Evaluation of Health-related Quality of Life in Regular Hemodialysis Patients Using the KDQOL-SFTM Questionnaire by Eliseo Capote Leyva, Raydel Argudín Selier, Salvador Roberto Mora González, Lázaro Capote Pereira, Idrissa Leonard Rupalé, Yosvany Moret Hernández

“…<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> As in other countries, the KDQOL-SF enables the evaluation of health-related quality of life in regular hemodialysis patients in Cuba, since it allows effectively identifying the dimensions and areas most affected.…”
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Variabilidade espacial dos parâmetros da equação de van Genuchten em um Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo by Jaedson Cláudio Anunciato Mota, Paulo Leonel Libardi, Alexsandro Santos Brito, Sergio Oliveira Moraes, Ícaro Vasconcelos Nascimento, Thiago Leite Alencar

“…Para esse estudo, estabeleceram-se 60 pontos de amostragem, distanciados 5 m entre si, em uma grade de 10 x 6 pontos (50 x 30 m). Foram coletadas amostras de solo com estrutura preservada em anéis de aço com dimensões de 0,05 m de altura e diâmetro, em cinco repetições na profundidade de 0,80 m, totalizando 300 amostras. …”
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A new vaccination approach for Salmonellosis employing a multi-epitope vaccine based on live microbial cell factory from Lactococcus lactis by Reyhaneh Sadat Moosavi-Kohnehsari, Mahnaz Jafari-Sohi, Tohid Piri-Gharaghie, Shakiba Tolou-Shikhzadeh-Yazdi, Mona Aghassizadeh-Sherbaf, Romina Hosseinzadeh

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Association of reported sleep disturbances with objectively assessed mild cognitive impairment among adults in the United States by Chan Shen, Hao Wang, Arthur Nguimatsa Djiotsop, R. Constance Wiener, Mona Pathak, Sophie Mitra, Patricia A Findley, Usha Sambamoorthi

“…The unadjusted odds ratio (uOR) for experiencing trouble falling asleep most of the time was 1.69 (95% CI: 1.42–2.03), for trouble waking up most of the time was 1.31 (95% CI: 1.10–1.57), and for waking up early most of the time was 1.88 (95% CI: 1.51–2.35). …”
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Imaging and Resuscitation in Trauma by Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Marc A. de Moya, Fiona Lecky, Peter Driscoll, Heinz Zimmermann, Lee Alan Wallis, Robert A. Novelline

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Ability of Different Measures of Adiposity to Identify High Metabolic Risk in Adolescents by Carla Moreira, Rute Santos, Susana Vale, Paula C. Santos, Sandra Abreu, Ana I. Marques, Luísa Soares-Miranda, Jorge Mota

“…We measured fasting glucose, insulin, total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, and systolic blood pressure. HOMA and TC/HDL-C ratio were calculated. For each of these variables, a Z-score was computed by age and sex. …”
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Anthropometric Indicators to Determine the Obesity and its Relations with the Cardiometabolic Risk by Raúl Cedeño Morales, Maricel Castellanos González, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Luis Mass Sosa, Carlos Mora Hernández, Jorge Carlos Parada Arias

“…<strong><br />Objective:</strong> determining which of the anthropometric parameters used to quantify obesity is more associated to the cardiometabolic risk factors. …”
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Characterization of Patients with Helicobacter pylori-Negative Peptic Ulcers by Roberto Hernández Conde, Guillermo Noa Pedroso, Carlos Domínguez Álvarez, Isabel Mora Díaz, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Yagén Pomares Pérez

“…All H. pylori-negative duodenal ulcers were located in the duodenal bulb as well as 96, 6 % of the positive. The antrum was the most common location for gastric ulcerations (92.3% negative; 90.5% positive). …”
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Evaluation of the extraction of antioxidant compounds from buriti pulp (Mauritia flexuosa L.) by response surface methodology by Gabriela Mota Nogueira, Flávia Aparecida Reitz Cardoso, Márcia Regina Ferreira Geraldo Perdoncini, Marcos Vieira da Silva, Eliane Sloboda Rigobello

“…The antioxidant capacity of the extracts, evaluated by DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP methods, ranged from 1.23 to 3.47 μmol ET g−1, 6.34–15.86 μmol ET g−1, and 4.74–11.95 μmol ET g−1, respectively, highlighting the broad diversity of antioxidant activities present in the extracts. …”
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Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthmatics: a real-world clinical study from Malaysia by Chun Ian Soo, Woh Wei Mak, Mona Zaria Nasaruddin, Rosmadi Ismail, Andrea Yu-Lin Ban, Jamalul Azizi Abdul Rahaman

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The epidemiology of Hepatitis B, C and D in Germany: A scoping review. by Gyde Steffen, Ida Sperle, Siv Aina Leendertz, Navina Sarma, Sandra Beermann, Roma Thamm, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann, Sandra Dudareva

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Realistic simulation: satisfaction and self-confidence of nursing students by Breno Monteiro Mota, Joyce Oliveira Alarcon Nakamura, Taiane Lucena Cavalcante, Fabiane dos Santos Ramos, Samanta Oliveira da Silva Diniz

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Nouvelles données sur les comportements mortuaires en Afrique Centrale à l’âge du Fer : la grotte sépulcrale d’Iroungou, Gabon (XIVe-XVe siècles EC) by Sacha Kacki, Sébastien Villotte, Aurélien Mounier, Pascal Mora, Loic Espinasse, Jules Zamke Dempano, Christian Gerin, Quentin Meunier, Richard Oslisly

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Clinical and angiographic profile of left main coronary artery disease in patients with chronic coronary syndrome: a retrospective study by Abdulsalam Mahmoud Algamal, Mahmoud Abdelbadie Salem, Ahmed Ibrahim Bedier, Mohammed Salah A. Hussein, Mona Malek Abdelrahim, Shady Hussein Elhusseiny

“…Ostial LMD had a prevalence of 2%, a mean age of around 58 years and 21% were females. In LMD patients, the most affected sites were the ostial/proximal left anterior descending artery and distal left main bifurcation. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Management of General Practitioners of the Hospital Districts of Ouagadougou about Migraine (Burkina Faso) by A. A. Dabilgou, A. Dravé, J. M. A. Kyelem, A. Zoma, C. Napon, A. Millogo, K. Karfo, J. Kaboré

“…The most common preventive treatments were amitriptyline (27.8%), derivate of ergot (18.9%), and NSAID (16.7%). …”
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Enhancing cardiac assessments: accurate and efficient prediction of quantitative fractional flow reserve by Arshia Eskandari, Sara Malek, Alireza Jabbari, Kian Javari, Nima Rahmati, Behrad Nikbakhtian, Bahram Mohebbi, Seyed Ehsan Parhizgar, Mona Alimohammadi

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Dataset of aerial photographs acquired with UAV using a multispectral (green, red and near-infrared) camera for cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme) monitoringDrya... by Osiris Chávez-Martínez, Sergio Alberto Monjardin-Armenta, Jesús Gabriel Rangel-Peraza, Zuriel Dathan Mora-Felix, Antonio Jesus Sanhouse-García

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Characterization of Modifiable Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer by Imandra María García Méndez, Alexander Benavides Couto, Yaima Arrechea Betancourt, Claudia Beatriz Surí García, Fernando de la Mora Martín

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Bioresorbable fibers for interstitial null-separation diffuse optical spectroscopy using fast temporal gating by Vamshi Damagatla, Nadia G Boetti, Laura Di Sieno, Diego Pugliese, Ilaria Bargigia, Davide Janner, Alberto Dalla Mora, Antonio Pifferi

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Assisted Egg White Biogenic Synthesis for Elaboration of ZnO Nanoparticles by Elena Andreea Vijan, Ecaterina Magdalena Modan, Sorin Georgian Moga, Denis Aurelian Negrea, Adriana-Gabriela Schiopu, Mihai Oproescu, Daniela Istrate

“…The synthesis process utilized egg white from different sources (commercially raised hens, home-raised hens, and ducks) and varying zinc nitrate concentrations (1M and 2M) to evaluate their influence on nanoparticle morphology and size. …”
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