Acupuncture as a Therapeutic Intervention for Alleviating Pain Associated with Knee Osteoarthritis in the Elderly by Ida Ayu Suptika Strisanti, Ida Ayu Anom Rastiti, Kadek Buja Harditya, I Dewa Ayu Agra Darmawati, Komang Rosa Tri Anggaraeni

“…Method: A pre-experimental study with a one-group pre-post-test design was conducted, involving 30 elderly respondents from the Payangan Desa hamlet, selected using purposive sampling. …”
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Socioeconomic factors associated with the number of children ever born by married Ghanaian females: a cross-sectional analysis by Felix Boakye Oppong, Divine Darlington Logo, Dennis Boateng, Ephraim Kumi Senkyire

“…Considering the importance of marriage to fertility in the Ghanaian context, this study seeks to explore the association of socioeconomic characteristics of married Ghanaian women with CEB.Design Data from the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey were used. …”
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Evaluation of Novel Stereotactic Cannula for Stem Cell Transplantation against Central Nervous System Disease by Masahito Kawabori, Aki Tanimori, Shinri Kitta, Hideo Shichinohe, Kiyohiro Houkin

“…We compared cannulas for cell delivery used in clinical trials, the Pittsburg and Mizuho cannulas, to a newly designed one, MK01, to assess their usability. MK01 has a spherical-shaped tip with a fan-like open orifice on the side of the cannula, which prevents vessel damage, clogging of brain debris, and jet flow phenomenon. …”
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DPP4 Activities Are Associated with Osteopenia/Osteoporosis and Fracture Risk in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes by Min Qiu, Shuheng Zhai, Da Liu

“…However, little clinical evidence for DPP4 activity in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes is available. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between plasma DPP4 activity and osteoporosis/osteopenia and fracture risk in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. …”
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EU climate countdown: economic risks, adaptation and smart policies by Ana-Elena Varadi, Oana-Ramona Lobont, Sorana Vatavu

“…The paper considers the European Green Deal policy framework as a prism for assessing whether an increase in environmental expenditure mitigates climate change. Design/methodology/approach – Given the duality of the study, this paper examines the immediate impact of climate change on economic growth by using multiple linear regression and evaluates the effectiveness of environmental policies through a multiple indicators multiple cause (MIMIC) Model. …”
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The Impact of Surgical Trauma, BMI and Analgesics Intake on Postoperative Pain after Periapical Surgery in the Anterior Maxillary Region by Jure Martinić, Lidija Gavić, Antonija Tadin, Ante Mihovilović, Petra Stazić, Daniel Jerković

“…Objective: To investigate whether factors associated with surgical trauma influence postoperative pain in the first postoperative week. Study design: The study included 30 healthy, non-smoker adults of both genders, with an indication for periapical surgery on a single tooth in the upper anterior region, no history of prior surgery, no allergies to lidocaine with adrenaline or ibuprofen, no acute inflammation or pain, and a PAI of 3, 4, or 5. …”
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Comparative analysis of mental health in middle-aged women with type-2 diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism: A cross-sectional study by Rabia Aziz, Sohrab Ahmad Khan, Sumbul Ansari, Firdaus Jawed

“…Methods: This cross-sectional design recruited 243 females from Hakeem Abdul Hameed Catenary Hospital in New Delhi. …”
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Novel Technique of Pneumatic Posterior Capsulorhexis for Treatment and Prevention of Posterior Capsular Opacification by Ahmed M. Eid, Shaaban Abd-Elhamid Mehany Elwan, Ahmed M. Sabry, Hossam M. Moharram, Ashraf M. Bakhsh

“…Setting. (1) Ophthalmology department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, 61519, El-Minia, Egypt. (2) Security Forces Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Design. Prospective, randomized, consecutive case comparative non controlled study. …”
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Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) clamps reduce amplification of host chloroplast and mitochondria rRNA gene sequences and increase detected diversity in 16S rRNA gene profiling analysis... by Usman Hussain, Jim Downie, Amy Ellison, Sandra Denman, James McDonald, Marine C. Cambon

“…Here, we applied a universal chloroplast (p)PNA clamp and a newly designed mitochondria (m)PNA clamp to minimise host chloroplast and mitochondria amplification in 16S rRNA gene amplicon profiles of leaf, bark and root tissue of two oak species (Quercus robur and Q. petraea). …”
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Employing Polymer and Gel to Fabricate Scaffold-like Cancellous Orthopedic Screw: Polycaprolactone/Chitosan/Hydroxyapatite by AmirHossein Badami, Javad Esmaeili, Hasan Mirtalaie

“…Different concentrations of PCL (60–95% <i>w/v</i>) and chitosan (0–5% <i>w/v</i>) were blended according to the Response Surface Methodology using the Central Composite Design. The screws were fabricated using the freeze-drying technique. …”
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Atomized Neutrophil Membrane-coated MOF Nanoparticles for Direct Delivery of Dexamethasone for Severe Pneumonia by Yixiao Yang, Lizhen Yan, Han Zhang, Chuanguang Xiao, Kai Wang

“…Methods: We designed a novel UiO66 metal-organic framework nanoparticle loaded with Dex and coated with neutrophil cell membranes (UiO66-Dex@NMP) for targeted therapy of severe pneumonia. …”
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Uncertainty-Aware Semi-Supervised Method for Pectoral Muscle Segmentation by Yutao Tang, Yongze Guo, Huayu Wang, Ting Song, Yao Lu

“…A low-confidence prediction refinement module was designed to refine the low-confidence predictions by incorporating high-confidence predictions and a learned anatomical prior. …”
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The Effect of Stocking Density on Nitrification Rate in a Closed Recirculating Culture System by A.S. Sidik, , Sarwono, , Agustina

“…Fish were cultivated  in rounded tanks with four level of stocking densities i.e. 10, 20, 30 and 40 fish/100 l in a closed recirculting water system, and fed on a commercial pellet given thrice a day at a quantity of 5% from the total body weight of fish per day.  The experiment was designed completely randomized with three replications. …”
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The use of urinary fluoride excretion to facilitate monitoring fluoride intake: A systematic scoping review. by Oladipo S Idowu, Liane B Azevedo, Ruth A Valentine, Josie Swan, Priyanka V Vasantavada, Anne Maguire, Fatemeh V Zohoori

“…The aim of this scoping review is to map the current literature/evidence on fluoride intake and excretion studies in relation to the study population, settings, type of study design, methodology, and analytical approach.<h4>Methods</h4>Embase/Ovid, MEDLINE/Ovid, CINAHL/EBSCO, Scopus/Elsevier were searched for relevant articles until April 2018. …”
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Effect of different physical factors on the synthesis of spherical gold nanoparticles towards cost‐effective biomedical applications by Zahra Bahmanyar, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Ahmad Gholami, Mehdi Khoshneviszadeh

“…For this purpose, various experiments of citrate‐capped spherical AuNPs synthesis were designed to study the roles of a wide range of initial pH values and temperature of reaction, Na3Cit/HAuCl4 molar ratio, and two order reagent additions, method I and method II, in the final characterisations and reaction efficacy. …”
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Experimental Study on the Failure Mechanism of Tunnel Surrounding Rock under Different Groundwater Seepage Paths by Yingchao Wang, Yang Liu, Yongliang Li, Wen Jiang, Yueming Wang

“…Due to the complexity of water flow water pressure transfer and uncertain defects in the stratum, all of which are key factors with regard to the design of tunnel engineering. Therefore, the variation of surrounding rock during excavation and the deformation and failure of soft surrounding rock under different seepage paths of underground water after excavation systematically. …”
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A New Cardiovascular Mock Loop Driven by Novel Active Capacitance in Normal and Abnormal Conditions by Mehmet Iscan, Aydin Yesildirek

“…This paper introduces a novel design and control strategy for hMCL, introducing a novel left ventricle volume–elastance (LVVE) equation that unifies the autoregulation of the Frank–Starling mechanism (FSM) with left ventricle contractility (LVC). …”
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Elevated Salivary Inflammatory Biomarkers are Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection Severity by Hanadi Abdullah Alwafi, Soad Shaker Ali, Sunil Babu Kotha, Layla Waleed Abuljadayel, Maha Ibrahim, Ibrahim Rashad Noor Elahi, Hebah Abdullah Alwafi, Mohammed S. Almuhayawi, Matthew D. Finkelman, Nagla A. El-Shitany

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Honest Computing: achieving demonstrable data lineage and provenance for driving data and process-sensitive policies by Florian Guitton, Axel Oehmichen, Étienne Bossé, Yike Guo

“…It enables privacy and confidentiality of data and code by design and default. We also introduce a reference framework to achieve demonstrable data lineage and provenance, contrasting it with Secure Computing, a related but differently orientated form of computing. …”
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Trends in congenital anomalies and associated factors among newborns in Eastern Ethiopia: an 8-year open cohort analysis of the Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System by Tesfaye Assebe Yadeta, Muluken Kumera Didisa, Yohannes Baye, Eyerusalem Tamiru, Gezaheng Mengesha, Lencho Kajela Solbana

“…Objective This study aimed to investigate the trends and factors associated with congenital anomalies (CAs) among newborns in Eastern Ethiopia from 2015 to 2022.Design Open cohort study.Setting The Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS), which is located in the Kersa district of the Oromia region in Eastern Ethiopia, covering 24 kebeles.Population Newborns registered at birth in the database of the KHDSS site in Eastern Ethiopia.Methods The KHDSS tracks demographic and health changes in the community. …”
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