Empagliflozin-based quadruple oral therapy for type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study by Fatemeh Moosaie, Shiva Abedinzadeh, Soghra Rabizadeh, Kimia Daneshvar, Mohammadamin Noorafrooz, Fatemeh Alsadat Mojtahedi, Niloofar Deravi, Seyede Marzie Fatemi Abhari, Akam Ramezani, Alipasha Meysamie, Marzieh Hajibabaei, Sahar Karimpour Reyhan, Mahsa Abbaszadeh, Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Alireza Esteghamati

“…Overall, 92.5% of patients achieved their target HbA1c levels. Significant reductions were observed in all glycemic parameters after 68 months (p < 0.001). …”
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Agr-typing of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolated from non-human primates by V. A. Kalashnikova

“…Data resulting from the study differ from the results of other researchers published in literary sources, who performed typing of salmonella isolated from people with agr I prevailing. …”
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The impact of SMARCA4 loss in non-small cell lung cancer therapy by Mariano Lombardi, Marianna D'Ercole, Valeria Midolo De Luca, Matteo Chiari, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Luca Bertolaccini

“…This case report explores the therapeutic impact of SMARCA4 loss in a 63-year-old female patient with a history of smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and prior surgeries for breast and pancreatic carcinomas, who presented with a new pulmonary nodule. On February 23, 2024, a CT scan identified a solid pulmonary nodule in the right lower lobe. …”
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The Role of Parent-child Relationship in Parental Financial Teaching and Financial Behaviour of Students by Xolile Antoni

“…The results show that students who have a close relationship with parents in which parents show love and acceptance are more receptive to parental teaching on financial matters and thus, in turn, parental financial teaching influences students' financial behaviour. …”
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Coronary Embolism despite CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score of Zero: Should We Reconsider Anticoagulation? by Ammar Ahmed, Andrew Assaf, Aditi Shankar, Marcel Zughaib

“…However, while this condition may have fatal consequences, due to its uncommon occurrence, there is no consensus on diagnosis and management. We present a case of a 53-year-old obese male, with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation not on anticoagulation due to a low CHA2DS2-VASc score, who presented with chest pain associated with lightheadedness. …”
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Nitrofurantoin Drug Resistance Among Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections by Puranik VS, Balaraju T P, Pavitra T

“…Special reference to nitrofurantoin susceptibility was noted.Results Out of the 50 samples collected from patients who reported with the symptoms of UTI 78 exhibited growth while 22 showed no growth. …”
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Chronological trend of social contact patterns in Japan after the emergence of COVID-19 by Hwichang Jeong, Sehyun Park, June Young Chun, Norio Ohmagari, Yongdai Kim, Shinya Tsuzuki

“…Therefore, this study examined whether the reduction in contact frequency during the pandemic was temporary or persists today and assessed the impact of ILIs on social mixing patterns. Methods: We conducted online questionnaire surveys of individuals who experienced symptoms of ILIs periodically from 2022 to 2024 to compare the number of contacts per day during and after their illnesses. …”
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Occipital Condyle Fracture: A Case Report of a Typically Stable Fracture That Required Surgical Treatment by Takeshi Suzuki, Satoshi Maki, Masaaki Aramomi, Tomonori Yamauchi, Manato Horii, Koui Kawamura, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Seiji Ohtori

“…For nondisplaced OCFs, conservative treatment is generally recommended, and there is no previous report of a nondisplaced OCF requiring surgery. We report a patient who had a nondisplaced OCF with craniocervical misalignment (a condyle-C1 interval > 2.0 mm) and C1-C2 translation treated with a halo vest and occipitocervical fusion surgery. …”
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Analysis of poisoning with OTC drugs for suicidal purposes among children and adolescents in Poland in the period 2012 - 2023 by Maria Kubicka, Paulina Polańska, Marta Gruszka, Martyna Zakrocka

“…Girls account for a disproportionate number of cases, and many adolescents who attempt suicide lack prior psychiatric diagnoses. …”
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Interactive Crossword Puzzles as an Adjunct Tool in Teaching Undergraduate Dental Students by Abubaker Qutieshat, Nutayla Al-Harthy, Gurdeep Singh, Viresh Chopra, Rayhana Aouididi, Rayan Arfaoui, Sapna Dileesh, Ahmed Alsadoon, Omaima Al-Nadhiri, Shima Al-Busaidi, Sumaiya Al-Rashdi, Mohammad S Alrashdan

“…Students completed interactive crossword puzzles created by the authors, with a reward awarded to the first group of students who completed the puzzles successfully. The interactive crossword platform was programmed using the ReactJS framework and designed using Tailwind CSS. …”
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Exploring Deep Learning–Based Models for Sociocultural African Food Recognition System by Grace Ataguba, Mona Alhasani, James Daniel, Emeka Ogbuju, Rita Orji

“…To evaluate the predictive ability of the app, we recruited 16 participants who were interviewed and subsequently used the app in the wild for 7 days. …”
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Discriminatory Value of Adiponectin to Leptin Ratio for COVID-19 Pneumonia by Federica Tonon, Stefano Di Bella, Fabiola Giudici, Verena Zerbato, Ludovica Segat, Raffaella Koncan, Andrea Misin, Barbara Toffoli, Pierlanfranco D’Agaro, Roberto Luzzati, Bruno Fabris, Stella Bernardi

“…This study aimed to evaluate the discriminatory ability of adipokines to identify COVID-19 pneumonia and to assess disease severity. Methods. We conducted an observational case-control study, with a prospective design, and recruited patients with diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia (n = 48) and healthy controls (n = 36), who were matched by age, sex, and BMI. …”
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The lived experience of intensive care unit nurses caring for patients with COVID-19: A phenomenological study by Mehraban Shahmari, Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Akram Ghobadi, Elhameh Nasiri

“…In doing so, the nurses showed society a new image of nursing. …”
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The military service as part of the social ideal in Serbia by Starčević Srđan, Blagojević Srđan

“…Serbian society has changed significantly in the two previous decades, becoming largely described by Bauman's fluid modernity, and the capacity of citizens for armed and unarmed resistance in the event of war has significantly declined. …”
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Physical Violence Against Older Adults: A 7-Year Retrospective Evaluation from a University Hospital’s Department of Forensic Medicine by Abdulkadir Yıldız

“…Methodology: A total of 156 reports prepared for adults aged 65 years and over who were victims of intentional injury between 2014 and 2020 were retrospectively analysed. …”
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Social effect of implementing active longevity strategies by V. I. Aleshnikova, T. A. Burtseva, Z. A. Nuriddinov

“…The methodological basis of the study are the factor approach, methods of analysis of time series, the factor approach, as well as recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Organization (UN) and the European Union (EU). …”
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Application and Clinical Effectiveness of Antibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement to Promote Soft Tissue Granulation in the Treatment of Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers Complicated by Osteo... by Regis Ernest Mendame Ehya, Hao Zhang, Baiwen Qi, Aixi Yu

“…This is a randomized controlled study, including thirty-six patients with diabetic foot ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis who had undergone treatment between May 2018 and December 2019. …”
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Prospective preschool teachers learning to use picturebooks for philosophical inquiries by Sofia Nikolidaki

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Mortality, Work and Migration. A Consideration of Age-specific Mortality from Tuberculosis in Scotland, 1861-1901 by Alice Reid, Eilidh Garrett

“…We show that the age and gender-specific pattern of mortality in the rural area is consistent with higher male than female out-migration together with return migration of those who had contracted the disease elsewhere and needed care during their lengthy illness. …”
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Language control in auditory bilingual comprehension: uncovering novel evidence from the n − 2 repetition paradigm by Hong Liu, Adel Chaouch-Orozco

“…This is the second study exploring comprehension with this methodological setup to date. We used an auditory word–picture matching task with Chinese late trilinguals who learned their two non-native languages (L2 English and L3 Spanish) via formal school instruction. …”
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