Cost of primary care approaches for hypertension management and risk-based cardiovascular disease prevention in Bangladesh: a HEARTS costing tool application by Andrew E Moran, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Deliana Kostova, Muhammad Jami Husain, Mohammad Sabbir Haider, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Renesa Tarannum, Shamim Jubayer

“…The estimated annual costs per patient treated with medications for hypertension, diabetes and cholesterol were US$18, US$29 and US$37, respectively.Conclusion Expanding the HEARTS hypertension management and CVD prevention programme to provide services to the entire eligible population in the catchment area may face constraints in physician capacity. A task-sharing model involving shifting of select tasks from doctors to nurses and local community health workers would be essential for the eventual scale-up of primary care services to prevent CVD in Bangladesh.…”
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Aberrant Expression of MicroRNA-15a and MicroRNA-16 Synergistically Associates with Tumor Progression and Prognosis in Patients with Colorectal Cancer by Guangfa Xiao, Huihuan Tang, Wei Wei, Jian Li, Liandong Ji, Jie Ge

“…As a result, we found that miR-15a and miR-16 expression, detected by quantitative real time-PCR, were both significantly downregulated in colorectal cancer tissues compared with adjacent colorectal mucosa (both P<0.001). …”
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The Role of Butirprost^® as an Adjuvant in Enhancing the Effect of Antibiotics in Patients Affected by Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis: A Randomized Prospective Trial by Felice Crocetto, Armando Calogero, Michele Santangelo, Agostino Fernicola, Filippo Varlese, Benito Fabio Mirto, Fabio Machiella, Alfonso Falcone, Giovanni Pagano, Fabrizio Dinacci, Gaetano Giampaglia, Domenico Varriale, Francesco Trama, Salvatore Iaconis, Francesco Del Giudice, Gian Maria Busetto, Matteo Ferro, Francesco Lasorsa, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Ciro Imbimbo, Biagio Barone

“…Bacterial prostatitis (BP) is a common prostatic infection characterized by pain and urinary symptoms, often with negative bacterial cultures from prostatic secretions. …”
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Effects of empathy mapping and mini-simulation on second-year nursing students’ empathy and communication self-confidence: a quasi-experimental study by Hsiang-Ping Huang, Yun Tien, Yung-Chang Lin, I-Chen Yu, Nai-Hui Chien

“…Abstract Background Empathy and communication are critical abilities for nursing students, and in recent years, scenario-based teaching has played a crucial role in fostering empathy and professional skill development. …”
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Relationship between METS-IR and ABSI index and the prevalence of nocturia: a cross-sectional analysis from the 2005–2020 NHANES data by Fei Xue, Yating Zhou

“…A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES data from 2005 to 2020 was performed. …”
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Adenoviral infection in children admitted with severe acute respiratory infection at tertiary care hospital from North India: A case series by Rajarshi Bera, Pallavi Pallavi, Sonal Saxena, Shashi Chawla, Urmila Jhamb, Romit Saxena

“…There has been a recent surge in adenoviral infections with poor outcomes. …”
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Assessment of walnut (Juglans regia L.) cultivation land suitability using a multiple-criteria decision-making method in Southeastern Turkey by Çağrı Mercan

“…This model provides farmers and stakeholders with a comprehensive evaluation of the different walnut-producing sites in the Savur district. …”
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Archival and Newly Isolated Historical <i>Bacillus anthracis</i> Strains Populate the Deeper Phylogeny of the A.Br.075(Sterne) Clade by Markus Antwerpen, Peter Braun, Wolfgang Beyer, Dirk Aldenkortt, Michael Seidel, Gregor Grass

“…A further 11 isolates amend the clade named A.Br.Para-Sterne (A.Br.078). …”
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Arte e Ciência como Processos Cognitivos Integrados: percepção e interpretação à luz da Filosofia de Thomas Kuhn by Francidilso Silva do Nascimento

“… Este artigo examina a relação entre arte e ciência como processos cognitivos integrados, explorando como percepção e interpretação se manifestam em ambos os domínios a partir da filosofia de Thomas Kuhn. …”
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L’abbaye de Saint-André-le-Haut à Vienne. Origine et développement d’un monastère de moniales by Anne Baud, Nathanaël Nimmegeers, Anne Flammin

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A method for monitoring three dimensional surface deformation in mining areas combining SBAS-InSAR, GNSS and probability integral method by Qiuxiang Tao, Ruixiang Liu, Xuepeng Li, Tengfei Gao, Yang Chen, Yixin Xiao, Huzhen He, Yunguang Wei

“…To address this, this study proposes a method (SBAS-PIM) that combines SBAS-InSAR with the probabilistic integral method (PIM). …”
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The effect of counseling with a positive approach on anxiety about giving birth to an Infant with Anomalies in pregnant mothers over 35 years of age by Hadis Jalilvand, Mojghan Mokhtari Zanjani, Taraneh Emamgholi Khooshehchin

“…Background: Currently, a significant number of women are becoming pregnant after the age of 35. …”
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Irrigation Scheduling As a Means of Applying the Right Water Amount and Monitoring Soil Moisture for Vegetable Crops Grown in Florida in the BMP Era by Eric Simonne, George Hochmuth

“… This publication is one of a series entitled Fertilizer and Irrigation Management in the BMP Era. …”
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Early versus late surgical stabilisation of unstable thoracolumbar spine fractures in adult polytrauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sebastian Ndlovu, Stanley Masunda, Emmanuel Oladeji, Ahmed Lashin, Ahmed Kaddah, Khalid A. Shah

“…The overall level of evidence of included studies was low with only one prospective cohort study. A subgroup meta-analysis using a random effects model showed that early fixation of unstable thoracolumbar spinal fractures leads to a statistically significant decrease in HLOS compared to late fixation with a mean effect size of -0.502. …”
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Higher AVCO2 and Lactate Gradient Combined with SOFA Score as a Mortality Predictor during the 6-Hours of Resuscitation of Septic Shock by Morteza Talebi Doluee, Sahar Azam Ghasemzadeh, Ahmad Bagheri Moghadam, Zahra Abbasishaye, Davood Soroosh, Elnaz Vafadar Moradi

“… Background: Sepsis is a severe and life-threatening condition leading to widespread inflammation and organ dysfunction. …”
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Quilombolas et évangéliques : une incompatibilité identitaire ? Réflexions à partir d’une étude de cas en Amazonie brésilienne by Véronique Boyer

“…For the latter, the participation in this religious movement is generally understood as a factor of alienation that prevents the emergence of a black consciousness and hence the development towards political action.…”
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Advances and Pitfalls of Specialized Pain Care through Public and Private Health Care Providers in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands: A Physician’s Survey by Javier Medel, Ancor Serrano, Carme Batet, Lluis Lorente, Susana Bella, Marta Ferrandiz, María-del-Mar Monerris, Sergi Boada, Jesus Villoria, Maria-Victoria Ribera, Antonio Montes, Sebastian Videla

“…Optimal diagnosis and treatment of pain require a multidisciplinary approach that demands considerable coordination and forethought. …”
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Micro-amplitude vibration-assisted scratching: a new method for one step and controllable fabrication of the microscale V-groove and nanoscale ripples by Haoxiang Wu, Hu Huang, Zhiyu Zhang, Jiwang Yan

“…Accordingly, based on tip-based fabrication techniques, this study proposed a micro-amplitude vibration-assisted scratching method by introducing a periodic backward displacement into the conventional scratching process, which enabled the synchronous creation of the microscale V-groove and nanoscale ripples, i.e. a typical micro/nano hierarchical structure. …”
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Impact of 21 June 2020 Annular Solar Eclipse on Meteorological Parameters, O3 and CO at a High Mountain Site in Taiwan by Saginela Ravindra Babu, Shantanu Kumar Pani, Chang-Feng Ou-Yang, Neng-Huei Lin

“…Abstract The annular solar eclipse observed on 21 June 2020 over Taiwan provided a rare opportunity to follow the responses of various meteorological parameters and trace gases to the solar eclipse. …”
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Promising Response with PI3K Inhibitor for a Patient with Heavily Pretreated PIK3CA Mutation Head-and-Neck Cancer by Ming-Jing Lee, Hsiang-Fong Kao

“…The inhibition of this pathway has been proven to improve clinical outcomes in some malignancies with PIK3CA mutations. We report a heavily pretreated HNSCC patient with a good treatment response to alpelisib, a PI3K inhibitor. …”
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