Trends in motives for trying to stop smoking: a population study in England, 2018–2023 by Sarah E Jackson, Jamie Brown, Sharon Cox, Vera Buss

“…Rises in health-related and social motives soon returned to baseline levels (52.0% in May 2023 vs 52.5% in March 2018; PR=0.99, 95% CI 0.86 to 1.14) or below baseline (16.0% vs 21.6%; PR=0.74, 95% CI 0.54 to 1.01), respectively. …”
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The Relationship of Hematologic Parameters and Lipid Profile with Acute Ischemic Stroke by Sibel Canbaz Kabay, Fatma Akkoyun Arıkan, Dursun Ceylan, Merve Yatmazoğlu Çetin, Niyazi Uysal, Muhammed Alperen Bardakçı, Gönül Akdağ, Mustafa Çetiner, Emine Saygın Uysal

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Daily iron supplementation does not impact on prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding or growth in young breastfed Gambian infants by Sophie Moore, Carla Cerami, Isabella Stelle, Mamadou Bah, Hans Verhoef

“…There was no evidence that iron supplementation reduced the time to cessation of exclusive breastfeeding (median: 70 days (range: 7–105 days), iron: 67 days; placebo 71 days; Kaplan-Meier, log-rank test: p=0.15; Cox regression, crude HR: 1.42, 95% CI: 0.86 to 2.34, p=0.17; HR adjusting for infant age and sex: 1.40, 95% CI: 0.85 to 2.31, p=0.19) or age at cessation of exclusive breastfeeding (median time: 18 weeks (range:1–24 weeks), iron: 16 weeks; placebo 18 weeks; Kaplan-Meier, log-rank test: p=0.13; crude HR=1.47, 95% CI: 0.89, 2.43; p=0.13; HR adjusting for infant age and sex=1.44, 95% CI: 0.87, 2.39 p=0.16) There was no evidence that iron supplementation affected infant weight (p=0.79) or length (p=0.64) at endline or change in z-scores during the intervention period for weight-for-age (p=0.99), length-for-age (p=0.70) and weight-for-length (p=0.89). …”
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Characterising SRD5A2 Gene Variants in 37 Indonesian Patients with 5-Alpha-Reductase Type 2 Deficiency by Nanis S. Marzuki, Firman P. Idris, Hannie D. Kartapradja, Alida R. Harahap, Jose R. L. Batubara

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Emergency Medical Services Provider-Perceived Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Prehospital Setting by Esmeralda Melgoza, Valeria Cardenas, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez

“…Among females, EMS provider-perceived ADRD was higher among Hispanics (odds ratio [OR] 1.30, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.11–1.52), Blacks (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.03–1.40), Asians (OR 1.18, 95% CI 1.06–1.31), and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.05–2.08]), while among males, only Asians (OR 87, 95% CI .76–.99) had lower odds, all compared to Whites. Females in low- and medium-income ZCTAs had lower odds of EMS provider-perceived ADRD relative to high-income ZCTAs, with no significant findings in males. …”
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Longitudinal Association of Changes in Metabolic Syndrome with Cognitive Function: 12-Year Follow-up of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study by Yu Meng Tian, Wei Sen Zhang, Chao Qiang Jiang, Feng Zhu, Ya Li Jin, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Jiao Wang, Kar Keung Cheng, Tai Hing Lam, Lin Xu

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The influence of anti-COVID-19 measures on the incidence of hand-foot-mouth disease in Zhanggong district of Ganzhou city in China by Yixing Guo, Yuhan Zhu, Yihan Wang, Hui Yin, Laiye Han, Tian Zhong, Ying Xiao, Lawrence T. Lam, Xi Yu

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Association Between Triglyceride Glucose Index and Hypertension According to Different Diagnostic Criteria by Hao H, Geng H, Ma M

“…Furthermore, the risk of hypertension (diagnosed by 130/80 mmHg) was 2.93 times higher (OR=2.93, 95% CI: 2.34– 3.68) in the Q4 group of TyG compared to the Q1 group, and 7.12 times higher (OR=7.12, 95% CI: 5.08– 9.99) in the Q4 group of TyG-BMI than in the Q1 group. …”
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抑制HDAC4 减少JNK/c-Jun 活性及其依赖的神经元凋亡 by 曹娅莉, 吴力强, 刘锶锶, 王业忠, 袁忠民

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Assessing the Efficacy of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics in Controlling Bacterial Contamination in the In Vitro Micropropagation of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc) by Selam Tewelde, Subban Patharajan, Zenebe Teka, Desta Berhe Sbhatu

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Rhopalurus junceus scorpion venom induces G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death in human non-small lung cancer cell lines by Alexis Díaz-García, Ángel Garrido, Jenny Laura Ruiz-Fuentes, Tamara Hermosilla, Diego Varela

“…Emax values were 20.0 ± 5.8% and 22.47 ± 6.02% in A549 and NCI-H460 cancer cells, respectively, as compared to 50 ± 8.1% in MRC-5 and 54.99 ± 7.39% in CHO-K1 cells. It arrested NSCLC cells in the G2/M phase, while non-cancerous cells were arrested in the S (MRC-5) or G0/G1 (CHO-K1) phases. …”
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A EFICÁCIA DE PLANTAS MEDICINAIS NO TRATAMENTO DE DOENÇAS CRÔNICAS NÃO TRANSMISSÍVEIS by Luis Roberto Gomes Mohana, Rodolfo Francisco, Hálmisson D’Árley Santos Siqueira, Caroline Jordana Azevedo dos Santos, Josemeire da Costa Ximenes, Nair Portela Silva Coutinho, Jéssica Maria Silva Ribeiro, Jacqueline Martins Cantanhede, Renata Pinheiro Pedra Fernandes, Rodolfo Ritchelle Lima dos Santos

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Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Epidemiological, Pan-India Study by Vaishali Deshmukh, Faraz Farishta, Milind Bhole

“…TD was associated with high waist circumference (99.17%), reduced high-density lipoprotein-C (87.60%), raised HOMA-IR (86.78%), systolic blood pressure (77.69%), diastolic blood pressure (59.50%), fasting glucose (58.68%), and triglycerides (33.06%). …”
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Mucin-producing urothelial-type adenocarcinoma of the prostate with a gene mutation characteristic of intestinal adenocarcinoma: case report and literature review by Ao Yu, Ao Yu, Hongbo Su, Peiling Yu, Siqi Cai, Shuaixian Mu, Jinhui Yu, Qianting Lu, Yuan Miao, Ailin Li

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Comparative analysis of hull steel corrosion in tropical marine atmosphere: Correlation between indoor simulations and outdoor exposures by Feng Gao, Caifu Yang, Weiyi Wang, Yajun Pang, Naipeng Zhou, Jian Li, Xiaobing Luo, Feng Chai

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A Prospective Study Comparing Two-Time Points of Thyroid Hormone Replacement during the Holy Month of Ramadan by Zeinab Dabbous, Buthaina Alowainati, Sara Darwish, Hamda Ali, Seleena Farook, Mariam Al Malaheem, Abeir Abdalrubb, Wajiha Gul, Wajiha Abu Haliqa

“…TSH levels increased in both group A (from 1.99 to 3.28 mIU/L) and group B (from 1.54 to 3.28 mIU/L) after Ramadan fasting. …”
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Potential alternative and novel biomarkers for paediatric MAFLD: exploratory evidence from a Chinese cohort by Fan Yang, Mengyuan Hu, Lulian Xu, Xiaowei Zheng, Lihong Zhu, Le Zhang, Haoyang Zhang

“…Results Out of 1,108 participants who completed all examinations (N biomarker = 91), 113 participants were diagnosed with MAFLD (prevalence: 14.99% in boys and 5.18% in girls). 27 biomarkers that were strongly correlated with diagnostic biomarkers were identified as alternative biomarkers. …”
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Концепция благополучия в общественных науках by Василий Александрович Аникин, Мария Александровна Нагерняк, Наталья Дмитриевна Воронина

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Optimization of photocatalytic degradation of Eriochrome Black T from aqueous solution using TiO2-biochar composite by Mohammednur Abdu, Solomon Tibebu, Saeideh Babaee, Abebe Worku, Titus A.M. Msagati, Jemal Fito Nure

“…An optimal decolorization efficiency of 99.14 % and a mineralization efficiency of 93.7 % were achieved at pH 3, 32 mg/L dye concentration, 1.48 g/L catalyst dosage, and 124 min irradiation time. …”
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Örgütsel Çatışma Çözüm Yöntemleriyle Duygusal Zeka Arasındaki İlşki: Bir Tasarım Mühendisliği Örneği by Sezen Ünlü, Türker Özcihan, Züleyhan Özbaş, Ayça Bakıner

“…Eskişehir’de bulunan bir kurumun tasarım mühendisliği departmanıyönetici ve çalışanlarına n=99 duygusal zeka, örgütsel çatışma stratejileri ve çatışma yönetimi stratejileri ölçekleri uygulanmış, evrendeki bütün çalışanlara ulaşılmıştır. …”
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