Blunt Isolated Small Bowel Perforation Intervention: Does a Delay in Management Matter? by Sung Yong Hong, Se Hun Kim, Ki Hoon Kim

“…The study was performed between March 2010 and December 2018 in adults (age >18 years) who initially underwent computed tomography and small bowel surgery only and survived more than one day postoperatively. …”
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Evaluation of the Biochemical and Antioxidant Behaviour of Four Species Chenopodium quinoa Willd, Zea mays L., Triticosecale wittmack and Hordeum vulgare L. Effected by Oxidative S... by Bouchareb Radia, Belguet Assia, Semmar R. Narimene, Guendouz Ali

“…Our study was conducted at the faculty of Sciences of the nature and life from Mentouri Brothers University of Constantine, (36°21′54″ N: 6°36′52″ E), altitude above sea level by 574 m in March 2022. Cereals and pseudo-cereals, the world's most important crop, are an important source of sustenance for humans and animals. …”
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Problema protocronismului. Precizări by Edgar Papu

“…We are dealing with the ultimate variant of the Romanian Protochronism theory, conceived by the scholar Edgar Papu (1908-1993), reproduced serially in the newspaper “Românul” between March and July 1991. His idea about the Romanian aesthetic forms anticipating or preparing currents, motives or procedures that were later to be experienced and dealt with by the Western culture was published twice before (1977 and 1989), but this one is the first uncensored text diffused after the fall of the communist regime in Romania. …”
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Examining Effects of the COVID-19 National Lockdown on Ambient Air Quality Across Urban India by Chimurkar Navinya, Girish Patidar, Harish C. Phuleria

“…Thus, India has enforced nation-wide lockdown from 25th March to lower the spread of this contagious virus and associated illness. …”
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Zooming into Berlin: tracking street-scale CO2 emissions based on high-resolution traffic modeling using machine learning by Max Anjos, Fred Meier

“…During the lockdown period (March 15 to 1 June 2020), weekend emissions dropped substantially by 25% (−18.3 tCO2 day−1), with stay-at-home requirements, workplace closures, and school closures contributing significantly to this reduction. …”
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A scoping review of the unmet needs of patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). by Carita Bramhill, Donna Langan, Helen Mulryan, Jessica Eustace-Cook, Anne-Marie Russell, Anne-Marie Brady

“…A systematic search was performed in March 2022, in CINAHL, MEDLINE, Embase, PsychInfo, Web of Science Core Collection and ASSIA Applied Social Science Index. …”
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Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on uptake and experiences of gestational diabetes mellitus screening in Ontario: A parallel convergent mixed-methods study. by Dima Hadid, Rebecca H Correia, Sarah D McDonald, Elizabeth K Darling, David Kirkwood, Aaron Jones, Andrea Carruthers, Cassandra Kuyvenhoven, Michelle Howard, Devon Greyson, Sujane Kandasamy, Meredith Vanstone

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This convergent mixed-method study involved a population-based retrospective cohort analysis of Ontario-based health administrative data to describe and compare gestational diabetes screening rates among 85,228 individuals with live, in-hospital births between January 1-March 31 before (2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021 and 2022). …”
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SARS-Cov-2 Incidence Monitoring and Statistical Estimation of the Basic and Time-Varying Reproduction Number at the Early Onset of the Pandemic in 45 Sub-Saharan African Countries. by Oduro, Michael Safo, Arhin‐Donkor, Seth, Asiedu, Louis, Kadengye, Damazo T., Iddi, Samuel

“…In this paper, we estimated the transmission potential of COVID-19 across 45 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using three approaches, namely, R0 based on (i) an exponential growth model (ii) maximum likelihood (ML) estimation, and (iii) a time-varying basic reproduction number at the early onset of the pandemic. Using data from March 14, 2020, to May 10, 2020, sub-Saharan African countries were still grappling with COVID-19 at that point in the pandemic. …”
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Spatial and temporal variations of phytoplankton composition and biomass in Lake Bunyonyi, South‑Western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…On a temporal basis, the highest mean Chl-a concentration of 0.044 ± 0.03 mg/L was recorded in March 2020 while the least concentration of 0.015 ± 0.011 mg/L was obtained in September 2020. …”
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A Research Synthesis of Therapeutic Interventions for Whiplash-Associated Disorder (WAD): Part 4 – Noninvasive Interventions for Chronic WAD by Robert W Teasell, J Andrew McClure, David Walton, Jason Pretty, Katherine Salter, Matthew Meyer, Keith Sequeira, Barry Death

“…Multiple databases (including Web of Science, EMBASE and PubMed) were searched to identify all studies published from January 1980 through March 2009 that evaluated the effectiveness of any clearly defined treatment for acute (less than two weeks), subacute (two to 12 weeks) or chronic (longer than 12 weeks) WAD. …”
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MODIS land surface temperature in East Antarctica: accuracy and its main affecting factors by Zhaosheng Zhai, Yetang Wang, Carleen H. Reijmer, Paul C. J. P. Smeets, Xueying Zhang, Wuying Zhang

“…The accuracy was notably higher during warm periods (October–March) than during cold periods (April–September). …”
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Evidence summary of lifestyle interventions in adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by Mei-jing Chen, Ying Chen, Jin-qing Lin, Rong Hu, Dun Liu, Jing-yi Chen, Ka Li, Xiao-ying Jiang

“…Our review encompassed publications from January 2018 to March 2023.ResultsA total of 26 publications were identified for the final review, consisting of seven guidelines, nine systematic evaluations, and 10 expert consensuses/opinions. …”
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Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Surgery of Inferior Oblique Muscle Ectopia by Zhipeng Xue, Xiaoshan Min, Jieyue Wang, Ying Zhu, Sujun He, Kangcheng Liu, Yi Ding

“…Patients diagnosed with IO-E during strabismus surgery from March 2017 to September 2018 were included in this retrospective, cross-sectional study. …”
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Comparative diagnostic performance of imaging modalities in chronic pancreatitis: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis by Ping Yu, Xujia Zhou, Li Yue, Ling Zhang, Yuan Zhou, Fei Jiang

“…Methods The PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library databases were searched for relevant publications until March 2024. All studies evaluating the head-to-head diagnostic performance of imaging modalities in CP were included. …”
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Clinical spectrum of disease and outcomes in children with Omicron SARS-COV-2 infection in Cape Town, South Africa by C. Bekker, I. Dewandel, A. Redfern, C. McKenzie, J. Lishman, L. M. Verhagen, M. Claassen, S. Wilson, R. Dunbar, C. Bosch, G. van Zyl, W. Preiser, P. Goussard, H. Rabie, M. M. van der Zalm

“…METHODS: We analysed routine care data from a prospective cohort of children aged 0–13 years, with a positive SARS-CoV-2 real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) or SARS-CoV-2 antigen test, admitted to Tygerberg Hospital between 1 November 2021 until 1 March 2022. Risk factors for severity of disease were assessed. …”
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Multiple viral infections and antimicrobial use in hospitalized children with respiratory illness during pandemic and early post-pandemic era, Taiwan by Chyi-Liang Chen, Yi-Ching Chen, Hsuan-Ling Hsiao, Yi-Jung Chang, Hsin-Chieh Li, Merve Arslan Aydin, Cheng-Hsun Chiu

“…FilmArray RP was used for etiology surveys of hospitalized children with acute respiratory illness in a medical center in northern Taiwan from October 2022 to March 2023. Antimicrobial days of therapy (DOT) were used to measure and compare the antimicrobial consumption between FilmArray RP test-positive and -negative groups. …”
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Pattern of Bacterial Pathogens and Their Susceptibility Isolated from Surgical Site Infections at Selected Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Walelign Dessie, Gebru Mulugeta, Surafael Fentaw, Amete Mihret, Mulu Hassen, Engida Abebe

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2013 and March 2014 on 107 surgical site infected patients. …”
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Primary aldosteronism patients with previous cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events have high aldosterone responsiveness to ACTH stimulation by Eriko Nakano, Kosuke Mukai, Atsunori Fukuhara, Michio Otsuki, Iichiro Shimomura, Takamasa Ichijo, Mika Tsuiki, Norio Wada, Takashi Yoneda, Yoshiyu Takeda, Kenji Oki, Tetsuya Yamada, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Daisuke Yabe, Miki Kakutani, Masakatsu Sone, Takuyuki Katabami, Akiyo Tanabe, Mitsuhide Naruse, JPAS/JRAS Study Group

“…PA patients with adrenal venous sampling (AVS) between January 2006 and March 2019 were enrolled. The ACTH-stimulated plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) of the inferior vena cava during AVS was used to evaluate aldosterone responsiveness to ACTH. …”
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Pretransplant HbA1c Is a Useful Predictor for the Development of New-Onset Diabetes in Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving No or Low-Dose Erythropoietin by Kazuaki Tokodai, Noritoshi Amada, Izumi Haga, Atsushi Nakamura, Toshiaki Kashiwadate, Naoki Kawagishi, Noriaki Ohuchi

“…We performed a retrospective study of 119 patients without diabetes who received kidney transplantation between March 2000 and January 2012. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the association of several parameters with NODAT. …”
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Radial head arthroplasty vs. open reduction and internal fixation in Mason 3 radial head fractures: meta-analysis of prospective trials by Domenico De Mauro, MD, Sami Abou Chakra, Francesco Liuzza, MD, Amarildo Smakaj, MD, Giuseppe Rovere, MD, PhD, Giulio Maccauro, MD, Omar El Ezzo, MD

“…Methods: Following the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines, a comprehensive literature systematic review of literature was conducted up to March 2024. All prospective studies were included. …”
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