The prevalence and correlates of biomarker positive unhealthy alcohol use among women living with and without HIV in San Francisco, California. by Jennifer P Jain, Yifei Ma, Carol Dawson-Rose, Glenn-Milo Santos, Alvina Han, Jennifer Price, Judith A Hahn, Phyllis C Tien

“…Among the 168 women in the analysis sample, the median age was 55; 51% identified as Black/African American, 47% were living with HIV and 28% had PEth levels ≥50 ng/ml which are suggestive of unhealthy alcohol use. Factors independently associated with PEth levels ≥50 ng/ml in adjusted models were: identifying as Black/African American (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 8.34, 95% CI = 2.06-33.72), having an alanine transaminase to aspartate aminotransferase ratio > 1 (aOR = 3.10, 95% CI = 1.18-8.13), higher high-density lipoprotein levels (aOR = 1.31 per 10 mg/dL increase, 95% CI = 1.01-1.70), and consuming a greater number of drinks per week in the past six months (aOR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.10-1.78). …”
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Validity of Accelerometers for the Evaluation of Energy Expenditure in Obese and Overweight Individuals: A Systematic Review by Silvia Pisanu, Andrea Deledda, Andrea Loviselli, Inge Huybrechts, Fernanda Velluzzi

“…Three review authors independently screened the obtained results, and the quality of the selected articles was assessed by the QUADAS-2 tool. …”
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The Effects of Nigella Sativa (Black Seed) in Rhinosinusitis Subjects: A Systematic Review by Muhamad Najmi Muhamad Najemudin, Nurul Asyiqin Yusof

“…A systematic literature search was performed through searches in PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar, along with the application of the snowball technique. Two authors independently evaluated the identified articles at various stages, including title, abstract, and full text, against predefined eligibility criteria. …”
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Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: a systematic review by Una MacLeod, Elizabeth D Mitchell, Benjamin Pickwell-Smith

“…The population was individual or groups of adult patients or primary care practitioners. Two authors independently screened studies for inclusion.Results 22 studies with over 200 000 EPs were included, most providing strong evidence. …”
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How do we measure the costs, benefits, and harms of sharing data from biomedical studies? A protocol for a scoping review [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Lauren Maxwell, Ankur Krishnan, Priya Shreedhar

“…Two reviewers will conduct the title-abstract and full-text screening and data charting independently. Discrepancies will be resolved through consensus and results will be summarized in a narrative form. …”
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History of Turkish Air Force Aviation School and the Process of Transition to Air Force Academy by Osman YALÇIN

“…After the invasion of the British and the French, Ottoman aviators moved to Maltepe and then to various parts of Anatolia eventually. During the Independence War, aviation school was founded in Eskişehir, moved to Adana, Konya, and came back to Adana again. …”
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Changing of the characteristics of the labor potential in the transition to the technogenic society by O. A. Tettsoeva

“…High qualification fundamentally change an employee’s motivation: the significance of material incentives decreases, external motivation changes for the internal one, the meaningfulness of work, the independence of work performance, the responsibility for decisions taken, become an issue of the highest priority.The transition to the new culture of the technogenic society requires alteration of both professional and personal communications. …”
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Prevention and management of unprofessional behaviour among adults in the workplace: A scoping review. by Andrea C Tricco, Patricia Rios, Wasifa Zarin, Roberta Cardoso, Sanober Diaz, Vera Nincic, Alekhya Mascarenhas, Sabrina Jassemi, Sharon E Straus

“…Studies that reported impact on any outcome were eligible. Two reviewers independently screened articles and completed data abstraction. …”
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Exploring the associations between health confidence, self-efficacy, health activation and healthy behaviours in primary school children by Lixia Ge, Joseph Antonio De Castro Molina, Hui Ting Foo, Rochelle Chua, Chin Fung Ong

“…Higher levels of health confidence, self-efficacy and health activation were independently associated with vegetables and fruits consumption and physical activity. …”
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Effect of the Interaction between Depression and Sleep Disorders on the Stroke Occurrence: An Analysis Based on National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey by Jia Li, Leijun Li, Yan Lv, Yanhai Kang, Mingjin Zhu, Wenfeng Wang

“…Depression, depression severity, and sleep disorders are all independently associated with a high risk of stroke. …”
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Causal Links Between Brain Functional Networks and Endometriosis: A Large-Scale Genetic-Driven Observational Study by Feng S, Wang Y, Liu S, Zhang Y, He L

“…Genetic Instrument Selection was performed to identify valid instrumental variables, ensuring their independence from confounders and strong association with the exposure. …”
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Evidence of Negative Effects of Defect Size and Older Patient Age by Quantitative CT-Based 3D Image Analysis in Ultraporous Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate Grafted Extremity Bone Defects... by Timothy A. Damron, Kenneth A. Mann

“…Although age itself was not an independently significant factor, as defect volume increased, advanced age more negatively impacted new bone formation. …”
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An expert perspective on diversity-oriented standards for assessing sex and gender in clinical research by Hannah R. Hambruch, Nora M. Laskowski, Robert-Paul Juster, Georg Halbeisen, Georgios Paslakis

“…Consensus was defined as 70% agreement or disagreement.Results14 out of 17 participating experts agreed on the importance to independently assess sex assigned at birth, and 9 out of 16 emphasized this for gender identity in clinical trials. …”
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A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Medications in the Treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation in Japan by Atsushi Nakajima, Ayako Shoji, Kinya Kokubo, Ataru Igarashi

“…We identified studies by searching MEDLINE (via the PubMed interface) and the Cochrane Library and ICHUSHI databases and included randomized clinical trials that compared medications for CIC with placebo in Japanese adults. Two reviewers independently screened and assessed articles, abstracted data, and assessed the risk of bias. …”
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The impact of parental phubbing on social withdrawal in preschool children: the serial mediating roles of parent–child conflict and negative emotions by Pan Zhang, Xiaoying Wang

“…Results The results indicated that (1) parental phubbing had a significant positive effect on social withdrawal in young children; (2) parent–child conflict and negative emotions independently mediated the relationship between parental phubbing and social withdrawal in young children; and (3) parent–child conflict and negative emotions served as serial mediators in the relationship between parental phubbing and social withdrawal in young children. …”
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Traveling wave solutions of a hybrid KdV-Burgers equation with arbitrary real coefficients in relation with beam-permeated multi-ion plasma fluids by Kuldeep Singh, Steffy Sara Varghese, Ioannis Kourakis

“…Contrary to widespread belief (based on a beam-free plasma description), an investigation of nonlinear electrostatic waves in beam-permeated plasmas reveals that the sign(s) of all (any) of the coefficients (a, b or c) may be reversed, independently from each other, depending on the beam velocity (value). …”
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Unprotected Sex with Injecting Drug Users among Iranian Female Sex Workers: Unhide HIV Risk Study by Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Majid Rezazade, Mohammad Nafarie, Babak Moazen, Mosaieb Yarmohmmadi Vasel, Shervin Assari

“…Higher educational level (OR=−0.653, 95%CI=-1.192 to −0.115), perceived HIV risk (OR=−1.047, 95%CI=-2.076 to −0.019), and perceived family intimacy during childhood (OR=−1.104, 95%CI=-1.957 to −0.251) were all independently associated with lower odds of having unprotected sex with IDU(s) in the month preceding the study. …”
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Cultiver la sobriété : la subsistance au coeur des modes de vie agricoles et alimentaires alternatifs by Rosalie Rainville

“…Elle s’ancre tout d’abord dans une démarche visant à être plus autonome et indépendant vis-à-vis du modèle agricole et alimentaire productiviste et consumériste. …”
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Dynamic Calibration Method of Multichannel Amplitude and Phase Consistency in Meteor Radar by Yujian Jin, Xiaolong Chen, Songtao Huang, Zhuo Chen, Jing Li, Wenhui Hao

“…We further assess the effectiveness of this method through numerical simulations and practical implementation on an independently developed meteor radar system with a five-channel receiver. …”
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Interaction of genes determining the spike shape of wheat and located in 5AL chromosome by A. V. Simonov, T. A. Pshenichnikova, I. F. Lapochkina, N. Watanabe

“…Using the genetic analysis it was found that the genes QS and Q are independently inherited from the gene C17648 but a substantial linkage was observed between QS or Q and b1 gene.…”
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