Knowledge and Awareness of Medical and Dental Students About Oral Cancer Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lilibeth-Stephania Escoto-Vasquez MSc, Mario Alberto Alarcón-Sánchez MSc, Ruth Rodríguez-Montaño PhD, Julieta Sarai Becerra-Ruiz PhD, Sarah Monserrat Lomelí-Martínez PhD, Artak Heboyan PhD

“…The most recognized risk factor was smoking (99%), followed by advanced age (68%), UV-rays exposure (64%), and alcoholism (57%). …”
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Acute Effect of Different Stretching Protocols on Fexibility, Yoyo IR-1 and RepeatedSprint Ability Performance by Fahri Safa Çınarlı, Yalçın Aydın, Muhammed Emin Kafkas, Özgür Eken, Armağan Şahin Kafkas

“…The sample group of this study consists of 15 male (age: 21.80±1.37 years, stature: 1.77±.032 cm, body mass: 69.09±6.65 kg, body mass index (BMI) 21.94±2.01 (kg/m2), body fat ratio (BFR) 10.87±3.98 (%)) who were doing regular exercise at least 3 years. …”
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Effect of video-based interventions on emergence delirium in pediatric patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yue Wang, Lifang Wang, Nan Liang, Kan Wang

“…Notably, subgroup analyses revealed a significant reduction in Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium scores among children under seven years of age (p = 0.001). Conclusions: Video-based interventions were linked to lower Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium scores and a decreased incidence of emergence delirium events. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL SEARCH FOR VALUE ORIENTATIONS OF A NEW CULTURE BY AURELIUS AUGUSTINE by V. V. Kuzmenko, V. O. Boniak, I. A. Serdіuk

“…The article is aimed to reveal the essence of the eternal problem, comprehended by Augustine Aurelius in the culture of the early Middle Ages – the focus of the value orientations of the anthropological search. …”
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Vascular Injuries Due to Penetrating Missile Trauma in Anti-Terrorism Ops by Rishi Dhillan, Alok Bhalla, Sushil Kumar Jha, Hakam Singh, Aman Arora

“…Results There were a total of 46 patients with 65 vascular injuries, 39 arterial injuries and 26 venous injuries. The age range was 21 to 47 years. Nineteen patients had both arterial and venous injuries. …”
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Impact of ELKa, the Electronic Device for Prandial Insulin Dose Calculation, on Metabolic Control in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled... by Agnieszka Kowalska, Katarzyna Piechowiak, Anna Ramotowska, Agnieszka Szypowska

“…A randomized, parallel, open-label clinical trial involved 106 patients aged <18 years with T1DM, HbA1C≤10%, undergoing intensive insulin therapy, allocated to the intervention group, who used the ELKa (n=53), or the control group (n=53), who used conventional calculation methods. …”
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Anemia among Women Who Visit Bost Hospital for Delivery in Helmand Province, Afghanistan by Zabihullah Anwary, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Wali Mohammad Wyar, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Khushhal Farooqi

“…On bivariate analysis, age group 30 years and above, rural residency and unemployment/housewives, multiparity, and no previous use of contraceptive were found to be associated with anemia. …”
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A scoping review of burden of disease studies estimating disability-adjusted life years due to Taenia solium. by Andrew Larkins, Mieghan Bruce, Carlotta Di Bari, Brecht Devleesschauwer, David M Pigott, Amanda Ash

“…Methods to calculate disability-adjusted life years varied across studies with differences in approaches to time discounting, age weighting, years of life lost, and years of life lived with disability. …”
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A descriptive analysis of sarcopenia markers in young adults with down syndrome by Brett S. Nickerson, Michael R. Esco, George Schaefer, Elroy J. Aguiar, Stefan A. Czerwinski

“…Methods: Fourteen young adults (age = 26 ± 9 yrs.) with DS (males: n = 6; females: n = 8) had appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) measured with bioimpedance analysis and handgrip strength (HGS) measured with a hand dynamometer (dominant hand). …”
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The Effect of The Plyometric Training Program on Sportive Performance Parameters in Young Soccer Players by Önder Dağlıoğlu, Tahsin İnce

“…Twenty-four male soccer players aged 17-22 making regular soccer training participated in the study. …”
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The HLA-Cw12 Allele Is an Important Susceptibility Allele for Psoriasis and Is Associated with Resistant Psoriasis in the Turkish Population by Nahide Onsun, Serpil Pirmit, Dilek Ozkaya, Şirin Çelik, Aylin Rezvani, F. Pelin Cengiz, Cigdem Kekik

“…This case control study involved 150 patients with plaque-type psoriasis and 145 age- and gender-matched healthy individuals. Severity of psoriasis was measured using the PASI scores of all patients and joint involvement was investigated with CASPAR criteria. …”
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Prognostic Factors for Survival and Relapse in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis with Renal Involvement: A Clinical Long-Term Follow-Up Study by Anna Salmela, Tom Törnroth, Tuija Poussa, Agneta Ekstrand

“…In a multivariable analysis, age ≥58 years [hazard ratio (HR) 7.64, 95% CI 3.44-16.95] and myeloperoxidase (MPO) ANCA (HR 2.12, 95% CI 1.08-4.17) were associated with shorter patient survival time. …”
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Stroke Event Factors among Adult Patients Admitted to Stroke Unit of Jimma University Medical Center: Prospective Observational Study by Ginenus Fekadu, Hunduma Wakassa, Firew Tekle

“…A total of 116 eligible stroke patients were recruited during the study period with mean age of 55.1±14.0 years, ranging from 23 to 96 years. …”
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Detection of Cannabinoid Receptor Expression by Endometriotic Lesions in Women with Endometriosis as an Alternative to Opioid-Based Pain Medication by Sarah Allam, Elizabeth Paris, Itzel Lazcano, Pincas Bitterman, Sanjib Basu, James O’Donnell, Animesh Barua

“…Endometriosis is a disease of women of reproductive age associated with infertility and reproductive failure as well as chronic pain of varying degrees depending on the stage of the disease. …”
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The Burden and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Salmonella Non-Typhi and Shigella Related Bloody Diarrhea in Children by Abir Rashid Al Sinani, Tawfiq Taki Al Lawati, Hajar Musabah Al Saadi, Aamera Al Majrafi

“…It is recommended that children under the age of one be admitted and treated empirically with either ceftriaxone or ampicillin. …”
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Novel tetracycline hybrids: synthesis, characterization, docking studies and in-vitro evaluation of antibacterial activity by Mansi Shah, Bhanubhai Suhagia, Sunita Goswami, Sneha Sagar, Arpit Patwari

“…In total, ten compounds were synthesized which were chemically conjugates of Minocycline, an age-old tetracycline, and naturally occurring aldehydes and ketones available from the plant sources. …”
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Usefulness of Home Overnight Pulse Oximetry in Patients with Suspected Sleep-Disordered Breathing by Cristina Esteban-Amarilla, Silvia Martin-Bote, Antonio Jurado-Garcia, Ana Palomares-Muriana, Nuria Feu-Collado, Bernabe Jurado-Gamez

“…One hundred and four subjects were included; 73 were men (70%); mean age was 52 ± 10.1 years; body mass index was 30 ± 4.1, and AHI = 29 ± 23.2/h. …”
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Impact of sleep quality on academic achievements of undergraduate medical students: a cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia by Arwa Khaled, Dalia Almaghaslah, Ayesha Siddiqua, Geetha Kandasamy, Khalid Orayj

“…However, Insufficient sleep was not significantly affected by factors like gender, different age groups, number of courses per semester, daytime sleeping, and students with varying Grade Point Averages (GPA). …”
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Clinicopathological spectrum of central nervous system germ cell tumors: A single-institution retrospective study by Sreelekha Appasani, Neelima Radhakrishnan, Anitha Mathews

“…Results: Of the total 34 cases with CNSGCT, age ranged from 1 to 27 years, majority in the second decade (19/34; 56%). …”
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Muscle Strength, Oxygen Saturation and Physical Activity in Patients with Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome Compared to Asymptomatic Controls by Lisa Urup Tønning, Bjarne Mygind-Klavsen, Troels Kjeldsen, Ulrik Dalgas, John Brincks, Inger Mechlenburg

“… # Method Maximal isometric muscle strength of the ankle plantar and dorsiflexors was tested in patients with CECS and sex- and age-matched controls using an isokinetic dynamometer and oxygen saturation (StO~2~) during running was tested by near infrared spectroscopy. …”
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