An Eleven-Year Retrospective Study of Endogenous Bacterial Endophthalmitis by Takashi Nishida, Kyoko Ishida, Yoshiaki Niwa, Hideaki Kawakami, Kiyofumi Mochizuki, Kiyofumi Ohkusu

“…The medical records of 27 eyes of 21 patients diagnosed with EBE for 11 years were reviewed. …”
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Prevalence of Hepatic Encephalopathy from a Commercial Medical Claims Database in the United States by Aniruddha Potnis, Susan VanMeter, Jan Stange

“…An estimated 536,856 US adults had a diagnosis of cirrhosis (prevalence of 0.21%) in 2018. This proportion applied to the estimated number of patients with cirrhosis in the United States resulted in a prevalence estimate of 201,858 cirrhosis patients with HE in 2018. …”
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Effect of Concussion on Reaction Time and Neurocognitive Factors: Implications for Subsequent Lower Extremity Injury by Tyler Ray, Daniel Fleming, Daniel Le, Mallory Faherty, Carolyn Killelea, Jeffrey Bytomski, Tracy Ray, Larry Lemak, Corina Martinez, Michael F. Bergeron, Timothy Sell

“… # Study Design Case-controlled study # Methods Twelve participants who had suffered a SRC and eight healthy individuals who were matched to the concussed group by age, sex, and sport were evaluated. …”
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Characteristics of temper tantrums in 1–6-year-old children and impact on caregivers by Warangkana Prutipaisan, Issarapa Chunsuwan, Tippawan Hansakunachai, Paskorn Sritipsukho

“…The main caregivers of the participants completed self-reported questionnaires that collected their demographic information and the temper tantrum characteristics and impacts on the caregivers’ emotions. Results Data from 211 children were included in this study. The mean child age was 4.4±1.2 years. …”
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Severe anaemia in people with HIV: demographic, clinical and renal correlates by Kingsley Kamvuma, Sody Munsaka, Sepiso K. Masenga, John Amos Mulemena, Christopher Newton Phiri, Michelo Miyoba, Benson M. Hamooya

“…The overall prevalence of severe anaemia was 7.8% (95% CI: 0.053–0.111). In multivariable logistic regression analysis, factors significantly associated with severe anaemia were female sex (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR: 14.3, 95% CI: 2.14–126.6), albumin (AOR: 0.93 95% CI: 0.88–0.98) and creatinine levels (AOR: 1.01 95% CI: 1.00-1.03).…”
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Descriptive Phenomenology from Instances of Dishonesty in Psychotherapy by Psychotherapists by Hossein Alipour, Mahdi Akbari

“…The seven-step Colaisi descriptive method was employed to analyze the data.Results: Results showed that coding reliability, measured by Cohen's Kappa agreement across five axes from four raters, yielded an average score of 0.81 (ranging from 0.72 to 0.91). This indicates a level of agreement classified as "almost complete. …”
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Analysis of Factors Affecting a Driver’s Driving Speed Selection in Low Illumination by Jing Liu, Jing Cai, Shanshan Lin, Jianyou Zhao

“…Technical driving ability under low-illumination conditions of street lights has the greatest influence on speed selection behaviour on a road with a speed limit of 120 km/h (β = 0.51). Risk perception ability has a significant negative impact on speed selection behaviour on roads with speed limits of 80 km/h and 120 km/h (β = −0.25 and β = −0.34, respectively). …”
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Impact of Serum Nutritional Status on Physical Function in African American and Caucasian Stroke Survivors by Monica C. Serra, Charlene E. Hafer-Macko, Frederick M. Ivey, Richard F. Macko, Alice S. Ryan

“…Fasting serum samples were collected for analysis of lipids, uric acid, and albumin in 145 African American (AA) and 111 Caucasian (C) stroke survivors (age: 60 ± 1 years [mean ± SEM]). …”
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Association between smoking status and death from COVID-19 in South Korea: A nationwide cohort study by Jae Woo Choi

“…Compared with current smokers, long-term quitters (AOR=0.33; 95% CI: 0.11–0.95) and never smokers (AOR=0.27; 95% CI: 0.09–0.81) were associated with a reduced risk of death from COVID-19. …”
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Hypertension and Associated Factors in Rural and Urban Areas Mali: Data from the STEP 2013 Survey by Hamidou Oumar Bâ, Youssouf Camara, Ichaka Menta, Ibrahima Sangaré, Noumou Sidibé, I. B. Diall, Souleymane Coulibaly, Maiga Asmaou Kéita, Georges Rosario Christian Millogo

“…High blood pressure (HBP) prevalence was 21.1 and 24.7%, respectively, in rural and urban setting. …”
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Serum Adiponectin Level in Diabetic Patients with and without Helicobacter pylori Infection: Is There Any Difference? by Jamshid Vafaeimanesh, Akram Heidari, Marzieh Effatpanah, Mahmoud Parham

“…Seventy-two patients with an average age of 51.56±8.34 years were HP− and 139 patients with an average age of 50.35±9.01 years were HP+. …”
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A Meta-Analysis Comparing Postoperative Complications and Outcomes of Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery versus Conventional Phacoemulsification for Cataract by Zi Ye, Zhaohui Li, Shouzhi He

“…Refractive outcomes (MD = −0.21, 95% CI: −0.39~0.03, P=0.02) were significantly improved after FLACS. …”
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Impact of Investment on Labour Productivity in Azerbaijan's Chemical and Petrochemical Industry by Vilayat Ismayilov, Nizami Gafarov, Sabina Valiyeva

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Total Body Fat Content versus BMI in 4-Year-Old Healthy Swedish Children by Elisabet Forsum, Eva Flinke Carlsson, Hanna Henriksson, Pontus Henriksson, Marie Löf

“…There was a significant (P<0.001) but weak (r=0.39) correlation between BMI and body fat (%). …”
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Serum Vitamin D Level and Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case-Control Study by Guwani Liyanage, Anusha Kaneshapillai, Suthesan Kanthasamy

“…This lack of association remained after adjustment for age, gender, income, crowding, and exposure to passive smoke (OR: 0.99, CI: 0.937–1.065, p=0.973). Household income was significantly associated with CAP (OR: 0.11, 95% CI: 0.021–0.567, p=0.008). …”
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Analisis Kemampuan Matematika Siswa SMP BSS Ditinjau dari Tingkat Beban Kognitif dan Motivasi Intrinsik by Ervan Dwi Yuliaristiawan, Muhammad Rifqy Ramadana, Yerry Soepriyanto, Purnomo Purnomo

“…Pengujian statistik regresi berganda menghasilkan pengaruh motivasi intrinsik tidak secara signifikan mempengaruhi kemampuan Matematika siswa (sig.0.102>0.05), sedangkan beban kognitif siswa secara signifikan mempengaruhi kemampuan Matematika siswa namun bersifat lemah (sig.0.021<0.05). Secara simultan pengaruh dari beban kognitif dan motivasi intrinsik secara signifikan mempengaruhi kemampuan Matematika siswa (0.01<0.05). …”
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Effects of Harvesting Age and Barley Varieties on Morphological Characteristics, Biomass Yield, Chemical Composition, and Economic Benefits under Hydroponic Conditions in Fogera Di... by Yeshambel Alemnew, Yeshambel Mekuriaw

“…The highest net return of 2,923,002.25 ETB/ha was obtained from Debark-1 at the 12 days harvesting age, and the lowest 941,201.13 ETB/ha was obtained for the Tila variety at the six days of harvesting age. …”
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Organoleptic Quality Attributes and Their Association with Morphological Traits in Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Genotypes by Wakuma Merga Sakata, Wosene Gebreselassie Abtew, Weyessa Garedew

“…The analysis of variance for aromatic quality, acidity, flavor, and overall cup quality showed a highly significant difference (P = 0.01) among the tested coffee genotypes. All of the organoleptic quality attributes evaluated showed a no significant correlation with morphological traits like body (r = −0.11) and hundred-bean weight and, flavor (r = −0.1) and bean thickness. …”
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GLAUKOSPHAERITE FROM CHROMITITES OF THE VOYKAR-SYNYA MASSIF, POLAR URALS – THE FIRST RELIABLE FIND IN RUSSIA by Yu.V. Erokhin, I.V. Pekov, N.V. Vakhrusheva, P.B. Shiryaev, V.O. Yapaskurt, S.N. Britvin

“…The empirical formula calculated based on the cation sum is (Cu0.88Ni0.68Mg0.40Fe0.03Co0.01)2.00(CO3)(OH)2. The parameters of the monoclinic unit cell of glaukosphaerite calculated from the powder X-ray diffraction data are: a = 12.070(3), b = 9.363(2), c = 3.131(1) Å, β = 98.03(2)º, V = 350.3(3) Å3 . …”
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Análisis psicométrico del inventario situacional para consumidores de tabaco by Jennifer Lira Mandujano, Fabiola González Betanzos, Victoria Medina Nolasco, Sara Eugenia Cruz Morales, Cynthia Zaira Vega Valero

“…Se presentan los índices clásicos y se realiza un análisis con la Teoría de la Respuesta al Ítem, y el modelo demuestra un ajuste adecuado (X²= 749,539, gl=709, p=0,141). Adicionalmente, se realizó un análisis de validez concurrente con los resultados del Cuestionario de Fagerström para la Dependencia a la nicotina en el que se muestra, a partir de un análisis de regresión, que el nivel de dependencia explica un porcentaje amplio de la varianza del ISCT (R²= 43.8). …”
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