Medical Assistance in Dying for Persons Suffering Solely from Mental Illness in Canada by Chloe Eunice Panganiban, Srushhti Trivedi

“…There are currently several countries that allow MAiD for mental illness, including Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.[4] Some countries, like Spain,[5] do not give specific guidance, leaving the matter under discussion by ethicists and courts. …”
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Global, regional, and national epidemiology of childhood neuroblastoma (1990–2021): a statistical analysis of incidence, mortality, and DALYsResearch in context by Jusen Nong, Cheng Su, Changhua Li, Congjun Wang, Wei Li, Yong Li, Peng Chen, Yanqiang Li, Zihao Li, Xinjin She, Zuxin Yuan, Sentian Liu, Chao Chen, Qian Liao, Yige Luo, Bo Shi

“…Rates for incidence, mortality, and DALYs were calculated per 100,000 population, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs). Data from 204 countries and territories were stratified by age, sex, and location. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of High-dose versus Standard-dose Prazosin in Paediatric Scorpion Envenomation: A Single-blinded Randomised Controlled Study by Apoorva Gayatri Abbadi, Hidaytullah R Bijapure, Chandrika R Doddihal, Bhavana B Lakhkar, Y Rohith, VJ Prakash, Kumar BM Prasanna, Mallanagouda Patil

“…Introduction: Scorpion sting is a serious health problem in the world, especially in developing countries like India. It is often associated with serious clinical manifestations. …”
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Extended HPV genotyping by the BD Onclarity assay: concordance with screening HPV-DNA assays, triage biomarkers, and histopathology in women from the NTCC2 study by Laura De Marco, Simonetta Bisanzi, Guglielmo Ronco, Pamela Mancuso, Francesca Carozzi, Elena Allia, Raffaella Rizzolo, Daniela Gustinucci, Helena Frayle, Jessica Viti, Anna Iossa, Elena Cesarini, Simonetta Bulletti, Basilio Passamonti, Silvia Gori, Laura Toniolo, Francesco Venturelli, Annarosa Del Mistro, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Maria Benevolo

“…Its use is being implemented in cervical cancer screening in several countries. The most recent guidelines recommend a risk-based management. …”
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Implementation of in utero laparotomy-assisted fetoscopic spina bifida repair in two centers in Latin America: rationale for this approach in this regionAJOG Global Reports at a Gl... by Jezid Miranda, PhD, Miguel A. Parra-Saavedra, PhD, William O. Contreras-Lopez, PhD, Cristóbal Abello, MD, Guido Parra, MD, Juan Hernandez, MD, Amanda Barrero, MD, Isabela Leones, MD, Adriana Nieto-Sanjuanero, MD, Gerardo Sepúlveda-Gonzalez, MD, Magdalena Sanz-Cortes, PhD

“…Background: Spina bifida (SB) is a severe congenital malformation that affects approximately 150,000 infants annually, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries, leading to significant morbidity and lifelong disabilities. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, I. . A.s. Trukhmanov, Ye. K. Baranskaya, O. B. Dronova, O. V. Zayratyants, R. G. Sayfutdinov, A. A. Sheptulin, T. L. Lapina, S. S. Pirogov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, O. A. Storonova, D. N. Andreyev

“…The heartburn that is a leading GERD symptom is present at 20-40% of the population of developed countries. The prevalence of GERD in Russia ranges 18­46%. …”
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Determinants of 5-year survival in patients with advanced NSCLC with PD-L1≥50% treated with first-line pembrolizumab outside of clinical trials: results from the Pembro-real 5Y glo... by Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Salvatore Grisanti, Avinash Aujayeb, Martin Forster, Giannis Mountzios, Andrea Napolitano, Bruno Vincenzi, Joachim G J V Aerts, Marina Garassino, Valter Torri, Solange Peters, Alex Friedlaender, Alfredo Addeo, Giuseppe Lo Russo, Roberto Ferrara, Diego Signorelli, Alessandro Russo, So Yeon Kim, Jarushka Naidoo, Scott Gettinger, Heather Wakelee, Martin Sebastian, Mark Awad, Abdul Rafeh Naqash, Alessio Cortellini, Raffaele Giusti, Michele De Tursi, Federica Zoratto, Marco Russano, Rita Chiari, Biagio Ricciuti, Andrea De Giglio, Alain Gelibter, Giuseppe Tonini, Amin H Nassar, Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro, Eleni Karapanagiotou, Emilio Bria, Jack Bell, Paolo Bironzo, Joao V Alessi, Alessandro Morabito, David J Pinato, Francesco Passiglia, Carlo Genova, Francesca Mazzoni, Alessandro Inno, Francesco Grossi, Luca Cantini, Lorenza Landi, Luigi Della Gravara, Margarita Majem, Uma Mukherjee, Federica Biello, Alessandro Leonetti, Annalisa Guida, Marianna Macerelli, Gabriele Minuti, Giulio Metro, Thomas Newsom-Davis, Eleni Josephides, Andrea Camerini, Elisa Roca, David O’Reilly, Mingjia Li, Laura Mezquita, Teresa Gorría, Claudia A M Fulgenzi, Lauren Young, Joel W Neal, Javier Baena, Francesco Pantano, Jacobo Rogado, Mary Jo Fidler, Teresa Beninato, Federica Pecci, Alessandro Di Federico, Kazuki Takada, Leonardo Brunetti, Talal El Zarif, Laura Moliner, Alberto Servetto, Sukumar Kalvapudi, Sai Yendamuri, Edoardo Garbo, Giuseppina Rita Di Fazio, Monica Loza, Ritujith Jayakrishnan, Michele Montrone, Nichola O Awosika, Bartlomiej Tomasik, Maximilian Rost, Isabelle Monnet, Francesco Agustoni, Artur Katz, Dwight Hall Owen, Michele Ghidini, Armida D’Incecco, Gianpaolo Spinelli, Monica Verrico, Manuel Dupont, Rafael Di Marco Barros, Diego Luigi Cortinovis, Chiara Bennati, Frank Aboubakar Nana, Anne-Marie Dingemans, Taher Abu Hejleh

“…We additionally provided a hierarchical organization of determinants of long-term benefit through a conditional inference tree analysis.Results The study included 1050 patients from 61 institutions across 14 countries, with a median follow-up of 70.3 months. …”
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Evaluation of a peer support group programme for vulnerable host population and refugees living with diabetes and/or hypertension in Lebanon: a before-after study by Leah Anku Sanga, Carla Njeim, Éimhín Ansbro, Rima Kighsro Naimi, Ali Ibrahim, Benjamin Schmid, Jasmin Lilian Diab, Jytte Roswall, Tim Clayton, Lars Bruun Larsen, Pablo Perel

“…Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally, and many humanitarian crises occur in countries with high NCD burdens. Peer support is a promising approach to improve NCD care in these settings. …”
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Identification and Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation Pathways of Chemical Components in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula of Jiuwei Decoction by Jia-yu ZHAO, Yue-guang LYU, Tong XIN, Qian-qian GUO, Wen-ying ZHANG, Jin-hong LI, Hong-yu XUE, Qiang MA

“…Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), both a longstanding medical practice in Asia and an increasingly utilized supplement or alternative medicine in Western countries, has become a focal point within the life sciences in recent years. …”
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The Effect of Different Ratio of Methionine-Zinc and Zinc Oxide on Performance Indicators and Diarrhea in Suckling Holstein Calves by Morteza Rezapour, Yadollah Chashnidel, Asadollah Teimoury Yansary, Essa Dirandeh

“…Considering this fact and especially following the ban of antibiotics in many countries, it is very important to identify effective anti-diarrheal supplements for use in suckling calves. …”
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Diplomacy and Recruitment of Mercenaries before the Battle of Žalgiris by Sven Ekdahl

“… During the months preceding the battle of Žalgiris (Tannenberg/Grunwald) the diplomatic activity of the countries involved was intense. After the successful campaign of the Teutonic Order against Poland in 1409 an armistice was concluded on 8 October between Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen and King Jagiello (Jogaila) of Poland and the war was postponed until the end of St John's Day in 1410. …”
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Global research trends in Chinese medicine for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A bibliometric study by Kangjie li, Jie Wang, Ming Dang, Runxin Ren, Maomao Fu, Jing Wang, Qiao Zhang, Chongbo Zhao

“…The analysis encompassed various aspects such as authors, keywords, journals, countries, institutions, and references. For this purpose, analytical tools including VOSviewer, Bibliometrix, and CiteSpace were utilized to systematically evaluate the gathered data. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Chicken Manure and Potassium Sulfate on the Physiological Properties of Fenugreek )Trigonella foenum-graecum L.( Medicinal Plant by Mohammad hossein Aminifard, Sajjad Nadafa, Hassan Hassan, Mehdi Jahani

“….), is an annual plant found in many countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe, and India is the largest producer in the world. …”
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Editorial by Daniel Halliday

“…Here the authors argue that the Swedish abolition of the tax owes much to the way in which “the identity of the figurative taxpayer” has played a different role in the political narratives around inheritance taxation in both countries. They argue that inheritance taxes are inherently fragile. …”
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Effect of Irrigation Interval and Corn (Zea mays L.)-Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Intercropping on the Quantitative and Qualitative Characteristics of Fodder by Saeed Sadeghzadeh Hemayati, Hamed Mansouri, Mohsen Shahsavarpour

“….) – sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) intercropping under normal irrigation and moisture stress conditions was reported as 1.35 and 1.62 respectively, which indicated the superiority of corn and sorghum intercropping over the monoculture of both plants, especially under stress conditions. In all countries of the world - especially in Iran - research and progress in fodder production, management and exploitation of these plants have received less attention than other plants. …”
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Legitimising lithium mining: Global energy transition and green developmentalism in Jujuy, Argentina by Felix Malte Dorn, Kristina Dietz

“…The growing demand for lithium, which, as a raw material, is primarily found in countries of the global South, has sparked a new debate on the global interdependencies, unequal ecological and economic exchange and unevenness of the energy transition between the global North and South. …”
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Stem cells for age-related macular degeneration by L.K. Moshetova, O.I. Abramova, I.N. Saburina, K.I. Turkina

“…Currently, this disorder is the leading cause of disability, blindness, and reduced quality of life in people aged over 50 in developed countries and is therefore important medical social issue. …”
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Epidemiology, Controversies, and Dilemmas of Perioperative Nutritional Risk/Malnutrition: A Narrative Literature Review by He M, Long Y, Peng R, He P, Luo Y, Zhang Y, Wang W, Yu X, Deng L, Zhu Z

“…Current controversies and dilemmas in this field include the low rates of nutrition screening and medical nutrition therapy, numerous nutrition screening tools and malnutrition diagnostic criteria, no consensus on optimal assessment method, low level of evidence-based clinical nutrition research and lack of in-depth mechanistic studies, inconsistent timing of nutrition assessment, lack of reports for community hospitals, small hospitals, and low/middle-income countries or regions, and under-recognition of micronutrient malnutrition. …”
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Hybrid versus vaccine immunity of mRNA-1273 among people living with HIV in East and Southern Africa: a prospective cohort analysis from the multicentre CoVPN 3008 (Ubuntu) studyRe... by Nigel Garrett, Asa Tapley, Aaron Hudson, Sufia Dadabhai, Bo Zhang, Nyaradzo M. Mgodi, Jessica Andriesen, Azwidihwi Takalani, Leigh H. Fisher, Jia Jin Kee, Craig A. Magaret, Manuel Villaran, John Hural, Erica Andersen-Nissen, Guido Ferarri, Maurine D. Miner, Bert Le Roux, Eduan Wilkinson, Richard Lessells, Tulio de Oliveira, Jackline Odhiambo, Parth Shah, Laura Polakowski, Margaret Yacovone, Taraz Samandari, Zvavahera Chirenje, Peter James Elyanu, Joseph Makhema, Ethel Kamuti, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Sharlaa Badal-Faesen, William Brumskine, Soritha Coetzer, Rodney Dawson, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Andreas Henri Diacon, Samantha Fry, Katherine Margaret Gill, Zaheer Ahmed Ebrahim Hoosain, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Mubiana Inambao, Craig Innes, Steve Innes, Dishiki Kalonji, Margaret Kasaro, Priya Kassim, Noel Kayange, William Kilembe, Fatima Laher, Moelo Malahleha, Vongane Louisa Maluleke, Grace Mboya, Kirsten McHarry, Essack Mitha, Kathryn Mngadi, Pamela Mda, Tumelo Moloantoa, Cissy Kityo Mutuluuza, Nivashnee Naicker, Vimla Naicker, Anusha Nana, Annet Nanvubya, Maphoshane Nchabeleng, Walter Otieno, Elsje Louise Potgieter, Disebo Potloane, Zelda Punt, Jamil Said, Yashna Singh, Mohammed Siddique Tayob, Yacoob Vahed, Deo Ogema Wabwire, M. Juliana McElrath, James G. Kublin, Linda-Gail Bekker, Peter B. Gilbert, Lawrence Corey, Glenda E. Gray, Yunda Huang, Philip Kotze, Sharlaa Badal-Faesen, Kagisho Baepanye, Veronique Bailey, Katekani Baloyi-Oseh, Mumtaz Booley, Johannes Louis Botha, Yolande Brown, Valerie Brown, Lisa Bunts, Soritha Coetzer, Myron Cohen, Shirley Collie, Rodney Dawson, Pallabi Deb, Hana El Sahly, Jill El-Khorazaty, Andries Engelbrecht, Marianne Gildea, Dhevium Govender, Jen Hanke, Jayla Harris, Simone Hendricks, Nick Hopkinson, Haley Howell, Nzeera Ketter, Kentse Khuto, Faatima Laher Omar, Leolin Katsidzira, Kim Linton, James Ludwig, Bongile Mabilane, Matshidiso Malefo, Ndiitwani Mamushiana, Daciana Margineantu, Jeanine May, Fatima Mayat, Cindy Molitor, Yeshnee Naidoo, Michelle Nebergall, Alan Nguyen, Sarah Nikles, Bianca Noronha, Melissa Peda, Tamara Phiri, Shanthie Pillay, Sureshnee Pillay, Lori Proulx-Burns, Laurie Rinn, Lisa Sanders, Carrie Sopher, Smitha Sripathy, Michael Stirewalt, Houriiyah Tegally, Sara Thiebaud, Alicia Toledano, Stephanie Van Wyk, Shamaya Whitby, Stephany Wilcox, Eduan Wilkinson, Haven Wilvich, Charles Wiysonge, Nelisiwe Xaba, Ntokozo Xulu

“…Summary: Background: With limited access to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in lower income countries, and people living with HIV (PLWH) largely excluded from clinical trials, Part A of the multicentre CoVPN 3008 (Ubuntu) study aimed to assess the safety of mRNA-1273, the relative effectiveness of hybrid versus vaccine immunity, and SARS-CoV-2 viral persistence among PLWH in East and Southern Africa during the omicron outbreak. …”
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Evaluation of dried blood spot sampling for real-time PCR malaria diagnostics in a rural setting in Angola by Alejandro Mediavilla, Begoña Febrer-Sendra, Aroa Silgado, Patricia Martínez-Vallejo, Beatriz Crego-Vicente, Arlette Nindia, Carles Rubio Maturana, Lidia Goterris, Joan Martínez-Campreciós, Sandra Aixut, Pedro Fernández-Soto, María Luisa Aznar, Antonio Muro, Inés Oliveira-Souto, Israel Molina, Elena Sulleiro

“…Angola is one of the five sub-Saharan African countries with the highest malaria burden. Real-time PCR diagnosis in endemic areas has not been implemented due to its high cost and the need for adequate infrastructure. …”
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