Improving Clinical Management of Diabetic Macular Edema: Insights from a Global Survey of Patients, Healthcare Providers, and Clinic Staff by Focke Ziemssen, Michelle Sylvanowicz, Winfried M. Amoaku, Tariq Aslam, Bora Eldem, Robert P. Finger, Richard P. Gale, Laurent Kodjikian, Jean-François Korobelnik, Xiaofeng Lin, Anat Loewenstein, Paul Mitchell, Moira Murphy, David R. Owens, Nick Parker, Ian Pearce, Francisco J. Rodríguez, Jude Stern, S. James Talks, David T. Wong, Tien Yin Wong, Jane Barratt

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Comparing the Institution-based Supervision and Tele-based Supervision for Task-oriented Exercises on Upper Limb Motor Performance and Functional Ability among Stroke Patients: A R... by Neha, Subhasish Chatterjee

“…A total of 62 male and female patients, aged 45-75 years, who have experienced their first ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke within the last six months and have scores ranging from 26 to 56 on the Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Upper Extremity (FMA-UE), mild to moderate spasticity (less than 2 on the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), >24 on the Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE), and stages II and III of the Brunnstrom score will be included in the study. …”
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Dysplasie faciale chez les chimpanzés sauvages de Sebitoli, Parc national de Kibale, Ouganda : la pollution environnementale en cause ? by Sabrina Krief, Jean-Michel Krief, Andrew Seguya

“…Parmi les individus atteints, on trouve des mâles et des femelles, âgés de 18 mois à 18 ans. Les caractéristiques faciales observées chez les chimpanzés évoquent le syndrome de Binder décrit chez les humains. …”
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Menstrual Blood-Derived Stem Cells Transplantation Combined with Exercise Training in Promoting Spinal Cord Injury Recovery in Rats by QI Longju, CHEN Shiyuan, LIAO Zehua, SHI Yuanhu, SUN Yuyu, WANG Qinghua

“…ObjectiveTo explore the potential therapeutic targets and molecular mechanisms of menstrual blood-derived stem cells (MenSCs) transplantation combined with exercise training in promoting recovery in rats with spinal cord injury (SCI) through transcriptome sequencing analysis.MethodsFemale SD rats aged two months were selected and a SCI model was established by a hemisection at the tenth thoracic vertebra (T10). …”
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Cigarette Smoking Patterns Among Racial and Ethnic Groups With Chronic Lung Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Vijaya L. Seegulam, MPH, Caretia J. Washington, BS, Parvathy P. Surendran, BPT, Alyssa M. Falise, PhD, MSPH, Diana Gomez-Manjarres, MD, Catalina Lopez-Quintero, MD, MPH, PhD

“…Methods: The authors analyzed data from 10,763 adults (aged ≥40 years) with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and/or asthma surveyed in the 2019, 2021, and 2023 National Health Interview Survey. …”
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Assessment of Types, Factors Contributing to Violence Against Women and its Effects on the Health Seeking Behaviour of Women in Rubanda Town Council Rubanda District. by Byumvuhore, Stephen

“…Results indicated that of the 407 respondents, the majority were aged 23-27 years (81.8%), had primary education (56.3%), were Christians (95.8%), were married (83.3%), self-employed (74.9%) and Bakiga (76.7%). …”
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Maternal Satisfaction towards Childhood Immunization Service and Its Associated Factors in Wadla District, North Wollo, Ethiopia, 2019 by Fisha Alebel GebreEyesus, Nega Tezera Assimamaw, Netsanet Tsegaye GebereEgziabher, Bisrat Zeleke Shiferaw

“…The aim of this study was to assess maternal satisfaction towards childhood immunization service and its associated factors among mothers’ having children aged less than 1 year in Wadla district, North Wollo, Ethiopia, 2019. …”
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The Impact of Acute Aerobic Exercise on General and Food-Related Inhibitory Function Among Young Adults with Obesity: An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Study by Chun Xie, Tao Huang, Yingying Wang, Peisi Wang, Yanxia Chen, Jiali Qian, Guozhuang Chen, Kun Wang

“…<b>Methods</b>: Eighteen young adult males with obesity [body mass index (BMI): 34.60 ± 4.21 kg/m², aged 24.50 ± 5.13 years (Mean ± SD)] were recruited. …”
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Finding the right dose: a scoping review examining facilitation as an implementation strategy for evidence-based stroke care by Oyebola Fasugba, Heilok Cheng, Simeon Dale, Kelly Coughlan, Elizabeth McInnes, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Ngai W. Cheung, Kelvin Hill, Kirsty Page, Estela Sanjuan Menendez, Emily Neal, Vivien Pollnow, Julia Slark, Eileen Gilder, Anna Ranta, Christopher Levi, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Sandy Middleton

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Effectiveness of Inactivated Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Against Omicron BA.2.2 Infection in Beijing, China, 2022: A Cohabitation Retrospective Cohort Study by Shuaibing Dong, Ying Sun, Zhaomin Feng, Yi Tian, Lei Jia, Xiaoli Wang, Quanyi Wang, Daitao Zhang, Peng Yang

“…From April to June 2022, a total of 2259 cohabiting close contacts of 1308 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection aged ≥3 years were included. Of the included close contacts, 737 (32.63%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the isolation period: 140 (19.00%) were infected but asymptomatic, 525 (71.23%) had mild infection, and 72 (9.77%) had pneumonia. …”
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Development of a Sensitive Quantum Dot-Linked Immunoassay for the Multiplex Detection of Biochemical Markers in a Microvolumeric Format by Kalvaityte U, Bagdonas E, Kirdaite G, Kausaite-Minkstimiene A, Uzieliene I, Ramanaviciene A, Popov A, Butkiene G, Karabanovas V, Denkovskij J, Mobasheri A, Bernotiene E

“…Ursule Kalvaityte,1 Edvardas Bagdonas,1 Gailute Kirdaite,2 Asta Kausaite-Minkstimiene,3,4 Ilona Uzieliene,1 Almira Ramanaviciene,3,4 Anton Popov,3,4 Greta Butkiene,1,5 Vitalijus Karabanovas,1,5 Jaroslav Denkovskij,1 Ali Mobasheri,1,6– 8 Eiva Bernotiene1,9 1Department of Regenerative Medicine, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, LT-08406, Lithuania; 2Department of Personalised Medicine, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania; 3Department of Immunology and Bioelectrochemistry, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, LT-08406, Lithuania; 4NanoTechnas - Center of Nanotechnology and Materials Science, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LT-03225, Lithuania; 5Biomedical Physics Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Baublio 3b, Vilnius, LT-08406, Lithuania; 6Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, 90014, Finland; 7World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Aging, Université de Liège, Liège, B-4000, Belgium; 8Department of Joint Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China; 9Faculty of Fundamental Sciences, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, LT-10223, LithuaniaCorrespondence: Eiva Bernotiene, Department of Regenerative Medicine, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Santariskiu G. 5, Vilnius, LT-08406, Lithuania, Tel +37068377130, Email eiva.bernotiene@imcentras.ltPurpose: For the diagnosis of various diseases, simultaneous sensitive detection of multiple biomarkers using low sample volumes is needed. …”
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Ethnic and racial discrimination in maternal health care in Mexico: a neglected challenge in the search for universal health coverage by Edson Serván-Mori, Sergio Meneses-Navarro, Rocío García-Díaz, Diego Cerecero-García, David Contreras-Loya, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Arachu Castro

“…Our study included n = 72,873 (N = 23,245,468) Mexican women aged 12–54 with recent live births. We defined ECMH as adequate antenatal care (ANC), skilled and/or institutional delivery care, timely postpartum care, and complication-free postpartum/puerperium. …”
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Community benefits of mass distribution of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets against malaria prevalence in Tanzania: evidence from a 3-year clust... by Eliud Andrea Lukole, Jackie Cook, Jacklin F Mosha, Nancy S Matowo, Manisha A Kulkarni, Elizabeth Mallya, Tatu Aziz, Jacklin Martin, Mark Rowland, Immo Kleinschmidt, Alphaxard Manjurano, Franklin W Mosha, Natacha Protopopoff

“…We assessed net usage at the cluster level and malaria infection in children aged from 6 months to 14 years in 45 households per cluster. …”
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Ten pressure points in primary care during COVID-19: findings from an international narrative review by Sally Hall Dykgraaf, Anne Parkinson, Michael Wright, William C. W. Wong, Jane Desborough, Lauren Ball, Elizabeth Sturgiss, Garang M. Dut, Katelyn Barnes, Danielle Butler, Steph Davis, Kirsty Douglas, Candan Kendir, Danielle Martin, Robert Marten, Katherine Rouleau, Shannon Barkley, Lucas de Toca, Michael Kidd

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Serum metabolome profiling in patients with mild cognitive impairment reveals sex differences in lipid metabolism by Rocio Diaz Escarcega, Vijay Kumar M. J., Vasilia E. Kyriakopoulos, Guadalupe J. Ortiz, Aaron M. Gusdon, Huihui Fan, Pedram Peesh, Maria P. Blasco Conesa, Gabriela Delevati Colpo, Hilda W. Ahnstedt, Lucy Couture, Stella H. Kim, Miriam Hinojosa, Christine M. Farrell, Sean P. Marrelli, Akihiko Urayama, Bhanu P. Ganesh, Paul E. Schulz, Louise D. McCullough, Andrey S. Tsvetkov

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CLINICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL STUDY RESULTS OF COMPARING DIGITAL OCCLUSION INDICES AT REGISTRATION OF INTERCUSPAL POSITION IN PATIENTS WITH EDENTULOUS SPACES BEFORE AND AFTER PROSTHETI... by Тaras Hlushko, Yuriy Vovk, Volodymyr Vovk, Petro Kryukov, Мaksym Lohash

“…Examination of 5 patients of both genders aged 28 to 51 years was performed at clinical bases of the department of surgical and prosthetic dentistry of the Faculty of Postgraduate Education at Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University. …”
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Dietary and lifestyle patterns identified through reduced rank regression and their association with insulin-related disorders: a prospective analysis from the Tehran Lipid and Glu... by Ebrahim Mokhtari, Hossein Farhadnejad, Farshad Teymoori, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Mehrnaz Nikkhah, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi

“…Methods The current study was conducted on 1063 individuals aged ≥ 25 years old of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study who have complete data on fasting blood sugar, plasma insulin, anthropometric variables, and nutritional intakes. …”
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Experimental study on freeze-thaw damage characteristics and mechanical properties of fractured rock mass of surface mine slope in cold region by Sen TIAN, Ying ZHAO, Hu SI, Chun ZHU, Quangui LI

“…Through these tests, the mass loss, wave velocity attenuation and frost heave force evolution characteristics of fractured rock masses with different inclinations (0°, 25°, 50°, 75°) were analyzed under different freeze-thaw cycles, and the strength and aging characteristics of fractured rock masses under different load conditions, along with the evolution of their mechanical properties under different freeze-thaw cycles were revealed. …”
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Identifikasi Emosi Manusia Berdasarkan Ucapan Menggunakan Metode Ekstraksi Ciri LPC dan Metode Euclidean Distance by Siti Helmiyah, Imam Riadi, Rusydi Umar, Abdullah Hanif, Anton Yudhana, Abdul Fadlil

“…Voice data used with different sentences, actors, ages, and accents can influence the recognition of emotions, therefore the extraction of features in the recognition of speech patterns of human emotions is very important. …”
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Unveiling unique effector function-related bulk antibody profiles in long-term hemodialysis patients following COVID-19 mRNA booster vaccination by Chia-Yi Chou, Chung-Yi Cheng, Chih-Hsin Lee, Makoto Kuro-O, Tso-Hsiao Chen, San-Yuan Wang, Yung-Kun Chuang, Yun-Jung Yang, Yun-Hsuan Lin, I-Lin Tsai

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