Pharmacological non-hormonal treatment options for male infertility: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Bassel H. Al Wattar, Michael P. Rimmer, Jhia J. Teh, Scott C. Mackenzie, Omar F. Ammar, Carolyn Croucher, Eleni Anastasiadis, Patrick Gordon, Allan Pacey, Kevin McEleny, Phillipa Sangster

“…Sperm concentration improved with clomiphene compared to anti-oxidants (SMD 2.15, 95%CI 0.78–3.52), aromatase inhibitor (SMD 2.93, 95%CI 1.23–4.62), tamoxifen (SMD − 1.96, 95%CI -3.57; -0.36) but not compared to placebo (SMD − 1.53, 95%CI -3.52- 0.47). Clomiphene had the highest likelihood to achieve the maximum change in sperm concentration (SUCRA 97.4). …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Reset of Political and Economic Fostering by S. S. Zhiltsov

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on international relations and world politics. …”
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Manejo da hipertensão arterial na isquemia cerebral aguda Management of arterial hypertension in patients with acute ischemic stroke by WALTER JOSÉ FAGUNDES-PEREYRA, LÍLIAN DE ARAÚJO RAMOS, OLÍVIO BRITO MALHEIRO, RAPHAEL DE ALVARENGA FREIRE, RAPHAEL DINIZ E SILVA, RENATO MOTA DE ALMEIDA, RICARDO MOTA DE ALMEIDA

“…RESULTS: Thirty-eight physicians (31,7%) considered decreasing blood pressure the best therapeutics, 82 (68,3%) considered maintenance and none decided to increase it (p < 0.05). There was no difference between the two specialties conduct. The physicians, with more than 10 years of graduation, had a tendency to decrease the blood pressure (p <0.05). …”
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Mortality risk prediction model in AIDS patients with pneumocystis pneumonia in China by Xi Wang, Letian Liu, Wen Wang, Yang Zhang, Hui Chen, Zhangli Wang, Jianwei Li, Yue Gao, Yanqun Huang, Lijun Sun, Tong Zhang, Aixin Li

“…We found that the best prediction effect can be obtained when ALB, PO2, TBIL, LDH, CD4+ T lymphocyte counts are incorporated into the PCP risk prediction model. The model had a perfect discrimination with AUC of 0.994 and 0.947 in training and validation cohorts. …”
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Impact of light spectral combinations on morphology, yield, and quality of indoor-grown cilantro by Nazmin Akter, Nazmin Akter, Laura Cammarisano, Laura Cammarisano, Gail Taylor, Gail Taylor, Most Tahera Naznin, Julian C. Verdonk, Md Shamim Ahamed

“…The study concluded that R3B1FR1 had a more substantial positive effect on cilantro yield than R4B0.5FR0.5 and R4B1, although the light treatments statistically unaffected quality parameters and shelf-life.…”
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Validation of a method for in situ determination of 137Cs soil contamination density in kitchen gardens using the portable spectrometer-dosimeter MKS AT6101D by V. P. Ramzaev, A. N. Barkovsky, A. A. Bratilova

“…The territory of the settlements had been heavily contaminated with 137Cs as a result of the Chernobyl accident: the officially established levels of the density of soil contamination by 137Cs ranged from 111 to 511 kBq/m2 in 2017. …”
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The Influence of Remnant Preservation on the Final Outcome after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective Comparative Study by Vishanth Krishna Rao, Madan Ballal

“…The remnant-preserved ACLR (R-ACLR) group had significantly better functional outcomes with short-term assessments at 6 and 12 weeks, in contrast to the standard ACLR (S-ACLR) group. …”
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The effect of room air cleaners on infection control in day care centres by Ville A. Vartiainen, Johanna Hela, Anni Luoto, Petra Nikuri, Enni Sanmark, Aimo Taipale, Inga Ehder-Gahm, Natalia Lastovets, Piia Sormunen, Ilpo Kulmala, Arto Säämänen

“…The intervention buildings had mechanical supply and exhaust air ventilation. …”
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Polish Historiography of Polish - Lithuanian Union of 20th Century by Mečislovas Jučas

“…But it still is a domain of Polish historiography, which seeks to give answers for all questions concerning the union's stages: Krėva treaty in 1385, union of Lublin in 1569, reforms in 1791, and the end of the union too. Historians had different opinions about the Krėva treaty's reasons. …”
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Towards prehospital risk stratification using deep learning for ECG interpretation in suspected acute coronary syndrome by Frederik M Zimmermann, Pim A L Tonino, Arjan Koks, Jesse P A Demandt, Marcel van ’t Veer, Pieter-Jan Vlaar, Thomas P Mast, Konrad A J van Beek, Marieke C V Bastiaansen

“…In the external validation cohort (n=754), 27% were diagnosed with NSTE-ACS. ECG-AI had a better diagnostic performance than ECG-EMS (area under the curve (AUROC) 0.70 (0.66 to 0.74) vs AUROC 0.65 (0.61 to 0.70), p=0.045) for diagnosing NSTE-ACS. …”
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Extração seqüencial de Mn e Zn em solos em função do pH e adição de cama-de-frango Sequential extraction of Mn and Zn as a function of pH and addition of poultry litter by Gilmar R. Nachtigall, Roberta C. Nogueirol, Luís R. F. Alleoni

“…Zn and Mn extracted by DTPA, CaCl2 0.01 mol L-1, Mehlich III had a linear correlation with the exchangeable and with the OM-bound contents.…”
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Priority-Setting for Novel Drug Regimens to Treat Tuberculosis: An Epidemiologic Model. by Emily A Kendall, Sourya Shrestha, Ted Cohen, Eric Nuermberger, Kelly E Dooley, Lice Gonzalez-Angulo, Gavin J Churchyard, Payam Nahid, Michael L Rich, Cathy Bansbach, Thomas Forissier, Christian Lienhardt, David W Dowdy

“…Reducing treatment duration or improving ease of adherence had smaller but still substantial impact: shortening RS TB treatment duration from 6 to 2 mo lowered TB mortality by 3% (95% UR: 1%-6%), and shortening RR TB treatment from 20 to 6 mo reduced RR TB mortality by 8% (95% UR: 4%-13%), while reducing nonadherence to the corresponding regimens by 50% reduced TB and RR TB mortality by 2% (95% UR: 1%-4%) and 6% (95% UR: 3%-10%), respectively. …”
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Associations between cesarean delivery and child mortality: A national record linkage longitudinal study of 17.8 million births in Brazil. by Enny S Paixao, Christian Bottomley, Julia M Pescarini, Kerry L M Wong, Luciana L Cardim, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro Silva, Elizabeth B Brickley, Laura C Rodrigues, Flavia Jôse Oliveira Alves, Maria do Carmo Leal, Maria da Conceicao N Costa, Maria Gloria Teixeira, Maria Yury Ichihara, Liam Smeeth, Mauricio L Barreto, Oona M R Campbell

“…After propensity score matching (PSM), we found that live births to women in groups with low expected frequencies of CD (Robson groups 1 to 4) had a higher death rate up to age 5 years if they were born via CD compared with vaginal deliveries (HR = 1.25, 95% CI: 1.22 to 1.28; p < 0.001). …”
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Low ITN utilization among households in SWEPR Ethiopia: challenge for malaria elimination, a mixed design approach by Wondwossen Niguse, Bezuayehu Alemayehu, Tadesse Gebremedhin, Mathewos Alemu, Girma Mamo, Ephrem Negeri, Ibrahim Temam, Haile Zewdie, Tamirat Bogale, Erkyihun pawulos, Endale Sahlie

“…Even though Ethiopia has been doing nationwide ITN distribution starting from 2016 with 64% ITN coverage, there is a significant gap in its utilization in different settings. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the utilization of ITN and associated factors among households in SWEPRS, 2023. …”
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Optimizing water use in spring maize through integrated agro-techniques in groundwater-stressed regions of northwestern India by Khushkarandeep Singh, Vinay Kumar Sindhu, Ajmer Singh Brar, J.S. Lamba, J.S. Deol, R.S. Jakhar, Ranjeet Singh

“…Further, integrating straw mulch at 9 t/ha and pneumatic broad-bed planting with either SDI or SSDI had no significant effect on grain yield during 2023, but increased the grain yield by 9–13 % and net returns by 10–16 % as compared to SDI or SSDI without straw mulch in 2024. …”
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Global burden and trends of norovirus-associated diseases from 1990 to 2021 an observational trend study by MengLan Zhu, MengLan Zhu, ZiLing Huang, TongTong Liu, ChenNan Wu, ZhiHan Shang, LuLu Zhang

“…Notably, children under 5 years old had considerably higher ASDR: 475.52 years (95% UI: 160.73 to 893.72) per 100,000 for males and 335.44 years (95% UI: 112.29 to 623.48) per 100,000 for females. …”
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A 4-year cohort study of the effects of PNPLA3 rs738409 genotypes on liver fat and fibrosis and gut microbiota in a non-fatty liver population by Satoshi Sato, Chikara Iino, Takafumi Sasada, Keisuke Furusawa, Kenta Yoshida, Kaori Sawada, Tatsuya Mikami, Shinsaku Fukuda, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Hirotake Sakuraba

“…Results: Baseline values showed no difference among the PNPLA3 rs738409 genotypes for any of the measurement items. …”
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Mechanical injuries of the eye: Incidence, structure and possibilities for prevention by Jovanović Miloš, Stefanović Ivan

“…Most of the patients (30.3%) had visual acuity L+P+ (light perception with correct projection) only, on attendance, but it varied from complete blindness to 1.0. …”
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Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Liver Cirrhotic Patients: Proportion, Correlation, and Relationship of Diastolic Parameters with Stage of Liver Dysfunction by Prionggo Mondrowinduro, Irsan Hasan, Idrus Alwi, Murdani Abdullah

“…Parameters of diastolic function that had relation with liver dysfunction severity in cirrhosis measured by numerical CTP were Ar-A (p=0,004), left atrial volume index (p=0,005), and laterale e’ (p=0,026). …”
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Notícia d’una mística catalana de principi del segle XVIII: Teresa Mir i March i la seva autobiografia espiritual Rahó de l’esperit. by Anna Garcia Busquets

“…Further details on the issue are a description and the codex structure as well as a summary analysis of its different elements and a further learning of the blessed young lady‘s biography through archive research. …”
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