Ethnic and racial discrimination in maternal health care in Mexico: a neglected challenge in the search for universal health coverage by Edson Serván-Mori, Sergio Meneses-Navarro, Rocío García-Díaz, Diego Cerecero-García, David Contreras-Loya, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Arachu Castro

“…There is a lack of empirical evidence on its impact on the effective coverage of maternal health interventions (ECMH) for Indigenous women in Mexico. Documenting progress in reducing maternal health inequities, particularly given the disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on ethnic minorities, is essential to improving equity in health systems. …”
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CLINICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL STUDY RESULTS OF COMPARING DIGITAL OCCLUSION INDICES AT REGISTRATION OF INTERCUSPAL POSITION IN PATIENTS WITH EDENTULOUS SPACES BEFORE AND AFTER PROSTHETI... by Тaras Hlushko, Yuriy Vovk, Volodymyr Vovk, Petro Kryukov, Мaksym Lohash

“…Location of the occlusal contact areas of antagonistic teeth was determined using Bausch Progress 100® 0.1 mm thick articulating paper (Bausch, Germany). …”
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Obtaining patient phenotypes in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, and their association with clinical severity and mortality by Fernando García-García, Dae-Jin Lee, Mónica Nieves-Ermecheo, Olaia Bronte, Pedro Pablo España, José María Quintana, Rosario Menéndez, Antoni Torres, Luis Alberto Ruiz Iturriaga, Isabel Urrutia, COVID-19 & Air Pollution Working Group

“…In turn, these showed strong associations with the clinical severity in the progression of pneumonia, and with mortality.…”
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Regulation and Mechanism of miR-518d through the PPARα-Mediated NF-κB Pathway in the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Hui Qiu, Xuemin Liu, Shenshen Yao, Jiaren Zhou, Xue Zhang, Juan Du

“…To observe the role of miR-518d in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and its adjusting effects on PPARα and to explore the regulatory mechanisms of the NF-κB pathway in the development and progression of GDM. Methods. Placenta tissues and peripheral plasma were obtained from pregnant women with normal pregnancy and GDM, respectively, followed by the detections of miR-518d contents by RT-PCR and the expression levels of inflammatory factors using ELISA. …”
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Gut microbiota and blood biomarkers in IBD-Related arthritis: insights from mendelian randomization by Wei Yang, Miao Cui, Peng Yang, Chenlin Liu, Xiuzhen Han, Wenyi Yao, Zhenhua Li

“…This study employs the MR method to elucidate the potential causal relationships among gut microbiota, plasma proteins, inflammatory proteins, and blood and urine biomarkers in relation to the occurrence and progression of IBD-related arthritis. This research offers a novel perspective for a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of IBD-related arthritis and highlights future directions for the diagnosis and treatment strategies of this condition.…”
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Outcome Mapping as a Monitoring and Evaluation Tool for Livestock Value Chain Interventions: The Case of imGoats by Hailemichael Taye Beyene, Kees Swaans, Birgit Boogaard, Ramkumar Bendapudi, Saskia Hendrickx

“…Three workshops were conducted at the beginning, midterm and end of the project to evaluate the progress and challenges of OM application. The reports and feedbacks provided by participants in these workshops are one of the data sources for this study.  …”
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Regarder au-delà des élections : l’historicité complexe de la participation politique dans la Libye contemporaine by Chiara Loschi, Chiara Pagano

“…Since then, many international scholars have considered elections as a yardstick to measure the progress of Libya’s regime change and to determine the (im)possibility of democracy or the inability of Libyan society to establish institutionalised modes of governance. …”
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Key Performance Indicators in Freestyle Swimming: Comparing Start, Turn, and Swimming Velocity in Top-Elite Female Junior and Adult Swimmers by Chantal Widmer, Julia Hernandez, Michael Romann, Wolfgang Taube, Dennis-Peter Born

“…The prediction tool that was developed from the regression model allows the prediction of individual performance progressions and rankings at international swimming competitions by combining isolated performance analysis with race analysis data. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with childhood malaria and anaemia in Osun state, Nigeria: a baseline household malariometric study by Olusola Ajibaye, Semiu Adebayo Rahman, Oluwagbemiga Olanrewaju Aina, Chinazo Ujuju, Chimere Obiora Agomo, Samuel Akindele, Olakiigbe Abiodun, Tolulope Victoria Uzoka, Nnenna Ogbulafor, Olufemi Oroge, Rufai-Ahmed Garba, Michael Ekholuenetale, Kolawole Maxwell, Ridwan Akorede Awosanya, Mary Abosede Adekola, Benjamin Bukky Ilesanmi, Adekemi Ajayi, Olusola Oresanya, James K. Tibenderana, Adeola Yetunde Olukosi

“…Abstract Background Under-5 children have been known to bear a significant burden of malaria in endemic countries. Though significant progress has been made towards malaria prevention and control in Nigeria, it is expected that the addition of new malaria prevention strategy, such as perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) can contribute to a more rapid decline in malaria cases. …”
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Role of 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT-derived quantitative volumetric tumor parameters in cytoreductive radical prostatectomy selection for patients with low-volume metastatic hormone-sensi... by Junjie Fan, Ke Xu, Zhangdong Jiang, Chaosheng Gan, Hao Song, Guoqiang Gao, Guojing Wang, Qiyuan Kang, Liang Luo, Zhuonan Wang, Dalin He, XiaoYi Duan, Kaijie Wu

“…The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS), and Cox regression analyses were performed to explore the independent predictors for PFS. …”
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EVALUACIÓN DE LA SATISFACCIÓN LABORAL DE PROFESORES DE EDUCACIÓN FÍSICA by Raquel Krapp do Nascimento, Gelcemar Oliveira Farias, Marcos Paulo Vaz de Campos Pereira, Jorge Both, Alexandra Folle

“…Working conditions differed according to gender(women>men) and age (31 years of age or older>up to 30 years of age), while career progression, autonomy at work, and social relevance differed in relation to teachers’ age (31 years of age or older>up to 30 years of age). …”
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Significance of supervision sampling in control of communicable respiratory disease simulated by a new model during different stages of the disease by Alphonse Houssou Hounye, Xiaogao Pan, Yuqi Zhao, Cong Cao, Jiaoju Wang, Abidi Mimi Venunye, Li Xiong, Xiangping Chai, Muzhou Hou

“…Utilizing the SE(A)IR extended framework, which is a suitable method for describing the progression of epidemics over actual or genuine landscapes, we have developed a novel model named SEIAPUFR. …”
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Black Boarding Academies as a Prudential Reparation by Roy Brooks

“…Board of Education, provide a foundation for significant racial progress. The type of education reparation broached in this Article gives African American (or Black American) parents or guardians a unique choice for educating their children—Black Boarding Academies (BBAs). …”
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Preparation of future teachers for innovative activities in pedagogical and technological educational environment by N. I. Naumkin, N. N. Shekshaeva, V. F. Kupryashkin, E. V. Zabrodina

“…Innovative activity, as a creative productive activity, has always been and remains the basis for ensuring the progress of society and innovative training is one of the priorities of educational institutions. …”
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Reform of economic evaluation of medicines in Spain: proposals from the Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Financing by Marta Trapero-Bertran, Jaume Puig-Junoy, Emilio J. Alegre-del-Rey, Ana Clopés, Félix Lobo, Ana Ortega

“…The initiatives of the CAPF aim to make progress towards the integration of efficiency in Spanish pharmaceutical policy seeking to improve the methodological quality and transparency of economic evaluations, ultimately contributing to more informed decision-making and sustainable healthcare practices. …”
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Black Boarding Academies as a Prudential Reparation by Roy Brooks

“…Board of Education, provide a foundation for significant racial progress. The type of education reparation broached in this Article gives African American (or Black American) parents or guardians a unique choice for educating their children—Black Boarding Academies (BBAs). …”
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Security decision method for the edge of multi-layer satellite network based on reinforcement learning by Peiliang ZUO, Shaolong HOU, Chao GUO, Hua JIANG, Wenbo WANG

“…Simulation results show that the proposed method has the best convergence performance under all 4 different configuration conditions,however,the initial performance of the low-high network configuration is excellent under partial snapshots,but as the training progresses, Its convergence performance becomes poor, because the network configuration has fewer link choices,which limits its performance; 3) The performance of the proposed method and the comparison method is simulated and verified by using the test set. …”
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ART Regimen and Other Sociodemographics Do Not Affect Cytokine Expression in HIV Patients in Ghana by Samuel Essien-Baidoo, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Yeboah Kwaku Opoku, Elvis Ayamga, Kevin Hodi Zie, Daniel Attoh, Evans Obboh, Anna Hayfron Benjamin, Justice Afrifa

“…This means that both regimens are effective in the suppression of disease progression.…”
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钢梁与包覆RC箱型钢柱之梁柱接头耐震性能研究 by 翁正强, 王晖舜

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Collagen turnover biomarkers to predict outcome of patients with biliary cancer by Leonard Kaps, Muhammed A. Genc, Markus Moehler, Stephan Grabbe, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Detlef Schuppan, Rasmus Sund Pedersen, Morten A. Karsdal, Philipp Mildenberger, Annett Maderer, Nicholas Willumsen

“…The diagnostic and prognostic value of the markers was evaluated for overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Results Patients had a median age of 65 years (IQR 57–70), while healthy controls were younger, with a median age of 46 years (IQR 38–54). …”
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