Pregabalin Prescription for Neuropathic Pain and Fibromyalgia: A Descriptive Study Using Administrative Database in Japan by Mikito Hirakata, Satomi Yoshida, Sachiko Tanaka-Mizuno, Aki Kuwauchi, Koji Kawakami

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Risky sexual behaviour and HIV testing uptake among male college students: a cross-sectional study in China by Yan Luo, Gang Zhao, Junfang Xu

“…Among participants, 32.82% (343/1045) had causal sex in the last 6 months; 4.21% (44/1045) had paid sex; 37.32% (390/1045) had sex with other men and had two or more sexual partners in last half year; and 33.33% (130/390) used psychoactive drugs during same-sex intercourse. …”
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Food Addiction, Saturated Fat Intake, and Body Mass Index in Peruvian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Dulce E. Lopez-Lopez, Ivett K. Saavedra-Roman, Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla, Jacksaint Saintila

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Factors influencing waist circumference among urban bank employees in Northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Woynshet Yimer, Lakew Asmare, Fikre Bayu Gebeyehu, Tihtna Alemu, Anisa Mehamed, Fanos Yeshanew Ayele

“…The overall mean ± standard deviation (SD) of the waist circumference of the employees was 81.7 ± 6.8 cm, with 82.4 ± 6.5 cm for men and 80.7 ± 7.2 cm for women. The overall prevalence of central obesity was 57.7%, with 48.2% for the men and 70.3% for the women. …”
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Patterns of orthopaedic injury among hospitalised personal mobility device users and bicycle riders: a comparative study by Don Thong Siang Koh, Yew Lok Woo, Ting Hway Wong, Mann Hong Tan

“…Results: Of 140 patients, 46 (32.9%) patients required treatment at the department of orthopaedic surgery. 19 patients were PMD users while 27 were bicycle riders. 16 (84.2%) patients with PMD-related injuries were men. …”
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ESTIMATION OF USING MEDICATIONS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS FOR COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH COMORBIDITIES by A.V. Demchuk

“…With purpose to assess the volume and rationality of prescription of medicines for the community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) treatment in patients with chronic comorbidities a prospective study of 438 in-patients (214 men (48.9%), average age - 56,1 ± 17,9) was conducted. …”
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Characterization and Detection Strategy Exploration in Cryptogenic Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Insights From a Super‐Aged Region in Japan by Takaaki Sugihara, Takakazu Nagahara, Takuya Kihara, Suguru Ikeda, Yoshiki Hoshino, Yukako Matsuki, Takuki Sakaguchi, Hiroki Kurumi, Takumi Onoyama, Tomoaki Takata, Tomomitsu Matono, Hajime Isomoto

“…Notably, individuals with c‐HCC, typically aged 60 and above (median age 76.0), exhibited a women predominance and presented with larger tumors (4.5 cm vs. 2.5 cm), correlating with a poorer prognosis. …”
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Exploring the need for fertility education: A cross-sectional study of healthcare professionals and students’ knowledge of fertility and fertility preservation by Ana GALHARDO, Catarina SALVADO, Soraia MONIZ, Marina Cunha, Ilda MASSANO-CARDOSO

“…Results: Most participants were aware of the infertility definition and prevalence, but 41.2% of students and 37.9% of professionals needed to recognize that men's age may also impact fertility. …”
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Increasing the meaningful involvement of women in HIV cure-related research: a qualitative interview study in the United States by Karine Dubé, Elizabeth Barr, Morgan Philbin, Amaya Perez-Brumer, Brian Minalga, Beth Peterson, Dawn Averitt, Bridgette Picou, Krista Martel, Cecilia Chung, María Mejía, Martha Cameron, Gail Graham, Lynda Dee, Dázon Dixon Diallo, Ebony Gordon, Anastasia Korolkova, Typhanye Dyer, Judith D. Auerbach, Eileen Scully, Krista L. Dong, Sara Gianella

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Genetic and Shared-Environment Effects on Stature and Lifespan. A Study of Dutch Birth Cohorts (1785–1920) Based on Genealogies by Jan Kok

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College Students with Oral Habits Exhibit Worse Psychological Status and Temporomandibular-Related Quality of Life: A Correlational Study by Wenke Yang, Xin Xiong, Yange Wu, Yufan Zhu, Jiaqi Liu, Chengxinyue Ye, Qinlanhui Zhang, Jun Wang

“…Conclusion. More than half of the college students surveyed had specific oral habits, with a higher prevalence in women than in men. …”
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INTER-ILEAL-ABDOMINAL DISSECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LOCALLY ADVANCED BONY AND SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS by V. A. Derzhavin, V. Yu. Karpenko, A. V. Bukharov, M. V. Ivanova

“…Inter-ileal abdominal dissection (IIAD) is one of the most traumatic maiming operations, which implies removal of the lower limb with a single block with an adjacent half of the pelvic ring. …”
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Alcohol abuse in gastroenterological patients by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. G. Bakulin, A. A. Chirkov, Ye. O. Lyusina, V. D. Lun’Kov

“…According to doctors opinion strong correlation between between alcohol consumption and disease development was present in 22,2% of men and 8,7% of women. Sensitivity and specificity of questionnaires of AUDIT-C and CAGE was 66 and 91,4%, respectively, diagnostic accuracy - 86,2%, coherence coefficient (Kappa) - 0,567 (medium correlation). …”
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Pretransplant Fasting Glucose Predicts New-Onset Diabetes after Liver Transplantation by Elizabeth J. Carey, Bashar A. Aqel, Thomas J. Byrne, David D. Douglas, Jorge Rakela, Hugo E. Vargas, Adyr A. Moss, David C. Mulligan, K. Sudhakar Reddy, Harini A. Chakkera

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Urolithiasis complicated by chronic obstructive pyelonephritis in patients with concomitant diseases of the cardiovascular system by R. V. Royuk, S. K. Yarovoy, R. A. Khomov

“…In group II, the purulent-destructive form occurred in 4 (10.5 %) patients; their share in the general group of patients with CVD was 2.8 % (the differences were significant - p < 0.05). …”
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φόβος καὶ φόνος : peurs et fureurs guerrières lors des chasses des vaincus à la fin du IIIe et dans la première moitié du IIe siècle av. J.-C. by Rémi Saou

“…For many centuries, the Greeks considered the slaughter of vanquished enemies as a hunt. The texts of Polybius and Plutarch, as well as iconographic sources from the end of the 3rd and the first half of the 2nd century, provide a coherent and comprehensive corpus for dealing with these representations and their continuity into the Hellenistic period. …”
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Le camp F de Lautagne à Valence (Drôme) : l’organisation interne et la vie quotidienne d’un camp militaire romain au milieu du ier s. av. J.-C. by Magalie Kielb Zaaraoui, Loïc Buffat, Michel Reddé, Yahya Zaaraoui

“…They are composed of an oval-shaped, rubble earthen heating area, mostly measuring between 1 m and 1.30 m in diameter, and which opens onto a working pit. There are also two dryers/smokehouses and ovens opening onto the enclosure ditch, which was half-filled at the time of use. …”
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Le site antique de la clinique des Dames Blanches à Tours (Indre-et-Loire) : aménagements d’un embarcadère romain sur la Loire et évolution du trait de rive by Nicolas Fouillet, Philippe Gardère

“…This road corresponds to the current street, rue Courteline. A portion of this Roman axis, probably established in the first half of the 1st c. …”
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Body mass index and B‐lines on lung ultrasonography in chronic and acute heart failure by Philip Brainin, Brian Claggett, Eldrin F. Lewis, Kristin H. Dwyer, Allison A. Merz, Montane B. Silverman, Varsha Swamy, Tor Biering‐Sørensen, Jose Rivero, Susan Cheng, John J.V. McMurray, Scott D. Solomon, Elke Platz

“…For AHF, B‐line number declined to a lesser degree than NT‐proBNP concentration with increasing BMI (P = 0.020), and >6 B‐lines were observed in half of AHF patients with severe obesity. …”
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Running trends in Switzerland from 1999 to 2019: An exploratory observational study. by Anja Witthöft, Thimo Marcin, Mabliny Thuany, Volker Scheer, Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Matthias Wilhelm, Katja Weiss, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>In summary, finishing numbers especially in ultra-marathons increased with a focus on trail runs, female and male athletes had a declining performance across years in all race distances and men ran faster than women. …”
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