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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Microbial Distortion? Impacts of Delayed Preservation on Microbiome Diversity and Composition in a Marine Invertebrate by Brenna Hutchings, Susanna López‐Legentil, Lauren Stefaniak, Marie Nydam, Patrick M. Erwin

“…Here, we tested the effects of delayed preservation and relaxation methods on microbiome diversity and composition in the colonial ascidian Trididemnum solidum using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. …”
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High-resolution 2D-DoA sequential algorithm of azimuth and elevation estimation in automotive distributed system of coherent MIMO radars by I. V. Artyukhin

“…The present study aims to develop a two-dimensional Direction-of-Arrival algorithm with low computation complexity as part of distributed coherent automotive radar system for cases involving short time samples (snapshots).Methods. A virtual antenna array formation algorithm is formulated according to the two-dimensional Capon method. …”
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Letter from the Editor by Germán A. Prieto

“…Chen et al. propose a method to identify the formation of such dams, with an example from the Er river in Taiwan. …”
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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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Extending the psychometric properties of the Arabic RCMAS in Jordanian children aged 7–16: Considering gender and age invariances by Mohammad A. AL Jabery, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Sara Farid Khalaf, Diana H. Arabiat

“…Conclusions: Results represent a first step for extending and confirming the reliability and validity of the Arabic version of the scale for use among children and adolescents in Jordan. More studies are needed to replicate our findings on larger sample and to provide additional evidence of the factor structure of the RCMAS.…”
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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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Bony Union and Flap Resorption in Cranioplasty with Autologous Subcutaneous Pocket Preserved Bone Flap: Early Report on an Ambidirectional CT Scan-Based Study by Sudip Kumar Sengupta, Andrews Navin Kumar, Vinay Maurya, Harish Bajaj, Krishan Kumar Yadav, Ashwath K. G., Dharamjeet Singh Faujdar

“…Conclusion Ours is a study with a small sample size, unable to put its weight on any side, but can surely add some more data to help the Neurosurgeons in choosing the best for their patients.…”
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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

“…Using standard culturing techniques, E. coli were isolated from patients’ various samples (urine, catheter tip, sputum, blood, endotracheal tube aspiration, pleural/peritoneal fluids, and throat swab). …”
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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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Precursors of the treatment failure of mycobacteriosis in patients with HIV by M. A. Savchenko

“…To identify the main markers of unfavorable outcome or protracted course of the disease.Materials and methods. The study included 70 patients with HIV and mycobacteriosis who received complex therapy (antiretroviral and specific antibacterial drugs). …”
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Single citrate locksolution versus heparin lock solution for the prevention of complicationsassociated with long-term dwelling catheter in hemodialysis patients: a meta-analysis by YANG Lei, WANG Jia-sheng, QIU Jun, KANG Xiao-lan, LI Jia-yi

“…Because of the limitation of samples and poor quality, more large samples and high quality randomized controlled prospective trials are required to provide better confirmation evidence, so as to support the above conclusion.…”
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