary Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer by Smitha S. Rao, Nita S. Nair, Tabassum Wadasadawala, Smruti Mokal, Rima Pathak, Rajiv Sarin, Vani Parmar, Shalaka Joshi, Rajendra A. Badwe

“…Results We received 128 responses, which included radiation oncologists across both private institutions (PIs) and government institutions (GIs). …”
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Effect of facility-based HIV self-testing on uptake of testing among outpatients in Malawi: a cluster-randomised trial by Kathryn Dovel, PhD, Frackson Shaba, MPH, O Agatha Offorjebe, MD, Kelvin Balakasi, BA, Mike Nyirenda, MD, Khumbo Phiri, MPH, Sundeep K Gupta, MD, Vincent Wong, MSc, Chi-Hong Tseng, PhD, Brooke E Nichols, PhD, Refiloe Cele, MSc, Eric Lungu, BA, Tobias Masina, BA, Thomas J Coates, ProfPhD, Risa M Hoffman, MD

“…We used constrained randomisation to allocate each cluster (1:1:1) to one of the following groups: standard provider-initiated testing and counselling with no intervention (provider offered during consultations), optimised provider-initiated testing and counselling (with additional provider training and morning HIV testing), and facility-based HIV self-testing (Oraquick HIV self-test, group demonstration and distribution, and private spaces for interpretation and counselling). …”
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Assessment of the impact of the BN-800 reactor operation on the radionuclides content in local foodstuffs in the vicinity of Beloyarsk NPP by A. V. Panov, A. V. Trapeznikov, N. N. Isamov, A. V. Korzhavin, V. K. Kuznetsov, I. V. Geshel

“…The investigation of a wide range of foodstuffs from the private households of 23 settlements, forests, rivers, and a reservoir of the 30-km zone of the Beloyarsk NPP influence showed that the operation of the BN-800 reactor since 2016 did not lead to a registered increase in the content of artificial radionuclides in agricultural and natural foodstuffs. …”
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Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who followed rigorous measures during two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in a hospital in Mexico by Ana Carolina Ramírez-Cázares, Ana Carolina Ramírez-Cázares, Yodira Guadalupe Hernández-Ruíz, Yodira Guadalupe Hernández-Ruíz, César Adrián Martínez-Longoria, César Eduardo Tamez-Gómez, Obed Medina-Macías, Roberto Guadalupe Treviño-Montalvo

“…The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of our pediatric population during four waves of the COVID-19 pandemic from a private hospital.MethodsA retrospective observational study in patients under 15 years old with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test from April 1, 2020 to April 30, 2022. …”
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Barriers to care in juvenile localized and systemic scleroderma: an exploratory survey study of caregivers’ perspectives by Leigh A. Stubbs, Andrew M. Ferry, Danielle Guffey, Christina Loccke, Erin Moriarty Wade, Pamela Pour, Kaveh Ardalan, Peter Chira, Ingrid M. Ganske, Daniel Glaser, Gloria Higgins, Nadia Luca, Katharine F. Moore, Vidya Sivaraman, Katie Stewart, Natalia Vasquez-Canizares, Raegan D. Hunt, Renata S. Maricevich, Kathryn S. Torok, Suzanne C. Li, Childhood Arthritis, Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Scleroderma Workgroup

“…Most families had at least one person with a college education or higher (87%), traveled ≤ 2 h to see their rheumatologist (83%), and had private insurance (75%). Almost half had an annual household income ≥ $100,000 (46%). …”
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Failure of First Transition to Pressure Support Ventilation After Spontaneous Awakening Trials in Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Influence of COVID-19 by Joaquin Pérez, RT, Matías Accoce, RT, Javier H. Dorado, RT, Daniela I. Gilgado, RT, Emiliano Navarro, RT, Gimena P. Cardoso, RT, Irene Telias, MD, PhD, Pablo O. Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Laurent Brochard, MD, PhD

“…Twenty-eight-bedded medical-surgical ICU in a private hospital (Argentina). PATIENTS:. Subjects with arterial pressure of oxygen (AHRF to Fio2 [Pao2/Fio2] < 300 mm Hg) of different etiologies under controlled mechanical ventilation (MV). …”
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Defining and Valuing the Relationship Pattern of Actors’ Involvement on Cattle Farming Systems using Stakeholder Network Analysis in West New Guinea, Indonesia by Deny Anjelus Iyai, Mulyadi Mulyadi, Muhammad Jen Wajo, Rosdiana Naibey, Dwi Nur Hayati, Noviyanti Noviyanti, Makarius Bajari, Johan Koibur, Yafed Syufi, Stepanus Pakage, Noveling Inriani, Lamberthus E. Nuhuyanan, Jublyana Purba, Bernadetha W.I. Rahayu, Hendrik Fatem, Isti Widayati

“…The primarily finding is that grouped actors dominated, followed by laws actors, private types institutions, stakeholder role and having positive effect due to importance. …”
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A Christian Faith-Based Facebook Intervention for Smoking Cessation in Rural Communities (FAITH-CORE): Protocol for a Community Participatory Development Study by Pravesh Sharma, Brianna Tranby, Celia Kamath, Tabetha Brockman, Anne Roche, Christopher Hammond, LaPrincess C Brewer, Pamela Sinicrope, Ned Lenhart, Brian Quade, Nate Abuan, Martin Halom, Jamie Staples, Christi Patten

“…ObjectiveThis report describes a protocol for a study whose main objectives are to develop and beta test an innovative intervention that uses a private, moderated Facebook group platform to deliver peer support and faith-based cessation messaging to enhance the reach and uptake of existing evidence-based smoking cessation treatment (EBCT) resources (eg, state quitline coaching programs) for rural adults who smoke. …”
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A comparative analysis of radical cystectomy with perioperative chemotherapy, chemoradiation therapy, or systemic therapy in patients with clinically advanced node-positive bladder... by Harshit Garg, Mukund Bhandari, Furkan Dursun, Michael A. Liss, Michael A. Liss, Dharam Kaushik, Dharam Kaushik, Robert S. Svatek, Robert S. Svatek, Ahmed M. Mansour, Ahmed M. Mansour, Ahmed M. Mansour

“…Compared to Group B, patients in Group A were younger (SMD=19.6%), had lower comorbidities (SMD=18.2%), had higher income (SMD=31.5%), had private insurance (SMD= 26.7%), were treated at academic centres (SMD=29.3%) and had higher percentage of N2 disease (SMD=31.1%). …”
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Stroke Outcome Measurements From Electronic Medical Records: Cross-sectional Study on the Effectiveness of Neural and Nonneural Classifiers by Bruna Stella Zanotto, Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Avner dal Bosco, Eduardo Gabriel Cortes, Renata Ruschel, Ana Claudia De Souza, Claudio M V Andrade, Felipe Viegas, Sergio Canuto, Washington Luiz, Sheila Ouriques Martins, Renata Vieira, Carisi Polanczyk, Marcos André Gonçalves

“…The analyzed data set was retrospectively extracted from the EMRs of patients with stroke from a private Brazilian hospital between 2018 and 2019. …”
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Patients with positive malaria tests not given artemisinin-based combination therapies: a research synthesis describing under-prescription of antimalarial medicines in Africa by Shennae O’Boyle, Katia J. Bruxvoort, Evelyn K. Ansah, Helen E. D. Burchett, Clare I. R. Chandler, Siân E. Clarke, Catherine Goodman, Wilfred Mbacham, Anthony K. Mbonye, Obinna E. Onwujekwe, Sarah G. Staedke, Virginia L. Wiseman, Christopher J. M. Whitty, Heidi Hopkins

“…Methods Analysis of data from 562,762 patients in 8 studies co-designed as part of the ACT Consortium, conducted 2007–2013 in children and adults, in Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, in a variety of public and private health care sector settings, and across a range of malaria endemic zones. …”
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Integrative genomic and transcriptomic analyses illuminate the ontology of HER2-low breast carcinomas by Enrico Berrino, Laura Annaratone, Sara Erika Bellomo, Giulio Ferrero, Amedeo Gagliardi, Alberto Bragoni, Dora Grassini, Simonetta Guarrera, Caterina Parlato, Laura Casorzo, Mara Panero, Ivana Sarotto, Silvia Giordano, Matteo Cereda, Filippo Montemurro, Riccardo Ponzone, Nicola Crosetto, Alessio Naccarati, Anna Sapino, Caterina Marchiò

“…Results The most represented mutations affected PIK3CA (31/99, 31%), GATA3 (18/99, 18%), TP53 (17/99, 17%), and ERBB2 (8/99, 8%, private to HLBC-2E). Tumor mutational burden was significantly higher in HLBC-1 compared to HLBC-2E/N (P = 0.04). …”
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Safety and efficacy of BCG re-vaccination in relation to COVID-19 morbidity in healthcare workers: A double-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial by Caryn M. Upton, Rob C. van Wijk, Laurynas Mockeliunas, Ulrika S.H. Simonsson, Kirsten McHarry, Gerben van den Hoogen, Chantal Muller, Arne von Delft, Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Reinout van Crevel, Gerhard Walzl, Pedro M. Baptista, Jonathan Peter, Andreas H. Diacon

“…Additional funding provided by private donors including: Mediclinic, Calavera Capital (Pty) Ltd, Thys Du Toit, Louis Stassen, The Ryan Foundation, and Dream World Investments 401 (Pty) Ltd. …”
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Association Among Household Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Status and Typhoid Risk in Urban Slums: Prospective Cohort Study in Bangladesh by Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Farhana Khanam, Faisal Ahmmed, Xinxue Liu, Md Taufiqul Islam, Deok Ryun Kim, Sophie SY Kang, Justin Im, Fahima Chowdhury, Tasnuva Ahmed, Asma Binte Aziz, Masuma Hoque, Juyeon Park, Gideok Pak, Hyon Jin Jeon, Khalequ Zaman, Ashraful Islam Khan, Jerome H Kim, Florian Marks, Firdausi Qadri, John D Clemens

“…MethodsWe used a machine learning algorithm to create a dichotomous composite variable (“Better” and “Not Better”) based on 3 WASH variables: private toilet facility, safe drinking water source, and presence of water filter. …”
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Using Clinician-Patient WeChat Group Communication Data to Identify Symptom Burdens in Patients With Uterine Fibroids Under Focused Ultrasound Ablation Surgery Treatment: Qualitati... by Jiayuan Zhang, Wei Xu, Cheng Lei, Yang Pu, Yubo Zhang, Jingyu Zhang, Hongfan Yu, Xueyao Su, Yanyan Huang, Ruoyan Gong, Lijun Zhang, Qiuling Shi

“…Previous literature has pointed out that both public and private social platforms can serve as data sources for analysis. …”
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Digital Photogrammetry – State of the Art and Potential for Application in Forest Management in Croatia by Ivan Balenović, Ante Seletković, Renata Pernar, Hrvoje Marjanović, Dijana Vuletić, Elvis Paladinić, Jelena Kolić, Miroslav Benko

“…Material and Methods: Research was carried out on the selected part of multi-aged, privately owned forest of ''Donja Kupčina - Pisarovina'' management unit which includes 6 compartments and 24 subcompartments and covers total area of 480 ha. …”
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Uncrewed aircraft systems versus motorcycles to deliver laboratory samples in west Africa: a comparative economic study by Walter O Ochieng, PhD, Tun Ye, PhD, Christina Scheel, PhD, Aun Lor, PhD, John Saindon, PhD, Sue Lin Yee, MPH, Martin I Meltzer, PhD, Vikas Kapil, DO, Kevin Karem, PhD

“…Data for UAS were obtained from Skyfire (a UAS consultancy), Vayu (a UAS manufacturer), and Sandia National Laboratories (a private company with UAS research experience). Motorcycle operational data were obtained from Riders for Health. …”
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Skin cancer outcomes and risk factors in renal transplant recipients: Analysis of organ procurement and transplantation network data from 2000 to 2021 by Xiaowei Hao, Xiaowei Hao, Wenhui Lai, Wenhui Lai, Xinze Xia, Xinze Xia, Junnan Xu, Yangyang Wu, Chao Lv, Qingyang Meng, Kaikai Lv, Shuai Huang, Shuai Huang, Zhenjun Luo, Zhenjun Luo, Jun Dong, Qing Yuan

“…Independent risk factors for developing posttransplant skin cancer included older age, male sex, Caucasian race, pretransplant malignancy, polycystic kidney disease-induced end-stage renal disease (ESRD), retransplantation, private health insurance, T-cell depletion induction, and tacrolimus/mycophenolic acid use. …”
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