Psychosocial determinants of the willingness to pay for social health insurance among workers at a commercial bank in Dessie, Ethiopia: a multi-setting study by Alemayehu Mebratu Abate, Asnakew Molla Mekonen, Abebe Kibret Assfaw, Husien Nurahmed Toleha, Ewunetie Mekashaw Bayked

“…The WTP was found to be significantly affected by being female (AOR = 0.50, 95% CI: 0.26–0.98), being affiliated with orthodox Christianity (AOR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.23–0.99), the presence of ≥5 family members in the household (AOR = 0.17, 95% CI: 0.06–0.52), experience of illness in the last 6 months (AOR = 4.95, 95% CI: 2.23–11.00), and perception toward it (AOR = 4.07, 95% CI: 2.03–8.17).ConclusionThe WTP for the scheme was suboptimal, attributed to limited benefit packages, lack of medicines and equipment, and poor healthcare quality, and significantly influenced by being female, being affiliated with orthodox Christianity, family size, experience of illness in the last 6 months, as well as perceptions toward it.…”
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Surgical Outcomes and Clinicopathological Characteristics of Patients Who Underwent Potentially Noncurative Endoscopic Resection for Gastric Cancer: A Report of a Single-Center Exp... by Hiroaki Ito, Haruhiro Inoue, Haruo Ikeda, Noriko Odaka, Akira Yoshida, Hitoshi Satodate, Manabu Onimaru, Daisuke Takayanagi, Esperanza Grace Santi, Shin-ei Kudo

“…Only venous invasion was statistically significant to lymph node metastasis (P=0.017). With respect to remnant of the primary tumor, pT1b2 tumor invasion (P=0.015) and horizontal margin (P=0.013) were statistically significant. …”
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Synthesis and in-situ Mo microalloying of CuCr alloy by aluminothermic self-propagating reduction by Jin-ru Han, Zhi-he Dou, Ting-an Zhang, Wang An

Subjects: “…CuCr contact material…”
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Clinical Profile and Prescription Patterns in Culture-proven Enteric Fever in Children by Divya Priyadharshini, Mobill Clinton, Nandini Sethuraman, Mathrubootham Sridhar, Vidya Krishna

“…Mean fever defervescence time was 4.8 days in the single antibiotic group and 4.5 days in the combination group (<i>p</i> = 0.47), and in typhoid vs paratyphoid, it was 4.8 vs 3.3 days (<i>p</i> = 0.04). …”
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Fear of childbirth and psychiatric disorders decrease the likelihood of subsequent births: a retrospective register-based cohort study by Elina Silvan, Terhi Saisto, Tia Mäkelä, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Mika Gissler, Laura Lampio

“…We calculated the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using the Cox regression analysis. Results Altogether, 317 219 women delivering their first child in 2006–2016 met the inclusion criteria, 216 521 of whom (68.3%) had their second birth during that time. …”
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Problems and Barriers Related to the Use of AI-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems: Interview Study by Godwin Denk Giebel, Pascal Raszke, Hartmuth Nowak, Lars Palmowski, Michael Adamzik, Philipp Heinz, Marianne Tokic, Nina Timmesfeld, Frank Brunkhorst, Jürgen Wasem, Nikola Blase

“…ResultsA total of 15 expert interviews were conducted, and 309 expert statements with reference to problems and barriers in the context of AI-based CDSSs were identified. These emerged in 7 problem categories: technology (46/309, 14.9%), data (59/309, 19.1%), user (102/309, 33%), studies (17/309, 5.5%), ethics (20/309, 6.5%), law (33/309, 10.7%), and general (32/309, 10.4%). …”
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Inflammatory biomarkers of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios in 563 severe OSA patients before and after surgery by Chung-Wei Lin, Pei-Wen Lin, Li-Wen Chiu, Han-Tan Chai, Chun-Tuan Chang, Michael Friedman, Anna M. Salapatas, Sara Rahavi-Ezabadi, Hsin-Ching Lin

“…In those with a higher preoperative NLR (pre-operative NLR≧3) and PLR (pre-operative PLR≧150), the mean (SD) difference of NLR (− 0.8 [1.6], 95% CI − 1.5 to − 0.2) and PLR (− 41.6 [40], 95% CI − 52.8 to − 30.5) were even more substantial. …”
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Laminoplasty vs laminectomy in the surgical management of spinal intradural extramedullary tumors by Deepak Kumar Singh, Prevesh Kumar Sharma, Vipin Kumar Chand, Kaif Mohammad, Kuldeep Yadav, Neha Singh

“…Results Of the total, there were 23 males and 33 females, with a mean age of 39.47 ± 13.65 years in the laminectomy group and 37.23 ± 12.03 in the laminoplasty group. …”
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Фрагментация интересов: внутренний конфликт и результативность городских общественных движений в России... by Елена Валерьевна Тыканова

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The Effects Of Differing Density Of Swim-Training Sessions On Shoulder Range Of Motion and Isometric Force Production In National and University Level Swimmers by Matias Yoma, Lee Herrington, Tanya Mackenzie

“… # Methods Ten male swimmers (age= 18.7 ± 1.2 years) were divided into high-load (N= 5 national-level, weekly swim-volume= 37.0 ± 2.7 km) and low-load groups (N= 5 university-level, weekly swim-volume= 6.8 ± 1.8 km). …”
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Associations between serum total bilirubin and overactive bladder from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Bo Jiang, Bo Jiang, Bo Jiang, Cunbao Ling, Binbin Dong, Binbin Dong, Xiaoming Lu, Xiaoming Lu, Yadong Liu, Yadong Liu, Yadong Liu

“…The results from the fully adjusted models revealed an odds ratio (OR) of 0.98 (95% CI: 0.97, 0.99) and a statistically significant P value of less than 0.001 for the relationship between STB and OAB. …”
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Role of tranexamic acid via intravenous and irrigation fluid route in controlling TURP-associated bleeding by Vinay S. Kundargi, Santosh Patil, Siddanagouda B. Patil, Manoj K. Vaidya, Basavesh S. Patil, A. Nawaz Shariff, Vikas Shukla

“…Results When measured at 4 h postoperatively, the drop in haemoglobin and haematocrit, respectively, was maximum in the control group (ΔHb = 0.78 g/dl, ΔHCT = 1.23%) followed by the irrigation group (ΔHb = 0.51 g/dl, ΔHCT = 0.72%) and was least in the I/V group (0.27 g/dl, 0.62%). The intergroup analysis showed significant difference only between the control vs I/V group (ΔHb p = 0.0163, ΔHCT p = 0.0253). …”
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User-Oriented Requirements for Artificial Intelligence–Based Clinical Decision Support Systems in Sepsis: Protocol for a Multimethod Research Project by Pascal Raszke, Godwin Denk Giebel, Carina Abels, Jürgen Wasem, Michael Adamzik, Hartmuth Nowak, Lars Palmowski, Philipp Heinz, Silke Mreyen, Nina Timmesfeld, Marianne Tokic, Frank Martin Brunkhorst, Nikola Blase

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Model-based fed-batch cultivation of Viola odorata plant cells exhibiting antimalarial and anticancer activity by R. Babu, Manokaran Veeramani, Wallepure Aadinath, Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Shailja Singh, Smita Srivastava

“…V. odorata natural plant source is limited in availability. Bioprocess principles can be applied to develop sustainable methods for the commercial production of high-quality V. odorata plant biomass.MethodsTo this effect, the in vitro culture conditions of V. odorata were rationally optimized to increase the biomass production up to 21.7 ± 0.8 g DW L−1 in 12 days in shake flasks. …”
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Identification of climate-sensitive disease incidences in vietnam: A longitudinal retrospective analysis of infectious disease rates between 2014 and 2022 by Cuong Quoc Hoang, Quang Phuong Huynh Nguyen, Thao Phuong Huynh Nguyen, Hieu Trung Nguyen, Linh Thuy Hoang, Giang Huong Vu, Woong-Ki Kim, Hai Duc Nguyen

“…Diarrhea (AUC = 0.79; 95 % CL = 0.70–0.87) and dengue fever (AUC = 0.74; 95 % CL = 0.62–0.83) emerged as the most influential diseases both before and during the COVID-19 period. …”
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Trunk muscle behaviors during the full-cycle stoop and squat lifting tasks by Fumin Pan, Wei Wang, Chao Kong, Shibao Lu

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Complicaciones en la cirugía ginecológica by Sara Amneris Urgellés Carreras, Maritza Álvarez Fiallo, Vilvia Ramos Zamora, Enrique Reyes Guerrero, Odalys Acosta León

“…Las de mayor frecuencia fueron el íleo paralítico (4,2 % de la serie y 26,04 % de las complicaciones) y el absceso de cúpula (2,75 % de la serie y 17,7 % de las complicaciones), fundamentalmente en quienes presentaron antecedentes de obesidad y asociación de factores de riesgo. …”
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Assessment of the quality of life in metastatic colorectal cancer patients with KRAS gene mutant: a case-control study by Fahmideh Bagrezaei, Bahram Pourghassem Gargari, Reza Eghdam Zamiri, Abdolrasoul Safaiyan, Mohammad Alizadeh

Subjects: “…mCRC…”
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Automated Generation of Multiple-Choice Questions for Computer Science Education Using Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks by Muhammad Shoaib, Ghassan Husnain, Nasir Sayed, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, Masoud Alajmi, Ayman Qahmash

Subjects: “…conditional generative adversarial networks (cGANs)…”
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Effect of Seasonality and Ecological Factors on the Prevalence of the Four Malaria Parasite Species in Northern Mali by Ousmane A. Koita, Lansana Sangaré, Hammadoun A. Sango, Sounkalo Dao, Naffet Keita, Moussa Maiga, Mamadou Mounkoro, Zoumana Fané, Abderrhamane S. Maiga, Klénon Traoré, Amadou Diallo, D. J. Krogstad

“…Smear positivity was associated with splenomegaly (P=0.007). Malaria remained stable in the villages with ponds (P=0.221); in contrast, prevalence varied between the 2 seasons in the villages without ponds (P=0.004). …”
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