Strength training for osteoporosis prevention during early menopause (STOP-EM): a pilot study protocol for a single centre randomised waitlisted control trial in Canada by Leigh Gabel, Lauren A Burt, Christina J Alexander, Leah Kaluta, Patrick W Whitman, Emma O Billington

“…Introduction Women lose up to 10% of their bone mass around menopause and the decade following. …”
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Comparison of clinical and pharmacodynamic features of proton pump inhibitors efficacy in gastroesophageal reflux disease by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov

“…The standard dozes of PPI provided acid-suppressive effect for up to 18 hs. Already after the first dose intake at 24-hour рН monitoring the stomach рН>3 was recorded for 56,1% (±20,94) of total monitoring time, and рН>4 — for 44,0% (±18,72), that promoted rapid symptom relief. …”
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Trellis Decoding for Qudit Stabilizer Codes and Its Application to Qubit Topological Codes by Eric Sabo, Arun B. Aloshious, Kenneth R. Brown

“…Trellis decoders are a general decoding technique first applied to qubit-based quantum error correction codes by Ollivier and Tillich in 2006. …”
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It depends on how you tell: a qualitative diagnostic analysis of the implementation climate for community-wide mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminth by Judd L Walson, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Sarah Lawrence, Khumbo Kalua, Euripide Avokpaho, Amy Roll, Angelin Titus, Yesudoss Jacob, Marie Claire Gwayi-Chore, Félicien Chabi, Comlanvi Innocent Togbevi, Abiguel Belou Elijan, Providence Nindi, Moudachirou Ibikounle, Kumudha Aruldas, Arianna Rubin Means

“…We include specific recommendations from community members regarding cMDA distribution sites, personnel requirements, delivery timing and incentives, leaders to engage and methods for mobilising participants.Conclusions Prior to launching the cMDA programme as an alternative to school-based MDA, cMDA was found to be generally acceptable across diverse geographical and demographic settings. …”
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Early Brain Damage Affects Body Schema and Person Perception Abilities in Children and Adolescents with Spastic Diplegia by Niccolò Butti, Rosario Montirosso, Lorenzo Giusti, Luigi Piccinini, Renato Borgatti, Cosimo Urgesi

“…Here, we compared the performance of a sample of 30 children and adolescents with SpD (aged 7-18 years) and of a group of age-matched controls with typical development (TD) at two different tasks tapping on body representations. In the first task, we tested visual and motor imagery abilities as assessed, respectively, by the object-based mental rotation of letters and by the first-person transformations for whole-body stimuli. …”
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Genetic sources for barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i>) breeding in the Volga-Vyatka region by O. N. Shupletsova, I. N. Shchennikova

“…These accessions underwent field- and laboratory-based research at the FASC of the North-East, which was targeted at the main qualities of breeding value: grain yield, growing season duration, and resistance to lodging, diseases and soil stress. …”
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Genesis of the Longmendian Ag–Pb–Zn Deposit in Henan (Central China): Constraints from Fluid Inclusions and H–C–O–S–Pb Isotopes by Xinglin Chen, Yongjun Shao, Chunkit Lai, Cheng Wang

“…The H–C–O–S–Pb isotope compositions indicate that the ore-forming materials may have been derived from the Taihua Group and the granitic magma. …”
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Contribuições metodológicas para a incorporação da perspectiva memética ao repertório da Ciência da Informação by Daniel da Silva Guimarães Cândido, Claudio Paixão Anastácio de Paula, Thiago Magela Rodrigues Dias

“…Pretende-se efetuar a identificação e análise das menores unidades (pedaços) de informações da base desse fluxo capazes de serem replicadas (“memes” na perspectiva dawkiniana) para avaliar as mutações que elas sofreram desde a reeleição da presidenta até o julgamento de seu impeachment. …”
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Prognostic Value of Combining Apelin-12 and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Yue Liu, Huasong Xia, Meng Li, Yi Chen, Yanqing Wu

“…However, little is known about whether the combined use of these two biomarkers could enhance the prognostic value. …”
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Genome-Wide Scans for Selection Signatures in Haimen Goats Reveal Candidate Genes Associated with Growth Traits by Zhen Zhang, Jiafeng Lu, Yifei Wang, Zhipeng Liu, Dongxu Li, Kaiping Deng, Guomin Zhang, Bingru Zhao, Peihua You, Yixuan Fan, Feng Wang, Ziyu Wang

“…Here, we analyzed population genetic structure and genome-wide selection signatures between the Haimen and Boer goats based on whole-genome resequencing data. The principal component analysis (PCA) and neighbor-joining (N-J) tree results demonstrated significant genetic differentiation between the Haimen and Boer goats. …”
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Risk Factors for Single and Multiple Recurrences for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography and Open Choledochotomy in Treating Choledocholithiasis by Yao Wu, Ying Zhang, Xiao Meng Jiang, Chen Jing Xu, Yan Yan Wang, Jin Yuan Gu, Yi Li, Shun Fu Xu

“…ERCP is still the preferred surgical method based on the advantages of low risk of cholangitis recurrence, less hospital stay, minimally invasive surgery, fewer postoperative complications, and easier acceptance by elderly patients. …”
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Treating common mental disorder including psychotic experiences in the primary care improving access to psychological therapies programme (the TYPPEX study): protocol for a stepped... by David Fowler, Jesus Perez, Peter B Jones, Debra Russo, Clare Knight, Mary Dixon-Woods, Allan B Clark, Margaret Heslin, Sarah Byford, Paul French, Thomas Kabir, Jan Stochl, Mona Kanaan, James Clarke, Nick Grey, Ann Marie Swart, Polly-Anna Ashford, Ushma Patel, Freya Stuart, Hannah Murray, J Hodgekins, Nesta Reeve, Nicola Marshall, Michelle Painter, Maria Leathersich, Martin Pond

“…We will obtain pseudonymous clinical outcome data from IAPT clinical records for eligible service users. …”
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Energy-innovation knowledge common connection point management in preventing outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in a University by V. Shcherbak, I. Gryshchenko, L. Ganushchak-Yefimenko, O. Nifatova, V. Bobrovnyk, M. Verhun

“…Fuzzy methods made it possible to classify all the buildings into 3 categories (A, B, C) to prioritize their use in the light of Covid-19 pandemic. The system for monitoring the attained level of energy efficiency is based on the use of discriminant analysis.FINDINGS: Implementation of the weighted strategy has proved that the classes will be given online, 23% of all offices. …”
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O moderno e a Vila Amaury: by Camila Pescatori Candido da Silva, Átila Rezendo Fialho

“…A esse estágio da pesquisa, procuramos analisar esse caso com base em relatos orais presentes nos trabalhos de Ivany Neiva Câmara (2017) e no documentário de Vladimir Carvalho e Eugene Feldman, “Brasília segundo Feldman”, de 1979, além de fontes secundárias a respeito do tema. …”
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Perfil clínico-epidemiológico de la COVID-19 en el municipio Cumanayagua. Cienfuegos, 2020 by Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Midalys del Carmen LLanes Cartaya, Lázaro Roberto Herrera Fragoso, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Tamara Montenegro Castellón

“…Con los datos recogidos se confeccionó una base de datos, que se procesó mediante el paquete estadístico SPSS-PC versión 25,0. …”
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Evaluating the desirability of energy inequality mitigation strategies within underserved communities in sub-Saharan Africa by Desmond Eseoghene Ighravwe, Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju

“…This research, therefore, uses a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework to address energy inequality in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Comparison of a ready-to-use intranasal dexmedetomidine spray with traditional intranasal dexmedetomidine drops for sedation in preschool children: a prospective, randomized, controlled study by Qi-Qi Jin, Wei-Cha Cai, Ying-Feng Zhou, Yan-Tong Zhang, Gang Chen, Meng-Ting Xu, Jun Li, Kai-Ming Yuan

“…In the DD group, dexmedetomidine was administered at a dose of 2 μg/kg based on body weight. The primary outcome was the proportion of children achieving a Ramsay sedation scale (RSS) score of ≥3 within 30 min. …”
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Referencias hospitalarias de pacientes con diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus tipo 2 by Abdel Bermúdez-del Sol, Juana De Los Ángeles Neira-Briones, Verónica Gabriela Ortega-Encalada

“…Objetivo: describir el comportamiento de pacientes con diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus en el Centro de Salud Tipo C Chimbacalle del cantón Quito, provincia de Pichincha, Ecuador. Método: se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal en el Centro de Salud Tipo C Chimbacalle del cantón Quito, provincia de Pichincha, perteneciente al país Ecuador en el periodo comprendido entre junio y diciembre de 2020, Se realizó la caracterización del uso de medicamentos antidiabéticos a través de la entrevista a los pacientes, revisión de las historias clínicas y del análisis de la base de datos que consta en el Centro de Salud de los pacientes con DM tipo 2. …”
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Safety of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: piloting WHO framework in Iran by Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Mondher Letaief, Hossein Mashhadi Abdolahi, Ramin Rezapour, Ahmed Alboksmaty, Mostafa Farahbakhsh

“…Descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS-16 were used for data analysis. Results Totally, 325 Health Workers (HWs) (218 from PHC facilities and 107 from hospitals) participated in the study. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding and Normative Belief among Rural Mothers in Ethiopia, 2019: A Cross-Sectional Survey Embedded with Qualitative Design by Wolde Melese Ayele

“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess exclusive breastfeeding practice and normative beliefs among mothers who have children less than two years of age in Ethiopia, 2019. Methods. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample size of 423 in Ethiopia from March 12 to December 18, 2019. …”
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