Stigma reduction in a disability and mental health programme in Ghana: Lessons in participation by Maria Zuurmond, Augustina Naami, Lyla Adwan-Kamara, Cathy Stephen, Sapana Basnet, Caroline Vanderick, Mohammed Chantimah, Abigail Nana Asamoah, Daisy Macdonald, Crick Lund

“…Conclusions: Participation of people with disabilities and mental health conditions is essential for the design and delivery of stigma reduction programmes in Ghana. …”
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Magnitude and Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilization in Kandahar City, Afghanistan by Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Mohammad Hashim Wafa, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Hadia Sayam

“…A community-based cross-sectional study involving 850 women with at least one delivery in the last 2 years was carried out in Kandahar city from January to February 2021. …”
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Enhancing Patient-Centric Drug Development: Coupling Hot Melt Extrusion with Fused Deposition Modeling and Pressure-Assisted Microsyringe Additive Manufacturing Platforms with Qual... by Dinesh Nyavanandi, Preethi Mandati, Nithin Vidiyala, Prashanth Parupathi, Praveen Kolimi, Hemanth Kumar Mamidi

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A Pregnant Woman with Excess Vasopressinase-Induced Diabetes Insipidus Complicated by Central Diabetes Insipidus like Lymphocytic Infundibulo-Neurohypophysitis by Shinnosuke Yanagisawa, Yoichi Oikawa, Mai Endo, Kazuyuki Inoue, Ritsuko Nakajima, Shigemitsu Yasuda, Masayasu Sato, Naoko Iwata, Haruki Fujisawa, Atsushi Suzuki, Yoshihisa Sugimura, Masashi Isshiki, Akira Shimada

“…Immediately following delivery, intranasal 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin was administered, and her symptoms promptly disappeared. …”
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Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Women: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Moyale District, Borena Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Hailu Bekele, Gebi Husein Jima, Ashenafi Habtamu Regesu

“…Dietary diversity, monthly income, extra meal, delivery place, and household food insecurity were found to be predictor of undernutrition. …”
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Pulse oximeter perfusion index as a new predictor of hypotension following subarachnoid block in lower segment Cesarean section: A prospective randomized study by Ashish Mohan M, Suman Gupta, Kavya Kanjikkal, Vankudoth Bhaskar

“…Baseline PI is a reliable predictor of spinal anesthesia-induced hypotension during Cesarean delivery and could be used for early identification and management of at-risk patients.…”
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Dietary Capsaicin Supplementation Mitigates Calving-Induced Stress and Enhances Antioxidant Capacity, Immune Function, and Gut Microbiota in Periparturient Dairy Cows by Hangfan Li, Zibin Wu, Baisheng Yu, Jinyuan Chen, Chuang Yang, Yongqing Guo, Baoli Sun

“…The supplementation was administered during an evaluation period spanning from 28 days before delivery to 21 days after delivery using a randomized block experimental design. …”
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Comparison of Pregnancy Outcomes of Women with and Without Hypertension at the Latent Phase of Labor Who Were Under Medical Care for Preeclampsia by Resul Karakus, Cetin Kilicci, Enis Ozkaya, Ezgi Darici, Onder Tosun, Sultan Seren Karakus, Ali Aras

“…There was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of the rate of preterm delivery (78.5% vs. 66.7%, p=0.04). CONCLUSION: Resistant hypertension is associated with a higher rate of preeclamptic symptoms during labor and newborn intensive care unit admission. …”
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Effect of maternal height on the risk of caesarean section in singleton births: evidence from a large-scale survey in India by Himanshu Chaurasia, Strong P Marbaniang, Hemkhothang Lhungdim

“…Other explanatory variables are age, parity, sex of child, birth weight, wealth index, place of residence, place of child delivery and household health insurance status.Results The results reveal that the odds of undergoing CS significantly decrease with increase in maternal heights. …”
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A systemic approach to identifying sustainable community-based interventions for improving adolescent mental health: a participatory group model building and design protocol by Megan Keenan, Leanne Freeman, Ediane Santana de Lima, Katie Potter, Tim Hobbs, Ellis Ballard, Peter Fonagy

“…It also suggests a method for considering modifications to delivery within a unique project context and in alignment with participants’ needs. …”
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Knowledge about Danger Signs of Obstetric Complications and Associated Factors among Postnatal Mothers of Mechekel District Health Centers, East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 20... by Gedefa Amenu, Zerfu Mulaw, Tewodros Seyoum, Hinsermu Bayu

“…Significant proportion of respondents were not knowledgeable about obstetric danger signs and factors like educational status, place of last delivery, and antenatal follow-up were found to be associated.…”
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Design and maintenance of medical oxygen concentrators in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review by Nahimiya Husen Ibrahim, James Wallace, Davide Piaggio, Leandro Pecchia

“…It was conducted by following the PRISMA statement and searching three databases, i.e., Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science, for publications in the period 2001–2023, using the search terms: oxygen concentrator, therapy, cylinder, plant, supply, delivery, and availability, design, and maintenance. …”
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Development of Novel Fluticasone/Salmeterol/Tiotropium-Loaded Dry Powder Inhaler and Bioequivalence Assessment to Commercial Products in Rats by Hyukjun Cho, Hyunji Lee, Duhyeong Hwang

“…<b>Background</b>/<b>Objectives</b>: Inhaler devices have been developed for the effective delivery of inhaled medications used in the treatment of pulmonary diseases. …”
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Numerical Studies of Particle-Gas Two-Phase Flowing through Microshock Tubes by Guang Zhang, Wei Wei Wang, Xiang Hui Su, Xiao Jun Li, Wen Hao Shen, Zhe Lin

“…Therefore, to improve the performance of needle-free drug delivery devices, it is significantly important to investigate shock waves and particle-gas flows induced by microshock tubes. …”
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Economic evaluation of Maternal Depression Treatment in HIV (M-DEPTH) for perinatal depression among women living with HIV in Uganda: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Ryan McBain, Adeyemi Okunogbe, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Violet Gwokyalya, Glenn Wagner

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A cross-sectional study to determine prevalence of neonatal dermatoses in a tertiary health care centre of Andhra Pradesh, South India by Deepti Vemu, Shalini Eslavat, Shankar Kunti, Prasad Naik NM, Ritu Gujarati Vishwanath, Sruthi Kamatham

“…Naevi and PD were associated with vaginal deliveries (p = 0.03). Conclusion: Dermatosis in neonates was associated with high parity, vaginal delivery, and consanguinity. …”
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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genomic insertion of functional genes into Lactiplantibacillus plantarum WCFS1 by Kamilla Wiull, Lisa K. Haugen, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Geir Mathiesen

“…ABSTRACT Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, a natural inhabitant of the human body, is a promising candidate vehicle for vaccine delivery. An obstacle in developing bacterial delivery vehicles is generating a production strain that lacks antibiotic resistance genes and contains minimal foreign DNA. …”
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Memahami Patofisiologi dan Aspek Klinis Syok Hipovolemik: Update dan Penyegar by Hardisman Hardisman

“…These conditions lead to decreasing of venous return and cardiac output that cause inadequate oxygen delivery and perfusion. The homeostatic defence mechanism can compensate the cardiovascular function with the blood loss up to 10%. …”
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Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A: Its Significance as a Single Biomarker for Adverse Obstetric Outcomes by Madhusudan Dey, Priyanshi Choudhury, Sunil Chawla, Pranjali Dhume, Suyash Goel, Ankur Shah, Mounica Gowda KN

“…No significant association was observed for preterm delivery, gestational diabetes, and placental abruption. …”
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Prehospital video triage of suspected stroke patients in Greater Manchester: pilot project report by Christopher Ashton, Adrian R Parry-Jones, Lisa Brunton, Ibrahim Alghamdi, David A Jenkins

“…The pilot (October–December 2022) was a collaboration between the North West Ambulance Service, Greater Manchester Neurorehabilitation and Integrated Stroke Delivery Network and stroke clinicians at Salford Royal Hospital. …”
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