One stage transanal versus one stage laparoscopic-assisted transanal endorectal pull-through in managing Hirschsprung’s disease in pediatric age group; a retrospective study by Ahmed Elrouby, Sameh Shehata, Saber Waheeb, Ahmed Khairi, Doaa AbdAl-Aziz, Baher Looka

“…There were no differences as regards the early and late follow-up parameters. Conclusions Endorectal pull-through for the treatment of Hirschsprung’s disease could be approached either completely transanal or with the assistance of laparoscopy with nearly similar surgical and functional outcomes, however a longer operative duration with a shorter anal stage is recorded with the laparoscopic assistance. …”
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Effect of healthy lifestyle score trajectory on all-cause mortality in the late middle-aged and older population: Finding from 17-year retrospective cohort study by Jeong Min Yang, Jieun Hwang

“…The chi-square test and Cox proportional hazards model were employed to examine the association between HLST and all-cause mortality over a 10-year follow-up period (December 31, 2012, to December 31, 2022; 3650 days). …”
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Safety and accuracy of digitally supported primary and secondary urgent care telephone triage in England: an observational study using routine data by Vanashree Sexton, Catherine Grimley, Jeremy Dale, Helen Atherton, Gary Abel

“…Abstract Background England’s urgent care telephone triage system comprises non-clinician-led primary triage (NHS111) assessment followed, for approximately 50% patients, by clinician-led secondary triage. …”
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Digital modeling of soil-borne fusarium’s nutritional: Investigating microbiological and microecological dynamics in Moroccan agroecosystems by El Hilali Alaoui Youssef, Bouda Said, Chabaa Samira, Elouali Alami Mohammed, Khoudi Zakaria, Essarioui Adil

“…The performance scores of the models were as follows: the k-nearest neighbors model achieved 80%, the logistic regression model scored 77.78%, and the decision tree classifier obtained a score of 68%. …”
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Assessment of healthcare facilities’ readiness to provide antenatal care in Ethiopia: facility based study using service provision assessment data by Addisu Alehegn Alemu, Alec Welsh, Theodros Getachew, Marjan Khajehei

“…The mean score for each indicator of ANC readiness in healthcare facilities was as follows: trained staff and guidelines (1.36/3, SD = 0.96), basic medical equipment (3.20/4, SD = 0.99), medicines and commodities (1.95/4, SD = 1.36), infection prevention tools (4.33/6, SD = 1.51), and diagnostic tests (2.22/5, SD = 1.80), based on the included indicators in each domain. …”
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Impact of multimorbidity on long-term outcomes in older adults with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome in the North East of England: a multi-centre cohort study of patients u... by Chris Wilkinson, Vijay Kunadian, Benjamin Beska, Abdulla A Damluji, Hanna Ratcovich, Greg B Mills

“…We investigated the impact of multimorbidity on cardiovascular outcomes 5 years after invasive management of NSTE-ACS.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Multicentre study conducted in the north of England.Participants 298 patients aged ≥75 years with NSTE-ACS and referred for coronary angiography, with 264 (88.0%) completing 5-year follow-up.Main outcome measures Multimorbidity was evaluated at baseline with the Charlson comorbidity index (CCI). …”
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Fracture, Dissolution, and Cementation Events in Ordovician Carbonate Reservoirs, Tarim Basin, NW China by Vinyet Baqués, Estibalitz Ukar, Stephen E. Laubach, Stephanie R. Forstner, András Fall

“…Mottle fabrics are crosscut by compacted fractures filled with phreatic-vadose marine cements and followed by subsequent generations of cement-filled fractures and vugs indicating that some fractures and vugs became cement filled prior to later dissolution events. …”
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Comparative efficacy of clopidogrel-aspirin combination therapy versus aspirin monotherapy in preventing recurrent events in transient ischemic attack and minor stroke: a systemati... by Ahmad Mujtaba Bhutto, Rana Ali Raza, Mohammad Bilal Abbasi, Iman Jauhar, Naeemullah Arbani, Muhammad Mubashir, Abdul Raheem, Taha Basit Ameen, Syed Muhammad Sinaan Ali

“…Eligible studies involved adult patients with acute stroke or TIA receiving either DAPT with clopidogrel and aspirin or aspirin monotherapy, with follow-up durations between 30 and 90 days. Data were extracted on recurrent stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, myocardial infarction, all-cause mortality, and functional outcomes measured by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS). …”
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Leveraging the fundamentals of heat transfer and fluid mechanics in microscale geometries for automated next-generation sequencing library preparation by Olivia Ott, Sabrina Tolppi, Jennifer Figueroa-Cruz, Khaliun Myagmar, Khulan Unurbuyan, Anubhav Tripathi

“…The manual 3-h library preparation process is reduced to less than 15 min of hands-on time via optimally pre-plated reagent plates, followed by less than 6 h of instrument run time during which no user interaction is required. …”
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Protocol of a parallel group Randomized Control Trial (RCT) for Mobile-assisted Medication Adherence Support (Ma-MAS) intervention among Tuberculosis patients. by Zekariyas Sahile, Lua Perimal-Lewis, Paul Arbon, Anthony John Maeder

“…All participants will be followed for two months of home-based self-administered medication during the continuation phases of the standard treatment period. …”
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Practices and preferences in the use of magnification among endodontists and restorative dentists: A multicentre study. by Azhar Iqbal, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Deepti Shrivastava, Kumar Chandan Srivastava, Bilal Arjumand, Hmoud Ali Algarni, Meshal Aber Alonazi, Muhsen Alnasser, Osama Khattak, Jamaluddin Syed, Reham Mohmad Attia, Asma Abubakar Rashed, Sherif El Sayed Sultan

“…About 68.9% were from Indian sub-continent, followed by the British-Isles (16.5%) and the least (14.6%) were from the MENA region. …”
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Seasonal Changes in the Elemental Composition of Five Valuable Fish Species (<i>Sparidae</i>) from Bozcaada, North Aegean Sea: A Health Risk and Nutritional Benefit Assessment by İlknur Yuvka, Ali Rıza Kosker, Mustafa Durmus, Yılmaz Ucar, Yesim Ozogul

“…The elemental concentrations varied as follows: Ca (11,388.46–55,470.76), K (17,230.83–27,594.86), Mg (1436.02–2326.73), Na (1962.30–7847.41), P (13,112.11–15,516.57), Fe (107.61–282.00), Cu (36.44–59.13), Mn (6.19–19.87), Zn (98.67–256.26), Cr (4.54–11.96), Ni (6.33–13.89), Se (0.82–7.33), Cd (0.08–0.32), and Hg (0.08–1.50) mg/kg. …”
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Maternal death audit in Rwanda 2009–2013: a nationwide facility-based retrospective cohort study by Jeroen van Dillen, Felix Sayinzoga, Leon Bijlmakers, Fidele Ngabo, Victor Mivumbi, Koos van der Velden

“…Seventy per cent were due to direct causes, with post-partum haemorrhage as the leading cause (22.7%), followed by obstructed labour (12.3%). Indirect causes accounted for 25.7% of maternal deaths, with malaria as the leading cause (7.5%). …”
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Caries affected Dentin biomodification using Bromelain, Riboflavin photosensitizer via UVA, and Chitosan Nanoparticles on shear bond strength and microleakage scores: A SEM evaluat... by Khold Alahdal, Ahmed Maawadh, Laila AlDeeb, Thamer Almohareb, Ahoud S Alshamrani, Ali Alrahlah

“…For SBS and failure pattern analysis, a universal testing machine and stereomicroscope were used respectively. One-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni's posthoc test was employed to analyze the differences among various groups (p ≤ 0.05) Results: The lowest microleakage (13.27 ± 0.10) and highest SBS (11.64 ± 0.16 MPa) were observed in Group 2 (Bromelain). …”
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READMISSIONS TO ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT CARE: A REGISTER STUDY by VISA VADÉN, RIITTAKERTTU KALTIALA, TIMO HOLTTINEN

“…These differences are likely due to variations in patient populations, healthcare systems and treatment practices as well as a longer follow-up time used in the present study. Readmissions were predicted by severe disorders such as schizophrenia group and somatoform group disorders and self-harm. …”
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Long-term outcome and risk factors of reintervention after high intensity focused ultrasound ablation for uterine fibroids: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuya Dou, Lian Zhang, Yu Liu, Min He, Yanzhou Wang, Zhibiao Wang

“…A meta-analysis was applied to synthesize the reintervention rates for fibroids across various follow-up durations. Subgroup-analysis was conducted based on the year of surgery, sample size, guide methods, and non-perfusion volume ratio (NPVR). …”
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Association between breastfeeding duration and educational attainment in rural Southwest Uganda: a population-based cohort study by Shamsudeen Mohammed, Clara Calvert, Joseph O Mugisha, Makanga Ronald, Gershim Asiki, Judith R Glynn, Laura L Oakley, Milly Marston

“…Methods We analysed longitudinal data on 3018 children who had information on breastfeeding and were followed for at least 5 years, with at least one primary school grade recorded by 2005. …”
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Study on Fracture and Stress Evolution Characteristics of Ultra-Thick Hard Sandstone Roof in the Fully Mechanized Mining Face with Large Mining Height: A Case Study of Xiaojihan Co... by Feng Ju, Meng Xiao, Zequan He, Pai Ning, Peng Huang

“…The findings demonstrated that (1) the ultra-thick hard sandstone roof was composed of inlaid coarse minerals, which had compact structure, while the Protodyakonov hardness reached up to 3.07; (2) under the high-strength mining condition of fully mechanized mining face with large mining height, the ultra-thick hard sandstone roof had the characteristics of brittle fracture, with a caving span of 12 m; (3) under the high-strength mining condition of fully mechanized mining face with large mining height, the ultra-thick hard sandstone roof followed the stress evolution laws that were more sensitive to the neighboring goaf. …”
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Higher gut Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria population in early pregnancy is associated with lower risk of gestational diabetes in the second trimester by Seyedeh Neda Mousavi, Navid Momeni, Hossein Chiti, Howra Mahmoodnasab, Mohammad Ahmadi, Siamak Heidarzadeh

“…Materials and methods Three-hundred healthy women aged 18–40 years who were in the first trimester were participated in this cohort study and followed to the screening time for GDM diagnosis (in 24–28 weeks of pregnancy). …”
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Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction in children of the first year of life: diagnostic and treatment approaches by O.S. Godik, D.S. Diehtiarova, O.I. Kvilinska

“…Newborns and infants with anamnesis of umbilical catheterization should be followed up closely by ultrasound imaging specialist. …”
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