Prevalence and co-prevalence of comorbidities among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus living in Puerto Rico by Enid J García-Rivera, Krystel Ruiz-Serrano, Edgar I Miranda, Luis C Mejía, Adolfo Pinzón, Cecile Marqués-Goyco, José G Quijada, Homero Monsanto, Juan C Orengo

“…The overall estimated prevalence of T2DM was 17.4%. The number of claims per patient ranged from 1 to 339. A mean of 6.3 claims (SD±9.99) and a median of 3 claims (Q1 1- Q3 8) per subject were identified. …”
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Effect of selective suture removal on graft astigmatism after corneal transplantation in keratoconus by Sepehr Feizi, Mohammad Ali Javadi, Zahra Karjou, Nasim Nouri, Maryam Oraeeyazdani, Zahra Khorrami, Hamed Esfandiari

“…A total of 234 selective suture removals were performed, with a mean of 2.0 ± 1.1 removals per eye. Pre-suture removal keratometric astigmatism significantly decreased from 6.3 ± 2.0 D to 3.91 ± 2.23 D after the completion of selective suture removal ( p  < 0.001). …”
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La visió de la societat feudal de l'època de Felip II de França (1180-1223)a través de les cançons de gesta by Xavier Blanco

“…Aquest article està redactat amb un objectiu didàctic: servir de text de suport per a la redacció de treballs de curs en el marc d’una assignatura de literatura medieval francesa de grau. …”
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Vitronectin regulates focal adhesion turnover and migration of human placenta-derived MSCs under nutrient stress by Srishti Dutta Gupta, Nitish Pal, Malancha Ta

“…Knockdown of VTN in PL-MSCs led to a significant reduction in the total number per cell and size of FAs, along with their faster turnover and shorter lifespan. …”
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Analyzing the Carbon Footprint of an Intravitreal Injection by Barry Power, Robert Brady, Paul Connell

“…The omission of items considered dispensable from injection packs would reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 0.56 kg per injection – an annual saving of 3,360 kg CO 2 eq for our service. …”
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Nurse-led counselling programme on the adherence to eye patch application among children with amblyopia: a randomised control trial by Srishti Raj, Savleen Kaur, Mona Duggal, Shivani ­, Sushma Kumari Saini

“…Data were collected by interviewing the children with amblyopia and their parents as per the interview schedule. A protocol for nurse-led counselling on the adherence to eye patch application was developed. …”
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A structured framework for pediatric endocrine resident rotations: a single center experience by Rachel Zipursky, Alaina P. Vidmar, Clement C. Cheung

“…The process required 75–135 min of administrative time per resident (15 min of administrator time, 60–120 min of faculty time) and 120 min of teaching time per resident (medical education faculty team). …”
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Comparative Analysis of Public Transportation Comfort in Addis Ababa: Objective and Subjective Performance Metrics by Shambel Assefa Esheti, Yonas Minalu Emagnu, Birhanu Demissie Haylemariam, Robeam Solomon Melaku

“…Following midi buses, the ACBE exhibits the highest passenger loading and travel time (2.113 and 1.548 passengers per seat and takes 4.2 and 3.34 min) to cover 1 km during peak and off-peak periods, respectively. …”
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Biodiversity and Structural Analysis of Woody Plant Species of Home Gardens in Basona Worana District, North Shoa Zone of Central Ethiopia by Almaz Woldeyohannes, Admasu Moges

“…For this, six kebeles and 138 HGs from three agroecologies of BWD were selected using various sampling techniques. The plot size used per HG was 400 m2. Diversity and important value indices (IVIs) were computed. …”
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SELF-ESTEEM AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS by Carla Patrícia Correia Neves, Cindy Margarida Gonçalves Sousa, Maria Inês Oliveira Teixeira, Marta Isabel Ferreira Gomes, Sílvia Francisca de Sousa Monteiro

“…Gender showed effects on both self-esteem and psychological well-being when associated with hours of sleep per day and social media use. Academic year and physical exercise practice only affected self-esteem. …”
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Prediction and influence factors analysis of IP backbone network traffic based on Prophet model and variance reduction by Xuan Wei

“…Notably, four indices—Gross Domestic Product (GDP), per capita disposable income, per capita consumption expenditure, and the number of Internet broadband users—exhibit high correlation. …”
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Growth, Root Formation, and Nutrient Value of Triticale Plants Fertilized with Biosolids by Wendy Mercedes Rauw, Michael Bela Teglas, Sudeep Chandra, Matthew Lewis Forister

“…Treatments included a nonfertilized control, fertilization with 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 ml biosolids per pot, and fertilization with a commercial nitrogen fertilizer at the recommended application rate and at double that rate. …”
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Effect of Spirulina Meal Supplementation on Growth Performance and Feed Utilization in Fish and Shrimp: A Meta-Analysis by Ling Li, Haiyan Liu, Peiyu Zhang

“…The results indicated that on the whole, dietary SPM addition significantly improved FBW, SGR, and PER; statistically decreased FCR of animals; had no significant influence on CF and HSI. …”
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Estimating the trend of COVID-19 in Norway by combining multiple surveillance indicators. by Gunnar Rø, Trude Marie Lyngstad, Elina Seppälä, Siri Nærland Skodvin, Lill Trogstad, Richard Aubrey White, Arve Paulsen, Trine Hessevik Paulsen, Trine Skogset Ofitserova, Petter Langlete, Elisabeth Henie Madslien, Karin Nygård, Birgitte Freisleben de Blasio

“…We find that the estimated growth rates reached a maximum of 25% per day in March 2020, but afterwards they were between -10% and 10% per day. …”
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Factors Affecting Compliance of Infection Control Measures among Dental Radiographers by Maram Alakhras, Dana S. Al-Mousa, Arwa Mahasneh, Amani G. AlSa’di

“…HH was affected by years of experience and number of patients radiographed per day. PPE was influenced by number of hours worked per week and patients radiographed daily. …”
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Survival in patients with acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia at the "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima". Hospital. A ten years experience by Rafael Alejandro Gómez Baute, Julio Dámaso Fernández Águila., Liermis Dita Salabert, Tamara Guerra Alfonso

“…Its incidence increases with age up to 20 per 100 000 in over 70 years old patients. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> To characterize the survival of patients with acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia at the "Dr. …”
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Research on the Carbon Reduction Potential of the Life Cycle of Building Roofs Retrofit Designs by Dawei Mu, Wenjin Dai, Yixian Zhang, Yixu Shen, Zhi Luo, Shurui Fan

“…The life cycle carbon reduction per unit area is 262.57 kg·m⁻² for GHR, 127.41 kg·m⁻² for GR and 2567.12 kg·m⁻² for PVR. …”
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Whole genome sequences of nine Taylorella equigenitalis strains isolated in the Czech Republic between 1982-2021: Molecular dating suggests a common ancestor at the time of Roman E... by Matěj Hrala, Petr Andrla, Juraj Bosák, Pavla Fedrová, Amir Mugutdinov, Renata Karpíšková, Kateřina Nedbalcová, Jitka Raichová, Martin Faldyna, Petr Hořín, David Šmajs

“…In addition, we used the collection dates of Kladruber horse strains to estimate the genome substitution rate, which resulted in a scaled mean evolutionary rate of 6.9×10-7 substitutions per site per year. Analysis with other available T. equigenitalis genome sequences (n = 18) revealed similarity of the Czech T. equigenitalis genomes with the Austrian T. equigenitalis genome, and molecular dating suggested a common ancestor of all analyzed T. equigenitalis strains from 1.5-2.6 thousand years ago, dating to the first centuries A.D. …”
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Optimization of Effective Parameters on Biohydrogen Production Using Bioaugmentation by Saeed Khesareh, Seyed-Ahmad Ataei

“…Under these conditions with a 10% inoculation, the total volume of gas production was extended to 1.61 L per liters of activated sludge with 0.046 mole H2 per liters of activated sludge. …”
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Artificial intelligence in soil microbiome analysis: a potential application in predicting and enhancing soil health—a review by Roberta Pace, Vincenzo Schiano Di Cola, Maurilia Maria Monti, Antonio Affinito, Salvatore Cuomo, Francesco Loreto, Michelina Ruocco

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