Predictors of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations among a Sample of Egyptian Schoolchildren by Mones M. Abu Shady, Mai M. Youssef, Ebtissam M. Salah El-Din, Ola M. Abdel Samie, Hala S. Megahed, Samar M. E. Salem, Manal A. Mohsen, Ali Abdel Aziz, Safinaz El-Toukhy

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The Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation in Caustic Esophagus Injury: An Experimental Study by Murat Kantarcioglu, Bahadir Caliskan, Hakan Demirci, Ozgur Karacalioglu, Murat Kekilli, Zulfikar Polat, Armagan Gunal, Melih Akinci, Cagri Uysal, Sami Eksert, Hasan Gurel, Gurkan Celebi, Ferit Avcu, Ali Ugur Ural, Sait Bagci

“…Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can differentiate into specific cell lineages and have the capacity of homing in sites of injury. Aim and Methods. …”
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Draft genome sequence of Kei apple, an underutilized African tree crop by Robert Kariba, Bernice Waweru, Isaac Njaci, Linly Banda, Jenniffer W. Mwangi, Antso Harimanantsoa R, Samuel Muthemba, Jonathan Featherstone, Prasad Hendre, Ramni Jamnadass, Allen Van Deynze, Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner, Oluwaseyi Shorinola

“…Scientific Data…”
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Proactive and Integrated Management and Empowerment in Parkinson’s Disease: Designing a New Model of Care by Emma Tenison, Agnes Smink, Sabi Redwood, Sirwan Darweesh, Hazel Cottle, Angelika van Halteren, Pieter van den Haak, Ruth Hamlin, Jan Ypinga, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Marten Munneke, Emily Henderson

“…Integrated models of care have been developed for other chronic conditions, with a range of positive effects. …”
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Ultrafast Sintering of Dense Li7La3Zr2O12 Membranes for Li Metal All‐Solid‐State Batteries by Faruk Okur, Huanyu Zhang, Julian F. Baumgärtner, Jaka Sivavec, Matthias Klimpel, Gregor Paul Wasser, Romain Dubey, Lars P.H. Jeurgens, Dmitry Chernyshov, Wouter vanBeek, Kostiantyn V. Kravchyk, Maksym V. Kovalenko

“…Although this method is commonly applied to the sintering of LLZO ceramics, its use for producing dense, phase‐pure LLZO SSEs has thus far been primarily limited to millimeter‐thick pellets, which are unsuitable for commercial solid‐state batteries. …”
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Curating transformation can strengthen adaptation and minimize losses and damages by Joanne Clarke, Anne Haour, Hana Morel, Johanna Forster, Ben Orlove, Cornelius Holtorf, Andy Hutcheson, Victoria Aryee Adinorkuor, Christa Brunnschweiler, Nick Brooks, Sarah Wade, Nii-Adziri Wellington, Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Nicholas P. Simpson

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Kindlin-1 promotes gastric cancer cell motility through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway by Jun-Ho Jang, Jiyoon Jung, Hyeon-Gu Kang, Woong Kim, Won-Jin Kim, Hana Lee, Ju Yeon Cho, Ran Hong, Jeong Won Kim, Joon-Yong Chung, Kyung-Hee Chun, Seok-Jun Kim

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Ocular and Mucocutaneous Sequelae among Survivors of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in Togo by Bayaki Saka, Abla Séfako Akakpo, Julienne Noude Teclessou, Garba Mahamadou, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Kossi Dzidzinyo, Adam Nouhou Diori, Nidain Maneh, Sabin Prince-Agbodjan, Koussake Kombaté, Komi Balo, Kissem Tchangai-Walla, Palokinam Pitché

“…Sixty-four (52,5%) of the 122 patients, who had been examined by an ophthalmologist during the acute stage, had acute ocular involvement, which was mild in 27.9% of patients, moderate in 13.1%, and severe in 11.5%. …”
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Epidemiology of notifiable outbreaks in different hospital units in Saudi Arabia: A national descriptive study by Nawal M. Alanazi, Nasser H. Alshanbari, Hala M. Roushdy, Yahya I. Alnshbah, Eman Ali Barnawi, Nawaf M. Almatrafi, Rula Felemban, Zainah M. Al Shahrani, Nadeen Burhan, Aiman El-Saed, Khalid H. Alanazi

“…Background: Healthcare-associated outbreaks have serious impacts on patient morbidity and mortality, and healthcare resources. …”
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The association between physician sex and patient outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kiyan Heybati, Ashton Chang, Hodan Mohamud, Raj Satkunasivam, Natalie Coburn, Arghavan Salles, Yusuke Tsugawa, Ryo Ikesu, Natsumi Saka, Allan S. Detsky, Dennis T. Ko, Heather Ross, Mamas A. Mamas, Angela Jerath, Christopher J. D. Wallis

“…Abstract Background Some prior studies have found that patients treated by female physicians may experience better outcomes, as well as lower healthcare costs than those treated by male physicians. …”
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Can smoking duration alone replace pack-years to predict the risk of smoking-related oncogenic mutations in non-small cell lung cancer? A cross-sectional study in Japan by Masahiko Ando, Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Akihiro Tamiya, Akihide Matsumura, Koichi Ogawa, Yasuhiro Koh, Hiroyasu Kaneda, Motohiro Izumi, Yoshiya Matsumoto, Kenji Sawa, Mitsuru Fukui, Naoki Yoshimoto, Akihito Kubo, Shun-ichi Isa, Hideo Saka, Tomoya Kawaguchi

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An overview of healthcare-associated Candida auris outbreaks in Ministry of Health hospitals-Saudi Arabia 2020-2022; Retrospective multicentric study. by Khalid H Alanazi, Hala M Roushdy, Waad I ALzubaidi, Arwa S Alanazi, Nawal M Alanazi, Ahlam H Alamri, Yahya I Alnshbah, Nawaf M Al Almatrafi, Zainah M Al Shahrani, Adel S Alanazi, Nasser H Alshanbari

“…Approximately 85.9% of cases had Foley catheters, 68.5% were on ventilators, and 53.8% had a tracheostomy. …”
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The impact of tobacco use and nicotine addiction on health: A literature review of nursing interventions for smoking cessation by Raghad Abdelkader, Roqia Saleem Maabreh, Riyad Al-Dgheim, Naif Salem Altarawneh, Mahmoud H. Alrabab’a, Hala Zaiton, Amaal Samir Abdelmaksoud, Wesam T. Almagharbeh, Khaldoon Aied Alnawafleh, Hazem A. Alfanash, Zyad T. Saleh, Rami Azmi Elshatarat

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Rapid assessment of pre-service midwifery education in conflict settings: findings from a cross-sectional study in Nigeria and Somalia by Emilia Iwu, Shatha Elnakib, Hawa Abdullahi, Rejoice Helma Abimiku, Charity Maina, Asia Mohamed, Kazeem Olalekan Ayodeji, George Odonye, Rifkatu Sunday, Maryan Abdulkadir Ahmed, Mohamed Ahmed Omar, Abdirisak A. Dalmar, Emilie Grant, Hannah Tappis

“…No schools in either setting had sufficient space or clinical practice sites that met International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) criteria, and only two were led by midwives. …”
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PCR-detection rates of T. pallidum ssp. pallidum in swab samples from the Czech Republic (2004–2022): Combined RPR, IgM, and PCR tests efficiently detect active syphilis by Eliška Vrbová, Petra Pospíšilová, Eliška Dastychová, Martina Kojanová, Miluše Kreidlová, Daniela Vaňousová, Filip Rob, Přemysl Procházka, Alena Krchňáková, Vladimír Vašků, Radim Strnadel, Olga Faustmannová, Monika Dvořáková Heroldová, Ivana Kuklová, Hana Zákoucká, David Šmajs

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Association between secondhand smoke exposure and hypertension in never smokers: a cross-sectional survey using data from Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey V, 2010–2012 by Young Sik Park, Chang-Hoon Lee, Sang Haak Lee, Kwang-Ha Yoo, Yu-Il Kim, Chul Min Ahn, Ju Ock Kim, Ju-Heon Park, Jae Yeol Kim, Eun Mi Chun, Tae-Hoon Jung

“…Adjusted mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure values in women who were not taking antihypertensive medication were significantly elevated in group III by 2.3 and 1.7 mm Hg, respectively.Conclusion SHS exposure is significantly associated with hypertension in women never smokers.…”
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L’alimentation des premiers agropasteurs du Néolithique : apport de l’étude des microrestes du tartre dentaire des individus de la Roussille (Auvergne) by Apolline Lambert, Robert C. Power, Laurent Bouby, Ivy Thomson, Sylvie Saintot, Domingo C. Salazar-García, Marie-France Deguilloux, Marie-Hélène Pemonge, Manon Lagoutte, Maïté Rivollat, Wolfgang Haak, Stéphane Rottier, Guillaume Leduc, Gwenaëlle Goude

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Patients with MAC Lung Disease Have a Low Visceral Fat Area and Low Nutrient Intake by Kentaro Wakamatsu, Nobuhiko Nagata, Sanae Maki, Hisamitsu Omori, Hiroyuki Kumazoe, Kayoko Ueno, Yuko Matsunaga, Makiko Hara, Koji Takakura, Nagisa Fukumoto, Nobuhisa Ando, Mami Morishige, Takashi Akasaki, Ichiro Inoshima, Shinji Ise, Miiru Izumi, Masayuki Kawasaki

“…Patients with MAC lung disease had a low visceral fat area and low nutrient intake.…”
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Association between body size and atrial myopathy: Investigation using the prevalence of left atrial low-voltage areas by Yasuhiro Matsuda, Masaharu Masuda, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Ayako Sugino, Hirotaka Ooka, Satoshi Kudo, Subaru Fujii, Mitsutoshi Asai, Shin Okamoto, Takayuki Ishihara, Kiyonori Nanto, Takuya Tsujimura, Yosuke Hata, Naoko Higashino, Sho Nakao, Masaya Kusuda, Toshiaki Mano

“…However, the association between body size and prevalence of LVAs has not been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to clarify the association between body size and the prevalence of LVAs in patients with AF ablation. …”
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