Laminoplasty vs laminectomy in the surgical management of spinal intradural extramedullary tumors by Deepak Kumar Singh, Prevesh Kumar Sharma, Vipin Kumar Chand, Kaif Mohammad, Kuldeep Yadav, Neha Singh

“…Results Of the total, there were 23 males and 33 females, with a mean age of 39.47 ± 13.65 years in the laminectomy group and 37.23 ± 12.03 in the laminoplasty group. …”
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COVID-19 Viral Pneumonia Complicated with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Descriptive Study by Hoda Salah Darwish, Mohamed Yasser Habash, Waleed Yasser Habash

“…This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of our hospital, and the patient consent was waived. Results. The mean age of the included patients was 49 ± 11 years; the youngest was 22 years, and the oldest was 64 years. …”
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The Effects Of Differing Density Of Swim-Training Sessions On Shoulder Range Of Motion and Isometric Force Production In National and University Level Swimmers by Matias Yoma, Lee Herrington, Tanya Mackenzie

“… # Methods Ten male swimmers (age= 18.7 ± 1.2 years) were divided into high-load (N= 5 national-level, weekly swim-volume= 37.0 ± 2.7 km) and low-load groups (N= 5 university-level, weekly swim-volume= 6.8 ± 1.8 km). …”
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Outcome of Newborns with Tracheoesophageal Fistula: An Experience from a Rapidly Developing Country: Room for Improvement by Amal Al-Naimi, Sara G. Hamad, Abdalla Zarroug

“…All patients were operated except for one patient who died at 2 days of life due to cardiac complications. Median age at which surgery was performed was 2 days (range 1-270 days). …”
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An Experimental Intervention Study Assessing the Impact of a Thin Silicone Gel Surface Overlay on Interface Pressure by Seth Kwadjo Angmorterh, Andrew England, Sonia Aboagye, Eric Kwasi Ofori, Peter Hogg

“…Study participants were 14 males (70%) and six females (30%), with an age range of 25–53 years (mean = 34.4 ± 7.0). Paired-samples t-test results indicated that there was a statistically significant decrease in the mean IP for the head on the X-ray table without the silicone gel surface overlay (mean = 83.9 ± 8.2 in mmHg) and the X-ray table with the gel surface overlay (mean = 62.4 ± 6.1 in mmHg), p≤0.001. …”
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Goal-Directed vs Traditional Approach to Intraoperative Fluid Therapy during Open Major Bowel Surgery: Is There a Difference? by Prabhu P. Sujatha, Anitha Nileshwar, H. M. Krishna, S. S. Prasad, Manjunath Prabhu, Shobha U. Kamath

“…Patients between 20 and 70 years of age, either gender, ASA I and II, and scheduled for elective open major bowel surgery were included in the study. …”
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Effect of a Vibration System on Pain Reduction during Injection of Dental Anesthesia in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Muhanad AlHareky, Jehan AlHumaid, Sumit Bedi, Maha El Tantawi, Mazin AlGahtani, Yousef AlYousef

“…A total of 51 children aged 5–12 years participated in this randomized controlled clinical trial. …”
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Aetiology of vaginal discharge, urethral discharge, and genital ulcer in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-regression. by Julia Michalow, Magdalene K Walters, Olanrewaju Edun, Max Wybrant, Bethan Davies, Tendesayi Kufa, Thabitha Mathega, Sungai T Chabata, Frances M Cowan, Anne Cori, Marie-Claude Boily, Jeffrey W Imai-Eaton

“…Aetiologic distributions for each symptom were largely the same across regions and population strata, despite HIV status and age being significantly associated with several infection diagnoses. …”
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Prognostic Value of the Red Blood Cell Distribution Width-to-Albumin Ratio in Critically Ill Older Patients with Acute Kidney Injury: A Retrospective Database Study by Lei Guo, Dezhun Chen, Bihuan Cheng, Yuqiang Gong, Benji Wang

“…After controlling for ethnicity, gender, age, and other confounding variables in multivariate analysis, higher RA was significantly associated with an increased risk of 30-day, 90-day, and one-year all-cause mortality as opposed to the reduced levels of RA (tertile 3 vs. tertile 1: hazard ratios (HRs), 95% confidence intervals (CIs): 1.70, 1.43–2.01; 1.90, 1.64–2.19; and 1.95, 1.72–2.20, respectively). …”
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Shaping Treatment Expectation to Optimize Efficacy of Interleukin 17A Antagonist Secukinumab in Psoriasis Patients by Hölsken S, Krefting F, Mühlhaus S, Bese D, Schedlowski M, Sondermann W

“…We evaluated skin symptoms using the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI), the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), perceived itch, mood and plasma IL-17A levels at baseline and at 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks post intervention.Results: The study included N = 120 patients (average age = 45.78 years, 34% female). A high baseline expectation level (8.1 of 10 points) was observed across all groups which could not be further increased by the EXP-group’s “cover story”. …”
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Ethnobotanical survey of plants locally used in the control of termite pests among rural communities in northern Uganda by Betty C. Okori, Christine Oryema, Robert Opiro, Acur Amos, Gilbert I. Obici, Karlmax Rutaro, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Eric Sande

“…There was a significant association between respondents’ knowledge of pesticidal plants with age and gender but not with education status. A total of 11 plant species belonging to eight families were identified to be in use for control of termites in Apac. …”
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Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Dimethyl Fumarate in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Treated in Routine Medical Practice: Final Analysis of the ESTEEM Study by Krupa Shah Pandey, Kathryn Giles, Konstantin Balashov, Richard Macdonell, Jörg Windsheimer, Mikel Martinez, Ivan Božin, Stephanie Raynaud, Matthew Scaramozza, Oksana Mokliatchouk, Zhaonan Sun, Nicholas Belviso, Yayoi Sato, Xiaochen Lin, Annette Okai

“…The mean (standard deviation [SD]) age at enrollment was 40.0 (11.2) years; 74% of patients were female. …”
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Burnout Syndrome among Emergency Physicians and Nurses in Abha and Khamis Mushait Cities, Aseer Region, Southwestern Saudi Arabia by Abdulghani M. Alqahtani, Nabil J. Awadalla, Safar A. Alsaleem, Awad S. Alsamghan, Mohammed Abadi Alsaleem

“…The study included 282 physicians and nurses. The age of more than half of them (54.3%) ranged between 31 and 35 years. …”
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THE PUBLIC SPHERE OF POLITICS: THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSION IN CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATIVE THEORY by O. A. Tretyak

“…The public sphere is important in the age of the cyber revolution and the rule of networking technologies and it gets an anthropological dimension in its definition of the modern individual. …”
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Call for Papers: Intergenerational Justice Prize 2020 by FRFG, IF (Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, Intergenerational Foundation)

“…Are there different opinions depending on age/generation? • Which relevant narratives and argumentation strategies can be identified in politics, business, society and the media, and where do they converge? …”
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Comprehensive bioinformatics analysis identifies hub genes associated with immune cell infiltration in early-onset schizophrenia by Shasha Wu, Tailian Xue, Yilin Li, Weikang Chen, Yan Ren

“…Abstract Background Early-onset schizophrenia (EOS) occurs between the ages of 13 and 17 years, and neurobiological factors leading to cognitive deficits and psychotic symptoms with varying degrees of positive and negative symptoms. …”
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Comprehensive investigation of ergonomic challenges and predictors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among intensive care unit nurses of Western India through convergent mi... by Sonali Detroja, Rajkumar Mahajan, Ankit Sheth

“…Results The study included predominantly female ICU nurses (78%) with a mean age of 34 years. A high prevalence of WRMSDs (84%) was observed, with the lower back and neck being the most affected regions. …”
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The serum level of sclerostin decreases in radiographic axial spondyloarthritis patients with fatty lesions by Xuegang Li, Haijian Jiang, Xu Wang, Shuping Zhong

“…Results There were no significant differences between two groups in terms of gender, age, body mass index (BMI), duration, smoking, HLA-B27 positivity rate, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), BASDAI, ASDAS-ESR, ASDAS-CRP, biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) rate. …”
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Cultural Adaptation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Maternal and Child mHealth Intervention: Protocol for a Co-Design and Adaptation Research Study by Sana Ishaque, Ola Ela, Chris Rissel, Karla Canuto, Kerry Hall, Niranjan Bidargaddi, Annette Briley, Claire T Roberts, Sarah Jane Perkes, Anna Dowling, Billie Bonevski

“…MethodsPotential participants include Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander pregnant women and mothers of children aged 0-5 years, non-Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women who are mothers of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander babies, and health professionals who predominantly care for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies. …”
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Diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Its Subtypes Using MRI and Machine Learning by Hosna Tavakoli, Reza Rostami, Reza Shalbaf, Mohammad‐Reza Nazem‐Zadeh

“…We integrated all individuals within the dataset diagnosed with schizophrenia (N = 50), along with age‐ and gender‐matched healthy individuals (N = 50). …”
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