Parents' Postnatal Sense of Security: A Concept Analysis by Tieying Zeng, Lingjun Jiang, Deqing Huang, Meiliyang Wu, Aiqing Tu

“…Methods A comprehensive search of multiple databases (Sinomed, CNKI, Wanfang database, CINAHL, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, ProQuest, PsyInfo and Cochrane Library) was conducted to identify relevant articles from the inception of the databases until December 2022. In addition, a manual search was performed to gather any additional papers related to the topic. …”
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Molecular Detection of Candida tropicalis Isolated from Immunocompromised Patients with Otitis Media by Aymen Nazar Khalil, Abbas M. Ammari

“…One hundred swaps were collected from patients with otitis media who attended ENT consulting clinic at Baquba Teaching Hospital for a period extended from 15th of December 2022 to the 15th of March 2023. The specimens were collected from immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients (50 each of). …”
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Perforation of the Papilla of Vater in Wire-Guided Cannulation by Yuichi Takano, Masatsugu Nagahama, Eiichi Yamamura, Naotaka Maruoka, Hiroshi Takahashi

“…Of 2032 patients who underwent ERCP at our department between January 2010 and December 2014, we selected 208 patients who underwent WGC for naïve papilla as subjects. …”
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Contribution of Experimental Animal Research Studies to the Emergency Medicine Literature by Umut Ocak, John H. Zhang

“…To this end, the experimental animal research articles published in EM journals indexed to the Science Citation Index Expanded database with a date of publication between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2017, were reviewed retrospectively. All data regarding the journal name, publication year, country, department and institution of the first author, subject species, type of the experimental model, target organ/system/functions, evaluation method, outcome measures, and citation counts were noted. …”
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Saudi dental postgraduate education (2013–2023): demographic shifts and potential employment challenges by Hussam M. Alqahtani, Layan Z. Alqahtani, Nouf H. Almutairi

“…Methods This retrospective study collected data on dental postgraduate programs from the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) for the period from January 2013 to December 2023. Data were gathered on program types, gender, nationality, and geographic distribution. …”
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Risk Factors Regarding the Incomplete Vaccination Schedule in Children Under 5 Years by Andrés Sebastián Guevara Pabón, Erika Marcela León Revelo, Leonel Gerardo Ruano Yarpaz

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with patients from the Health Center, El Priorato, in the city of Ibarra, Imbambura province, Ecuador, in the period from January to December 2023. The universe was comprised of 110 parents of minor children. of 5 years. …”
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Financial contagion in the US, European and Chinese stock markets during global shocks by Marina Yu. Malkina

“…The data are average daily indices: the Ameri can S&P 500, the European STOXX 600, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Composite Index – for December 2018 – March 2024 obtained from the financial portal Investing.com. …”
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Coexistence and Competition between Tomicus yunnanensis and T. minor (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) in Yunnan Pine by Rong Chun Lu, Hong Bin Wang, Zhen Zhang, John A. Byers, You Ju Jin, Hai Feng Wen, Wen Jian Shi

“…T. yunnanensis bark beetles were observed to initiate dispersal from pine shoots to trunks in November, while the majority of T. minor begins to transfer in December. T. yunnanensis mainly attacks the top and middle parts of the trunk, whereas T. minor mainly resides in the lower and middle parts of the trunk. …”
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Entrepreneurial Behaviour and the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South-West, Nigeria by Nafiu Badiru

“…The population of this study consisted of one hundred and forty-nine thousand, three hundred and seventeen (149,317) registered SMEs in operation with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) as at the end of December, 2021 in South West, Nigeria. This study adopted a tabular approach proposed by Gill et al. (2010) Gill et al. (2010), as cited in Taherdoost (2017), to arrive at a sample size of six hundred and fifty-nine (659) respondents. …”
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Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Evolution Characteristics of Rainfall in Dongguan in the Past 30 Years by WANG Qiuliang, SUN Xiang, GAN Dufen, MEI Xinpei, CHENG Jie, ZAN Xiongfeng

“…Dongguan is an important city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area,which is a major contributor to the economic development of this area.However,its urban planning,rational allocation of water resources,flood prevention and disaster reduction are severely affected by torrential rain and floods,and thus its high-quality economic development is seriously hindered.Therefore,by using the 32-year daily rainfall data of 30 hydrological stations in Dongguan,this paper adopts methods such as GIS,the Mann-Kendall test,moving average,and cumulative anomaly to discuss the temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall in Dongguan.The results reveal that in the past 32 years,the temporal and spatial distribution of annual rainfall has gradually increased from west to east with a significant rising trend over time.During the flood season,the rainfall increases sequentially from west to east and gradually decreases from the central part to west,and from the central part to east,it drops before it rises.Rainfall in the flood season accounts for about 60%~95% of the annual total.The rainfall in the non-flood season is prominent in the central part,with great differences between east and west,namely that the rainfall in the central part tends to decrease gradually to both sides,and the southwestern part registers the smallest.The center of the maximum rainfall in the four seasons moves from the central part to the northeast,east,and central,and the southwest still records the minimum rainfall.The monthly average rainfall generally shows an increasing trend from west to east:Many years of data indicates that the average rainfall in June is the largest,accounting for 18.58% of the rainfall all year,while December sees the smallest,accounting for 1.88% of the yearly total.The research results can provide reference and support for the later development of Dongguan.…”
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Association analysis of dry heat or wet cold weather and the risk of urolithiasis hospitalization in a southern Chinese city by Yanlu Li, Xubiao Duan, Shichen Wan, Xiaoning Wang, Yanbin Hao

“…Wet-cold weather in the cold season (December to February) increased the risk of urolithiasis-related hospitalizations in the total population (RR: 1.58, 95% CI: 1.20, 2.07). …”
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Geospatial analysis of end-stage renal disease among patients attending hemodialysis units in Alexandria, Egypt by Reham A. EL-Hofy, Safia I. Shehata, Azza F. Abou EL-Naga, Mohamed H. Bahnassy, Gihan I. Gewaifel, Nahla A. Gamaleldin

“…Patients and methods A cross-sectional study was adopted, 950 ESRD patients were interviewed during the period from November 2021 to December 2022. Data were collected using predesigned structured interview questionnaire, which included sociodemographic information and the patient’s medical history. …”
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Natural history of the hyperdominant tree, Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze, in the Amazon River estuary by A. R. Dantas, C. C. Vasconcelos, M. C. Guedes, A. C. Lira-Guedes, M. T. F. Piedade

“…From February 2018 to December 2019, we monitored the phenology of P. macroloba. …”
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Case report: Successful treatment with spesolimab of acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau in an older patient without IL36RN mutations by Jianfeng Zheng, Yangfeng Ding, Yuling Shi, Xuemei Yi

“…However, after 3 months of acitretin treatment, no improvement was observed. In December 2023, this patient came to our inpatient department; his modified nail psoriasis severity index score was 32. …”
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Phakic Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens with a Central Hole in Treating Patients with Moderate to High Myopia: A Meta-Analysis by Ying Tang, Jian Ye

“…The search included publications from the building of the library until December 2018. All randomized controlled trials containing moderate to high myopia treated by phakic posterior chamber intraocular lens with a central hole were collected. …”
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Analysis of Microbial load and Litter Characterisation of Araromi Beach Sand, Ondo State, Nigeria by O. S. Odewumi, M. M. Quist

“…The average litter density ranged from 10.00 litter/m2 in July to 21.57 litter/m2 in December. There was no provision for waste disposal and toilet facilities. …”
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The impact of sport on psychmotor development of adolescents by Radončić Mirza, Šabanović Binasa

“…The study was carried out at the "12. December" Elementary School in Sjenica, with a sample of 80 respondents aged 12 to 14 years, with both genders represented equally in terms of number and age. …”
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Psychosocial Factors in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Australia by Charan Bale, Alexandra Douglas, Dev Jegatheesan, Linh Pham, Sonny Huynh, Atul Mulay, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan

“…We audited patients with ESKD, referred to social work services from January 2012 to December 2014. All patients underwent psychosocial assessments by one, full-time renal social worker. …”
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Estimation of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Peña, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a cross-sectional study of a series of type 2 diabetic patients from the People's Council of Constancia, Abreus municipality, Cienfuegos province was conducted from July to December 2012. The universe comprised the 180 people with diabetes in the area. …”
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A 5-Year Retrospective Review of Fungal Keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Fadzillah Mohd-Tahir, A. Norhayati, Ishak Siti-Raihan, M. Ibrahim

“…A retrospective review of medical and microbiology records was conducted for all patients who were treated for fungal keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia from January 2007 until December 2011. Results. Forty-seven patients (47/186, 25.27%) were treated for fungal keratitis during the study period. …”
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