Frequency of Kell (K) Blood Group Antigen Amongst Indigenes of Ikwerre Ethnicity in Rivers State, Nigeria by Serekara Gideon Christian *, Beauty Eruchi Echonwere-Uwikor, Joy Sira Celestine

“…Kell blood group is the third in ranking of clinical significance after the ABO and Rh blood group system. …”
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Effects of a Combined 8-Week Group Exercise Program on the Anthropometric Characteristics of Female University Students by Nebojša Čokorilo, Goran Prebeg, Dragan Milić, Dragan Tomašević

“…MANOVA and ANOVA were used to determine differences among groups before and after the experimental program. …”
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Frequencies of Blood Group Systems MNS, Diego, and Duffy and Clinical Phases of Carrion’s Disease in Amazonas, Peru by Oscar Acosta, Luis Solano, Jorge Escobar, Miguel Fernandez, Carlos Solano, Ricardo Fujita

“…Thirty-six individuals were from the area of Miraflores (high prevalence of cases in acute phase only) and were evaluated for blood group systems MNS, Diego, and Duffy. …”
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Risk factor structure and relative prevalence of pathological alterations in arterial hypertension patients of various age groups by A. M. Urinsky, R. L. Kuznetsov, Yu. M. Pozdnyakov, S. A. Boytsov

“…In all participants, anamnestic, hemodynamic, anthropometric, and biochemical parameters were assessed. Both groups were divided into three age intervals: <35 years; 35-55 years; >55 years. …”
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Demographic Data of Orbital Fat Removal for Dark Circles Under Eyes in Nationwide Cosmetic Surgery Group by Takahiko Tamura, MD, PhD, Yusuke Funakoshi, MD, PhD, Hiromichi Okuma, MD, PhD, Yoshimasa Furuichi, MD, Taichi Tamura, MD, Takashi Fuse, MD, Miku Toma, MD, Koki Okumura, MD, Hiroo Teranishi, MD

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Drug resistance and phylogenetic grouping of bacteria isolated from visitors' hands in a secondary-care hospital by Samuel Campista-León, María José Cabanillas-Pacheco, Laura de Jesús Delgado-Díaz, Joel Tohevaris Garcia-Guerrero, Luz Isela Peinado-Guevara

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Quantification and gene expression of Lactobacillus casei group species associated with dentinal lesions in early childhood caries by Ana Catarina Martins Reis, Daniela da Silva Bezerra, Erika Nikitza Shiauha Hart-Chú, Rafael Nóbrega Stipp, Sarah Florindo de Figueiredo Guedes, Beatriz Gonçalves Neves, Lidiany Karla Azevedo Rodrigues

“…Results: The L. casei group species were found to be part of the viable microbial community in dentinal caries. …”
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Exploring Individuals’ Views and Feedback on a Nutritional Screening Mobile App: Qualitative Focus Group Study by Debra Jones, Anne Marie Sowerbutts, Sorrel Burden

“…ResultsIn total, 8 online focus groups were conducted between August 2022 and January 2023. …”
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Local knowledge, perception and practices regarding edible insects among different ethnic groups in Northern Uganda by Martha F. Alaroker, Ronald Twongyirwe, Philip Nyeko, Francis Sengendo, Valtonen Anu, Bruno Massa, Harriet Angwech, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Sabine Van Miert

“…This study documents the local knowledge and practices of edible insects consumed and perception and attitudes towards edible insects by different ethnic groups in northern Uganda. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2023 to January 2024 in the districts of Adjumani, Nwoya, Oyam and Zombo in northern Uganda, where 600 questionnaires which comprised of both closed and open-ended questions were administered to randomly selected respondents (60% female, 40% male) in 24 villages spread across four ethnic groups (Acholi, Langi, Alur and Madi). …”
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Prevalence and influencing factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders of coal miners in a coal mine group by Xiaolan ZHENG, Liuquan JIANG, Ying ZHAO, Hongxia ZHAO, Fan YANG, Qiang LI, Li LI, Yingjun CHEN, Qingsong CHEN, Gaisheng LIU

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A real-world study on the influence of unplanned reoperations on hospitalized patients using the diagnosis-related group by Rui Fan, Qifeng Chen, Shang Gao, Lili Wang, Shuqi Mao, Zhiyu Yan

“…Hospital length of stay (LOS) and hospitalization costs were measured as the primary outcomes. Discharge to home was measured as the secondary outcome. …”
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Clinical Manifestations of COVID-19 in Different Periods of the Pandemic in Persons from Occupational Risk Groups of Infection by T. A. Platonova, A. A. Golubkova, M. S. Sklyar, E. A. Karbovnichaya, K. V. Varchenko, A. A. Ivanova, A. B. Komissarov, D. A. Lioznov

“…One of the most affected by the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) groups of the population were medical workers who have high risks of infection in the performance of professional dutiesAim. …”
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Complex noise indicator for noise mapping based on the EU working groups' and Polish results of the annoyance investigations by Radosław KUCHARSKI

“…The weights for the complex indicator were worked out on the basis of the results of the noise annoyance investigations, carried out by the European Working Group on health and socio-economic aspects, published in position papers (year 2002 and later). …”
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Grouping approaches to PFAS and industry funding: a case study on the findings of a recent panel of experts by Pedro Bravo

“…Through a detailed analysis of all the material published and in dialogue with the literature about industry-funded research, I will present how choices in the design of the panel (e.g., which kind of consensus the exercise could capture, the ways questions were framed or even changed), in textual analysis (e.g., criteria for assembling opinions) and in the communication of the findings (e.g., what gets included or excluded) were made in an industry friendly way affecting two specific grouping approaches. …”
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Development of virtual reality math media in the junior high school Indonesia-Malaysia with group investigation model by Achmad Buchori, Sharifah Osman

“…Based on the results of the trial, the VR Math learning media was effective for group investigation-based mathematics learning based on the effectiveness indicator, namely achieving 90% classical learning mastery, the experimental class learning outcomes were better than the control class, and there was an increase…”
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Observations of Sludge Formation in Group I Base Stock for Lubricants and Thermodynamic Modeling with the SAFT Equation of State by E. Pashai, M. R. Dehghani, F. Feyzi

“…The results for prediction of sludge formation showed that the absolute average deviations between experimental and theoretical results were less than 1.4%. The calculated results for solubility coefficient of the oxidation byproducts from SN100 (solvent neutral Group I) base stock in fresh (un-oxidized) oil were in good agreement with the experimental data, and average deviation between calculated and experimental data was less than 6.5%. …”
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THE ROLE OF OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN DIASTOLIC CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS OF VARIOUS AGE GROUPS by I. A. Sukmanova, D. A. Yakhontov

“…All participants were divided into two groups by their age. The control group included 30 healthy volunteers. …”
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Gratitude (shukr) group intervention for promoting college students’ well-being: A quasi-experimental study by Melati Sumari, Dini Farhana Baharudin, Amira Najiha Yahya, Yusni Mohamad Yusop

“…This study examined the impact of a gratitude (shukr) group intervention on the well-being of college students. …”
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Research on the Spatial Torsional Effect of Column-Supported Structural Silo Groups Based on Shaking Table Tests by Huifen Wang, Yonggang Ding, Xuesen Li, Guoqi Ren, Zhiyao Zhou, Qikeng Xu

“…Based on this background, shaking table tests were conducted on a column-supported vertical-group silo structure as the research subject, with a scale ratio of 1/25 and in the 1 row × 3 column combination form. …”
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Antimicrobial Therapies for Early-Onset Group B Streptococcal Sepsis: Insights from an Italian Multicenter Study by Valeria Capone, Martina Buttera, Francesca Miselli, Serena Truocchio, Mattia Iaccheri, Cinzia Auriti, Roberta Creti, Lorenza Baroni, Luca Bedetti, Belinda Benenati, Giacomo Biasucci, Jenny Bua, Lidia Decembrino, Luisa Di Luca, Silvia Fanaro, Alessandra Foglianese, Lucia Gambini, Nicola Laforgia, Giuseppe Latorre, Sabrina Loprieno, Gianfranco Maffei, Lucia Marrozzini, Francesca Nanni, Giangiacomo Nicolini, Irene Papa, Barbara Perrone, Giancarlo Piccinini, Maria Rita Pulvirenti, Maria Paola Ronchetti, Enrico Rosati, Daniele Santori, Maria Eleonora Scapillati, Davide Scarponi, Sofia Spinedi, Tzialla Chryssoula, Caterina Vocale, Licia Lugli, Alberto Berardi

“…Empiric and definitive therapies were classified as adequate and inadequate. <b>Results</b>: There were 967,054 live births and 200 cases of GBS-EOS, of which 43 (21.5%) were preterm and 157 (78.5%) were full-term; 35 (17.5%) out of 200 showed no signs of illness. …”
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