Reconstructive surgery to preserve ankle function in a 5-year-old girl with bilobed distal tibia in an unclassified case of tibial hemimelia: a case report by Alireza Ghaznavi, Miad Nosratpour, Seyed Mohammadmisagh Moteshakereh, Ava Parvandi, Shayan Amiri

“…Case presentation This case study presents a novel case of tibial hemimelia characterized by a bilobed distal tibia, a shortened first ray, and an equinovarus deformity in a 5-year-old Iranian (Lur) girl. …”
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Feasibility and effectiveness of a group therapy combining physical activity, surf therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to treat adolescents with depressive disorders: a pilot study by Bettina Hearn, Monica Biscaldi, Reinhold Rauh, Christian Fleischhaker

“…They participated in a 3-month group therapy program in groups of eight adolescents. …”
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Breast cancer patients with a pre-existing mental illness are less likely to receive guideline-recommended cancer treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Katie Elliott, Emily Haworth, Iakov Bolnykh, R. Hamish McAllister-Williams, Alastair Greystoke, Adam Todd, Linda Sharp

“…This study systematically reviews and meta-analyses the impact of having a pre-existing mental illness on breast cancer treatment utilisation, focusing on specific treatments and comparing different mental illnesses. …”
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DYNAMICS OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL PRACTICE AS A SOCIAL CONTROL MECHANISM: A DETERRENT THEORETICAL ANALYSIS ON THE ALEKWU BELIEF SYSTEM AMONG THE IDOMA PEOPLE IN NIGERIA by Daniel, Rosemary Onchi

“… Strong traditional and cultural convictions prevalent in many African communities place a premium on deference to established rules and refraining members from abominable or deviant behaviour. …”
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Prevalence of root caries in relation to various risk factors in a sample of subjects aged (25-64) years in Erbil city: A cross sectional study by Tara Kamal Talib, Vian Omer Majeed

“… Backgrounds: Root surface caries is a significant oral public health problem among humans' due to improvements in health care, long life expectancy, and increasing demand to maintain oral health. …”
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Disrupting my whiteness towards inhabiting a race equity coaching perspective: A self-inquiry into race, whiteness, and its impact on my coaching practice by Fenella Trevillion

“…In May 2020, global attention was on George Floyd’s murder. As a white person coaching people of colour, my response to this systemic racism was to draw attention to racism and coaching and bring my practice and values around race equity into greater alignment. …”
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Diagnostic performance of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) versus digital mammography (DM) in a population clinically referred for breast imaging – a retrospective cohort study by Naomi Noguchi, Farzaneh Boroumand, Katy Bell, Margaret Pooley, Aileen Zeng, Lauren Arnold, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Nehmat Houssami

“…Within this subgroup, AUC-ROC for DBT was 0.90 (CI 0.84–0.95) and for DM it was 0.85 (CI 0.79–0.92), sensitivity was 78.2 % (CI 65.0–88.2 %) for DBT and 64.8 % (CI 50.6–77.3 %) for DM, and ultrasound was accurate whether it was used with DBT (AUC-ROC 0.95 (CI 0.91 – 0.99)) or DM (AUC-ROC 0.95 (CI 0.90 – 0.99)) Conclusion: In clinically referred patients, diagnostic accuracy and diagnostic yield were similar between DBT and DM. DBT may have a higher abnormal interpretation rate but a lower biopsy rate. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of laparoscopic versus open colectomy in colon cancer patients: a study protocol for emulating a target trial using cancer registry data by Semaw Ferede Abera, Gabriele Robers, Anika Kästner, Ulrike Stentzel, Kerstin Weitmann, Wolfgang Hoffmann

“…This will be approached in a quantitative bias analysis using the E-method. …”
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Exploration of interstitial fluid proteome in Homo sapiens forearm through a cutting edge intradermal microdialysis and high-throughput proteomics approach: a pilot study by Yu Sakamoto, Naoto Fujii, Junko Shibato, Ravi Gupta, Cheol Woo Min, Sun Tae Kim, Ranjith Kumar Bakku, Randeep Rakwal

“…Interstitial fluid (ISF) is noted as a high potential biofluid for continuous monitoring of cellular microenvironment where various metabolic processes occur. …”
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Advanced One-Pot RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a Reaction with Glycerol and Betaine for High-Sensitivity Diagnosis of mecA-Carrying Strains in Clinical Samples by Jingyuan Wang, Dan Wang, Linlin Fan, Xin Ye, Jian Hu, Xiaoqin Wang

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Dental Age Estimation in A Sample of Kurdish Subjects (Aged 9-15 Years Old) in Erbil City Adopting Demirjian Method A Radiographic Study by Bayan Abdulla Hassan, Mahmoud Kanan Mohsin

“… Background and objectives: Dental maturation is widely used to assess maturity and to predict age. Age estimation plays a great role in clinical dentistry, especially in orthodontics, pedodontics and forensic dentistry and aid in diagnosis and treatment planning. …”
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Development of a green and rapid ethanol-based HPLC assay for aspirin tablets and feasibility evaluation of domestically produced bioethanol in Thailand as a sustainable mobile phase by Thanayutsiri Thana, Mantadilok Siwa, Sapsin Jiradet, Tungwattanaviboon Thada, Wongwatanasin Jetsada, Opanasopit Praneet, Ngawhirunpat Tanasait, Rojanarata Theerasak

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University Students’ Expectations of their Lecturers’ Support Regarding Extensive Reading – A Case Study of first-year English major students at a South African University by Madoda Cekiso, Florence Olifant

“…This qualitative case study investigated the expectations of 65 first-year English Majors students at a South African university regarding their lecturers’ support for extensive reading. …”
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GEORG LUKÁCS À ÉPOCA DE HISTÓRIA E CONSCIÊNCIA DE CLASSE: a categoria da totalidade e o questionamento das ciências humanas by Gláucia Tinoco

“… O presente artigo busca esboçar a relação estabelecida entre o filósofo marxista húngaro Georg Lukács e sua concepção crítica frente às ciências humanas, especialmente a sociologia. …”
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Investigating the Feasibility of Using Cassava Starch as a Partial Replacement of Cement Used in Mortar: A Case Study Moyo District (Palorinya Refugee Settlement Camp). by Ongom, Samuel

“…The cost of building materials i.e. lake sand, cement, lime, and steel are high and rising and is also becoming scarce, as a result of these, the cost of building construction is ever increasing. …”
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Diagnostic Possibilities of Determining the Level of Faecal Calprotectin in Clinical Practice by A. A. Sheptulin, S. S. Kardasheva, A. A. Kurbatova

“…The significance of FCP as a marker of CRC requires further research.…”
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Diet in the Management of Functional Dyspepsia: Controversial and Unresolved Issues by A. A. Sheptulin, S. S. Kardasheva, A. A. Kurbatova

“…Intolerance to certain foods (in particular, wheat) may be associated with their ability to act as allergens. A number of studies have noted that elimination diets (a diet with a low content of FODMAP products and a gluten-free diet) reduce the severity of dyspeptic disorders, however, there is no convincing evidence of the effectiveness of these diets.Conclusion. …”
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Current Potential of Pantoprazole in Treatment and Prevention of Gastrointestinal Diseases by A. A. Sheptulin, S. S. Kardasheva, A. A. Kurbatova

“…Pharmacokinetics of pantoprazole conditions a weaker drug interaction compared to other proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which enables its use for gastrointestinal bleeding prevention in patients receiving dual antiplatelet therapy. …”
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