Challenges Women with Disability Face in Accessing and Using Maternal Healthcare Services in Ghana: A Qualitative Study. by John Kuumuori Ganle, Easmon Otupiri, Bernard Obeng, Anthony Kwaku Edusie, Augustine Ankomah, Richard Adanu

“…<h4>Background</h4>While a number of studies have examined the factors affecting accessibility to and utilisation of healthcare services by persons with disability in general, there is little evidence about disabled women's access to maternal health services in low-income countries and few studies consult disabled women themselves to understand their experience of care and the challenges they face in accessing skilled maternal health services. …”
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Evaluation of laser acupuncture versus physical therapy intervention in management of bruxism in children: a randomized controlled trial by Mohamed Farouk Rashed, Myasser Ayman Mohamed, Negm Eldin Ragab Mohamed, Maryam El Mansy

“…Management includes sleep hygiene, low-level lasers and physical therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in pain, mouth opening and muscle activity in children with bruxism after using laser acupuncture versus relaxation physical therapy. …”
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ViT-RoT: Vision Transformer-Based Robust Framework for Tomato Leaf Disease Recognition by Sathiyamohan Nishankar, Velalagan Pavindran, Thurairatnam Mithuran, Sivaraj Nimishan, Selvarajah Thuseethan, Yakub Sebastian

“…The framework facilitates the systematic classification of state-of-the-art ViT variants into high-, moderate-, and low-performing groups for tomato leaf disease recognition. …”
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Detection of the Risk Factors for Postoperative Asthenopia in Patients with Refractive Disorders by I. A. Mushkova, N. V. Maychuk, A. N. Karimova, L. T. Shamsetdinova

“…More significant errors of accommodation and binocular function were registered in patients with postoperative AS vs. patients without AS. Low fusion reserves and absence of binocular vision don’t allow to adopt for KRS results. …”
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Teachers’ voices on the poor reading skills of Setswana-speaking Foundation Phase learners by Joyce Mokobe, Jo Badenhorst, Luzaan Schlebusch

“…The 2021 PIRLS assessment highlighted alarmingly low reading proficiency among ten-year-olds. Effective reading instruction, and a positive reading environment are essential for developing confident, skilled readers. …”
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Effects of individuals’ esthetic expectations and the classifications of dentofacial deformities on patients’ depression: a cross-sectional study by Jingjun Wang, Yanglu Tang, Mingjun Ren, Wenli Zhao, Yuanyan Bai

“…The diagnosis of DFD was made by two maxillofacial surgeons according to the Angle’s classification. The visual analog assessment scale of esthetic expectations was used to assess patients’ esthetic expectations. …”
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A Review of Sturge–Weber Syndrome Brain Involvement, Cannabidiol Treatment and Molecular Pathways by Katharine Elizabeth Joslyn, Nicholas Flinn Truver, Anne Marie Comi

“…Therefore, anti-seizure medication in combination with low-dose aspirin is a common therapeutic treatment strategy. …”
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The impact of different standing positions on gluteus medius activation and lumbar lordosis in LBP-developers during prolonged standing. by Saeedeh Abbasi, Hooman Minoonejad, Hamed Abbasi, Seyed Hamed Mousavi

“…Low back pain (LBP) development has been associated with increased hip muscle co-activation and lumbar lordosis during standing in previously asymptomatic individuals. …”
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Research on fault diagnosis of CTCS on-board equipment based on knowledge graph by CHEN Huiyuan

“…Traditional CTCS on-board equipment faces three major challenges: low efficiency in fault diagnosis, difficulties in reusing diagnosis knowledge, and high labor costs. …”
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Developing a novel ecological fuzzy forest health index (FFHI) for Standardizing forest-smart mining using remote sensing techniques by Hamid Sarkheil, Emad Rostamian, Shahrokh Rahbari, Razieh Lak

“…To examine the impact of mining operations on forest health, remote sensing is employed to visualize deforestation trends at the Sungun copper mine from 2008 to 2023. …”
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A rare case report: acute necrotizing encephalopathy and acute fulminant myocarditis by Juan Ma, Chenliang Pan, Nan Bai, Shanshan Zhang, Peiling Mi, Yongling Wa, Andong Lu

“…Despite high doses of vasoactive medications, the patient exhibited low blood pressure and elevated lactate levels. …”
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Elevated Plasma Endothelin-1 Levels in Normal Tension Glaucoma and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Meta-Analysis by Shengjie Li, Aiping Zhang, Wenjun Cao, Xinghuai Sun

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Research Progress on Land Use and Analysis of Green Transformation in China Since the New Century by Wei He, Jianzhou Gong, Xiaobin Zeng

“…This study systematically reviews relevant land use research literature from 2000 to 2024, utilizing bibliometric analysis and visual mapping to conduct phased evaluations and an overall review. …”
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Prevalence of Bovine Hydatidosis in Cattle Slaughtered at Nekemte Municipal Abattoir, Western Ethiopia by Abdu Muhammed, Yobsan Tamiru, Felmata Kenei, Nezif Zenu

“…We evaluated the organs of systemically selected cattle through visual inspection and palpation. Of the total number inspected, 44 (20%) had one or more hydatid cysts in one or more of their organs. …”
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The prevalence of tractional retinal detachment in diabetic retinopathy at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Amro Alhazimi, Ahmed Khalaf, Majed Alharbi, Ghada Alshehri, Sarah Aljefri, Faisal Albalawi, Leena Alqarawi, Saeed Alshahrani, Sadique Zameer

“…TRD is more prevalent in patients with type 1 diabetes, insulin treatment, and uncontrolled low-density lipoprotein. Regular follow-up exams are essential for monitoring the evolution of DR and detecting TRD in its earliest stages. …”
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Formation of microelement composition of soils of Stavropol krai under the influence of waterlogging processes by T. V. Degtyareva

“…Important phases-carriers of microelements in hydromorphic soils are oxides (hydroxides) of Fe and Mn, carbonates, easily soluble salts, which are visually determined in their profile. In the general picture of lateral differentiation of microelements along the landscape-geochemical mesocatena, meadow-chernozem soils act as low-contrast concentrators of Zn and Cu. …”
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Posterior Dynamic Stabilization with Limited Rediscectomy for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation by Lei Luo, Chen Zhao, Pei Li, Liehua Liu, Qiang Zhou, Fei Luo, Lichuan Liang

“…Clinical results were evaluated with visual analog scale (VAS) for leg and low back pain, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores, and complications. …”
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Transvaginal natural orifice specimen extraction surgery in simple nephrectomy by Jeena R. Kudunthail, Kartik Sharma, Deepak Prakash Bhirud, Mahendra Singh, Gautam Ram Choudhary, Shiv Charan Navriya, Arjun Singh Sandhu

“…The postoperative recovery was rapid, with milestones achieved within 1 day, and the average hospital stay was 2.2 days. Pain scores were low (Visual Analog Scale: 2.87 at 24 h and 1.47 at 48 h). …”
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Emerging opto-operando techniques to shed light on lithium-ion batteries by Shubham Chamola, Shahab Ahmad

“…In-situ opto-operando techniques exploit basic principles of optics by coupling low-energy photons (visible to IR range) into the operational battery to visualize real-time dynamics of electrochemical processes occurring at the nanoscale. …”
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Peculiarities of surgical technique using a capsule ring for intra-capsular fixation of IOL in children with congenital subluxation of the lens by L. A. Katargina, T. B. Kruglova, N. S. Egyian, N. N. Arestova

“…The use of differentiated methods of different stages of surgery and the intra — capsule ring in congenital ectopia of the lens allows intra-capsular IOL implantation with high functional and anatomical results at a low level of intra-and postoperative complications.…”
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