Metformin in COVID-19: a magical role beyond the hyperglycemia by Gaurav Kumar Chaubey, Rahul Dilawari, Radheshyam Modanwal, Sharmila Talukdar, Asmita Dhiman, Manoj Raje

“…Initially reported in the Wuhan area of the People’s Republic of China, it soon emerged across the globe. …”
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Multistate Markov model application for blood pressure transition among the Chinese elderly population: a quantitative longitudinal study by Bin Zhao, Juan Xiong, Yuxin Wang, Xujuan Zheng, Yiqin Zhang, Liping Xu, Lina Zhou

“…Objective To explore the transitions of different blood pressure states based on a multistate Markov model among the Chinese elderly population.Setting A community health centre in Xiamen, China.Participants 1833 elderly Chinese people.Methods A multistate Markov model was built based on 5001 blood pressure measurements from 2015 to 2020. …”
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Trust in the integrity of a micro health insurance scheme and its determinants in two rural districts of Ethiopia by Mohammed Hussien

“…Scheme administrators and health authorities need to devise strategies to improve people’s understanding of the basic principles of health insurance and promote access to high-quality care while minimizing expenditures at the point of receiving care.…”
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Hubungan Jumlah Komplikasi Kronik Dengan Derajat Gejala Depresi Pada Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 Di Poliklinik Rsup Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Try Rahmi Lussii Karsuita, Eva Decroli, Delmi Sulastri

“…The results showed that respondents having depression symptom are made up by 27 people (35.5%). The amount of normal or minimal depression was 64.5%, mild depression is 27.6 %, and 7.9% for moderate depression. …”
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HOTSSea v1: a NEMO-based physical Hindcast of the Salish Sea (1980–2018) supporting ecosystem model development by G. Oldford, G. Oldford, T. Jarníková, V. Christensen, M. Dunphy

“…<p>Decadal-scale oceanographic, environmental, and ecological changes have been reported in the Salish Sea, an ecologically productive inland sea in the northeast Pacific that supports the economies and cultures of millions of people. However, there are substantial data gaps related to physical water properties that make it difficult to evaluate trends and the pathways of effects between physical ocean water properties and the productivity of marine ecosystems. …”
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Analisis Sentimen untuk Identifikasi Bantuan Korban Bencana Alam berdasarkan Data di Twitter Menggunakan Metode K-Means dan Naive Bayes by Vincentius Riandaru Prasetyo, Gatum Erlangga, Delta Ardy Prima

“…Abstract   Social media has become a common place for people to express themselves and ask for help when they are going through a calamity. …”
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Screening for diabetic retinopathy at a health centre in South Africa: A cross-sectional study by Ntokozo Zulu, Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Elizabeth M. Webb, Wezi G. Maphenduka, Steve Cook, Paul Rheeder

“…Contribution: The findings underscore the need to integrate diabetes eye screening programmes into PHC services for people living with diabetes.…”
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Real-World Assessment of Weight Change in African American Females and Hispanics with HIV-1 After Initiating Integrase Strand-Transfer Inhibitors or Protease Inhibitors by Yen-Wen Chen, David Anderson, Christopher D. Pericone, Prina Donga

“…**Background:** Studies have shown an increase in weight among people living with HIV (PLWH) who initiated integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTI). …”
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Effectiveness of a family customised online FOCUS programme aimed on building resiliency in dyad relationship to support dyadic illness management in persons with heart failure and... by Xin Zhang, Xiaonan Zhang, Yongjun Cao, Weiling Yang, Yanting Li, Xuedong Li, Sixuan Jiang, Qingyun LV, Mei Cheng, Xiaoying Zang

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The essence and purpose of the social state in the context of the legal experience of modern Ukraine: theoretical and legal analysis by S. S. Polesov

“…The concept of the development and strengthening of the social state indicates the constitutionally defined context of its dynamic existence: the existing model of the social state, being a constant and defining legal characteristic of the state of Ukraine, is nevertheless not stable in the constitutional sense, it needs its development and strengthening, first, in the interests of the Ukrainian people, secondly, in a direction that should not lead to distortion of the essence and purpose of the social state, distortion or emasculation of its essence and purpose, thirdly, such development and strengthening should take place within the framework defined by the Constitution of Ukraine.…”
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Protein Kinase A Is Involved in Neuropathic Pain by Activating the p38MAPK Pathway to Mediate Spinal Cord Cell Apoptosis by Yajun Deng, Liang Yang, Qiqi Xie, Fengbiao Yang, Guoqiang Li, Guangzhi Zhang, Shaoping Li, Zuolong Wu, Jing Wang, Xuewen Kang

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WIMUSim: simulating realistic variabilities in wearable IMUs for human activity recognition by Nobuyuki Oishi, Phil Birch, Daniel Roggen, Paula Lago

“…We hypothesize that improving virtual IMU fidelity is crucial to fully harness the potential of physics simulation for virtual IMU data generation in training Human Activity Recognition (HAR) models.MethodTo investigate this, we introduce WIMUSim, a 6-axis wearable IMU simulation framework designed to accurately parameterize real IMU properties when deployed on people. WIMUSim models IMUs in wearable sensing using four key parameters: Body (skeletal model), Dynamics (movement patterns), Placement (device positioning), and Hardware (IMU characteristics). …”
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PENGGUNAAN JUMPUTAN , TRITIK DALAM UPACARA ADAT DI SURAKARTA by sarwono - sarwono, Adji Isworo Josef, Tiwi Bina Affanti, Ratna Endah Santoso, Novita Wahyuningsih

“…ABSTRACT The Javanese society has a harmony concept which has become an interesting tradition part in live. The Javanese people, especially  the Surakarta society, have a belief in the world philosophy (universe), consisting of the great universe ( macrocosmos) and small universe ( microcosmos). …”
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Status of fish health management and biosecurity measures in fish farms, cages and hatcheries in Western Kenya by Domitila Kyule-Muendo, Elick Otachi, Fonda Awour, Erick Ogello, Kevin Obiero, Jacob Abwao, Cecilia Muthoni, Jonathan Munguti

“…Abstract Background Aquaculture is one of the critical sectors contributing to food and nutrition security, income and employment opportunities to millions of people, and is currently the fastest growing food-producing sector globally. …”
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Exploring the drivers of adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare-seeking behavior in northwestern Botswana: a cross-sectional analysis by Mackenzie Lawson, Helen Apps, Peggie Ramaphane, Francis Barchi

“…Abstract Background Research examining young people’s healthcare-seeking behaviors in Sub-Saharan Africa has largely focused on university or out-of-school youth who are sexually active and/or HIV-positive. …”
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Clinical Features and Visual Outcomes of Optic Neuritis in Chinese Children by Huanfen Zhou, Wei Wang, Quangang Xu, Shaoying Tan, Shuo Zhao, Mo Yang, Chunxia Peng, Shihui Wei

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A new method for calculating highway blocking due to high-impact weather conditions by D. Liu, T. Jing, T. Jing, T. Jing, M. Yan, I. Gultepe, Y. Bao, Y. Bao, Y. Bao, H. Wang, F. Zu

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A Prospective Study of Tuberculosis Drug Susceptibility in Sabah, Malaysia, and an Algorithm for Management of Isoniazid Resistance by Muhammad Redzwan S. Rashid Ali, Uma Parameswaran, Timothy William, Elspeth Bird, Christopher S. Wilkes, Wai Khew Lee, Tsin Wen Yeo, Nicholas M. Anstey, Anna P. Ralph

“…Among outpatients there were no instances of multidrug resistant M. tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Seven people (4.5%) had isoniazid resistance (INH-R); all were switched to an appropriate second-line regimen for varying durations (4.5–9 months). …”
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Synoptic and Mesoscale Atmospheric Patterns That Triggered the Natural Disasters in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in January 2020 by Thaís Aparecida Cortez Pinto, Enrique Vieira Mattos, Michelle Simões Reboita, Diego Oliveira de Souza, Paula S. S. Oda, Fabrina Bolzan Martins, Thiago Souza Biscaro, Glauber Willian de Souza Ferreira

“…Between 23 and 25 January 2020, the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (MRBH) in Brazil experienced 32 natural disasters, which affected 90,000 people, resulted in 13 fatalities, and caused economic damages of approximately USD 250 million. …”
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A cycle of invisibilisation: a qualitative study of Brazilian health system factors shaping access to long COVID care by Emma-Louise Aveling, Margareth Crisóstomo Portela, Letícia Soares, Bárbara Caldas, Brenda Sabaine, Flora Cornish

“…Introduction Long COVID (LC), an often-debilitating infection-associated chronic condition (IACC), affects millions of people globally. Globally, LC patients struggle to access timely, appropriate care, often experiencing disbelief, misunderstandings or being diverted from healthcare. …”
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