Prevalence and quality of life associated with erectile dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms: a cross-sectional study by Felipe Jun Kijima, Liz Cristina Motta, Jean Sousa Cavalcante, Lucas Jordão, Carlos Eduardo Dias Olioze, Plinio Takashi Karubi Palavicini Santos, João Carlos Leite da Cruz, Luis Expedito Sabage, Gabriel Araújo Medeiros, Alessandra Mazzo, Aguinaldo Cesar Nardi

“…METHODS: A trained team collected data between July 2021 and August 2022 through face-to-face interviews using a characterization instrument, International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), International Index of Erectile Function-6 (IIEF-6), and World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale. …”
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Indocyanine green fluorescence improves safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy using the Fundus First technique: a retrospective study by Susanna Haverinen, Susanna Haverinen, Evelina Pajus, Gabriel Sandblom, Gabriel Sandblom, Yücel Cengiz, Yücel Cengiz

“…IntroductionAs one of the most commonly performed surgeries in the world, safety during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is of utmost importance. …”
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Kriptokokal meningitis: Aspek klinis dan diagnosis laboratorium by Efrida ., Desi Ekawati

“…Coincide with the pandemic of HIV infection, cryptococcosis as an opportunistic infection is also growing in the world. Cryptococcal meningitis is the second most common opportunistic infection associated with AIDS in Africa and South Asia with the incidence of cryptococcosis is 15% -30% found in patients with AIDS. …”
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Prevalence of nonrestorative sleep before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: based on a nationwide cross-sectional survey among Japanese in 2019 and 2022 by Kimiko Tomioka, Midori Shima, Keigo Saeki

“…Background: Japanese people sleep less compared to other countries around the world. Using a large nationally representative survey in 2019 and 2022, we investigated whether sleep duration and nonrestorative sleep (NRS) among Japanese people have improved or worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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DIAGNOSTICS OF BONE METABOLISM DISORDERS IN ONCOLOGICAL DISEASES by O. I. Apolikhin, B. Y. Alekseev, A. V. Sivkov, N. G. Keshishev, A. A. Trudov, E. Z. Rabinovich, A. A. Kachmazov

“…This review shows the world experience of usage of biochemical markers of bone resorption (calcium, hydroxyproline, NTX, CTX, PYD, DPD, TRAP-5b, bone sialoprotein - BSP) and markers of bone synthesis (osteocalcin, CSF, ACF, Karlovy vary IFF), their advantages and disadvantages. …”
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A basis water quality monitoring plan for rehabilitation and protection by M. Enriquez, R. Tanhueco

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Safeguarding water resources became a major concern in many parts of the world as it aims to provide safe and healthy water for humans. …”
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Pembrolizumab plus Pemetrexed and Platinum in Metastatic Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Real-Life Study at a Portuguese Centre by Maria João Santos, Filipa Ferro, Andrea Machado, Ana Sofia Vilariça, Direndra Hasmucrai, Paula Alves

“…With median progression-free survival and overall survival of 6.7 and 12.2 months, respectively, and no new safety signals, these results complement data from clinical trials, providing information from a real-world setting. …”
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Barriers to social participation for people with disabilities in NTD-endemic areas of Benin and Côte d'Ivoire: Assessing scope and associated factors. by Yévèdo Borel Tossou, Paule Héléna Biaka, Fifamin Noël Christelle Gbaguidi, Vignon Bedie, Sonagnon Inès Elvire Agbo, Fernand Aimé Guedou, Kouakou Jerôme Kouadio, Sèdjro Gimatal Esaï Anagonou, Franck Zinsou Mignanwande, Parfait Djossou, Brunelle Vanessa Yemadje, Flora Sylvie Houndjrebo, Jeanne d'Arc Natacha Lessanh Arrawo, Yvette Faihoun, Harvey Johnson, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Jean Gabin Houezo, Mamadou Kaloga, Agui Sylvestre Dizoe, Mark Nichter, Anna Gine-March, Roch Christian Johnson

“…Questionnaires and interview guides were used for data collection. The World Health Organization P-scale score adapted to the local context, was used to assess RSPs. …”
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Sofosbuvir Based Regimens in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C with Compensated Liver Cirrhosis in Community Care Setting by Vijay Gayam, Amrendra Kumar Mandal, Mazin Khalid, Osama Mukhtar, Arshpal Gill, Pavani Garlapati, Mowyad Khalid, Mohammed Mansour

“…We aim to evaluate the treatment response of Sofosbuvir based DAA in CHC patients with compensated liver cirrhosis as limited data exists in the real-world community setting. Methods. All the CHC patients with compensated liver cirrhosis treated with Sofosbuvir based DAAs between January 2014 and December 2017 in a community clinic setting were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Identification of Potential Serum Metabolic Biomarkers of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Widely Targeted Metabolomics Study by Hang Zhang, Jing-jing Zuo, Si-si Dong, Yuan Lan, Chen-wei Wu, Guang-yun Mao, Chao Zheng

“…Diabetic kidney disease is a leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease across the world. Early identification of DKD is vitally important for the effective prevention and control of it. …”
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Navigating DR-TB Treatment care: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to retention in care among people with history of early disengagement from drug-resistant tu... by Ndiviwe Mphothulo, Sindisiwe Hlangu, Jennifer Furin, Mosa Moshabela, Marian Loveday

“…As a consequence, advances in DR-TB diagnostics and treatment have not resulted in DR-TB programs meeting the 75% treatment success targets set by the World Health Organization (WHO). Methods We interviewed people with DR-TB who had disengaged from care and their family members to identify barriers and facilitators to retention in care as well as possible strategies to address these barriers. …”
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Climate variability, population growth, and globalization impacting food security in Pakistan by Sohail Abbas, Ahtisham Haider, Shazia Kousar, Heli Lu, Siqi Lu, Fang Liu, Huan Li, Changhong Miao, Wanfu Feng, Muhammad Irfan Ahamad, Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain

“…Datasets on climate variability, population growth, unemployment, and inflation were collected from the World Development Indicators. A two-layer principal component analysis was utilized to develop the food security index. …”
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Charlson syndrome index predicted survival in pancreatic cancer patients received immunotherapy by Nan Zhang, Nan Zhang, Shiyun Chen, Yue Shi, Zhikuan Wang, Ru Jia, Guanghai Dai, Guanghai Dai

“…Therefore, this study aims to elucidate the association between CCI and survival rates in real-world settings for pancreatic cancer patients received immunotherapy.MethodsA total of 104 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who received immunotherapy at the General Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army between September 2015 and September 2020 were included in this study. …”
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High rate of false positive malaria rapid diagnostic tests in a district hospital in Uganda by Susanne E. Mortazavi, Susanne E. Mortazavi, Allan Lugaajju, Anna-Clara Ivarsson, Sara Karlsson Söbirk, Sara Karlsson Söbirk, Hans Norrgren, Hans Norrgren, Kristina E. M. Persson, Kristina E. M. Persson

“…It is essential that healthcare facilities use RDTs validated and recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure high specificity and accuracy, particularly in resource-limited settings where alternative diagnostic methods may not be available.…”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Event on Trip Intensity and Air Quality in Southern China by Shun Wan, Kangping Cui, Ya-Fen Wang, Jhong-Lin Wu, Wei-Syun Huang, Kaijie Xu, Jiajia Zhang

“…Abstract The COVID-19 epidemic discovered and reported at the end of December 2019 and began spreading rapidly around the world. The impact of the COVID-19 event on the trip intensity, AQI (air quality index), and air pollutants, including PM2.5, PM10, SO2, CO, NO2, and O3 in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Foshan (the so-called ‘three cities’) from January 12 to March 27, in 2019 and 2020, are compared and discussed. …”
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Optimasi Rute Rencana Perjalanan Pesawat Menggunakan Algoritma Late Acceptance Hill Climbing (Studi Kasus : Travelling Salesman Challenge 2.0) by Ahmad Muklason, I Gusti Agung Premananda

“…Therefore it requires a non-deterministic algorithm to solve it. In the real world, one of the applications of TSP is the problem of determining the cheapest travel routes to visit several cities in several countries. …”
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VIBE: an R-package for VIsualization of Bulk RNA Expression data for therapeutic targeting and disease stratification by Indu Khatri, Saskia D. van Asten, Leandro F. Moreno, Brandon W. Higgs, Christiaan Klijn, Christiaan Klijn, Francis Blokzijl, Iris C. R. M. Kolder

“…We demonstrate how VIBE can be used to assist in indication selection and target identification in three user case studies using both simulated and real-world data. VIBE integrates statistics in all graphics, enabling data-informed decision-making.ConclusionsVIBE facilitates detailed visualization of individual and cohort-level summaries such as concordant or discordant expression of two genes or pathways. …”
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Reorganization of Anatomical Connectome following Electroconvulsive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder by Jinkun Zeng, Qinghua Luo, Lian Du, Wei Liao, Yongmei Li, Haixia Liu, Dan Liu, Yixiao Fu, Haitang Qiu, Xirong Li, Tian Qiu, Huaqing Meng

“…ECT elicits neuroplastic processes associated with improvements in depressive symptoms that act to specific local ventral frontolimbic circuits, but not small-world property. Overall, ECT induced topological reorganization in large-scale brain structural network, opening up new avenues to better understand the mode of ECT action in MDD.…”
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Advances in the pilot point inverse method: Où En Sommes-Nous maintenant? by White, Jeremy, Lavenue, Marsh

“…., 2000], but with a particular focus on the incredible adoption and advancement of de Marsily’s PPM and related inverse techniques over the last twenty years in the field of predictive groundwater modeling.Much has been written about the vast array of inverse techniques developed by researchers and practitioners since the 1960s. de Marsily’s PPM, like many methods developed in the late 70s and early 80s, structured its approach to parameterization to overcome many of the challenges of applying inverse methods to real world problems, namely, limited head and transmissivity data relative to the number of unknowns to be estimated, measurement errors, inferred covariance structures of the state variables, and limited computational resources. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Thermophilic Campylobacter Species in Humans and Animals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review by Noel Gahamanyi, Leonard E. G. Mboera, Mecky I. Matee, Dieudonné Mutangana, Erick V. G. Komba

“…Thermophilic Campylobacter species are clinically important aetiologies of gastroenteritis in humans throughout the world. The colonization of different animal reservoirs by Campylobacter poses an important risk for humans through shedding of the pathogen in livestock waste and contamination of water sources, environment, and food. …”
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