INITIAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF WORKERS' AND PEASANTS' MILITIA OFFICERS OF THE RSFSR PROVINCES IN THE 1920S (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE FAR EASTERN REGION) by Tatyana A. Ornatskaya

“…It was transformed in line with the gradually forming Soviet legal field, was built in accordance with the national, intradepartmental, scientific, pedagogical and educational trends developing in the country, but in the Far East it had its own unique features. …”
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Choroidal Thickness and Urinary Albumin Excretion in Type 2 Diabetic Patients without Retinopathy by Cláudia Oliveira-Ferreira, Mariana Leuzinger-Dias, João Tavares-Ferreira, F. Falcão-Reis, Amândio Rocha-Sousa

“…This retrospective study selected patients sent from primary health-care centers as part of the national screening of diabetic retinopathy. Inclusion criteria were diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus, absence of diabetic retinopathy, and a 24 hours urinary albumin measurement in the last 3 months at the primary health-care center. …”
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Development, Optimization, and Stability Study of a Yataprasen Film-Forming Spray for Musculoskeletal Pain Management by Jaenjira Angsusing, Weerasak Samee, Sarin Tadtong, Supachoke Mangmool, Siriporn Okonogi, Nopparut Toolmal, Chuda Chittasupho

“…Yataprasen (YTPS) remedy ethanolic spray, one of the National Thai Traditional Medicine Formulary, is extensively employed in Thai traditional healthcare to manage musculoskeletal pain and inflammation. …”
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Loneliness is associated with adverse health behaviour and obesity: a Danish population-based study of 122,258 individuals by Martin Mejlby Jensen, Karina Friis, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Anne-Sofie Hargaard, Maria Gjaldbaek Knudsen, Marie Stjerne Grønkjaer, Mathias Lasgaard

“…Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the 2017 Danish National Health Survey (entitled “How are you?“). Loneliness was assessed using the Three-Item Loneliness Scale. …”
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Managerial thinking in neonatal care: a qualitative study of place of care decision-making for preterm babies born at 27–31 weeks gestation in England by Neena Modi, Elizabeth S Draper, Miaoqing Yang, Sarah E Seaton, Kelvin Dawson, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Thillagavathie Pillay, Natalie Armstrong, Alexis Paton, Elaine Boyle, Victor L Banda, Caroline Cupit, Bradley Manktelow, Abdul Qader T Ismail

“…Objectives Preterm babies born between 27 and 31 weeks of gestation in England are usually born and cared for in either a neonatal intensive care unit or a local neonatal unit—with such units forming part of Operational Delivery Networks. As part of a national project seeking to optimise service delivery for this group of babies (OPTI-PREM), we undertook qualitative research to better understand how decisions about place of birth and care are made and operationalised.Design Qualitative analysis of ethnographic observation data in neonatal units and semi-structured interviews with neonatal staff.Setting Six neonatal units across two neonatal networks in England. …”
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Taking stock of vaccine hesitancy among migrants: a scoping review protocol by Charles S Wiysonge, Sten H Vermund, Akhenaten Siankam Tankwanchi, Anelisa Jaca, Heidi J Larson

“…Although vaccination is often a requirement for immigration, repeated outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases within certain immigrant communities in some host nations suggest that vaccine hesitancy could be a factor in their susceptibility to vaccine-preventable diseases. …”
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Exploring University Students’ Attitudes towards Primary Care: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study by Gianluca Voglino, Giuseppina Lo Moro, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Fabrizio Bert, Roberta Siliquini

“…The 72.68% used medications without prescription (the most taken: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics). Age, nationality, and degree course type could be predictors for outcomes considered. …”
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Distal Radial Artery Access in comparison to Forearm Radial Artery Access for Cardiac Catheterization: A Randomized Controlled Trial (DARFORA Trial) by Yunis Daralammouri, Zaher Nazzal, Yahya S. Mosleh, Heba K. Abdulhaq, Zafer Y. Khayyat, Yousef El Hamshary, Murad Azamtta, Ahmed Ghanim, Fateh Awwad, Sajed Majadla, Mosab Maree, Jihad Hamaida, Yahia Ismail

“…The patients were chosen from An-Najah National University Hospital’s catheterization laboratory between December 2019 and November 2020. …”
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Trabeculectomy versus stepwise treatment for breaking the attack of acute primary angle closure in patients with long attack duration: study design and protocol for a multicentre r... by Jing Jiang, Qing Zhang, Bo Qu, Chao Dai, Mingguang He, Ye Zhang, Ning-Li Wang, Shuning Li, Guangxian Tang, Su Jie Fan, Zhi Li, Chi Liu, Xinqi Chang, Yanyan Cheng

“…Secondary outcomes consist of complete success rate in breaking the attack, intraocular pressure value, mean deviation on Humphrey visual field testing and vision-related quality of life collected using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (25 items) 1 year post initial treatment.Trial registration number ChiCTR2200057289.…”
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Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study protocol by Min Kim, David Macleod, Michael Gichangi, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Sailesh Mishra, Shalinder Sabherwal, Luke Nelson Allen, Abhishek Roshan, Sarah Karanja, Ari Ho-Foster, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, Nigel Bolster, Mohd Javed, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Bakgaki Ratshaa, John Tlhakanelo

“…We will disseminate our findings through local community advisory boards, national eye screening meetings, in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences.…”
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Integration of planetary health in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education: protocol for a scoping review by Lindsey Sikora, Daniel I McIsaac, Husein Moloo, Rajajee Selvam, Nieve Seguin, Lisa Zhang, Ariane Lacaille-Ranger

“…To supplement our database search, data from the Health and Environment Adaptive Task Force’s National Report on Planetary Health Education, the Planetary Health Report Card and the Association for Medical Education in Europe Consensus Statement on Planetary Health and Education for Sustainable Healthcare will be included. …”
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The current status of neglected tropical diseases in Japan: A scoping review. by Yuriko Harada, Hanako Iwashita, Taeko Moriyasu, Sachiyo Nagi, Nobuo Saito, Mariko Sugawara-Mikami, Kota Yoshioka, Rie Yotsu, Japan NTD Study Group

“…Japan should recognize the presence of NTDs within the country and need to address them as a national effort. The implications of our findings extend beyond Japan, emphasizing the need to study, recognize, and address NTDs even in high-income countries.…”
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Effect and curative effect of Sanqitongshu capsule combined with argatroban on neurological deficits elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke by Fang Hu, Yunping Liu, Jia Li, Hui Xuan, Huijuan Wang, Xuehai Lv

“…[Methods] A total of 106 elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke from Handan Central Hospital were divided into a study group and a control group according to the random number table method, each had 53 cases.Both groups were given basic treatment, the control group was treated with argatroban, the study group was treated with Sanqitongshu capsule on the basis of the control group.Both groups were treated for 7 days.The clinical efficacy, the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, hemorheology index, the expression levels of ET-1, CD41, CD62P and sICAM-1 in the two groups before and after treatment, and adverse reactions of the two groups were compared. …”
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RENEWABLES IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARAB EAST (CASE OF SOLAR ENERGY) by A. O. Filonik, V. A. Isaev, V. M. Morozov

“…Insufficient experience and lack of competence are followed by more serious factors seeing in bureaucratic hurdles, passivity of national capital, incorrect distribution of functions among administrative bodies, etc. …”
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Comparison of glycosylated fibronectin versus soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase/placental growth factor ratio testing for the assessment of pre-eclampsia: protocol for a multicentre... by Marcus Green, Chao Wang, Sarah Fisher, Amarnath Bhide, Ramesh Ganapathy, Basky Thilaganathan, Nouran Elbarbary

“…The prediction of pre-eclampsia in high-risk populations using angiogenic markers, such as serum placental growth factor (PlGF) assessment, has been shown to improve maternal outcomes and is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). …”
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Volt/VAr Regulation of the West Mediterranean Regional Electrical Grids Using SVC/STATCOM Devices With Neural Network Algorithms by H. Feza Carlak, Ergin Kayar

“…Considering the results of the Turkish National Transmission System, increasing voltage sensitivity and reactive power control can be beneficial in reducing power transmission costs and maintaining the balance between generation and consumption.…”
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Motivational interviewing intervention for the management of hypertension: a meta-analysis by Ju Xu, Xiaoyan Gu, Jiaying Gu, Lijuan Zhao, Mianxian Li, Cheng Hong

“…This meta-analysis aimed to assess the role of motivational interviewing in reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure, self-efficacy, quality of life and medication adherence in hypertensive patients.MethodsTwo authors searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, Clinicaltrials, Embase, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, Weipu and Wanfang Database up to May 28, 2024 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the role of motivational interviewing on hypertensive patients. …”
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Biodiversity reporting: Comparing listed entities in the United Kingdom and South Africa by Dino Da Mata, Timothy Lai, Dusan Ecim, Warren Maroun, Dannielle Cerbone

“…Practical implications: The disclosure schematic serves as a valuable tool for evaluating biodiversity reporting in different national contexts and provides a framework for companies developing biodiversity action plans. …”
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Consensus evidence-based clinical practice guide for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in childhood and adolescence by Yasser El Miedany, Hala Lotfy, Maha El Gaafary, Naglaa Gadallah, Annie Nasr Mehanna, Safaa Mahran, Waleed Hassan, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Samar Abdelhamed Tabra, Mohamed Mortada, Ahmed R. Radwan, Dalia El Mikkawy, S. Esam Maher, Ghada Eldrainy, Hala Abdulhady, Marwa Mahgoub, Youmna Amer, Walaa Elwakil

“…Recent advances in pediatric osteoporosis definition, along with a lack of management recommendations or national consensus on its diagnosis and treatment, have led to a wide range of approaches being implemented to manage this illness. …”
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Personalised Lung Cancer Screening (PLuS) study to assess the importance of coexisting chronic conditions to clinical practice and policy: protocol for a multicentre observational... by Yi Guo, Dongyu Zhang, Rafael Meza, Jihyoun Jeon, Dejana Braithwaite, Gerard A Silvestri, Michael K Gould, Jiang Bian, Bruno Hochhegger, Shama D Karanth, Christopher G Slatore, Martin Tammemagi, Mattthew Schabath, Meghann Wheeler, Frederic J Kaye

“…The results will be disseminated through publications and presentations at national and international conferences. Safety considerations include protection of patient confidentiality.…”
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