The Russian necropolis in Japan: problems and prospects for studying by E. I. Krasilnikova, S. S. Paichadze

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Cessation of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Determining Factors at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Bayew Kelkay, Eshetie Kindalem, Animut Tagele, Yohannes Moges

“…The magnitude of cessation of EBF was 21.5% with 95% CI (17.24-25.76). Maternal age ≤ 19 years [AOR=5.53; 95% CI (1.07-28.57)], civil servants [AOR=4.73; 95% CI (2.20-10.19)], illiterate husbands [AOR=3.76; 95% CI (1.13-12.49)], primi-para [AOR=2.42; 95% CI (1.22-4.79)], no postnatal follow up [AOR=2.62; 95% CI (1.44-4.80)], and having poor knowledge on breastfeeding benefits and composition of breastmilk [AOR=3.15; 95% CI (1.56-6.35)] were independent factors significantly associated with cessation of EBF. …”
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Evidence assessing the diagnostic performance of medical smartphone apps: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis by Livia Faes, Lucas M Bachmann, Martin K Schmid, Michael A Thiel, Rahel Buechi, Nicolas S Bodmer, Oliver Job, Kenny R Lienhard

“…Overall, the summary estimate for sensitivity was 0.82 (95 % CI 0.56 to 0.94) and 0.89 (95 %CI 0.70 to 0.97) for specificity.Conclusions The diagnostic evidence of available health apps on Apple’s and Google’s app stores is scarce. …”
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Intrathecal magnesium sulphate as an adjuvant to bupivacaine for infraumbilical surgeries: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Mohamed Mohamed Belal, Osama Mohammad Alazki, Mohamed Nabih Bashir, Lana Yousef Sbitan, Douaa Albelal, Farah Albakkar, Abdelrahmanh H. Hafez, Ayman Issa Nabhan

“…Adding intrathecal MgSO4 to bupivacaine significantly prolonged the time for regression of two segments from the maximum height (MD: 27.18 min; 95% CI: 12.56, 41.79; P = 0.0003), delayed the onset of sensory block to T10 (MD: 1.93 min; 95% CI: 1.10, 2.77; P < 0.0001), prolonged the duration of motor block (Bromage score = 0) (MD: 15.13 min; 95% CI: 4.59, 25.66; P = 0.005) and extended time for first rescue analgesia (MD: 43.80 min; 95% CI: 26.47, 61.14; P < 0.00001). …”
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2S2P1D Model Calibration Error from User Panel for One Bitumen and One Bituminous Mixture by S. Mangiafico, C. Sauzéat, H. Di Benedetto

“…Data for the bituminous mixture consisted of isotherms of E∗ and φ obtained from strain-controlled traction/compression complex modulus tests at 8 different temperatures ranging from −29.7°C to 38.8°C and frequencies ranging from 0.01 to 10 Hz, for a total of 55 data points. …”
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English Law Terms: Optimizing Education Process by A. G. Anisimova, M. A. Arkhipova

“…Within a terminological system, it is possible to seta hierarchy of generic and specific terms that can form the so-called semantic field. One of the features demonstrating the systemic links within a terminology is the existence of some typical structural models, according to which terms are coined. …”
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Novel device for blunt dissection in third space endoscopy: Preliminary animal study (with video) by Takashi Yokouchi, Teppei Masunaga, Kurato Miyazaki, Motohiko Kato, Shota Fujii, Kota Momose, Kotaro Yamashita, Takuro Saito, Koji Tanaka, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Tomoki Makino, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki, Kiyokazu Nakajima

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Travel Burden and the Direct Medical Costs of Urologic Surgery by Daniel J. Olson, John L. Gore, Kenn B. Daratha, Kenneth P. Roberts

“…**Results:** Patients traveling greater distances had significantly lower median medical costs compared with patients who lived closer to the hospitals where they underwent TURP and RP (TURP: ≤5 miles, $6243 and ≥51 miles, $5105, p≤0.001; RP: ≤5 miles, $12 407 and ≥51 miles, $11 882, p≤0.001), whereas there was no significant difference for patients undergoing RC (≤5 miles, $27 554 and ≥51 miles, $26 761, p=0.17). …”
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Differentiating Malignant from Tubercular Pleural Effusion by Cancer Ratio Plus (Cancer Ratio: Pleural Lymphocyte Count) by Akash Verma, Rucha S. Dagaonkar, Dominic Marshall, John Abisheganaden, R. W. Light

“…The sensitivity and specificity of cancer ratio, ratio of serum LDH : pleural fluid lymphocyte count, and “cancer ratio plus” were 0.95 (95% CI 0.87–0.98) and 0.85 (95% CI 0.68–0.94), 0.63 (95% CI 0.51–0.73) and 0.85 (95% CI 0.68–0.94), and 97.6 (95% CI 0.90–0.99) and 94.1 (95% CI 0.78–0.98) at the cut-off level of >20, >800, and >30, respectively. …”
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Perbedaan asupan zat gizi, pengetahuan anemia, dan kepatuhan konsumsi Tablet Tambah Darah (TTD) pada remaja putri di pesantren dan nonpesantren by Esya Aqilla Alfianti, Fillah Fithra Dieny, Dewi Marfu’ah Kurniawati, Hartanti Sandi Wijayanti

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Delving into discrepancies, a single-center experience with Accelerate Pheno for gram-negative bacteremia, a rapid phenotypic susceptibility testing method by Zoe Freeman Weiss, Dimitar Zelenkov, Jon Englert, Maureen Campion

“…Between these two methods, overall essential agreement was 93.7% (2162/2304) and categorical agreement 93.5% (2159/2306). …”
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Chronic low back pain and postural instability: interaction effects of pain severity, age, BMI, and disability by Adel Alshahrani, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Sunil Kumar Ravi

“…Pain severity correlated with sway velocity (r = 0.52, p = 0.003) and CoP displacement (r = 0.57, p = 0.002). Interaction effects indicated greater instability in older, obese individuals with severe pain and high disability.ConclusionChronic low back pain is associated with impaired postural stability, influenced by pain severity, BMI, age, and disability. …”
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Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment in Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Recommended for Surgery by Hui Wang, Di Yang, Yan Lv, Jing Lin, Haibin Wang

“…Compared to the nonoperative group, the hazard ratios (HRs) in the operative group were 0.46 (95% CI 0.23–0.95 and p=0.037) in stage IIIA and 0.54 (95% CI 0.42–0.68 and p<0.001) in stage IVA. …”
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Research Progress on the Digestion Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Whole Grain Brown Rice by WANG Dan, ZHAI Xiao-tong, ZHANG Na, WU Na-na, TAN Bin

“…Liang you shipin ke-ji…”
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The Problem of Spurious Emissions in 5G FR2 Phased Arrays, and a Solution Based on an Upmixer With Embedded LO Leakage Cancellation by Arun Paidimarri, Yujiro Tojo, Caglar Ozdag, Alberto Valdes-Garcia, Bodhisatwa Sadhu

“…The LO cancellation results in better than &#x2212;57-dBc LO leakage across all candidate frequencies. …”
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Food insecurity increases the risk of overweight and chronic diseases in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Chong Zhou, Hongrui Miao, Yingjun Zhao, Xiaohong Wan

“…The anemia subgroup was significantly associated with FI (OR 1.67, 95 % CI 1.302.13, P < 0.0001). Severe FI was reported to increase the risk of hypertension (OR 1.59, 95 % CI 1.281.98, P < 0.000 1). …”
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Rasagiline as Adjunct to Levodopa for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Osamu Kano, Hiroshi Tsuda, Ayako Hayashi, Masaki Arai

“…Significant improvements in wearing-off time (standardized mean difference [SMD]: −0.50, 95% confidence interval [CI]: –0.92 to –0.09, p=0.002), levodopa dosage (SMD: −0.18, 95% CI: −0.35 to –0.01, p=0.041), UPDRS/MDS-UPDRS II (SMD: −0.39, 95% CI: −0.52 to –0.25, p<0.0001), UPDRS/MDS-UPDRS III (SMD: −0.30, 95% CI: −0.44 to –0.16, p<0.0001), and PDQ-39 summary index score (SMD: –0.21, 95% CI: –0.37 to –0.04, p=0.013) were observed with rasagiline/levodopa versus placebo/levodopa. …”
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Transition to the sustainable supply chains: (on the example of PJSC Uralkali) by Strimovskaya Anna, Ryumkina Kseniya, Presnyakova Olga

“…Digitalization of logistics activity provides additional economic and environmental opportunities for modern enterprises: optimization of vehicle downtime during loading and unloading operations, reduction of CO2 emissions from irrationally formed routes, release of personnel from routine tasks in favor of strategic planning and control. …”
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Neoadjuvant programmed death ligand-1 with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective study by Zhi Yang, Yan-qing Wang, Xiujun Chang

“…The MPR rate of 72.7% due to treatment with neoadjuvant PD-(L)1 blockade plus chemotherapy group (group I) was significantly higher than those in the traditional neoadjuvant chemotherapy group (16.7%)(group C). …”
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Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with age-related cataract by A.A. Shpak, A.B. Guekht, T.A. Druzhkova, A.A. Troshina, N.V. Gulyaeva

“…The concentration of GDNF in the AH was 88.9±46.9 (2.0–212.5) pg/ml, in the BS – 201.1±44.6 (103.2–287.2) pg/ml, in the LF – 343.6±133.7 (172.8–683.0) pg/ml. …”
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