Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional study by Gudeta Mideksa, Elias Tesfaye, Yimenu Yitayih, Yohanes Sime, Kemal Aliye, Abraham Tamirat Gizaw

“…Therefore, this study intended to mental health literacy level of traditional healers in Jimma town, Ethiopia.MethodA community-based cross-sectional study design was employed among 310 participants. To select the participants from Jimma town, a stratified random sampling method was utilized from August 1 to September 30, 2020. …”
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Evaluation of the Back-in-Action test Battery In Uninjured High School American Football Players by Marcel Rohde, Alina Ruhlemann, Andre Busch, Ulrich Grunwald, Marcus Jaeger, Constantin Mayer

“…These data may serve as sport and position specific reference for high school American football players, instead of using the non-specific reference group data. # Study design cross-sectional study- # Level of evidence IIb…”
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Detection of atrial fibrillation in primary care with radial pulse palpation, electronic blood pressure measurement and handheld single-lead electrocardiography: a diagnostic accur... by Wim A M Lucassen, Henk C P M van Weert, Bjorn Winkens, Henri E J H Stoffers, J André Knottnerus, Steven B Uittenbogaart, Nicole Verbiest-van Gurp, Petra M G Erkens

“…Objective To determine the diagnostic accuracy of three tests—radial pulse palpation, an electronic blood pressure monitor and a handheld single-lead ECG device—for opportunistic screening for unknown atrial fibrillation (AF).Design We performed a diagnostic accuracy study in the intention-to-screen arm of a cluster randomised controlled trial aimed at opportunistic screening for AF in general practice. …”
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Reconstruction and computer analysis of the structural and functional organization of the gene network regulating cholesterol biosynthesis in humans and the evolutionary characteri... by A. D. Mikhailova, S. A. Lashin, V. A. Ivanisenko, P. S. Demenkov, E. V. Ignatieva

“…This group of proteins, together with the SREBP factors, is designated as “cholesterol sensor”. An elevated cholesterol level is a risk factor for the development of cardiovas­cular diseases and may also be observed in obesity, diabetes and other pathological conditions. …”
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Hydro-mechanical behavior of two clayey soils in presence of household waste leachates by H. Yonli, B. François, D. Toguyeni, A. Pantet

“…For soils from Nouna, the effective cohesion increases from 3 to 21 kPa with a slight decrease of friction angle; for soils from Boudry a slight increase of cohesion is noticed while friction angle increases from 34 to 37°.CONCLUSIONThis comparative study is of practical use to environmental geotechnics professionals because it shows that the choice in designing a bottom liner must be a compromise between long term hydraulic and mechanical behaviors of soils. …”
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Optimization of Lactic Acid Production from Pineapple By-Products and an Inexpensive Nitrogen Source Using Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strain 4O8 by Joel Romial Ngouénam, Pierre Marie Kaktcham, Chancel Hector Momo Kenfack, Edith Marius Foko Kouam, François Zambou Ngoufack

“…Lastly, the optimization process was done using the central composite design. The highest LA productions (14.64±0.05 g/l and 13.4±0.02 g/l) were obtained in production medium supplemented with chicken and fish by-products, respectively, making them the most promising sources of nitrogen. …”
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Effect of self-paced sprint interval training and low-volume HIIT on cardiorespiratory fitness: the role of heart rate and power output by Katie L. Hesketh, Katie L. Hesketh, Sam O. Shepherd, Anton J. M. Wagenmakers, Matthew Cocks, Juliette A. Strauss

“…A secondary aim was to explore whether the effort exerted during protocols [power output (PO) and heart rate (HR)] influenced the change in CRF.MethodsIn a randomised cross-over design, 82 previously inactive adults (m/f: 26/56, 28 ± 10 years, BMI 25 ± 3 kg m−2) undertook 6-weeks of self-paced SIT (4–8 × 30 s with 120 s recovery) or LV-HIIT (6–10 × 1 min with 1 min recovery) separated by a 4-week washout period. …”
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Differential effects of left DLPFC anodal and cathodal tDCS interventions on the brain in children with autism: A randomized controlled trial by Jiannan Kang, Juanmei Wu, Xinping Huang, Wenqin Mao, Xiaoli Li

“…However, the sample size was small, and we focused solely on the effects of tDCS, with our experimental design perhaps not being able to generalize to all external manipulations of excitability in our study. …”
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Strengthening research preparedness for crises: lessons from Norwegian government agencies in using randomized trials and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate public policy inter... by Unni Gopinathan, Ingeborg Elgersma, Therese Dalsbø, Mona Bjørbæk, Atle Fretheim

“…Some agencies have internal capabilities for designing and conducting evaluations, while others commissioned such studies to universities and other research institutions. …”
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Hubungan Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alfa (Tnf-A) dengan Kadar Hemoglobin dan Parasitemia pada Infeksi Malaria Falciparum by Lili Irawati

“…This study used explanatory design by cross sectional. This study consisted of twenty-five falciparum malaria patients as samples. …”
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Examining the Effects of Construction Project Delays on Costs from the Perspective of Stakeholders Using a System Dynamics Approach: Insights from a Commercial Complex Project in Q... by Amirhosein Saffarinia, Hamidreza Yazdani

“…The project schedule is established and approved after signing the contract and designing the plans, however, most of the project managers cannot complete the project on time and projects often overrun their scheduled completion dates. …”
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Karakteristik Pasien Tonsilitis Kronis pada Anak di Bagian THT-KL RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Tahun 2013 by Ivan Maulana Fakh, Novialdi ., Elmatris .

“…This was a descriptive study with case series design on medical records of  tonsillitis chronic’s patients from January until December 2013. …”
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Farmers’ perceptions of climate change, long-term variability and trends in rainfall in Apac district, northern Uganda by Francis Atube, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Martine Nyeko, Daniel M. Okello, Basil Mugonola, George William Omony, Ipolto Okello-Uma

“…A cross-sectional survey design was employed to collect data on farmers' perceptions regarding long-term changes in climate from 260 randomly selected smallholder farmers’ households across two sub-counties in Apac district by administering semi-structured questionnaires in February 2018. …”
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Multi-Class Guided GAN for Remote-Sensing Image Synthesis Based on Semantic Labels by Zhenye Niu, Yuxia Li, Yushu Gong, Bowei Zhang, Yuan He, Jinglin Zhang, Mengyu Tian, Lei He

“…To integrate these generators, we design a shared-parameter encoder for consistent feature encoding across two branches, and a spatial decoder that synthesizes outputs from the class generators, preventing overlap and confusion. …”
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Baseline Smartphone App Survey Return in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study Offspring and Omni 1 Study: eCohort Study by Jian Rong, Chathurangi H Pathiravasan, Yuankai Zhang, Jamie M Faro, Xuzhi Wang, Eric Schramm, Belinda Borrelli, Emelia J Benjamin, Chunyu Liu, Joanne M Murabito

“…The Electronic Framingham Heart Study participants had better standardized tt ConclusionsWe effectively engaged community-dwelling older adults to use a smartphone app designed to collect health information relevant to older adults. …”
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Association between primary dysmenorrhoea on quality of life, mental health and academic performance among medical students in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study by Reynardi Larope Sutanto, Herbert Situmorang, Kevin Tjoa, Rivaldo Rivaldo

“…Objectives To investigate the association between primary dysmenorrhoea and quality of life, mental health and academic performance among medical students in Indonesia.Design A cross-sectional study using an online survey was conducted among Indonesian medical students. …”
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Localized Drug Delivery in Different Gastrointestinal Cancers: Navigating Challenges and Advancing Nanotechnological Solutions by Hasan AM, Cavalu S, Kira AY, Hamad RS, Abdel-Reheim MA, Elmorsy EA, El-kott AF, Morsy K, AlSheri AS, Negm S, Saber S

“…To overcome these obstacles, nano-drug delivery systems (NDDs) have been designed and proved their potential by exploiting these challenges in favor of offering a specific delivery to the desired target. …”
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Early Postoperative Pain Control and Inflammation for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Comparison of Continuous Adductor Canal Block versus Single-Shot Adductor Canal Block... by Xiaojuan Yang, Jun Dong, Wei Xiong, Fusen Huang

“…The aim of this study was to compare pain control and inflammation among patients who received a continuous adductor canal block (CACB) versus single-shot adductor canal block (SACB) combined with patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) analgesia in the first two days after surgery. Design. Matched cohort retrospective study. Setting. …”
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Delivery determinants of an Acinetobacter baumannii type VI secretion system bifunctional peptidoglycan hydrolase by Valeriya Bezkorovayna, Brooke K. Hayes, Francesca N. Gillett, Amy Wright, David I. Roper, Marina Harper, Sheena McGowan, John D. Boyce

“…This work contributes to our molecular understanding of bacterial competition strategies in polymicrobial environments and may provide a window to design new therapeutic approaches for combating infection by A. baumannii.…”
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Anxiety and burnout in infectious disease nurses: the role of perceived stress and resilience by Yalan Huang, Zonghua Wang, Yongguang Li, Zhihan Zhao, Weiyi Wang, Changxia Cai, Xiushuang Wu, Li Liu, Mengting Chen

“…Methods Employing a cross-sectional study using a web-based design, data were collected from 1,579 clinical nurses working in infectious disease ward across 50 hospitals in China. …”
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