The Determinants of Adolescent Glycolipid Metabolism Disorder: A Cohort Study by Xiao-Hua Liang, Lun Xiao, Jing-Yu Chen, Ping Qu, Xian Tang, Yuwei Wang

“…A bidirectional cohort study which was established in 2014 and followed between March 1 and July 20, 2019, was used to illustrate the impact factors for GLMD. …”
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Evaluation of Adiponectin Hormone and its Gene Polymorphism in Obese Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Naznaz Othman, Kalthum Maulood, Suhaila Darogha

“…The patients and control women samples were collected from May 2022 to March 2023. 140 samples were collected ages from 18 to 40 years old from the Maternity Teaching Hospital, they divided into two groups: Group I: 70 obese control and Group II: 70 obese PCOS. …”
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Characterization of soundscapes with acoustic indices and clustering reveals phenology patterns in a subtropical rainforest by Yan-Tin Lai, Sheng-Shan Lu, Ming-Tang Shiao

“…In the subtropical rainforest, rain and wind affected the soundscape from October to March, whereas bird songs were prominent only in the early mornings from February to May, which were subsequently replaced by cicada calls that continued until late August. …”
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The Impact of Metastatic Bone Cancers on Serum Calcium Levels: A Focused Analysis of Patient Outcomes by Muhammad Khizar Memon, Syed Uzair Mahmood, Sidra Memon, Azhar Rashid, Muhammad Ali Memon, Shahzad Ali Jiskani

“…Method: A prospective study was conducted on 100 metastatic bone cancers using convenience sampling, at Indus Medical College Hospital, between March and April 2020. The patients were categorized based on the principle tumor type, clinical stage, and bone scan results. …”
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Clinical Effect of Apatinib Mesylate Tablets Combined with Paclitaxel Concurrent Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in the First-Line Treatment of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcin... by Dechao Zhan, Zihong Chen, Donghong Yang, Jiyu Wen, Wanwan Liu

“…To explore the clinical efficacy and safety of apatinib combined with paclitaxel in the first-line treatment of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods. From March 2016 to June 2018, 114 patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma who received first-line treatment in our hospital were selected as the patient group, and those who received apatinib combined with paclitaxel concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy were selected as the research group (n = 54), while those who received paclitaxel concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy were selected as the control group (n = 60). …”
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The effect of dienogest and gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist on pelvic pain after laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis: An RCT by Fatemeh Davari Tanha, Azam Rasti, Hamideh Pakniat, Shohreh Salimi Setudeh

“…Materials and Methods: In this randomized clinical trial study, 104 women with endometriosis who were referred to the Department of Reproductive Medicine of Yas hospital, Tehran, Iran, between April 2022 and March 2023 were studied. After laparoscopic surgery, individuals were randomly assigned into 2 groups (n = 52/each): the dienogest-administered group and the GnRH agonist-administered group. …”
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Ecology of endolithic bryozoans: colony development, growth rates and interactions of species in the genus Immergentia by Mildred J. Johnson, Sarah Lemer, Masato Hirose, Sebastian H. Decker, Thomas Schwaha

“…Immergentia cf. suecica had a higher proportion of reproductive zooids from December to March compared to other months. In growth experiment 2, the bryozoans were fed a culture mixture of Chaetoceros calcitrans and Tisochrysis lutea which was compared with a control. …”
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Factors associated with successful treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in a district municipality of Vhembe, Limpopo by Busisiwe Mkhavele, Slindile Zondi, Lindiwe Cele, Mabina Mogale, Margeret Mbelle

“…Methods: Medical records from April 2020 to March 2021 of 289 patients attending primary health care facilities, initiated on anti-TB treatment were reviewed. …”
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Detection of Antichlamydial Antibody in Patients With Ectopic Pregnancy and Normal Pregnancy by Srwa Jamal Murad

“…It is a comparative study conducted in Gynecology Clinic and Emergency department of Sulaimanyia Maternity Teaching Hospital during the period from 1st of September 2018 to 31st of March 2019. The study groups included of 70 pregnant women; the first group included 35 ectopic pregnant women and the second group included 35 normal pregnant women that both groups had been selected randomly. …”
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Opioid Nonadherence Risk Prediction of Patients with Cancer-Related Pain Based on Five Machine Learning Algorithms by Jinmei Liu, Juan Luo, Xu Chen, Jiyi Xie, Cong Wang, Hanxiang Wang, Qi Yuan, Shijun Li, Yu Zhang, Jianli Hu, Chen Shi

“…This was a secondary analysis from a cross-sectional study that included 1195 patients from March 1, 2018, to October 31, 2019. Five ML algorithms, such as logistic regression (LR), random forest, eXtreme Gradient Boosting, multilayer perceptron, and support vector machine, were used to predict opioid nonadherence in patients with cancer pain using 43 demographic and clinical factors as predictors. …”
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The Culture of the BBC: A Personal Appreciation by Lord Asa Briggs

“…Dans les années 1980, au moment où se développe la radiodiffusion commerciale, la BBC a résisté à la tentation de considérer son audience comme un marché. La BBC ne peut donc selon Asa Briggs entrer dans les problématiques de l’École de Francfort. …”
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Association of ABO Blood group phenotypes with FEV1/FVC values among students of Aziz Fatima Medical and Dental College by Hira Zahid, Anam Rehman, Saima Zareen, Sana Rasheed, Shireen Jawed, Benash Altaf

“…Methods: This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted at Aziz Fatima Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad from 1st January to 31st March 2022. It included 80 participants of first-year MBBS comprising both genders between 18 to 22 years. …”
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The New York Times on The NATO bombing of FR Yugoslavia in 1999 by Savić Aleksandra

“…The research corpus is based on articles published from March 24, 1999, to June 10, 1999. This study aims to determine how the bombing itself is represented in the media and which linguistic tools are used to construct the image of Serbs. …”
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Association between blood–urea–nitrogen-to-albumin ratio and in-hospital mortality in patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective cohort study by Ruoqing Zhou, Dianzhu Pan

“…Methods This retrospective observational study enrolled a cohort of 1027 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between December 2022 and March 2023. Multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to ascertain the independent association between BAR and in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Tertiary Hospital in Northern China by Shuqing Wang, Huanhuan Dong, Meiqi Wang, Wenbo Ma, Yue Cheng, Junliang Zhou, Yongming Cheng, Hui Xu, Xiaochen Yu

“…Methods. 45 CRKP strains were consecutively collected at a teaching hospital from March 1st, 2018 to June 30th, 2018. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by the VITEK2 compact system and microbroth dilution method. …”
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Risk Factors and Consequent Diseases of Atherosclerosis in a Population Treated in a Medical Office by Luis Ángel Felicó Riverón, Georgia Díaz-Perera Fernández, Yomeidis Felicó Riverón

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out from January 2022 to March 2023 in medical office #5 of the Lawton Teaching Polyclinic. …”
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Diabetes Treatment with Dapagliflozin and Its Combinations: Insights from Clinical Practice by Akshay Bafna, Ajit Mehta, Rajeev Garg, Jayagopal Pathiyil Balagopalan, Rajesh Rajput, Nitin Zalte, Preethi Naik, Amarnath Sugumaran, Senthilnathan Mohanasundaram

“…Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional, digital questionnaire-based study involved diabetologists and consulting clinicians from pan-India and was conducted between October 2022 and March 2023. Results: Of the 982 clinicians, 871 completed the study. …”
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Mental health status and the quality of life of infertile women receiving fertility treatment in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. by A B M Nahid Hasan, Azaz Bin Sharif, Ishrat Jahan, Mosammat Rashida Begum

“…Between December 2022 and March 2023, 375 infertile women in Dhaka, Bangladesh were selected using simple random sampling for this cross-sectional study. …”
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Legality of bringing to administrative responsibility for an offense under Art. 130 Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses: retrospective analysis by K. O. Chyshko

“…Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs or other intoxicants or under the influence of drugs that reduce attention and speed of reaction, in the period from July 1, 2020 to March 17, 2021: 1) was recognized not as an administrative offense, but as a criminal offense; 2) detection, termination and documentation of such a criminal offense was carried out mainly by patrol police officers, and not by investigators, as required by current criminal procedure legislation; 3) a report on an administrative offense and other administrative-procedural documents were drawn up upon the fact of committing a criminal offense; 4) the prosecution of a person did not take place as a result of a pre-trial investigation, but within the framework of proceedings in cases of administrative offenses. …”
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Exploring the attitudes of solid organ transplant recipients towards COVID-19 shielding communications and the language of ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’: a qualitative study in... by Jason Ali, Dominic Summers, Abbie E Greig, Kirsten L Rennie

“…Introduction Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients were among the first individuals in the UK identified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ (CEV) to COVID-19 and asked to ‘shield’ at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. This qualitative study explores the attitudes of SOT recipients towards COVID-19 shielding communications and the language used.Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 43 adult heart, liver and kidney transplant recipients in England between January 2022 and May 2023. …”
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