Impact of defocus incorporated multiple segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses for myopia control on quality of life of the children: a qualitative study by Sumita Agarkar, Anuradha Narayanan, Mobashir Fatimah

“…The generated codes were further grouped, categorised and finally fitted as per relevance into the subdomains of the four domains of the WHO Quality of Life—Brief framework, namely the domains of social relationships, physical, psychological and environmental health.Results A total of 29 interviews were conducted, 15 with children (mean age: 12.47±2.13 years) and 14 with parents. …”
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Balloon-Assisted Percutaneous Thrombin Injection for Treatment of Iatrogenic Left Subclavian Artery Pseudoaneurysm in a Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient by Hassan Al-Thani, Ahmed Hussein, Ahmed Sadek, Ali Barah, Ayman El-Menyar

“…In this report, we described a COVID-19-positive case who had COVID-related complications and iatrogenic left subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm after central venous catheter insertion. …”
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Risk factors for ischemic osteonecrosis of the femoral head after internal fixation with multiple cannulated screws for Pauwels type III femoral neck fracture by Yang Shuo

“…A total of 212 patients with Pauwels type III FNF, who underwent internal fixation with multiple cannulated screws from January 2019 to September 2022 and received one-year follow-up after surgery, were selected. …”
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Efficacy of CLT4A variants as immunoregulatory molecules among Vitiligo patients in Saudi Arabia by Amal F. Alshammary, Ghada BinSaif, Imran Ali Khan

“…The recruitment was based on the sample size calculation and based on it, we have recruited 300 Saudi individuals who were evenly divided into vitiligo cases and controls. …”
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The effect of using promotion programs on export performance with mediating of management, s understanding of environment and commitmen by R. Sanavi Fard, E. Haji Hosseini

“…The statistical population in this study included all employees of the export department of tile export companies in Yazd province, 325 people, who were selected as a sample size using a simple random sampling method and Cochran's formula. …”
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Personal responsibility with health in Cuba: structural analysis and identification of strategic variables by Isabel Pilar Luis Gonzalvez, Adolfo Álvarez Pérez, Yusdanys Torres Jiménez

“…Through non-probabilistic sampling of critical cases, 24 experts were contacted who drew up a list of related variables to the study problem, assigned them and described the relationships between them. …”
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Pepsinogen Serology and Gastritis OLGA Staging in Mucosal Atrophy Assessment: A Cross-Sectional Study Involving East China Endoscopy Population by Junjun Xia, Zhenzhen Liu, Kaiguang Zhang

“…The study included 453 asymptomatic individuals from East China undergoing physical examination, who then underwent endoscopy including collection of biopsy samples. …”
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Ten-Day versus 14-Day Levofloxacin-Containing Triple Therapy for Second-Line Anti-Helicobacter pylori Eradication in Taiwan by Wei-Chen Tai, Chien-Hua Chiu, Chih-Ming Liang, Kuo-Chin Chang, Chung-Mou Kuo, Yi-Chun Chiu, Keng-Liang Wu, Ming-Luen Hu, Yeh-Pin Chou, Shue-Shian Chiou, King-Wah Chiu, Chung-Huang Kuo, Tsung-Hui Hu, Ming-Tsung Lin, Seng-Kee Chuah

“…A total of 200 patients who failed H. pylori eradication using the standard triple therapy were prescribed with either a 10-day (EAL-10) or a 14-day (EAL-14) levofloxacin-containing triple therapy group (levofloxacin 500 mg once daily, amoxicillin 1 g twice daily, and esomeprazole 40 mg twice daily). …”
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Assessment of Management Factors Influencing Vaccination Against Cholera in the Health District of Katana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Irène Ntererwa-Nsimire, Leonid M Irenge, Paulin B Mutombo, Eric M Mafuta, Jean-Luc Gala, Dosithée Ngo-Bebe

“…The survey targeted households (n = 404) with 1 adult person per household responding on behalf of all the members of the household and key informants (KI) who were health workers (n = 6) in 5 health areas of the Katana health district. …”
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Indonesian navy post and social solidarity influence of Puger fisherman community resilience in facing covid-19 pandemic by Koko Komarudin, Retno Adrianti, Mustain Mashud

“…Secondly, fishermen social solidarity has a positive effect on fisherman resilience and significance (β= 0.283 p: 0.011 < 0.05) as they involve in various informal activities of fishermen in daily life who help each other in difficulties, care for fellow fishermen and exchange information as well as good cooperation to cope with the current critical conditions.…”
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Role of mast cell in locally advanced rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy by Masaaki Nishi, Shoko Yamashita, Chie Takasu, Yuma Wada, Kozo Yoshikawa, Takuya Tokunaga, Toshihiro Nakao, Hideya Kashihara, Toshiaki Yoshimoto, Mitsuo Shimada

“…Ninety-five LARC patients who recieved nCRT were enrolled in this study. Protein levels of the MC marker tryptase and TAM marker CD206 were evaluated with immunohistochemistry (IHC). …”
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Prevalence and clinical correlates of co-morbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in euthymic adults with bipolar disorder: A cross-sectional study by Vikash C. Mishra, Gunjan Solanki, Dharmdeep Singh, Manish K. Goyal

“…Those were divided into three groups: Group A included BD patients without ADHD, Group B included bipolar patients with co-morbid adult ADHD (BD-aADHD), and Group C included bipolar patients who had a diagnosis of childhood ADHD (BD-cADHD). …”
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Allograft Reconstruction Outcome Independent of Patient’s Age by Parimal Rana, Jane Brennan, Anagh Astavans, Sneha Kuppireddy, Christina Morganti, Benjamin M Petre, Andrea Johnson, Justin J Turcotte, Daniel Redziniak

“…Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 482 patients who underwent primary ACLR using a bone patella tendon bone allograft. …”
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Impact of religious fasting on ocular dryness: objective and subjective assessment by Amal F. Alomari, Sara Issa, Asma Musleh, Mohammad Abusamak, Mohammad Abusamak, Omar Bdair, Omar Bdair, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Alanoud Al-Wakfi, Mohammed Jaber, Ahmad Alloubani, Haitham Sahawneh, Haitham Sahawneh, Muhannd El-Faouri, Ayman Abdul Aziz, Muawyah Al Bdour

“…In this prospective study, we evaluated the effect of prolonged fasting on dry eye disease using both objective and subjective measures.MethodsWe included patients who fasted for at least 12 h a day for at least 2 weeks, including the testing day, and retested them at least 1 week after the fasting period had ended with no fasting on the testing day. …”
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Promoting Computational Access to Digital Collections in the Nordic and Baltic Countries: An Icelandic Use Case by Gustavo Candela, Olga Holownia, Max Odsbjerg, Mirjam Cuper, Nele Gabriëls, Katrine Hofmann, Edward J. Gray, Sally Chambers, Mahendra Mahey

“…Low barrier-to-entry tools, such as the web-based interactive computing platform Jupyter Notebooks have been gradually gaining popularity among users who want to explore digital collections and GLAM institutions that want to provide access to them. …”
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The Effect of Delay Techniques on a Lassa Fever Epidemic Model by Ali Raza, Eugenio Rocha, Emad Fadhal, Rashid I. H. Ibrahim, Eman Afkar, Muhammad Bilal

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria, and West Africa are the most affected countries with Lassa fever. …”
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Comparative the impact intraoperative phrenic nerve sacrifice on prognosis patients with thymoma by Hongyun Ruan, Xuehui Shang, Dongjie Yan, Bin Liu, Fangchao Liu, Zhi Yang

“…Methods A total of 209 patients who underwent thymoma resection in the Department of Thoracic Surgery at our hospital from February 2006 to November 2022 were collected for retrospective analysis. …”
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اقتناء الأنظمة الآلیة فى المکتبات المدرسیة: دراسة تطبیقیة على المکتبات المدرسیة بمحافظة قنا by محمود أبو الفضل ضوى

“…This study aims to shed light on the automated systems used in schoollibraries through identify ways and means and procedures for their acquisitionbased on the policies and needs of the school library, and in line with its servicesand activities provided to facilitate the selection of the best system to meet these,The study also aimed to identify the person who chooses these systems, theirrole, responsibilities and motives behind the desire to use and acquire automatedsystems in school libraries instead of the traditional methods of work and toidentify the obstacles that prevent the acquisition of school libraries in QenaGovernorate by automated systems or optimal use of them.The study relied on the field approach for collecting and analyzing datarelated to the research topic through the questionnaire form.The study reached many results, the most important of which are that thelibrary specialist is the first responsible for the decision to choose automatedsystems in school libraries in Qena Governorate and there is no unified andpractical policy followed when choosing automated systems in school libraries inQena Governorate, the extent of the severe need for these libraries. …”
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The Challenges of Distinguishing Different Causes of TMA in a Pregnant Kidney Transplant Recipient by A. Krelle, S. Price, M. M. Law, S. Kranz, P. Shamdasani, S. Kane, J. Unterscheider, P. Champion de Crespigny

“…This report describes a 32 year-old female who had two successive wanted pregnancies. The first pregnancy was terminated at 22 weeks gestation due to presumed severe preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction in the context of known chronic kidney failure due to reflux nephropathy. …”
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Preoperative White Blood Cell Count and Risk of 30-Day Readmission after Cardiac Surgery by Jeremiah R. Brown, R. Clive Landis, Kristine Chaisson, Cathy S. Ross, Lawrence J. Dacey, Richard A. Boss, Robert E. Helm, Susan R. Horton, Patricia Hofmaster, Cheryl Jones, Helen Desaulniers, Benjamin M. Westbrook, Dennis Duquette, Kelly LeBlond, Reed D. Quinn, Patrick C. Magnus, David J. Malenka, Anthony W. DiScipio

“…We collected data from 2,176 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery at seven hospitals. …”
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