Human Intestinal Parasitic Infections: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Elementary School Children in Merawi Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Destaw Damtie, Baye Sitotaw, Sissay Menkir, Bizuayehu Kerisew, Kedir Hussien

“…The direct wet mount method was used to diagnose the stool samples. The sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of the respondents were collected using structured questionnaires. …”
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Genetic Associations Between Specific Sleep-Related Phenotypes and Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Li M, He J, Liang Y, Zou F, Gou C, Lv J, Zhang X, Li D, Yu Z

“…The inverse variance weighted (IVW) method was utilized, followed by confirming the robustness and reliability using the MR Egger, weighted median, simple mode, and weighted mode. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Autologous Follicular Unit Excision in Pediatric Secondary Cicatricial Alopecia: A Retrospective Case Series by Niu Y, Zhu L, Feng Y, Li Z, Zhang J, Jin Z, Ren C

“…Yanchao Niu,1,* Ling Zhu,2,* Yanyan Feng,1 Zaibing Li,1 Jian Zhang,3 Zhoufeng Jin,4 Ci Ren3 1Department of Dermatovenereology, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Medical Technology Department, Sichuan Nursing Vocational College, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Dermatological Surgery, Shenyang Seventh People’s Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Plastic Surgery, Shenyang Seventh People’s Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ci Ren, Department of Dermatological Surgery, Shenyang Seventh People’s Hospital, No. 13 Dongwei Road, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110003, People’s Republic of China, Email renci7yuan@163.com Zhoufeng Jin, Plastic Surgery, Shenyang Seventh People’s Hospital, No. 13 Dongwei Road, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110003, People’s Republic of China, Email 1978960974@qq.comObjective: To explore the efficacy of Follicular Unit Excision (FUE) in treating pediatric secondary cicatricial alopecia.Methods: We selected 11 cases of patients under 18 years old who underwent treatment for secondary cicatricial alopecia at the Chengdu Hengmei Hair Medical Clinic from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2022. …”
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Association of atrial fibrillation with coronary bed lesions (according to the coronary angiography register) by E. I. Yaroslavskaya, V. A. Kuznetsov, I. S. Bessonov, E. A. Gorbatenko, L. V. Marinskikh

“…To create an age-matched comparison group, 810 patients without AF were selected from the remaining 6773 patients using a method based on equalizing the frequency distributions.Results. …”
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Ways of Training the Adults in the Field of Civil Defense and Protection from Emergency Situations by A. A. Poguda, A. A. Poguda

“…We believe that a significant difference between tests and traditional methods of training adult learners is that they make it possible to determine the level of knowledge at the initial stage of training in the field of civil defense and protection from emergency situations, put all trainees on an equal footing. …”
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REPRESENTASI BUDAYA TORAJA DALAM KOMIK TANA RAJA (ANALISIS SEMIOTIKA ROLAND BARTHES) by Wahyu Agus Dwiatmoko, Dyna Herlina Suwarto

“…Kata kunci: Analisis semiotika, Roland Barthes, komik, budaya Toraja Abstract This study aimed to describe; 1) The representation of Toraja culture through the signs contained in Tana Raja comics according to Roland Barthes’s semiotic approach; 2) messages conveyed to the readers through visual signs in the Tana Raja comics. This research used a qualitative approach with Roland Barthes’s semiotic analysis research method. …”
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Comparison of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) and Femtosecond Laser In-Situ Keratomileusis (F-LASIK) for the Correction of Myopia and Astigmatism: 1-Year Clinical O... by Marianne Roque, MD, Ruben Lim Lim Bon Siong, MD, Irwin Cua, MD, Bernardo Joaquin P. Tuano, MD, Winston Villar, MD

“…Objective: To compare the efficacy, refractive predictability, stability and safety of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) and Femtosecond Laser In-Situ Keratomileusis (F-LASIK) for the correction of myopia and astigmatism. Method: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Committee of the St. …”
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Characterization of epiretinalmacrophage-like cells and retinochoroidal blood flow in acute macular neuroretinopathy by YANG Ruijun, WEN Feng, ZHANG Xiongze

“…A 3 mm En-face optical coherence tomography (OCT) slab on the inner limiting membrane of the macular region was used to visualize and binarize the MLCs. The MLCs were binarized and quantified using a semiautomated method. …”
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Tecnologias educacionais móveis colaborativas para alunos cegos. Uma revisão sistemática da literatura / Collaborative mobile educational technologies for blind students. A systema... by Isadora Rocha de Almeida, Deller James Ferreira

“…Bringing together collaborative teaching, which allows students to work in groups and interactively with each other, and the facilities provided by technology, the objective of the work is to present a systematic literature review pointing out the impact of collaborative mobile technologies for teaching people with Visual impairment. Following Kitchenham's systematic review method, 592 articles in Portuguese and English were analyzed, 10 of which were selected to answer the research questions. …”
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The hot spots and global trends of prevention and treatment in postoperative delirium (POD) from 2004 to 2023: A bibliometric analysis by Changshuo Jiang, Zijun Tian, Ming Jiang, Chenyang Xu, Mingjie Mao, Shanwu Feng, Hongmei Yuan

“…Current hot spots include early perioperative prevention strategies and integrated multi-method treatments. Effective drugs for it is one of the directions in the future. …”
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Level of acceptance of illness and its association with quality of life of patients with epilepsy by Michał Rychlicki, Magdalena Babuśka-Roczniak, Barbara Brodziak-Dopierała, Agnieszka Świcińska, Magdalena Wojtanowska-Kaczka, Paula Szumniak, Wojciech Roczniak

“…The aim of the study was to assess the level of acceptance of the illness and its relationship with the quality of life of patients with epilepsy. Material and methods: In this work, the diagnostic survey method was employed with the use of questionnaires: Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS) and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). …”
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An Advanced Approach Toward Pedestrian Safety Analysis and Prediction: Advances in Multisensor Data Fusion and GIS Techniques by Jie Tang, Asad Khan, Sheheryar Azam, Umer Khalil, Nuaman Ejaz, Muhammad Afzal, Yahia Said, Dmitry E. Kucher

“…A semivariogram showing the correlation of input data was developed, which determines the criteria for clustering for the KI and KDE methods. The results obtained by the KDE method visually represent the areas with the density of accidents based on address-match input only. …”
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Investigation of particle flow characteristics in internal and external combined heat exchanger by Yuqiu Zhang, Zehong Gu, Yongqi Liu, Haibo Gao, Yanxia Wang, Peibin Zhang, Zhuanghe Li, Zixian Gong, Ping Zhang

“…The flow characteristics of particles were studied with a visual experimental platform and equidistant point method. …”
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Ultrasound Features of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>-Related Gastritis by Fulvia Terracciano, Antonella Marra, Veronica Nassisi, Chiara Lillo, Fabrizio Bossa, Sonia Carparelli, Francesco Cocomazzi, Maria Rosa Valvano, Giuseppe Losurdo, Alfredo Di Leo, Francesco Perri

“…<b>Background</b> Abdominal ultrasound (US) is a reliable method for visualizing gastric wall layers and measuring their thickness. …”
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Physical education curriculum systematizing based on action research: a collaborative network between teacher-researchers from public schools in Quixadá — Ceará, Brazil by Rener Victor Oliveira de Souza, Maurício Teodoro de Souza, Luciano Nascimento Corsino, Willian Lazaretti da Conceição, Carla Ulasowicz, Luciana Venâncio, Luciana Venâncio, Luiz Sanches Neto, Luiz Sanches Neto

“…Our qualitative itinerary has action research as a method of intervention, including class observations, group meetings and field diary. …”
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Designing a High-Sensitivity Microscale Triple-Band Biosensor Based on Terahertz MTMs to Provide a Perfect Absorber for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Diagnostic by Musa N. Hamza, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Slawomir Koziel, Muhamad A. Hamad, Iftikhar ud Din, Ali Farmani, Sunil Lavadiya, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari

“…Early-stage NMSC detection can be achieved through clinical examination, typically involving visual inspection. An alternative, albeit invasive, method is a skin biopsy. …”
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BACK TO THE “GOLD STANDARD”: HOW PRECISE IS HEMATOCRIT DETECTION TODAY? by Leonid Livshits, Tal Bilu, Sari Peretz, Anna Bogdanova, Max Gassmann, Harel Eitam, Ariel Koren, Carina Levin

“… Introduction: The commonly used method for hematocrit detection, by visual examination of microcapillary tube, known as "micro-HCT", is subjective but still remains one of the key sources for false hematocrit evaluation. …”
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Disulfide stoppered polyrotaxanes with enhanced cellular uptake and intracellular cyclodextrin release by Gergely Kali, Alexander H. Mayer, Dennis To, Martyna Truszkowska, Raphael Plangger, Markus Gallei, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

“…This study aimed to synthesize such polyrotaxanes with a novel, simple method, resulting in high threading efficacy, enhanced cellular uptake, and intracellular cyclodextrin (CD) release. …”
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Lyman Continuum Leakers at z > 3 in the GOODS-S Field: Mergers Dominated by Shuairu Zhu, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Fang-Ting Yuan, Chunyan Jiang, Ruqiu Lin

“…Even when using the nonparametric method, which may miss some mergers in a sample, the merger fraction remains high, especially for the high-confidence leakers. …”
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Evaluating Factors Affecting Interior Architectural Space Quality to Enhance Spatial Resilience and Human Productivity: An Application of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by Moharam Ghahremani Drvish, Farhang Mozafar, Ceyed bagher Hoseini, Fateme Mahdizadeye seraj

“…In this study, the qualitative content analysis method was employed for the data analysis, triangulating the findings from the focus group discussions, with previous researches in the field of resilience and spatial quality. …”
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