Late initiation of antenatal care visit amid implementation of new antenatal care model in Sub-Saharan African countries: A multilevel analysis of multination population survey dat... by Kusse Urmale Mare, Gashaye Gobena Andargie, Abdulkerim Hassen Moloro, Ahmed Adem Mohammed, Osman Ahmed Mohammed, Beriso Furo Wengoro, Begetayinoral Kussia Lahole, Tesfahun Simon Hadaro, Simeon Meskele Leyto, Petros Orkaido Mamo, Abdulhakim Hora Hedato, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Temesgen Gebeyehu Wondmeneh, Oumer Abdulkadir Ebrahim, Kebede Gemeda Sabo

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed data from the recent demographic and health survey (DHS) conducted in 16 SSA between 2018 and 2022 using a weighted sample of 101,983 women who had antenatal care follow-up during their index pregnancy. …”
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Association between Modifiable Risk Factors and Arterial Hypertension in Adolescents from Moa by Alexander Torres Molina

“…Adolescents who spent more than six hours a day in sedentary activities (10.63%) suffered from hypertension and prehypertension (11.88 %), X2p=14.1081&gt; X2c=13.2767 (VC= 0.1059). 14.22 % ate junk food with a frequency equal to or greater than six times a week and were hypertensive, X2p=29.8662 &gt; X2c=13.2767 (VC= 0.1541). …”
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Association of liver biopsy pathology on outcome of patients undergoing heart transplantation by Lauren S. Eichenwald, MD, Raffi Karagozian, MD, Adam J. Eichenwald, PhD, John Morrissey, MD MBA, Saurav Kini, MD, Ariella Stein, MSCIS-HI, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS MPH

“…Methods: A retrospective cohort study of adults listed for HT who underwent a liver biopsy for evaluation of early or advanced liver fibrosis from August 12, 2004 to February 16, 2022. …”
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Appropriate Timing of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis in Medium- and Low-Risk Women: Effectiveness of the Italian NHS Recommendations in Preventing Fetal Macrosomia by Paola Quaresima, Federica Visconti, Eusebio Chiefari, Maria Mirabelli, Massimo Borelli, Patrizia Caroleo, Daniela Foti, Luigi Puccio, Roberta Venturella, Costantino Di Carlo, Antonio Brunetti

“…We retrospectively enrolled 769 consecutive singleton pregnant women who underwent both anomaly scan at 19-21 weeks of gestation and screening for GDM at 16-18 and/or 24-28 weeks of gestation, in agreement with the NHS recommendations and risk stratification criteria. …”
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Do coping strategies mediate the effects of childhood adversities and traumata on clinical high-risk of psychosis, depression, and social phobia? A cross-sectional study on patient... by Zhixiong Chang, Naweed Osman, Carolin Martha Doll, Theresa Katharina Lichtenstein, Marlene Rosen, Eva Meisenzahl, Hanna Kadel, Joseph Kambeitz, Kai Vogeley, Frauke Schultze-Lutter

“…Methods Using path analyses, we analyzed data of 736 patients (mean age 24 years, 67% male) who presented at an early detection service between 2002 and 2013, answered questionnaires on CAT, coping, depressiveness, and social phobia, and underwent clinical examination for CHR-P according to the recommendations of the Guidance project of the European Psychiatric Association. …”
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Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis and associated factors among adults living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis by Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw, Berihun Agegn Mengistie, Eyob Getachew, Gebrehiwot Berie Mekonnen, Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw, Alex Ayenew Chereka, Gemeda Wakgari Kitil, Wubet Tazeb Wondie, Gebeyehu Lakew

“…Several factors were independently associated with pulmonary tuberculosis, including CD4 count below 200 cells/mm³ (OR = 4.491, 95% CI: 1.0001–8.132), WHO clinical stage III (OR = 4.487, 95% CI: 2.264–6.710)), WHO clinical stage IV (OR = 6.905, 95% CI: 5.239–8.571), smokers (AOR = 3.749, 95% CI: 2.626–5.271), ambulatory adults (AOR = 1.887, 95% CI: 1.439–2.335). …”
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Large‐Vessel Occlusion Stroke Knowledge and Training for Stroke Severity Assessment Among Emergency Medical Services Personnel in the United States by Kaiz S. Asif, Robin Novakovic, Thanh N. Nguyen, Santiago Ortega‐Gutierrez, Youngran Kim, Amanda Jagolino‐Cole, Sushanth Aroor, Alicia Castonguay, Prateek Kumar, Ashutosh P. Jhadav, Dileep Yavagal, May Nour, Gabor Toth, Maxim Mokin, Sunil A. Sheth, Mouhammad A. Jumaa, Alhamza Al‐bayati, Mohamed Teleb, Ossama Y. Mansour, Shashvat M. Desai, Joshua Hartman, David S. Liebeskind, Ameer E. Hassan, Brijesh P. Mehta

“…A total of 362 EMS personnel (33%) denied receiving training to perform LVO severity assessment. Respondents who received training to perform an LVO scale demonstrated nearly twice the prevalence of LVO knowledge (30.6% versus 15.7%; prevalence ratio, 1.94 [95% CI, 1.50–2.53]) than respondents who did not receive training. …”
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A case-matched series comparing functional outcomes for robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty versus functionally aligned robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty by Jonathan R. Manara, Macdaniel Nixon, Beth Tippett, Wil Pretty, Dermot Collopy, Gavin W. Clark

“…Methods: From a prospectively collected database between April 2015 and December 2019, patients who underwent a robotic-assisted medial UKA (RA-UKA) were case-matched with patients who had undergone a FA robotic-assisted TKA (RA-TKA) during the same time period. …”
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Avoidable factors associated with maternal death from postpartum haemorrhage: a national Malawian surveillance study by Arri Coomarasamy, Maria Lisa Odland, Luis Gadama, David Lissauer, Fannie Kachale, Chifundo Ndamala, Abi Merriel, Catriona Waitt, Hussein H Twabi, Annie Kuyere, Marthe Onrust, Jennifer Riches, Yamikani Chimwaza, Rosemary Bilesi, Lumbani Makhaza, Regina Makuluni, Laura Munthali, Owen Musopole, Deborah A Phiri, James Jafali

“…Most deaths from PPH occurred within 24 hours of birth (80.0%), among women who had been referred to a higher-level facility (57.0%) and were admitted in stable condition (60.0%). …”
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No impairment of quality of life after radiotherapy for prostate cancer by Maria M. Meier, Oliver Koelbl, Isabella Gruber

“…This study enrolled 247 patients with localized or locally advanced prostate cancer who received external radiotherapy between 2011 and 2021. …”
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Prevalence of Autoimmune Diseases in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: An Epidemiological Study Using A Global Network of Health Care Organizations by Pushti Khandwala, Devashish Desai, Arthur Lau

“…There was no significant difference in developing vasculitis, dermatopolymyositis, and psoriatic arthritis when compared to patients who did not receive ICIs. The prevalence of ACs remained true after propensity score matching, except that there was no difference compared with the prevalence of SLE (0.37% [n = 391] vs 0.393% n = 415], OR 0.942 [0.82–1.082]; P = 0.3970). …”
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Increased Corneal Toricity after Long-Term Orthokeratology Lens Wear by Zhi Chen, Jiaqi Zhou, Feng Xue, Xingtao Zhou, Xiaomei Qu

“…This study investigated 136 subjects aged between 6 and 14 (9.1 ± 1.5) years old at the commencement of ortho-k treatment, who had been undergoing overnight ortho-k treatment for 24 to 72 (37.4 ± 11.9) months. …”
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The Potential Role of sPD-L1 as a Predictive Biomarker in EGFR-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Vesna Ćeriman Krstić, Dragana Jovanović, Natalija Samardžić, Milija Gajić, Jelena Kotur Stevuljević, Aleksandra Klisic, Ivan Soldatović, Damir Radončić, Marina Roksandić Milenković, Biljana Šeha, Nikola Čolić, Katarina Lukić, Milan Savić

“…However, not all patients treated with these therapies would respond to treatment, and patients who respond to treatment would acquire resistance at some time point. …”
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Epidemiologic features of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Russia by O. M. Drapkina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Prevalence of NAFLD among adult population of Russia is very high: almost every third patient who was looking for medical attention in polyclinic, has one of NAFLD-related disease entities. …”
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Correlation and clinical significance of placental tissue selectin (E), angiotensin II and its receptors, and oxidized lipid levels in patients with preeclampsia by Yan Gao, Guohong Wu, Haiting Huang, Xiaoyan Lu, Peifen Wu, Zou Suiyi, Zhenyan Liu

“…Methods: Select 30 PE pregnant women who were admitted to our hospital from March 2023 to January 2024 as the case group, and select another 30 normal pregnant women who were registered in our hospital during the same period as the health group .The general information of the two groups and placental tissue selectin (E), plasma AngII, ATRs, placental tissue MDA, 8-iso-PGF2a and blood pressure levels (systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP)) were compared. …”
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Analysing the scientific literature on transgender and gender diverse persons’ experiences with sexual and reproductive health care services from an intersectional perspective by Susan Heward-Belle, Sarah Ciftci, Renee Lovell

“…A total of 877 records were screened by the author and a research assistant independently who examined titles and abstracts and selected 27 for in-depth analysis. …”
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Objects and subjects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police by О. А. Bud

“… • The range of participants in registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police has been outlined: 1) the entity authorized to implement the specified types of procedures, i.e. units of the National Police of Ukraine; 2) natural and legal persons who receive these services; 3) third parties who facilitate the implementation of procedures…”
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Study of the effectiveness of vacuum-aspiration breast biopsy in patients with complete clinical response after neoadjuvant polychemotherapy in complex treatment of breast cancer by K. V. Maksimov, D. V. Bagdasarova, A. D. Zikiryakhodzhaev, A. A. Kolomeytseva, M. L. Mazo, V. S. Surkova, F. N. Usov, I. A. Eremeeva, A. N. Gerasimov

“…Evaluation of the diagnostic value of vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) based on pathomorphological studies in patients with breast cancer (BC) who have achieved a complete clinical response (cCR) after neoadjuvant polychemotherapy (NACT).Patients and methods. …”
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Acceptability and feasibility of two interventions in the MooDFOOD Trial: a food-related depression prevention randomised controlled trial in overweight adults with subsyndromal sy... by Ulrich Hegerl, Edward Watkins, Miquel Roca, Matthew Owens, Mariska Bot, Ingeborg Annemarie Brouwer, Elisabeth Kohls, Brenda Penninx, Gerard van Grootheest, Mieke Cabout, Margalida Gili, Marjolein Visser, Bep Verkerk, Nadine Paans, Carisha Thesing, Deborah Gibson-Smith, Melany Horsfall, Lena Weiss, Amy Romijn, Hannah Bunce, Owain Winfield, Harriet Bunker-Smith, Fern Durbridge, Caterina Versari Molinares, Atikah Sapar, Miquel Tortella, Clara Homar Covas, M Angeles Pérez-Ara, Adoración Castro Gracia, José Luis Reig, Jana Hoesel, Ezgi Dogan, Sabrina Baldofski, Nicole Mauche

“…There were statistically significant reductions in depressive symptoms for those who both adhered to the F-BA intervention and had a history of depression (B=−0.08, SE=0.03, p=0.012) versus those who had no history of depression. …”
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STUDY OF COMPATIBILITY OF METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF HIGH-LEVEL PROTOCOLS AND ERROR-CORRECTING CODES by Vladyslav Sharov, Olena Nikulina

“…This period saw groundbreaking contributions from researchers like David MacKay and Radford Neal, who refined LDPC algorithms, and Erdal Arıkan, who introduced polar codes in 2008. …”
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