Smoking and alcohol use plays a mediating role on the social determinants of high blood pressure: Evidence from nationally representative sample in India by Arivarasan Barathi, Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Rajan Rushender

“…We included 1,923,504 people aged 18 years and above who had all the necessary information for the analysis. …”
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Pediatric Sleep Quality and Parental Stress in Neuromuscular Disorders: Descriptive Analytical Study by Sajjad Khaksar, Mehdi Jafari-Oori, Forogh Sarhangi, Malihe Sadat Moayed

“…A total of 207 children aged 1‐14 years with various NMDs were included in the study. …”
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Mental health outcomes in dementia caregivers: a systematic review of yoga-based interventions by Paula Pillar Pinto, Andrea Camaz Deslandes, Helena Moraes

“…Results: The review included three randomized and five non-randomized studies with a total of 161 participants, predominantly female (wives and daughters), with ages ranging from 39 to 76 years. Four studies utilized hatha yoga, while four employed non-traditional yoga. …”
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Exploratory Factor Analysis on the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5) for Basketball in Indonesia by Kukuh Hardopo Putro, Suharjana Suharjana, Agus Susworo Dwi Marhaendro, Fauzi Fauzi, Danang Wicaksono, Subagyo Irianto, Trisnar Adi Prabowo

“…The characteristics of the sample (mean ± SD) were as follows: aged 15 to 18 (17.8 ± 7.2 years old), training experience was 4 to 8 years (5.3 ± 8.9 years), and participating in competitions experience twice to four times a year. …”
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Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay among Patients with Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism by Li Wang, Onur Baser, Phil Wells, W. Frank Peacock, Craig I. Coleman, Gregory J. Fermann, Jeff Schein, Concetta Crivera

“…**Methods:** Adult patients (aged ≥18 years) with ≥1 inpatient pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosis (index date = discharge date) between 10/2011-06/2015 and continuous enrollment for ≥12 months pre- and 3 months post-index were included. …”
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Obstetric danger signs in context: A mixed methods study exploring knowledge and sociocultural factors among pregnant women by B M Bhavana, M Yogesh, Navneet Padhiyar, Naresh Damor

“…Knowledge was significantly higher among women aged >25 years (aOR 3.11, 95% CI 2.02–4.7), literate women (aOR 2.14, 95% CI 1.12–4.08), and those counseled during ANC (aOR 2.2, 95% CI 1.2–8.1) and PNC (aOR 4.4, 95% CI 1.8–10.7). …”
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The Effect of Six Weeks of Core Stability Training on Balance and Performance Improvement Among Male Taekwondo Athletes by Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Somayeh Mozafari

“…Methods This quasi-experimental field study involved 30 male taekwondo athletes aged 10-15 from Mashhad city. Participants were selected based on judgment sampling and randomly divided into two groups of 15 each. …”
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Influence of cataract surgery in biopsychosocial adaptation in the elderly by Leonor Rosario Diaz Alfonso, Elvira Machado Héctor, Bárbara Suárez Rodríguez, Mariela Julia Curbelo Gómez

“…<strong>Background</strong>: The twenty-first century is characterized by a progressive aging in the population, with the subsequent demand of medical care it implies due to the polimorbility rates typical of this stage of life. …”
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Analysis of Dominant and Non-dominant Biceps and Deltoid Muscle Volumes of Badminton Players by Deniz Günay Derebaşı, İlkay Çamlıdağ, D.özge Yüceloğlu Keskin, Tülin Atan

“…ABSTRACTThe main purpose of this study is to analyze whether there is a difference between dominant and non-dominant biceps and deltoid muscle volumes of badminton players.Also hand grip strengthlevels were compared dominant and non-dominant hands of badminton players.14 registered badminton players between the ages of 11 and 14, who have been playing badminton for at least 5 years and practicing at least 5 days a week, have participated in this study. …”
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Is Tele-yoga Safe for Pregnant Women with First-trimester Uterine Artery Doppler Positive? A Feasibility Study by Reshma Jogdand, Satyapriya Maharana, Kasinath G Metri, B. S. Anuradha, R Nagarthan

“…Methods: Twenty-one women aged between 20 and 35 years (mean: 28.8 years) who had a UAD+ (uterine artery pulsatility index >2) at 12 weeks of gestation were recruited from the gynecology department of a tertiary care hospital in southern India. …”
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Voltage and Current Balancing of a Faulty Photovoltaic System Connected to Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter by Kamel Djermouni, Ali Berboucha, Salah Tamalouzt, Djamel Ziane

“…A healthy operation of photovoltaic installations (similar to all electrical systems) is always limited by breakdown, degradation due to aging, or imbalance caused by weather conditions. …”
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Folie à Deux in the Setting of COVID-19 Quarantine by Maxsaya Baez Nuñez, Ezequiel Rodriguez, Matthew DeLuca, Krishan Chirimunj, Monica Dhingra

“…We relay the case of a middle-aged male and his mother, an elderly female, who presented with folie à deux in the context of shared delusions of persecution and somatization during the COVID-19 quarantine period. …”
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Optimizing Self-compacting Concretes with Recycled Plastic Aggregate: Fresh and Hardened Properties – Experimental Study and Modeling by Said ZAOUAI, Rachid RABEHI, Mohamed RABEHI

“…Hardened properties, including density (ρSCC), water absorption (Absi), ultrasonic pulse velocity (Vult), compressive strength (CS), tensile strength (TS), and dynamic modulus of elasticity (Ed), were measured at various curing ages up to 84 days. Results indicate that plastic aggregate inclusion generally improved flowability and passing ability but slightly decreased segregation resistance in the fresh state. …”
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Relationship between Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity with Health-Related Physical Fitness Indicators among Pakistani School Adolescents: Yaali-Pak Study by Syed Muhammad Zeeshan Haider Hamdani, Zhuang Jie, Syed Ghufran Hadier, Wang Tian, Syed Danish Haider Hamdani, Shaista Shireen Danish, Syeda Urooj Fatima

“…A total of 2970 participants (1477 boys and 1493 girls) aged adolescents from South Punjab, Pakistan, completed health-related physical fitness indicators measuring strength, endurance, and aerobic capacity through a hand-grip strength test, modified pull-up test, plank test, and 20-m shuttle run test, and physical activity were subjectively assessed by International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF). …”
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Is hypercalcaemia immediately life-threatening? A prospective study by David Trewick, Mathilde Le Borgne, Julie Regnault, Camille Guimard

“…Design and methods: We conducted a prospective observational study aiming to include the first one hundred patients aged ≥18 who had a calcium concentration ≥3 mmol/L, admitted to the emergency department (ED). …”
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Fluid Inclusions and C-H-O-S-Pb Isotope Systematics of the Changfagou Deposit, Jilin Province, Northeast China by Bo Peng, Bile Li, Jun Chen

“…Compared with the deposits in the Xilamulun metallogenic belt, both have similar metallogenic ages and tectonic positions. In conclusion, the Changfagou deposit formed in an intracontinental extensional environment due to lithospheric thinning. …”
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Correlation between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in eastern China by Guanghui Ma, Guohou Xu, Haixia Huang

“…Methods This study analyzed 7,507 participants aged ≥ 40 who underwent comprehensive health evaluations at the Shanghai Health and Medical Center. …”
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The Effect of Anesthetic Depth on the Occurrence of Emergence Delirium in Children Undergoing Strabismus Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study by Yea-Ji Lee, Jung-Won Hwang, Sang-Hwan Do, Hyo-Seok Na

“…We evaluated whether the depth of general anesthesia could affect the occurrence of emergence delirium (ED). Methods: Patients aged 3–5 years, scheduled for strabismus surgery were enrolled in this prospective observational study. …”
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How can Physical Education teachers’ high directiveness impact students’ experiences of enjoyment and boredom? by Sergio Diloy Peña, Javier García-Cazorla, Carlos Mayo-Rota, Luis García-González, Zilia Villafaña-Samper, Ángel Abós

“…A convenience sample of 697 students (51% girls; Mage = 14.52; SD = 1.45), aged between 12 and 17 years, participated in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Metabolic control and its associated factors in type 1 diabetic people: longitudinal trajectory modeling by Zahra Khosravi, Ali Taghipour, Monavar Afzalaghaee, Habibollah Esmaily, Ahmad Khosravi

“…Method This is a longitudinal study with 2020 type 1 diabetic individuals aged 18 to 59 years. The participants’ glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was measured three times with a six-month interval between each measurement. …”
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