Effectiveness of an intensive outpatient treatment programme combining prolonged exposure and EMDR therapy for adolescents and young adults with PTSD in a naturalistic setting by Elvira M. Rentinck, Rosa van Mourik, Ad de Jongh, Suzy J. M. A. Matthijssen

“…Looking at the results from adult treatments, short, intensive, outpatient treatment programmes may offer a promising alternative, but it has yet to be tested in this young population.Objective: To assess the results of a six-day intensive outpatient trauma-focused treatment programme for young individuals (12-25 years) with PTSD. …”
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Associations between dietary fatty acids and kidney stones by Ning Tan, Ya Zhang

“…This study investigates the association between dietary fatty acid intake—specifically saturated (SFA), monounsaturated (MUFA), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)—and the prevalence of kidney stones in a U.S. adult population, aiming to inform potential dietary prevention strategies. …”
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STUDY ON THE ESTIMATION OF SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS PATHOGENS’ TRANSMISSION PROBABILITIES FOR DIFFERENT PUBLIC BUS TRANSPORT SERVICE SCENARIOS by Rafał BURDZIK, Niko SPEYBROECK

“…This study aims to add value to the scientific community by offering an estimation of the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in public transport and a preliminary risk assessment for COVID-19 infection, considering the number of active, non-isolated COVID-19 cases in the Polish population. The potential of this approach was demonstrated through a comparison between two different categories of passenger transport in a city bus. …”
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Patient Preference for Once-Weekly Dosing in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Japan by Rohini Sen, Alan L. Shields, Koichiro Atsuda

“…Daily dosing was preferred over QW dosing in the overall population, however, preference for QW was higher in younger, full-time working, treatment naïve subjects, who are/or currently taking 0 or 1 drugs or more than 6 drugs.…”
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Hospital Surgical Volume, Utilization, Costs and Outcomes of Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Testis Cancer by Hua-yin Yu, Nathanael D. Hevelone, Sunil Patel, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Jim C. Hu

“…Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) outcomes for testis cancer originate mostly from single-center series. We characterized population-based utilization, costs, and outcomes and assessed whether higher volume affects outcomes. …”
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Perceived husbands’ support during pregnancy and childbirth among women in yenagoa metropolis, bayelsa state by Jessica Agada Jimmy, Arunibebi Lamawal Lawrence, Maureen B Nkamare, Wonyinbarakemi Ladi Berefagha

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 445 postpartum women selected through proportionate stratified random sampling from a population of 1057 attending health centers. Data were collected using a researcher-developed questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. …”
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Nutritional Status of a Group of Children Under Five Suffering from Malaria in a Timor Leste District by Anagalys Ortega Alvelay, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Sol Esther García Morales, Denis Monzón Vega, Mabel Vega Galindo

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Malaria is a health problem in underdeveloped countries. The child population is particularly vulnerable. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the nutritional status of children under five suffering from malaria who attended a clinic in Timor Leste. …”
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Persistent Polyclonal B Cell Lymphocytosis B Cells Can Be Activated through CD40-CD154 Interaction by Emmanuelle Dugas-Bourdages, Sonia Néron, Annie Roy, André Darveau, Robert Delage

“…We conclude that the CD40-CD154 activation pathway is functional in the memory B cell population of PPBL patients, suggesting that the disorder may be due to either a dysfunction of other cells in the microenvironment or a possible defect in another B cell activation pathway.…”
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Effect of P Application Rate and Rhizobium Inoculation on Nodulation, Growth, and Yield Performance of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Mebrahtu Gebremariam, Teklay Tesfay

“…Yet, its productivity in the last decade has been declined, and it has been contended that the usual native soil rhizobial populations are insufficient/ineffective in N2-fixation. …”
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Maintien du potentiel adaptatif chez les plantes domestiquées à propagation clonale by Doyle McKey, Marianne Elias, Benoît Pujol, Anne Duputié, Marc Delêtre, Delphine Renard

“…Each volunteer plant from seed is a new recombinant genotype, and the incorporation of these plants by farmers in their stocks of clones maintains genetic diversity in the population. However, the mating system in manioc populations in Amerindian fields is highly inbred, and agronomic performance of inbred individuals is very low. …”
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The Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Scale—Bilingual Cultural Adaptation: Validity and Reliability Pilot Study in Nursing Students by Maria José Nogueira, Síria Sas, Lucía Rodríguez, Andrea Carbonero, Uxía Bello, Leandro Nascimento, Susana Mendonça, Delfina Teixeira

“…Patient or Public Contributions The availability of the MHLaSS‐B allows the general population of Portugal and Spain to have a versatile instrument for assessing stigma and MHL. …”
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Differentiation-Associated MicroRNA Alterations in Mouse Heart-Derived Sca-1+CD31− and Sca-1+CD31+ Cells by Qiong Wu, Jinxi Zhan, Yun Li, Xiaoxia Wang, Lu Xu, Juan Yu, Shiming Pu, Zuping Zhou

“…However, they are a heterogeneous cell population and, in transplants, clinicians might transplant more endothelial cells, cardiomyocytes, or other cells than stem cells. …”
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Association of Pregnancy Complications with Endometrial or Ovarian or Breast Cancer: A Case Control Study by Lin Cheng Han, Henry W. C. Leung, Heng-Jun Lin, John Hang Leung, Agnes L. F. Chan

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: This was a population-based case–control study linked to the National Health Insurance Research Database from 2008 to 2020, using ICD codes to identify parous gynecological cases (n = 6714). …”
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Phenotypic and Allelic Distribution of the ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups among students at Hawassa University, Ethiopia by Mihret A. Hailu, Wendawek A. Mengesha, Zelalem G. Tolesa

“…The present study will generate baseline data that could be used in blood bank management and transfusion, genetic counseling, population genetic and anthropological studies, and for disease management. …”
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Botulinum toxin-A in acute acquired comitant esotropia during COVID pandemic in children and young adolescents by Neelam Pawar, Praveena Shyam, Meenakshi Ravindran, Fathima Allapitchai

“…Purpose: To study the effectiveness of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) in the treatment of patients with acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE) due to excessive use of mobile and laptops in the COVID era in the pediatric population and adolescents. Methods: This was a retrospective, interventional study of pediatric patients and young adults who presented with AACE and received unilateral or bilateral BTX-A. …”
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Arterial Stiffness in Nonhypertensive Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Ghana by Kwame Yeboah, Daniel A. Antwi, Ben Gyan

“…Increased arterial stiffness is an independent cardiovascular risk factor in diabetes patients and general population. However, the contribution of diabetes to arterial stiffness is often masked by coexistent obesity and hypertension. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Features among COVID-19-positive Children in Eastern Uttar Pradesh (India): An Observational Study by Priyanka Singh, Suresh N Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Ajeet K Yadav, Anita Mehta, Vijay K Singh, Bhoopendra Sharma

“…Aim and background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been studied extensively in the adult population; however, information regarding epidemiological and clinical characteristics in pediatric patients is meager. …”
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Optimizing potato leaf disease recognition: Insights DENSE-NET-121 and Gaussian elimination filter fusion by Asif Raza, Abdul Hammed Pitafi, M. Kahsif Shaikh, Khaliq Ahmed

“…Ensuring a sustainable global food security status which necessitated by achieving an equilibrium state between the anticipated and significant rise in the global population and the projected agricultural output which is essential for their food adequacy. …”
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Low presence of potentially toxic elements in Singapore urban garden soils by Tiong Ann Goh, Sorain J. Ramchunder, Alan D. Ziegler

“…Abstract Background Urban agriculture is potentially an important piece of the food security puzzle for a rapidly growing urban world population. Community gardening is also promoted as a safe and viable form of exercise for aging populations in crowded settings where opportunities to participate in other action activities may be limited. …”
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TRAF1 Gene Polymorphism Correlates with the Titre of Gp210 Antibody in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Agnieszka Kempinska-Podhorodecka, Zakera Shums, Michał Wasilewicz, Ewa Wunsch, Malgorzata Milkiewicz, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Gary L. Norman, Piotr Milkiewicz

“…TRAF1 polymorphisms occur with the similar frequency in PBC patients and in the general population, but their presence is probably involved in the regulation of specific PBC-related autoantibodies.…”
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