Equality, Diversity and Inclusion characteristics measured or reported in randomised trials of intrapartum interventions: A Scoping Review [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Aoife Smith, John Gilmore, Susan Hannon, Valerie Smith

“…Ninety RCTs limited inclusion to nulliparous participants only, six RCTs required participants to have a minimum educational level, 127 RCTs had inclusion age cut-offs although 23 different variations of this were noted and 15 RCTs excluded participants on the grounds of disability. …”
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Фортификации Усть-Терсюкского городища эпохи Раннего Средневековья by Матвеева Наталья Петровна, Рафикова Татьяна Николаевна, Третьяков Евгений Алексеевич, Якимов Артем Сергеевич

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ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНОЕ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ ГИДРАВЛИЧЕСКОГО СОПРОТИВЛЕНИЯ МУЛЬТИВИХРЕВОГО СЕПАРАТОРА by Вадим Эдуардович Зинуров, Рустем Ядкарович Биккулов, Оксана Сергеевна Дмитриева, Ильнур Наилович Мадышев, Азалия Айратовна Абдуллина

“…На основе проведенных исследований сделаны выводы: гидравлическое сопротивление мультивихревого сепаратора с открытыми сепарационными каналами Δpop составляет 14 до 204 Па при скорости воздуха на входе в устройство от 1,4 до 7,7 м/с, гидравлическое сопротивление мультивихревого сепаратора с установленной крышкой с отверстиями для выхода потока воздуха Δpcl составляет от 42 до 1833 Па при скорости воздуха на входе в устройство от 0,8 до 4,9 м/с, усложнение конструкции приводит к увеличению гидравлического сопротивления и, вероятнее всего, повышению эффективности, вследствие формирования более устойчивой вихревой структуры.…”
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Long-Term Prospective Study of the Influence of Estrone Levels on Events in Postmenopausal Women with or at High Risk for Coronary Artery Disease by Antonio de Padua Mansur, Tereza Cristina B. F. Silva, Julio Yoshio Takada, Solange Desirée Avakian, Célia Maria C. Strunz, Luiz Antonio Machado César, José Mendes Aldrighi, José Antonio F. Ramires

“…The link between endogenous estrogen, coronary artery disease (CAD), and death in postmenopausal women is uncertain. …”
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Simulation of the Performance of Kevlar Impregnated Shear Thickening Fluid Ballistic Test Results (STF) Ballistic Test Results by Riduwan Prasetya, Andoko Andoko, Suprayitno Suprayitno, Retno Wulandari, Prihanto Trihutomo, Kenji Mishima, Dawid Janas

“…Kevlar yarn was modeled as a shell element formed into fabric with a sine wave profile, investigating two types of STF: SiO2-PEG200 (S0) and SiO2-PEG200-B4C (S1), differing in maximum viscosities. The addition of STF resulted in increased coefficients of friction on Kevlar, with the highest values observed for the SiO2-PEG200-B4C impregnated fabric (  =0.87 and =0.82). …”
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Smartphone overuse and distraction: which relationship with general well-being across different generations? by Diego Bellini, Maria Lidia Mascia, Rachele Conti, Maria Pietronilla Penna

“…However, excessive use of smartphones can have detrimental effects on users. This study explores the relationship between problematic smartphone use, smartphone distraction, and well-being across four different generations. …”
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Peptide Aptamer–Paclitaxel Conjugates for Tumor Targeted Therapy by Xinyang Shen, Yuan Ma, Hang Luo, Razack Abdullah, Yufei Pan, Yihao Zhang, Chuanxin Zhong, Baoting Zhang, Ge Zhang

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Motor transport development in Klaipėda district in 1900-1939 by Julius Žukas

“…In the beginning of 1920, there were 49 cars registered in the district, in 1922, 108 cars registered, while by the end of 1928 - 307 cars registered. …”
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Associations of the triglyceride-glucose index and remnant cholesterol levels with the prevalence of Carotid Plaque in patients with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study by Xin Xu, Tianrong Pan, Xing Zhong, Yijun Du, Deyuan Zhang

“…A multivariate logistic regression study indicated that, after adjusting statistically significant variables screened in LASSO regression, TyG index [OR (95% CI): 1.810 (1.077, 3.113)] and RC [OR (95% CI): 1.988 (1.034, 3.950)] remained the risk factors for carotid plaque presence. …”
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Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterizations of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on Frequently Touched Sites from Public Hospitals in South Africa by Siyethaba Mkhize, Daniel G. Amoako, Christiana O. Shobo, Oliver T. Zishiri, Linda A. Bester

“…The virulence genes with the highest observed frequency were hld (87 (87.9%)) and LukS/F-PV (53 (53.5%)). The resistance genes with the highest frequency were the tetM and tetK genes detected in 60 (60.6%) and 57 (57.6%) isolates, respectively. …”
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The effects of interaction between smoking and abdominal obesity on pre-diabetes mellitus by Huali Xiong, Peng Zhao, Fengxun Ma, Dayi Tang, Daiqiang Liu

“…Following adjustments for confounding variables, current smoking (OR = 1.26, 95%CI:1.04–1.52) and abdominal obesity (OR = 1.4, 95%CI:1.18–1.66) were significantly linked to an elevated risk of PDM. …”
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Burden and Determinant of Inadequate Dietary Diversity among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hagos Degefa Hidru, Meresa Berwo Mengesha, Yared Hailesilassie, Fissaha Tekulu Welay

“…The pooled prevalence of inadequate dietary diversity was 53% (95% CI: 44%, 62%). Food insecurity [AOR = 2.18, (95% CI: 1.02, 4.63)], family size of greater than four [AOR = 1.46, (95% CI: 1.10, 1.95)], rural residence [AOR = 4.52, (95% CI: 1.02, 20.09)], no formal educational status [AOR = 4.50, (95% CI: 1.02, 20.09)], and a lack of counseling about dietary diversity [AOR = 2.75, (95% CI: 2.17, 3.48)] were among the significantly associated factors for inadequate dietary diversity. …”
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Rahasia Tartib Surah dan Ayat Al-Quran dari Unsur Bilangan (Kajian Pemikiran Izza Rohman) by Sri Pujilestari, Weka Dwi Kartika, Azah Lailaturrosidah, Abdussakir, Muhammad

“…One of them is the study of the peculiarities of the numbers 7 and 19. From these numbers, several secrets of letter numbers and verse numbers can be revealed. …”
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Blood Cells Parameters in Second Trimester of Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Vida Ghasemi, Mojdeh Banaei, Zahra Kiani, Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Marzieh Saei Ghare Naz

“…Meta‐analysis showed that compared with the control group, women with GDM had significantly higher levels of haemoglobin (0.343 [95% CI 0.134–0.553] p = 0.01, sensitivity analysis: 0.174 [95% CI 0.0343–0.315] p = 0.01), red blood cell (0.387 [95% CI 0.224–0.550] p < 0.001), mean platelet volume (0.498 [95% CI 0.165–0.831] p = 0.003), white blood cell count (0.351 [95% CI 0.0882–0.615] p = 0.009) and neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (0.534 [95% CI 0.127–0.941] p = 0.01). …”
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Body composition changes and clinical outcomes in pediatric cystic fibrosis during 24 months of lumacaftor ivacaftor therapy based on real-world data by Marcell Imrei, Adrienn F. Kéri, Éva Gács, Ildikó Gönczi, Melinda Meláth, Éva Kosaras, Botond Demeter, Csaba Péterfia, Klára Vass, Gyöngyi Székely, Klementina Ocskay, Andrea Párniczky

“…Median BMI z-score increased from − 0.81 (− 1.37–0.49) to − 0.39 (− 0.88 to  − 0.04) (p = 0.288), and the proportion of underweight and overweight children decreased. …”
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Linking Sleep to Hypertension: Greater Risk for Blacks by A. Pandey, N. Williams, M. Donat, M. Ceide, P. Brimah, G. Ogedegbe, S. I. McFarlane, G. Jean-Louis

“…Unadjusted logistic regression analysis exploring the race/ethnicity interactions between insufficient sleep and hypertension indicated that black short (<6 hours) and long (>8 hours) sleepers were more likely to report hypertension than their white counterparts (OR = 1.34 and 1.37, resp.; P<0.01). Significant interactions of insufficient sleep with race/ethnicity were observed even after adjusting to effects of age, sex, income, education, body mass index, alcohol use, smoking, emotional distress, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and stroke. …”
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Factores de riesgo aterogénico como predictores de daño microvascular en la retina by Yilian Constanten Pompa, Yasmina Rodriguez Hernández, Ayrelis Eloina Perovani Argüelles, Maritania Vizcaíno César, Yanneris Parada Barroso

“…La retinografía mostró daño en el 58,18 %: Rectificación de los cruces arteriovenosos (65,71 %), tortuosidad venosa (28,21 %) y cruces arteriovenosos con aplastamiento (85,71 %). El aumento del colesterol sérico (p= 0,003) se asoció con la presión arterial sistólica (p= 0,037) en el fondo de ojo, y con el antecedente de hipertensión arterial (p= 0,023) en la retinografía. …”
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Folklore et écriture vernaculaire dans The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Laurence Cossu-Beaumont

“…Certes, le rythme, la grammaire de l’anglais oral noir américain jalonnent ce récit qui se place lui-même dans son prologue sous le signe stylistique des conversations informelles sur les marches d’un perron de Louisiane, ces « porch talk » dont Gaines répète s’être inspiré.Cependant, l’analyse confinerait à la couleur locale si la « folk autobiography » n’était pas lue comme autobiographie fictive d’un peuple et d’une stratégie de survie : Miss Jane incarne aussi la dimension fonctionnelle du parler vernaculaire dont la théorie de signifyin(g) a montré les enjeux vitaux. …”
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Endoscopic Submucosal Single- or Multi-tunnel Dissection for Near-Circumferential and Circumferential Superficial Esophageal Neoplastic Lesions by Lin-Lin Zhu, Jun-Chao Wu, Yi-Ping Wang, Du He, Wen-Yan Zhang, Tao Gan, Jin-Lin Yang

“…The mean dissection speed was 22.8±12.7 mm2/min. En bloc dissection was achieved in all lesions, and the R0 resection rate was 70.2 percent. …”
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Contrast-Enhanced CT Texture Analysis for Distinguishing Fat-Poor Renal Angiomyolipoma From Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma by Guangjie Yang MD, Aidi Gong BS, Pei Nie MD, Lei Yan BS, Wenjie Miao BS, Yujun Zhao BS, Jie Wu MD, Jingjing Cui BS, Yan Jia BS, Zhenguang Wang MD

“…Conclusions: The CTTA models based on contrast-enhanced CT images had a high value in differentiating fpAML from chRCC.…”
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