Relationship Between the Number of Occlusal Supporting and Medical Cost: Analysis Using Large Claims Database from Employee Health Care Insurance in Japan by Tatsunori Murata, Korenori Arai, Kosuke Kashiwagi, Shunsuke Baba

“…We found a positive correlation with the outcomes by regression analysis adjusting for deterioration of occlusal support with age and gender. **Conclusion:** We found significant relationships between occlusal support conditions and healthcare resource utilization. …”
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Does the type of aortic pathology affect periprocedural outcomes in patients undergoing thoracic endovascular aortic repair? by Serdar Badem, Mustafa Selcuk Atasoy

“…Results: The study population consisted of 36 males and 11 females, with a mean age of 62.48±14.2 years. Most of the patients in Groups 1 and 2 were male (82.6% and 92.8%), while 40% of the patients in Group 3 were male, and this difference was statistically significant. …”
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La innovación social desde la ciudadanía para avanzar en la gobernanza democrática de las ciudades: estudio del Ajuntament de València by Alba Talón Villacañas, Sergio Belda-Miquel, Iván Cuesta Fernández, Guillermo Palau Salvador

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Dengue virus infection among renal transplant recipients in Singapore: a 15-year, single-centre retrospective review by Sophie Seine Xuan Tan, Quan Yao Ho, Sobhana Thangaraju, Thuan Tong Tan, Terence Kee, Shimin Jasmine Chung

“…Results: Of the 31 patients diagnosed with dengue, 18 (58.1%) were deceased donor recipients. The median age was 52 (interquartile range [IQR] 40–61) years; 16 (51.6%) were females. …”
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Configuración territorial de los actores sociales involucrados en la gestión del fuego en la sierra de Los Tuxtlas (México) by Christoph Neger

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‘Oro verde’: la invención del paisaje forestal en Wallmapu/Araucanía, sur de Chile by Miguel Escalona Ulloa, Jonathan Barton

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Illness perception in patients with dental caries: A co-relational study in Odisha by Hemamalini Rath, Abhijit Panda, Shilpa Mahapatra

“…Materials and methods: A descriptive co-relational study was conducted among 250 patients with self-reported dental caries in at least one tooth and more than 18 years of age. Data was collected using a cross-culturallyvalidated IPQ-R tool. …”
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Case report: Hypoparathyroidism-sensorineural hearing loss-renal dysplasia without febrile seizures: a novel mutation in the GATA3 gene by Haibin Chen, Haibin Chen, Yudi Zhang, Xueyao Yang, Xueyao Yang, Yongzhen Li

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to summarize the diagnostic and treatment experience of a case of Hypoparathyroidism-Sensorineural Hearing Loss-Renal Dysplasia (HDR) syndrome caused by a heterozygous mutation in the GATA3 gene.MethodsThe diagnostic and treatment process of the patient with HDR syndrome in our hospital was compared and analyzed.ResultsA 9-month-old male infant with a history of poor physical condition and increased susceptibility to infections. At the age of 2 months, ptosis was observed in the left eye. …”
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Determinants of food insecurity among Syrian refugee women and their coping strategies by Kübra Esin, Feride Ayyıldız

“…In the group with food insecurity, age, number of children in the family, and average body mass index (BMI) were higher, while education and income level were lower (p < 0,05). …”
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Key drivers of medical crowdfunding success: a comprehensive analysis of 84,712 projects by Siyuan Zhang, Qing Zhang, Mengning Wang, Xin Tang, Xin Lu, Wei Huang

“…The results indicate that both project features and patient characteristics significantly affect the performance of medical crowdfunding projects, encompassing aspects like fundraising target amount, patient age, disease type, and geographic location. Notably, donors in China tend to favor projects aiding teenagers, leukemia sufferers, and cancer patients. …”
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Quantifying the Impact of Dysmenorrhea Symptoms on Quality-of-Life and Access to Oral Contraceptives by Income by Rhea Choksey, Rohan K. Mangal, Thor S. Stead, Terrika Jones, Rosa Flores, Latha Ganti

“…Pain relief medications are most often used as treatment - 143 respondents took ibuprofen, 93 took acetaminophen, and 51 took naproxen. 29.5% of respondents are prescribed birth control for cramps and blood flow. Income (p = 0.049), age (p = 0.002), and education (p = 0.002) were significant predictors for oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use. …”
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Expansión urbana y transformación de coberturas y usos de suelo en la Aglomeración Urbana de Murcia by Rubén Giménez García, Ramón García Marín

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Differences in Sexual Function Between Trimesters During Pregnancy: An Observational Study by Sunullah Soysal, Abdullah Sarioz, Umran Kilincdemir Turgut, Gokce Anik Ilhan, Yusuf Arman, Begum Yildizhan, Tanju Pekin

“…Desire scores were highest in women aged between 18 and 25 years, in women who were newly married (1-3 years), and during the second trimester. …”
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Physicochemical kinetics of rapid soil stabilization using calcium sulfoaluminate-based cements by Nicholas Benjamin Petersen, Ashish Bastola, Pavan Akula, John Rushing

“…This study investigates the physicochemical effects of using Calcium Sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement-based stabilizers for rapid stabilization of weak clays, focusing on early age (<1 day) reaction kinetics and its effect on the short-term and long-term engineering characteristics. …”
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Understanding cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and HPV vaccine acceptance in college-going students: Institutional-based cross-sectional study from Bihar State by Ekta Krishna, Shreyas Kumar Patil, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Bijaya Nanda Naik, Vijay Kumar, Chanda Mani Singh, Vijay Kumar

“…Results: A total of 801 students participated in the study, and the mean (SD) age was 20.6 ± 2.2 years. The knowledge of students in the medical group was found to be higher than that in the nonmedical group. …”
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La medición de la creatividad en destinos urbano-culturales españoles by Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández, José Antonio García Suárez, Jairo Casado-Montilla, Beatriz Rodríguez-Díaz

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Analysis of poisoning with OTC drugs for suicidal purposes among children and adolescents in Poland in the period 2012 - 2023 by Maria Kubicka, Paulina Polańska, Marta Gruszka, Martyna Zakrocka

“…Seasonal trends and shifts in age demographics suggest changing patterns in poisoning incidents. …”
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: Risk Factors, Pathogenesis and Treatment by N. S. Lapina, A. A. Alekseeva, A. D. Vershinina, N. S. Khruleva, F. N. Muradova, L. Y. Koroleva

“…Risk factors of GIB during antithrombotic therapy in CHD patients include: GIB, gastric and/or duodenal ulcer in the history, reflux esophagitis, presence of H. pylori, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticula, haemorrhoids, angiodysplasia, gastrointestinal neoplasia, age above 65 years, concomitant treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), glomerular filtration rate &lt;50 mL/min, high doses of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) ≥3 in HAS-BLED score. …”
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Follow-up Care among Medicaid Patients with Schizophrenia treated with Antipsychotics in the Inpatient Setting by Amanda M. Farr, David M. Smith, Jacqueline A. Pesa, Zhun Cao

“…**Results:** The study sample (N=1,312) had a mean age of 40.5 years and was 57% male. A follow-up outpatient visit was identified among 47% of patients. …”
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Characteristics of Low Back Pain Patients at The West Aceh Health Center for The Period January 2022 - June 2023 by Adico Notareza Aulia, Safrizal Rahman, Laila Apriani Hasanah Harahap

“…Conclusion: The results showed that LBP patients who came to the General Clinic of the West Aceh Health Center from January 2022 to June 2023 were mostly in the age group 50-60 years. Namely, 112 samples (48.7%), female gender 140 people (60.9%) and male 90 people (39.1%), and the type of work patients who experience the most LBP are housewives, as many as 61 people from the total sample.…”
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