Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease in Sudan: Complications and Management by Meysaa Talha, Bashier Osman, Safa Abdalla, Hind Mirghani, Iman Abdoon

“…Out of 207 pediatric patients, 53.1% were females (mean age of 7.5 ± 3.1 years), with a 1.1 : 1 female:male ratio and low socioeconomic status. Only 4.3% of participants had health insurance. The Messeryia tribe in western Sudan had the highest prevalence of the disease among the Sudanese tribes (11.1%). …”
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SDF-1α Facilitates Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Induce Regulatory B Cell Differentiation from Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia by Zhe Chen, Shufen Zhou, Jianyun Li, Hui Li, Can Huang, Qin Guo, Tiantian Zhang, Bingya Yang, Chuanqing Tu, Chengshan Guo

“…B cells play a central role in the pathogenesis of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) by participating in humoral immunity. Meanwhile, regulatory B cells (Bregs), one subset of B cells, express negative regulatory effect on ITP. …”
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Virological outcomes of antiretroviral therapy and its determinants among HIV patients in Ethiopia: Implications for achieving the 95-95-95 target. by Tegene Atamenta Kitaw, Ribka Nigatu Haile

“…<h4>Results</h4>The findings revealed that 364 participants (88.78%) achieved viral suppression. Key determinants of virological outcomes included a higher wealth level (AOR = 2.67, 95% CI: 1.15-6.22), the presence of active TB (AOR = 0.27, 95% CI: 0.14-0.57), hepatitis B virus (AOR = 0.20, 95% CI: 0.10-0.31), and the utilization of HIV support group care (AOR = 3.14, 95% CI: 1.35-6.30).…”
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Comparative Analysis of Long-term Success Rates and Patient Satisfaction among Different Implant Placement Techniques for Implant-Supported Restorations: A Prospective Clinical Tri... by Akash Mithran, Vishal B. Parmar, Malav Sheth, Mansi, Soumalya Banerjee, Minu Raju

“…Methods: A total of 168 participants were randomly assigned to three groups. …”
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Patterns of prescription opioid use in Swiss emergency department patients and its association with outcome: a retrospective analysis by Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Gregor Lindner, Georg-Christian Funk, Bertram K Woitok, Petra Büttiker, Svenja Ravioli

“…Objectives We aimed to clarify the prevalence, indications, analgesic comedications and complications of prescription opioid use in patients presenting to a large emergency department (ED).Design Retrospective chart review.Setting Large, interdisciplinary ED of a public hospital.Participants All patients aged ≥18 years presenting between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2018, with documentation on medication were included.Interventions None.Primary and secondary outcome measures Prevalence rates for prescription opioid use and its indication. …”
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Joint association of triglyceride glucose index (TyG) and a body shape index (ABSI) with stroke incidence: a nationwide prospective cohort study by Ruiying Zhang, Jianan Hong, Yaoling Wu, Liling Lin, Shuying Chen, Yingxiu Xiao

“…Results 672(8.14%) of 8,257 participants had stroke incidence during 9 years. In the adjusted multivariate cox regression model, both TyG and ABSI were still predictors of stroke. …”
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Influenza vaccination of school teachers: A scoping review and an impact estimation. by Anne Huiberts, Brigitte van Cleef, Aimée Tjon-A-Tsien, Frederika Dijkstra, Imke Schreuder, Ewout Fanoy, Arianne van Gageldonk, Wim van der Hoek, Liselotte van Asten

“…Piloting free on-site influenza vaccination in several schools could provide further information on teacher participation.…”
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Unveiling the Robust Struct-Electromagnetic Characteristics of CdAB2 Chalcopyrite (A = Cr, Mn, Fe; B = P, As): A Comprehensive Ab-Initio Study by D. Vijayalakshmi, Tholkappiyan Ramachandran, G. Jaiganesh, G. Kalpana, Fathalla Hamed

“…The HMF properties originated in CdAB2 (A = Cr and Mn; B = P, As) these compounds owing to the hybridization of partially filled -3d(t2g) states of A atoms with the p-states of B (P, As) atoms, with minor contributions from Cd’s-like states. …”
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The Effect of Lower-Limb Exercise on Pain Management of the Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Tong Wu, Yong Ye

“…Results. A total of 225 participants were included in this study. Specifically, 120 cases were admitted into in the celecoxib group and 105 were included in the combined group. …”
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Immune Cells and Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Causal Investigation Through Mendelian Randomization by Liumei Mo, Wei Pan, Wenjing Cao, Kui Wang, Li'an Huang

“…Methods Genetic variants associated with 731 immune cell traits were sourced from a comprehensive genome‐wide association study (GWAS) involving 3757 participants. Summary statistics data for ICH were acquired from FinnGen, comprising 4056 ICH cases and 371,717 controls. …”
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El poder militar chino: el dragón alza el vuelo by Ignacio García Sánchez

“…Un ejército del pueblo y para el pueblo que, como brazo armado del Partido Comunista Chino, sólo mira hacia el interior de su gran muralla; conocedor del poder del resto de dimensiones geopolíticas; y que sólo empieza a alzar la vista y emprender el vuelo de la mano del milagro económico de las últimas décadas. …”
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Self-reported sleep in late pregnancy in relation to birth size and fetal distress: the E Moe, Māmā prospective cohort study by Laura D Howe, Sarah-Jane Paine, T Leigh Signal, Bronwyn Sweeney, Monique Priston, Diane Muller, Kathy Lee, Mark Huthwaite, Philippa Gander

“…Objectives To explore associations between features of sleep during pregnancy and adverse outcomes for the infant.Setting E Moe, Māmā is a cohort study in Aotearoa/New Zealand that investigates self-reported sleep and maternal health in late pregnancy and the postpartum period.Participants Women (N=633; 194 Māori) reported detailed information on their sleep duration, quality, disturbances, disorders (snoring, breathing pauses, twitching legs, restless legs) and daytime sleepiness between 35 and 37 weeks gestation.Outcome measures Birthweight and fetal distress during labour were extracted from medical records. …”
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The effects of sports on university students' continuous anger and anger sub-levels by Oksay Oguz, Ahmet Gursel Oguz

“…The continuous anger levels of the individuals who do and do not sports participate in the study were determined by the "Continuous Anger Subscale" of the Continuous Anger - Anger Expression Scale Scale, which was adapted to Turkey by Özer. …”
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60th Anniversary of Postgraduate School of Federal State-Financed Institution “Federal Centre for Animal Health” by Т. V. Zhbanova, Т. B. Nikeshina, N. А. Perevozchikova, N. А. Мarova

“…In 1996, the specialized council for Candidate of Science thesis defense was enlarged, and the following reputable scientists were invited to participate in its activities as its members: two Doctors of Sciences from the VNIIVViM (Ye. …”
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Self-sampling and self-testing for HIV at a commercial and community-based test provider in the Netherlands: user preferences and usability by I. J. M. Willemstein, O. Shobowale, A. M. Żakowicz, H. Bos, E. L. M. Op de Coul

“…Twenty-two percent of the study participants experienced some problems performing the HIVSS/ST, the most reported problem was obtaining sufficient blood through the finger prick (71%). …”
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Improving quality of surgical and anaesthesia care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of hospital-based quality improvement interventions by Justine Davies, Nataliya Brima, Imran O Morhason-Bello, Andy JM Leather, Vandy Charles

“…Risk of bias was not assessed.Results Of 1573 articles identified, 49 were included from 17/48 sub-Saharan African countries, 16 of which were low-income or lower middle-income countries. …”
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Investigation of the Prevalence and Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Group of Elderly Individuals Residing in an Island Area of Ningbo by Wei Sheng, Youchang Huang, Zaichun Deng, Hongying Ma

“…Adults ≥60 years of age were selected from an island area of Ningbo. All participants completed a COPD-Screening Questionnaire and underwent a post-bronchodilator pulmonary function test. …”
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Pregnant women’s retention and associated health facility characteristics in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Indonesia: cross-sectional study by Michelle Kermode, Margaret Kelaher, Christina Lumbantoruan, Endang Budihastuti

“…This national study was conducted to describe PMTCT programme performance and to identify health facility characteristics associated with this performance in order to inform programme planning and policy development.Design A retrospective cross-sectional study in December 2017.Setting All health facilities providing PMTCT programmes in Indonesia.Participants All health facilities registering at least one woman in antenatal care in 2017.Intervention PMTCT data extraction from the national reporting system on HIV/AIDS and government reports.Outcomes Women retention in the PMTCT programme for at least 3 months and associated health facility characteristics.Results A total of 373 health facilities registering 6502 HIV-positive women in antenatal care were included in the analysis. …”
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Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease among Young Adults attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Madurai- A Case-Control Study by Sridevi PN, Thirukumaran R, Kannan Muthuraman A, Arunkumar Yograj, Priya S, Hemamalini B

“…The calculated sample size was 76, which was rounded up to 100 participants in both the case and control groups. Data collection was done by using semi-structured questionnaire. …”
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Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Women: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Moyale District, Borena Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Hailu Bekele, Gebi Husein Jima, Ashenafi Habtamu Regesu

“…Height and weight measurements of the study participants were also taken to compute body mass index. …”
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