Mid-Epidemic Forecasts of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: A Bivariate Model Applied to the UK by Peter Congdon

“…We also consider the longer-term postlockdown epidemic profile to assess epidemic containment, using a two-phase model. Results. Fit to interim mid-epidemic data show better fit to training data and better cross-validation performance for a Poisson-log-Student model. …”
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Modulating delirium through stimulation (MoDeSt): study protocol for a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial assessing the effect of postoperative transcranial electrical... by Sophie Leroy, Viktor Bublitz, Ulrike Grittner, Robert Fleischmann, Falk von Dincklage, Daria Antonenko

“…Abstract Background Postoperative delirium (POD) is the most common neurological adverse event among elderly patients undergoing surgery. …”
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Pure Neuritic Leprosy In Children With Grade 2 Disability On Hands And Feet: A Rare Case And Literature Review by Gunawan H, Ruchiatan K, Puspitosari D, Hindritiani R, Usman HA, Widjaja S

“…On physical examination, there were finger contractures on both hands and feet, accompanied by bilateral ulnar, common peroneal, and posterior tibial nerve enlargement without any skin lesions. …”
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ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF CLOUD SERVICES FOR DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS by Tetiana V. Bondarenko, Nadia M. Stetsenko, Volodymyr P. Stetsenko, Halyna V. Tkachuk

“…A webometric analysis of these cloud services resulted in the identification of the top 10 resources commonly employed for presentation creation, including Prezi, Sway, Slides, PowToon, Canva, ZohoShow, Genial.ly, Emaze, Piktochart, VideoScribe, among others. …”
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Relationship between Blood Lipid Profiles and Risk of Lupus Nephritis in Children by Jiajia Liu, Wenqi Song, Dawei Cui

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a relatively common rheumatic disease in children. The characteristics of blood lipid metabolism in children with LN are little reported. …”
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أنماط الافادة من شبکات التواصل الاجتماعیة و المهنیة لدى عینة من أعضاء هیئة التدریس بالجامعات المصریة... by د. اسماء محمد السید

“…The study relies on collecting the data on a questionnaire prepared bythe researcher consisting of 50 items.The study came out with the following results:1. The most commonly used age groups for social and professional networksare the youth group, a group of less than 30 years old.2. …”
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Gout Flare Burden in the United States: A Multiyear Cross‐Sectional Survey Study by Jasvinder A. Singh, Amy Morlock, Robert Morlock

“…Conclusion This study confirmed that gout flares are common in US adults with gout and found that gout flares are underreported. …”
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Strength Comparison of Unreinforced Masonry Wall Made of Different Types of Brick by Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Abul Hasnat, Raquib Ahsan, Ahmed Tohameem Alam

“…This study will aid in the comprehension of the behavior of both types of bricks used in masonry construction, given that masonry is a common building material.…”
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Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa's pharmacological properties and health effects: A scoping review of current evidence. by Xin Yi Lim, Terence Yew Chin Tan, Siti Hajar Muhd Rosli, Muhammad Nor Farhan Sa'at, Syazwani Sirdar Ali, Ami Fazlin Syed Mohamed

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Hemp (Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa), commonly used for industrial purposes, is now being consumed by the public for various health promoting effects. …”
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Neuroendocrine Neoplasms of the Gallbladder: A Clinicopathological Analysis of 13 Patients and a Review of the Literature by Pengyan Wang, Jingci Chen, Ying Jiang, Congwei Jia, Junyi Pang, Shan Wang, Xiaoyan Chang

“…GB-MiNENs were the most common type of GB-NENs in our case series, and neuroendocrine components exhibited more aggressive lymph node metastasis and local invasion than adenocarcinoma. …”
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Analysis of Vaginal Microbiome in Women with or Without Episodes of Spontaneous Abortion in Eastern Nigeria by Felix Emele Emele, Prisca Onyeulor, Francisca Nwaokorie, Damian Asogwa

“… OBJECTIVES: Spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) is a common adverse pregnancy outcome earth-wide, and has remained a challenge in Nigeria. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-analysis by Xin Feng, Jie Hu, Xin Zhang

“…BackgroundSmall intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been reported to be very common among individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and the prevalence of SIBO is highly variable. …”
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Assessment of trade-off balance of maize stover use for bioenergy and soil erosion mitigation in Western Kenya by Keiji Jindo, Keiji Jindo, Golaleh Ghaffari, Manisha Lamichhane, Asher Lazarus, Yoshito Sawada, Hans Langeveld

“…Sustainable resource management is critical, with maize stover—a common lignocellulosic crop residue—proposed as a source for biogas and bioslurry production. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Degradable Mulching Film on the Growth, Yield and Economic Benefit of Garlic by Jiangping Song, Huixia Jia, Yang Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Wenlong Yang, Tingting Zhang, Naijian Wang, Jianqiang Yang, Haiping Wang

“…To promote the adoption of biodegradable mulch film (BDM) in garlic cultivation, we investigate the effects of BDMs with thicknesses of 0.006 mm, 0.008 mm, and 0.010 mm on garlic growth and soil properties, comparing them with the commonly used PEM 0.008 mm. The results indicated that the agronomic traits of garlic were significantly improved under both PEM and BDMs compared to no mulching, with yield increases ranging from 75.42% to 90.39%. …”
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Enhancing newborn screening sensitivity and specificity for missed NICCD using selected amino acids and acylcarnitines by Peiyao Wang, Lingwei Hu, Yuhe Chen, Duo Zhou, Shasha Zhu, Ting Zhang, Ziyan Cen, Qimin He, Benqing Wu, Xinwen Huang

“…Validation demonstrated a true positive rate of 91.67% and a true negative rate of 96.48%. Common SLC25A13 mutations in both groups were c.852_855del, IVS16ins3kb, and c.615 + 5G > A. …”
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Adverse drug reactions, multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a prospective analysis of 1 month of medical admissions by Girvan Burnside, Munir Pirmohamed, Rostam Osanlou, Dyfrig A Hughes, Lauren Walker

“…Those with an ADR were on average taking more medicines (10.5 vs 7.8, p&lt;0.01) and had more comorbidities than those without an ADR (6.1 vs 5.2, p&lt;0.01). Drugs most commonly implicated were diuretics, steroid inhalers, anticoagulants and antiplatelets, proton pump inhibitors, chemotherapeutic agents and antihypertensives. 40.4% of ADRs were classified avoidable or possibly avoidable. …”
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PROBLEMS OF DIPLOMACY IN THE PROCESS OF EURASIAN INTEGRATION by A. A. Durdyyeva

“…The successful functioning of the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space were preconditions to the project of the Eurasian Union. …”
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The influencing factors of the erythropoietin resistance index and its association with all-cause mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients by Xinju Zhao, Liangying Gan, Fan Fan Hou, Xinling Liang, Xiaonong Chen, Yuqing Chen, Zhaohui Ni, Li Zuo

“…Anemia is a common complication of chronic kidney disease with major option treatment of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). …”
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Analysing Methods of Measuring the Level of Development Based on the Experimental Data by Farzad Karimi, Mostafa Ahmadvand, Ali Heidari

“…This study aims at identifying optimal method for masuring degree and level of development with resprct to models commonly used (Taxonomy, TOPSIS, Moris, SAW, and VIKOR). …”
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Early urea-to-creatinine ratio to predict rapid muscle loss in critically ill patients with sepsis: a single-center retrospective observational study by Jie Jiang, Hui Chen, Shan-shan Meng, Chun Pan, Jian-Feng Xie, Feng-Mei Guo

“…The urea-to-creatinine ratio (UCR) is thought to reflect muscle breakdown (creatinine) and catabolism (urea) and is commonly used to assess nutritional and metabolic status. …”
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