Resilience in the time of crisis: A review of the maternal, perinatal and reproductive health effects of COVID-19 in South Africa by S Fawcus, S Gebhardt, R Niit, R Pattinson

“…COVID‐19 caused a marked increase in maternal death and stillbirth rates in 2020 and 2021 due to both direct effects of the virus and indirect effects on functioning of the health system. The continued, although modified, health‐seeking behaviour of women and the rapid return to pre‐COVID‐19 mortality rates demonstrates enormous resilience in women and the health system. …”
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Coupling relationship between land use transition and rural transformation development: A case study of county-level regions in Jiangsu Province by GE Dazhuan, WANG Rumin, LU Xiaoxue

“…Overall, it showed a continuously improving trend year by year. In terms of spatial pattern, it presented a gradient differentiation pattern of “high in the south and low in the north”. (3) The coupling relationship between the land use transition and rural transformation development was complex. …”
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Evaluation of patient comfort and satisfaction after the surgical removal of mandibular impacted molars using a piezo-electric technique: A randomized double-blind clinical trial by Khalid Zabin Alotaibi, Waleed Mohammed Al Rasheed, Jiingade Krishnojirao Dayashankara Rao, Abdulrahman Altwaijri, Gharam Mefleh Alharbi, Shatha saleh Aljaber

“…Results: Descriptive statistical analysis was performed using means and standard deviations for continuous variables and percentages for categorical variables. …”
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Radiographic Evaluation of The Bone Density Around Tooth-Anchored One-Piece Immediate-Loading Dental Implant by Bangen Mohammed Karam, Bahar Jaafar Selivany, Huda Jameel Qasim, Rafah Hussein Mohammed

“…Conclusion: Immediate functional loading enhances bone density, particularly within the first six months, with continued stability over one year, demonstrating its effectiveness for tooth-anchored one-piece compressive dental implants. …”
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Analysis of the 2016 – 2025 fiscal budget of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Nana LIU, Lieyu HUANG, Yuan DANG, Zekai YU, Qianqiu LIU, Yan GUO

“…The budget for "Birth Defects, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities and Health" remained at a relatively low level with minor fluctuations (US$ 0.100 billion to US$ 0.223 billion). ConclusionsThe CDC continues to promote the integration of public health tasks and dynamically optimize the setting of fiscal budget items. …”
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Randomized radial basis function neural network for solving multiscale elliptic equations by Yuhang Wu, Ziyuan Liu, Wenjun Sun, Xu Qian

“…Subsequently, a selection of collocation points is stochastically sampled at the boundaries of the subdomain, ensuring the satisfaction of C ^0 and C ^1 continuity and boundary conditions to couple these localized solutions. …”
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Effect of Skin Protectants on the Total Inward Leakage of N95 Respirators: Testing with an Advanced Static Headform by Xinyi Niu, Sergey A. Grinshpun, Michael Yermakov, Roman Jandarov, Iliya Rivkin

“…Disposable medical masks and NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) are typically their only defense against the virus. At the same time, continuous wearing of these devices, especially some N95 FFR models cause damage to the facial skin, such as skin irritation, swelling, and scaling. …”
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Impact of elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor in lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis in the United States by Tahuanty A. Pena, MD, MS, Brittany Wright, PharmD, Kalpaj R. Parekh, MBBS, Julia Kleney-Tait, MD, PhD

“…These findings underscore the transformative impact of CFTR modulators like ETI on the natural history of CF, highlighting the importance of continued advancements in precision medicine for genetic disorders. …”
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Does sociality affect evolutionary speed? by Socias-Martínez, Lluís, Peckre, Louise Rachel

“…In addition, we develop predictions for how variation in each social dimension and component might affect evolutionary speed. Continuing to refine the theory and evidence on social effects on evolutionary speed might come at a benefit not only for the current issue but also for the domains it integrates. …”
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Insulin autoimmune syndrome in a 3-year-old boy: the youngest to date in China and a narrow review by Ming Cheng, Yuan Ding, Dongmei Wang, Chunxiu Gong

“…Whole exome sequencing (WES) was negative, and no pancreatic space-occupying lesions were identified. He continued to have intermittent episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia. …”
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Real-world safety of linaclotide in Chinese patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation: a multicenter, single-arm, prospective observational study by Yinglian Xiao, Xianmei Meng, Qingfeng Luo, Xiaohua Hou, Jie Jin, Xianfei Zhong, Wei Gong, Xiuling Li, Minhu Chen

“…During the follow-up, the mean (±SD) treatment satisfaction increased numerically and continuously (V1, 2.8 ± 1.3 ( n  = 1721); V2, 3.5 ± 1.1 ( n  = 1705); V3, 3.9 ± 1.0 ( n  = 833)). …”
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Pengukuran Niat Penggunaan Virtual Reality sebagai Alat Simulasi Pelatihan by Riski Arifin, Adithya Sudiarno

“…Abstract Virtual Reality is a technology that describes a virtual environment, the virtual reality continues to show a massive increase of usage over the years ranging from a gaming application to a simulation tool for education and training, which proven to provide better understanding of the learning subject compared to the conventional training. …”
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The Result of Timely Therapy for Whipple's Disease: a Clinical Case by S. N. Mekhtiev, O. A. Mekhtieva, E. Yu. Kalinina, V. E. Karev, A. V. Vanyan, O. M. Berko

“…Treatment with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole is planned to be continued for up to 12 months or longer if necessary.Conclusion. …”
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Clinical and Cost Burden of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Descriptive Analysis Using a US Administrative Claims Database by Sue Perera, Liyuan Ma, Raj Punwaney, Sulabha Ramachandran

“…The primary cohort comprised patients with pSS (with ≥1 diagnosis of sicca syndrome prior to January 1, 2013), with continuous enrollment for ≥24 months (January 1, 2012–December 31, 2013). …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Relation to Reproductive Health Among Young Albanian Women by Alketa Zazo, Eliona Kulluri, Enxhi Vrapi

“…Equally important is to continually monitor and collect data to better understand the population’s needs and where to focus the efforts to be able to deliver an improved, efficient, and satisfactory sexual health service. …”
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A successful case study of using HCl and viscoelastic diverting acid systems for carbonate matrix acidizing in an oil well with optimized predictive model by Javad Mahdavi Kalatehno, Ehsan Khamehchi, Mostafa Keihanikamal, Fatemeh Yousefmarzi, Matin Dargi, Peyman Daneshfar

“…Abstract The oil and gas industry is continuously seeking advanced methods to optimize reservoir productivity. …”
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Performance outcomes from a DMEK peeling and preparation wet lab by Sajjad Ahmad, Vito Romano, Mohit Parekh, Stefano Ferrari, Alessandro Ruzza, Matteo Airaldi, Alexander George Wallace

“…This emphasises the importance of continued support for the expansion of this valuable learning resource, promoting wider uptake of DMEK surgery.…”
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Association between C-reactive protein and chronic pain in US adults: A nationwide cross-sectional study. by Chunsheng Huang, Qizhen Tong, Qiaoling Tong

“…To explore the non-linear relationship, weighted restricted cubic spline (RCS) with three knots coupled with a weighted logistic regression model to assess the dose-response relationship between CRP (continuous variables) and chronic pain.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 10,680 (Weighted 250,814,660.8) adult participants with complete information were included in the analysis and 2612 (Weighted 67978784.88, 27.1%) subjects met the definition of chronic pain. …”
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Evaluation of a pragmatic approach to predicting COVID-19-positive hospital bed occupancy by Azeem Majeed, Thomas Woodcock, Paul Aylin, Julian Redhead, Derryn Lovett, Jacques Naude

“…However, this approach requires continual monitoring of errors to ensure that the periods of poor performance are identified quickly.…”
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Temporal associations between microclimate, adult Aedes mosquito indices, and dengue cases at the residence level in Malaysia: Implications for targeted interventions. by Nur Athen Mohd Hardy Abdullah, Nazri Che Dom, Biswajeet Pradhan, Siti Aekball Salleh, Rahmat Dapari

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Dengue continues to be a major public health concern in Malaysia, as evidenced by the significant surge in cumulative dengue case numbers and deaths in 2023 compared to the previous year. …”
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