Attitude, Practice and Preparedness of Dental Practitioners for Providing Oral Care to Patients with Speech and Hearing Impairment by Khansa Rafi, Syed Masood-ul- Hasan, Saba Tabassum

“…Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 467 dental practitioners between November 2021 and April 2022. A survey questionnaire was administered to practicing dental practitioners in Pakistan through online Google forms and in person. …”
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Efficacy of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome in Elderly Patients: A Retrospective Study by Naoki Higashiyama, Shinya Tamura, Taku Sugawara

“…Among FBSS patients who underwent an SCS trial between November 2017 and December 2020, those with at least 50% pain reduction during the trial phase who requested spinal cord stimulator implantation underwent implantation of a stimulator under local anesthesia. …”
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Optic Neuritis in the Older Chinese Population: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study by Junqing Wang, Huanfen Zhou, Limin Qin, Chunxia Peng, Jie Zhao, Da Teng, Dahe Lin, Nanping Ai, Quangang Xu, Shihui Wei

“…A retrospective study of patients aged ≥ 45 years who had a first episode of optic neuritis (ON) between May 2008 and November 2012. Clinical features at onset and last follow-up were analyzed within subgroups (age 45–65 years and age ≥ 65 years). …”
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Study on the Application of O2O Peer Tutor Collaborative Health Management Program in Rural Diabetes Patients with Non-standard Treatment by JIA Honghong, DU Qiuhui, ZHANG Zichen, ZHOU Yuqiu

“…Methods A total of 90 diabetic patients with non-standard treatment in Lamadian Town, Ranghulu District, Daqing City from April to November 2023 were selected as the study subjects by convenience sampling method, and randomly assigned 45 patients to the experimental group and 45 to the control group. …”
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Sarcopenia and fat tissue distribution in patients with colorectal cancer by V. K. Lyadov, V. N. Yegiyev, A. P. Seryakov, O. V. Kucheruk, Ye. S. Darda, A. Z. Negardinov

“…Original study included data of 113 patients, that were operated in surgical clinic of Federal State-Funded Institution «Medical-andrehabilitational center» of Ministry of Health and Social Development the Russian Federation from February, 2009 to November, 2011. Overall there were 66 women and 47 men, aged 30 to 87 years. …”
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Is radio an effective method for delivering actionable information for responding to emerging pest threats? A case study of fall armyworm campaign in Zambia by Harrison Rware, Monica K. Kansiime, Idah Mugambi, David Onyango, Justice A. Tambo, Catherine Mloza Banda, Noah A. Phiri, Gilson Chipabika, Mathews Matimelo, Dorcus Chaaba, Tamsin Davis, Julien Godwin

“…Abstract Background The Fall Army Work (FAW) radio campaign was implemented between November 2018 and April 2019 in key maize growing areas and locations with reported high severity of fall armyworm as identified by national stakeholders. …”
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Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictive Factor in Iraqi Patients with Thyroid Cancer by Fatima Falah Hassan, Wafaa Fadhil Hamed, Luma Yousif Mehdi

“…The patients attended to AL-Amal oncology Hospital in Baghdad and Imam Sadiq Hospital in Babylon province, Iraq during the period from November 2021 to February 2022. Depending on hematology analyzer the level of NLR and by Mini Vida's the TSH, T3, T4 were estimated in the studied groups. …”
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Participatory and Conventional Investigation of Tick Infestation in Camels and Cattle of Somali Pastoral Areas, Eastern Ethiopia by Mohamoud Mohamed Jama, Hassan Abdi Hussein, Shaban Mohamed Abdi, Teka Feyera

“…Tick density varied depending on the recorded months and seasons (p<0.001), with the highest mean tick density occurring in November (32.69±21.750) and during the wet season (28.56±19.750). …”
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IoC2 monitoring versus standard practice in reducing opioid consumption in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a study protocol for a randomised controlled... by Zhe Li, Jing Zhao, Xiaowen Liu, Huamei Cai, Yun Yan

“…This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of IoC2 in guiding intraoperative opioid use in elderly patients.Methods and analysis We will conduct a prospective, randomised, controlled, single-blind, single-centre study with recruitment carried out from 1 February to 30 November 2025. Patients will be randomly assigned to either the IoC2 group or the control group. …”
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Laparoscopic versus open left hemicolectomy for left-sided colon cancer: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yang Yang, Yong Wang, Lie Yang, Qiang Du, Jianhao Zhang, Xueting Liu

“…A systematic search was performed for all articles related to laparoscopic left hemicolectomy in PubMed, Web of Science, Medline, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library from inception to 5 November 2021. Article screening and data extraction were performed independently by two authors and cross-checked after completion. …”
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Study on the Correlation of Skin Advanced Glycation End Products With Diabetic Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy by Fang Y, Dai W, Cao Y

“…Factors affecting DCAN and those related to skin AGE accumulation in patients with DCAN were analyzed.Materials and Methods: A total of 192 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who were hospitalized in the Department of Endocrinology of Hefei Second People’s Hospital from November 2020 to December 2022 were included and divided into DCAN (n=121) and No_DCAN (n=71) groups based on the results of Ewing test. …”
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Nursing staff and supervisors perceptions on stress and resilience: a qualitative study by Madeleine Helaß, Anja Greinacher, Melanie Genrich, Andreas Müller, Peter Angerer, Harald Gündel, Florian Junne, Christoph Nikendei, Imad Maatouk

“…Methods Fifty nurses and supervisors from different departments from a German hospital of maximum medical care participated in this study between August and November 2018. Nineteen face-to-face interviews and five focus groups were conducted. …”
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Analisis Pelaksanaan Program Pos Pembinaan Terpadu Penyakit Tidak Menular di Kota Solok by Yulia Primiyani, Masrul Masrul, Hardisman Hardisman

“…Penelitian studi kebijakan dengan pendekatan kualitatif ini dilaksanakan pada bulan April-November 2018. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara mendalam, observasi, Focus Goup Discussion (FGD) dan telaah dokumen. …”
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Effect of tranexamic acid dissolved in warm, cold, and room-temperature irrigation fluid on complications during and after TURP surgery: a double-blind, randomized clinical trial by Masoomeh Salehi, Behzad Imani, Shirdel Zandi, Hamed Haghiabi, Somayeh Souri

“…Methods This prospective, double-blind clinical trial was conducted from April to November 2023 at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Alashtar, Iran. 100 patients scheduled for TURP were selected via convenience sampling and randomly assigned into four groups using a four-block and permutation design. …”
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CORRELATION BETWEEN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) GRADE AND BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) IN OUTPATIENTS OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT RSUD DR. SOETOMO by Lukas Widhiyanto, Andre Triadi Desnantyo, Lilik Djuari, Maynura Kharismansha

“…Soetomo during August until November 2015. After statistic test using Spearman correlation test was done, the result was p=0,822. …”
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Assessing Familiarity, Usage Patterns, and Attitudes of Medical Students Toward ChatGPT and Other Chat-Based AI Apps in Medical Education: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study by Safia Elwaleed Elhassan, Muhammad Raihan Sajid, Amina Mariam Syed, Sidrah Afreen Fathima, Bushra Shehroz Khan, Hala Tamim

“…MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study conducted from October 8, 2023, through November 22, 2023. A questionnaire was distributed through social media channels to medical students at Alfaisal University who were 18 years or older. …”
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Measurement tools and indicators for assessing nurturing care for early childhood development: A scoping review. by Joshua Jeong, Lilia Bliznashka, Eileen Sullivan, Elizabeth Hentschel, Youngkwang Jeon, Kathleen L Strong, Bernadette Daelmans

“…We systematically searched five electronic bibliographic databases for peer-reviewed articles published from database inception until November 30, 2020. We first classified outcomes to their respective nurturing care component, and then applied an inductive approach to organize key constructs within each nurturing care component and the specific measures and indicators used across studies. …”
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Hazard Scenarios Related to Submarine Volcanic-Hydrothermal Activity and Advanced Monitoring Strategies: A Study Case from the Panarea Volcanic Group (Aeolian Islands, Italy) by Davide Romano, Alessandro Gattuso, Manfredi Longo, Cinzia Caruso, Gianluca Lazzaro, Andrea Corbo, Francesco Italiano

“…The submarine low-energy explosion, which occurred last November 3, 2002, off the volcanic island of Panarea, highlighted the absence of any hazard scenario to be used to manage the volcanic crisis. …”
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Contextual factors influencing the use of digital health by patients and physicians in primary care: a scoping review protocol by Katarzyna Luchowska, Małgorzata Chmielewska, Katarzyna Byszek, Agata Olearczyk, Anna Gawrońska, Barbara Więckowska

“…Search strategy will be conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Scopus in November 2024. The review will include quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods studies, systematic, scoping or umbrella reviews, as well as text and opinion papers. …”
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Study on Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Equines in and around Bekoji, South Eastern Ethiopia by Mesfin Mathewos, Dereje Teshome, Haben Fesseha

“…A cross-sectional study was undertaken in and around Bekoji, South Eastern Ethiopia, from November 2020 to June 2021 to identify species and evaluate the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in donkeys and horses, using direct fecal smear, floatation methods, and larval cultures. …”
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