Assessing Prevention Protocols by a Brief Questionnaire in the Infectious Respiratory Diseases Pandemics: An Application in Pedestrian Population in COVID-19 Pandemic by Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Alireza Razzaghi, Hamid Sharifi, Shahram Habibzadeh, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Rasool Entezarmahdi, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Alireza Ansari Moghaddam, Mahdi Rezaei, Mohammad Saadati, Ehsan Sarbazi, Morteza Haghighi, Mina Golestani, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani

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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. Valid 3D image analysis was performed in n = 1831 (65.3%) subjects (mean age 57 ± 11 years, 49.3% women). …”
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Assessment of awareness of keratoconus and its relation to eye rubbing among Saudi Arabia population by Nuwayyir Abdullah Alqasimi, Lujain Hatim Aljohani, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Bader Saad AlQahtani, Bader Saad AlQahtani, Nasser Saleh Al Haydar, Bdour Raja Alanazi, Danah Tariq Alfurayhan, Lina Sami Hussain Saber, Fatemah Saleh Alsalem, Nawaf Abdullah Alqahtani, Jose Manuel Vargas

“…Additionally, the study identified several KC risk factors, including but not limited to eye rubbing, allergies, and family history. To alleviate the burden of KC in Saudi Arabia, it is imperative to enhance public health awareness and discourage the habit of eye rubbing.…”
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Zoltán Kodálys Harmonielehre – ein Rekonstruktionsversuch by Anna Dalos

“…This paper therefore represents an attempt at a fragmentary reconstruction and also provides insight into the history of harmonic thought in early 20th century Hungarian music theory. …”
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Stool Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra for TB diagnosis in children: experience from a national scale-up programme by S. Kabir, S. Choudhury, T. Rahman, S.M.M. Rahman, M.K.M. Uddin, A. Nashra, A. Hossain, S. Naher, K.M.S. Towhid, L. Shahrin, S. Ahmed, P. Daru, J. Hoffmann, S. Banu

“…Positivity was significantly higher among females, and children presented with ‘only cough ≥2 weeks’, ‘cough ≥2 weeks + weight loss’, or ‘fever ≥2 weeks, weight loss, fatigue + contact history’. Positivity was higher among ‘10–14 years old’ children; however, ‘trace detected’ was highest among ‘5–9 years’, followed by children aged ‘>2–<5 years’ and ‘0–2 years’. …”
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Advanced process control in laser-based powder bed fusion–Smart Fusion feedback-loop control as a path to uniform properties for complex structures? by Florian Nahr, Tobias Novotny, Dominik Kunz, Ulrich Kleinhans, Lova Chechik, Dominic Bartels, Michael Schmidt

“…Since the temperature affects the microstructure and material properties, controlling the thermal history is necessary. To achieve this, a dynamic adjustment of energy input in response to the thermal conditions is required. …”
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Cognitive Disorders In Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss, At The Ent Department Of The &ldquo;Village Bondeko&rdquo; Center, In Kinshasa by Masamba GR, Sokolo Gedikondele J, Longo-Mbenza B, Nganga Nkanga MS, Matanda Nzanza R, Matonda-ma-Nzuzi T, Ikanga J, Nge Okwe A, Lema Mabwaka G, Mawalala Malengele H, Nangi Mampuya C, Lumbu Malundama D

“…Thus, the objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between sensorineural hearing loss and cognitive disorders in a correlational approach.Methods: This is a cross-sectional and analytical study conducted in the ENT department of the Center for the Disabled (visual, auditory, and mental) “Village Bondeko”, from June to September 2023, involving 150 adults (≥ 20 years) with acquired sensorineural hearing loss; without a history of neuropsychic disorders. Sensorineural hearing loss was confirmed by tonal threshold audiometry and characterized according to WHO criteria; cognitive disorders were defined according to the MoCA scale.Results: In total, 150 adults, including 78 men and 72 women, were collected in the present study. …”
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Prevalence of suicidal ideation, attempts and associated risk factors in oral cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ganesh Bushi, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Mahendra Pratap Singh, Manisa Pattanayak, Teena Vishwakarma, Suhas Ballal, Pooja Bansal, Abhay M Gaidhane, Balvir S. Tomar, Ayash Ashraf, M Ravi Kumar, Ashish Singh Chauhan, Sanjit Sah, Edward Mawejje, Muhammed Shabil

“…Key risk factors included depression (OR = 42.83), dysphoria (OR = 8.06), prior cancer history (OR = 4.53), rural residence, and male gender. …”
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An early lung cancer diagnosis model for non-smokers incorporating ct imaging analysis and circulating genetically abnormal cells (CACs) by Ran Ni, Yongjie Huang, Lei Wang, Hongjie Chen, Guorui Zhang, Yali Yu, Yinglan Kuang, Yuyan Tang, Xing Lu, Hong Liu

“…Furthermore, our results indicated that the model built using random forest (RF) method, which integrates clinical characteristics (age, extra-thoracic cancer history, gender), radiological characteristics of pulmonary nodules (nodule diameter, nodule count, upper lobe location, malignant sign at the nodule edge, subsolid status), the artificial intelligence analysis of LDCT data, and liquid biopsy achieved the best diagnostic performance in the independent external non-smokers validation cohort (sensitivity 92%, specificity 97%, area under the curve [AUC] = 0.99). …”
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Diplomacia científica aplicada a la economía - Scientific diplomacy applied to economics by Vicente René Encalada Encarnación, Mayra Paola Mizhquero Jaramillo 

“…This study explored the role of scientific diplomacy within the Ecuadorian economy, assessing how governments responded to an unprecedented crisis in the history of macroeconomic reactions to recessive and resource-constrained scenarios. …”
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Chemical Characterization and Differential Lipid-Modulating Effects of Selected Plant Extracts from Côa Valley (Portugal) in a Cell Model for Liver Steatosis by Ricardo Amorim, Mário Pedro Marques, Catarina Melim, Carla Varela, Vilma A. Sardão, José Teixeira, Maria Inês Dias, Lillian Barros, Paulo J. Oliveira, Célia Cabral

“…Given their rich ethnomedicinal history, we evaluated their protective effects on an in vitro model of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). …”
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Patterns of general and abdominal obesity and their association with hypertension control in the iranian hypertensive population: insights from a nationwide study by Fataneh Esmaeili, Keyvan Karimi, Samaneh Akbarpour, Mohammadreza Naderian, Shirin Djalalinia, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Ali Golestani, Nazila Rezaei

“…Multivariate logistic regression models were performed to determine the association between different obesity patterns and uncontrolled HTN, adjusting for confounders including demographic variables, lifestyle factors, and history of metabolic abnormalities. Results A total of 8,692 hypertensive adult subjects ≥ 18 years were recruited from all provinces in Iran. …”
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Ancaman dan Faktor-Faktor yang Mendorong Swedia Bergabung dengan NATO pada Tahun 2024 by Aji Irvan Saputra, Indrawati Indrawati

“…Sweden maintained its neutrality in response to its history, including during the Napoleonic wars, by adopting “neutrality” as its official policy in 1834. …”
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Ten-Year Persistence of Biologic Drugs in Psoriasis and Its Relationship with Pharmacogenetic Biomarkers by Andrea Rodríguez-Lopez, María Martínez-Sendino, Rocío Prieto-Pérez, Paula Soria-Chacartegui, Eva González-Iglesias, Mario Aparicio-Domínguez, Sonsoles Berenguer-Ruiz, Esteban Daudén, Francisco Abad-Santos

“…<b>Methods</b>: A total of 143 patients (61 women and 82 men) were evaluated; data were collected from the electronic clinical history, and statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS program. …”
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A Multi‐Center Prospective Study on the Healing of Neuro‐Ischemic Ulcers in Singapore: A Prospective Cohort Study by Lingyan Meng, Priya Bishnoi, Zhiwen Joseph Lo, Enming Yong, Tze Tec Chong, David Carmody, Rajesh Babu Dharmaraj, Yi Zhen Ng, Keith Harding, Pei Ho

“…Male gender (adjusted HR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.53–0.93), history of coronary intervention (adjusted HR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.41–0.93), requirement of lower extremity revascularization (adjusted HR: 0.72; 95% CI: 0.54–0.98) and offloading (adjusted HR: 0.61; 95% CI: 0.46–0.81) were found to be associated with failure to heal. …”
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Primary results from the Japanese Heart Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention Trial (HINODE) by Kazutaka Aonuma, Kenji Ando, Kengo Kusano, Toru Asai, Koichi Inoue, Yukihiro Inamura, Takanori Ikeda, Takeshi Mitsuhashi, Toyoaki Murohara, Nobuhiro Nishii, Akihiko Nogami, Wataru Shimizu, Caroline Beaudoint, Torri Simon, Torsten Kayser, Hussin Azlan, Ngarmukos Tachapong, Joseph Yat‐Sun Chan, Valentina Kutyifa, Yasushi Sakata, For the HINODE Investigators

“…Cohorts 1–3 required a left ventricular ejection fraction ≤35%, a history of heart failure, and a need for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death based on two to five previously identified risk factors. …”
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Enhanced characterization of non-metallic inclusions in ultra-high-strength steels using advanced synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy and chemometric analysis by Mourad Kharbach, Mohammed Alaoui Mansouri, Ekta Rani, Harishchandra Singh, Tuomas Alatarvas, Brice Sarpi, Lin Zhu, Yuran Niu, Alexei Zakharov, Ilkka Launonen, Marko Huttula, Mikko J. Sillanpaa, Samuli Urpelainen

“…For classifying NMIs based on annealing history and calcium phase changes, Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) and Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy (SIMCA) are applied, with PLS-DA demonstrating superior classification accuracy. …”
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Use of hazardous barium slag as a supplementary cementitious material in calcium aluminate cement: Evolution of engineering properties and microstructure by Chen-xi Dong, Zhao Duan, Jiang-shan Li, Xin Chen, Wei Zhang, Haitao Cao, Nianqin Wang

“…Because of its thermodynamic history of rapid water quenching at high temperatures, BS exhibits high reactivity and alkali-activation potential, making it a promising supplementary cementitious material (SCM). …”
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High serum uric acid levels are associated with increased prevalence of gallstones in adult women: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES by Guozheng Lv, Guozheng Lv, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Yu Huang, Ruizi Shi, Chuan Qin, Xi Chen, Xintao Zeng, Hua Luo, Pei Yang, Sirui Chen, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang

“…Subgroup analyses were performed to investigate associations between SUA levels and age, ethnicity, body mass index, hypertension, and diabetes.ResultsA total of 600 participants self-reported a history of GS. After adjusting for confounding, the prevalence of GS in adult women increased by 14% for every 1 mg/dL increase in SUA (odds ratio [OR]: 1.14, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.06, 1.22). …”
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Use of Go-Beyond as a Self-Directed Internet-Based Program Supporting Veterans’ Transition to Civilian Life: Preliminary Usability Study by Karolina Katarzyna Alichniewicz, Sarah Hampton, Madeline Romaniuk, Darcy Bennett, Camila Guindalini

“… BackgroundThe transition from military service to civilian life presents a variety of challenges for veterans, influenced by individual factors such as premilitary life, length of service, and deployment history. Mental health issues, physical injuries, difficulties in relationships, and identity loss compound the reintegration process. …”
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