Co-creation of a toolkit to assist risk communication and clinical decision-making in severe preeclampsia: SPOT-Impact study design by Hannah Brown Amoakoh, Bregje C. De Kok, Linda Lucy Yevoo, Klaartje M. Olde Loohuis, Emmanuel K. Srofenyoh, Daniel K. Arhinful, Koiwah Koi-Larbi, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Joyce L. Browne

“…To improve the quality of care in terms of provision and experience, there is a need to support the communication of risks and making of treatment decision in ways that promote respectful maternity care. Our study objective is to co-create a tool(kit) to support clinical decision-making, communication of risks and shared decision-making in preeclampsia with relevant stakeholders, incorporating respectful maternity care, justice, and equity principles. …”
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Warfarin Use Is Associated with Increased Mortality at One Year in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Syeda Fatima Naqvi, Amir Humza Sohail, Dhairya A. Lakhani, James Maurer, Sarah Sofka, Yousaf B. Hadi

“…Methods. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all patients with IPF who were prescribed warfarin or direct acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for cardiac or thromboembolic indications and followed at our institute for their care. …”
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Topical issues of stimulating the work of civil servants by A. O. Ivanov

“…Particular attention is paid to strengthening legislative guarantees for incentives for civil servants who have made a significant personal contribution to the activities of the state bodies where they work, to reforming and developing the public administration system in general and the civil service in particular.…”
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De-Mystifying Mysticism: A Critical Realist Perspective on Ambivalences in the Study of Mysticism by Ali Qadir, Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir

“…Specifically, we probe the literature to ask (i) how has mysticism been defined and (ii) who counts as a mystic? …”
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Epidural Analgesia for Severe Chest Trauma: An Analysis of Current Practice on the Efficacy and Safety by Jesse Peek, Reinier B. Beks, B. Feike Kingma, Marije Marsman, Jelle P. Ruurda, Roderick M. Houwert, Loek P. H. Leenen, Falco Hietbrink, Mirjam B. de Jong

“…Patients with ≥3 rib fractures following blunt chest trauma who received epidural analgesia between January 2015 and January 2018 were included. …”
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Lobectomy sufficiency for 1–4 cm differential thyroid cancer: a large retrospective study in China by Jun Xu, Qixian Yao, Zhongliang Wu, Wenhuan Dou, Yujing Liu

“…This retrospective study included 2,178 patients with 1–4-cm DTC treated via thyroid lobectomy (LT) or total or near-total thyroidectomy (TT) and who were followed up for at least 3 years. The primary endpoint was a structural incomplete response, which was confirmed via imaging with or without a positive histological or cytological examination. …”
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Cross-linguistic Phonological Transfer: by Jahurul Islam, Md. Sayeed Anwar, Shahriar Mohammad Kamal

“…Through a forced-choice identification task involving English minimal pairs, data were collected from 43 adult Bangla speakers who had learned L2 English. Contrary to expectations, results indicated that these speakers were unable to effectively distinguish between tense and lax high vowels in English, suggesting that the presence of a similar contrast in L1 does not necessarily facilitate the acquisition of comparable distinctions in L2 across different vowel groups. …”
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Comparison Of Maternal And Perinatal Outcome Of Isolated Borderline Amniotic Fluid Index Versus Normal Amniotic Fluid In Low-Risk Pregnancies At Term by Shabana Kalsoom, Noreen Majeed Majeed, Mamoona Riaz, Mehreen Mehdi, Khair-un-Nisa Asif, Iram Mushtaq

“…Methods: This prospective observational study, included 540 low-risk pregnant women admitted at POF Hospital Wah Cantt between 1st June 2020-31st Dec 2022. Group A had 180 women with borderline AFI having normal umbilical artery Doppler and group B had 360 women with normal AFI between 37-40 weeks, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. …”
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Evaluation of veterinary laboratory proficiency based on results of interlaboratory comparisons organized by FGBI “ARRIAH” in 2018–2019 by A. Yu. Sukharkov, Z. B. Nikonova, O. P. Byadovskaya, A. S. Pershin, M. I. Shulpin, I. A. Chvala

“…That highlights the need for those participants who failed the tests to improve their laboratory testing quality.…”
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Congenital malformations in children of epileptic pregnant women in the Cienfuegos province (2008-2018) by María Soledad Vilches León, Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Maylé Santos Solís, Vivian Rosa Vázquez Martínez, Cristóbal Jorge Torres González, Niurys Gonzales Cano

“…The probability of congenital malformations is higher in the descendant of these patients than in women who are not.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to determine the risk factors associated with congenital malformations in children of epileptic pregnant women.…”
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Use of testosterone replacement therapy in the rehabilitation of patients with intensive care unit-associated weakness and hospital-associated deconditioning: the Singapore General... by Geoffrey Sithamparapillai Samuel, Du Soon Swee

“…These conditions contribute to poor long-term functional outcomes and increased mortality. We explored the role of short-term adjunctive androgen therapy in this group of patients in improving the rehabilitative outcomes. …”
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus screening among African individuals in Spain: Lessons to learn by Helena Miriam Lorenzo Juanes, Amparo López-Bernus, Belen Vicente, Montserrat Alonso-Sardón, Beatriz Rodríguez Alonso, Josue Pendones Ulerio, Pedro Fernandez Soto, Juan Luis Muñoz Bellido, Antonio Muro, Moncef Belhassen-García

“…This study aimed to evaluate the importance of CCHFV infection in migrants from Africa who attended a tertiary health care centre in Spain. …”
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Challenging and continuing laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for more than 30 Years at a single institution. After the LACC trial, should minimally invasive surgery for early-stage... by Kohei Omatsu, Chyi-Long Lee, Kuan-Gen Huang

“…Materials and methods: This study was a retrospective chart review conducted at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, between 2014 and 2023. We retrospectively analyzed clinical data from patients diagnosed with the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) 2018 stage IA1 to IB1 cervical cancer. …”
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Nation of Mechanics: Automobility, Animality, and Indigeneity in John Joseph Mathews’s Sundown (1934) by Daniel Bowman

“…Drawing on a range of literary historical sources such as Horseless Age, Mathews’s ecological writing, and traditional stories of the Osage, my reading of Sundown examines the inherent difficulties in separating the symbolism of the automobile from its material ecological consequences. In much the same way that animal symbols are co-opted in automotive branding, Indigenous identities are exploited in car culture to conjure up a nostalgic past in which the ecological and colonial violence of American Modernity is conveniently forgotten. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative characteristics of different types of tumor microvessels depending on the histological type of cervical cancer by M. A. Senchukova, E. V. Makarova, E. I. Shurygina, N. N. Volchenko

“…The tumor samples from 76 patients with CC stage I–IIA who received the surgical treatment on the first phase were the object of study. …”
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Perceived Burden and Healthy Lifestyle Behavior in Family Caregivers of the Persons with Disabilities in Bukhara by Hülya YÜCEL, Nurhayat KORKMAZ

“…The number of children in the family, duration of care period, disability group of the one who is cared, duration and type of disability, age and gender of the young person were asked. …”
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Concept of Implant Placement in Deficient Posterior Maxillary Bone by Osseodensification Technique by Vivek Kolhe, Ashish G. Wawle, Milind V. Naphade, Nitin Adwani, Rajashree Gondhalekar

“…This study enrolled healthy adults aged 18 and older, with good oral health, who required one or more dental implants in the posterior maxilla to support fixed rehabilitations such as single crowns or fixed partial prostheses. …”
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Selection and appointment of higher education leaders in Ethiopia: An assessment of implementation by Abebaw Yirga Adamu

“…The participants of the study were members of the search and selection committee, candidates for different leadership positions, and staff representatives who participated in the selection process. Participants were selected using purposive sampling technique. …”
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APPLICATIONS OF DIABETIC FOOT EXERCISE TO INCREASE FOOT SENSITIVITY IN ELDERLY WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS by Siti Aisah, Fika Zahrun Ni'mah

“…There were 3 clients in the family developmental stage of the elderly with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus who were selected using a purposive sampling technique. …”
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Sculpting multi-epitope vaccine against Monkeypox viral strains using immunoinformatics by Zaira Rehman, Ammad Fahim, Maryam Irtash

“…The shortlisted ten proteins were subjected to identification of B- and T-cell epitopes using IEDB, ABCpred, NetMHCpan4.0, and NetMHCIIpan4.0. …”
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