Professional Action Competence in Education for Sustainability Among Pre-service Physical Education Teachers: A Mixed Method Approach by Valérian Cece, Thomas Royet, Olivier Vors, Vanessa Lentillon-Kaestner

“…A total of 412 French physical education pre-service teachers (Mean Age = 22.61 years, 141 females, and 271 males) completed French versions of the PACesd questionnaire. …”
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Assessment of adolescent physical development using body mass index and body self-perception by G.M. Cherniakova, O.H. Avdiievska, H.M. Danylenko

“…The total number of participants was 14,853, of which 8,290 were girls and 6,563 were boys, aged 10-17 years. Using an online questionnaire, adolescents indicated their body weight and height, and also assessed their own health preserving activities. …”
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Functional performance of patients with stroke during inpatient rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study of home and access visits by Melissa J. Krauss, Emily Somerville, Callista Poiter, Rebecca M. Bollinger, Brianna M. Holden, Gabrielle Blenden, Danielle Kretzer, Susan L. Stark

“…Participants had suffered a stroke and were treated in an IRF, aged ≥ 50, with plans to discharge home. International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) qualifier scores were compared between participants’ home/access visits and IRF discharge. …”
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Beyond support: exploring the dynamic and static biomechanical changes induced by preventive ankle taping: a novel cross-sectional study by María Bravo-Aguilar, Vanesa Abuín-Porras, María Blanco-Morales, Carlos Romero Morales, Jaime Almazán-Polo, Jorge Hugo Villafañe, Lorena Canosa-Carro

“…Data from static and dynamic plantar pressures with a pressure platform and balance data assessed with the Y Balance Test (YBT) were analysed in 50 participants (age = 21.00 ± 2.34 years, weight = 71.11 ± 13.12 kg, height = 1.75 ± 00.9 m, BMI = 22.94 ± 2.50 kg/m2, foot size = 41.60 ± 3.00) with and without preventive functional taping for lateral ankle sprain (LAS). …”
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Healthcare utilisation and expenditure patterns for cardio-metabolic diseases in South Asian cities: the CARRS Study by Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Roopa Shivashankar, Nikhil Tandon, Mohammed K Ali, Kalpana Singh, V Mohan, Priti Gupta, Ajay Vamadevan, Muhammad Masood Kadir, K M Narayan

“…The total economic burden of CMDs for each city was projected using age-standardised prevalence and per-person costs of diseases reported in CARRS, applying these to population data from the most recent census. …”
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Evaluation of Left Atrial Function in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Using Left Atrial Automatic Myocardial Functional Imaging Ultrasonography by Hailan Liu, Lili Chen, Yan Song, Yingying Xu, Chunquan Zhang

“…There was no statistically significant difference in age and sex between the two groups. Compared to the normal group, the LA minimum volume (LAVmin), LA maximum volume (LAVmax), and volume at onset of LA contraction (LAVpreA) in the NVPAF group were significantly increased. …”
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Body mass index changes and predictors among adults living with HIV/AIDS who are on anti-retroviral therapy at Chiro General Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based retrospect... by Sintayehu Amsalu, Tara Wilfong, Sewmehon Amsalu, Abdu Oumer, Berhe Gebremichael

“…Moreover, the following variables were identified as independent predictors of BMI change: age (β = 0.58, 95% CI; 0.043, 0.072), marital status (β = -0.275, 95% CI: -0.457,-0.093 ), advanced WHO stage (β = -0.496, 95% CI: -0.548, -0.443 ), CD4 count (β = 0.001, 95% CI: 0.001, 0.001), duration of antiretroviral therapy (β = 0.005, 95% CI: 0.001,0.009), time of follow up (β = 0.205, 95% CI: 0.198,0.212), no ART shift (β = -0.844, 95% CI: -1.135, -0.552), no CPT (β = 0.591, 95% CI: 0.365,0.817), urban residence (β = 0.767, 95% CI:0.401,1.132) and good adherence to ART (β = 0.975, CI:0.302, 1.649). …”
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Value Propositions for Digital Shared Medication Plans to Boost Patient–Health Care Professional Partnerships: Co-Design Study by Benjamin Bugnon, Francesca Bosisio, Alain Kaufmann, Pascal Bonnabry, Antoine Geissbuhler, Christian von Plessen

“…We recruited polypharmacy patients, family caregivers, and health care professionals with a broad range of experiences, diseases, and ages. The experience-based co-design had 4 phases: capturing, understanding, and improving experiences, followed by preparing recommendations and next steps. …”
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Associations of Serum Cystatin C, DNAm Cystatin C, Renal Function, and Mortality in U.S. Adults by Yu-Wei Fang, Wei-Chung Huang, Chikang Wang, Chien-Yu Lin

“…We analyzed data from 1642 participants aged 50 and older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999–2002, linked to mortality information from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), with follow-up through 2019. …”
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Characterization of the complete genome sequence of the recombinant norovirus GII.P16/GII.4_Sydney_2012 revealed in Russia by E. V. Zhirakovskaia, A. Y. Tikunov, S. N. Sokolov, B. I. Kravchuk, E. I. Krasnova, N. V. Tikunova

“…Noroviruses (the Caliciviridae family) are a common cause of acute gastroenteritis in all age groups. These small non-envelope viruses with a single-stranded (+)RNA genome are characterized by high genetic variability. …”
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Molecular Changes in Aqueous Humor Associated with Inflammation Following Cataract Surgery in Patients with Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy by Lizaveta Chychko, Hyeck-Soo Son, Maximilian Friedrich, Ramin Khoramnia, Gerd U. Auffarth, Victor A. Augustin

“…In the control group, which consisted of 15 age-matched phakic patients without FECD, aqueous humor was only collected at the beginning of cataract surgery. …”
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An App-Based Intervention With Behavioral Support to Promote Brisk Walking in People Diagnosed With Breast, Prostate, or Colorectal Cancer (APPROACH): Process Evaluation Study by Fiona Kennedy, Susan Smith, Rebecca J Beeken, Caroline Buck, Sarah Williams, Charlene Martin, Phillippa Lally, Abi Fisher

“…ObjectiveFollowing UK Medical Research Council guidelines, this study assessed the implementation of the intervention, examined the mechanisms of impact, and identified contextual factors influencing engagement. MethodsAdults (aged ≥18 y) with breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer who reported not meeting the UK guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (≥150 min/wk) were recruited from a single hospital site in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. …”
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Muscle-specific Bet1L knockdown induces neuromuscular denervation, motor neuron degeneration, and motor dysfunction in a rat model of familial ALS by Adam Eckardt, Charles Marble, Bradley Fern, Henry Moritz, Charles Kotula, Jiayi Ke, Clarisse Rebancos, Samantha Robertson, Hiroshi Nishimune, Masatoshi Suzuki, Masatoshi Suzuki

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Effects of the Paediatric Regulation funding on the development of off-patent medicines in children by Lucia Ruggieri, Silvia Torretta, Viviana Giannuzzi, Alessandra Natale, Mariagrazia Felisi, Adriana Ceci, Adriana Ceci, Fedele Bonifazi

“…Additionally, 18 development plans included new age-appropriate formulations. The survey revealed that primary challenges in paediatric development plans included budgeting, lengthy regulatory processes, and recruitment.DiscussionTaken together, these results highlighted on one hand that the FP7 programme had a positive impact, as three new PUMAs were effectively obtained, representing one third of the nine PUMAs obtained since the paediatric Regulation entered into force, and three out of 18 agreed PIPs were successfully completed within 3–10 years. …”
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Pleomorphic Adenoma in Palatal Region of a Young Patient: A Case Report by Adel Sharifi Rayeni, Arian Yeganeh

“…Its gender tendency is in females and mostly in the age of 20-45 years. mixed tumor has a firm consistency and no bone involvement. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Management of Functional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Single Institution 20-Year Experience with 286 Patients by Yuqing Qu, Haoming Li, Xianling Wang, Yulong Chen, Qinghua Guo, Yu Pei, Jin Du, Jingtao Dou, Jianming Ba, Zhaohui Lv, Yiming Mu

“…Totally, 286 patients (gender: male 103 and female 183; age: 45.55 ± 15.23 years old) were diagnosed with definite functional PanNENs. …”
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Associations of carbohydrate quality and cardiovascular risk factors vary among diabetes subtypes by Katharina S. Weber, Sabrina Schlesinger, Janina Goletzke, Klaus Straßburger, Oana-Patricia Zaharia, Sandra Trenkamp, Robert Wagner, Wolfgang Lieb, Anette E. Buyken, Michael Roden, Christian Herder, for the GDS group

“…Methods Participants of the German Diabetes Study (GDS) (recent-onset diabetes (n = 487) and 5-years thereafter (n = 209)) were allocated into severe autoimmune diabetes (SAID, 35%), severe insulin-deficient diabetes (SIDD, 3%), severe insulin-resistant diabetes (SIRD, 5%), mild obesity-related diabetes (MOD, 28%), and mild age-related diabetes (MARD, 29%). Dietary glycemic index (GI), glycemic load (GL), and intake of higher- (≥ 55) and low-GI (< 55) foods, dietary fiber, and total sugar were derived from a validated food frequency questionnaire and cross-sectionally associated with cardiovascular risk factors (blood lipids, subclinical inflammation, blood pressure, fatty liver index) using multivariable linear regression analysis for subtypes with prevalences ≥ 10%. …”
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The Lived Experience of Adult Cancer Survivors After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Qualitative Study From Saudi Arabia by Almutairi H, Aboshaiqah A, Alzahrani M, Almutairi AF, Salam M

“…Inductive thematic analysis was conducted by two research team members.Results: Seven male and four female participants were interviewed (range of age 18 to 51 years). Interviews lasted between 60 and 75 minutes. …”
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Comparison of Accuracy in Expert Clinical Examination versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Arthroscopic Exam in Diagnosis of Meniscal Tear by Seyed Ali Hashemi, Mohammad Reza Ranjbar, Mohammad Tahami, Reza Shahriarirad, Amirhossein Erfani

“…Results. 86 patients with a mean age of 27 years old, including 63 (73%) male and 23 (27%) female, were studied. 57 (66%), 19 (22%), and 10 (12%) injuries were caused by sports, twisting, or trauma, respectively. …”
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Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated factors among male prisoners in Great Tehran Prison by active case finding by Behnam Farhoudi, Elnaz Shahmohamadi, Seyedahmad Seyedalinaghi, SeyedAlireza Nadji, Fatemeh Pahlaviani, Mehrzad Tashakorian

“…They were examined by complete genital and anal examination, followed by molecular testing for a definite diagnosis. The mean age of participants was 33.4 years. During active and passive case findings, 27 (19.4%) prisoners reported abnormal urethral discharge, and 89 (59.5%) individuals claimed that they have had STIs, most of them gonorrhea. …”
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