Clinical efficacy of 0.1% cyclosporine A in dry eye patients with inadequate responses to 0.05% cyclosporine A: a switching, prospective, open-label, multicenter study by Sook Hyun Yoon, Eun Chul Kim, In-Cheon You, Chul Young Choi, Jae Yong Kim, Jong Suk Song, Joon Young Hyon, Hong Kyun Kim, Kyoung Yul Seo

“…Abstract Purpose To assess the clinical efficacy of 0.1% cyclosporine A (CsA) in dry eye patients who have shown inadequate responses to previous treatment with 0.05% CsA. …”
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The Impact of Onchocerciasis Elimination Measures in Africa: A Systematic Review by Policarpo Ncogo, Christine Giesen, María Jesús Perteguer, Maria P. Rebollo, Rufino Nguema, Agustín Benito, Zaida Herrador

“…Therefore, different aspects should be considered in order to fulfil the targets proposed by the WHO to be reached in 2030.…”
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The feasibility of implementing a digital pregnancy and postpartum support program in the Midwestern United States and the association with maternal and infant health by Colleen J. Klein, Matthew Dalstrom, William F. Bond, Jeremy McGarvey, Melinda Cooling, Katelyn Zumpf, Lisa Pierce, Brad Stoecker, Jonathan A. Handler

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on pregnant patients with Medicaid insurance who received care and delivered in a Midwestern United States healthcare system between 8/1/2022–8/15/2023, comparing outcomes among those who did versus did not opt for PPSP enrollment. …”
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Factors influencing reselection of village doctors in rural-oriented tuition-waived medical education program in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Gao, Juhua Zhang, Chenlei Shi, Aiqin Fan, Peng Zhang

“…BackgroundIn order to actively cultivate a new generation of village doctors (NGVDs) who possess a high level of education, provide high-quality healthcare services, Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, together with the Municipal Education Commission, Municipal Finance Bureau, and Municipal Agriculture Commission initiated Rural-oriented Tuition-waived Medical Education (RTME) in 2006. …”
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Assessment of Strategy Disclosure Drivers in Annual Company Report: A Meta-Synthesis Analysis by Akram Taftiyan, Mohammad Salari Abarghuoi

“…Therefore, we tried to use the opinions of experts who are theoretically familiar with the subject. …”
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Immoral misdemeanor incompatible with the continuation of work as a ground for termination of the employment contract at the initiative of the owner or authorized body by V. V. Sychova

“…A separate category of employees, whose employment contract may under certain conditions be terminated at the initiative of the owner or authorized body, include employees who perform an educational function. In particular, paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Art. 41 of the Labor Code of Ukraine provides such an additional ground for termination of the employment contract, as the commission of an employee who performs educational functions, an immoral misdemeanor, incompatible with the continuation of this work. …”
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Retrospective evaluation of patients admitted to the intensive care unit due to obstetric reasons in terms of maternal near-miss, a five-year case-control study by Özgür Erdem, Süleyman Cemil Oğlak, İzzettin Toktaş, Seher Baydemir, Ahmet Yosunkaya, Ali Erdem

“…In the study, the medical files of all patients admitted to the intensive care unit during the five-year period between 2018 and 2022 were examined. All patients who met the MNM criteria of WHO during pregnancy, birth and puerperium were included in the case group of the study. …”
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Investigating the Causes of Antisocial Behaviour Among Teenagers in Central Division Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Muhoza, Marie Alliance

“…Also, there should be a need to set up vocational training centers for the teens who are unable to continue practicing the theory part of Advanced level and other institutions. …”
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Role of Faith Based Organizations (FBO’s) in Responding to the Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 in Nyakinama Sub-County Kisoro District. by Mukabera, Charity

“…There are a number of successful FBOs who have actively participated in the development of society by creating employment opportunities and livelihood for the poor section of the society on the Faith-based organizations (FBOs) and the socio-economic impact of Covid 19 pandemic in Nyakinama Sub-county Kisoro district.…”
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A Program for Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation (PGDME) by Kabale University

“…Produce evaluation experts with management skills and competencies in making critical decisions that affect delivery of public services at all levels of society iii. Produce graduates who can design, conduct and manage efficient and effective evaluations…”
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The Last Word by Oscar Dhlomo

“… THROUGH the national Statutory Council, the Government has already set the negotiating table. decided on the guests who will attend. and the table manners to be observed …”
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Entretiens aux tarots/Johanna Rocard by Ophélie Naessens, Johanna Rocard

“…This interview inaugurates a larger investigation about visual female artists who use divination techniques in their practice. …”
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Prof. Dr. K. Gülbün Baydur’a armağan by Esin Sultan Oğuz

“…This study introduces some articles, interviews and remembrances for retirement of Prof. K. Gülbün Baydur who is member of Hacettepe University Department of Information Management.…”
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Prevalence and determinants of HIV testing-seeking behaviors among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: analysis of the 2022 Demographic and health survey by Jackson Micheal Asingwire, Isaac isiko, Kuli Faith Rombe, Aaron Mwesigwa, Emmanuel Asher Ikwara, Haron Olot, Lenz Nwachinemere Okoro, Manankong Jane Precious Izunwanne, Blessing Onyinyechi Agunwa, Abdul Aziiz Bwana, William Yiga Kalemba, Ebuka Louis Anyamene

“…Women who have heard about PrEP but are not uncertain about its approval [AOR: 36.07, CI (3.33–390.25)], respondents who have tested before with HIV testing kits [AOR:35.99, CI (4.00–324.13)] and women who are aware of HIV testing kids but never tested with them before [AOR: 2.80, CI (1.19–6.58)] are predictors of HIV testing seeking behaviors. …”
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Potential public health impacts of gonorrhea vaccination programmes under declining incidences: A modeling study. by Lin Geng, Lilith K Whittles, Borame L Dickens, Martin T W Chio, Yihao Chen, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Azra Ghani, Jue Tao Lim

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We employed an integrated transmission-dynamic model, calibrated using Bayesian methods to local surveillance data to understand the potential public health impact of 4CMenB in reducing gonorrhea acquisition and transmission in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Singapore. We explored the efficacy of implementing six vaccination programmes: (1) offering vaccination to all male adolescents in schools (vaccination before entry [VbE]), (2) offering vaccination to individuals attending sexual health clinics for testing (vaccination on attendance [VoA]), (3) offering vaccination to individuals attending sexual health clinics and who were diagnosed with gonorrhea (vaccination on diagnosis [VoD]), or (4) vaccination according to risk (VaR), by offering vaccination to patients who were diagnosed with gonorrhea plus individuals who tested negative, but report having more than five sexual partners per year. …”
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Olutasidenib in combination with azacitidine induces durable complete remissions in patients with relapsed or refractory mIDH1 acute myeloid leukemia: a multicohort open-label phas... by Jorge E. Cortes, Gail J. Roboz, Maria R. Baer, Brian A. Jonas, Gary J. Schiller, Karen Yee, P. Brent Ferrell, Jay Yang, Eunice S. Wang, William G. Blum, Alice Mims, Hua Tian, Aaron Sheppard, Stéphane de Botton, Pau Montesinos, Antonio Curti, Justin M. Watts, the Olutasidenib Combination Therapy Study Group

“…We present a pooled analysis from multiple cohorts of the phase 1/2 trial of patients with R/R AML who received combination olutasidenib and azacitidine therapy. …”
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Improper lung volume-dose parameters are risk factors for acute fatal radiation pneumonitis among esophageal cancer patients receiving chemoradiotherapy: a case-control study by Ruinuo Jia, Liuyan Li, Xiaoyi Liu, Junqian Zhang, Shuoguo Li, Ziqi Wang, Jingxia Li, Bingyi Xu, Manxi Sheng, Lei Ni, Danni Yang, Shegan Gao, Shegan Gao, Shegan Gao

“…One-to-three propensity score matching was performed between EC patients undergoing DCRT who died from AFRP and those who did not develop radiation pneumonitis(RP). …”
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Structure of Patients with Hepatocellular Cancer (Data Analysis from Two Specialised Centres) by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. S. Novruzbekov, I. M. Borovkov, D. G. Trofimova, M. S. Zharkova, V. D. Lunkov, K. N. Lutsyk, O. D. Olisov

“…The proportion of patients with autoimmune liver diseases in the overall structure of patients who applied to the department was 20 % in 2013, 13.6 % in 2014 and 10.8 % in 2017. …”
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Early initiation of intravenous cyclophosphamide and one‐year outcome in super‐refractory cryptogenic‐new onset refractory status epilepticus by Yasufumi Yorichika, Shuichiro Neshige, Hideaki Sakahara, Narumi Ono, Megumi Nonaka, Yuichiro Tagane, Tomoaki Watanabe, Keisuke Tachiyama, Haruka Ishibashi, Masahiro Nakamori, Takeo Shishido, Shiro Aoki, Hiroki Ueno, Yu Yamazaki, Takahiro Iizuka, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…We compared functional outcomes at 3 months and 1 year after the onset between patients who received IVCPA within 20 days (early‐treated) and those who received it later (late‐treated). …”
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Beyond first-line therapy: efficacy and safety outcomes of continuing immunotherapy in extensive stage small cell lung cancer after PD-L1 inhibitor progression by Jianfeng Peng, Xueying Zhai, Xiaomei Liu, Zhaoqin Huang, Yimeng Wang, Peizhu Wu, Ran Gao, Xiangjiao Meng

“…Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the continuing immunotherapy as subsequent therapy in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) patients who have progressed after initial immunotherapy. …”
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