Perceptions of diabetic retinopathy patients on the management of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in South Tarawa, Kiribati: A qualitative study. by Teuota Angirerei-Farran, Masoud Mohammadnezhad, Kal Alnababatah, Mosese Salusalu

“…A total of 27 DR patients were enrolled in this study. The majority of patients were between the age of 50-59 (37%) and were males (62%). …”
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The Pro12Ala Polymorphism of PPAR-γ Gene Is Associated with Sepsis Disease Severity and Outcome in Chinese Han Population by Guoda Ma, Haiyang Wang, Guixi Mo, Lili Cui, You Li, Yiming Shao, Xin Liu, Yuliu Xie, Jia Li, Jiawu Fu, Hua Tao, Bin Zhao, Liangqing Zhang, Keshen Li

“…Therefore, PPAR-γ has been suggested as a candidate gene for sepsis. In the present study, we investigated the association between the Pro12Ala polymorphism of PPAR-γ and sepsis in a Han Chinese population. …”
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Paisaje kitsch como destino turístico en el Sur y el Sudeste de Asia (China, Vietnam, Nepal) by Philippe Bachimon, Evelyne Gauche, Anh Thư Lê

“…Realizado en el marco del programa ANR AQAPA (2014-2019), este trabajo parte del análisis de tres regiones turísticas de Asia caracterizadas por la presencia de minorías étnicas –las regiones de Dalat en Vietnam, Pokhara en Nepal y Sandu en China- y centra su interés en la estereotipada puesta en escena de los lugares y centros turísticos que se basa en la utilización del kitsch. …”
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CAMPO E HABITUS NA PRODUÇÃO JORNALÍSTICA: o lugar de fala como determinante da agenda by Patrícia Bandeira de Melo

“…As fontes jornalísticas são classificadas em ativas e passivas, segundo o seu poder discursivo e sua atividade dentro do discurso midiático: as fontes ativas têm força argumentativa enquanto as passivas tem o discurso enfraquecido. …”
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Modelo asistencial e historiografía en Argentina en la modernidad liberal by Beatriz I. Moreyra

“…Es en ese contexto de producción que ha surgido una creciente inquietud de los investigadores de las ciencias sociales y las humanidades por la indagación de esas temáticas y muchas otras conexas en las realidades sociales pretéritas, con miras a desentrañar las claves interpretativas para comprender la situación actual y para reformular las políticas sociales. Dentro de este contexto, esta colaboración se propone analizar historiográficamente esta cuestión, focalizando nuestra atención en la etapa de la modernidad liberal y en la acción de las instituciones de la sociedad civil organizadas por principios católicos o laicos, que destinaron recursos y empeños para auxiliar la pobreza sin trabajo. …”
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Prevalencia y factores de riesgo del comportamiento anormal estereotipado aerofagia en el caballo criollo colombiano by J. J. Patiño Marulanda, S. A. Vélez Gil, J. R. Martínez Aranzales

“…La aerofagia, posiblemente obedeció tanto a factores inherentes al animal como a factores externos relacionados con el manejo; sin embargo, se requiere el diseño de estudios longitudinales sobre prácticas de manejo y de líneas dentro de la raza para cuantificar y validar la información relacionada con la posible predisposición genética o racial a la aerofagia y a otras estereotipias y comportamientos anormales observados en estos animales.…”
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Autologous Fat Grafting in the Treatment of Facial Scleroderma by Mehdi Gheisari, Arman Ahmadzadeh, Nilofar Nobari, Behzad Iranmanesh, Nikoo Mozafari

“…In this study, we aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of autologous fat grafting in the face of patients with systemic sclerosis. We enrolled 16 SSc patients suffering from facial sclerosis and limited mouth opening capacity. …”
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Examining the Relationship between Middle School Students’ Critical Reading Skills, Science Literacy Skills and Attitudes: A Structural Equation Modeling by Ersin Karademir, Ufuk Uluçınar

“…The sample of the study consists of 1170 students enrolled in 18 schools determined based on socio-economic status. …”
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The Effect of Thyroid Dysfunction on the Cardiovascular Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Ghana by Osei Sarfo-Kantanka, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Eunice Oparebea Ansah, Ishmael Kyei

“…This is a cross-sectional study involving 780 T2DM patients enrolled in a diabetes clinic in Kumasi, Ghana. CHD risk was estimated using the Framingham and UKPDS risk scores. …”
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El ciclo de vida judío y sus prácticas musicales en las comunidades Mesilat Yesharim de Cali, y Or Va Derej de Villavicencio, Colombia by José Ignacio Bolaños-Motta, Angela María Gnecco-Lizcano

“…Ello con el fin de lograr una descripción de la realidad estudiada dentro del contexto de dos comunidades judías de Cali y Villavicencio. …”
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Effect of Ozone Gel on Postoperative Sequelae after Surgical Removal of Impacted Lower Third Molars. by Sherwan Faisal Hamadamin, Ahmad Abdulla Haider

“…Methods: the current study enrolled 50 patients divided randomly in to two equal groups, Group I (study group) received ozone gel intra-socket and oral placebo postoperatively and Group II (control group) received a systemic antibiotic. …”
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The Psychometric Properties of the Persian Migraine-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire Version 2.1 in Episodic and Chronic Migraines by Alireza Zandifar, Samaneh Sadat Masjedi, Faraidoon Haghdoost, Fatemeh Asgari, Navid Manouchehri, Mahboobeh Banihashemi, Mohammad Reza Najafi, Abbas Ghorbani, Behzad Zolfaghari, Ali Gholamrezaei, Vahid Shaygannejad, Mohammad Saadatnia

“…A total of 106 participants were enrolled. Internal consistencies of MSQ among all patients, chronic and episodic migraines, were 0.92, 0.91, and 0.92, respectively. …”
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Assessment of Nuchal Translucency Nasal Bone and Ductus Venosus Flow in the First Trimester: Pregnancy Outcomes by Şafak Özdemirci, Deniz Esinler, Funda Özdemirci, Melek Bilge, Funda Akpınar, İnci Kahyaoğlu

“…Seven-hundreds twelve (n=712) singleton pregnant women attending to Simav –Kütahya Government Hospital between January 2008 and December 2011 for the routine first trimester screening and standard obstetric ultrasound examination were enrolled retrospectively. Pregnancy outcomes of these pregnancies were reported. …”
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The End of Carnivalism, or The Making of the Corpus Lucianeum by Markus Hafner

“…En un pasaje clave para entender la obra de Luciano, Piscator 25–27, el filósofo Diógenes de Sinope se queja de que Parresíades, una figura de autoría parecida a Luciano, no se burla de los filósofos dentro de los límites carnavalescos del festival, como lo hacía la Comedia Vieja, a la que tanto debe la obra de Luciano, sino mediante constantes publicaciones de escritos. …”
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Biological and Social Predictors of HIV-1 RNA Viral Suppression in ART Treated PWLH in Sub-Saharan Africa by Sindhuri Gandla, Raja Nakka, Ruhul Ali Khan, Eliezer Bose, Musie Ghebremichael

“…We used retrospective data from the 4820 ART-treated participants enrolled through population-based surveys conducted in Zambia and Malawi. …”
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Pilot Trial of the Reboot Online Program: An Internet-Delivered, Multidisciplinary Pain Management Program for Chronic Pain by Regina Schultz, Jessica Smith, Jill M. Newby, Tania Gardner, Christine T. Shiner, Gavin Andrews, Steven G. Faux

“…All participants were enrolled in the “Reboot Online” program, consisting of eight online lessons completed over 16 weeks. …”
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Reduced frontotemporal connectivity during a verbal fluency task in patients with anxiety, sleep, and major depressive disorders by Fanxi Ding, Yiyang Ying, Yuqing Jin, Xuanru Guo, Xuanru Guo, You Xu, Zhenghe Yu, Haiteng Jiang, Haiteng Jiang, Haiteng Jiang

“…Therefore, this study combined the VFT and the functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying the impairment of executive function across psychiatric disorders including anxiety disorder (AD), sleep disorder (SD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).MethodsTwo hundred and eight participants were enrolled including 52 AD, 52 SD, 52 MDD and 52 healthy controls (HCs). …”
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Determinants of Malaria Prevention and Treatment Seeking Behaviours of Pregnant Undergraduates Resident in University Hostels, South-East Nigeria by Anthonia Ukamaka Chinweuba, Noreen Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu, JaneLovena Enuma Onyiapat, Chidimma Egbichi Israel, Clementine Ifeyinwa Ilo, Joyce Chinenye Arinze

“…Purposive sampling was used to enrol 121 accessible and consenting undergraduates with self-revealed and noticeable pregnancy residing in twenty-three female hostels of four university campuses in Enugu State, Nigeria. …”
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Association between physical activity and cognitive function in post-menopausal women with high parity: the chain-mediating effects of nutritional status and depression by Xiaotong Chen, Kai Wei, Shanshan Peng, Na Liu, Leqi He, Biying Wu, Meifang Shi, Yong Lin

“…Methods A total of 2296 postmenopausal women were enrolled from the Baoshan District, from April to December 2020. …”
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Real life outcome analysis of breast cancer brain metastases treated with Trastuzumab Deruxtecan by Alessandra Fabi, Alessandro Rossi, Roberta Caputo, Simona Pisegna, Simone Scagnoli, Francesco Pantano, Giuliana D’Auria, Palma Fedele, Agnese Fabbri, Claudio Vernieri, Michela Palleschi, Luisa Carbognin, Gianluigi Ferretti, Elena Di Monte, Ida Paris, Francesco Pavese, Ornella Garrone, Antonio Franco, Michelino De Laurentiis, Gianluca Franceschini, Giovanni Scambia, Diana Giannarelli, Riccardo Masetti, Andrea Botticelli

“…Patients with brain metastases (BMs) from HER2 + BC treated with T-DXd in various treatment lines were enrolled. Primary endpoint was the intracranial overall response rate (iORR). …”
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