Study of Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with Diabetic Nephropathy by Bhuiya Esha, Saravanan Yogaprabhu, Janaki Sneha, Karthick Vijayalakshmi, Viswanathan Mohan, Venkatesan Radha, Dhanasekaran Bodhini

“…Subjects and Methods: Two hundred forty-eight individuals with type 2 diabetes without nephropathy (T2DM) and 399 individuals with type 2 diabetes with nephropathy (T2DN) were genotyped for this study. …”
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Incidence and Predictors of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Children Who Received Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), Northwest Ethiopia: A Multicenter Historical Cohorts Study 2009–2019 by Fassikaw Kebede, Habtamu Tarekegn, Mulugeta Molla, Dube Jara, Abebe Abate

“…Bivariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses were conducted to identify predictors of PTB incidence. Results. Seven hundred twenty-one (N = 721) seropositive children were included with a mean (±SD) age of 118.4 ± 38.24 months. …”
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Automatic History Matching for Adjusting Permeability Field of Fractured Basement Reservoir Simulation Model Using Seismic, Well Log, and Production Data by Le Ngoc Son, Nguyen The Duc, Sumihiko Murata, Phan Ngoc Trung

“…Because permeability values need to be evaluated at hundreds of thousands of grid cells in a typical reservoir simulation model, it is necessary to apply a reparameterization technique to allow the optimization algorithms to be implemented with fewer variables. …”
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Perceived Nuisance Caused by Air Pollution on Amateur Endurance Athletes/Exercisers: Development of a Psychometric Scale by George Koskinas, Ilias Mavroidis, Yiannis Giossos

“…The fully developed scale was provided to two hundred and ninety-two (292) amateur endurance athletes/exercisers for an exploratory factor analysis to be carried out. …”
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Operationalising routinely collected patient data in research to further the pursuit of social justice and health equity: a team-based scoping review by Katie Chadd, Anna Caute, Anna Pettican, Pam Enderby

“…A sample of papers were independently charted by a second researcher for reliability checking. Results One hundred and ninety papers were included in the review. …”
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Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Under-Five Orphan Children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020: A Cross-Sectional Study by Selam Shegaw Sewnet, Hunegnaw Almaw Derseh, Hanna Demelash Desyibelew, Netsanet Fentahun

“…Undernutrition contributes to the death of around 3 million children and threatens the futures of hundreds of millions, undermining healthy development and the strength of their societies by preventing children from achieving their full potential. …”
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Isolation, Characterization, and Quantification of Bacteria from African Sausages Sold in Nairobi County, Kenya by W. H. Karoki, D. N. Karanja, L. C. Bebora, L. W. Njagi

“…A descriptive study was designed to isolate, characterize and quantify bacteria from African sausages sold in Nairobi County. A total of hundred (100) African sausages (62 roasted and 38 nonroasted) were conveniently collected from three meat eatery points of Westlands, Kangemi slum, and Pangani estates. …”
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Study of factors associated with obesity in patients using antipsychotics in schizophrenia by Vishalakshi Patnam, P Ramya Keerthi, P Ravi Kiran, Dinesh Panati

“…Subjects and Methods: One hundred patients diagnosed with Schizophrenia according to the International Classification of Diseases-10 were selected, and informed consent was obtained. …”
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Preoperative vs Postoperative Patient Outcome and Recovery Expectations of Total Joint Arthroplasty by Siddhartha Dandamudi, BBA, Kyleen Jan, MD, Madelyn Malvitz, BS, Anne DeBenedetti, MSc, Omar Behery, MD, MPH, Brett R. Levine, MD, MS

“…No identifying information was collected. Results: One hundred eight preoperative and 344 postoperative responses were collected. …”
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Lighting quality evaluation on growth performance and feather pecking behavior of broilers by Chenghao Pan, Rong Xiang, Jinming Pan

“…To evaluate the quality of lighting in production of a local broiler breed, this study was designed to investigate the effects of light color on the growth performance (body weight, feed conversion ratio and upper beak length), welfare parameters (walking step, plumage damage and hormone level) relating to feather pecking and their correlations. One hundred and twenty 49-day-old Youhuang broilers were randomly distributed into 3 lighting treatment groups (warm white, cold white and red) and reared for 4 weeks. …”
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Assessment of Factors Affecting Time to Recovery from COVID-19: A Retrospective Study in Ethiopia by Anteneh Mengist Dessie, Sefineh Fenta Feleke, Denekew Tenaw Anley, Rahel Mulatie Anteneh, Zelalem Animut Demissie

“…P value with 95% CI for the hazard ratio was used for testing the significance at alpha 0.05. Results. Six hundred twenty-two cases followed, and 540 observations developed an event at the end of the follow-up. …”
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Initial versus Subsequent Injury and Illness and Temporal Trends Among Professional Hockey Players by Chelsea Martin, Allison Lieb, John Tokish, Ellen Shanely, Stefan Kluzek, Gary Collins, Garrett Bullock

“… # Results Nine thousand, seven-hundred and thirty four injuries and illnesses were recorded. …”
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Knowledge about Danger Signs of Obstetric Complications and Associated Factors among Postnatal Mothers of Mechekel District Health Centers, East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 20... by Gedefa Amenu, Zerfu Mulaw, Tewodros Seyoum, Hinsermu Bayu

“…Systematic random sampling was used to select four hundred eleven study participants. A pretested structured questionnaire was used to collect data. …”
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Adaptation Strategies of Small-Scale Farmers to Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic in Osun State, Nigeria by Olufemi Bolarin, Damilola Ajiboye, Sola Komolafe

“…Six communities in the local government were selected at random and a total of one hundred and twenty farmers from the communities were interviewed. …”
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Association between mild cognitive impairment and APOE Ɛ4, low education level, and lack of spousal relationship in community-dwelling older persons in Nigeria by Isyaku Gwarzo Mukhtar, Mohamed Mabrouk Elkhashab, Muhammad Ali Salim, Salisu Ahmed Ibrahim, Isyaku Umar Yarube

“…Materials and Methods: One hundred and forty-three participants (males = 65 and females = 78) were randomly recruited. …”
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The nutritional evaluation of forage-based mixed rations in New Zealand using an in vitro gas production technique. 1: analytical survey by N.D. Meads, R. Tahmasbi, N. Jantasila

“…An in vitro gas production technique (IVGPT) was developed to evaluate forage-based total mixed rations in digestion kinetics and GHG production. Two hundred and sixty samples of complete mixed rations (MR), which included a pasture component used in commercial lactating dairy herds, were collected around NZ across three calendar years, 2017-2019. …”
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INFLUENCE OF DOSED BASED PROBIOTICS (Lactobacillus) ON BLOOD AND MICROBIAL INDICES OF BROILERS by Egbunike Chiazor Maryjan, Ironkwe Monica Ogochukwu, Boma Victor Iriso

“…This study was carried to evaluate the effect of probiotics (Lactobacillus) on the blood parameters and microbial load of one hundred and twenty day old unsexed Abor Acres+ for a period of eight weeks. …”
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Comparative Analysis of TPA‐LSTM and Transformer Models for Forecasting GEO Radiation Belt Electron Fluxes by Mengli Tan, Xu Si, Shangchun Teng, Xinming Wu, Xin Tao

“…Abstract The geosynchronous orbit (GEO) is a region filled with energetic electrons and it hosts hundreds of satellites. Electron fluxes at GEO can change sharply within hours, making high‐time‐resolution prediction crucial. …”
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Effectiveness of a scenario-based simulation course on improving the clinical communication skills of dietetic students by Mei-Yuan Liu, Li-Ling Liao, Yu-Ting Huang, Yi-Chen Lee, I-Ju Lai

“…The intervention consisted of a 12-week scenario-based simulation communication course divided into three units employing diverse teaching methods. One hundred nineteen third-year dietetic students from two universities were enrolled through convenience sampling, with 59 students in the experimental group and 60 in the control group. …”
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A comparative study of diagnostic performance of COVID-19 Reporting and Data System and computed tomography severity score in clinically suspected COVID-19 patients by Vikram Kyatham, Yarramsetty Pundari Kashudu, T.R. Nagendra, Rama Rao Piprikar, Rhidaynath A Kogekar, Rahul Bhargava

“…Results: A total of 400 cases were evaluated. Two hundred sixty-eight patients with a clinical suspicion of COVID-19 had a positive RT-PCR. …”
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