Epidemiology of sleeping sickness in Boffa (Guinea): where are the trypanosomes? by Moise Saa Kagbadouno, Mamadou Camara, Jeremi Rouamba, Jean-Baptiste Rayaisse, Ibrahima Sory Traoré, Oumou Camara, Mory Fassou Onikoyamou, Fabrice Courtin, Sophie Ravel, Thierry de Meeûs, Bruno Bucheton, Vincent Jamonneau, Philippe Solano

“…Although the littoral part of Guinea with its typical mangrove habitat is the most prevalent area in West Africa, very few data are available on the epidemiology of the disease in such biotopes. …”
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Erector Spinae Plane Fascial Block in Multiple Rib Fractures (Case Report) by V. Kh. Sharipova, I. V. Fokin, F. K. Sattarova, F. O. Parpibayev

“…To evaluate the efficacy of the ESP block, the visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain intensity, cough performance index and forced vital capacity (FVC), as well as a modified 3-item scale were used. The distribution of local anesthetic (10% lidocaine solution) and contrast (iohexol solution, 350 mg iodine/ml) media was analyzed by computed tomography and correlated with the data on reduced pain perception according to the thoracic vertebrae (Th) levels.Results. …”
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Metacognitions of substance-addicted patients compared to individuals without a diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder by Huseyin Unubol, Havva Ozen

“…The Kolmogorov-Smirnov distribution test was used for evaluating whether the data conform to a normal distribution. …”
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Call for Awareness: ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Presentation is Delayed more than What We Expect by Owayed Al Shammeri, Hala El-Saka, Bushra E. Al-Hutahly, Alaa E. Abd Elmoniem

“…Methods: Details of 25 consecutive cases of STEMI patients who were treated with primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), including using suction thrombectomy, were analyzed using clinical, angiographic, and histopathological data. …”
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Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors to Predict Target Site Penetration, with PET‐Guided Verification by Suzanne van derGaag, Tamara Jordens, Maqsood Yaqub, Robbin Grijseels, Daan W. vanValkengoed, Evelien N. deLangen, Ruben van denBroek, Victor L. J. L. Thijssen, Adrianus J. deLangen, Mathilde C. M. Kouwenhoven, Idris Bahce, Bart A. Westerman, N. Harry Hendrikse, Imke H. Bartelink

“…The developed target site‐PBPK model accurately predicted osimertinib pharmacokinetics across multiple (tumor) tissues and dose levels within 2‐fold error compared to observed PET data. This study underscores the utility of PBPK modeling in predicting osimertinib's pharmacokinetics across diverse tissues, offering insights into drug distribution and predictions of target engagement in NSCLC patients using microdose PET imaging data. …”
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A MULTICENTER ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY GASTRIC LYMPHOMA IN BRAZILIAN CENTERS: FIRST RESULTS OF THE PELÉ STUDY (PRIMARY EXTRANODAL LYMPHOMA EFFORT) by BB Silva, ALC Mendonça, G Duffles, F Galvão, E Rizzo, E Miranda, LL Perruso, RLR Baptista, STO Saad, CA Souza

“…Discussion: This cohort of PGL patients treated in Brazilian centers showed similar age and sex distribution compared to other cohorts of DLBCL. …”
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Treatment of vesicouretheral reflux in pediatric patients by Grebeldinger Slobodan, Radojčić Branka, Meljnikov Igor, Balj Svetlana

“…This retrospective study analyzed the medical charts of all children diagnosed with VUR at the Institute for Children and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, in five years period. The analyzed data were: age, gender, grade, bilateral or unilateral presence of reflux, distribution to the sides of the body, urinary tract infections, associated anomalies and complications of VUR, treatment methods and the success rate of endoscopic correction with Deflux. …”
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Use of Vegetation Activity Index for Evaluation of L-Alpha Amino Acid Treatment in Sugarcane by Américo Ferraz Dias Neto, Ivan Bazo Bergamim, Flavio Roberto de Freitas Gonçalves, Raffaella Rossetto, Daniel Albiero

“…VAI and Total Recoverable Sugars per Hectare (STH) data followed a normal distribution, with no significant difference in VAI during the plant development cycle (<i>p</i> = 0.342) and no significant impact on STH (<i>p</i> = 0.492). …”
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Effectiveness of interprofessional communication skills training for oncology teams: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised trial (KommRhein Interpro) by Christian Heuser, Nicole Ernstmann, Franziska Geiser, Kati Hiltrop, Daria Kraus, Andre Karger, Andrea Petermann-Meyer, Frank Vitinius, Luisa Ernsten, Antonia J Mayers, Rebecca Bremen, Ambra Marx

“…Data will be analysed according to the intention-to-treat principle using a mixed model for repeated measurement. …”
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Bayesian geostatistical analysis and prediction of Rhodesian human African trypanosomiasis. by Nicola A Wardrop, Peter M Atkinson, Peter W Gething, Eric M Fèvre, Kim Picozzi, Abbas S L Kakembo, Susan C Welburn

“…The confounding effect of health care accessibility on the spatial distribution of Rhodesian HAT and the linkages between the disease's distribution and minimum land surface temperature have also been confirmed via the application of these methods.…”
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Cosmopolis in the pre-modern epoch on the border of the Western and Eastern cultures: multilingualism and limits of transferability (on Caffa’s materials of the 13th–15th centuries... by Emanov A.G.

“…The first allows one to inquire on the terms, ideas, linguistic units, verbal codes in which was treated the cosmopolis in the pre-modern world. The second makes it possible to visualize a distribution of lexical triads according to the degree of positivity / negativity, nearness / distance in transmitting meanings from Latin in Eastern**.…”
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A linear tessellation model for the identification of "food desert": A case study of Shanghai, China. by Lu Wang, Yakun He, Zhonghai Yu, Hongrui Wang, Wenjuan Ye, Xin Li, Yingping Liu, Junxiao Zhang

“…Finally, the resident income conditions in different modes are fitted based on the housing price data and the spatial distribution of four "food desert" patterns are detected by the overlay analysis of food accessibility and resident income conditions. …”
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Water requirements of irrigated crops in the Mujib basin using geospatial techniques by Rasha AbuRukaba

“…The study aims to calculate the water requirements of irrigated crops in a way of accumulation of Evaporationtranspiration we allow crops to estimate the volume of water embodied in every hectare of crops in the Mujib Basin, by employing geospatial techniques in mapping the distribution of water supply sources and the map of irrigated areas and their main crops; has been relied on Satellite data from the Landsat 8 satellite, and daily climate data for the 2016/2017 water year, to calculate daily evaporationtranspiration. …”
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SINGLE EVENT EFFECTS RADIATION TESTING REQUIREMENTS: A BAYESIN AN APPROACH by Armen V. Sogoyan, Anatoly A. Smolin, Anastasia V. Ulanova, Alexander I. Chumakov, Andrey V. Yanenko, Dmitry V. Boychenko

“…In this approach, SEE sensitivity parameters are treated as a random vector variable, and the prior probability distribution for this variable is constructed from available empirical data. …”
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What Are Reasons for the Large Gender Differences in the Lethality of Suicidal Acts? An Epidemiological Analysis in Four European Countries. by Roland Mergl, Nicole Koburger, Katherina Heinrichs, András Székely, Mónika Ditta Tóth, James Coyne, Sónia Quintão, Ella Arensman, Claire Coffey, Margaret Maxwell, Airi Värnik, Chantal van Audenhove, David McDaid, Marco Sarchiapone, Armin Schmidtke, Axel Genz, Ricardo Gusmão, Ulrich Hegerl

“…Main Outcome Measures and Data Analysis. We collected data on suicidal acts in eight regions of four European countries participating in the EU-funded "OSPI-Europe"-project (www.ospi-europe.com). …”
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Mantle Zone Cell Lymphomas. New Opportunities for Diagnosis and Treatment (Epidemiological Research) by E. I. Kankumasheva, Ch. Kh. Valiakhmetova

“…The data used in the analysis included clinical examination, lab panels, PET CT, tumour and bone marrow biopsy specimen cytology, histology and immunohistochemistry. …”
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Phylogenetic Assessment of Gazella bennettii: A Genetic Framework for the Conservation of the Endangered Jebeer in Iran by Davoud Fadakar, Mansoureh Malekian, Mahmoud Reza Hemami, Hamid Reza Rezaei, Hannes Lerp, Eva V. Bärmann

“…Our mitochondrial data revealed a significant divergence within the “Gazelle bennettii group,” identifying two lineages: the Iranian lineage (jebeer) and the Indian lineage (chinkara). …”
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Application of Multimodal Anesthesia in Surgical Interventions for Lung Cancer by S. V. Kachur, V. T. Dolgikh, O. V. Korpacheva, O. V. Leonov

“…Since the ordered sample did not follow the normal distribution law, the data are presented as a median (Me) and interquartile amplitude (25 and 75 percentiles).Results. …”
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Efficacy of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy combined with bicanalicular silicone tube intubation for the management of chronic dacryocystitis with small lacrimal sac by YU Bo, WU Wencan

“…The tube was removed 3 months after surgery. The basic data, surgical treatment, therapeutic effect (including anatomical and functional success rates) and complications of the included patients were recorded and analyzed through the follow-up data before and 9 months after surgery. …”
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The Relationship Between Health Literacy, Quality of Life, and Physical Activity Level of Hemodialysis Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Cross-Sectional Study by Tülin Düger, Fatma Cansu Aktaş Arslan

“…Personal Information Form, European Health Literacy Scale Turkish Adaptation, International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form, and Kidney Disease Quality of Life Scale were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using percentage distributions, means, standard deviation, median values, Pearson and Spearman Correlation Analysis, Chi-Square Test, One-Way Analysis of Variance, Kruskal-Wallis Analysis of Variance, and p&lt;0.05 was accepted as the cut-off value for statistical significance.Results: The health literacy level of hemodialysis patients was found to be "problematic" with a mean total scale score of 25.9±82 points. 48.7% of the patients had low physical activity level. …”
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