Prognostic significance of pleural fluid microbiological positivity in pleural infection: a bicentric 10-year retrospective observational study by Wong, C, Fan, HC, Rahman, NM, Wong, JCC, Cheng, HS, Chiu, PH, Tong, CW, Miu, FPL, Yam, LYC

“…The trend continued at 1, 3, 5 and 7 years. RAPID score predicted 3-month and 1-year mortality in both groups (C-statistics, MPPI 0.71, 0.75; MNPI 0.84, 0.81). …”

Tailored dose baclofen in patients with alcoholic liver disease: A case series with 2-year follow-up of hospitalisation by Heydtmann, M, Macdonald, B, Lewsey, J, Masson, N, Cunningham, L, Irnazarow, A, Nardone, A, Cosgrave, J, Chick, J

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Baclofen was generally well tolerated with dose reductions in four patients. In the 2 years after initiation of the treatment, patients spent on an average of 19.1 d in the hospital per year compared to 25.48 d before the treatment initiation (p = 0.59). …”

AMIC Conference on Asian Communications : the Next Twenty-five Years, Singapore, Jun 1-3, 1996 : [preliminary report and evaluation]

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Effectiveness of supervised versus self-directed rehabilitation for adults aged 50 years and over with ankle fractures: protocol for the AFTER trial by Keene, DJ, Achten, J, Forde, C, Png, ME, Grant, R, Draper, K, Appelbe, D, Tutton, E, Peckham, N, Dutton, SJ, Lamb, SE, Costa, ML

“…We aim to recruit 344 participants aged 50 years and older with an ankle fracture treated surgically or non-surgically from at least 20 NHS hospitals. …”

NEVER FULLY INVEST AT ALL TIMES: Award-Winning Fund Manager Shares His 47 Years Of Proven Strategies For Investing Success / by Tan, Chong Koay, author 594095, Lee, Min Keong, editor 655434

Correlates of lifestyle patterns among children in Singapore aged 10 years: the growing up in Singapore towards healthy outcomes (GUSTO) study by Tan, Sarah Yi Xuan, Chia, Airu, Tai, Bee Choo, Toh, Jia Ying, Colega, Marjorelee, Padmapriya, Natarajan, Setoh, Peipei, Kee, Michelle Zhi Ling, Yuan, Wen Lun, Lee, Yung Seng, Loo, Benny Kai Guo, Yap, Fabian Kok Peng, Tan, Kok Hian, Godfrey, Keith M., Chong, Yap Seng, Eriksson, Johan, Müller-Riemenschneider, Falk, Chong, Mary Foong-Fong

“…Setting: Children of the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort. Participants: Ten-year-old children (n = 397). Results: Three lifestyle patterns, “high snacks and processed food”, “balanced” and “mixed”, were identified. …”
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Dengue Serotype Cross-Reactive, Anti-E Protein Antibodies Confound Specific Immune Memory for 1 Year after Infection by Toh, Ying Xiu, Gan, Victor, Balakrishnan, Thavamalar, Zuest, Roland, Poidinger, Michael, Wilson, Solomonraj, Appanna, Ramapraba, Thein, Tun Linn, Ong, Adrian Kheng-Yeow, Ng, Lee Ching, Leo, Yee Sin, Fink, Katja

“…To better define the specificity of polyclonal antibodies during disease and after recovery, longitudinal samples from patients with primary or secondary DENV-2 infection were collected over a period of 1 year. We found that serotype cross-reactive antibodies peaked 3 weeks after infection and subsided within 1 year. …”
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A qualitative study exploring catering staff's perceptions of school meal provision and 11-13 year olds eating behaviours by Gilmour, A

Evaluating machine learning for predicting youth suicidal behavior up to 1 year after contact with mental-health specialty care by O’Reilly, LM, Fazel, S, Rickert, ME, Kuja-Halkola, R, Cederlöf, M, Hellner, C, Larsson, H, Lichtenstein, P, D’Onofrio, BM

The efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy in treating selective mutism in young children aged 4 to 10 years old: a qualitative systematic review by Ng, Benjamin Zeming, Atikah Binte Hassan, Dun, Yawen

“…The present systematic review evaluates the quality of evidence of empirical studies about the efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and combination therapy (psychopharmacotherapy) in the treatment of selective mutism in young children aged 4–10 years old. Of the 223 studies returned in a systematic review of the literature from a ten-year period from 2012 to 2022, only fifteen studies matched the selection criteria for the qualitative synthesis. …”
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Trajectories of interferon-gamma release assay results over two years in independent cohorts from China, South Africa, Tanzania, and the United States by Chen, C, Xue, H, Horsburgh, CR, Amour, M, Hatherill, M, Tameris, M, von Reyn, CF, Rees, C, Shen, Y, McShane, H, García-Basteiro, AL, Liu, D, Wang, Y, Nathavitharana, RR, Graviss, EA, Shao, Y, Liu, Q, Lu, W, Zhu, L, Martinez, L

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> 26,596 IGRA measurements were taken over 13,593 years of follow-up (Nparticipants=7,683). Stringent reversion at year 2 after stringent conversion at year 1 varied between cohorts, occurring in 48% (43/90) for WANTAI, 37% (22/59) for QuantiFERON, and 17% (2/12) for T-SPOT.TB, respectively. …”

Robust generation of neutralising antibodies against Omicron variants following bivalent mRNA booster vaccine in elderly people aged >80 years by Parry, H, Bruton, R, Uwenedi, G, Roberts, T, Sylla, P, Cook, J, Elzaidi, A, Lau, M, Drury, T, Bray, A, Mallick, S, Spencer, K, Bentley, C, McIlroy, G, Scott, S, Logan, N, Zuo, J, Willett, B, Moss, P

Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2023, MIT-Woods Hole Joint Program in Oceanography and Applied Ocean Science and Engineering by Follows, Michael J

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Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2022, MIT-Woods Hole Joint Program in Oceanography and Applied Ocean Science and Engineering by Boyle, Edward

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Posthospitalization COVID-19 cognitive deficits at 1 year are global and associated with elevated brain injury markers and gray matter volume reduction by Wood, GK, Sargent, BF, Ahmad, Z, Tharmaratnam, K, Dunai, C, Egbe, FN, Martin, NH, Facer, B, Pendered, SL, Rogers, HC, Hübel, C, van Wamelen, DJ, Bethlehem, RAI, Giunchiglia, V, Hellyer, PJ, Trender, W, Kalsi, G, Needham, E, Easton, A, Jackson, TA, Cunningham, C, Upthegrove, R, Pollak, TA, Hotopf, M, Miller, KL, Jezzard, P, Smith, SM, Husain, M, Vincent, A

“…Cognitive deficits were global, associated with elevated brain injury markers and reduced anterior cingulate cortex volume 1 year after COVID-19. Severity of the initial infective insult, postacute psychiatric symptoms and a history of encephalopathy were associated with the greatest deficits. …”

Knowledge and practices with standard Precaution in preventing nosocomial Infections among final year degree Nursing and medical students at Universiti sains malaysia. by Ishak, Wan Noor Afiza Wan

“…Thus, this study was aimed to compare the knowledge and practices about standard precaution in preventing the nosocomial infections among final year nursing and medical students in USM. Moreover, the researcher also wants to compare the association between selected socio-demographic data (type of enrollment of programme and gender) with knowledge and practices of standard precaution in preventing the nosocomial infections among final year nursing and medical students in USM. …”
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Influences of East Asian winter monsoon and El Niño-southern oscillation variability on the Kuroshio intrusion to the South China Sea over the past 60 years by Lin, Ke, Han, Tao, Zhang, Yilin, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Lee, Shih-Yu, Wang, Jingyu, Mohtar, Ahmad T., Huang, Kuo-Fang, Chiang, Hong-Wei, Chen, Yue-Gau, Wang, Xianfeng

“…Here, we present a 60-year bi-monthly resolved coral oxygen isotope (δ18Oc) record from Dongsha Atoll, the northern SCS. …”
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Inter-relationship between ageing, body mass index, diabetes, systemic blood pressure and intraocular pressure in Asians : 6-year longitudinal study by Chua, Jacqueline, Chee, Miao Li, Chin, Calvin Woon Loong, Tham, Yih Chung, Tan, Nicholas, Lim, Sing Hui, Aung, Tin, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Wong, Tien Yin, Schmetterer, Leopold

“…Methods: Participants aged 40–80 years were recruited for baseline and 6-year follow-up visits between 2004–2009 and 2010–2015, respectively. …”
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The association between hip morphology parameters and 19-year risk of end-stage osteoarthritis of the hip in caucasian females: a case-control study by Nicholls, AS

“…Pelvis radiographs taken at study-year two were analyzed for variations in hip morphology using the software. …”

The association between learning style, academic performance, and participation in co-curricular activities among second-year medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia by Azmah Sa’at, Suryati Mohd. Thani, Nizar Abd. Manan

“…This study explores how learning preferences impact academic performance and participation in extracurricular activities among second-year medical students at Universiti Putra Malaysia. …”
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