Exploring the association between happy hypoxia and Coronavirus disease 2019 in the triage phase by Mihiro Kaga, Masanao Sasaki, Takahiro Masuda, Hiroyuki Sato, Takeshi Ueda, Akihiro Hirakawa

“…To explore the potential of happy hypoxia as a distinctive symptom of COVID-19, we compared vital signs in the triage phase between patients with and without COVID-19.Methods We retrospectively identified emergency patients with and without COVID-19 admitted to Rakuwakai Marutamachi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, between January 2021 and December 2021.Results and Conclusions 317 patients were analyzed. …”
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«Let’s remember everyone by name»: reflecting on the martyrology of the victims of Civil War in Omsk region by V. V. Kalinovsky

“…The paper provides an analytical review of the scientific reference publication «Victims of the Civil War: a reference book-martyrology on the act records of the parish registers of the temples of the Omsk region (June 1918–December 1919)», prepared by the creative team of Omsk historians-archivists — candidates of historical sciences Dmitry Igorevich Petin and Maxim Maksimovich Stelmak. …”
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Impacts of Horticultural Mineral Oils and Two Insecticide Practices on Population Fluctuation of Diaphorina citri and Spread of Huanglongbing in a Citrus Orchard in Sarawak by Stephen Chan Teck Leong, Fatimah Abang, Andrew Beattie, Roland Jui Heng Kueh, Sing King Wong

“…Aspects of the incidence and spread of the citrus disease huanglongbing (HLB) in relation to the vector Diaphorina citri population fluctuation were studied from January 1999 to December 2001 seasons in a 0.8 ha citrus orchard at Jemukan (1° 33′N, 110° 41′E), Southwest Sarawak in Malaysia. …”
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Cardiovascular Complications in a Patient with COVID-19. A Case Report by Leonardo Maikel Gómez Carcassés, Yenisey Quintero Méndez, Eddy Pereira Valdés

“…Sars-Cov-2, is a virus belonging to the coronaviridae family, responsible for the pandemic that has been plaguing the world since December 2019, which produces the infectious disease called COVID-19. …”
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Qualitative findings from North America's first drug compassion club. by Jeanette Bowles, Eris Nyx, Jeremy Kalicum, Thomas Kerr

“…The present study is a qualitative evaluation of this project. From December 2022 to February 2023, we interviewed 16 CC members about their experiences with DULF's CC. …”
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Être correspondant régional en Tunisie : De l’aliénation au pouvoir à la liberté totale by Hamida El Bour

“…The uprisings that took place in Tunisia from 17th of December 2010 to 14 January 2011 show how the mainstream Tunisian media made a blackout on what was happening in the regions inside the country. …”
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Excess mortality due to COVID-19 in Thailand between the pandemic and post-pandemic periods by Atthasit Dul-amnuay, Udomlack Peansukwech, Chattarikorn Hanapun, Amod Sharma

“…This study aimed to analyze excess deaths during the pandemic (January 1, 2020-September 30, 2022) and post-pandemic period (October 2022-December 2023) at regional and national levels in Thailand. …”
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Prognostic value of circulating Chromogranin A in prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoying Tang, Zhenyu Liu, Liangdong Song, Huixuan Zhu, Shuai Su, Delin Wang

“…Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of the available findings to explore the value of circulating Chromogranin A in the prognosis of prostate cancer.MethodsWe systematically searched the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Clinical Trials databases for studies on the relationship between CgA and survival outcomes in prostate cancer from inception until December 2024, and we focused on articles detecting circulating CgA, with the primary endpoints of the studies being overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS).ResultsOf the 2049 articles retrieved, 10 articles met our inclusion criteria, involving a total of 1445 patients. …”
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An Institutional Experience of Hematoma Management after Head-and-neck Oncosurgeries by Rajendra Dhondge, Mohsina Hussain, Ahmer Arif A. Shaikh, Sirshendu Roy, Raj Nagarkar

“…However, after following our protocol, the incidence of haematoma drastically decreased and out of 1234 patients operated between April 2019 to December 2022 only 14 patients (1.13%) developed haematoma of the neck. …”
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Competition authority in a trap? A few (bitter) words on making public policy by counteracting an unfair use of a contractual advantage in agri-food sector in Poland by Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka

“…A point of reference for considerations is a Polish regulation dated from December 2016 - Act on Counteracting the Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in the Trade in Agricultural and Food Products. …”
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Les islamistes à l’épreuve du printemps arabe et des urnes : une perspective critique by Haoues Seniguer

“…The Arab world’s social revolts that began in Tunisia in December 2010 were a clear indicator not only of the socio-economic frustrations and democratic expectations of Arab peoples, most of whom were in favor of the fall of authoritarian regimes, but also of ambivalent, even contradictory positions in political Islamist movements vis-à-vis these regimes. …”
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Clinical Effectiveness of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Gastric Carcinoma and Exploration of Perioperative Imaging Assessment Parameters by Jiajun Lai, Junsheng Li, Xianwei Mo

“…This study included 62 patients with advanced GC who received NAC between January 2012 and December 2018. The preoperative and postoperative T stages, postoperative pathological tumor regression grade (TRG), and changes in computed tomography (CT) values after NAC were assessed. …”
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Niche and Interspecific Association of Dominant Phytoplankton Species during Winter in Eight Estuaries of Pearl River by HE Rui, LI Qingfeng, PENG Songyao

“…Phytoplankton and environmental factors were detected in eight Pearl River estuaries in December 2019. The dominance value, niche width, niche overlap, variance ratio method, chi-squared test (<italic>χ</italic>²), and CCA are utilized to analyze the niche and interspecific association with respect to the dominant phytoplankton species. …”
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Digitalization of public administration: expert reflection on problems and challenges by E. I. Boev, V. V. Zotov, L. A. Vasilenko

“…The article presents the results of a focused group semi-formalized online interview in the format of video conferencing on the Zoom platform, conducted in December 2021 among 20 experts. The experts were representatives of public authorities at the federal, regional and local levels, state corporations, civil society structures, business structures, the scientific community, as well as the Russian Regional Management Center. …”
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Missed Testing Opportunities for HIV Screening and Early Diagnosis in an Urban Tertiary Care Center by Joseph DeRose, Jason Zucker, David Cennimo, Shobha Swaminathan

“…We conducted a retrospective chart review of all new patients seen in the Infectious Disease Practice from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2014, to determine the proportion of patients with a missed testing opportunity (MTO) (patients with a new HIV diagnosis with an encounter at the institution in the 1 year prior to their first appointment). 117 newly diagnosed patients were identified. 36 (31%) had at least one MTO. …”
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Evaluation of functional outcome in patients treated with locking compression plate for distal femur fractures by Kevin Sebastian, Dr Sanoj P. Poulose, Dr. Akhil K. Thomas, Dr. Shery Valsan

“…The present study assessed the functional outcome of using locking compression plate fixation for fractures of distal end of femur in patients admitted to JMMC orthopedics department satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria from December 2017 to may 2019. Twenty cases were taken in this study. …”
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The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approach by Felix Braeuel, Paul J. Thomassin

“…Models were estimated for 13 agricultural commodities (corn, soybean, soybean oil, soybean meal, soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat, cotton, cocoa, sugar, coffee, live cattle, feeder cattle, and lean hog) from January 2006 to December 2022. The results demonstrate the added value of FAVAR models in explaining the dynamics between prices and index trading. …”
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Influence of Altitude on the Spatiotemporal Variations of Meteorological Droughts in Mountain Regions of the Free State Province, South Africa (1960–2013) by M. Mbiriri, G. Mukwada, D. Manatsa

“…The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was computed for October to December (OND) and January to March (JFM) summer subseasons for Free State Province, South Africa, to assess the influence of altitude on drought severity and frequency. …”
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Navigating water crisis, cholera, and refugee context: Lessons from Nakivale refugee settlement, Isingiro District, Uganda. by Freda Loy Aceng, Bonny Kintu, James Habumugisha, Stephen Kayanja, Flavia Wanyoto, Moureen Asiimire, Emmanuel Maurice Ochien, Bernard Amaga, Sam Kwesiga, Sylivia Kemigisha, Stella Maris Lunkuse, Barbara Namara, Edison Tumusherure, Allan Muruta, Godfrey Bwire

“…A descriptive cross-sectional study analysed epidemiological data from the Uganda Ministry of Health, investigating the cholera outbreak among refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Isingiro district, from November 3rd to December 2nd, 2021. The outbreak affected 173 refugees, primarily in Nyarugugu B and C villages, with consumption of contaminated lake water identified as the likely cause. …”
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Impact Of Anemia On Feto-Maternal Outcomes In One Of The Tertiary Care Hospitals In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Sidra Yousaf, Muhammad Mohsin Sajjad, Muhammad Shabbir

“…The study was conducted between December 2020 and May 2021 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. …”
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