OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of the ADVANTAGE study was to compare device-naive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients' perception of the Breezhaler® and...

Purpose: Well-controlled ionizing radiation injury animal models for testing medical countermeasure efficacy require robust radiation physics and dosimetry to ensure accuracy of...

We conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) to determine the epidemiology and clinical burden of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and to describe how the...

We develop an inventory model for perishable products with a two-period shelf-life. The demand during a stock out in either period is treated as lost sales. Besides the initial...

This paper investigates the simultaneous impact of subnational tax autonomy and vertical transfers on regional disparities of gross domestic product (GDP) per head in a sample...

We investigated the impact of multimorbidity and polypharmacy on the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients in clinical practice and assessed factors associated with...

Objectives: Imatinib (Glivec) and nilotinib (Tasigna) have been covered by critical disease insurance in Jiangsu province of China since 2013, which changed local treatment...

Esterification of a wide range of partially protected carbohydrate derivatives was achieved using acetic anhydride and a catalytic amount of ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN)....

Effect of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on lymphocyte subsets in patients with COVID-19

Microsatellite markers are widely used in population genetic analyses. However, the common occurrence of null alleles and their effect on population parameters such as observed...

This study aimed to assess the economic burden of subsequent fracture in osteoporosis patients with incident fracture. The authors conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of...

In acute portal vein thrombosis (PVT), a six-month anticoagulation treatment achieves complete recanalization in only 35%–45% of patients, but the predictors of poor treatment...

We show how a factor analysis model can be fitted to nominal data using the computer program Mplus. The model is akin to multinomial logistic regression with unobserved...

Automated spectrophotometric measurement of hemolysis index (HI) allows rapid and cost-effective assessment of hemolysis interference. We evaluated the analytical performance of...

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) treatment decisions are poorly understood for patients with COPD exacerbation complicated by acute hypercapnic respiratory failure and respiratory...

Studies concerning young-adult amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (yALS) are uncommon, due to the rarity of this condition. We aimed to investigate this subject. Methods: A...

Aim: To compare the efficacy of different approaches to cervical preparation to labor induction using the ultrasound cervical elastography. Materials and methods: This...

Background: This study aimed to understand the clinical and economic burden associated with postsurgical complications in high-risk surgeries in Thailand. Methods: A cost and...

The aim of this study was to develop and test a new classification scale to describe looking behaviours (gaze fixations and gaze shifts) in relation to eye-pointing. The...

Our objective was to learn more about possible factors contributing to the higher rates of tracheostomy with invasive ventilation (TIV) for ALS patients in Japan compared with...