Mapping of Agate-like Soil Cover Structures Based on a Multitemporal Soil Line Using Neural Network Filtering of Remote Sensing Data by Dmitry I. Rukhovich, Polina V. Koroleva, Alexey D. Rukhovich, Mikhail A. Komissarov

“…Perhaps ASCSs are unique objects for the area of chernozem distribution, where in one soil profile there are rocks with an age from the first thousand years (Quaternary) to 250 million years (Permian). …”
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Chiari malformation with concurrent papilledema: a patient-level meta-analysis of case reports and case series by Alejandro Pando, Daniel J. Valdivia, Daniel A. Brenner, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Hai Sun, James K. Liu, Ira Goldstein

“…All variables such as year and region of study, age, sex, symptoms, diagnostic information, treatment details, and follow-up duration, were recorded and analyzed. …”
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Is International Travel an Emerging Issue on Transmission of Beijing Lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis? by Pavithra S. Madamarandawala, Srinath Satyanarayana, Collins Timire, Aashifa Yaqoob, Dushantha Madegedara, Dhammika N. Magana-Arachchi

“…The prevalence was also higher among young people (aged <35 years). Treatment success rates were similar in patients with (83%) and without BL strains (83% vs. 81%; P value = 0.8375). …”
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Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Traction, Closed Reduction, and Subsequent Hip Fixation in Hilgenreiner Brace in Patients with Severe Forms of Hip Developmental Dysplasia by Ahmad Gharaibeh, Rastislav Sepitka, Jan Pobeha, Daniela Schreierova, Martina Habinakova, Gabriel Vasko, Marek Lacko

“…Hilgenreiner brace (Hb) was developed to improve hip reduction rate and reduce the incidence of femoral head avascular necrosis (AVN). In children under the age of 18 months with unstable hip joints or a dislocated hip joint, the treatment method involves nonsurgical treatment in most cases. …”
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Quantile-Dependent Expressivity of Serum Uric Acid Concentrations by Paul T. Williams

“…Quantile-specific h2 (±SE) increased with increasing percentiles of the offspring’s sex- and age-adjusted uric acid distribution when estimated from βOP Ptrend=0.001: 0.34±0.03 at the 10th, 0.36±0.03 at the 25th, 0.41±0.03 at the 50th, 0.46±0.04 at the 75th, and 0.49±0.05 at the 90th percentile and when estimated from βFS Ptrend=0.006. …”
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Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection and Impact of the Multiplex PCR Film Array Respiratory Panel: A 2-Year Study by Asmae Lamrani Hanchi, Morad Guennouni, Meriem Rachidi, Toufik Benhoumich, Hind Bennani, Mounir Bourrous, Fadl Mrabih Rabou Maoulainine, Said Younous, Mohamed Bouskraoui, Nabila Soraa

“…This study described the epidemiology of respiratory pathogens involved in severe respiratory infections in children that were affected by several factors such as season and age group. It also highlighted the importance of multiplex PCR in confirming viral origin, thus avoiding irrational prescription of antibiotics in paediatric settings.…”
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Good Tolerance of Citrate Accumulation due to Plasma Exchange among Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Prospective, Observational Study by Yuanji Ma, Yan Xu, Fang Chen, Ying Wang, Lang Bai, Hong Tang

“…Fifty-four patients were enrolled. The mean age and MELD score were 50.0 ± 11.3 years old and 25 ± 7, respectively. …”
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Outcomes of Pediatric Patients with Crohn’s Disease Received Infliximab or Exclusive Enteral Nutrition during Induction Remission by Yao Lv, Yue Lou, Gan Yang, Youyou Luo, Jingan Lou, Qi Cheng, Jindan Yu, Youhong Fang, Hong Zhao, Kerong Peng, Jie Chen

“…The sustained remission rates and time coupled with body mass index (BMI) and height for age (HFA) changes were evaluated during more than 2-year long-term follow-up. …”
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The Effect of a 12-Week Plyometric and Tabata Training Program with Three Weekly Sessions on Cardiovascular Efficiency in Elite Soccer Players by Nidhin Muthrathiparambil Narayanan, Kayambu Sundar, Nirmal Michael Salvi, Yashpal, Debajit Karmakar, Sohom Saha, Bekir Erhan Orhan, Farjana Akter Boby, Yuni Astuti

“…Sixty male inter-university players, aged 20.79 ± 1.75 years, were randomly assigned to the Plyometric Training Group (PTG, n = 20), Tabata Training Group (TTG, n = 20), or Control Group (CG, n = 20). …”
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Psychological stress among university students in wartime: A longitudinal study by U. B. Mykhaylyshyn, A. V. Stadnik, Yu. B. Melnyk, J. Vveinhardt, M. S. Oliveira, I. S. Pypenko

“…Material and Methods: The study involved university students from Ukraine and European Union countries in 2022-2024. Respondents aged 20-50 years were divided into 4 groups. Group 1 consisted of 107 students, including 64 (59.8%) males and 43 (40.2%) females, living in areas where there was no hostilities or shelling (November 2022). …”
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Endoscopic sinus surgery outcomes in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis and immunoglobulin deficiencies by Shireen Samargandy, Elysia Grose, Jonathan Yip, John M. Lee

“…Patients were matched based on age, sex, CRS phenotype, and preoperative Lund-Mackay score. …”
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Validation of the Maslach burnout inventory-general survey 9-item short version (MBI-GS9) among care aides in Canadian nursing homes by Anni Wang, Yinfei Duan, Seyedehtanaz Saeidzadeh, Peter G. Norton, Carole A. Estabrooks

“…The MBI-GS9 had a three-factor structure in the full sample and showed equivalent factor structure, factor loadings, latent values, factor variance and error variance across different sex and age groups. Care aides with English as their first language showed higher latent values of the Exhaustion subscale compared to those with English as a second language. …”
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Association between sleep patterns and depression in older adults: a cross-sectional study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2014 by Yi Niu, Yuqin Sun, Yijie Xie, Shun Yu

“…Methods A total of 5636 participants (2754 men and 2882 women) aged 60 years and older from the 2007–2014 waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were included. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Erbil City, Kurdistan, Iraq: A Household Survey by Sabah Shareef Mohammed, Sherzad Abdulahad Shabu

“…It is estimated that 170 million youngsters (under the age of 18) worldwide are overweight. Obesity is commonly regarded as one of the most significant public health problems of the early 21st century due to its rapid rise and severe public health consequences. …”
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Glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) methylation, childhood maltreatment, multilevel reward responsiveness and depressive and anxiety symptoms: A neuroimaging epigenetic study by Yajing Xu, Shan Yang, Cong Cao

“…Method: A total of 192 Chinese university students aged 18∼25 (Mage = 21.08 ± 1.91 years; 59.4% females) were followed in two waves. …”
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The additive diagnostic value of ultrasonic strain elastography in characterizing BI-RADS 4 breast lesions by Dalia Bayoumi, Farah Ahmed Shokeir, Rasha Karam, Ghada Hassan Abd Elraouf, Dina Abdallah Ibrahim, Aya Elboghdady

“…There was a significant statistical difference in the mean age of patients with benign breast lesions (37.89 ± 13.42 years) than those with malignant lesions (48.83 ± 13.65 years) (p < 0.001). …”
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Promoting COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance through Community Engagement: An Ethnographic Study in Ghana by Matilda Aberese-Ako, Wisdom Ebelin, Phidelia Theresa Doegah, Mawulom Kuatewo, Lebene Kpodo, Atsu Godsway Kpordorlor, Robert Kaba Alhassan, Atubiga Alobit Baba, Senanu Djokoto, Evelyn K. Ansah

“…Government officials used innovative approaches such as comparing the safety of COVID-19 vaccines to vaccines designed for children under the age of five years to deal with misinformation. Conclusion. …”
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Effects of dietary digestible lysine levels in breeding Japanese quails on productive and reproductive performance, egg quality, blood metabolites and immune responses by Mohammad Amin Omary, Heydar Zarghi, Ahmad Hassanabadi

“…The dLys requirements during 11–14, 15–18, 19–22 and 11–22 (overall) weeks of age for optimal EP, EM and FE, based on the quadratic broken‐line regression analysis, were estimated 272, 265, 250 and 266; 293, 285, 264 and 279; and 303, 294, 281 and 293 mg/bird/day, respectively. …”
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Long-term outcomes of drainless anatomical lung resection surgery for pulmonary malignancies by Ting-Fang Kuo, Mong-Wei Lin, Ke-Cheng Chen, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Pei-Ming Huang, Jang-Ming Lee

“…The lymph node dissection stations and number, resection margin, 3-year overall and disease-free survival rates were assessed. Results The median age was 64 years. Forty-four patients were females (76%) and forty-seven patients were non-smokers (81%). …”
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An Investigation of the Knowledge and Perceptions of Arthritis amongst the Student Population in Ireland. by Laura Dunleavy, Máire McCallion

“…Results: A total of 190 participants took part in the study and 186 participants (55 male, 129 female and 2 unspecified) met the inclusion criteria. The mean age of participants was 20.4±2.01 years. The knowledge of arthritis was suboptimal. …”
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