Support for, and perceived effectiveness of, the UK soft drinks industry levy among UK adults: cross-sectional analysis of the International Food Policy Study by David Hammond, Jean Adams, Martin White, David Pell, Tarra Penney, Lana Vanderlee

“…Design Cross-sectional online survey.Setting UK.Participants UK respondents to the 2017 International Food Policy Study aged 18–64 years who provided information on all variables of interest (n=3104).Outcome measures Self-reported perceived effectiveness of, and support for, the SDIL.Results Most participants supported the SDIL (70%), believed it would be effective (71%), had a positive attitude to SSBs (62%), had knowledge of the link between SSBs and obesity (90%), and trusted messages from health experts (61%), but not those from the food and beverage industry (73%). …”
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Knowledge and perceptions about clinical research and its ethical conduct among college students from non-science background: a representative nation-wide survey from India by Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, Suraj Kallarakal Tomy, Amrutha Jose, Aadrika Kashyap, Joseph Varghese Kureethara, Tomy K Kallarakal

“…Information regarding their sociodemographic status, awareness and perception about CR was collected and analysed applying the principle of descriptive and inferential statistics.Results A total of N=4796 eligible survey responses were analysed. …”
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Association Between Blood Pressure Variation During Dialysis and Cardio‐Cerebrovascular Events by Zhenliang Fan, Rujia Ye, Qiaorui Yang, Mengfan Yang, Riping Yin, Dongxue Zhao, Junfen Fan, Hongzhen Ma, Yiwei Shen, Hong Xia, Wenze Jiang, Keda Lu

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The use of methylene blue in adult patients with septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ka Ting Ng, Pei En Kwok, Wei En Lim, Wan Yi Teoh, Mohd Shahnaz Hasan, Mohd Fitry Zainal Abidin

“…Results: Our systematic review included 5 studies (n = 257) for data analysis. As compared to the placebo, our pooled analysis showed that methylene blue significantly increased mean arterial pressure (MD: 1.34 mmHg, 95% CI 0.15 to 2.53, p = 0.03, level of evidence: very low). …”
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Streptococcus pyogenes carriage rate, associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles among urban and rural schoolchildren at Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia by Yalewayker Gashaw, Alem Getaneh, Desie Kasew, Mitkie Tigabie, Baye Gelaw

“…The overall prevalence of Streptococcus pyogenes in 438 children was 11.2% (n = 49), with 71.43% (35/49) being urban and 28.57% (14/49) being rural. …”
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Rutin via Increase in the CA3 Diameter of the Hippocampus Exerted Antidepressant-Like Effect in Mouse Model of Maternal Separation Stress: Possible Involvement of NMDA Receptors by Maryam Anjomshoa, Shakiba Nasiri Boroujeni, Sorayya Ghasemi, Zahra Lorigooini, Ahmad Amiri, Shima Balali-dehkordi, Hossein Amini-khoei

“…The control and MS mice were divided separately into 16 groups (n=8) (8 groups for each set) including mice that received normal saline, mice that received rutin at doses of 10, 50, and 100 mg/kg, mice that received NMDA at a dose of 150 mg/kg, mice that received ketamine (NMDA antagonist) at a dose of 0.25 mg/kg, mice that received NMDA antagonist plus a subeffective dose of rutin, and mice that received NMDA plus an effective dose of rutin. …”
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Acute Kidney Injury, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia: A Cohort Study of Patients from SPRINT by Kristen L. Nowak, Anna Ostrow, Ester S. Oh, Zhiying You, Michel Chonchol

“…The incidence rate of MCI, probable dementia, and their composite was higher in participants who experienced an AKI event (n = 270). In the fully adjusted model, AKI was positively associated with probable dementia (hazard ratio, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.07-2.75) and the composite outcome (1.43 [1.01-2.04]). …”
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Can Thinning Foster Forest Genetic Adaptation to Drought? A Demo‐Genetic Modelling Approach With Disturbance Regimes by Victor Fririon, Hendrik Davi, Sylvie Oddou‐Muratorio, Gauthier Ligot, François Lefèvre

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La cuestión de la dignidad en los mundos indígenas by Carolina Sanchez De Jaegher

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A survey of the Sli gene in wild and cultivated potato by Mercedes Ames, Andy Hamernik, William Behling, David S. Douches, Dennis A. Halterman, Paul C. Bethke

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Determinants of Health Seeking Behavior among Caregivers of Infants Admitted with Acute Childhood Illnesses at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya by Winfred Muringi Wambui, Samuel Kimani, Eunice Odhiambo

“…A mixed method cross-sectional study involving caregivers (n=130) of sick infants. Semistructured questionnaire and two focused group discussions were used to gather data on caregiver knowledge on danger signs, health care seeking options, and decision-making regarding health care seeking. …”
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Dapsone Alters Phenotypical and Functional Properties of Human Neutrophils In Vitro by Sara Rakočević, Vanja Mališ, Ljiljana Kozić, Anđela Dubovina, Marija Drakul, Dejan Bokonjić, Miodrag Čolić, Dušan Mihajlović

“…Peripheral blood neutrophils from healthy donors were stimulated with phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA), N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (fMLP), or calcium ionophore (CaI) or primed with cytokines prior to stimulation, in the presence of different concentrations of dapsone (from 10 to 50 µg/mL), followed by analyses of their survival, phenotype, and functional properties. …”
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Orofacial Pain during Mastication in People with Dementia: Reliability Testing of the Orofacial Pain Scale for Non-Verbal Individuals by Merlijn W. de Vries, Corine Visscher, Suzanne Delwel, Jenny T. van der Steen, Marjoleine J. C. Pieper, Erik J. A. Scherder, Wilco P. Achterberg, Frank Lobbezoo

“…The categories which included the remaining items (n=6) showed reliability varying between fair-to-good and excellent (interobserver reliability, ICC: 0.40–0.47; intraobserver reliability, ICC: 0.40–0.92). …”
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Reorganization of Anatomical Connectome following Electroconvulsive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder by Jinkun Zeng, Qinghua Luo, Lian Du, Wei Liao, Yongmei Li, Haixia Liu, Dan Liu, Yixiao Fu, Haitang Qiu, Xirong Li, Tian Qiu, Huaqing Meng

“…We collected longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging in the first-episode, drug-naïve major depressive disorder (MDD) patients n=24 before and after a predefined time window ECT treatment. …”
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Unraveling the transcriptomic effects of leucine supplementation on muscle growth and performance in basketball athletes. by Sinan Wang, Weishuai Guo, Rui Dong

“…Gene expression changes (α-tubulin, β-tubulin, CK18, CK8, vimentin, cofilin, gelsolin, profilin, MAP1, MAP2, MAP4, E-cadherin, and N-cadherin) were verified by qPCR. In summary, leucine supplementation improved exercise performance, particularly by significantly reducing sprint times and showing trends of improvement in other performance metrics, including three-point field goals, free throws, and self-rated well-being. …”
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The embryological characteristics and clinical outcomes of oocytes with indented zona pellucida by Jie Lin, Lu Fang, Lv Yao, Haichao Wang, Hongyan Lan, Yinli Zhang, Xiaomei Tong

“…Background Our study aimed to investigate the embryological characteristics and clinical outcomes of oocytes with indented zona pellucida (iZP).Methods Cases with all oocytes containing iZP were compared with subjects whose oocytes presented morphologically normal ZP (nZP, controls), regarding embryological and clinical outcomes. …”
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Hydrogen production by methane decomposition over Ni-doped activated carbons: effect of the activation method by Mahmoudi, Marwa, Dufour, Anthony, Bettahar, Mohammed El-Miloud, Medjahdi, Ghouti, Ouederni, Abdelmottaleb, Gadiou, Roger

“…The catalysts were characterized before and after reaction by $\mathrm{N}_{2}$ adsorption, X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). …”
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The trend of DALY of breast, colorectal, oral, and cervical cancers in Taiwan in 2005–2017 by Chun-Hui Lin, Cheng-Chieh Hsieh, Si-Yu Chen, Hong-Ru Chen, Szu-Chieh Chen

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Longitudinal assessment of thyroid function in dogs with hypoadrenocorticism: Clinical outcomes and prevalence of autoantibodies by Nadja S. Sieber‐Ruckstuhl, Barbara Riond, Federico Fracassi, Claudia Kuemmerle‐Fraune, Solène Meunier, Regina Hofmann‐Lehmann, Claudia E. Reusch, Claudia Mueller, Natalie Hofer‐Inteeworn, Felicitas S. Boretti

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A quantitative environmental impact assessment of Australian ultra-processed beverages and impact reduction scenarios by Kim Anastasiou, Michalis Hadjikakou, Ozge Geyik, Gilly A. Hendrie, Phillip Baker, Richard Pinter, Mark Lawrence

“…Setting: The Australian beverage supply in 2022 and projected sales for 2027. Participants: N/A Results: Environmental impacts of UPBs were higher than bottled waters. …”
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