Healthcare Delivery among Yoruba Bonesetters in Southwest Nigeria and the Need for Collaboration with Orthodox Orthopedic Healthcare Services: A Mixed Method Study by Soladoye S. Asa, Matthew O. Ilori, Lawrence A. Akinyoola

“…Akinyoola they had on the average advised 6 patients per year to relocate to orthodox hospitals. The study also reveals the views of TBS areas of need from government to include recognition (93.7%) and integration into the country’s health system (63.5%). …”
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Image-guided orbital surgery: a preclinical validation study using a high-resolution physical model by Andrew Dickson, Kealan McElhinney, Conor Murphy, Rizwana I Khan, Ronan P Kileen, Donncha F O’Brien

“…When assessing navigational accuracy, submillimetre accuracy was achieved for the majority of points (16 landmarks per model, per participant). Qualitative surgeon feedback suggested acceptability of the technology, although interference from mobile phones near the operative field was noted.Conclusion This study suggests the feasibility and accuracy of EM-IGS in a preclinical validation study for orbital surgery using patient specific 3D-printed skulls. …”
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Quantifying Podocyte Number in a Small Sample Size of Glomeruli with CUBIC to Evaluate Podocyte Depletion of db/db Mice by Jiaoyu Shi, Yuan Hu, Guangze Shao, Yixiang Zhu, Zhonghua Zhao, Yanyong Xu, Zhigang Zhang, Huijuan Wu

“…Sample size estimation using the PASS software revealed that taking 5%, 7.5%, and 10% of the mean podocyte number per glomerulus as the statistical allowable error and 95% as total confidence interval, 33, 15, and 9 glomeruli were independently needed to be sampled in C57 mice to represent the overall glomeruli to calculate podocyte number. …”
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Isopods in the Bioremediation of Invasive Seaweeds? First Experience with the Seaweed <i>Rugulopteryx okamurae</i> Mass Dumped on Beaches by Daniel Patón, José Carlos García-Gómez

“…In this sense, the average number of mancas per cm² was 0 in the algae group and 325 in the control group. …”
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Analysis of postoperative morbidity and mortality following surgery for gastric cancer. Surgeon volume as the most significant prognostic factor by Maciej Ciesielski, Wiesław J. Kruszewski, Jakub Walczak, Mariusz Szajewski, Jarosław Szefel, Jacek Wydra, Tomasz Buczek, Maksymilian Czerepko

“…Five of them performed at least two gastrectomies per year (n = 106). The remaining 56 resections were done by eight surgeons with annual volume lower than two. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Ruxolitinib vs Best Available Therapy in the Treatment of Myelofibrosis in Spain by María Teresa Gómez-Casares, Juan Carlos Hernández-Boluda, Antonio Jiménez-Velasco, Joaquin Martínez-López, María Giovanna Ferrario, Irmina Gozalbo, Joana Gostkorzewicz, Rudi Subirá

“…This analysis gave an incremental cost of €47 199 per LYG and an incremental cost of €55 616 per QALY gained from the societal perspective. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Ciprofol for Anesthesia in Painless Colonoscopy with Varying Body Mass Indices Patients: A Prospective, Single-Center, Observational Study by Li Y, Yuan M, Zhang P, Zhou T, Zhang M, Xu J

“…Dose per kilogram of TBW was lower in Groups B and C (P< 0.001), while corrected body weight (CBW)-based dosing showed no significant difference between groups (P=0.287). …”
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Evaluation of video-assisted HPV education in government-supported clinics in Western Kenya. by Haley Dion, Hanul Choi, Michelle Huang, Laya Sathyan, Emily Herfel, Breandan Makhulo, Jeniffer Ambaka, Saduma Ibrahim, Megan Huchko

“…Across 33 observations, 16.5 women per day watched the educational video at intervention clinics, and 14 women per day heard standard Ministry of Health cervical cancer prevention education talks at control clinics. …”
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Complications Leading to Keratoplasty among Contact Lens Users and LASIK Patients: A 10-Year Cross-Sectional Analysis by Sloan W. Rush, Blaze Bulla, Ryan B. Rush

“…There were 24 CL users (0.52 per 1,000) and 3 post-LASIK patients (0.29 per 1,000) who underwent PK secondary to complications during the study interval (OR 1.77 [0.53–5.87, 95% CI]; p=0.35). …”
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Edoxaban Monotherapy in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Daisuke Fukamachi, Yasuo Okumura, Naoya Matsumoto, Eizo Tachibana, Koji Oiwa, Makoto Ichikawa, Hironori Haruta, Kazumiki Nomoto, Ken Arima, Atsushi Hirayama

“…Major or clinically significant bleeding occurred in 2 patients in the monotherapy group (1.67% per patient-year) and in 5 patients in the combination therapy group (4.28% per patient-year) (hazard ratio, 0.39; 95% confidence interval, 0.08–2.02). …”
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Overcoming dietary complexity in type 2 diabetes: influencing factors and coping strategies by Yingying Tang, Dongmei Yang

“…There were significant correlations between dietary compliance and several demographic and clinical factors, including age (r = 0.501), gender (r = 0.447), education level (r = 0.610), average monthly household per capita income (r = 0.627), and the duration, since T2DM diagnosis (r = 0.552), all of which were statistically significant (p < 0.05). …”
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Rising Incidence and Comorbidities of Endogenous Hypothyroidism in Republic of Korea from 2004 to 2018: A Nationwide Population Study by Chae Won Chung, Hwa Young Ahn, Sun Wook Cho, Ka Hee Yi

“…Results The age-standardized incidence of endogenous hypothyroidism among men was 0.2 per 1,000 person-years in 2004, increasing to 0.8 in 2018. …”
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Real-world assessment to estimate multiple attributes related to treatment cost driver for mantle cell lymphoma in Japan by econometric modeling by Saaya Tsutsué, Shinichi Makita, Hiroya Asou, Anila Mathew, Yuki Kado, Koki Idehara, Seok-Won Kim, Dilinuer Ainiwaer

“…The mean (SD) of the frequency of bleeding treatment was 23 (35) per year, and that of outpatient visits was 19 (12) per year. …”
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Does Daily Physical Activity Differ Between Patients with Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome and Patients with Hip Dysplasia? A Cross-Sectional Study in 157 Patients and 60 Heal... by Lisa C. U. Reimer, Signe Kierkegaard, Inger Mechlenburg, Julie S. Jacobsen

“…Compared with patients with HD, patients with FAIS spent more time on very low intensity PA (mean 73 minutes (95% CI: 45;102)) and less time on low intensity PA per day (mean -21 minutes (95% CI: -37;-6)). Both groups spent less time on high intensity PA per day compared with healthy volunteers (p≤0.03). …”
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Perceptions on Diet and Dietary Modifications during Postpartum Period Aiming at Attenuating Progression of GDM to DM: A Qualitative Study of Mothers and Health Care Workers by Thamudi D. Sundarapperuma, Champa J. Wijesinghe, Priyadarshika Hettiarachchi, Sudharshani Wasalathanthri

“…Data were coded using the analytical framework, abstracted from transcripts, and summarized verbatim in Microsoft Excel in a matrix comprised of one row per participant and one column per code. Finally, the matrix was reviewed intensely and themes were generated. …”
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A Block-Based and Highly Parallel CNN Accelerator for Seed Sorting by Xiaoting Sang, Zhenghui Hu, Huanyu Li, Chunlei Li, Zhoufeng Liu

“…Experimental results demonstrate that our implementation can achieve about 29.4 frames per second (FPS) and 10.86 Giga operations per second (GOPS), and 0.92× to 5.70 × DSP-efficiency compared with previous FPGA-based accelerators.…”
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Hydrogel as an alternative to agar for laboratory rearing of the green peach aphid Myzus persicae by Ana Paula Nascimento Silva, Camila Faria Chagas, Emanuel Lucas de Andrade Alves, Vinícius de Castro Carvalho, Khalid Haddi

“…Methods Initially, the effects of three concentrations of hydrogel (0.3, 0.6, and 0.9 g per 100 ml) and agar (1 g per 100 ml) on the ability of aphids to complete their life cycle were compared. …”
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Adding chitosan nanoparticles of green tea extract in diluent and thawing temperatures ameliorate the post-thawed quality of Boer buck semen by Suherni Susilowati, Imam Mustofa, Tri Wahyu Suparyogi, Adeyinka Oye Akintunde, Djoko Agus Purwanto, Wurlina Wurlina, Suzanita Utama, Sri Mulyati

“…Methods: The ejaculate of Boer buck was added to skimmed egg yolk diluent without (the control group) and with adding 1 μg of chitosan nanoparticles of green tea extract per mL of diluent (the treatment group). Then, the diluted semen was filled in French mini straws containing 60× 106 live sperm per straw, frozen in a standard protocol, and stored as frozen semen at -196 °C for a week. …”
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Development, results and prospects of the spring durum wheat breeding in Russia (post-Soviet states) by P. N. Malchikov, M. G. Myasnikova

“…., Puccinia titicina Eriks., Puccinia graminis Pers. f. sp. tritici Eriks., Blumeria graminis (DC.) f. sp. tritici Em. …”
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Incidence rate and associated patient characteristics of liver disease in Wales 2004–2022: a retrospective population-scale observational study by Ashley Akbari, Andrew Yeoman, Haroon Ahmed, Jingwei Gao, Aled Davies, Thomas Peter Ignatius Pembroke

“…The incidence of liver disease increased threefold during the study period (97.7 per 100 000 inhabitants in 2004 to 316.2 per 100 000 inhabitants in 2022). …”
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