Does the CDC Surgical Wound Classification adequately predict postoperative infection in lower extremity fracture surgery? by Elizabeth Cho, MD, Hanna House, MD, Andrew Marten, BS, Marina Feffer, MPH, Julie Agel, MA, John Scolaro, MD, Meir Marmor, MD, Ashley E. Levack, MD, MAS, OTA Classification & Outcomes Committee, James Kellam, MD, Gillian Soles, MD, Jarrod Dumpe, MD, Kyle Schweser, MD, Geoffrey Maracek, MD

“…Presence of SSI was determined by selective chart review of patients who met the screening variables for repeated procedures, open fracture, abscess or wound debridement, intraoperative cultures, or infectious disease consultation (n = 551). …”
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Strategies to promote the provision of sexual health services during menopause: a qualitative study from the perspective of menopausal women and healthcare providers in Isfahan cit... by Maryam Moradi, Mahnaz Noroozi, Firoozeh Mostafavi, Marjan Beigi

“…Results Data analysis led to the extraction of three main categories: 1-providing comprehensive and client-centered care with five sub-categories, namely “screening and active search for recognition of sexual dysfunction”, “compliance with cultural considerations in service delivery”, “tailoring treatment plans for individual patients”, “collaborative decision‐making approach”, and “improving specialty care follow-up”; 2- improving infrastructure for better service delivery with three sub-categories, namely “allocation of appropriate physical space”, “strengthening teamwork and interdisciplinary cooperation”, and “provision of cost-effective services”; and 3- expanding services as well as enhancing access with five sub-categories, namely “integration of sexual health services in primary health care”, “using telemedicine to provide services”, “expansion of intersectoral relations”, “introducing sexual health services”, and “conducting research on sexual health services”. …”
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Impact of Combined Acidic and Hyperosmotic Shock Conditions on the Proteome of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115 in a Time-Course Study by Dong Lai Zhang, Ya Long Bai, John P. Bowman

“…The enumeration results showed that, at 5 min, cells underwent initial rapid inactivation by 1.2 log units and 2.5 log units after 30 min, and after that, culturability remained stable when sampled at 1 h. From the iTRAQ results, the proteome level changes that occur rapidly during the inactivation process mainly affected prophage, cell defense/detoxification, carbohydrate-related metabolism, transporter proteins, phosphotransferase systems, cell wall biogenesis, and specific cell surface proteins. …”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Brief Parenting Questionnaire by Kenneth E. Miller, Alexandra Chen, Ioannis Bakolis, Gabriela V. Koppenol-Gonzalez, Maguy Arnous, Fadila Tossyeh, Dalia Al-Ogaily, Mark J. D. Jordans

“…Conclusions The BPQ is a brief culturally grounded self-report measure of parenting validated for use with Middle Eastern Arabic speaking parents. …”
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Returning to the emergency department: a retrospective analysis of mental health re-presentations among young people in New South Wales, Australia by Rebecca Ivers, Michael Dinh, Patricia Cullen, Bette Liu, Katharine Steinbeck, Natasha Walker, Robert Neil Leong

“…We demonstrate factors associated with re-presentation that EDs could target for timely, high-quality care that is youth friendly and culturally safe, with appropriate referral pathways into community-based primary and mental healthcare services.…”
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Lidocaine Shows Significant Antimicrobial Effects Against <i>Staphylococcus</i> Species: An In-Vitro Study Comparing Different Combinations of Lidocaine and Clinically Used Injecta... by Stephan Heller, Ricarda Johanna Seemann, Rainer Burgkart, Andreas Obermeier, Hermann Locher

“…This study investigates the concentration-dependent antimicrobial effects of lidocaine in combination with hyaluronan and triamcinolone in both standard and synovial fluid cultures. Methods: The antimicrobial efficacy of lidocaine against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> was investigated, with variations in bacterial and lidocaine concentrations. …”
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Carbon monoxide-oxidising Pseudomonadota on volcanic deposits by Robin A. Dawson, Nicola Fantom, Tamara Martin-Pozas, Patricia Aguila, Gary M. King, Marcela Hernández

“…Cupriavidus strain CV2 expressed CODH only when CO was added to cultures (100 ppm), while Pb. terrae COX expressed CODH regardless of supplementary CO addition. …”
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The Golden Afromontane ecosystems at cross-road: Wetland-based upstream-downstream linkage in Genale Dawa River Basin by Habtamu Temesgen, Haile Ketema, Gezahegn Kebede, Fikadu Woldemariyam, Gebremedihin Tesfaye

“…Although provisioning ESV has increased, regulating, supporting, and cultural ESVs have experienced significant losses. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Lipase-producing Actinobacteria from the Lut Desert of Iran by Samira Abedi-Dolatabadi, Moj Khaleghi, Sedigheh Ghasemzadeh, Azadeh Lohrasbi-Nejad, Arastoo Badoei Delfard

“…In this study, microbial samples isolated from the Lut Desert region of Iran in 2017-2018 were cultured on specific Actinobacteria growth media. These samples were activated and cultivated on Tween 80 agar plates for lipase production. …”
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Integrated communication support program for oncologists, caregivers and patients with rapidly progressing advanced cancer to promote patient-centered communication: J-SUPPORT 1904... by Makoto Ueno, Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Tempei Miyaji, Yosuke Uchitomi, Takuji Okusaka, Masafumi Ikeda, Maiko Fujimori, Ayako Sato, Sayaka Jinno, Masato Ozaka, Yukiko Takayama, Yoshiyuki Majima

“…The primary endpoint is the intergroup difference between before-intervention and after-intervention patient-centred communication behaviours during oncology visits.Ethics and dissemination This study is conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines for clinical studies published by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Cultural, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the ethical principles established for research on humans stipulated in the Declaration of Helsinki and further amendments thereto. …”
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The mechanism of enterogenous toxin methylmalonic acid aggravating calcium-phosphorus metabolic disorder in uremic rats by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by Xing Fan, Jing Li, Yan Gao, Lin Li, Haisong Zhang, Zhaoyu Bi

“…Additionally, rat glomerular podocytes were cultured, with cell viability and apoptosis measured. …”
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D-mannose promotes diabetic wound healing through inhibiting advanced glycation end products formation in keratinocytes by Jialiang Luo, Tianxing Wu, Jing Zhang, Zhicheng Liang, Weijie Shao, Di Wang, Lei Li, Daming Zuo, Jia Zhou

“…Methods Here, we examined the potential effect of D-mannose during wound healing process in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mice in vivo and by culturing keratinocytes under high glucose condition in vitro. …”
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Improve the quality of end-of-life in cancer patients using social representations of nutrition by Lucia Inmaculada Llinares-Insa, Encarna Chisbert-Alapont, María Amparo Benedito-Monleón, Pilar González-Navarro

“…Furthermore, given that food has an important cultural component as important as it is nutrition, the sociocultural influence on the social representation of nutrition will also be analyzed.MethodsThe study design was qualitative and cross-sectional with a recruitment period lasting 18 months. …”
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Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status of Youths Living in Rural and Semi-Urban Albania in the Ongoing Nutrition Transition: Preliminary Results by Ruden Cakoni, Stefania Moramarco, Argjend Kosiqi, Angela Andreoli, Ersilia Buonomo

“…Future nutrition interventions focused on the poor MD adherence of new generations should take into consideration geographic, cultural, and social dimensions, including gender equality.…”
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Fingerprinting of ruby and sapphire gemstones through Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) methodologies by A. Soares de Sousa, E. M. C. Gomes, L. Bayés-García, A. Di Mariano, M. Garcia-Valles

“…<p>Gemstones have significant economic, cultural, and artistic value. Advances in the treatment and production of synthetic gemstones create the need for more precise identification methods to distinguish natural stones from their synthetic and treated counterparts. …”
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Health literacy and medication adherence in adults from ethnic minority backgrounds with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a systematic review by Jinal Parmar, Aymen El Masri, Freya MacMillan, Kirsten McCaffery, Amit Arora

“…To understand this association more clearly in ethnic minority populations and to address the disparities in cultural and linguistic considerations, well-designed studies are required. …”
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Parenting with nutrition education and unconditional cash reduce maternal depressive symptoms and improve quality of life: findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial in ur... by Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Fahmida Tofail, Anisur Rahman, Jane Fisher, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman

“…Objectives The study aimed to measure the effect of a parenting intervention using culturally appropriate and locally made toys, along with nutrition education and unconditional cash, on maternal depressive symptoms (MDS) and quality of life (QoL). …”
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Global variation in the assessment of psychological trauma in pregnancy by Kathryn Wall, Francesca Penner, Lindsey Wallace Goldman, Jin Young Shin, Eloise Novak, Amanda Lowell, Michèle Day, Lea Papa, Drew Wright, Soudabeh Givrad, Helena J. V. Rutherford

“…The results of this review emphasize the need for regionally specific and culturally appropriate measures of psychological trauma for pregnant people, which prioritize the types of psychological trauma that are most common in a given region. …”
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Optimization of Dyeing Conditions of Natural Dye Obtained from Vaccinium corrymbosum (Blueberry) On Cotton Fabric by Yahaya Musa Abubakar, Fatima Garba, Ma’aruf Abdulmumin Muhamad, Yilni Edward Bioltif, Ansar Bilyamin Adam, Lawan Usman

“…Vaccinium corymbosum (blueberry) is a commercially and culturally significant plant, providing nutritious fruit and supporting biodiversity in its native habitats. …”
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Validation of Spanish Version of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS‐Sp) in Nursing Professionals by M. D. Fernández‐Pascual, A. Reig‐Ferrer, L. Martínez‐Rodríguez, J. A. Quesada‐Rico, W. McSherry, L. Riquelme‐Ros

“…Following translation and cultural adaption of the SSCRS, the scale underwent psychometric assessment of its construct validity through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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