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

“…This reduction was observed in all groups of the classification (Cochran-Armitage tests P < 0.001), ranging from -33.0% in Group 2a [nulliparous term cephalic singleton with forceps delivery] to -94.0% in Group 7 [multiple pregnancy]. …”
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Evaluation of pitomba extract as a natural antioxidant in fresh sausages: Effects on physicochemical properties and lipid oxidation by Taline Fiorucci da Silva, Flávia Aparecida Reitz Cardoso, Nathália Leticia Hernandez Brito, Sahra Gadia Trelha, Stefanie Calisto Casarin, Leila Larisa Medeiros Marques, Adriana Aparecida Droval

“…Lipid oxidation remained low across all samples, ranging from 0.24 to 0.32 mg MDA kg−1 after 14 days, indicating good oxidative stability. …”
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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

“…Multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) was used to measure the morphological parameters of the L5 vertebra in all three groups, including the sagittal pedicle height (SPH), transverse pedicle width (TPW), transverse pedicle vertical length (TPVL), pedicle screw trajectory length (PSTL), pedicle angle of attack (PAA), frontal vertebral body height (FVH), posterior vertebral body height (PVH), sagittal midline intervertebral space height (SMISH), horizontal vertebral body angle (HVA), and vertical vertebral body angle (VVA). …”
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Baricitinib for the treatment of severe alopecia areata: results from a 52-week multicenter retrospective real-world study by Carlo A. Vignoli, Luigi Gargiulo, Luciano Ibba, Anna Balato, Mauro Barbareschi, Stefania Barruscotti, Giulia Bazzacco, Francesco Bellinato, Vittoria G. Bianchi, Valeria Boccaletti, Raffaele D. Caposiena Caro, Silvia M. Ferrucci, Alessandro Fraghì, Elisabetta Fulgione, Giuseppe Gallo, Paolo Gisondi, Isotta Giunipero di Corteranzo, Piergiorgio Malagoli, Angelo V. Marzano, Santo R. Mercuri, Diego Orsini, Pietro Quaglino, Simone Ribero, Antonio Costanzo, Alessandra Narcisi

“…This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness and safety of baricitinib in a real-world setting over 52 weeks.Materials and methods: This multicenter retrospective study included 96 adult patients diagnosed with severe AA from 11 Italian Dermatology Units. All patients received 4 mg of baricitinib daily. …”
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Maize Herbivore-Induced Volatiles Enhance Xenobiotic Detoxification in Larvae of <i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i> and <i>S. litura</i> by Peng Wang, Qiyue Zeng, Yi Zhao, Xiaomin Sun, Yongqiang Han, Rensen Zeng, Yuanyuan Song, Dongmei Chen, Yibin Lin

“…Larval exposure of the invasive alien species <i>S. frugiperda</i> to maize HIPVs significantly enhanced their tolerance to all three of the well-known defensive compounds 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (DIMBOA), chlorogenic acid, and tannic acid in maize and the two commonly used insecticides methomyl and chlorpyrifos. …”
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Life course socioeconomic position and care dependency in later life: a longitudinal multicohort study from 17 countriesResearch in context by Ting Pan, Chenshuang Li, Ying Zhou

“…Compared with a stable high SES throughout life, all other SES mobility trajectories were associated with elevated risks of both IADL and ADL dependency. …”
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Microplastic contamination in the gut and gills of commercial marine fish by . Nurhasanah, . Hasrianti, L. Hakim, E. Riani, M.Y. Iswari, M.R. Cordova

“…Microplastic pollution poses a substantial health risk to organisms at all levels of the food chain, including humans, who are top consumers. …”
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Sport-related concussion in Brazilian professional soccer: A four-year prospective epidemiological analysis by Guilherme Corrêa de Araújo Moury Fernandes, Ewerton Borges de Souza Lima, Paulo Henrique Schmidt Lara, Ana Camila de Castro Gandolfi, Jorge Roberto Pagura, Gustavo Gonçalves Arliani, Moisés Cohen

“…Among them, there were 178 head and 121 face traumas, which led to 87 SRC (representing 29.10% of all CMFT), with an incidence of 0.69. Defensive midfielders (14.43%) and goalkeepers (14.00%) had the highest prevalence rates of CMFT. …”
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Effects of Lysophospholipids on the Antioxidant Capacity, Digestive Performance, and Intestinal Microbiota of <i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i> by Hailiang Yan, Yun Wang, Hong Liang, Yafei Duan, Jun Wang, Chuanpeng Zhou, Zhong Huang

“…Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity exhibited a significant increase across all lysophospholipid-supplemented groups when compared to the DL2 group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Effectiveness of a tailored forest package of interventions, including topical repellents, in reducing malaria incidence in Myanmar by Kyawt Mon Win, John E. Gimnig, Nay Yi Yi Linn, Feliciano Monti, Nu Nu Khin, William A. Hawley, Jimee Hwang, Ryan E. Wiegand, Ersin Topcuoglu, Alexander Moran, Khin Lin, Hsu Thadar, Aye Aye Myint, Kyaw Myint Tun

“…Malaria cases were detected in all villages through surveillance at health facilities and a network of malaria workers. …”
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Evaluation of three novel antigens and costimulatory agents for improvement of M. Tuberculosis specific interferon gamma release assays by Sandra Schwarzlose-Schwarck, Mark Reinwald, Torsten Bauer, Florian Hentschel, Til Kiderlen, Dorinja Zapf, Victor Herbst, Stefan Lüth, David Krieger, Werner Dammermann

“…No increase of IFN-γ release was seen using Poly(I: C) or C5a in all three assays. Conclusions ACR, Rv1733 and Rv2626 failed to elicit equal or even better IFN-γ responses in our in-house IGRA compared to ESAT-6, CFP-10 and TB10.4 in patients with MT infection. …”
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Mejoramiento de procesos constructivos a partir de un módulo programable para captura de imágenes y simulación digital Improvement of constructive processes based on a programmable... by Adriana Gómez Cabrera, Juan Diego Echeverry Hoyos, María Ximena Giraldo Palma, Camilo Otálora Sanchez, Martha Lucía Cano Morales

“…This system includes hardware and electronic components such as cameras, video cameras, electronic cards, computers, solar panels, web platform and communication systems; all controlled by a specially designed software which simplifies the control of the equipment and its components. …”
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Perspectives and experiences regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a community sample of Veterans with unhealthy alcohol use: overall and across sexual orientation and gende... by Olivia V. Fletcher, Kristine Beaver, Elizabeth J. Austin, Jenna van Draanen, E. Jennifer Edelman, Emily C. Williams

“…Methods Using data collected from a national online survey of Veterans recruited via Facebook ads, community organizations, and listservs, we assessed variation in four PrEP outcomes (knowledge, experience, willingness, and conversations with doctors) across patterns of unhealthy alcohol use among all respondents reporting any lifetime drinking (n = 1,041) and then within sexual orientation and gender identity groups using Chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests. …”
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A catalogue of land-based adaptation and mitigation solutions to tackle climate change by Maria Vincenza Chiriacò, Claudia Dămătîrcă, Sara Abd Alla, Sara Barilari, Rebeca Biancardi Aleu, Tommaso Brazzini, Tiago Capela Lourenço, Carlotta Annamaria de Carolis Villars, Suzie Durand, Giulio Di Lallo, Ricardo Encarnação Coelho, Océane Espin, Noelia Ferreras-Alonso, Giulia Galluccio, Daniel Ganszky, Sofie Hellsten, Gema Hernández-Moral, Jane Ihrfors, Iphigenia Keramitsoglou, Chris T. Kiranoudis, Attila Nemethy, Robert Oakes, Jesús Ortuño Castillo, Amandine Valérie Pastor, Patricia Pérez-Ramirez, Iván Ramos-Diez, Panagiotis Sismanidis, Chiara Trozzo, Chiara De Notaris

“…Abstract Informing and engaging all actors in the land sector, including land-owners and managers, researchers, policy-makers and citizens, on the most effective sustainable land-based solutions and behavioural changes is a key strategy for achieving climate change adaptation and mitigation targets at the global as well as at EU and local level. …”
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The Hubble Tension in Our Own Backyard: DESI and the Nearness of the Coma Cluster by Daniel Scolnic, Adam G. Riess, Yukei S. Murakami, Erik R. Peterson, Dillon Brout, Maria Acevedo, Bastien Carreres, David O. Jones, Khaled Said, Cullan Howlett, Gagandeep S. Anand

“…Independent of SNe Ia, the HST Key Project FP relation as calibrated by Cepheids, the tip of the red giant branch from JWST, or HST near-infrared surface brightness fluctuations all yield D _Coma  < 100 Mpc, in joint tension themselves with the Planck-calibrated route at >3 σ . …”
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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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The Antiobesity Effect of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Alone or in Combination with Metformin in Overweight /Obese Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ana... by Xiaorui Lyu, Taibiao Lyu, Xue Wang, Huijuan Zhu, Hui Pan, Linjie Wang, Hongbo Yang, Fengying Gong

“…Therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted in our present study to evaluate the antiobesity effects of GLP-1RAs either as monotherapy or combined with MET in comparison with MET alone in overweight/obese PCOS patients. Methods. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) which reported the efficacy of GLP-1RAs and MET in overweight/obese PCOS patients in Medline (from Pubmed), Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and Scopus databases were independently searched by two reviewers. …”
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Evaluation of the potential value of artificial intelligence (AI) in public health using fluoride intake as the example by Wei Wei, Tianshu Gu, Yanhong Cao, Shuqiu Sun, Dan Wei, Minghui Li, Alyce D. Fly, Weikuan Gu, Lan Yao, Dianjun Sun

“…Finally, summaries were made through group discussions among all the authors. Results: For the three questions on basic knowledge about the effect of fluoride on public health, the answers from ChatGPT were rated as excellent or good. …”
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The Effect of Adjuvant Radiotherapy on One- and Two-Stage Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction and on Autologous Reconstruction: A Multicenter Italian Study among 18 Senonetwork Breast... by Andrea Vittorio Emanuele Lisa, Marzia Salgarello, Alessandra Huscher, Fabio Corsi, Daniele Piovani, Federica Rubbino, Stefania Andreoletti, Giovanni Papa, Francesco Klinger, Corrado Tinterri, Alberto Testori, Marta Scorsetti, Paolo Veronesi, Maria Cristina Leonardi, Mario Rietjens, Umberto Cortinovis, Valeria Summo, Emanuele Rampino Cordaro, Pier Camillo Parodi, Paolo Persichetti, Mauro Barone, Giorgio De Santis, Matteo Murolo, Michele Riccio, Angelica Aquinati, Francesco Cavaliere, Nicola Vaia, Giulia Pagura, Erica Dalla Venezia, Franco Bassetto, Vincenzo Vindigni, Luigi Ciuffreda, Maria Alessandra Bocchiotti, Alberto Sciarillo, Nadia Renzi, Graziano Meneghini, Tajna Kraljic, Andrea Loreti, Lucio Fortunato, Valentina Pino, Valeriano Vinci, Marco Klinger

“…Data were collected from 18 Italian Breast Centres and stored in a cumulative database which included the following: autologous reconstruction, direct-to-implant (DTI), and tissue expander/immediate (TE/I). For all patients, we described complications and surgical endpoints to complications such as reconstruction failure, explant, change in type of reconstruction, and reintervention. …”
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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>Conclusion</b>: chemodenervation by BTA injection in hyperfunctional extraocular muscles is a highly effective, non-traumatic, and safe treatment for strabismus in children. All adverse reactions identified by our study were transient.…”
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