Determinants of induced abortion among second-trimester pregnant women attending Dessie City health facilities, Northeast Ethiopia: a case-control study by Elsabeth Addisu, Bitya Admassu, Wolde Melese Ayele, Kassawmar Angaw, Bezawit Adane

“…Adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to measure the effect size of predictors. Results The mean age of cases was 25 years (± 6.6) and 29.3 years (± 5.3) of controls. …”
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Relationships between multiple patient safety outcomes and healthcare and hospital-related risk factors in colorectal resection cases: cross-sectional evidence from a nationwide sa... by Ralf Kuhlen, Jochen Schmitt, Felix Walther, Martin Roessler, Peter Scriba, Maria Eberlein-Gonska, Olaf Schoffer

“…Healthcare (eg, weekend surgery), hospital (eg, volume) and case (eg, age) characteristics served as independent covariates in a multilevel logistic regression model. …”
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Propofol Priming for Enhancing Induction Safety in Hypertensive Patients: A Prospective Double-blind Randomised Controlled Trial by Tarun Yadav, Mayuri Golhar, Chhavi Saini

“…Results: In Group 1 (study), the mean age was 49.36±9.42 years, while in Group 2 (control), it was 49.36±9.19 years (p=0.91). …”
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Effectiveness of multimethod, community-based educational interventions on the knowledge and attitude to birth preparedness and complications readiness among women in southwest Nig... by Bosede B Afolabi, Ifeoma P Okafor, Mobolanle R Balogun, Adekemi O Sekoni, Duro C Dolapo, Claudia A Hawkins

“…A 50% cut-off was used to categorise respondents into adequate and inadequate knowledge of BP/CR.Results Mean age of the respondents: 31.2±5.4 years for the IG, 30.4±6.0 years for the control group (CG); p=0.007. …”
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Assessing the use of the Index of Consciousness (IoC) as a monitoring tool for the sedative effects of ciprofol during general anesthesia induction: a prospective observational stu... by Yanhong Yu, Hao Wang, Liguo Wei, Yifan Gao, Nuo Yan, Jing Chu, Hong Li

“…A total of 130 patients aged 18 to 65 years who underwent noncardiac or noncranial elective surgery under general anesthesia were included. …”
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Water hyacinth [Eichhornia Crassipes (Mart.)] invasion: implications for livelihoods in the central Rift Valley of Ethiopia by Assefa Gudina, Dagne Getachew Woldemedhin, Aseffa Seyoum, Feyera Senbeta, Engdawork Assefa, Afework Alemayehu

“…Other control variables, such as education, experience, and interactions like dependency-age, experience-education, and land-lake, also influenced the impact of livelihood. …”
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Different modifications of minimally invasive osteosynthesis in pilon fractures: comparative study results by Boris A. Maiorov, Igor G. Belen’kiy, Gennadii D. Sergeev, Kamoliddin K. Gadoev, Mariya A. Sergeeva

“…These groups were comparable in terms of gender and age. The first group consisted of 28 patients who underwent osteosynthesis with one anatomically precontoured plate. …”
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OCT-A monitoring of the efficacy of neuroprotective therapy for glaucomatous optic neuropathy by N.G. Glazko, A.E. Egorov

“…</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Patients and Methods: </b>45 patients (78 eyes) aged 45–80 years with moderate and advanced POAG lasting at least one year were enrolled in the study. …”
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Examining the Prevalence and Associated Factors of Sexually Transmitted Infections in People Living With HIV/AIDS at a Community Health Center in Bandung City, Indonesia by Nuraeni S, Alfian SD, Puspitasari IM

“…The factors associated with the prevalence of STIs in PLWHA, including sociodemographic factors such as gender, age, education level, marital status, occupation, population group, referral origin, and clinical factors such as length of illness, duration of ART, clinical stage, and comorbidities, were analyzed by using chi-square analysis.Results: Total 156 PLWHA data with STIs from medical records were collected (male, n = 152, 97.4%; female, n = 4, 2.6%). …”
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Relationship between socioeconomic status and social network with loneliness: a cross-sectional study of China older adults with activity of daily living disabilities by Xin Cao, Luyao Niu, Wenjie Qu, Xinyu Ying, Ruyu Li, Xiyue Wang, Ruizhi Gao, Yuhua Chen, Yue-Xia Gao

“…Objectives The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between loneliness and socioeconomic status and social networks in older adults with activity of daily living (ADL) disabilities in China and investigate people who are more likely to feel lonely.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting This study was conducted in six districts of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.Participants A total of 880 older adults with ADL disabilities who participated in long-term care insurance and had an ADL score of less than 40 were investigated by the convenient sampling method.Primary outcome measures The UCLA Loneliness Scale (V.3) was used to assess loneliness.Results Among 880 participants, the mean age was 80.64 years (SD 10.29) and 59.43% were females. …”
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Barriers and facilitators of integrated hepatitis B, C, and HIV screening among pregnant mothers and newborns attending maternal and newborn clinics in Koboko District, Uganda: a q... by John Bosco Alege, John Paul Oyore, Rose Clarke Nanyonga, Philippa Musoke, Alloys S. S. Orago

“…Abstract Background HIV and HBV remain significant public health challenges characterized by high prevalence, morbidity, and mortality, especially among women of reproductive age in Uganda. Patients with HBV do not receive routine counselling and education, and there are limited resources for laboratory investigation coupled with a high loss to follow-up. …”
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Comparative analysis of long-term outcomes of primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis in pseudoexfoliation syndrome by E.V. Egorova, V.V. Chernykh

“…</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Patients and Methods: </b>173 patients (213 eyes) aged 50–84 years with PEX were enrolled in the study. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of Field-Based Physical Fitness Tests: A Systematic Review by Carolina Cruz-León, Pablo Expósito-Carrillo, Sandra Sánchez-Parente, José Jiménez-Iglesias, Milkana Borges-Cosic, Magdalena Cuenca-Garcia, José Castro-Piñero

“…Objectives (i) To examine the feasibility and safety of existing field-based physical fitness tests used in people of all ages and (ii) to establish a comprehensive view of criterion-related validity, reliability, feasibility and safety based on scientific evidence for the existing field-based physical fitness tests in adults. …”
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The new HFA/ICOS risk assessment tool to identify patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia at high risk of cardiotoxicity by Daniela Di Lisi, Cristina Madaudo, Giulia Alagna, Marco Santoro, Ludovico Rossetto, Sergio Siragusa, Giuseppina Novo

“…Methods and results A retrospective single‐centre observational study was carried out on 58 patients (32 men and 26 women; mean age ± SD: 59 ± 15 years) with CML treated with TKIs for a median period of 43 ± 31 months. …”
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The relationship between dietary inflammatory index (DII) and early renal injury in population with/without hypertension: analysis of the National health and nutrition examination... by Jingda Huang, Huimin Li, Xu Yang, Chuyue Qian, Yihui Wei, Mindan Sun

“…Participant characteristics were analyzed, and association between DII, hypertension, and early renal injury markers was explored using multiple linear and logistic regression models.Results The average age of participants was 53.9 years. DII exhibited a positive correlation with UACR (β = −0.048[0.017,0.078]), β2M (β = 0.019[0.010,0.027]), CysC (β = 0.012 [0.004,0.021]). …”
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Development of Strength-Maturity Relationship for Coral Sand Concrete Incorporating Bamboo Leaf Ash by Peter Kavita Nzimbi, Silvester Ochieng Abuodha, Erastus Karoki Kabando, Kiplagat Chelelgo

“…It was observed that the early age strength development rate increased with increasing percentage of coral sand. …”
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Exploring the associations of gut microbiota with inflammatory and the early hematoma expansion in intracerebral hemorrhage: from change to potential therapeutic objectives by Haixiao Jiang, Wei Zeng, Fei Zhu, Xiaoli Zhang, Demao Cao, Aijun Peng, Hongsheng Wang

“…This study analyzes these changes and associations in order to predict and prevent hematoma expansion after emICH.MethodsThe study included 100 participants, with 70 individuals diagnosed with emICH (30 with hematoma expansion and 40 without hematoma expansion, referred to as the HE and NE groups) and 30 healthy controls matched in terms of age and gender (HC). We used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to explore the gut microbial structure and its underlying associations with blood inflammatory parameters in the HE group.ResultsOur findings showed a significant decrease in the diversity and even distribution of microorganisms in the HE group when compared to the HC and NE groups. …”
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Spectrum of thyroid disorders among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Md Rakibul Hasan, Raisa Siddika, Sayma Akther Mou, Md Shahed Morshed

“…Results: Total 1424 patients with T2DM were enrolled in the study. The mean age of the study population was 48.8 ± 12.9 years and 45.2% and 54.8% were male and female respectively. …”
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Percutaneous microwave ablation on management of hereditary renal cell carcinoma in Von Hippel–Lindau disease by Jiye Chen, Lin Zheng, Wei Zhang, Zhen Wang, Jie Yu, Ping Liang

“…The local recurrent-free survival (LRFS), renal-cancer-free survival (RCFS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), overall survival (OS) and complications were presented.Results A total of 10 patients (mean age, 39.0 years ± 10.7 [SD]; 3 women) with 28 RCCs (mean tumor size, 3.0 cm ± 0.34; mean tumor volume, 20.7 mL ± 43.3) treated with MWA were included. …”
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METODOLOGINIAI INFORMACIJOS VISUOMENĖS STUDIJŲ PROFILIAI: VYNAS JAUNAS, VYNMAIŠIAI SENI? by Marius Povilas Povilas Šaulauskas

“…It is argued that, taken as a whole, even the most radical information society theories, insisting on the post-modern "Age of Information", pour old wine (i.e. traditional assembly of methodological instrumentation, devised to tackle with explicitly modern societal change) into new wineskins (i.e. new previously unseen societal morphology ex definition requiring equally unique conceptual apparatus). …”
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