Case Support for Compression-Only CPR: St. John Ambulance

“…John Ambulance provide a response and a case of support of how diversifying first aid education can improve individual willingness and community readiness through compression only CPR.…”
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Outcomes of Chronic Hepatitis C Therapy in Patients Treated in Community Versus Academic Centres in Canada: Final Results of APPROACH (A Prospective Study of Peginterferon alfa-2a... by Robert P Myers, Curtis Cooper, Morris Sherman, Richard Lalonde, Helga Witt-Sullivan, Magdy Elkashab, Paul Harris, Rob Balshaw, Christopher Usaty, Paul J Marotta

“…BACKGROUND: In patients chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), it is not established whether viral outcomes or health-related quality of life (HRQoL) differ between individuals treated at academic or community centres.…”
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Institutional Care for Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation in Canada: A National Survey by Louise Rose, Douglas McKim, Sherri Katz, David Leasa, Mika Nonoyama, Cheryl Pedersen, Monica Avendano, Roger Goldstein

“…INTRODUCTION: No national Canadian data define resource requirements and care delivery for ventilator-assisted individuals (VAIs) requiring long-term institutional care. …”
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Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of King’s Parkinson’s Disease Pain Scale by Yeray González-Zamorano, Marcos Moreno-Verdú, Josué Fernández-Carnero, Jaime Herreros-Rodríguez, Juan Pablo Romero

“…Conclusion: The present study provides evidence that the Spanish KPPS effectively measures pain in individuals with PD, with its total score demonstrating good reliability, minimal measurement error, and adequate criterion and convergent validity.…”
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Genetic and environmental contribution to phenotypic resemblance between Iranian couples: Tehran Cardiometabolic and Genetic Study (TCGS) by Parisa Riahi, Amir Hossein Saeidian, Albert Tenesa, Carolyn T. Hogan, Michael March, Kamran Guity, Mahmoud Amiri Roudbar, Asieh Zahedi, Maryam Zarkesh, Farideh Neshati, Mehdi Hedayati, Fereidoun Azizi, Hakon Hakonarson, Maryam S. Daneshpour, Mahdi Akbarzadeh

“…The GCTA-GREML was used to assess the SNP-based heritability of individual and spousal heights with AM adjustments. …”
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Adrenal aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) histopathology and its association with disease-induced sudden death: a cross-sectional studyResearch in context by Antero Ylänen, Juhani Isojärvi, Antti Virtanen, Helena Leijon, Tiina Vesterinen, Aapo L. Aro, Heini Huhtala, Eeva Kokko, Ilkka Pörsti, Marianna Viukari, Pasi I. Nevalainen, Niina Matikainen

“…Methods: In this study, autopsies and histopathological analyses, including aldosterone synthase staining of adrenal glands, were performed on 403 consecutive individuals who experienced sudden death. These individuals were classified into 258 cases of DSD and 144 deaths caused by trauma, suicide, or intoxication, i.e., non-disease-induced sudden death (nDSD). …”
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Quantitative Approach for Determining Reproductive Life‐History Strategies of Parasitic Plants: A Case Study in Balanophora by Trevor Padgett, Huei‐Jiun Su, Shu‐Hui Wu, Li‐yen Huang, Yiching Lin

“…After reproduction, individuals senesce and die, and the following year's population is recruited from newly germinated individuals which together develop in size and number during a vegetative growth period, undergo reproduction, and then themselves senesce and die. …”
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Morphotypes and genetic diversity of <i>Dendrobaena schmidti</i> (Lumbricidae, Annelida) by S. V. Shekhovtsov, I. B. Rapoport, T. V. Poluboyarova, A. P. Geraskina, E. V. Golovanova, S. E. Peltek

“…The first group included somewhat bigger (3-7.5 cm) individuals that were only slightly pigmented or totally unpigmented (when fixed by ethanol). …”
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Relatively high interest but limited active engagement in HIV cure research: Awareness, interest, and information-seeking among affected communities in the Netherlands by Maaike A.J. Noorman, John B.F. de Wit, Tamika A. Marcos, Sarah E. Stutterheim, Thijs Albers, Kai J. Jonas, Chantal den Daas

“…Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July 2023 to March 2024, involving 499 people with HIV and 578 individuals without HIV, including partners and gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. …”
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Empowerment of volunteer nursing service providers during disasters: A qualitative study by Mostafa Roshanravan, Shandiz Moslehi, Hesam Seyedin

“…The participants in this study were 25 individuals. Data collection was performed using semi-structured interviews. …”
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Association between the dietary inflammatory index and depressive symptoms in adults with metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES database by Jinshun You, Jinshun You, Shujie Xia

“…The association between DII scores and depressive symptoms in individuals with MS was evaluated through multivariable logistic regression analysis, adjusting for relevant covariates. …”
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Assessing a clinical vital sign in severe mental illness: validation study of the 5 sit-to-stand test for monitoring muscle strength – The PsychiActive Project by Alvaro Lopez-Moral, Diego Munguia-Izquierdo, Javier Bueno-Antequera

“…Background In individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), low muscle strength heightens the risk of mortality and chronic disease development. …”
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Leisure activities of young drug users and non-drug users: association with five personality factors by B. O. Bazyma, O. O. Serdiuk

“…Doing homework (r=0.103, p<0.01), watching TV programmes (r=0.083, p<0.01) and playing sports individually (r=0.063, p<0.01) have a negative correlation with drug use. …”
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Non-pharmacological Methods Used in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by a Selected Group of People with T2DM in Colombo District, Sri Lanka: A Mixed-Method Study by Lakshani Herath, Manisha Kamalsiri, Perananthan Inthuja, Gayani P Gamage, Dinithi Vidanage

“…The prevalence of T2DM in Sri Lanka is high due to the unhealthy lifestyles of individuals. Both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions are practiced by people with T2DM to achieve better glycemic control. …”
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Enhancing the Survival Rate of Sand Goby, Oxyeleotris marmorata (Blkr.), Larvae with Antibiotics by Irzal Effendi, Yani Hadiroseyani

“…Until 17 days of rearing period, the larvae were fed plankton (50-300 gm) at stocking density of 20-30 individual/mi, and at day 13-I8, were fed Artemia sp. (1-2 individual/ml).  …”
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Item-level and Composite-level Interrater Reliability of Functional Movement Screen™ Scores Following Condensed Training in Novice Raters by Brent A Harper, Stephen M Glass

“…# BACKGROUND The Functional Movement Screen™ (FMS™) is a clinical instrument designed to use movement behaviors to screen individuals for injury risk. Current rater certification programs focus on extensive, individualized training, which may not be appropriate in all screening contexts…”
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Dual‐fluorescence imaging and automated trophallaxis detection for studying multi‐nutrient regulation in superorganisms by Lior Baltiansky, Einav Sarafian‐Tamam, Efrat Greenwald, Ofer Feinerman

“…In the nest, food is commonly transferred between individuals in numerous oral feeding interactions (trophallaxis). …”
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DIVERSITY OF THE PUMPKIN COLLECTION AND ITS HEREDITARY POTENTIAL. RESULTS AND PROSPECTS OF BREEDING PRACTICE by A. G. Elatskova

“…The work included botanical description, study of variability and inheritance of traits, hybridization, inbreeding, mutagenesis, and different selection techniques (individual, group, individual/ family, and mass selection). …”
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The longitudinal association between multiple cardiometabolic diseases, socioeconomic status, and depressive symptoms in China by Dan Guo, Yanshang Wang, Yanan Zhao, Ruoxi Ding, Yanan Luo, Wanwei Dai, Ping He

“…These findings emphasize the importance of closely monitoring the mental status of patients with CMDs and considering routine screening and evaluation for depressive symptoms, especially in individuals with low SES.…”
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Population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in Bangladesh by Bipul Kumer De Sarker, Sheikh M A Mannaf, Siddiqur Rahman, Md Shafiqul Islam, Md Mizanur Rahman, M Nazrul Islam, Salma Parvin

“…Background To delineate the epidemiological landscape of glaucoma using a population-based sample representative of Bangladesh.Methods Using multistage stratified cluster random sampling, households were selected to identify individuals ≥35 years across all 8 divisions of Bangladesh. …”
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