Effects of Land-Use Dynamics on Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen Stock, Western Ethiopia by Yitayh Leul, Mohammed Assen, Shimeles Damene, Asmamaw Legass

“…With natural forestlands as a baseline and the duration ranging in age from 15 to 45 years since land-use conversion, the mean annual absolute rates of change in SOC and TN stock loss were 0.49, 1.49, 0.39, and 0.45 Mg·ha−1·yr−1 and 0.05, 0.14, 0.03, and 0.04 Mg·ha−1·yr−1 for grasslands, recently developed commercial farmlands, old commercial farmlands, and small-scale cultivated lands, respectively. …”
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MRI of the cervical nerve roots in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: a single-institution, retrospective case–control study by Toshihiko Suenaga, Kanta Tanaka, Nobuyuki Mori, Yusuke Yokota

“…Objective To systematically evaluate the usefulness of assessing the cervical nerve roots by MRI for the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).Design Single-institution, retrospective case–control study.Setting A regional referral hospital.Participants We retrospectively enrolled 15 consecutive patients with CIDP who satisfied the European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society (EFNS/PNS) typical and definite criteria and underwent cervical MRI. 30 control patients who had also undergone cervical MRI were included, matched with regard to sex, age and MRI system. The diagnoses of the control patients included cervical spondylosis (n=19), cervical spine trauma (n=2), infection (n=1), malignancies (n=4), demyelinating disorders (n=2) and neurodegenerative disorders (n=2).Measurement A radiologist determined the C5–C8 root diameters on the coronal short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images. …”
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Emergency contracting and the delivery of elective care services across the English National Health Service and independent sector during COVID-19: a descriptive analysis by Rocco Friebel, Michael Anderson, Laia Maynou, Jon Fistein

“…Discharge data from the Hospital Episode Statistics and private healthcare data from the Private Health Information Network was stratified by specialty, procedure, length of stay and patient complexity in terms of age and Charlson Comorbidity Index.Results COVID-19 significantly reduced publicly funded elective care activity, though changes were more pronounced in the independent sector (−65.1%) compared with the NHS (−52.7%), whereas reductions in privately funded elective care activity were similar in both independent sector hospitals (−74.2%) and NHS hospitals (−72.9%). …”
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Comparative Efficacy of Antihypertensive Agents in Flow-Mediated Vasodilation of Patients with Hypertension: Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial by Hong Ding, Shu Liu, Ke-Xin Zhao, Jie Pu, Ya-Fei Xie, Xiao-Wei Zhang

“…Subgroup analysis based on age and duration of treatments was performed. As compared to the placebo group, patients receiving the antihypertensive drugs exhibited significantly enhanced FMD (ARB + CCB: 4.01%, 95% CI, 0.92–7.11%, p<0.001; ACEI + ARB: 2.81%, 95% CI, 1.19–4.43%, p<0.001; ACEI: 2.55%, 95% CI, 1.34–3.77%, p<0.001; ARB: 2.22%, 95% CI, 1.05–3.38%, p<0.001; β-blocker: 2.23%, 95% CI, 0.93–3.52%, p<0.001). …”
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El orden del caos: la decisión del gobierno ante el problema del impacto del turismo en el centro urbano de Madrid by María Velasco González, Reyes Herrero López, Eliseo López Sánchez

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Death risk prediction model for patients with non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage by Yidan Chen, Xuhui Liu, Mingmin Yan, Yue Wan

“…The importance of SHAP variables in the model ranked from high to low was: ’GCS motor’, ’Age’, ’GCS eyes’, ’Low density lipoprotein (LDL)’, ’ Albumin’, ’ Atrial fibrillation’, and ’Gender’. …”
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Spirituality of HIV-infected female patients treated in a secondary care hospital in Thailand: a preliminary investigation by Natawan Khumsaen, Panarat Chenchob, Supannee Peawnalaw

“…Results The study included one hundred HIV-infected female patients, with mean age of 41.19 years (SD, 7.68). There was a wide range of time since HIV diagnosis (less than a year to more than 7 years) (mean, 3.24; SD, 1.16). …”
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Center of Pressure Velocity and Dynamic Postural Control Strategies Vary During Y-Balance and Star Excursion Balance Testing by Kristen L Jagger, Brent Harper

“… # Study Design Cross-sectional study # Methods Twenty-one participants (9 females, 12 males, mean age 24.5±1.2 years) performed three trials in each direction (anterior-AN, posteromedial-PM, and posterolateral-PL) on each balance test during one session. …”
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Conditions and factors affecting the accuracy of olfactometric detection by Petra Riedlova, Spiros Tavandzis, Josef Kana, Jaromir Roubec

“…Methods: The study included 48 dogs and 48 handlers, that were part of the training between 2016 and 2023.All those who started olfactometry training and remained in training for at least one year were included in the study. The dogs ranged in age from 8 months to 12 years and were of different races and sexes. …”
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FAKTOR MOTIVASI WISATAWAN NUSANTARA MILENIAL MENGINAP DI BOBOCABIN KINTAMANI by I Komang Riadi Sugita Putra, Yayu Indrawati, LGLK. Dewi

“…The characteristics of the respondents were dominated by tourists from DKI Jakarta, female, aged 24-28 years, unmarried, Bachelor's degree (S1), profession as a private employee, expenditure range of IDR 1,000,000-2,000,000 (40%) and IDR 2,001. 000-3,000,000 (40%), visit only once with a visit duration of 1-2 days, and use a car. …”
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The diagnostic performance evaluation of the SD BIOLINE HIV/syphilis Duo rapid test in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Techalew Shimelis, Endale Tadesse

“…Individuals &lt;15 years of age or syphilis treated or those with ≤50 cells/µL CD4 cell count were originally excluded.Outcome measures HIV screening was carried out according to the national rapid diagnostic testing (RDT) algorithm: Shenghai Kehua Bioengineering (KHB) test kit as a screening test, followed by the HIV1/2 STAT-PAK assay if positive. …”
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE by Silas Joshua, Blessing Omahas

“…The result shows that female farmers within the age bracket of 20-50 years predominate, majority of the respondent of about 78% are married women. 59% in Imane and 57% are from Ogugu. …”
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Determining Risk Factors of Bleeding in Patients on Warfarin Treatment by Evren Uygungül, Cuneyt Ayrik, Huseyin Narci, Semra Erdoğan, İbrahim Toker, Filiz Demir, Ulas Karaaslan

“…Logistic regression analysis was used to determine which factors were most closely associated with bleeding complications. Results. Median age was 62.0±14.4 and 61.9±14.5 for study group and control group, respectively. …”
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KIDS CLUB: CHILD-FRIENDLY HOTEL MARKETING STRATEGY by Dian Pramita Sugiarti, I Gede Anom Sastrawan

“…Hard Rock Hotel Bali is one of the hotels that provides a kids club with full activities divided by age and supporting facilities provided. Kids Club is an activity for child tourists offered by the hotel to provide children with activities to fill their free time while at the hotel. …”
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Research Progress of Common Rehabilitation Training Methods in Mild Cognitive Impairment by WANG Yiyuan, FAN Chenyu, WANG Nianhong, WU Yi

“…Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transition state between normal aging and dementia, in which a person is still able to be independent in daily activities, but memory and logical thinking skills may have a distinctly decline. …”
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Clinicopathological Findings of Retinoblastoma: A 10-Year Experience from a Tertiary Hospital in Kampala, Uganda by James Joseph Yahaya, Belson Rugwizangoga, Alex Mremi, Asafu Munema

“…This was a cross-sectional analytical study involving 234 eyeball surgical specimens from 214 patients with RB diagnosed between January 2006 and December 2015. Results. The mean age of the patients was 27.8 months (SD = 21.413, range: 1–132 months). …”
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Child standardized patients in pediatric OSCEs: a feasibility study for otoscope examination among undergraduate students in Rwanda by Natalie McCall, Abebe Bekele, Biniam Ewnte, Jonathan Abaho, Olayinka Ibrahim

“…This study included 30 final-year medical students, and six child SPs aged 5–8 years, along with their guardians. Quantitative data were collected using structured questionnaires on students perceived self-efficacy and performance. …”
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La géographie des élections en Algérie, de 2007 à 2017 by Gilles Van Hamme

“…Conversely, electoral participation and support for the government – even if it remains a minority in proportion to the voting-age population – are higher in rural and peripheral areas, although with considerable regional and local differences as illustrated by the example of Kabylie, a true stronghold of opposition to the government. …”
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Managing the work of living with heart failure: a qualitative study using the cumulative complexity model from Southeastern Minnesota by Dawn Finnie, Víctor M Montori, Jamie Smith, Margaret M Redfield, Jill M Killian, Nathan Shippee, Shannon Dunlay

“…Interview transcripts were analysed using a mixed inductive and deductive coding approach with organisation into larger thematic categories.Setting Southeastern Minnesota USA (11 counties) with capture of data from local community healthcare providers under the auspices of the Rochester Epidemiology Project.Participants Intentional sampling of local patients with HF (n=24, median age 69.5 years, 54% women, 63% rural, 54% preserved ejection fraction) who reported high treatment burden and/ or poor health status on a questionnaire.Results Three major themes emerged: using capacity to manage workload, disruptions resulting in workload exceeding capacity and regaining workload-capacity balance. …”
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Trends in incidence, prevalence, and mortality of non-communicable diseases in Iraq (2003–2021) by Mohammed Merzah

“…Using the GBD results tool, age-standardized prevalence, incidence, and mortality rates (ASPR, ASIR, ASMR) for 12 major NCDs were extracted and expressed per 100,000 population. …”
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