Ecological study of the association between the English national vaccination programme and area deprivation inequalities in COVID-19 mortality by Clare Bambra, Adam Todd, Fiona Matthews, David Sinclair, Natalie Bennett

“…We use the 2019 edition of the Index of Multiple Deprivation, transformed into quintiles.Results Relative inequalities in age-standardised mortality rates 28 days after a positive COVID-19 test reduced substantially (from around 6.9 times higher in most deprived to least deprived to 1.2 times higher) in the 25 months after the national vaccination rollout began. …”
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Effects of Urbanization Expansion on Landscape Pattern and Region Ecological Risk in Chinese Coastal City: A Case Study of Yantai City by Di Zhou, Ping Shi, Xiaoqing Wu, Jinwei Ma, Junbao Yu

“…The urbanization intensity index during 2004–2009 was 3.92 times of that during 1974–1990. The land use types of urban land and farmland changed greatly. …”
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Health Behaviours among Travellers Regarding Risk Compensation Following COVID-19 Vaccination in Taizhou, China by Meng-Ge Yang, Li-Jun Wang, Lu-Yin Xu, Mang Ke, Liang-Xue Sun

“…Compared to those vaccinated less than three times, participants vaccinated against COVID-19 three times showed no statistical differences in harmful health behaviours mask-wearing duration decreased by 7.0% P=0.927), their hand washing frequency decreased by 4.8% P=0.905), and the duration of public transport travel increased by 2.5% P=0.287). …”
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PECULIARITIES OF THE COURSE OF PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY IN WOMEN WITH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AT HIGH RISK OF PRETERM BIRTH by Ya.V. Shymanska

“…In pregnant women of study group A, pregnancies ended in premature birth by 1.7 times more often, and most of them occurred before 34 weeks; during pregnancy, there was a greater risk of preterm birth, which required enhanced correction in addition to conservative measures: suturing the cervix and the use of obstetric unloading pessary; the frequency of delivery by cesarean section prevailed by 1.3 times. …”
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New Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealing Device Provides Improved Performance and Procedural Efficiency by Chambers R, Sarno D, Roweton S

“…In vivo acute testing on a porcine model compared thermal spread, seal times, and rates of hemostasis, sticking, and incomplete cuts between XP Maryland and the two early LigaSure devices.Results: Ex vivo, XP Maryland showed a significantly faster mean seal time compared to Dolphin Tip (P < 0.0001) and Atlas (P < 0.0001). …”
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Burden and factors associated with perceived stress amidst COVID-19: a population web-based study in Pakistan by Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Romaina Iqbal, Nargis Asad, Apsara Ali Nathwani, Syed Iqbal Azam, Ghazal Peerwani

“…Adequate and timely interventions are needed before high-stress levels culminate into psychological disorders.…”
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Prevalence and Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in Tertiary Health Care Institutions in a Developing Country: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study by Chinedu Anthony Iwu, Pius Ositadinma, Victor Chibiko, Ugochukwu Madubueze, Kenechi Uwakwe, Uche Oluoha

“…However, respondents who do not trust the government were more than two and a half times more likely to be COVID-19 vaccine hesitant (aOR: 2.69). …”
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Effect of High-Pressure Processing on Color, Texture and Volatile Profile During Sardine Refrigeration by Lama Ismaiel, Ancuta Nartea, Benedetta Fanesi, Paolo Lucci, Deborah Pacetti, Henry Jaeger, Felix Schottroff

“…Increasing both pressure and holding times resulted in increased levels of hardness, chewiness, and L* during storage. …”
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Instability Process of Crack Propagation and Tunnel Failure Affected by Cross-Sectional Geometry of an Underground Tunnel by Xianjie Hao, Shaohua Wang, Duoxiang Jin, Bo Ren, Xiangyang Zhang, Kailong Qiu, Yingjie Fan

“…The results indicated that, when the vertical stress is 4.94 MPa, the length and depth of the cracks generated in the rock surrounding the horseshoe tunnel are about eight times that around a circular tunnel. The position where the circumferential displacement of the horseshoe tunnel begins to be stable is about two, to two and a half, times that around a circular tunnel. …”
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Transition of BiOCl nanosheet into cotton-like clusters for piezoelectric enhanced photocatalytic degradation of dye and photocatalytic hydrogen production by Zheng Luo, C.P. Leo, Fengbo Guo, Xin-ya Zhao

“…The piezoelectric-enhanced photodegradation rates of rhodamine B were significantly increased by about 22 times since the piezoelectric photocurrent intensities rose nearly three times and the generation of •O2− and •OH increased. …”
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UV Hyperspectral Imaging and Chemometrics for Honeydew Detection: Enhancing Cotton Fiber Quality by Mohammad Al Ktash, Mona Knoblich, Frank Wackenhut, Marc Brecht

“…Reference cotton samples were sprayed multiple times with honey solutions to replicate the natural composition of honeydew. …”
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THE EFFECT OF ABDOMINAL MASSAGE AND KUNYIT ASAM HERBS TO REDUCE PRIMARY MENSTRUAL PAIN (DYSMENORRHEA) by Dwi Setiani Sumardiko, Alyaa’ Maulida Rizki Roswandi, Neny Purwitasari, Rini Hamsidi

“…The treatment for primary dysmenorrhea is abdominal massage therapy 14 times, once every 2 days for 30 days. Meanwhile, tamarind turmeric herbal therapy is given 2 times a day for 7 days before menstruation and the first 3 days during menstruation with a combination dose of 10 grams of turmeric rhizome and 5 grams of tamarind fruit. …”
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Nutritional Status of a Group of Children Under Five Suffering from Malaria in a Timor Leste District by Anagalys Ortega Alvelay, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Sol Esther García Morales, Denis Monzón Vega, Mabel Vega Galindo

“…<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> children from 0 to 1 year of age are 2 to 4 times more likely to experience malnutrition. Females are between 2 and 5 times more likely to be undernourished than other children with malaria.…”
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Sealing Capability and SEM Observation of the Implant-Abutment Interface by Fabio C. Lorenzoni, Paulo G. Coelho, Gerson Bonfante, Ricardo M. Carvalho, Nelson R. F. A. Silva, Marcelo Suzuki, Thelma Lopes Silva, Estevam A. Bonfante

“…Leakage was observed for both groups at all times and was significantly higher at 144 hrs. SEM analysis depicted gaps in the implant-abutment interface of both groups. …”
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Repairing and Strengthening of Damaged RC Columns Using Thin Concrete Jacketing by Bassam A. Tayeh, Mohammed Abu Naja, Samir Shihada, Mohammed Arafa

“…The Group 2 specimens showed a significant increase in ultimate load capacity, which was approximately 3 times that of the unjacketed reference column and 1.86 times that of the monolithically cast reference columns. …”
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Age-period-cohort analysis of self-harm incidence rates by gender in Iran among individuals aged 10–39 years, 1990–2019 by Yousef Ramazani, Alireza Abdi, Shahab Rezaeian, Farid Najafi, Zhyla Aliyavari, Mehdi Moradinazar

“…The average incidence rates of self-harm attempts and deaths among individuals aged 10–39 years were 93.87 and 7.55 per 100,000 individuals, respectively. Females had 1.75 times higher attempt rates than males, while males had 1.62 times higher death rates. …”
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Effect of plasma beta on the nonlinear evolution of m/n = 2/1 double tearing mode in high Lundquist number regime by Dingzong Zhang, Zhaoqing Wu, Jun Ma, Wenfeng Guo, Yanqing Huang, Hongbo Liu

“…Under certain conditions, this threshold can reach as high as $1.0 \times {10^{ - 5}}$ , which is much higher than the typical value of around ${10^{ - 7}}$ . …”
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Degree of Acute Kidney Injury before Dialysis Initiation and Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients by Charuhas V. Thakar, Annette Christianson, Peter Almenoff, Ron Freyberg, Marta L. Render

“…AKI-D was categorized into four groups (Grp) based on creatinine elevation after ICU admission but before dialysis initiation: Grp I  > 0.3 mg/dL to <2-fold increase, Grp II ≥2 times but <3 times increase, Grp III ≥3-fold increase in creatinine, and Grp IV none or <0.3 mg/dl increase. …”
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Suicide following the death of a sibling: a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden by Ichiro Kawachi, Jan Saarela, Mikael Rostila

“…In women, the suicide risk was 1.55 times that of non-bereaved persons (95% CI 0.99 to 2.44), and in men it was 1.28 times higher (95% CI 0.93 to 1.77). …”
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Determination of Activity Concentration of Natural Radionuclides and Radiation Hazards’ Assessment of Building Materials in High Background Radiation Areas of Homa and Ruri, Kenya... by Willis Otieno Gor Odongo, Margaret Chege, Nadir Hashim, Shinji Tokonami, Kranrod Chutima, Charles Rotich

“…The calculated value of total radium equivalent in Ruri was 1713 ± 137 Bq/kg which was two times higher than that of Homa. 232Th contributed about 74% and 91% to the total radium equivalent in Homa and Ruri, respectively; thus, it was the one with the largest contribution to radiation exposure in both regions. …”
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