Nutritional and General Awareness of Vitamin D Status among Adult Population in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study by Reder Rafiq Mohammed Salih, Fadhluddin Nasruddin Shakor, Dalia Ardal Ali, Rafiq Mohammed Salih Rashid

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Global perspectives in acute and emergency general surgery in low and middle-income countries: a WSES project protocol for scoping review on global surgery by Mahmoud Diaa Hindawi, Arda Isik, Fausto Rosa, Diego Visconti, Taras Nechay, Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Abdourahmane Ndong, Tushar S. Mishra, Stefano Piero Bernardo Cioffi, Francesco Piscioneri, Edward C.T.H. Tan

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Datos generales de la masonería y cambio religioso en Xochiapulco, Puebla, México. (Una visión desde la historia cultural) by David Alejandro López Vibaldo

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Categorías filosóficas generales aplicadas a los fenómenos estéticos. Estudio de caso en la música y los discursos sonoros by Ulianov Marín

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Risk-factor Model Derivation and Validation for the Detection of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders among General Population of Towns in Pune District, Maharashtra, India by Khushboo Thakkar, Sahana Hegde Shetiya, Dipti Agarwal, Sudhir L. Jadhav

“…Aim: The study aimed to develop and validate a risk factor model for detection of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) among the general population of a town in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipality, Pune. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Desflurane, Sevoflurane, and Propofol on the Glottic Opening Area during Remifentanil-Based General Anesthesia Using a Supraglottic Airway Device by Takashi Kondo, Hiromichi Izumi, Makiko Kitagawa

“…The aim of this study was to compare the effects of desflurane, sevoflurane, and propofol on the glottic opening area during general anesthesia using remifentanil. Methods. Ninety patients undergoing hand and upper limb surgery combined with brachial plexus block under general anesthesia were enrolled in the study. …”
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A Generalized Active Voltage Balancing Circuit Implementation for Flying Capacitor 3-Level Switching-Mode DC–DC Converters by Elisabetta Moisello, Samuele Fusetto, Piero Malcovati, Edoardo Bonizzoni

“…This paper presents a generalized control architecture for implementing the active balancing of the flying capacitor voltage in any kind of 3-level switching-mode DC-DC converters, independently from the desired conversion ratio or targeted output power level. …”
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Nonautonomous Motion Study on Accelerated and Decelerated Lump Waves for a (3 + 1)-Dimensional Generalized Shallow Water Wave Equation with Variable Coefficients by Wei-Qin Chen, Qing-Feng Guan, Chao-Fan Jiang, Fei-Fan Zhang, Lei Wang

“…Under investigation in this paper is a (3 + 1)-dimensional variable-coefficient generalized shallow water wave equation. The exact lump solutions of this equation are presented by virtue of its bilinear form and symbolic computation. …”
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A Statistical Texture Model of the Liver Based on Generalized N-Dimensional Principal Component Analysis (GND-PCA) and 3D Shape Normalization by Xu Qiao, Yen-Wei Chen

“…We present a method based on generalized N-dimensional principal component analysis (GND-PCA) and a 3D shape normalization technique for statistical texture modeling of the liver. …”
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Histoire, hommage et pédagogie au musée de la Libération de Paris-musée du général Leclerc-musée Jean Moulin by Sylvie Zaidman, Alix Quéré

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An Immunocompetent HIV-Negative Elderly Patient with Low-Grade Fever, Generalized Lymphadenopathy, Splenomegaly, and Acute Phase Response: Do Not Forget Castleman Disease by Kalliopi Azariadis, Maria Ioannou, Kalliopi Zachou, George N. Dalekos

“…This case underlines that HHV8-associated MCD should be considered as a rare cause of generalized lymphadenopathy even in HIV-negative immunocompetent patients when other causes have been appropriately excluded because a timely diagnosis can be life-saving.…”
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High-Order Breather Solutions, Lump Solutions, and Hybrid Solutions of a Reduced Generalized (3 + 1)-Dimensional Shallow Water Wave Equation by Jing Wang, Biao Li

“…We investigate a reduced generalized (3 + 1)-dimensional shallow water wave equation, which can be used to describe the nonlinear dynamic behavior in physics. …”
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Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Kemal Jemal, Mukemil Awol

“…Facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May, 2017, in Alamata General Hospital (AGH). Data were collected using a pretested and structured self-interview questionnaire. …”
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Comparing the rate of inpatient admissions of prison residents with COVID-19 to the general population in England in 2020/2021 using Hospital Episode Statistics data by Miranda Davies, Anjana Roy

“…Indirectly standardised adjusted admission rate was calculated to compare the rate of inpatient admissions by prison residents with COVID-19 to the general population.Results The standardised adjusted admission rate for COVID-19 was 2.2 times higher in prison than the general population. …”
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Adherence to guidelines for creatinine and potassium monitoring and discontinuation following renin–angiotensin system blockade: a UK general practice-based cohort study by Henrik Toft Sørensen, Liam Smeeth, Dorothea Nitsch, Morten Schmidt, Laurie A Tomlinson, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Kathryn E Mansfield

“…Objectives To examine adherence to serum creatinine and potassium monitoring and discontinuation guidelines following initiation of treatment with ACE inhibitors (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs); and whether high-risk patients are monitored.Design A general practice-based cohort study using electronic health records from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Hospital Episode Statistics.Setting UK primary care, 2004–2014.Subjects 223 814 new ACEI/ARB users.Main outcome measures Proportion of patients with renal function monitoring before and after ACEI/ARB initiation; creatinine increase ≥30% or potassium levels >6 mmol/L at first follow-up monitoring; and treatment discontinuation after such changes. …”
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Benchmark Solution for Free Vibration of Moderately Thick Functionally Graded Sandwich Sector Plates on Two-Parameter Elastic Foundation with General Boundary Conditions by Haichao Li, Fuzhen Pang, Xueren Wang, Shuo Li

“…The free vibration analysis of moderately thick functionally graded (FG) sector plates resting on two-parameter elastic foundation with general boundary conditions is presented via Fourier-Ritz method, which is composed of the modified Fourier series approach and the Ritz procedure. …”
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Security evaluation on type‐1 and type‐1‐like 4‐branch generalized Feistel structures and application to reduced‐round Lesamnta‐LW‐BC by Xuan Shen, Guoqiang Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, Bing Sun, Jun He

“…Abstract Generalized Feistel structures (called GFSs for short) are one of the most popular block cipher structures. …”
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Generalized Mixed Equilibrium Problems and Fixed Point Problem for a Countable Family of Total Quasi-ϕ-Asymptotically Nonexpansive Mappings in Banach Spaces by Jinhua Zhu, Shih-Sen Chang, Min Liu

“…The purpose of this paper is first to introduce the concept of total quasi-ϕ-asymptotically nonexpansive mapping which contains many kinds of mappings as its special cases and then to use a hybrid algorithm to introduce a new iterative scheme for finding a common element of the set of solutions for a system of generalized mixed equilibrium problems and the set of common fixed points for a countable family of total quasi-ϕ-asymptotically nonexpansive mappings. …”
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The current status and influencing factors of diabetes knowledge among non-endocrinology nurses of tertiary general hospitals: a cross-sectional survey study by Jia Song, Su Li, Chongcai Gu, Shiyan Zhao, Xing Li, Siqin Liu, Jinmei Tuo, Shiming Huang

“…Methods An online cross-sectional survey using a questionnaire and involving 3117 nurses from 9 tertiary general hospitals from Guizhou Province, China were conducted. …”
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Peripheral Arterial Disease and Its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Yonas Akalu, Ambaye Birhan

“…Therefore, the current study is aimed at determining the prevalence and associated factors of PAD among type 2 diabetes patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Debre Tabor, Northwest Ethiopia. …”
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