By questionnaire we studied the occurrence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in 1961 children between 0 and 5 years old from a total of 3225 families in Cikutra, Bandung. In 38.7% of them 200.000 IU vitamin A supplement had been given at least once during the preceding year. Mild or moderate ARI occurred in 54.7% of the children during the previous month and in 87.9% during the previous year; severe ARI occurred in 5.5% during the previous month and in 16.8% during the previous year. Surprisingly slightly more ARI occurred in children with vitamin A supplementation. However, vitamin A had been distributed more to low income than high income families, and in the latter group significantly less children suffered from ARI (p less than 0.05; 44% versus 54 a 56%).
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Turk J Gastroenterol
October 2024
Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
Background/aims: Mushroom intoxication poses a considerable public health risk due to its potential for severe toxicity and fatality. This study aims to investigate demographic trends, diagnostic locations, and mortality rates of patients with mushroom intoxication.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective cohort study utilized data from the National Electronic Database of the Turkish Ministry of Health.
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
November 2024
Harvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Purpose: To assess the prevalence of foveal neovascularization (FNV) and its associated clinical features in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) eyes.
Methods: Cross-sectional observational study. Participants underwent ultra-widefield photography, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and swept-source OCT angiography (SS-OCTA).
Biology (Basel)
September 2024
School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa.
Localized calcium deficiency at the tomato flower end causes a physiological disorder called blossom end rot, resulting in yield losses of up to 50 percent. Fruit cracking is another physiological disorder of tomatoes that most often occurs when the movement of water and solutes to the tomato is protracted or rapid, but the underlying cause of fruit cracking is, again, calcium deficiency. Therefore, the present field experiment was conducted with the aim of increasing yield and reducing physiological disorders in tomatoes with a foliar application of calcium and micronutrients (zinc and boron).
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October 2024
Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Unversitario "12 de Octubre", Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital "12 de Octubre" (imas12), Madrid, Spain.
Cardiovasc Pathol
November 2024
Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, Arvo Ylpön katu 4, 33520, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland. Electronic address:
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