Association of Asthma Control and Metered-Dose Inhaler Use Technique among Adult Asthmatic Patients Attending Outpatient Clinic, in Resource-Limited Country: A Prospective Study by Bezie Kebede, Girma Mamo, Abebaw Molla

“…Patient baseline assessment was conducted (patient demography, inhalation technique, adherence, and asthma control status). …”
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Comparison of Quality of Care and Welfare Services for Middle-aged and Older Disabled Individuals in Iran and Lebanon Using ServQual Model by Sedighe Sadat Tabatabaei Far, Negar Paydar Jahromi, Suhail Mahmoud Al-Zoubi, Abdulrazzak Abyad, Abdolrahim Asadollahi

“… Objectives: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating and comparing the quality of care and welfare services for middle-aged and older disabled individuals in Iran and Lebanon. …”
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Soil Characteristics, Growth, Yield, Mineral Composition and Proximate Content of Soybeans Under Various Tillage Techniques by Aruna Olasekan Adekiya, Olajire Damilola Adedokun, Ojo Timothy Adebiyi

“…Therefore, field experiments were conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of Landmark University, located in Omu-Aran, Kwara State. …”
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Pengaruh Pemulsaan Jerami Padi dan Sistem Olah Tanah Terhadap Pertumbuhan dan Hasil Tanaman Kedelai (Glycine max L. Merril) Non-Organik by Lutfy Ditya Cahyanti

“…This Research is needed to determine the dose and the right soil processing combined with optimal doses of straw mulch to improve the growth and yield of soybean.This research conducted wit Split Plot Design with three replication, with soil tillage as main plot and rice straw mulch as sub plot. …”
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About the Master’s Program “Creative Personnel Management”: Methodological Foundations by A. O. Grudzinskiy, I. V. Guskova, N. E. Serebrovskaya, V. V. Mariko

“…At the second stage, a questionnaire survey was conducted among a wider group of employers with the task of determining the priority of the proposed professional competencies (N=87). …”
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Impact of Seasonal Variations on Semen Parameters: A Retrospective Analysis of Data from Subjects Attending a Tertiary Care Fertility Centre by Anitha Malathi, Ramesh P. Iyer, Reji Mohan, Sheila Balakrishnan

“…Background: Seasonal variations in semen parameters have been detected in many previous studies, mostly conducted in the West and Mediterranean countries. …”
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Necessity of applying anatomical unit resection surgery in suspected posterior oral squamous cell carcinoma by Bowen Dai, Hongyu Tan, Zhimin Yang, Zhaojian Gong, Kun Wu, Hanjiang Wu

“…Univariable and multivariable cox analysis were conducted to identify independent prognostic factors of the patients. …”
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Research on Damage Assessment of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Column Subjected to Near-Field Blast Loading by Ying Cui, Meimei Song, Zhan Qu, Shanshan Sun, Junhai Zhao

“…Although many studies have been conducted on CFST columns with these two section types, no studies have been conducted on their damage assessment under blast loading. …”
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Phytotoxic Effects of Polystyrene Microplastics on Growth Morphology, Photosynthesis, Gaseous Exchange and Oxidative Stress of Wheat Vary with Concentration and Shape by Komal Riaz, Tahira Yasmeen, Kotb A. Attia, Itoh Kimiko, Muhammad Saleem Arif

“…For the transpiration rate, stomatal conductance and intercellular CO₂ concentration, the negative effects of PS on wheat plants increased with the increase in microplastic concentration for all shapes of PS. …”
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Prevalence, predisposing factors, and turnover intention related to low back pain among health workers in Accra, Ghana. by Philip Apraku Tawiah, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Paul Okyere, Geoffrey Adu-Fosu, Mary Eyram Ashinyo

“…<h4>Results</h4>A survey was conducted among 607 health workers in 10 public and private hospitals. …”
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Futility in TAVI: A scoping review of definitions, predictive criteria, and medical predictive models. by Charlie Ferry, Jade Fiery-Fraillon, Mario Togni, Stephane Cook

“…<h4>Design</h4>A scoping review was conducted by two researchers and reported in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR guidelines.…”
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Prognostic determinants and functional role of PIK3C2G in stage IIb-IIIa lung adenocarcinoma: insights from clinical and molecular analyses by Chao Gao, Jiaqi Zhang, Xin Du, Xuehan Gao, Xiayao Diao, Ke Zhao, Yeye Chen, Shanqing Li

“…Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were conducted to identify prognostic factors. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed on a subset of the patients with preserved tumor tissues and no matched targeted therapies to identify high-frequency mutated genes. …”
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The effect of healthy eating index-2015 in the associations of biological aging and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an interaction and mediation analysis by Xiang Zhang, Zhijie Ding, Yong Yan, Weiming Yang, Xiaoming Ai, Yongping Zhou

“…Additionally, generalized additive model was conducted to investigate the association of BA and HEI-2015 with ZJU index, BARD score, and NAFLD fibrosis score. …”
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Is International Travel an Emerging Issue on Transmission of Beijing Lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis? by Pavithra S. Madamarandawala, Srinath Satyanarayana, Collins Timire, Aashifa Yaqoob, Dushantha Madegedara, Dhammika N. Magana-Arachchi

“…Fresh sputum samples were collected for culturing and conducted polymerase chain reaction using BL-specific primers. …”
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INTERACTIVE WEB 2.0 TOOLS IN CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING by Rinata R. Zaripova, Leila L. Salekhova, Andrew V. Danilov

“…The research was organized and conducted as a pedagogical experiment with parallel groups. …”
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Inclusion of non-medical interventions in model-based economic evaluations for tuberculosis: A scoping review. by Lauren C Ramsay, Marina Richardson, Rafael N Miranda, Marian Hassan, Sarah K Brode, Elizabeth Rea, Beate Sander

“…Several guidance documents exist to support the conduct of economic evaluations, however, there is limited guidance for the evaluation of non-medical interventions. …”
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Facilitators and barriers to parental involvement in neonatal pain management in the NICU: a scoping review by Min Shi, Jie Jing, Binzhi Tang, Lu Feng, Linli Xie

“…To help structure and implement a family engagement programme in neonatal pain management in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), we conducted a scoping review to identify facilitators and barriers to parental involvement in neonatal pain management.Methods We conducted the scoping review using the Arksey and O’Malley framework. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Bandage Contact Lenses and Eye Patching after Bilateral Cataract Surgery by Dalan Jing, Aihua Deng, Hongmei Wang, Yilin Chou, Xiaodan Jiang, Zhenxiang Chen, Xuemin Li, Tingyi Wen

“…Oculus keratography was conducted on the first day before surgery and on Day 7. …”
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Evaluation of the Response of Sorghum to Tillage Systems and Nitrogen Fertilization by Marwan Ramadhan, Sadiq Muhsin

“…Relatively few studies have been conducted to measure the response of grain sorghum varieties to tillage and nitrogen. …”
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Impact of ZnO nanopriming on physiological and biochemical traits of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedling by Priyanka Pandya, Sushil Kumar, Ghanshyam Patil, Monil Mankad, Zarna Shah

“…Abstract To ascertain the ideal dosage of ZnO NPs (Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles), we conducted an investigation on the priming effects of varying concentrations of ZnO NPs on germination and physio-biochemical parameters of wheat. …”
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