Vitamin D Status and Physical Functioning in Nursing Home Residents after Improved Adherence to the Vitamin D and Calcium Recommendation—A Quasiexperimental Study by Charlotte Mortensen, Anne Marie Beck, Inge Tetens, Charlotte Jeppesen, Søren Frank Jørgensen, Leif Kofoed Nielsen, Michael Kristensen

“…Outcomes were number of residents taking vitamin D and calcium supplements; vitamin D status; handgrip strength; and physical functioning with timed-up-and-go test and 30-second chair stand test. …”
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Mortality and morbidity patterns in Yaoundé, Cameroon: an ICD-11 classification-based analysis by Georges Nguefack-Tsague, Fabrice Zobel Lekeumo Cheuyem, Boris Edmond Noah, Valérie Ndobo-Koe, Adidja Amani, Léa Melataguia Mekontchou, Marie Ntep Gweth, Annick Collins Mfoulou Minso Assala, Marie Nicole Ngoufack, Pierre René Binyom

“…It is therefore urgent that Cameroon national health authorities implement the ICD-11 to allow the systematic recording, analysis, interpretation and comparison of mortality and morbidity data collected in Yaoundé Central Hospital at different times; and ensure interoperability and reusability of recorded data for medical decision support.…”
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Information Technology Framework for Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Demand Management: a Brazilian Case Study by Pedro Domingos Antoniolli

“…One element responsible for logistics operations, formed by fourth and fifth pieces: a tool to streamline the logistics flow, and to obtain prompt inven tory data, provided by a RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) solution; and another to provide information about production and logistics lead times, applied to demand forecasts elaboration and to streamline the order fulfillmentprocess, based on OEE (Ov erall Equipment Effectiveness) solution. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of E.Coli Bacteria by Graphitic Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts under Visible Light Irradiation by Zahra Ahmadi Panah, Reyhaneh Dehghan, Mehran Bijari, Afsaneh Shahbazi

“…The sample synthesized in the CO2 atmosphere had a surface area approximately 3 and 2 times higher than those synthesized in air and nitrogen atmospheres, respectively. …”
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The winding road to health: A systematic scoping review on the effect of geographical accessibility to health care on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. by Fleur Hierink, Emelda A Okiro, Antoine Flahault, Nicolas Ray

“…<h4>Background</h4>Geographical accessibility to healthcare is an important component of infectious disease dynamics. Timely access to health facilities can prevent disease progression and enables disease notification through surveillance systems. …”
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Identifying Factors Associated with Barriers in the Number of Antenatal Care Service Visits among Pregnant Women in Rural Parts of Ethiopia by Sali Suleman Hassen, Belete Mulatu Teshale, Lema Abate Adulo

“…Nearly 42% of pregnant mothers did not visit antenatal care services, and only 1% of the mothers attended antenatal care service visits eight times and above. From hurdle Poisson regression model results, women having previous pregnancy complication (AOR = 1.16; P≤0.001); husbands with primary education (AOR = 1.02; P=0.004), secondary education (AOR = 1.117; P≤0.0001), and higher education (AOR = 1.191; P≤0.001); middle wealth index (AOR = 1.08; P=0.006); richer wealth index (AOR = 1.10; P≤0.001); maternal age 35–49 (AOR = 0.690; P≤0.001); being exposed to media access (AOR = 1.745; P=0.019); having distance problem (AOR = 0.75; P=0.013); planned pregnancy (AOR = 1.42; P=0.002); and mothers with primary education (AOR = 1.85; P≤0.001) and secondary (AOR = 2.387; P≤0.001) were statistically associated with barriers in the number of ANC service visits. …”
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Beehive Fireworks Festival Effect on the Nearby Atmospheric PM2.5 Level by Chih-Chung Lin, Jen-Hsiung Tsai, Yi-Chin Hsieh, Shui-Jen Chen

“…The study revealed that PM2.5 level reached the highest value of 327 µg m−3 at the major activity areas, which is 6.6 and 5.9 times those at upwind (49.8 µg m−3) and downwind (55.5 µg m−3) sites, respectively. …”
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Gut microbiota and bacterial associations in monkeys with gastrointestinal diseases in the setting of helminth infestation by V. A. Kalashnikova, T. P. Egorova, A. V. Demerchyan, V. I. Polyakova, Y. I. Lenshina, D. A. Ilyazyants, I. M. Arshba

“…In monkeys that died from gastrointestinal diseases without parasitic infestation, the pathogenic enterobacteria detection rate was 2 times higher than in the infested animals. The microorganisms were isolated as monocultures and in associations. …”
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The influence of physical activity levels on lactate production during squat training using a functional electromechanical dynamometer by Indya del-Cuerpo, Daniel Jerez-Mayorga, Luis Javier Chirosa-Ríos, Felipe Caamaño-Navarrete, Pedro Delgado-Floody

“…Participants visited the lab four times within a two-week period, ensuring at least 48 h between visits. …”
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Personnel training for the security and defense sector as a prerequisite for ensuring the national security of Ukraine by V. V. Sokurenko

“…In this regard, it has been argued that a necessary prerequisite for national security is to ensure quality training of specialists for the security and defense sector, which will be able to respond in a timely manner to various crises. The current state of such personnel training has been characterized. …”
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Pediatric Emergency Department-based Food Insecurity Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Stephanie Ruest, Lana Nguyen, Celeste Corcoran, Susan Duffy

“…These results support the ED’s contributory role in FI screening, particularly during times of a public health crisis, and highlights the need for targeted outreach in this setting.…”
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Congestive heart failure adherence redesign trial: a pilot study by Ashvarya Mangla, Rami Doukky, Lynda H Powell, Elizabeth Avery, DeJuran Richardson, James E Calvin

“…All physicians received timely intervention.Conclusions This pilot study demonstrated that the protocol was feasible. …”
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Automatic three-dimensional reconstruction of the oesophagus in achalasia patients undergoing POEM: an innovative approach for evaluating treatment outcomes by Alanna Ebigbo, Helmut Messmann, Vivian Grünherz, Miriam Elia, Alessandra Brunner, Tamara Krafft, Leo Pöller, Pia Schneider, Fabian Stieler, Bernhard Bauer, Anna Muzalyova, Sandra Nagl

“…We present an innovative approach for treatment response prediction based on an automatic three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of the tubular oesophagus (TE) and the lower oesophageal sphincter (LES) in patients undergoing POEM for achalasia.Methods A software was developed, integrating data from high-resolution manometry, timed barium oesophagogram and endoscopic images to automatically generate 3-D reconstructions of the TE and LES. …”
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Course of pancreatic necrosis on a background of major duodenal papilla stone by S. V. Mikhaylusov, Ye. V. Moiseyenkova, M. M. Misrokov

“…The general mortality was 25% (19 of 76 patients), the number of lethal outcomes in the main group was 2 times higher (36,4%), than in control (16,3%).Conclusion. …”
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68Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT for the assessment of therapeutic outcomes following superselective adrenal arterial embolization in patients with primary aldosteronism by MengDan Li, Lili Guan, Lu Yang, WenBo Li, Zhu Xia, Min Mao, Hua Pang

“…Conclusions 68Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT enables timely assessment of therapeutic outcomes in patients with PA following SAAE, thereby improving clinical decision-making and patient management.…”
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Effect of Mineral Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Fertilizers on the Productivity of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) in Acidic Soils of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Bekalu Abebe Tsige, Nigussie Dechassa, Tamado Tana, Fanuel Laekemariam, Yibekal Alemayehu

“…The treatments consisted of three rates of nitrogen fertilizer (0, 23, and 46 kg N ha−1), three rates of phosphorus fertilizer (0, 46, and 92 kg P2O5 ha−1), and three rates of potassium fertilizer (0, 30, and 60 kg K2O ha−1) that were laid out as RCBD and replicated three times per treatment. The results indicated that the N, P, and K fertilizer combination at 23:92:60 kg ha−1 increased plant height, the number of branches per plant, and stem girth by 18%, 62.6%, and 55.6%, respectively, compared with the control treatment. …”
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Growth and viability of juvenile humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis) supplemented with inorganic and organic selenium by Muhaimin Hamzah, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo, Wasmen Manalu

“…Juveniles humpback grouper at an initial average length of 6,39±0,41 cm and body weight of 4,49±0,65 g were reared in 90×40×35 cm3 aquaria and fed artificial diet (pellet) two times daily (08.00 and 16.00) at satiation. Fishes were reared for 40 days at a stocking density of 12 fish per aquarium on sea water with salinity of 30–31 ppt and temperature of 28–29 °C. …”
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Ukrainian-Russian Relationship in 1917-1918: History Lessons by I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko

“…It has been concluded that the history of Ukrainian statehood in 1917-1918 is instructive in many aspects, since it shows that one of the main reasons for the defeat of the Ukrainian Central Rada, which ultimately failed to defend the Ukrainian People’s Republic, was the lack of necessary consolidation of national political forces in solving urgent state affairs (creation and development of own army, timely solution of social, economic problems, efficiency of work of legislative and executive agencies, etc.). …”
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Rapid landslide detection from free optical satellite imagery using a robust change detection technique by Rosa Coluzzi, Angela Perrone, Caterina Samela, Vito Imbrenda, Salvatore Manfreda, Letizia Pace, Maria Lanfredi

“…Furthermore, the free availability of the Sentinel-2 database and its frequent revisit times guarantee its global exportability.…”
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Primary Hyperparathyroidism-Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumour: An Unusual Association and a Probable Syndrome by Gwendolyn Fernandes, Avanika, Gloria Khumanthem

“…This unusual case of a patient with pHPT and PMT, and the possible existence of a “pHPT-PMT syndrome, “was reported in the Times of India on November 20, 2022, as “Rare phosphorus-guzzling tumour left Dongri man bedridden for three years.” …”
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