Comparison of clinico-pathological characteristics and survival of recurrent ovarian cancer patients on seven different chemo-protocols by Sattar Saima, Ahmad Mobasher, Saeed Hamid, Saleem Zikria, Danish Zeeshan, Akhlaq Muhammad

“…Interestingly, the highest and the lowest patient non-compliance were observed in CG (carboplatin + gemcitabine) (81.6 %) and paclitaxel (4.5 %) arms, resp. As per the hazard model for survival, topotecan showed significant association with the therapy related events/deaths compared to other protocols. …”
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Ownership and Utilisation of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets in Tiko Health District, Southwest Region, Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study by Paulette Ngum Fru, Frederick Nchang Cho, Andrew N. Tassang, Celestina Neh Fru, Peter Nde Fon, Albert Same Ekobo

“…Factors significantly associated with the ownership of at least one LLIN per household were respondent’s age and gender. …”
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A new STI in the city: MPOX in Barcelona. First outbreak (5/2022-5/2023) and subsequent resurgence. by David Palma, Montserrat Guillaumes, Carles Pericas, Anna de Andrés, Raquel Prieto, Laia Álvarez-Bruned, Jesús Ospina, Paula Santiá, Patricia García de Olalla, Cristina Rius

“…The cumulative incidence in the general population was 1.03 (95%CI 1.00-1.06) per 1000 inhabitants and 2.13 (2.01-2.17) per 1000 in men. …”
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Predictors of county-level diabetes-related mortality risks in Florida, USA: a retrospective ecological study by Nirmalendu Deb Nath, Agricola Odoi

“…County-level DRMR ranged from 9.6 to 75.6 per 100,000 persons. High mortality risks were observed in the northern, central, and southcentral parts of the state. …”
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Estimating the Risk of Maternal Death at Admission: A Predictive Model from a 5-Year Case Reference Study in Northern Uganda by Gasthony Alobo, Cristina Reverzani, Laura Sarno, Barbara Giordani, Luigi Greco

“…Uganda is one of the countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa with a very high maternal mortality ratio estimated at 336 deaths per 100,000 live births. We aimed at exploring the main factors affecting maternal death and designing a predictive model for estimation of the risk of dying at admission at a major referral hospital in northern Uganda. …”
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Hospital Surgical Volume, Utilization, Costs and Outcomes of Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Testis Cancer by Hua-yin Yu, Nathanael D. Hevelone, Sunil Patel, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Jim C. Hu

“…However, most RPLND are performed at hospitals where there were two or fewer cases per year.…”
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Water Quality Variations in the Lower Yangtze River Based on GA-RF Model From GF-1, Landsat-8, and Sentinel-2 Images by Wentao Hu, Shuanggen Jin, Yuanyuan Zhang

“…The annual average TP shows a decreasing trend with 0.0017 mg/L per year, while TN shows a decreasing trend with 0.0557 mg/L per year. …”
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Underestimation of Wave Energy from ERA5 Datasets: Back Analysis and Calibration in the Central Tyrrhenian Sea by Lateef Adesola Afolabi, Sara Russo, Carlo Lo Re, Giovanni Ludeno, Gabriele Nardone, Diego Vicinanza, Pasquale Contestabile

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Turismo e dimore di scrittore, tra libri e lettere by Aurore Bonniot-Mirloup

“…Nel mondo della letteratura si assiste ad un appropriarsi dei suoi elementi materiali (dai libri alla casa dello scrittore..) come se fossero immateriali (l’immaginario dei luoghi) da parte di attori per i quali essa rappresenta una risorsa in grado da contribuire allo sviluppo territoriale. …”
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Tra geologia e architettura. La rappresentazione del paesaggio archeologico di Tiermes by Carlos Rodríguez Fernández, Flavia Zelli, Sagrario Fernández Raga

“…Il presente scritto ripercorre brevemente la documentazione grafica e fotografica generata per rappresentare il sito oggetto di studio, in una visione in cui geologia, architettura e archeologia si sovrappongono e si confondono, per poi soffermarsi sulla ricerca più recente che – attraverso l’uso dei nuovi sistemi di analisi e rappresentazione dell’architettura – ci offre una nuova interpretazione e rappresentazione del paesaggio di Tiermes. …”
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Investigation of Consultations Requested by Dermatology Inpatient by Dağdaş AD, Fettahlioglu Karaman B, Aksungur VL

“…There were 1712 consultations. Their number per admission was positively correlated with patient’s age and length of stay. …”
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Introducing the non-invasive prenatal test for trisomy 21 in Belgium: a cost-consequences analysis by Mattias Neyt, Frank Hulstaert, Wilfried Gyselaers

“…The sensitivity and specificity of the non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) are over 99% but come at a cost of €460 (£373) per test. The objective is to estimate the consequences of introducing NIPT for the detection of T21.Methods A cost-consequences analysis was performed presenting the impact on benefits, harms and costs. …”
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Impact of Ridge-Furrow Planting in Pakistan: Empirical Evidence from the Farmers Field by Imtiaz Hussain, Akhter Ali, Ansaar Ahmed, Hafiz Nasrullah, Badar ud Din Khokhar, Shahid Iqbal, Azhar Mahmood Aulakh, Atta ullah Khan, Jamil Akhter, Gulzar Ahmed

“…Farmers adopting ridge-furrow wheat planting earned USD 100.63 per hectare more profit than nonadopter farmers. …”
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Rehabilitation Training Activity Analysis Method for Motor Function in Lower Limb in Elderly Patients with Hemiplegia after Stroke by Meng LYU, Haizhou WANG, Zhuping SHAO

“…If the score of some training items was equal to or less than 1, we should transform the training environment from activity room to real environment, and carry out intensive training on these items, such as restrict healthy hand to use, strengthen the affected upper limb training, etc.six hours per day, five days per week, continuous treatment for three months. …”
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Current Practice of Heart Donor Evaluation in Germany: Multivariable Risk Factor Analysis Confirms Practicability of Guidelines by Sylke Ruth Zeissig, Carl-Ludwig Fischer-Froehlich, Frank Polster, Nils R. Fruehauf, Guenter Kirste, Irene Schmidtmann

“…Successful procurement was determined by low donor age (OR 0.87 per year; 95% CI [0.85–0.89], P<0.0001), large donor height (OR 1.04 per cm; 95% CI [1.02–1.06], P<0.0001), exclusion of impaired left ventricular function or wall motion (OR 0.01; 95% CI [0.002–0.036], P<0.0001), arrhythmia (OR 0.05; 95% CI [0.009–0.260], P=0.0004), and of severe coronary artery disease (OR 0.003; 95% CI [<0.001–0.01], P<0.0001). …”
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A simplified online adaptive workflow for long-course magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy in esophageal cancer by Koen M. Kuijer, Roel Bouwmans, Lando S. Bosma, Stella Mook, Gert J. Meijer

“…In seven patients, the ATS-lite workflow achieved a median time per fraction of 23 min. Conclusions: The ATS-lite workflow provides adequate target coverage and is feasible for online adaptive MRgRT in long-course esophageal cancer treatments.…”
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Birth prevalence and determinants of neural tube defects among newborns in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Beminet Moges Gebremariam, Dejene Hailu, Barbara J Stoecker, Afework Mulugeta

“…The pooled birth prevalence of neural tube defects was 83.40 (95% CI: 60.78, 106.02) per 10,000 births. The highest and lowest prevalence rates were 130.9 (95% CI: 113.52, 148.29) in Tigray and 28.60 (95% CI: 18.70, 38.50) per 10,000 births in Amhara regional states. …”
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Annual Variation in Flowering Phenology, Pollination, Mating System, and Pollen Yield in Two Natural Populations of Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth by Vinod Prasad Khanduri, C. M. Sharma, K. S. Kumar, S. K. Ghildiyal

“…Average pollen production ranged between 6.90 × 107 pollen per tree in 2007 and 15.49 × 108 pollen per tree in 2011. …”
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High-Intensity Interval Training as an Efficacious Alternative to Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training for Adults with Prediabetes by Mary E. Jung, Jessica E. Bourne, Mark R. Beauchamp, Emily Robinson, Jonathan P. Little

“…Minutes spent in vigorous physical activity per week measured by accelerometer were higher in HIIT (24 ± 18) as compared to MICT (11 ± 10) at one-month follow-up (P = 0.049, Cohen’s d = 0.92). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of blindness and vision loss attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021, and forecasts to 2030: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Stud... by Yi Zeng, Yixian Liu, Xingyi Chen, Jennifer Kenny, Rong Rong, Xiaobo Xia

“…In 2021, the global BVL-related YLDs and ASYR attributable to smoking were estimated at 284.03 thousand and 3.27 per 100,000 population. The ASYR for cataract and AMD are 2.60 and 0.68 per 100,000, respectively. …”
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