Prevalence and treatment patterns of erectile dysfunction and hypogonadism in men with spina bifida: a retrospective study by Nyemkuna Fortingo, Manpreet Sandhu, Garrick Greear, Tung-Chin Hsieh, Joshua Horns, Rupam Das, Jim Hotaling, Yahir Santiago-Lastra

“…Men with spina bifida exhibit high rates of smoking and metabolic comorbidities but are diagnosed less frequently with erectile dysfunction when controlling for age and metabolic comorbidities than men without spina bifida. …”
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Clinical laboratory and dispersion pattern of COVID-19 in a family cluster in the social-distancing period by Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito, Marina Coelho Moraes de Brito, Thiago Henrique Fernandes Martins, Cecília Coelho Moraes de Brito, Maria Fátima Militão Albuquerque, Rita de Cássia Coelho Moraes de Brito

“…Laboratory confirmation included RT-PCR of nasopharyngeal samples or IgM or IgG serology. Results: The attack rates were 75% (19/24) based on laboratory-confirmed cases and 87.5% (21/24) including probable cases. …”
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Adoption of rimegepant in Denmark: a register-based study on uptake, prescribing patterns and initiator characteristics by Lanfranco Pellesi, Thien Phu Do, Martin Thomsen Ernst, Jesper Hallas, Anton Pottegård

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Surveillance of surgical-site infections and antimicrobial resistance patterns in a tertiary hospital in Alexandria, Egypt by May Raouf, Thoraya Ghazal, Mohamed Kassem, Abdelfattah Agamya, Amira Amer

“…Conclusion: Despite low SSI rates detected, the high incidence of AMR identified is alarming. …”
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Weight status of children aged 2-5 years old, attending a paediatric outpatient clinic and its association with parental feeding style and parental perceptions of weight status by Aisling Lee, Helen Callaghan, Dara Gallagher, Annette Lalor, Louise Rattigan, Hilary Greaney, Laura Keaver

“…Statistical significance was set at p Discussion/Conclusion: The childhood overweight and obesity rates within this cohort are slightly above the national rates for childhood obesity. …”
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Burden of corticosteroid therapy in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN): a systematic literature review by Sarah N. Ali, Nicole Fusco, Dilip Makhija, Vakaramoko Diaby, Tosin Oladapo, Darsh Devani, Cibele Pinto, Mohit Mathur, Ancilla W. Fernandes

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Trends in Drug Resistance and Epidemiological Patterns of Tuberculosis in Elderly Patients in Wenzhou, China (2014-2023) by Wu L, Cai X, Xu S, Lin X, Peng T, Jiang X

“…The overall drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) rate was similar between the elderly and non-elderly groups (20.76% vs 20.30%). …”
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Growth Patterns of Reef-Building <i>Porites</i> Species in the Remote Clipperton Atoll Reef by Ania Ochoa-Serena, J. J. Adolfo Tortolero-Langarica, Fabián A. Rodríguez-Zaragoza, Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet, Eric Clua, Alma P. Rodríguez-Troncoso

“…The results showed that during 2015–2019, corals exhibited the lowest annual linear extension (0.65 ± 0.29 cm yr⁻¹), skeletal density (1.14 ± 0.32 g cm⁻³), and calcification rates (0.78 ± 0.44 g cm⁻² yr⁻¹) for the genera along the Pacific. …”
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Clinico-epidemiology and resistance patterns of community-acquired and hospital-acquired staphylococcus aureus sepsis in children by Sahar Siddiqui, Mohd Suhail Lone, Umar Amin Qureshi, Rayees Khanday

“…Among 50 culture-confirmed cases, 96% were identified as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Survival rates differed between the two groups, with 94.6% for CA-SA patients and 89.5% for HA-SA patients. …”
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Improving Stream Solute Predictions With a Modified LSTM Model Incorporating Solute Interdependences and Hysteresis Patterns by Tarun Agrawal, Allison Goodwell, Praveen Kumar

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Sensitization Patterns to Aeroallergens and Food Allergens Among Children with Atopic Asthma in Southwestern Saudi Arabia by Ali Alsuheel Asseri, Mashael Abdualslam Abuaqil, Abdulaziz Saud Alotaibi, Wajd Abdualslam Abuaqil, Abdulaziz Saeed Alqahtani, Lama Ali Asiri, Mona Alkhayri, Amal Y. Moshebah, Faten M. ElAbd

“…Background and Objectives: Asthma is a prevalent chronic respiratory disease in children, with increasing rates in Saudi Arabia. Allergen sensitization plays a crucial role in asthma development and severity. …”
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High-calorie low-protein dietary pattern among overweight and obese pregnant women in Tanzania by Jacktan J. Ruhighira, Ikunda Dionis, Mariam Munyogwa, Alexander M. Tungu, Fredirick L. Mashili

“…However, due to ongoing lifestyle and socioeconomic transitions, increasing rates of overweight and obesity have created a double burden of malnutrition (undernutrition and overnutrition). …”
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Pattern and Predictors of Maternal Healthcare Services Utilization among Women of Reproductive Age in Lagos, Nigeria by Esther Oluwakemi Oluwole, Alero Ann Roberts, Ifeoma Peace Okafor, Victoria Oluwasola Yesufu

“…Background: The world still grapples with alarming maternal mortality rates, particularly in developing nations, including Nigeria. …”
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Clinical burden of major depressive disorder with versus without prominent anhedonia using a real-world electronic health records and claims linked database by Hrishikesh Kale, Stevan Geoffrey Severtson, Becca S. Feldman, Tiina Drissen, Nilanjana Dwibedi, Andrew J. Cutler, Carl D. Marci

“…The last PHQ-9 score in the year following the index date was used to assess remission rates (PHQ-9 score < 5) or persistence of moderate to severe depression. …”
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Respiratory Viral Infection Patterns in Hospitalised Children Before and After COVID-19 in Hong Kong by Jason Chun Sang Pun, Kin Pong Tao, Stacy Lok Sze Yam, Kam Lun Hon, Paul Kay Sheung Chan, Albert Martin Li, Renee Wan Yi Chan

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Momentum-locked spin between topological and defect states in 1D patterns on bilayer graphene by R. Guerrero-Avilés, A. Ayuela, Leonor Chico, W. Jaskólski, M. Pelc

“…Our findings reveal the existence of topological states within a gap induced by the patterning without an applied gate voltage. Furthermore, with an applied gate potential, the defect lines introduce spin-polarized states pinned within the gap and exhibit ferromagnetically coupled states. …”
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Changes in Working Patterns in a Community Eating Disorder Service; the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond by Parvathy Mohandas, Maggie McGurgan

“…Aims: One of the aims of this project was to look at changes in working patterns within our local Eating Disorder service over time, paying particular attention to changes in rates of accepted referrals, and rates of inpatient admissions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Virulence profiling, biofilm formation, and antimicrobial resistance pattern of enterococci associated with poultry and livestock feeds by Samia Salam, Naeem Ahammed Ibrahim Fahim, Md. Nahid Ashraf, Rony Ibne Masud, Rownak Jahan, Md. Tabeer Hossain Antor, Md. Abdullah Evna Hasan, Zuhayr Bakhtiyar, Dilruba Akter Jany, Md. Liton Rana, Md. Shafiqul Islam, Md. Tanvir Rahman

“…Genotypic analysis revealed the presence of the blaTEM gene in the majority of E. faecalis and E. faecium isolates from both poultry and livestock feed, with slightly higher detection rates in E. faecalis. In the biofilm assay, both E. faecalis and E. faecium demonstrated strong biofilm-forming ability. …”
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Regional patterns and climatic predictors of viruses in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies over time by Alison McAfee, Niloofar Alavi-Shoushtari, Renata Labuschagne, Lan Tran, Julia Common, Heather Higo, Stephen F. Pernal, Pierre Giovenazzo, Shelley E. Hoover, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa, Robert W. Currie, Patricia Wolf Veiga, Sarah K. French, Ida M. Conflitti, Mateus Pepinelli, Daniel Borges, Elizabeth M. Walsh, Christine A. Bishop, Amro Zayed, Jason Duffe, M. Marta Guarna, Leonard J. Foster

“…Although climatic effects were often inconsistent among individual viruses, we show that climatic variables can be better predictors of virus intensity and occurrence than Varroa mite abundance, at least when infestation rates are low.…”
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Epidemiology and Treatment Patterns of Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease in a Large, Real-World Australasian Cohort by Jack McNamara, William Wilson, Joseph L. Pipicella, Simon Ghaly, Jakob Begun, Ian C. Lawrance, Richard Gearry, Jane M. Andrews, Susan J. Connor

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