Geospatial analysis of end-stage renal disease among patients attending hemodialysis units in Alexandria, Egypt by Reham A. EL-Hofy, Safia I. Shehata, Azza F. Abou EL-Naga, Mohamed H. Bahnassy, Gihan I. Gewaifel, Nahla A. Gamaleldin

“…Results The results of the study showed that the mean age of ESRD patients (n=950) was 49±16.2 years. 538 of studied patients (56.6%) were males. …”
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Creativity in children’s speech development: a case study of Persian speaking children by Samad Mirza Suzani

“…The data consisted of utterances by a number of children at an age range of 1;10 to 4;10 since it is considered a productive period for the creation of new words. …”
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Préparer l’élection pontificale et instruire l’ambassadeur près le Saint-Siège : la junta de pontificado de 1618-1619 by Léa Bénichou

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Characterization of patients with clinical suspicion of dengue and warning signs. Pediatric Hospital. Cienfuegos, 2019 by Delfín Rodríguez Buergo, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Diana Rosa Rodríguez Delgado, Roxana Gutiérrez Morán, Lisset María Martínez González

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: female sex and preschool ages predominated, as well as normal weight (95.1%). 26.8% suffered from chronic diseases. …”
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Qualitative exploration of self-assessment in natural science: Grade 6 learners' experiences in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal classrooms by Preya Pillay

“…Recommendations include developing context-specific, age-appropriate self-assessment tools, implementing strategies to bridge traditional and scientific knowledge, and creating innovative approaches to maximise limited resources in rural schools. …”
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A Critique of “Prehistoric Mesopotamia” by rahmat abbasnejadseresti

“…The author of the book should devote a discussion to the status of the Economic-social Complexities of North and South of Mesopotamia during the Chalcolithic period and Bronze Age.…”
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Current approaches to the treatment of frequently recurrent urticaria. by E. M. Dytyatkovska, Yu. V. Bendetska, I. A. Rodkina, N. А. Nedogibchenko

“…Fifteen patients (including eight women and seven men) were successfully treated with omalizumab. The mean age was 39.1 ± 3.6 years. The average duration of the disease in patients was 5.1 ± 0.9 years. …”
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Outcomes among patients with coronary artery bypass grafts presenting with acute coronary syndrome: impact of revascularization by Hilary J. Bews, Brett Hiebert, Shuangbo Liu, John Ducas, Amir Ravandi, Kunal Minhas, Malek Kass, Michael P. Love, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Ashish H. Shah

“…Results: Nearly 20% of patients treated with CABG presented with ACS at a median of 7.2 years (age at the time of CABG: 66 years (interquartile range: 58–73 years); 75.6% male). …”
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Clinical and paraclinical findings and outcomes of COVID-19 infection in patients with kidney transplantation in affiliated hospitals of Babol University of Medical Sciences by Haniyeh Pouraee, Masoumeh Asgharpour, Hemmat Gholinia, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Arefeh Babazadeh

“…Results: Out of the 35 patients included in the study, 19 (54.3%) were males, and 16 (45.7%) were females. The mean age of patients was 47.46±11.28. Among the clinical symptoms, cough and decreased level of consciousness were associated with a higher mortality rate (P= 0.02). …”
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The inverse correlation between serum zinc levels and depression severity in Egyptian adolescent students: a case–control study by Amany H. Abdelmoneam, Ghada M. Khafagy, Khaled A. Elbeh, Marwa D. A. Hasan

“…Furthermore, a significant negative correlation was observed between depression severity and zinc levels, even after adjusting for age, sex, and SES. The predictive value of zinc levels in diagnosing depression demonstrated a sensitivity of 64% and specificity of 60.5%. …”
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Zebrafish glial-vascular interactions progressively expand over the course of brain development by Lewis G. Gall, Courtney M. Stains, Moises Freitas-Andrade, Bill Z. Jia, Nishi Patel, Sean G. Megason, Baptiste Lacoste, Natasha M. O’Brown

“…Sparse labeling showed fewer glial-vascular interactions at early stages, with glial coverage and contact area increasing with age. Stable transgenic lines for glast and glastini revealed similar developmental increases, starting at ∼30% coverage at 3 days post-fertilization (dpf) and peaking at ∼60% by 10 dpf, and consistently higher glial coverage in the forebrain and midbrain than in the hindbrain. …”
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The influence of mineralogical composition and alkali reactivity for utilization of some Egyptian crushed granites as a concrete aggregate by Maged El-fakharany, Ahmed Omar, Mahmoud Abdellatif

“…On the other hand, slight reactive for (Red GA) than others at the age of 28 day. In addition, all produced (Red GA), (White GA) and (Grey GA) mixes were acceptable mechanically with limits of (ECP-203) giving benefit for using all of the studied granite aggregate after their detailed study involving its mineralogical composition and alkali aggregate reactivity (AAR). …”
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Diet-Related Knowledge and Physical Activity in a Large Cohort of Insulin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes Patients: PROGENS ARENA Study by Tomasz Klupa, Michał Możdżan, Janina Kokoszka-Paszkot, Magdalena Kubik, Małgorzata Masierek, Margerita Czerwińska, Maciej T. Małecki

“…We aimed to estimate dietary habits and diet-oriented knowledge as well as the level of physical activity in 2500 insulin-treated Polish type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients (55.4% women). The mean age of the study participants was 64.9 ± 9.3 years, mean BMI was 31.4 kg/m2 ± 4.5, mean diabetes duration was 12.4 ± 6.9 years, and mean baseline HbA1c was 8.5%  ± 1.2. …”
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Assessment of Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling by Echocardiography After 90 Days of Sacubitril/Valsartan Therapy in Patients of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction by Akshay Pawar, Rajesh Rajani, Deepak Sadashiv Phalgune

“…Methods: One hundred and fifty patients ≥18 years of age with symptomatic heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <40.0% were included in this prospective observational study. …”
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Impact of Ultraviolet Radiation on Skin and Blood Melanin Traits in Xichou Black-Boned Chicken: A Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Study by Xinlu Li, Zhongxiao Tian, Haojie Li, Lei Tan, Yong Zhang, Changrong Ge, Kun Wang

“…Skin blackness was measured at 1, 22, and 45 days of age, and blood and pectoral skin samples were collected at 45 days for analysis. …”
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The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the Metabolic Syndrome: A Possible Chronobiotic-Cytoprotective Adjuvant Therapy by Eduardo Spinedi, Daniel P. Cardinali

“…Polycystic ovary syndrome is a highly frequent reproductive-endocrine disorder affecting up to 8–10% of women worldwide at reproductive age. Although its etiology is not fully understood, evidence suggests that insulin resistance, with or without compensatory hyperinsulinemia, and hyperandrogenism are very common features of the polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype. …”
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ETHICS BY DESIGN AND RECONSIDERATION OF THE SUBJECT-OBJECT IN THE DIGITAL ERA by Тетяна ПАВЛОВА, Роман ПАВЛОВ

“…Originality / Value: The novelty of the research lies in the development of an integrative approach to ethics by design that takes into account changes in subject-object relations in the digital age. The proposed approach is aimed at expanding the capabilities of existing models of ethical design and explores new perspectives for creating ethically responsible digital technologies. …”
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Surprise Baby: Abdominoplasty Performed During Unknown Pregnancy by Jasmina Lagumdzija, MD, Sebastian Ender, MD, Maximilian Mahrhofer, MD, Gottfried Wechselberger, MD, Elisabeth Russe, MD

“…The male newborn, delivered at 38 weeks, was small for gestational age but healthy. Ten years postsurgery, the patient maintained excellent aesthetic results with no abdominal complications. …”
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Effect of nano-clay addition and heat-treatment on tensile and stress-controlled low-cycle fatigue behaviors of aluminum-silicon alloy by Mohammad Azadi, Adel Basiri, Ali Dadashi, G. Winter, B. Seisenbacher, F. Grün

“…Through the microstructural analysis, it was indicated that the neglecting of higher kinematics of age hardening in nano-composite was the major source of mechanical properties reduction. …”
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Analysis of the factors of heart rate variability affected after a hypoxia tolerance test as a function of gender by Cristina Rochel Vera, Inés Albertus Cámara, Ignacio Martínez González-Moro

“…Material and methods: 23 healthy volunteers (11 women and 12 men) with a mean age of 23.08±2.99 performed a hypoxia tolerance test (11%, 5050 m) with the iAltitude simulator. …”
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