THE STRUCTURE OF THE SIBERIAN GEOGRAPHICAL FLORAL ELEMENT IN THE MIDDLE SIBERIAN FOREST STEPPES by E. M. Antipova

“…The Siberian geographical element rates third in all three forest steppes after the Euro-Siberian and Circumboreal geographical elements. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Malaria among People Attending Mekaneeyesus Primary Hospital, South Gondar, Northwestern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Belaynesh Tazebew Flatie, Abaineh Munshea

“…The overall prevalence rate of malaria in the study area was 8.5%. Nearly two-third of the participants had good knowledge (63.1%) and positive attitude (62.6%) scores towards malaria while only half of the participants had (50.8%) good practice score towards malaria prevention and control measures. …”
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Prognostic utility of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) levels for cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary artery disease treated with percutaneous c... by Ting-Yu Lin, Hsin-Bang Leu, Yen-Wen Wu, Wei-Kung Tseng, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Hung-I Yeh, Kuan-Cheng Chang, Ji-Hung Wang, Wei-Hsian Yin, Chau-Chung Wu, Chun-Yao Huang, Shing-Jong Lin, Chien-Yi Hsu, Jaw-Wen Chen

“…Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that event-free survival was significantly different between the first and third tertile groups (log-rank test, p < 0.001) in subjects categorized by NGAL levels. …”
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Morphological Comparisons of Adult Worker Bees Developed in Chinese and Italian Honey Bee Combs by Shunhua Yang, Hui Li, Pingqing Wu, Dan Yue, Yulong Guo, Wenzheng Zhao, Kun Dong

“…We compared 13 external morphological traits, including right forewing length and width; linear length of veins a, b, c, and d; proboscis length; right hind femur length; tibia length; metatarsal length and width; and the longitudinal diameters of the third and fourth tergites between the two groups. …”
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Effectiveness of carbon dioxide cryotherapy for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Feleke Tilahun Zewdu, Bisrat Misganaw Geremew, Endalamaw Gadisa Belachew, Kassahun Alemu Gelay

“…The search, screening, data extraction, and critical evaluation were carried out by two authors, with a third acting as a tiebreaker. To locate papers, we used Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) phrases and keywords. …”
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Is Weight Loss the Main Driver for A1C Improvement by Glucagon‐Like Peptide 1 (GLP‐1) Receptor Agonists? A 2.5‐Year Analysis in Real‐World Clinical Practice by Marwa Al‐Badri, Shilton Dhaver, Osama Hamdy

“…Results The first tertile experienced an average weight loss of −12.2% ± 5.7% (p < 0.0001), the second tertile lost −3.5% ± 1.4% (p < 0.0001), and the third tertile gained +2.8% ± 3.4% (p < 0.0001). The average changes in A1C were − 0.98 ± 1.8% (p < 0.0001), −0.56% ± 1.4% (p < 0.001), and −0.19% ± 1.9% (p = 0.4), respectively. …”
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Differences in prevalence and associated factors of underweight and overweight/obesity according to rural–urban residence strata among women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: evid... by Rajat Das Gupta, Mohammad Rashidul Hashan, Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Brendan Day

“…Objectives This study aimed to investigate the differences in prevalence and factors influencing underweight and overweight/obesity stratified by region of residence among women of reproductive age in Bangladesh.Design Secondary analysis of cross-sectional nationwide data.Setting This study used Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 data.Participants A weighted sample of 16 478 women of reproductive age (15–49 years) were included in the analysis.Primary and secondary outcome measures Using the Asian-specific cut-off for body mass index, the primary outcome of this study was categorised as: underweight (&lt;18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5 to &lt;23.0) kg/m2 and overweight/obese (≥23.0 kg/m2) stratified according to rural–urban residence.Results More than half of urban women (53%, n=2493) and one-third of rural women (33%, n=3968) were found to be overweight/obese. …”
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Biomimetic polydopamine loaded with janus kinase inhibitor for synergistic vitiligo therapy via hydrogel microneedles by Chunying Li, Wenwen Wang, Junyi Shao, Sen Zhou, Xiaolin Ji, Youxia Xi, Qiuyang Xu, Yuhan Huang, Jingle Wang, Yilin Wan, Zhiming Li

“…Enhancements have been observed in the dermal thickness, the numbers of melanocytes and the content of melanin within the treated skin area. …”
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Diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Its Subtypes Using MRI and Machine Learning by Hosna Tavakoli, Reza Rostami, Reza Shalbaf, Mohammad‐Reza Nazem‐Zadeh

“…We extracted volumetrics of 66 subcortical and thickness of 72 cortical regions. Additionally, we obtained four graph‐based measures for 116 intracranial regions from rsfMRI data, including degree, betweenness centrality, participation coefficient, and local efficiency. …”
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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis of Steroidogenesis and Spermatogenesis Impairment in the Testis of db/db Mice by Yun Hu, Ting-Ting Cai, Reng-Na Yan, Bing-Li Liu, Bo Ding, Jian-Hua Ma

“…The serum testosterone levels (4.4 ± 0.8 vs. 9.8 ± 0.7 ng/ml, p=0.001) and weight of the testis (0.16 ± 0.01 vs. 0.24 ± 0.01 g, p<0.001) were significantly lower in db/db mice than that in C57BL/6J controls. db/db mice had a lower cross-sectional area of seminiferous tubules and thickness of the cell layer (both p<0.05). The numbers of Sertoli cells and Leydig cells decreased in db/db mice (both p<0.01). …”
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Comparison of the effect of ranibizumab in retinal vein occlusion and macular edema with different optical coherence tomographic patterns by Yue Xu, Yue-Cong Yin, Ze-Yu Song, Xiao-Yu Zhou, Jia-Ju Zhang, Juan Liang

“…The comparison of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA; logMAR) and central macular thickness (CMT) among different follow-up points and those among 3 groups were performed by Kruskal-Wallis test. …”
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Comparison of Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation Models: Using Top View Person Images by Imran Ahmed, Misbah Ahmad, Fakhri Alam Khan, Muhammad Asif

“…The encoder is mainly comprised of a contracting path, also called an encoder, which captures the context in the image and symmetric expanding path called decoder to enable accurate location. The third model used for top view person segmentation is a DeepLabV3 model also with encoder-decoder architecture. …”
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Implementation of a goal-directed Care Bundle for intracerebral hemorrhage: Results of embedded process evaluation in the INTERACT3 trial. by Menglu Ouyang, Anila Anjum, Francisca Gonzalez Mc Cawley, Mohammad Wasay, Lu Ma, Xin Hu, Xiaoying Chen, Alejandra Malavera, Xi Li, Paula Muñoz Venturelli, H Asita de Silva, Nguyen Huy Thang, Kolawole W Wahab, Jeyaraj D Pandian, Octavio M Pontes-Neto, Carlos Abanto, Venessa Cano-Nigenda, Antonio Arauz, Chao You, Stephen Jan, Lili Song, Craig S Anderson, Hueiming Liu, INTERACT3 Investigators

“…The third, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized, Intensive Care Bundle with Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Trial (INTERACT3), has shown that a goal-directed multi-faceted Care Bundle incorporating protocols for the management of physiological variables was safe and effective for improving functional recovery in a broad range of patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). …”
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Association between the Plasma-Glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c/High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio and Carotid Atherosclerosis: A Retrospective Study by Xiangming Hu, Wei Li, Chenyang Wang, Haotian Zhang, Haoyu Lu, Guang Li, Yingling Zhou, Haojian Dong

“…The aim of this study is at exploring the relationship between the HbA1c/HDL-C ratio and atherosclerosis evaluated using carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT) and carotid artery plaque. Methods. …”
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The divergent histories of Bose-Einstein statistics and the forgotten achievements of Władysław Natanson (1864–1937) by Michał Kokowski

“…The article is accompanied by four appendixes: the first presents reflections on the methodology of historiography and historiography of exact sciences, the second – a commentary on the use of the terms: “Bose statistics”, “Bose-Einstein statistics”, “Einstein-Bose statistics” and “Planck-Bose statistics”, the third – a very important letter by Max Planck to  Władysław Natanson (of 25 January 1913), and the fourth – the excerpts of two letters from Sommerfeld to Rubinowicz (of 1 October 1919 and 1 November 1919). …”
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Evaluation of choices and time spent on an open online elective course by undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Z Mfeka, A Turner, J E Wolvaardt, D Muganhiri

“…To describe the choices of third-year medical students and time spent participating in a modified online elective in 2020 and 2021. …”
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Sleep quality during pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology and natural conceiving: a prospective birth cohort study by Yidong Xie, Yidong Xie, Ruoti Peng, Li Xiao, Li Xiao, Shangwei Li, Shangwei Li, Xiaohong Li, Xiaohong Li

“…Data on sleep, anxiety, depression, and stress was collected in the first trimester (T1), second trimester (T2), and third trimester (T3) using integrated questionnaires. …”
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Political economy analysis of health financing reforms in times of crisis: findings from three case studies in south-east Asia by Sophie Witter, Maria Paola Bertone, Sushil Baral, Ghanshyam Gautam, Saugat K. C. Pratap, Aungsumalee Pholpark, Nurmala Selly Saputri, Arif Budi Darmawan, Nina Toyamah, Rizki Fillaili, Valeria de Oliveira Cruz, Susan Sparkes

“…Conclusion The lessons from these case studies include that technical teams can and should engage in Political Economy Analysis (PEA) thinking and strategizing, including being aware of and adaptable to the changing PEA landscape and prepared to take advantage of windows of opportunity, including, but not limited to, those emerging from crisis. …”
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Written monuments in old Prussian by Letas Palmaitis

“…All three books were printed in Königsberg, the first two printed by H. Weinreich and the third printed by J. Daubmann. Although the catechisms were compiled in Samland, their phonetic features differ from those fixed in the Prussian toponymy of Samland, which conform to the phonetic features of all other monuments of Old Prussian: in all monuments except the Catechisms, as well as in the toponymy, there is the letter o corresponding to Lithuanian uo, Latvian uō, while there are the letters ū, o in these instances in the Catechisms. …”
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Effectiveness of Intravitreal Ranibizumab in Nonvitrectomized and Vitrectomized Eyes with Diabetic Macular Edema: A Two-Year Retrospective Analysis by Ozgun Melike Gedar Totuk, Ayse Yagmur Kanra, Mohammed Nadim Bromand, Guler Kilic Tezanlayan, Sevil Ari Yaylalı, Irem Turkmen, Aylin Ardagil Akcakaya

“…The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), and total macular volume (TMV) were measured at baseline and at months 6, 12, 18, and 24 of the follow-up. …”
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