Anaemia in the Hospitalized Elderly in Tanzania: Prevalence, Severity, and Micronutrient Deficiency Status by Clara Chamba, Ahlam Nasser, William F. Mawalla, Upendo Masamu, Neema Budodi Lubuva, Erius Tebuka, Pius Magesa

“…Blood samples were collected, and a complete blood count, serum cobalamin, serum ferritin, and serum folate levels were measured to assess anaemia and micronutrient deficiency status in all participants who had anaemia. Results. The prevalence of anaemia was 79.5% (124/156) with severe anaemia in 33.9% (42/124) of participants, moderate anaemia in 42.7% (53/124) of participants, and 23.4% (29/124) of all participants had mild anaemia. …”
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Up against the System: A Case Study of Young Adult Perspectives Transitioning from Pediatric Palliative Care by Karen Cook, Harold Siden, Susan Jack, Lehana Thabane, Gina Browne

“…Advances in pediatric care have not provided the interdisciplinary support services required by those young adults with pediatric life-threatening conditions (pedLTCs) who live beyond childhood but have limited expectations to live past early adulthood. …”
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Case report: 10-year follow-up of a patient with neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease and a literature review by Kenji Yoshida, Tomotsugu Kaga, Sachiko Hosoyama, Jun-ichi Niwa, Jun Sone, Naoki Mabuchi

“…Herein, we present a case of a patient with NIID who underwent a 10-year brain MRI follow-up study and a literature review. …”
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Effect of epicanthoplasty on the descent of the eyebrow by Yong-Il Shin, Kyoung-Jin Kang, Jae-Ran Hong, Montri Khammoonta, Phoebe Kar Wai Lam, Sang-Yoon Lee

“…Methods: Among 15 patients who underwent epicanthoplasty and ptosis correction surgery at a Seoul cosmetic surgery clinic between October 2018 and March 2019, nine patients (eight females and one male) were included. …”
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Postoperative extraperitoneal bladder injury after metal pelvic osteosynthesis for pelvic injury by Khalid Abdullahi, Obadele Olusegun George, Ajiboye Lukman Olalekan, Abubakar Isiyaku, Muhammad Abubakar Sadiq, Aljannare Bashir Garba, Okezie Chukwuebuka Kingsley, Agwu Ngwobia Peter

“…This article discusses the case of a 60-year-old farmer who sustained polytrauma in a road traffic crash, including pelvic fracture and urethral distraction injury, among others. …”
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Schoenberg – Schenker – Bach. A Harmonic, Contrapuntal, Formal Braid by Matthew Arndt

“…This article follows on the heels of one by Holly Watkins, who argues that music, “a subsystem of the social system of communication,” can evoke the organic (the bodily and the psychic) not by forming a self-contained unity of parts and whole but through the “internal recursiveness” of musical works, their external “recursiveness vis-à-vis other music,” and – crucially – “the knowingness the music displays toward its own operations.” …”
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Neonatal outcomes and resuscitation practices following the addition of heart rate-guidance to basic resuscitation. by Jackie K Patterson, Daniel Ishoso, Adrien Lokangaka, Pooja Iyer, Casey Lowman, Joar Eilevstjønn, Ingunn Haug, Beena D Kamath-Rayne, Eric Mafuta, Helge Myklebust, Tracy Nolen, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl Bose, Sara Berkelhamer

“…The increase in death before discharge and unchanged perinatal mortality may be due to resuscitation of newborns with a higher risk of mortality who were previously presumed stillborn. A cluster-randomized trial of heart rate-guided basic resuscitation is needed to evaluate its impact on neonatal mortality in low-resource settings.…”
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Association between prognostic nutritional index and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality in American adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Yuqing Lei, Shaohong Tao, Yubo Yang, Fang Xie, Weining Xie

“…BackgroundThe current research was to investigate the relationship between prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and mortality, with a focus on all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, for those with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).MethodsData from 20,142 patients who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which was carried out between 2005 and 2014, were included in this research. …”
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Comparative Study of Diode Laser Versus Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) for the management of Hirsutism in Sulaimani Government by Burhan Tahir Saeed

“…The present cross-sectional prospective study was carried out on 66 patients with hirsutism who regularly visited a dermatology clinic in Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region-Iraq over a period of 8 months from February to October 2020. …”
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THE LEGAL REGIME OF NAMES EXCLUDED FROM PROTECTION BY INDICATIVE SIGNS by Adrian CURELEA

“…In its jurisprudence, CJEU has shown that in order to determine whether or not a name has become generic, the purpose for which a geographical indication or a designation of origin is registered under Regulation (EU) no. 1151/2012, namely that of avoiding abuse of a name by those who aim to benefit from the acquisition of a product protected by an indicative sign and for this the situation in the Member State of origin of the name and of consumption, the situation in other member states and the national or Community legislation must be taken into account. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of watchful waiting versus immediate emergency department transfer after epinephrine autoinjector use in Canada by Yiwei Yin, Moshe Ben Shoshan, Marcus Shaker, Matthew Greenhawt, Kate M. Johnson

“…Methods We developed a probabilistic Markov model of individuals starting at age of one year who are at risk of severe food-related allergic reactions requiring epinephrine. …”
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Optimal doses of intranasal esketamine plus dexmedetomidine for sedating toddlers during transthoracic echocardiography: a prospective, double-blind, randomized trial by Dongjie Pei, Ting Xiao, Li Zeng, Siwei Wei, Lei Wang, Zhen Du, Shuangquan Qu

“…In this study, we compared the different doses of intranasal esketamine combined with dexmedetomidine for sedation during transthoracic echocardiography in toddlers.Patients and Methods A total of 121 eligible children aged 13 years, who were scheduled for transthoracic echocardiography were randomized into three groups. …”
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Liver transplantation in glycogen storage disease type III: A case‐series by Simon Gay, Adrien Bigot, Louis d'Alteroche, Fanny Dujardin, Gaëlle Fromont‐Hankard, Nathalie Tressel, Ephrem Salame, François Maillot

“…Here, we report the cases of three adult patients who required LT during the course of GSD III. Case #1: Diagnosis of GSD III was made in childhood, with development of hepatocellular carcinoma requiring partial hepatectomy followed by LT due to post‐operative complications. …”
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Changes in kidney function after adrenalectomy in patients with primary aldosteronism by Yumi Tomiie, Yatsuka Hibi, Rie Nobe, Keito Yokoi, Yusuke Koshima, Kimio Ogawa, Tsuneo Imai, Zenichi Morise

“…Methods: This study included 54 patients with PA who underwent unilateral adrenalectomy between 2005 and 2022 at our institution. …”
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Peculiarities of determining the circle of recipients of one-time financial assistance in case of death of a serviceman, person liable for military service or reservist under marti... by О. V. Dzhafarova, S. O. Shatrava, О. V. Pohorilets

“…It has been stressed that the issue of determining the list of persons who should be considered family members entitled to this social payment remains controversial. …”
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Three Types of Broadly Reacting Antibodies against Influenza B Viruses Induced by Vaccination with Seasonal Influenza Viruses by Daisuke Hirano, Nobuko Ohshima, Ritsuko Kubota-Koketsu, Ayami Yamasaki, Gene Kurosawa, Yoshinobu Okuno, Shunji Yoshida, Yoshikazu Kurosawa

“…We analyzed the antibody (Ab) repertoire against influenza B viruses induced by vaccination with seasonal influenza viruses in one individual who had never been vaccinated until 2009. The vaccine used in this study comprised B/Massachusetts/2/2012 (Yamagata lineage), A/Texas/50/2012 (H3N2), and A/California/7/2009 (H1N1). …”
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Bacteriological and Physicochemical Qualities of Ebutte River in Ebutte Community, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria by Fred Osaro Ekhaise

“…The bacterial counts were higher than the acceptable limit of the WHO standards at all sampling points. The total viable counts ranged from 3.40 x 105 to 3.71 x 106cfu/ml for the months of August, 2010 to January, 2011. …”
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Comparing Mortality Risk Predictive Ability of Different Scoring Systems in Cirrhotic Patients with Bacteremia by Chi-Chieh Hung, Yin-Chou Hsu, Kuo-Hsuan Lin

“…A single-center, retrospective cohort study was performed among adult patients who visited the emergency department from January 2015 to December 2018. …”
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Interaction of Hypertension and Insulin Resistance Exacerbates the Occurrence of Diabetes Mellitus in Healthy Individuals by Baomin Wang, Yumei Yang, Xiaomu Li

“…We conducted a retrospective study on 1251 adult medical examiners who were examined in the Physical Examination Center of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University (Shanghai, China) during 2015. …”
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Prevalence of problematic eating behavior and assessment of awareness on eating disorder among medical students by Aayush Priyam, Sudipta K. Das, Swayanka Samantray, Jayaprakash R. Ravan, Jigyansa I. Pattnaik

“…Purposive sampling was done. Those students who gave informed consent to be a part of this study and were not diagnosed with any severe mental and physical illness were included in this study. …”
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