The Effects of Foot Reflexology Massage on the Sleep Quality of Nurses Working in the Selected Hospitals of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences by Mojgan Gholitabar Omrani, mohammad Reza Ghasemi, Mohammad Gholizadeh Gerdrodbari, Roghayeh Javan, Neda Mahdavifar

“…This controlled clinical trial was conducted on 80 nurses working in the selected hospitals of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences. …”
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Calibration of Low-cost Sensors for Measurement of Indoor Particulate Matter Concentrations via Laboratory/Field Evaluation by Doheon Kim, Dongmin Shin, Jungho Hwang

“…Field evaluation was conducted at Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea) from February 12 to March 31, 2022. …”
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Opening the black box of health systems performance management using the behaviour change techniques taxonomy: implications for health research and practice by Jenna M. Evans, Sarah M. Wheeler

“…We reviewed 64 documents, observed 15 meetings and conducted 4 semi-structured interviews with key informants to map the PM interventions on to the taxonomy. …”
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Systematic review of interventions for improving the performance of community health workers in low-income and middle-income countries by Paul Montgomery, Madeleine Ballard

“…Due to heterogeneity and lack of clear outcome data, no meta-analysis was conducted. Results were presented in a narrative summary. …”
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Cost Analysis of Running Web Application in Cloud Monolith, Microservice and Serverless Architecture by Muhammad Uzair Nadeem, Syed Muhammad Khaliq-ur-Rahman Raazi, Bilal Mehboob, Syed Mubashir Ali, Saqlain Raza

“…To ensure the relevance of our findings, we conducted tests on an application designed for static, database, and batch job services, deployed on AWS. …”
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Associations between sleep traits and colorectal cancer: a mendelian randomization analysis by Xiangyue Meng, Enshuo Fan, Dan Lv, Yongjing Yang, Shixin Liu

“…Hence, this study used Mendelian randomization (MR) to robustly assess whether five primary sleep characteristics are directly linked with the risk of CRC occurrence.MethodsIn the performed study, the main Mendelian randomization analysis was conducted using approaches such as Inverse Variance Weighting (IVW), MR Egger, and weighted median method. …”
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The Mediation of Circulating Inflammatory Proteins in the Causal Pathway from Immune Cells to COPD by Yan K, Wang Y, Xin P

“…Subsequently, sensitivity analyses were conducted, employing Cochran’s Q test to assess heterogeneity, MR-PRESSO and MR-Egger tests to assess pleiotropy, and reverse MR and Steiger directionality tests to rule out reverse causality. …”
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Research on Deterministic Ring Removal Method for Full-Aperture Double-Sided Polishing of Large Aperture Optical Components by Yifan Bai, Bo Xiao, Chunyang Wang, Ke Chen, Linzhe Deng, Siling Huang, Xuelian Liu

“…To address the issues in polishing medium and large aperture optical components, which are reliant on the personal experience of processing personnel and exhibit poor controllability, this study conducted a comprehensive examination of the polishing process for these planar optical components. …”
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RETRACTED: The Effect of Treatment Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a Fine-Grained YSZ–NiO(Ni) Anode Material by Bogdan Vasyliv, Volodymyr Kulyk, Zoia Duriagina, Taras Kovbasiuk

“…The main findings were summarized as follows: (i) Redox treatment at 600 °C provides an increase in flexural strength and electrical conductivity of YSZ–NiO(Ni) anode cermets; (ii) the treatment at 800 °C causes formation of a gradient microstructure with lateral cracks that result in a significant decrease in flexural strength; (iii) the mode of redox treatment at 600 °C for 4 h in Ar–5% H₂/air atmosphere provides an increase in flexural strength of YSZ–NiO(Ni) anode cermets (up to 127 ± 4 MPa), while electrical conductivity was provided at a comparatively high level (7 × 10⁵ S/m).…”
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Implementing university wellness program for mental wellbeing among health science students: A protocol for implementing an intervention program in higher educational institutions... by Bala Ganesh Pichamuthu, Sathya Thennavan, Sharmila Govardhanan

“…Methods and Materials: The pilot study was conducted at a private higher educational institution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with 200 health science students participating. …”
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Covid-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among medical students of Faisalabad by Mohi Ud Din, Umer Shahid, Abdul Qudoos, Roman Ahmed, Muazzama Sohail, Saima Javed

“… Objectives: The study was conducted to determine the Covid-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among the medical students who are more susceptible to be infected being the frontline workers. …”
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The art of being healthy: a qualitative study to develop a thematic framework for understanding the relationship between health and the arts by Matthew Knuiman, Peter Wright, Michael Rosenberg, Christina R Davies

“…Participants were randomly selected from a pool of general population nominees who engaged in the arts for enjoyment, entertainment or as a hobby (response rate=100%).Results A thematic analysis was conducted using QSR-NVivo10. The resulting framework contained seven outcome themes and 63 subthemes. …”
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Efficiency comparison of natural coagulants (Cactus pads and Moringa seeds) for treating textile wastewater (in the case of Kombolcha textile industry) by Getahun Demeke Worku, Shimeles Nigussie Abate

“…Under these ideal circumstances, 82.33 Moreover, cactus pad powder reduced turbidity by 53.16 %, TDS by 97 %, BOD by 58.75 %, COD by 25.37 %, Conductivity by 60 %, and TSS by 56.33 %. Therefore, using Cactus pad as a natural coagulant is advised. …”
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Potassium-pillared Na4FeV(PO4)3@C cathode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries by Jiafeng Zhou, Wei Zhang, Jin Bai, Qingqing Wang, Bo Ding, Hao Gong

“…The structural stability, Na+ mobility and electronic conductivity can significant improved by replacing Na+ with K+ and applying a carbon coating. …”
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Analysis of Method Performance for Quantitative Assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in Queso Fresco Cheese by Neha Singh, Ravinder Reddy, Karina Hettwer, Kirstin Frost, Matthew Kmet, Steffen Uhlig

“…A Proficiency Test (PT) was conducted for Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) laboratories for quantitative assessment of Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) in queso fresco cheese. …”
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Comparing Assisted Reproductive Outcomes in Women with Different Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotypes Undergoing Frozen Embryo Transfer by Anubhuti Patel, Anviti Saraf, Vyshnavi A. Rao, Kamini A. Rao

“…The analysis of categorical data was conducted using the Chi-square (χ2) test with SPSS 21 software. …”
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The Effect of Concussion History on Lower Extremity Injury Risk in College Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Vanessa Ramirez, Ryan McCann, Eric Schussler, Jessica Martinez

“…A random effects meta-analysis was conducted in which a summative relative risk (RR) for sustaining a lower extremity injury in athletes with and without a history of concussion was calculated…”
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Nutritional interventions to prevent and reduce overweight and obesity during postacute stroke rehabilitation: a scoping review protocol by Dorthe Sørensen, Lena Aadal, Mette Nørtoft

“…A three-step librarian-assisted search strategy will be conducted using the bibliographic databases MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science. …”
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Study and application on the size effect and end effect of red sandstone mechanical properties by Feng Chen, Jinyang Du, Yanhong Du, Ruxuan Li, Chun’an Tang, Yishan Pan, Gen Li

“…Abstract Based on the size effect, end effect, and burst tendency of rocks, this paper designs and conducts a series of uniaxial compression laboratory experiments and numerical simulation experiments to explore the influence of these factors on the mechanical properties of rocks. …”
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Practical insights for enhancing primary care rehabilitation services in low-resource contexts by Maria Y. Charumbira, Karina Berner, Quinette A. Louw

“…Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 37 PCPs and 40 patients. …”
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