KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG MOTHERS OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN ENUGU STATE; SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA by UCHENNA TERESA OKONKWO, HELEN NNADI, CHIOMA AKAEBE

“…Questionnaires (n=1200), in-depth interviews (n=6), and focus group discussions (n=96) were used to collect data from three local government areas (LGAs). …”
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Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Family/Caregivers of Pediatric Patients Treated for Cancer at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital: Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Stu... by Zenebe Negash MSc, Eden M. Kinfe BSc, Urji Zerihun BSc, Atalay M. Fentie MSc

“…Furthermore, more than half of the participants generate less than $17.86 per month. Nearly fifty percent of family/caregivers of pediatric cancer patients had poor QOL. …”
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Sensitivity of Self-reported Opium Use in Cancer Patients: Implications for conducting epidemiological studies by Vahideh Mohseni, Maryam Hadji, Mina Khaki, Omid Nabavian, Kazem Zendehdel, Hamideh Rashidian

“…Instead, we relied on their reports of use to anesthesiologists as the gold standard and compared it with their reports to interviewers to calculate sensitivity Results: The sensitivity of self-reported opium use among cancer patients was approximately 63.33% (95% CI: 43.86% – 80.07%). Interestingly, this sensitivity was significantly higher among cigarette users 88.24% (95% CI: 63.56% – 98.54%) compared to non-users 30.77% (95% CI: 9.09% – 61.43%). …”
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Differentiation and characterization of volatile compounds in five common milk powders using HS-GC-IMS, HS-SPME-GC–MS, and multivariate statistical approaches by Yaxi Zhou, Diandian Wang, Jian Zhao, Yu Guo, Wenjie Yan

“…Food Chemistry: X…”
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Breast Self-Examination Practice among Female Students in Sulaimani Polytechnic University by Sarko Masood Mohammed

“…The mean age of participants was 20.7, the study result shows that the knowledge mean score of participants was 3.95 (SD ± 1.78).181(83.8%) have information of breast cancer, and 157(72.7%) have information on breast cancer sign,136(63.0%) have information on factor that increase change to get breast cancer,150(69.4%)have information on (BSE),86(39.8%)have information how to do (BSE),101(46.8%)have information on mammography .91(42.1%)practice of (BSE), only 10 ( 4.6 %) female students has  performing  this examination regularly , percentage of students that  did not done mammography was 193 (89.4%) . only 2 (0.9 %) performs mammography screening regularly, 18 (8.3 %) have a family member that get breast cancer. …”
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Biliary atresia: The profile, management and outcome of patients treated at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa by E Brits, S M le Grange

“…In total, 67 patients were included; 74.6% were female, and 86.6% were black Africans. …”
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Akram’s lifestyle: An effective remedy for the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease by Sadia A. Khan, Javeria Z. Khan, Tayyab S. Akhter, Hamama-Tul-Bushra Khaar, Talay Yar, Mohammad A. Randhawa

“…Data obtained before and after two weeks of intervention was analyzed using SPSS version 28.0. RESULTS: Final data after 2 weeks were available for 45 patients. …”
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Impact of Hospitalization on Continuation of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Comorbidities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Bethany Murphy, Simran Chahal, Elleigh Shepherd, Nicole Taylor, Austin Camp

“…Conclusion: Five out of 58 patients (8.6%) included in the study experienced an inappropriate discontinuation of therapy throughout the transitions of care process. …”
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Knowledge and willingness towards malaria vaccines among caregivers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Felista Mwingira, Deokary Matiya, Frank Chacky

“…Most respondents (86.3%) knew about malaria prevention/control methods. …”
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The incidence rate of caries on individual tooth surfaces and its distribution by age and gender in clinic patients of Hawler Medical University/College of Dentistry: a retrospecti... by Niaz Hamaghareeb Hamasaeed, Eman Kanabi Mohammed, Kazhin Mahmood Omer, Rayan Amir Bapir

“…Caries incidence was the highest on the mandibular first molar (18.5%) and maxillary central incisor (18.4%). Class I caries was the most common type of carious lesion (32.2%). …”
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Molecular investigation on active compounds in papaya leaves (Carica papaya Linn) as anti-malaria using network pharmacology, molecular docking, clustering-based analysis and molec... by Arwansyah Arwansyah, Sitti Rahmawati, Siti Nuryanti, Yenni Yusuf, Hartono, Abdur Rahman Arif

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Identification of Saharan-Dust Intrusions over Sofia, Bulgaria, Using Near-Ground PM10 and PM2.5 Mass Concentration Measurements by Tsvetina Evgenieva, Elena Vakareeva, Ljuan Gurdev, Tanja Dreischuh

“…It was shown that the strong increases in the daily-mean PM10 mass concentration (> 50 µg m–3 or > 70 µg m–3) measured by a mountain ecological station are most frequently (74% and 86% of the cases, respectively) indications of relatively intense SD passages over the station. …”
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Spatial-temporal Pattern of the “Grain-for-Green Project” and Its Carbon Sequestration Effect in Guizhou Province by TAI Liang, CHEN Jia, LONG Wentao, CAI Huayin, WANG Xinxing

“…There was an interconversion among cropland, woodland and grassland, with built-up land and waters mainly derived from cropland. (2) The total area of the “Grain-for-Green Project” from 2000 to 2020 was 2 381 700 hm2, of which the land use transformation was mainly dominated by the conversion of cropland to forest land, which accounted for 84.86% of the total area of the “Grain-for-Green Project”, and mainly in Zunyi, Bijie and Qianxinan Prefecture, etc. (3) A total of 257.40×106 t carbon stock was added to the “Grain-for-Green Project” area from 2000 to 2020, showing a trend of gradual growth. …”
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L’Église catholique face aux États et la liberté religieuse by Bernard Pottier

“…Les accords du Latran, conclus entre Pie XI et Mussolini en 1929, constituent l’un des sommets de toute l’histoire concordataire, en créant l’État de la Cité du Vatican. …”
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РОССИЙСКИЕ УРБАНОНИМЫ В ОТРАЖЕНИИ РУССКОГО МИРА by Юрий Николаевич Голубчиков

“…В анализ  включались только названия, превышающие по числу повторов 200 раз. Таких насчиталось 78, а их общее число составило 26 654. Все они были разбиты на 6 кластеров.  …”
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Mortality and patient disposition after ICU tracheostomy for secretion management vs. prolonged ventilation: a retrospective cohort study by Dominique Dundaru-Bandi, Linda M. Zhu, Milana Schipper, Paul J. Warshawsky, Blair C. Schwartz

“…Overall hospital mortality was 86/247 (35%), mortality at 1 year was 106/207 (51%), and at 3 years was 117/167 (70%), with no significant difference between the two indications. …”
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Preparation of Activated Carbons from Hemicellulose Pre-Extraction Residue of Eucalyptus Heartwood and Sapwood and their Application in Toluene Adsorption by Xixiang Huang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Zhiwei Wang, Yanhong Wang, Yun Zhou, Hao Cheng, Penghui Li, Shubin Wu

“…The adsorption capacity of AC for toluene reached 816 mg·g-1. The results showed that the adsorption capacity of toluene was associated with the micropores (< 2 nm) in the AC. …”
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Decline of adolescent smoking in Ireland 1995–2015: trend analysis and associated factors by Shasha Li, Sheila Keogan, Luke Clancy, Keishia Taylor

“…Objectives The study examines trends in smoking among Irish adolescents aged 15–16 years between 1995 and 2015 and the factors associated with their smoking behaviours between 2007 and 2015.Methods Data were obtained from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs Ireland between 1995 and 2015. …”
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Computational modeling of bone allograft reconstruction following femoral shaft tumor resection: Investigating the impact of supplementary plate fixation. by Petr Boháč, Vasileios Apostolopoulos, Petr Marcián, Tomáš Tomáš, Michal Mahdal, Tomáš Návrat

“…Supplementary plate fixation reduced maximal and median proximal IFM distances (86.9 μm in variant II vs. 116.0 μm in variant I) but increased sliding distances (23.7 μm in variant II vs. 0.6 μm in variant I).…”
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Effects of Teenage Pregnancy on School Girl Education in Primary Schools in Katuna Town Council Kabale District. by Tumwebaze, Costance

“…Based on the study findings, the majority of 90 percent were still in school meaning that being in school usually safeguards teens from becoming pregnant It was also found that 82.8% of the participants indicated that early pregnancy altered their school performance by minimizing their time of study. …”
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