Association of Plasma Levels of Nitric Oxide Oxidative Metabolites with Acute Stroke in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Low-Middle Income Country by Shahan Waheed, Ayaz Ghouse Kalsekar, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Nathan S. Bryan, Asad I. Mian

“…Pearson’s correlation was used to determine associations with aforementioned stroke severity and disability scales. Results. Seventy-five patients were enrolled, with median age of 57 years (IQR 47-66 years), 53 (71%) were males, and 46 (61%) had ischemic stroke. …”
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Intersectional Analysis of Urban Land Corruption in Harare, Zimbabwe by Manase Kudzai, Praise Karuma, Tanaka Mutume, Primrose Hove

“…Intersectionality amplifies these vulnerabilities, as factors like poverty, marital status, and disability intersect to exacerbate women's marginalization and exploitation in corrupt land systems. …”
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Prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of functional impairment in community-dwelling older adults in China: a cross-sectional study by Yun Li, Li Zhang, Zhe Tang, Lina Ma, Pan Liu, Xiaxia Li, Wenhua Yu, Yaxin Zhang

“…Objectives Functional impairment is an early stage of disability, and timely identification and intervention are critical for the health of older adults. …”
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Clinical characteristics of catatonic symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder by LI Yongmei, HE Jieqiong, XING Yipei, LIU Xinghua, ZHU Huilin, DENG Hongzhu, ZOU Xiaobing

“…Children with ASD were divided into the ABQ screening positive and negative groups using ABQ questionnaire. Sheehan Disability Scale， Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised， Children’s Simplified Emotion Scale and Spence children’s Anxiety Scale were used to assess children’s functional impairment and related emotional behavior. …”
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A Systematic Review of Pediatric and Adult In-Flight Medical Emergencies by Christina Sul, Sherif M. Badawy

“…Despite the fact that most IMEs are self-limited with no serious adverse events, serious IME can lead to death, disability, or other unfavorable health outcomes, particularly as a result of suboptimal medical care. …”
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2003 Handbook of Employment Regulations Affecting Florida Farm Employers and Workers: Civil Rights and Antidiscrimination by Leo C. Polopolus, Michael T. Olexa, Fritz Roka, Carol Fountain

“…That is, the various federal programs discussed in this paper require that employers hire all workers who are otherwise qualified without regard to race, color, religion, gender, citizenship, national origin, age, or disability.  This is EDIS document FE393, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. …”
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Myofascial Pain in Patients Waitlisted for Total Knee Arthroplasty by Richard Henry, Catherine M Cahill, Gavin Wood, Jennifer Hroch, Rosemary Wilson, Tracy Cupido, Elizabeth VanDenKerkhof

“…BACKGROUND: Knee pain is one of the major sources of pain and disability in developed countries, particularly in aging populations, and is the primary indication for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with osteoarthritis (OA).…”
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INTERACTIVE NETWORK RESOURCES FOR NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH by Michail I. Mazuritsky, Alexandr V. Soldatov

“…This approach uses access to the scientific and technology laboratory equipment either for provisioning the individualized educational programs or to enable the students who are unable to attend a conventional laboratory for a variety of reasons (disability, part-time study, etc.) to conduct the experimental work. …”
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Use of Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Piriformis Syndrome: A Review for Rehabilitation Providers by Robert C. Manske, Chris Wolfe, Phil Page, Michael Voight, Beth Bardowski

“…Piriformis Syndrome (PS) is a neuromuscular condition caused by the entrapment of the sciatic nerve at the level of the piriformis muscle (PM) and can cause significant discomfort and disability. PS is often misdiagnosed due to its overlapping symptoms with other lumbar and sciatic issues and as such, diagnosing PS remains challenging despite recent invasive and non-invasive diagnostic methods. …”
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Putting Inclusion into Practice: Five Commitments Toward Equity in Teaching by Brittland DeKorver

“…This manuscript describes interviews collected with students with disabilities regarding their experiences having their disability accommodations implemented in their courses. …”
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Autism Spectrum Disorder and Amplified Pain by Ciaran Clarke

“…Failure to recognise ASD as a common cause of pain can lead to late diagnosis, inappropriate treatment, distress, and further disability. Two cases are presented which illustrate the late presentation of Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asperger’s Syndrome subtype) with chronic unusual pain. …”
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Challenges of diagnostics and treatment of non-specific mental health disorders in neurosyphilis by K. Matuzevičius, A. Bagdonaitė

“… Syphilis has been a health hazard worldwide since its existence, often causing long term disability or even death. Even though in Lithuania the incidence of syphilis has been slowly decreasing over several years, we still see many patients with different stages of the dis ease in the hospital setting. …”
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The internal and external factors influencing talent development of athletic talent among Saudi Arabia's twice exceptional elite athletes: A comprehensive study. by Abdulhamid A Alarfaj, Marwa M Hassan, Refah M Aljohar, Fahad A Almuaili, Mohamed D Hassan

“…Data were gathered through in-depth interviews with athletes diagnosed with a disability who achieved notable sports accomplishments at local, regional, or international levels. …”
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Total Knee Arthroplasty after Correction of Tibial Diaphyseal Nonunion with Clamshell Osteotomy by Pingal Desai, Vivek Sharma, Karanvir Prakash

“…Total knee arthroplasty is mostly done to relieve pain and disability from a severe and degenerated knee. Deformities in the coronal and sagittal plane could be corrected with the help of cuts made in tibia and femur during total knee replacement as well as with ligament release. …”
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Loss of Ambulation Due to Calcific Myonecrosis: A Rare but Reversible Complication of Wilson’s Disease by Abhishek Vaingankar, Divyani Garg, Ayush Agarwal, Divya M Radhakrishnan, Awadh Kishor Pandit, Madhavi Tripathi, Achal K Srivastava

“…A review of literature indicates that although osseomuscular complications are reported in WD, calcific myonecrosis is a hitherto unknown entity which, if recognized early, may be reversed, preventing disability and unnecessary change in chelation regimens.…”
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2003 Handbook of Employment Regulations Affecting Florida Farm Employers and Workers: Civil Rights and Antidiscrimination by Leo C. Polopolus, Michael T. Olexa, Fritz Roka, Carol Fountain

“…That is, the various federal programs discussed in this paper require that employers hire all workers who are otherwise qualified without regard to race, color, religion, gender, citizenship, national origin, age, or disability.  This is EDIS document FE393, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. …”
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EKSISTENSI DINAS SOSIAL DAN TENAGA KERJA KOTA BINJAI DALAM PENANGGULANGAN PENYANDANG MASALAH KESEJAHTERAAN SOSIAL (PMKS) DI KOTA BINJAI by Ely Anista Br Ginting

“…One important thing is the handling of Disability Issues Social Welfare, the Department implemented the social and labor Binjai City, is in order to minimize the amount Persons with social welfare problems Social welfare programs implemented in the hope of becoming an alternative solution to the problem of social welfare. …”
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Correlation between Lpa, APO-A, APO-B, and Stenosis of Middle Cerebral Artery in Patients with Cerebral Ischemic Stroke by Xinxu Chen, Xuefei Lu, Wei Li, Hongyan Zhang, Tan Wang

“…Ischemic stroke (CIS) is characterized by a high incidence, disability, and mortality. Numerous studies have demonstrated that intracranial arterial stenosis is an important pathological basis of CIS, and its main cause is atherosclerosis. …”
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Book review: Residential child care: prospects and challenges Andrew Kendrick, Editor by Irene Stevens

“…The second section deals with issues around gender, race, ethnicity and disability. The third section looks at conflict within residential care and is perhaps the most innovative section in the book. …”

NSAIDs and Triptans – a (not) New Treatment Option for Migraine by B. Kakta, Rasa Mameniškienė

“…Migraine is one of the leading causes of years lived with disability, and it also causes significant negative economic impact, as most as the affected population is of working age. …”
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