Factors associated with the uptake and utilisation of diabetic retinopathy screening services in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Iheanyi Oby Nwaoha, Albain Ayime Balibuno, Nuha Ibrahim

“…Electronic databases searched include Medline, Embase, PubMed, CINAHL Complete, APA PsycINFO, Web of Science, and African Journal Online (AJOL). Two reviewers independently screened the retrieved records for eligibility, and relevant data was extracted from the included studies. …”
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Postnatal quality of care measures for mothers and newborns at home: A scoping review. by Ann-Sofie Mespreuve, Lise Apers, Ann-Beth Moller, Anna Galle

“…Three electronic bibliographic databases were searched together with a grey literature search. Two reviewers independently screened the identified articles. All data on home-based PNC measures were extracted and mapped according to the 2022 World Health Organization PNC Guideline recommendations in three categories: i) maternal care, ii) newborn care, iii) health system and health promotion interventions. …”
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Risk Factors for Urgency Incontinence in Women Undergoing Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery by Leslie M. Rickey, Liyuan Huang, David D. Rahn, Yvonne Hsu, Heather J. Litman, Elizabeth R. Mueller

“…Smoking, parity, prior incontinence surgery/treatment, prolapse stage, and incontinence episode frequency were not independently associated with UUI. Conclusions. There were no modifiable risk factors identified for patient-reported UUI in women presenting for SUI surgery. …”
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Investigation of Strongyle Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Horses in and around Alage District, Ethiopia by Mulugeta Tesfaye Alemayehu, Belete Kuraz Abebe, Sharew Mekonnen Haile

“…The occurrence of Strongylosis is determined independently by age and BCS. Strongyle infestations are common in horses in the study area, posing a significant barrier to horse production and well-being. …”
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Comparison of Patient Outcomes following Implantation of Trifocal and Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lenses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yining Guo, Yinhao Wang, Ran Hao, Xiaodan Jiang, Ziyuan Liu, Xuemin Li

“…Fewer patients achieved spectacle independence after implantation of EDOF IOLs (RR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.63, 0.87) than after implantation of TIOLs, especially for near vision (RR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.68, 0.99). …”
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Global Prevalence of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD) in Adult Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Francesco Aiello, Gabriele Gallo Afflitto, Francesca Ceccarelli, Massimo Cesareo, Carlo Nucci

“…A systematic electronic literature search was conducted on PubMed/MedLine, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar, in order to select papers analysing the prevalence rate of FECD. Two authors independently conducted the electronic search. After removal of duplicates, title and abstract screening, and full-text analysis, data from selected articles were archived in a customized Excel spreadsheet. …”
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The Role of von Willebrand Factor Antigen in Predicting Survival of Patients with HBV-Related Cirrhosis by Youmin Pan, Renyong Guo, Yan Lv, Dawei Cui, Jue Xie

“…An elevated vWF-Ag level was independently associated with transplant-free mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis. …”
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Ekologia rodziny w kontekście współczesnego społeczeństwa by Wojciech Bołoz

“…The factors that lead to the abandonment of a traditional model of the family are: change of the women’s position in the social structure, equal rights, economic independence, separating sexual activity from reproduction, the impact of women movements and diminished meaning of the purpose of a marriage - reproduction. …”
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Engineering Application of an Identification Method to Shock-Induced Vortex Stability in the Transonic Axial Fan Rotor by Yan Xue, Ning Ge

“…In the present paper, the steady RANS (Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes) simulations based on our independently developed CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) solver NUAA-Turbo 2.0, are carried out to investigate the shock wave/tip leakage vortex (SW/TLV) interaction in two representative transonic axial fan rotors, NASA Rotor 67 and NASA Rotor 37. …”
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The Epidemiology of Depression and Diabetes Distress in Type 2 Diabetes in Kuwait by Ebaa Al-Ozairi, Abdulla Al Ozairi, Clare Blythe, Etab Taghadom, Khalida Ismail

“…This study is aimed at describing the prevalence of and risk factors for depression and diabetes distress in people with type 2 diabetes and whether depression and distress are independently associated with worse biomedical outcomes. …”
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The temporal structure of multiple visuomotor processes in baseball batting: insights from a virtual reality system by Naoki Saijo, Takehiro Fukuda, Makio Kashino

“…Although each of these components has been studied independently, few studies have addressed their temporal integration. …”
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Considerations for ensuring safety during telerehabilitation of people with stroke. A protocol for a scoping review. by Ruvistay Gutierrez-Arias, Camila González-Mondaca, Vinka Marinkovic-Riffo, Marietta Ortiz-Puebla, Fernanda Paillán-Reyes, Pamela Seron

“…Two reviewers will independently select studies and extract data, and disagreements will be resolved by consensus or a third reviewer. …”
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Virtual Force-Based Swarm Trajectory Design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Assisted Data Collection Internet of Things Networks by Xuanlin Liu, Sihua Wang, Changchuan Yin

“…The proposed distributed algorithm allows each UAV to independently design its trajectory, reducing redundancy and enhancing scalability. …”
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Transfer pricing reforms in the context of BEPS: challenges remain by S. S. Pyroha

“…The presence of affiliated entities in different countries and the independence of tax systems make it easy to shift profits from jurisdictions with high corporate tax rates to jurisdictions with low rates. …”
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REASSURED diagnostics at point-of-care in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Boitumelo Moetlhoa, Kuhlula Maluleke, Evans M Mathebula, Kabelo Kgarosi, Siphesihle R Nxele, Bonolo Lenonyane, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson

“…We searched the following electronic databases for relevant literature: Scopus, Dimensions, ProQuest Central, Google Scholar, and EBSCOhost (MEDLINE, CINAHL, as well as AFRICA-WIDE). Two reviewers independently screened abstracts and full-text articles using the inclusion criteria as reference. …”
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Resilience and its relationship with disability in persons with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: A comparative study by Arnab Datta, Dhrubajyoti Chetia

“…Conclusion: When disability is factored in, resilience is comparable in persons with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Resilience independently predicts disability in both groups. However, the type of disorder does not significantly affect the relationship between resilience and disability. …”
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Public Administration’s Regulatory Acts: Classification Issues by V. R. Bila

“…The author has emphasized the necessity of forming theoretical system of regulatory acts as forms of public administration, establishing their clear hierarchy and competent independence. Based on the competence of the public administration entity, it has been offered to distinguish general, departmental, interagency and local regulatory acts. …”
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Personal transformations of the elements of behavioral component of law enforcement officers’ professional activity by N. Ye. Tverdokhliebova

“…Despite this, they are able to take responsibility and solve problems independently, although they still need support from others. …”
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AN APPRAISAL OF NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY THRUST FROM 1960-2023 by SUNNY MENE PIATE, EMMANUEL SUNDAY, BARILEDUM KIA

“…That this confusion over what constitutes Nigeria’s national interest and the procedure for its realization vividly explains why Nigeria’s foreign policy since independence until date has witnessed enormous cost without any corresponding dividends.  …”
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The Association between Platelet Glycocalicin and High Microsatellite Instability in Colorectal Cancer by Zeng-yao Liu, Qing-chun Jia, Wen Wang, Yu-xi Liu, Rui-tao Wang, Jia-yu Li

“…After controlling for potential confounders, logistic regression analysis revealed that glycocalicin levels were independently associated with MSI-H CRC. Conclusions. …”
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