Multicentric study of adherence to antiseizure medications among adults with epilepsy attended in neurology departments in Burkina Faso by Alfred Anselme Dabilgou, Alassane Dravé, Julie Marie Adeline Wendlamita Kyelem, Adama Kaboré, Christian Napon, Athanase Millogo, Kapouné Karfo, Jean Kaboré

“…Results One hundred and seven patients with a mean age of 38.92 ± 16.06 years were included in the study. …”
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Risk factors for low back pain after oblique lumbar interbody fusion in patients with low-grade degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a retrospective study by Shuanchi Wang, Jiabao Chen, Zhe Lu

“…Demographic, clinical, surgical, and radiological characteristics of this population were analyzed to determine the relationship between these characteristics and the degree of low back pain relief after OLIF.ResultsA total of 116 patients (average age 58.61 ± 7.01 years) were included in this study. …”
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Effects of peroxidized soybean oil on growth and energy digestibility in broilers by Brian J. Kerr, Victoria C. Wilson, Patrick C. von Schamburg, Carl M. Parsons

“…Broilers were fed diets from 7 to 35 d of age with 8 replications per dietary treatment. Broilers fed diets containing SO processed at 135°C resulted in a reduction in average daily gain (ADG) and average daily feed intake (ADFI, P ≤ 0.05) compared to birds fed diets containing the unheated SO while birds fed diets containing SO processed at 90°C resulted in a reduction in gain to feed (GF, P ≤ 0.05) compared to birds fed diets containing the unheated SO. …”
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A Comparison of Urine Dilution Ability between Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Other Chronic Kidney Diseases, and Healthy Control Subjects: A Case-Control Study by M. H. Malmberg, F. H. Mose, E. B. Pedersen, J. N. Bech

“…Results. The three groups were age and gender matched, and the patient groups had similar renal function. …”
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Development of a diagnostic multivariable prediction model of a positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR result in healthcare workers with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospital settings. by Sandra Liliana Valderrama-Beltrán, Juliana Cuervo-Rojas, Martín Rondón, Juan Sebastián Montealegre-Diaz, Juan David Vera, Samuel Martinez-Vernaza, Alejandra Bonilla, Camilo Molineros, Viviana Fierro, Atilio Moreno, Leidy Villalobos, Beatriz Ariza, Carlos Álvarez-Moreno

“…The selected variables were age, socioeconomic status, occupation, service, symptoms (fever, cough, fatigue/weakness, diarrhea, anosmia or dysgeusia), asthma, history of SARS-CoV-2, vaccination status, and population-level RT-PCR positivity. …”
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Comparison of two skin protection regimes for the Prevention of Incontinence-associated Dermatitis in geriatric care (PID): a study protocol for an exploratory randomised controlle... by Jan Kottner, Monira El Genedy-Kalyoncu, Alexandra Fastner, Bettina Völzer, Kathrin Raeder, Konrad Neumann, Nils Axel Lahmann

“…Introduction The majority of aged long-term care receivers and patients in geriatric acute care are affected by some form of incontinence. …”
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Association between D-dimer to lymphocyte ratio and in hospital all-cause mortality in elderly patients with sepsis: a cohort of 1123 patients by Xinguang Long, Zhenkui Hu, Chao Song, Jinhui Zhang

“…The association between DLR and all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis was further elucidated using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis.ResultsThe study included participants with a median age of 75 (65-84) years, with 707 (63.0%) being male. …”
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Clinicopathological Review of 547 Bulbar Enucleations in Hungary (2006–2017) by Gábor Tóth, Nóra Szentmáry, Gábor László Sándor, Béla Csákány, Erika Maka, Jeannette Tóth, Zsuzsanna Antus, Milán Tamás Pluzsik, Achim Langenbucher, Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, Olga Lukáts

“…Retrospective review was performed on 547 enucleated eyes of 543 patients (48.6% males, age 52.7 ± 24.5 years) who were operated on between 2006 and 2017 at the Department of Ophthalmology of Semmelweis University, in Budapest, Hungary. …”
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Real-world data on utilization of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer: impact on surgical complications and oncological efficacy by Hege S. Haugnes, Hakon Kjaeve, Eivind Bjerkaas, Ragnhild Hellesnes, Line Hjelle, Magnus Larsen

“…Most common causes for not receiving NAC were age ≥ 75 years (n = 38; 31%), cardiovascular disease (n = 7; 5.6%), and reduced kidney function (n = 6; 4.8%). …”
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Expression and correlation of endoglin, sEndoglin, and MMP-14 on preeclampsia placenta by Febriana Catur Iswanti, Ninik Mudjihartini, Reni Paramita, Yuditiya Purwosunu, Ani Retno Prijanti

“…All parameters showed a gradual decrease with advancing gestational age. sEndoglin and MMP-14 demonstrated a strong positive correlation (r = 0.658, p < 0.001), while endoglin and MMP-14 exhibited a moderate positive correlation (r = 0.554, p < 0.001). …”
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Intentional saccadic eye movements in patients with vestibular migraine by Pan Gu, Jing Feng, Lipeng Cai, Huimin Fan, Hailing Wang, Xiaokun Geng, Yuchuan Ding

“…The VM group and control group matched for age and gender were collected from Beijing Luhe Hospital affiliated with Capital Medical University, between June 2021 and May 2022. …”
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The Great Vietnamese Famine of 1944-45 Revisited by Geoffrey Gunn

“…The demographics vary from French estimates of 600,000-700,000 dead, to official Vietnamese numbers of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 victims.1 Food security is an age-old problem, and dearth, famine, and disease have long been a scourge of mankind across the broad Eurasian landmass and beyond. …”
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Optimizing Xenograft Models for Breast Cancer: A Comparative Analysis of Cell-Derived and Patient-Derived Implantation Techniques in Pre-Clinical Research by Khairani AF, Harmonia S, Chou Y, Alfarafisa NM, Ramadhanti J

“…Astrid Feinisa Khairani,1– 3 Shella Harmonia,2 Yoan Chou,3 Nayla Majeda Alfarafisa,1,2 Julia Ramadhanti1,2 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; 2Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; 3Graduate School of Master Program in Anti Aging and Aesthetic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Astrid Feinisa Khairani, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jalan Ir. …”
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A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Dose-Response Trial of Muvz&trade; for Knee and Low-Back Support in Physically Active Adults by Kalman D, Srivastava S, Desale A, Chatte Snr MD, Nalavade RJ, Shah Snr KM, Karvir S, Bhasale S

“…Ltd, Morya House, 118-B, off Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400053, India, Tel +91 9619477885, Email shalini.s@vediclifesciences.comPurpose: The current study aimed to investigate the dose-response efficacy and safety of MuvzTM (E-PR-01, a blend of V. negundo and Z. officinale) in 400 mg (High-dose [HD]) and 200 mg (Low-dose [LD]) of daily dose in physically active adults in 90 days.Patients and Methods: The study included 157 adults aged 40– 60 having knee/low back joint discomfort. …”
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Comparison of Modified Biophysical Profile with Doppler Ultrasonographic Analysis in Determining Fetal well Being in the Third Trimester by Kadir Bakay, Ahmet Varolan, Ali Yazgan, Atif Akyol, İnci Davas

“…RESULTS: Our research is based on 99 voluntary pregnant patients between 18 and 40 years old and who are ahead of 36 weeks that were admitted to our hospital for labor between December 2009 and March 2010. Patients' median age was 23.30±4.91, gravida changing between 1 and 5 with a median of 2 and parity changing between 0 and 2 with a median of 1. …”
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The Utah Population Database. A Model for Linking Medical and Genealogical Records for Population Health Research by Ken R. Smith, Alison Fraser, Diana Lane Reed, Jahn Barlow, Heidi A. Hanson, Jennifer West, Stacey Knight, Navina Forsythe, Geraldine P. Mineau

“…UPDB is also linked to Medicare claims data, a federal health insurance program generally for persons age 65 or older. The UPDB provides access to information on more than 11 million individuals and supports nearly 400 research projects. …”
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The association of lipid accumulation product with inflammatory parameters and mortality: evidence from a large population-based study by Yi Chi, Yiqing Zhang, Huang Lin, Shanshan Zhou, Genlin Jia, Wei Wen

“…This study aimed to explore the association between a novel marker of lipid accumulation, the abdominal volume index (AVI), inflammatory parameters, and mortality.MethodsThis study enrolled 2,109 older adult senior citizens (aged over 60 years) with hypertension from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. …”
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Effects of L-carnitine and pentoxifylline on long-term preservation of the human sperms: An experimental study by Elham Aliabadi, Zohre Nateghian, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani, Marziyeh Tavalaee, Tahereh Talaei-Khozani

“…Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, semen samples of 26 normozoospermia men aged between 28–34 yr, were firstly prepared using the swim-up technique, and each sample was divided into the following 3 aliquots: untreated control group, the LC, and PT-treated groups. …”
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Historical dynamics of marginal populations at the leading edge of a temperate species in the boreal‐temperate ecotone by Pierre‐Yves Mondou Laperrière, Todor S. Minchev, Pierre Grondin, Martin Lavoie, Guillaume de Lafontaine

“…Contemporary dynamics (<200 years) were assessed by analyzing tree size structure of all stems within 400 m2 plots, minimal stand age from tree‐ring dating, as well as the recent occurrence of fire and logging from published ecoforest data. …”
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Exploring the relationship between personal and cohabiting family members’ COVID-19 infection experiences and fear of COVID-19: a longitudinal study based on the Japan COVID-19 and... by Takahiro Tabuchi, Akira Ishikawa, Hirokazu Tachikawa, Haruhiko Midorikawa

“…Mild symptoms in either the respondents or their family members correlated with reduced fear (β=−0.584, SE=0.181, p=0.001), while severe symptoms were associated with increased fear (β=1.244, SE=0.217, p&lt;0.001). Gender, age, marital status and a history of respiratory disease or mental illness were also significant factors. …”
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