Short review: Potential impact of delamination cracks on fracture toughness of structural materials by X.C. Arnoult, M. Růžičková, K. Kunzová, A. Materna

“…This policy imposes a large research effort to understand the ageing of power plant components. In this goal, it is necessary to improve knowledge about safety, reliability and components’ integrity for more than forty years of operation. …”
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Understanding geographical variations in health system performance: a population-based study on preventable childhood hospitalisations by Daniel Exeter, Pushkar Raj Silwal, Arier Lee, Tim Tenbensel

“…Objective To investigate interdistrict variations in childhood ambulatory sensitive hospitalisation (ASH) over the years.Design Observational population-based study over 2008–2018 using the Primary Health Organisation Enrolment Collection (PHO) and the National Minimum Dataset hospital events databases.Setting New Zealand primary and secondary care.Participants All children aged 0–4 years enrolled in the PHO Enrolment Collection from 2008 to 2018.Main outcome measure ASH.Results Only 1.4% of the variability in the risk of having childhood ASH (intracluster correlation coefficient=0.014) is explained at the level of District Health Board (DHB), with the median OR of 1.23. …”
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Novel Application of Statistical Methods to Identify New Urinary Incontinence Risk Factors by Theophilus O. Ogunyemi, Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Suzan Arslanturk, Kim A. Killinger, Ananias C. Diokno

“…Data from one study, the hallmark Medical, Epidemiological, and Social Aspects of Aging (MESA), have been analyzed in the past; however, repeated measures analyses that are crucial for analyzing longitudinal data have not been applied. …”
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HISTORY AND CULTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ADARA AND ZURU IN KADUNA AND KEBBI STATES FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO 2018 by MARABS JOSHUA ANTHONY, SOJA ZAKKA

“…The composition of the informants will largely be elders from ages fifty and above cutting across both sex (male and female). …”
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Characteristics and Factors Affecting Neglected DJ Stent at Tertiary Hospital in Eastern Part of Indonesia by Ardito Ario Willy Goller, Wahjoe Djatisoesanto, Rizal Rian Dhalas, Asma Jedidi

“…Results: Of the 120 participants, 53.3% were female, and 71.7% were aged 18–65. The most common educational level was junior high (41.7%). …”
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Construct validity of the simplified Chinese version of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’ by Linjun Shi, Mats Granlund, Yue Zhao, Karina Huus

“…However, evidence of construct validity for the instrument is not yet available.Aim To explore the construct validity of the attendance scale in PMP-C (Simplified).Methods A cross-sectional study using convenience sampling was conducted using PMP-C (Simplified) with a picture-supported interview for 290 children and youths aged 5–21 with and without ID in urban and rural areas of mainland China. …”
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A qualitative study of motivations for non-suicidal self-injury in a sample of psychiatric outpatients in Singapore by Shazana Shahwan, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Say How Ong, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam

“…Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 outpatients (6 males, 14 females) of the Institute of Mental Health aged 17–29 years who had reported NSSI as part of an earlier survey. …”
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The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention on Countering Disinformation Moderated by Intellectual Humility by Eduard-Claudiu Gross, Delia Cristina Balaban

“…We conducted a within-subject (two times measurement: before the educational intervention and one week after) +1 experiment with N = 127 young adults (aged 18 to 23). After filling in an initial survey, the experimental group received a 15-minute educational intervention on the role of social media for disinformation dissemination in complex digital information environments. …”
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Wpływ nowożytnego antropocentryzmu na relację człowieka do przyrody. Część pierwsza by Anita Ganowicz-Bączyk

“…One can distinguish at least several stages of the process, which led to this crisis, namely: stage of Magic and Myth, Ancient Times, Middle Ages, and Modern Times. The aim of this article is to show the process of development of an anthropocentric thought in Modern European culture when the culmination of this process is observed. …”
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Mapping the Transition of Adolescents to Adult HIV Care: A Mixed-Methods Perspective from the Cape Town Metropole, South Africa by Charné Petinger, Brian van Wyk, Talitha Crowley

“…(1) Background: Globally, an estimated 1.7 million adolescents (aged 10–19 years) were living with HIV in 2023, with 82% residing in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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A Case of Severe Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Treated with Multiple Biologics by Beenish Zulfiqar, Hira Imran, Kathleen Collins

“…The COVID-19 virus has impacted global health on a wide scale, affecting humans of all ages and ethnicities. While most have mild upper respiratory viral symptoms, some have died due to severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), or coagulopathies to mention a few. …”
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Investigating contemporary dental practice in restorative dentistry and Dentists-related factors in placing and replacing restorations in Kurdistan, Iraq by Bushra Rashid Noaman, Lezan Dawood Fattah

“…The participants were instructed to collect data about the number of placed and replaced restorations, the reason for placement, and the type of materials from patients aged 14- > 60. The Pearson Chi-Square test (with continuity correction and Fisher's exact test, if necessary). …”
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Evaluation of Heavy and Trace Metals in Fingernails of Young School Children and Adults in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria by HK Okoro, ST Alao, GB Adebayo, KA Basheer

“… Fingernail samples of young school children and selected adults were collected with respect to sex and ages in Ilorin Kwara state. The aim of this study was to determine the level of heavy metals (Fe and Cu) and trace elements (Mg and K) in the fingernails of young school children and some selected adults using atomic  absorption spectrophotometer techniques for metal analysis. …”
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ECTOPARASITE SPECIES COMPOSITION AND SEASONAL DYNAMICS IN DOMESTIC FOWL IN THE KRASNODAR KRAI by Ch. K. Fomo, T. S. Katayeva

“…The research was carried out in 2017–2018 in 600 chickens of different breeds and ages in four settlements: Gorkhutor (250 chickens), Industrialny (150), Yuzhny (100) and Svyazist (100). …”
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Dysglycaemia and Other Predictors for Progression or Regression from Impaired Fasting Glucose to Diabetes or Normoglycaemia by L. de Abreu, Kara L. Holloway, Mark A. Kotowicz, Julie A. Pasco

“…This study included 1167 women, aged 20–94 years, enrolled in the Geelong Osteoporosis Study. …”
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A prospective cohort study of the association between mode of delivery and postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder by Baohong Xu, Yanfang Chen, Jiao Tang

“…We conducted a prospective cohort study in China between October 2019 and June 2021. Women aged 20–45 years who give birth at The Seventh Hospital of the Southern Medical University during the study period were enrolled. …”
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The Relation between Asthma Control and Quality of Life in Children by M. Banjari, Y. Kano, S. Almadani, A. Basakran, M. Al-Hindi, T. Alahmadi

“…Cross-sectional study that was conducted over 8 months involving asthmatic children within the ages of 7-17 years presenting to two governmental hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. …”
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Rudy Kelly’s Eyes: Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Øyvind Vågnes

“…At first sight Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt belongs solidly in the same tradition as books such as James Agee and Walker Evans’s classic Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941), which grew out of an assignment in 1936 to produce a magazine article on the conditions sharecropper families in the South lived under during the “Dust Bowl,” as well as William T. …”
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Screening Patterns of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children with Obesity in Canadian Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Study by Rachael Morkem, Rebecca Theal, David Barber, Jennifer Flemming, John Queenan, Mohit Kehar

“…Of n = 110,827 children aged 9–18 years, 13.9% (n = 9,888) had a BMI ≥95th percentile. …”
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Integrative model for disclosing the diagnosis to children and adolescents with HIV in San Luis Potosí by Rubén Romero Ortiz, Ismael García Cedillo, Rocío Angélica González-Romo

“…Three members of the medical staff, two primary caregivers, and two patients aged 13 and 14 living with HIV participated in the pilot application of this program. …”
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