Gastric cancer liver metastases in China: a real-world, multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study protocol by Yi Liu, Lin Chen, Hongqing Xi, Zhida Chen, Tingting Lu, Yunhe Gao, Gan Zhang, Haiya Zhang

“…The findings of this study may inform the development of relevant healthcare policies, clinical pathways and treatment guidelines.Methods and analysis This is a prospective, non-interventional, observational, multicentre, real-world study designed to monitor the general condition, treatment pattern and prognosis of patients with GCLM. …”
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Physical activity patterns in a representative sample of adolescents from the largest city in Latin America: a cross-sectional study in Sao Paulo by Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres, Gerson Ferrari, Leandro F.M. Rezende, Gabriela Arantes Wagner, Alex A Florindo

“…Objectives We examined the patterns of total and domain-specific physical activity (PA) by sex, socioeconomic status and maternal education level in adolescents from Sao Paulo city, Brazil.Design Cross-sectional study.Participants We included a representative sample of 2682 (52.2% boys) adolescents aged 14–15 years from public and private schools in Sao Paulo, 2017. …”
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Remote Epilepsy Monitoring: Signal Quality and Reliability Comparative Analysis by Theeban Raj Shivaraja, Rabani Remli, Wan Asyraf Wan Zaidi, Kalaivani Chellappan

“…The results establish OptiEEG as a reliable alternative to traditional systems, combining clinically comparable performance with a portable design. These findings highlight its potential as a robust remote monitoring tool for epilepsy, enabling broader access to EEG diagnostics and management.…”
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Effects of Land Use Types on Selected Soil Properties in Central Highlands of Ethiopia by Daniel Jaleta Negasa

“…The randomized complete block design, including three adjacent land use types as treatments with three replications and two soil depths (0–15 and 15–30 cm), was applied in this study. …”
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Assessing clenbuterol’s modulation of metabolic and inflammatory pathways in Nile tilapia (Oreochromas niloticous) fed high fat diet by Aya G. Rashwan, Doaa H. Assar, Abdallah S. Salah, Muyassar H. Abualreesh, Shimaa M. R. Salem, Norah Althobaiti, Zizy I. Elbialy

“…The 1st three groups were supplemented with a diet comprising 6% fat, with clenbuterol of 0, 5, and 10 g/kg diet was designated as F6 clenb0, F6clenb5, and F6clenb10, respectively. …”
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Short bouts and long-term exercise reduce sedentary-induced bone loss and microstructural changes by modulating bone formation and resorption in healthy young male rats by L.Y. Wang, L.M. Liang, X.X. Zhang, H. Chi, F. L. Peng

“…Short bursts of exercise to break SED and continuous long-term exercise were also designed. After an 8-weeks period of SED, we observed decreased bone mass and bone microstructure. …”
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Can we prevent poststroke cognitive impairment? An umbrella review of risk factors and treatments by Clare Flach, Abdel Douiri, Vibhore Prasad, Majed Obaid, Iain Marshall

“…We aimed to synthesise the existing evidence evaluating risk factors and the effects of treatments to prevent/improve cognitive function in patients who had a stroke with cognitive impairment.Design Umbrella review.Data source Medline, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Cochrane and PROSPERO were searched from inception until 11 June 2019.Eligibility criteria Published systematic review (SR) that incorporated randomised controlled trials to investigate an intervention to improve poststroke cognitive impairment, or SR of longitudinal observational studies that evaluated the risk factors of this condition. …”
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Effect of Colloidal Silicate on the Migration Behaviour of Strontium in Groundwater Environment of Geological Disposal Candidate Site by Rui Zuo, Kexue Han, Rongtao Shi, Fei Ding, Li Liu, Jinsheng Wang, Yanguo Teng, Jie Yang, Xin Liu

“…Three different experimental cases have been designed: (1) effect in the presence of colloidal silicate, (2) effect in the presence of a porous medium, and (3) effect in the presence of both colloidal silicate and porous medium (referred to as CS, PM, and PC, respectively). …”
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Evaluation of prescribing practices and treatment failure for purulent skin and soft tissue infections in patients with obesity by Mackenzie L. Miller, Destiny M. Hughson, Noah D. Blower, Andrew P. Jameson, Lisa E. Dumkow

“… Abstract Objective: Evaluate prescribing practices and risk factors for treatment failure in obese patients treated for purulent cellulitis with oral antibiotics in the outpatient setting. Design: Retrospective, multicenter, observational cohort. …”
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Health Literacy, Label Comprehension, and Consumer Perceptions of Quasi-Drug Information Among Korean Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ko Y, Kim HJ, Lee SM

“…This study aimed to evaluate HL and its impact on comprehending quasi-drug labels, assess consumer perceptions of key label elements and their perceived importance, and provide actionable recommendations for improving label design and health communication.Methods: An online cross-sectional survey of 500 Korean adults (aged 20– 69) was conducted in September 2023 using proportionate stratified sampling based on the 2020 Korean Census. …”
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Food safety practices and associated factors among food handlers in food establishments in Adama town, Central Ethiopia by Nimona Gemeda, Tamiru Yazew, Meseret Moroda, Chala G. Kuyu

“…Thus, this study assessed food safety practices and influencing factors among food handlers in public food establishments in Adama town, Central Ethiopia.MethodsAn institution-based cross-sectional design was used for this study. A total of 319 food handlers were selected through systematic random sampling, with data collected through face-to-face interviews using the Kobo tool. …”
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Cohort profile: Outcome Monitoring After Cardiac Surgery (OMACS) – a prospective UK cohort study of cardiac surgery patients at the Bristol Heart Institute by Chris A Rogers, Gianni Angelini, Lucy Culliford, Rachel Brierley, Barnaby Reeves, Katherine Joyce, Terrie Walker-Smith, Rachel Maishman, Emma Hopkins, Penny Lambert, Helena Smartt

“…The objectives were to use these data to inform the design of new clinical studies and to provide samples and data to answer research questions.Participants Recruitment began on 23 May 2016 and ended 31 May 2022. …”
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Structural mechanisms of formation of adiabatic shear bands by Mikhail Sokovikov, Dmitry Bilalov, Vladimir Oborin, Vasiliy Chudinov, Sergey Uvarov, Yuriy Bayandin, Oleg Naimark

“…The process of target perforation involving plug formation and ejection was investigated using a high-speed infra-red camera. A specially designed ballistic set-up for studying perforation was used to test samples in different impulse loading regimes followed by plastic flow instability and plug ejection. …”
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Study on City-Level Optimization of Tourism Industry Spatial Organization Nodes and Organization Mode for Tourist Destinations by Jinlian Hao, Haolong Liu, Jie Chen, Fankai Sun

“…The analysis and construction are designed according to the optimization results of tourism nodes and tourism channels. …”
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Attitudes of polish medical students toward organ donation by Marzena Mikla, Anna Maria Cybulska, Antonio Rios, Mariusz Panczyk, Kamila Rachubińska, Artur Kotwas, Beata Karakiewicz, Elżbieta Grochans, Daria Schneider-Matyka

“…It was performed using a validated questionnaire of attitude toward organ donation and transplantation (ODT) [PCID-DTO RIOS: A questionnaire designed by the International Collaborative Organ Donation project about organ transplantation and donation].ResultsIt was shown that those who would not donate their family member’s organs for transplantation were far more likely to believe it was not their moral duty (p = 0.013) and to feel no solidarity with those in need (p = 0.000). …”
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Control of hypercapnia and mortality in home mechanical ventilation: the population-based DISCOVERY study by Andreas Palm, Magnus Ekström, Össur Emilsson, Karin Ersson, Mirjam Ljunggren, Josefin Sundh, Ludger Grote

“…We aimed to analyse the impact of controlled hypercapnia on survival over 27 years among patients with HMV in Sweden. Study design and methods Population-based cohort study of adult patients starting HMV in the Swedish Registry for Respiratory Failure (Swedevox) during 1996–2022 cross-linked with the National Cause of Death registry. …”
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Incidence of diabetic retinopathy and predictors among adult patients with diabetes in central and southern Ethiopia: a multicentre retrospective cohort study by Tagese Yakob, Awoke Abraham, Begidu Yakob, Mesfin Menza Jaldo

“…Objectives This study aimed to determine the incidence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and predictors among adult patients with diabetes in central and southern Ethiopia.Design A hospital-based retrospective cohort study was conducted.Setting The study was conducted in selected public hospitals in central and southern Ethiopia.Participants A total of 376 adult participants newly diagnosed with diabetes were enrolled from 2015 to 2023, and the follow-up date was from the date of enrolment to the development of events.Outcome measures The data were collected by reviewing their records and entered in EpiData V.4.6.0.2 and exported to STATA V.14 for analysis. …”
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Standard reference values of the upper body posture in healthy young female adults in Germany: an observational study by Daniela Ohlendorf, Charlotte Doerry, Vanessa Fisch, Sebastian Schamberger, Gerhard Oremek, Hanns Ackermann, Johannes Schulze

“…However, standard values have been published for healthy male adults but not for female adults.Design Observational study.Setting Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main.Participants 106healthy female volunteers (21–30 years old; 25.1±2.7 years) were included. …”
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Portal Hypertensive Polyps as Gastroscopic Finding in Liver Cirrhosis by Firdevs Topal, Sabiye Akbulut, Cengiz Karahanlı, Süleyman Günay, Elif Sarıtaş Yüksel, Fatih Esad Topal

“…The aim of this study, therefore, was to define polypoid lesion formation due to portal hypertension in the upper gastrointestinal system in patients with portal hypertension. Study Design. Cross-sectional study. Methods. The study covered a group of patients with liver cirrhosis and a healthy control group that did not have portal hypertension. …”
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Rekomendasi Pemberian Layanan Terapi Trombolisis (rt-PA) Untuk Pasien Stroke Iskemik Akut: Pendekatan Pengambilan Keputusan Multi Kriteria by Jidin Abdullah, Dikky Indrawan, Popong Nurhayati

“…Purpose: This study aims to analyze management policies and implementation of acute ischemic stroke patient management in hospitals and evaluate inter-criteria with multi-criteria decision making. Design/methodology/approach: This research method uses a quantitative approach with a total of 15 respondents from 5 hospitals. …”
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