Individual, household, and community-level factors associated with high-risk fertility behaviour among Nigerian women: secondary analysis of the 2018 demographic and health survey... by Michael Ekholuenetale, Chimezie Igwegbe Nzoputam, Amadou Barrow, Amit Arora

“…Muslim women had 20% (aOR = 1.20; 95% CI 1.06–1.36) increase in the odds of HRFB, when compared with the Christian women. Those who had 3–4 living children had 3.97 times higher odds of HRFB, when compared with women with no child (aOR = 3.97; 95% CI 2.92–5.40). …”
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Animal models of hemorrhage, parameters, and development of hemostatic methods by Gholamhossien Darya, Hamid Mohammadi, Zeinab Dehghan, Alireza Nakhaei, Amin Derakhshanfar

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Impact of incorporating wheat straw together with basal nitrogen ratio on panicle formation and grain yield in rice by Li Qin, Chenyu Wang, Hong Zhao, Shenqi Zhou, Kun Liu, Lijun Liu

“…Straw incorporation and nitrogen (N) application have vital effects on rice yield, but the influence of incorporating wheat straw with N fertilizer ratio on spikelet differentiation, degeneration, and grain yield in rice is not clear. In this experiment, hybrid rice Fengyouxiangzhan (FY) and Yongyou 2640 (YY) were used as materials. …”
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Economic Outcomes and Incidence of Postsurgical Hypotension With Liposomal Bupivacaine vs Epidural Analgesia in Abdominal Surgeries by Margaret Holtz, Nick Liao, Jennifer H. Lin, Carl V. Asche

“…**Discussion:** Our results are consistent with previous studies that demonstrated epidural analgesia can be associated with higher utilization of healthcare resources and complications compared with LB. **Conclusions:** Compared with epidural analgesia, LB was associated with economic benefits and reduced incidence of postsurgical hypotension and vasopressor use.…”
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Clinical and Cost Burden of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Descriptive Analysis Using a US Administrative Claims Database by Sue Perera, Liyuan Ma, Raj Punwaney, Sulabha Ramachandran

“…Patients with conditions mimicking sicca symptoms not due to SS were excluded, as were those with connective tissue disease that may have suggested secondary SS. To compare the healthcare burden of patients with and without sicca symptoms, a 1:1 matched comparator population comprising subjects without a previous diagnosis of sicca syndrome (sicca-free) was also identified. …”
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Comparison of Laparoscopic Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Repair (IPOM plus) vs Open Rives–Stoppa (RS) Repair for Ventral and Incisional Hernia by Hryhorii O. Havrylov, Oleg V. Shulyarenko, Mykhaylo O. Yosypenko

“… Aim. To compare the effects of laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh plus repair versus open Rives–Stoppa repair for abdominal wall hernias. …”
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Morphometric Study of Suprascapular Notch and Scapular Dimensions in Ugandan Dry Scapulae with Specific Reference to the Incidence of Completely Ossified Superior Transverse Scapul... by Adewale, Adesanya Olamide, Segun, Okeniran Olatayo, Usman, Ibe Michael, Monima, Ann Lemuel, Kegoye, Eric Simidi, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Nalugo, Halima, Ssempijja, Fred

“…Also, there were strong positive or negative (r > 0.7, r > − 0.7) correlations: for A, types I and III compared to type VI; for B, types I, III compared to VI; for C, type IV and VI; and for D, type III and VI. …”
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Farmed fish welfare in Egypt: Surveying current practices and future directions for tilapia culture by Charlotte Flores, Christopher Bryant, Mohamed Bakr, Wasseem Emam

“…This survey identified a need for establishing minimum animal welfare standards in Egyptian tilapia farming either through regulators or certification schemes. There is also a clear need for establishing training programmes that cover animal health and welfare aspects in aquaculture.…”
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Optimization of dark chocolate formulation with roasted coriander cake as cocoa substitute by Javad Cheragheshahi, Ali Mohamadi Sani, Elham Mahdian, Sharareh Mohseni, Zahra Nazari

“…In the first phase, Coriander cake, a by-product of extracting oil from coriander seeds, was roasted at 165 °C respectively for 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 min, and physicochemical characteristics (pH, aw, and color parameters), compositional properties, and total phenolic content were examined and compared to cocoa powder. …”
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Retrievals of water vapour and temperature exploiting the far-infrared: application to aircraft observations in preparation for the FORUM mission by S. Panditharatne, S. Panditharatne, S. Panditharatne, H. Brindley, H. Brindley, C. Cox, R. Siddans, R. Siddans, J. Murray, J. Murray, L. Warwick, S. Fox

“…Given this, the evolution and evaluation of the extended scheme is performed in two steps. First, clear-sky retrievals of temperature and water vapour are performed on IASI and FORUM simulations. …”
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MCU expression in hippocampal CA2 neurons modulates dendritic mitochondrial morphology and synaptic plasticity by Katy E. Pannoni, Quentin S. Fischer, Renesa Tarannum, Mikel L. Cawley, Mayd M. Alsalman, Nicole Acosta, Chisom Ezigbo, Daniela V. Gil, Logan A. Campbell, Shannon Farris

“…MCU is uniquely enriched in hippocampal CA2 distal dendrites compared to proximal dendrites, however, the functional significance of this layer-specific enrichment is not clear. …”
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Excited states of mono- and biruthenium(II) complexes adsorbed on nanocrystalline titanium dioxide studied by electroabsorption spectroscopy by Daniel Pelczarski, Błażej Gierczyk, Maciej Zalas, Malgorzata Makowska-Janusik, Waldemar Stampor

“…The implications of these results are briefly discussed in the context of dye-sensitized solar cells.…”
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Remote sensing applications for managing a large-scale restoration dynamics project throughout the City of Gold Coast conservation estate by Jean-Marc Hero, Luke Shoo, Michael Duncan, Darren Roche, Jesse Kenny, Howard Taylor, Tim Robson, Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, Josh Veitch-Michaelis

“…UNR is suppressed by the presence of weed species that dominate cleared areas, resulting in low BioCondition. Unassisted, weeds can persist for decades, and intervention (ANR) is required for the recovery of native vegetation. …”
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Predictors of infliximab efficacy in patients with severe attack of ulcerative colitis by A. O. Golovenko, I. L. Khalif, O. V. Golovenko, V. V. Veselov

“…The investigated risk factors do not allow clear-cut prediction of relapse-free course of ulcerative colitis for one year of maintenance therapy by infliximab.…”
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Prospective Evaluation of 24 h/2 Days’ Monitoring of Systemic Blood Pressure in Patients with Traumatic Paraplegia – A Single-center Study by Vandana Chaudhary, N S Verma, Bhupendra Kumar, Kumar Rahul, Satish Kumar

“…The continuous variables were statistically analyzed and compared by t-test. Results: The night dipping (Systole) and morning surge (Systole) were significantly lower on 12th day as compared to within 7 days (P = 0.002) whereas the diurnal index (diastole) and diurnal index (mean arterial pressure) were comparable in between within 7 days and 12th day. …”
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Comparison of chewing activity in patients requiring complete denture with two different occlusions by Jiyar Amin Ali, Rizgar Mohammed Ameen Hasan

“…The results of these tests were analyzed using t-test and paired t-test to compare between the lingualized occlusion and bilaterally balanced occlusion complete denture and also to compare the results of each time interval with each other. …”
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Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Originator Follitropin Alfa and Follitropin Alfa Biosimilars in Real-world Clinical Practice: A Retrospective Study by Nayana Hitesh Patel, Niket H. Patel, Molina Niket Patel, Harsha K. Bhadarka, Kairavi Sunilkumar Vyas

“…Aims: To compare the ART outcomes in patients receiving originator follitropin (Gonal-f®) and its biosimilars in clinical setting. …”
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Factors Affecting Ultrasonographic Fetal Weight Estimation Accuracy in Low Birth Weight Newborns by Nevin Tuten, Onur Guralp, Koray Gok, Abdullah Tuten, Altay Gezer

“…Results: Accurate estimation rates were lower in the term compared to the preterm delivery group; and in the SGA group compared to the AGA group (respectively, p=0.016, p=0.032). …”
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Efficacy and safety of sequential therapy for primary osteoporosis with bone formation promoters followed by bone resorption inhibitors: a meta-analysis by Yuxin Liu, Xin Liu, Yuefeng Wu, Tao Luo

“…Pooled analysis showed that the intervention group (bone formation promoters followed by bone resorption inhibitors) increased BMD at the spine (SMD:1.64; 95% CI: 0.97, 2.31; P < 0.00001; I2 = 99%), femoral neck (SMD: 0.57; 95% CI: 0.16, 0.99; P = 0.007; I2 = 96%), and total hip (SMD: 0.82; 95% CI: 0.16, 1.48; P = 0.02; I2 = 97%) compared with the comparator group (monotherapy or combination therapy using two drugs)for postmenopausal osteoporosis patient; however, there was no statistically significant difference observed in the increase of BMD at the 1/3 distal radius comparing the intervention group and comparator group (SMD: -0.25; 95% CI: -1.49, 0.99; P = 0.069; I2 = 92%). …”
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Cost of Serum Versus Skin Allergy Testing Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries in the United States by Kenny Y. Kwong, Yang Z. Lu

“…Cost of testing per beneficiary was also lower in sIgE testing only compared with skin prick tests only ($161 vs $247). …”
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