The nature of self-medication in Uganda: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Danladi Makeri, Priscilla Peter Dilli, Theophilus Pius, Naheem Adekilekun Tijani, Abdullateef Afolabi Opeyemi, Kadai Alhaji Lawan, Shango Patience Emmanuel Jakheng, Reagan Muhwezi, Ambrose Shabohurira, Ibe Michael Usman, Ezera Agwu

“…Awareness campaigns on the dangers of self-medication will be timely.…”
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Design a Robust DDoS Attack Detection and Mitigation Scheme in SDN-Edge-IoT by Leveraging Machine Learning by Habtamu Molla Belachew, Mulatu Yirga Beyene, Abinet Bizuayehu Desta, Behaylu Tadele Alemu, Salahadin Seid Musa, Alemu Jorgi Muhammed

“…Our implementation using the Mininet-WiFi emulation tool revealed that XGBoost outperformed others in binary DDoS detection, achieving accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score all above 99.997%, with a testing time of 3.559 seconds on the Edge-IIoTset dataset. …”
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Animal and bird-related ocular trauma: a decade of experience from a tertiary referral eye hospital of Iran by Mohammadreza Mehrabi Bahar, Esmaeil Asadi Khameneh, Hassan Asadigandomani, Alireza Razavi, Seyed Ali Tabatabaei, Zahra Mahdizad, Fatemeh Masoudi Samghabadi

“…Rural patients had a significantly longer time interval from trauma occurrence to hospital admission (83.58 ± 31.46 h in the rural group vs. 29.85 ± 6.48 h in the urban group, P-value = 0.012) and from hospital admission to the first surgical intervention (8.8 ± 1.14 h in the rural group vs. 6.83 ± 6.13 h in the urban group, P-value = 0.020). …”
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Removal of heavy metals in industrial wastewater using adsorption technology: Efficiency and influencing factors by Fernando García Ávila, Janneth Cabrera-Sumba, Sandra Valdez-Pilataxi, Jessica Villalta-Chungata, Lorgio Valdiviezo-Gonzales, Cecilia Alegria-Arnedo

“…Based on the results, it was found that the factors influencing the adsorption of heavy metals include pH (range of 3–9), contact time (range of 10–14,400 min), adsorbent dosage (0.011–20 g/L), temperature (25–30 °C), particle size, and agitation speed (100–800 ppm). …”
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Effect of bisphosphonate on bone microstructure, mechanical strength in osteoporotic rats by ovariectomy by Yuzhu Wang, Zhanglin Wu, Chun Li, Chenhao Ma, Jingyang Chen, Mincong Wang, Dawei Gao, Yufeng Wu, Haibin Wang

“…Conclusion In a short time, the effects of BP intervention and osteoporosis on cortical bone were not obvious. …”
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Effect of Yijinjing Training on Balance Function and Plantar Pressure of Stroke Patients by LUO Kailiang, JIN Xueming, MA Shujie, XUE Xin, LIU Xinhao, MA Xinran, HU Jun

“…The observation group received Yijinjing training on the basis of the control group, 30 minutes a time, once a day, five days a week, continuous treatment for four weeks. …”
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Pain Reduction in Patellofemoral Knee Patients During 3-Month Intervention with Biomechanical and Sensorimotor Foot Orthoses: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study by Steven Simon, Andreas Heine, Jonas Dully, Carlo Dindorf, Oliver Ludwig, Michael Fröhlich, Stephan Becker

“…Repeated measures analyses of variance were used to assess differences between time of measurements (ToMs) and the interaction effect between ToMs and treatment groups (SMFO, BMFO). …”
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Apoptosis antagonizing transcription factor expression and its validation as a potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in oral squamous cell carcinoma by Ainiwaerjiang Abudourousuli, Zumulaiti Aierken, Hasiyati Mamuti, Tuxunayi Yimamu, Chengli Da

“…Validation of AATF expression was performed using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR)ResultsAATF was significantly overexpressed in OSCC, and high AATF expression correlated with adverse clinicopathological features, including histologic grade and lymph node metastasis. …”
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Skeletal Muscle-Derived Stem/Progenitor Cells: A Potential Strategy for the Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury by Egle Pavyde, Romaldas Maciulaitis, Mykolas Mauricas, Gintaras Sudzius, Ernesta Ivanauskaite Didziokiene, Arvydas Laurinavicius, Neringa Sutkeviciene, Edgaras Stankevicius, Justinas Maciulaitis, Arvydas Usas

“…Characteristics of rat BM-MSCs and MDSPCs were assessed by population doubling time, flow cytometry, immunofluorescence staining, RT-PCR, and multipotent differentiation capacity. …”
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Diagnostic delay of myositis: protocol for an integrated systematic review by Christine Phillips, Matthew Cook, Anne Parkinson, Jane Desborough, Tergel Namsrai, Anita Chalmers, Christine Lowe

“…Outcomes will be diagnostic delay time, patients’ experiences, and causes and consequences associated with diagnostic delay in myositis. …”
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Pemeringkatan Pencarian pada Buku Pedoman Akademik Filkom UB Menuju Merdeka Belajar dan Free E-Book Pembelajaran Sebagai Prototype Local Smart Micro Search Engine Menggunakan Algor... by Imam Cholissodin, Akhmad Sa’rony, Rona Salsabila, Ilham Firmansyah, Guedho Augnifico Mahardika, Andreas Pardede, Zaien Bin Umar Alaydrus

“…Users must master the whole to find out which documents are most suitable, which is where the process will take a lot of time. This system is able to provide document recommendations in accordance with the results of the text ranking calculation. …”
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Striking a balance between aesthetics and safety: a comparative study on the maternal and neonatal outcomes of mini-incision cesarean section by ChunLan Yuan, ShiMei He, WenQian Jian, MeiRong He, HuiFang Huang, JianChun Huang, MeiPing He, KaiSun Zhao

“…The study evaluated several variables, including the time from incision to fetal delivery (I-D), surgery duration, intraoperative blood loss, duration of postoperative antibiotic administration, post-operative hospitalization duration, incidence of wound infection, neonatal adverse outcomes, and blood routine parameters. …”
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Economic evaluation of pan-genotypic generic direct-acting antiviral regimens for treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Iran: a cost-effectiveness study by Seyed Moayed Alavian, Mohammad Tasavon Gholamhoseini, Heidar Sharafi, Helena HL Borba, Asma Sabermahani, Behzad Hajarizadeh

“…A 1-year cycle length was used to calculate the cumulative cost and effectiveness over a lifetime time horizon. We calculated quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) using a health system perspective. …”
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Effect of NAM-1 genes on the protein content in grain and productivity indices in common wheat lines with foreign genetic material introgressions in the conditions of Belarus by O. A. Orlovskaya, S. I. Vakula, K. K. Yatsevich, L. V. Khotyleva, A. V. Kilchevsky

“…It was shown that, regardless of weather conditions, the presence of a functional NAM-B1 allele ensures a high level of grain protein content; at the same time, it does not significantly decrease thousand kernel weight. …”
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Study on the Stability and Control of Gob-Side Entry Retaining in Paste Backfill Working Face by Changtao Xu, Xiangyu Wang, Dingchao Chen, Guanghui Wang, Zhenpeng Niu, Huixing Lu

“…It was found that as the working face advanced, the backfill material and the overlying strata gradually formed a stable composite structure, with the abutment stress in the mining area stabilizing over time. Finally, to address the issue of insufficient initial strength and limited support capacity of the paste backfill material, a comprehensive control system for surrounding rock stability was proposed. …”
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Exploring post-rehabilitation plasticity with intra-cerebral recordings on anomic profiles by Agnès Trébuchon, Agnès Trébuchon, Alexia Fasola, Véronique Sabadell, Véronique Sabadell, Anne-Sophie Dubarry, Romain Carron, Romain Carron, Fabrice Bartolomei, Fabrice Bartolomei, F.-Xavier Alario

“…Intracranial signals were recorded in 10 patients during baseline and post-therapy picture-naming sessions. Response times and the percentages of correct responses during naming tests were collected. …”
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Evaluation of Active Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring in Severe Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty by Alireza Manafi Rasi, MD, Sina Afzal, Dr., MD, Mojtaba Baroutkoub, MD, Hasan Shakiba, MD, Pooya Kalani, MD, Mehdi Tavassoli, MD, Reza Zarei, MD

“…This method allows for real-time assessment of nerve function throughout the surgical procedure, demonstrating its potential to minimize postoperative complications.…”
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Identification and functional analysis of energy metabolism and pyroptosis-related genes in diabetic nephropathy by Shan He, Jian Ye, Yu Wang, Lu yang Xie, Si Yi Liu, Qin kai Chen

“…Immune cell infiltration in DN was assessed using the ssGSEA algorithm, and the expression levels of EMAPRDEGs in DN tissues were validated by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Results: Thirteen EMAPRDEGs were identified, with GO and KEGG analyses indicating their involvement in energy metabolism pathways. …”
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Viral suppression and adherence in adolescents living with HIV in rural Tanzania. by Ezekiel Luoga, James Okuma, Lilian Moshi, George Sigalla, Dorcas Mnzava, Daniel H Paris, Tracy R Glass, Fiona Vanobberghen, Maja Weisser, Getrud Joseph Mollel, KIULARCO working group

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-sectional analysis of data from the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort in Ifakara, Tanzania, including adolescents aged 10-19 years on antiretroviral treatment (ART) ≥6 months at the time point of their first viral load (VL) measurement after implementation of routine VL testing from August 2017 through December 2023. …”
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Volatile organic compounds of hoary stock are responsible for suppressing downy mildew of grape in an intercropping system by Weiping Deng, Fei Du, Rongliang Yang, Hanyang Yao, Min Yang, Xinyue Mei, Chen Ye, Su Li, Yixiang Liu, Huichuan Huang, Shusheng Zhu

“…To examine the role of VOCs, hoary stock plants were grown in an enclosed chamber, and VOCs were collected at the time points before and post blooming. The collected VOCs were subjected to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analysis and in vitro bioassays. …”
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