A comprehensive analysis of trends in the burden of gout in China and globally from 1990 to 2021 by Shiwei Xie, Heng Xiao, Lei Xu, Gengwu Li, Fan Zhang, Mingwei Luo

“…Effective public health policies and interventions are crucial to mitigate the escalating burden of gout and improve the quality of life for affected individuals. This study relied on secondary data from the GBD, which may be subject to biases in data collection and reporting. …”
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Perinatal Outcomes among Cases of Predicted and Unpredicted Macrosomia by Merita Isaku, Enxhi Vrapi, Tedi Bimbashi, Ina Cala, Kizjona Perdja, Redi Hoxhallari, Astrit Bimbashi

“…The effectiveness of screening remains controversial because expecting a macrosomic fetus affects intrapartum management, promoting elective cesarean sections. …”
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Intralesional steroid injection in keloid ear — a prospective observational study by Vinod Bangalore Narayanaswamy, Tejaswini H, Saritha H M, Udayabhanu H N, Nagarathna H K

“…Abstract Background Keloid is a fibro-proliferative dermal benign growth affecting the Asian population. In India, ear keloids are common, often resulting from ear piercing, a prevalent cultural practice. …”
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Unveiling microbial diversity in slightly and moderately magnesium deficient acidic soils by Munmun Dash, Subramaniam Thiyageshwari, Duraisamy Selvi, Haina K. V. Johnson, Manikandan Ariyan, Karuppusamy Rajan, Rangasamy Anandham

“…The vegetable yield and quality is especially affected due to deficiency of nutrients like Mg. This study investigates soil characteristics and bacterial diversity in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, India, with respect to Mg deficiency. …”
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ADOPTION OF CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AMONG VEGETABLE FARMERS IN BASSA, NIGERIA by Godfrey C. Onuwaa, Oludare Adediireb, Cletus Ajomac, Ganiyu Binuyoa

“…Most (68.6%) have low adoption index of ≤0.4.The constraints affecting the adoption of climate-smart agricultural mpractices among respondents in the study area include inadequate climate information (89.8%), financial constraints (77.7%), cost of agricultural inputs (65.6%), poor access to extension services (58.5%), farm size/tenure status (51.5%). …”
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Heteromericarpy of Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden. (Umbelliferae = Apiaceae) by K. G. Tkachenko

“…The biometric parameters of H. sosnowskyi mericarps were slightly affected by the place of growth and the year of maturation. …”
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Patterns of Location and Other Determinants of Retail Stores in Urban Commercial Districts in Changchun, China by Feilong Hao, Yuxin Yang, Shijun Wang

“…Retail stores in Guilin Road exhibit distinct characteristics, namely, stores selling textiles, clothing, and daily necessities show the highest concentration, and food, beverage, and tobacco outlets as well as integrated stores show the lowest concentration. (3) The selected locations of the differing categories of stores on Chongqing Road strongly correlate, and textile, clothing, and daily necessity stores show a high correlation with other retail categories. (4) Four main factors affect the development and spatial layout of retail in the commercial districts. …”
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Fluorogenic Biosensing with Tunable Polydiacetylene Vesicles by John S. Miller, Tanner J. Finney, Ethan Ilagan, Skye Frank, Ye Chen-Izu, Keishi Suga, Tonya L. Kuhl

“…Particularly, we look at how the structure of the diacetylene (DA) hydrocarbon tail and headgroup affect the self-assembled vesicle size and stability, polymerization kinetics, and the fluorogenic, blue to red phase transition. …”
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KAPABILITAS DINAS TENAGA KERJA DALAM MENGATASI MASALAH KETENAGAKERJAAN DI KABUPATEN SIDOARJO by Betania Anggi Prafika, Arimurti Kriswibowo

“…Less than optimal absorption of labour can affect the occurrence of the unemployment phenomenon. …”
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Modeling key performance indicators and resilience of elements with structural equation modeling approach by Elham Moghimi, Adel Azar, Mahmood Dehghan Nayeri

“…Since any disruption primarily affects organizational performance, one of the actions taken is to create and monitor key performance indicators. …”
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Using a Dielectric Capacitance Cell to Determine the Dielectric Properties of Pure Sand Artificially Contaminated with Pb, Cd, Fe, and Zn by Mohammed Dahim, Musab Abuaddous, Rabah Ismail, Hashem Al-Mattarneh, Aiman Jaradat

“…Even with promising results obtained with the proposed dielectric device, it is necessary to explore several other factors affecting the measurements such as sand water content, soil texture, and type of soil. …”
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Chromosomal Regions in Prostatic Carcinomas Studied by Comparative Genomic Hybridization, Hierarchical Cluster Analysis and Self-Organizing Feature Maps by Torsten Mattfeldt, Hubertus Wolter, Danilo Trijic, Hans‐Werner Gottfried, Hans A. Kestler

“…The results show in all case groups three clusters of chromosomal regions, which are (i) normal or minimally affected by losses and gains, (ii) regions with many losses and few gains and (iii) regions with many gains and few losses. …”
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Scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment for HIV: lessons from a key populations program in Nigeria by Abdulsamad Salihu, Ibrahim Jahun, David Olusegun Oyedeji, Wole Fajemisin, Omokhudu Idogho, Samira Shehu, Aminu Yakubu, Jennifer Anyanti

“…President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) launched an ambitious initiative—the Key Population Investment Fund (KPIF)—to target the unaddressed HIV-related needs of key populations (KPs) who are disproportionately affected by HIV. The KPIF initiative was implemented through partner organizations such as the Society for Family Health (SFH), a KP-friendly and indigenous non-governmental organization. …”
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Vibration Signal Analysis of Water Seal Blasting Based on Wavelet Threshold Denoising and HHT Transformation by Jiang-chao Liu, Wen-xue Gao

“…The blasting vibration signal obtained from tunnel construction monitoring is affected by the external environment, which contains a lot of noise that causes distortion during signal processing. …”
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Rural-Urban Differences in Health Care Expenditures: Empirical Data from US Households by Wei-Chen Lee, Luohua Jiang, Charles D. Phillips, Robert L. Ohsfeldt

“…Five two-part utilization models were then fit to determine the likelihood of having nonzero expenses and to identify how residence in a rural versus urban area affected expenditures in our five expense categories. …”
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Evaluation of ecological risk analysis for benthic macroinvertebrates in paddy fields in the Meriç–Ergene River Basin (Turkish Thrace) by Aydın Gazel Burcu, Çamur-Elipek Belgin

“…This study aimed to determine the dynamics of benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in paddy fields in the Meriç–Ergene River Basin (Turkish Thrace region) by investigating some physicochemical environmental parameters that may affect its distribution. For this purpose, water and sediment samples were collected from paddy fields in the study area during the cultivation season, including spring, summer and autumn of 2016, taking into account the water resources that supply the rice fields (artesian water, the Meriç River, the Ergene River and Meriç–Ergene mixed water). …”
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Partnering with Palliative Care: A Case Report of Severe Pain in Critical Limb Ischemia Treated Successfully with a Continuous Popliteal Nerve Catheter by Ryan S. D’Souza, Stephanie Shen, Frederick Ojukwu, Halena M. Gazelka, Bridget P. Pulos

“…Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is limb pain occurring at rest or impending limb loss as a result of lack of blood flow to the affected extremity. CLI pain is challenging to control despite multimodal pharmacologic analgesia and surgical intervention. …”
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Voice-related quality of life after total laryngectomy: a scoping review of recent evidence by Tatiana Pourliaka, Efcharis Panagopoulou, Vassiliki Siafaka

“…Abstract Background Laryngeal cancer often leads to total laryngectomy (TL), which results in the loss of natural voice, necessitates voice rehabilitation and affects the individuals Quality of Life (QoL). Despite advancements in treatment, Voice-Related QoL (VRQoL) post TL remains a neglected area in the field of rehabilitation. …”
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Trends and Associations of Chilblains Prevalence with Connective Tissue Diseases, Including COVID-19 Incidence by Argobi Y

“…Females (66.7%) and individuals aged 40– 50 (56.7%) were predominantly affected.Conclusion: This study found a low prevalence primarily among young females and a significant correlation with connective tissue disorders like SLE. …”
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NIGWO-iCaps NN: A Method for the Fault Diagnosis of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes Based on Capsule Neural Networks by Nan Lu, Huaqiang Zhang, Chunmei Dong, Hongtao Li, Yu Chen

“…When using a fiber optic gyroscope as the core measurement element in an inertial navigation system, its work stability and reliability directly affect the accuracy of the navigation system. The modeling and fault diagnosis of the gyroscope is of great significance in ensuring the high accuracy and long endurance of the inertial system. …”
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