Experience of Initial Symptoms of Breast Cancer and Triggers for Action in Ethiopia by Timothy D. Dye, Solomon Bogale, Claire Hobden, Yared Tilahun, Teshome Deressa, Anne Reeler

“…Methods. 69 participants in a comprehensive breast cancer treatment program at the main national cancer hospital in Ethiopia were interviewed using mixed qualitative and quantitative approaches. …”
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Founding Editorial – Forensics and TheScientificWorld by Walter Rowe

“…Increasingly, the judicial systems of the industrial nations of the world have come to rely upon the expertise of scientists in a variety of disciplines. …”
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Strategies for Oxygen Ecosystems in Middle-Income Countries: A Review and Case Study from Lebanon by Tim Baker, Claudio Gatti, Guido Rossini, Habtamu Tolla, Anne Detjen, Mulugeta Mideksa, Nadeen Hilal, Rima Shaya

“…Eighteen recommendations for strengthening the oxygen ecosystem in Lebanon that are relevant for other middle-income countries include the establishment of a National Oxygen Committee, installation of additional oxygen plants, strengthened systems for maintenance and electricity supply, increased production, procurement and supply chain resilience, improved training and human resources, the use of data collection and regular information to guide the ecosystem, and integration of oxygen into the rest of the health system.…”
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Resource Utilization and Costs of Care prior to ART Initiation for Pediatric Patients in Zambia by Hari S. Iyer, Callie A. Scott, Deophine Lembela Bwalya, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Crispin Moyo, Carolyn Bolton Moore, Bruce A. Larson, Sydney Rosen

“…Zambian pediatric patients initiating ART ≤6 months after presenting to care do so quickly, utilize fewer resources than mandated by national guidelines, and accrue low costs.…”
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Estimation and Characterization of Dengue Serotypes in Patients Presenting with Dengue Fever at Makkah Hospitals by Sami Melebari, Abdul Hafiz, Hatim A. Natto, Mohamed Osman Elamin, Naif A. Jalal, Ashwaq Hakim, Safiah Rushan, Othman Fallatah, Kamal Alzabeedi, Feras Malibari, Hutaf Mashat, Aisha Alsaadi, Amani Alhakam, Anoud Hadidi, Ghazi Saad Alkhaldi, Ahmed Alkhyami, Ali Alqarni, Abdulaziz Alzahrani, Mohammed Alghamdi, Abdullah Siddiqi, Abdullah Alasmari, Rowaida Bakri, Saleh Alqahtani, Juman M. Al-Bajaly, Asim Khogeer

“…Most of the dengue patients were Saudi nationals, followed by Egyptians. There were 11 dengue-positive samples that were not diagnosed with any of the four dengue serotypes. …”
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Peace Building and Social Media in a Cosmopolitan Society by I. Omotayo Adeshina

“…Nigeria is the most heterogeneous and multicultural society in Africa with over 300 ethnic nationalities and concurrent religious diversities. In Nigeria, individualism, ethnicity and tribalism are more prevalent than cosmopolitan ideas of universality and generality. …”
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Digital Transnational Dissidence and State Control: A Conceptual Reflection on the Practice and Limits of Digital Transnationalism by Hüsrev Tabak, Cenk Beyaz

“…Individual or collective opposition parties thus today also confidently carry out political activities against governmental politics through cyber and digital spaces, and thanks to digital advances, oppositionary political participation can no longer be confined to national borders. Hence, in forms of digital transnationalism and transnational dissidence, irrespective of the connection of the articulator to the target country, people around the world criticise governmental politics and shape public perceptions in one country from abroad. …”
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A Case of Colorectal Cancer during Pregnancy: A Brief Review of the Literature by Sepideh Khodaverdi, Ali Kord Valeshabad, Maryam Khodaverdi

“…A targeted program to improve the general population knowledge and the establishment of a national consultant and screening program particularly for women with a planned pregnancy in the high risk group might be beneficial.…”
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Post-harvest Fungal Infection in Arabica Coffee Beans (Coffea arabica Linnaeus) in the Coffee Center of West Sumatra Province, Indonesia by Martinius Martinius, Aziz Fauzi, Zurai Resti

“…Physical quality was determined based on the percentage of defects, and the quality of the coffee beans was classified according to the Indonesian National Standard (SNI). The samples were taken from three collectors in each of the three central districts of Arabica coffee, West Sumatera province (Solok Selatan, Pesisir Selatan, Lima Puluh Kota) and one sample from Solok Radjo Cooperative as a comparison. …”
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Ibadan In Ibadan: The University and The City by Toyin Falola

“… The University has served as the source of intellectual prowess of the nation and has constantly either produced great personalities in different walks of life or added to their scholastic formation or expansion. …”
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Systematic analysis of the pharmacogenomics landscape towards clinical implementation of precision therapeutics in Greece by George P. Patrinos, Kariofyllis Karamperis, Margarita-Ioanna Koufaki, Maria Skokou, Zoe Kordou, Eirini Sparaki, Margarita Skaraki, Christina Mitropoulou

“…Here, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the current state of PGx in Greece, including a detailed allelic frequency spectrum of clinically actionable PGx biomarkers, the level of PGx education in academia, the provision of PGx testing services from public and private laboratories, and the aspects of the regulatory PGx environment, especially with respect to the discrepancies between the Greek National Organization of Medicines and the European Medicine Agency and health technology assessment. …”
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FOREIGN AID TO UKRAINE AFTER 2014: VOLUMES, PROJECTS AND DONORS’ MOTIVATION by O. V. Shishkina

“…States also ensure that national companies become contractors of their aid projects. …”
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Risk of childlessness in help-seeking men with Peyronie's disease-A Swedish longitudinal study. by Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Lars Henningsohn, Brendan Zietsch, Henrik Larsson, Martin Cederlöf

“…We conducted a longitudinal cohort study based on data from Swedish national registers utilizing a large sample of help-seeking men with PD, along with matched subjects from the general population. …”
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Risk Factors for Macro- and Microvascular Complications among Older Adults with Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing by Marsha L. Tracey, Sheena M. McHugh, Anthony P. Fitzgerald, Claire M. Buckley, Ronan J. Canavan, Patricia M. Kearney

“…To explore risk factors for macro- and microvascular complications in a nationally representative sample of adults aged 50 years and over with type 2 diabetes in Ireland. …”
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Teething and nutritional condition in children between 5 and 13 years. by Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Raúl López Fernández, Juan J. Apolinaire Pennini

“…Permanent teething was delayed with regard to the national media. <strong>Conclusion</strong>: A clear relation was established between teething age and nutrition, mainly among thin and undernourished children.…”
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Metals in Fishes from Yongshu Island, Southern South China Sea: Human Health Risk Assessment by Zhai Wu, Ye Xu, Minggang Cai, Sha-Yen Cheng, Huorong Chen, Dongren Huang, Kai Chen, Yan Lin, Tianyao Li, Mengyang Liu, Hengxiang Deng, Minjie Ni, Hongwei Ke

“…The metal concentrations of most samples were lower than the national standard values of the FAO (USA), which suggested that human consumption of these species may not cause health risks. …”
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Spatial Dynamics of Specialized and Sophisticated Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises on New High-Quality Productive Forces from an Evolutionary Economic Geography Perspective by Huibo Zhong, Mingwei Chu, Yuhang Xia, Keyu Zhai, Xing Gao

“…The results show that the Specialized and Sophistication Index (SSI) positively impacts NHPFs, with its effect strengthening from the company to the municipal level (by about 25%) but weakening at the provincial and national levels (to half of the municipal level), highlighting a clear marginal effect on regional NHPFs. …”
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Characterization and Etiopathogenic Approach of Pediatric Renal Biopsy Patients in a Colombian Medical Center from 2007-2017 by Mayerly Prada Rico, Carmen Inés Rodríguez Cuellar, Monica Fernandez Hernandez, Luz Stella González Chaparro, Olga Lucía Prado Agredo, Ricardo Gastelbondo Amaya

“…A descriptive study was conducted to describe characteristics of pediatric patients who had undergone a renal biopsy over the last 10 years in a national reference center, trying to accomplish an etiopathogenic approach of biopsy findings. …”
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Institutional community engagement leader perspectives on supporting ethical community-engaged research by Stephanie Solomon Cargill, Nancy Shore, Rachel Olech, Phoebe Friesen, Jessica Rowe, Sana Khoury-Shakour, Emily E. Anderson

“…For example, dozens of academic medical centers in the United States receive National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) and have embedded community engagement programs (CE) whose primary expertise and mission is to advance CEnR at their institutions. …”
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Foreign trade relations of the Peru Republic and Russia: history and development prospects by O. N. Zhilkin, G. W. P. Chavarry

“…The most fruitful period in the history of Russian-Peruvian relations is marked by the beginning of the “most-favoured-nation” regime, established in 1969 after the signing of the Trade Agreement by the parties. …”
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