An exploration of the increasing prevalence of chronic pain among Canadian veterans: Life After Service Studies 2016 and 2019 by Jhalok Ronjan Talukdar, Dena Zeraatkar, Andrew Thomas, Jason W. Busse

“…Respondents who completed the 2019 LASS were more likely to endorse an anxiety or related disorder, mood disorder, probable posttraumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury. …”
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Outcomes of a pilot randomized clinical trial testing brief interventions to increase HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among rural people who inject drugs attending syringe serv... by Hilary L. Surratt, Sarah Brown, Abby L. Burton, Will Cranford, Laura C. Fanucchi, Christie Green, Stephanie M. Mersch, Rebecca Rains, Philip M. Westgate

“…Expanding access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been endorsed as a key HIV prevention strategy; however, uptake among people who inject drugs (PWID) has been negligible in rural areas. …”
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Lifelong cardiovascular care in Turner syndrome: two cases with review of literature by Shun Moriguchi, Yuri Mukoyama, Fumihiko Takizawa, Atsushi Ogawa, Tetsushi Ogawa, Junko Ito, Yukishige Yanagawa, Chinatsu Komiyama, Rieko Niitsu, Tsuyoshi Isojima

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Jamun Seed: A Review on Bioactive Constituents, Nutritional Value and Health Benefits by Yamini Tak, Manpreet Kaur, Mool C. Jain, Mahesh Kumar Samota, Nirmal Kumar Meena, Gurpreet Kaur, Rajendra Kumar, Daisy Sharma, José M. Lorenzo, Ryszard Amarowicz

“…These seeds are a potential source of bioactive compounds including hydrolysable tannins, phenolic acids, flavonoids, other phenolics, terpenoids, phloroglucinol derivatives and saponins, which have been endorsed several biological activities, such as antidiabetic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antihyperlipidemic and antihypercholesterolemic, as well as cardioprotective, hepatoprotective and neuroprotective properties. …”
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Can the Rwandan Catholic Church Overcome its History of Politicization? A Reply to Philippe Denis by Anthony Court

“…I aim to show that,by not taking into account these important factors and their relevance for interpreting the historically close ties between church and state, Denis tends to endorse the church’s reductionist interpretation of the history of intergroup conflict and mass violence, which it attributes almost exclusively to ethnic animosity. …”
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Adsorptive Removal of Malachite Green Dye onto Coal-Associated Soil and Conditions Optimization by T. R. Sundararaman, A. Saravanan, P. Senthil Kumar, M. Millicent Mabel, R. V. Hemavathy, S. Karishma, S. Jeevanantham, R. Hemavathi, A. Ishwariya, S. Kowsalya

“…The thermodynamic parameters Gibbs free energy (ΔG°), entropy (ΔS°), and enthalpy (ΔH°) were endorsing that the present adsorption system was exothermic. …”
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Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in older adults and patients with chronic disorders: A position paper from the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, the Portuguese Association... by Tiago Alfaro, Filipe Froes, Cláudia Vicente, Rui Costa, Cristina Gavina, Rui Baptista, António Maio, Saraiva da Cunha, João Sérgio Neves, Pedro Leuschner, Sofia Duque, Paula Pinto

“…Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of lower respiratory tract infection, hospitalisation and death in adults.Methods Based on evidence regarding the impact of RSV on adult populations at risk for severe infection and the efficacy and safety of RSV vaccines, the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, the Portuguese Association of General and Family Medicine, the Portuguese Society of Cardiology, the Portuguese Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, the Portuguese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and the Portuguese Society of Internal Medicine endorses this position paper with recommendations to prevent RSV-associated disease and its complications in adults through vaccination.Conclusion The RSV vaccine is recommended for people aged ≥50 years with risk factors (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, heart failure, coronary artery disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, immunocompromise, frailty, dementia, and residence in a nursing home) and all persons aged ≥60 years. …”
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The inaccurate citation of the “Universal Declaration of Animal Rights” (UDAR) in the scientific literature: a scoping review by Alexandre Azevedo, Martin Whiting, Manuel Magalhães-Sant’Ana

“…Common errors included linking the UDAR to UNESCO (34.8%) and conferring it universal endorsement or legally binding value (10.2%). More than half (57%, 59/103) of the mentions in the ethics section contained errors, namely confusing UDAR with other animal protection texts. …”
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Adaptation and uptake evaluation of an SMS text message smoking cessation programme (MiQuit) for use in antenatal care by Felix Naughton, Stephen Sutton, Tim Coleman, Sue Cooper, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Katharine Bowker, Katarzyna Campbell, Melanie Sloan

“…Objectives To adapt a tailored short message service (SMS) text message smoking cessation intervention (MiQuit) for use without active health professional endorsement in routine antenatal care settings, to estimate ‘real-world’ uptake and test the feasibility of its use.Design Single-site service evaluation.Setting A Nottinghamshire (UK) antenatal clinic.Participants Pregnant women accessing the antenatal clinic (N=1750) over 6 months.Intervention A single-sheet A5 leaflet provided in the women's maternity notes folder describing the MiQuit text service. …”
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Factors associated with low bone mineral density in Turner syndrome: a multicenter prospective observational study by Kento Ikegawa, Eri Koga, Tomoyo Itonaga, Hideya Sakakibara, Masanobu Kawai, Yukihiro Hasegawa

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Monitoring the efficiency of organisation’s internal control and economic security system by O. A. Ageeva, Yu. D. Matytsyna

“…The research methodology consisted in the information collection and generalisation in order to build a scientific hypothesis about the subject under study, as well as in the recommendations development to improve the internal control system efficiency in the direction of ensuring the economic entity economic security. As a result, the authors proposed a monitoring algorithm that ensures the internal control system and economic security effectiveness.…”
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Kabale University Directorate of Internal Audit by Kabale University

“…Kabale University has an obligation and commitment of ensuring systems, processes and controls are effective and efficient. …”
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Observational research in epidemic settings: a roadmap to reform by Marc Lipsitch, Nicholas Evans, Alexandra L Phelan, Stephany N Duda, Annette Rid, Colin J Carlson, Jennifer B Rosen, Natalie E Dean, John Barugahare, Maya B Mathur, Emily E Ricotta, Fausto A Bustos Carrillo, Samuel Angelli-Nichols, Adia Benton, Emma Chang-Rabley, Lisa Federer, Mary-Margaret A Fill, Elizabeth C LeRoy, Natalie M Linton, Lauren Sauer, Sheena G Sullivan, Mackenzie Zendt

“…Observational studies are critical tools in clinical research and public health response, but challenges arise in ensuring the data produced by these studies are scientifically robust and socially valuable. …”
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Optimization of Engineering Pipe-Line Networks at Hydraulic Calculation by A. Savastsiyonak

“…This methodology allows to reduce cost of the networks up to 5% at the stage of designing while ensuring the same technological parameters and reliability…”
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A novel regional forecastable multiscalar standardized drought index (RFMSDI) for regional drought monitoring and assessment by Aamina Batool, Veysi Kartal, Zulfiqar Ali, Miklas Scholz, Farman Ali

“…In general, the findings endorse the effectiveness of RFMSDI for monitoring drought on a regional level.…”
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The origins of “neurology” and “neurologist”  by Andrew J Larner

“…Our clinical lives are permeated with our discipline of “neurology” (or other neuro-discipline) and our attribution as “neurologist” (or other neuro-profession).  …”
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Longitudinal impact of cross-clamp duration on postoperative sleep disturbance and quality of life in elderly cardiac surgery patients: a secondary analysis of the MINDDS trial by Grace E. Namirembe, Jamie Sparling, Alexis Novak, Ariel Mueller, Julia Bertsch, Kwame Wiredu, Jason Z. Qu, M. Brandon Westover, Timothy T. Houle, Oluwaseun Akeju

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to assess the enduring impact of cross-clamp duration on postoperative sleep disturbance and functional outcomes (up to 180 days) in cardiac surgery patients.DesignThis is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized, double-blind trial comparing dexmedetomidine to placebo for delirium prevention (Minimizing ICU Neurological Dysfunction with Dexmedetomidine-induced Sleep).SettingData from patients recruited at a tertiary medical center in Boston, Massachusetts, between March 2017 and February 2022 were analyzed in January 2024.ParticipantsThe study included 394 patients aged ≥60 who underwent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.InterventionsThe primary exposure was cross-clamp time, while secondary exposures included surgical type [isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or not] and dexmedetomidine randomization.Measurements and main resultsThe primary outcome was sleep quality, assessed using the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance questionnaire at 30, 90, and 180 days postoperatively. …”
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At-Tashbīh fī Khuṭub Khulafā’ ar-Rāshidīn (Dirāsah Balāghiyyah Bayāniyyah) by Muhammad Zaki, Fitri Setyo Rini, Arsyad Muhammad Ali Ridho, Muhammad Wahyudi

“…This research highlights the enduring impact of these rhetorical strategies on Islamic oratory and their contribution to the persuasive power of the Caliphs' speeches. …”
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The Effectiveness of Onion Extract Allium sativum to Prevent Koi Herpesvirus (KHV) Infection on Common Carp Cyprinus carpio by Sri Nuryati, P. Giri, Y. Hadiroseyani

“…The testing of the garlic extract through food could be used as efforts to increase endurance of common carp fish Cyprinus carpio to koi herpesvirus infection that was considered from blood parameter. …”
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Molecular insight into reproductive toxicity and transgenerational effects of Cadmium exposure on Drosophila melanogaster by Yi Pan, Ke Fan, Linhao Zong, Yantao Luo, Xin Ni, Dong Chen, Jinjun Qian, Fei Ma, Jie Cheng, Miao Guan

“…Moreover, despite phenotypic recovery in F4, persistent molecular changes indicate enduring toxicity, highlighting the need for vigilance against environmental Cd contamination and its long-term effects. …”
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