Assessment of Coverage and Quality of Selected Clinical Chemistry Tests among Medical Laboratories of Health Facilities in Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia by Aklilu Getachew, Waqtola Cheneke, Yaregal Asres, Shiferaw Bekele, Estifanos Kebede

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted at Jimma Zone on health facilities from August 15 to September 15, 2014. Eighty-six health facility laboratories were included in the study. …”
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Simulator training in focus assessed transthoracic echocardiography (FATE) for undergraduate medical students: results from the FateSim randomized controlled trial by Johannes Matthias Weimer, Franziska Marietta Sprengart, Thomas Vieth, Sebastian Göbel, Anna Dionysopoulou, Rebecca Krüger, Jan Beer, Andreas Michael Weimer, Holger Buggenhagen, Roman Kloeckner, Lukas Pillong, Johanna Helfrich, Elias Waezsada, Philipp Wand, Julia Weinmann-Menke

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Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Wine Produced from Blended Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) and Lantana camara (L. camara) Fruits by Zenebe Tadesse Tsegay, Kidu Mezgebe Gebremedhin

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The Aquatic Metatron: A large‐scale experimental facility to study the combined effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on aquatic meta‐ecosystems by Murielle Richard, Alexandre Garreau, Elvire Bestion, Julien Cucherousset, Jose M. Montoya, Simon Blanchet

“…The Aquatic Metatron is a research facility accessible to external researchers and projects.…”
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A descriptive study of fatal drownings among children and adolescents in the United States, with a focus on retention pond deaths, 2004-2020. by Saroj Bista, Nichole L Michaels

“…The objective of this study was to characterize fatal drownings among children and adolescents, with a focus on retention pond drownings, and identify risk factors for these fatalities using child death review data. …”
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Multifaceted neuroprotective effects of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in Alzheimer’s disease: an overview of pre-clinical studies focused on β-amyloid peptide by Kumju Youn, Chi-Tang Ho, Mira Jun

“…This review demonstrated multiple neuroprotective efficacies of EGCG by focusing on the involvement of Aβ-evoked damage and its Aβ regulation. …”
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How Antiretroviral Drug Concentrations Could Be Affected by Oxidative Stress, Physical Capacities and Genetics: A Focus on Dolutegravir Treated Male PLWH by Jessica Cusato, Anna Mulasso, Micol Ferrara, Alessandra Manca, Guido Accardo, Alice Palermiti, Miriam Antonucci, Gianluca Bianco, Francesco Chiara, Jacopo Mula, Maria Cristina Tettoni, Simone Cuomo, Giulia Trevisan, Stefano Bonora, Giovanni Di Perri, Corrado Lupo, Alberto Rainoldi, Antonio D’Avolio

“…Drug concentrations and oxidative stress biomarkers levels were evaluated through liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry, while genetic variants through real-time PCR. …”
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Relationship between androgen receptor and androgen receptor-related protein expression in breast cancers focusing on morphologically identified carcinoma with apocrine differentiation by Haruto Nishida, Ami Kato, Ryo Kaimori, Kazuhiro Kawamura, Tsutomu Daa

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Is Form-Focused Instruction Really a Waste of Time? A Review of Past Mistakes and Future Possibilities through the Analysis of Input Enhancement by Andrew Schenck, Matthew Baldwin

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Treatable traits in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: focus on respiratory tract infections—a systematic review and a meta-analysisResearch in context by Zsombor Matics, Anna Bardóczi, Csongor Galkó, Bence Szabó, Noémi Gede, Zsolt Molnár, Gábor Duray, Caner Turan, Péter Hegyi, Gábor Horváth, Veronika Müller

“…Future clinical trials should focus on targeting treatable traits like RTIs. Funding: None.…”
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The association of travel distance and other patient characteristics with breast cancer stage at diagnosis and treatment completion at a rural Rwandan cancer facility by Kayleigh Bhangdia, Abirami Natarajan, Niclas Rudolfson, Stéphane Verguet, Marcia C. Castro, Jean-Marie Vianney Dusengimana, Cyprien Shyirambere, Lauren E. Schleimer, Lawrence N. Shulman, Aline Umwizerwa, Catherine Kigonya, John Butonzi, Emily MacDuffie, Temidayo Fadelu, Daniel S. O’Neil, Cam Nguyen, Tharcisse Mpunga, Nancy L. Keating, Lydia E. Pace

“…Conclusions At Rwanda’s first public cancer facility, sector-level poverty and longer travel distances were associated with late-stage breast cancer diagnoses, but less clearly associated with treatment completion, perhaps partly due to travel stipends provided to the lowest-income individuals undergoing treatment. …”
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Health Services Availability and Readiness for Management of Hypertension and Diabetes in Primary Care Health Facilities in Ghana: a Cardiovascular Risk Management project by Thomas Hinneh, Bernard Mensah, Hosea Boakye, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah

“…Introduction: Hypertension and diabetes are leading causes of adult hospital admissions and mortality across health facilities in Ghana. Timely screening and diagnosis at primary health facilities are crucial to initiate treatment and avert complications. …”
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Une façon originale de célébrer le dixième anniversaire de l’Armistice : l’affaire de la PMS (1928) by Pierre‑Frédéric Charpentier

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Assessment of Antenatal Breastfeeding Education, Early Initiation and Exclusive Breastfeeding practices of mothers attending a secondary healthcare facility in Southern Nigeria by Isara AR, Ekwo MC

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A Facile and Waste-Free Strategy to Fabricate Pt-C/TiO2 Microspheres: Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance for Hydrogen Evolution by Hui Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xiaoli Cui

“…A facile and waste-free flame thermal synthesis method was developed for preparing Pt modified C/TiO2 microspheres (Pt-C/TiO2). …”
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Spatial distribution and determinants of improved shared sanitation facilities among households in Ethiopia: Using 2019 mini-Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. by Baye Tsegaye Amlak, Daniel Gashaneh Belay

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Limited or shared sanitation services are considered improved sanitation facilities, but they are shared between two or more households. …”
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De las locas bobas a las falsas mujeres. El personaje transgénero en la prensa Antioqueña, 1890-1980 by Guillermo Correa Montoya

“…Este artículo explora las formas en que la prensa escrita representó e interpretó al sujeto transgénero masculino, a lo largo de noventa años, transformando un personaje ilegible construido en la estrategia de la simulación y el humor como posibilidad de vínculo social, a un sujeto reconocible cuyos contenidos ofrecen la imagen de un personaje falso, degenerado, delincuente, violento y desvinculado del mundo social. …”
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An Initial Evaluation on the Adsorption of SO2 and NO2 over Porous Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Synthesized by Facile Scalable Method by Xuan-Manh Pham, Duy Linh Pham, Nguyen Thi Hanh, Tuyet Anh Dang Thi, Le Nhat Thuy Giang, Hoang Thi Phuong, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Hac Thi Nhung, Giang Truong Le, Mai Ha Hoang, Tuyen Van Nguyen

“…In this study, Fe3O4 nanoparticles used as an adsorbent for the removal of toxic gases were successfully synthesized via the facile coprecipitation method. The Fe3O4 nanoparticles displayed a well-defined morphology with the size of ∼10 nm and a porous structure with a specific area of 115.90 m2/g and a wide range of pore sizes. …”
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Relativistic nonlinear Thomson scattering of excited electron in ultra-tightly focused circularly polarized laser pulses with different beam waist radius by Qianmin Zheng, Jiachen Li, Zi Wang, Youwei Tian

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Insights From Diverse Perspectives on Social Media Messages to Inform Young Adults With Cancer About Clinical Trials: Focus Group Study by Melissa P Beauchemin, Desiree Walker, Allison Rosen, Maria Frazer, Meital Eisenberger, Rhea K Khurana, Edward Bentlyewski, Victoria Fedorko, Corey H Basch, Grace C Hillyer

“…MethodsWe conducted 5 focus groups in 2023 among a diverse sample of YA patients from across the United States. …”
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