Indication of Economic Populism in Local Governance: A New Approach for Classifying Populist Behaviour by Pavel Zdražil, Jan Fuka, Bohuslav Pernica, Robert Baťa

“…Result verification shows that these municipalities are frequently governed by populist parties or varied local initiatives, rather than by established non-populist parties. …”
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Balloon-expandable Myval valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation with bailout left main coronary artery chimney stenting: a case report by Dibya Ranjan Behera, Kiran Kumar Shetty

“…Coronary protection was initiated with prepositioning of a coronary guidewire in the left coronary artery. …”
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Determinants of HIV infection among infants born to HIV positive women receiving option B + prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Tigray, north Ethiopia: a case cont... by Haftay Gebremedhin, Fre Gebremeskel, Gebremedhin Gebreegziabiher, Abadi Hailay Atsbaha, Gebretekle Gebremichael Hailesilase

“…A total of 43 cases and 129 controls were selected using simple random sampling technique. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was fitted to identify the factors associated with mother to child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus at P < 0.05. …”
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What do women want in pharmacy-based HIV prevention services during pregnancy? Developing attributes and levels for a discrete choice experiment in Western Kenya by Melissa Latigo Mugambi, Annabell Dollah, Rosebel Ouda, Nancy Oyugi, Ben O. Odhiambo, Mary M. Marwa, Judith Nyakina, John Kinuthia, Bryan J. Weiner, Grace John-Stewart, Ruanne Vanessa Barnabas, Brett Hauber

“…., HIV testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation and refills, and STI testing) in community pharmacies could address clinic barriers faced by pregnant women such as extended travel and wait times. …”
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Real-world survival of patients treated with taxane therapy after exposure to immunotherapy and platinum-based chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer without actionab... by S.V. Liu, X. Hu, D. Chirovsky, W. Meng, A. Samkari

“…Methods: Using a US nationwide, longitudinal deidentified database, we selected patients ≥18 years old with unresectable stage IIIB-IV NSCLC, without actionable mutations, who had ECOG performance status of 0-1 when initiating a taxane-containing regimen from 4 March 2015 to 31 May 2021 after prior PD-(L)1 inhibitor and platinum-based chemotherapy, concomitantly or sequentially. …”
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Effect of environmental pollutants particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and ground level ozone (O3) on epilepsy by Bandar Nasser Aljafen, Narmeen Shaikh, Joud Mohammed AlKhalifah, Sultan Ayoub Meo

“…The keywords included for the literature search were based on two main aspects: exposure (air pollutants) and outcome (epilepsy). Initially, 78 articles and reports were identified, and after revising the abstracts and full articles, 06 studies were selected for a detailed analysis and discussion. …”
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Use of Deep-Learning Genomics to Discriminate Healthy Individuals from Those with Alzheimer’s Disease or Mild Cognitive Impairment by Lanlan Li, Yeying Yang, Qi Zhang, Jiao Wang, Jiehui Jiang, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…Methods. In this study, we selected genotype data from 1461 subjects enrolled in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, including 622 AD, 473 mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 366 healthy control (HC) subjects. …”
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Enhancing Arabic Language Education through Virtual Education: Validation of a Teaching Model in Iraqi Secondary Schools by Abbas Taher Allawi Gharabat, Nasrolah Ghashghaeizadeh, Jalal Shanta Jaber, Faranak Mosavi

“…The Delphi phase aimed to establish consensus among 15 experts in virtual education, specifically focusing on Arabic language instruction, who were purposively selected in Baghdad, Iraq. For the survey phase, 368 participants were chosen using stratified random sampling techniques outlined in the Krejcie and Morgan table. …”
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Predictors of Clinical Efficacy of Cytokine Hemoadsorption in COVID-19 (Clinical Trial) by V. A. Ratnikov, A. N. Sheglov, S. V. Abramovskiy, I. S. Simutis, M. S. Danilov, G. G. Ivanova, A. A. Syrovatskii

“…Additional studies are warranted to clarify the optimal timing of the initiation of HP in severe COVID-19 patients.…”
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Social-demographic and behavioral predictors of core indicators of complementary feeding practices among mothers of children aged 6–23 months: baseline results from a cluster-rando... by Tadele Amente, Yohannes Kebede, Tefera Belachew

“…Abstract Background For optimal growth it is recommended to initiate breastfeeding within the first hour of birth and continue with exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months. …”
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A clinical case of treatment of deformity of the fourth ray of the hand in a teenager with brachymetacarpy by A. V. Shmel'kov, N. E. Likholatov, O. D. Bagdulina, D. D. Sedenkova

“…The range of motion in the metacarpophalangeal joint was restored to 90 degrees (initially 70 degrees). The hand grip strength asymmetry was 10% with dominance of the right side (initially 5% with left side dominance). …”
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Prevalence of depression and anxiety among school going adolescents of Delhi: A cross-sectional study by Sonam, Arun Kumar Mahapatra, S Rajagopala, Anil Kumar, Prashant Kumar Gupta, Rishabh, Shahzadi Malhotra, Tanuja Manoj Nesari

“…To understand the current mental health of adolescents the present study was initiated. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 679 students aged 10-19 years at selected schools in South Delhi, India. …”
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Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Mothers on Management of Malnutrition Among Children Under Five Years in Bugongi Town Council, Sheema District. by Mwiine, Dickens Richard

“…A total of 120 respondents were selected for the study using simple random sampling techniques from all wards ofBugongi Town council. …”
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Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Mothers on Management of Malnutrion Among Children Under Five Years in Bugongi Town Council, Sheema District. by Mwiine, Dickens Richard

“…A total of 120 respondents were selected for the study using simple random sampling techniques from all wards ofBugongi Town council. …”
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[18F]FluorThanatrace PET imaging as a biomarker of response to PARP inhibitors in breast cancer by Sarah B. Gitto, Austin R. Pantel, Kara N. Maxwell, Daniel A. Pryma, Michael D. Farwell, Fang Liu, Quy Cao, Sophia R. O’Brien, Amy S. Clark, Payal D. Shah, Elizabeth S. McDonald

“…Conclusions These early results suggest the potential of [18F]FTT-PET to select patients for PARPi treatment and monitor in vivo pharmacodynamics after therapy start. …”
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Assessment of urban traffic vehicle emissions reduction after integration of ‘traffic light countdown’ module in navigation by Minghui Zhang, Di Liu, Wenkai Qin, Jing Wang, Hao Fu, Qianxi Liu, Xifan Chen, Xiangmin Li, Hao Wang, Nana Qin, Sixian Qin, Siyuan Wang

“…To quantify the effectiveness of this module, we selected a section of Qilu Avenue in Jinan City as a case study. …”
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Identification and Antibacterial Characterization of Endophytic Fungi from Artemisia sieberi by Ibtisam Mohammed Ababutain, Sahar Khamees Aldosary, Amal Abdulaziz Aljuraifani, Azzah Ibrahim Alghamdi, Amira Hassan Alabdalall, Eida Marshid Al-Khaldi, Sumayh A. Aldakeel, Noor B. Almandil, Sayed AbdulAzeez, J. Francis Borgio

“…Antibacterial activity of the ethyl acetate extract was evaluated using well diffusion method on the selected isolate. The antibacterial efficiency of the selected isolate was evaluated by determining the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC). …”
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Robot-assisted off-clamp enucleation of endophytic tumor in solitary functioning kidney by Riccardo Bertolo, Filippo Migliorini, Alessandro Veccia, Luca Roggero, Greta Pettenuzzo, Francesco Ditonno, Francesco Artoni, Claudio Brancelli, Alessandro Antonelli

“…Given the case's complexity, the arterial pedicle was selectively prepared according to the 3D model to be ready for selective clamping on demand. …”
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Health risk behaviours of high school learners and their perceptions of preventive services offered by general practitioners by Caron Thomas

“…Background: Adolescence spans nearly a decade in which young people may initiate health risk behaviours such as unsafe sexual practices and the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD use). …”
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Pre-treatment Drug Resistance Could Impact the 96-Week Antiretroviral Efficacy in Treatment-Naive HIV-1–Infected Patients in Guangdong, China by Pengle Guo, Yun Lan, Quanmin Li, Xuemei Ling, Junbin Li, Xiaoping Tang, Fengyu Hu, Weiping Cai, Linghua Li

“…A total of 125 patients without PDR were randomly selected as the control group (non-PDR arm), 112 of whom had completed the 96-week follow-up. …”
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