Gambaran Status Gizi Anak Talasemia β Mayor di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Dona Mirsa Putri, Fadil Oenzil, Efrida

“…From this research, there are 15 children who are suffering thalassemia beta<br />major, and most of them is about 5-10 years old. …”
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Occurrence of Enteric Viruses in Surface Water and the Relationship with Changes in Season and Physical Water Quality Dynamics by Wasonga Michael Opere, Maingi John, Omwoyo Ombori

“…In Lake Victoria waters, most of the samples had an average of physical water quality parameters that were within the range accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for surface waters with exemption of turbidity which was above the recommended 5 NTU as recorded from some sampling sites. …”
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Seroprevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections among family replacement donors and voluntary non-remunerated blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic in sub Saharan Africa by Macoura Gadji, Youssou Bamar Gueye, David Motto, Saliou Diop

“… Introduction : According to WHO,  regular, voluntary, unpaid blood donors are the safest group of donors, as they have the lowest prevalence of blood transmitted infections. …”
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Association of contraception use and pregnancy intention with perinatal depression risk among Omani mothers—a longitudinal cohort study by Atika Khalaf, Atika Khalaf, Nawal Al Amri, Pernilla Ny, Rebecca Mathew

“…Besides family structure (core family, p = 0.025) and monthly income (1,000 OMR or below, p = 0.021), mothers who were pregnant for the first time (p &lt; 0.001), and those who were primiparous (p &lt; 0.001) did not use contraception. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Preclinical and Clinical Exposure to the Pediatric Pulpotomy Procedure on Confidence Among Senior Dental Students: An Analytical Survey Study by Alzain I, Albqmi SS, Alkatheeri SM

“…The target sample was senior dental students enrolled at a governmental dental school during the 2023– 2024 academic year, which were 369 students who were recruited for this study. The association between knowledge and clinical experience of performing pulpotomies and self-confidence was analyzed using a chi-square test. …”
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Is There a Role of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D in the Pathogenesis of Mild and Moderate-to-Severe Endometriosis? by Nevin Tuten, Serdar Acikgoz, Zahid Mammadov, Eduard Malik, Abdullah Tuten, Onur Guralp

“…The serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels had no correlation with the presence of infertility, deep infiltrating endometriosis, or Douglas pouch obliteration. The women who had bilateral endometrioma had significantly lower levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D compared to the women with unilateral endometrioma. …”
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Striking a balance between aesthetics and safety: a comparative study on the maternal and neonatal outcomes of mini-incision cesarean section by ChunLan Yuan, ShiMei He, WenQian Jian, MeiRong He, HuiFang Huang, JianChun Huang, MeiPing He, KaiSun Zhao

“…Methods A total of 99 pregnant women with full-term singleton pregnancies, who delivered at the Second Nanning People's Hospital from January 2024 to September 2024, were enrolled in this study. …”
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Effect of Pregnant Mothers’ Forum Participation on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Dale District, Southern Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Secti... by Bizuayehu Bogale, Ayalew Astatkie, Negash Wakgari

“…A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted among 604 pregnant women (302 who were forum members [exposed] and 302 who were forum nonmembers [unexposed]). …”
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Denture use and a slower rate of cognitive decline among older adults with partial tooth loss in China: A 10‐year prospective cohort study by Xiang Qi, Zheng Zhu, Yaolin Pei, Bei Wu

“…Methods We analyzed data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey 2008–2018, including 27,708 community‐dwelling dentate and edentulous (i.e., who have lost all natural teeth) older adults aged 65 and older. …”
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Redo Aortic Valve Replacement After Prior Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from Western Experience by Arber Aliu, Klodiana Durici, Ira Lazo, Altin Veshti

“…Material and Methods: Our research, based on a comprehensive analysis of data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in the USA's 10-year database, included individuals who underwent bioprosthetic SAVR following prior TAVR and/or SAVR. …”
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Demographic Correlates of Infant Feeding Practices and Growth Performance in the First Year of Life by Leila M. Shinn, Christy C. Tangney, Caitlyn Busche, Christine M. Sharp, Mary C. Mullen

“…The modified Infant Feeding Practices Study II questionnaire was administered to 149 diverse caretakers/mothers of infants who were less than six months of age in a pediatric outpatient clinic. …”
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Occupational violence toward mental health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international study by Rebeca Robles, Cary S. Kogan, María Elena Medina-Mora, María Elena Medina-Mora, José Ángel García-Pacheco, Tahilia J. Rebello, Brigitte Khoury, Maya Kulygina, Geoffrey M. Reed

“…The most frequent type/source of OV was psychological violence inside the workplace (59.6% of those who reported OV). Risk factors for any type/source of OV being younger, working in emergency services, treating COVID-19 patients, and living in a lower to upper middle-income country. …”
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Perspectives of health workers on the facilitators and barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence following intensive adherence counseling in Northern Uganda by Humphrey Beja, Daisy Nakayiwa, Innocent Ocitti Owachgiu, Micheal Tonny Edek, Veronic Kobusinge, Oscar Akaki, Samson Udho

“…BackgroundIn some contexts, people living with HIV (PLWH) who are virally non-suppressed and participating in an intensive adherence counseling (IAC) program have demonstrated non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) even after IAC. …”
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Potentially traumatic childbirth experience, childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and the parent-infant relationship in non-birthing parents by Rebecca Hunter, Leonardo De Pascalis, Kieran Anders, Pauline Slade

“…Participants were non-birthing parents who were present for the birth of their first infant, aged between 6 weeks and 12 months old. …”
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Examining the associations between social support and postpartum depression symptoms among adolescent mothers in Nairobi, Kenya by Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Allison K. Groves, Caroline W. Kabiru

“…Adolescent mothers who had a good female friend to confide in had decreased risk of depressive symptoms (ARR 0.61; 95% CI 0.37–0.99). …”
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Artificial intelligence assisted risk prediction in organ transplantation: a UK Live-Donor Kidney Transplant Outcome Prediction tool by Hatem Ali, Arun Shroff, Tibor Fülöp, Miklos Z. Molnar, Adnan Sharif, Bernard Burke, Sunil Shroff, David Briggs, Nithya Krishnan

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Definition, criteria, and core concepts of guidelines for the management of obesity disease in Japan by Wataru Ogawa, Yushi Hirota, Shigeru Miyazaki, Tadashi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Iichiro Shimomura, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Koutaro Yokote, on behalf of the Creation Committee for Guidelines for the Management of Obesity Disease 2022 by Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO)

“…To identify those who might benefit from weight reduction within a large population of obese individuals, Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO) advocated the concept of “obesity disease.” …”
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Diagnostic cholangioscopy for surgical planning of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by Min Je Sung, Suk Pyo Shin, Chang-Il Kwon, Incheon Kang, Sung Hwan Lee, Seok Jeong Yang, Beodeul Kang, Hong Jae Chon, Gwangil Kim, Chansik An, Kwang Hyun Ko

“…We reviewed the consecutive data of patients who received nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine-cisplatin for the management of extrahepatic CCC and underwent preoperative evaluations between June 2020 and August 2022. …”
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Making of intrapreneurial managers: Investigating unethical behavior, risk-taking, and decision-making speed as antecedents by Rrezon Lajçi, Gentrit Berisha, Besnik Krasniqi

“…Furthermore, we find that managers who are quick decision-makers and risk-takers express higher EI. …”
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Deep Learning for Discrimination of Early Spinal Tuberculosis from Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture on CT by Liu W, Wang J, Lei Y, Liu P, Han Z, Wang S, Liu B

“…The performance of the DL models notably exceeded that of the spine surgeons, who achieved accuracy rates of 77.38% and 93.56%. …”
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