Magnitude of urban malaria and its associated risk factors in Damboya town, Kambata zone, Central Ethiopia by Biruk Mulachew, Temesgen Bezuayehu, Solomon Asnake

“…Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 60 % of global cases and 90 % of global fatalities (WHO, 2022). Over the two peak years of the pandemic (2020–2021), COVID-related setbacks increased malaria cases by around 13 million and fatalities by 63,000 (WHO, 2022). …”
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Mortality and Its Predictors among Adult Human Immune-Deficiency Virus-Infected Patients Attending Their Antiretroviral Treatment at Health Centers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Multicen... by Selam Tesfayohannes, Sisay Shine, Abinet Mekuria, Sisay Moges

“…The source population consisted of all adult HIV-positive patients who were being followed up between December 1, 2014, and October 30, 2019. …”
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The Use of Electronic Consent (eConsent) Within the Ketamine for Long-Lasting Pain Relief After Surgery (KALPAS) Multicenter Trial by Doan LV, Burr J, Perez R, Martinez H, Cuevas R, Watt K, Wang J

“…When signing the eConsent, however, all potential participants are provided with a concise summary of the informed consent document, an approach not widely used by multicenter studies. eConsent has been noted to be beneficial to research staff when trying to gather informed consent from participants who live far away from the hospital, want to include their family and friends, and for researchers who can approach patients outside of their clinical appointments.Conclusion: The ability to consent patients remotely has allowed for a flexible workflow within sites and a more patient-centric process that focuses on including loved ones in the discussion and scheduling time to speak to a principal investigator. …”
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Factors associated with occupational injuries among bricklayers and carpenters in Building Construction: insights from a mixed methods study in Osun State, Nigeria by Temitope Olumuyiwa Ojo, Adedeji Ayodeji Onayade, Nisha Naicker

“…The qualitative aspect comprised 12 focus group discussions (FGD) among artisans who did not participate in the quantitative aspect of the study. …”
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Pre-CCRT 18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT improves survival in patients with advanced stages p16-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma via accurate radiation treatment plannin... by Tsung-Ming Chen, Wan-Ming Chen, Mingchih Chen, Ben-Chang Shia, Szu-Yuan Wu

“…Patients and Methods We included patients with stage I–IVA p16-negative OPSCC receiving definitive CCRT and categorized them into two groups according to pre-CCRT 18FDG PET–CT and compared their outcomes: the case group consisted of patients who underwent pre-CCRT 18FDG PET–CT, whereas the comparison group consisted of patients who did not receive pre-CCRT 18FDG PET–CT. …”
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RET inhibition overcomes resistance to combined CDK4/6 inhibitor and endocrine therapy in ER+ breast cancer by Charlotte K. Kindt, Sidse Ehmsen, Sidse Ehmsen, Sidse Ehmsen, Sofie Traynor, Benedetta Policastro, Nikoline Nissen, Mie K. Jakobsen, Monique F. Hundebøl, Lene E. Johansen, Martin Bak, Elsa Arbajian, Johan Staaf, Henrik J. Ditzel, Henrik J. Ditzel, Henrik J. Ditzel, Carla L. Alves

“…We further observed a shorter median survival to combined CDK4/6i and endocrine therapy in patients with RET-positive compared to RET-negative tumors, but this difference did not reach statistical significance.ConclusionsOur findings show that RET is overexpressed in ER+ metastatic breast cancer resistant to combined CDK4/6i and endocrine therapy, rendering RET inhibition a promising therapeutic approach for patients who experience disease progression on combined CDK4/6i and endocrine therapy.…”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Associated Factors towards Physical Assessment among Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study by Bikis Liyew, Ambaye Dejen Tilahun, Tilahun Kassew

“…The proportion of nurse’s knowledge who score above the mean was 167 (55.9%) [95% CI (50.2, 61.5)] and below the mean 132 (44.1%) [95% CI (38.5, 49.8)]. …”
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Accuracy of algorithms to identify patients with a diagnosis of major cancers and cancer-related adverse events in an administrative database: a validation study in an acute care h... by Takashi Fujiwara, Yasuyuki Okumura, Hironobu Tokumasu, Takashi Kanemitsu, Kosei Tajima, Akinori Yuri, Masahiro Iwasaku

“…The sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) with 95% CIs were calculated.Participants The validation cohort included patients with lung (n=2257), breast (n=1121), colorectal (n=1773), ovarian (n=216) and bladder (n=575) cancer who visited the hospital between January 2014 and December 2018, and those with prostate cancer (n=3491) visiting between January 2009 and December 2018, who were identified using EMRs.Outcomes Key outcomes included primary diagnosis, deaths and AEs.Results For primary diagnosis, sensitivity and PPV for the respective cancers were as follows: lung, 100.0% (96.6 to 100.0) and 81.0% (74.9 to 86.2); breast, 100.0% (96.3 to 100.0) and 74.0% (67.3 to 79.9); colorectal, 100.0% (96.6 to 100.0) and 80.5% (74.3 to 85.8); ovarian, 89.8% (77.8 to 96.6) and 75.9% (62.8 to 86.1); bladder, 78.6% (63.2 to 89.7) and 67.3% (52.5 to 0.1); prostate, 100.0% (93.2 to 100.0) and 79.0% (69.7 to 86.5). …”
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Investigation of gut microbiota in pediatric patients with peanut allergy in outpatient settings by Shouming Li, Jingyi Huang, Yunyun Xie, Di Wang, Xin Tan, Yufan Wang

“…Identify potential gut microbial biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of peanut allergies.MethodsTwenty-nine children with peanut allergy who visited the hospital from December 2020 to December 2022 were selected as the test group (PA), and twenty-seven healthy children who underwent physical examination during the same period and tested negative for peanut IgE were selected as the control group (Ctl). …”
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Cigarette Smoking Patterns Among Racial and Ethnic Groups With Chronic Lung Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Vijaya L. Seegulam, MPH, Caretia J. Washington, BS, Parvathy P. Surendran, BPT, Alyssa M. Falise, PhD, MSPH, Diana Gomez-Manjarres, MD, Catalina Lopez-Quintero, MD, MPH, PhD

“…Asthma, although often less fatal, leads to considerable health burdens, particularly among marginalized populations who are at higher risk for both more severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma outcomes. …”
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Human Resource Practices and Employee Retention in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District Local Government. by Baingana, Alex

“…The study targeted 134 participants, but 119 managed to respond, including 117 who filled out the questionnaire and 02 who were interviewed. …”
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Human Resource Practices and Employee Retention in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District Local Government. by Baingana, Alex

“…The study targeted 134 participants, but 119 managed to respond, including 117 who filled out the questionnaire and 02 who were interviewed. …”
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Effects of Job Stress on Teachers Productivity in Primary Schools of Katuna Town Council in Kabale District. by Faida, Elias

“…The struggle for employees and the organization's productivity can be associated with stress of different kinds, (CDC, 2016; WHO, 2020). This can have an effect on the productivity of the employees and the organizations. …”
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Determinants of postnatal care service utilization among mothers of Mangochi district, Malawi: a community-based cross- sectional study by Jonas, Sagawa, Allen, Kabagenyi, Godwin, Turyasingura, Saul Eric, Mwale

“…Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 600 mothers who gave birth in the past 2 years preceding January 1–31; 2016. …”
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Presenting the professional thinking model of employees based on the dimensions of ambivalence and psychological empowermen by Abdolmajid Kord, Mansur Garkaz, Alireza Maetoofi, Ali khuzin, Alireza Hasan Maleki

“…At the psychological and behavioral level, people who have the ability to use both hands with equal skills are called ambidextrous people (Mercedes et al, 2016). …”
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A Comparative study of Daiva's Sin and its Evolution in the Stories of Ancient Iran and Ta'ziehs of Daiva's Tying Thumb Based on Six Poetic Verses by Mahdi mohamadi, Adel Meghdadian, Abolfazl Tajik

“…Trumad/ Tromti or the demon of arrogance is a female demon who creates arrogance and selfishness, Just the opposite of Sepandarmaz who is a symbol of humility (ibid., p. 45). …”
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Pegilated interferon alpha 2b «Pegaltevir» chronic hepatitis C treatment (randomized clinical trial) by Marina V. Mayevskaya, Ye. N. Bessonova, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, V. G. Morozov, V. D. Pasechnikov, I. Yu. Khomenko, A. V. Yagoda, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The response rate at the moment of secession of antiviral therapy, the sustained virologic response (SVR), histologic response (comparison of paired liver biopsies) served as secondary efficacy criteria and were estimated in 129 patients who completed treatment. The safety analysis was carried out for each patients included in the protocol who received at least one Pegaltevir® dose in comparison to patients who received at least one dose of PegIntron®, - respectively 102 and 38 patients. …”
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Evaluation de la qualité de vie des femmes souffrant d’une fistule obstétricale à Kinshasa [Evaluation of the quality of life of women with obstetric fistula in Kinshasa] by Jonathan Enguta Mwenzi, Ruth Bukabau Babuya, Francine Manyonga Sabowa

“…Finally, there are 7 women who have not had a caesarean section, 40 who have had a caesarean section and 9 who have had two caesareans. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Health Care Experience in Those With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Sydora BC, Wilke MS, Ghosh M, Vine DF

“…In this paper, we describe the findings of a self-administered survey in those who self-reported having PCOS. The survey explores the patients’ view of the challenges in health care management during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The efficacy of LASIK and secondary piggyback IOL implantation for the enhancement after cataract surgery by E.P. Gurmizov, K.B. Pershin, N.F. Pashinova, A.Yu. Tsygankov

“…Group I included 50 patients who underwent standard LASIK (72 eyes). Group II included 24 patients (26 eyes) who underwent secondary piggyback IOL implantation (Rayner Sulcoflex, 19 eyes, or Add-onTorica-sPB A4FW, 7 eyes).…”
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