Exploring athletes’ experiences and perspectives on an educational program for athletes in the Pacific Islands by Hee Jung Hong, Sungkyung Kim, Brian Minikin

“…Accompanied by the results from the quantitative data analysis, the results of the content and thematic analysis demonstrate that athletes who participated in the VOA onsite reported positive experiences and acknowledged the program's benefits in terms of personal growth and development. …”
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LEGAL MIGRATION – RIGHTS AND BENEFITS IN THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM by Nicoleta ANDRICA, Andreea-Florina FORA

“…: In the present paper we are discussing about legal migration inside U.E and the rights it confers. …”
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Use of Nomogram to Predict the Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis among Patients with Cervical Adenocarcinoma by Yongju Tian, Yiping Hao, Qingqing Liu, Ruowen Li, Zhonghao Mao, Nan Jiang, Bingyu Wang, Wenjing Zhang, Xiaofang Zhang, Baoxia Cui

“…A total of 219 patients with cervical AC who had undergone radical hysterectomy and lymphadenopathy between 2005 and 2021 were selected for this study. …”
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Exploring the impact of occupational exposure: A study on cardiovascular autonomic functions of male gas station attendants in Sri Lanka by Tania Warnakulasuriya, Kushan Medagoda, Dulani Kottahachchi, Dunya Luke, Dilesha Wadasinghe, Prasanna Rathnayake, Janaki Ariyawansa, Tharuka Dissanayake, Pavani Sandeepani, Deepthi C. De Silva, Niranga Manjuri Devanarayana

“…Both the systolic blood pressure (SBP) (Mann Whitney U (MWU) = 743.5, p = 0.003) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (MWU = 686.5, p = 0.001) were significantly higher among the gas station attendants compared to controls. …”
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On Improving Administrative and Legal Provision of HR Management in State Forensic Institutions and Professional Training of Forensic Experts of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine by O. V. Kurdes

“…It has been offered to further study, develop and approve certain regulatory acts by orders of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on HR management of state forensic institutions and professional training of forensic experts, namely: standard staffs; instructions on the organization of personnel accounting, staffing and HR work, professional training of forensic experts of state forensic institutions and forensic experts who are not employees of state forensic institutions; provisions on the formation of employee pool for superior positions. …”
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Complications and Mortality Characterization in Acute Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease by Ricardo Leyva Tornés, Lázaro Ibrahim Romero García, Esther Mayor Guerra, Yordanis Páez Candelaria, Karima Gondres Legró, Pedro Alexei Bacardí Zapata

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive study was carried out in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease who leaved from the Neurology Service of the Saturnino Lora Torres Provincial Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital in the 2017-2019 triennium. …”
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Handball practice on bone health of female adolescents: evaluation of an eight-month competitive period by Tathyane Krahenbühl, Juliano Henrique Borges, Gil Guerra-Júnior, Antonio de Azevedo Barros Filho, Ezequiel Moreira Gonçalves

“…Fifty-eight female adolescents (12–17 years old) were allocated into two groups: handball players (HG: n = 27) and control group (CG: n = 31). …”
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Pharmacokinetics of tebipenem pivoxil used in children suffering from shigellosis: a pilot study in Bangladesh by Sharika Nuzhat, Md Ridwan Islam, Syed Jayedul Bashar, Subhasish Das, Rukaeya Amin, Firdausi Qadri, Farhana Khanam, Dilruba Ahmed, Patricia B. Pavlinac, Cindy X. Zhang, Samuel L. M. Arnold, Amy Newlands, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Tahmeed Ahmed

“…This randomized pilot clinical trial was conducted at Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b in 2022 between May and September. Thirty suspected shigellosis cases aged 24–59 months were randomized across two treatment groups equally: tebipenem pivoxil and azithromycin. …”
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A Histopathological Study of Skin Lesions in Individuals with Oculocutaneous Albinism in Togo in 2019 by Bayaki Saka, Julienne Noude Teclessou, Sefako Abla Akakpo, Piham Gnossike, Kwamé Doh, Saliou Adam, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Garba Mahamadou, Panawé Kassang, Yvette Elegbede Moise, Tchin Darre, Koussake Kombate, Palokinam Pitché

“…The 54 skin carcinomas were diagnosed in 33 (41.8%) of the 79 patients who underwent skin biopsies/excisional biopsies. …”
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EOSINOPHILIA AS A PREDICTOR MORBIDITY OF SOIL- TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASES AMONG WIDODAREN PLANTATION WORKERS IN JEMBER by Aditya Primadana, Yudha Nurdian, Dini Agustina, Bagus Hermansyah, Yunita Armiyanti

“…Background: Helminthiasis is a neglected tropical disease and still remain a health problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries, including Indonesia. According to WHO, approximately 1,5 billion people or 24% of the world’s population, are infected with Soil-Transmitted Helminth (STH). …”
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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES USED BY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS AT IAIN ANTASARI BANJARMASIN by Saadillah Saadillah, Hidayah Nor

“…The types of meta-cognitive strategies that used by the students, including paying attention when someone is speaking English (88%), trying to find out how to be a better learner of English (85%), having clear goals for improving English skills (82%), noticing the mistakes (82%), thinking about their progress in learning English (67%) , trying to find as many ways as they can use their English (59 %), planning their schedule so they will have enough time to study English (57 %), looking for people whom they can talk to in English (52 %), and looking for opportunities to read as much as possible in English (35 %). …”
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Phenotypes of headache in patients with obstructive sleep apnea by Viriya Tripakornkusol, Napassorn Sinsopa, Sittichai Khamsai, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

“…Dyspnea had the highest adjusted odds ratio at 3.29 (95% confidence interval of 1.25, 8.54), while macroglossia had the lowest adjusted odds ratio at 2.10 (95% confidence interval of 1.01, 4.43). Patients with OSA who had the following phenotypes of dyspnea, fatigue, dizziness, and macroglossia may have a higher chance of having headache.…”
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Incidence and Predictors of Advanced Liver Fibrosis by a Validated Serum Biomarker in Liver Transplant Recipients by Mamatha Bhat, Kathleen C. Rollet-Kurhajec, Aparna Bhat, Amanda Farag, Marc Deschenes, Philip Wong, Peter Ghali, Giada Sebastiani

“…Methods. We included 440 consecutive patients who underwent LT between 1991 and 2013. …”
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Association of the FRAIL scale with rehabilitation outcomes in the community hospital setting by Jeffrey Jiang, Audrey Yan Yi Han, Joel Goh

“…The FRAIL scale was utilised to screen 560 older adults who were admitted to a community hospital for rehabilitation. …”
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Digital Representations of Illness: Key Issues in Cancer Patient Narratives by Jennifer Moreno

“…Furthermore, our findings suggest that patients may understand certain issues such as ‘being healthy’ differently from the general population.…”
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Kannada translation and validation of Wellman and Liu’s theory of mind scale and children’s social understanding scale in preschoolers by Rashmi Vishwanath, Avinash G. Kamath, Nitha Thomas, Samir Kumar Praharaj

“…Methods: Following the rigorous WHO protocol, we meticulously translated and back-translated Wellman and Liu’s ToM and CSUS into Kannada with the help of bilingual experts. …”
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Selective laser trabeculoplasty for the treatment of intraocular pressure elevation after viscocanalostomy with Ologen implant in the management of primary open-angle glaucoma: a r... by Ahmed AM Gad, Bahaa-Eldin Hasan Abdulhalim, Amal F Gharib, Amr Mahfouz Mohammed

“…These eyes showed a progression of glaucomatous damage, the IOP was above 21 mmHg, or with intolerable glaucoma medications. …”
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The clinical efficacy of anew bioceramic material for indirect pulp capping of deep primary molar caries by YU Xuedi, CHEN Qiwen

Subjects: “…|iroot bp plus|dycal|deep caries of primary teeth|indirect pulp therapy…”
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Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of nicotine chewing gum and nicotine patches as nicotine replacement therapy using salivary cotinine levels as a biochemical validation measu... by T Sivasankari, Avudaiappan Sankaran, Senthil Murugappan, Veni Subramanyam, Balanehru Subramanian, RC Jagat Reddy, S Vandana

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 72 known smokers who were willing to receive nicotine replacement therapy for cessation of smoking habits. …”
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Optimisation of low and ultra-low dose scanning protocols for ultra-extended field of view PET in a real-world clinical setting by Johanna Ingbritsen, Jason Callahan, Hugh Morgan, Melissa Munro, Robert E. Ware, Rodney J. Hicks

“…The aim of this study was to optimise acquisition protocols for routine clinical imaging with FDG on the Quadra the prioritisation of reduced activity given physical infrastructure constraints in our facility. Low-dose (1 MBq/kg) and ultra-low dose (0.5 MBq/g) cohorts, each of 20 patients were scanned in a single bed position for 10 and 15 min respectively with list-mode data acquisition. …”
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