Multimodal treatments and the risk of breast cancer-related lymphedema: insights from a nationally representative cohort in South Korea by Sung Hoon Jeong, Seong Min Chun, Miji Kim, Ye Seol Lee, Jisun Kim, Ja-Ho Leigh, Yoon-Hee Choi

“…Methods In this retrospective study conducted using National Health Insurance data and the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database (2006–2017), 114,638 participants who underwent Surgery (Surg) or Chemo within 6 months after breast cancer diagnosis were enrolled, and the effect of multimodality treatment on the risk of BCRL was analyzed using the Cox proportional-hazards model. …”
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Revamping field practicum: insights for future health services management professionals by Fatemeh Mohabati, Marzieh Arefi, Seyed Pouria Hedayati

“…Furthermore, students should engage with the county health insurance organization and a private insurance company to gain comprehensive familiarity with their operations. …”
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Effects of removing reimbursement restrictions on targeted therapy accessibility for non-small cell lung cancer treatment in Taiwan: an interrupted time series study by Jason C Hsu, Chen-Fang Wei, Szu-Chun Yang

“…Gefitinib was initially approved and reimbursed as a third-line therapy for patients with advanced NSCLC by the Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI) in 2004; subsequently it became a second-line therapy (in 2007) and further a first-line therapy (in 2011) for patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutation-positive advanced NSCLC. …”
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Influencing factors for influenza vaccination among the elderly by LI Yiyao, LI Xiaoju, SHEN Xiaoying, ZHANG Xianqi, ZHAO Li, ZHANG Yuhan, WANG Xinmeng

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that age (71-<81 years, OR=1.607, 95%CI: 1.041-2.479; ≥81 years, OR=1.719, 95%CI: 1.040-2.842), educational level (middle school/technical secondary school, OR=0.616, 95%CI: 0.416-0.911), medical expense payment (employee medical insurance, OR=6.531, 95%CI: 2.030-21.010; resident medical insurance, OR=3.385, 95%CI: 1.095-10.466; public expense, OR=4.828, 95%CI: 1.700-13.712), vaccination willingness (yes, OR=6.237, 95%CI: 3.277-11.871), influenza vaccination history (yes, OR=14.600, 95%CI: 8.733-24.408) and vaccine literacy (medium and above, OR=2.412, 95%CI: 1.636-3.555) were associated with influenza vaccination among the elderly. …”
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Tendon Anomaly Identification in Prestressed Concrete Beams Based on an Advanced Monitoring MEMS and Data-Driven Detection of Structural Damage by Giorgio de Alteriis, Giulio Mariniello, Tommaso Pastore, Alessia Teresa Silvestri, Giuseppe Augugliaro, Ida Papallo, Canio Mennuti, Antonio Bilotta, Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello, Domenico Asprone

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The Role of Leadership, Religiousness and Work Environment in Supporting Employee Performance and How Motivation Affects The Relationship by Syafran Pardamean, Dodi Indrianto, Sekar Wulan

“…The population consists of employees of PT X (Insurance Company). Cluster Random Sampling was used as the research sampling method. …”
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Compensation Packages and Employees’ Job Performance: A Case Study of National Population Council, Uganda by Raymond, Asiimwe

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Articuler les logiques intrinsèques du médiateur culturel et du jeune public en situation de visite muséale by Dounia Lahoual, Anne Bationo-Tillon, Françoise Decortis

“…A systemic analysis of the activity allowed us to identify several criteria to consider so as to insure a successful museum visit. The final results help in the design and co-construction of cultural mediation devices adapted to both visitors and mediation professionals.…”
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Practical Aspects of Interface Application in CPAP Treatment by Adel Bachour, Heidi Avellan-Hietanen, Tuula Palotie, Paula Virkkula

“…The role of the medical team is to guide the patient in choosing the best mask, thus insuring good CPAP therapy adherence. Once a suitable mask is found, the brand of the mask does not affect patient satisfaction or CPAP adherence. …”
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L’insoutenable légèreté environnementale de la participation : une problématisation by Stéphane La Branche

“…Sustainable development has become the way to achieve a triple objective: insure economic ands material development in a sustainable and democratic manner. …”
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Chapter 4: Seed Quality and Seeding Technology by Kent Cushman

“… Quality seed is defined as varietally pure with a high germination percentage, free from disease and disease organisms, with a proper moisture content and weight. Quality seed insures good germination, rapid emergence, and vigorous growth. …”
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Digital Social Security: Potential for Platform Work by Enzo Weber

“…‘Digital Social Security’ shows how social insurance can also be organised in a market with a very short-term and (partially) internationally integrated character. …”
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Estimating the Gerber-Shiu Function in a Compound Poisson Risk Model with Stochastic Premium Income by Yunyun Wang, Wenguang Yu, Yujuan Huang

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Arteriovenous Malformation in the Auricle in a 59-Year-Old Woman by Junhui Jeong

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Learning and elucidating the uncertainty in primary care by mapping uncertainty in medicine by Yuma Ohtsuka, Kazuoki Inoue, Daisuke Son, Shinichi Taniguchi

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The Utah Population Database. A Model for Linking Medical and Genealogical Records for Population Health Research by Ken R. Smith, Alison Fraser, Diana Lane Reed, Jahn Barlow, Heidi A. Hanson, Jennifer West, Stacey Knight, Navina Forsythe, Geraldine P. Mineau

“…UPDB is also linked to Medicare claims data, a federal health insurance program generally for persons age 65 or older. …”
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Evaluation of outcome relevance of quality indicators in the emergency department (ENQuIRE): study protocol for a prospective multicentre cohort study by Anna Slagman, Felix Greiner, Martin Möckel, Rainer Röhrig, Susanne Drynda, Wencke Schindler, Johannes Pollmanns, Dirk Horenkamp-Sonntag, Wiebke Schirrmeister, Ronny Otto, Jonas Bienzeisler, Saskia Drösler, Rolf Lefering, Jennifer Hitzek, Enno Swart, Felix Walcher

“…Included are all patients in 2019, who were ≥18 years of age, insured at the Techniker Krankenkasse (statutory health insurance (SHI)) and gave their written informed consent to the study.The primary objective of the study is to assess the effect of selected quality measures on patient outcome. …”
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DETERMINE THE POLICY TARGET TO INCREASE INSTITUTIONAL DELIVERY AMONG INDONESIAN FEMALE WORKERS by Isyatun Mardhiyah Syahri, Agung Dwi Laksono, Maya Fitria, Nikmatur Rohmah, Dina Bisara Lolong, Abdulah Saleh Alruwaili

“…Wealthier workers had a greater the possibility of executing institutional delivery. Insured workers were more likely than the uninsured ones to deliver in health facilities. …”
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Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method by Sami Derouiche, Salah Bouziane, HamoudiBouzerd Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Hydraulics, University of May 8, 1945, Guelma, Algeria.�

“…The material with anisotropic properties are becoming widely essential due to the ease to manipulate their mechanical properties to obtain a particular quality, insure safety or a specific behavior. Those kinds of materials are considered anisotropic because their characteristics and behavior are dependent on every direction of the material�s orientation. …”
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Dynamique du peuplement ligneux dans un parcours agrosylvopastoral du Sénégal by Oumar Sarr, Daouda Ngom, Amy Bakhoum, Léonard E. Akpo

“…For multiple functions insured by tree in these courses, it is important to think more of sustainable means of management with local communities in order to rehabilitate and preserve these ecosystems.…”
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