Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on growth determinants in premature neonates: observational study in a secondary health service in Carapicuíba, São Paulo (2020–2023) by Vanessa Marques Leite Martha, Deborah Cristina Landi Masquio, Luiz Silva dos Santos, Julia Marques Leite Martha, Pedro Marques Leite Martha, Guido de Paula Colares Neto

“…Comparatively, the newborns in the group pre-vaccination against COVID-19 had more significant growth at six months and more prevalence of newborns born large for gestational age (LGA), while complications such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and viral bronchiolitis was more common in the post-vaccination group.ConclusionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, non-nutritional factors, especially EUGR, significantly influenced the anthropometry of premature babies. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to patient utilization of noncommunicable disease services in primary healthcare facilities in Nepal: a qualitative study by Sushmita Mali, Elizabeth C. Rhodes, Chandani Singh Nakarmi, Soniya Shrestha, Aarati Dhakal, Alina Bharati, Anupama Bishwokarma, Asmita Adhikari, Bikram Poudel, Binuka Kulung Rai, Sangita Manandhar, Surakshya KC, Dinesh Timalsena, Sashi Silwal, Meghnath Dhimal, Phanindra Prasad Baral, Felix Teufel, Sanju Bhattarai, Donna Spiegelman, Archana Shrestha

“…This study explored barriers and facilitators to patient utilization of NCD services at primary healthcare facilities in Nepal. Methods We conducted a qualitative study with a 35 purposive sample of patients living with one or more NCDs (hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD/ asthma) who sought healthcare at primary healthcare facilities in 14 randomly selected districts in seven provinces in Nepal that implemented PEN. …”
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REUSABLE KITCHEN – AND TABLEWARE MATERIAL STABILITY TESTING WITH REGARD TO SPECIFIC MIGRATION OF MELAMINE AND FORMALDEHYDE by Svetla PETROVA, Valentina CHRISTOVA – BAGDASSARIAN

“…Formaldehyde migration results were below the SML in all but one sample, which exceeded the limit by more than four times. …”
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PU.1 upregulation is linked to improved prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer by Katja Hohenberger, Denis I. Trufa, Arndt Hartmann, Susanne Mittler, Sonja Trump, Horia Sirbu, Horia Sirbu, Horia Sirbu, Susetta Finotto, Susetta Finotto, Susetta Finotto, Susetta Finotto

“…On a more detailed analysis, PU.1 was found increased the most in CD56dim natural killer cells (NK cells). …”
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Progression of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer analyzed by serial biopsy RT-QuIC and immunohistochemistry. by Davin M Henderson, Nathaniel D Denkers, Clare E Hoover, Erin E McNulty, Sarah K Cooper, Lauren A Bracchi, Candace K Mathiason, Edward A Hoover

“…In recent years, in vitro amplification assays have been developed that can detect CWD prion seeding activity in tissues, excreta, and body fluids of affected cervids. These methods potentially offer earlier and more facile detection of CWD, both pre- and post-mortem. …”
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Expressions of shox2, RASSF1A and PTGER4, and the relationship between their methylation and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with lung cancer by Su Haitao, Lv Qiaoye, Wang Limei, Hu Jigang, Lv Yinggang, Jia Liting, Qi Qingbin

“…Larger, more diverse studies are needed to determine if these findings can be broadly applied to other LC subtypes and stages. …”
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A novel smart surveillance approach to strengthen health facility-based disease surveillance in Tanzania by Ms Happy Mkali, MD Alix Miauton, Dr. Alexandra Kulinkina, Ms. Magreth Joram, MD Caroline Enos, Mr. Lazar Pavicevic, Mr. Vincent Faivre, Dr. MD Rainer Tan, Dr. Sabine Renggli, Ms. Theopista Lotto, Mr. Sinamgoda Ngailla, MD Godfrey Kavishe, Mr. Ibrahim Mtebene, Mr. Peter Agrea, MD Lameck Luwanda, Mr Geofrey Ashery, MD Chacha Mangu, Dr. MD Nyanda Ntinginya, Prof. Dr. Honorati Masanja, Prof. Dr. MD Isabella Eckerle, Prof. Dr. MD Valerie D'Acremont

“…Acute watery diarrhea was also more frequent in Mbeya CC and DC, occurring in 19% of the cases, against 9% in the other 3 districts. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study on the Strengthening Mechanism of Rock Materials under Impact Loads by Xin Liu, Kai Wang, Chunan Tang, Xikun Qian

“…Under dynamic loading, the rock specimen forms more cracks and releases more elastic energy. Furthermore, it shows greater strength characteristics. …”
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EBBA-detector: An effective detector for defect detection in solar panel EL images with unbalanced data. by Yixing Zhang, Ziyan Mo, Zhuan Xin, Xianyu Chen, Yuqin Deng, Xuan Dong

“…The EBFPN captures defect features of different sizes, significantly improving the recognition ability for small defects, while the B-A Module suppresses background interference, guiding the model to focus more on defect locations. Additionally, this paper designs a Scaled Dynamic Focal Loss (SDFL) function, which enables the model to pay more attention to minority and hard-to-identify defect samples under imbalanced data distribution. …”
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Phenytoin as the first option in female epileptic patients? by PAULO CÉSAR TREVISOL-BITTENCOURT, VICTOR REIS DA SILVA, MÁRCIO ALCIDES MOLINARI, ANDRÉ RIBEIRO TROIANO

“…They were taking PHT in a dosage ranging from 100 to 300 mg daily, in mono or polytherapy regimen, during 1-5 previous years. RESULTS: More than 50% of the sample showed coarse facial features made by the combination of several degrees of acne, hirsutism and gingival hyperplasia. …”
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Galaxies Lighting Up: Discovery of Seventy New Turn-on Changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei by Qian Yang, Paul J. Green, Xue-Bing Wu, Michael Eracleous, Linhua Jiang, Yuming Fu

“…The majority of CL AGN have been found dimming as “turn-off” CL AGN because most selection methods start from samples of spectroscopically confirmed quasars. …”
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The effect of clinician-expressed empathy and nocebo-alleviating information on breast-cancer-patients' anxiety and side effects during active chemotherapy: A clinical feasibility... by Lara C. Gröschel, Fiona T. Brosig, Marcel Soesan, Katherina T. Vourtsis, Mirte van der Spek, Elise Sluiter, Liesbeth M. van Vliet

“…Results: The interventions appeared to yield limited effects on our small sample. Feasibility reflections mainly focused on the practical level, such as the use of more generalizable videos and optimizing the flow. …”
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Detection Using Conventional PCR and Quantitative Real-Time PCR Based on Species-Specific Novel Gene Targets Identified by Pangenome Analysis by Chufang Wang, Chufang Wang, Qinghua Ye, Aiming Jiang, Jumei Zhang, Yuting Shang, Fan Li, Baoqing Zhou, Xinran Xiang, Qihui Gu, Rui Pang, Yu Ding, Shi Wu, Moutong Chen, Qingping Wu, Qingping Wu, Juan Wang, Juan Wang

“…Compared with the endpoint PCR and traditional culture methods, the qPCR assay was more sensitive by one or two orders of magnitude. …”
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Thrombolytic and Anticoagulant Therapy for Pulmonary Embolism with High and Intermendiate Risk of Early Death. Part 3. An Effect on Pulmonary Perfusion with High and Intermediate R... by O. V. Nikitina, I. P. Mikhailov, N. Y. Kudryashova, E. V. Migunova, A. G. Dorfman, V. I. Avfukov

“…The accumulation deficit of an area equal to a segment was counted as a perfusion deficiency of 5% (subsegmental 2.5%), inferior lobe — 25%, an area equal to the right lung — 55%, the left lung — 45%.Characteristics of the sample In a sample of 503 patients who received treatment at the Intensive Care Unit for Surgical Patients of the N.V. …”
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One Platform, Four Languages: Comparing English, Spanish, Hindi, and Russian YouTube by Ryan McGrady, Kevin Zheng, Ethan Zuckerman

“…Hindi videos are much shorter and much newer, with sharp growth since 2020 and more than half of the sample uploaded in 2023 alone. …”
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Galaxy evolution in the post-merger regime. II -- Post-merger quenching peaks within 500 Myr of coalescence by Sara Ellison, Leonardo Ferreira, Vivienne Wild, Scott Wilkinson, Kate Rowlands, David R. Patton

“…Compared with a control sample of non-interacting galaxies, Ellison et al. (2022) found PSBs to be a factor of 30-60 more common in the post-mergers, demonstrating that mergers can lead to quenching. …”
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Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT by Cherry-Ann Waldron, Philip Pallmann, Simon Schoenbuchner, Debbie Harris, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Céu Mateus, Jolanta Bernatoniene, Katrina Cathie, Saul N Faust, Josie Henley, Lucy Hinds, Kerry Hood, Chao Huang, Sarah Jones, Sarah Kotecha, Sarah Milosevic, Helen Nabwera, Sanjay Patel, Stéphane Paulus, Colin VE Powell, Jenny Preston, Huasheng Xiang, Emma Thomas-Jones, Enitan D Carrol

“…Background Procalcitonin is a biomarker specific for bacterial infection, with a more rapid response than other commonly used biomarkers, such as C-reactive protein, but it is not routinely used in the National Health Service. …”
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Pain thresholds in elderly individuals: a cross-sectional observational study of the influence of gender and chronic non-cancer pain by Áquila Lopes Gouvêa, Pedro Adde Anuardo, João Paulo Consentino Solano, Ângela Maria Sousa, Hazem Adel Ashmawi

“…This study aims to compare the pain threshold after mechanical stimulation in older adults according to gender and presence or absence of chronic pain and find the prevalence and intensity of chronic pain in this population. Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study with a convenience sample in the outpatient clinic at two research centers. …”
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Evaluation of epidemiological, clinical, and microbiological features of vulvovaginal candidiasis by Faraji, Reza, Maleki, Abbas, Gheisoori, Abbas, Rashidi, Taha, Salimi Mansouri, Amirhossein, Rashidi, Fatemeh, Faraji, Sadegh, Kashefizadeh, Alireza, Bozorgomid, Arezoo

“…Conclusion: The culture method was more sensitive than the direct microscopic examination. …”
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Association Between Diabetes and Vertical Bone Defects in Periodontitis Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia by Eman Aljoghaiman, Abdullah Alzahrani, Rakan Albarqi, Saad Alqbbani, Hamad Alshiddi, Mishali AlSharief, Mohammed Alsaati, Faisal E. Al Jofi

“…Further research with larger, more diverse samples and integrated clinical assessments is needed to refine our understanding of this relationship and enhance patient management.…”
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