Episiotomies and obstetric anal sphincter injuries following a restrictive episiotomy policy in France: An analysis of the 2010, 2016, and 2021 National Perinatal Surveys. by Raphaele Houlbracq, Camille Le Ray, Béatrice Blondel, Nathalie Lelong, Anne Alice Chantry, Thomas Desplanches, ENP2021 Study Group

“…Variations between 2010 (reference), 2016, and 2021 were analyzed by Cochran-Armitage tests and using Poisson regression models adjusted for maternal age, BMI, country of birth, antenatal classes, suspicion of fetal macrosomia, and neuroaxial analgesia during labor, the professional who attended the birth, the annual number of deliveries, and the maternity unit status to account for changes in women's characteristics and obstetric practices. …”
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Comparative analysis of morphologival parameters in isolated and fused L5 spondylolysis patients on the basis of CT features by Rui Ma, Xiaoxia Huang, Luyao Li, Ye Kai, Jun Liu, Gao Leilei, Xiangning Sun, Yong Teng

“…Results There were no significant differences in age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), or Pfirrmann grade among the three groups. …”
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Thoracolumbar fascia ultrasound shear strain differs between low back pain and asymptomatic individuals: expanding the evidence by Norio Tomita, Marie-Hélène Roy-Cardinal, Boris Chayer, Stacey Daher, Ameer Attiya, Aline Boulanger, Nathaly Gaudreault, Guy Cloutier, Nathalie J. Bureau

“…Results Thirty-two NSLBP participants (mean age, 57 ± 9 years [standard deviation]; 21 women) and 32 controls (51 ± 10 years; 22 women) (p = 0.02) were enrolled. …”
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Integrated Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Novel Molecular Signatures for Schizophrenia Characterization by Tong Ni, Yu Sun, Zefeng Li, Tao Tan, Wei Han, Miao Li, Li Zhu, Jing Xiao, Huiying Wang, Wenpei Zhang, Yitian Ma, Biao Wang, Di Wen, Teng Chen, Justin Tubbs, Xiaofeng Zeng, Jiangwei Yan, Hongsheng Gui, Pak Sham, Fanglin Guan

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Comment prendre en compte les mobilités saisonnières du bétail dans l’estimation de la charge animale d’un territoire sud-sahélien ? by Yanoussa Yakoubou Alzouma, Pierre Hiernaux, Mahamane Larwanou, Maguette Kaire, Issa Garba, Amadou Adamou Kalilou, Sambo Bode, Mahaman Maaouia Abdou Moussa, Harouna Abdou Bawa

“…Méthodes : Le cheptel communal a été dénombré sur une année par espèce, sexe et classe d’âge. Le cheptel des 1 556 familles d’agro-éleveurs et agropasteurs sédentaires a été systématiquement recensé dans 40 points d’abreuvements. …”
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Trends in incidence and mortality of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among residents of Xiamen city from 2012 to 2022: analysis of hospital records and death registration dat... by Youlan CHEN, Ahua WU, Moliang CHEN, Yilan LIN, Yanqi LAN, Qun LOU, Zhinan GUO

“…During the study period, the annual crude mortality rates (1/100 000) for COPD were 14.47, 16.19, 19.77, 24.66, 30.42, 33.05, 36.30, 38.39, 34.08, 40.37, and 45. 37 and the annual standardized mortality rates (1/100 000) of COPD were 14.74, 16.46, 19.07, 22.79, 28.23, 31.87, 35.16, 36.33, 30.75, 37.70, and 41.39, respectively; both the crude mortality rate (AAPC = 12.20%, t = 7.6, P < 0. 001) and the standardized mortality rate (AAPC = 10.60%, t = 5.7, P < 0.001) showed a significant increasing trend; further subgroup analysis showed that the increasing trend of the crude COPD mortality rate was significant for male and female residents and for residents aged 60 – 69, 70 – 79, and ≥ 80 years (all P < 0.05), and the increasing trend of standardized COPD mortality rate was significant for both male and female residents (both P < 0.05). …”
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Serum ALT activity and its isoenzymes as potential biomarkers for diagnosis of Sarcopenia in older adults: a retrospective, cross-sectional study by Jiangping Zeng, Nannan Li, Jiaying Ge, Huihui Ma, Siqi Sun, Yujie Jing, Chunhua Qian, Ran Cui, Shen Qu, Hui Sheng

“…Methods This retrospective study assessed 653 older adults (aged ≥ 55 years), 109 of whom were studied for the association of ALT1, ALT2, and ALT1/ALT2 ratio with sarcopenia measures. …”
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Influencing factors of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients and effect analysis of early nursing interventions (癌症患者静脉血栓栓塞症影响因素分析及早期护理干预效果观察)... by GUAN Lin (管玲), YU Jie (于洁)

“…There was no significant difference in the incidence of VTE between patients aged under 70 and over 70(P＞0. 05). The levels of D-dimer and thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT) in the patient with VTE was higher than those of patients without VTE (P＜0. 05). …”
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Adverse reactions of botulinum toxin type A for treating strabismus in children by E.E. Sidorenko, I.A. Ostanina, K.N.M. Rosel’o, D.V. Migel, E.I. Sidorenko

“…</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Patients and Methods: </b>212 children (424 eyes) aged seven months to 15 years with estab-lished strabismus were enrolled. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Pharmacotherapy in Augmenting Quit Rates Among Hispanic Adults in an App-Delivered Smoking Cessation Intervention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Contr... by Margarita Santiago-Torres, Kristin E Mull, Brianna M Sullivan, Ana Paula Cupertino, Ramzi G Salloum, Matthew Triplette, Michael J Zvolensky, Jonathan B Bricker

“…They were on average 34.5 (SD 9.3) years of age, 50.9% (88/173) were female, and 56.1% (97/173) reported smoking at least 10 cigarettes daily. …”
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Protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trial assessing the effect of the Telehealth for Early Developmental Intervention in babies born very preterm (TEDI-Prem) programme o... by Alicia J Spittle, Peter J Anderson, Angela T Morgan, Rachel Schembri, Li Huang, Kim Dalziel, Rod W Hunt, Katherine Lee, Anne E Holland, Karli Treyvaud, Abbey L Eeles, Stacey Dusing, Shaaron Brown, Susan M Fehring, Gillian Henty, Elizabeth Kozaris

“…Once discharged from the hospital, sessions across phases 2 and 3 (six and three sessions, respectively) continue via telehealth until infants are 12 months’ corrected age (CA).The primary outcome is the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-fourth edition (Bayley-4) Motor Composite Score at 12 months’ CA. …”
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Prediction of slaughter weight with body components and liner body measurement of Hararge cattle at Haramaya University abattoir, Ethiopia by Takele Wolkaro, Yosef Tadesse, Mengistu Urge, Merga Bayisa

“…To achieve wider application of this model, it would be desirable to validate the equation with large population, different breed and age compositions which have been more accurately determined under different management systems.…”
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Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) in People Living With HIV Attending Centre of Excellence in HIV Care at a Tertiary Level Teaching Hospital in North... by Ragini Ram, Anuradha Subramanian MD, MSc, FRCP, Rajeshwari K. MD, PhD, FRCPCH

“…Higher BMI (mean difference [MD] = 3.25, P  = .09), waist circumference (MD = 3.84, P  = .15), hip circumference (MD = 4.36, P  = .14), and older age (MD = 6.56, P  = .07) were observed to be associated with MASLD in our study, whereas the biochemical parameters and HIV-related factors were not seen to have any particular trend of association in our study. …”
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Clinical experience with heparin-containing eye ointment for dry eye by D.M. Safonova, A.O. Root, V.D. Yartsev, M.N. Narbut

“…<br> Patients and Methods: non-controlled prospective clinical study included 21 patients (41 eyes) with moderate scleral conjunctival xerosis. Mean age was 73±8 years. All patients received PARIN-POS^® (Ursapharm, Germany) eye ointment with heparin. …”
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Activated B Lymphocyte Inhibited the Osteoblastogenesis of Bone Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Notch Signaling by Mengxue Pan, Wei Hong, Ye Yao, Xiaoxue Gao, Yi Zhou, Guoxiang Fu, Yuanchuang Li, Qiang Guo, Xinxin Rao, Peiyuan Tang, Shengzhi Chen, Weifang Jin, Guoqiang Hua, Jianjun Gao, Xiaoya Xu

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The association between controlling nutritional status and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with colorectal cancer by Yafang Li, Chuang Nie, Na Li, Jieying Liang, Ning Su, Chunhua Yang

“…All-cause mortality was significantly higher in moderate-to-severe malnutrition group than that in normal nutrition group, HR: 1.88, (95% CI: 1.34–2.62, p &lt; 0.001). Older age, male sex, chronic heart disease, open surgery, blood transfusion during surgery, distant metastasis of tumor and colon tumor were all risk factors for PPCs. …”
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Cohort retention in a pandemic response study: lessons from the SARS-CoV2 Immunity & Reinfection Evaluation (SIREN) study by Anna Howells, Katie Munro, Sarah Foulkes, Atiya Kamal, Jack Haywood, Sophie Russell, Dominic Sparkes, Erika Aquino, Jennie Evans, Dale Weston, Susan Hopkins, Jasmin Islam, Victoria Hall

“…Retention increased with age in the 12 (55–64 years vs < 25 years OR = 2.50; 95% CI: 2.19–2.85; p < 0.001) and 24-month (> 65 years vs < 25 years OR = 2.92; 95% CI: 1.78–4.88; p < 0.001) cohorts. …”
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Intrathecal Clonidine versus Dexmedetomidine as Adjuvants to Hyperbaric Ropivacaine in Lower Limb Orthopaedic Surgeries: A Randomised Clinical Study by Priya Kishnani, Aiman Monaf, Kalpesh Pati, Jatin Patel, Sara Mary Thomas

“…Mean and Standard Deviation (SD) were derived for continuous variables and t-test or Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to evaluate relationship between them, proportions for categorical variables and the Chi-square test was used for categorical variables. Results: The mean for age in Group RD5 was 39.43±10.6 years and Group RC30 was 41.43±13.65 years. …”
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Economic-productive analysis of a mixed cattle-bubaline model mixed model in the Northern region of Corrientes Province in Argentina by Pablo Maldonado-Vargas, Vanesa Guadalupe Mierke, Liliana Laura Pellerano, Guillermo Sebastián Grimaldi, Orlando Alberto Álvarez, Natalia Mercedes Vallejos, Margarita Rosa Itatí Romero, Francisco Daniel Romero, Alexis Sebastián Bandeo, Gonzalo Enrique Tuñón, José Luis Konrad

“…Highlighting the main differences within the simulation model in terms of key performance indicators for buffaloes: weaning percentage (75 to 80%), female productive life (20 years), replacement percentage (10%), and age at first service (24 months). The cattle subsystem is consistent with the traditional breeding system of the region, whose main objective is the sale of calves and culled cows, while the buffalo subsystem is a complete cycle, which results in the sale of steers surplus of replacement females and culled animals. …”
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The Combined Effect of Multisensory Stimulation and Therapist Support on Physical and Mental Health of Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Sewar Khatib, Yuval Palgi, Yoni K Ashar, Natalya Polyvyannaya, Pavel Goldstein

“…MethodsA total of 96 patients aged 65-99 years from a nursing home were randomly assigned to 3 groups: SS, TS, and combined SS+TS interventions, each delivered as four 20-minute sessions. …”
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