Comparison of analgesic efficacy of continuous transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block with continuous epidural analgesia in renal transplant recipients by Hemant Ojha, Ishwar Bhukal, Aveek Jayant, Sarbpreet Singh, Reshma Mulla, Pulak Priyadarshi Padhi

“…In the epidural group, infusion of 0.25% ropivacaine at a rate of 4–10 mL per hour depending on patient characteristics and block level as assessed clinically. …”
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Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) Among Household Contacts of TB Patients: A Systematic Review by Jihan Fadilah Faiz, Ella Nurlaella Hadi

“…LTBI risk factors among household contacts of TB patients include increasing age, male, occupation type (farmers or laborers or fishermen), duration of employment for more than 10 years, duration of working hours for more than 8 hours per day, contact with TB patients, sharing a bedroom with TB patients, bedroom density, overweight, and owning pets. …”
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Burden of scabies in a Ghanaian penitentiary. by Yaw Ampem Amoako, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Dennis Odai Laryea, Gloria Kyem, Solomon Gyabaah, Abigail Agbanyo, Bernadette Agbavor, Nana Konama Kotey, Irene Dzathor, Felicia Owusu-Antwi, Kingsley Asiedu, Richard Odame Phillips, Ymkje Stienstra

“…Among males, the median (IQR) number of persons per cell was 115 (56-118) and 7 (7-8) for female prisoners. 79.2% of 96 individuals previously treated in the preceding two months still demonstrated skin manifestations of scabies. …”
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A Three-Year Retrospective Study on Survival of Ceramic-Veneered Zirconia (Y-TZP) Fixed Dental Prostheses Performed in Private Practices by Veronika Norström Saarva, Göran Bjerkstig, Anders Örtorp, Per Svanborg

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Socioeconomic disparities in children's posture defects: a comparison between private and public educational institutions by Lukasz Kolodziej, Sebastian Kwiatkowski, Magda Gebska, Ireneusz Walaszek, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka

“…There was a general trend of increasing the number of nosological forms per patient in both private and public institutions over a period of three years. …”
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Microbubble dynamics in brain microvessels. by James H Bezer, Paul Prentice, William Lim Kee Chang, Sophie V Morse, Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Christopher J Rowlands, Andriy S Kozlov, James J Choi

“…Microbubbles in acute brain slices acquired from juvenile rats perfused with a concentrated solution of SonoVue® and dye were exposed to ultrasound pulses typically used in BBB disruption (center frequency: 1 MHz, peak-negative pressure: 0.2-1 MPa, pulse length: up to 10 ms) and observed using high-speed microscopy at up to 10 million frames per second. We observed that microbubbles can exert mechanical stresses on a wide region of tissue beyond their initial location and immediate surroundings. …”
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Economic Evaluation of Fidaxomicin for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection (C. difficile-associated diarrhoea) in Ireland by Anke van Engen, Montserrat Casamayor, Fidelma Loftus, Martin Coen, Andy Garnham, Maureen Watt, Larry Lacey

“…The probability of fidaxomicin being cost-effective in all patients with CDI at a willingness to pay threshold of €45,000 per QALY gained was 82%. **Conclusion:** Fidaxomicin was dominant to the current standard-of-care therapy for CDI. …”
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Prevalence and pattern of mental disorders in the state of West Bengal: Findings from the National Mental Health Survey of India 2016 by Sukanto Sarkar, Aniruddha Basu, Sucharita Mandal, Pavithra Jayashankar, Pradeep K. Saha, Raghunath Misra, Debasish Sinha, Rajarshi Neogi, Soumyadeep Saha, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao, Mathew Varghese, Gopalkrishna Gururaj

“…Standard validated instruments in Bengali like socio-demographic profiles and Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) version 6 were used by trained data collectors with quality monitoring as per a standardized protocol. Results: The current prevalence of mental illness in the state of West Bengal is 13.07% (12.9–13.24 95% CI), which is more than the current national average of 10.56% (10.51–10.61 95% CI). …”
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Indoor Air Pollution of Outdoor Origin: Mitigation Using Portable Air Cleaners in Singapore Office Building by Zuraimi Sultan, Jiayu Li, Jovan Pantelic, Stefano Schiavon

“…Measured effectiveness using indoor concentrations and indoor/outdoor ratios was obtained in a randomised intervention experimental design involving 3 weeks per location. Indoor particle concentration reductions in the three offices were dependent on particle size and confounded by variations in indoor emissions and outdoor levels resulting in low correlation and higher RMSE between modelled and measured effectiveness. …”
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Association between Prenatal One-Hour Glucose Challenge Test Values and Delivery Mode in Nondiabetic, Pregnant Black Women by Jerel M. Ezell, Rosalind M. Peters, Jessica E. Shill, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow

“…After stratifying by parity and adjusting for maternal age, previous C-section, and prepregnancy body mass index, 1-hour GCT value was significantly associated with increased risk of C-section among parous women (OR per 1 mg/dL increase in GCT value = 1.05; 95% CI OR: 1.00, 1.05; P=0.045). …”
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Localization of mobile robot in prior 3D LiDAR maps using stereo image sequence by I.V. Belkin, A.A. Abramenko, V.D. Bezuglyi, D.A. Yudin

“…With parallel code implementation, we achieve an input stereo image processing speed of 14 frames per second on Xavier AGX.…”
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Chronic kidney disease among people living with HIV on TDF based regimen: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Taklo Simeneh Yazie, Wondimeneh Shibabaw Shiferaw, Asaye Alamneh Gebeyehu, Assefa Agegnehu Teshome, Zenaw Debasu Addisu, Abebe Muche Belete

“…CD4 count less than 200 copies per milliliter, and being female were associated with CKD.…”
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Protocol for a cluster randomized study to compare the effectiveness of a self-report distress tool and a mental health referral service to usual case management on program complet... by Shawna Bailey, Carrie Stoner, Kelly Cruise, Giulio DiDiodato

“…Final sample size is expected to be 400 participants (100 per group).<h4>Participants</h4>Students enrolled in Community Builder's Trades & Diversity Training Program in either the city of Barrie or Sudbury (in Ontario, Canada) will be eligible for enrollment if they have an active Ontario Health Insurance Plan number and Canadian Social Insurance Number and provide written informed consent prior to Training program commencement.…”
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Burden of tobacco-related cancers in urban, semi-urban and rural setting of Nepal: Findings from population-based cancer registries 2019. by Uma Kafle Dahal, Meghnath Dhimal, Atul Budukh, Kopila Khadka, Sudha Poudel, Gehanath Baral, Pradip Gyanwali, Anjani Kumar Jha, Sandhya Chapagain

“…The incidence of tobacco-associated cancers was higher in urban region with age adjusted rate 33.6 and 17.0 per 100,000 population for men and women respectively compared to semi-urban and rural regions. …”
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Schools’ toilets quality and its relation to urinary tract problems in pupils of primary schools in Hilla city by Russul Hamed Jawad, Abdul Razzaq Alsalman

“…Public schools had significantly higher number of children per toilet (108.0% ± 68.5%) compared with private schools (26.8% ± 7.6%), with P value of 0.030. …”
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MAOA uVNTR Polymorphism Influence on Older Adults Diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus/Systemic Arterial Hypertension by Gabriel Moura Alves Seixas, Renata de Souza Freitas, Caroline Ferreira Fratelli, Calliandra Maria de Souza Silva, Luciano Ramos de Lima, Marina Morato Stival, Silvana Schwerz Funghetto, Izabel Cristina Rodrigues da Silva

“…Although not statistically significant, only 3R and 3R/4R genotypes presented cases of severe depression per the revised BDI interpretations. Conclusion. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Stem Cells on Male Infertility in a Rat Model: Histological, Molecular, Biochemical, and Functional Study by Sally S. Mohammed, Mona F. Mansour, Noha A. Salem

“…Thirty rats were divided randomly into three groups (ten rats each): group 1 (control): animals received an intraperitoneal injection of 2 ml phosphate-buffered saline per week for 4 weeks, group 2 (MTX-treated group): animals were intraperitoneally injected with methotrexate (8 mg/kg) once weekly for 4 weeks, and group 3 (ADMSC-treated group): methotrexate-treated animals received a single dose of 1×106 stem cells/rat at the 5th week. …”
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Effect of Activator Types on the Production of Activated Carbon from Cocoa (Theobroma cacao, L.) Pod Husk as Metal Adsorbent by Aisman Aisman, Sahadi Didi Ismanto, Nadila Aprilianda

“…On the other hand, magnesium chloride (MgCl2) emerged as the most economically viable activator, with a price of Rp. 30,00 per gram. …”
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小鼠端粒酶蛋白亚单位重组腺病毒载体的构建及鉴定 by 姜楠, 陆敏强, 李华, 蔡常洁, 杨扬, 许赤, 冯炼强, 陈规划

“…【目的】构建小鼠端粒酶蛋白亚单位（mouse telomerase reverse transcriptase，mTERT）基因重组腺病毒载体，为下一步研究其体外表达和动物实验研究提供基础。【方法】从肝癌细胞中提取总RNA。采用RT-PER技术扩增mTERT的基因编码区序列，将序列定向克隆至真核表达载体pAC，将此表达质粒与腺病毒重组质粒pJM17共同转染293细胞，经同源重组产生重组腺病毒载体Ad-mTERT，纯化后的重组腺病毒载体Ad-mTERT在293细胞大量扩增并通过氯化铯密度梯度离心法纯化，测定病毒滴度。…”
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Hubungan antara Beban Tas dengan Risiko Skoliosis pada Siswa Kelas 4-6 Sekolah Dasar by Komang Trisna Handayani, Hamisah Hamisah, Yery Mustari

“…Progresivitas skoliosis dapat ditemukan pada usia 10-12 tahun atau tahun terakhir sebelum menarche dengan peningkatan mencapai 100-150 per tahun. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara beban tas dengan risiko skoliosis pada siswa kelas 4-6 di SD Inpres Bung Makassar. …”
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