Natural Cycle Frozen Embryo Transfer: Evaluating Optimal Protocols for Preparation and Timing by Kai N. Holder, Jessica S. Mormol, Jennifer B. Bakkensen, Mary Ellen Pavone, Kara N. Goldman, Chen Yeh, Lutfiyya N. Muhammad, Lia A. Bernardi

“…Materials and Methods: Protocols varied between cycles across three key parameters which were evaluated as primary predictors of cycle outcomes: (1) use of letrozole for mild ovarian stimulation/ovulation induction, (2) administration of exogenous ovulation trigger versus spontaneous luteinising hormone surge and (3) transfer timing based on ovulation trigger versus sequential progesterone monitoring. …”
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Preferências masculinas e femininas na relação cintura quadril feminino e dimensões corporais nos jovens adultos utilizando eye-tracking by Cátia Sofia da Silva Moreira, Inês Diana Gomes Soares, Sara Filipa Marques de Magalhães Monteiro

“…A amostra é constituída por 44 alunos a de uma instituição de Ensino Superior Pública do Norte de Portugal, os quais têm idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 26 anos. Verifica-se a influência das variáveis testadas nos tempos de fixação por parte dos participantes. …”
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Characteristics of pediatric patients with febrile convulsions admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Alanoud A. Abuhaimed, Nawaf A. Alghamdi, Ghadah I. Alhussin, Ghadah S. Alduhaimi, Fatmah Othman, Duaa M. Baarmah, Hamad A. Alkhalaf

“…Larger multicenter studies are needed to evaluate FCs based on their clinical and operational characteristics to improve the quality of care, decrease the length of patient hospital stay, and lower the recurrence rate.…”
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Unpredictable Malnutrition and Short-Term Outcomes after Single Anastomosis Sleeve Ileal (SASI) Bypass in Obese Patients by Ayman Kamal, Mahmoud El Azawy, Tarik A. A. Hassan

“…The single anastomosis sleeve ileal (SASI) bypass is a novel metabolic/bariatric surgery operation based on minigastric bypass operation and Santoro’s operation. …”
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Role of oral health literacy in demand for oral healthcare services for missing teeth replacement among dental patients visiting a dental teaching hospital in India by Duggineni Chalapathi Rao, Sudhakar Vundavalli, Meignana Arumugham Indiran, Atluri Kaleswara Rao, Doppalapudi Radhika, Mahmoud Gamal Salloum

“…A prevalidated questionnaire adopted from Oral Health Literacy Adult Questionnaire (OHL-AQ) was used for data collection and american dental association (ADA) type IV clinical examination was used for recording missing teeth. …”
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Rehabilitation and violence-related traumatic brain injury: A scoping review. by Samira Omar, Maria Jennifer Estrella, Muzna Ahmad, Angela Colantonio, Jessica Babineau, Vincy Chan

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>This is the first scoping review to our knowledge that explored the extent and nature of rehabilitation among persons who experience TBI through violence in civilian populations. …”
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Sobre o compromisso político da educação escolar e as práticas de avaliação do ensino-aprendizado by Leonardo Nunes Domingos, Danielle Piontkovsky

“…Para isso, optamos pela abordagem qualitativa, de cunho exploratório e com o uso de pesquisa bibliográfica, com base em Minayo (2009) e Gil (2002). Nessa análise, conforme a organização de Fernandes (2009), privilegiamos as teorizações partidárias da terceira e da quarta gerações de avaliação, cujos autores - notadamente Afonso (2000), Esteban (2001; 2008; 2010), Luckesi (2011), Lugli e Gualtieri (2012) e Vasconcellos (2000) - reconhecem o seu carácter sociológico, em detrimento de uma visão estritamente operacional da avaliação. …”
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Optimizing Public Spaces for Age-Friendly Living: Renovation Strategies for 1980s Residential Communities in Hangzhou, China by Min Gong, Ning Wang, Yubei Chu, Yiyao Wu, Jiadi Huang, Jing Wu

“…Then, the research team uses post-occupancy evaluation (POE) to assess the age-friendliness of outdoor public spaces. …”
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Resurgence of common respiratory viruses and mycoplasma pneumoniae after ending the zero-COVID policy in Shanghai by Pengcheng Liu, Menghua Xu, Lijuan Lu, Xunhua Zhu, Ran Jia, Niuniu Dong, Liyun Su, Jin Xu

“…Children hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infections were enrolled from January 2022 to December 2023. Nine common respiratory viruses and 2 atypical bacteria were detected in respiratory specimens from the enrolled patients using a multiplex PCR-based assay. …”
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The influence of language and culture on a South African corporate by Nirvana Bechan, Ronelda Visser

“…These interviews were transcribed verbatim and studied by means of narrative analysis using a specialised software package to provide better insight into the roles that language and culture play in a South African organisation. …”
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Air Quality of Bursa: Temporal and Spatial Evaluation of PM10, PM2.5, NO2 and SO2 Pollutants Using IDW Geostatistical Technique by Duygu Arıkan İspir, Ferruh Yıldız

“…The monthly and seasonal air pollution maps have been generated using 24-hour measurements obtained from air quality monitoring stations within the city. …”
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Stability of agronomic traits in interspecific hybrid potato clones in the Central Region of European Russia by M. S. Khlopyuk, N. A. Chalaya, E. V. Rogozina

“…Yield stability is a necessary trait for sustainable potato production under climate change. Potato breeding is based on crosses between parental lines selected for a set of important traits: productivity, structural yield components, and resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses. …”
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Immunotherapeutic Potential of Mollusk Hemocyanins in Combination with Human Vaccine Adjuvants in Murine Models of Oral Cancer by Juan José Mora Román, Miguel Del Campo, Javiera Villar, Francesca Paolini, Gianfranca Curzio, Aldo Venuti, Lilian Jara, Jorge Ferreira, Paola Murgas, Alvaro Lladser, Augusto Manubens, María Inés Becker

“…Mollusk hemocyanins have been used for decades in immunological and clinical applications as natural, nontoxic, nonpathogenic, and nonspecific immunostimulants for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer, as carriers/adjuvants of tumor-associated antigens in cancer vaccine development and as adjuvants to dendritic cell-based immunotherapy, because these glycoproteins induce a bias towards Th1 immunity. …”
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Emic definitions of empowerment for just development: learnings from Kenya by Haley Zaremba, Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Nadia Guettou Djurfeldt, Hanna North, Vanya Slavchevska, Annarita Macchioni Giaquinto

“…It also examines how emic understandings of empowerment—definitions which originate from within a given cultural context—compare to quantitative empowerment measures based on externally defined indicators from the Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). …”
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Disparities in the uptake of HPV-related cancer prevention strategies among women by HIV status in Puerto Rico by Marievelisse Soto-Salgado, Melisa Ramos-Sepúlveda, Jeslie M. Ramos-Cartagena, Maribel Tirado-Gómez, Humberto M. Guiot, Cristina Muñoz-Masso, Lorena González-Sepúlveda, Ana Patricia Ortiz

“…Several risk factors for HPV-related disease were more common among WLWH, such as age at first sexual encounter (≤ 16 years) (54.7 %), more than six lifetime sexual partners (43.1 %), and being a current smoker (23.6 %). …”
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Historical and projected forest cover changes in the Mount Kenya Ecosystem: Implications for sustainable forest management by Brian Rotich, Abdalrahman Ahmed, Benjamin Kinyili, Harison Kipkulei

“…This study quantified and analyzed historical and projected FCC in the Mount Kenya Ecosystem (MKE), central Kenya. Land Use Land Cover (LULC) maps for 2000, 2014, and 2023 were classified using Random Forest (RF) in Google Earth Engine (GEE). …”
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Comparative analysis of outsourcing and in house warehouse management system to improve productivity and stock accuracy by Untung Alamsah, Anang Muftiadi, ⁠Ria Arifianti

“…This study compares the impact of outsourced and in-house Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) on productivity and stock accuracy in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. Data was collected from a logistics services company in Palembang using quantitative methods, including measurements of productivity per person per hour and stock accuracy per SKU. …”
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Multiple patterns of EEG parameters and their role in the prediction of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness by Hui Li, Hui Li, Hui Li, Linghui Dong, Linghui Dong, Linghui Dong, Wenlong Su, Wenlong Su, Ying Liu, Ying Liu, Zhiqing Tang, Zhiqing Tang, Xingxing Liao, Xingxing Liao, Junzi Long, Junzi Long, Xiaonian Zhang, Xinting Sun, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang

“…A predictive model constructed using support vector machine achieved an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.95, with the top 10 SHAP values being associated with transition probability (TP) from state C to F, time coverage of state E, TP from state D to F and D to F, mean duration of state A, TP from state F to C, amplitude of MMN, time coverage of state F, TP from state C to D, and mean duration of state E. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Molecular Mechanism of PLIN1 in Goose Hierarchical and Pre-Hierarchical Follicle Granulosa Cells by Hua He, Yueyue Lin, Xi Zhang, Hengli Xie, Zhujun Wang, Shenqiang Hu, Liang Li, Hehe Liu, Chunchun Han, Lu Xia, Jiwei Hu, Jiwen Wang, Lin Liao, Xin Yuan

“…<i>PLIN1</i>, a member of the PAT family, is expressed in both adipocytes and steroidogenic cells. In this study, we used cell transfection technology combined with transcriptome sequencing to investigate the regulatory mechanism of <i>PLIN1</i> in goose follicular GCs. …”
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Cessation of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Determining Factors at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Bayew Kelkay, Eshetie Kindalem, Animut Tagele, Yohannes Moges

“…Method. Institutional-based cross-sectional study design using a systematic random sampling technique was applied to select 344 mothers of infants aged 9 months came for measles vaccination. …”
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