mHealth-based exercise vs. traditional exercise on pain, functional disability, and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of r... by Liang Tang, Meng-Ming Wang, He-Xia Wang, Xiao-Ya He, Yue-Shuai Jiang

“…There was no statistically significant difference between mHealth-supported exercise compared with the traditional exercise without mHealth in terms of pain reduction (standard mean differences [SMD] = −0.35; 95%CI: −0.74 to 0.04, P = 0.08), functional disability (SMD = −0.5; 95%CI: −0.1 to 0.01; P = 0.05), and quality of life (SMD = 0.11; 95%CI: −0.26 to 0.48; P = 0.56). …”
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Human health risk from groundwater consumption: A case study in the Apaaso-Tafo Community in the Bono East Region of Ghana by Emmanuel Okyere, Ethel Bentil, Nana Adwoa Kusi-Addai, Lawson Mensah

“…Except for the pH, temperature, turbidity and total coliform bacteria, all parameters met the WHO standards. 40 % of the boreholes contained 50 to 500 cfu/100 mL of coliform bacteria and posed daily infection risks between 1 and 7.63 %. …”
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Transvaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of endometrioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies* by Fleur Serge Kanti, Rose Gorak Savard, Frédéric Bergeron, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, Antoine Netter, Sarah Maheux-Lacroix

“…This study aimed to systematically assess the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting endometrioma using the surgical visualisation of lesions with or without histopathological confirmation as reference standards in patients of reproductive age with suspected endometriosis.Methods PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and ClinicalTrials.gov databases were searched from their inception to 12 October 2022, using a manual search for additional articles. …”
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Solid Waste Management Practice and Its Associated Factors among Households in Gessa Town, Dawuro Zone, Southwest Ethiopia by Matiwos Maldaye, Desta Haftu, Sewunet Sako, Zenebe Jebero, Fikre Moga, Ayichew Alemu

“…Therefore, policymakers, local government, and Gessa town health work units have to teach the community about solid waste management and solid waste generation minimization at the source and prepare standardized near-distance waste disposal sites to tackle contributing factors of improper solid waste management practice.…”
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Evaluatıon of contrast enhancement intensity, pattern, and kinetics of breast lesions on contrast-enhanced spectral mammography by Ayşe Füsun Bekirçavuşoğlu, Sibel Kul, Süleyman Bekirçavuşoğlu, Dilara Atasoy, Merve Erkan

“…A pathological breast craniocaudal (CC) radiograph was obtained 2 min after contrast. Following the standard procedure, pathological breast CC radiography was performed for approximately 6 min. …”
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Management of acute myocardial infarction in chronic kidney disease in Germany: an observational study by Victor Walendy, Andreas Stang, Matthias Girndt

“…We calculated crude- and age-standardized hospitalization rates (ASR, per 100,000 person years). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Esophageal Dilatation in Pediatric Patients with Esophageal Strictures by Hasan M. A. Isa, Khadija A. Hasan, Husain Y. Ahmed, Afaf M. Mohamed

“…They can be managed by different modalities but endoscopic dilatation is the standard therapy. This study is aimed at reviewing the efficacy and safety of endoscopic dilatations in children with esophageal strictures. …”
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Arsenic accumulation and reproductive toxicity in freshwater snail (Pomacea canaliculata) by Xiaoyang Bi, Zhifei Shi, Dongqin Li, Wenhui Zhan, Zhixiong Wang, Huashou Li, Benliang Zhao, Guikui Chen

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Increase in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium of liquid fertilizer from fish canning waste and kepok banana peel (Musa paradisiaca L.) by Rieny Sulistijowati, Dwi Angriani Habie, Wila Rumina Nento, Elanemay Ivonne Peleh

“…These values meet the quality standard requirements for liquid organic fertilizers according to Minister of Agriculture Regulation number 70/Permentan/SR.140/10/2011, which is between 3-6%. …”
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Accuracy of a step counter during treadmill and daily life walking by healthy adults and patients with cardiac disease by Erik Elgaard Sørensen, John Hansen, Charlotte Brun Thorup, Mette Grønkjær, Jan Jesper Andreasen, Birthe Irene Dinesen

“…A Shimmer3 device was used as a criterion standard.Results At a treadmill speed of 3.6 km/hour, the relative error (±SD) for the Zips on the upper body was −0.02±0.67 on the right side and −0.09 (0.67) on the left side. …”
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The relationship between anthropometric indices and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adults: a cross-sectional study by Mina Radmehr, Reza Homayounfar, Reza Homayounfar, Abolghasem Djazayery

“…Early detection of risk factors is crucial, but liver biopsy, the diagnostic gold standard, is invasive and costly. Non-invasive anthropometric indices provide a safer alternative. …”
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Microscopic Analysis of Temperature Effects on Surface Colonization and Biofilm Morphology of <i>Salmonella enterica</i> by Zachariah Vice, You Zhou, Sapna Chitlapilly Dass, Rong Wang

“…Therefore, the temperature effect on pathogen colonization and biofilm development should be taken into consideration while evaluating hygiene standards and sanitization procedures at the processing facilities.…”
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Studying red cell distribution width in Iraqi persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Najaf City: a case-control study by Maysam Riyadh Mohammed Hussein Alaasam, Karrar Mohammed Abbas Al-buthabhak, Ahmed Mech, Shamim Riadh Mohammed Hussein

“…Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a parameter measured routinely in standard blood cell counts, reflecting the variability in red cell size and volume. …”
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A descriptive analysis of a medical humanitarian aid initiative for quality perinatal management in war-torn Ukraine by Iryna Mogilevkina, Dmytro Dobryanskyy, Rhona MacDonald, Diane Watson, David Southall

“…After informed consent, mothers (n = 13735) who agreed to use in labour fetal self-monitoring in addition to standard intrapartum fetal health surveillance, monitored and recorded fetal heart rate changes on a “contraction-by-contraction” basis into a special form. …”
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Discriminatory power of trabeculectomy bleb internal reflectivity and morphology in surgical success using anterior segment optical coherence tomography by Jeremy C.K. Tan, Matthew Roney, Matteo Posarelli, Abdus Samad Ansari, Mark Batterbury, Neeru A. Vallabh

“…F, p = 0.0001). Bleb intensity standard deviation (AUC 0.81), maximal bleb height (AUC 0.76), mean pixel intensity (AUC 0.75) and minimum pixel intensity (AUC 0.75) offered the best discrimination between surgical success and failure. …”
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A headspace-gas chromatography method for isopropanol determination in warfarin sodium products as a measure of drug crystallinity by Rahman Ziyaur, Akhtar Sohail, Siddiqui Akhtar, Ciavarella Anthony B., Nguyenpho Agnes, Faustino Patrick J., Khan Mansoor A.

“…A headspace-gas chromatography (HS-GC) method was developed and validated for IPA determination in the WS drug product. n-propanol (NPA) was used as internal standard and the method was validated for specificity, system suitability, linearity, accuracy, precision, range, limits of detection and quantification, and robustness. …”
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Bioactivity and metabolic profiling of crude extracts from endophytic bacteria linked to Solanum mauritianum scope: Discovery of antibacterial and anticancer properties by Abraham Goodness Ogofure, Ezekiel Green

“…Fresh, healthy plant samples were collected, and endophytes were isolated using standard cultural techniques. Identification of the endophytes was carried out through conventional and molecular methods. …”
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Cytopathological characteristics for provoked lesions of squamous epithelia of digestive system in animal models by V. G. Shestakova, L. I. Nigmatullina, I. B. Atadzhanov, S. A. Donskov, Yu. V. Kozlovskaya, I. S. Dolgopolov, M. Yu. Rykov

“…Animals from the main group (4-NQO) showed a lag in body weight gain over the standard variance in the control (I and II) and intact groups. …”
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Atherogenic Index in Type 2 Diabetes and Its Relationship with Chronic Microvascular Complications by Zhen Li, Qi Huang, Li Sun, Tengfei Bao, Zhe Dai

“…Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), total cholesterol (TC), and triglyceride (TG) were detected by enzymatic analysis. Standard 75 g oral glucose tolerance testing was performed to measure 0 and 2 hr plasma levels of glucose and insulin. …”
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Assessment of Strategy Disclosure Drivers in Annual Company Report: A Meta-Synthesis Analysis by Akram Taftiyan, Mohammad Salari Abarghuoi

“…Due to the absence of specific requirements and standards for preparing strategy disclosure reports in Iran, it appears that individuals working in this field may lack adequate theoretical knowledge on the subject. …”
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