Characteristics of Acute Appendicitis before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Single Center Experience by A. Bosak Veršić, M. Šestan, I. Ćepić, H. Nikolić, N. Bukvić, S. Sršen Medančić, D. Hasandić, M. Zelić

“…The patients were divided into two groups: the first (pre-COVID-19) group consisted of patients who had surgery before the onset of COVID-19 pandemic (n = 240), while the second (COVID-19) group consisted of those who were operated during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 187). …”
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Effects of 6 Months of Active Commuting and Leisure-Time Exercise on Fibrin Turnover in Sedentary Individuals with Overweight and Obesity: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Anne Sofie Gram, Martin Bæk Petersen, Jonas Salling Quist, Mads Rosenkilde, Bente Stallknecht, Else-Marie Bladbjerg

“…We investigated the effects of 6 months of active commuting or leisure-time exercise on measures of fibrin turnover in individuals who are overweight and obese. Ninety younger (20–40 years), sedentary, healthy women and men who are overweight and obese (BMI: 25–35 kg/m2) were randomised to 6 months of habitual lifestyle (CON, n=16), active commuting (BIKE, n=19), or leisure-time exercise of moderate (MOD, ∼50% VO2peak reserve, n=31) or vigorous intensity (VIG, ∼70% VO2peak reserve, n=24). …”
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Comparison of scenarios in the trajectory of body mass index among adolescents monitored in primary health care: the VigiNUTRI Brazil study by Rafaella Lemos Alves, Natacha Toral, Vitor Paravidino, Vivian S. S. Gonçalves

“…The Sisvan curve revealed that girls had a BMI/A that was higher than the simulated value at age 19 (p < 0.001) and that exceeded the WHO reference cutoff value; this finding was particularly pronounced in the southern region (Sisvan: 23.89 kg/m2; simulation: 23.57 kg/m2; WHO: 21.4 kg/m2). …”
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Estelle L’Hardy’s Ecstatic State and Jenny Wren’s Blessed Children: Dickens’s Invention within the Evolving Mental Sciences by Carole Koepke Brown

“…In Our Mutual Friend, Dickens brilliantly exploits the medical climax in the recovery of the ‘incurable’ Estelle L’Hardy (1836–37), a paralyzed Swiss girl who self-hypnotized a celestial choir to assuage menacing pain. …”
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Ocular traumatic behavior in patients discharged from the Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology. by Dany Curbelo Concepción, Idalia Triana Casado, Juan C. Medina Perdomo

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Ocular traumas are regarded as an important cause of ophthalmologic morbidity and, at the same time, an important cause of the remaining injuries, most of the time handicapping those patients who suffer from them. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to describe the behavior of the ocular traumas in patients who have been discharged from the Cuban Ophthalmology Institute “Ramón Pando Ferrer” in the period between January 2006 and December 2007. …”
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Diagnosis Profile and PTSD Comorbidity of Syrian Refugees Sample from Refugee Mental Health Branch Polyclinic by Ersin Uygun

“…Aim: It was aimed to evaluate the Syrians who applied to a special adult refugee mental health outpatient clinic in Istanbul for a year and to asses them for psychiatric disorders and comorbidity. …”
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GB Virus C Infection: Clinical Significance by Xiang Wei Meng, Masafumi Komatsu, Shigetoshi Ohshima, Kunio Nakane, Tomoo Fujii, Takashi Goto, Kazuo Yoneyama, Tomoyuki Kuramitsu, Motokazu Mukaide

“…In chronic hepatitis C patients who had received interferon treatment, no difference was found in clinical findings, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) concentrations, histology or response to interferon between 11 patients who were GBV-C RNA-positive and 101 patients who were GBV-C RNA-negative. …”
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Implementing a Reminder System in the Northern Part of Belgium to Stimulate Postpartum Screening for Glucose Intolerance in Women with Gestational Diabetes: The “Sweet Pregnancy” P... by Katrien Benhalima, Sabine Verstraete, Frederik Muylle, Katelijn Decochez, Roland Devlieger, Paul Van Crombrugge, Ann Verhaegen, Johan Wens, Chantal Mathieu

“…Compared to women who responded at least once to a reminder, women who never responded were more often <30 years (41.4% versus 33.9%, p<0.001) and were more often obese (29.3% versus 20.8%, p≤0.001). …”
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Psychological Determinants and Consequences of COVID-19 Anxiety: A Web-Based Study in Iran by Reza Shabahang, Mara S. Aruguete, Sajjad Rezaei, Lynn E. McCutcheon

“…COVID-19 anxiety was a significant predictor of depression and panic shopping. Participants who knew someone with COVID-19 and those who reported being sick in the past year experienced more COVID-19 anxiety. …”
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Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus following Gestational Diabetes Pregnancy in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Joan C. Lo, Jingrong Yang, Erica P. Gunderson, Mohammad K. Hararah, Joel R. Gonzalez, Assiamira Ferrara

“…A cohort of 988 pregnant women with PCOS who delivered during 2002–2005 was examined to determine the prevalence and predictors of GDM, with follow-up through 2010 among those with GDM to estimate the risk of DM. …”
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Determining the Water Quality from Selected Underground Water Springs and Other Selected Sources of Water Around Kabale Municipality. by Kemigisha, Angella

“…While other sources diverted from the recommended values by WHO, River Rwabakazi had the largest diversity from the recommended values by WHO thus its water was not suitable for domestic use. …”
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Męczeństwo – chrześcijańska wyłączność? by Krzysztof Kościelniak

“…The text presents the ideals and religious ideologies and convictions which refer to martyrs who sacrifice their life for the sake of great value principle. …”
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Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Epilepsy: A Systematic Review by Samaneh Hosseini, Amir Mohammad Eghbalnejad Mofrad, Peyman Mokarian, Shima Nourigheimasi, Amir Azarhomayoun, Shokoufeh Khanzadeh, Saba Habibzadeh, Arshin Ghaedi

“…NLR in the patients who were in either acute or subacute phase was higher than in healthy controls. …”
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The Property Tax and Its Pratice in the City of Aydın by Serap TABAK

“…Adnan Menderes, the future prime minister of DP, was among the people who paid the property tax in Aydin.…”
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Atypical Presentation of Giant Mandibular Aneurysmal Bone Cyst with Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma Mimicking Sarcoma by Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Serge Verne, Bassam Al-Maghrabi, Osamah Almutawa, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) designates ABCs as benign, but locally destructive, rapidly growing masses. …”
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Vocational Technology Education Innovation: Building a Generation of Experts in the Digital Age by Alzet Rama, Ambiyar Ambiyar, Remon Lapisa, Unung Verawardina

“…This article discusses the importance of innovation in vocational technology education as an effort to build a generation of experts who are competent in facing the challenges of the digital era. …”
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Edward Jurgens i Karol Ruprecht. Polacy z wyboru wobec polskich ruchów niepodległościowych w XIX wieku by Tadeusz Stegner

“… Edward Jurgens and Karol Ruprecht are descendants of German emigrants of the Evangelical denomination who came to Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries. …”
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Relasi Ibu-Anak dan Kematangan Emosi Remaja Yatim Duafa by Rizky Hasanah, Efi Fitriana, Marisa Fransiska Moeliono

“…The target population of the study was poor orphans aged between 15 and 18 years who live in Cileunyi Bandung. The number of sample was 30 people who were selected by cluster random sampling. …”
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Talking Local: Florida Consumers’ Reasons for Purchasing Local Food by Caroline G. Roper, Joy N. Rumble

“…This series provides information about Florida consumers’ perceptions of local food to Extension faculty who are interested in local food programming or who work with local food clientele. …”
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Un tournant dans les albums de littérature de jeunesse : de l’enfant acteur à l’enfant auteur  by Renaud Hétier

“…Innovating works in children's literature give to young children the opportunity to become authors in two main ways : 1) While apprehending a book, children can see what is not always said, hear what is not shown, know more about the characters than the adult who reads to them the story 2) By identifying themself with some characters, children are invited to follow one specific character who transfigures their reality more than he transforms it (by creating more than by fighting), they can even follow the author himself. …”
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