The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activity and working experience of clinical academics, with a focus on gender and ethnicity: a qualitative study in the UK by Carmen Soto, Jessica Elizabeth Morgan, Paul Crampton, Paul Alexander Tiffin, Gabrielle M Finn, Amelia Kehoe, Ellie Taylor, John AG Buchanan, Abisola Olatokunbo Balogun

“…Of the participants who disclosed ethnicity, 5 of 29 (17.2%) audio diary contributors and 19/66 (28.8%) interview participants identified as Black, Asian or another minority (BAME). Four major themes were identified in relation to the initial impact of COVID-19 on clinical academics: opportunities, barriers, personal characteristics and social identity, and fears and uncertainty. …”
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Treatment of uterine fibroid: focus on endometrial receptivity. A pilot randomized prospective study by Yulia E. Dobrokhotova, Irina A. Lapina, Valeriia M. Gomzikova, Yury А. Sorokin, Eleonora T. Khatagova, Ayshan R. Allakhverdieva, Mariya A. Olkhovskaya

“…The impact of a benign tumor on the endometrium state is currently being actively discussed, which may become another potential target in UF therapy. Aim. To evaluate the effect of hormonal therapy of symptomatic UF on the endometrium morphological and functional features and receptivity in patients of reproductive age. …”
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Clinical outcomes of nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision or radical cystectomy for distal ureteral carcinoma invaded muscle of the ureteral orifice by Pan Li, Suoshi Jing, Yindong Kang, Bin Feng, Yunxin Zhang, Hui Ding, Juan Wang, Yingru Wang, Li Yang, Zhilong Dong, Junqiang Tian, Zhiping Wang, Zizhen Hou

“…Relapse-free survival (RFS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and overall survival (OS) were presented using Kaplan–Meier curves. Cox proportional hazard regression to find independent predictors. …”
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Cutaneous Anthrax: What is the Hallmark? by Dhani Redhono Harioputro, Arie Kusumawardani, Iin Novita, Evi Nurhayatun, Rahajeng N Tunjungputri, Erni Juwita Nelwan

“…The eschar was thickened, painless, not purulent nor bleeding. Antibiotic administration is continued for another three days with amoxicillin 500 mg orally t.i.d. …”
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Hybrid Power Generation Supply Chain Financing and Purchasing Strategies with Option Hedging against Disruption by Guoshu Dong, Qing Xia, Bo Xu, Ziguang Dong

“…Further, the financial strategy directly exerts quantifiable influence on one of the factors of capital size, while the procurement strategy plays a role in another factor. However, the impact of strategic behavior on all participants in the ESC remains unexplored. …”
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Genomic Diversity and Potential Transmission and Persistence of Salmonella in the Cambodian Vegetable Supply Chain by Abimel Salazar, Navin Sreng, Chanthol Peng, Yehzi Fu, Erin M. Nawrocki, Taejung Chung, Jessie Vipham, Edward G. Dudley, Jasna Kovac

“…Java isolates, one phylogenetic clade contained four closely related isolates (0–1 SNP difference), collected at markets in different provinces on different days. Another clade contained two isolates that differed by one SNP, one obtained from a Battambang farm and one from a Siem Reap distribution center, suggesting a broad spread of Paratyphi B var. …”
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Effect of power training on physical functional performance of patients with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. by Samuel Brito de Almeida, Emmanuelle Silva Tavares Sobreira, Charles Phillipe de Lucena Alves, Danielle Pessoa Lima, Janine de Carvalho Bonfadini, Manoel Alves Sobreira-Neto, Thiago Holanda Freitas, Simony Lira do Nascimento, Pedro Braga-Neto

“…Inclusion criteria were randomized controlled trials comparing PT to a control group or another PA intervention in PD patients. PFP was the primary outcome. …”
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Most diverse, most neglected: weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) are ubiquitous specialized brood-site pollinators of tropical flora by Haran, Julien, Kergoat, Gael J., de Medeiros, Bruno A. S.

“…Plants engaged in weevil-mediated pollination are generally of typical cantharophilous type exhibiting large, white and fragrant flowers or inflorescences and they also show specific structures to host the larval stages of their specialist pollinators. Another characteristic feature is that flowers often perform thermogenesis and exhibit a range of strategies to separate sexual phases, either spatially or temporally. …”
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The utility of Glaucoma Information Cards for grasping glaucoma subtypes: a single-center pilot study by Yukinori Yamada, Tetsuya Murase, Emiko Mashida, Yuki Kakeda, Yuuka Shibata, Hiroaki Matsuo

“…One patient was administered cibenzoline for atrial fibrillation. Another patient received isosorbide dinitrate for coronary angiography. …”
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El desbanque del Usted, y el uso del Tú, al rescate de la igualdad comunicativa en un entorno universitario español by María Gemma Sánchez González

“…Through the structural equation method, 196 responses were collected and another 40 from the additional observation method employed. …”
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Prospective directions for the development of means and methods for detection and fixation of handprints by V. V. Korniienko

“…The type of surface and its condition affect the choice of one or another means of finding and developing a papillary pattern. …”
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Organic Glass-Forming Liquids and the Concept of Fragility by Alba-Simionesco, Christiane

“…Geometrical confinement of liquids is also a way to modify the dynamics of a liquid and the properties of a glass; it corresponds to a large number of situations encountered in nature. Another phase diagram $T-d$ (d defining pore size) can be defined with a non-trivial pore size dependence of the glass transition, which is also strongly affected by surface interactions.…”
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SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Hemodialysis Patients Six Months after Infection Compared to Healthcare Workers by Henri Boulanger, Salima Ahriz Saksi, Jedjiga Achiche, Florence Batusanski, Nicolas Stawiarski, Ali Diddaoui, Luc Fromentin, Mokhtar Chawki

“…Another important finding is that surviving hemodialysis patients who had more severe disease had lower circulating levels of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. …”
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How far? Travel burdens for children admitted to hospitals in the Western Cape Province of South Africa by M Richards, D le Roux, D Pienaar

“…Objectives: This study intends to describe the cumulative travel burdens of children in communities throughout the Western Cape, and how they compare relative to one another, with a particular focus on the after-hours period in a week. …”
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Morphological and molecular analysis of rose cultivars from the Grandiflora and Kordesii garden groups by S. S. Yudanova, O. V. Dorogina, O. Yu. Vasilyeva

“…The objectives of the study were to determine the genetic relationship within the groups and to assign phenotypically different cultivars to one or another garden group. The analysis was carried out by morphological, phenological and ISSR markers. …”
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Creation of Text Vignettes Based on Patient-Reported Data to Facilitate a Better Understanding of the Patient Perspective: Design Study by Sofia Charlotte Kelly, Emilie Kauffeldt Wegener, Lars Kayser

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop data-informed text vignettes based on data from the Readiness and Enablement Index for Health Technology (READHY) instrument as another way of representing PRO data and to examine how these are perceived as understandable and relevant for both patients and clinicians. …”
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE by Silas Joshua, Blessing Omahas

“…As a result of large percentage of about 93% involve in family labor agricultural produce in Ogugu are mainly subsistence crops and only 7% contribute to commercial farm produce or cash crops. …”
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Comparative analysis of floristic richness and diversity in six central forest reserves of north eastern Uganda by Samuel Ojelel, Esther Katuura, Patrick Mucunguzi, James Kalema

“…The CFRs complement one another by supporting plant species not recorded elsewhere with three CFRs (Bululu hills, Mount Moroto and Onyurut) accounting for 81.53% of the plant taxa. …”
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The use of veno-arterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation for hemodynamics support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention by Wael Samy, Helmy Elghawaby, Akram Abdelbary, Hany Zakaria Mohamed, Alia Hassan Abdel Fattah

“…Also our study showed no statistically difference between LV EF before and after PCI in both groups; in group 1, eight patients had complete revascularization in one session while in group 2 only seven patients had complete revascularization; one patient in group 1 had VT while in group 2, one patient had VF and another one suffered of asystole; group 1 patients all discharged home within 1 week while group 2 had two mortalities during PCI. …”
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Technology applications in bovine gait analysis: A scoping review. by Amir Nejati, Anna Bradtmueller, Elise Shepley, Elsa Vasseur

“…The second most applied technology was VB (34.1% of studies), which predominately consists of video analysis and image processing systems. Accelerometers, another technological method to measure gait characteristics, were used in 14.6% of studies. …”
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