Prospective Study of Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy for Cervical Radiculopathy in Absenceof Myelopathy by Umesh D. Jain, Amol Gowaikar, Pradip Patil, Uday Ghate, Rishabh Nair

“…All the patients who have satisfying inclusion criteria in the study period from October 2020 to November 2022 were included in the study. Patients of any age group and both the sexes and who were operated for PCF were considered. …”
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The Economic and Humanistic Burden of Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis by Nupur Greene, Lita Araujo, Cynthia Campos, Hannah Dalglish, Sarah Gibbs, Irina Yermilov

“…Pediatric-onset MS (POMS), defined as onset of MS before 18 years of age, is estimated to account for 2% to 5% of the MS population worldwide. …”
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Estimation of the pattern of ocular manifestations, risk factors, and imaging of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients by Rajwinder Kaur, Grace Budhiraja, Upasana Bhumbla, Manjot Kaur, Vandana Sharma, Priyanka Gupta, Ritesh Singla, Akashdeep Goel, Ekta Gupta, Priyanka Dahiya

“…Results: The total patients included were 35, which ranged in the age group of 52.91+/- 11.93 years, and the male-to-female ratio was 24:11. …”
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Prevalence of mental disorders and work ability among unemployed individuals in Germany: a register-based analysis of socio-medical assessments by the Federal Employment Agency bet... by Patrik Roser, Kirsi Manz, Norbert Scherbaum, Gabriele Lotz-Metz, Andreas G. Franke

“…Of these, 2,213,048 persons (52.1%) had at least one psychiatric diagnosis (mean age 40.6 ± 13.5 years, 51.7% female). Mood disorders (53.9%), neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (43.9%), as well as substance use disorders (15.3%) showed the highest prevalence rates among mental disorders and accounted for about 80% of all psychiatric diagnoses. …”
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Specialized Medical Weight Management Intervention for High-Risk Obesity by Gitanjali Srivastava, Chelsea Paris, Jessica Johnson, Emma Barnes, Brittany L. Cunningham, C. J. Stimson, Kevin D. Niswender, Sabrina J. Poon

“…**Results:** Patients ranged in age from 18-72 years, and 77.7% were female. Patients ranged in weight from 160-443 pounds, with a mean body mass index (BMI) of 42.7 kg/m2 (Class 3a severe obesity; BMI range 28.4-74.5). …”
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Obesity as a risk factor for COVID-19 breakthrough infection among the fully vaccinated urban population of South Gujarat – A retrospective cohort study by Mayank Jha, Pratham Kholwadwala, Vatsal Kalariya, Mamta Rani, Jayant Patel, Hitesh Shah, Rushikesh Shukla

“…Accordingly, 409 obese and 409 nonobese participants were recruited. The mean age of participants was 41.3 ± 14.9 years. As high as 144 (17.6%) of respondents were having history of previous infection before vaccination, and around 42 (5.1%) respondents of the overall study population were infected after the first dose of vaccination. …”
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Cerebrovascular accidents association between serum trace elements and toxic metals level, a case-control study. by Khosro Jamebozorgi, Alireza Kooshki, Mahbobeh Saljoughi, Mohamadjavad Sanjari, Zahra Ahmadi, Seyed Mohammad Mosavi Mirzaei

“…<h4>Results</h4>As the mean age of the CVA group was 48.68  ±  15.25 years and for the non-CVA group was 47.89 ± 9.65 years, the result indicated that the serum level of Cu and Pb has been statically higher in the CVA group (respectively; P  <  0.001 and P  =  0.002) and Ni level was significantly lower (P  =  0.003). …”
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Physiotherapists’ perspectives on the implementation of direct access to physiotherapy services in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Hosam Alzahrani, Razaz Shaheen, Osama Mohammed, Elaf Marouf

“…The study included licensed physiotherapists currently working in Saudi Arabia.Results The study included 401 participants, with a nearly equal distribution of 203 males (50.6%) and 198 females (49.4%). The most common age group was 25–34 years, comprising 70.6% of the participants. …”
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Assessing the Role of Emergency Physicians in Medical Clearance: Predictors of Diagnosing Psychiatric Illness in the Emergency Department – A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study by Ibrahim Khamis Abdullah Almamari, Darpanarayan Hazra, Awatif K. Alsarrai Al-Alawi

“…Methods: The study included patients aged ≥13 years presenting to the adult ED with psychiatric-like illness over 1 year (January 01, 2019–December 31, 2019). …”
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Improvement of surgical treatment of an acute biliary pancreatitis at elderly and senile patients by V. I. Midlenko, A. L. Charyshkin, O. V. Midlenko, I. I. Midlenko, V. Yu. Shchegolev

“…The third group (61 patients) was operated by laparoscopic method. The mean age of patients in groups was 73,1 years. In 100% of cases patients had two and more concomitant diseases. …”
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Propuesta metodológica para la identificación de zonas de atención prioritaria en materia de despoblación aplicada a la provincia de Badajoz (Extremadura) by Ana Isabel Horcajo Romo, Enrique Eugenio Ruiz Labrador, José Manuel Pérez Pintor, José Antonio Gutiérrez Gallego

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The internet gaming disorder and its associated factors among college students at Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Khalid Bin Abdulrahman, Tariq Y. Alhomoud, Ismail S. Alateeq, Faisal N. Al-Mohaisen, Musab S. Alshamrani, Saleh I. Alhathlul, Mohammed Abdulaziz Khamsah

“…Objectives: This research aims to estimate the prevalence and examine the association of IGD scores with gender, age, sleeping hours, academic performance, and occurrence of arguing with others post-gaming among college students. …”
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Huerto urbano Adelfas (Madrid, 24 de enero de 2021) by Claudia Antón Biezma

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Biocompatibility of new cement based capping material prepared from eggshell and biopolymer (chitosan). by Hemn M. Sarmamy, Dara H. Saeed

“…Methods: Fifteen male rabbits aged about 4-7 months of comparable weight more than 2.0 kg were selected. …”
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Using a Consumer Wearable Activity Monitoring Device to Study Physical Activity and Sleep Among Adolescents in Project Viva: Cohort Study by Yutong Zhang, Nicole Bornkamp, Marie-France Hivert, Emily Oken, Peter James

“…MethodsWe provided Fitbit Charge 2 ResultsWe collected over 7 million minutes of physical activity, heart rate, and sleep data from 677 participants, female. The mean (SD) age of participants was 17.7 (0.7) years. Among the 677 participants, were non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, were Hispanic, non-Hispanic Asian, and belonged to other races. …”
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Effect of Folic Acid by injection and supplementary on growth and puberty of Karadi male lambs. by Ismael Othman Karim, Chowman Aladdin Omar

“…Twenty-five (25) Karadi male lambs five months aged and the average weight was 24.54 ±1.92 kg were used in this experiment. …”
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Virtual game-based learning environments to promote self-regulated learning skills in foreign language learners [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Maira Alejandra Noriega Cortes, Laura Carreño-Bolivar

“…The present study is one of the products of the academic unit project “Key Factors and Essential Elements for a Comprehensive Model of Bilingual Education: A Multidimensional Approach for Diverse Contexts and Areas of Knowledge” sponsored by the School of Education at Universidad de La Sabana, institution where the first author conducted her master’s studies, and the corresponding author is a professor and main researcher of the of the academic unit project. Method Six students aged 8-10 participated in the study. Data were collected through semi-structured observations and pre- and post-questionnaires. …”
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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

“…Among the participants, under-35 age made up the majority (60.9%). About 81% of family/caregivers were parents, and 77.7% of family/caregivers were married. …”
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Uptake, safety and effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine in inflammatory bowel disease: a UK-wide study by Abhishek Abhishek, Christian D Mallen, Georgina Nakafero, Matthew J Grainge, Tim Card, Jonathan S Nguyen Van-Tam

“…We employed self-controlled case series analysis to investigate the association between vaccination and IBD flare.Results Data for 13 631 people with IBD (50.4% male, mean age 52.9 years) were included. Fifty percent were vaccinated during the influenza cycle, while 32.1% were vaccinated on time, that is, before the seasonal influenza virus circulated in the community. …”
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Emergency care utilization by refugee children compared to controls: A statewide database analysis. by Anna H Abrams, Jan Leonard, Sarah E Brewer, Janine Young, Kathleen M Adelgais

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study of medical claims for patients aged 0 to 18 years old in a statewide claims database from 2014-2019. …”
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