Alzheimer's disease drug development pipeline: 2019 by Jeffrey Cummings, Garam Lee, Aaron Ritter, Marwan Sabbagh, Kate Zhong

“…Abstract Introduction Alzheimer's disease (AD) has few available treatments, and there is a high rate of failure in AD drug development programs. …”
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Early ultrasound therapy for rehabilitation after zone II flexor tendon repair by Krishnamurthy Geetha, Narayanan Chandramouli Hariharan, Jagannathan Mohan

“…As these protocols demanded a degree of commitment from the patients, our results were suboptimal. …”
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Development and Validation of New High Performance Liquid Chromatography Analytical Technique For Separation of Diclofenac Sodium and Lidocaine Hydrochloride From Ampoule Injection by Mohammed Ali Salih, Dlivan Fattah Aziz, Salar Ibrahim Ali

“…During development the portable stage was delivered at a stream rate of 1 mL/min, the wavelength was adjusted at 254 nm. …”
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Initial experience of a single center with the use of ZSI 475 penile prosthesis by Fulvio Colombo, Giorgio Gentile, Valerio Vagnoni, Alessandro Fiorillo, Pietro Piazza, Fabrizio Sartorio, Alessandro Franceschelli

“…Conclusion: In our initial experience, ZSI 475 suffered a high rate of mechanical failures; on the other hand, the company showed great commitment in order to improve the quality and reliability of the device. …”
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Effectiveness of The National Mangrove Restoration Program (NMRP) in Achieving Net Zero Emission (NZE) Targets in Indonesia by Setyanigrum Wita, Koesrianti, Narwati Enny

“…The rehabilitated mangrove areas are capable of sequestering carbon at an average rate of 200 to 350 tons per hectare. The analysis reveals that mangrove restoration could contribute approximately 7-12% of the national emission reduction target. …”
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Two-stage re-estimation adaptive design: a simulation study by Francesca Galli, Luigi Mariani

“…</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> under the null hypothesis, any type of adaptive design considered maintained the prefixed type I error rate, but futility stopping was required to avoid the unwanted increase in sample size. …”
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Assessing the Challenges Encountered in Accessing Reproductive Health Services By Women: A Case Study Of Southern Division Kabale Municipality. by Tumuheirwe, Marion

“…Some respondents also reported that this implies that there is a need to sign legal protection policies and regulations on those that misuse young girls and women, this will reduce the rate of conceiving". The study concludes that reproductive health is a critical component of any woman's health. …”
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Serine protease inhibitors LmSPN2 and LmSPN3 co-regulate embryonic diapause in Locusta migratoria manilensis (Meyen) via the Toll pathway by Shi-qian FENG, Neng ZHANG, Jun CHEN, Dao-gang ZHANG, Kai-hui ZHU, Ni CAI, Xiong-bing TU, Ze-hua ZHANG

“…Double knockdown of two SPN genes resulted in a 26.4% reduction in diapause rate, indicating that LmSPN2 was the dominant regulatory signal. …”
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Data sharing practices in high-impact rehabilitation journals by Ahmed Elghzali, Daniel Molina, Mahad Chaudhry, Jacob Duncan, Annes Elfar, Eli Oldham, Brody Dennis, Eli Paul, Alicia Ito Ford, Matt Vassar

“…Results Of 1,278 studies that underwent data extraction, 25.5% of studies in our sample featured a DSS; however, this figure was significantly influenced by one journal with a 99% inclusion rate, while the other four journals collectively had only a 5% rate. …”
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The Impact of Organizational and Managerial Factors on Integrated Resilience Engineering Indicators: A Case Study in a Petrochemical Complex Aimed at Enhancing Employee’s Health by Zahra KhosraviShapourAbadi, Zahra Naghavi-Konjin, Siavash Etemadinezhad, Jamshid Yazdani-Charati

“…Overall, the level of resilience in the studied complex was rated above average, indicating a promising foundation for further improvement through targeted interventions.…”
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Accreditation Policy and Internal Quality Assurance: A Study of Private Islamic Religious Universities in Nusa Tenggara by Winengan Winengan, Safwira Guna Putra

“… Purpose: This study aims to investigate the implementation of the Internal Quality Assurance System at Private Islamic Religious Universities in the Nusa Tenggara region, specifically focusing on institutions that have not yet attained the minimum required accreditation ratings. Additionally, it seeks to identify the key factors that impede the effectiveness of internal quality assurance initiatives. …”
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Does mass drug administration for community-based scabies control works? The experience in Ethiopia by Wendemagegn Enbiale, Ashenafi Ayalew, Teklehaymanot Gebrehiwot, Yared Mulu, Muluken Azage, Rony Zachariah, Lucia Romani, Kristien Verdonck, Johan van Griensven, Henry JC de Vries

“…Results: 46.3% had a previous scabies diagnosis in the last 2 years of which 86.1% received treatment, and the cure rate was 90.6%. Fifteen months after intervention the scabies prevalence was 21.0 % (67.3% new cases and 32.7% recurrences). …”
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Measuring Mental Toughness among Students of the Kindergarten Department in the Universities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Constructing and Application) (2022) by Sharmin Ali Hasan, Salwa Ahmed Ameen

“…Where it was chosen by stratified random method, and after conducting the scale building procedures, the researchers built a scale to measure mental toughness consisting of (52) self-reporting items, distributed over (7) components, which included each of: Goal commitment: (7, items), challenge and perseverance (7, items), life control: (8, items), emotional stability (7, items), self-efficacy (8, items), positive energy (7, items), self-confidence: (8, items) , and it consists of (5) five answer alternatives, which extracted the appropriate psychometric properties of the scale items, which included: (discriminatory power, item validity, and item reliability), and the psychometric properties of the scale were extracted, which included: (face validity and constrict validity), and reliability: (The method of re-testing and the alpha-Cronbach equation), and to apply the scale in its final form, the researchers chose the applied sample from the original Population at a rate of (20%), as its number was (242) students, which were chosen by the stratified random method, by depending on Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the data, the current research reached the most important results according to The objectives of the research included the following: The scale was constructed to measure mental toughness among the students of the kindergarten department in the universities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq which consists of (52) self-reporting items and is characterized by proper psychometric properties, And the students of the Kindergarten Department in the universities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are characterized by mental toughness in general and at a high level, and in conclusion and in light of the results of the research, the researchers reached some recommendations and suggestions. …”
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Phenotypic, Functional, and Safety Control at Preimplantation Phase of MSC-Based Therapy by Wioletta Lech, Anna Figiel-Dabrowska, Anna Sarnowska, Katarzyna Drela, Patrycja Obtulowicz, Bartlomiej Henryk Noszczyk, Leonora Buzanska, Krystyna Domanska-Janik

“…This includes their cellular composition, rate of proliferation, and maintenance of stemness properties together with commitment to cell differentiation toward mesodermal and neural lineages. …”
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Birth asphyxia and its associated factors among newborns in public hospital, northeast Amhara, Ethiopia. by Abay Woday, Ayesheshim Muluneh, Christine St Denis

“…Though Ethiopia has made considerable achievement in the reduction of under-five mortality rate, the neonatal mortality burden has not experienced the same reduction, which may be attributed to birth asphyxia. …”
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Assessment of spiritual care competency and influencing factors among nurses at the National Institute of Cancer Care, Sri Lanka: a descriptive cross-sectional study by Thamara Amarasekara, Thamara Rajapaksha, Dhammika Wijesinghe, Gayathri Adikari, Chandrika Malaweera, Ranga Udari, Nadini Ranaweera

“…Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were analysed using SPSS (V.25).Results The response rate was 86.6%. Among the 220 participants, the mean age was 33.66 years, with 95.91% (n=211) being female. …”
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Factors Affecting the Intention of Healthcare Providers in Responding to Disasters: A Systematic Literature Review by Mehdi Raadabadi, Mohammad Reza Khajehminian, Maryam Nikfard, Mahnaz Eider

“…The relevant data (title, author/s, year of publication, country, population of HCPs, sample size, response rate, study design, tools, data collection method, and type of disasters) in the included studies were extracted using a checklist designed for this purpose. …”
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Implementation of tobacco control policy at the local level in Thailand: Performance evaluation and associated factors by Chakkraphan Phetphum, Orawan Keeratisiroj, Artittaya Wangwonsin, Wutthichai Jariya

“…The survey achieved a completion rate of 75.32%, with responses from 58 provinces. …”
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Profile and factors associated with low birth weight in Indonesia: a national data survey by Mario Ekoriano, Anugerah Widiyanto, Muthmainnah Muthmainnah, Yuli Devi, Bambang Cahyono, Izatun Nafsi, Teguh Widodo

“…North Maluku was the province with the highest LBW rate (20.1%), and West Java had the highest number of LBW infants in Indonesia, with 104 585 infants. …”
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Factors Influencing the Choice Between Multi-Target Stool DNA and Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Alaska Native Peoples by Lauren A. Jeffries, Christie A. Flanagan, Lila J. Finney Rutten, John B. Kisiel, Diana G. Redwood

“…The Alaska Tribal Health System is increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among Alaska Native (AN) peoples, who experience the highest CRC rate in the world. Through a clinical trial (NCT04336397), AN people living in rural/remote Alaska were offered either the previously unavailable multi-target stool DNA test (mt-sDNA; Cologuard^®) or colonoscopy. …”
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