Anaemia prevalence in children newly registered at UNRWA schools: a cross-sectional study by Yassir Turki, Wafaa Zeidan, Akihiro Seita, Majed Hababeh, Nada AbuKishk, Suha Saleh, Shatha Albaik, Zoheir el-Khatib, Nimer Kassim, Hasan Arab, Khawalah Abu-Diab

“…Our study aimed to assess anaemia prevalence and undernutrition indicators among new entrant school children during their preschool medical examination.Settings In 2017, we conducted a cross-sectional study in 59 UNRWA HCs, targeting children entering first grade at UNRWA schools in four of UNRWA’s countries of operation (known as fields), namely Gaza, West Bank, Syria and Lebanon.Participants 2419 completed the study. …”
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Profile of non-invasive physical health indicators associated with cognitive performance in Chinese older adults: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study by Xiyu Wei, Chao Li, Dongyu Liu, Jieyi Chen, Yumeng Ju, Jin Liu, Bangshan Liu, Yan Zhang

“…Multiple linear regression models were conducted to explore the association between physical health indicators and cognitive performance. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Salmonella typhi among Food Handlers Working in Catering Establishments of Public Institutes Found in Dawuro Zone, South-Western Ethiopia by Abera Kumalo, Eyasu Gambura, Terfe Dodicho, Khawaja Shakeel Ahmed, Tamrat Balcha, Bahailu Beshir, Misrak Abraham

“…A cross-sectional study is conducted among food handlers working in catering establishments of public institutions found in Dawuro Zone from March to July 2019. …”
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Prediction accuracy of discrete choice experiments in health-related research: a systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context by Ying Zhang, Thi Quynh Anh Ho, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Matthew Quaife, Esther de Bekker-Grob, Peter Vickerman, Jason J. Ong

“…Findings: We identified 14 relevant studies, of which 10 were included in the meta-analysis. Most studies were conducted in high-income countries (11/14, 79%) from the European region (9/14, 64%) and analysed using mixed logit models (5/14, 36%). …”
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Sealing Effects on Organic Pore Development in Marine Shale Gas: New Insights from Macro- to Micro-Scale Analyses by Qiumei Zhou, Hao Xu, Wen Zhou, Xin Zhao, Ruiyin Liu, Ke Jiang

“…Pyrolysis experiments were conducted in semi-closed and open systems which provided solid evidence demonstrating the importance of the sealing capacity. …”
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Integrated bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation of exosome-related gene signature in steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head by Renqun Mao, Wen Bi, Mengyue Yang, Lei Qin, Wenqing Li

“…Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA), Gene Ontology (GO), and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) were conducted to investigate latent enriched pathways. …”
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Evaluating the pharmacokinetics and safety of blonanserin tablets and Lonasen®: a randomized, open-label, two-period, two-sequence, self-crossover phase I clinical trial by Bo Qiu, Bo Qiu, Haojing Song, Haojing Song, Xue Sun, Xue Sun, Congyang Ding, Congyang Ding, Runxuan Du, Wanjun Bai, Wanjun Bai, Zhanjun Dong, Zhanjun Dong

“…Throughout the study, a safety evaluation was conducted.ResultsUnder both fasting and postprandial conditions, the pharmacokinetic parameters of the test drug were found to be similar to those of the reference drug. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Serum Prostate Specific Antigen and Gleason Score in Determining the Presence of Skeletal Metastasis in Prostate Cancer Patients: a Pakistani Perspective by Taimoor Nasir, Syeda Neha Aamer, Saman Waqar, Wafa Omer

“…Methodology: This diagnostic accuracy study was conducted in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad from 2015 to 2018. 330 patients of Prostate cancer were enrolled in the study. …”
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Genetic Polymorphisms in RNF138, ABCA1 and ESRRG-GPATCH2 Genes and their Role in Insulin Resistance Risk among Normal BMI Individuals in Indian Population: A Case-control Study by Sabitha Thummala, Sarah Fathima, Nithya Kruthi, Junaid Ahmed Khan Ghori, Katherine Saikia, Vivek Belde, Balamurali Andiyakkal Rajendran, Rahul Ranganathan

“…Materials and Methods: This study was a case-control study conducted in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India on a total of 191 participants (90 men and 101 women). …”
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Challenges and Opportunities for Data Sharing Related to Artificial Intelligence Tools in Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Case Study From Tha... by Aprajita Kaushik, Capucine Barcellona, Nikita Kanumoory Mandyam, Si Ying Tan, Jasper Tromp

“…ResultsWe identified 22 studies, the majority of which were conducted across Africa (n=12, 55%) and Asia (n=6, 27%). …”
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Developing and testing the feasibility of a theory-based brief counseling intervention to promote physical activity in breast cancer survivors enrolled in the PAC-WOMAN trial by Sofia Franco, Eliana V. Carraça, Inês Nobre, Bruno Rodrigues, Vítor Ilharco, Lea Kahlert, Marlene N. Silva

“…A feasibility study was conducted to monitor implementation fidelity, acceptability, adherence, and participants’ experiences (via a focus group). …”
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Adopting Positive Selection Technology and Improving Seed Quality in Smallholder Potato Farmers in South-Western Uganda. by Kajura, Tibanyendera Deo

“…A household survey was conducted with 130 respondents randomly selected. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. …”
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Presenting the model of managerial competencies of women in the industry (case study: Sabah Food Company) by masoomeh samadi, mohammad mohammadi, Hamid Rezaei Far, hossein hakimpour

“…The collection tool in this research is a semi-structured interview. In order to conduct interviews, two preliminary interviews were conducted with experts, and then ten main interviews were conducted. …”
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Occurrence of Fungi on Duck Egg Shells and Drug Resistance Analysis of <i>Aspergillus</i> spp. Isolates by Andrzej Gaweł, Magdalena Siedlecka, Magdalena Karwańska, Milena Skrok, Iwona Przychodniak, Piotr Knap, Aleksandra Chmielina, Violetta Truszko, Maciej Kuczkowski, Karolina Bierowiec, Anna Woźniak-Biel, Barbara Szczepankiewicz, Kamila Bobrek

“…An investigation was conducted on 200 duck eggs from 10 flocks to determine total fungal contamination on the eggshells. …”
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Elucidating epigenetic landscape of gastric premalignant lesions through genome‐wide mapping of 5‐hydroxymethylcytosines: A 12‐year median follow‐up study by Zhongguang Luo, Wenshuai Li, Wanwei Zheng, Yixiang Shi, Maolin Ye, Xiangyu Guo, Kaiyi Fu, Changsheng Yan, Bowen Wang, Bin Lv, Shaocong Mo, Hongyang Zhang, Jun Zhang, Chuan He, Feifei Luo, Wei Zhang, Jie Liu

“…An exploratory study was conducted to summarize a 5hmC‐based epigenetic model for predicting cancer progression using multivariable logistic regression and machine learning. …”
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The role of inflammatory system genes in individual differences in nonverbal intelligence by R. F. Enikeeva, A. V. Kazantseva, Yu. D. Davydova, R. N. Mustafin, Z. R. Takhirova, S. B. Malykh, Y. V. Kovas, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…Considering an important role of environmental factors in the development of brain cognitive functions in general and nonverbal intelligence in particular, we conducted an analysis of gene-by-environment (G × E) interactions. …”
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The Eczema Bathing Study: Weekly versus daily bathing for people with eczema? Protocol of an online, randomised controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved wit... by Paul Leighton, Wei Chern Gavin Fong, Ingrid Muller, Laura Howells, Arabella Baker, Eleanor J Mitchell, Eleanor Harrison, Leila Thuma, Yimin Jiang, Lucy Bradshaw, Alan Montgomery, Fiona Cowdel, Matthew J Ridd, Jane Ravenscroft, Reiko J Tanaka, Miriam Santer, Richard Swinden, Nicholas Hilken, Carron Layfield, Richard Dooley, Sophia Collins, Clare Upton, Tracy Owen, Firoza Davies, Devin Patel, Mars Eddis-Finbow, Hywel C Williams, Goldie Putrym, Kim S Thomas, Amanda Roberts

“…The first trial to be conducted through this project is assessing the impact of bathing frequency on eczema. …”
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Effectiveness and safety profile of mesenchymal stem cell secretome as a treatment for severe cases of COVID-19: a randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 1 approved,... by Hary Sakti Muliawan, Erlina Burhan, Mia Elhidsi, Heri Wibowo, Triya Damayanti, Jeanne Adiwinata Pawitan, Isabella Kurnia Liem, Ismail Hadisoebroto Dilogo, Mira Yulianti, Adityo Susilo, Irandi Putra Pratomo, Raden Rara Diah Handayani, Rahyussalim -, Murdani Abdullah, Cosphiadi Irawan, Robert Sinto, Dita Aditianingsih

“…Secretome, a secretory product of MSCs, has several advantages over MSCs. We conducted a study to investigate secretomes’ effectiveness and safety profile as a treatment for severe COVID-19.  …”
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3D synergistic tumor-liver analysis further improves the efficacy prediction in hepatocellular carcinoma: a multi-center study by Yurong Jiang, Jiawei Zhang, Zhaochen Liu, Jinxiong Zhang, Xiangrong Yu, Danyan Lin, Dandan Dong, Mingyue Cai, Chongyang Duan, Shuyi Liu, Wenhui Wang, Yuan Chen, Qiyang Li, Weiguo Xu, Meiyan Huang, Sirui Fu

“…Subgroup analysis was conducted to test the robustness, and survival analysis was conducted to identify high- and low-risk populations. …”
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S100A13-driven interaction between pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes tumor progression through calcium signaling by Liuyuan Xia, Xin Guo, Dong Lu, Yixin Jiang, Xiaohui Liang, Yiwen Shen, Jiayi Lin, Lijun Zhang, Hongzhuan Chen, Jinmei Jin, Xin Luan, Weidong Zhang

“…Additionally, the wound healing and migration assays were conducted to assess the invasive and metastatic capabilities. …”
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