A brief alcohol intervention during smoking cessation treatment in daily cigarette smokers: A pilot randomized controlled trial by Yee Tak Derek Cheung, Tin Shun Titan Mak, Tzu Tsun Luk, Kam-wing Joe Ching, Nga-ting Grace Wong, Ching Han Helen Chan, Man Ping Wang, Tai Hing Lam

“…Secondary outcomes included Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores, self-reported past 7-day alcohol consumption in alcohol units, feasibility, and acceptability scores at 2 months. …”
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Guest Editorial: The Gig Economy and Women Workers in the Middle East by Stella Morgana

“…Featuring articles analysing case studies in Egypt, Iraq, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, this special issue addresses the abovementioned questions, directly speaking to the academic debate on the global gig economies. …”
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Spinal Cord Lesion: Effects of and Perspectives for Treatment by V. Dietz

“…Electrophysiologicai and histological studies have shown that a transformation of motor units takes place following central motor lesions with the consequence that regulation of muscle tone is achieved at a lower level of neuronal organization which in turn enables the patient to walk. …”
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International Cooperation of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM under Sanctions by Veronika I. Murina, Elena V. Zhiryaeva

“…In the spring of 2023, sanctions were imposed by the United States against five organizations that are part of the ROSATOM. …”
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External Relations of Russian Border Regions by L. R. Rustamova

“…Despite de-globalization, which has become a trend in recent years, a high degree of interdependence between countries remains in the world, and the solution of global problems through international cooperation of subnational units is in demand. Intrastate regions affect interstate relations by strengthening their cultural, trade, and economic ties, often contributing to the intensification of interstate dialogue. …”
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Utilization of Obstetric Analgesia for Labor Pain Management and Associated Factors among Obstetric Care Providers in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional S... by Rediet Gido, Tesfaye Assebe Yadeta, Abera Kenay Tura

“…All obstetric care providers working in labor and delivery units in public hospitals in Addis Ababa were included. …”
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Classification Based on the Support Vector Machine for Determining Operational Targets for Controlling Electricity Usage With Conventional Meters: A Case Study of Industrial and Bu... by Galih Arisona, Alief Pascal Taruna, Dwi Irwanto, Arif Bijak Bestari, Wildan Juniawan

“…The study focuses on industrial and business tariff customers, using a dataset from 2019 to 2023, which includes monthly consumption data from PLN’s postpaid customers across thirty operational units with the highest Electricity Use Control (P2TL) levels, covering customers with a maximum power of 6,600 VA. …”
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Willingness-to-pay to access Ingenol Mebutate Gel for Actinic Keratosis Treatment in the U.S. Setting by Michael Willis, Sandra Erntoft, Sofie Persson, Jenny M. Norlin, Ulf Persson

“…**Objectives:** The objective of the study was to estimate the value of ingenol mebutate gel’s shorter treatment duration and tolerability profile to potential patients, versus existing topical treatments (imiquimod 3.75%, imiquimod 5% and diclofenac 3%) in the United States. **Methods:** The open-ended Contingent Valuation (CV) approach was used to estimate incremental willingness-to-pay (WTP) for ingenol mebutate gel rather than treatment with imiquimod 5%, imiquimod 3.75% and diclofenac 3%. …”
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Temporal Trends in Parkinson’s Disease Related Mortality from 1999-2020: A National Analysis [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Balamrit Singh Sokhal, Thomas Shepherd, Christian Mallen, Sowmya Prasanna Kumar Menon, Amit Arora, Sara Muller

“…Data about the demographic trends in PD-related mortality in the United States (US) is limited. This descriptive study aimed to report the national demographic trends in PD-related mortality over a 20-year period. …”
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Micro-field of Verbal Plurality in Latin by Bohdan Cherniukh

“…The existence of certain semantic differences between iterativity, multiplicativity, and distributivity gives reason to consider them as subfields united within the microfield of verbal plurality by the sign of quantification. …”
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Lipoprotein Levels in Early Adulthood and NAFLD in Midlife: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study by Sahil Khanna, John T. Wilkins, Hongyan Ning, Norrina B. Allen, Cora E. Lewis, J. Jeffrey Carr, Donald Lloyd-Jones, Lisa B. VanWagner

“…NAFLD was defined as liver attenuation ≤40 Hounsfield units after excluding other causes of liver fat. …”
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The association of sexual frequency with cardiovascular diseases incidence and all-cause mortality by Tian-Qi Teng, Jing Liu, Meng-Meng Wang, De-Gang Mo, Rui Chen, Jia-Chao Xu, Zi-Han Dong, Ning Zhang, Hai-Chu Yu

“…This study aims to elucidate the correlation between the sexual frequency and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and all-cause mortality among young and middle-aged adults of the United States. We analyzed 17,243 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(NHANES)(2005–2016), comparing CVD incidence and all-cause mortality risks across sexual frequencies using multivariable Logistic and Cox regression models. …”
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Relationships among thriving at work, organisational commitment and job satisfaction among Chinese front-line primary public health workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a structural e... by Di Jiang, Jingjing Wang, Lei Guo, Yuanmin Jia, Mo Yi, Zeyi Zhang, Ou Chen, Baosheng Zhao

“…Objectives This study aims to explore the mediating effect and influence mechanism of organisational commitment on the association among thriving at work and job satisfaction among frontline primary public health workers (PHWs) in China during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design This study is a cross-sectional written survey.Setting We included 20 primary care units in northern provinces of China.Participants A total of 601 PHWs who worked in primary organisations and against COVID-19 on the front line were included.Methods We collected the data from the participants’ written questionnaire (Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, thriving at work scale and organisational commitment scale), and programmed AMOS V.26.0 to develop a structural equation model (SEM) based on the relationships among the three variables.Results The thriving at work scores of the primary PHWs were (M=3.17, SD=0.65), and job satisfaction was (M=3.05, SD=0.69); the scores of their thriving at work, organisational commitment and job satisfaction were all significantly correlated (p<0.01); and the SEM indicated that organisational commitment had a significant partial mediating effect between thriving at work and job satisfaction. …”
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Ultrasound Treatment of Iota-Carrageenan and Guar Gum by Kseniya N. Nitsievskaya, Svetlana V. Stankevich, Elena V. Boroday

“…The system with iota-carrageenan showed the best result at medium acidity in the range of 3.9–6.0 units and produced a fluid gel-like structure. Sonicated iota-carrageenan could be recommended as a gelling agent. …”
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Quality, topics, and demographic trends of animal systematic reviews - an umbrella review by Bernard Friedrich Hild, David Brüschweiler, Sophia Theodora Katharina Hild, Julia Bugajska, Viktor von Wyl, Marianna Rosso, Kimberley Elaine Wever, Eva Furrer, Benjamin Victor Ineichen

“…They originate from 64 countries, with the United States, China, the UK, Brazil, and Iran being the most prolific. …”
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Acute kidney injury and outcomes in hospitalized children with autoimmune rheumatic disease by Chien-Hung Lin, Wen-Sheng Liu, Chuan Wan, Hsin-Hui Wang

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted using the United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from 2005 to 2020. …”
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Subseasonal forecasts of heat waves in West African cities by C. G. Ngoungue Langue, C. G. Ngoungue Langue, C. Lavaysse, C. Lavaysse, C. Flamant

“…Two models that are part of the subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting project, namely the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the United Kingdom Meteorological Office models, were evaluated using two state-of-the-art reanalysis products, namely the fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis (ERA5) and the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Application, Version 2 (MERRA-2). …”
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Enhanced penetration and biofilm eradication by sophorolipid micelles encapsulating Honokiol: a comprehensive solution for biofilm-associated lung infections by Shiyu Lin, Xiaojuan Li, Wei Zhang, Gang Shu, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Haohuan Li, Funeng Xu, Juchun Lin, Guangneng Peng, Li Zhang, Hualin Fu

“…Additionally, 1.66 log10CFU/mL units of S. aureus within biofilms were killed. Moreover, HK-SL Ms inhibited 91.10% of early S. aureus biofilm formation by obstructing initial bacterial adhesion and the formation of extracellular polysaccharides and polysaccharide intercellular adhesins (PIA). …”
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Bibliometrics and Visual Analysis of rTMS in Recent Five Years Based on CiteSpace by Heping ZHENG, Bo ZHANG, Yuxi LI, Dongling ZHONG, Yanping TIAN, Juan LI, Zhong ZHENG, Rongjiang JIN

“…The most published country was the United States, and the high degree of center was Portugal. …”
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Extrinsic attributes that drive consumer purchase of block mozzarella by K. Homwongpanich, M.E. Watson, D. Rovai, H. Eshpari, M.A. Drake

“…ABSTRACT: Consumer demand for cheese continues to increase with mozzarella being one of the primary cheeses in the United States. The objective of this study was to understand the effect of extrinsic attributes on consumer desires for block mozzarella cheese. …”
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