Prevalence, Causes, and Factors Associated with Visual Impairment and Blindness among Registered Pensioners in Ghana by Benjamin D. Nuertey, Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur, Joyce Addai, Victor Adongo, Augustine D. Nuertey, Clement Kabutey, Isaac Asimadu Mensah, Richard Bekoe Biritwum

“…The overall prevalence of blindness among pensioners in Ghana was 3.8% (95% CI = 3.2–4.4), while the prevalence of moderate and severe visual impairment was 21.7% (95% CI = 20.5–23.0). …”
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Physical activities and breast cancer: a Mendelian randomization study by Lishan Ding, Qingliang Chen, Hao Liang, Meng Shen, Ming Zheng, Zhaojun Li

“…Two-sample MR analysis revealed a genetic prediction indicating that walking for pleasure was associated with decreased risk of ER+ BC (odds ratio (OR) = 0.302, 95% CI = 0.105–0.872, p = 0.027), while other physical activities were not significantly correlated with BC, ER+ BC and ER– BC. …”
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Risk factors for difficult peripheral venous cannulation in hospitalised patients. Protocol for a multicentre case–control study in 48 units of eight public hospitals in Spain by Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio, Ian Blanco-Mavillard, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Calero, Ismael Fernandez-Fernandez, Luis Javier Molero-Ballester, Catalina Matamalas-Massanet, Luis Moreno-Mejias, Joan Ernest de Pedro-Gomez

“…It has been stated a minimum sample size of 2070 patients, 207 cases and 1863 controls.A descriptive analysis will be made of the distribution of the phenomenon. …”
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Impact of early initiation of renal replacement therapy in patients on venoarterial ECMO using target trial emulation with Japanese nationwide data by Toshihiro Kubo, Tomonori Takeuchi, Norihiko Inoue, Augusto Cama-Olivares, Deepak Chandramohan, Ashita J. Tolwani, Keith M. Wille, Kiyohide Fushimi, Javier A. Neyra, Kenji Wakabayashi

“…The 28-day and 90-day mortalities were lower in the Early group (HR 0.59 [95% CI 0.53–0.68] and 0.67 [0.61–0.75]). However, the early group experienced greater RRT dependence at 90 days than the late group (OR 2.58 [1.94–3.46]). …”
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Deranged Bioenergetics and Defective Redox Capacity in T Lymphocytes and Neutrophils Are Related to Cellular Dysfunction and Increased Oxidative Stress in Patients with Active Syst... by Ko-Jen Li, Cheng-Han Wu, Song-Chou Hsieh, Ming-Chi Lu, Chang-Youh Tsai, Chia-Li Yu

“…Compared to normal cells, SLE-PMN showed decreased intracellular GSH levels, and GGT enzyme activity was found in SLE-PMN and enhanced expression of CD53, a coprecipitating molecule for GGT. We conclude that deranged cellular bioenergetics and defective redox capacity in T and PMN are responsible for cellular immune dysfunction and are related to increased oxidative stress in active SLE patients.…”
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Study on the Ablation Behavior of High-Intensity Lasers in Vacuum by Heyan Gao, Ying Wang, Jifei Ye, Bangdeng Du, Diankai Wang, Sai Li, Qianqian Cui, Sibo Wang, Tengfei Zhang

“…The results indicate that within the number of high-intensity laser pulses, the ablation depth per pulse can be increased by more than four times, and the average ablation volume per pulse can reach 0.97 µm³/µJ. …”
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Immune status improvement in piglets through the use of interferon-containing products during specific prevention of porcine pleuropneumonia by A. G. Shakhov, L. Yu. Sashnina, V. A. Prokulevich, Yu. Yu. Vladimirova, M. I. Adodina

“…It was found that the use of biferon-S and prostimul together with the vaccine administration is accompanied by immune status improvement in the animals, which is manifested as an increase, in comparison with vaccinated animals that received no interferon-containing products (base case), in serum levels of γ-globulins – by 34.6 and 53.7% (in case of prostimul and β-globulins – by 10.1%), total immunoglobulins – by 32.8 and 37.8%, large circulating immune complexes – by 37.5 and 52.6%, a less significant increase in the levels of small complexes and, as a result, pathogenicity coefficient reduction by 5.4 and 12.4%, respectively. …”
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Environmentally friendly green synthesis of reduced graphene oxide using Laurus nobilis, characterization and evaluation of in vitro anticancer activity by Yasemin Budama-Kilinc, Esra Arslan, Bahar Gok, Muge Sari Yilmaz

“…According to the results, the size of rGO nano-sheets was determined as 203 nm ±2.87, and the PdI value was determined as 0.011 ± 0.02. …”
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COMPOSICIÓN QUIMICA DE LA LECHE, DIGESTIBILIDAD in vitro DE LA MATERIA SECA Y PRODUCCIÓN EN VACAS ALIMENTADAS CON GRAMÍNEAS SOLAS O ASOCIADAS CON Lotus uliginosus by A. Morales, J. León, E. Cárdenas, G. Afanador, J. Carulla

“…La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo evaluar el uso de la leguminosa Lotus uliginosus como alternativa de inclusión dentro de las praderas en dos ecorregiones estratégicas de la sabana de Bogotá. en cada finca se evaluaron cuatro tratamientos: 1) kikuyo solo (P. clandestinum), 2) kikuyo asociado con trébol pata de pájaro ( P.clandes-tinum + L. uliginosus), 3) festuca alta sola (F. arundinacea) y 4) Festuca alta asociada con trébol pata de pájaro (F. arundinacea + L. uliginosus). el número de bovinos varió de acuerdo a la capacidad de carga de cada finca. se utilizaron animales que se encontraban en el segundo tercio de lactancia durante un período experimental de siete días. en cada tratamiento se determinó la producción (L/día) y calidad de leche (% de grasa, proteína y sólidos totales); en la pastura se evaluó la composición química (Ms, Fdn, Fda) y la digestibilidad in vitro de la materia seca (divMs). se midió el consumo voluntario. en la finca Megaleche la producción de biomasa presentó diferencias significativas (P<0,05) entre los tratamientos destacándose el tratamiento del kikuyo solo; la calidad nutricional de las pasturas también presentó diferencias (P<0,04) destacándose el tratamiento de kikuyo + trébol pata de pájaro, asociación que también se destacó en consumo voluntario (P< 0.05) y producción de leche (P<0,05). en la finca Colega el contenido de proteína del forraje presentó diferencias cuando las gramíneas se asociaron con el trébol pata de pájaro (P<0,001). se concluyó que la introducción del Lotus en las praderas mejoró la producción de leche y consumo de materia seca en los animales.…”
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A Low-Cost IoT System Based on the ESP32 Microcontroller for Efficient Monitoring of a Pilot Anaerobic Biogas Reactor by Sotirios D. Kalamaras, Maria-Athina Tsitsimpikou, Christos A. Tzenos, Antonios A. Lithourgidis, Dimitra S. Pitsikoglou, Thomas A. Kotsopoulos

“…Methane concentration variance was less than 6% compared to gas chromatography, while temperature and pH deviations were 0.15% and 1.67%, respectively. Ammonia ion measurements required frequent recalibration due to larger fluctuations. …”
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Dietary Supplementation of Solid-state Fermented Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Larvae Meal Enriched by Lactobacillus sp. in Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) by Doğukan Kaya, Ercüment Genç, Şenay Sarıca, Musa Yavuz

“…Fusobacteria was the most abundant phylum in C, G1, G2 and G3 groups. However, Proteobacteria showed the most intensity in the G4 group. …”
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Electrochemical Sensor for Hydrogen Leakage Detection at Room Temperature by Gimi Aurelian Rîmbu, Lucian Pîslaru-Dănescu, George-Claudiu Zărnescu, Carmen Alina Ștefănescu, Mihai Iordoc, Aristofan Alexandru Teișanu, Gabriela Telipan

“…The sensing element is based on a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) system that includes a cathode electrode, an ion-conducting membrane type Nafion 117, from FuelCellStore, (Bryan, TX, USA). and an anode electrode mounted in a coin cell type CR2016, from Xiamen Tob New Energy Technology Co., Ltd, (Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China). …”
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Dual harm among patients in the Ontario forensic mental health system. by Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Bailea Erb, Sébastien Prat, Arianna Davids, John Bradford, Gary Andrew Chaimowitz, Andrew Toyin Olagunju

“…Most of them had engaged in dual harm related to verbal aggression (3.15%), followed by dual harm related to aggression towards objects (2.97%), dual harm related to aggression towards others (2.73%), and dual harm related to sexual aggression was the rarest (1.32%). …”
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Ocular Aberrations and Retinal Thickness Variations After Moderate-Term Reading on Electronic Devices by Age by María Arcas-Carbonell, Elvira Orduna-Hospital, María Mechó-García, María Munarriz-Escribano, Ana Sanchez-Cano

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REFERENCE POINTS OF THE PATHOGENESIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF MODEL FORMATION RISKY REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR TEENAGE GIRLS by Ирина Вячеславовна Бабенко-Сорокопуд

“…Materials and methods The study included adolescents with a gynecological age of at least 2 years who had data on menstrual disorder (MD) and risky sexual activity (RSA) over the past 6 months – group A (n = 257): non-heterosexual (NH), exclusively and predominantly same-sex preference when choosing a potential partner (I, n = 89) and heterosexual (H), who have never had a partner of the same sex (II, n = 168). …”
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Factors associated with, and variations in, COVID-19 hospital death rates in England’s first two waves: observational study by Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin, Stephen Brett, Puji Faitna

“…The median odds ratio for wave 1 was just 1.05 and for wave 2 was 1.07. At 99.8% control limits, 3% of hospitals were high and 7% were low funnel plot outliers in wave 1; these figures were 9% and 12% for wave 2. …”
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Genotyping of HCV RNA Reveals That 3a Is the Most Prevalent Genotype in Mardan, Pakistan by Sajid Ali, Ayaz Ahmad, Raham Sher Khan, Sanaullah Khan, Muhammad Hamayun, Sumera Afzal Khan, Amjad Iqbal, Abid Ali Khan, Abdul Wadood, Taj Ur Rahman, Ali Hydar Baig

“…Identification of the infecting virus genotype is indispensable for the exploration of many aspects of HCV infection, including epidemiology, pathogenesis, and response to antiviral therapy. 1419 individuals were screened for anti-HCV in this study, of which 166 (11.7%) were found reactive by ICT (Immunochromatographic test). …”
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Bone Loss Rate May Interact with Other Risk Factors for Fractures among Elderly Women: A 15-Year Population-Based Study by Joonas Sirola, Anna-Kaisa Koistinen, Kari Salovaara, Toni Rikkonen, Marjo Tuppurainen, Jukka S. Jurvelin, Risto Honkanen, Esko Alhava, Heikki Kröger

“…There were no differences in FR between BL tertiles in Cox regression model. Factors predicting lower FR in Cox model were in high tertile: high T-score (HR 0.71; 95% CI 0.54–0.93, P=.012), no sister's fracture (HR 0.35; 0.19–0.64, P=.001), no mother's fracture (HR 0.52; 0.31–0.88, P=.015), in moderate tertile: high T-score (HR 0.69;0.53–0.91, P=.008) and good grip strength (HR 0.98; 0.97–0.99, P=.022). …”
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Causal associations between socioeconomic status and prostate cancer using two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Zhenxing Wang, Chunyan Wang, Xing Gou, Liang Pei, Xiaoyuan Qiao

“…Our MR analysis revealed a causal association between unemployment and prostate cancer (OR: 3.07, 95%CI:1.12–8.42, P = 0.03). No causal associations were identified between other SES components and prostate cancer. …”
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Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)’nın Yumurta Üretiminde Farklı Besinlerin Karşılaştırılması by Asude Türkoğlu, Ali Özpınar

“…Yumurta gelişme süresini en kısa sürede tamamlayan 1 no’lu (2.15 gün) besin, larva gelişme süresini en kısa sürede tamamlayan 3 no’lu (25.7 gün) besin ve pupa gelişme süresini en kısa sürede tamamlayan 6 no’lu (9.6 gün) besin olduğu belirlenmiştir. …”
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