Evaluation of Eating Habits and Quality of Life in Postbariatric Surgery Patients and Their Family Members: A Case-Control Study by Carla Ibrahim, Joane Matta, Kàtia Lurbe i Puerto, Yonna Sacre

“…The case group includes a couple of patients who have undergone sleeve or bypass surgery 6 months ago and above, along with the main family caregivers. …”
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Index-based livestock insurance schemes to manage climate risks in Ethiopia: determinants of farmer’s willingness to pay and lessons learned from Dasenech district, South Omo by Tagesse Melketo, Degefa Tolossa, Meskerem Abi, Sisay Bedeke, Tenaw Fentaw

“…Those households that are headed by a men, who are better educated, who are better experienced in farming system, and those who have access to credit and training are more likely to pay for the insurance. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of beef providers and consumers regarding microbial safety measures along the supply chain in Mizan-Aman, southwest Ethiopia by Girma Mamo Zegene, Seblework Mekonen Shegen, Seid Tiku Mereta

“…Furthermore, beef retailers’ owners and managers who completed high school were seven times more likely to have good knowledge [AOR = 7.02, 95 % CI: 1.11–2.47] compared to individuals who did not read and write. …”
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Colorectal Carcinoma with Extremely Low CA19-9 by Yutaka J. Kawamura, Aika Tokumitsu, Junichi Sasaki, Shingo Tsujinaka, Takafumi Maeda, Ken Mizogami, Fumio Konishi

“…Serum levels of CA19-9 in patients who did not undergo curative resection (𝑁=12) and who developed recurrence (𝑁=10) were less than 2.0 U/mL in all occasions during followup. …”
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Impact of Scleroderma‐Associated Autoantibodies on Clinical Outcome Assessments: Post Hoc Analysis From a Randomised, Double‐blind, Placebo‐controlled, Phase 3 Trial of Tocilizumab... by Basmah Al Dulaijan, Suiyuan Huang, Celia J. F. Lin, Christopher P. Denton, Dinesh Khanna

“…Methods We used data on both the groups who received placebo (Pbo) and tocilizumab from the focuSSced trial. …”
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Military medicine and morale: Perceptions of inequities in triage impact national security by Tanisha M. FAZAL, Jane L. SUMNER, Jessica KORONA-BAILEY, Tracey Pérez KOEHLMOOS

“…Discussion: Respondents who received a randomly assigned prompt indicating that they would be less likely to receive medical care if injured on the battlefield report significantly lower levels of morale compared to respondents who did not receive this prompt. …”
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Serum Cytokine Profile by ELISA in Patients with Echinococcal Cysts of the Liver: A Stage-Specific Approach to Assess Their Biological Activity by Luca Piccoli, Valeria Meroni, Francesca Genco, Francesca Tamarozzi, Carmine Tinelli, Carlo Filice, Enrico Brunetti

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Comparison of Learning Curves and Clinical Outcomes in Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Spinal Surgery Versus Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Surgery: A Cumulative Sum Analysi... by Yuan S, Chen R, Mei Y, Fan N, Wang T, Wang A, Du P, Xi Y, Zang L

“…Furthermore, PROMs did not differ between patients who underwent PTES and those who underwent UBESS.Conclusion: Both procedures achieved comparable clinical outcomes with low complication incidences. …”
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Longitudinal examination of young married women’s fertility and family planning intentions and how they relate to subsequent family planning use in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh India by Niranjan Saggurti, Lisa Calhoun, Priya Nanda, Ilene S Speizer, A J Francis Zavier, Gwyn Hainsworth

“…This analysis focused on the 3614 young women who were not using FP at wave 1.Primary outcomes This study examines FP use at wave 2 as the main outcome variable.Results Multivariate analyses demonstrated that young women who wanted to delay childbearing three or more years or who did not want any(more) children at wave 1 were more likely to use contraception at wave 2. …”
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Is Whole‐Brain Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases an Overestimated Therapy? A Retrospective Study of Real‐World Data Using Landmark Analyses by Florian Hoelzl, Oliver Koelbl, Isabella Gruber

“…Methods This retrospective study included 285 patients who received whole‐brain radiotherapy for brain metastases, using a median dose of 30 Gy. …”
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Prevalence of Obstetric Danger Signs during Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Mothers in Shashemene Rural District, South Ethiopia by Nega Terefe, Aderajew Nigussie, Afework Tadele

“…The most prevalent obstetric danger signs were vaginal bleeding (15.4%) followed by swelling of the body 12.7% and severe vomiting 5.3%. Women who have less than four times antenatal care visits were 6.7 times more likely to experience obstetric danger signs (AOR 6.7 (95% CI 3.05, 14.85)) compared to those who had antenatal care visit four times and above. …”
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State of the Art Compendium: Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Denis E O’Donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road

“…Targeted spirometry is strongly recommended to expedite early diagnosis in smokers and former smokers who develop respiratory symptoms, and who are at risk for COPD. …”
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Assessment of Physicochemical Parameters of Harvested Rainwater in Hamuhambo Town Council Rubanda District. by Atuheire, Israel

“…Harvesting rainwater is a reliable alternative for the local people globally who have no access to centralized and piped water systems due to geographical location and economic pressure. …”
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Colocar-se em palavras: memórias de um percurso íntimo by Regina Dalcastagnè

“…Based on a rapprochement between the award-winning novel Nur na escuridão (Nur in darkness), by Salim Miguel, which tells his family’s saga during his immi- gration from Lebanon to Brazil, and the unpublished manuscripts of Jose Miguel, the author’s father, who tells the same story, this article discusses the reasons for writing and the use of narrative resources to build a meaning for his life. …”
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É tempo de pipa: a representação da infância em Cidade de Deus, de Paulo Lins, e Lembrancinha do Adeus, de Júlio Ludemir by Anderson Luís Nunes da Mata

“…Traditionally understood as an age of innocence and learning, childhood has been shown indifferent colors in the so called "slum" narratives. Thus, poor children, who live in the urban peripheral areas, are represented in fiction as a counterface for such traditional notion of childhood. …”
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Limity důvěry. Bývalí vojáci Wehrmachtu ve službě u československého letectva v Británii za druhé světové války by Zdenko Maršálek

“… The paper explores the trust limitations of the Czechoslovak exile authorities during World War II towards those volunteers of the Czechoslovak exile military forces who had formerly served in the Wehrmacht. It has come to light that they were not prohibited from joining even the elite of the armed forces represented by air force units. …”
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SİYASET FELSEFESİ NEDİR? by Neşet Toku

“…The philosophy of politics is an intellectual activity which has emerged in order to reach the information of a qualified life and society and thus it looks for the answers of the following fundamental questions; "who gets what?" and "says who?". The term "philosophy" in the phrase of "the philosophy of politics" points out the treatment of this subject and the term "politics" states both the subject and its function. …”
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The Savvy Survey #3: Successful Sampling by Jessica L. Gouldthorpe, Glenn D. Israel

“… As part of the Savvy Survey series, this publication provides Extension faculty with an overview of topics to consider when thinking about who should be surveyed. Topics in this publication include understanding the survey population, constructing the sampling frame, recognizing who exists outside the population of interest, and defining the sample. …”
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Violence et histoire dans les séries télévisées : Introduction by Sylvie Allouche

“…The four series analyzed focus on the victims of history, namely various populations who have suffered physical or social violence, aggravated by symbolic violence as the dominant versions of history tend to ignore or minimize their roles or the sufferings and injustices they have endured: women involved in the tumult of France’s recent history (Isabelle Veyrat-Masson on Maria Vandamme and Sonia Suvélor on Les Combattantes), Indians of North America (Martin Shuster on Yellowstone), Hutu civilians who took refuge in Congo (Sylvie Allouche on Black Earth Rising). …”
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Facts About Fluoride by Anne Kendall

“…Fluoride increases the amount of minerals in our teeth and even can reverse the progression of dental cavities. People who don’t get enough fluoride have much greater rates of dental decay and cavities than those who get enough fluoride. …”
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