Impact of insurance payer type (medicare vs. private) on the patient reported outcomes after shoulder arthroplasty by Paul V. Romeo, MD, Aidan G. Papalia, MBA, Andrew J. Cecora, BS, Bradley A. Lezak, MD, Matthew G. Alben, DO, Dashaun A. Ragland, BS, Young W. Kwon, MD, PhD, Mandeep S. Virk, MD

“…Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that, at a tertiary-level academic institution in a metropolitan city, payor type does not have significant impact on achieving MCID or pre-to-postoperative improvements in PROMs after SA.…”
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Toxic Assessment of Heavily Traffic-related Fine Particulate Matter Using an in-vivo Wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans Model by Meng-Ching Chung, Kuo-Lin Huang, Japheth L. Avelino, Lemmuel L. Tayo, Chih-Chung Lin, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Sheng-Lun Lin, Wan Nurdiyana Wan Mansor, Ching-Kai Su, Sen-Ting Huang

“…The TRAP PM2.5 sample were collected in Taichung City, Taiwan from Mar 24 to April 15 in 2018. Of these 23 day samples, three samples (Days A, B, and C) were randomly selected. …”
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Epilepsy and Child History in Dr. Jamal Ahmad Rashid Pediatric Teaching Hospital Sulaymaniyah /Iraq by Awayi Ghazy Abdulkareem

“…Epilepsy is a chronic neurological illness that is the most prevalent severe brain problem worldwide .The purpose of this research is to determine the importance of certain risk variables for epilepsy in children in Sulaimani City, such as age, gender, head trauma, nervous system infectious diseases including meningitis and unusual perinatal history, low birth weight, neonate respiratory failure, neonatal seizure, socioeconomic status, as well as parent consanguinity. …”
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Public responses to the Salisbury Novichok incident: a cross-sectional survey of anxiety, anger, uncertainty, perceived risk and avoidance behaviour in the local community by Richard Amlot, Dale Weston, Simon Wessely, G James Rubin, Rebecca Webster, Holly Carter

“…Hearing a lot or a little about the recovery support (eg, financial packages), as opposed to nothing at all, and being satisfied with this information were associated with reduced avoidance.Conclusions Although the March 2018 Salisbury incident had a relatively modest impact on emotion and risk perception in the community, the number who reported avoiding the city was notable. In this, and in future incidents, assuring people that contamination resulted from a targeted, rather than indiscriminate, incident; demonstrating that contamination is contained within specific areas; improving communication about any financial support; and promoting trust in responding agencies should help provide additional reassurance to the community.…”
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Validity and reliability of local endemic language version of the SARI Sigma Scale questionnaire for assessing stigma in leprosy patients by Tri Rahayu, Dewi Friska, Yoslien Sopamena, Sri Linuwih Menaldi, Kahlil Gibran, Dadun, Ida Ruwaida, Yunia Irawati

“…This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Ambonese-Malay Language of SARI Stigma Scale questionnaire.MethodsA cross-sectional study involved 50 participants with leprosy or a history of leprosy from Ambon City, Indonesia. They were tested with the SARI Stigma Scale questionnaire, consisting of 4 domains of questions, totalling 21 questions. …”
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Effects of PM2.5 exposure and air temperature on risk of cardiovascular disease: evidence from a prospective cohort study by Zhihang Zhang, Ran An, Haoyan Guo, Xuanru Yang

“…The two-year average PM2.5 concentration and air temperature of the city where participants lived were calculated. The Cox proportional hazards model was conducted to analyze the associations of PM2.5 exposure and air temperature with CVD morbidity.ResultsIn the multivariable-adjusted model, each 10 μg/m3 rise in 2-y PM2.5 concentration was associated with an increased risk of developing CVD (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.30; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.27–1.32). …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of ICU Medical Staff toward Nutrition Care and its Impact on Patient Recovery in Taiz, Yemen by Haitham T. S. Mohammed, Lamia A. S. Ali, Malak Anwar Saif, Nada Khalid Al-Adeemy, Noha Kamel Al-Nadhary, Raghad Sameer Saif, Shaima Kamel Al-Nadhary, Yomna Mukarram Al-Dobai, Nur Mufida Wulan Sari

“…Objectives: The study aimed to determine the nutritional Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) of medical staff in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in ninth selected hospitals in Taiz City. Methods: This study used a descriptive cross-sectional design in both governmental and non-governmental hospitals from March 1st,2024 to August 10th,2024. …”
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Variation in clinical and patient‐reported outcomes among complex heart failure with preserved ejection fraction phenotypes by Kelsey M. Flint, Sanjiv J. Shah, Eldrin F. Lewis, David P. Kao

“…Using 11 clinical variables, patients were classified according to six HFpEF phenotypes previously identified in the I‐PRESERVE and CHARM‐Preserved studies. Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) measured health status. …”
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Level of elderly-supportive infrastructure, fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease hospitalisations: a time-stratified case-crossover study in Wuhan by Mengxue Qin, Xingyuan Liu, Luyao Wang, Tengchong Huang, Xiuran Zuo, Yuliang Zou

“…Objectives To examine the effect of PM2.5 on cardiovascular hospitalisation risk among the elderly and the moderating role of elderly-supportive infrastructure in Wuhan, a city undergoing rapid urbanisation. Methods A time-stratified case-crossover design was adopted in which the K-means cluster analysis was applied to categorize elderly-supportive infrastructure. …”
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Spatial analysis of milk and cottage cheese reveals poor microbial quality and contamination with foodborne pathogens in the central highlands of Ethiopia by Abdi Keba, Gebrerufael Girmay, Henok Nahusenay, Ashagrie Zewdu

“…The overall prevalence of samples contaminated by at least one pathogen was 50.3% (95% CI 47.1–53.7%), indicating that raw milk samples collected from milk collectors were predominantly contaminated (OR = 2.1, p = 0.003), followed by milk processors (OR = 1.3, p = 0.003).DiscussionThe spatial analysis revealls that the poor microbial quality standards and distribution of microbial quality indicators and foodborne pathogens were concentrated in the central highlands of Ethiopia, within nearly 100 kilometers radius from Addis Ababa city to surrounding towns. This study offers some insight into the importance of food traceability to prevent food safety threats along the dairy value chain and intervention areas.…”
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Development of a Multi-Sensor Mobile Device for Urban Air Quality Monitoring at the Street Corner: The SMILE Project by Jonas Pellegrino, Hassen Aziza, Mathieu Guerin, Pascal Taranto, Wenceslas Rahajandraibe, Blaise Ravelo

“…Outdoor experiments were conducted in the city of Marseille to validate the efficiency of the AQM device and assess its ability to provide street-level air quality data. …”
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Energy consumption prediction using modified deep CNN-Bi LSTM with attention mechanism by Adel Binbusayyis, Mohemmed Sha

“…To enhance prediction accuracy, a proposed smart city system utilizes the Household Energy Consumption dataset, employing deep learning algorithms. …”
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Hazardous geological processes at incomplete construction sites by A. L. Suzdaleva, M. Yu. Slesarev, I. Yu. Yakovleva

“…An adequate idea of the impact of an unfinished construction project on living conditions in the city can only be given by studying the natural and technical system that formed during the period of stoppage of work. …”
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Speckle Filtering Impact on Land Cover Mapping Using the Combination of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Images (Case study: Bandar Mahshahr) by Mohammad Hossein Hajarian, Sara Attarchi, Seyyed Kazem Alavi Panah

“…The obtained results confirm the high capabilities of SAR images in LULC mapping in a coastal city…”
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Concentration and Potential Sources of Total Gaseous Mercury in a Concentrated Non-Ferrous Metals Smelting Area in Mengzi of China by Xinyu Han, Yuqi Xie, Haojie Su, Wei Du, Guixin Du, Shihan Deng, Jianwu Shi, Senlin Tian, Ping Ning, Feng Xiang, Haitao Xie

“…To investigate concentration and potential sources of total gaseous mercury (TGM) in a concentrated non-ferrous metals smelting area in southwest China, a high temporal resolution automatic mercury meter was used to measure TGM in the environment and the emissions from major sources of Mengzi city. The average concentration of TGM in urban air was 2.1 ± 3.5 ng·m⁻³ with a range of 0.1~61.1 ng·m⁻³ over the study period. …”
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Role of Serum Amyloid A as a Biomarker for Predicting the Severity and Prognosis of COVID-19 by Amal A. Abbas, Asma Alghamdi, Sonia Mezghani, Mourad Ben Ayed, Ahmed M. Alamori, Ghazi A. Alghamdi, Wail Bajhmom, Hanan Wajeeh, Salma S. Almutairi, Wafaa M. Radwan

“…Of the 102 patients with confirmed COVID-19 who were admitted to King Fahd General Hospital, Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia, from July 1, 2021 to August 5, 2021, 50 were included in this cross-sectional study to investigate the influence of serum amyloid A (SAA) on disease severity and survival outcomes of COVID-19 patients. …”
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Exploring University Students’ Attitudes towards Primary Care: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study by Gianluca Voglino, Giuseppina Lo Moro, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Fabrizio Bert, Roberta Siliquini

“…In Italy, if a citizen moves for studies for at least 3 months, he/she can choose temporarily another GP in the new city (the so-called “Healthcare Domicile” (HD)). …”
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Prevalence of lumbar disc herniation and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study in Gansu. by Zhiwei Chen, Jirong Zhao, Li Wang, Hong Shao, Liangjia Cao, Xueyun He, Zhenghan Yang, Junfei Ma, Qianwen Chen, Peng Jiang, Licun Zhang, Jihong Hu

“…LDH prevalence differed by latitude, city, age, sex, nationality, education, marital status, income, drinking habits, residence duration, physical activity, exercise intensity, health status (including hypertension, diabetes, CHD, chronic infection, and tumors) (all P <0.05). …”
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БЕЗПЕРЕРВНИЙ ПРОФЕСІЙНИЙ РОЗВИТОК – СТАВЛЕННЯ ЛІКАРІВ by В. Л. Михайленко, А. І. Літвак

“…The aim of the study was to find out the opinion of doctors in a large city about the state's innovations regarding continuous professional development (CPD) and staff certification. …”
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The effect of feeding methods and non-nutritive sucking habits on early childhood caries and development of occlusion (A cross-sectional study) by Huda R. Awsi, Bayan A. Hassan

“…Subjects and method: A cross sectional study performed on aconvenient samples of 500 preschool child renaged between 4-6 years old in Erbil city. Parents (mothers ) were asked for a permission to include their children in the study. …”
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