Exclusive Breastfeeding and Associated Factors among Mothers with Twins in the Tamale Metropolis by Rafatu Tahiru, Faith Agbozo, Hmphrey Garti, Abdulai Abubakari

“…Moreover, mothers who had no access to radio were about 87% less likely to practice EBF (AOR = 0.13; CI = 0.02, 0.79; p-value = 0.027). …”
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cfDNA as a surrogate marker for COVID-19 severity in patients with influenza-like symptoms with and without SARS-CoV-2 infections in general practice: a study protocol for a prospe... by Dorothea Dehnen, Elmo Neuberger, Jürgen in der Schmitten, Ekaterini Giagkou, Perikles Simon, Suzan Botzenhardt

“…Findings will be published in peer-reviewed open-access journals and presented at national and international conferences.Trial registration number DRKS00024722.…”
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Individual patterns of anadromy determine the cost of salmon lice exposure in brown trout by K. L. Hawley, H. A. Urke, T. Kristensen, T. O. Haugen

“…These trajectories were superimposed with open‐access spatial‐temporal modeled lice densities. Individual accumulated lice exposure and infestation were simulated over a 6‐month period for smolts and annually for veteran migrant life‐stages. …”
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Resilience throughout COVID-19: Unmasking the realities of COVID-19 and vaccination facilitators, barriers, and attitudes among Black Canadians. by Obidimma Ezezika, Toluwalope Adedugbe, Isaac Jonas, Meron Mengistu, Tatyana Graham, Bethelehem Girmay, Yanaminah Thullah, Chris Thompson

“…Recognizing the significance of supporting targeted strategies with vulnerable populations extends beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, as it addresses longstanding health disparities and promotes equitable access to healthcare. The present study investigated 1) experiences with COVID-19, 2) COVID-19's impact, and 3) factors that have influenced COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake among stakeholders and partners from the Federation of Black Canadians' (FBC). …”
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Om lesepraksiser i den norske barnehagen by Trude Hoel, Cecilie Fodstad, Agnes-Margrethe Bjorvand, Elisabeth Brekke Stangeland

“…Key findings are that: (1) Reading in ECEC is usually spontaneous and child initiated. (2) Division into groups with planned and organized reading seems to be more common for the oldest than for the youngest children. (3) There is less time set aside for reading in the form of fixed times with the youngest than with the oldest children. And that (4) access to or lack of good reading spaces and books significantly affects the reading practices in ECEC. …”
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Predicting bursal-side supraspinatus tendon tears with the acromioclavicular angle by Nadhaporn Saengpetch, Jaturong Bamrungchaowkasem, Niyata Chitrapazt, Pinkawas Kongmalai

“…While X-ray can be utilized as an accessible screening tool, combining it with clinical assessments and MRI is recommended for greater diagnostic precision. …”
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Short-term predictive value of sST2 in patients with STEMI following primary PCI: a prospective observational study by Shan Huang, Lu-Jiao Yu, Guang-Feng Sun, Zi-Xin Zhang

“…Method This was a prospective study. 148 STEMI patients following primary PCI were enrolled and divided into 2 groups by the median value of sST2 and afterwards followed up for 30 days to access the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), which were defined as cardiovascular death, heart failure and recurrent MI. …”
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A mixed methods study investigating factors affecting adherence to Plasmodium vivax malaria primaquine radical cure regimens among migrants along the Myanmar-Thailand border. by April T Ansari, Ko Ko Aung, Htun Htun Win, Candy Beau, Be Nu, Nay Lin Soe, Klay Htoo, Thida San, Tha Gay Wah, Arunrot Keereevijit, Aung Pyae Phyo, Kesinee Chotivanich, Nicholas J White, François Nosten, Ahmar H Hashmi, Cindy S Chu

“…Key themes related to the social cognitive theory included behavioral factors where work outweighed the choice to complete treatment; environmental factors where access to care determined primaquine treatment completion; and cognitive factors having a positive but limited influence on treatment completion. …”
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The Accuracy of the NSQIP Universal Surgical Risk Calculator Compared to Operation-Specific Calculators by Mark E. Cohen, PhD, Yaoming Liu, PhD, Bruce L. Hall, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS

“…However, operation-specific calculators may not provide sufficient improvements in accuracy to justify the costs in development, maintenance, and access. Methods:. For the N-RC, a cohort of 5,020,713 NSQIP patient records were randomly divided into 80% for machine learning algorithm training and 20% for validation. …”
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Evaluation of synthetic wheat lines (Triticum durum/Aegilops tausсhii) for vegetative period and resistance to diseases by V. P. Shamanin, I. V. Pototskaya, S. S. Shepelev, V. E. Pozherukova, A. Yu. Truschenko, A. S. Chursin, A. I. Morgunov

“…Lines derived from variety Ukr-Od 1530.94 and accessions Ae. tauschii (392); (629); (1027); (1031) and lines Langdon/Ku-2074; Langdon/Ku-2075; Langdon/Ku-2100; Langdon/Ku-2079 are characterized by complex resistance to powdery mildew, leaf and stem rust. …”
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Analysis of the behaviour of the Tukad Buluk Poh flood water at the Gilimanuk - Denpasar National Road Crossing by Hidayat Acep, Suprapti, Isradi Muhammad, Dwi Praptoyo Riska

“…It has a watershed area of around 84 km2, is about 28 km long, flows into the Indian Ocean, and is one of the rivers that floods the most. Access to Gilimanuk to Denpasar via the national road was not immune to the flood overflow at the time in Tukad Biluk Poh. …”
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Using airborne LiDAR and enhanced-geolocated GEDI metrics to map structural traits over a Mediterranean forestZenodo by Aaron Cardenas-Martinez, Adrian Pascual, Emilia Guisado-Pintado, Victor Rodriguez-Galiano

“…Our results showed that combining different LiDAR platforms is particularly important for mapping areas where access to in-situ data is limited and especially in regions with abrupt changes in vegetation cover, such as Mediterranean mountainous forests.…”
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Weight-Based Standardized Sugammadex Dosing in Pediatrics: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Compliance with Dosing Guidelines and Reduce Waste and Cost by Sydney E. S. Brown, Michael Meyer, Andrea Meyer, Ruth Cassidy, Xinyi Zhao, Deborah Wagner, Laura Wetzel, Douglas A. Colquhoun

“…While vial fractionation could enable increased access to sugammadex and other costly medications, it may introduce unintended consequences.…”
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Informed choices for some, but not for others: An exploration of Australian midlife women’s participation in mammography screening by social class by Samantha Batchelor, Belinda Lunnay, Sara Macdonald, Paul R Ward

“…We conducted a theory-informed thematic analysis and used Bourdieu’s relational social class theory to consider how women’s access to social, cultural and economic capital influenced their screening identities. …”
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Adjusting on-scene CPR duration based on transport time interval in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide multicenter study by Daseul Kim, Jae Yong Yu, Minha Kim, Gun Tak Lee, Sang Do Shin, Sung Yeon Hwang, Daun Jeong

“…Determining this critical time period requires outweighing the potential risks associated with intra-arrest transport while minimizing delays in accessing definitive hospital-based treatments. This study evaluated the association between on-scene CPR duration and 30-day neurologically favorable survival based on the transport time interval (TTI) in patients with OHCA. …”
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Peningkatan Kinerja Jaringan Dengan Menggunakan Multi-Rule Algorithm by Tanwir Tanwir, Parma Hadi Rantelinggi, Sri Widiastuti

“…Thus, the Mural cache change algorithm, is highly recommended to improve client access. …”
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Prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among adolescent pregnant women in Dolo-Ado town, Somali region, Ethiopia by Abdirahman Ahmed, Abdulkarim Mohammed, Mahamed Dol Ateye, Saleha Abdusamed

“…Therefore, targeted efforts to address family income, household food insecurity, dietary diversity, and access to iron-folic acid supplementation should be prioritized by both government and non-governmental organizations for pregnant adolescents.…”
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Kanaloplasti pada Atresia Liang Telinga Pasca Trauma by Jacky Munilson, Yan Edward, Surya Azani

“…Transkanal surgical approach has been able to provide adequate access. The expose bone of ear canal after fibrotic tissue was removed, can be covered by skin flap or skin graft with adequate vascularity as well as the need for postoperative cleaning of the ear canal thoroughly and regularly to prevent recurrence.…”
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Sustainable and smart multi-analyte HPTLC determination of tolperisone HCl together with three pain killers using smartphone camera as a detector: Comparative study with benchtop d... by Mohamed Rizk, Emad Ramzy, Safaa Toubar, Amr M. Mahmoud, Marwa I. Helmy

“…The remarkable advancement in smartphone cameras has revolutionized their potential as highly accessible, portable, and manageable detectors in various analytical approaches. …”
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Reliability of an Observational Biomechanical Analysis Tool in Adolescent Baseball Pitchers by Steven F DeFroda, Dai Sugimoto, Steven J Staffa, Donald S Bae, Ellen Shanley, Charles A Thigpen, Peter K Kriz

“…While 3-dimensional (3D) motion analysis remains the gold standard for evaluation, most pitchers and clinicians do not have access to this costly technology. Recent advances in 2-dimensional (2D) video technology provide acceptable resolution for clinical analysis. …”
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