“It was a foregone conclusion”: a qualitative study of women’s experiences and meaning-making of later-in-life abortion in Belgium by Kato Verghote, Nathalie Neeser, Tenzin Wangmo, Guido Pennings, Veerle Provoost

“…Research on abortion is often focused on younger women, neglecting those who are closer to the end of their reproductive lifespan. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Radiotherapy Supply by Francesco Tramacere, Artor Niccoli Asabella, Maurizio Portaluri, Corinna Altini, Cristina Ferrari, Lilia Bardoscia, Angela Sardaro

“…The reasons were as follows: (1) patients whose appointments were postponed by the staff according to national guidelines; (2) patients who asked themselves to postpone the appointment; (3) patients who interrupted the treatment for causes directly or indirectly related to the pandemic; (4) patients who cancelled their care path. …”
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Büyük Selçuklular Devrinde Kadıların Maaşları, Gelir Kaynakları ve Maddî Durumları Üzerine Bir Araştırma by Sinan TARİFCİ

“…In the Great Seljuqs period, the qadis, who were the main officials of the justice organization, had a wide scope of duties and activities within their judicial, political, administrative, military, religious, social, etc. powers and responsibilities. …”
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Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women of Childbearing Age at Unaaha Public Health Center, Konawe Regency by Erwin Azizi Jayadipraja, Muh Natsir, Timbul Supodo, Komang Ayi Sukma

“…The population is all women of childbearing age who as 378 people. The case sample is women of childbearing age who suffer from DM as many as 62 people taken by simple random sampling technique and the control sample is women of childbearing age who does not suffer from DM as many as 62 people taken by matching technique. …”
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Sacraliser le territoire américain : Mount Shasta, quand les dieux viennent instruire les humains by Bernadette Rigal-Cellard

“…Then, we look at a famous book Unveiled Mysteries, by Godfre Ray King, alias Guy Ballard, the founder of the I AM cult, who obviously got his inspiration from the first Shasta novel. …”
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Impact of periodic neck ultrasonography on locoregional disease control in surveillance after total thyroidectomy for patients with low- and intermediate-risk papillary thyroid car... by Takahiro Inaishi, Dai Takeuchi, Takahiro Ichikawa, Gai Inaguma, Atsushi Hashizume, Masaki Okazaki, Norikazu Masuda, Toyone Kikumori

“…This study aimed to evaluate the impact of periodic neck ultrasonography (US) on postoperative surveillance for locoregional disease control of patients with low- and intermediate-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) who underwent total thyroidectomy. This retrospective cohort study included patients with PTC who underwent total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection at our institution between January, 2000 and December, 2016. …”
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The Others in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre: A Postcolonial-Orientalist and Feminist Reading by Filiz Barın Akman

“…She is the colonized and racial other, a madwoman who threatens British men as embodied in Mr. Rochester, and women embodied as in Jane, and her final self-destruction for Jane’s sake are poignant plot devices to this end. …”
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Prevalence of Keratoconus in a Refractive Surgery Population by Abdulrahman Mohammed Al-Amri

“…This study examined the prevalence of keratoconus among patients who were interested in undergoing refractive surgery. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Holistic Treatment of Children by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Gideon Vardi, Joav Merrick

“…Most often, it is also the parents who have a problem when the child is not thriving. …”
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Utility and clinical significance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for diagnosing lymphadenopathies in biliary tract cancer by Katsuhiko Sato, Minoru Shigekawa, Syuhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Matsumae, Yu Sato, Teppei Yoshioka, Takahiro Kodama, Hayato Hikita, Tomohide Tatsumi, Tetsuo Takehara

“…All seven FNA cytology-positive patients who were diagnosed with distant metastasis received systemic chemotherapy. …”
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Determining the Difficulties Experienced by Patients in Activities of Daily Living After Appendectomy: A Prospective Observational Study by Hülya Bulut, Gamze Bozkul

“…It is recommended that patients who have undergone an appendectomy be followed upby phone and provided counseling after discharge in order to prevent the potential difficulties theymay experience.…”
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Re-challenge of Platinum-based Chemotherapy for Platinum-refractory Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer: Claims Data Analysis in Japan by Makoto Tahara, Issei Doi, Tatsunori Murata, Sari Mishina, Shinji Takai, Hirokazu Kaneko

“…The second-line treatment continuation rate at 6 months was 20.1% for patients who received platinum rechallenges and 32.8% for those who received non–platinum-based regimens. …”
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Why do the Acehnese migrate? A study of the Hikayat Ranto from the socio-cultural perspective of Acehnese society by Mukhlis Mukhlis, Herman Rusli, Budi Arianto

“…(2) What are the social characteristics of Acehnese people who migrate versus those who stay in their hometowns? …”
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Cataract Surgery in Elderly Patients: Impact on Life Quality and Functionality by Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol, Kattia Molina Castellanos, Inés Zamora Galindo, Alina González Díaz, Jorge Jackson Villalpando Rodríguez, Yisel María Mayo Saavedra

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> case series study of all elderly patients who attended Ophthalmology Consultation at the Integral Diagnostic Center Mesones in Bolivar, Anzoategui State, Venezuela, from February to November 2007 for cataract surgery and who met the inclusion criteria. …”
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THE RELIABILITY OF CLEAR ALIGNERS IN RESOLVING CROWDING by Mohammed A. Barashi, Hesham A. Alhazmi

“…Overall, the initial mean crowding of 4.13 mm (SD = 2.0) was reduced to a final mean crowding of 0.66 mm (SD=1.1). Patients who required an interproximal reduction (IPR) alone or an IPR with arch expansion were 2.38 times more likely to need refinement compared to those who had arch expansion only. …”
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A Field Study on Political Socialization of Political Science Students by Ali Çiçek

“…Political socialisation refers to a process in which every individual who is born into society learns the basic values, institutions and rules of the society into which it is born and becomes compatible with the political culture. …”
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Correlation between Intraocular Pressure Fluctuation with Postural Change and Postoperative Intraocular Pressure in Relation to the Time Course after Trabeculectomy by Kazuyuki Hirooka, Kaori Tenkumo, Eri Nitta, Shino Sato

“…A total of 29 patients who had previously undergone primary trabeculectomy with mitomycin C were examined. …”
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Aspirations, Apprehensions and the Availability of Career Guidance among Dental Interns in Kerala, India by PS Sajitha, Susan Thomas, Vivek Narayan

“…However, the level was low among those who expressed strong aspirations (r = -0.213) and satisfaction (r = -0.329). …”
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Timing of Tracheotomy in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Morbidly Obese Patients by Ahmad Alhajhusain, Ailia W. Ali, Asif Najmuddin, Kashif Hussain, Masooma Aqeel, Ali A. El-Solh

“…Rates of NP and total duration of MV were significantly higher in those who had tracheostomy ≥ 9 days (P=0.004 and P=0.002, resp.). …”
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Early plasma ferritin concentrations are not associated with time to red cell transfusions in extremely and very preterm neonates: a prospective single-site observational study by Naomi McCallion, Áine Fox, Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Claire Murphy, Lauren Murphy, Daniel O'Reilly, Anna-Claire Glynn, Grainne Kelleher

“…Neonates exposed to chorioamnionitis had an increased ferritin concentration versus those who were not. Neonates exposed to pre-eclampsia had a significantly lower ferritin concentration than those who were not. …”
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