Willingness to donate eyes and associated factors among adults in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia: a mixed-methods approach by Ejigu Gebeye Zeleke, Merkineh Markos Lorato, Wubalem Addis Tefera, Hirut Gebremeskel Mengistu

“…Ethical approval was granted by the University of Gondar, School of Medicine ethics review committee. The data were entered into Epi Info V.7 and analysed using SPSSV.22, with bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression employed to identify significant factors, defined as those with a p value under 0.05. …”
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New Onset of Diabetes Mellitus and Associated Factors among COVID-19 Patients in COVID-19 Care Centers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2022 by Asaminew Habtamu Sane, Migbar Sibhat Mekonnen, Melsew Getnet Tsegaw, Wuletaw Chane Zewde, Edmialem Getahun Mesfin, Hailu Asmare Beyene, Taye Mezgebu Ashine, Kasie Gebeyehu Tiruneh, Melkie Ambaw Mengistie

“…Institution-based retrospective cross-sectional study design was conducted by reviewing 244 patient’s records in the Addis Ababa COVID-19 care center. …”
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Indicators Of Morbidity And Mortality From Diseases of the Digestive System in the Krasnodar Krai and the Quality of Medical Care for Gastroenterological Patients by N. V. Korochanskaya, V. M. Durleshter, O. V. Kovalevskaya, S. N. Serikova, K. I. Popandopulo

“…The analysis was carried out according to C 51 “Distribution of deaths by gender, age groups and causes of death” form of the Territorial Authority of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Krasnodar Krai for the period from 2006 to 2018, as well as on the basis of the “Demography” block database of the Parus software of the healthcare management system of the Krasnodar Krai for 6 months of 2019. 1341 medical records of patients receiving outpatient medical care and the medical records of people who had died from digestive diseases in 2017-2019 were reviewed.Results. Digestive diseases (DD) occupy the fourth place (7.1 %) in the structure of the general morbidity of the population in the Krasnodar Krai. …”
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Enhancing maternity healthcare workers’ wellbeing using insider participatory action research by Claire M. Wood, Mary Chambers, Jayne E. Marshall

“…Results Between October 2018 and July 2020, data were generated from 83 paper and 13 online questionnaires; 59 interviews; three action groups; six peer participant reviewers; 16 comments on data displays; and three emails. …”
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Early antibiotics administration reduces mortality in sepsis patients in tertiary care hospital by Suramath Isaranuwatchai, Jirawat Buppanharun, Thamonwan Thongbun, Kaewklao Thavornwattana, Monprach Harnphadungkit, Taweegrit Siripongboonsitti

“…Here, we reported the outcomes of early antibiotic administration within one hour from the time of infection suspicion in a tertiary care hospital. Methods We reviewed the medical records and sepsis protocols in Chulabhorn Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, from January 2021 to December 2023 for patients presenting with sepsis. …”
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In vitro Antibacterial Effect of Reduning Combined with Polymyxin on Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae by Shangguan ZF, Chen HL, Li YF, Shi N, Mao QF

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Future-proofing quality education using integrated assessment systems by Lucy Tambudzai Chamba, Namatirai Chikusvura

“…The data were complemented by documentary analysis from the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Zimbabwe documents which included Curriculum Frameworks and policy documents as well as a systematic literature review. Findings – Results indicated that integrated assessment systems provide an avenue for testing deeper learning and help students acquire competencies needed in the world of work, such as problem-solving and teamwork. …”
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Neonatal near miss and associated factors among neonates delivered at East Gojjam zone public health hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia by Melesse Tesfa, Tadesse Yirga Akalu, Bewket Yeserah Aynalem

“…Data was collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire, medical record review, and a standard checklist with a systematic random sampling technique in each proportionally allocated hospital. …”
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The developing speciality coffee businesses of Bangkok, Thailand and Penang, Malaysia. A story of entrepreneurial passion and creativity? by Mark Azavedo, Art Gogatz

“…An important value in this study is precisely that it drilled down and struck a plethora of motivations and attitudes informally held by entrepreneurs, people of a type that do not usually inform studies of entrepreneurship but may inform future researchers, particularly when reviewing the growing body of small artisanal and craft businesses.…”
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Evaluation of pathology resources for cervical cancer detection between 2018 and 2022: a retrospective study at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Western Kenya by Nelson Anangwe, Jon Steimgrimson, Susan Cu-Uvin

“…We also retrospectively conducted a comprehensive inventory review of laboratory resources from 2018 to 2022 via purposive sampling. …”
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Book spreaders in the towns of Samogitian principality in the XVIII century by Elmantas Meilus

“…The above-presented short review reveals that in the 2nd half of the 18th century, the book trade in Samogitia—concentrated in Kražiai—was a profitable business in which some families were engaged. …”
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Different rs-fMRI Data Processing Methods in the Study of Vascular Cognitive Impairment by Ying GUAN, Luwen ZHU, Feng WANG, Danna CAO, Xiaoling LI, Qiang TANG

“…Different data processing methods have different meanings, advantages and disadvantages, and application value, and different data processing and analysis methods have some differences in the results, such as ALFF and ReHo, which belong to the analysis method of local functional activity characteristics; functional connectivity and brain network belong to linear correlation analysis method. This article have reviewed the research on the state of rs-fMRI in the field of VCI in recent years, and summarized the commonly used rs-fMRI data processing methods and features. …”
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children: the value of ultrasound in diagnosis and follow-up by Jinjin Yang, Xiaohua Huang, Zhongtao Bao, Jing Xu, Huimei Huang, Hongjie Huang, Ling Chen

“…Two patients with skeletal and 1 with thyroid involvement showed smaller lesions and lower blood flow after chemotherapy, and 6 lesions involving the liver resolved or were smaller in US review. The percentage of LCH cases correctly identified of US (65.38%) was higher than that of X-ray (21.05%) (P = 0.026) for skeletal lesions, which was comparable to that of CT and MRI. …”
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Health Literacy, Label Comprehension, and Consumer Perceptions of Quasi-Drug Information Among Korean Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ko Y, Kim HJ, Lee SM

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RETRACTION Kauki, M. K., Prasetyo, Y., Rismayanthi, C., Asmuddin, A., Saman, A.., Razali, M. N.., Mustapha, A., Ali, S. K. S.., Hutkemri, H., Sutapa, P.., Hardianto, D., Auliana, R... by RETOS RETOS

“…Authors in the Word document of the article submitted for review: 1 Authors in the published PDF with modified authors: 17 Differences between the authors between both moments: +16 (Manil Kara Kauki, Yudik Prasetyo, Cerika Rismayanthi, Asmuddin, Abdul Saman, Muhammad Nazim Razali, Aida Mustapha, Syed Kamaruzaman Syed Ali, Hutkemri, Panggung Sutapa, Deni Hardianto, Rizqie Auliana, Danarstuti Utami, Ari Tri Astuti, Desy Yunita Utami, Ardi Riyana, Amran, Kukuh Wahyudin Pratama, Reza Adityas Trisnadi) …”
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A Microflow Chip Technique for Monitoring Platelets in Late Pregnancy: A Possible Risk Factor for Thrombosis by He C, Ma H, Zhang T, Liu Y, Zhang C, Deng S

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Predicting bursal-side supraspinatus tendon tears with the acromioclavicular angle by Nadhaporn Saengpetch, Jaturong Bamrungchaowkasem, Niyata Chitrapazt, Pinkawas Kongmalai

“…Methods: In this retrospective case-control study, patients presenting with shoulder pain between January 2016 and February 2020 were reviewed. Group 1 included patients with isolated bursal-side supraspinatus tendon tears confirmed by arthroscopy, while Group 2 consisted of age- and gender-matched controls without rotator cuff pathology. …”
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Neonatal and Maternal Risk Factors for Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia: A Cross-Sectional Study from Bahrain by Hasan M. Isa, Noor Y. AlBuainain, Fatema Y. Bunajem, Abdulrahman S. Masood, Yusuf A. Bucheery

“…In this retrospective cross-sectional study, medical records of neonates with indirect hyperbilirubinemia who were admitted to the Pediatric Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain, between January 2020 and December 2020 were reviewed. Neonatal demographic data, antenatal history, birth weight, feeding type, maternal and neonatal laboratory evaluations, management, and length of hospital stay were collected and compared. …”
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Epidemiological Features, Clinical Symptoms, and Environmental Risk Factors for Notifiable Japanese Encephalitis in Taiwan From 2008 to 2020: Retrospective Study by Fu-Huang Lin, Yu-Ching Chou, Chi-Jeng Hsieh, Chia-Peng Yu

“…Specifically, the study focused on gender, age, season, residential area, clinical manifestations, high-risk areas, and the impact of environmental and climate factors. MethodsThis study reviewed publicly available annual summary data on reported JE cases in the Taiwan Centers for Diseases Control between 2008 and 2020. …”
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Antibiofilm and Anticancer Activity of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Fabricated with Hot-Melt Extruded Astaxanthin-Mediated Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles by You HS, Jang YS, Sathiyaseelan A, Ryu SJ, Lee HY, Baek JS

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