Resource Utilization and Costs of Care prior to ART Initiation for Pediatric Patients in Zambia by Hari S. Iyer, Callie A. Scott, Deophine Lembela Bwalya, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Crispin Moyo, Carolyn Bolton Moore, Bruce A. Larson, Sydney Rosen

“…We estimated time to initiation, outpatient resource use, and costs of outpatient care during the 6 months prior to ART initiation for HIV-infected pediatric patients in Zambia. Methods. We enrolled 1,102 children who initiated ART at <15 years of age between 2006 and 2011 at 5 study sites. …”
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Family, friends, and financial know-how: influences on students' intentions to pursue entrepreneurship, with the moderating role of self-efficacy by Rhian Indradewa, Rizki Muharom Setiawan

“…The research utilizing a survey method with a Likert scale distributed to 292 students actively enrolled in universities in the Greater Jakarta area Indonesia. …”
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Are the Mean Platelet Volume and Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio Predictive for Gestational Cholestasis? by Hasan Eroglu, Harun Egemen Tolunay, Kemal Sarsmaz, Gokcen Orgul, Dilek Sahin, Aykan Yucel

“…STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of the data of patients diagnosed with pregnancy cholestasis between 2018-2019 in a perinatology clinic. 352 pregnant women were enrolled in the study (122 pregnant women with Intrahepatic cholestasis as study group and 230 pregnant women with no morbidity as the control group) RESULTS: Mean platelet volume was significantly higher in pregnant women with intrahepatic cholestasis compared to the healthy controls, 9.30 (7-18) and 8.6 (6.7-11.5), respectively. …”
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Gerencia educativa: hacia una investigación prospectiva social y pedagógica by Raúl López Fernández, Tomás P. Crespo Borges, John ranados Romero

“…El tema de la gerencia educativa desde la prospectiva en su aplicación dentro de las ciencias pedagógicas es recurrente en las investigaciones asociadas a esta ciencia. …”
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Las Decoraciones pictóricas en la cripta de la basílica de San Filóxeno de Oxirrinco (Egipto) by Bernat Burgaya Martínez

“…A través del estudio iconográfico y su disposición podemos entender la evolución del espacio dentro del conjunto basilical, así como aproximarnos a la evolución del cristianismo en Oxirrinco en particular y en Egipto en general durante estos siglos. …”
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The Efficacy of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Type I Gastric Carcinoid Tumors Compared with Conventional Endoscopic Mucosal Resection by Hyung Hun Kim, Gwang Ha Kim, Ji Hyun Kim, Myung-Gyu Choi, Geun Am Song, Sung Eun Kim

“…Patients and Methods. The study enrolled 62 patients (37 males, 25 females; median age, 50 years; range, 40–68 years) who were treated with EMR or ESD at three hospitals; the study group had 87 type I gastric carcinoid tumors with an estimated size of ≤10 mm. …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Gene Promoter Region Polymorphism and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease by Gul Zareen Asifa, Afrose Liaquat, Iram Murtaza, Syed Ali Raza Kazmi, Qamar Javed

“…Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) gene polymorphisms have been implicated in the manifestation of atherosclerosis. …”
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The Parmalat Scandal: An Analysis of Financial Deception and Its Implications for Global Business by Edgar Manuel Cambaza

“… The Parmalat scandal, often compared to Europe's Enron case, highlights one of the biggest financial frauds in global business history. …”
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The Utility of Fecal Calprotectin in the Real-World Clinical Care of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Esmail Abej, Wael El-Matary, Harminder Singh, Charles N. Bernstein

“…Methods. 240 persons with IBD were enrolled. The correlation between FCAL values and other markers for disease activity such as serum albumin (alb), hemoglobin (Hg), and C-reactive protein (CRP) and diagnostic imaging or colonoscopy was examined. …”
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Intravitreal Dexamethasone in Patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Resistant to Anti-VEGF: A Prospective Pilot Study by Ermete Giancipoli, Antonio Pinna, Francesco Boscia, Gianluigi Zasa, Giovanni Sotgiu, Simone Dore, Giuseppe D’Amico Ricci

“…In this randomized, controlled pilot study, 16 eyes of 15 patients, unresponsive to anti-VEGF therapy, were enrolled and randomly assigned to two groups: DXI + anti-VEGF (treatment group: 11 eyes) and monthly anti-VEGF alone (control group: 5 eyes). …”
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The Effect of Reduction Mammaplasty on the Vertebral Column: A Radiologic Study by Onder Karaaslan, H. Gokhan Demirkiran, Ozlem Silistreli, Erhan Sonmez, Yagmur Kaan Bedir, Melih Can, Gorkem Caliskan, Cem Aslan, Meltem Ayhan Oral, Yuksel Kankaya

“…Thirty-four white women with large breasts were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided into three groups according to their breast cup sizes. …”
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A network-based analysis anticipates time to recovery from major depression revealing a plasticity by context interplay by Claudia Delli Colli, Aurelia Viglione, Silvia Poggini, Francesca Cirulli, Flavia Chiarotti, Alessandro Giuliani, Igor Branchi

“…Symptom severity was assessed using the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology while the context was measured at enrollment with the Quality-of-Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire. …”
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Evaluación preliminar de medios de defensa referidos a cuencas torrenciales en el sector noroeste de la ciudad de Neuquén. by Patricia Ferreyra, Eliana Hoyos

“…Las regiones áridas y semiáridas ocupan un alto porcentaje de la superficie terrestre. Dentro del territorio argentino estas regiones abarcan una porción significativa del total del país. …”
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The Effects of Local Administration of Aminophylline on Transureteral Lithotripsy by Ayyoub Barzegarnezhad, Abolfazl Firouzian, Seyed Abdollah Emadi, Nadali Mousanejad, Roksana Bakhshali

“…In this double-blind randomized clinical trial, 120 patients with ureteral stones were enrolled and randomized into two groups. The bladder was drained and then received a 150 mL irrigation solution. …”
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Optimizing student writing performance in higher education: A quantitative study of teacher feedback and classroom environment by Musril Zahari, Arita Marini, Desy Safitri, Leola Dewiyani, Uyu Muawanah

“…A quantitative approach with a correlational research design was employed, involving data collection from 244 university students enrolled in writing courses at Universitas Negeri Jakarta. …”
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Placental Growth Factor, Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 1, Soluble Endoglin, IL-6, and IL-16 as Biomarkers in Preeclampsia by Carmen Rădulescu, Anca Bacârea, Adina Huțanu, Rozalia Gabor, Minodora Dobreanu

“…This study was carried out at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in Tîrgu Mureș University Hospital, Romania, between January 2014 and July 2015 and included 68 pregnant women (47 preeclamptic women and 21 controls) with gestational age between 16 and 20 weeks at enrollment. The biomarkers PlGF, sFlt-1, sEng, IL-6, and IL-16 were determined by ELISA test. …”
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The Effect of Patient Characteristics and Sleep Quality on Visual Field Performance Reliability by Swarup S. Swaminathan, Matthew B. Greenberg, Elizabeth A. Vanner, Kara M. Cavuoto, Sarah R. Wellik, Ta Chen Chang

“…Results. 63 patients were enrolled. Lower PSQI score was correlated with higher percentage (%) FL in the right eye (p=0.03). …”
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Usefulness of an Image Fusion Model Using Three-Dimensional CT and MRI with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Endoscopy as a Multimodal Assistant System in Endoscopic Transsphenoidal... by Akihiro Inoue, Takanori Ohnishi, Shohei Kohno, Naoya Nishida, Yawara Nakamura, Yoshihiro Ohtsuka, Shirabe Matsumoto, Shiro Ohue

“…Thirty-five consecutive patients undergoing ETSS in our hospital between April 2014 and March 2015 were enrolled in the study. In all patients, fusion models of 3D-CT and MRI were created by reconstructing preoperative images. …”
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Diagnostic yield and safety of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for diffuse parenchymal lung diseases diagnosis: Comparison between 1.7-mm and 1.9-mm probes by C. Ravaglia, F. Sultani, S. Piciucchi, A. Dubini, A. J. De Grauw, S. Martinello, S. Oldani, S. Maitan, F. Stella, V. Poletti

“…Methods: 60 consecutive patients were prospectively enrolled and randomly assigned to two different groups: 1.9 mm (group A) and 1.7 mm (group B); primary endpoints were pathological and multidisciplinary diagnostic yield, sample size and complication rate. …”
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MR Imaging in Diagnosis of Pelvic Floor Descent: Supine versus Sitting Position by Francesca Iacobellis, Antonio Brillantino, Adolfo Renzi, Luigi Monaco, Nicola Serra, Beatrice Feragalli, Aniello Iacomino, Luca Brunese, Salvatore Cappabianca

“…Thirty-one patients with pelvic floor disorders were enrolled, and underwent MR Defecography in supine position with 1.5 T closed magnet (MAGNETOM Symphony, Siemens, Germany) and in sitting position with a 0.25-Tesla open magnet system (G-Scan ESAOTE, Italy). …”
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