Using waist circumference as a predictor of hypertension in Manzese, Dar es Salaam: a community-based cross-sectional study, 2023 by Godbless Henry Mfuru, James N. Allan, Agnes Njau, Omary Ubuguyu, Khadija Y. Malima

“…Data were collected using WHO STEPwise Approach to Chronic Disease Risk Factor Surveillance questionnaire. …”
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Comparison of oxygen supplementation by nasal cannula with suction versus air insufflation without suction under drapes during monitored anesthesia care in adult cataract surgery-A... by Subramaniam Shanmugam Arivazhakan, Hemavathi Balachander, Sakthirajan Panneerselvam, Kirthiha Govindaraj, Priya Rudingwa

“…Results: The lowest mean SPO2 measured was found to be similar between Group O and Group A with 98.8 ± 0.7 and 98.4 ± 0.9 (P = 0.081), respectively. …”
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Comparing responses to public health and industry-funded alcohol harm reduction advertisements: an experimental study by Sarah J Durkin, Melanie A Wakefield, Emily Brennan, Michael D Slater, Simone Pettigrew, Danielle A J M Schoenaker, Kimberley Dunstone, Helen G Dixon

“…Objectives Conduct a head-to-head experimental test of responses to alcohol harm reduction advertisements developed by alcohol industry Social Aspects/Public Relations Organisations (SAPROs) versus those developed by public health (PH) agencies. We hypothesised that, on average, SAPRO advertisements would be less effective at generating motivation (H1) and intentions to reduce alcohol consumption (H2) but more effective at generating positive perceptions of people who drink (H3).Design Online experiment with random assignment to condition.Participants 2923 Australian adult weekly drinkers (49% high-risk drinkers) recruited from an opt-in online panel.Interventions Participants viewed 3 of 83 advertisements developed by PH agencies (n=2174) or 3 of 28 advertisements developed by SAPROs (n=749).Primary outcome measures Participants reported their motivation to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed; behave responsibly and/or not get drunk; and limit their drinking around/never supply to minors, as well as intentions to avoid drinking alcohol completely; reduce the number of drinking occasions; and reduce the amount of alcohol consumed per occasion. …”
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Frailty in older adults admitted to hospital: outcomes from the Western Sydney Clinical Frailty Registry by Julee McDonagh, Richard I Lindley, Karen Byth, Reejamol John, Caleb Ferguson

“…Methods The Western Sydney Clinical Frailty Registry is a study of adults admitted to acute geriatric wards in a 570-bed two-site district general hospital in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. …”
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Gestational weight gain patterns as predictors of cesarean deliveries in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus by Tzu-Ling Chen, Su-Fen Cheng, Chien-Lin Kuo, Chu-Yu Huang, Chia-Hsun Wu

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study enrolled 947 women with GDM who delivered between January 2012 and July 2022 in northern Taiwan. …”
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Laparoscopic Versus Abdominal Myomectomy Postoperative Outcomes by Nicel Taşdemir, Cem Çelik, Remzi Abalı, Ayşegül Kayalı, Abdulaziz Gül, Özkan Özdamar

“…Myomectomy remains the gold-standard for women who request preservation of fertility. We performed an observational investigation of a series of patients scheduled for laparoscopic or abdominal myomectomy to evaluate post-surgical parameters, operation duration, after laparoscopic and abdominal myomectomy. …”
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LEGAL ANALYSIS OF TARGETING AS A BASIS FOR THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE by Daria Bozhko

“…The relevance of the chosen topic lies in the fact that the system of social assistance is always based on the main principle - to support those who are unable to take care of themselves. Summary of the main results of the study. …”
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Blood pressure control with active ultrafiltration measures and without antihypertensives is essential for survival in hemodiafiltration and hemodialysis programs for patients with... by Franklin Geovany Mora-Bravo, Pamela Tatiana Morales Torres, Nelson Rojas Campoverde, Guillermina Lucía Blum Carcelen, Juan Cristobal Santacruz Mancheno, Ángel Cristóbal Santacruz Tipanta, Hector Perez-Grovas, Willan Patricio Robles Abarca

“…In Group 1, patients whose use of antihypertensive drugs was not required to control systolic blood pressure with a value less than 150 mmHg predialysis, less than 130 mmHg postdialysis, and a peridialytic blood pressure (defined as post-HD minus pre-HD SBP) between 0 and − 20 mmHg were analyzed. In Group 2, patients who required antihypertensive drugs for not meeting the aims of systolic blood pressure were included. …”
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Mental health status and the quality of life of infertile women receiving fertility treatment in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. by A B M Nahid Hasan, Azaz Bin Sharif, Ishrat Jahan, Mosammat Rashida Begum

“…Aborted infertile women had 1.8 (95% CI: 1.10 to 3.26) times the odds of depression. Infertile women who married between 20 and 24 years old were 49% (95% CI: 0.27 to 0.98) less anxious than those who married earlier. …”
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Obraz starých Řeků v Carionově kronice. Příspěvek k dějinám recepce antiky by Matěj Novotný

“…The first version of this historical textbook was published in German but translations into many European languages appeared soon, including two Czech translations. Later, a more influential, reworked and enlarged Latin version was published by a Lutheran theologist Philipp Melanchthon and his nephew Caspar Peucer who continued his work after Melanchthon's death. …”
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Some Lexical Uses from Divân of Kâtebi of Neyshâbur by Mohammad Shadrooymanesh, Sara Ghaffari Cherati

“…Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Abdullah Kâtebi of Neyshâbur/Torshiz is a poet and calligrapher of the Timurid era who has been praised by literary historians and biographers for his poetry and creating new meanings. …”
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Development of the US Plans for Post-War Japan during World War II by A. A. Sidorov

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Is it possible to talk about violence climate in grassroots sport? A study on the psychosocial adaptations of young athletes by Juan González-Hernández, Manuel Gómez-López, Gustavo Carlo, David Manzano-Sánchez

“…Although increasingly frequent, the federative systems for young athletes replicate professional competitions, and the agonizing win-lose vision and psychosocial agents that characterize sports competitions do not impact grassroots sports in the same way as in professional sports. …”
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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Unintended Pregnancy among Pregnant Women at Saesie Tsaeda Emba Woreda Eastern Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia, 2018 by Gebrehiwot Gebremariam Weldearegawi, Kidanemaryam Berhe Tekola, Berhane Fseha Teklehaymanot

“…Each year there were about 80 million women who experienced unintended pregnancy in the globe. …”
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Multidisciplinary care in pediatric severe asthma: A comparative outcomes analysis by Adam S. Price, MD, Akilah A. Jefferson-Shah, MD, Robert D. Pesek, MD, Erhan Ararat, MD, Safia F. Nawaz, MD, Matthew Pertzborn, MD, Kim Cobb, RT, Haley Long, RT, Monica Y. Miller, LMSW, Brandi N. Whitaker, PhD, Stacie M. Jones, MD, Scott Stewart, MS, Daniel Liu, MD, Tamara T. Perry, MD

“…Objective: Our aim was to compare asthma outcomes between SACs and SDCs clinics and examine longitudinal health outcomes for patients with severe asthma who were followed in SACs. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study comparing pediatric asthma outcomes among patients with severe asthma between 2018 and 2022 who were treated at the multidisciplinary Arkansas Children's SAC with those of patients with severe asthma treated at SDCs. …”
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Biochemical recurrence prediction after robot-assited radical prostatectomy (BCR-PRARP) by Tanan Bejrananda, Kiyoshi Takahara, Dutsadee Sowanthip, Tomonari Motonaga, Kota Yagi, Wataru Nakamura, Masanobu Saruta, Takuhisa Nukaya, Masashi Takenaka, Kenji Zennami, Manabu Ichino, Hitomi Sasaki, Makoto Sumitomo, Ryoichi Shiroki

“…Objective: This study aimed to establish a robust predictive model for biochemical recurrence (BCR) in patients with prostate cancer who underwent robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. …”
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Protocol for a feasibility study evaluating a supported self-management intervention for stroke survivors with aphasia (StarStep study) by Faye Wray, Madeline Cruice, Ian Kellar, Anne Forster

“…We aim to recruit 30 stroke survivors who have aphasia (and/or their family members) and who are ≤ 12-month post-stroke to participate in data collection for the study. …”
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Adherence patterns, risk factors and complications among patients with tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study at Nsawam Government Hospital by Abraham Norman Nortey, Amanda Adjoda, Amidu Alhassan, Godfred Yawson Scott

“…People infected with HIV are 20–30 times more likely to develop active TB. In this study, we determined the level of TB medication adherence, risk factors and complications of TB in outpatients attending the Nsawam Government Hospital.Method This cross-sectional study randomly recruited 277 patients with TB attending the Nsawam Government Hospital for care. …”
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Health profile of residents of retirement villages in Auckland, New Zealand: findings from a cross-sectional survey with health assessment by Kathy Peri, Michal Boyd, Martin J Connolly, Joanna B Broad, Dale Bramley, Zhenqiang Wu, Katherine Bloomfield, Joanna Hikaka, Annie Tatton, Cheryl Calvert, Ann-Marie Higgins

“…This study describes village residents—their demographics, socio-behavioural and health status—noting differences between participants who volunteered and those who were sampled.Design Cross-sectional study of village residents. …”
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Efficacy and Prognostic Factors for Y-90 Radioembolization (Y-90) in Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors with Liver Metastases by Erica S. Tsang, Jonathan M. Loree, Janine M. Davies, Sharlene Gill, David Liu, Stephen Ho, Daniel J. Renouf, Howard J. Lim, Hagen F. Kennecke

“…Methods. We identified 49 patients with metastatic liver-dominant NETs across BC Cancer’s six regional centres who received Y-90 between June 2011 and January 2017 in British Columbia, Canada. …”
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