Research productivity and gender of research award recipients in international ophthalmology societies by Albert Y Wu, Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen, Dipti Satvi Venkatesh, Ankita Biyani, Sanyam Ratan, Gun Min Youn

“…The main outcome measures were gender distribution of award recipients per year, mean h-index per year, mean m-quotient per year, mean h-index by society, and mean m-quotient by society.Results Out of 2506 recipients for 122 awards, 1897 (75.7%) were men and 609 (24.3%) were women. …”
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Characterization of Scintillation Events With Basis on L1 Transmissions From Geostationary SBAS Satellites by Alison Moraes, Jonas Sousasantos, Emanoel Costa, Bruno Augusto Pereira, Fabiano Rodrigues, João Francisco Galera Monico

“…The effects from solar activity, season, and local time on the number of scintillation events per night, maximum scintillation, scintillation event duration, and spacing between consecutive events will be discussed. …”
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The Economic and Humanistic Burden of Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis by Nupur Greene, Lita Araujo, Cynthia Campos, Hannah Dalglish, Sarah Gibbs, Irina Yermilov

“…Patients with POMS had higher rates of primary care visits (1.41 [1.29-1.54]), hospital visits (10.74 [8.95-12.90]), and admissions (rate ratio, 4.27 [2.92-6.25];OR, 15.2 [12.0-19.1]) compared with healthy controls. Mean per-patient costs in the United States were $5907 across all settings per year of follow-up between 2002 and 2012; mean costs per hospital stay were $38 543 (in 2015 USD) between 2004 and 2013. …”
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Strategies to reduce hyperglycemia-related anxiety in elite athletes with type 1 diabetes: A qualitative analysis. by Alexandra Katz, Aidan Shulkin, Marc-André Fortier, Jane E Yardley, Jessica Kichler, Asmaa Housni, Meryem K Talbo, Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, Anne-Sophie Brazeau

“…<h4>Results</h4>Ten elite athletes with T1D (average age 25 ± 3 years; T1D duration 12 ± 8 years; number of competitions per year 27 ± 19; training time per week 12 ± 6 hours) reported the strategies they currently use to mitigate HRA. …”
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The Impact of Medicaid Preferred Drug Lists on Utilization and Costs of Antipsychotic Medication by Christian Frois, Thomas O’Connell, Jacqueline Pesa, John Fastenau

“…In our analyses, the average difference in antipsychotic costs per capita between PDL and non-PDL states was less than $0.6M or 1.5% (p=0.95). …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of molecular testing for cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules by Navjit Dharampal, Kristine Smith, Adrian Harvey, Ralf Paschke, Luke Rudmik, Shamir Chandarana

“…The ICER was $4234.22 per surgery avoided. At a willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold of $5000 per surgery avoided, molecular testing is cost-effective with 63% certainty. …”
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Analysis methods for covariate-constrained cluster randomized trials with time-to-event outcomes by Amy M. Crisp, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Matt D. T. Hitchings, Ira M. Longini, Natalie E. Dean

“…The model-based tests had inflated type I error when there were very few clusters per trial arm. All three methods performed well when there were 25 clusters per trial arm, as in the case of the motivating example. …”
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Global burden and trends of testicular cancer in adolescents and young adults from 1990 to 2021, with predictions to 2035 by Shengjian Yu, Zeying Guo, Zijian Qiu, Liejiong Wang, Xiuxia Chen, Feng Xuan

“…The 25–29 age group had the highest age-specific rate of incidence (5.58; 95% UI: 5.25–5.97) and disability-adjusted life years (34.09; 95% UI: 31.55–37.11) per 100,000, while the 30–34 age group had the highest age-specific prevalence rate (43.12; 95% UI: 40.51–46.56) per 100,000 in 2021. …”
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Projecting the Potential Budget Impact Analysis of Paliperidone Palmitate in Egyptian Adult Patients with Schizophrenia by Gihan Elsisi, Mohamed Ezzat, Mohamed Ramadan

“…PP produced an estimated budget savings of £1&#8239;046&#8239;561 (budget savings per patient per year, £3667). In addition, PP resulted in the avoidance of 18 hospitalizations per year compared with the without-PP arm. …”
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Calcium-Rich Biochar Derived from Cactus Feedstock and Its Efficient Adsorption Properties for Industrial Dye by Assia Maaoui, Raouia Chagtmi, Barbara Apicella, Francesca Cerciello, Osvalda Senneca, Aida Ben Hassen Trabelsi

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Anticoagulant Utilization and Cost Analysis among Cardiology Inpatients in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Western Nepal by Sabina Sankhi, Nirmal Raj Marasine, Parbati Thapa, Nim Bahadur Dangi

“…The median (IQR) cost of anticoagulants used per patient was US$79.92 ($46.32). Conclusion. Our study suggests that the utilization of unfractionated heparin and enoxaparin and the cost of anticoagulants per patient were higher in the patients admitted to the cardiology ward of the hospital.…”
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Effects of twelve-week aerobic exercise on selected health-related physical fitness variables on Gonji preparatory school male students by Abdurahman Esleman, Bizuneh Yirga Geberemariam, Wondiye Aychiluhim

“…The Control group had participated in regular physical education one class of  40-minute per week in the school, but the experimental group participated additional three sessions per week for 60 minutes aerobic exercise training program, which comprised walking, jogging, running, rope skipping, and aerobic dance. …”
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Economic Evaluation of Boceprevir for the Treatment of Patients with Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Hungary by Raymond Odhiambo, Jagpreet Chhatwal, Shannon Allen Ferrante, Antoine El Khoury, Elamin Elbasha

“…**Conclusion:** The addition of boceprevir to standard therapy for the treatment of patients with genotype 1 chronic HCV infection in Hungary is projected to be cost-effective using a commonly used willingness to pay threshold of HUF 8.46 million (3 times gross domestic product per capita).…”
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Examining sufficiency and equity in the geographic distribution of physicians in Japan: a longitudinal study by Yuichi Imanaka, Susumu Kunisawa, Koji Hara, Tetsuya Otsubo

“…Healthcare demand was adjusted using health expenditure per capita. Trends in the Gini coefficient and the number of SMAs with a low physician supply were analysed. …”
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Performance of Lac Insect Kerria lacca Kerr on Bushy Host Flemingia semialata (Roxb.) by P. Bhagyapriya, S. R. Koteswara Rao, Sanyasidhurua, D. Ramesh

“…Among different productivity parameters, initial density of settlement (Number per square cm), final density of settlement (Number per square cm)., sex ratio (% of male insects), density at crop maturity (Number per square cm) were recorded high at lower stem portion of the host plant F. semialata compared to upper and middle stem portions. …”
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How Does COVID-19 Affect Traffic on Highway Network: Evidence from Yunnan Province, China by Qihui Li, Qiang Bai, Aihui Hu, Zhoulin Yu, Shixiang Yan

“…For traffic reductions in different regions, the higher the GDP per capita was, the more the traffic was affected by the pandemic. …”
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Wood Chip Incorporation in Almond Orchard Planting Berms Increased Gravimetric Water Content, Soil CO2 Efflux, and Fine Root Length Density by Hana You, Paul Martinez, Mae Culumber, Brent Holtz, Astrid Volder

“…This was due to an increase in root mass per soil volume rather than an increase in specific root length or a change in proportion of fine roots produced. …”
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Health Care Costs attributable to Hospital-diagnosed Back Pain: A Longitudinal Register-based Study of the Danish Population by Rikke Søgaard, Jan Sørensen

“…**Results:** The health care costs attributable to hospital-diagnosed back pain were estimated at Danish Crowns (DKK) 22,700 per year for the youngest age strata (16-24 years) and increased up to DKK 72,700 per year for the oldest age strata of males (>85 years). …”
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KINEZITERAPIJA PAGERINA COVID-19 LIGA PERSIRGUSIŲ ASMENŲ KVĖPAVIMO FUNKCIJAS, PUSIAUSVYRĄ IR FIZINĮ PAJĖGUMĄ by Laura Žlibinaitė, Ugnė Tolkevičiūtė, Diana Nemčiauskienė, Milda Gintilienė, Ligita Šilinė

“…Tyrimą sudarė viena tiriamųjų grupė, kuriai buvo taikomi kineziterapijos užsiėmimai 4 savaites, 5 kartus per savaitę, vieno užsiėmimo trukmė – 30 minučių. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN INCREASE OF QUALITATIVE INDICES OF CASTINGS «SLEEVE» by V. A. Chajkin, A. V. Chajkin, A. N. Suhanov

“…It is shown that for modifying of melt it is offered to use just modifier MK95 in quantity of 4–6 kg per 1 ton of liquid metal.…”
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