Clinico-pathological profile of patients with HIV and tuberculosis co-infection by Cheryl Sarah Philipose, Sinchana KM, Haritha Haridas, John Ramapuram, Sharada Rai

“…Study included clinico-pathological profile of 80 people living with HIV (PLHIV) and subsequently developed TB co-infection; their CD4+ counts done at the time of admission were examined. …”
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Healthy body as a normative model in the perceptions of student youth by N. L. Antonova, S. B. Abramova, V. R. Lopatina

“…The sample consisted of 380 students living in large cities of the Sverdlovsk Region: Ekaterinburg, Nizhny Tagil and Kamensk-Uralsky. …”
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Correlation of the Dietary Protein Intake between Those Estimated from a Short Protein Food-Recall Questionnaire and from 24-Hour Urinary Urea-Nitrogen Excretion in Stages 3-4 Chro... by Teerawat Thanachayanont, Methee Chanpitakkul, Akhathai Saetie, Salyaveth Lekagul, Kriang Tungsanga

“…In the previous ESCORT-2 study, 914 patients with CKD stage 3 or 4, who were living in the rural area of Thailand, were prospectively followed while receiving integrated care for 36 consecutive months. …”
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Long-term Clinical Outcomes After Syndesmosis Fixation With K-wires in Ankle Fractures With Syndesmotic Instability by Diogo Vieira Cardoso MD, Filippo Pierobon MD, Anne Lübbeke-Wolff DSc, Victor Dubois-Ferrière MD

“…Of the 377 patients, 51 died and we were able to obtain long-term questionnaire completions from 94 patients (29% of presumed living patients), with a mean follow-up of 10.6 ± 3.0 years. …”
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Care burden and quality of life among family caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in China: the mediating roles of social support and coping styles by Fang Liu, Rui Zhang, Cui Cui, Hengyu Zhou

“…Conclusion Caregivers of cerebral palsy children suffer from a certain level of caregiving burden and an unsatisfactory living quality. Social support alone or in combination with positive coping style played mediating roles in connection of care burden and QOL. …”
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Psychometric Validation of the Persian Version of Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC-C) for Menopausal Women by Khadijeh Khademi, Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Mahin Nazari, Abdolrahim Asadollahi

“…Menopause is a significant phenomenon in women’s lives, often resulting in a wide range of symptoms and health issues. …”
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Bullying in adolescents across three years in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional and prospective analysis by Bruno Nunes de Oliveira, Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes, Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa, Gabrielli Thais de Mello, Gabriel Pereira Maciel, Kelly Samara Silva

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Examining rural-urban differences in life satisfaction and its association with health among elderly people in India: Evidence from LASI survey by Nipam Datta, Sushanta Biswas, Dwipen Barman, Bijoy Das, Piyal Basu Roy, Abhijit Sarkar

“…Conclusions: The study highlights the need for development initiatives to enhance the well-being of senior citizens living in rural areas. Enhancing healthcare infrastructure, accessing medical facilities, and addressing functional limitations are essential steps to reduce disparities in life satisfaction.…”
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Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria on the Mobile Phones and Computer Keyboards of Healthcare University Students in Ghana by Michael Olu-Taiwo, Christian Afotey Laryea, David Kweku Mykels, Akua Obeng Forson

“…Globally, mobile phones and computers (laptops and desktops) are indispensable part of human lives for communication, entertainment, and educational purposes. …”
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Energy efficiency and indoor climatic conditions in buildings: dynamic modeling for systemic improvement by Inna Bilous, Dmytro Biriukov, Tatiana Eutukhova, Oleksandr Novoseltsev, Volodymyr Voloshchuk, Aleksejs Prozuments

“…Improving the comfort of living and/or working conditions in buildings usually requires an increase in the consumption of energy and building materials, e.g., for thermal modernization, and thus additional economic costs. …”
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Unveiling the Burden of Pruritus: Its Prevalence and Impact on Sleep Quality in Hemodialysis Patients in Somalia by Jeele MOO, Adam AM, Addow ROB

“…Also, age group, sex, presence of comorbidities, duration of hemodialysis, sessions of hemodialysis per week, and pruritus have shown R2 =  0.34, F (6,292) =  26, p < 0.001.Conclusion: Pruritus is associated with poor sleep and patients who were living with co-morbidities and patients who were going to hemodialysis for a long time tend to develop pruritus. …”
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Personal determinants of vandal behaviour among urban school and student youth from a gender perspective by O. V. Kruzhkova, I. V. Deviatovskaia, M. S. Krivoshchekova

“…The predictors-inhibitors of vandalism are honesty-modesty, extraversion, altruism, conscientiousness (female subsample), openness to new experience, Machiavellianism.The scientific novelty is in the fact that specific for the Russian sample of students and schoolchildren living in a megalopolis, personal factors of vandal behaviour were identified, taking into account gender differentiation.The practical significance is due to the potential possibilities of using the obtained data for preventing vandalism by students in the framework of the educational process in an educational organisation.…”
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Teeth and Covariates: Association with Risk of Falls by Shivani Kohli, Aaron Lam Wui Vun, Christopher Daryl Philip, Cassamally Muhammad Aadil, Mahenthiran Ramalingam

“…The short version of the Geriatric Depression Scale was used to assess depression among the participants, and the Barthel Scale was used to analyze the subject’s ability to perform the activities of daily living (ADL). Results. Statistically significant association was observed in relation to the number of teeth present and risk of falls (p<0.05). …”
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Intra-specific variation in mortality of even-aged Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don. forests can be explained using relationships among long-term stand characteristics by Keiko Fukumoto, Tomohiro Nishizono, Fumiaki Kitahara

“…We compared each variable between dead and living trees. We then constructed a mortality model using a conventional logistic approach and selected the best model for the stepwise methods. …”
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Eunugs in die Bybel by F. P. Retief, S. J. P. K. Riekert, J. F. G. Cilliers

“…In the Septuagint saris was translated as eunouchos, except for Genesis 37:36 and Isaiah 39:7 where spadon was used; in Jeremiah 38:7 Ebed-Melek was described as “he who lived in the king’s house”; in Daniel 1 there is reference to archi-eunouchos and archon satrapon. …”
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Socioeconomic and health-related inequalities in major depressive symptoms among older adults: a Wagstaff’s decomposition analysis of data from the LASI baseline survey, 2017–2018... by Manish Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava, T. Muhammad, Anjali Elsa Skariah

“…Self-rated health (SRH), difficulty in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL) contributed 8.7%, 3.3% and 4.8% to the inequality, respectively. …”
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In vitro investigating of anticancer activity of focuxanthin from marine brown seaweed species by M. Karkhane Yousefi, M. Seyed Hashtroudi, A. Mashinchian Moradi, A.R. Ghasempour

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Evaluation of the effect of dental caries, oral hygiene, and treatment need on oral health-related quality of life among Turkish orphan children and adolescents by Ecem Akbeyaz Şivet, Berkant Sezer, Neslihan Atmaca, Narmin Hüseynova, Betül Kargül

“…Methods A total of 112 orphan children and adolescents aged between 9 and 17 years living in a residential care facility in Istanbul, Türkiye, were involved in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Drawing-Aware Parkinson&#x2019;s Disease Detection Through Hierarchical Deep Learning Models by Ioannis Kansizoglou, Konstantinos A. Tsintotas, Daniel Bratanov, Antonios Gasteratos

“…Early detection and diagnosis are vital for appropriate treatment through medication and/or occupational therapy, ensuring patients can lead productive and healthy lives. Key symptoms of PD include tremors, muscle rigidity, slow movement, and balance issues, along with psychiatric ones. …”
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Natural exposure to Chikungunya virus in golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas, Kuhl, 1820) from non-protected areas in southern Bahia, Brazil: Implications and si... by Sofía Bernal-Valle, María Angélica Monteiro de Mello Mares-Guia, Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu, Fabrício Souza Campos, Cirilo Henrique de Oliveira, Antônio Victor Veloso Ramos, Reizane Pereira Lordelo, Kristel De Vleeschouwer, Leonardo de Carvalho Oliveira, Hllytchaikra Ferraz Fehlberg, Ana Maria Bispo Filippis, Bergmann Morais Ribeiro, Paulo Michel Roehe, Anaiá da Paixão Sevá, Danilo Simonini-Teixeira, George Rego Albuquerque

“…This study provides the first evidence of natural CHIKV exposure among free-living GHLTs in Brazil, emphasizing their susceptibility and potential role as reservoirs. …”
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