Leucocytosis and Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infections in Sickle Cell Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Zambia by Taonga Musonda, Mildred Zulu, Mulemba Samutela, Annie Kalonda, Hamakwa Mantina, Pauline Okuku, Musalula Sinkala, Panji Nkhoma

“…We found that all the measured patients’ haemoglobin (Hb) levels fell below the WHO-recommended reference range with a minimum of 5 g/dl, a maximum of 10.5 g/dl, and a mean of 8 ± 1 g/dl. …”
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Cocoa farmers' characteristics on climate variability and its effects on climate change adaptation strategy by I. Idawati, N.A. Sasongko, A.D. Santoso, M. Septiani, T. Handayani, A.Y.N. Sakti, B.D. Purnamasari

“…In terms of age, most farmers fell within the mature group of 36-48 years, with an average age of 44.63, considering in low category. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory by Xinzhang Sun, Ying Lu, Chengping Jian, Hanqing Zhang, Hanqing Zhang

“…All model fit indices fell within acceptable ranges, affirming the structural validity of the Chinese version. …”
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Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 20... by Jean Adams, Martin White, Stephen J Sharp, Harry Rutter, David Pell, Steven Cummins, Richard D Smith, Nina Trivedy Rogers

“…Interrupted time series analysis of volume and sugar purchases was used to estimate absolute and relative differences in the volume and amount of sugar in soft drinks, confectionery and alcohol purchased weekly by household income (<£20 000, £20–50 000 or >£50 000) and composition (presence of children (<16 years) in the household (yes or no)), 19 months after soft drinks industry levy (SDIL) implementation, compared with the counterfactual scenario based on pre-announcement trends and using a control group (toiletries).Results By November 2019, purchased weekly sugar in soft drinks fell by 7.46 g (95% CI: 12.05, 2.87) per household but volumes of drinks purchased remained unchanged, compared with the counterfactual. …”
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Hepatorenal syndrome in decompensated portal hypertension by M.I. Tutchenko, M.S. Besedinskyi, S.A. Aslanian, I.V. Kluzko, D.V. Rudyk, S.L. Chub

“…The first group, comprising 57 (29.7%) patients, fell into class B according to the Child-Pugh scale and had <30 points according to the MELD scale. …”
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Comparing Virtual Reality–Based and Traditional Physical Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Stations for Clinical Competency Assessments: Randomized Controlled Trial... by Tobias Mühling, Verena Schreiner, Marc Appel, Tobias Leutritz, Sarah König

“…The difficulty levels of the VRS scenarios (septic shock: P=.67; anaphylactic shock: P=.58) were comparable to the average difficulty of all stations (P=.68) and fell within the reference range (0.4-0.8). In contrast, VRS demonstrated above-average values for item discrimination (septic shock: r'=0.40; anaphylactic shock: r'=0.33; overall r'=0.30; with values >0.3 considered good) and discrimination index (septic shock: D=0.25; anaphylactic shock: D=0.26; overall D=0.16, with 0.2-0.3 considered mediocre and <0.2 considered poor). …”
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Modelling and Analysis of Bioretention Systems for Removal of Stormwater Pollutants by Nuwagaba, Emmanuel, Abdulkadir, Taofeeq Sholagberu, Agwe, Michael Tobby, Philip, Tibenderana, Ako, Terseer, Moses N., Twesigye-omwe

“…BOD of the storm water samples fell within the recommended standard after 20 days of treatment in Column C with considerable level of reduction in TC and FC by 68.9 % and 75.4 % respectively when compared to raw storm water sample. …”
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One-Year Review Of Reduced Fetal Movements In Izzat Ali Shah MCH Center: A Predictor Of Poor Perinatal Outcome by Humera Rani, Gulwish Salahuddin, Ayesha Naz, Noreen Majeed, Faiza Safdar, Shazia Rafique

“…Concerning past obstetrical history, 107(66.8%) fell under low-risk pregnancies, 18(11.25%) had previously normal deliveries but 08(05%) patients had H/O still births. …”
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A multicenter, randomized, open label, two formulation, crossover bioequivalence trial of doxorubicin hydrochloride liposomal injection in Chinese patients with metastatic breast c... by Jingshu Wang, Xiuping Lai, Herui Yao, Hui Yang, Xiaolong Cao, Xiaochen Wang, Ying Wang, Weiqi Nian, Xiaodong Zheng, Qingxiu Mai, Anding Liu, Xiaozhi Lv, Xiaoying Bi, Junyi Chen, Junyan Wu, Suiwen Ye

“…Results The results indicated that the maximum concentration (Cmax), AUC from time zero to the last measurable concentration (AUC0-t), and AUC extrapolated to infinity (AUC0-∞) of in vivo non-encapsulated doxorubicin after administration of both formulations fell within the 80.00%–125.00% range at a 90% confidence interval. …”
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Evaluation of Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Monitoring in Perioperative Patients: A Retrospective Study of the Rad-67^TM (Masimo) by Philipp Helmer, Andreas Steinisch, Sebastian Hottenrott, Tobias Schlesinger, Michael Sammeth, Patrick Meybohm, Peter Kranke

“…Modified Clark’s Error Grid analysis showed 85.4% of values fell within clinically acceptable limits. Sex was found to have a statistically significant, but not clinically relevant, effect on accuracy (<i>p</i> = 0.02). …”
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Indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic at two tertiary neonatal units in Zimbabwe and Malawi: an interrupted time series analysis by Michelle Heys, Caroline Crehan, Emma Wilson, Felicity Fitzgerald, Mario Cortina Borja, Msandeni Chiume, Samuel R Neal, Hannah Gannon, Gwen Chimhini, Simbarashe Chimhuya, Tim Hull-Bailey, Tarisai Chiyaka, Deliwe Nkhoma

“…We applied no specific exclusion criteria.Interventions The first cases of COVID-19 in each country (Zimbabwe: 20 March 2020; Malawi: 3 April 2020).Primary outcome measures Changes in the number of admissions, gestational age and birth weight, source of admission referrals, prevalence of neonatal encephalopathy, and overall mortality before and after the first cases of COVID-19.Results Admission numbers in Zimbabwe did not initially change after the first case of COVID-19 but fell by 48% during a nurses’ strike (relative risk (RR) 0.52, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.66, p&lt;0.001). …”
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Online patients questions regarding reverse total shoulder arthroplasty pertain to timeline of recovery, specific activities, and limitations by Kyle K. Obana, MD, Dane R.G. Lind, BA, Andrew J. Luzzi, MD, Michaela J. O’Connor, MD, Matthew R. LeVasseur, MD, William N. Levine, MD

“…Results: Most questions fell into the Rothwell Fact category (49.7%). The most common question topics were Timeline of Recovery (17.3%), Specific Activities (14.7%), and Restrictions (11.3%). …”
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Prospective evaluation of the impact of repeated whole prison testing for hepatitis C by Stuart McPherson, Naw April Phaw, Manoj Valappil, Carolyn Miller, Craig Thompson, Francesca McCullough, Caroline Allsop, Kate McQue, Ryan Jelley, Jenna Kerry, Jodi Aldridge, Tony Jefferson, Colin Lawton, Lee Christensen, Aung Min Thant

“…The number of newly diagnosed HCV individuals fell from 6.6% in 2020 to 0.3% in 2024. One new HCV case was identified in the second HITT. …”
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Preparation of Nutmeg Gel and Evaluation of its Efficacy as Local Drug Delivery in Stage II Grade A Periodontitis Patients: A Prospective Interventional Study by Vazeeha Afrin Syed, AS Pavithra, Arvina Rajasekar, Rajeshkumar Shanmugam

“…Also, the survival rate of nauplii fell within acceptable ranges. Followed by in-vivo analysis, in-vivo analysis was done. …”
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Health and Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Children and Young People: Analysis of Free-Text Responses From the Children and Young People With Long COVID Study by Natalia K Rojas, Sam Martin, Mario Cortina-Borja, Roz Shafran, Lana Fox-Smith, Terence Stephenson, Brian C F Ching, Anaïs d'Oelsnitz, Tom Norris, Yue Xu, Kelsey McOwat, Emma Dalrymple, Isobel Heyman, Tamsin Ford, Trudie Chalder, Ruth Simmons, Snehal M Pinto Pereira

“…A random subsample of 411 (5%) of the 8224 responses underwent a manual sentiment analysis; this was reweighted to represent the general population of children and young people in England. ResultsExperiences fell into 6 main overlapping topical clusters: school, examination stress, mental health, emotional impact of the pandemic, social and family support, and physical health (including COVID-19 symptoms). …”
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Genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Morganella clinical isolates between 2016 and 2023 by Wentao Zhu, Qian Liu, Jinlv Liu, Jinlv Liu, Yaqi Wang, Yaqi Wang, Hong Shen, Ming Wei, Ji Pu, Li Gu, Jing Yang, Jing Yang, Jing Yang

“…Phylogenomic analysis revealed that the 102 M. morganii isolates fell into six clades, with clades 4-6 making up the majority. …”
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Molecular testing stratifies the risk of structural recurrence in high risk differentiated thyroid cancer: a retrospective cohort study by Jie Liu, Wensi Gao, Xiong Zheng, Shuping Wu, Yi Shi, Feng Wang, Yu Wu

“…Patients harboring mutations in the TERT promoter, TP53, or PIK3CA genes were categorized as the high molecular risk group, while all others were assigned to the non-high molecular risk group.ResultsAmong the 108 cases, 32 (29.6%) fell into the high molecular risk group, characterized by a significantly older mean age (57.8 vs. 42.6 years, p &lt; 0.001), larger tumor size (3.1 cm vs. 2.0 cm, p = 0.003), a higher incidence of aggressive pathological subtypes (43.8% vs. 7.9%, p &lt; 0.001), and an increased occurrence of distant metastasis (34.4% vs. 7.9%, p = 0.001). …”
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Is first-line treatment with polatuzumab vedotin–rituximab–cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisone (pola-R-CHP) for previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cost-eff... by Lin Yang, Ting Chen, Qiuling Zhao, Liangliang Dong, Wanfu Zhong, Wenbin Liu, Xiuliang Qiu, Ruyi Huang, Shengqiang Huang, Ruixiang Xie

“…The scenario analyses demonstrated that when the price of pola fell by more than 32.5% to less than US$33.19/mg, the economic probability of pola-R-CHP was greater than 50% in previously untreated CD20-positive patients with DLBCL in China.Conclusions Pola-R-CHP is not cost-effective in the first-line treatment for previously untreated CD20-positive DLBCL in China. …”
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Changes in the Advertisement of Goods and Services in the Lithuanian Periodic Press during 1918-1940 by Giedrė Polkaitė

“…The intensity of the advertising for agricultural and industrial supplies fell from 13-14% during 1918-1922 to 0.3% in 1937 in the dailies *Lietuva* and *Lietuvos Aidas*. …”
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Laparoscopic excision of deep rectovaginal endometriosis in BSGE endometriosis centres: a multicentre prospective cohort study by Paul Smith, Lucky Saraswat, Sanjay Vyas, Thomas Ind, Ertan Saridogan, Elizabeth Ball, Edward Morris, James Clark, Tony Chalhoub, David Rowlands, Moiad Alazzam, Dominic Byrne, Tamara Curnow, Alfred Cutner, T Justin Clark, Iris Menninger, Yousri Afifi, Kevin Phillips, Saikat Banerjee, Robert Richardson, Jeremy Hawe, Barry Whitlow, Emmanuel Ofuasia, Ashwini Trehan, Tyrone Carpenter, Christian Becker, Stuart Jack, Kumar Kunde, Chris Barnick, Alan Farthing, Graham Phillips, John Bidmead, Mohamed Abdel-aty, George Botros, Marlin Mubarak, Christian Kremer, Stanley Okolo, Edmond Edi-osagi, Kamel Shehata-iskander, Gaity Ahmad, Jonathan Frappell, Brice Rodriguez, Yemi Coker, Gourab Misra, Adam Moors, Chris Guyer, Caroline Overton, Suku George, Oliver Chappatte, Richard Penketh, Funlayo Odejinmi, Keith Louden, Jon Hughes

“…All analgesia use was reduced and, in particular, opiate use fell from 28.1% prior to surgery to 16.1% at 6 months. …”
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