Prevalence and predictors of infected diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and DFU-related osteomyelitis amongst industrial workers wearing occupational safety footwear by Sunetra Mondal, Moushumi Lodh, Sambit Sahoo, Kaushik Paul, Debasis Biswas, Chaitanya Krishna, Ashok Parida, Arunangshu Ganguly, Riddhi DasGupta

“…Abstract Professionals like deep-miners and factory-workers wear specialized safety-shoes to protect against occupational hazards (OF). …”
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Satisfaction with a daily supportive text messaging program aimed at promoting psychological well-being of educators: Outcomes from implementation of the Wellness4Teachers by Belinda Agyapong, Pamela Brett-MacLean, Raquel da Luz Dias, Yifeng Wei, Vincent Israel Opoku Agyapong

“…Further, 95.4% of respondents reported that the text messages were always or often positive, and 93.3% deemed them to be always or often affirming. Elementary school teachers and administrators had significantly higher mean satisfaction scores compared to senior high school teachers and educators who selected "other" as their major role in school. …”
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Universal capillary screening for chronic autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases: feasibility and acceptability of the UNISCREEN study by Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Elisa Borgonovo, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Serena Spadoni, Barbara Fontana, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elena Rela, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giulia Pata, Eleonora Bianconi, Sabina Martinenghi, Francesca Ulivi, Cristina Renzi, Cristina Renzi, Emanuele Bosi, Emanuele Bosi, UNISCREEN Study Group, Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Elena Rela, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elisa Borgonovo, Sara Critelli, Aldo Fici, Martina Mallus, Giulia Morocutti, Giulia Pata, Clara Soggetti, Chiara Calabrese, Alberico Di Resta, Maria Pia Ruggiero, Antonella Spano’, Francesca Biasco, Manuel Stocchi, Pietro Melodia, Giuseppe Ancona, Andrea Laurenzi

“…Participants were invited to respond to feasibility and acceptability questionnaires immediately before and after the screening procedures, which included the following: capillary blood drawing for immediate measurement of metabolic parameters (glucose, glycated hemoglobin, total-, HDL- and calculated LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides) and late autoantibody assays; blood pressure measurement; brief consultation with a physician providing feed-back on immediate results and health recommendations. …”
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Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa by Mmakwena Linda Seretlo-Rangata, Tholene Sodi, Saraswathie Govender

“…Emotional distress included feelings of shame, embarrassment, anger, disappointment, hopelessness and helplessness. …”
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Optimization of Development Strategies and Injection-Production Parameters in a Fractured-Vuggy Carbonate Reservoir by Considering the Effect of Karst Patterns: Taking C Oilfield i... by Mengqin Li, Qi Wang, Chao Yao, Fangfang Chen, Qinghong Wang, Jing Zhang

“…The spatial structural characteristics of fractured-vuggy units vary greatly in different karst patterns, which significantly influence the study of remaining oil distribution patterns in ultra-deep fractured-vuggy reservoirs and the determination of the most efficient development strategies. …”
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Socio-economic inequalities in minimum dietary diversity among Ethiopian children aged 6–23 months: a decomposition analysis by Nigusu Worku, Amare Mesfin Workie, Lamrot Yohannes, Mihret Getnet, Mihret Getnet, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Adina Yeshambel Belay, Lakew Asmare, Hiwot Tadesse Alemu, Demiss Mulatu Geberu, Melak Jejaw, Kaleb Assegid Demissie, Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Asebe Hagos

“…BackgroundGlobally, inappropriate feeding practices account for more than two-thirds of all cases of child mortality during the first 2 years of a child’s life. …”
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The MBH–M∗ Relation up to z ∼ 2 through Decomposition of COSMOS-Web NIRCam Images by Takumi S. Tanaka, John D. Silverman, Xuheng Ding, Knud Jahnke, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Erini Lambrides, Masafusa Onoue, Irham Taufik Andika, Angela Bongiorno, Andreas L. Faisst, Steven Gillman, Christopher C. Hayward, Michaela Hirschmann, Anton Koekemoer, Vasily Kokorev, Zhaoxuan Liu, Georgios E. Magdis, Alvio Renzini, Caitlin Casey, Nicole E. Drakos, Maximilien Franco, Ghassem Gozaliasl, Jeyhan Kartaltepe, Daizhong Liu, Henry Joy McCracken, Jason Rhodes, Brant Robertson, Sune Toft

“…We highlight improvements to come with larger samples from JWST and, particularly, Euclid, which will exceed the statistical power of current wide and deep surveys.…”
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Pattern of Disinfection of Root Canal Dentin by Alternated Acid-Base Irrigating Regimen by Janir Alves Soares, Maria Auxiliadora Roque de Carvalho, Suelleng Maria Cunha Santos Soares, Rodrigo Dantas Pereira, Manoel Brito-Júnior, Paula Prazeres Magalhães, Isabel Alessandra Miranda Nunes, Rudys Rodolpho de Jesus Tavarez, Claudia de Castro Rizzi, Rafaela Nogueira Moreira, Luiz de Macêdo Farias, Etevaldo Matos Maia Filho

“…After 2 weeks, S3 was obtained. Two roots were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Impact of vitamin E and selenium supplementation on growth, reproductive performance, and oxidative stress in dexamethasone-stressed Japanese quail cocks by Ifeanyi Emmanuel Uzochukwu, Luke Chukwudi Ali, Bright Chigozie Amaefule, Chisom C. Okeke, Charles Onochie Osita, Ndubuisi Samuel Machebe, Vesela Yancheva, Dóra Somogyi, Krisztián Nyeste

“…No marked differences were seen in the plasma glutathione peroxidase activities across groups. …”
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REPEATED THERAPEUTIC LEUKAPHERESIS - A SOLE TREATMENT DURING PREGNANCY AS A BRIDGE BEFORE TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN WITH CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA – A CASE... by Ivan Tonev, Chavdar Botev, Georgui Balatzenko, Milcho Mincheff

“…The patient was treated with two consecutive leukaphereses followed by weekly apheresis for about 3,5 months until the day of the delivery. …”
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Salivary Lactate Dehydrogenase in Relationship to the Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy among Newborn Infants by Hend Elmoursi, Mohamed Abdalla, Bader Eldin Mesbah, Abdelmoneim Khashana

“…The cases in the HIE group were assigned into three stages according to the Sarnat and Sarnat staging system: stage I: mild (irritable, normal, or hypertonia and poor feeding); stage II: moderate (lethargy, hypotonia, and frequent seizure); stage III: severe (coma, flaccid, absent reflexes, and frequent seizure). …”
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Research on new energy power plant network traffic anomaly detection method based on EMD by Danni Liu, Shengda Wang, YutongLi, Ji Du, Jia Li

“…The efficiency of PV power plants and their ability to meet application requirements are both impacted by the communication infrastructures that are responsible for real-time monitoring. …”
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Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on Caregivers in the United States by Megan Vu, Rohan Mangal, Thor Stead, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz, Latha Ganti

“…Love and a strong sense of duty seem to be the primary motivation for caregivers to take care of a patient. …”
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Exploratory study of patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring using survey and interviews by Keith Wilson, Nigel Westwood, Catherine Wloch, Pauline Harrington, Luke J Rogers, Judith Tanner, Gavin Murphy, Colin S Brown, Jeremy Dearling, Ricky Vaja, Melissa Rochon, Lyn Brierley Jones

“…Interviewees described feeling isolated after discharge from hospital and 10% of survey patient respondents, including four of the six interviewees, reported hospital readmissions. …”
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Inpatient and Emergency Room Ophthalmology Consultations at a Tertiary Care Center by Daniel J. Oh, Levi N. Kanu, Judy L. Chen, Ahmad A. Aref, William F. Mieler, Peter W. MacIntosh

“…Ophthalmology consultations in a hospital present unique challenges to those seen in an outpatient clinic, for which the consulting ophthalmologist should be prepared. …”
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An overview of the status, productivity and determinants of improved forage technology adoption in Ethiopia: a review by Mamaru Tesfaye, Lemma Tessema

“…Generally, to intensify the likelihood of the adoption of improved forage technologies, policymakers and concerned stakeholders should focus on strengthening the research-extension-farmers (R-E-F) linkage, adult education, and capacity building, coaching farmers to access improved forage seeds, information on forage husbandry and feeding, strengthening extension systems as well as capabilities which can improve the livelihoods of smallholder dairy farmers. …”
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SMARCA4-related Coffin-Siris syndrome in newborn: a case report and literature review by Yuqian Wang, Li Zhang, Jing Zhu, Liu Yang, Chan Wang, Ning Zou

“…The common otolaryngologic features of 23 patients with CSS in SMARCA4 gene variant included palate abnormalities, feeding difficulties, ear abnormalities and hearing loss.ConclusionCoffin-Siris syndrome is a rare genetic disease inherited in an autosomal-dominated manner. …”
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Inhibition Mechanism of Pleurotus citrinipileatus Sing. Ergothioneine on Pancreatic Lipase Activity by Zhangchen XIA, Xiaohui MENG, Ru FANG, Yanqing MAO, Junwen CHENG, Yanbin WANG, Juan XU, Liang HE

“…This study was beneficial for the deep understanding the hyperlipidemia of PCEGT from molecular mechanism and boosted the future health food processing of Pleurotus citrinipileatus Sing..…”
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Realization of the genetic potential of frost hardiness in apple hybrids of different ploidy by N. G. Krasova, Z. E. Ozherelieva, A. M. Galasheva

“…Methods of a winter hardiness study in the field and laboratory conditions were used by modelling damage factors in a “ESPEC” PSL-2 KPN deep-freezer . It was determined that by early December the genotypes gained a good hardening and displayed the resistance of vitally important tissues to early winter frosts up to 30 °C (frost resistance component I). …”
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Application of Polypyrrole Cellulose Nanocrystalline Composite Conductive Material in Garment Design by Si Su, Shaoying Hu, Qi Liu

“…The Chinese nation has a long cultural history and has deep attainments in food, clothing, art, and other cultural fields. …”
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