Impact of Mobile Health (mHealth) Use by Community Health Workers on the Utilization of Maternity Care in Rural Malawi: A Time Series Analysis by Kachimanga C, Ng’ambi WF, Kazinga D, Ndarama E, Amulele MA, Munyaneza F, Abejirinde IOO, van den Akker T, Kulinkina AV

“…This study evaluates the impact of this app on the uptake of antenatal care (ANC), facility-based births, and postnatal care (PNC), compared to a reference period where CHWs provided the same services without mHealth, using the interrupted time series analysis.Patients and Methods: Using aggregated monthly data and segmented quasi-Poisson regression models, we compared the effects of mHealth on selected maternal health outcomes. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions for psychiatric disorders: results from the multicentre study on the Italian population “COVID-19 and Mental Health” (CoM... by Massimiliano Aragona, Martina Ventura, Roberta Ciampichini, Anteo Di Napoli, Valeria Fano, Sara Leone, Martina Pacifici, Claudio Rosini, Caterina Silvestri, Fabio Voller, Alberto Zucchi, Christian Napoli, Alessio Petrelli

“…Incidence rate ratios (IRR) of FMHAs were estimated via an interrupted time series (ITS) analysis using a step-change negative binomial model. …”
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Impact of yoga on the central and peripheral vascular function among desk-based workers: A single-centered trial study [version 4; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservat... by Suresh Sukumar, Guruprasad V, Rajagopal Kadavigere, Banumathe K R, Poovitha Shruthi P, Koustubh Kamath, Peter Hogg, Shovan Saha, Leena R David, Sneha Ravichandran, Shivashankar K N, Vaishali K

“…This routine can promote the concept of interrupted sitting and ways to reduce it with efficient yoga asana practice without changing the work culture and provide better physical relief. …”
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Healthcare utilization in the departments of obstetrics and gynecology during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: time series analysis in Jining, China by Yao He, Hong Xiao, Fang Liu, Xiaochen Dai, Hongyan Wang, Haomin Yang, Zhenhui Liu, Joseph M. Unger

“…As the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be far more pervasive and persistent than many first surmised, a vital question is whether the utilization of non-COVID related healthcare has remained low under China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy. This study aimed to estimate the initial and enduring collateral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of obstetrics and gynecology care at a tertiary hospital in Jining, Shandong Province, China. …”
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The Efficacy and Safety of Simultaneous Vaccination with Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccines Against Pneumococcal (13-Valent Vaccine) and <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Type b Infecti... by Ekaterina Alexeeva, Tatyana Dvoryakovskaya, Anna Fetisova, Ivan Kriulin, Elizaveta Krekhova, Anna Kabanova, Vladimir Labinov, Elizaveta Labinova, Mikhail Kostik

“…The number of patients with uveitis remained equal, as well as the part of the patients with active, low-active, and inactive uveitis. There was no significant rise in the hs-CRP or S100 protein after the vaccination. …”
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Neuropsychiatric adverse events in people with HIV initiating a new integrase strand transfer inhibitor-based regimen in Italy: findings from the NEURO-INSTI study by Nicola Squillace, Elena Delfina Ricci, Giancarlo Orofino, Gabriele Forcina, Laura Albini, Barbara Menzaghi, Giuseppe Vittorio De Socio, Stefania Piconi, Paolo Maggi, Giordano Madeddu, Giovanni Francesco Pellicanò, Eleonora Sarchi, Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Filippo Lagi, Elena Salomoni, Antonio Di Biagio, Paolo Bonfanti

“…Abstract Background Although clinical trials reported a low and comparable rate of central nervous system (CNS)/neuropsychiatric (NP) disturbances among people with HIV (PWH) receiving integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTI) or other antiretroviral therapy (ART), higher rates of these disturbances have been reported in clinical practice. …”
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Unearthing the climate history of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile – deep drilling in two clay pans of the Coastal Cordillera by V. Wennrich, J. Diederich-Leicher, B. N. Blanco-Arrué, B. N. Blanco-Arrué, C. Büttner, S. Buske, E. Campos Sepulveda, T. Dunai, J. Feller, E. Galego, A. Hasberg, N. Leicher, D. A. López, J. Maldonado, A. Medialdea, A. Medialdea, L. Ninnemann, L. Ninnemann, R. Perryman, J. C. Ríos-Contesse, B. Ritter, S. Scheidt, B. Vargas-Machuca, P. Yogeshwar, P. Yogeshwar, M. Melles

“…Geological evidence, however, indicates that this overall hyperaridity was repeatedly interrupted by wetter periods. Deep-time precipitation reconstructions of the Atacama Desert are limited by scarce and discontinuous sediment sequences, most of which received moisture from wetter regions outside the Atacama Desert. …”
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Village and age based precision mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Chevakadzi ward of Shamva district in Zimbabwe by Nicholas Midzi, Masceline Jenipher Mutsaka-Makuvaza, Shan Lv, Qin-Zhi Qiang, Hong-Mei Li, Ling Tang, Xin-lin Yu, Chang-Lian Li, Tonderai Manengureni, White Soko, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Ying-Jun Qian, Shi-Zhu Li

“…Targeted, inclusive, and micro-level-centred approaches to effectively combat schistosomiasis are necessary. Despite the low level of STH infections in the ward, interventions are necessary to interrupt their transmission.…”
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Terbinafine in acrylic polymer for the treatment of onychomycosis in hemodialysis patients: a phase II clinical trial by Jeanne Marie Queiroz Borges Bersano, Jeanne Marie Queiroz Borges Bersano, Matheus Gobbo Cordeiro, Matheus Gobbo Cordeiro, Matheus Gobbo Cordeiro, Juliana Mozer Sciani, Iara Lúcia Tescarollo, Fernando Augusto Lima Marson, Fernando Augusto Lima Marson, Fernando Augusto Lima Marson

“…Direct mycological examination and fungal culture were performed at the beginning of the study and 30 days after applications were interrupted. Assessment of clinical response, clinical cure, mycological cure, and complete cure was performed at the end of the study. …”
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The Early–Middle Pleistocene Transition in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic) – an interplay between subtropical gyre and extremely cold surface waters by A. Mega, A. Mega, A. Mega, T. Rodrigues, T. Rodrigues, E. Salgueiro, E. Salgueiro, M. Padilha, H. Kuhnert, A. H. L. Voelker, A. H. L. Voelker

“…Within the Atlantic Ocean, the Iberian Margin is considered a key location to study climatic variations influenced by both high- and low-latitude processes. In this study we focus on IODP Site U1387 on the southern Portuguese margin to reconstruct surface water circulation changes and related plankton foraminifera ecosystems during the interval of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 28 to MIS 18 (1006–750 ka). …”
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Screening the Unidentified Noncommunicable Disease Prevalence in Orthopedic Outpatient Department in a Tertiary Care Teaching Institute in India by Vetrivel C Sengodan, Kalidas Ponnusami, Vijay KA Subramaniyan, Venkatesh Venkatachalam, Sreehari Vikram

“…The fact that 17 million of these deaths happen prematurely—before the age of 70—and that 86% of these premature deaths occur in low- and middle-income nations—of which 77%—makes the situation even more concerning. …”
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The effects of computerised decision support systems on nursing and allied health professional performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review and user contextualisation by Carl Thompson, Teumzghi Mebrahtu, Sarah Skyrme, Karen Bloor, Deidre Andre, Anne Maree Keenan, Alison Ledward, Huiqin Yang, Rebecca Randell

“…Comparative research is generally of low quality and outcomes wide ranging and heterogeneous. …”
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ChatGPT for the Standardized Operative Notes in Plastic Surgery by Fizzah Arif

“…Overall, ChatGPT operative note score was 58.8 %, which is crucially low and indicates sub-optimal standards for operative notes (Table 1). …”
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The learning process of physical education lessons in education through virtual education by mahyar yarahmadi, Habib Honari, Meysam Shabaninia

“…In order for the education of students not to be interrupted during the period of social distancing and for the curriculum to continue according to the pre-specified program; various solutions were presented, one of which was electronic education (Ghafourifard, 2020). …”
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The Challenges of Safety Culture: No more risk! by Julija Melnikova

“…That is why it is safer to live in low (1-2-floor) buildings, far from water reservoirs, avoid mountains, etc.…”
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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: the PERFECTED research programme including an RCT by Chris Fox, Simon P Hammond, Lee Shepstone, Fiona Poland, Catherine Henderson, Tamara Backhouse, Bridget Penhale, Simon Donell, Martin Knapp, Douglas Lewins, Alasdair MacLullich, Martyn Patel, Opinder Sahota, Toby O Smith, Justin Waring, Jane L Cross

“…Work package 1 phase 3 Key themes identified specific interruptions (‘disjunctures’) in routines or planned sequences in caregiving as: Disruptions – when usual or expected practices were interrupted impacting on the ease with which staff manage care delivery. …”
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