The Price of a Neglected Zoonosis: Case-Control Study to Estimate Healthcare Utilization Costs of Human Brucellosis. by Oded Vered, Tzahit Simon-Tuval, Pablo Yagupsky, Miki Malul, Assi Cicurel, Nadav Davidovitch

“…Additional elevated costs were 3.6 times higher laboratory tests (P<0.001), 2.8 times higher emergency room visits (P<0.001), 1.8 times higher medication (P<0.001) and 1.3 times higher diagnostic procedures (P<0.001). …”
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Cardiovascular Disease and Its Implication for Higher Catastrophic Health Expenditures Among Households in Sub-Saharan Africa by Folashayo Ikenna Peter Adeniji, Taiwo Akinyode Obembe

“…Households who reported having CVD were 3 times more likely to incur CHE compared with households without CVD (OR, 3.002; CI, 1.013-8.902)…”
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Opportunistic random blood glucose screening among professional drivers in northeastern Bangladesh: Assessing undiagnosed diabetes and health awareness. by Md Sakil Arman, Md Nayem Sarker, Jawad Ahmed, Aporajita Das Trisha, Sadia Rahman, Md Monjurul Haq Shakib, Towhidul Alam, Zafrul Hasan

“…The obese group (AOR: 3.04, 95% CI: 0.81-11.46) and overweight group (AOR: 1.81, 95% CI: 0.83-3.99) were 3.04 and 1.81 times more likely, respectively, to develop diabetes compared to the healthy weight group. …”
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Comparing the accuracy of 3D-printed casts versus plaster casts for tooth-supported and implant-supported restorations by Hedie Derakhshi, Mohammad Alihemmati, Seyed Mohammad Reza Hakimaneh, Mohammad Amin Bafandeh, Maryam Jahangiri, Sayed Shojaedin Shayegh

“…The model was scanned using an intraoral scanner, and 20 casts were 3D-printed using digital light processing (DLP) and liquid crystal display (LCD) printers (10 casts for each method). …”
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Antibiotic resistance peculiarities of S. aureus isolates, obtained from nasal and throat mucosa of outpatients, Chernivtsi city by O. O. Blinder, O. V. Blinder, D. V. Rotar, A. V. Humenna

“…Among the strains having both FA, 100 % were resistant to penicillin, 93.3 % to oxacillin, and 36.7 % to vancomycin. Whereas there were 3.9 %, 0.0 %, and 7.7 % strains without FA resistant to these antibiotics, respectively. …”
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Physical and Chemicial Properties of a Type of Almond Called "Akbadem" Grown in the Aegean Region in Turkey by Nizam Mustafa Nizamlıoğlu, Sebahattin Nas

“…Chemical composition of Akbadem kernel; moisture, total oil, total ash, protein, oleic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid and palmitholeic acid were 3.57±0.15%, 52.32±1.21%, 3.15±0.01%, 20.57±0.07%, 76.11±1.18%, 17.71±1.14%, 6.14±0.05% and 0.04±0.01%. …”
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Bioactivity of Walnut: Investigating the Triterpenoid Saponin Extracts of Juglans regia Kernels for Antioxidant, Anti-diabetic, and Antimicrobial Properties by Youssef Elouafy, Salma Mortada, Adil El Yadini, Mohamed Hnini, Youssra Aalilou, Hicham Harhar, Asaad Khalid, Ashraf N. Abdalla, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, My El Abbes Faouzi, Mohamed Tabyaoui

“…Findings show that hydroalcoholic extract (EtOH 70%) has a considerable content of phenolic compounds, with 59.51 ± 0.26 mg GAE/g in total polyphenol contents, while the content of total flavonoids and condensed tannins were 3.14 ± 0.27 mg QE/g and 85.65 ± 0.37 mg CE/g of crude extract, respectively. …”
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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AND TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF FABA BEAN METERING PLATES by Tarek FOUDA, Abeer ABDELSALAM, Atef SWILAM, Mohamed El DIDAMONY

“…And for fatigue analysis results, damage, load factor, total cycles, and stress amplitude were (3.36e+05, 5.32e+06, 1.39e+06, and 1.60e+00) respectively. …”
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The stroke oxygen pilot study: a randomized controlled trial of the effects of routine oxygen supplementation early after acute stroke--effect on key outcomes at six months. by Khalid Ali, Anushka Warusevitane, Frank Lally, Julius Sim, Sheila Sills, Sarah Pountain, Tracy Nevatte, Martin Allen, Christine Roffe

“…Median (IQR) scores for the primary outcome, the modified Rankin Scale, were 3 (1, 5) and 3 (1, 4) for the oxygen and control groups respectively. …”
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Comparison of Prevalence of Arthroscopically Detected Intra-Articular Pathologies Between Supination and Pronation Type Ankle Fractures by Methasit Suksintharanon MD, Chavapol Kittinopphadol MD, Yantarat Sripanich MD, Chamnanni Rungprai MD

“…Syndesmotic injuries were determined by the arthroscopic drive-through sign with a 3mm shaver, while deltoid ligament injuries and osteochondral injuries were identified using arthroscopic visualization. Results: There were 3 patients (1.48%) with SA fractures, 143 patients (70.44%) with SER fractures, 6 patients (2.96%) with PA fractures, and 51 patients (25.12%) with PER fractures. …”
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Efficacy of Procyanidins against In Vivo Cellular Oxidative Damage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Shugang Li, Mengchuan Xu, Qiang Niu, Shangzhi Xu, Yusong Ding, Yizhong Yan, Shuxia Guo, Feng Li

“…In studies that used the gavage method, SOD (95% CI, 2.33-4.00) and GPx (95% CI, 2.10-4.05) were 3.16-fold and 3.08-fold higher in the PC group than in the control group, respectively. …”
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Experience of Vaccination against Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in the Sverdlovsk Region by S. S. Smirnova, A. A. Golubkova, S. V. Koltunov

“…In the «risk territories» 27.3 to 47.0% children from the first year of life were 3 times vaccinated. After the immunization in all territories was a decrease incidences of rotavirus infection, as well as a decrease in the cumulative percentage of infection with RVI in the age group of children under the 1 age. …”
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The Association Between Refraction, Ocular Biometry, and a Child&rsquo;s Behavior Assessed by Conners&rsquo; Parental Rating Scale by Cohen Y, Eidel M, Greenberger Y, Vidan A, Chassid O

“…Spherical equivalent (SE) of the refractive groups were +3.46± 1.71 diopters (D), 0.61 ± 0.41 D and − 1.76 ± 2.15 D (p < 0.0001). …”
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Compliance with COVID-19 protocols among college students in Ghana: evidence from 2020–2021 by Akpene Aku Nyamadi, Gideon K. Gogovi

“…Students moderately or extremely concerned about infection were 3.8 and 4.4 times more likely, respectively, to comply with hand hygiene protocols. …”
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Isokinetic Assessment of Knee Flexor and Extensor Strength and Lower Extremity Flexibility Assessment of an NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Team by Savanna Perkins, Paul Canavan

“…The mean Thomas test measurements were 3.6° away from the neutral position on the right and 1.6° on the left, with nine positive tests. …”
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Association of systemic cellullar immunity with the development of cataract by R. E. Osmanov, O. L. Fabrikantov

“…The relative risk values are statistically significant, and the highest levels were found for CD19+ and CD3+ cell clusters, which were 3.237 and 2.954 for the absolute number, and 1.952 and 2.748, for the relative number, respectively. …”
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Hypnotics' association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study by Daniel F Kripke, Lawrence E Kline, Robert D Langer

“…For groups prescribed 0.4–18, 18–132 and &gt;132 doses/year, HRs (95% CIs) were 3.60 (2.92 to 4.44), 4.43 (3.67 to 5.36) and 5.32 (4.50 to 6.30), respectively, demonstrating a dose–response association. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and carotid atherosclerosis in Chinese steelworkers: a cross-sectional study by Haoyue Cao, Qinglin Li, Juxiang Yuan

“…In the fully adjusted model, compared to the lowest quartile group, the odds ratios (OR, 95% CI) for CAS, increased CIMT, and plaque in the highest quartile group of the TyG index were 3.199 (2.423 ~ 4.223), 2.877 (2.149 ~ 3.851), and 3.738 (2.700 ~ 5.177), respectively. …”
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The effectiveness of combined approaches towards improving utilisation of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Kenya: a quasi-experimental evaluation by Lilian Mutea, Justinah Maluni, Mark Kabue, Vincent Were, Susan Ontiri, Kristien Michielsen, Peter Gichangi

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FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KEPUASAN PELANGGAN PADA JASA TRANSPORTASI PERUSAHAAN OTOBUS BUDIMAN JURUSAN TASIKMALAYA-CIKARANG by Rismawati, Ina Ratnasari

“…The results of the research obtained from the factor analysis test showed that there were 3 factors that had the most dominant influence on customer satisfaction in choosing public transportation services, the Budiman bus majoring in Tasikmalaya-Cikarang. …”
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