The Decreased Growth Hormone Response to Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone in Obesity Is Associated to Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Fernando Cordido, Jesús Garcia-Buela, Susana Sangiao-Alvarellos, Teresa Martinez, Ovidio Vidal

“…Premenopausal obese women, aged 35–52 years, were studied. GH secretion, IGF-I, serum cardiovascular risk markers, insulin, leptin, mid-waist and hip circumference, total body fat, and truncal fat were measured. …”
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Perinatal mortality and its associated factors in selected tertiary care hospital of Belagavi, Karnataka, India by Uma Kole, Sudha Raddi

“…Additionally, 13.8% of neonates suffered from birth asphyxia, 6.1% presented with hypothermia, and 21.1% of births were preterm, with gestational ages ranging from 28 weeks and 6 days to 36 weeks and 6 days. …”
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Extending the game immersion questionnaire to online users by Valērijs Dombrovskis, Jeļena Ļevina, Aleksejs Ruža

“…This study extends the GIQ to capture the immersion experiences of a more expansive cohort of online users beyond gamers.MethodsThe extended GIQ was administered to a cohort of active internet users from Latvia (n = 227), aged 13 to 65 (M = 26.6, SD = 8.4), with 53.7% identifying as female, 33% as male, and 13.2% as nonbinary. …”
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Efficacy of Benzocaine and Lidocaine Bioadhesive Patches in Various Minor Oral Surgical Procedures in Children - An Evaluative Study by Nisha E. John, Ramakrishnan Erakkodan, Natta Sreelakshmi

“…Methods and Materials: Hundred subjects, aged 6–9 years, requiring various minor oral surgical procedures such as extractions of primary teeth, nerve blocks, mucocele excision or drainage of abscesses were divided equally into Groups 1 and 2. …”
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Influences of Online Education System on the Quality of Life of Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown - An Evaluative Study by V Usha Kiran, Rajasekhar Vabbalareddi, Jayalakshmi Pandranki, V Bhavesh Nandan

“…Material and Methods: A digital questionnaire-based study was conducted among children aged nine to fourteen years who attended online classes during the COVID-19 lockdown. …”
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Role of Interleukin-28B in clearance of HCV in acute and chronic hepatitis patients in Kirkuk city by Muhannad Abdullah Alazzawy

“…The number of hepatitis patient understudy were 62 hepatitis C (27 acute and 35 chronic) whose ages were between 20-75 years old. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of IL28B in the clearance of HCV. …”
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Transformation of Space Discourse: from Traditional Society to Postmodern Era by V. A. Shchipkov

“…The author refers the archaic society, the Antiquity and the Middle Ages to the traditional stage, the Renaissance, the Modernity and the Postmodernity to the post-traditional. …”
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Prevalence of suicidal ideation and its associated factors among the geriatric population in Vyas Municipality, Tanahun District, Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Durga Shrestha, Hari Prasad Kaphle

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among individuals aged 60 years and above in Vyas Municipality, Nepal. …”
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Outlier Detection Based on Multivariable Panel Data and K-Means Clustering for Dam Deformation Monitoring Data by Jintao Song, Shengfei Zhang, Fei Tong, Jie Yang, Zhiquan Zeng, Shuai Yuan

“…However, the accuracy of deformation data is the premise of dam safety monitoring analysis, and original deformation data may have some outliers caused by manual errors or instruments aging after long-time running. These abnormal data have a negative impact on the evaluation of dam structural safety. …”
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Determination of antioxidant and immune responses with bile acids supplementation in geese by Jianwen CAO, Lei YANG, Guangpei XU

“…A total of 168 male Hortobágyi geese, aged 28 days, were randomly assigned to four groups: the control group received a basic diet, while the other groups received diets supplemented with 75 mg/kg, 150 mg/kg, and 300 mg/ kg of BAs. …”
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Physical activity and gait kinematics in the elderly by Victor Pitzer Neto, Airton Rombaldi, Mirelle Saes, Fernando Siqueira

“…Our findings demonstrated that physical activity is important to reduce changes to gait caused by the natural aging process. Physical activity should therefore be widely encouraged among the elderly as a preventive and health promotion in measure this population.…”
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Correlates of HIV Risk Reduction Self-Efficacy among Youth in South Africa by Julia Louw, Karl Peltzer, Witness Chirinda

“…A cross-sectional population-based household survey was conducted with persons of ages 18 to 24 years in four selected provinces in South Africa. …”
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Life satisfaction and problem-focused coping among future physical culture teachers by Oleksandr Kholodny, Volodymyr Prystynskyi, Anton Biryukov, Katarzyna Prusik

“…The study involved students (n=72, aged 18-21 years). The research was conducted during the 2022-2023 academic year in an online format. …”
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Association between Metabolic Syndrome and Musculoskeletal Status: A Cross-Sectional Study of NHANES by Yue Shi, Shuhan Li, Xiaolong Xie, Yue Feng

“…Data from the NHANES database from 2011 to 2014 were extracted, and nonpregnant participants aged 45–59 years were included. The included data were first weighted by complex sampling, and then, the effect of MetS on BMD and MQI was analyzed using multifactorial linear regression. …”
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Treatment compliance at initial and maintenance therapy at gastroesophageal reflux disease by V. I. Simanenkov, S. V. Tikhonov, N. B. Lischuk

“…Overall 84 GERD patients with took part in prospective study: 50 (59.5%) men and 34 (40.5%) women aged from 18 to 74 years. By results of esophagogastroduodenoscopy and morphological investigation of mucosal biopsies non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) was diagnosed in 32 (38.1%) patients, reflux esophagitis was found in 52 cases (61.9%). …”
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Paradigm Shift in Typhoon Forecasting for the Korean Peninsula: A Case Study on the Applicability of the Typhoon-Ready System by Hana Na, Woo-Sik Jung

“…By integrating vulnerability factors, including population density, infrastructure aging, and urbanization levels, the TRS provides a more holistic and accurate risk assessment. …”
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Comparison of the effects of self-selected music and prefixed music on preoperative anxiety in adults undergoing laparoscopic surgery by K. V Meghana, Pratiti Choudhuri, Amita Gupta, Anju Gupta

“…Methods: In this prospective study, 90 adults of the American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1–2, either sex, aged 18–65 years were randomized into three groups, SS, PF music, and control (C), and offered music using headphones 20 min before surgery. …”
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An Experimental Study and Mathematical Modeling of Vibration Transfer in Pistachio Trees Using an Inertia-Type Trunk Shaker and Field-Adapted Wireless Sensors by Ruijun Ma, Taymaz Homayouni, Arash Toudeshki, Reza Ehsani, Xiaohua Zhang

“…In this study, the effects of four different shaking patterns on three sizes of pistachio trees of different ages, shapes, and sizes were investigated under field conditions. …”
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Dual career athletes and psycho-physiological stress by Francesca Latino, Pierpaolo Limone, Francesco Peluso Cassese, Rosabel Martinez-Roig, Giulia Amato, Francesco Tafuri

“…Methodology: A cohort of 50 dual-career athletes with ages ranging from 18 to 25 years, was selected from five universities. …”
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Hubungan Peran Sosial terhadap Tingkat Depresi pada Lansia by Prischa Amelliana Dewi, Suci Tuty Putri, Imam Tri Sutrisno

“…The sample in this study was 100 elderly people aged 60-69 years at the UPTD Ledeng Health Center, Bandung City. …”
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