Risk Factors and Scoring Systems for Patients with Candidemia at a Tertiary Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia by Mursinah Mursinah, Fera Ibrahim, Mardiastuti H Wahid

“…Aim: to identify the risk factors of candidemia and to develop a scoring system that could be implemented in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM), Jakarta, Indonesia. Methods: this study was a retrospective study with case control design using the medical records of patients since 2011 to 2014. …”
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RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCES OF DIFFERENT PROPERTIES OF FREONES ON THE SATURATION LINES UPON LIQUID-VAPOR PHASE TRANSITION by B. A. Arutyunov, E. V. Rytova, G. P. Kalymbet

“…This makes it possible to determine some properties using other methods by calculation.…”
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Gardening School to Support Youth Inclusion and Environmental Sustainability in Morocco by Salma Idrissi Boutaybi, Tiia Hartikainen, Yahia Benyamina, Sofia Laine

“…Youth research has, for decades, focused on examining current societal conditions and their potential shortcomings for young people in areas such as education, income, work, and gender equality. However, it has been less common to integrate planetary boundaries and so-called “overshoot” areas—such as biodiversity loss or climate change—into youth research. …”
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WAYS OF MENOPAUSAL HORMONAL THERAPY IN CORRECTION OF METABOLIC DISORDERS AND ANGIOPROTECTION IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN by V. Yu. Khripaeva, I. N. Barykina, A. S. Salasyuk, V. O. Smirnova, R. V. Palashkin, S. V. Nedogoda

“…Sixty female patients (mean age 55,26±5,63 y.) with MS (according to IDF 2005 criteria) were randomized equally 1:1 into 2 groups. During 36 weeks patients of 1st group (n=30) received life style modification recommendations and monotherapy by Angeliq® , patients from 2nd group (controls, n=30) only followed life style modification. …”
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A longitudinal study of the impact of social deprivation and disease severity on employment status in the UK cystic fibrosis population. by David C Taylor-Robinson, Rosalind Smyth, Peter J Diggle, Margaret Whitehead

“…All other things being equal, being in the most deprived quintile was associated with a reduction of employment prevalence of 17.6 percentage points compared to the prevalence in the least deprived quintile. …”
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Effect of the online module on leadership in knowledge acquisition among nursing students: A randomized controlled study protocol. by Jucielly Ferreira da Fonseca, Silmara de Oliveira Silva, Louise Constancia de Melo Alves Silva, Roberta Paolli de Paiva Oliveira Arruda Camara, Francisco de Cássio de Oliveira Mendes, Laura Lima Souza, Rodrigo Assis Neves Dantas, Daniele Vieira Dantas

“…The primary outcome is expected to demonstrate that the online module is equal to or superior to the conventional module in the acquisition of knowledge about leadership, addressing topics such as team involvement, organizational culture, conflict management and feedback. …”
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Relation between 25-hydroxy vitamin D and diabetic retinopathy in Egyptian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Mervat E. Elwakeel, Fatma M. El-Senosy, Nesma S. Mohammed, Heba M. Abdelrahman, Eman E. Ebrihem

“…A cut-off value for serum vitamin D levels of less than or equal to 12.03 ng/ml served as a sensitive indicator for DR. …”
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Correlation between anxiety and social support in elderly patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis by WANG Hui, LI Jing-ru, TIAN Na, SHI Ming

“…Objective To investigate the status of anxiety and social support in elderly patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis(MHD), and to study the relationship between anxiety and social support in MHD elderly patients. Methods This study was a descriptive study, using the questionnaire survey to investigate the status of anxiety and social support in 96 MHD elderly patients, and to analyze the correlation between anxiety and social support. …”
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Low-Complexity Adaptive Chromatic Dispersion Estimation Scheme Using Machine Learning for Coherent Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks by Jin Li, Danshi Wang, Min Zhang

“…What's more, compared with classical methods using the CD scanning and frequent domain equalizers (FDE), the computation complexity of the proposed CD estimation scheme based on the DNN-EVM has been respectively reduced by 72.3 times, 86.7 times and 2.8 times about the amount of multipliers, adders and comparators.…”
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Effect of The Rs-10 Radioprotector on Protein-Steroid Interaction in Irradiated Animals with Biphasic Adrenocortical Response to Irradiation by Nadezhda Omelchuk

“…Control animals were administered an equal volume of saline. The total plasma content of 11-oxycorticosteroids (11-OKS) was determined by the fluorometric method of Guillemin et al. in the author's modification. …”
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Exploring and Anticipating the Applications of Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Materials in Biomedicine and Dentistry by Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Deng T, Du Y

“…Moreover, owing to their flexible molecular structures and various synthesis systems and methods, it may be possible to design and synthesize materials according to individual physiologic environments of patients in medical applications, making bioimaging more accurate and greatly improving tumor and bacterial killing rates. …”
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The relationship between abdominal fat and sleep quality after combined exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Yu Han, Yue-Xia Han, Fang Huang, Hui-Ming Zou, Qing Gu, Xue Hu, Jing-Xian Fang, Jian Meng, Sui-Jun Wang

“…Therefore, this study investigated the potential relationship between abdominal fat and sleep quality after combined exercise in patients with T2DM (Type 2 diabetes mellitus).Material and methodsA total of 100 adults with T2DM (52 women, 48 men), aged 55-75years, were enrolled in the study who were sufficiently active and physically fit were recruited and were randomized equally into four groups: a control group, an AEX group (aerobic exercise), a REX group (resistance exercise) and a COMB group (combination exercise). …”
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Significance and Correlation of Lupus Anticoagulant and Anticardiolipin Antibody Assay in High-risk Pregnancy by Blessy Mathew, Beenu Singh, Gurpreet Kaur, Metaanksha Ahuja, Ahuja Ankur, Gahlot P. S. Gaurav

“…The utility & comparison of each lupus anticoagulant assay will be analyzed in high-risk pregnancy clinics. Materials and Methods: This retrospective and prospective observational study was conducted over 200 high risk pregnancy cases from Nov 2017 to Jan 2018 at a tertiary care Armed Forces Institute. …”
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First Clinical Results of Modular Intraocular Lens Implantation by E. N. Batkov, T. F. Artemyeva, N. P. Pashtayev, N. A. Pozdeyeva

“…The haptic includes a closed ring and a pair of open equally distant loops in a unified design. The haptic ring with projections serves as a base for optical disk. …”
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Global Status of Emerging Lophomonas Infection: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases (1993—2020) by Maryam Nakhaei, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Eisa Nazar

“…The male to female ratio of the cases was almost equal, and no statistically significant difference between them was observed. …”
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EFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF CRYO STORAGE OF DONOR HEARTS BY IMAGEJ BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS by Bao-quan Lin, Sheng-sheng Yang, Zhi-yong Zeng, Cong-wen Zhuang

“…This is the only step that will direct us towards evidence based care of such highly critical patients who need the equally challenging surgical intervention of cardiac transplantation.…”
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Pap smear in Early Detection of Cervical Precancerous Lesions in Erbil by Avin Wlya Muhammad, Haitham Issa Bahoo

“…The goal of the study is to figure out how well the Pap smear works as a way to find cervical precancerous lesions also identify the prevalence of cervical cancer among women and to identify the potential risk factors for cervical cancer. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study conducted using closed end questionnaire tool for the purpose of data collection which started from 1st of October 2021 until 1st of September 2022. …”
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Effect of peri-operative infusion of dexmedetomidine in pre-eclamptic pregnant women undergoing elective caesarian section under general anesthesia by Amr M.A. Abdelmalk, Osama H. Ahmed, Medhat H. Allam

“…The patients were randomly assigned into two equal groups, each comprising 45 patients. Results Heart rate readings at 15 min postinfusion and after induction were notably lower in the DEX group (D) in comparison to the control group (C). …”
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Overview of Lysosomal Storage Diseases in Kurdistan Region/ Iraq by Chenar Omer Ali Al-Jaf, Bakir Rahim, Khalid Hama Salih, Jamal Ahmad Rasheed, Adnan Mohammed Hasan

“…Results: Gaucher and Mucopolysaccharidosis were equally the commonest (17 patients, 45.9%), lysosomal storage diseases were found to be more common in males (59.4%), and more in Kurdish descendants (75.7%). most patients were from Duhok city (43.2%). …”
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Comparison of neuraxial acoustic target window of the spine among rider sitting, cross leg, hamstring stretch, and classical sitting position: An observational study by Govind Singh, Priyanka Sethi, Manbir Kaur, Pradeep Bhatia, Pawan K. Garg, Kamlesh Kumari, Pawan K. Dixit

“…The secondary objective was to compare ultra-sonographic measurements of the depth of ligamentum flavum from the skin, and to compare the diameter of intrathecal space and comfort score in the four different sitting positions. Material and Methods: This study is a prospective observational study. …”
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