Evaluation of two-dimensional ultrasound fetal thymus size in correlation to infection parameters in pregnancies complicated with preterm premature rupture of membranes by Amal Kotb Abdallah, Mohamed Mohesen, Nagwan Kamal, Sahar Mahmoud Abd Elsalam, Sondos Salem, Ehab Salama, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed, Mohamed Eweis

“…The present study aims to correlate the fetal thymus size with the infection parameters in pregnancies complicated with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). Subjects and methods The present study recruited pregnant women who fulfilled the inclusion criteria in a ratio of 1 case to 4 controls according to the study design; Group 1 of twenty cases presenting in PPROM, and Group 2 of eighty cases of women without PPROM. …”
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Occupational outcomes of people with multiple sclerosis: a scoping review by Guglielmo Dini, Alfredo Montecucco, Nicoletta Debarbieri, Paolo Durando, Giuliana Buresti, Benedetta Persechino, Matilde Inglese, Bruno Kusznir Vitturi, Alborz Rahmani, Elvira Sbragia, Paolo Bandiera, Michela Ponzio, Mario Alberto Battaglia, Tommaso Manacorda

“…In total, the studies evaluated 492 062 subjects with MS. One hundred fifty-four (38.2%) articles were published in the last 5 years, mostly from Europe and North America (50.9% and 33.0%, respectively). …”
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Impact of interpregnancy weight change on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus during a second pregnancy in Chinese population: a retrospective cohort study by Ying Wang, Juan Yang, Chang Xu, Yuzhen Liu, Ao Yang, Shilin Zhong

“…Adjusted ORs (aORs) with 95% CIs attained from multivariable logistic regression were used to assess the association between IPWC and s-GDM, in both total subjects and stratified subgroups.Results In the overall analysis, s-GDM was found to be significantly associated with IPWC value (aOR 1.111; 95% CI 1.038 to 1.190) and an IPWC category of ≥3 kg/m² (aOR 1.821; 95% CI 1.197 to 2.772). …”
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Clinical efficacy and hemodynamic effects of levosimendan in cardiac surgery patients after surgery by Meiling Zhao, Yunfeng Hou, Meng Yuan, Shuang Ma, Yifeng Yue

“…Abstract Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of levosimendan on hemodynamics in patients undergoing major cardiac surgery and presenting with acute postoperative heart failure. Methods The subjects of the study were 160 patients with severe cardiac conditions who underwent surgery and had acute heart failure. …”
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The Battle of Žalgiris / Grunwald: Unanswered Questions by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…Sven Ekdahl based this statement on the new sources, on the letter of 1413, in particular, which spoke directly about the maneuver of the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and participation of the Lithuanian party in trophy sharing. The latter subject is also supplemented with other aspects, especially with administration of the occupied castles of the Order and the eventual partition of the Order's territory. …”
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Development and Beta Validation of an mHealth-Based Hearing Screener (SRESHT) for Young Children in Resource-Limited Countries: Pilot Validation Study by Vidya Ramkumar, Deepashree Joshi B, Anil Prabhakar, James W Hall, Ramya Vaidyanath

“…MethodsIn phase 1, a mHealth-based hearing screener (SRESHT) was developed using a single board computer with wireless commercial headphones and speakers as transducers, which were calibrated according to the standard procedure. Three subjective hearing screening modules were conceptualized and developed for different age groups: (1) behavioral observation audiometry–screening for infants aged from 0 to 1 year; (2) speech spectrum awareness task–screening for children 1 to 3 years old; and (3) speech recognition task–screening for children 3 to 6 years old. …”
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Exendin-4 Exacerbates Burn-Induced Morbidity in Mice by Activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System by Xiao-Jing Ji, Ji-Wei Hao, Guang-Lei Li, Ning Dong, Xin-Qi Wang, Min Zhou, Qing-Hong Zhang, Yong-Ming Yao

“…Male Balb/c mice were subjected to sham or thermal injury of 15% total body surface area. …”
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Real-world effectiveness of Semaglutide treatment on weight loss maintenance after weight loss in patients with obesity or overweight and diabetes by Michela Del Prete, Lidia Gavazzi, Olga Eugenia Disoteo, Federico Vignati, Gianleone Di Sacco, Fabrizio Muratori

“…Abstract Purpose To report data on the real-world effectiveness and safety of injectable (IS) and oral (OS) therapies in obese or overweight diabetes (T2DM) patients on glycometabolic control, weight loss (WL) and weight maintenance after the use of semaglutide. Methods 175 subjects with obesity or overweight and T2DM were retrospectively assessed. …”
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Effect of Implant Positions and Angulations on Retentive Strength of 2-Implant Mandibular Overdentures: An In Vitro Study with the New 3D-Printed Simulation Method by Pravinkumar G. Patil, Liang Lin Seow, Rashmi Uddanwadikar, Allan Pau, Piyush D. Ukey

“…A total of 4 simulated overdenture model sets for each of the 10 study groups were subjected to the universal testing machine thrice to measure a peak load (N) to disengage the attachments vertically. …”
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Assessment of stress and health conditions among students in the context of the war in Ukraine by Vladimir Potop, Igor Vypasniak, Iryna Ivanyshyn, Vasyl Lutskyi, Iryna Kryventsova, Lyudmila Shesterova, Katarzyna Prusik

“…In the context of a military conflict, students’ health is subjected to significant stress and psychological challenges. …”
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Тransnationalization of the hotel business of the EU countries by Ganna Gorina, Olha Nikolaichuk

“…The strong attractiveness of the European tourist region leads to a high intensity of market growth and tourist exchanges, the concentration of tourist demand, the generation of innovations, as well as the intensification of the role of tourist TNCs, international hotel and restaurant chains and operators, which in turn requires additional study and analysis. The subject of the study is the organizational and economic foundations of the expansion of the TOP-10 hotel companies with headquarters in EU countries to foreign markets. …”
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Penggunaan Metode Naïve Bayes Classifier pada Analisis Sentimen Penilaian Masyarakat Terhadap Pelayanan Rumah Sakit di Malang by Tsania Dzulkarnain, Dian Eka Ratnawati, Bayu Rahayudi

“…The complaints of the community around the writer regarding the hospital services in Malang make the assessment of hospital services in Malang the subject of this basic research. The author utilizes the Naive Bayes Classifier algorithm and Cross Validation to categorize assessments based on positive and negative sentiments, as well as 4 aspects to facilitate categorization. …”
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Innate Immune Responses Associated with Resistance against Haemonchus contortus in Morada Nova Sheep by João Henrique Barbosa Toscano, Cintia Hiromi Okino, Isabella Barbosa dos Santos, Luciana Aparecida Giraldelo, Marei Borsch von Haehling, Sérgio Novita Esteves, Ana Carolina de Souza Chagas

“…Briefly, 287 lambs were characterized through fecal egg counts (FEC) and packed cell volume (PCV) after two independent experimental parasitic challenges with 4,000 H. contortus L3. 20 extreme resistance phenotypes (10 most resistant and 10 most susceptible) were selected, subjected to a third artificial infection with 4,000 L3, and euthanized 7 days later. …”
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100% oxygen mobilizes stem cells and up-regulates MIF and APRIL in humans: a new point on the hormetic dose curve by Kent J. MacLaughlin, Gregory P. Barton, Julia E. MacLaughlin, Jacob J. Lamers, Matthew D. Marcou, Matthew J. O’Brien, Rudolf K. Braun, Marlowe W. Eldridge

“…Venous blood samples were collected at four time points: 1) prior to the first exposure (serving as the control for each subject), 2) immediately after the first exposure (to measure the acute effect), 3) immediately before the ninth exposure (to measure the chronic effect), and 4) three days after the final exposure (to assess durability). …”
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Bacteriological Profile of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and its Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Geeta Geeta, Naveen G, Apoorva P, Harish MO, Arathi Nair, Harshitha MC, Kiran Revankar, Girish PB

“…Ear discharges were subjected for aerobic bacterial culture under aseptic conditions along with direct Gram staining. …”
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The use of the long peroneal muscle tendon as an autograft during the primary plastics of the anterior cruciate ligament: a systematic review by Aleksey P. Prizov, Anatoly M. Vostrikov, Dmitry V. Skvortsov, Fedor L. Lazko, Maxim F. Lazko, Evgeniy A. Belyak, Alexandra V. Krytaeva

“…From the articles found, the following parameters were extracted: the evaluation of the functional results using the Tegner–Lysholm scale and the questionnaire for subjective assessment of the status among the patients with various knee joint injuries — IKDC (International Knee Documentation Committee); the evaluation of the mean diameter of the autotransplant; the instability of the knee joint; as well as the possible complications; the evaluation of the functions in the ankle joint and the foot using the AOFAS (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society) and FADI (Foot and Ankle Disability Index) scales. …”
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THE ROLE OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL AWARENESS AND MUNICIPAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE PROCESSES OF FORMING THE GLOBALIST POTENTIAL OF THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY by Denis O. Bobrovnyk

“…The second stage is related to the active position of the state regarding further legalization in the form of regulation, norm design (law design) and rule-making (law-making) of various aspects of the formation, development and improvement of the legal status of local self-government, its bodies and subjects (national-legalization dominant), including the fulfillment of the state's international legal obligations in the field of local democracy, which it undertook under the multilateral international treaties signed by it (internationally mandatory dominant). …”
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Stress and Coping of Parents with Children Seeking Treatment from a Tertiary Care Mental Health Institute by Stuti Sharma Lohar, Arunjyoti Baruah, Sandeep Kollipara

“…A total of 100 parents of children seeking treatment from child and adolescent clinic of tertiary care mental health institute, Tezpur, Assam. Study subjects were selected using a purposive sampling technique. …”
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DIDATTICA DEL LESSICO: UN PERCORSO BIBLIOGRAFICO by Viviana de Leo

“…Recognizing the necessity for a more organized framework that aids educators and researchers in navigating the subject, we adopt a classification system inspired by Barni, Troncarelli, and Bagna (2008). …”
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Barriers and Facilitators to the Preadoption of a Computer-Aided Diagnosis Tool for Cervical Cancer: Qualitative Study on Health Care Providers’ Perspectives in Western Cameroon by Magali Jonnalagedda-Cattin, Alida Manoëla Moukam Datchoua, Virginie Flore Yakam, Bruno Kenfack, Patrick Petignat, Jean-Philippe Thiran, Klaus Schönenberger, Nicole C Schmidt

“… BackgroundComputer-aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) systems can enhance the objectivity of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), which is widely used in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for cervical cancer detection. VIA’s reliance on subjective health care provider (HCP) interpretation introduces variability in diagnostic accuracy. …”
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