Impact of zero-markup consumable policy and national procurement of coronary stents on hospitalization expenses: an interrupted time series analysis by Shao-long Wu, Shao-long Wu, Kun Wang, Xin Yang, Ning Liu, Ning Liu, Wen-xin Zou, Xiao-wei Li, Dan-hua Huang, Tian-hao Yu

“…The slope change of medical consumables expenses decreased by 600.81 CNY per month after the zero-markup policy, and the immediate effect of the national procurement policy resulted in a decrease of 32,160.81 CNY in median medical consumables expenses. …”
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CHANGES IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SEXUAL FUNCTION IN WOMEN WITH PELVIC PROLAPSE AFTER LIGATION OF COLPOPEXY WITH POLYPROPYLENE MESH by A. D. Kaprin, A. A. Kostin, V. B. Filimonov, R. V. Vasin, I. V. Vasina

“…Physical health component (PHC) reduced by 57.8% in the 1st group and 59.5 per cent in the 2nd group, and psychological health (PsCH) by 42% and 43.5% respectively groups compared with the general population indicators. …”
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Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) drug efficacy study landscape: A systematic scoping review of clinical trials and observational studies to assess the feasibility of esta... by Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, Rishikesh Kumar, Prabin Dahal, Abdalla Munir, Sumayyah Rashan, Rutuja Chhajed, Caitlin Naylor, Brittany J Maguire, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Eli Harriss, Manju Rahi, Fabiana Alves, Shyam Sundar, Kasia Stepniewska, Ahmed Musa, Philippe J Guerin, Krishna Pandey

“…Ten other drug regimens were tested in 270 patients with less than 60 patients per regimen.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our review identified studies with very limited sample size for the three major drugs (miltefosine, L-AmB, and pentavalent antimony), while the number of patients combined across studies suggest that the IPD platform would be valuable. …”
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Corporate Social Responsibility's Influence on Product Innovation: Spotlight on the Mediating Role of Employer Branding (A Case Study of Medium and Large Manufacturing Firms in Bus... by zahra hajizadeh, Ebrahim Rajabpour, Heidar Ahmadi, Majid Esmaeilpour

“…After the data were collected, an average was computed from each company's responses, and one survey per company was chosen as the foundation for the analysis. …”
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Rationale, design, and methodology of My Body Is Fit and Fabulous at school (MyBFF@school) study: a multi-pronged intervention program to combat obesity among Malaysian schoolchild... by Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin, Abqariyah Yahya, Fuziah Md. Zain, Rusidah Selamat, Zahari Ishak, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin

“…The intervention modules replaced the existing two physical education classes and one co-curriculum activity per week. Three assessments i.e. at baseline, month-3 and month-6 were conducted. …”
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The long-term impact of childhood sexual assault on depression and self-reported mental and physical health by Oluwasegun Akinyemi, Temitope Ogundare, Mojisola Fasokun, Fadeke Ogunyankin, Nkemdirim Ugochukwu, Walia Ajisafe, Seun Ikugbayigbe, Oluebubechukwu Eze, Kakra Hughes, Miriam Michael

“…Those with a single CSA exposure reported 2.8 more days of poor mental health per month (ATE = 2.829, 95% CI: 2.096–3.398, p &lt; 0.001), while those with multiple exposures reported 4.2 more days (ATE = 4.175, 95% CI: 3.609–4.740, p &lt; 0.001) compared to controls. …”
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Management of mangrove landscape and ecosystem for ecotourism by H.T. Silalahi, M. Basyuni, E.Y. Aritonang, B. Slamet, K.S. Hartini, A. Wee

“…One approach to protection is the enforcement of a visitor quota based on the carrying capacity of the areas, was 86 individuals per day. Furthermore, the analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats revealed that the improvement of mangrove ecosystem management, the addition of supporting facilities, and the provision of environmental and conservation education to tourists can contribute to the enhancement of ecotourism.CONCLUSION: Ecotourism plays a crucial role in preserving the sustainability of the mangrove ecosystem while also influencing socio-economic factors. …”
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Analysis of Effective Broodstock Management and Breeding of Patin Siam (Pangasius hypophthalmus) in BBAT Jambi by Mimid A. Hamid, Wahyu B. W, Rangga W, Reni A. Lubis, Atomu Furusawa

“…Pengamatan kematangan gonad per individu menunjukkan siklus reproduksi  yang cepat dalam 2 bulan.dari Januari sampai Maret. …”
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Effects of brown alga, Stoechospermum marginatum extract on growth performance, body chemical compositions and some serum biochemical parameters in grey mullet, Mugil cephalus (Lin... by Nazanin Kiani, Paria Akbary

“…Materials and methods: The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with 120  grey mullet (with average weight of 9.56 ± 1.02 g) in 4 treatments and 3 replicates (n = 10 in each replicate) including: control group (T1) without using algae extract, 5 (T2), 10 (T3) and 15 g (T4)  brown algae per kg of diet. In order to measure the growth performance, at the end of the experiment, weight and length of fish were recorded. …”
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Association of lipid accumulation product index with self-reported diabetes among residents aged 18 – 44 years in Hebei province, 2020: a surveillance data analysis by Qi QI, Lijuan TANG, Yuhuan LIU, Jinchai GAO, Xiuli NIU, Qianyu LI, Shifan WANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…After adjusting for age, ethnicity, education level, marital status, employment, annual household income per capita, place of residence, smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity, unconditional multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that, compared with those with LAP index in the lowest quartile, male residents with LAP index in the second, third, and highest quartiles had an increased risk of self-reported diabetes, with odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of 7.78 (2.33, 26.01), 12.74 (3.90, 41.63), and 34.38 (10.75, 109.93), respectively, while female residents with LAP index in the highest quartile had an increased risk of self-reported diabetes (odds ratio = 11.32, 95% confidence interval: 4.76, 26.96) compared with those with LAP index in the lowest quartile. …”
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Assessment of maternal healthcare services among the women of reproductive age in the rural municipality of Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Mukesh Adhikari, Manish Rajbanshi, Anita Karki, Richa Aryal, Bishnu Prasad Choulagai

“…Background Maternal Mortality Ratio is one of the crucial indicators of the Sustainable Development Goal-3, which is to be achieved below 70 per 100 000 live births by 2030. It is essential to assess the current status of antenatal care (ANC), uptake of skilled birth attendants (SBAs), and postnatal care (PNC) to improve the health of a mother and child in developing countries like Nepal. …”
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Early Prediction of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Risk Using Numerical Biomechanical Analysis by Kristina Grassl, Thomas C. Gasser, Florian K. Enzmann, Alexandra Gratl, Josef Klocker, David Wippel, David C. Walcher, Elke R. Gizewski, Sabine H. Wipper

“…The rAAA group showed over-proportional averages, over the observation time, and an increase in PWS (nearly 10× faster in rAAA) and luminal diameter (nearly 4× faster in rAAA) per month. <b>Conclusions</b>: The finite element analysis of biomechanical properties could be used for the early prediction of an increased rupture risk in AAA patients. …”
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Microtubule inhibition as a proposed mechanism for the anthelmintic effect of phytochemicals isolated from Cicerbita alpina by Mark James Horgan, Ines Sigg, Ioanna Poulopoulou, Francisco J. Rodriguez-Mejias, Eva Albertini, Pietro Fusani, Florian Fischer, Eftychia Martinidou, Daniela Schuster, Stefan Martens, Pidder Jansen Dürr, Matthias Gauly, Hermann Stuppner, Alexander Weiss, Veronika Temml, Bianka Siewert

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Automated Video Assistant Referee in Lead Climbing by Eliane Künzler, David Roder, Urs Stöcker, Peter Wolf

“…As a first step, two pose estimators were evaluated regarding processing speed in frames per second (FPS) and percentage of frames in which a pose was detected: BlazePose from Google which has already been used for climbing research (Kim et al., 2023) and Real-Time Multi-Person Pose Estimation (RTMO) (Lu et al., 2024). …”
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Ameliorating potential effects of natural biological formulations and biostimulants on plant health and quality attributes in coriander-fenugreek intercropped strawberry (Fragaria... by Priya Thakur, Pramod Kumar, CL Sharma, Uday Sharma, Nisha Sharma, Tanzin Ladon

“…The treatments comprised were T1: GJ at 100 g/m2 + JV at 10% +Azolla at 200 g/plant, T2: GJ at 150 g/m2 + JV at 10% +Azolla at 200 g/plant, T3: GJ at 100 g/m2 + JV at 20% +Azolla at 200 g/plant, T4: GJ at 150 g/m2 + JV at 20% +Azolla at 200 g/plant, T5: GJ at 100 g/m2 + JV at 10% +Azolla at 250 g/plant, T6: GJ at 150 g/m2 + JV at 10% +Azolla at 250 g/plant, T7: GJ at 100 g/m2 + JV at 20% +Azolla at 250 g/plant, T8: GJ at 150 g/m2 + JV at 20% +Azolla at 250 g/plant, T9: GJ at 150 g/m2 + JV at 20% as per SPNF, T10: Farmyard manure (100% N basis) and T11: Recommended dose of N: P:K (80:40:40 kg/ha) as control. …”
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Analysis of the effect of initial hemostasis resuscitation with recombinant human coagulation factor VII a on the treatment of postoperative hemorrhage in cardiac surgery by Yan Yu, Maomao Liu, Xuran Lu, Li Yu, Nan Liu

“…In this study, initial hemostatic resuscitation was defined as a platelet count > 50,000 per µL and fibrinogen > 1.5 g/L when rFVIIa was used. …”
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Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentration from Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurement over Lake Tana, Ethiopia by Zelalem R. Womber, Fasikaw A. Zimale, Mebrahtom G. Kebedew, Bekalu W. Asers, Nikole M. DeLuca, Christian D. Guzman, Seifu A. Tilahun, Benjamin F. Zaitchik

“…Four sampling campaigns (20 samples per campaign) were carried out on Lake Tana, and the first three sampled campaigns on May 11–13, 2018, June 08–10, 2018, and July 15–17, 2018, were used for calibration of regression models. …”
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L’apport de la géomatique à la connaissance de la partie terminale de l’aqueduc du Gier à Lyon by Éric Leroy

“…Over the entire route, it was calculated to be about 0.11%, or 1.1 m per km, but many “irregularities” –counter-slopes and accelerations– were observed locally. …”
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Quantifying diversity and growth form distribution of scleractinian corals, in Mangrove Bay, El Qoseir, Egypt by Theres Koch, Angelina Ivkić, Lewis Jones, Victor Scharnhorst, Constanze Stix, Antonia Auer, Theda Schöchtner, Gözde Özer, Simon Steinwender, Joseph Wallace Daurella, Martin Zuschin

“…As a result of our 2023 field survey, we identified a total of 68 species across 29 genera and 14 families, spanning six reef habitats — three per study site — at two study locations (sheltered and current-exposed), with depths ranging from 0 to 9.5 m. …”
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Patient-reported outcome measures for post-COVID-19 condition: a systematic review of instruments and measurement properties by Christian Apfelbacher, Christine Blome, Katharina Piontek, Ann-Kristin Baalmann, Theresa Donhauser, Nina Stoletzki

“…We further evaluated the quality of measurement properties per PROM and study according to the criteria for good measurement properties as outlined in the COSMIN manual, and graded the evidence of the synthesised results. …”
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