Assessment of Insecticide Compatibility with Beauveria bassiana for Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Management in Maize by G. Sugeetha, M. V. Adwaitha, K. S. Nikhil Reddy, P. Mahadevu, J. Mahadevu

“… The study was conducted during March–April, 2021, in College of Agriculture, V. …”
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Association of safer smoking supply distribution with participant encounters and naloxone distribution from syringe services programs: Findings from the National Survey of Syringe... by Esther O. Chung, Sheila V. Patel, Lynn D. Wenger, Jamie L. Humphrey, Amang Sukasih, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Hansel E. Tookes, Don C. Des Jarlais, Sara N. Glick, Paul A. LaKosky, Stephanie Prohaska, Laura Guzman, Alex H. Kral, Barrot H. Lambdin

“…Methods: We used cross-sectional data from the National Survey of Syringe Services Programs, which surveyed SSPs from March and August 2023 about services delivered in 2022. …”
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Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Pediatric Emergency Department: An Observational Pre-Post Study by Erika Silvestro, Ilaria Mussinatto, Antonia Versace, Marco Denina, Giulia Pruccoli, Raffaella Marino, Giulia Mazzetti, Lorenzo Scaglione, Federico Vigna, Alessandra Macciotta, Silvia Garazzino, Claudia Bondone

“…We recorded all systemic antibiotic prescriptions for children attending our pediatric ED from January to March and from July to September 2020. The study’s team assigned a score to each prescription, regarding the appropriate molecule, dose, and duration of therapy, according to the diagnosis. …”
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Use of a perforator-based flap from the ulnar palmar artery for the repair of defects caused by the treatment of severe contractures due to Dupuytren's disease by Jiangping Dai, Jiangping Dai, Hui Wang, Haifeng Wang, Haifeng Wang, Xinyang Sun, Xinyang Sun, Yihan Zhang, Yihan Zhang

“…ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the clinical effectiveness of a perforator flap from the ulnar palm in repairing soft tissue defects in the palm and fifth digit following severe Dupuytren's contracture.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted between March 2013 and January 2023. In total, 25 patients with soft tissue defects that occurred after severe Dupuytren's contracture release were treated using a perforator flap from the ulnar palm. …”
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Fear of progression and quality of life in patients with heart failure: a cross-sectional study on the multiple mediation of psychological distress and resilience by Cancan Chen, Xiaofei Sun, Yanting Zhang, Henan Xie, Jie Kou, Hongmei Zhang

“…Methods This multicenter, cross-sectional study was conducted between March and December 2023 across four tertiary hospitals in China. …”
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Prevalence and patient characteristics associated with cardiovascular disease risk factor screening in UK primary care for people with severe mental illness: an electronic healthca... by Robert Stewart, Ann John, Bruce Guthrie, Joseph F Hayes, David P J Osborn, Stewart William Mercer, Elvira Bramon, Naomi Launders, Caroline Anne Jackson, Matthew H Iveson

“…Background People with severe mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and initiatives for CVD risk factor screening in the UK have not reduced disparities.Objectives To describe the annual screening prevalence for CVD risk factors in people with SMI from April 2000 to March 2018, and to identify factors associated with receiving no screening and regular screening.Methods We identified adults with a diagnosis of SMI (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or ‘other psychosis’) from UK primary care records in Clinical Practice Research Datalink. …”
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Effect of nusinersen on pulmonary function in children with spinal muscular atrophy in the plateau region: A pilot study by Jicai Zhu, Xiaofang Chen, Haoke Sang, Minming Ma, Chunhui Tang

“…Methods: A total of 20 patients with SMA (types 1, 2, or 3) who started nusinersen treatment at the Department of Pediatrics at Yunnan First People's Hospital from March 2022 and February 2024 were studied. A retrospective study was conducted to investigate changes in lung function parameters (including forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume at 1 s, forced expiratory volume at 1 s/forced vital capacity, and peak expiratory flow) in patients with SMA treated with nusinersen. …”
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Tackling ALT-positive neuroblastoma: is it time to redefine risk classification systems? A systematic review with IPD meta-analysis by Marta Avinent-Pérez, Frank Westermann, Samuel Navarro, Amparo López-Carrasco, Rosa Noguera

“…Methods: Following PRISMA-IPD guidelines, we conducted a comprehensive review of neuroblastoma patients retrieved from PubMed, Scopus, and Embase databases until March-2024. Patients were stratified into ALT-positive and TMM-negative subgroups. …”
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on outpatient visits for patients with cancer in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis by Siavash Beiranvand, Meysam Behzadifar, Aidin Aryankhesal, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Banafshe Darvishi Teli, Masoud Behzadifar

“…The ITSA methodology was employed to analyze monthly outpatient visits for patients with cancer data from March 2017 to January 2023 in Lorestan University of Medical Sciences. …”
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Experience with the implementation of central venous catheters by medical oncologists in a non-surgical setting by Alfonso Revuelta, Luka Mihic, Alfredo Castillo, Axel Mariño, Lucía Mateos, Claudia Iglesias, Carmen Sáenz de Jubera, Cristina Fernández, David Rodríguez-Rubí, Paula Jiménez-Fonseca, José Pablo Berros, Emilio Esteban

“…A thorax X-ray was performed after each procedure and no prophylactic antibiotics were required. From January 2015 to March 2019, five hundred port systems were implanted, with a median age of 62 years (range 18–81), male 286/female 214. …”
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Assessment of Racial Bias within the Risk Analysis Index of Frailty by Michael A. Jacobs, MS, Leslie R. M. Hausmann, PhD, Robert M. Handzel, MD, MS, Susanne Schmidt, PhD, Carly A. Jacobs, MPH, Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc

“…Retrospective cohort study using April 2010–March 2019 Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program and 2010–2019 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data. …”
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Crowned dens syndrome: A case series of 72 patients at eight teaching hospitals in Japan by Hiroki Isono, Haruka Kuno, Takunori Hozumi, Ken Emoto, Sho Nishiguchi, Masahiro Sakai, Madoka Ito, Koichi Kitamura, Kazuhito Hirose, Eiji Hiraoka, Naoto Ishimaru, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yasuharu Tokuda

“…We identified CDS cases from April 2013–March 2015. CDS was diagnosed when patients had acute onset of neck pain and CT showed calcification around the dens and when other diagnoses were unlikely. …”
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Clonal dissemination of an NDM-2-producing Acinetobacter baumannii ST103 clone resulting in an outbreak in an intensive care unit of a Lebanese tertiary care hospital by Tania Nawfal Dagher, Linda Hadjadj, Fadi Bittar, Fadi Fenianos, Elias Abdo, Jean-Marc Rolain, Charbel Al-Bayssari

“…Results: Polymerase chain reaction and multilocus sequence typing results suggested the presence of two different periods: period 1 (November 2018 to February 2019), where 15 CRAB isolates were collected harbouring the blaOXA-23 and blaOXA-24 genes mainly and belonging to several clones; and period 2 (March to May 2019), considered an outbreak period where 17 carbapenem-resistant isolates were isolated, harbouring mostly the blaNDM-2 gene, never previously described in Lebanon and belonging to ST103. …”
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Identifying Zoonotic Parasites in Domiciled and Non‐Domiciled Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) Within an Urban Zone of the Eastern State of Mexico by José Salcedo‐Jiménez, Yazmín Alcala‐Canto, Julio Segura‐Tinoco, Ernestina Valadez‐Moctezuma, Juan José Pérez‐Rivero

“…Methods The study was conducted from July 2022 to March 2023 in the urban area located in the eastern region of the State of Mexico. …”
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The Prognosis of Traumatic Small Bowel Injury Accompanied by Liver Injury by Yu Seong Noh, Sung Won Jung, Tae Gil Heo, Pyong Wha Choi, Jae Il Kim, Heung Man Jun, Yong Chan Shin, Sung Min Jung, Eun Hae Um

“…Methods We investigated 221 patients with SBI who visited an emergency center from October 2000 to March 2019. We excluded patients with injuries that directly led to mortality, and the remaining 149 patients were divided into the SBI alone (SBI-A) group and the SBI accompanied by LI (SBI-LI) group. …”
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Evaluating a multicomponent intervention for managing kidney outcomes among patients with moderate or advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): protocol for the Strategies for Kidney... by Tazeen Hasan Jafar, Ngiap Chuan Tan, Mihir Gandhi, Sungwon Yoon, Eric Finkelstein, Peter Moey Kirm Seng, Ruiheng Ong, Anandan Gerard Thiagarajah, Bing Long Lee, Ka Chi To, Aminath Shiwaza Moosa

“…Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05295368. Registered on March 25, 2022.…”
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Doctors’ satisfaction with the rehabilitation system for anti-terrorist operation participants: A factor analysis by Irina Holovanova, Oleksandr Havlovsky, Shanshan Wang, Oleksandr Korneta, Maksym Khorosh, Igor Kaydashev, Renee Robinson, Ubydul Haque

“…Methods: A cross-sectional design was conducted during the ATO in March–April 2020. A total of 25 organizing doctors from healthcare institutions filled out the form. …”
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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and gender-diverse people with disabilities in Canada: a qualitative study by Meredith Evans, Alexandra Rego, Nkem Ogbonna, Kate Welsh, Sidrah K. Zafar, Lucy C. Barker, Anne Berndl, Janice Du Mont, Yona Lunsky, Amy McPherson, Lesley A. Tarasoff, Ashley Vandermorris, Hilary K. Brown

“…We interviewed 61 women and gender-diverse people in Canada from May 2022 to March 2023. Informed by disability reproductive justice, we identified four major themes through constructivist analysis. …”
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Assessment of clinical prognosis in autoimmune encephalitis: Girona score by Gary Álvarez Bravo, Giuseppe Guglielmini, Ana Quiroga Varela, Almudena Boix Lago, Ariadna Gifreu Fraixinó, Daniele Urso, Daniele Urso, Daniele Urso, Daniele Urso, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giancarlo Logroscino, Lluís Ramió-Torrentà

“…BackgroundThe assessment of clinical prognosis in autoimmune encephalitis: Girona (ACPE-Gi) score is a scale for evaluating the severity in the acute phase of autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and predicting the risk of disability at 3 months, measured by modified Rankin scale (mRS).MethodsPatients were strictly diagnosed with AE according to the current criteria between 1 January 2009 to 31 March 2023 at the University Hospital Dr. Josep Trueta of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. …”
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Medication burden in patients with dialysis-dependent CKD: a systematic review by Xuemei Liu, Ping Chen, Yun Liu, Xiaoyan Jia, Dongmei Xu

“…Studies of medication burden in patients with DD-CKD in the last 10 years from 1 January 2013 to 31 March 2024 were searched from PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases. …”
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