Pelvic Muscle Rehabilitation: A Standardized Protocol for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction by Rodrigo Pedraza, Javier Nieto, Sergio Ibarra, Eric M. Haas

“…PMR management consists of 6 possible therapeutic modalities, employed depending on the diagnostic evaluation: (1) down-training; (2) accessory muscle isolation; (3) discrimination training; (4) muscle strengthening; (5) endurance training; and (6) electrical stimulation. …”
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Principles of Introducing the Institution of Mediation in Public Legal Disputes in Ukraine by K. S. Tokarieva

“…The basic principles of such regulation are the principles of the rule of law, legality, justice, priority of human and civil rights and freedoms, humanism, equality, non-discrimination, responsibility of the individual and the state, publicity, compliance with international standards, minimum state intervention, proportionality, etc.; the essence of each principle has been also clarified. …”
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Fingertip traumatic amputations in children. Treatment with semiocclusive foil dressings-preliminary results by Dimitar Trizlov, Dimitar Raykov, Stoyan Ivanov, Ivan Trizlov

“…No contractures were observed in the adjacent joints, and the two-point discrimination test had an average value of 2.5 mm. …”
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Do gender disparities in socioeconomic status affect Teff productivity? A comparative analysis in Ethiopia by Nahusenay Teamer Gebrehiwot, Catherine Ndinda

“…Women also face multiple forms of deprivation, gender-based discrimination, lack of access to productive resources, intimate partner violence, lack of education and training, and employment. …”
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A walk through the development of human leukocyte antigen typing: from serologic techniques to next-generation sequencing by Haeyoun Choi, Eun-Jeong Choi, Hyoung-Jae Kim, In-Cheol Baek, Aegyeong Won, Su Jin Park, Tai-Gyu Kim, Yeun-Jun Chung

“…It significantly influences graft rejection, graft-versus-host disease, and the overall patient outcome by mediating the discrimination between self and nonself. HLA typing technology began with serological methods and has evolved rapidly alongside advances in molecular technologies, progressing from DNA-based typing to next- or third-generation sequencing. …”
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The social determinants of migrant domestic worker (MDW) health and well-being in the Western Pacific Region: A Scoping Review. by Jamie Chan, Georgia Dominguez, Antonia Hua, Melissa Garabiles, Carl A Latkin, Brian J Hall

“…Identified social determinants of health were primarily concerned with personal social and financial resources, and health knowledge and behaviors, poor living and working conditions, community resources, experienced stigma and discrimination, poor healthcare access, exploitation within the MDW employment industry, and weak governance. …”
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JOHAN GALTUNG'S CONCEPT OF PEACE CULTURE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN INDONESIA by Aloysius Jondar, Agus Purbo Widodo, Johan de Fretes, Lukman Hakim, Susanto Susanto, Muhammad Sujud

“…Indonesia's active participation in world peace is also realized in the positive reality of peace, namely the realization of a sense of security and economic justice from the existing system to eliminate racial, ethnic and religious discrimination based on social. This is supported by the philosophical existence of a culture of peace in several regions in Indonesia, namely 1). …”
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Fit for purpose? Evaluating multiple-choice question quality in E-learning for emergency primary healthcare by Kate-Torunn Aas Vold, Monika Kvernenes, Une Elisabeth Stømer, Erik Zakariassen

“…Overall, the items were too easy and lacked the ability to discriminate between high and low-performance participants.…”
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A PERISCOPE INTO THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY FAMILIES OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS IN KADUNA STATE by FARIDA ABUBAKAR SAULAWA

“…Equally, in the social front, the caregivers experience discrimination, stigma and lack of social support from relatives, the community and the government, thereby leading to increased social distance. …”
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Use of Nomogram to Predict the Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis among Patients with Cervical Adenocarcinoma by Yongju Tian, Yiping Hao, Qingqing Liu, Ruowen Li, Zhonghao Mao, Nan Jiang, Bingyu Wang, Wenjing Zhang, Xiaofang Zhang, Baoxia Cui

“…The nomogram developed by incorporation of these four predictors performed well in terms of discrimination and calibration capabilities (C−index=0.794; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.727–0.862; Brier score=0.127). …”
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Training needs of German healthcare professionals regarding sexual health and sex workers: results of a nationwide, cross-sectional survey by Sabrina Reinehr, Nina R. Neuendorff, Raquel van der Veen, Benedikt P. Langenbach, Andreas Thieme

“…In terms of sexual health and healthcare, sex workers might need more specialized care than others, given their higher risk for both discrimination and various sexually transmitted diseases. …”
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"Fear of the unknown": Health, disability, and stakeholder perspectives on the behavioral and social drivers of vaccination in children with disability in Fiji. by Rosalie Power, Unise Vakaloloma, Israt Jahan, Sureni Perera, Ilisapeci Tuibeqa, Rachel Devi, Litiana Volavola, William May, Donald Wilson, Lanieta Tuimabu, Gulam Khandaker, Meru Sheel, Australian Immunisation and Disability Investigators

“…These included (1) Thinking and feeling: lack of reliable information about vaccine benefits and safety for children with disability; (2) Social processes: disability stigma and discrimination impacted families of children with disability engaging with healthcare services; lack of tailored vaccination communication and engagement strategies; and, need for improved disability and health service collaboration; (3) Motivation: lack of awareness and support for parents of children with disability to have their children vaccinated, and religious beliefs negatively impacted motivation; (4) Practical issues: long waiting times and lack of suitable waiting areas for children with disability; financial and time barriers; and, lack of healthcare worker knowledge and confidence in providing vaccines to children with disability, impacted patient-provider trust. …”
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Integrating intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics with clinical risk factors for prognostic prediction in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients undergoing combined chemotherap... by Xuehui Zhang, Aixin Gao, Leiyuan Ma, Ning Yu

“…The evaluation of the nomogram included discrimination, calibration, and clinical utility assessments.Results Based on the conclusions derived from the multivariate Cox model, Rad-Score, jaundice, and tumor size were identified as independent risk factors for overall survival (OS). …”
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Structural Insight into Chitosan Supports Functionalized with Nanoparticles by J. Lamarra, L. Damonte, S. Rivero, A. Pinotti

“…Analyzing ATR-FTIR spectra through principal component analysis (PCA) can be inferred that the incorporation of the nanoparticles produced a discrimination of the samples into clusters when the region 1400–1700 cm−1 was considered. …”
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Refugee securitization and the challenges of formal integration: case of Somali refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia by Fred N. Ikanda, Abdirahman A. Muhumad, Jana Kuhnt

“…Drawing on securitization theory, we highlight the discrimination of Somali refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia by demonstrating how this refugee group is seen as a specific security threat and treated differently from other refugee groups in these countries. …”
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Sexual and reproductive health needs of women with severe mental illness in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. by Shilpa Sisodia, Zara Hammond, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Charlotte Hanlon, Laura Asher

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>This review highlights the need for a greater diversity of study methodology, robustness of ethical and consensual reporting when researching vulnerable populations and for further research on interventions and models of care aimed at addressing stigma, discrimination and improving the sexual and reproductive health of women with SMI. …”
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Prognostic Factors for in-hospital Complications of Acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Geovedy Martínez García, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…To define the performance of these factors, discrimination was evaluated with the C statistical package and calibration using the Hosmer-Lemeshow C test. …”
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Molecular characterization of the sea lamprey retina illuminates the evolutionary origin of retinal cell types by Junqiang Wang, Lin Zhang, Martina Cavallini, Ali Pahlevan, Junwei Sun, Ala Morshedian, Gordon L. Fain, Alapakkam P. Sampath, Yi-Rong Peng

“…The conservation of cell types indicates their emergence early in vertebrate evolution, highlighting primordial designs of retinal circuits for the rod pathway, ON-OFF discrimination, and direction selectivity. The diversification of amacrine and some ganglion cell types appears, however, to be distinct in the lamprey. …”
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Incidence and influencing factors related to social isolation among HIV/AIDS patients: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Qiao Wu, Jiarong Tan, Shu Chen, Jiayi Wang, Xiaogang Liao, Lingling Jiang

“…<h4>Background</h4>People living with HIV (PLWH) are susceptible to social isolation as a result of stigma and discrimination, which not only diminishes adherence to antiretroviral therapy but also heightens the risks of hospital readmission, depression, and mortality. …”
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Robust methoxy-based covalent organic frameworks membranes enable efficient near-molecular-weight selectivity by Yanqing Xu, Jiaqi Xiong, Chenfei Lin, Yixiang Yu, Qite Qiu, Junbin Liao, Huimin Ruan, Arcadio Sotto, Jiangnan Shen

“…Traditional nanofiltration (NF) polymer membranes struggle with precise structure control due to random chain packing and rapid cross-linking, leading to varied pore sizes and poor molecular discrimination. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) offer ordered porous structures for enhanced molecular selectivity. …”
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