Nutritional Status and Cardiovascular Health in Female Adolescent Elite-Level Artistic Gymnasts and Swimmers: A Cross-Sectional Study of 31 Athletes by Boštjan Jakše, Barbara Jakše, Nataša Fidler Mis, Borut Jug, Dorica Šajber, Uroš Godnov, Ivan Čuk

“…Both groups also had significantly lower-than-recommended serum levels of 25 (OH) D. All cardiovascular risk factors were within recommended ranges. …”
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of new tri-heterocyclic derivatives as anti-colorectal cancer agents by Benjamin Victoir, Océane Pertegaz, Elfi Ducrocq, Marion Polomski, Maxime Guéguinou, William Raoul, Cécile Croix, Gildas Prié

“…Pharmacomodulations were strategically performed, and the in vitro activities of all tri-heterocyclic derivatives were assessed on HT29 and Lovo colorectal cancer cell lines, as well as on the non-tumoral NCM356 colonic epithelial cell line derived from normal mucosa. …”
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Impact on the  incorporation  of  metals  in  physicochemical  and antimicrobial  properties  in  films  based  on  arrowroot  starcha by Antonio Carlos Pereira de Menezes Filho, Matheus Vinicius Abadia Ventura, Carlos Frederico de Souza Castro, Rogério Favareto, Marconi Batista Teixeira, Frederico Antônio Loureiro Soares

“…It is concluded that the biodegradable films of arrowroot starch incorporated with metals showed potential in all the evaluated tests, thus characterizing possible new products for different uses, such as low time available in the environment, preservation of the characteristics of special products, and antimicrobial capacity. …”
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Post-marketing safety surveillance for the recombinant zoster vaccine (Shingrix), vaccine adverse event reporting system, United States, October 2017–April 2024 by Yamin Shu, Wenxin Cheng, Xucheng He, Liu Huang, Wei Chen, Qilin Zhang

“…The median TTO for RZV-related AEs was 1 day in all cohort groups over 50 years old. Conclusion: The safety profile of RZV, based on the large sample post-marketing use, was reassuring and consistent with that observed in clinical trials. …”
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Evaluation of Fungicides, Host-plant Defense Inducer, and Anti-transpirant in Management of Boxwood Blight by Bhawana Ghimire, Madhav Parajuli, Terri Simmons, Prabha Liyanapathiranage, Fulya Baysal-Gurel

“…The disease severity (0% to 100% plant affected), area under disease progress curve (AUDPC), plant growth, defoliation (0% to 100%), and stem water potential (MPa) were assessed. All the applications significantly reduced disease severity and AUDPC compared with the non-treated, inoculated control. …”
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Gender Roles in Understanding and Implementing Green Energy Technology in Indonesian Schools: Rasch Analysis by Ismail Ismail, Riandi Riandi, Ida Kaniawati, Wahyu Sopandi, Supriyadi Supriyadi, Suhendar Suhendar, Febrian Andi Hidayat

“…These findings indicate the need for more inclusive and gender-sensitive education strategies to ensure all groups can contribute effectively to the implementation of green energy technologies in schools. …”
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Prevalence and Intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Associated Factors among Adolescents and Adults in Bibugn Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional S... by Abrham Goshu, Getaneh Alemu, Animen Ayehu

“…Soil-transmitted helminths are a common public health problem in Ethiopia, affecting all age groups. However, epidemiological studies and interventions primarily target school-age children, despite the fact that 44.6 million adults live in endemic areas. …”
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Impact of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the intestinal microbiota of dogs with antibiotic-induced dysbiosis by Sara Arghavani, Younes Chorfi, Mariela Segura, Achraf Adib Lesaux, Marcio C. Costa

“…After three days of supplementation with yeast probiotic S. cerevisiae, all five dogs from the probiotic group having a stress-related microbiota (membership) shifted to a healthy microbiota. …”
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Beyond COVID-19, the case for collecting, analysing and using sex-disaggregated data and gendered data to inform outbreak response: a scoping review by Simone E Carter, Shirin Heidari, Leah Zilversmit Pao, Marie-Amelie Degail, Marie Meudec, McKinzie Gales, Emelie Love Yonally Phillips, Christine Dubray, Clara Rodriguez Ribas Elizalde, M Ruby Siddiqui

“…Sex-, gender-, and pregnancy-related disparities were identified throughout all four phases of the outbreak timeline. These disparities encompassed a wide range of risk factors for disease, vulnerability, access to and use of services, health-seeking behaviour, healthcare options, as well as experiences in healthcare settings and health and social outcomes and consequences.Conclusion Significant gender-evidence gaps remain in outbreak response. …”
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Relationships among thriving at work, organisational commitment and job satisfaction among Chinese front-line primary public health workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a structural e... by Di Jiang, Jingjing Wang, Lei Guo, Yuanmin Jia, Mo Yi, Zeyi Zhang, Ou Chen, Baosheng Zhao

“…Objectives This study aims to explore the mediating effect and influence mechanism of organisational commitment on the association among thriving at work and job satisfaction among frontline primary public health workers (PHWs) in China during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design This study is a cross-sectional written survey.Setting We included 20 primary care units in northern provinces of China.Participants A total of 601 PHWs who worked in primary organisations and against COVID-19 on the front line were included.Methods We collected the data from the participants’ written questionnaire (Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, thriving at work scale and organisational commitment scale), and programmed AMOS V.26.0 to develop a structural equation model (SEM) based on the relationships among the three variables.Results The thriving at work scores of the primary PHWs were (M=3.17, SD=0.65), and job satisfaction was (M=3.05, SD=0.69); the scores of their thriving at work, organisational commitment and job satisfaction were all significantly correlated (p<0.01); and the SEM indicated that organisational commitment had a significant partial mediating effect between thriving at work and job satisfaction. …”
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A nomogram prediction model for mild cognitive impairment in non-dialysis outpatient patients with chronic kidney disease by Qin Yang, Yuhe Xiang, Guoting Ma, Min Cao, Yixi Fang, Wenbin Xu, Lin Li, Qin Li, Yu Feng, Qian Yang

“…Logistic regression analysis revealed that age, educational level, occupational status, use of smartphones, sleep disorder, and hemoglobin were independent influencing factors of MCI (all p<.05). The model’s area under the curve was 0.926,95% CI (0.902, 0.951), which was a good discriminatory measure; the Calibration curve, the Hosmer–Lemeshow test, and the Clinical Decision Curve suggested that the model had good calibration and clinical benefit. …”
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Influence of Prolonged Dental Bleaching on the Adhesive Bond Strength to Enamel Surfaces by Juliana C. P. Baia, Roberta P. Oliveira, Mara E. S. Ribeiro, Rafael R. Lima, Sandro C. Loretto, Mário H. Silva e Souza Junior

“…For prerestoration bleaching, all experimental groups were statistically different from G1 (p≤0.05), except G6 (p≥0.01), and for G5 and G6, statistical differences were found (p≤0.01). …”
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Immune modulation effects of curcumin in pristane-induced lupus mice by Handono Kalim, Kusworini Handono, Takhta Khalasha, Mirza Zaka Pratama, Tri Wahyudi Iman Dantara, Ayu Pramitha Wulandari, Fahimma Albinsaid, Sofi Nur Fitria, Muhammad Vardian Mahardika

“…At 32 weeks after injection, all of mice were assessed for arthritis score, proteinuria level, body weights, adaptive immune system components (Th1, Th2, Th17, and Treg percentages) from spleen using flow cytometry; proinflammatory cytokines and autoantibody production, including interleukin-6 (IL-6), interferon-alpha (IFN-α), and antinuclear antibody (ANA) from serum using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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Assessing Food Waste Compost as a Substrate Amendment for Tomato and Watermelon Seedlings by Allyson N. Hamilton, Matthew B. Bertucci, Kristen E. Gibson, Mary C. Savin, D.E. Kirkpatrick, R.C. Woody-Pumford

“…Watermelon emergence was 62% in FWC alone, whereas all other substrate blends had ≥81% watermelon emergence. …”
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Assessment of Eccentric-Concentric Exercises Applied in Different Resistances in Terms of Strength by Oktay Çakmakçı, Ali Tatlıcı

“…When the intragroup comparisons were examined before and after the training period, it was found that the isokinetic strength outputs of EG, CEG, and MCEG showed a significant increase in all contractions and angular velocities (p lt;0.05), but no parameters increased in CG (p gt;0.05). …”
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Association of AFF3 Gene Polymorphism rs10865035 with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study on a Pakistani Cohort by Yasir Ali, Suleman Khan, Yangchao Chen, Nadia Farooqi, Zia-Ul Islam, Mehran Akhtar, Aamir, Aisha Aman, Aftab Ali Shah, Muhsin Jamal, Fazal Jalil

“…A/G + A/A) (OR = 1.693(1.06–2.648); P = 0.025), all other models, which included the codominant (χ2 = 5.169; P = 0.075), homozygous dominant (A/A vs. …”
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Hepatic and renal functions of paediatric patients with thalassaemia: a cross-sectional study from two large thalassaemia centres in Sri Lanka by Meranthi Fernando, Anuja Premawardhena, Sachith Mettananda, Hashan Pathiraja, Wasana Wijenayake, Raveen Thennakoon, Dayananda Bandara, Roshitha De Silva

“…This study aims to describe the hepatic and renal functions and to understand their determinants among paediatric patients with β-thalassaemia.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Two largest thalassaemia centres in Sri Lanka.Participants All haematologically confirmed patients with β-thalassaemia aged 1–16 years attending the study sites were recruited between 1 January and 31 March 2023. …”
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Protocol of a parallel group Randomized Control Trial (RCT) for Mobile-assisted Medication Adherence Support (Ma-MAS) intervention among Tuberculosis patients. by Zekariyas Sahile, Lua Perimal-Lewis, Paul Arbon, Anthony John Maeder

“…Group one (intervention) participants will receive daily SMS texts and weekly phone calls concerning their daily medication intake and medication refill clinic visit reminder and group two (control) participants will receive the same routine standard treatment care as the intervention group, but no SMS text and phone calls. All participants will be followed for two months of home-based self-administered medication during the continuation phases of the standard treatment period. …”
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Deep-Learning-Driven Insights into Nitrogen Leaching for Sustainable Land Use and Agricultural Practices by Caixia Hu, Jie Li, Yaxu Pang, Lan Luo, Fang Liu, Wenhao Wu, Yan Xu, Houyu Li, Bingcang Tan, Guilong Zhang

“…However, the performance improved significantly after integrating the four models with Bayesian optimization (all models had R² > 0.56), which realized quantitative prediction capabilities for nitrate leaching loss concentrations. …”
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Urinary I-FABP, L-FABP, TFF-3, and SAA Can Diagnose and Predict the Disease Course in Necrotizing Enterocolitis at the Early Stage of Disease by Stepan Coufal, Alena Kokesova, Helena Tlaskalova-Hogenova, Barbora Frybova, Jiri Snajdauf, Michal Rygl, Miloslav Kverka

“…Already at the time of NEC suspicion, infants who developed NEC had significantly higher levels of all tested biomarkers than controls and higher levels of I-FABP and L-FABP than those who will later develop sepsis. …”
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