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Intra- and inter-rater reproducibility of the echocardiographic data of the Nigerian UPRIGHT-HTM trial participants
CONCLUSION: The risk-carrying echocardiographic traits were obtained with moderate repeatability in three Nigerian tertiary referral centres. As data quality augments with expertise, these findings call for a Nigerian training programme in echocardiography with certification. →
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Quantitative ultrasound evaluation of the thoracolumbar fascia after manual and acupuncture therapies: an exploratory mechanistic randomized controlled trial with a sequential within-subject phase
CONCLUSION: Chiropractic and massage, unlike acupuncture, elicited detectable biomechanical changes, while chiropractic also enhanced disability outcomes. HKD detected no microstructural changes. →
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Psychometric evaluation of the Mastocytosis Symptom Severity Daily Diary (MS2D2) in adults with nonadvanced systemic mastocytosis (NonAdvSM)
CONCLUSIONS: MS2D2 is a reliable, valid, and responsive instrument for assessing symptom severity in NonAdvSM, with evidence supporting its use in clinical trials to evaluate treatment benefit. →
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Video-Based Training on Physicians’ Proficiency in Invasive Fungal Disease: A Multicentre, Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
CONCLUSION: Both video and PDF training modules are appealing to physicians. Further, the video training module displayed superior efficacy in improving physicians’ knowledge of IFD. →
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Attachment Orientations and Treatment Outcomes in Psychotherapy: Does the Alliance Mediate the Association?
Previous research has demonstrated associations between patients’ attachment orientations and psychotherapy outcomes. Both theoretical and clinical literature suggest that the therapeutic alliance may serve as a mediator in this relationship. The present study investigated whether the therapeutic alliance mediates the connection between adult attachment and treatment outcomes in a clinical sample. One hundred eighteen patients… →
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The cost-effectiveness of the stopping elderly accidents, deaths and injuries options randomised quality improvement trial to prevent falls among older adults
CONCLUSION: Within the study cohort, the intervention was highly likely to be cost-effective. However, differences in medically treated falls and total healthcare costs were not statistically significant; therefore, we cannot rule out the possibility that the intervention had no impact. →
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Leaders at All Levels: How DBS Bank Makes Everyone an Innovator
DBS Bank believes that innovation is critical to its survival, and to reinforce that objective, it made innovation a KPI representing 20% of every team and individual’s performance review. In this episode of Leaders at All Levels, hosts Katherine W. Isaacs and Michele Zanini speak with Bidyut Dumra, group head of innovation and future of… →
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Ads in ChatGPT Are Coming. What B2B Marketers Should Do Right Now | Keith Delany, CEO Primer
Listen on YouTube // Apple // Spotify Who we sat down with LinkedIn CPMs just hit $800. AI is flooding every channel with content. Outbound is dying. So where should B2B marketers actually spend their ad budget right now? Keith Putnam-Delaney, co-founder & CEO of Primer, joins Sophie to break down the complete state of… →
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Group Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Veterans With Military Sexual Trauma: A Randomized Clinical Trial
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This randomized clinical trial showed that both treatments demonstrated efficacy in reducing PTSD symptoms, but the MST-focused treatment compared with the active control demonstrated greater improvements in posttraumatic cognitions. The results support the use of the MST-focused group treatment for PTSD symptoms associated with MST. →
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Baseline serum metabolites predict fractures in individuals who were Black and had type 2 diabetes
CONCLUSION: In summary, the metabolic differences identified here highlight the role of altered systemic metabolism and its relationship to fracture risk. Future investigations will determine if the identified metabolites serve as predictors of fracture in patients with T2D who are not Black. →
