RESEARCH DATA ON THE PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS ANTIBODIESAMONG INPATIENTS AT A HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL BULGARIA: 2021 –2022 by A.Gotseva, E.Naseva

“…The purposeof the present study was topresent the results of screening for anti-HCV among inpatients ata hospital in Central Bulgaria.Methods: A total of 3275 serum samples from 1968 men and 1307 women were tested for presence of anti-HCV atthe Laboratory of Virology within theMultidisciplinary Hospital for Active Treatment (MHAT) “Uni Hospital” (Panagyurishte, Bulgaria) in the period 2021-2022. …”
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A comparative study to know the effect of ropivacaine 0.5% and a mixture of bupivacaine 0.5% and lidocaine 2% on intraocular pressure following peribulbar block in cataract operati... by Rekha Ramesh Mudhol, Lingamaneni Sneha

“…To demonstrate the advantage of this low-concentrated ropivacaine over the other most commonly used medications in the peribulbar block, more research with a larger sample size and 0.5% ropivacaine is needed.…”
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Trends, Clinical Profiles, and Demographics of Psychiatry Referrals: A Retrospective Record-based Study with Insights into Age-related Trends by Yogender Kumar Malik, Adwitiya Ray, Anwesha Chatterjee, Sujata Sethi

“…Results: The mean age of the sample was 36.0 ± 16.4 years, with predominant referrals from medicine (51.4%) and surgery (15.8%) departments. …”
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Inference of population structure using dense haplotype data. by Daniel John Lawson, Garrett Hellenthal, Simon Myers, Daniel Falush

“…We present multiple lines of evidence that, while many methods capture similar information among strongly differentiated groups, more subtle population structure in human populations is consistently present at a much finer level than currently available geographic labels and is only captured by the haplotype-based approach. …”
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Readiness, access, and use of facility childbirth care in Ethiopia: results from nationally representative linked household and health facility surveys by Elizabeth Stierman, Solomon Shiferaw, Saifuddin Ahmed, Mahari Yihdego, Assefa Seme, Linnea Zimmerman, Andreea Creanga

“…This study assesses the readiness of health facilities in Ethiopia to provide childbirth services, describes variations in geographic access to service-ready facilities, and evaluates how facility readiness relates to childbirth service usage with a lens on equity. # Methods The study used cross-sectional data from a nationally representative sample of households in Ethiopia linked with data from health facilities serving the same areas. …”
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Fusobacterium nucleatum and Bacteroides fragilis detection in colorectal tumours: Optimal target site and correlation with total bacterial load. by Marie S Rye, Kerryn L Garrett, Robert A Holt, Cameron F Platell, Melanie J McCoy

“…There is considerable variation in reported detection rates in human CRC samples and the extent to which bacterial infiltration varies across regions of the primary tumour is unknown. …”
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Extensions to Mean–Geometric Mean Linking by Alexander Robitzsch

“…Our results suggest that robust loss functions are preferable when dealing with outlying DIF effects, with the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>L</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> function showing particular advantages in tests with larger item sets and sample sizes. Additionally, a simulation study demonstrates that defining MGM linking based on item intercepts rather than item difficulties leads to more accurate linking parameter estimates. …”
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Epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in the prison population of Minas Gerais, Brazil by Marcos Vinicius Teixeira Martins, Márcio Cesário Cunha Sobrinho, Gabriel Machado de Souza, Stefan Vilges de Oliveira

“…Currently, it is estimated that the incidence of tuberculosis in the population deprived of liberty corresponds to approximately 11.2% of new cases in the country, and this group represents only 0.3% of the Brazilian population.  Methods: In this context, the present study aims to carry out an epidemiological analysis of tuberculosis in the prison population of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on secondary data from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN), in addition to identifying the main factors related to this type of involvement using measures of dispersion, central tendency and frequency, as well as Student’s T tests for independent samples and Mann-Whitney U tests in cases where the assumptions for parametric tests were not met, considering a 95 % confidence interval. …”
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Unveiling diversity in inhabited and uninhabited reefs of the Lakshadweep archipelago, India using eDNA by Bharath Subramanyam Ammanabrolu, Ramadoss Dineshram

“…Fish communities were more abundant in uninhabited reefs, and the number of detected taxa was also higher in uninhabited reef samples. …”
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DBDST-Net: Dual-Branch Decoupled Image Style Transfer Network by Na Su, Jingtao Wang, Jingjing Zhang, Ying Li, Yun Pan

“…Additionally, to mitigate the limited availability of style data, we employ the Stable Diffusion model to generate stylized samples for data augmentation. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method achieves a better balance between content preservation and style rendering compared to existing approaches.…”
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Reliability and validity of Serbian version of children's dental fear questionnaire by Lalić Maja, Aleksić Ema, Milić Jasmina, Malešević Adam, Jovičić Bojan

“…The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of the Serbian version of Children’s Fear Survey Schedule Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) and the relations between dental anxiety and oral health status in a sample of Serbian schoolchildren. Methods. The CFSS-DS scale was translated into Serbian and administered to 231 (12-year old) patients of the Pediatric Dental Department, Public Health Center Čukarica, Belgrade. …”
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Amoxicillin Resistance: An In Vivo Study on the Effects of an Approved Formulation on Antibiotic Resistance in Broiler Chickens by Ádám Kerek, Ábel Szabó, Ákos Jerzsele

“…<b>Results:</b> The ¼× dose caused a more pronounced microbiome shift than the 1× dose, with a marked reduction in Pseudomonadota and increase in Bacillota and Bacteroidota. …”
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Fostering Religious Values in Early Childhood Through Big Book Media at TK Negeri 5 Banda Aceh by Rafidhah Hanum, Irwandi Irwandi, Silvia Azila

“…Many early childhood education centers still rely on traditional teaching methods that are less engaging for young learners. …”
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POLYPHARMACY IN MANAGMENT OF IN-PATIENTS WITH NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) by V. I. Petrov, A. Yu. Ryazanova, N. S. Privaltseva, D. A. Nekrasov

“…To identify polypharmacy cases and develop the ways to optimize pharmacotherapy of patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in infectious disease facilities.Materials and methods. ATC/DDD analysis with calculation of DDDs/100 bed days and a sample analysis of 500 patients’ prescriptions were performed for presenting drug utilization statistics in the infectious disease facilities of Volgograd region, which had been reassigned to treat patients with COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.Results. …”
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Heterogeneous Associations Between Pandemic-Induced Socioeconomic Hardships and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: A Nationally Representative Analy... by JungHo Park, Byoungjun Kim

“…Since the pandemic has exacerbated socioeconomic challenges faced by sexual and gender minority populations, including employment income loss, housing instability, food insufficiency, and household expense difficulty, this study investigated the disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake among these populations. <b>Methods:</b> Using the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey, a nationally representative sample of 1,767,966 individuals (6% gay or lesbian, 4.2% bisexual, 1.6% something else, and 90.6% heterosexual respondents), we quantified the COVID-19 vaccine uptakes among sexual and gender minorities, as well as the effect measure modifications by socioeconomic hardships. …”
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Knowledge of risk factors of heart disease among medical students and interns: A cross-sectional study from King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia by Nasser G. Alqahtani, Amira Yasmine Benmelouka, Reem Hamad S Aldosari, Lama Gasem Asiri, Lujain Y. AlKasi, Shatha A. Almasswary, Alshaima Alassim, Aljohrah M. Al Hunaif, Shuruq Abdullah M Alqahtani, Miad A. Abu Mughaedh, Amr Ehab El-Qushayri

“…Conclusion: Most of our sample had adequate knowledge of heart disease factors. …”
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Glycaemic Response to Quality Protein Maize Grits by Leonora N. Panlasigui, Cecile L. T. Bayaga, Erniel B. Barrios, Kim L. Cochon

“…Pure QPM corn grits may be a more health beneficial food for diabetic and hyperlipidemic individuals.…”
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Leadless ultrasound-based LV endocardial pacing for CRT: systematic review and meta-analysis by Fenfen Zhao, Xia Liu

“…As the safety profile gets better, more people will be able to get this medicine for these patients. …”
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Effects of Veterans Affairs Access Expansions on Inpatient Care for Women Veterans by Emily P. Wong, Jean Yoon

“…Conclusions: We found that after multiple expansions in non-VA health care options, women Veterans sought more VA-purchased community hospital care.…”
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Endometrial pattern in women with abnormal uterine bleeding attending a tertiary care centre of Kathmandu by Deliya Paudel, Himanshu Regmi

“…In the study all the endometrial tissue either obtained by endometrial curettage and biopsy or hysterectomy presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding for more than 3 months were included Results: A total of 88 cases were received during this period, out of which there were 78 endometrial tissue samples and 10 hysterectomy specimens. …”
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