Effect of Sexual Skills Counseling With Cognitive-Behavioral Approach on Sexual Assertiveness in Women Suffering from Marital Disillusionment by Faezeh Saffari Mofrad, sakineh Taherkhani, Ashraf Khoramirad

“…The mean and standard deviation of the sexual assertiveness score in the intervention group changed from 34.1±11.67 before the intervention to 74.9±11.68 and 56.8±8.46 in the post-test and follow-up periods, respectively. …”
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Preoperative Intravitreal Conbercept Facilitates Vitrectomy in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Is Attention Required for the Fellow Eye? by Wei Xu, Weijing Cheng, Yao Yao, Jian Guo, Guoxing Xu

“…Preoperative IVC significantly reduced surgical duration (IVC vs. non-IVC, 88.9 ± 11.9 min vs. 97.8 ± 12.8 min, p < 0.05). In the vitrectomized eye, no significant difference existed between the IVC group and non-IVC group regarding postoperative BCVA (logMAR, 1.20 ± 0.53 vs. 1.27 ± 0.54, p = 0.68), IOP (16.5 ± 2.9 mmHg vs. 15.6 ± 3.7 mmHg, p = 0.44), and CRT (330.1 ± 35.2 μm vs. 319.2 ± 32.5 μm, p=0.34). …”
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Seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Blood Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hassan Nourmohammadi, Ali Hasanpour Dehkordi, Amir Adibi, Seyed Mohammad Amin Hashemipour, Mohsen Abdan, Moloud Fakhri, Zahra Abdan, Diana Sarokhani

“…In the 28 papers examined with 227894 samples, the seroprevalence of COVID-19 in blood donors was 10% (95% CI: 9%, 11%), estimated 5% (95% CI: 4%, 7%) among men and 6% (95% CI: 4%, 7%) among women. …”
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Identity and Distribution of <i>Triglops metopias</i> (Teleostei, Cottidae) in the Northwestern Pacific by Artem M. Prokofiev, Ilyas N. Mukhametov, Olga R. Emelianova, Svetlana Yu. Orlova, Alexei M. Orlov

“…Despite its morphological similarity to <i>T. pingelii</i>, both species can be distinguished by a combination of meristic and morphometric characters, in particular, the wider interorbital space (10.4–22.4, mean 14.8 vs. 6.9–11.4, mean 9.2), shorter pectoral fins (18.7–24.9, mean 21.0 vs. 21.7–27.4, mean 24.1), and the on average more numerous oblique dermal folds (92 vs. 54).…”
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Hematological profile and its correlation with reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction-based serial quantitative detection of BCR-ABL in chronic myeloid leukemia patients a... by Vanita Pandey, Tamojit Chaudhuri, Amitabh Upadhyay, Somshankar Chowdhury, Sujata Mitra

“…Similarly, range for hemoglobin was 9–11 g/dl. WBC count can be as low as 0.18 × 109/mm3 even though CML is a myeloproliferative disorder. …”
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Molecular Modeling of Antimalarial Agents by 3D-QSAR Study and Molecular Docking of Two Hybrids 4-Aminoquinoline-1,3,5-triazine and 4-Aminoquinoline-oxalamide Derivatives with the... by Hanine Hadni, Mohamed Mazigh, El’mbarki Charif, Asmae Bouayad, Menana Elhallaoui

“…The molecular docking study of three compounds 9, 11, and 26 on both wild and quadruple mutant types of pf-DHFR-TS as the protein target helps to understand more and then predict the binding modes with the binding sites.…”
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河南董寨保护区再引入朱鹮种群数量和分布现状 by 蔡德靖, 黄华, 黄治学, 朱家贵, 王科, 祝文平, 刘进法

“…2021年9—11月，对河南董寨国家级自然保护区再引入朱鹮（<italic>Nipponia nippon</italic>）的分布区和潜在分布区进行调查，共发现游荡期夜宿地17个，分布在河南罗山县12个、浉河区1个、光山县砖桥镇1个和湖北大悟县1个，11月朱鹮利用夜宿地15个。…”
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Autologous Dermis Graft Implantation: A Novel Approach to Reinforcement in Giant Hiatal Hernias by Balázs Kovács, Mikolt Orosz, Máté Csucska, Saurabh Singhal, Árpád Juhász, Zoltán Lóderer

“…A 62-year-old female patient with recurrent giant hiatal hernia (9 × 11 cm) and upside down stomach, immediately following the Belsey repair done in another department, was selected for the pilot procedure. …”
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Prevalence of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax in Lira District, Uganda by Aziz, Katabazi, Adamu, Almustapha Aliero, Sarah, Gift Witto, Martin, Odoki, Simon Peter, Musinguzi

“…Trypanosoma congolense was the most dominant trypanosome species with a proportion of 9/11 (81.8%), followed by T. vivax 1/11 (9.1%) and mixed infection of T. congolense/T. vivax1/11 (9.1%). …”
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An alternative to the straddle-arm technique for a conscious infant who is choking: Towards a more universal skill by Ada Chan, Adam Gesicki

“…This was done with the aid of a custom-developed manikin, weighted and sized to the 50th percentile of a 9–11-month-old. Participant feedback was solicited quantitatively and qualitatively.  …”
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A Comparative Study between Ultrasound-guided Concomitant Infraclavicular Plus Distal Median, Radial, and Ulnar Nerve Blockade Versus Infraclavicular Block Alone by T Jaya Priya, TG Sivathangavel, K. Soundarya Priyadharsini, T. Krishna Prasad

“…Results: The mean block performance time of Group A was 10.9 ± 1.1 min and Group B was 14.7 ± 0.5 min. The difference between the two groups’ block performance minutes was statistically significant (P < 0.001). …”
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A new guide for basic psychological support for persons affected by neglected tropical diseases: A peer support tool suitable for persons with a diagnosis of leprosy and lymphatic... by Pradeepta K Nayak, Charles D Mackenzie, Ashok Agarwal, Robin van Wijk, Marente M Mol, Julian Eaton, Maya Semrau, Carmen Valle-Trabadelo, Gauri S Kaloiya, Alok Pratap, Jayashree P Kunju, Suma Krishnasastry, Astri Ferdiana, Ariana Marastuti, Rohit K Tiwari, Wim H van Brakel

“…The first meeting was a 3-day virtual workshop held on 9-11 June 2020, followed by other online meetings. …”
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Comparison of Autorefraction and Photorefraction with and without Cycloplegia Using 1% Tropicamide in Preschool Children by Ertuğrul Tan Yassa, Cihan Ünlü

“…Results. The mean age was 45.9 ± 11.4 months. The mean spherical equivalent (0.61 ± 1.03 diopters (D); range, −2.38 to 3.63 D) and mean spherical power (1.16 ± 0.92 D; range, −1.25 to 3.75 D) values that were acquired from the photorefraction without cycloplegia showed statistically significant differences from those of the autorefraction with cycloplegia (mean spherical equivalent = 1.00 ± 1.27 D; range, −1.50 to 4.25 D, mean spherical power = 1.60 ± 1.14; range, −1.25 to 4.50 D). …”
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Investigation of cardiotoxic effects of marbofloxacin by Devran Coşkun, Burak Dik, Yasemin Korkmaz, Rahmi Canbar, Ayşe Er, Enver Yazar

“…Blood samples were taken on day 0 (control), 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 days. Sheep specific serum CK-MB and troponin I levels were measured with ELISA reader, while serum LDH, AST, ALT, ALP, GGT, total protein, creatinine and BUN values were determined with autoanalyser. …”
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EFEITO DO TREINAMENTO DE DEEP WATER RUNNING NO LIMIAR ANAERÓBIO DETERMINADO NA CORRIDA EM PISTA DE INDIVÍDUOS SEDENTÁRIOS by Fabiana Andrade Machado, Benedito Sérgio Denadai

“…Os resultados obtidos ao final de 7 semanas de treinamento, demonstraram que houve uma melhora significante da velocidade correspondente ao LAn (m/min) dos sujeitos entre a 1* e 4a semanas (158.4 ± 17.6 e; 173,3 ± 10,2. respectivamente), havendo uma estabilização da mesma nas semanas seguintes (7ª semana - 179,9 ±11,5). Houve correlação inversa (r = - 0.85) entre o LAn obtido na primeira semana e o percentual de melhora do LAn avaliado ao final do treinamento. …”
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The Effect of Ivabradine on the Human Atrial Myocardial Contractility in an In Vitro Study by Ryan Chaban, Katja Buschmann, Anna Krausgrill, Andres Beiras-Fernandez, Christian-Friedrich Vahl

“…However, force of contraction decreased in both the control group (93.5 ± 4.7%) and the second group (94.1 ± 4.5%, p=0.8) and force of contraction remained unchanged in the third group (101.0 ± 4.1%, p=0.24) and increased significantly in the fourth group (108.9 ± 11.6%, p=0.008). There was no change in other contraction parameters, such as passive tension force (97.1 ± 5.1%, p=0.368), duration of contraction (99.1 ± 4.3%, p=0.816), time to peak (96.6 ± 3.0%, p=0.536), and time to relaxation (101.2 ± 7.0%, p=0.564). …”
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Incidence and risk factors of Vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia: a six-year real-world study by Yuanchao Zhu, Lishuang Huang, Jingjing Zhang, Liang Liang, Pengfei Jin

“…In the retrospective cohort, among patients with 0–5 risk factors, the incidence rates of VIT were 0.2% (1/556), 1.6% (7/439), 5.8% (10/173), 14.9% (11/74), 42.1% (8/19), and 62.5% (5/8) respectively. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Chestnut Quality Based on Principal Component and Cluster Analysis by Yanqi YU, Mingyuan YANG, Chunmao LÜ, Shaoci BAI, Qunfang ZHANG, Chenyang ZOU, Han JIANG

“…The weights of these key indicators obtained by entropy weighting methods were 14.08%, 14.64%, 15.64%, 7.74%, 9.41%, 9.11%, 18.90%, and 10.48%, respectively. The gray correlation analysis indicated that the overall qualities of the varieties Danli No.1, Dandong 9113, and qX-005 ranked among the top three. …”
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江西官山自然保护区鸟兽多样性的红外相机监测 by 苏英钰 1 毛坤财 2 程彬彬 1 刘洁 1 黎敏灵 1 左文波 3 张微微 1

“…相对丰富度指数排名前6的物种依次为白鹇（2332）、赤麂（Muntiacus muntjak，911）、小麂（Muntiacus reevesi，335）、野猪（Sus scrofa，328）、猕猴（291）和紫啸鸫（Myophonus caeruleus，260），其余物种相对丰富度均小于1。…”
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Limited use of opioid prescribing guidelines in Dutch emergency departments: results of a nationwide survey by Nicole Kraaijvanger, Cees Kramers, Albert Dahan, Arnt F. A. Schellekens

“…Patient education with opioid prescriptions was specified in the guidelines at 57.9% (11/19) of EDs, with brochures provided at 17.6% (6/19) of EDs. …”
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