Innovating a Teach-Back Model for Community Health Workers Led Health Literacy Practice to Improve COVID-19 Health Equity by Kathryn Anderson, Eddie Rojas-Alvarado, Leyna Aragon, Joshua Bradshaw, Emily Fontana, Fred Hernandez, Colleen McCuskey, Hanna Nguyen, Terry Schlader, Jenny Vazquez, Janet Page-Reeves

“…The COVID-19 booster gap closed for those living in high versus low Social Vulnerability Index geographies, reducing this disparity nearly 3-fold in 6 months. …”
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Typological and Floristic Diversity of Fir Stands in the Teberda National Park by Yuliya M. Sablirova, Fatimat A. Tembotova, Rustam Kh. Pshegusov, Nelli L. Tsepkova

“…Geobotanical descriptions have been carried out on visually homogeneous sample plots measuring 30×30 m using standard methods adopted in geobotany and forest inventory. …”
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Risk of complications associated with prolonged post-operative hospitalization and postoperative outcomes in elderly patients with high BMI undergoing elective total knee arthropla... by Fangxing Wang, Jie Zhao, Weijie He, Huazheng He, Qiang Wang

“…Follow-up metrics included range of motion (ROM), Oxford knee score (OKS), visual analogue scale (VAS), and postoperative complications. …”
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Heterogeneity in diabetic distal neuropathy and differential approach to its treatment by Oksana Evgen'evna Khutornaya, Vadim Borisovich Bregovskiy, A G Demina, I A Karpova

“…CONCLUSION: Prevalence of PDN is relatively low. 15.6% of patients suffer from severe pain. …”
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Virtual vitreoretinal clinics: a service delivery pathway of the future by Elizabeth Yang, Amelia Rees, Shantelle Ahadzi, Yvonne Kanna, Philipp Schwember, Robert Henderson, Lyndon da Cruz

“…This is especially suitable for low-risk conditions such as ERMs, which comprise a large proportion of referrals.…”
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Post-operative Analgesia with Intraperitoneal Bupivacaine Alone and with Dexmedetomidine Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by Anees Ahmad, Ambreen Khan, Syed Shakeel Ahmed, Saima Noreen, Mohammad Idrees, Shahryar

“…The postoperative pain intensity for both groups was recorded and compared using a 10-point visual analogue score (VAS) at 0, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24 hours. …”
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Impact of robotic-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery on efficacy and quality of life in patients with pulmonary opacities: a propensity score-matched analysis by Liuchun Huang, Shengjing Liang, Jing He, Junqi Qin, Jiaping Wei, Jianwei Huang, Shucong Peng, Xianglan Chen, Chunhui Pan, Huifang Pen, Yu Wen, Yifan Zhou, Yonglong Zhong

“…ObjectiveWith the increasing detection of pulmonary opacities through low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), minimally invasive surgical techniques have gained prominence. …”
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Clinical Deformity Correction Following Minimally Invasive Akin Osteotomy Fixated with Single 2.5mm Screw, A Prospective Study by Austin Alecxih MD, Tyler Goodwin MD, Joseph Duff MD, Dillon Morrow MD, Andrew Wilson BS, Jesse Doty MD

“…Complication rates were low, and incremental improvement in hallux valgus deformity correction was maintained.…”
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Regenerative endodontic procedure using Emdogain: a case series by Karime Tavares Lima da Silva, Meire Coelho Ferreira, Renata Grazziotin-Soares, Letícia Gomes Dourado, Claudia de Castro Rizzi Maia, Gisele Rodrigues da Silva, Ceci Nunes Carvalho

“…All three patients identify as Pardo ethnicity with brown skin color, come from low-income backgrounds, and had necrotic immature permanent teeth. …”
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Systematic review of reviews on interventions to engage men and boys as clients, partners and agents of change for improved sexual and reproductive health and rights by Sanyukta Mathur, Julie Pulerwitz, Ann Gottert, Jesse Werner, Renay Weiner, Chantalle Okondo, Sarah Magni

“…We summarised the interventions most consistently found to be effective across reviews, in a programmer-friendly visual mapped onto a framework of men as clients, partners and agents of change. …”
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RESULTS OF LIFE’S QUALITY RESEARCH AT PATIENTS WITH GLOSSODYNIA by V.N. Kulygina, I. A. Dorosh

“…Patients with glossodynia have low quality of life by scale SF-36. Interviewed patients perceive the disease as a significant limiting factor in their daily activities (social, professional, family, etc.), reducing its performance and requiring additional costs, effort and time because of pain symptoms. …”
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Study of calcium-containing compounds as catalysts for the esterification of glycerol with higher carboxylic acids by Yu. L. Zotov, D. M. Zapravdina, E. V. Shishkin, Yu. V. Popov

“…To investigate the catalytic activity of calcium-containing basic catalysts for the esterification of glycerol with higher carboxylic acids in order to develop a low-waste technology for the production of multifunctional additives, as well as to assess the possibility of using the reaction products for the processing of polyvinyl chloride.Methods. …”
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Dynamic cross-lagged effects between healthy lifestyles and multimorbidity among middle-aged and older adults in China by Xuan Zhu, He Ma, Hangjing Zhang, Yuting Zhang, Shangfeng Tang, Juyang Xiong

“…Abstract Background While healthy lifestyles mitigate the risk of multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic diseases), their temporal dynamics in aging populations, particularly in low- and middle-income countries undergoing rapid demographic structure transition, remain understudied. …”
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Mobile Technologies in Teaching Mathematics by T. P. Pushkareva, N. V. Titovskaya, S. N. Titovsky

“…The main reasons for the lack of interest in studying mathematics and low motivation include the high level of abstraction of the discipline and the characteristics of the modern, networked generation of students. …”
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Transverse abdominis plane block under different guidance in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: anatomy and technique, systematic review and double meta-analysis by S.M. Chooklin, S.S. Chuklin, R.V. Barylyak

“…The analysis showed significant heterogeneity of studies, but overall low risk of bias in assessing their quality. Conclusions. …”
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Identification of small molecule drugs and development of a novel autophagy‐related prognostic signature for kidney renal clear cell carcinoma by Qianwei Xing, Chengjian Ji, Bingye Zhu, Rong Cong, Yi Wang

“…Prognostic nomograms were also performed to visualize the relationship between individual predictors and survival rates in patients with KIRC. …”
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Increasing the Interlayer Fracture Toughness of Polymer Fabric Composites Using Local 3D-Reinforcement (Felting) by G. А. Forental, S. B. Sapozhnikov

“…One of the reasons for undesirable delamination of polymer composites with fabric reinforcement is low transverse shear properties. It is known that the reinforcement of polymer fabric composites in the Z direction reduces the sensitivity to delamination and increases the viscosity of interlayer fracture. …”
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Polymerization kinetics stability, volumetric changes, apatite precipitation, strontium release and fatigue of novel bone composites for vertebroplasty. by Piyaphong Panpisut, Muhammad Adnan Khan, Kirsty Main, Mayda Arshad, Wendy Xia, Haralampos Petridis, Anne Margaret Young

“…Paste stability, following storage at 4-37°C, was assessed visually or through mixed paste polymerization kinetics at 25°C. …”
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RGB-to-Infrared Translation Using Ensemble Learning Applied to Driving Scenarios by Leonardo Ravaglia, Roberto Longo, Kaili Wang, David Van Hamme, Julie Moeyersoms, Ben Stoffelen, Tom De Schepper

“…Infrared (IR) imaging is of particular interest due to its low cost and complementarity with traditional RGB sensors. …”
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Alternative trans-parenchymal access for percutaneous contact nephrolithotripsy by Yu. Yu. Malinin

“…Doppler ultrasound scanning allows to visualize of arterial vessels, which helps to provide safe trans-cutaneous puncture access to PCS. …”
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