3D echocardiography derived reference values and determinants of left ventricular twist and torsion from the population-based STAAB cohort study by Julia Napp, Götz Gelbrich, Floran Sahiti, Vladimir Cejka, Dora Pelin, Lena Schmidbauer, Mengmeng Chen, Niklas Hitschrich, Marcus Schreckenberg, Stefan Frantz, Peter U. Heuschmann, Stefan Störk, Caroline Morbach

“…Using three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography, we identified determinants of LV “twist” and “torsion”, and established reference values using a large population-based cohort. 3D echocardiography images were recorded in n = 2803 subjects within the prospective STAAB cohort study investigating a representative age- and sex-stratified sample of residents of the city of Würzburg, aged 30–79 years, without history of heart failure. …”
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Social determinants of oral health in an indigenous community of Chile: preliminary data of a mixed qualitative and quantitative study by Cynthia Cantarutti, Gerardo Yévenes, Agueda Muñoz-del-Carpio-Toia, Daniela Adorno-Farias, Ricardo Fernández-Ramires, Alan Roger Santos-Silva, Jean Nunes dos Santos, Ignacio Molina-Ávila, Wilfredo Alejandro González-Arriagada

“…Results While no significant differences were found between indigenous and non-indigenous population in this city of Chile, differences were observed between the two main indigenous communities (Aymaras and Quechuas). …”
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Is The SARS-CoV2 Evolved in Human Being: A prospective Genetic Analysis by Salvatore Dimonte, Paywast Jamal Jalal, Hiwa Abdulrahman Ahmad, Safa Bakr Karim, Taib Ahmed Hama Soor, Salar Ibrahim Ali, Muhammed Babakir-Mina, Francesco Greco

“…Furthermore, the analysis showed the flow of transmission, and evolutionary changes of SARS-CoV2 which may be directed from the transmission of SARS-CoV from human to Bat and Pangolin then jumped to human again in the crowded market Wuhan city in China. …”
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The concentration of selected organophosphorus pesticides associated with PM10 in agricultural ambient air in Iran: Health risk assessment using Monte Carlo simulation by Asma Tabanasl, Amin Mohammadpour, Aboozar Soltani, Mohammad Hoseini, Mohammadali Baghapour

“…This study aimed to investigate the presence of organophosphate pesticides in particulate matter (PM10) and evaluate the potential risks to human health using both deterministic and probabilistic approaches in urban and suburban areas of Yasuj City, Iran. A total of 32 air samples were collected during the study period. …”
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Prevalence of diabetes-related sarcopenia and its defining components within primary care: A cross-sectional study by Rubén Silva-Tinoco, Lilia Castillo-Martínez, Berenice Cabrera-Victoria, Eileen Guzmán-Olvera, Christian Hinojosa-Segura, Alejandro Avalos-Bracho, Cira Santillán-Díaz

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of sarcopenia and at-risk morphofunctional (MF) phenotypes and to identify the factors associated in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), including non-elderly adults, in primary care settings Methods: This cross-sectional study included 261 individuals managed in primary care units in Mexico City, between July 2022 and May 2024. Assessments followed the guidelines of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older Adults (EWGSOP2) to identify isolated low muscle mass, low muscle strength, and sarcopenia or severe sarcopenia Results: The mean age of the participants (57.1 % female) was 51.1 ± 12.1 years, with a median diabetes duration of 7 (1–15) years. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Patient-Centered Standardized Prophylaxis Processes in Enhancing Patient Satisfaction and Return Intentions by Wen Tao, Tingfang Liu

“…Conducted in a first-tier city in China from 9 June to 26 July 2023, the cross-sectional survey included 826 patients from 38 dental clinics. …”
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Ideea de bine comun și criza sistemelor simbolice de interpretare a lumii în Țiganiada lui Ioan Budai-Deleanu by Mianda Cioba

“…What kind of individuals requires the city in order to prosper, which attributes of human nature – those are very old questions we can retrieve beginning with the medieval dispute between poetry and philosophy, especially in the early European modernity’s complex rivalry between artes and disciplinae, between orators and jurists. …”
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Puerariae Radix protects against ulcerative colitis in mice by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation by Yu Ga, Yuanyuan Wei, Qingyu Zhao, Yimeng Fan, Yannan Zhang, Zhifang Zhang, Sijia Hao, Lixia Wang, Zhifen Wang, Jinlong Han, Shuang Wu, Zhihui Hao

“…The addition of a small molecule dual-specifi city phosphatase inhibitor NSC 95397 inhibited the positive effects of PR. …”
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Positive self-perceived health of octogenarians participating in community groups by Rodrigo Krug, Ione Schneider, Susana Confortin, Danielle Antes, Maruí Giehl, Marize Lopes, André Xavier, Eleonora d'Orsi, Giovana Mazo

“… The aim of this study was to analyze the factors associated with positive self-perceived health of octogenarians participating in community groups in the city of Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 343 older adult individuals aged 80 years or older, of both sexes, participating in community groups. …”
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Lens disorders in degenerative myopia. Treatment options by M.H. Rabadanova, Zh.G. Oganezova, E.V. Kremkova, M.M. Yakh'yaeva

“…Yakh'yaeva¹ </p> <p> ¹Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation </p> <p> ²O.M. Filatov City Clinical Hospital No. 15, Moscow, Russian Federation </p> <p> Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss in patients over 50 years. …”
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Language learners’ surface, deep, and organizing approaches to ChatGPT-assisted language learning: What contextual, individual, and ChatGPT-related factors contribute? by Amir Reza Rahimi, Zahra Mosalli

“…Accordingly, the researchers integrated ChatGPT into their language syllabus and guided learners in three universities in Ardabil City to use ChatGPT during the academic year 2023–2024. …”
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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

“…This study evaluates access to, utilisation of, and barriers to emergency care in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.Design A cross-sectional, community-based household survey.Setting 12 health zones in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.Participants Three-stage randomised cluster sampling was used to identify approximately 100 households in each of the 12 clusters, for a total of 1217 households. …”
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Evaluation of Relationship between Serum Liver Enzymes and Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Data from Rafsanjan Cohort Study by Parvin Khalili, Saeedeh Abdollahpoor, Fatemeh Ayoobi, Alireza Vakilian, Hamid Hakimi, Zohreh Rajabi, Zahra Jamali

“…Our investigation aimed at evaluating the relation between ALT, AST, GGT, and ALP with hypertension in the Rafsanjan Cohort Study, a city in Kerman Province, Iran. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, we used data obtained from the Rafsanjan Cohort Study (RCS), as a part of the prospective epidemiological research studies in Iran (PERSIAN). …”
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Caracterización de un material compuesto por suelo arenoso, ceniza de cáscara de arroz y cal potencialmente útil para su uso en pavimentación Characterization of a material compris... by Leonardo Behak, Washington Peres Núñez

“…A residual RHA of the husk incineration, carried out in an oven of the rice parboilization plant localized in Treinta y Tres City, was used. An analysis of the influence of different mixtures of soil with RHA and lime in the mineralogical composition by x-ray difractograms, optimum compaction parameters, CBR, unconfined compression and split tensile strength and durability is made…”
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Assessing anxiety symptoms and Traumatic Event Scale scores among medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia: a descriptive cohort study in Bogotá by Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos, Jhon Camacho-Cruz, Sara Marcela Torres Ayala, Susan Tatiana Cárdenas Rojas, Carolina Alexandra Zambrano Pérez, Juanita Yolanda Atuesta-Fajardo, Licet Villamizar-Gómez

“…Objective This study aims to assess anxiety and suffering symptoms amid the pandemic, determine factors linked to physicians’ anxiety with COVID-19 patients and describe symptom progression in the initial year of follow-up.Methods Descriptive cohort study involving general practitioners, specialists and interns in the city of Bogotá. The Zung Anxiety Scale and the Traumatic Event Scale (TES) were employed and completed four times during the pandemic. …”
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Canonical correlation analysis of family burden of disease and quality of life in caregivers of people living with schizophrenia: evidence from Schizophrenia-specific cohort in the... by Ximei Wang, Teng Zhang, Mingsong Li, Bo Yang, Liming Wang, Chuanwen Fu, Nishang Zhang, Zhengxu Li, Ce Yang, Zhimin Zhao, Qiong Meng, Yuemei Feng, Jianzhong Yin

“…Methods We conducted a comprehensive survey on quality of life in caregivers of people living with schizophrenia based on the Schizophrenia-specific cohort in the Less-developed Multi-ethnic Region of Southwest China to validate the accessibility and effectiveness of the schizophrenia family care model at the family level, caregivers of people living with schizophrenia were selected as participants in Baoshan City, Yunnan Province from September 2022 to March 2023, quality of life, family burden of disease, sociodemographic and behavioral information of participants were collected. …”
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Deep learning model based prediction of vehicle CO2 emissions with eXplainable AI integration for sustainable environment by Gazi Mohammad Imdadul Alam, Sharia Arfin Tanim, Sumit Kanti Sarker, Yutaka Watanobe, Rashedul Islam, M. F. Mridha, Kamruddin Nur

“…Our analysis reveals that not only do high-performance engines emit more pollutants, but fuel consumption under both city and highway conditions also contributes significantly to higher emissions. …”
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Compliance of healthcare workers with the infection prevention and control guidance in tertiary care hospitals: quantitative findings from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods s... by Syed Shariful Islam, Syed Moniruzzaman, M Atiqul Haque, Sarmin Sultana, Marium Salwa, Mohammad Tanvir Islam, Md Maruf Haque Khan

“…Objectives To assess healthcare workers’ (HCWs) compliance with the infection prevention and control (IPC) practices and identify the factors influencing this compliance using the Health Belief Model as the theoretical framework.Design Quantitative data from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study were employed in this research.Participants and settings From 17 May to 30 August 2020, 604 physicians and nurses working at six randomly selected tertiary care facilities in Dhaka City in Bangladesh took part in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures Compliance with the WHO’s guidance on IPC measures, as well as the associated factors, was the primary outcome.Results A mean compliance score of 0.49 (±0.25) was observed on a 0–1 scale. …”
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Cohort profile: the East London Health and Care Partnership Data Repository: using novel integrated data to support commissioning and research by George Howard, Kamaldeep Bhui, Amy Ronaldson, Evangelos Chandakas, Qiongwen Kang, Katie Brennan, Aminat Akande, Irene Ebyarimpa, Eleanor Wyllie, Richard Fradgley, Mark Freestone

“…This dataset comprises routine clinical data for the general practitioner (GP)-registered populations of two London boroughs, Tower Hamlets and City and Hackney, and provides a rich source of demographic, clinical and health service use data of relevance to clinicians, commissioners, researchers and policy makers. …”
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Determination of Trans-Fatty Acid Levels in Selected Syrian Food Products by Radwan Badr Al-Deen, Bassam Al-Oklah, Mohamad Alshehabi, Tahani Al-idee

“…In 2022, eighty-three samples were collected from Damascus city's local market, including cow’s ghee (n=9), palm oil (n=7), sardine (n=9), olive oil (n=30, some of them are bottled in glass or plastic bottles and the others from local olive presses), soybean oil (n=7), sunflower oil (n=7), flaxseed oil (n=5), and sesame oil (n=2). …”
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