TB among refugees from Ukraine in European countries by G. de Vries, J.P. Guthmann, B. Häcker, B. Hauer, K. Nordstrand, A. Nowinski, H. Soini

“…TB notification rates were higher in countries advising screening for all (16.9/100,000) or specific groups of refugees from Ukraine (14.7/100,000) compared to those without screening (7.2/100,000). …”
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Efficacy of Lazolex® Gel in the Treatment of Herpes Simplex Mucocutaneous Infections and the Prevention of Recurrences: A Pilot Study by Tina A. Kituashvili, Vakhtang G. Kvirkvelia, George G. Galdava, Nino G. Archvadze

“…A single-center, single-arm, open-label, phase II clinical trial was conducted with 30 patients divided into two groups: 15 patients with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infections and 15 with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). All received topical treatment with Lazolex® Gel four times a day for 10 days. …”
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A NEW INTELLIGENT DRIVER VIGILANCE SYSTEM DESIGN USING TILT SENSORS by Ali Zuhair Ghazi Zahid, Karrar Shakir Muttair, Oras Ahmed Shareef, Abbas Ali Diwan, Hazeem Baqir Taher, Raed Hameed Chyad Alfilh, Ahmed Mahmood Farhan, Mahmood Farhan Mosleh, Faiz Arith

“…In this article, we present a new method for implementing drowsiness detection inexpensively, using a Raspberry Pi as a central processor board that connects all practical measurement components. In addition, the proposed method includes the following activities: tracking the driver's head vibration while driving using tilt sensors. …”
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An Improved Tree Crown Delineation Method Based on a Gradient Feature-Driven Expansion Process Using Airborne LiDAR Data by Jiaxuan Jia, Lei Zhang, Kai Yin, Uwe Sörgel

“…Results show that our method produced much better performance (~75% matched on average) than other commonly used methods across all test forest plots. The erroneous situation of “match but over-grow” is significantly reduced, regardless of forest conditions. …”
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A Painless Restricted Motion of the Thumb: What Etiology? About An Uncommon Tumor in Uncommon Localization by Naoufal Elghoul, Mohammed Benchakroun, Azzelarab Bennis, Omar Zaddoug, Ali Zine, Mansour Tanane, Abdeloihab Jaafar

“…Lipomas in fingers are rare and account for less than 1% of all cases. As a type of lipoma, the spindle cell lipoma is exceptional and it presents 1.5% of total adipocyte tumors. …”
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Risk assessment of look‒alike, sound‒alike (LASA) medication errors in an Italian hospital pharmacy: A model based on the ‘Failure Mode and Effect Analysis’ by Nestor Ciociano, Lucilla Grisi, Lucia Bagnasco, Maria Giovanna Elberti, Marcello Mazzarella

“…T test showed that the difference between RPN 1 and RPN 2 was statistically significant for all corrective measures provided by our action plan. …”
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The Effect of Detethering Surgery on the Bladder Function and Psychology of Children with Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome by Shuai Yang, Zhaokai Zhou, Xingchen Liu, Zhan Wang, Yanping Zhang, He Zhang, Lei Lv, Yibo Wen, Qingwei Wang, Wei Jia, Jinhua Hu, Jian Guo Wen

“…Conclusions: DS could not considerably ameliorate pre-existing bladder dysfunction and patients exhibiting non-progressive bladder dysfunction could be treated conservatively with close observation. TCS plagues patients all the time even if detethering. Psychological counseling for children with TCS should be strengthened after DS.…”
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Poor Reporting of Outcomes Beyond Accuracy in Point-of-Care Tests for Syphilis: A Call for a Framework by Yalda Jafari, Mira Johri, Lawrence Joseph, Caroline Vadnais, Nitika Pant Pai

“…Using our framework and definitions, a pattern of incomplete documentation, inconsistent definitions, and lack of clarity was identified across all IROs. Conclusion. Although POC screening tests for syphilis were generally favourably evaluated across a range of outcomes, the quality of evidence was compromised by inconsistent definitions, poor methodology, and documentation of outcomes. …”
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Researches on new and simple test for elifferentiation of tuberculosis anel brucellosis by Veysi ASLAN

“…This research was carried out on a total of 50 ili animals suspected from tuberculosis and brucellosis which were brought to the clinics of Veterinary Faculty and on 10 healthy cattle that have being raised at o ur experimental farm.<p> All of the animals were inspected clinically and the new and simple test ,Balcı test was applied to those ones with tuberculosis and brusellosis. …”
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A Comparison of Alexithymia in Individuals with Suicidal Ideation, Attempted Suicide, and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury by Sertaç Zengil, Orhan Delice, Hilal Uygur

“…The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) were applied to all participants. The individuals taking part were assigned into three different groups for comparisons, suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, and NSSI.Results: TAS-20 scores (55.88±13.23) and HDRS scores (21.89±9.14) were higher in the case groups than in the healthy controls (38.44±11.72 and 1.96±2.51, respectively) (p&lt;0.001). …”
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Emotional and physical experiences of people with neovascular age-related macular degeneration during the injection process in Germany: a qualitative study by Oliver Zeitz, Martina Breuning, Christine Holmberg, Christian Wolfram, Anne Thier

“…We recruited participants all over Germany via ophthalmologists, eye clinics, general practitioners, care bases and support groups between June 2018 and December 2020 and selected a subsample of study participants with nvAMD who were either undergoing or had previously undergone vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor therapy. …”
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Influence of Fasting Plasma Glucose Level on Admission of COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Study by Yingying Zhao, Huichun Xing

“…It suggests that intensive monitoring and control of blood glucose are important for all COVID-19 patients.…”
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Multi‐omics graph convolutional networks for digestive system tumour classification and early‐late stage diagnosis by Lin Zhou, Zhengzhi Zhu, Hongbo Gao, Chunyu Wang, Muhammad Attique Khan, Mati Ullah, Siffat Ullah Khan

“…These neoplasms constitute 20% of all documented cancer diagnoses and contribute to 22.5% of cancer‐related fatalities. …”
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Effectiveness of movement representation techniques in non-specific shoulder pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Nuray Alaca, Ali Ömer Acar, Sergen Öztürk

“…MRT also showed significant benefits for range of motion, particularly in flexion (low heterogeneity, I2 = 26.38%, Hedges’g = 0.683), abduction (low heterogeneity, I2 = 33.27%, Hedges’g = 0.756), and external rotation (low heterogeneity, I2 = 48.33%, Hedges’g = 0.542) (P < 0.001 for all), while no significant effect was found for internal rotation (P > 0.05). …”
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How bumblebees manage conflicting information seen on arrival and departure from flowers by Marie-Geneviève Guiraud, HaDi MaBouDi, Joe Woodgate, Olivia K. Bates, Oscar Ramos Rodriguez, Vince Gallo, Andrew B. Barron

“…This gives bees the potential to learn all information associated with a feeding event, but it also presents the challenge of managing information that is irrelevant, inconsistent, or conflicting. …”
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The R18 Polyarginine Peptide Is More Effective Than the TAT-NR2B9c (NA-1) Peptide When Administered 60 Minutes after Permanent Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in the Rat by D. Milani, N. W. Knuckey, R. S. Anderton, J. L. Cross, B. P. Meloni

“…At 24 hours after MCAO, there was reduced total infarct volume in R18 treated animals at all doses, but this reduction only reached statistical significance at doses of 100 and 1000 nmol/kg. …”
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Fungal Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Comprehensive Narrative Review by Maria Mazzitelli, Federico Nalesso, Alberto Enrico Maraolo, Vincenzo Scaglione, Lucrezia Furian, Annamaria Cattelan

“…Fungal colonization, diabetes mellitus, chronic liver disease, malnutrition, and pre-existing lung conditions should all be acknowledged as possible predisposing risk factors. …”
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Characteristics of self-management among patients with complex health needs: a thematic analysis review by Catherine Hudon, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Annie-Pier Gobeil-Lavoie, Alya Danish

“…Consequently, the objective of this paper was to identify characteristics of self-management among patients with chronic diseases and complex healthcare needs.Design Thematic analysis review of the literature.Methods We developed search strategies for the MEDLINE and CINAHL databases, covering the January 2000–October 2018 period. All articles in English or French addressing self-management among an adult clientele (18 years and older) with complex healthcare needs (multimorbidity, vulnerability, complexity and frequent use of health services) were included. …”
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Characterization of Esthetic Orthodontic Wires Made from Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Containing High-Strength, Small-Diameter Glass Fibers by Yasuhiro Tanimoto, Toshihiro Inami, Masaru Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Kasai, Norio Hirayama, Yoshio Aoki

“…Our findings suggest that the GFRTPs might be applied to all phases of orthodontic treatment because their properties can be tuned by changing the fiber properties such as fiber type and diameter.…”
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Protective effect of Panax ginseng extract on cisplatin-induced AKI via downregulating cell death associated genes by Reza Alipanah-Moghadam, Vahideh Aghamohammadi, Sina Seifi, Hedieh Esmaeili, Somaieh Noroozzadeh, Farhad Jeddi, Ramin Salimnejad, Ali Nemati

“…The duration of the investigation was 7 days, and all rats except the control group received a single dose of 10 mg/kg cisplatin on the 4th day. …”
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