The influence of healthcare workers' social support on compliance to medication in multi drug resistant tuberculosis patients at the Regional General Hospital of Dr. Saiful Anwar by Fauzan Adima, Merita Arini

“…Results: The most common gender was male at 60.26 %, while the age of most respondents was 45–64 years (43.59 %) and the most education was high school graduation at 38.47 %. …”
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The Primate Habituation Programme, Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic: An overview by Terence Fuh Neba, Anna Feistner, Angelique Todd

“…Current IUCN great ape tourism best practices (PHP is partly/fully compliant on ~90% of 156 criteria) include ongoing observational gorilla health monitoring, prohibiting visitors who are/have recently been ill and regular staff screening. However, disease risk, especially from asymptomatic pathogens, is a real threat and in order to monitor and mitigate these risks, the PHP set up a Wildlife Health Laboratory (WHL) in 2012. …”
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A Retrospective Claims-Based Study Evaluating Clinical and Economic Burden Among Patients With Moderate to Severe Osteoarthritis Pain in the United States by Patricia B. Schepman, Sheena Thakkar, Rebecca L. Robinson, Craig G. Beck, Deepa Malhotra, Birol Emir, Ryan N. Hansen

“…At baseline and 12- and 24-month follow-ups, receipt of prescription pain medications, HCRU, and direct medical costs were significantly higher in the MTS OA pain cohort (all _P_<0.01). Medication adherence was significantly higher in the MTS OA pain cohort for all medication classes except analgesics/antipyretics, which were significantly lower vs the non-MTS OA pain cohort (all _P_<0.0001). …”
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The prevalence of latex sensitisation and allergy and associated risk factors among healthcare workers using hypoallergenic latex gloves at King Edward VIII Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal... by Shumani Makwarela Phaswana, Saloshni Naidoo

“…In addition more cohort analysis is required to better understand the chronicity of illness and disability associated with latex allergy.…”
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Length of stay in the pediatrics emergency department and associated factors among pediatrics patients in Eastern Ethiopia public hospital, Ethiopia 2022. by Netsanet Melkamu, Amelmasin Faris, Muluken Yigezu, Mickiale Hailu, Anteneh Atle, Manaye Kasahun, Mohammed Kebede, Tsegasew Embiale, Tsinukal Tesfay, Sewmehone Amsalu, Yakob Tadese, Bruck Tesfaye, Gebrehiwot Berie

“…Living in a rural residence ([AOR = 1.65, 95% CI (1.10-2.48)], having a duration of pain > = 12 ([AOR = 1.92, 95% CI (1.13-3.25)], waiting time > = 5 minute ([AOR = 2.24, 95% CI (1.1-4.248541)], having comorbid illness ([AOR = 1.92, 95%CI, 1.13-3.25)], and higher acuity level and absence of medication in the hospital were ([AOR = 2.26, 95%CI (1.02-2.46]) were significantly associated factors for prolonged length of stay.…”
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Arap Dilinde Asla Aykırı Kıyas ile İstidlâlde Bulunma: Fesâdü’l-iʻtibâr by Abdulkadir Kişmir

“…Bu makalede Enbârî’nin el-İğrâb fî cedeli’l-iʻrâb adlı eserinde “Kıyasa Yapılan İtirazlar” başlığı altında kısaca değindiği, Süyûtî’nin ise el-İktirâh fî usûli’n-nahv ve cedelihi isimli çalışmasında kıyasa yöneltilen itiraz türleri anlamında “el-Kavâdih fi’l-ʻille” başlığı altında Enbârî’den doğrudan nakilde bulunduğu fesâdü’l-iʻtibâr kavramı ele alınmaktadır. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Metastatic Cancer by Søren Ventegodt, Elin Solheim, Mads E. Saunte, Mohammed Morad, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…The patient went through the following phases: (1) finding the purpose of life and hidden resources; (2) confronting denial; (3) taking responsibility for being very ill; (4) severe existential crises with no wish to live while still fighting; (5) integration of many repressed feelings and negative decisions thus rehabilitating character; (6) confronting lack of intimacy and trust in others and this way rehabilitating the ability to love; (7) rehabilitating the will to live, breaking through and falling in love with life; (8) assuming responsibility for the social relations; and sometimes (9) quality of life is improved radically with indications of spontaneous remission of the liver tumors.…”
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Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence in pregnancy: a multicentre, binational study by Akaninyene E. Ubom, Chidinma P. Ohachenu, Suraiya S. Auwal, Safiyya F. Usman, Akwasi B. Opoku, Caesar A. Ansing, Jamiu S. Shehu, Peter C. Oriji, Komommo O. Okpebri, Ademola S. Olutoye, Rasheedat O. Balogun, Joshua E. Ifebude, Oluwole D. Obadina, Solomon Nyeche, Abdurrahman A. Bunawa, Ukeje J. Ifeanyi, Fatima A. Mahmud, Hauwa S. Gumbi, Akeem O. Ojugbele, Olubusayo O. Areo, Olakunle E. Ogunjide, Mariam M. Shiru, Ada C. Okpighe, Chia Iornengen, David M. Aqua, Suleiman Z. Abubakar, Fadekemi O. Gabriel-Raji, Oyiana I. Gregory, Lukman O. Lawal, Mathias Abude, David Walawah, Aderopo I. Adelola, Akpofure H. Ese, Jane C. Orijani, Ephraim A. Suobite, Olire C. Afon, Obinna P. Ekwebalam, Baderinwa O. Akanji, Emmanuel E. John, Ibraheem O. Awowole, Omotade A. Ijarotimi, Ngozi Thompson, John I. Ikimalo, Olusola B. Fasubaa

“…Predictors of IPV included the women’s marital status (p = 0.001), educational status (p = 0.040), rural residence (p = 0.034), occupation (p = 0.040), spouse’s/partner’s occupation (p = 0.021), use of illicit drugs by spouse/partner (p = 0.014), history of psychiatric illness in spouse/partner (p = 0.030), experience of IPV in previous relationship(s) by spouse/partner (p = 0.011), and witness of parental IPV by spouse/partner (p < 0.001). …”
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A comprehensive review of probiotics and human health-current prospective and applications by Bhutada Sarita, Dahikar Samadhan, Md Zakir Hassan, Md Zakir Hassan, Elena G. Kovaleva

“…Probiotics enhance immune system efficacy by augmenting the generation of antibodies and immunological cells. It combats illnesses and enhances immunity. …”
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Dropping the baton: Cognitive biases in emergency physicians. by Mingwei Ng, Evelyn Wong, Guek Gwee Sim, Pek Jen Heng, Gareth Terry, Foo Yang Yann

“…Indeed, similar relays are run every day in every discipline of medicine, with the same unified goal of doing the best for our patients while not committing cognitive errors and dropping the baton.…”
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Small Extracellular Vesicles Secreted by iPSC-Derived MSCs Ameliorate Pulmonary Inflammation and Lung Injury Induced by Sepsis through Delivery of miR-125b-5p by Wei Peng, Yun Yang, Jiaquan Chen, Zeyao Xu, Yuanlei Lou, Qi Li, Ning Zhao, Kejian Qian, Fen Liu

“…Small extracellular vesicles, secreted by mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iMSC-sEV), possess striking advantages when incorporated MSCs and iPSCs, which are considered extremely promising cell-free therapeutic agents. …”
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Combination of clinical factors predicts successful glucocorticoid withdrawal in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): results from a multicentre, retrospective cohort study by Alessandra Bortoluzzi, Marcello Govoni, Dimitrios T Boumpas, Antonis Fanouriakis, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, George Bertsias, Konstantinos Parperis, Argyro Repa, Ettore Silvagni, Myrto Nikoloudaki, Nestor Avgoustidis, Sofia Pitsigavdaki, Antonio Marangoni, Irini Flouri, Spyridon Katechis

“…Hydroxychloroquine prevented total (HR: 0.37; 0.26 to 0.53) and severe flares (HR: 0.33; 0.21 to 0.52), while mycophenolate and azathioprine reduced overall flares. …”
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Occurrences and characteristics of forced marriages among girls married before the age of 16 in a Northern Nigerian State by Felix O. Sanni, Olumide F. Ajani, Elizabeth A. Sanni, Zachary T. Gwa, Michael O. Dada, Yemisi B. Alabi, Donald C. Udah, Jubril A. Kareem

“…Among early married girls, 20.5% reported facing ill-treatment from their spouses, with a higher proportion (30.0%) among those coerced into marriage compared to those not coerced (17.5%). …”
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Histological staining of tick bite skin biopsies for spirochetes and Powassan virus RNA by Jihane Oufattole, Anne Piantadosi, Sam R. Telford, Alvaro C. Laga, Isaac H. Solomon

“…POWV ISH was negative in all biopsies, including one laboratory confirmed case. …”
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Area postrema syndrome in patients with autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy by Qingchen Li, Junfang Teng

“…Nausea and vomiting were observed in all 7 patients, while hiccups occurred in 5 patients. …”
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Ethnic inequalities in mental and physical multimorbidity in women of reproductive age: a data linkage cohort study by Amelia Jewell, Matthew Broadbent, Stephani Hatch, Mark Ashworth, Megan Pritchard, Sarah Dorrington, Louise Howard, Raquel Catalao

“…Objectives Explore inequalities in risk factors, mental and physical health morbidity in non-pregnant women of reproductive age in contact with mental health services and how these vary per ethnicity.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting Data from Lambeth DataNet, anonymised primary care records of this ethnically diverse London borough, linked to anonymised electronic mental health records (‘CRIS secondary care database’).Participants Women aged 15–40 years with an episode of secondary mental health care between January 2008 and December 2018 and no antenatal or postnatal Read codes (n=3817) and a 4:1 age-matched comparison cohort (n=14 532).Main outcome measures Preconception risk factors including low/high body mass index, smoking, alcohol, substance misuse, micronutrient deficiencies and physical diagnoses.Results Women in contact with mental health services (whether with or without severe mental illness (SMI)) had a higher prevalence of all risk factors and physical health diagnoses studied. …”
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Examining the mental health of siblings of children with a mental disorder: A scoping review protocol. by John E Krzeczkowski, Terrance J Wade, Brendan F Andrade, Dillon Browne, Busra Yalcinoz-Ucan, Negin A Riazi, Elizabeth Yates, Andrea Tagalakis, Karen A Patte

“…This protocol describes the methodology for a scoping review that will examine how mental disorders in children impact the mental health of their sibling(s). Further, we aim to examine the role of sex, gender, birth order, age of each child, and familial factors (e.g., parent mental illness, family structure), in sibling mental health. …”
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Features of the course of post-COVID-19 primary and recurrent herpetic keratitis by G.I. Drozhzhyna, K.V. Sereda, N.I. Khramenko

“…COVID-19 severity was defined as mild (without evidence of viral pneumonia), moderate (pneumonia not treated at the intensive care unit (ICU)) and severe (treatment at the ICU). …”
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Gait-based Parkinson’s disease diagnosis and severity classification using force sensors and machine learning by Navita, Pooja Mittal, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Anjani Kumar Rai, Sarita Simaiya, Umesh Kumar Lilhore, Vimal Kumar

“…The proposed dual-stage model utilized a hypertuned Random Forest Tree (RFT) to classify the subjects into PD and non-PD classes at Stage 1 and a hypertuned Ensemble Regressor (ER) to predict the severity of illness at Stage 2. Further, we have implemented the proposed model on the data signals gathered from both feet of 166 participants using Vertical Ground Reaction Force Sensors (VGRF). …”
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Associations of maternal night shift work during pregnancy with DNA methylation in offspring: a meta-analysis in the PACE consortium by Irene F. Marques, Carola Domènech-Panicello, Madelon L. Geurtsen, Thanh T. Hoang, Rebecca Richmond, Kristen Polinski, Lea Sirignano, Christian M. Page, Anne-Claire Binter, Todd Everson, Amber Burt, Michael Deuschle, Maria Gilles, Fabian Streit, Sunni L. Mumford, Per Magnus, Irwin K. M. Reiss, Marijn J. Vermeulen, Stephanie H. Witt, Inês Chaves, Edwina Yeung, Stephanie J. London, Mònica Guxens, Janine F. Felix

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