CURRENT APPROACHES TO REDUCING ALCOHOLISM IN THE REGION'S POPULATION (USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE KRASNOYARSK TERRITORY) by Андрей Владимирович Шульмин, Наталья Владимировна Тихонова, Ольга Юрьевна Кутумова

“…Descriptive statistics are presented as percentages and standard errors. Comparative statistics were performed using the Chi-square test with Yates' correction and Fisher's exact test. …”
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Improving medical certification of cause of death in Assiut University Children Hospital: an intervention study by Omaima El-Gibaly, Mohamed Gamil Mohamed Abo Elela, Yasser Farouk Abdel-Raheem Rizk, Shimaa Hosny Hassan Mahmoud

“…Conclusion Accurate reporting of the medical cause of death can be achieved by educational intervention targeting physicians with institutionalizing of audit system for continuous quality improvement.…”
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Predicting Weaning Weight of Romanov Lambs From Biometric Measurements Before Weaning Age Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Mehmet Eroğlu, Ali Osman Turgut, Mürsel Küçük, Muhammed Furkan Önen

“…In contrast, the random forest and CatBoost models showed lower predictive performance, with higher errors in the test data. Conclusion The study suggests that machine learning algorithms, particularly gradient boosting and XGBoost, show promising potential in predicting the weaning weight of lambs. …”
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Calculation of Sensitivity and Specificity from Partial Data for Meta-Analyses: Introducing Some Practical Methods by Reihanesadat Khatami, Mohammadsadegh Faghihi, Hannanesadat Khatami, Mahmoud Yousefifard, Seyedhesamoddin Khatami

“…Linear regression analyses indicated that higher prevalence and higher AUC reduced estimation errors. Conclusion: These methods offer practical alternatives for reconstructing diagnostic accuracy measures when data are incomplete. …”
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Email invitations to publish: Academically sound (such as SAFP) versus potentially predatory journals by Gina Joubert, Omololu Aluko

“…Conclusion: Clear differences were found between email invitations from accredited versus non-accredited journals. …”
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Comparison of Concurrent and Same-Day Balance Measurement Approaches in a Large Sample of Uninjured Collegiate Athletes by Jessica Saalfield, Kelsey L. Piersol, Robert Monaco, Jason Womack, Scott A Weismiller, Carrie Esopenko, Sabrina M Todaro, Fiona N Conway, Kyle Brostrand, Jennifer F. Buckman

“…# Background Measures of postural stability are useful in assisting the diagnosing and managing of athlete concussion. Error counting using the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) is the clinical standard, but has notable limitations. …”
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Perception-action coupling during discriminative interceptive actions by Yu Sun, Dukchan Jang, Sangbum Park

“…Variables representing the spatial aspects of responses, including radial error, gaze error, and the spatial couplings of gaze and hand, however, remained unaffected by task conditions.ConclusionThese findings suggest that decision-making about whether to respond to moving stimuli may impair the temporal accuracy of responses by delaying perception-action coupling without severe influences on the spatial coupling of eye and hand during interceptive actions.…”
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Telemedicine and information technology in health care management: Perspectives and barriers among the nursing students by N Sheeliya White, S Sathya Franklin, N Juliet, Selvia Arokiya Mary Amalanathan, Puvaneswari Kanagaraj, Anasani Somasekhara Babu

“…These factors were identified as the primary obstacles hindering the progress of telemedicine. CONCLUSION: This study concluded that telemedicine is a critical tool to address the challenges of limited medical resources in healthcare facilities. …”
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Developmental characteristics of orientation and differentiation abilities in the control of jumping distance in preschool children by Hirohisa Kano, Alexander Kuga

“…By approximately 5 years of age, participants obtained a certain level of immediate feedback effect.ConclusionThese findings provide insight into the developmental characteristics of coordination abilities in early childhood and could help inform age-appropriate physical education approaches that support movement awareness and adaptive motor control.…”
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A peer teaching module for medical residents on critical appraisal of medical articles: context and pilot testing by Mustafa Enes Özden, Banu Cakir

“…Abstract Background The ability of healthcare providers to access and use published research correctly is crucial for the quality of healthcare services, enabling selection of the most effective treatment modalities, and avoidance of medical errors. Physicians need strong critical appraisal (CA) skills to manage rapidly evolving medical knowledge. …”
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Influence of Preclinical Training on Root Canal Treatment Technical Quality and Confidence Level of Undergraduate Dental Students by Reem M. Barakat, Manal Matoug-Elwerfelli, Rahaf A. Almohareb, Hanan A. Balto

“…Conclusion. Within the limitations of this study, additional preclinical training showed minimal effect on overall quality of root canal treatment performed clinically by undergraduate students and did not enhance their confidence levels; however, it was associated with more satisfaction with their undergraduate endodontic education.…”
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The static time of the manufactured template deviates the accuracy of implant surgery: A retrospective cohort study by LUO Yilin, LAN Dongping, MAN Yi

“…Subsequently, each group was divided into subgroups based on the different implantation sites in patients. The errors of implant placement were measured accordingly. …”
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Clinical assessment of the changes in corneal endothelium cell density, IOP and correlated factors after phakic iol implantation by A.F. Yusupov, M.Kh. Karimova, N.N. Zaynutdinov, Kh. M. Kamilov, M.S. Kasimova

“…Background. Refractive errors are leading pathology of visual organ among active age population. …”
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Benefits of medication charts provided at transitions of care: a narrative systematic review by Fine Michèle Dietrich, Kurt E Hersberger, Isabelle Arnet

“…The quality of the studies was classified predominantly weak mainly due to unmet good quality criteria (no randomised controlled trials study design, no reported dropouts).Conclusion Overall, the reviewed studies suggested some benefits when using medication charts. …”
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Students Narratives of Ethical Dilemmas and Professionalism Issues During a Rotation in Surgery by Gilles Beauchamp, Ramses Wassef, Bryn Williams-Jones

“…Professional issues were more frequently reported (n=749), subdivided into communication of bad news, professional behaviour and attitude, consent, confidentiality, truthful disclosure of sensitive results, errors, professional responsibility and commitment and relationships with colleagues. …”
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Stress strain state of double-layered ferrocement shells under the fire condition by A. V. Zhurtov, T. A. Khezhev, G. N. Khadzhishalapov, A. A. Kardanov, M. A. Shogentsukov

“…Some deviations are revealed, caused on the one hand by inaccuracies of the experiment and errors of the theory on the other hand.Conclusion. …”
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False positive results in the Widal test in adults immunized with the Commirnaty (Pfizer-BioNtech) and BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) vaccines against COVID-19 by Jeel Moya-Salazar, Lizbeth Y. Ciprian, Víctor Rojas-Zumaran, Belén Moya-Salazar, Belén Moya-Salazar, Eliane A. Goicochea-Palomino, Hans Contreras-Pulache

“…We found differences in the paratyphic B by age and gender (p < 0.05).ConclusionOur results suggest misleading results of the Widal test in patients vaccinated against COVID-19, mainly in those vaccinated with Commirnaty. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with hyperuricemia among people living with HIV in Uganda: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Uganda by Jeremiah Mutinye Kwesiga, Reagan Nkonge, Brenda Namanda, Martin Nabwana, Joseph Baruch Baluku

“…Modified Poisson regression with robust standard errors was used to assess factors associated with hyperuricemia. …”
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Modeling antibody persistence after MenACYW-TT vaccination and comparative analysis with other quadrivalent meningococcal vaccines by Laurent Coudeville, Isabelle Bertrand-Gerentes, Céline Zocchetti, Edith Langevin, Siham Bchir, Florence Coste, Philipp Oster

“…The statistical model is based on a Bayesian approach and it accounts for vaccine- and age group-specific antibody decline, missing data, assay errors, and antibody boosting from breakthrough infections. …”
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Dedicated software to harmonize the follow-up of oncological patients by Mathias Illy, Axel Bartoli, Julien Mancini, Florence Duffaud, Vincent Vidal, Farouk Tradi

“…Finally, the tumor response was not detailed in 43 % of the follow-up reports. Conclusion: The use of dedicated oncology monitoring software could help in reducing intepretation time and in limiting human errors.…”
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