Development of Evidence-Based COVID-19 Management Guidelines for Local Context: The Methodological Challenges by Sarah Nadeem, Salima Saleem Aamdani, Bushra Ayub, Nashia Ali Rizvi, Fatima Safi Arslan, Russell Seth Martins, Maria Khan, Syed Faisal Mahmood

“…Conclusion. Research data about the efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions to treat hospitalized patients with COVID-19 are rapidly evolving, and based on it, the evidence for or against recommendations changes accordingly. …”
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Physically based modelling of glacier evolution under climate change in the tropical Andes by J. D. Mackay, J. D. Mackay, N. E. Barrand, D. M. Hannah, E. Potter, E. Potter, N. Montoya, W. Buytaert

“…When driven with statistically downscaled climate change projections, the JULES–OGGM simulations indicate that, contrary to point-scale energy balance studies, sublimation plays a very minor role in glacier evolution at the basin scale and does not bring about significant non-linearities in the glacier response to climate warming. …”
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Jinkui Shenqi Pill Combined with Pelvic Floor Biofeedback in Treatment of Postpartum Stress Urinary Incontinence with Kidney-yang Deficiency by Xueqin MIAO, Hongri WANG, Meiyun GAO, Caifeng GUO, Jifen HU, Kunmu ZHANG

“…Objective:To explore the effect and mechanism of Jinkui Shenqi pill combined with pelvic floor biofeedback in treating of postpartum stress urinary incontinence with kidney-yang deficiency.Methods:A total of 70 full-term natural labor patients diagnosed with kidney-yang deficiency stress urinary incontinence about 42 days postpartum were selected and divided into control group and treatment group by random number table, with 35 cases in each group. …”
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Patient centered medication treatment for opioid use disorder in rural Vermont: a qualitative study by Emily G. Hichborn, Owen B. Murray, Eilis I. Murphy, Tess E. Gallant, Sarah K. Moore, Bethany M. McLeman, John Saroyan, Anthony Folland, Megan Mitchell, Lisa A. Marsch

“…Some participants indicated they were less likely to remain in care when providers did not include them in decisions about medication type, dose, or formulation. Participants also appreciated holistic biopsychosocial care and care referrals. …”
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Physical activity in patients after bariatric surgery - a literature review by Martyna Śliwińska, Anna Podraza, Małgorzata Wirkijowska, Jakub Wirkijowski, Katarzyna Wójtowicz, Agata Walczak, Wiktoria Gajek-Flanczewska, Sebastian Flanczewski, Paulina Woźniak, Ewa Wietrzykowska, Dominika Sobolewska, Katarzyna Michalczyk-Fraszka

“…Materials and methods: The authors searched PubMed, UpToDate, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, and Science Direct to review the available medical literature about physical activity after bariatric surgery. …”
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Enhancing mechanical and thermal properties of PVA-abaca fiber biocomposites via ultrasonic vibration bath treatment by Mochamad Asrofi, Nur Achmad Asyari, Revvan Rifada Pradiza, Muhammad Abduh, Muhammad Yusuf, Melbi Mahardika, R.A. Ilyas, M.R.M. Asyraf, S.M. Sapuan, Victor Feizal Knight, Mohd Nor Faiz Norrrahim

“…This research investigates about the properties of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based biocomposite with abaca fiber as filler. …”
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Species richness is not a good predictor for above-ground biomass in a warm temperate deciduous broadleaf forest by Chunmei He, Yushan Li, Xiaoxia Dai, Na Liu, Fangfang Wu, Jiangbo Yan, Meiping Gao, Yonghui Liang, Zuoqiang Yuan, Zhanqing Hao, Qiulong Yin

“…Although there is increasing empirical evidence supporting the positive impact of biodiversity on forest productivity and biomass, there is still uncertainty about the relative importance of tree diversity in determining carbon storage compared to other factors such as environmental conditions, functional characteristics and stand structure, especially in complex forest ecosystems. …”
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THE ROLE OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL AWARENESS AND MUNICIPAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE PROCESSES OF FORMING THE GLOBALIST POTENTIAL OF THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY by Denis O. Bobrovnyk

“…So, at this stage, we are talking about the further development and improvement of municipal legal awareness (normative-psychological dominant) in the context of solving the teleological task of forming municipal psychology (attitudes as social-behavioral guidelines, various habits as typified forms of practical activity) of a person (personality, resident a member of the TG), its groups and associations within the framework of the formation and development of civil society institutions and their further institutionalization into parallel meta- and para-structures of local, regional and national, within the state, social-management, outside the state-legal influence, conglomerate (psycho-activity dominant). …”
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p54-Fc-Labeled Gold Nanoparticle-Based Lateral Flow Strip-Assisted Portable Devices for Rapid and Quantitative Point-of-Care Detection of ASFV Antibodies by Yang Yang, Yuhao Li, Ziyang Wang, Minglong Tong, Pengcheng Zhu, Juanxian Deng, Zongjie Li, Ke Liu, Beibei Li, Donghua Shao, Zhongren Zhou, Yafeng Qiu, Zhiyong Ma, Jianchao Wei

“…Our method can detect ASFV antibodies in field serum samples in about 15 min using a portable colloidal gold detector, demonstrating high specificity and sensitivity (1:320), and the coincidence rate was 98% using a commercial ELISA kit. …”
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Evaluation of Chest CT Scan as a Screening and Diagnostic Tool in Trauma Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Cross-Sectional Study by Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh Fard, Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer, Sepideh Sefidbakht, Pooya Iranpour, Shahram Bolandparvaz, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Shahram Paydar, Golnar Sabetian, Mohamad Mahdi Mahmoudi, Masoume Zare, Leila Shayan, Maryam Salimi

“…The lack of enough medical evidence about COVID-19 regarding optimal prevention, diagnosis, and treatment contributes negatively to the rapid increase in the number of cases globally. …”
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Prevalence of Computer Vision Syndrome and Associated Factors among Instructors in Ethiopian Universities: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Demisu Zenbaba, Biniyam Sahiledengle, Mitiku Bonsa, Yohannes Tekalegn, Jember Azanaw, Vijay Kumar Chattu

“…Of the total 416 participants, about 293 (70.4%) were reported to have CVS (95% CI: 65.9–74.5%), of which 54.6% were aged 24–33 years. …”
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Lucidin from <i>Rubia cordifolia</i> Outperforms FDA-Approved Lapatinib as a Potential Multitargeted Candidate for Breast Cancer Signalling Proteins by Akram Ahmed Aloqbi, Hadil Alahdal, Amany I. Alqosaibi, Mashael M. Alnamshan, Ibtesam S. Al-Dhuayan, Ahood A. Al-Eidan, Hind A. S. Alzahrani, Nouf K. ALaqeel, Fatmah Hazza Alsharif, Abeer Al Tuwaijri

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Lucidin shows promise as a novel, multitargeted anti-breast cancer agent with improved efficacy over Lapatinib. These findings provide a foundation for further in vitro and in vivo validation to develop Lucidin as a potential therapeutic option for breast cancer treatment.…”
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Women with Normal OGTT in Pregnancy by Linda Tartaglione, Enrico di Stasio, Angelo Sirico, Mauro Di Leo, Salvatore Caputo, Alessandro Rizzi, Agnese Caneschi, Sara De Carolis, Dario Pitocco, Antonio Lanzone

“…Few data are available about its utilization as a diagnostic tool to find potential alterations of glycemia in subjects with normal oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). …”
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Micro-/nanobubble oxygenation irrigation enhances soil phosphorus availability and yield by altering soil bacterial community abundance and core microbial populations by Qingyong Bian, Qingyong Bian, Zhiduo Dong, Yupeng Zhao, Yaozu Feng, Yaozu Feng, Yaozu Feng, Yanbo Fu, Yanbo Fu, Zhiguo Wang, Jingquan Zhu, Liang Ma

“…Nevertheless, currently, most of the studies remain unclear about the precise mechanism through which micro-/nanobubble oxygenation improves soil phosphorus availability and maize yield. …”
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Vermicomposting of coir pith and cow manure: Influence of initial total phenolic content on earthworms’ performance by Kanokwan Pundee, Saengchai Akeprathumchai, Sudarut Tripetchkul

“…By the end of vermicomposting, almost all of phenolics present in cow manure disappeared while those in coir pith remained intact, albeit, reduced in concentrations. 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and p-coumaric acid were detected in all treatments. …”
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Mechanism of Photocatalytic Degradation of Diclofenac in Water by a Novel Carbon Nitride by LIU Zi’ang, GAO Yifang, LIU Chao, LI Wenjun, LIU Xiaona, LI Bo, QIAN Tianwei

“…[Findings] The results show that the specific surface area of PCN (133.963 m2/g) is significantly higher than that of GCN (2.605 m2/g), about 67 times that of GCN. PCN (0.20 g/L) can achieve 100% catalytic degradation of DCF (10 mg/L) within 10 min at pH of 5. …”
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CuO-Fe2O3/calcium alginate-carboxymethylcellulose-chitosan as efficient nanocomposite beads for catalytic reduction of water pollutants by Nujud Maslamani, Sher Bahadar Khan, Esraa M. Bakhsh, Kalsoom Akhtar, Metab Alharbi

“…Further, CuO-Fe2O3 were well-dispersed in the polymeric matrix of CA-CMC-Cs to prepare CuO-Fe2O3/CA-CMC-Cs beads via crosslinker agent (AlCl3). CuO-Fe2O3/CA-CMC-Cs beads were also applied for the catalytic reduction of nitrophenol isomers (4-NP, 2-NP, and 2,6-DNP), organic dyes (methyl orange (MO), eosin yellow (EY)) and potassium hexacyanoferrate (K3[Fe(CN)6]). …”
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Looking under the hood of a hybrid two-way texting intervention to improve early retention on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: an implementation fidelity evaluation by Robin E. Klabbers, Caryl Feldacker, Jacqueline Huwa, Christine Kiruthu-Kamamia, Agness Thawani, Hannock Tweya

“…Message delivery and 2wT participant interactions were considered across four core 2wT components: 1) weekly motivational SMS messages; 2) proactive SMS appointment reminders; 3) SMS reminders after missed appointments; and 4) interactive messaging with 2wT staff about transfers and appointment rescheduling. Using mixed-effects logistic regression models adjusted for participant demographics, we examined the effect of core 2wT component fidelity on a) on-time appointment attendance and b) timely return to care after a missed appointment, presenting adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Risk Factors and Pharmacological Interventions Impacting Cerebrovascular Ischemic Events in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Narrative Review by Muhammad Osama Siddiqui, Mohammad Ali Syed, Ayaan Ahmed Qureshi, Mustafa Hussain Imam, Jatin Motwani, Verkha Kumari, Arooba Siddiqui, Noor Ul Ain, Mohammed Hammad Jaber

“…Ischemia in the ophthalmic artery is found to strongly predict GCA‐related CIE while aspirin and antiplatelet agent during the first 3 months may prevent GCA‐related CIE. …”
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Development of the therapeutic regimen based on the synergistic activity of cyclophosphamide and double-stranded DNA preparation which results in complete cure of mice engrafted wi... by E. A. Potter, E. V. Dolgova, A. S. Proskurina, Ya. R. Efremov, O. S. Taranov, V. P. Nikolin, N. A. Popova, T. D. Dubatolova, D. D. Petrova, E. I. Vereschagin, A. M. Minkevich, O. M. Andrushkevich, S. I. Baiborodin, V. A. Rogachev, A. A. Ostanin, E. R. Chernykh, N. A. Kolchanov, S. S. Bogachev

“…This protocol results in a complete cure of 50 % of Krebs-2 engrafted mice and involves three metronomic injections of CP exactly at the timepoints when repair cycles are about to finish combined with dsDNA injections 18 hours following each CP injection. …”
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