Factors Influencing the Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Female Tertiary Students in Ho, Ghana by Rosemary Ami Amegbedzi, Joyce Komesuor, Hubert Amu, Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang

“…Out of the respondents who have ever practiced BSE, 79% were practising it at the time of the study. Students in their fourth year were above 4 times more likely (95% CI = 1.73–9.29, p=0.014) to practise BSE than those in their first year. …”
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Pac-Man-Shaped Patch-Driven Broadband Circularly Polarized Metasurface Antenna With CMA-Based Quadruple-Mode Excitation by Deepak K. Naik, Dhruba Charan Panda, Rajanikanta Swain, Arjuna Muduli, Sambhudutta Nanda

“…A prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated using an FR-4 substrate, and the overall dimension of the antenna is <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.55\lambda \times 0.7\lambda \times 0.06\lambda $ </tex-math></inline-formula> at 6.46 GHz center operating frequency. …”
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Cardiovascular Disease and Its Implication for Higher Catastrophic Health Expenditures Among Households in Sub-Saharan Africa by Folashayo Ikenna Peter Adeniji, Taiwo Akinyode Obembe

“…Households who reported having CVD were 3 times more likely to incur CHE compared with households without CVD (OR, 3.002; CI, 1.013-8.902). …”
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Influence of sulfate-reducing bacteria on the biocorrosion of mild steel coated with hybrid polyetherimide-ZnO or CuO bilayer composites by Rahali, Emna, El-Bassi, Leila, Bousselmi, Latifa, Alves, Marta M., Montemor, Maria de Fátima, Akrout, Hanene

“…The higher PEI-CuO resistivity value of $2.17\times 10^{6}~\Omega {\cdot }\mathrm{cm}^{2}$ contrasted with the decrease to $1.5\times 10^{5}$ and $1.6\times 10^{3}~\Omega {\cdot }\mathrm{cm}^{2}$ for PEI-ZnO and PEI coatings, respectively. …”
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Impact of tourist and recreational activities on the indicators of soil-ecological monitoring of the adjacent territory of Lake Teletskoe (Altai Mountains) by Olga A. Elchininova

“…Recreational loads were responsible for the 1.2–1.7 times increase in soil density of the upper (0–5 cm) layer, accompanied by a decrease in soil porosity and air supply. …”
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Comparison of the Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, and Oral Health Literacy in Sleep and Awake Bruxism: Results from Family Medicine Practice by Melike Mercan Başpınar, Çiğdem Mercan, Metin Mercan, Merve Arslan Aras

“…Poor sleep quality was detected 1.28 times higher in sleep bruxism (OR: 1.277, 95% CI = 1.152–1.415) and 1.14 times higher in awake bruxism (OR: 1.141, 95% CI = 1.230−1.058). …”
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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 DRA group had significantly shorter procedure times (p=0.006), fluoroscopy times (p=0.002), and hemostasis times (p=0.002). …”
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Comparison of Medpor Coated Tear Drainage Tube versus Silicon Tear Drainage Tube in Conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy: Problems and Solutions by Selam Yekta Sendul, Halil Huseyin Cagatay, Burcu Dirim, Mehmet Demir, Ali Atakhan Yıldız, Zeynep Acar, Sonmez Cinar, Dilek Guven

“…In group 1, proximal and distal obstructions developed postoperatively in 4 eyes, while 1 eye showed tube malposition and 3 eyes developed luminal obstruction by debris 3 times. In group 2, tube extrusion developed in 4 eyes, whereas tube malposition developed in 6 eyes and luminal obstruction by debris developed in 6 eyes at different times, for a total of 20 times. …”
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Effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy in treating deep surgical site infections after spine surgery: a meta-analysis of single-arm studies by Shiwei Ren, Huan Liu, Zhengqi Chang

“…The meta-analysis revealed that the mean duration of vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) treatment was 17.45 days [95% confidence interval (CI) (11.63 days, 23.28 days)], and the mean number of VSD uses was 2.57 times[95% CI (1.53times, 3.60times)]. Additionally, the recurrence rate of infection post-discharge was 2% (95% CI = 0-4%). …”
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Clinical and Cost Burden of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Descriptive Analysis Using a US Administrative Claims Database by Sue Perera, Liyuan Ma, Raj Punwaney, Sulabha Ramachandran

“…Patients with extra glandular disease also incurred greater average annual costs (2.9 times) contributing to ≥2 times/year more resource use for outpatient services than patients with glandular disease only. …”
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Synergistic cryoprotective effects of mannan oligosaccharides and curdlan on the grass carp surimi by Yanxin Lin, Lingzhi Zhang, Wanting Tang, Jing Ren, Yijie Mo, Xiao Guo, Lizhong Lin, Yuqin Ding

“…Moreover, the MOS-CU mixture demonstrated cryoprotective effects equivalent to those of commercial cryoprotectant on grass carp surimi from zero to five times FTCs and even outperformed CC after seven times FTCs.…”
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La endoscopia digestiva superior en la Atención Primaria de Salud by Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola

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CdS/Bi12O17Cl2 Heterostructure Promotes Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic CH4 Generation and Phenol Conversion by Dandan Hu, Yumin Cui, Xiaoyan Cao, Yan Han, Huiquan Li, Hui Miao, Yuying Wu, Huidan Yang, Wei Zhao, Chaonan Xu, Yupeng Yuan

“…Also, the 50% CdS/Bi12O17Cl2 sample shows the highest activity of phenol conversion with a conversion ratio of 92%, which is as 2.2 times and 1.9 times as the conversion ratio of pristine Bi12O17Cl2 (41%) and CdS (48%), respectively. …”
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The impact of nationality status and place of residency on health-related social needs and quality of life among Palestinian Refugees in Jordan by Hamza Alduraidi, Rahaf Issam Abu Zayid, Noor Mahmoud Jaber, Bassam Saleh Hijazi, Sa'ed Radwan Khamis, Hasan Fahed Awad, Marah Al-Khateeb, Saif alnour Mahmoud Aldhirat, Ahmad Amjed Toubasi

“…A Palestinian refugee who lives in Gaza camp is four times more likely to have safety needs, six times more likely to have financial needs, and over twice more likely to have employment needs than a refugee outside camps. …”
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Neurological syndromes associated with COVID-19: a multicenter study in Brazil by Aline de Moura Brasil Matos, Andre Borges Ferreira Gomes, Fernanda Martins Maia Carvalho, Francisco Tomaz Meneses de Oliveira, Lohana Santana Almeida da Silva, Flavia Esper Dahy, Joao Victor Luisi de Moura, Marcela Vieira Freire, Jose Ernesto Vidal, Rosa Maria Nascimento Marcusso, Jerusa Smid, Victor Rebelo Procaci, Rodrigo Meireles Massaud, Felipe Von Glehn, Jorge Casseb, Camila Malta Romano, Augusto Cesar Penalva de Oliveira, on behalf of NeurocovBR study group

“…Patients were 10 times more likely to die (χ2 (1) = 356.55, p < 0.01, OR = 10.89) and 38 times more likely to be hospitalized than other COVID-19 patients (χ2 (1) = 1167.9, p < 0.01, OR = 38.22). …”
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The Last Word by Tertius Myburgh

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The Last word why South Africans don't get the newspapers they deserve by Ken Owen

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Representation of the Expression of Ndebele Customary Law of Inheritance in Selected Educational Works in Zimbabwean Schools by Cordial Bhebe, Bekithemba Dube

“…The study contributed that in spite of these inevitable challenges, the custom should be dynamic and appreciative of modifications in accordance with the prevailing socio-economic changes of the times.…”
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Study on the Dynamic Response of Composite Box Girder Bridges with Corrugated Steel Webs by Ya-Na Mao, Chi Ma, Shi-Zhong Liu, Li-Yuan Li

“…When the bridge deck is in poor condition, the dynamic impact response is significantly enhanced, and the difference is significantly compared with that when the bridge deck is in good condition, which is greater than three times and even six times at the maximum. Both the difference in the vehicle model and the change in the vehicle speed influence the dynamic impact coefficient of the composite box girder.…”
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