Consistent Condom Use and Associated Factors among HIV-Positive Clients on Antiretroviral Therapy in North West Ethiopian Health Center, 2016 GC by Mohammed Seid Ali, Eleni Tesfaye Tegegne, Mekibib Kassa Tesemma, Kaleab Tesfaye Tegegne

“…Consistent condom use was reported by 130 (55.8%) sexually active study subjects. Respondents in rural residence (AOR=0.326, 95% CI: 0.109, 0.973) and sexual partner initiated condom use (AOR=0.031, 95% CI: 0.005, 0.186) were found to be the independent predictors of consistent condom use. …”
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Application of organoids in drug screening of gynecological malignant tumors by JIANG Yuanyuan, WEI Wenfei, WU Jingya, LI Huawen

“…Drug screening is a technique used to identify and evaluate compounds with pharmacological activity and potential therapeutic effects, providing doctors with scientific guidance on drug use, thereby avoiding blind drug testing and reducing patients' therapeutic pain and economic burden by assessing the effects of different drugs under specific conditions. …”
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Azithromycin in the Management of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs): Indian Real-Life Experience by Dominic M, Srivastava R, Shah K, Naik SM, Rout K, Ray B, Patil D, Rana D, Swami OC

“…Sore throat, fever, and interference with daily activities were assessed alongside clinical signs (pharyngeal erythema, tonsillar erythema, and exudates/plugs on tonsils). …”
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Body Fat and Obesity Rates, Cardiovascular Fitness, and the Feasibility of a Low-Intensity Non–Weight-Centric Educational Intervention Among Late Adolescents: Quasi-Experimental St... by Areeg Zuair, Fahad M Alhowaymel, Rola A Jalloun, Naif S Alzahrani, Khalid H Almasoud, Majdi H Alharbi, Rayan K Alnawwar, Mohammed N Alluhaibi, Rawan S Alharbi, Fatima M Aljohan, Bandar N Alhumaidi, Mohammad A Alahmadi

“…Anthropometry (BAZ and fat percentage), cardiovascular fitness, physical activity, and eating behaviors were measured at baseline. …”
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Association between weight-adjusted waist-index and symptoms of sleep apnea in US adults: results from 2015–2018 national health and nutrition examination survey by Edmore Madondo, Paddington T. Mundagowa, Ayesha Mukhopadhyay, Debra Bartelli, Yu Jiang, Fawaz Mzayek

“…The association between WWI and symptoms of sleep apnea was consistent across different age groups, gender, asthma, and physical activity groups. Conclusion WWI was positively associated with increased odds of sleep apnea symptoms and the association showed a dose–response relationship. …”
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Rutas literarias: (inter)espacio didáctico para leer, caminar y hablar el libro / Reading itinerary: (inter)didactic space to read, walk and talk the book by Miguel Sánchez García, Juana Rosa Suárez-Robaina

“…With a mixed methodology (data triangulation), the acceptance of the literary route in different educational communities is diagnosed along with the process developed by its active agents (managers and monitor) based on an in-depth interview. …”
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Body composition is associated with changes in health-related quality of life in patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis by Jérémie Sellam, Francis Guillemin, Bernard Mazières, Anne-Christine Rat, Patrice Fardellone, Willy Ngueyon Sime

“…The main outcome criteria were changes in patient-reported outcomes measures, the Study Short Form-36 (physical functioning, pain, mental health and vitality) and the OsteoArthritis Knee and Hip Quality Of Life (OAKHQOL)(physical activity, pain and mental health). Body composition measurements were obtained from dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans in a subsample of 381 patients at year 3. …”
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Comportamento sedentário e declínio cognitivo em idosos comunitários by Priscila Resende Horacio, Núbia Carelli Pereira de Avelar, Ana Lúcia Danielewicz

“…O comportamento sedentário foi avaliado pela questão “tempo gasto sentado” do International Physical Activity Questionnaire, categorizado em: 0 a 3 horas; 4 a 7 horas; 8 a 10 horas; e 11 ou mais horas por dia. …”
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Using Dose-Effect Relationship for Optimising Systemic Corticosteroid Dosage in Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by O. P. Alekseeva, S. V. Krishtopenko, A. A. Alekseeva

“…The study included 86 patients with moderate to severe active disease (61 with UC and 25 with CD) aged 18 to 65 years. …”
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Mine Flooding History of a Regional Below-Drainage Coalfield Dominated by Barrier Leakage (1970–2014) by Joseph J. Donovan, Eric F. Perry

“…The earliest flooding formed small pools within near-surface mines closed prior to 1962 yet still pumped following closure to minimize leaking into adjacent still-active workings. These subpools gradually enlarged and merged as more closures occurred and the need for protective pumping was removed, forming what is today referred to as the unconfined Fairmont Pool. …”
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Inflammatory Monocyte Subsets Correlation with Iron Levels in Low Vitamin D Pediatric Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia by Ghozali M, Matahari M, Cahyadi AI, Agustini SD, Ghrahani R, Reniarti L, Setiabudiawan B, Panigoro R

“…Considering the mechanisms of vitamin D activation and its potential interaction with monocytes, further investigation of its immunomodulatory role in transfusion-dependent thalassemia is essential.Purpose: This study evaluated monocyte subsets, population, and surface receptor expression (CD14, CD16, and HLA-DR), and their association with iron status and vitamin D levels in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia.Patients and Methods: Fifty lysed erythrocyte-heparinized whole blood samples from transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients were analyzed by flow cytometry and classified into three monocyte subsets: CD14++CD16- (classical), CD14++CD16+ (intermediate), and CD14+CD16++ (non-classical). …”
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Characterization of polyethylene and polyurethane microplastics and their adsorption behavior on Cu2+ and Fe3+ in environmental matrices by Ilaria Zanoni, Lucia Briccolani, Lara Faccani, Magda Blosi, Simona Ortelli, Matteo Crosera, Giovanna Marussi, Stefania Albonetti, Anna Luisa Costa

“…Both materials showed in bidistilled water negative zeta potential (ZP) at natural pH (ZP = − 51.0 ± 4.3 mV at pH = 6.6 and ZP = − 29.5 ± 1.4 mV at pH = 5.6 for LDPE and PU, respectively), justified by the presence of surface-active charged impurities. In saline media, ZP vs. pH curves were flatter, with ZP values near 0 mV, confirming the reduced colloidal stability from higher ionic strength and double-layer compression. …”
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Effect and Mechanism of Catalpol on Behavior in Rats with Post-stroke Depression by WANG Xiangyu, ZHOU Xia, LIU Ju, LIU Fuhong, ZHANG Jiale, SUN Liping, LI Wanbin

“…In the elevated plus maze measurement, the OE% and OT% were significantly increased in the catalpol intervention group on the 4th and 7th day after intervention, and the differences were significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), indicating that the catalpol could significantly increase the spontaneous activity of rats and relieve depression-like behavior. …”
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The role of long non-coding RNA LINC00839 in oral squamous cell carcinoma based on bioinformatics and experimental research by Ashkan Kalantary-Charvadeh, Saman Morovat, Somayeh Aslani, Nasrin Ziamajidi, Amirnader Emami Razavi, Roghayeh Abbasalipourkabir

“…Afterward, protein-protein interaction network and functional enrichment analyses disclosed the biological activity of target genes. The expression and correlations of LINC00839, miR-195-5p, and CCNE1 were examined in 30 pairs of OSCC and noncancerous tissues. …”
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Cytokines and Chemokines in Pediatric Appendicitis: A Multiplex Analysis of Inflammatory Protein Mediators by S. Ali Naqvi, Graham C. Thompson, Ari R. Joffe, Jaime Blackwood, Dori-Ann Martin, Mary Brindle, Herman W. Barkema, Craig N. Jenne

“…A decision tree incorporating the proteins CRP, ferritin, SAA, regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), monokine induced by gamma interferon (MIG), and PCT demonstrated excellent specificity (0.920) and negative predictive value (0.882) for children with appendicitis. …”
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Clinical features of autonomic dysfunction in children with anti-N-methyl-D aspartic receptor encephalitis by Dongqing Li, Jing Sun, Guannan Li, Shuo Miao, Jian Yang, Jianzhao Zhang

“…Those with autonomic dysfunction have a worse prognosis and longer hospital stays. Active initiation of second-line and long-term immunotherapy is recommended.…”
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Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach by Anita Lazurko, Michele-Lee Moore, L. Jamila Haider, Simon West, Daniel D. P. McCarthy

“…In so doing they make choices about why and how to engage with different perspectives in their research. Reflexivity – active individual and collective critical reflection – is considered an important capacity for researchers to address the resulting ethical and practical challenges. …”
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Inhibition of Ultraviolet B-induced Apoptosis in Fibroblasts by Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cell Conditioned Media via the Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase/Akt Pathway by Ferry Sandra, Dian Andriani Ratna Dewi, I Nyoman Mantik Astawa, Wimpie Pangkahila, Angliana Chouw, Maria Celinna, Nurrani Mustika Dewi

“…The CM-hUCB-MSC-induced phosphorylation of Akt was significantly inhibited by LY294002 (P<0.001, Tukey’s HSD test).Conclusion: Taken together, it can be concluded that CM-hUCB-MSC inhibits UVB-induced NIH3T3 cell apoptosis via the activation of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling cascades.…”
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Improving crude oil storage tank heating and blending using multiple hot jet sprays: An experimental and numerical study by M. Shahnazari Sani, D.D. Ganji, A. Ramiar, Kh Hoseinzadeh

“…Increasing or decreasing the temperature and output velocity of hot crude oil from the nozzles, changing the arrangement of the nozzles and their number, changing the diameter and angle of the nozzle throw can have a significant effect on increasing or decreasing the Froude and Reynolds numbers and diffusion number and as a result, increase or decrease the rate of heating and blending of stored crude oil inside the tank, which is examined in this activity experimentally and numerically. The finite volume method and standard k − ε turbulence model are used to numerically investigate the heat transfer features of crude oil inside the floating roof tank under the hot crude oil jet flow heating mode. …”
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How Does Indonesian Chronic Disease Patient Adhere to Their Treatment? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 11,408 Subjects by Pradipta IS, Aprilio K, Ningsih YF, Pratama MAA, Gatera VA, Alfian SD, Iskandarsyah A, Abdulah R

“…Furthermore, in patient- and condition-related factors, positive perceptions of their health condition, missing 0– 7 days of their regular activity in the last month, being ex- and non-smokers, having no depression symptoms, and having only one chronic disease were associated with treatment nonadherence.Conclusion: Treatment nonadherence for chronic diseases in Indonesia was found to be prevalent. …”
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