Morfometric evaluation of young buffalo males in two Argentinean herds by Gabriela Alejandra Koza, José Luis Konrad, Jesús Alfredo Berdugo, Norma Beatriz Mussart, Josefina Hernando

“…It is concluded that exploring morphometric variables from an early age allows the follow-up of the growth and development of the buffalo males selected as future bulls, highlighting the significant correlation of scrotal circumference with the morphometric variables explored. …”
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Tracheostomy-related indications, early complications and their predictors among patients in low resource settings: a prospective cohort study in the pre-COVID-19 era by Nyanzi, Daniel J., Daniel, Atwine, Kamoga, Ronald, Birungi, Caroline, Nansubuga, Caroline A., Nyaiteera, Victoria, Nakku, Doreen

“…Independent pre dictors of early tracheostomy-related complications were; anticipated prolonged intubation as an indication (RR=1.8, 95%CI: 1.19 – 2.76), Bjork fap tracheal incision (RR=1.6, 95%CI: 1.09 – 2.43), vertical tracheal incision (RR=1.53, 95%CI: 1.02 – 2.27), and age below 18 years (RR=1.22, 95%CI: 1.00 – 1.47). …”
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Youth Involvement in Pornography and Academic Engagement in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Kanyesigye, Bens Rogers

“…Addressing this issue requires comprehensive sex education, media literacy programs, and open dialogues to empower youths of school-going age to make informed choices. This fosters a healthy relationship approach and supports their overall well-being and academic success.…”
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Cerebral Cortical Activity During Academic Stress Amongst Undergraduate Medical Students at Kampala International University (Uganda) by Mujinya, Regan, Kalange, Muhamudu, Ochieng, Juma John, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Eze, Ejike Daniel, Afodun, Adam Moyosore, Nabirumbi, Ritah, Sulaiman, Sheu Oluwadare, Kairania, Emmanuel, Echoru, Isaac, Okpanachi, Alfred Omachonu, Matama, Kevin, Asiimwe, Oscar Hilary, Nambuya, Grace, Usman, Ibe Michael, Obado, Osuwat Lawrence, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ssempijja, Fred, Nansunga, Miriam, Matovu, Henry, Ayikobua, Emmanuel Tiyo, Nganda, Ponsiano Ernest, Onanyang, David, Ekou, Justine, Musinguzi, Simon Peter, Ssimbwa, Godfrey, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…Multiple regression showed a close relationship between PSS, ability to cope with stress, age, and educational level (P < 0.05), demonstrating the importance of social and psychological support, especially in the biomedical sciences. …”
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Le réseau hydraulique à Pompéi (Italie) de l’époque des Samnites à Auguste (fin ive-fin ier s. av. J.-C.) by Federico Giletti

“…For this reason, the growing tendency to build sumptuous dwellings, with an enviable viewpoint overlooking the Sarno plain below, led to buildings being extended above and beyond the defensive walls, even reusing structural parts that were no longer considered necessary.In the same way, many of the cisterns behind them lost their function, being converted into rooms in the house or used as stairways or corridors.The large basins seem to have retained their function until the advent of the aqueduct system, introduced in Pompeii in the Augustan age. The cisterns initially coexisted with these without significant changes, except for a gradual decline in the maintenance of the structures.On the other hand, a sharp interruption would seem to have occurred between the earthquakes in the 1960s AD and the subsequent reconstruction phases, a period in which many of the old reservoirs, which had long since lost their meaning and function, were probably definitively dismantled and converted into usable spaces.…”
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Long-term outcomes after AKI in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 by Bernardo Marques da Silva, Joana Gameiro, Joana Lei Teixeira, Cláudia Costa, Carolina Branco, João Oliveira, João Bernardo, Filipe Marques, José Agapito Fonseca, José António Lopes

“…Older age (adjusted HR 1.06 (95% CI: 1.04–1.08), p < 0.001) and neoplasia (adjusted HR 4.88 (95% CI: 2.37–10.04), p < 0.001) were independent predictors of mortality. …”
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Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Operation Waiting Times in Patients Having Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury; with or without Bony Lesions by Jeong Heo, Woo-Kie Min, Chang-Wug Oh, Joon-Woo Kim, Kyeong-hyeon Park, Il Seo, Eung-Kyoo Park

“…Results Thirty-four patients were included. Patients’ mean age was 57 (range, 23-80) years. Patients with definite bony lesions were classified into group A, and 10 cases were identified (fracture-dislocation, seven; fracture alone, three). …”
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Facilitators and Barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy among incarcerated people living with HIV in Iran: insights from a qualitative study by Azam Bazrafshan, Ali Ahmad Rafiei-Rad, Maliheh Sadat Bazrafshan, Nima Ghalekhani, Soheil Mehmandoost, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Fatemeh Mehrabi, Mehrdad Khezri, Gelareh Mostashari, Mohammad Karamouzian, Hamid Sharifi

“…Results Participants had an average age of 45.1 years (± 5.6). Various factors influence ART adherence during and post-incarceration. …”
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HEalth-Related Quality of Life-Intervention in Survivors of Breast and Other Cancers Experiencing Cancer-Related Fatigue and Associated Cognitive Symptoms Using TraditionAL Chinese... by Alexandre Chan PharmD, Daniella Chan BS, Ding Quan Ng BSPharm, Huang Fang Zheng MD, Quan Ming Tan MCM, Chia Jie Tan PhD, Jolene Hui Min Toh BS, Ning Yi Yap PhD, Yi Long Toh PhD, Yu Ke PhD, Edmund Chun Ann Wang BS, Queenie Pei Ni Lim BSocSc, Han Kiat Ho PhD, Lita Chew MMS, Tira J. Tan MBBS

“…Of the eligible, 15 XBYRT and 13 placebo subjects with similar mean ages (58.5 vs 58.4) were recruited. Both groups were predominantly Chinese (93% vs 62%), breast cancer patients (87% vs 62%), and diagnosed with stage 2 cancer (60% vs 46%). …”
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Survey of Firearm Storage Practices and Preferences Among Parents and Caregivers of Children by Meredith B. Haag, Catlin H. Dennis, Steven McGaughey, Tess A. Gilbert, Susan DeFrancesco, Adrienne R. Gallardo, Benjamin D. Hoffman, Kathleen F. Carlson

“…Methods: Between April 2018–November 2019, we conducted and analyzed an in-person survey of 294 caregivers, aged ≥18, with both children and firearms in the home. …”
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Terlipressin at esophageal varicose bleeding at liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension syndrome by B. N. Kotiv, I. I. Dzidzava, D. P. Kashkin, A. V. Smorodsky, A. V. Slobodyanik, S. A. Soldatov, M. V. Koldin

“…Both groups have been comparable by age, gender, etiology of cirrhosis, degree of varicose dilation of esophageal veins and severity of liver dysfunction.Results. …”
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Augmentation with the inferior extensor retinaculum may facilitate earlier recovery in all-inside arthroscopic management of chronic lateral ankle instability by Xin Luo, Chong Xue, Yue Xue, Kai Fehske, Zi-He Zhang, Nicola Maffulli, Filippo Migliorini, Shi-Ming Feng

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective study of consecutive chronic lateral ankle instability (CLAI) patients who underwent arthroscopic ATFL repair between March 2018 and August 2022. The average age of the patients was 31.5 ± 7.4 years (range, 16–50 years). …”
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Depressive and Negative Symptoms in the Early and Established Stages of Schizophrenia: Integrating Structural Brain Alterations, Cognitive Performance, and Plasma Interleukin 6 Lev... by Fabiana Corsi-Zuelli, Gary Donohoe, Siân Lowri Griffiths, Cristina M. Del-Ben, Andrew J. Watson, Tom Burke, Paris A. Lalousis, Declan McKernan, Derek Morris, John Kelly, Colm McDonald, Saahithh R. Patlola, Carmine Pariante, Nicholas M. Barnes, Golam M. Khandaker, John Suckling, Bill Deakin, Rachel Upthegrove, Maria R. Dauvermann

“…All analyses were adjusted for sex, age, and chlorpromazine equivalent dose. Results: Higher plasma IL-6 levels were related to more severe depressive symptoms in early schizophrenia (p < .05) and negative symptoms in established schizophrenia (p < .05). …”
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Outcomes and Adverse Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation on the Ventral Intermediate Nucleus in Patients with Essential Tremor by Guohui Lu, Linfeng Luo, Maolin Liu, Zijian Zheng, Bohan Zhang, Xiaosi Chen, Xing Hua, Houyou Fan, Guoheng Mo, Jian Duan, MeiHua Li, Tao Hong, Dongwei Zhou

“…VIM-DBS is an efficient and safe surgical method in ET, and the efficacy was not affected by the body distribution of tremor, age at surgery, and disease duration. Lower preoperative FTM-TRS scores likely indicate greater improvement, and the effect of VIM-DBS declines over time.…”
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Retrospective cross-sectional study on bronchiectasis in adult Aboriginal Australians: disease characteristics and comparison with ethnically diverse global bronchiectasis registry... by Timothy Howarth, Subash Heraganahally, Claire Gibbs, Lata Jayaram, Asanga Abeyaratne, Shiidheshwar J Ravichandran, Davaadorj Erdenebayar, Winnie Chen, Hubertus Jersmann

“…This study assessed the clinical profile of bronchiectasis among adult Aboriginal Australians and compared against previously published international bronchiectasis registry reports.Methods Aboriginal Australians aged &gt;18 years with chest CT confirmed bronchiectasis between 2011 and 2020 in the Top End Northern Territory of Australia were included. …”
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Prevalence of anaemia and the associated factors among hospitalised people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study by Jie Yuan, Hai Long, Min Liu, Juan He, Jue Liu, Yu Wu, Wenzhan Jing, Min Du, Manna Zhang, Yaping Wang, Su Song, Siqi Liu, Guiying Cao, Yuedong Liang, Xiaoxin Xie, Yanhua Fu

“…Objectives To estimate anaemia prevalence and the associated factors among hospitalised people living with HIV (PLHIV) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART).Design A cross-sectional study.Setting PLHIV receiving ART and hospitalised in a specialised hospital for infectious disease in Guizhou Province, Southwest China, between 1 January 2018 and 31 March 2021.Participants A total of 6959 hospitalised PLHIV aged ≥18 years and receiving ART were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures Anaemia was diagnosed as a haemoglobin concentration &lt;120 g/L for non-pregnant females and &lt;130 g/L for males. …”
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Effects of nanocurcumin supplementation on metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Gofarana Wilar, Cecep Suhandi, Kohji Fukunaga, Masanori Shigeno, Ichiro Kawahata, Rizky Abdulah, Takuya Sasaki

“…However, the variability in study participant ages, treatment durations, and sample sizes suggests the need for further well-designed RCTs to establish optimal usage guidelines.…”
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Evaluation of waning of IgG antibody responses after rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP and Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola virus disease vaccines: a modelling study from the PREVAC randomized trial by Simon Valayer, Marie Alexandre, Mélanie Prague, Abdoul Habib Beavogui, Seydou Doumbia, Mark Kieh, Brian Greenwood, Bailah Leigh, Marie Poupelin, Christine Schwimmer, Samba O. Sow, Irina Maljkovic Berry, Jens H. Kuhn, Daniela Fusco, Natasha Dubois Cauwelaert, Deborah Watson-Jones, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Yves Lévy, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Laura Richert, Edouard Lhomme

“…One year after administration of the vaccine, antibody concentrations were higher in children compared to adults for both vaccines, although with different effect sizes: 1.74-fold higher concentrations (95% confidence interval [CI] [1.48; 2.02]) for children 12–17 years old to 3.10-fold higher concentrations (95% CI [2.58; 3.69]) for those 1–4 years old compared to adults for Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo versus 1.36-fold (95% CI [1.12; 1.61]) to 1.41-fold (95% CI [1.21; 1.62]) higher than these values for adults, with relatively small changes from one age category of children to another, for rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP. …”
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Reconstructing prevalence dynamics of wildlife pathogens from pooled and individual samples by Borremans, Benny, Falvo, Caylee A, Crowley, Daniel E, Hoegh, Andrew, Lloyd-Smith, James O, Peel, Alison J, Restif, Olivier, Ruiz-Aravena, Manuel, Plowright, Raina K

“…As it is challenging to link individual-level metrics such as age, sex, or immune markers to infection status when using pooled samples, the model also allows the incorporation of individual-level samples. …”
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Immune-metabolic shifts in acute liver failure caused by HEV infection during pregnancy and their association with obstetric outcomes by Anoushka Saxena, Minal, Prabhjyoti Pahwa, Jaswinder Singh Maras, Hamda Siddiqui, Jayesh Kumar Sevak, Yedla Manikya Mala, Shakun Tyagi, Shiv K. Sarin, Nirupama Trehanpati

“…ALF-E showed increased naive T/B cells, decreased CD4, CD8 Tcm, Tem, and plasmablasts, compared to AVH-E contributing to higher failed inductions, preterm births, maternal complications like eclampsia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, preterm premature rupture of membranes, small-for-gestational-age infants, higher rates of intrauterine death, abortion, and mortality. …”
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