Supervision, performance assessment, and recognition strategy (SPARS) – a multipronged strategy to strengthen medicines management in Nepal: pilot study methods and baseline result... by Nirajan Bhusal, Anup Bastola, Reekesh Shrestha, Narendra Kumar Khanal, Birna Trap

“…The intent, pending funding, is to continue supervision and expand SPARS to achieve national coverage.Results: The overall MM baseline median score was 8.5 (34%) (maximum 25) with an inter-quartile range (IQR) of 6.4–10.7. Median facility domain scores (maximum 5) were: storage management, 2.0 (IQR 1.4–2.6); stock management 0.3 (IQR 0.0–1.0); ordering and reporting 2.5 (IQR 1.7–3.5); dispensing quality 1.3 (IQR 0.9–1.6); and prescribing quality 2.3 (IQR 1.3–3.3). …”
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Association of the body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: findings based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2010 data by Yinda Wang, Fei Chen, Binzhong Zhang, Zhengwei Song

“…However, the AUC value of BRI (0.537) was less effective than BMI (0.551) and WC (0.570) in diagnosing constipation. …”
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Assessment of Chinese urban land-use efficiency (SDG11.3.1) utilizing high-precision urban built-up area data by Hao Wang, Yafei Liu, Lianze Sun, Xiaogang Ning, Guangzhe Li

“…The comprehensive framework developed for evaluating SDG11.3.1 with high-precision urban built-up area data can be adapted to different national regions, yielding more accurate SDG11.3.1 outcomes. …”
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A machine learning framework for short-term prediction of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations using personal air quality monitors and lifestyle data by M. Atzeni, G. Cappon, J. K. Quint, F. Kelly, B. Barratt, M. Vettoretti

“…The framework was tested on data collected in 101 COPD patients monitored for up to 6 months with occurrence of exacerbation in 10.7% of total samples. Two different patient sub-types have been identified, characterised by different disease severity. …”
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Acetic Acid Chromoendoscopy in the Preliminary Diagnosis of Histological Type of Colon Polyp during Colonoscopy by N. V. Ageykina, E. D. Fedorov, P. G. Malkov, T. V. Nikolaychuk, N. A. Oleynikova

“…From September 2017 to February 2018, 63 polyps were detected among 51 patients (male 11, women 40, aged between 30–78 years, average age 52.2 ± 12.5 years) in all parts of the colon.Polyps were found in all parts of colon, sizes varied: 24 (38.1 %) ≤5 mm, 31 (49.2 %) 6–10 mm, 8 (12.7 %) ≥10 mm. The macroscopic types 0–IIa were 44 (69.8 %), and 0–Is — 19 (30.2 %). …”
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Prognostic impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on short-term and long-term outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting by Mohammad Sadeq Najafi, Arash Jalali, Zahra Karimi, Mohadese Dashtkoohi, Kimia Moradi, Mojgan Ghavami, Saeed Davoodi, Seyed Hossein Ahmadi Tafti, Rasoul Aliannejad

“…Although COPD did not increase 30-day mortality and MACCE risk, the models showed that patients with COPD are at a significantly higher risk of long-term mortality and MACCE after CABG (IPW: HR for mortality: 1.53, 95% CI: 1.31–1.79; HR for MACCE: 1.29, 95% CI: 1.12–1.47). …”
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Determinants of outcomes in patients with hepatitis B virus-decompensated cirrhosis by Yi-Jie Huang, Jun-Sing Wang, Cheng-Hsu Chen, Shou-Wu Lee, Chung-Hsin Chang, Szu-Chia Liao, Yen-Chun Peng, Teng-Yu Lee, Tsai-Chung Li

“…The median follow-up time was 17 months (IQR2.17–58.94), during which 132 patients (47.4%) either died or underwent liver transplantation. …”
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Research on the treatment efficiency of improved sequential batch integrated wastewater equipment by MA Haibo, MIAO Liyong, XIAO Bo, LIU Zhijie, JIANG Xiaoyu, RONG Yi, REN Wuang

“…The removal rates of COD, NH4+-N, TP, and TN in the effluent were 92.8%, 95.7%, 93.0% and 77.8% in the summer and 89.8%, 89.3%, 91.6% and 72.3% in the winter, respectively. …”
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Toward mechanistic understanding of wettability alteration in carbonate rocks in the presence of nanoparticles, gelatin biopolymer, and core-shell nanocomposite of Fe3O4@gelatin by Mohammad Ebrahimi, Hossein Ghalenavi, Mahin Schaffie, Mohammad Ranjbar, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…For instance, the contact angles of dolomite and calcite treated with SDS surfactants decreased to 39.07° and 27.38°, respectively, indicating water-wet conditions. …”
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Effect of different feeding regimes in amur common carp fingerlings: compensatory growth, physio-metabolic responses, and expression of IGF-1 gene by Chowdhury Arka, Ghosh Tapas Kumar, Khatua Sanjib, Hore Sayani, Kumari Palak, Kajal Kumari, Jana Prasanta

“…The experiment was intended to evaluate the competent restricted feeding strategy for amur common carp fingerlings reared under actual pond condition. Fingerlings (2.28 ± 0.27 g) were subjected to five different restricted feeding regimes; viz. …”
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Combined Liver Stiffness and Α-fetoprotein Further beyond the Sustained Virologic Response Visit as Predictors of Long-Term Liver-Related Events in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C by Sheng-Hung Chen, Hsueh-Chou Lai, Wen-Pang Su, Jung-Ta Kao, Po-Heng Chuang, Wei-Fan Hsu, Hung-Wei Wang, Tsung-Lin Hsieh, Hung-Yao Chen, Cheng-Yuan Peng

“…The multivariate Cox regression analysis identified two significant predictors of LREs after the year 3 post-SVR (Y3PSVR) baseline (LRE, n = 15 of 28, 53.6%, median follow-up = 4.1 [1.6–6.4] years after Y3PSVR): LS at Y3PSVR (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 3.980, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.085–7.597, P<0.001), and α-fetoprotein (AFP) at Y3PSVR (aHR = 1.017, 95% CI = 1.001–1.034, P=0.034). …”
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Mediation effects of subjective social status and personality traits between childhood nurturing experiences and depressive symptoms in adult volunteers by Yuki Nakagawa, Miki Ono, Chihiro Morishita, Mina Honyashiki, Yu Tamada, Yota Fujimura, Shinji Higashi, Naoki Hashimoto, Takeshi Inoue, Jiro Masuya

“…On the other hand, neuroticism was found to mediate the association between subjective social status and depressive symptoms (–0.097 in Care model and –0.103 in Overprotection model), as well as the association between nurturing experiences and depressive symptoms (0.144 for Overprotection and –0.134 for Care). …”
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Promising markers of CIMP+ colon tumors identified on the basis of TCGA data analysis by G. S. Krasnov, A. D. Beniaminov, R. A. Tychko, G. A. Puzanov, R. O. Novakovskiy, A. V. Kudryavtseva, A. A. Dmitriev

“…For the identification of CpG sites, the methylation level of which could be used to detect CIMP+ tumors, an analysis of expression and methylation profiles of 297 primary colon tumors and 38 histologically normal tissues paired to them, which are presented in the TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas) project database, was performed by us using the CrossHub tool created previously. …”
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions for COVID-19: Insights Using State-Level Data by Rohit S. Loomba, Enrique G. Villarreal, Juan S. Farias, Ronald A. Bronicki, Saul Flores

“…Children above 11 years of age comprised 69.7% of the total cohort and 35.1% had moderated or severe comorbidities. …”
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Cost-effectiveness and budget impact analysis of peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis in South Africa by Evelyn Thsehla, Micheal Kofi Boachie, Susan Goldstein

“…Abstract Background More than 800 million people are affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD) worldwide. In South Africa, the prevalence of CKD increased by 67% between 1999 and 2006. …”
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乙肝病毒X蛋白对肝癌细胞组蛋白H3K4甲基化修饰的影响及机制

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CERVICAL SAGITTAL ALIGNMENT AND CURVE PATTERN IN IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS by Mauricio Coelho Lima, Marcelo Italo Risso Neto, Paulo Tadeu Maia Cavali, Samuel Henrique Jakoski Gehhlen, André Frazão Rosa, Sylvio Mistro Neto, Rafael Magalhães Grana, Alexander Junqueira Rossato, Maurício Antonelli Lehoczki, Alberto Cliquet Junior

“…All the results were statistically analyzed and the significance level adopted was 5% (p<0.05). Results: The Cobb C2-C7 values showed a decrease in cervical lordosis in these patients (p = 0.048) and also showed an inverse relationship with thoracic kyphosis (p = 0.027). …”
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The influence of body mass index on efficacy and outcomes of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic surgery (PTES) for the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases: a retrospectiv... by Chenyang Zhuang, Yun Xu, Hong Lin, Yutong Gu

“…Both groups demonstrated a significant decrease in ODI (12.01 ± 3.57% vs. 67.16 ± 9.25%, 13.92 ± 4.24% vs. 68.10 ± 9.27%, P < 0.05) and VAS (0.10 ± 0.48 vs. 8.38 ± 0.94, 0.22 ± 0.56 vs. 8.38 ± 0.86) at 24 months after the operation compared with which at the preoperative status. …”
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Nitrogen bound to manure fiber is increased by applications of simple phenolic acids by Jonathan J. Halvorson, Scott L. Kronberg, Rachael G. Christensen, Ann E. Hagerman, David W. Archer

“…The treatment with B1, caffeic acid, (CAF), or B2 increased ADF-N from 13.2 to 17.5% while +(−)catechin (CAT), and p-coumaric acid (p-COUM), increased it by 19.7 and 22.2% respectively. …”
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Cáncer y depresión en adultos mayores by Raúl Villanueva-Salazar, Adriana Díaz-Baquerizo, Ana L. Tintaya-Pelaes, Cielo A. Estela-Fernández, José F. Parodi, Fernando Runzer-Colmenares

Subjects: “…Depresión. Cáncer. Geriatría. Efectos colaterales y reacciones adversas relacionados con medicamentos.…”
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