Effects of macitentan and selexipag across prognostic age groups in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension by Richard Channick, MD, Sarah Medrek, MD, Marion Delcroix, MD, Sean Gaine, MD, Pavel Jansa, MD, PhD, Irene Lang, MD, Vallerie McLaughlin, MD, Sanjay Mehta, MD, Tomas Pulido, MD, Bhagavatula Sastry, MD, Rogerio Souza, MD, PhD, Adam Torbicki, MD, Carol Zhao, MS, Paul Strachan, MD, Peter Agron, PhD, Joseph Yen, PhD, Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD

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Role of Colchicine Treatment in Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS): Real-Life Data from the AIDA Network by Antonio Vitale, Jurgen Sota, Laura Obici, Nicola Ricco, Maria Cristina Maggio, Marco Cattalini, Piero Ruscitti, Francesco Caso, Raffaele Manna, Ombretta Viapiana, Valeria Caggiano, Giacomo Emmi, Antonella Insalaco, Davide Montin, Francesco Licciardi, Alessandra Soriano, Lorenzo Dagna, Carlo Salvarani, Vittoria Lamacchia, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Roberto Giacomelli, Bruno Frediani, Alessandra Renieri, Luca Cantarini

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Novel type 2 diabetes prediction score based on traditional risk factors and circulating metabolites: model derivation and validation in two large cohort studiesResearch in context by Ruijie Xie, Christian Herder, Sha Sha, Lei Peng, Hermann Brenner, Ben Schöttker

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Attitudes towards vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: a cross-sectional analysis—implications for public health communications in Australia by Leslie Swartz, Jean Bourbeau, Naja Hulvej Rod, Colleen Norris, Molly Byrne, Samir Gupta, Juhee Cho, Amos Laar, Jacqueline Boyle, Eva Suarthana, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Bronwynè Coetzee, Susan Michie, Richard Fleet, Jason Bantjes, Beate Ditzen, Justin Presseau, Lucie Byrne-Davis, Claudia Gemme, Valeria Raparelli, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Sandra Peláez, Hannah Durand, Olivier Drouin, Sze Man Tse, Louise Pilote, Hagai Levine, Richard Ayah, Drieda Zaçe, Paul Poirier, Helena J Teede, Paula Griffiths, Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Lisa Kakinami, Angelos Kassianos, Chiwoza Bandawe, Ariane Belanger-Gravel, Lise Gauvin, Ilda Hoxhaj, Stefania Boccia, Jovana Stojanovic, Keven Joyal-Desmarais, Emily Petherick, Joanne Liu, Linda Booij, Joanne Enticott, Ahmed Abou-Setta, Kyle Warkentin, Roland Grad, Michael Vallis, Gary Garber, Mohsen Alyami, Johannes Thrul, Gregory Ninot, Susanne Fischer, Lauren Sherar, Paula Simão, Daniel Akunga, Jackim Nyamari, John Bosco Isunju, Michel Fournier, Francine Ducharme, Sarah Bernard, Shawn Aaron, Susan Bondy, Rizwana Roomaney, Jiyoung Lee, Violet Naanyu, Chris Noone, Abdhalah Ziraba, Eli Puterman, Jaskirath Singh Gill, Simon L. Bacon, Kim L. Lavoie, Daniel S. Epstein, Shrinkhala Dawadi, Zahir Vally, Analía Verónica Losada, Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Arobindu Dash, Marilia Estevam Cornelio, Darlan Lauricio Matte, Angela Alberga, Tracie Barnett, Silvana Barone, Lisa Maureen Birch, Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Rachel Burns, Tavis Campbell, Linda Carlson, Kim Corace, Mohsen Farhadloo, Carl Falk, Jennifer Gordon, Kim Hellemans, Catherine Herba, Heungsun Hwang, Jack Jedwab, Eric Kennedy, Sunmee Kim, Joshua Rash, Paula A B Ribeiro, Paramita Saha Chaudhuri, Nicolás Bronfman Caceres, Manuel Ortiz, Paula Beatriz Repetto, Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos, Mathieu Beraneck, Thomas Kubiak, Sam Codjoe, Lily Kpobi, Naorem Kiranmala Devi, Sanjenbam Meitei, Suzanne Tanya Nethan, Lancelot Pinto, Kallur Nava Saraswathy, Dheeraj Tumu, Silviana Lestari, Grace Wangge, Jennifer McSharry, Oonagh Meade, Gerry Molloy, Anat Zaidman-Zait, Stefania Paduano, Ala'S Aburub, Chris Barasa, Pamela Miloya Godia, Nicholas Mutuku, Teresa Mwoma, Hildah Oburu, Joyce Olenja, Dismas Ongore, Loh Siew Yim, Andrea Herbert, Daniela Liggett, Ademola Ajuwon, Nisar Ahmed Shar, Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Rosario Mercedes Bartolini Martínez, Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, Pierre Claver Rutayisire, Abu Zeeshan Bari, Iveta Nagyova, Brendon Barnes, Ashraf Khagee, Tebogo Mothiba, Man-gyeong Lee, Anne Berman, Nouha Saleh Stattin, Debbie Hu, Yasin Kara, Ceprail Şimşek, Bilge Üzmezoğlu, James Mugisha, Joanne Hart, Will Johnson, Nicola Paine, Robert M Bilder, Matthew Burg, Susan Czajkowski, Ken Freedland, Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, Alison Holman, Gilberto Lopez, Sylvie Naar, Michele Okun, Lynda Powell, Sarah Pressman, Tracey Revenson, John Ruiz, Sudha Sivaram, Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, Abehaw Yohannes, Rhea Navani, Kushnan Ranakombu, Daisuke Hayashi Neto, Tair Ben-Porat, Anda Dragomir, Amandine Gagnon-Hébert, Vincent Gosselin Boucher, Mahrukh Jamil, Lisa Maria Käfer, Ariany Marques Vieira, Tasfia Tasbih, Maegan Trottier, Robbie Woods, Reyhaneh Yousefi, Tamila Roslyakova, Lilli Priesterroth, Shirly Edelstein, Tanya Goldfrad, Ruth Snir, Yifat Uri, Comfort Sanuade, Olivia Crescenzi, Katya Grinko, Lalita Angne, Jigisha Jain, Nikita Mathur, Anagha Mithe, Sarah Nethan

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Intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Gizachew Yilak, Alemayehu Sayih Belay, Aychew Kassie, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Ambaw Abebaw Emrie, Mulat Ayele, Eyob Shitie Lake, Legese Fekede Abza

“…The heterogeneity between studies was assessed using I2 test statistics and the random-effects meta-analysis was done using the restricted maximum likelihood method. …”
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Dietary sodium-to-potassium ratio as a risk factor for stroke, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in Japan: the NIPPON DATA80 cohort study by Hirofumi Ohnishi, Yoshitaka Murakami, Katsuyuki Miura, Koji Tamakoshi, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Akira Okayama, Tomonori Okamura, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Toshiyuki Ojima, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Maryam Zaid, Aya Kadota, Akira Fujiyoshi, Yosikazu Nakamura, Naoyuki Takashima, Atsushi Hozawa, Shigeyuki Saitoh, Yutaka Kiyohara, Fumiyoshi Kasagi, Nagako Okuda, Takehito Hayakawa, Hiroshi Akasaka, Yusuke Arai, Katsushi Yoshita, Kiyomi Sakata, Nobuo Nishi, Toru Izumi, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Hideaki Nakagawa, Yoshikuni Kita, Naomi Miyamatsu, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Kazunori Kodama

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The Role of Customary Law in Family Resilience and Divorce Prevention: Phenomenological Studies in Indonesia by Munadi Usman, Abdullah Abdullah, Kafrawi Kafrawi, Muhammad Jafar

“…Based on data released by the Central Statistics Agency, the divorce rate in Indonesia continues to increase every year due to various factors behind it. …”
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Exploring the Root Causes of Low Household Income among Smallholder Farmers in Kamuli District, Busoga Region, Uganda. by Lubaale, Ronald Gideon, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…Data analysis was conducted using SPSS, and reliability statistics indicated a high level of internal consistency among survey items. …”
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Effects of Repetitive Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Patients with Acute Cerebral Infarction: A Pilot Study by Cheng-Hsin Chen, Shao-Yuan Chen, Vinchi Wang, Chao-Ching Chen, Kaw-Chen Wang, Chih-Hao Chen, Yi-Chien Liu, Kuo-Cheng Lu, Ping-Keung Yip, Wen-Ya Ma, Chuan-Chieh Liu

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Long-term results of rectocele surgical treatment by Yu. A. Shelygin, A. Yu. Titov, O. M. Biryukov, A. A. Mudrov, L. P. Orlova, A. A. Tikhonov, Yu. A. Dzhanayev, M. A. Voynov

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The Chinese version of the immediate mood scaler (IMS): a study evaluating its validity, reliability, and responsiveness in patients with MDD in China by Xiongying Chen, Zizhao Feng, Nanxi Li, Le Xiao, Xu Chen, Xuequan Zhu

“…In total, 185 participants completed the retest at Week 2 which included the PHQ-9, GAD-7, and IMS. Internal structural validity, construct validity, and internal consistency were evaluated with the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the Pearson correlation, and Cronbach’s α, respectively. …”
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The Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Scale—Bilingual Cultural Adaptation: Validity and Reliability Pilot Study in Nursing Students by Maria José Nogueira, Síria Sas, Lucía Rodríguez, Andrea Carbonero, Uxía Bello, Leandro Nascimento, Susana Mendonça, Delfina Teixeira

“…Internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach's alpha. …”
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Comparison of the adequacies of the OSCE and vOSCE to assess the competencies required under Brazilian medical curriculum guidelines: a multicenter study by Hervaldo Sampaio Carvalho, Maria do Carmo Barros Melo, Fabiana Maria Kakehasi, Priscila Menezes Ferri Liu, Fernanda Gontijo Minafra Silveira Santos, Ricardo Luiz de Melo Martins, Marilene Vale de Castro Monteiro, Marcelo Esteves Chaves Campos, Roberto Zonato Esteves, Matheus Belloni Torsani, Iolanda de Fátima Lopes Calvo Tiberio, Akihito Inca Atahualpa Urdiales, Andrea Mora De Marco Novellino, Rosiane Viana Zuza Diniz, Helena Ferreira Moura, Maria Alice de Vilhena Toledo, Célia Regina Machado Saldanha, Andrea Pedrosa Ribeiro Alves Oliveira, Patricia Zen Tempski, Itamar de Souza Santos, Milton de Arruda Martins

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An Examination of Records Management in Private Sector Agencies in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of Kigezi Private Sector. by Kakuru, Danis

“…The data was analyzed using Excel, a computer software to generate descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages and they were presented in tables and text. …”
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A retrospective, single-centre safety audit of the Altis® single incision sling in the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence by E. Collier, S. Housmans, F. Van der Aa

“…Methods:: A file review of all patients implanted with an Altis® sling at our institution between 2014 and May 2021 was performed. …”
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Alcohol, alcoholism and related consequences by M. V. Mayevskaya

“…According to official statistics, alcohol is one of leading factors of mortality in Russian population, making 11,9%. …”
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Kajian patogenisitas bakteri Edwardsiella ictaluri pada ikan patin Pangasionodon hypophthalmus by Wiwik Susanti, Agustin Indrawati, Fachriyan H Pasaribu

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Can smoking duration alone replace pack-years to predict the risk of smoking-related oncogenic mutations in non-small cell lung cancer? A cross-sectional study in Japan by Masahiko Ando, Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Akihiro Tamiya, Akihide Matsumura, Koichi Ogawa, Yasuhiro Koh, Hiroyasu Kaneda, Motohiro Izumi, Yoshiya Matsumoto, Kenji Sawa, Mitsuru Fukui, Naoki Yoshimoto, Akihito Kubo, Shun-ichi Isa, Hideo Saka, Tomoya Kawaguchi

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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…In the absence of formal institutional or regional guidelines for allocation during contingency-level shortages, there are few to no procedural safeguards against biased, ad hoc, and non-transparent rationing. …”
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Motivation And Employees’ Performance in Local Governments: A Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District by Robert, Ampeire

“…Local Government is recommended to support employee motivation in both intrinsic and extrinsic ways so that the institutions are able to meet their targeted goals in time. …”
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