Rationale, design, and methodology of My Body Is Fit and Fabulous at school (MyBFF@school) study: a multi-pronged intervention program to combat obesity among Malaysian schoolchild... by Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin, Abqariyah Yahya, Fuziah Md. Zain, Rusidah Selamat, Zahari Ishak, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin

“…The investigators selected government schools from Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan by stratified proportionate random sampling based on the multi-ethnic population and the urban–rural location of schools. …”
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Surgical options for Evans-Jensen type IV intertrochanteric femur fractures in the elderly over 65: a comparison between total hip arthroplasty and proximal femoral nail antirotati... by Ming Sun, Hai-Rui Liang, He Zhang, Tong Bai, Rong-Da Xu, Si-Yu Duan, Zhen-Cun Cai, Zhen-Cun Cai

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Lithuanian, Russian, Polish istoriography with respect to the Poland - Lithuania union by Mečislovas Jučas

“…German historians considered that the Lithuanian state was formed in the ethnic Lithuanian territory and the Russian annexation came later. …”
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Cohort retention in a pandemic response study: lessons from the SARS-CoV2 Immunity & Reinfection Evaluation (SIREN) study by Anna Howells, Katie Munro, Sarah Foulkes, Atiya Kamal, Jack Haywood, Sophie Russell, Dominic Sparkes, Erika Aquino, Jennie Evans, Dale Weston, Susan Hopkins, Jasmin Islam, Victoria Hall

“…Retention was highest in the Asian and Black ethnic groups compared to White in the 12 (OR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.23–1.56; p < 0.001, and OR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.30–2.08; p < 0.001) and 24-month (OR = 1.78; 95% CI: 1.42–2.25; p < 0.001, and OR = 2.12; 95% CI: 1.41–3.35; p < 0.001) cohort. …”
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Nature and prevalence of long-term conditions in people with intellectual disability: retrospective longitudinal population-based study by Ashley Akbari, Navjot Kaur, Rania Kousovista, Gemma Lewin, Emeka Abakasanga, Rishika Shivamurthy, Georgina Cosma, Gyuchan Jun, Satheesh Gangadharan

“…Demographic data from the SAIL dataset reveal that the study population is predominantly White, with low levels of representation of non-White ethnic groups. In the cohort, a larger proportion of patients live in the most deprived areas of Wales (22.30%), with fewer individuals in less deprived categories. …”
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An improved lightweight ConvNeXt for rice classification by Pengtao Lv, Heliang Xu, Qinghui Zhang, Lei Shi, Heng Li, Youyang Chen, Yana Zhang, Dengke Cao, Zhongyang Liu, Yixin Liu, Jingwen Han, Zhan Zhang, Yiran Qi

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Prevalence of dyslipidemia and its influencing factors among adult residents in Hebei province: a cross-sectional survey by Qianyu LI, Yajing CAO, Lijuan TANG, Yuhuan LIU, Xiaoying LU, Qi QI, Shifan WANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…Unconditional multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that among adult residents, age ≥ 25 years, current smoking, overweight, obesity, central obesity, body fat percentage ≥ 27.2%, and basal metabolic rate ≥ 1 504 kcal were risk factors for dyslipidemia, whereas female gender, rural residence, and sedentary time of 2 – 4 hours per day were protective factors against dyslipidemia; age ≥ 25 years, college education or higher, current smoking, central obesity, and body fat percentage ≥ 37.9% were risk factors for hypercholesterolemia, whereas a basal metabolic rate of 1 199 – 1 503 kcal was a protective factor; age 25 – 64 years, current smoking, consumption of animal and poultry meat 300 – 500 g per week, overweight, obesity, central obesity, and body fat percentage ≥ 27.2% were risk factors, whereas female gender was a protective factor for hypertriglyceridemia; age ≥ 25 years, central obesity, sedentary time ≥ 2 hours per day, and body fat percentage ≥ 37.9% were risk factors, whereas basal metabolic rate 1 199 – 1 503 kcal was a protective factor for hyper-LDL-C; ethnic minority, current smoking, overweight, obesity, central obesity, physical inactivity, body fat percentage 33.0% – 37.8%, and basal metabolic rate ≥ 1 327 kcal were risk factors, whereas being female, aged 45 – 54 years, living in rural areas, drinking alcohol, consuming livestock and poultry meat > 500 g per week, and being sedentary for ≥ 2 hours per day were protective factors for hypo-HDL-C. …”
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Geopolitical (non) opportunities vs. "late" response of the foreign political service of North Macedonia in the process of European integration by Jelisavac-Trošić Sanja, Arnaudov Mitko

“…The internal armed conflict in North Macedonia, which threatened to develop into a civil war between the dominant ethnic communities of Macedonians and Albanians, is the first indicator, i.e. the determinant of the explanation why the foreign policy mechanism of North Macedonia "failed" in the process of this country joining the European Union. …”
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L’enterrement d’une triade divine féminine à Lugdunum : étude du dépôt de la place d’Albon à Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by Lucas Guillaud, Emmanuel Bernot, Aline Colombier-Gougouzian, Amaury Gilles, Nicolas Garnier

“…As tutelary goddesses, they usually appeared in threes and were often associated with a particular geographical area or ethnic group, as evidenced by the Celtic or Germanic epithets that accompanied them. …”
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Lattes/Lattara (Hérault), comptoir étrusque du littoral languedocien by Éric Gailledrat, Ariane Vacheret

“…To put it in another way, although the Etruscans obviously played a role in the foundation of the site, its nature (Etruscan colony or settlement? multi-ethnic emporium or trading post?) is still subject to discussion. …”
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Meteorin-like alleviates hepatic steatosis by regulating hepatic triglyceride secretion and fatty acid oxidation by Lingyu Song, Yali Huang, Lu Liu, Xuebing Chang, Laying Hu, Guifang Wang, Lifen Xu, Tian Zhang, Yuanyuan Wang, Ying Xiao, Hong Yang, Suye Ran, Qing Shi, Tuanlao Wang, Mingjun Shi, Yuxia Zhou, Bing Guo

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Association of the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in critical ill acute ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study of MIMIC-IV datab... by Yongwei Huang, Zongping Li, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Xiaoshuang Yin

“…However, further research is needed on other racial and ethnic groups before these findings can be widely applied in clinical practice.…”
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Using the HBSC Symptom Checklist to measure junior secondary school students’ psychosomatic complaints in the Chinese Mainland: Rasch-based validation, population-based norm, and n... by Yuhang Zhu, Xianzhu Cong, Zhenliang Qiu, Ricky Jeffrey, Ranran Li, Li Jing, Gaopei Zhu, Xi Yang, Shuang Li, Jinling Wang, Xu Xu, Hongliu Zhu, Xinjian Wang, Ling Huang, Xueqin Sun, Di Wu, Kai Zhang, Xunhong Miao, Rui Wen, Qinglang Huang, Zhuang He, Juan Li, Alina Cosma, Fuyan Shi, Suzhen Wang, the PROSQoL-JSSS research group

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Authority and Moral Conflicts in the Films of Adébáyọ Fálétí: Àfọ̀njá, Gáà, Ṣawo Ṣẹ̀gbẹ̀rì and the Yorùbá Cosmopolis by Olayinka Agbetuyi

“…In Àfọ̀njá and Gáà that context is provided by the empire phase of Yorùbá civilization in which Yorùbá civilization was the dominant point of reference; in Ṣawo Ṣẹgbẹ ̀ rì ̀ the drama is situated in the context of postcolonial Nigerian city, in a nation that boasts large ethnic nationalities of which the Yorùbá are only one and in which Yorùbá culture is mediated by the postcolonial state with its symbol of the English language as the means of communication and its cultural spin offs. …”
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Les textiles dans les tombes gauloises à dépôt de crémation en vase métallique : usages pratiques, mises en scène et perspectives anthropologiques (seconde moitié du vie s.-ve s. a... by Elsa Desplanques

“…The display of this fabric at the funeral would have symbolised the relationship between the deceased and their community, as well as their social rank and ethnic origin. Within the framework of highly regulated and ritually established practices, the aim is to reflect on the modalities of implementation and the meaning of the manifest discourse, expressed by the gestures linked to textiles in the funerary contexts of ancient societies. …”
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Development of the destination branding model based on tourism industry nostalgia by parinaz masoumi, vahidreza mirabi, jalal HaghighatMonfared, Ahmad Vedadi

“…Host tourism culture (including indicators of respect for tourists and hospitality, respect for different ethnic groups and beliefs of tourists, the spirit of accepting tourists, compliance with individual and social norms and values, etc.) were selected as a category of intervening conditions to present a brand development model based on the role of nostalgia on the tourist's travel decision in the tourism industry. …”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…A., Stephenson, R., & Mahajan, P. (2020). Trends of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Care Outcomes Among Adults in the United States From 2005 to 2016. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…As with all models currently used in practice, continued external validation of the models is important, and in populations with greater ethnic diversity. As above, the primary outcome is likely to be that of referral rates as these are the driver of resource use (secondary care investigations, clinic time etc). …”
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