Preparing for Disasters: Your food and drinking water supply by Amy H. Simonne

“…However, needs vary depending on the weather and an individual’s age and health status. When clean water is not available, we need to purify all water before using it for drinking, preparing food, or personal hygiene. …”
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Convergence of numerical solution of stochastic differential equation for the self-thinning process by Petras Rupšys

“… For theoretical and practical analysis of the self-thinning process we use stochastic differential equation, which take the form: dN (t) = N (t) (α - β ln N (t))dt + μN (t)dW (t), N(t0) = N0, t0 ≤ t ≤ T, where N – tree per hectare (stem/ha), t – stand age, W(t) – scalar standard Brownian motion, N0 – not random, α, β and μ are parameters – real constants. …”
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Baheshi Documentary Rukiga Version by Kabale University Library

“…Iron Smelting is an important skill that has been practiced, in production of a large spectrum of implements used in homesteads, the world over since the Stone Age. However, on the sad note, its products have, overtime, been largely replaced by modern industrial and mechanization products .On a positive note, in some communities, this skill and practice have been kept alive by expert artisans. …”
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Impact of healthy lifestyle on diabetes incidence among adults of different socioeconomic status in Guizhou province: a prospective cohort study by Yiying WANG, Min CHEN, Lieqiang ZHANG, Xin WANG, Wei ZHAN, Yunxi PAN, Xiaodeng ZHAO, Tao LIU

“…MethodsA total of 9 280 permanent residents aged ≥ 18 years in Guizhou Province were recruited using multistage cluster random sampling. …”
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Evaluation de la qualité de vie des femmes souffrant d’une fistule obstétricale à Kinshasa [Evaluation of the quality of life of women with obstetric fistula in Kinshasa] by Jonathan Enguta Mwenzi, Ruth Bukabau Babuya, Francine Manyonga Sabowa

“…Résultats -L’échantillon d’étude est constitué de 20 femmes âgées de moins de 30 ans, 15 âgées de 30-39 ans et 21 âgées de 40-49 ans. …”
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Multiple Comorbidities, Psychiatric Disorders, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Adults with Essential Tremor: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Large US Comme... by Dingwei Dai, Ali Samiian, Joaquim Fernandes, Henriette Coetzer

“…Patients with and those without ET were matched 1:1 on age, gender, payer type, and first 3 digits of their ZIP code. …”
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Community perceptions and determinants of obstetric fistula across gender lines by Wagaye Fentahun Chanie, Aster Berhe, Ambaye Dejen Tilahun, Bikis Liyew, Chernet Baye, Tarekegn Asemaw Akalie, Destaye Shiferaw Alemu, Miteku Andualem Limenih

“…Those under 20 years (AOR: 7.7; 95%CI: 2.3–28.6), aged 20–35 (AOR: 3.9; 95%CI: 1.8–8.5), and aged 36–50 (AOR: 6.36; 95%CI: 3.0–14.1) were more likely to have a favourable attitude compared to those over 50 years. …”
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Budesonide in treatment of alcohol-induced severe hepatitis: results of randomized trial by I. I. Komkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The first group included 17 patients (7 men, 10 women, mean age 46,53±11,01 years). Median of daily alcohol dose was 77 g; 25th and 75th percentiles were 55 and 96 g; duration of intake 13,41±8,55 years. …”
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Hospitalisation from seasonal influenza among persons with type 1 diabetes: a cohort study from the Swedish National Diabetes Register by Katarina Eeg-Olofsson, Björn Eliasson, Hanne Krage Carlsen, Lena Svensson, Magnus Gisslén, Elin Allansson Kjölhede, Oliver Martyn

“…Persons with T1D had an unadjusted HR 4.7 (95% CI 4.0 to 5.5) for risk of hospitalisation from influenza during the study period and HR 3.4 (95% CI 2.9 to 4.0) when adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic factors and chronic medical conditions at baseline. …”
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A girl with intragenic variants in MARS2 and a chondrodysplasia phenotype by Hiroyuki Iijima, Yuko Tsujioka, Yoshiyuki Tsutsumi, Gen Nishimura, Yasushi Okazaki, Kei Murayama, Mitsuru Kubota, Akira Ohtake

“…Radiological examination at ages 2 and 4 years demonstrated a skeletal phenotype: platyspondyly with anterior beaking of the vertebral bodies; large proximal femoral epiphyses; and mild brachymesophalangy. …”
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Combined alverine citrate and simeticonein preparation in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome by Ye. A. Poluektova, S. Yu. Kuchumova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The group IBS-D included 7 men (53,8%) and 6 women (46,2) with mean age of 39,2±3,0 years. The group IBS-С included 9 men (52,9 %) and 8 women (47,1%), mean age was 39,7±3,0 years. …”
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Spondylolisthesis and Scoliosis Progression and Associated Revision Rates Following Bilateral Lumbar Spine Microscopic Decompression by Walter-Soon-Yaw Wong, Ashton Kai Shun Tan, Kenneth Zhi Kuan Loi, Dhivakaran Gengatharan, Craigven Hao Sheng Sim, Hao Bin Chen, Yilun Huang

“…Baseline characteristics such as age, BMI, sex, and number of levels operated were also collected. …”
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Cefazolin Alone Versus Cefazolin With Tobramycin or Gentamicin as Intraoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Total Joint Arthroplasty by Meera M. Dhodapkar, MD, MHS, Scott J. Halperin, MD, MHS, Zachary Radford, MD, Lee E. Rubin, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, Jonathan N. Grauer, MD, Mengnai Li, FAAOS, MD, PhD

“…For both THA and TKA, antibiotic subgroups were clinically similar with regard to age, sex, and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index. On univariable and multivariable analysis, no 90-day outcomes varied significantly. …”
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Multistate Markov model application for blood pressure transition among the Chinese elderly population: a quantitative longitudinal study by Bin Zhao, Juan Xiong, Yuxin Wang, Xujuan Zheng, Yiqin Zhang, Liping Xu, Lina Zhou

“…More awareness should be paid to elderly women with elevated state and elderly men with normal state. Increasing age, BMI and glucose were critical risk factors for developing hypertension. …”
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The Single Leg Squat Test: A “Top-Down” or “Bottom-Up” Functional Performance Test? by Lindsay A Carroll, Benjamin R Kivlan, RobRoy L Martin, Amy L Phelps, Christopher R Carcia

“…The groups were similar on age (p = .899), sex (p = .341), BMI (p = .818), and Tegner Activity Scale score (p = .456). …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with and without Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Wahiduddin Wahiduddin, Agung Pranoto, Sudjarwo Sudjarwo

“…Vitamin D deficiency was not associated with the incidence of pulmonary TB in T2DM, whereas female sex, age> 50 years, BMI ? 25.0 kg /m2, and duration of T2DM> 5 years were associated with vitamin D deficiency (p <0.05). …”
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Differentiating the cognitive development of early-term births in infants and toddlers: a cross-sectional study in China by Jing Hua, Jie Sun, Zhijuan Cao, Xiaotian Dai, Senran Lin, Jialin Guo, Guixiong Gu, Wenchong Du

“…Moreover, these effects were not found in toddlers (between 17 and 48 months of age) after adjusting for the possible confounders (p&gt;0.05).Conclusions Infants born at 37 weeks of gestation exhibited weaker cognitive ability compared with those born at 39–41 weeks of gestation. …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Pregnancies with Uterine Leiomyomas by Caner Kose, Busra Korpe, Tugba Kinay, Seval Yilmaz Ergani, Rahmi Sinan Karadeniz, Ali Turhan Caglar, Yaprak Engin Ustun

“…In cases with ≥2 leiomyomas compared to those with single leiomyomas, gestational age at birth was smaller and birthweight was lower (p<0.05). …”
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Sero-epidemiological Study of Toxoplasma gondii among Pregnant Women in Akre City by Hogir Mohammed Shukri Saadi, Ahmed Jumaa Ahmed

“…Highest positive percentage of IgG (77.77%) was recorded at ages 40-50 years while the lowest rate was (40%) at ages <20 year. …”
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Characterization of visual cognition in pre-manifest, manifest and reduced penetrance Huntington’s disease by Rocio Del Pino, Maria Ángeles Acera, Amaia Ortiz de Echevarrría, Beatriz Tijero, Marta Ruiz-Lopez, Johanne Somme, Javier Ruiz-Martínez, Andrea Gabilondo, Ioana M. Croitoru, Lara Pardina, Naia Ayo-Mentxakatorre, Ane Murueta-Goyena, Iñigo Gabilondo, Rosario Sanchez-Pernaute, Tamara Fernández-Valle, Juan Carlos Gómez Esteban

“…In pre-manifest HD, visual cognitive domains were primarily influenced by executive function, verbal fluency, age, and CAG repeats, while in early and manifest stages motor status and verbal fluency becomes more influential. …”
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