Postnatal cytomegalovirus infection and its effect on hearing and neurodevelopmental outcomes among infants aged 3-10 months: A cohort study in Eastern Uganda. by Noela Regina Akwi Okalany, David Mukunya, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Martin Chebet, Francis Okello, Andrew D Weeks, Fred Bisso, Thorkild Tylleskär, Kathy Burgoine, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen

“…CMV status was determined by PCR screening of saliva samples, with positive results confirmed using urine samples (Chai Open qPCR, Santa Clara, CA). …”
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Prevalence of smoking habits among the Iraqi population in 2021 by Chalak M. Noori, Mariwan A. Hama Saeed, T. Chitheer, Ayad M. Ali, Kameran M. Ali, Jader A. Jader, Ekhlas N. Ali, Hassan M. Rostam

“…The link to the questionnaire was distributed via social media, a convenience sample of 13142 participants of different race, age and gender participated in the study Results We found that the overall smoking rate in Iraq within our sample was 22.44%. …”
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Comparison of Truenat Mycobacterium tuberculosis with line probe assay for the diagnosis of rifampicin resistance and mutation pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Pratik Kumar, Amardeepak Toppo, Roshan Lal, Sagarika Pradhan, Puneet Bhardwaj

“…Sputum samples for pulmonary TB and appropriate site samples for extrapulmonary TB were obtained and tested with Truenat-MTB and LPA. …”
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Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Annexin A6 in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Clinicopathological Study by Zainab Aziz, Basim Ahmed

“…Objective: To evaluate immunohistochemical expression of Annexin A6 in papillary thyroid carcinoma and its correlation with age and sex of patients, stage of cancer and lymph node involvements. Methods: This is a retrospective case control study done at Baghdad, including 30 tissue samples (paraffin block) of papillary thyroid carcinoma, obtained from Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital Laboratory and a private laboratory in Baghdad (Dr. …”
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Prevalence of cannabidiol use and correlates in U.S. adults by Namkee G. Choi, C. Nathan Marti, Bryan Y. Choi

“…Methods: Data came from the adult sample (N=47,100) of the 2022 U.S. …”
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Identification of mitochondria-related genes associated with anesthetics in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery by Yuhu Zhang, Xinjian Li, Tingru Sun

“…This study aimed to identify mitochondrial-related genes (Mito-RGs) involved in sevoflurane- and propofol-induced anesthesia in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG) surgery.MethodsThe GSE4386 dataset, which contains atrial samples obtained from patients receiving sevoflurane or propofol during OPCABG, was downloaded from GEO database for differential expression analysis and immune cell infiltration analysis between the pre-operative and post-surgery groups. …”
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Pediatric Renal Transplantation in the Jordanian Population: The Clinical Outcome Measures During Long-term Follow-up Period by Sireen Shilbayeh, Issa Hazza

“…Furthermore, the rate of acute rejection episodes was lower in the sample of this study than the average rate of many previous studies. …”
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Damask Rose Aromatherapy and the Anxiety of Endoscopic Candidate Patients: A Clinical Trial by Maryam Mirzaee Jirdehi, Arezoo Monfared, Fariborz Mansour Ghanaei, Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili

“…The study sample was 70 patients divided into the intervention and control groups. …”
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Detection of O25B-ST131 clone and blaCTX-M-15 gene in Escherichia coli isolated from patients with COVID-19 by Khanda Abdulateef Anwar

“…Objectives To determine the prevalence of blaCTX-M-15 ESBL gene in Escherichia coli clone O25B-ST131 isolated from COVID-19 patients with different infections. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 528 patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 infection with various symptoms from April to September 2021. …”
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The role of preoperative dutasteride in reducing bleeding during transurethral resection of the prostate: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yudhistira Pradnyan Kloping, Niwanda Yogiswara, Yusuf Azmi

“…Results: A total of 11 RCTs consisting of 627 samples from the treatment group and 615 samples from the placebo group were analyzed. …”
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Autoimmune thyroiditis in different age groups and subjects of reproductive age in Adzhariya population by N. G. Tchelidze, S. Z. Glonti, D. Sh. Baratashvili, N. O. Kedelidze, J. Yu. Ungiadze, I. I. Nakashidze

“…Blood samples were collected between the years 2017 and 2020. …”
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Effects of pneumatic tube systems on viscoelastic coagulation tests in septic patients and healthy individuals: protocol of the randomized controlled VETaPT-trial by Martin Mirus, Erik Buehrer, Lars Heubner, Christian Schnabel, Thea Koch, Peter Markus Spieth

“…Acceleration forces during PTS transport are continuously recorded using a three-axis accelerometer. Samples are analyzed using standard lab tests and following point-of-care devices: ClotPro®, ROTEM® sigma, Multiplate®, and TEG6s®. …”
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Global prevalence of hydrocele in infants and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Nader Salari, Mahan Beiromvand, Reza Abdollahi, Fuzieh Khani Hemmatabadi, Alireza Daneshkhah, Amirhoussain Ghaderi, Maryam Asgari, Masoud Mohammadi

“…In the review of 3 studies with a sample size of 278,597 children (7–12 years), the global prevalence of hydrocele in children was reported 0.0034% (95%CI:0.00004–0.21), 3.4 per 1000 children). …”
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Patterns of mental health help seeking among Latina immigrant women by Mercedes Ortiz Rodriguez, Juan Gudino, Jesus Valencia, Isaac Rhew, India J. Ornelas

“…We sought to describe patterns of mental health help seeking in a community sample of Latina immigrant women. Methods This study used survey data from a trial evaluating a mental health intervention among Latina immigrant women in King County, Washington. …”
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Nursing Knowledge and Preventive Practices of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia as Perceived by Intensive Care Nurses in Hail City, KSA by Nuran Alhamad, Wessam Elsayed

“…Experience in ICU and educational institutions as source of information and more than one source of information significantly affect the nurses' total preventive practice regarding VAP. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Thermocoagulation vs. Cryotherapy for Cervical Precancerous Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jie Liu, Hengxi Chen, Xueping Peng

“…Methods: A comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP), and ClinicalTrials.gov was conducted from inception. …”
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Development and Validation of the Children’s Emotions Database (CED): Preschoolers’ Basic and Complex Facial Expressions by Nadia Koltcheva, Ivo D. Popivanov

“…The photo validation was performed with a sample of 104 adult raters (94 females; aged 19–70 years; M = 29.9; SD = 11.40) and a limited sample of 32 children at preschool age (17 girls; aged 4–7 years; M = 6.5; SD = 0.81). …”
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Integrated Immune Landscape Analysis of RNA Splicing Factor-Mutant AML and Higher risk MDS Treated with Azacitidine ± Durvalumab by Jan Philipp Bewersdorf, Vanessa Hasle, Rory M. Shallis, Ethan Thompson, Daniel Lopes de Menezes, Shelonitda Rose, Isaac Boss, Lourdes Mendez, Nikolai Podoltsev, Maximilian Stahl, Tariq Kewan, Stephanie Halene, Torsten Haferlach, Brian A. Fox, Amer M. Zeidan

“…Preclinical data suggest that aberrant RNA splicing can lead to the generation of neoantigens, which renders these tumors more susceptible to immune checkpoint inhibitors. …”
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Longitudinal analysis of peripheral immune cells in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with anti‐CD20 therapy by Mie Waede, Lasse F. Voss, Christina Kingo, Jesper B. Moeller, Maria L. Elkjaer, Zsolt Illes

“…In this study, we investigated MS‐related changes in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) subsets compared to healthy controls and longitudinal changes related to the treatment. Methods Multicolor spectral flow cytometry analysis was performed on 78 samples to characterize disease‐ and treatment‐related PBMC clusters. …”
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Effectiveness of community health management for hypertensive patients under the medical alliance in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yi-Chun Gu, An-Qi Wang, Da He, Chang-Hai Tang

“…It could not be demonstrated that regional distribution, mean age of participants, sample size of the experimental group, sample size of the control group, duration of intervention, and publication year were the sources of heterogeneity. …”
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