Calciphylaxis in POEMS syndrome: Case report by Danica Novacic, Thomas Uldrick, Alina Dulau-Florea, Colleen Evans Howe, Chyi-Chia R. Lee, Heidi H. Kong, William A. Gahl

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Ethnobotanical Survey and Conservation Strategies of Medicinal Plants Used in Masulita Sub-County in Wakiso District. by Musoke, Ronald

“…Leaves (53.28%), stem bark (16.39%), and roots (11.48%) were the most commonly used plant parts for preparing medicinal remedies. …”
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Cardiotoxicity of Chemotherapeutic Drugs (Literature Review and Clinical Case Description) by Avagimyan Ashot A., Mkrtchyan Lusine G.

“…However, in our country there is still no coordination of scientific research in this area, as a result – there are no multifaceted studies, manuals and recommendations, scientific and practical programs for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various manifestations of cardiotoxicity. …”
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Assessment of the Poisoning among the Child Under Five Years in Mosul City by Hanady J. Mahmood

“…Conclusion: The study concluded that kerosene oil poisoning was the most common with the age group between (2-3) years most commonly involved. …”
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Estimating Uncertainty of Economically Optimum N Fertilizer Rates by Martin Bachmaier, Markus Gandorfer

“…However, computer programs do not calculate confidence intervals for 𝑁opt derived from quadratic yield response model or other commonly used models. …”
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Education and Training Needs in the Field of Local Development in the Lower Danube Macro Region by Laurenţiu Tăchiciu, Nicola Yankov, Alina Elena Balalia

“…The paper emphasizes the factors which explain the reasons why cooperation between universities in raising the expertise in local development maters on both sides of Lower Danube is required and desirable, such as the vicinity, the common opportunities and responsibilities related to having Danube as a common asset, the similarities in development patterns, the common challenge of European integration, use of EU support and better exploitation of the Internal Market, the need to speed up the modernisation process and to achieve some economies of scope and scale. …”
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Simulation of daylight in the classroom, using an adaptive shell (a case study of a classroom in the city of Yazd) by Narmin Khairy, Mostafa Khairy

“…<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 14.2pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in -28.35pt .0001pt -28.35pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-language: FA;">Today, with the acceleration of scientific advances in all fields, especially new construction and software technologies, attention to the use of renewable energy to reduce environmental pollution has been placed at the forefront of research programs. The use of a huge source of sunlight in the building, although it has been common for a long time, has become a necessity for survival today. …”
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Pedigree reconstruction based on genotype data in chickens by Yan Zhou, Qunpu Wang, Qiulian Wang, Yiyuan Yan, Guangqi Li, Guiqin Wu, Ning Yang, Chaoliang Wen

“…However, in commercial chicken breeding, pedigree errors and omissions are common. The large-scale application of genomic selection provides an opportunity to reconstruct chicken pedigrees using SNP markers. …”
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Abortion-related complications in Brazil: results from the World Health Organization Multi-country Survey on Abortion (MCS-A) by Nelio Neves Veiga Junior, Luiz Francisco Cintra Baccaro, Adriana Mendonça da Silva Alexandrino, Alexandre Volta Andrade do Nascimento, Camila Tereza Camilo Clerot, Cintya Andreia do Nascimento Santos, Claudia Lucrécia de Matos Silva, Claudio Lucio de Medeiros Albuquerque, Débora Paulo Santos, Demétrio Antonio Gonçalves da S. Gomes, Édson Cunha de Araújo Junior, Elizabete das Chagas Vilanova, Georgina Costa Teixeira, Graciete Helena Nascimento dos Santos, Guilherme Augusto Guerra Avelar, Iara Elce Lopes Barros, Jaqueline Polon Abboud, Jeane Cristina Antas Lins, Joanne Thalita Pereira Silva, Kelma H. Aguiar de Lucena, Lara Wanderley Paes Barbosa, Lia Ferreira Caixeta Barreto de Siqueira, Luciana de Melo Freitas Carneiro, Lucila Nagata, Márcia de Oliveira Pereira Lúcio, Maria Cleane Rodrigues da Silva, Maria da Conceição Ribeiro Simões, Maria Fernanda da Mota Magalhães, Mariana Viana Almeida, Michelle Regina Faria Lira, Nádia Martins de Paula Souza, Rafael Martins Papa, Rafael Ribeiro Matos, Renata Porto Pinheiro, Roberta Souza dos Anjos, Suelen Miranda de Jesus, Tedy Roger Flores Ynturias, Valéria Cristina Gonçalves, Viviane Resende de Abreu Caetano

“…Nine out of ten women treated in Brazilian public hospitals due to abortion-related complications undergo some surgical procedure, the most common of which is uterine curettage. Approximately four in every hundred women experience severe complications. …”
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Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention on psychological distress among women with a history of gender-based violence in urban Kenya: A randomised clinical trial. by Richard A Bryant, Alison Schafer, Katie S Dawson, Dorothy Anjuri, Caroline Mulili, Lincoln Ndogoni, Phiona Koyiet, Marit Sijbrandij, Jeannette Ulate, Melissa Harper Shehadeh, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Mark van Ommeren

“…Although there are effective treatments for common mental disorders associated with GBV, they typically require lengthy treatment programs that may limit scaling up in LMICs. …”
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Molecular and serological evidence of chikungunya virus among dengue suspected patients in Sri Lanka by Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Maurine Mumo Mutua, Shingo Inoue, Yuki Takamatsu, Satoshi Kaneko, Takeshi Urano, Rohitha Muthugala, Lakkumar Fernando, Menaka Hapugoda, YINS Gunawardene, Kouichi Morita

“…These findings underscore the importance of public health interventions, including surveillance programs and vaccine development, to mitigate the burden of CHIKV in Sri Lanka.…”
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Antibiogram use on dairy cattle for bovine respiratory disease: Factors associated with bacterial pathogen identification and prediction of bacterial recovery using machine learnin... by Hugo F. Monteiro, Alejandro Hoyos-Jaramillo, Adriana Garzon, Heather M. Fritz, Craig C. Miramontes, Isabelle M. Matos, Terry W. Lehenbauer, Sharif Aly, Fabio S. Lima, Richard V. Pereira

“…Our objective was to evaluate factors associated with the recovery of common pathobionts (Pasteurella multocida and Mannheimia haemolytica) in BRD clinical cases from preweaning calves, heifers, and cows at 3 California dairy farms over 2 yr. …”
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Variations in the quality of tuberculosis care in urban India: A cross-sectional, standardized patient study in two cities. by Ada Kwan, Benjamin Daniels, Vaibhav Saria, Srinath Satyanarayana, Ramnath Subbaraman, Andrew McDowell, Sofi Bergkvist, Ranendra K Das, Veena Das, Jishnu Das, Madhukar Pai

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>During 2014-2017, pilot programs engaged the private health sector to improve TB management in Mumbai and Patna. …”
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A mechanism-based group psychotherapy approach to aggressive behavior (MAAP) in borderline personality disorder: a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial by Christine Sigrist, Andreas Bechdolf, Katja Bertsch, Robin Bullenkamp, Martin Busse, Ute gr. Darrelmann, Astrid Dempfle, Martin Driessen, Thomas Frodl, Jan-Michael Kersting, Jessica Kesik, Burkhart Matzke, Corinne Neukel, Eva Niessen, Svenja Nückel, Viola Oertel, Frank Padberg, Alexandra Philipsen, Dorothee Pink, Andreas Reif, Matthias Reinhard, Carolin Steuwe, Larissa Wolkenstein, Sabine C. Herpertz, the MAAP Consortium

“…Abstract Background High levels of trait anger and aggressive behavior are common and problematic phenomena in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). …”
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California Stress, Trauma, and Resilience Study (CalSTARS) protocol: A multiomics-based cross-sectional investigation and randomized controlled trial to elucidate the biology of AC... by Lauren Y. Kim, Sophia Miryam Schüssler-Fiorenza Rose, Summer Mengelkoch, Daniel P. Moriarity, Jeffrey Gassen, Jenna C. Alley, Lydia G. Roos, Tao Jiang, Arash Alavi, Durga Devi Thota, Xinyue Zhang, Dalia Perelman, Tamar Kodish, Janice L. Krupnick, Michelle May, Katy Bowman, Jenna Hua, Yaping Joyce Liao, Alicia F. Lieberman, Atul J. Butte, Patricia Lester, Shannon M. Thyne, Joan F. Hilton, Michael P. Snyder, George M. Slavich

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Increasing COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Uptake in the Take Care Texas Community-Based Randomized Trial: Adaptive Geospatial Analysis by Kehe Zhang, Jocelyn V Hunyadi, Marcia C de Oliveira Otto, Miryoung Lee, Zitong Zhang, Ryan Ramphul, Jose-Miguel Yamal, Ashraf Yaseen, Alanna C Morrison, Shreela Sharma, Mohammad Hossein Rahbar, Xu Zhang, Stephen Linder, Dritana Marko, Rachel White Roy, Deborah Banerjee, Esmeralda Guajardo, Michelle Crum, Belinda Reininger, Maria E Fernandez, Cici Bauer

“…COVID-19 burden and community disparity exhibited some common geographical patterns but also displayed distinct variations, particularly at different time points throughout this study. …”
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Comparison of the Clinical Profile of Patients with Glaucoma Between Private and Government Clinics in the Philippines by Edgar Felipe U. Leuenberger, MD, DPBO, Marie Joan Therese D. Balgos, MD, DPBO, Shalam Siao-Mariano, MD, DPBO, Denise Polly Chao-Po, MD, DPBO, Irene R. Felarca, MD, DPBO, Rainier Victor A. Covar, MD, DPBO, Nilo Vincent FlorCruz, MD, DPBO, John Mark S. De Leon, MD, DPBO, Jose Ma. D. Martinez, MD, DPBO, Joseph Anthony J. Tumbocon, MD, DPBO, Maria Imelda Yap-Veloso, MD, DPBO, Robert Edward T. Ang, MD, DPBO, James Paul S. Gomez, MD, DPBO, Noel D. Atienza, MD, DPBO

“…Within-group analysis showed that laser iridotomy and trabeculectomy were the most commonly performed laser and surgical procedures in both institution types. …”
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Pilot study of a comprehensive multidisciplinary inpatient-based approach to smoking cessation in patients with vascular disease by Tanner Kim, MD, Anand Brahmandam, MBBS, Dana Alameddine, MD, Rachel Forman, MD, Amin Hardik, MD, Lisa Fucito, PhD, Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD, Raul Guzman, MD, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS, MPH

“…Patients were given appointments for a smoking cessation program visit and routine provider follow-up was scheduled. …”
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Testing a systematically braided alcohol reduction and HIV status neutral intervention among people receiving STI care in Malawi: study protocol for a pilot hybrid type 1 effective... by Kathryn E. Lancaster, Agatha K. Bula, Mitch M. Matoga, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Irving F. Hoffman, Irving F. Hoffman, Jaslyn A. Grullon, Eric Umar, Jimmy Msolola, Jessica F. Magidson, Jessica L. Bonumwezi, Judith A. Hahn, Angela M. Parcesepe

“…BackgroundHeavy alcohol use is common in Malawi among people receiving sexually transmitted infections (STI) care and is a critical barrier to the success of HIV prevention and treatment efforts.MethodsThis protocol presents a pilot hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial evaluating the short-term effectiveness and implementation of a scalable evidence-based intervention (EBI) to reduce alcohol use and provide HIV prevention and treatment counseling for people with heavy drinking receiving STI care in Malawi. …”
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Physical Activity and Quality of Life After Distal Femur Tumor Resection and Limb Salvage by Dimitra C. Galanis, Ioannis Zafeiris, Fotini M. Soukakou, Dimitra P. Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis Gavriil, Ioannis G. Trikoupis, Olga D. Savvidou, Konstantinos Vlasis, Vasileios A. Kontogeorgakos, Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos

“…These findings highlight the potential benefits of tailored rehab programs to improve long-term health and QoL in sarcoma survivors, although larger studies are needed for more comprehensive insights.…”
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