Intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Gizachew Yilak, Alemayehu Sayih Belay, Aychew Kassie, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Ambaw Abebaw Emrie, Mulat Ayele, Eyob Shitie Lake, Legese Fekede Abza

“…Different factors such as: age of the young women (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=3.24; 95% CI 0.6, 5.8, p=0.015), lack of formal education (AOR=2.63; 95% CI 1.7, 3.6, p=0.000), partner’s substance use (AOR=2.07; 95% CI 1.5, 2.7, p=0.000), partner not attending formal education (AOR=3.38; 95% CI 2.2, 4.6, p=0.000) and partner’s alcohol use (AOR=2.82; 95% CI 1.1, 4.6, p=0.000) were found to be significantly associated with IPV among women during the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusions In this study, a third of women of reproductive age experienced IPV during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in Asian patients with primary biliary cholangitis: A nationwide and hospital cohort study by Jihye Lim, Ye-Jee Kim, Sehee Kim, Jonggi Choi

“…Twenty-three of the 862 patients with PBC developed HCC in the multicenter hospital cohort, yielding an incidence of 4.0/1,000 PYs (95% CI: 2.4–5.7). Older age (subdistribution hazard ratio [SHR]: 1.05, 95% CI: 1.00–1.10), male sex (SHR: 3.00, 95% CI: 1.11–8.13), current alcohol consumption (SHR: 3.70, 95% CI: 1.08–12.59), and cirrhosis (SHR: 5.17, 95% CI: 2.07–12.93) were identified as risk factors in the hospital cohort. …”
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Cancer care in German centers of excellence during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic by Volker Arndt, Daniela Doege, Stefan Fröhling, Peter Albers, Hana Algül, Ralf Bargou, Carsten Bokemeyer, Martin Bornhäuser, Christian H. Brandts, Peter Brossart, Sara Yvonne Brucker, Tim H. Brümmendorf, Hartmut Döhner, Norbert Gattermann, Michael Hallek, Volker Heinemann, Ulrich Keilholz, Thomas Kindler, Cornelia von Levetzow, Florian Lordick, Ulf Peter Neumann, Christoph Peters, Dirk Schadendorf, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Thomas Zander, Daniel Zips, Delia Braun, Thomas Seufferlein, Gerd Nettekoven, Michael Baumann

Subjects: “…SARS-CoV-2 infection…”
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ارزیابی اثر ضد قارچی اسانس آویشن و نعناع فلفلی و مونوترپن‌های عمده آنها در کنترل قارچ ورتیسیلیوم پسته... by مهدی اخلاقی, سید حمید رضا ضیاءالحق, اسماعیل باباخانزاده, وحیده رفیعی

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Is grip strength linked to body composition and cardiovascular risk markers in primary schoolchildren? Cross-sectional data from three African countries by Juerg Utzinger, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Honorati Masanja, Uwe Pühse, Bassirou Bonfoh, Ivan Müller, Cheryl Walter, Rosa Du Randt, Stefanie Gall, Siphesihle Nqweniso, Peter Steinmann, Markus Gerber, Fredros O Okumu, Serge Ayekoé, Jean T Coulibaly, Dao Daouda, Bomey Clément Gba, Benal Kouassi, Sylvain G Traoré, Marceline F Finda, Elihaika G Minja, Getrud J Mollel, Johanna Beckmann, Christin Lang, Kurt Z Long

“…Therefore, this study examines whether HGS is associated with body composition and markers of cardiovascular risk in children from three sub-Saharan African countries.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Public primary schools (grade 1–4) in Taabo (Côte d’Ivoire), Gqeberha (South Africa) and Ifakara (Tanzania).Participants Data from 467 children from Côte d’Ivoire (210 boys, 257 girls), 864 children from South Africa (429 boys, 435 girls) and 695 children from Tanzania (334 boys, 361 girls) were analysed.Primary and secondary outcome measures Body composition (assessed via bioelectrical impedance analysis) was the primary outcome. …”
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ارزیابی تحمل به تنش رطوبتی در اکوتیپ‌های زیره سبز با استفاده از شاخص‌های تحمل تنش by بهزاد صفری, سیدمحمدمهدی مرتضویان, سیداحمد سادات نوری, بهروز فوقی

“…مواد و روش‌ها: به منظور بررسی اثر تنش رطوبتی بر عملکرد دانه 49 اکوتیپ بومی زیره سبز آزمایشی در قالب طرح لاتیس 7×7 با دو تکرار در مزرعه پژوهشی پردیس ابوریحان – دانشگاه تهران در سال زراعی 92-1391 اجرا شد. …”
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Zolpidem: Efficacy and Side Effects for Insomnia by Amber N. Edinoff, Natalie Wu, Yahya T. Ghaffar, Rosemary Prejean, Rachel Gremillion, Mark Cogburn, Azem A. Chami, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…Sleep onset latency has been demonstrated to be significantly increased on the first night after stopping zolpidem (13.0 minutes; 95% CI 4.3-21.7; P\<0.01). Women had a non-significantly higher mean plasma concentration than men after 8 hours for the 10mg IR (28 vs. 20 ng/mL) and the 12.5mg MR (33 vs. 28ng/mL). …”
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Diverse fox circovirus (Circovirus canine) variants circulate at high prevalence in grey wolves (Canis lupus) from the Northwest Territories, Canada by Canuti, Marta, King, Abigail V.L., Franzo, Giovanni, Cluff, H. Dean, Larsen, Lars E., Fenton, Heather, Dufour, Suzanne C., Lang, Andrew S.

“…While the percentage of co-infections with canine parvoviruses, investigated in a previous study, was high (63/72, 87.5%), the rate of parvovirus infection in CanineCV-negative animals was significantly lower (42/87, 48.3%, χ2 = 27.03, p < 0.001), and CanineCV infection was associated with a 7.5- and 2.4-fold increase in the risk of acquiring canine parvovirus 2 or canine bufavirus infections, respectively (odds ratios: 3.5-16.9 and 1.3-5.8). …”
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Donor-derived cell-free DNA for detection of acute rejection in lung transplant recipients by Gökce Yavuz, Julia Walter, Julia Walter, Kaimo Hirv, Oliver Wachter, Andrea Dick, Julia Kovacs, Julia Zimmermann, Olaf M. Glueck, Maximilian Vorstandlechner, Nicole Samm, Jan M. Fertmann, Wulf Sienel, Sebastian Michel, Sebastian Michel, Michael Irlbeck, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Rudolf Hatz, Rudolf Hatz, Jürgen Behr, Jürgen Behr, Christian Schneider, Christian Schneider, Teresa Kauke, Teresa Kauke

“…Using blood samples collected sequentially post-transplant from a cohort of 81 LTR, we compared median levels of %ddcfDNA in patients with acute cellular rejection (ACR), antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), infection, or decline in pulmonary function (FEV1).ResultsMedian %ddcfDNA levels were significantly higher in groups with ACR (1.92% [0.70%, 2.30%], p=0.0006), AMR (1.27% [0.34%, 2.29%], p=0.0009), isolated lymphocytic bronchiolitis (0.54% [0.23%, 2.18%], p=0.03), and infection or prolonged ventilation over 30 days (0.50% [0.22%, 2.35%], p=0.005) versus stable allograft function group (0.26% [0.09%, 0.60%]). …”
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AICpred: Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Potential Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Targeting TLR4-MyD88 Binding Mechanism by Lucindah N. Fry-Nartey, Cyril Akafia, Ursula S. Nkonu, Spencer B. Baiden, Ignatus Nunana Dorvi, Kwasi Agyenkwa-Mawuli, Odame Agyapong, Claude Fiifi Hayford, Michael D. Wilson, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie

“…AICpred is the first of its kind targeting the inhibition of TLR4-MyD88 binding and is freely available at http://197.255.126.13:8080.…”
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Clinical Characteristics of Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes Compared with Typical Type 1 Diabetes: One-Year Follow-Up Study from the Guangdong T1DM Translational Medicine Study by Daizhi Yang, Yongwen Zhou, Sihui Luo, Xueying Zheng, Ping Ling, Liling Qiu, Wen Xu, Hua Liang, Bin Yao, Jianping Weng, Jinhua Yan

“…At enrollment, the duration of diabetes was 0.03 (0.00, 0.81) and 0.07 (0.00, 1.11) years and the level of HbA1c was 7.21±1.56% and 10.06±3.23% (P<0.001) in the FT1DM and TT1DM groups, respectively. …”
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High SUVs Have More Robust Repeatability in Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Results from a Prospective Test-Retest Cohort Imaged with 18F-DCFPyL by Rudolf A. Werner, Bilêl Habacha, Susanne Lütje, Lena Bundschuh, Takahiro Higuchi, Philipp Hartrampf, Sebastian E. Serfling, Thorsten Derlin, Constantin Lapa, Andreas K. Buck, Markus Essler, Kenneth J. Pienta, Mario A. Eisenberger, Mark C. Markowski, Laura Shinehouse, Rehab AbdAllah, Ali Salavati, Martin A. Lodge, Martin G. Pomper, Michael A. Gorin, Ralph A. Bundschuh, Steven P. Rowe

“…In this prospective, IRB-approved trial (NCT03793543), 21 patients with history of histologically proven PC underwent two 18F-DCFPyL PET/CTs within 7 days (mean 3.7, range 1 to 7 days). …”
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The HFA‐PEFF score identifies ‘early‐HFpEF’ phenogroups associated with distinct biomarker profiles by Michiel T.H.M. Henkens, Anne‐Mar vanOmmen, Sharon Remmelzwaal, Gideon B. Valstar, Ping Wang, Job A.J. Verdonschot, Mark R. Hazebroek, Leonard Hofstra, Vanessa P.M. vanEmpel, Joline W.J. Beulens, Hester M. denRuijter, Stephane R.B. Heymans

“…Whether the HFA‐PEFF domain scores can identify ‘early‐HFpEF’ phenogroups remains unknown. …”
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Obstructive sleep apnea and structural and functional brain alterations: a brain-wide investigation from clinical association to genetic causality by Kang Wu, Qiming Gan, Yuhong Pi, Yanjuan Wu, Wenjin Zou, Xiaofen Su, Sun Zhang, Xinni Wang, Xinchun Li, Nuofu Zhang

“…In the Mendelian randomization analyses, the area of left inferior temporal sulcus (OR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.82–0.96), rfMRI connectivity ICA100 edge 893 (OR: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.82–0.96), ICA100 edge 951 (OR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.82–0.97), and ICA100 edge 1213 (OR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.82–0.96) were significantly decreased in OSA. …”
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Previous treatment decreases efficacy of pralsetinib in RET fusion-positive non-small-cell lung cancer by Lei Wang, Yafei You, Wenzhuo He, Yu Hou, Lan Li, Li Wang, Chang Jiang, Jiahong Yi, Yaoxiong Xia, Liangping Xia

“…The objective response rate and disease control rate of the whole cohort were 57.2% and 71.4%, respectively, and the median PFS and OS were 8.1 months [95% confidence interval (CI), 3.1–13.2] and 13.8 months (95% CI, 2.8–24.8), respectively. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infections in pediatric and young adult recipients of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: an international registry report by Hongyan Liu, Colleen Callahan, Shannon L Maude, Kevin Owen McNerney, Rebecca M Richards, Paibel Aguayo-Hiraldo, Friso G Calkoen, Julie-An Talano, Amy Moskop, Adriana Balduzzi, Jennifer Krajewski, Hema Dave, Anant Vatsayan, Yimei Li, Kara Lynn Davis

“…Of 70 SARS-CoV-2 infections occurring after CAR T infusion, 13 (18.6%) were classified as asymptomatic, 37 (52.9%) mild, 11 (15.7%) moderate, and 6 (8.6%) severe COVID-19. …”
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Effect of Ideal Amino Acid Ratio of Arginine to Lysine on Intake, Nutrient Digestibility, Growth Performance, Antibody Titers of Newcastle Disease and Infectious Bronchitis Disease... by Wahab Liaqat, Urooj Anwar, Asfa Fatima, Azhar Rafique, Riaz Mustafa, Umar Farooq, Faisal Ramzan, Waseem Abbas, Muhammad Farooq Khalid, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Qamar Bilal, Muhammad Aziz ur Rahman

“…For this purpose, a total of 816 day-old broiler birds having an average weight of 38 ± 3 g were divided into six dietary treatments in such a way that each treatment had eight replicates and each replicate had 17 birds. The treatments were 0.95 (1.19/1.25, 1.12/1.18, and 1.05/1.1), 1 (1.25/1.25, 1.18/1.18, and 1.1/1.1), 1.05 (1.31/1.25, 1.24/1.18, and 1.17/1.1), 1.10 (1.38/1.25, 1.30/1.18, and 1.23/1.1), 1.15 (1.44/1.25, 1.36/1.18, and 1.28/1.1), and 1.20 (1.50/1.25, 1.42/1.18, and 1.34/1.1) Arg/Lys divided into different amounts according to the nutritional needs of starter, grower, and finisher diets, respectively. …”
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Incident Heart Failure in Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CORAL Trial by Rajesh Gupta, Michelle M. Estrella, Rebecca Scherzer, Pamela S. Brewster, Lance D. Dworkin, Hanh T. Nguyen, Yanmei Xie, Joachim H. Ix, Michael G. Shlipak, Timothy P. Murphy, Donald E. Cutlip, Eldrin F. Lewis, Christopher J. Cooper

“…Baseline diabetes (subdistribution hazard ratio (sHR), 2.07; 95% CI, 1.20-3.58), albuminuria (sHR, 1.12 per doubling of urinary albumin-creatinine ratio, 95% CI, 1.02-1.24), lower eGFR (sHR, 0.78 per 10 mL/min/1.73 m2 estimated glomerular filtration rate calculated with cystatin C and creatinine, 95% CI, 0.69-0.88), and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) (sHR, 2.18, 95% CI, 1.21-3.91) were independent predictors of incident HF. …”
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Evaluating Genomic Selection in beef cattle: Insights from computer simulations using real SNP data by Lino César Ramírez Ayala, Jordi Leno-Colorado, Laura M. Zingaretti, Elies Ramón Gurrea, Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas, Miguel Pérez-Enciso

“…Se comparó la precisión predictiva de tres chips de SNP de 50k que diferían en las metodologías de selección: selección aleatoria, selección basada en diferencias mínimas de frecuencia alélica entre razas y selección basada en diferencias mínimas de frecuencia alélica entre razas con un umbral de 0.09 en Taurus. Los hallazgos indican que el cruce rotacional demuestra una precisión predictiva óptima (0.38), mientras que la selección de marcadores basada en diferencias de frecuencia alélica entre razas (0.18 y 0.17, respectivamente) no beneficia significativamente a las predicciones.…”
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Protocol for a process evaluation: face-to-face physiotherapy compared with a supported home exercise programme for the management of musculoskeletal conditions: the REFORM trial by David Wong, Catherine Sherrington, Manuela L Ferreira, Christopher G Maher, Hueiming Liu, Joshua R Zadro, Lisa A Harvey, Hannah G Withers, Joanne V Glinsky, Jackie Chu, Matthew D Jennings, Alison J Hayes, Ian J Starkey, Blake A Palmer, Lukas Szymanek, Jackson J Cruwys, Kitty Duong, Anne Barnett, Matthew J Tindall, Barbara R Lucas, Tara E Lambert, Deborah A Taylor

“…Ethical approval was obtained on 17 March 2017 from the Northern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (trial number: HREC/16HAWKE/431-RESP/16/287) with an amendment for the process evaluation approved on 4 February 2020. …”
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