A specific role of village doctors in reducing disparities: a quantile regression analysis of end-of-life medical care by Yuan Fang, Shih-Ting Huang, Chengrui Xiao

“…Family care has long been the mainstream of old age care in rural China, the accessibility to appropriate medical care is hence crucial. …”
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Neurologic Complications Associated with Sjögren’s Disease: Case Reports and Modern Pathogenic Dilemma by Michele Colaci, Giulia Cassone, Andreina Manfredi, Marco Sebastiani, Dilia Giuggioli, Clodoveo Ferri

“…We reported 2 cases: the first one was a 40-year-old woman who developed neuritis of the left optic nerve as presenting symptom few years before the diagnosis of SS; the second was a 54-year-old woman who presented a paralysis of the right phrenic nerve 7 years after the SS onset. …”
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A Survey of Matrix Completion Methods for Recommendation Systems by Andy Ramlatchan, Mengyun Yang, Quan Liu, Min Li, Jianxin Wang, Yaohang Li

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Sinus Augmentation by Platelet-Rich Fibrin Alone: A Report of Two Cases with Histological Examinations by Naofumi Aoki, Takeo Kanayama, Michinori Maeda, Koichiro Horii, Hironori Miyamoto, Keinoshin Wada, Yasutaka Ojima, Tsukasa Tsuchimochi, Yasuyuki Shibuya

“…The first case was a 28-year-old female with an atrophic right posterior maxilla who was treated with sinus floor augmentation and simultaneous implant placement using PRF as the sole graft material in our hospital. …”
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Evaluation of Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) as a biocontrol agent of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) based on two-sex life table and functional response... by Zhen Shen, Li-Hui Liu, Lian-Sheng Zang, Tie-Jun Deng, Zhen-Bao Luo, Jun-Yi Gao, Liang-De Tang

“…In addition, most females emerged from 24 h-old eggs, whereas most males emerged from 48 h-old eggs. …”
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Do dogs preferentially encode the identity of the target object or the location of others’ actions? by Lucrezia Lonardo, Christoph J. Völter, Robert Hepach, Claus Lamm, Ludwig Huber

“…We then presented the objects in swapped locations and the agent approached the objects centrally (Experiment 1) or the old object in the new location or the new object in the old location (Experiment 2). …”
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Reduction of Ascaridia galli Pathology by Salmonella typhimurium in Broiler Chicken by Eric Igor Sop Foka, Cedric Yamssi, Ben Enyetornye, Christelle Noumedem Anangmo, Mpoame Mbida, Theodore B. Mayaka

“…In a first experiment where the effect of the bacteria on the nematode was evaluated, thirty 42-day-old broiler chickens were divided into 3 groups and coinfected with both parasites. …”
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Dentists’ readiness to accept an electronic oral health surveillance system in Egypt using a modified framework of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT): a... by Hams H. Abdelrahman, Maha Hamza, Wafaa Essam, May Adham

“…Moreover, EE had a significantly stronger impact on BI of dentists older than 40 years old than those who were younger than 30 years old. …”
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Prevalence, Causes, and Factors Associated with Visual Impairment and Blindness among Registered Pensioners in Ghana by Benjamin D. Nuertey, Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur, Joyce Addai, Victor Adongo, Augustine D. Nuertey, Clement Kabutey, Isaac Asimadu Mensah, Richard Bekoe Biritwum

“…The prevalence of blindness was lowest in the 60–65-year-old age group (2.1% (95% CI = 1.3–2.8)) and highest in the above 80-year-old age group (12.2% (95% CI = 6.6–17.8)). …”
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Association of dietary niacin intake with all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease: A retrospective cohort study of NHANES. by Meijuan Xiang, Jianyun Peng, Zhihong Gui, Ju Jin, Jinling Meng

“…The mean age of patients was 58.03 (0.42) years old, and 2,502 (58.45%) were female. During a mean follow-up of 73.92 (1.14) months, 1,325 (28.44%) CKD patients died. …”
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New Development Bank as Aid Donor to School Education by Rodion Sadykov, Yevgeny Uchaev

“…First, the established division of labor between “old” multilateral development banks (e.g., World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank) and “new” institutions (e.g., NDB, AIIB) has positioned the former to prioritize social sector investments while the latter address deficits in infrastructure financing. …”
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Third Trimester Lower Extremity Lymphorrhea by Kaori Morimoto, Luke O’Rourke

“…We report a case of a 32-year-old multigravida patient pregnant with her third child and has two living full-term children (G3P2003). …”
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Deaths during Sexual Activity by Agnė Okulevičiūtė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Sigitas Laima, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…Cases: Case 1: A 65-year-old male was clothed in women’s underwear and was found hanging in a noose in a bedroom after a house fire. …”
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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Four Organic Acids Used in Chicks Feed to Control Salmonella typhimurium: Suggestion of Amendment in the Search Standard by Aicha El Baaboua, Mohamed El Maadoudi, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Omar Belmehdi, Ayoub Kounnoun, Rajae Zahli, Jamal Abrini

“…The neutralization of these organic acids in vitro and in the presence of one-day-old chick’s organs was also investigated during the search for Salmonella serovars in birds as described in the Moroccan standard “NM 08.0.550.” …”
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The language use Inventory-Persian: report of the psychometric properties by Mahbubeh Nakhshab, Ali Asgary, Akram Ahmadi

“…Then, 348 parents/caregivers of three groups of children consisting of typically developing (TD), late-talking children, and ones with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) 18-47-month-old Persian-speaking children completed the adapted version of the LUI. …”
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Mesothelioma in Two Nondomestic Felids: North American Cougar (Felis concolor) and Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) by Amanda Whiton, Juergen Schumacher, Erika E. Evans, Janelle M. Novak, Amanda Crews, Edward Ramsay, Robert Donnell

“…A 15-year-old male North American cougar (Felis concolor) presented with a 2-day history of anorexia, restlessness, and dyspnea. …”
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Peripheral Blood DNA Methylation Changes in Response to <i>Centella asiatica</i> Treatment in Aged Mice by Olivia Monestime, Brett A. Davis, Cora Layman, Kandace J. Wheeler, Wyatt Hack, Jonathan A. Zweig, Amala Soumyanath, Lucia Carbone, Nora E. Gray

“…This study explores this potential with a water extract of the botanical <i>Centella asiatica</i> (CAW). Eighteen-month-old mice were treated with CAW in their drinking water for 5 weeks alongside vehicle-treated eighteen-month-old C57BL6 mice. …”
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Diverse clinical manifestations and prognosis in a couple’s mercury poisoning caused by skin-lightening creams: two case reports and literature review by Huixia Ji, Ye Chen, Dandan Liu, Tongzhou Zhou, Yuhua Tang

“…This article presents the symptoms and prognosis of a couple who developed mercury poisoning after cosmetic use of similar duration and dosage. Case 1 is a 33-year-old man who developed nephrotic syndrome after using skin-lightening creams containing mercury over 9 months. …”
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Diabetes Is Associated with Musculoskeletal Pain, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis by Thomas Rehling, Anne-Sofie Dam Bjørkman, Marie Borring Andersen, Ola Ekholm, Stig Molsted

“…Results. 9,238 participants with diabetes were 65.6±11.0 (mean±SD) years old; 55.6% were males. 99,980 participants without diabetes were 59.2±11.8 years old; 46.7% were males. …”
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Characterization of Stroke Patients in an Intensive Care Unit by Marianela Planes Fajardo, Georgia Díaz-Perera Fernández, Maylín Isabel Alonso Martínez, Aurora Calzada Fajardo

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the risk factors with the highest frequency were: smoking, type 2 diabetes mellitus and age over 60 years old.…”
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