Association between elevated glycosylated hemoglobin levels and hypertension among US adults: NHANES 2011–2018 by Beibei Luo, Wenbo Xu, Feng Luo, Shuqiong Zhang, Xiaofei Li

“…Methods We collected data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–2018 in this study, including anthropometric tests and biochemical measures. …”
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Spatial disparities and dynamics in the high quality agricultural development in Heilongjiang Province of China by Jingting Yu, Guanghao Wu

“…Abstract As a key commodity and strategic reserve grain base in China, evaluating and analyzing the high-quality agricultural development (HQAD) within Heilongjiang Province is crucial for advancing national agricultural quality. We construct a multidimensional evaluation framework with 19 indicators across four dimensions: green agriculture, quality and efficiency improvement of supply, agricultural structural coordination, and shared benefits of development. …”
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Associations between phenol and paraben exposure and the risk of developing breast cancer in adult women: a cross-sectional study by Yao Xiong, Zhiyu Li, Xiong Xiong, Zixuan Luo, Kaixin Zhong, Jiawei Hu, Shengrong Sun, Chuang Chen

“…Data on urinary bisphenol A (BPA), triclosan (TRS), benzophenone-3 (BP3), methyl paraben (MPB), ethyl paraben (EPB), propyl paraben (PPB), and butyl paraben (BUP) were obtained from the 2005–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. A total of 4455 subjects were included in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Influence of College Teacher’s Instructional Design on the Development of College Students’ Thinking of Innovation Multi-Algorithms Perspective Analysis by Leilei Wang, Jie Zhou, Xinying Li

“…How to improve the level of innovative thinking of college students into high-quality national strategic talents has become a research topic of great concern. …”
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Increase in Occurrence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Differs by Age Group and Gender—Finnish Nationwide Register Study by Elisa Westman, Tuire Prami, Alvar Kallio, Ilona Iso‐Mustajärvi, Joel Jukka, Paavo Raittinen, Maarit J Korhonen, Anita Puustjärvi, Sami Leppämäki

“…This study presents the most comprehensive analysis of national register data at personal‐level linkage in Finland, since it included all age groups, and both diagnosed ADHD patients and individuals receiving medication, not limited to reimbursed medication.…”
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COVID-19 outbreak rates and infection attack rates associated with the workplace: a descriptive epidemiological study by Yiqun Chen, Fu-Meng Khaw, Timothy Aldridge, Claire Ferraro

“…The workplace outbreak rates by region and sector were calculated, using National Population Database (NPD) with the total number of workplaces as the denominator. …”
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The collection of oat genetic resources held by VIR as a source of information on the history of cultivation and taxonomy of the genus, and breeding trends (a review) by I. G. Loskutov, E. V. Blinova, A. A. Gnutikov

“…To preserve the entire crop agrobiodiversity worldwide, there is a network of genebanks that hold more than 200,000 oat accessions. International and national genebanks are located in all the world’s countries, but one of the largest oat collections is located in Russia.The global collection of the genus Avena L. …”
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Noise risk assessment of the sensitive areas in the Administrative Center of Manolo Fortich Bukidnon by Sheerah Dale M. Orlasan, Judy Marie R. Zoleta, Kenn Migan Vincent C. Gumonan

“…The noise level for the schools along the highway was higher than that of the tertiary institution located farther from the national highway. Furthermore, results suggest that there is no significant difference in noise levels across these sensitive areas both in the morning and in the afternoon with F-values, 72.05 and 84.93, respectively. …”
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Approaches to ecological sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa: Evaluating the role of globalization, renewable energy, economic growth, and population density by Abdikafi Hassan Abdi, Siyad Abdirahman Siyad, Mohamed Okash Sugow, Omar Mohamed Omar

“…This study investigates the effects of globalization, renewable energy consumption, economic growth, trade openness, and population density on SSA nations’ ecological footprint and CO2 emissions from 1994 to 2021. …”
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eHealth Literacy and Cyberchondria Severity Among Undergraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study by Wan -Chen Hsu

“…Further, we explored the perspective of eHealth literacy of those with scores higher than 1 SD from the mean by analyzing their recent experiences using web-based health information. MethodsA nationally representative sample of college students was surveyed, and 802 valid responses were obtained (male: 435/802, 54.2%; female: 367/802, 45.8%; mean age 20.3, SD 1.4 years). …”
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Foreword by Kammila Naidoo

“…It is often pointed out that a child’s life chances are shaped by the place of birth, year of birth, and privileges of the natal familial context – in this regard, class, race, nationality, regionality, and gender are some of the key predictors of a child’s future. …”
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Differential Characteristics and the Main Controlling Factors of Shale Oil Sweet Spot Reservoirs in Lucaogou Formation, Jimsar Sag, Junggar Basin by Jingmin Wang, Denglin Han, Yuan Deng, Wei Lin, Ao Su, Chenchen Wang, Jizhen Zhang, Juan Zhang

“…The microscopic differences in characteristics and formation mechanism of shale oil reservoirs in the upper and lower sweet spot sections of the Lucaogou Formation in the Jimsar Depression, which has been identified as a national shale oil demonstration area in China, are still unclear. …”
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Identification of unmet palliative care needs of nursing home residents: A scoping review protocol. by Patrice Crowley, Mohamad M Saab, Nicola Cornally, Isabel Ronan, Sabin Tabirca, David Murphy

“…A search of grey literature will also be conducted in databases such as CareSearch, Trip, GuidelineCentral, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the National Institute for Health and Care and Excellence website. …”
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Proportional mortality and years of potential life lost due to liver diseases among agricultural workers, Brazil, 2017 to 2022 by Jailma dos Santos Silva, Soraia Arruda, Thayane Silva Nunes, Wiler de Paula Dias, Adedayo Michael Awoniyi, Armando Meyer, Cleber Cremonese

“…The sum of YPLL totaled 382,869 years among agricultural workers, with YPLL rate of 4,527 years per 100,000 workers and a YPLL rate ratio 1.45 times higher than the national average. The concentration of deaths due to K70 raises concern due to the potential chronic exposure to alcoholic beverages. …”
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Community case study: an academia-industry-government partnership that monitors and predicts outbreaks in Tri-County Detroit area since 2017 by Irene Xagoraraki, Liang Zhao, Yabing Li, Brijen Miyani, John Norton, James Broz, Andrew Kaye, Anna Mehrotra, Anil Gosine, Scott Withington, Stacey McFarlane, Russell A. Faust

“…In 2017, to explore innovative methods that may provide early warnings of outbreaks affecting populations in the TCDA, an exploratory partnership that was funded by a U.S. National Science Foundation Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) began. …”
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Fusion of the 2nd with the 3rd Cervical Vertebrae (C2-C3): A Case Series with Possible Clinical Significance by Eirini Demeneopoulou, Dorina Papa, Ilias Giotas, Angelos Nikolaou, George Tsakotos, Vasilios Karampelias, Theodore Mariolis-Sapsakos, Dimitrios Filippou, Maria Piagkou

“…The osseous complexes were derived from disarticulated skeletons of body donors and were collected from the osseous collection of the Anatomy Department of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Results. …”
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Detection of plasmids in Salmonella from poultry and investigating the potential horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes by Haijiao Lin, Moussa S. Diarra, Guangqiang Jia, Xin Zhao

“…Both PlasmidFinder 2.1 and VRprofile2 were employed to detect plasmids in Salmonella sequences downloaded from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Reference Sequences (RefSeq) database, and then oriTfinder was used to determine the conjugative ability of plasmids. …”
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Recruitment and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials: a review of trials funded and published by the United Kingdom Health Technology Assessment Programme by Stephen J Walters, Daniel Hind, Richard M Jacques, Steven A Julious, Joanne Rothwell, Oscar Bortolami, Laura Flight, Inês Bonacho dos Anjos Henriques-Cadby, Christopher Knox, Ben Nadin, Michael Surtees

“…Many trials fail to reach their planned sample size within the envisaged trial timescale and trial funding envelope.Objectives To review the consent, recruitment and retention rates for single and multicentre randomised control trials funded and published by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme.Data sources and study selection HTA reports of individually randomised single or multicentre RCTs published from the start of 2004 to the end of April 2016 were reviewed.Data extraction Information was extracted, relating to the trial characteristics, sample size, recruitment and retention by two independent reviewers.Main outcome measures Target sample size and whether it was achieved; recruitment rates (number of participants recruited per centre per month) and retention rates (randomised participants retained and assessed with valid primary outcome data).Results This review identified 151 individually RCTs from 787 NIHR HTA reports. …”
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The impact of dance on fitness: Physical and educational benefits for high school students by Tekla Fruzsina TÓTH, Puskás Andrea LENTÉNÉ

“…During our research, we carried out the NETFIT (National Uniform Student Fitness Test) test, as well as an online survey at three schools: Ferenc Medgyessy Grammar School and Vocational Technical School in Debrecen, at Nyíregyháza Art Vocational High School and Esze Tamás Grammar School in Mátészalka. …”
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Electrification as a development and sustainability approach in rural areas using renewable energy sources by J. Fábregas Villegas, I. Tovar Ospino, A. Palencia Díaz

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In the Colombian Caribbean, some rural communities rely on self-generated energy due to their lack of connection to the national grid. This energy generated is achieved through a combination of combustion engines and renewable sources. …”
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