The Impact of Insulin Degludec on Glucocorticoid-Induced Hyperglycemia in Patients with Diabetes and COVID-19 Infection by Varun Prasanna, Ravindranath Venketesan

“…The average IDeg dose increased significantly from baseline to day 7/discharge (15.6 ± 5.0 and 20.1 ± 6.5 units, respectively; P < 0.05). There was nonsignificant increase in average HA dose from 53.1 ± 16.7 IU on day 1 to 59.8 ± 16.6 IU on discharge day. …”
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Thoracolumbar and Lumbopelvic Spinal Alignment During the Barbell Back Squat: A Comparison Between Men and Women by Victor Bengtsson, Lars Berglund, Fredrik Öhberg, Ulrika Aasa

“…Spinal alignment and range of motion were measured using inertial measurement units placed on the thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine. …”
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Measures of Counteracting Domestic Violence Committed by Children: Problematic Aspects by A. S. Bakhaieva

“…It has been found out that the legislation does not set the age from which such a special measure to combat domestic violence is allowed to be taken as an urgent prohibition, which is the basis for taking a child-abuser for preventive registration by juvenile prevention units. It has been noted that the settlement of this issue will allow us to make informed decisions on the registration or non-registration of a child-abuser who has not reached the age of sixteen and has committed domestic violence against parents, which will further affect the determination of the subject of individual prevention.…”
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The Hidden Economic Consequences of Migraine to the UK Government: Burden-of-Disease Analysis Using a Fiscal Framework by Rui Martins, Samuel Large, Rachel Russell, Gary Surmay, Mark P. Connolly

“…**Methods:** The economic burden of migraine was estimated in comparison with the general population of the United Kingdom (UK) using an analytical fiscal modeling framework applying the government cost perspective. …”
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Current utility, instruments, and future directions for intra-renal pressure management during ureteroscopy: scoping review by global research in intra-renal pressure collaborative... by Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Wen Zhong, Yun Sang Chan, Daniele Castellani, Naeem Bhojani, Madhu Sudan Agarwal, Theodoros Tokas, Stefanie Croghan, Helene Jung, Thomas Herrmann, Bhaskar Somani, Vineet Gauhar

“…The review revealed significant variations in IRP measurement methods, reporting units, and irrigation techniques. Notably, elevated IRP above 30 mmHg was consistently associated with increased postoperative complications, including sepsis. …”
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Russian-Japanese Relations: Long-Term Development Factors by D. V. Streltsov

“…On the one hand, the anti-Russian component in Tokyo's foreign policy is shaped by its membership in the Security Treaty with the United States and its solidarity with the sanctions policy of the Group of Seven towards Russia. …”
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Bayesian Disease Mapping to Identify High-Risk Population for Oral Cancer: A Retrospective Spatiotemporal Analysis by Poornima Ramamurthy, Dileep Sharma, John Adeoye, Siu-Wai Choi, Peter Thomson

“…Local government areas (LGAs) and suburbs were utilized as geographical units for the estimation using Bayesian mapping approach. …”
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Progress towards an eco-friendly insect pest management approach in subtropical agro-ecosystems (South Africa) by Tertia Grové

“…The main export markets are the European Union and the United Kingdom. Subtropical fruit production is susceptible to various insect pests that significantly contribute to yield losses. …”
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Private, public, and bottled drinking water: Shared contaminant-mixture exposures and effects challenge by Paul M. Bradley, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Stephanie E. Gordon, Bradley J. Huffman, Katie Paul Friedman, Daniel L. Villeneuve, Brett R. Blackwell, Suzanne C. Fitzpatrick, Michael J. Focazio, Elizabeth Medlock-Kakaley, Shannon M. Meppelink, Ana Navas–Acien, Anne E. Nigra, Molly L. Schreiner

“…Background: Humans are primary drivers of environmental–contaminant exposures worldwide, including in drinking-water (DW). In the United States, point-of-use DW (POU–DW) is supplied via private tapwater (TW), public-supply TW, and bottled water (BW). …”
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A systemic approach to identifying sustainable community-based interventions for improving adolescent mental health: a participatory group model building and design protocol by Megan Keenan, Leanne Freeman, Ediane Santana de Lima, Katie Potter, Tim Hobbs, Ellis Ballard, Peter Fonagy

“…Abstract Background The deteriorating mental health of children and young people in the United Kingdom poses a challenge that services and policy makers have found difficult to tackle. …”
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FEASTS: Radial Distribution of H i Surface Densities Down to 0.01 M⊙ pc−2 of 35 Nearby Galaxies by Jing Wang, Dong Yang, Xuchen Lin, Qifeng Huang, Zhijie Qu, Hsiao-wen Chen, Hong Guo, Luis C. Ho, Peng Jiang, Zezhong Liang, Céline Péroux, Lister Staveley-Smith, Simon Weng

“…The profile shapes show a large diversity at a given radius in units of kpc, group virial radius, and R _1 , but they align more tightly with the radius normalized by R _001 . …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGICAL SECURITY by O. Y. Blynova, L. S. Holovkova, O. V. Sheviakov

“…The dynamics and pace of social and economic transformations that are characteristic of modern society, lead to an increase in tension and the destruction of habitual stereotypes – ideals, values, norms, patterns of behaviour that unite people. These moments encourage us to rethink the understanding of "security" essence, in particular, psychological, which emphasizes the urgency of its study in the philosophical and sociocultural coordinates. …”
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Recognition of Health Care Provider's Patient Safety Culture in Kurdistan/Iraq by Ismail Ahmed Ali, Shewaz Abdalrahman Hussein, Shelan Omar Ali, Fuaad Azad Muhamad

“…However, only two dimensions from 11 had reached positive response rate by respondents which include teamwork within Units (76.2%) and organizational learning (79%) dimensions, while the lowest dimension’s positivity include the frequency of reporting errors (4.6%). …”
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New genetic resources in wheat breeding for an increased grain protein content by O. P. Mitrofanova, A. G. Khakimova

“…The use of highprotein sources in wheat breeding in the United States and Canada in the 1970’s–1980’s resulted in the bread wheat GPC increase by 0.5–3.0 %; however, further purposeful attempts at increasing GPC by traditional breeding methods failed. …”
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Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Cancer Patients: A Cross-sectional Study from Regional Cancer Care Centre, Gujarat, India by Hirenkumar Ashokbhai Patel, Foram Maulin Patel

“…The surgical oncology units reported the highest proportion of HCV-positive patients, with 115 (60.5%) cases. …”
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The microeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the economic consequences for abortion care-seekers. by Ernestina Coast, Samantha R Lattof, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Brittany Moore, Cheri Poss

“…The evidence base on the economic impacts of policy or law change is from high-income countries, dominated by studies from the United States.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Delays underpinned by economic factors can thwart care-seeking, affect the type of care sought, and impact the gestational age at which care is sought or reached. …”
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Impact of dietary supplementation of L-citrulline to meat goats during gestation on reproductive performance by Makenzie G. Newton, Arianna N. Lopez, Claire Stenhouse, Karina L. Hissen, Erin D. Connolly, Xingchi Li, Lan Zhou, Guoyao Wu, William B. Foxworth, Fuller W. Bazer

“…There are approximately 2.6 million meat goats in the United States. For breeding female ruminants, early pregnancy loss is estimated to be 30% within the first month of gestation. …”
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IAPSM Position Paper on Vertical Transmission of HIV from Mother to Child by Dhrubajyoti J. Debnath, Sanjay K. Rai, Suchit Kamble, Nilesh Gawade, Meenal M Thakare, Purushottam Giri, Shubhada Suresh Javadekar

“…Nevertheless, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Global Strategy to End AIDS’s 2025 targets cannot be met with the current level of progress. …”
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Cultivatable Bacteriota of Chronic Wound of Patients with Diabetic Foot Syndrome with Critical Limb Ischemia Based on Wound Biopsy in Peri-Revascularization Period by Syedah Sarah Hussaini, Fran Dominic Grubesa, Mateusz Gajda, Martyna Schönborn, Katarzyna Bogucka, Mikołaj Maga, Paweł Maga, Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach

“…The control parameters of blood supply improved; TCPO2 was 38.5 mmHg, the ABI was 0.9, and the TBI was 0.3, with a reduction in the average WIfI score to 3.7 (mild), while total colony-forming units (CFUs) increased by 13.5%. No cases of reocclusion or restenosis were observed during the study; however, small amputations were performed in two patients (8.7%). …”
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The New Normal? by O. A. Donskikh

“…The overall trend is a steady growth in online learning with significant variations across countries (examples include the United States, Australia, Germany, and China). It is obvious that national education systems differ significantly from each other, and with certain general trend towards online learning, each educational system is looking for its own, most suitable for the national culture, forms of education. …”
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