Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Use among Adolescents and Young Adults with Asthma by Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, Michael A. Posner, M. Katherine Hutchinson

“…The aim of this study was to longitudinally analyze rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use in adolescents and young adults who have asthma and those who do not have asthma. …”
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Bilateral Stress Fractures of the Femoral Neck after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Importance of Early Diagnosis by Sei Morinaga, Kenichi Ueshima, Yoshinobu Maruhashi, Noriyuki Hashimoto, Shoji Watanabe, Takuya Nakamura

“…Stress fracture of the femoral neck should be suspected in patients complaining of hip pain who have undergone TKA.…”
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The review of the language position to the lyric style of Orfi Shirazi by Esmaeil Tajbakhash, Orang Ezadi

“…“Orfi Shirazi” is a subtle and imaginative poet in the tenth century of hegira (963-999) who in despite of his short life has been become the propagation plotting of the new style to the Persian poem. …”
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Political Struggle of M. Fuad Köprülü: From Ruling Party to the Opposition (1956-1966) by Nasrullah Uzman

“…M. Fuad Köprülü who is known with his historian, thinker and the man of letters identity, is also a politician. …”
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Evaluation of teacher performance in post-certification classroom action research at the vocational school by Dwi Elvina, Wakhinuddin Wakhinuddin, Edidas Edidas, Ambiyar Ambiyar

“…The research subjects were teachers who were certified educators and taught for about ten years, totaling 56 people. …”
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Cash Management and Financial Performance of Business Firms in Northern Uganda a Case of Lira District by Eton, Marus, Gilbert, Uwonda, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Dennis, Obote

“…There is also need for business owners to consider hiring business experts who can use different statistical models to forecast business performance.…”
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The Concept of Rebellion/Rebel in the Behistun Inscription: Formal Terminology and Phrases by Adel Allahyari, Assistant Professor Hossein Badamchi

“…Arīka": This term functioned as a general descriptor for individuals, who had forsaken their loyalty to the Achaemenid king. …”
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The association of social media use and other social factors with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Egyptian university students by Mustafa Mohammed Hassan, Hisham Ahmed Orebi, Basem Salama, Ibrahim Ali Kabbash

“…The risk for ADHD significantly decreased among those who practice sports to reach 24.1% compared to 33.8% for those who did not (p = 0.002). …”
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Self-care interventions for legal and safe abortions: lessons learned from a woman-centered approach to sexual and reproductive healthcare in Uruguay by Cecilia Stapff, Lucía Gómez Garbero, Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León, Leonel Briozzo, Antonella Lavelanet, Manjulaa Narasimhan

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Assessing the Use of Standardized Outcome Measures for Stroke Rehabilitation among Physiotherapists in Ghana by Seth Kwame Agyenkwa, Cosmos Yarfi, Adjoa Nkrumah Banson, Woyram Abla Kofi-Bediako, Ulric Sena Abonie, Seth Kwadjo Angmorterh, Eric Kwasi Ofori

“…Physiotherapists working in public facilities in Ghana are more likely to use outcome measures (56.2%) than those in private facilities (16.2%). Physiotherapists who attend to 1-10 patients in a week used outcome measures more (32.4%) than physiotherapists who attend to more than 30 patients (3.8%) in a week. …”
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Impact of the Timing of Enzyme Replacement Therapy Initiation and Cognitive Impairment Status on Outcomes for Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II) in the United States:... by Karen S. Yee, David Alexanderian, Yidie Feng, Xiaowei Ren, Bernd Schweikert, Olulade Ayodele

“…**Methods:** A retrospective medical chart review of 140 male patients who received a diagnosis of MPS II between 1997 and 2017 was performed at 19 US sites; data on disease manifestations and HRU stratified by age at ERT initiation or CI status were analyzed for the full study population and a subgroup of patients who received a diagnosis of MPS II before the age of 6 years. …”
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Clinical Outcomes and Safety of Partial Full-Thickness Myotomy versus Circular Muscle Myotomy in Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia Patients by Chenyu Li, Aixia Gong, Jingwen Zhang, Zhijun Duan, Linmei Ge, Nan Xia, Jing Leng, Mei Li, Yanjie Liu

“…Clinical data of achalasia of cardia (AC) patients who underwent POEM in our center during January 2014 to January 2015 was collected (34 cases). 19 patients who received partial full-thickness myotomy were assigned to group A and 14 patients who received circular muscle myotomy were assigned to group B. …”
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Maternal and Neonatal Complications of Methamphetamine Use during Pregnancy by Suthanud Premchit, Nawabhorn Orungrote, Sinart Prommas, Buppa Smanchat, Kornkarn Bhamarapravatana, Komsun Suwannarurk

“…The total number of women was 206 who were equally divided into a study and control group. …”
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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PLASTIC SURGERY CASES IN A TERTIARY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SURABAYA, INDONESIA by Dwika Intania Riano, Lavonia Berlina Adzalika, Indri Lakhsmi Putri, Rachmaniar Pramanasari

“…The majority of patients with burn injuries (31.3%), those with microtia (39.5%), those with cleft lip and palate (33%), and those with microtia (between the ages of 15 and 24) were all between the ages of 45 and 64. Patients who were men (52.6%) outnumbered those who were women (47.4%). …”
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Aerosol-generating otolaryngology procedures and the need for enhanced PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic: a literature review by Paul Mick, Russell Murphy

“…Main body Health care workers in China who performed tracheotomy during the SARS-CoV-1 epidemic had 4.15 times greater odds of contracting the virus than controls who did not perform tracheotomy (95% CI 2.75–7.54). …”
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HUSBANDS' PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN CARING FOR WIFE WITH CERVICAL CANCER: A QUALITATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY by Siti Nurul Komariyah, Farida Fitriana, Pudji Lestari

“…The research subjects or informants in this study are husbands who treat wives with cervical cancer at Dr. Soetomo Surabaya Hospital who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria From the results of semi-structured interviews, the researcher took the following steps, organizing and preparing the data to be analyzed, reading and viewing all the data, coding all the data, using the coding as material for creating descriptions, connecting between themes, and providing interpretation and meaning about the theme.Result: In this study, researchers found four dominant perceptions of husbands caring for their wives who had cervical cancer. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Radiotherapy Supply by Francesco Tramacere, Artor Niccoli Asabella, Maurizio Portaluri, Corinna Altini, Cristina Ferrari, Lilia Bardoscia, Angela Sardaro

“…The reasons were as follows: (1) patients whose appointments were postponed by the staff according to national guidelines; (2) patients who asked themselves to postpone the appointment; (3) patients who interrupted the treatment for causes directly or indirectly related to the pandemic; (4) patients who cancelled their care path. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Comparative Study between Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients by Shayesteh Khalili, Tahereh Sabaghian, Meghdad Sedaghat, Zahra Soroureddin, Elham Askari, Neda Khalili

“…Regardless of diabetes status, patients who developed AKI had significantly higher mortality rates compared with patients who did not develop AKI (p=0.02). …”
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Novel submucosal injection material comprising fully synthetic and self-assembling peptide solution in endoscopic submucosal dissection: A pilot study by Kengo Kasuga, Keigo Sato, Ko Nakata, Hirohito Tanaka, Hiroko Hosaka, Shiko Kuribayashi, Yoji Takeuchi, Toshio Uraoka

“…Questionnaires to the operators who performed the protocol treatment and assistants who performed submucosal injections were evaluated in comparison with saline, and maintenance of mucosal lifting was long, comparable, and short (9/2/0). …”
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Compliance with reporting standards in Mobile App interventions for ART Adherence among PLHIV by Abdulhammed O. Babatunde, Dimeji A. Olawuyi, Folashade A. Olajuwon, Isaac O. Ekundayo, Olatokun S. Akano, Olutola V. Awosiku

“…Each selected study was reviewed by two independent reviewers against the standard 16-item checklist developed by the WHO. Results A total of 16 studies were included in the review. …”
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