Evaluation of needs and supply of emergency care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional household survey by Lee Wallis, Peter Hodkinson, Ken Diango, John Yangongo, Vera Sistenich, Eric Mafuta

“…Most households were economically disadvantaged (70.0% lived with <US$100 per person per month) and had no health insurance (98.4%) in a country using a fee-for-service healthcare payment system. …”
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A systematic review of the transformation of Lake Beseka from brine to nearly fresh lake water by Yosef Abebe, Taye Alemayehu, Bizuneh Asfaw Abebe, Tena Alamirew, Beteley Teckola, Esayas Alemayehu

“…Previously, it was believed that volcanic lakes were harmful to the environment and unusable for the welfare of humans, animals, and other living things. However, LB in Ethiopia is a special or uncommon case to leave doubt to this general believes. …”
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Application of an integrated behaviour-change model on grandparental adherence towards childhood domestic injury prevention in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study by Martin S Hagger, Patrick Ip, Derwin King Chung Chan, Roni Man Ying Chiu, Catherine M Capio, Patrick S H Yung, Agnes Y K Lai

“…Background/purpose Every year, unintentional injury claims thousands of children’s lives and causes disabilities in many more. For very young children, these injuries often occur at home. …”
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Intersectional discrimination, exclusion and the socio-political economy of global mental health: A systematic scoping review of the literature by Rochelle A. Burgess, Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh, Bijayalaxmi Biswal, Diana Ceccolini, Babatunde Fadipe, Denaneer Khan, Neena Aggarwal, Ishrat Pabla, Camila Solis, Ramya Pillutla, Piyali Sarkar, Eric Frasco, Valentina lemmi, Soumitra Pathare, Crick Lund

“…We articulate implications for research noting the necessity of efforts that explicitly name structural factors, acknowledges their intersections in people's lives, and frameworks that support this.…”
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Breastfeeding Practices and Food Consumption of Socially Vulnerable Children by Natália A. Oliveira, Nathalia Pizato, Érika S. O. Patriota, Ariene S. do Carmo, Gabriela Buccini, Vivian S. S. Gonçalves

“…About 62.65% of beneficiaries lived on up to USD 200.00 per month and the majority faced food insecurity. …”
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Menthone lowers H3K27ac levels to inhibit Fusarium proliferatum growth by Li-Yan Zhang, Tian-Tian Li, Hong-Xin Liao, Jin-Rui Wen, Hong-Yan Nie, Fu-Rong Xu, Xiao-Yun Liu, Xian Dong

“…Histone acetylation is pivotal in modulating gene expression and influences biological processes in living organisms.ResultsThis study demonstrated that menthone, the primary component of Mentha haplocalyx EO, exhibited notable antifungal activity against Fusarium proliferatum (EC50 = 6.099 mmol/L). …”
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Prevalence and influencing factors of regular physical activity among community-dwelling adults in Shaanxi province, 2018: an analysis of surveillance data by Yali TAO, Rina SA, Weihua WANG, Meng WU, Rong LIU, Lin QIU

“…Adults with a college degree or higher (22.53%), retired adults (30.99%), those living in urban areas (17.18%), and those with diabetes (16.23%) had higher weighted prevalence rates of regular physical activity. …”
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Risk Factors and Circulating Subtypes of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> spp. and <i>Giardia duodenalis</i> in Hospitalized Children in Mozambique by Ofélia Nhambirre, Maria Luísa Lobo, Idalécia Cossa-Moiane, Adilson Bauhofer, Nilsa de Deus, Olga Matos

“…The location (<i>p</i>-value < 0.001), drinking untreated water (<i>p</i>-value = 0.04) and living in masonry houses (<i>p</i>-value = 0.002) were identified as risks associated with <i>G. duodenalis</i> infection. …”
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Designing an online intervention for adults with addictive eating: a qualitative integrated knowledge translation approach by Phillipa Hay, Amanda L Baker, Clare Collins, Tracy Burrows, Mark Leary, Kirrilly Pursey, Antonio Verdejo-García, Janelle Skinner, Megan C Whatnall

“…The secondary aim is to describe our intervention in detail according to the TIDieR checklist.Design This study applies the IKT process and describes the codesign and refinement of an intervention through a series of online meetings, workshops and interviews.Participants This study included researchers, clinicians, consumers and health professionals.Primary outcome measure The primary outcome was a refined intervention for use in adults with symptoms of FA for a research trial.Results A total of six female health professionals and five consumers (n=4 female) with lived overeating experience participated in two interviews lasting 60 min each. …”
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Predictors of non-response to successive waves of surveys in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study during the 3-year postpartum period: a longitudinal cohort study by Mika Kigawa, Akiko Tsuchida, Tomomi Tanaka, Kei Hamazaki, Yuichi Adachi, Hidekuni Inadera, Kenta Matsumura, Haruka Kasamatsu

“…The self-administered questionnaires that we used in this study were then distributed by mail every 6 months until the children were 3 years old, for a total of six times.Participants Of 103 060 mothers who consented to participate in the JECS during pregnancy, 88 489 mothers were included in the study after excluding those with multiple births, miscarriages or stillbirths and those who withdrew from the study within 3 years after providing informed consent.Primary and secondary outcome measures Data were collected at the baseline survey on participants’ socioeconomic status, medical history, health status, health-related behaviours and their children’s health conditions and living situations. The strength of the impact of related factors and the prediction of response status were examined and compared using binominal logistic regression analysis.Results For all six follow-up questionnaire surveys, higher maternal age was strongly associated with providing a response. …”
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Effectiveness of a personal health coaching intervention (diabetescoach) in patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for an open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Oliver Faude, Fiona Streckmann, Lukas Zahner, Markus Gerber, Vivien Hohberg, Jan-Niklas Kreppke, Jan Kohl, Eleonora Seelig, Daniel König

“…Introduction The widespread prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) not only influences patients’ daily lives but also has an economic impact on society. …”
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Impact of the abolition of copayments on the GP-centred coordination of care in Bavaria, Germany: analysis of routinely collected claims data by Werner Maier, Antonius Schneider, Lars Schwettmann, Ewan Donnachie, Martin Tauscher, Roman Gerlach, Klaus Linde, Michaela Olm

“…Overall, younger patients and those living in areas with lower levels of deprivation showed the lowest proportions of coordination, which further decreased after abolition. …”
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Protecting the American dream for socially vulnerable families: An evaluation of state-level policies to improve housing security and protect mobile home communities by Morgan Clennin, Denise Hartsock, Olivia Goodman, Stacie Daugherty, Cheryl Kelly

“…Results: Evaluation findings elevate mobile home park residents' lived experiences and summarize challenges related to implementation of Colorado's mobile home park policies. …”
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Polygenic prediction of human longevity on the supposition of pervasive pleiotropy by M. Reza Jabalameli, Jhih-Rong Lin, Quanwei Zhang, Zhen Wang, Joydeep Mitra, Nha Nguyen, Tina Gao, Mark Khusidman, Sanish Sathyan, Gil Atzmon, Sofiya Milman, Jan Vijg, Nir Barzilai, Zhengdong D. Zhang

“…We assessed the predictive performance of our model for distinguishing the enrichment of exceptional longevity among long-lived individuals in two replication cohorts (the Scripps Wellderly cohort and the Medical Genome Reference Bank (MRGB)) and showed that the median lifespan in the highest decile of our composite prognostic index is up to 4.8 years longer. …”
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An integrated approach to flood risk assessment using multi-criteria decision analysis and geographic information system. A case study from a flood-prone region of Pakistan by Muhammad Ibrahim, Aidi Huo, Aidi Huo, Aidi Huo, Waheed Ullah, Safi Ullah, Zhao Xuantao

“…Over 50% of the population lives in floodplains and faces an extremely high risk of future flood events. …”
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Sources of PM2.5 exposure and health benefits of clean air actions in Shanghai by Yixuan Gu, Daven K. Henze, Hong Liao

“…We estimate that a 10% decrease in anthropogenic emissions throughout China avoids over 752 (506–1,044) PM2.5-related premature deaths in Shanghai, with changes in local emissions potentially saving 241 (161–334) lives. Ammonia (NH3) emissions are identified as the marginal dominant contributor to the health impacts due to the NH3-limited PM2.5 formation within the city, thus controlling NH3 emissions at both the local and regional scales are effective at reducing the population’s exposure to PM2.5. …”
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Exploring rural households’ knowledge and perception of acute kidney injury in the southern region of The Gambia: a mixed-method community-based cross-sectional study design by Bakary Kinteh, Sheikh Omar Sillah, Solomon P S Jatta, Sambou L S Kinteh, Mansour Badjie, Ebrima Touray, Amadou Barrow

“…Most respondents had no formal education (45.6%), lived in extended family households (55%) and 91.6% earned a monthly income of less than GMD5000 (Gambian dalasi) (&lt;US$100). …”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Hong Kong Version of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HK-KOOS) for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by Andy S. K. Cheng, Ka-chun Chan, Sum-yuet Chan, Miu-kwan Fan, Man-kwan Fung, Oi-yan Lee, Cindy T. T. Kwok, Jackson K. K. Wong

“…Items on pain and activities of daily living were loaded in the same factors. A floor effect was present in the sports and recreation subscale. …”
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Social context affects tissue-specific copper distribution and behaviour of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) by Sienna L. Overduin, Shaun S. Killen, Alex M. Zimmer, Jenelle D. McCuaig, Lucy Cotgrove, Isabel Aragao, Kelly J. Rozanitis, Kurt O. Konhauser, Daniel S. Alessi, Tamzin A. Blewett

“…Many species exhibit social living which offers ecological advantages such as increased foraging opportunities, more efficient locomotion and reduced predation risk. …”
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A Principal Component Analysis of Metabolome and Cognitive Decline Among Japanese Older Adults: Cross-sectional Analysis Using Tohoku Medical Megabank Cohort Study Data by Sakura Kiuchi, Kumi Nakaya, Upul Cooray, Kenji Takeuchi, Ikuko N. Motoike, Naoki Nakaya, Yasuyuki Taki, Seizo Koshiba, Shunji Mugikura, Ken Osaka, Atsushi Hozawa

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from a cohort survey of community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years living in Miyagi, Japan, conducted by Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization between 2013 and 2016. …”
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