Acompanhamento ambulatorial de pacientes com mielomeningocele em um hospital pediátrico Follow-up of myelomeningocele patients in the outclinic of a pediatric hospital by J. Francisco Salomão, Renê D. Leibinger, João G.S. Carvalho, Jose Alvaro B. Pinheiro, Gianne L. Lucchesi, Vera Bomfim

“…Only 66.6% had a regular rehabilitation program and nearly 50% had routine orthopedics consultations. …”
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Effect of a honey-sweetened beverage on muscle soreness and recovery of performance after exercise-induced muscle damage in strength-trained females by Hadis Hemmati, Walaa Jumah Alkasasbeh, Mohammad Hemmatinafar, Mohsen Salesi, Sepideh Pirmohammadi, Babak Imanian, Rasoul Rezaei

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Impact Assessment of an Educational Intervention Toward Rational Antibiotic Use Among Community Pharmacists in Nepal by Kafle S, Jha N, Shankar PR, Bhandary S, Palaian S

“…Sixty-one CPs (37.6%) mentioned that patients had no time and budget to visit physicians, and 42 (25.92%) mentioned that CPs were competent to treat common infections. Total KAP scores improved significantly among different subgroups of respondents after the intervention. …”
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Utility of reticulocyte hemoglobin as a new predictor of anemia in intensive care unit patients by Manuel De la Cruz-Garcinuño, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Pablo Lasa-Berasain, Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Michał Czapla, Michał Czapla, Lourdes García-Muñoz, Enrique Polo-Andrade, Carmen Sarmiento, Javier Rodero-Martínez, Mirian Alonso-Arias, Saray López-Tornero, Manuel Quintana-Díaz, Manuel Quintana-Díaz

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Clinical and social aspects of dysmenorrhea development by L. V. Pakharenko

“…Chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia, pain which is not related to menstrual cycle, are more common symptoms associated with secondary dysmenorrhea compared to primary one (P < 0.05). …”
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Utility of the aspirin and P2Y12 response assays to determine the effects of antiplatelet agents in patients with subdural hematoma undergoing neurosurgery by Ombretta Para, Christian Carleo, Francesco Bucci, Lucia Lipari, Asim Raza, Edoardo Cesaroni, Chiara La Rovere, Simone Orlandini, Gastone Pansini, Alberto Parenti, Giovanni Muscas, Alessandro Della Puppa

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Collecting Real-World Data via an In-Home Smart Medication Dispenser: Longitudinal Observational Study of Survey Panel Persistency, Response Rates, and Psychometric Properties by Benjamin Ogorek, Thomas Rhoads, Erica Smith

“…For mean score intervals [0, 0.5), [−0.5, 0.5), and [0.5, 1], self-transitions were the most common, with 59.8% (140/234) of patients starting and staying in [0.5, 1]. …”
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Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Human Papilloma Virus in Lung Cancer by Abbas R. Ibraheem Al-Fatlawy, Liwaa H. Mahdi

“… Background: Lung cancer is the common repeated cause of death in both gender. The highest risk factor for lung tumor is the smoking and the relationship of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and lung tumor has been reported. …”
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Software Implementation of the Epps-Pulley Criterion in Matlab Modeling Environment by A. A. Tipikin, A. A. Prusakov, N. A. Timoshenko

“…Modeling systems and programming platforms provide ample opportunities for the use of statistical tools in research activities. …”
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Parental hesitancy on COVID-19 vaccination of children under the age of 16: A cross-sectional mixed-methods study among factory workers. by Kyaw Thiha Aung, Ye Minn Htun, Zin Lin Htet, Yan Naing Myint Soe, Phyo Ko Ko, Win Oo, May Soe Aung, Tun Tun Win

“…Male (AOR: 3.04, 95% CI: 1.35-6.84) and those who were not infected with SARS-CoV-2 (AOR: 2.66, 95% CI: 1.06-6.70) were significantly associated with parental COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The most common reasons for the unwillingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccination to their children were too young for vaccination, concerns about the safety of the vaccines, uncertainty about the effectiveness of the vaccines, and lack of trust in the origin of the vaccines.…”
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Precision Oral Medicine: A DPR Segmentation and Transfer Learning Approach for Detecting Third Molar Compress Inferior Alveolar Nerve by Yuan-Jin Lin, Shih-Lun Chen, Yi-Cheng Mao, Tsung-Yi Chen, Cheng-Hao Peng, Tzu-Hsiang Tsai, Kuo-Chen Li, Chiung-An Chen, Wei-Chen Tu, Patricia Angela R. Abu

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Safety and effectiveness of triple-drug therapy with ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine, and albendazole in reducing lymphatic filariasis prevalence and clearing circulating filarial a... by Christabel Khaemba, Sammy M. Njenga, Wyckliff P. Omondi, Elvis Kirui, Margaret Oluka, Anastacia Guantai, Eleni Aklillu

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Evaluation of Preclinical Efficacy of Curcumin-Loaded Bicosome Systems in Amelioration of Oral Mucositis by Daniela Vergara, Claudia Sanhueza, Susana Méndez, Mariela Bustamante, Benjamín Vega, Francisca Acevedo, Olga López

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Detection of genetic sex using a qPCR-based method in the bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) by Yi-Chien Lee, Li-Lun Tang, Yu-Chen Yeh, Hau-Wen Li, Huei-Mien Ke, Cheng-Ju Yang, Chun-I Chiang, Chia-Hui Wang, Yung-Che Tseng, Ching-Fong Chang, Isheng Jason Tsai, Guan-Chung Wu

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RESILINK: increasing resilience of smallholders with multi-platforms linking localized resource sharing by Congduc Pham

“…Increasing the resilience of smallholders to face unexpected crises is a multidimensional challenge that requires a multifaceted policy. However, common to most crisis situations, the restrictions on movements has many impacts on the availability of distant resources such as agricultural supplies, equipment, services, labours and access to markets to name a few.…”
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Clinical significance of hemostasiological screening for thrombophilia in pregnant women with former thrombosis by J. Kh. Khizroeva, N. N. Babaeva, N. A. Makatsariya, I. Elalamy, J-C. Gris

“…Homozygous polymorphisms of the PAI-1 4G/4G (45.8 %) and prothrombin F2 Thr165Met (20.8 %) genes were significantly more common in women with former thrombosis and obstetric complications compared with the control group (p &lt; 0.001 and p = 0.023, respectively; odds ratio = 6.744; 95 % confidence interval = 1.195–38.056).Conclusion. …”
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Modern options of endoscopic retrograde stenting of bile ducts in treatment of obstructive jaundice at malignant pancreatobiliary tumors by S. A. Budzinsky, S. G. Shapovalyants, Ye. D. Fedorov, A. G. Mylnikov, D. V. Bakhtiozina

“…With the help of the comprehensive diagnostic program providing ultrasound investigation, computer tomography, endoscopic ultrasonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, it was possible to determine in 207 (72,1%) cases the distal block of biliary tract due to tumors of MDP, terminal CBD portion, distal part of common bile duct and pancreatic head, and the proximal block in 80 (27,9%) cases at lesions of gallbladder, hepatico-choledochal duct, lobar hepatic ducts or compression of proximal biliary tree by lymph nodes of hepatoduodenal ligament.Results. …”
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Automated Caries Detection Under Dental Restorations and Braces Using Deep Learning by Yi-Cheng Mao, Yuan-Jin Lin, Jen-Peng Hu, Zi-Yu Liu, Shih-Lun Chen, Chiung-An Chen, Tsung-Yi Chen, Kuo-Chen Li, Liang-Hung Wang, Wei-Chen Tu, Patricia Angela R. Abu

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The Relationship between Serum Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Dietary Inflammatory Index in Children with Recurrent Respiratory Infections by Natalia Związek, Anna Prescha, Daiva Gorczyca, Mariola Paściak, Bogumiła Szponar, James R. Hebert

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COVID-19 symptoms at time of testing and association with positivity among outpatients tested for SARS-CoV-2. by David A Wohl, Amir H Barzin, Sonia Napravnik, Thibaut Davy-Mendez, Jason R Smedberg, Cecilia M Thompson, Laura Ruegsegger, Matt Gilleskie, David J Weber, Herbert C Whinna, Melissa B Miller

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Between March 16 and September 3, 2020, we examined the characteristics and symptoms reported by individuals presenting to a large outpatient testing program in the Southeastern US for nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 RNA RT-PCR testing. …”
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