Spatial associations between measures of public transportation and diabetic foot ulcer outcomes in the state of Georgia: 2016–2019 by Mohammed K Ali, Lance Waller, Rohan D'Souza, Howard H Chang, Lauren T Vanasse, Marcos C Schechter

“…We used the proportion of adults who use public transportation to commute, distance to nearest transit stop, and per capita expense on public transportation as proxies for public transportation reliance, availability, and both, respectively.Results Of 114 606 DFUs, 21 388 (19%) were associated with a major or minor amputation. …”
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Cross-Cultural Gender-Based Investigation of Filipino and Chinese Facebook Users’ Disagreement Strategies by Joan C. Ravago, John Arvin V. De Roxas, Joel M. Torres, Daisy O. Casipit, Mercedita M. Reyes

“…Further, a bilingual Chinese participant, who is also a professional translator, translated the discourses. …”
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Assessment of Water Quality Parameters in Lake Hayq, Northeastern Ethiopia by Assefa Tecklie, Yohannes Nigussie, Adem Bilale

“…Physiochemical (pH, water temperature, conductivity, TDS, total alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, NH4+, NH3, NO2−, NO3−, CO3−, HCO3−, SO42−, PO43−, SiO2, and total phosphorus), heavy metals (Pb, Fe, Zn, Cr, Cu2+, Mn2+, and Ni), and biological (BOD5 and total coliforms) water quality parameters were analyzed both in situ and ex situ. …”
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The preference for surprise in reinforcement learning underlies the differences in developmental changes in risk preference between autistic and neurotypical youth by Motofumi Sumiya, Kentaro Katahira, Hironori Akechi, Atsushi Senju

“…Here, we aimed to investigate these changes and underlying computational mechanisms. …”
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Predicting postoperative nausea and vomiting after cesarean section: a nomogram model combined with gastric ultrasound by Yingchao Liu, Huohu Zhong, Zhisen Dai, Yuxin Huang, Yibin Liu, Hefan He, Yuewen Liao, Weifeng Liu

“…Methods The clinical data of 116 adult patients who underwent Cesarean section procedures between August 2022 and February 2023 were included. …”
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Abortion and contraception within prison health care: a qualitative study by Martha J. Paynter, Clare Heggie, Anja Mcleod, Wendy V. Norman

“…The aim of this study was to explore family planning care experiences among women and gender diverse people who have experienced incarceration in Canada. Methods We conducted a qualitative community-based research study using focus groups for data collection and reflexive thematic analysis to generate key themes. …”
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Integrating psychiatry into basic clinical skills: A three‐year nationwide quantitative assessment of postgraduate training programs by Hidetaka Tamune, Hirohisa Fujikawa, Hiroyuki Harada, Tomoyuki Kodama, Masaaki Sasaki, Daichi Sone, Miwa Sekine, Masanobu Ito, Tadafumi Kato, Yuji Nishizaki, Yasuharu Tokuda

“…An anonymous online questionnaire was distributed to postgraduate year 1 and 2 residents who completed the GM‐ITE. The primary outcome was GM‐ITE score, with a particular focus on psychiatry. …”
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«Management of a pharmaceutical organization» – practical communicative lectures in English by Alexandra A. Efimova, Anastasia I. Liashko, Evgenia A. Tsitlionok

“…Evaluation of the results of preliminary and final testing shows that absolutely all the students who took part in the experiment have improved their level of English proficiency. …”
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Identification And Classification of Tattoos In Autopsies; A Retrospective Study by Hatice Kübra Ata Öztürk, Kemalettin Acar, Ayse Kurtuluş Dereli

“…There were 29 (82.9%) male, 6 (17.1%) females who committed suicide. In the natural deaths, there were 16 (84.2%) male, 3 (15.8%) were female. …”
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Vitamin D as a predictor of negative outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: An observational study by Volodymyr Bogomaz, Sofiia Shatylo

“…Vitamin D serum levels did not significantly differ in patients who died during hospitalization compared to those who survived…”
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Real-world cost-effectiveness of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir as treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Belgian setting with omicron variant by Sophie Marbaix, Sophie Marbaix, Steven Simoens, Philippe Clevenbergh, Pascal Van Bleyenbergh, Keliane Liberman, Dimitri Dehenau

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Investigation of proprioceptive sense in team and individual athletes by Emine Busra Aydin

“…Dominant and non-dominant knee proprioceptive senses of team athletes were better than individual athletes (p<0.05). Participants who did regular weight training had better non-dominant knee proprioception than those who did not (p<0.05). …”
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The Incidence of Diagnosis of Munchausen Syndrome, Other Factitious Disorders, and Malingering by Harald Schrader, Thomas Bøhmer, Jan Aasly

“…After contacting these specialists, we could identify no true case of F68.1. For 24 of 146 patients who were equally distributed by gender within health institutions, we managed to identify the diagnosing healthcare providers. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Orthodontic Treatment on Periodontal Health in Patients with Preexisting Periodontal Conditions by Mohammad K. Alam, Mohammad Y. Hajeer, Taif Alsaleh, Balqees Alhadi, Afrah Alsaleh, Raghad Alnsairy, Shahad Alruwaili

“…The participants were split into two groups: Group B (n = 25) was the control group and did not get any orthodontic intervention, whereas Group A (n = 25) had orthodontic therapy utilizing fixed appliances. …”
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EMA/CO Combination Chemotheraphy in Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia: Update of Our Results by Tolga Taşçı, Işın Üreyen, Günsu Kimyon, Alper Karalök, Sevgi Koç, M. Faruk Köse, Gökhan Tulunay, Taner Turan

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CCL-2 and CXCL-8: Potential Prognostic Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury after a Bothrops atrox Snakebite by Juliana Costa Ferreira Neves, Hiochelson Najibe Santos Ibiapina, Fábio Magalhães-Gama, Jacqueline Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Iran Mendonça Silva, Kerolaine Fonseca Coelho, Eliane Campos Alves, Andréa Monteiro Tarragô, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira, Adriana Malheiro, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Allyson Guimarães Costa

“…In the Brazilian Amazon, the snake Bothrops atrox is the primary cause of snakebites. B. atrox (BaV) venom can cause systemic pathophysiological changes such as acute kidney injury (AKI), which leads to the production of chemokines and cytokines in response to the envenomation. …”
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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for childbirth-related post-traumatic stress symptoms: effectiveness, duration and completion by A. Doherty, U. Nagle, J. Doyle, R. M. Duffy, R. M. Duffy

“…To our knowledge, this is the largest studied sample of women who have received EMDR for CB-PTSD or CB-PTSS. EMDR may be an effective intervention for CB-PTSS and CB-PTSD, even in women with a history of prior trauma, co-morbid mental health problems, or long-term symptoms. …”
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Airway management and functional outcomes in intubated patients with ischemic stroke by Jae Wook Jung, Ilmo Kang, Jin Park, Sang-Beom Jeon

“…Abstract We investigated the functional outcomes in ischemic stroke patients who underwent endotracheal intubation according to airway management (i.e., extubation success, extubation failure, primary tracheostomy) at multiple time points. …”
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Predictive factors for extubation success in very low and extremely low birth weight preterm infants by Nilson Willamy Bastos de Souza Júnior, Tathiane Ribeiro Rosa, Jane Cecília Kreling Cerântola, Ligia Silvana Lopes Ferrari, Vanessa Suziane Probst, Josiane Marques Felcar

“…Infants who experienced extubation failure had lower birth weight and higher FiO~2~ prior to extubation.…”
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The impact of organised educational campaigns on understanding of needle sticks injuries and related post-exposure HIV/AIDS prophylaxis by Ram Kumar Garg, Pooja Koundal, Poonam Sharma, Yogesh Kumar, Ram Niwas, Jitendra Singh

“…Background: For those who often use needles, such as nurses and laboratory professionals, needle stick injuries are a fact of life. …”
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