Smoking Cessation Carries a Short-Term Rising Risk for Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus Independently of Weight Gain: A 6-Year Retrospective Cohort Study by Yi-Ting Sung, Cheng-Ting Hsiao, I-Jen Chang, Yu-Chih Lin, Chen-Yu Yueh

“…An analysis was done using the data of a mass health examination performed annually in an industrial park from 2007 to 2013. …”
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Microbiological and Physicochemical Characterization of Hospital Effluents before and after Treatment with Two Types of Sawdust by Rabea Elmountassir, Bahia Bennani, Youssef Miyah, Ahlam Fegousse, Ghita El Mouhri, Bouchra Oumokhtar, Mohammed Khatouf, Karima Elkarrach, Ghita Benjelloun Touimi, Anissa Lahrichi

“…The analysis of heavy metals displays compliance with the World Health Organization standards. The red sawdust and catia sawdust have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.…”
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Hope and Religiosity as Determinants of Subjective Well-Being among Students at the Islamic Boarding School by Rizma Kumala Dewi, Erika Setyanti Kusumaputri, Kasmil S. Abdulwahid

“…The inability to overcome academic challenges in boarding schools may lead to adverse health outcomes and negatively impact students' subjective well-being. …”
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Response to: “Comment on: Prognostic Effect of Liver Resection in Extended Cholecystectomy for T2 Gallbladder Cancer Revisited: A Retrospective Cohort Study with Propensity-Score-M... by Yeshong Park, MD, Jun Suh Lee, MD, PhD, Boram Lee, MD, Yeongsoo Jo, MD, Eunhye Lee, MD, MeeYoung Kang, MD, Wooil Kwon, MD, PhD, Chang-Sup Lim, MD, PhD, Jin-Young Jang, MD, PhD, Ho-Seong Han, MD, PhD, Yoo-Seok Yoon, MD, PhD

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Benefits of the use of porcine skin for the management of toxic epidermal necrolysis injuries: Review of the literature by Juan Ludeña, Diana Rojas, Pedro Ciudad, Walter Navarro, Rafael Rossi, Annelisse Travi

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Estimation of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Peña, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…Variables studied were: age, sex, body mass index, nutritional assessment, blood pressure, toxic habits, associated chronic diseases, blood levels of glucose, lipids (total cholesterol and triglycerides) and microalbuminuria. World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension prediction charts specific to the region of the Americas, in which Cuba is included, were used to estimate the cardiovascular risk. …”
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Radical Abdominal Trachelectomy for IB1 Cervical Cancer at 17 Weeks of Gestation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Yoichi Aoki, Morihiko Inamine, Sugiko Ohishi, Yutaka Nagai, Hitoshi Masamoto

“…The mother and child in overall good health were discharged. Ten months after the delivery, there was no clinical evidence of recurrence. …”
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Possible Role of Large Fluid Intake in Delaying Formation of Encrustations and, thereby, Prolonging Working Life of Memokath Stent for Nearly 14 Years in a Spinal Cord Injury Patie... by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M. Soni, Peter L. Hughes, Gupreet Singh

“…This case is also a reminder to health professionals that if a tetraplegic patient, in whom a Memokath stent has been deployed for treatment of detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia, presents with autonomic dysreflexia, encrustations blocking the lumen of the stent or calculus formation around the stent should be considered as possible reasons for autonomic dysreflexia.…”
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Severe Cases of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Northeastern Poland by Justyna Adamczuk, Magdalena Chlabicz, Natalia Koda, Maciej Kondrusik, Joanna Zajkowska, Piotr Czupryna, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska

“…Both of our patients were not vaccinated despite the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) recommendations. Both patients had no history of travel outside their region of residence prior to the onset of illness. …”
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Deciphering CSU pathogenesis: Network toxicologyand molecular dynamics of DOTP exposure by Fang Cao, Cui Guo, Jing Guo

“…These findings offer new insights for future research, enhance our comprehension of the potential health impacts of food and environmental pollutants, and establish a scientific foundation for the development of prevention and treatment strategies.…”
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Early Infant Diagnosis Sample Management in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe, 2017 by Hamufare Mugauri, Owen Mugurungi, Addmore Chadambuka, Tsitsi Juru, Notion Tafara Gombe, Gerald Shambira, Mufuta Tshimanga

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Control of Neonatal Diarrhea in Piglets with Reduced Antibiotic Use by Application of a Complementary Feed—A Randomized Controlled Farm Trial by Klaus K. Sall, Leslie Foldager, Charlotte Delf, Sigurd J. Christensen, Michael N. Agerley, Kristian T. Havn, Carsten Pedersen

“…In conclusion, the farm trial indicates that even under the challenge of potentially serious bacterial and viral pathogens, a complimentary feed containing a tannin extract can support piglet health and reduce antibiotic consumption.…”
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Nutrition Education and Vitamin D Supplementation Improving Nutrition Intake, Body Composition, and Vitamin D Status of Soccer Athlete by Weni Kurdanti, Agus Wijanarka, Mirza Hapsari Sakti Titis Penggalih

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Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Hepatic Tissue of T2DM Rhesus Macaque by Tingfu Du, Shuaiyao Lu, Qinfang Jiang, Yun Li, Kaili Ma

“…Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disorder that severely affects human health, but the pathogenesis of the disease remains unknown. …”
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Mixed fungal strains challenge host resistance: insights into Magnaporthiopsis maydis pathogenicity in maize by Galia Shofman, Galia Shofman, Ofir Degani, Ofir Degani

“…At harvest (day 84), this pattern was reversed, and adding a weak virulent strain to this combination led to more severe growth (33%) and health (71%) disruption, accompanied by a higher level of M. maydis infection (371% compared to the aggressive strain alone). …”
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Gene Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Functional Dyspepsia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lijun Du, John J. Kim, Binrui Chen, Yawen Zhang, Hui Ren

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Potential of a novel and thermostable recombinant phage endolysin of Escherichia phage KW1E_UTAR against Shigella spp. by Selvam Dharshini, Mohd Ismail Nor Ismaliza, Ng Michelle Y. T.

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The Role of Phospholipase C Signaling in Macrophage-Mediated Inflammatory Response by Liqian Zhu, Clinton Jones, Gaiping Zhang

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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Single Center Retrospective Study in Malaysia by Piem Jie Leong, Anna Farazilah Mohd Salleh

“…Non-survivors had significantly higher acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) scores ([Formula: see text] = 0.034), while other variables were not statistically linked to mortality. …”
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Doenças Falciformes: Metanálise dos Correlatos de Déficits nas Funções Executivas by Alanny Nunes de Santana, Janaína Gaia Ribeiro Dias, Sintria Labres Lautert

“…Para a avaliação da qualidade dos artigos incluídos foram utilizados cinco critérios da ferramenta de avaliação de qualidade do National Institutes of Health. Os resultados indicaram consistentes evidências de que as características biológicas e psicológicas/psicossociais estão associadas às funções executivas com efeitos significativos de tamanho moderado nesta população, com ênfase na cerebrovasculopatia e na velocidade do fluxo sanguíneo cerebral, bem como em habilidades sociais, na qualidade de vida e no estresse socioambiental, respectivamente. …”
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