Prevalence of eating disorder symptomatology among outpatients referred to health promotion from somatic hospital departments by Signe Graungaard, Tobias Lund Christensen, Lise Noerregaard Soendergaard, Gry Kjaersdam Telléus

“…We have identified a group of patients who may be receiving inappropriate treatment with weight loss intervention instead of specialized ED intervention. …”
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Association between dietary inflammatory index and cognitive impairment among American elderly: a cross-sectional study by Yu Zhang, Yuanyuan Peng, Wei Deng, Qian Xiang, Wang Zhang, Maohang Liu

“…Participants’ cognitive function was assessed using the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease (CERAD), Animal Fluency Test (AFT), and Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST). Individuals who scored in the lowest quartile on any of these tests were classified as exhibiting low cognitive performance. …”
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MOLECULAR-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS by V. V. Gerasimova, I. A. Levakova, M. A. Bichurina, N. R. Maksimova

“…Genotype F has four subgenotypes (F1– F4) which circulate in Central and the South America. Subgenotypes are not revealed among genotypes E, G, H, I and J. …”
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Understanding Digital Mental Health Needs and Usage With an Artificial Intelligence–Led Mental Health App (Wysa) During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Analysis by Chaitali Sinha, Saha Meheli, Madhura Kadaba

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, the app’s installations and emotional utterances were measured from March 2020 to October 2021 for the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and India and were mapped against COVID-19 case numbers and their peaks. …”
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Influence of Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Genetic Variants on the Subjective Effects of Smoked Cannabis by Thomas Murphy, Justin Matheson, Robert E. Mann, Bruna Brands, Christine M. Wickens, Arun K. Tiwari, Clement C. Zai, James Kennedy, Bernard Le Foll

“…As many jurisdictions consider relaxing cannabis legislation and usage is increasing in North America and other parts of the world, there is a need to explore the possible genetic differences underlying the subjective effects of cannabis. …”
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Looking back and moving forward: A scoping review of research on preschool autism interventions in the field of speech-language pathology by Amanda V Binns, Rachael Smyth, Allison Andres, Joyce Lam, Janis Oram Cardy

“…Background & Aims Speech-language pathology services are frequently accessed by families of children who have suspected or diagnosed autism. This is expected given that social communication differences are a core feature of autism. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Rituximab in Anti-MuSK Myasthenia Gravis Patients: A Retrospective Study by Meng X, Zeng Z, Wang Y, Guo S, Wang C, Wang B, Guo S

“…The long-term treatment response to RTX was assessed by Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) post-interventional status (PIS), Myasthenia Gravis Status and Treatment Intensity (MGSTI), dosage of steroid, MG-related activities of daily living (MG-ADL) and myasthenic muscle score (MMS) at the end of follow-up.Results: Clinical improvement was observed in all eight patients with follow-up for 8 to 29 months after treatment. …”
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Global Burden of <i>Cyclospora cayetanensis</i> Infection and Associated Risk Factors in People Living with HIV and/or AIDS by Saba Ramezanzadeh, Apostolos Beloukas, Abdol Sattar Pagheh, Mohammad Taghi Rahimi, Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Sonia M. Rodrigues Oliveira, Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Ehsan Ahmadpour

“…The highest prevalence found in South America was 7.87% and the lowest in Asia 2.77%. In addition, the prevalence of <i>C. cayetanensis</i> was higher in PLWHA compared to healthy individuals. …”
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Development of the Nova Scotia Potential Donor Audit (PDA) Tool and 2020 Historic Performance Database: Lessons Learned From the First 1000 Medical Record Reviews by Kristina Krmpotic, MD, Jade Dirk, BSc, Julien Gallant, RRT, BHScBSc, Jennifer Hancock, MD, Cynthia Isenor, RN, MScN, Lee James, MN, Alain Landry, RN, BScN, Amy Laybolt, BComm, Karthik Tennankore, MD, SM, Matthew-John Weiss, MD, Stephen Beed, MD

“…Of 518 patients (50.4%) who met clinical triggers for referral to the ODP, 72 (13.9%) were referred (86.1% missed referral rate). …”
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Oncological and functional outcomes following treatment of T1a glottic squamous cell carcinoma with transoral laser microsurgery by Dennis E. Curry, David Forner, Matthew H. Rigby, Jonathan R. Trites, Martin Corsten, S. Mark Taylor

“…Patients who were diagnosed with T1a glottic SCC and underwent TLM as their primary treatment were included. …”
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Do people with hereditary cancer syndromes inform their at-risk relatives? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Muhammad Danyal Ahsan, Sarah R. Levi, Emily M. Webster, Hannah Bergeron, Jenny Lin, Priyanka Narayan, Becky Baltich Nelson, Xuan Li, Rana K. Fowlkes, Jesse T. Brewer, Charlene Thomas, Paul J. Christos, Eloise Chapman-Davis, Evelyn Cantillo, Kevin Holcomb, Ravi N. Sharaf, Melissa K. Frey

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Improving the relationships between Indigenous rights holders and researchers in the Arctic: an invitation for change in funding and collaboration by Nina Nikola Doering, Stephan Dudeck, Shelly Elverum, Charleen Fisher, Jan Erik Henriksen, Thora Martina Herrmann, Britt Kramvig, Roza Laptander, Justin Milton, Elle Merete Omma, Gertrude Saxinger, Annette J M Scheepstra, Katherine Wilson

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Interpretive Qualitative Evaluation Informs Research Participation and Advocacy Training Program for Seniors: A Pilot Study by Allison A. Bay, Tina Tian, Madeleine E. Hackney, Hayley A. Silverstein, Ariel R. Hart, David Lazris, Molly M. Perkins

“…<i><b>Settings:</b></i> Participants were interviewed in a health center office environment in the United States of America in April of 2016. <i><b>Participants:</b></i> A post-intervention focus group was conducted with a group of eight older adults (mean age = 75.8 ± 11.4 years) from 51 total participants who completed the intervention. …”
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Geographical and climatic risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the hyper-endemic focus of Bam County in southeast Iran by Mohammad Amin Ghatee, Iraj Sharifi, Niloufar Mohammadi, Bahareh Esmaeili Moghaddam, Mohammad Hasan Kohansal, Mohammad Hasan Kohansal

“…IntroductionCutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a prevalent debilitating disease in many countries, particularly in Iran, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America. Bam County is the most important highly endemic focus of anthropometric CL in Iran and has been under consideration by WHO. …”
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A skills framework in the context of a digital ecosystem: an engine for social inclusion in developing countries by Mauricio Arbeláez Rendón, Laura Lotero Vélez, Yasaldez Eder Loaiza

“…The Gini index evidenced that fact with 51.3% in 2019, which shows that Colombia has one of the highest levels of inequality in Latin America, particularly in certain regions. Furthermore, in 2020, 42.5% of the population lived in poverty, around 21.02 million individuals, and this figure increased by 3.6 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Treatment of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: From past to future by Zheng Yan, Shuna Yao, Zhizhong Wang, Wenping Zhou, Zhihua Yao, Yanyan Liu

“…Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL) is the most common subtype of T/NK-cell lymphoma in Asia and Latin America, but very rare in North American and Europe. …”
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Experiences with Diagnosis and Treatment of Chagas Disease at a United States Teaching Hospital—Clinical Features of Patients with Positive Screening Serologic Testing by Peter Hyson, Lilian Vargas Barahona, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo, Jonathan Schultz, Luisa Mestroni, Maria da Consolação Moreira, Matthew Taylor, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Esther Benamu, Poornima Ramanan, Anis Rassi, Kellie Hawkins, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez

“…We identified 23 patients (1.99%) who had a positive test. A total of 14/23 (60%) of positive serologies never had confirmatory testing, and 7 of them were lost to follow up. …”
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A Historical Review of Military Medical Strategies for Fighting Infectious Diseases: From Battlefields to Global Health by Roberto Biselli, Roberto Nisini, Florigio Lista, Alberto Autore, Marco Lastilla, Giuseppe De Lorenzo, Mario Stefano Peragallo, Tommaso Stroffolini, Raffaele D’Amelio

“…Meanwhile, Major Walter Reed in the United States of America discovered the mosquito vector of yellow fever, thus paving the way for its prevention by vector control. …”
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Championing the Joint Force: A Job for the Public and our Political Leaders – Not Just Military Professionals Alone by Stuart Beare

“…Canada’s security interests and the mission of our Armed Forces – that is to defend Canada, defend North America and to promote peace and security abroad – may largely remain unchanged and timeless. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Policy Protagonists and Processes—A Qualitative Study of Policy Advocacy and Implementation by Olivia S. K. Chan, Wendy W. T. Lam, Keiji Fukuda, Hein Min Tun, Norio Ohmagari, Jasper Littmann, Xu Dong Zhou, Yonghong Xiao, Ping Liu, Didier Wernli

“…In the US, protagonists who talked to the right decision-makers in the right office at the right time both moved AMR issues from individuals to institutional agenda and from social norms to policy agenda. …”
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