Physical Therapists Use of Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging in Clinical Practice: A Review of Case Reports by Robert Manske, Katherine Podoll, Alycia Markowski, Maureen Watkins, Lorna Hayward, Murray Maitland

“…Fifty-eight percent of the cases were deemed static, while 14% reported using dynamic imaging. The most common indication for USI was a differential diagnosis list that included serious pathologies. …”
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Dream of European Army: Is It a Feasible Objective or Not? by Sevil Şahin, Mustafa Ozan Şahin

“…To improve defense cooperation and create a common defense strategy for the EU, several initiatives have been made. …”
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The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf: History, Key Achievements and Development Prospects by E. S. Melkumyan

“…It highlights specific features of political systems of the GCC states, the institutional structure and the main directions of this organization’s activity: from economics and finances to security and common defense policy. The author emphasizes that the GCC’s ability to adopt a joint position based on a compromise should be credited to the leaders of the member-states. …”
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Diabetes Risk Score in a Young Student Population in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abdel-Ellah Al-Shudifat, Amjad Al-Shdaifat, Ahmad Ali Al-Abdouh, Mohammad Ibrahim Aburoman, Sara Mohammad Otoum, Amro Ghaleb Sweedan, Ibrahim Khrais, Ibrahim Hisham Abdel-Hafez, Asgeir Johannessen

“…Risk factors for diabetes were common: 422 (23.2%) were overweight or obese and 497 (27.3%) had central obesity. …”
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Compliance with research participant protection guidelines by Nigerian medical journals by Adaora A. Onyiaorah, Euzebus C. Ezugwu

“…Ethical approval was most common in 268 (76.6%) articles, whereas it was least common in statements on the Declaration of Helsinki in 50 (14.3%) articles. …”
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Medication self-management interventions for persons with stroke: A scoping review. by Lauren Cadel, Stephanie R Cimino, Glyneva Bradley-Ridout, Sander L Hitzig, Tejal Patel, Chester H Ho, Tanya L Packer, Aisha K Lofters, Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg, Lisa M McCarthy, Sara J T Guilcher

“…The use of multiple medications is common following a stroke for secondary prevention and management of co-occurring chronic conditions. …”
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Distribution of the Highest Plantar Pressure Regions in Patients with Diabetes and Its Association with Peripheral Neuropathy, Gender, Age, and BMI: One Centre Study by Edyta Sutkowska, Krzysztof Sutkowski, Michał Sokołowski, Edward Franek, Szymon Dragan

“…The relationship between pressure patterns on the sole obtained during a pedobarographic test as a semiquantitative assessment with colourful print analysis and neuropathy, gender, age, and BMI was searched. The most common location of the highest pressure was the central part of the forefoot. …”
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Knowledge and Attitudes About Emergency Contraception Among Married Women in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey by Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven

“…The other common reasons for not using EC were described as religious reasons (20.8%) and responsibilities (40.8%). …”
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Primary Dysgerminoma of the Uterine Cervix: A Rare Case Report by Biruck Gashawbeza, Bethel Dereje, Ferid A. Abubeker

“…Primary extragonadal germ cell tumors (EGCTs) are a very rare clinical encounter most commonly reported in males. Among females, the placenta, pelvis, uterus, brain, and mediastinum are the most common extragonadal sites and predominantly display nondysgerminoma histology. …”
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The evolution of cell-free fetal DNA testing: expanded non-invasive prenatal testing and its effect on target populations by Shaozhe Yang, Yanqi He, Jingshang Lv, Rongxiang Li, Xiuhong Fu

“…The performance indicators of the positive predictive value (PPV), positive rate (PR), specificity, and sensitivity in screening for common trisomies, sex chromosomal abnormalities (SCAs), rare autosomal aneuploidies (RAAs), and CNVs were calculated. …”
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Hematological manifestations of autoimmune gastritis by Ye. A. Losik, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Iron deficiency was more common in women.…”
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Modeling and Simulation of Nonmotorized Vehicles’ Dispersion at Mixed Flow Intersections by Qiyuan Liu, Jian Sun, Ye Tian, Ying Ni, Shinan Yu

“…Interactions between motorized and nonmotorized vehicles have drawn considerable attention from researchers. They are commonly seen at mixed flow intersections where nonmotorized vehicles, without the restriction of lane markers or physical barriers, may disperse into adjacent lanes and thus lead to complex interactions with motorized vehicles. …”
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RISK FACTORS OF SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS AMONG ELEMETARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CENTRAL SUMBA – WEST NUSA TENGGARA by Fridolina Mau, Mefi Mariana Tallan

“…Helmintiasis is a disease commonly found among elementary school. Purpose: To identify risk factor related to the transmission of infection STH in Central Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. …”
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Comparing apples with apples: A proposed taxonomy for "Community Health Workers" and other front-line health workers for international comparisons. by Stephen Hodgins, Uta Lehmann, Henry Perry, Nicholas Leydon, Kerry Scott, Smisha Agarwal, Hannah Marcus, Rajani Ved, Elijah Olivas, Madeleine Ballard, Dickson Mbewe, Margaret Odera, Sherlie Petit Homme, Benard Otieno, Pasipano Wutete, Angeline Chikumba, Prossy Muyingo, John Kyakuha, Emmanuel Harcourt, Morseda Chowdhury, David Musoke, Thadee Niyoyitungira, Abimbola Olaniran, John Koku-Awoonor Williams, Lívia Milena Barbosa de Deus E Méllo, Romário Correia Dos Santos, Isabela Cardoso de Matos Pinto, Ram Shrestha, Salim Sadruddin, Melanie Morrow, Eric Sarriot, Maryse Kok, Bhanu Pratap

“…It also leads to a failure to consider occupational groups not commonly thought of as CHWs-but engaged in PHC service delivery at the most peripheral level-in community-based-PHC planning and management arrangements. …”
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Identification of a Novel Non-V600E BRAF Mutation in Papillary Thyroid Cancer by Marco Capezzone, Maja Rossi, Elisabetta Macerola, Silvia Cantara, Francesco Pepe, Eugenia Maria Morabito, Gilda Dalmazio, Sara Bardi, Agostino Ognibene, Massimo Alessandri, Gabriele Materazzi, Luigi De Napoli, Michele Cirianni, Liborio Torregrossa

“…Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is a common endocrine malignancy, and its incidence is reported to be constantly increasing. …”
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Insight into the Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance among Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Patients Admitted in ICUs of a Tertiary Care Hospital in India by Garima Gautam, Shweta Satija, Ravinder Kaur, Anil Kumar, Divakar Sharma, Megh Singh Dhakad

“…Acinetobacter sp. (33.02%) was the most common organism isolated from various clinical specimens, followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (20.89%), and Escherichia coli (13.8%). …”
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Displacement Based Earthquake Early Warning Systems by Murat Doruk Şentürk, Bahadır Aktuğ

“…Displacement based earthquake observations are becoming more common and application fields are becoming larger. …”
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Prolotherapy Perineural Injection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Bifid Median Nerve: A Case Report by Tresna Angga Basunanda, Arfano Januar Sangkai

“…Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common neuropathy condition caused by entrapment of  the median nerve. …”
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Prevalence of Sleep-related Breathing Disorders in Children from 6 to 11 Years Old by Alexander Torres Molina

“…Clinical manifestations during the day and night compatible with sleep-related breathing disorders are more common in habitual snorers<strong></strong></p>…”
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Pattern of Thyroid Disorders in a Tertiary Care Centre of a High-Altitude Region of Nepal: A hospital-based retrospective study by Tirtha Narayan Sah, Anuraj Anu, Binamra Bista

“…Primary hyperthyroidism was the least common, found in 1 male (0.64%) and 7 females (1.06%). …”
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