Intensity of Nematode Infection in Children Aged 3 to 5 Years Living in Mukuru Kwa Njenga Slum Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya by Lynda Allan, Fiona N. Mbai, Dorcas S. Yole, Moses Owino

“…The intensities of nematode infections were expressed as eggs per gram (epg) of faeces. Results. The point prevalence of nematode infection among the 98 children in the 1st sampling was 25.5% with a mean infection intensity of 5424 epg, whereas among the 74 children sampled in 2nd sampling, 47.3% had nematode infection with a mean infection intensity of 12384 epg. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of metacognitive therapy for cardiac rehabilitation participants with symptoms of anxiety and/or depression: analysis of a randomised controlled trial by David Reeves, Calvin Heal, Patrick Joseph Doherty, Gemma E Shields, Adrian Wells, Lora Capobianco, Anthony Heagerty, Deborah Buck, Linda M Davies, Elizabeth Camacho

“…At a threshold of £30 000 per QALY, MCT intervention of around 76% was likely to be cost-effective.Conclusions Results suggest that intervention may be cost-saving and health-increasing; however, findings are uncertain and subject to limitations. …”
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Leveraging the fundamentals of heat transfer and fluid mechanics in microscale geometries for automated next-generation sequencing library preparation by Olivia Ott, Sabrina Tolppi, Jennifer Figueroa-Cruz, Khaliun Myagmar, Khulan Unurbuyan, Anubhav Tripathi

“…We applied this method to two library preparation assays with different DNA fragmentation requirements (mechanical vs. enzymatic fragmentation), sufficiently limiting consumable use to one cartridge and one 384 well-plate per run. Our platform successfully prepared eight libraries in parallel, generating sequencing data for both human and Escherichia coli DNA libraries with negligible coverage bias compared to positive controls. …”
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Protocol of a parallel group Randomized Control Trial (RCT) for Mobile-assisted Medication Adherence Support (Ma-MAS) intervention among Tuberculosis patients. by Zekariyas Sahile, Lua Perimal-Lewis, Paul Arbon, Anthony John Maeder

“…A total of 186 participants (93 per group) will be individually randomized into one of the two groups with a 1:1 allocation ratio by a computer-generated algorithm. …”
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Long term cost-effectiveness analysis of IDegLira in the treatment of type 2 diabetes patients compared to GLP-1RA added to basal insulin after IDegLira entered the national reimbu... by Dunming Xiao, Junling Weng, Lei Zhang, Chang Xing, Yan Wei, Yingyao Chen

“…Under the threshold of 1 times the per capita GDP of China in 2022 (85,698 CNY), IDegLira is a dominant scheme with lower cost and better health outcome. …”
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Effects of increasing levels of rubber seed cake on growth performance, nutrient digestion metabolism, serum biochemical parameters, and rumen microbiota of Hu sheep by Huwei Zhao, Jinling Hua, Wenwen Lu, Longfei Yan, Min Zhang, Chao Chen, Xiaokang Lv

“…In this study, 48 Hu sheep, weighing 17.01 ± 0.57 kg at 3 months of age, were randomly divided into four treatments: 0% rubber seed cake (RSC0%), 6% rubber seed cake (RSC6%), 12% rubber seed cake (RSC12%) and 18% rubber seed cake (RSC18%), with 12 sheep per group. Compared to the RSC0%, the ADG and DMI of the RSC6% and RSC12% were increased (P > 0.05). …”
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Maternal death audit in Rwanda 2009–2013: a nationwide facility-based retrospective cohort study by Jeroen van Dillen, Felix Sayinzoga, Leon Bijlmakers, Fidele Ngabo, Victor Mivumbi, Koos van der Velden

“…In 44.9% of these cases, death occurred in the post-partum period. Seventy per cent were due to direct causes, with post-partum haemorrhage as the leading cause (22.7%), followed by obstructed labour (12.3%). …”
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Changes in Corneal Volume at Different Areas and Its Correlation with Corneal Biomechanics after SMILE and FS-LASIK Surgery by Pinghui Wei, George PM Cheng, Jiamei Zhang, Alex LK Ng, Tommy CY Chan, Vishal Jhanji, Yan Wang

“…SMILE was associated with less change in biomechanical properties per unit of reduction in CV compared with FS-LASIK.…”
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Impact of the Seeding Method on Physiological, Agronomic, and Biochemical Performance of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Varieties Grown in Burkina Faso by Badiel Badoua, Kihindo Adama Pascal, Yao Koffi Bertin, Nana Rasmata, Ouedraogo Razacswendé Fanta, Dondasse Edmond, Tamini Zoumbiessé

“…Row seeding favored plant growth and development for all varieties. Seed yield per plant for row seeding was significantly (P<0.001) higher than for broadcast seeding. …”
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Digital Etching of Molybdenum Interconnects Using Plasma Oxidation by Ivan Erofeev, Antony Winata Hartanto, Muhaimin Mareum Khan, Kerong Deng, Krishna Kumar, Zainul Aabdin, Weng Weei Tjiu, Mingsheng Zhang, Antoine Pacco, Harold Philipsen, Angshuman Ray Chowdhuri, Han Vinh Huynh, Frank Holsteyns, Utkur Mirsaidov

“…High uniformity of plasma oxidation defines the etching uniformity, and small metal recess per cycle (typically 1–2 nm) provides precise control over the etching depth. …”
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The Origin of the Large-Scale Industry in Klaipėda's Region in the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century by Julius Žukas

“…The factory produced more than thirty thousand tons of cellulose per year, before World War I, and the greatest part of the production was realized in foreign countries. …”
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READMISSIONS TO ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT CARE: A REGISTER STUDY by VISA VADÉN, RIITTAKERTTU KALTIALA, TIMO HOLTTINEN

“…Results: Nearly half of the patients (48.4%) experienced a readmission during adolescent years. Thirteen per cent of patients were readmitted within 30 days of discharge. …”
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Machine learning-driven benchmarking of China's wastewater treatment plant electricity consumption by Minjian Li, Chongqiao Tang, Junhan Gu, Nianchu Li, Ahemaide Zhou, Kunlin Wu, Zhibo Zhang, Hui Huang, Hongqiang Ren

“…Results indicate that the overall influent concentration characterized by spectral clustering is the major influencing factor of regional WWTP annual average electricity consumption per unit of volume (UEC). The findings not only enhance understanding of WWTP electricity consumption patterns and provide a scalable model for wider application, but also demonstrate a novel methodology for addressing multi-variable problems.…”
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Monitoring for the genetic structure of Mezen breed of horses in terms of DNA microsatellites by N. V. Vdovina, I. B. Yuryeva

“…The population’s alleles-fond includes from 128, 139, and 133 alleles respectively (with an average value of 7.53, 8.18, and 7.82 alleles per locus). The most common alleles are AHT4O, AHT5N, ASB2K, ASB23S, CA425N, HMS1J, HMS1M, HMS2H, HMS3M, HMS7L, HTG4M, HTG6O, HTG7K, HTG7O and LEX3M. …”
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Optimization of Polyphenol Extraction from Purple Corn Pericarp Using Glycerol/Lactic Acid-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent in Combination with Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction by Ravinder Kumar, Sherry Flint-Garcia, Miriam Nancy Salazar Vidal, Lakshmikantha Channaiah, Bongkosh Vardhanabhuti, Stephan Sommer, Caixia Wan, Pavel Somavat

“…The experimental yields under the optimized conditions of time (10 min), temperature (60 °C), water concentration (42.73%), and amplitude (40%) were 36.31 ± 1.54 g of cyanidin-3-glucoside (C3G), 103.16 ± 6.17 g of gallic acid (GA), and 237.54 ± 9.98 g of epicatechin (EE) per kg of pericarp, with a desirability index of 0.858. …”
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Towards fiscal sustainable practices in Mexico: The quality of municipal tax regulation and tiered tariffs improve income from solid waste management services by Sergio López-Olvera, Juan Carlos Olivo-Escudero, Mauricio Hernández-Marroquín, Fausto Rafael López-Olvera, Yessica Lourdes Vallejo-Rivera, Marco Antonio Rodríguez-Gómez, Pedro Hipólito Rodríguez-Herrero

“…The results demonstrate that municipalities with higher levels of tax regulation achieve significantly greater per capita income from SWM services compared to those with minimal or no regulation. …”
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Secretarios, música y diplomacia cultural: el inventario post mortem de Juan de Castro Laurel (Roma, 1709) by José María  Domínguez

“…Además de servir como eslabones entre los campos de erudición italiano y español, algunos de ellos desarrollaron una notable actividad poética escribiendo textos per musica (cantatas y óperas) y actuando como traductores o como preceptores en la transmisión de fuentes, temas y argumentos para las óperas. …”
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Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke: a study on intravenous thrombolysis in patients over 80 years of age with acute ischaemic stroke by Manju Krishnan, Danilo Toni, Niaz Ahmed, Anand Dixit, Ana Paiva Nunes, Marius Matusevicius, Jose Egido, Letizia Concari, Monica Reggiani, Alain Pagès, Thierry Danays

“…Comparisons will be performed between patients treated post-approval (July 2018 to December 2021) period with those treated pre-approval (June 2015 to June 2018) period using propensity score matching (PSM).Setting This is a multicentre international study in hospitals treating AIS with IVT.Participants Patients aged &gt;80 years who otherwise followed the IVT Summary of Product Characteristics of European countries as part of the mutual recognition procedure.Primary and secondary outcomes The main outcomes were symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage per SITS monitoring study definition, death and functional independency as defined by a modified Rankin Scale score of 0–2 at 90 days.Results After PSM, 614 patients remained in each group (mean age 87 years, 39% males). …”
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Associations of Long-term PM10 Exposure with Mortality in Dialysis Patients: A Population Based Cohort Study by Shih-Feng Chen, Yu-Hui Chien, Yu-Chin Lai, Pau-Chung Chen

“…Stratification analysis revealed that male patients had a significantly higher increase in mortality risk per IQR increase in PM10 compared to female patients (aHR 1.185 vs. 1.074; p-interaction < 0.001). …”
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The influence of calfhood diarrhea and pneumonia on preweaning growth and reproductive performance of Holstein heifers by Mely T. Olivera, Jesús Mellado, José E. García, Juan A. Encina, Perpetuo Álvarez, Ulises Macías-Cruz, Leonel Avendaño, Miguel Mellado

“…Heifers without diarrhea and pneumonia during the preweaning period conceived 25 days earlier (p<0.05) than herdmates suffering diarrhea comorbid with pneumonia and required 0.4 less (p<0.05) inseminations per pregnancy. The pregnancy rate for healthy heifers during the preweaning period was higher (93.6%; p<0.05) than those of their herdmates who experienced diarrhea (89.2%), pneumonia (89.8%), or both diseases (87.2%). …”
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