Correlation between blood pressure control status and cognitive impairment in older adults: A national cross-sectional study. by Junxiu Yao, Shengshu Wang, Meiling Li, Baomei Song, Cong Lan, Jianjun Jia, Yongjian Yang

“…Furthermore, RCS model analysis showed that there was a non-linear relationship between systolic blood pressure and cognitive impairment in individuals aged ≥ 80 years and those using antihypertensive drugs. …”
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What can the location of biogas plants tell us about agricultural change? A Case Study from the Czech Republic by Dan Van Der Horst, Stanislav Martinát, Josef Navrátil, Petr Dvořák, Petra Chmielová

“…By means of analyses of data on location of individual AD plants, quality of soils, size of agricultural farms (in which majority of AD plants is incorporated) we found that agricultural AD plants in the Czech Republic tend to concentrate in areas with larger agricultural farms and also in areas with average and slightly below average conditions for agricultural activities. …”
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Performance of PMMA/Ta2O5 Composites as Medical Radiation Shielding: WinXCom and MCNP6 Studies by Mustafa Çağlar

“…The growing reliance on radiation in contemporary applications underscores the imperative to safeguard individuals and the environment from harmful consequences. …”
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Adaptive Real-Time Translation Assistance Through Eye-Tracking by Dimosthenis Minas, Eleanna Theodosiou, Konstantinos Roumpas, Michalis Xenos

“…Through a user-centered design, ETS dynamically adapts to individual reading needs, reducing cognitive strain by offering word-level translations when needed. …”
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Discomfort Intolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Kadir ÖZDEL, Özden YALÇINKAYA ALKAR, İbrahim TAYMUR, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, Erkut ZAMKI, A. Emre SARGIN

“…Schmidt et al. to assess the individual differences of capacity to withstand physical perturbations or uncomfortable bodily states (2006). …”
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) and Associated Sub-scales by Emilie N. Miley, Madeline P. Casanova, Scott W. Cheatham, Lindsay Larkins, Michael A. Pickering, Russell T. Baker

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Individual confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were conducted for the HOOS, HOOS-JR, HOOS-PS, and HOOS-12. …”
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Motivações na Transição para a Monoparentalidade Adotiva by Sibely Joaquina Pereira-Lima, Terezinha Féres-Carneiro

“…Identificações com a história individual do adotante ganharam intensidade e, junto ao desejo de transmitir e de cuidar, motivaram a adoção de crianças com perfis preteridos. …”
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A Multiobjective Model for a Multilevel Blood Supply Chain to Improve the Attractiveness of Blood Centers during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Abolfazl Moghimi Esfandabadi, Davood Shishebori, Mohammad-Bagher Fakhrzad, Hassan Khademi Zare

“…Consequently, it significantly reduces the supply of blood and its products, as vital materials, and exerts detrimental effects on the activities of blood organizations and facilities as well as the health of individuals in society. In the present study, the proposed model seeks to simultaneously minimize the operating costs and the shortage of blood products with the aim of improving the attractiveness of blood centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Digital Coalescence and Consolidated Geoconservation Outcomes: A Case Study Using ArcGIS Mobile Applications at Tasmanian Coastal Geoconservation Sites by Jake Crisp, Joanna Ellison, Andrew Fischer

“…The toolkit consolidated separate geoconservation strategies by unifying individual steps into one distinctive process leading to streamlined inventorying, geodiversity and geoheritage assessment. …”
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Amor romántico entre estudiantes universitarios (hombres y mujeres), una mirada desde la perspectiva de género by Jorge García Villanueva, Claudia Ivonne Hernández Ramírez, Náyade Soledad Monter Arizmendi

“…El propósito de la presente investigación consistió en analizar los discursos de la juventud universitaria en torno a la concepción del amor romántico en las relaciones de pareja, a fin de identificar la percepción que se tiene de las mujeres y de los hombres dentro del vínculo sentimental y visualizar el imaginario colectivo e individual compartido con la cultura hegemónica imperante. …”
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Post-Graduate Course in Selection and Management with Antimicrobial in Respiratory and Urinary Infections by Diana Rosa Fernández Ruiz, Maira Quiros Enríquez, Olga Lidia Cuevas Pérez, Eidys Rodríguez Herrera, Myriam Damaris Padilla Labrado

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the majority of the inquired individuals presented a level of knowledge between middle and low about the theme. …”
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The Persistence of Antibiotic Resistance in Observational Studies: Is It Really Due to Differences in Sub-Populations Rather than Antibiotic Use? by Peter Collignon, John J. Beggs

“…<b>Background</b>: The carriage of resistant bacteria and prior antimicrobial treatment are related, but in an individual, this diminishes over time. To better manage antimicrobial resistance risks, it is crucial that we better untangle any lasting impact of antibiotic use compared to other factors. …”
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A luta pelo uso da maconha medicinal no Brasil: os limites das alianças e a atuação do biopoder by Monique Batista de Oliveira

“…Enquanto o mapeamento demonstra que a conexão entre demandas de famílias com o ativismo histórico da cannabis foi essencial para que uma necessidade individual se transformasse em luta coletiva, conceitos como o biopoder e agenciamento mostram as limitações e possibilidades dessa aliança. …”
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The relationship between health literacy and COVID-19 prevention behaviors among people living with HIV by Iman Navidi, Raheleh Soltani

“…Abstract Background Health literacy (HL)has been identified as one of the important determinants of healthy behaviors and the health of individuals and communities. The global attempts to control the HIV disease were emphasized, in the midst the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged as a pandemic. …”
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Experiências decoloniais: Graça Graúna, Mel Duarte, Gabz e Stephanie Borges by Karine Aragão dos Santos Freitas, Talita Rosetti Souza Mendes

“…En ese sentido, la poesía indígena de Graça Graúna, caracterizada por su indianidad y la metáfora de la ruptura de lazos, y la poesía slam de Mel Duarte, Gabz y Stephanie Borges, llena de escritos, ancestralidad y corporeidad marcan la insurrección de un cuerpo – individual y colectivo – que busca la palabra como instrumento de lucha y empoderamiento en el camino de la decolonialidad. …”
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Development of Hybrid Intrusion Detection System Leveraging Ensemble Stacked Feature Selectors and Learning Classifiers to Mitigate the DoS Attacks by P. Mamatha, S. Balaji, S. Sai Anuraghav

“…Since these technologies are deeply rooted in the individual’s comfort life, protecting the user’s privacy and security against the growing DoS attack has become a major challenge among researchers. …”
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Impact of smoking cessation, coffee and bread consumption on the intestinal microbial composition among Saudis: A cross-sectional study. by Steve Harakeh, Emmanouil Angelakis, Timokratis Karamitros, Dipankar Bachar, Suhad Bahijri, Ghada Ajabnoor, Sulaiman M Alfadul, Suha A Farraj, Turki Al Amri, Ahmed Al-Hejin, Abdalla Ahmed, Ahmed A Mirza, Raoult Didier, Esam I Azhar

“…The relative abundance (RA) of Fusobacteria was significantly higher in normal weight Saudis (P = 0.005, false discovery rate-FDR = 0.014). Individuals who consumed more coffee presented marginally significant more RA of Fusobacteria (P = 0.02, FDR = 0.20) in their gut microbiota compared to those reporting low or no coffee intake, but the RA of Fusobacteria was significantly higher in smokers compared to non-smokers (P = 0.009, FDR = 0.027). …”
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gênero contra a parede: a intersexualidade como ferramenta de análise de saberes médico-científicos by Caio Bueno Horimoto, Lótus Vieira Dias, Carla Cristina de Souza, Gabriel Luis Pereira Nolasco, Anita Guazzelli Bernardes

“…O controle de corpos intersexos e as formas de investimentos morais e psicopatológicos se estabilizam não apenas em uma política moral, como também em um arranjo neoliberal que sustenta o envergamento da moralidade como uma dimensão individual. Lidamos com autoras e autores da perspectiva pós-estruturalista e contracoloniais, sobretudo da teoria queer, bem como com narrativas literárias de ficção científica, como uma aposta para um processo de subversão da modalidade de poder binária do sistema sexo/gênero. …”
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EEG-Triggered Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy for Restoring Upper Limb Function in Chronic Stroke with Severe Hemiplegia by Cesar Marquez-Chin, Aaron Marquis, Milos R. Popovic

“…The changes in arm’s function suggest that the combination of BCI technology and functional electrical stimulation therapy may restore voluntary motor function in individuals with chronic hemiplegia which results in severe upper limb deficit (FMA-UE ≤ 15), a population that does not benefit from current best-practice rehabilitation interventions.…”
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Heterotaxy syndrome, dextrocardia, ureteropelvic obstruction, endometriosis, and pulmonary hypertension in an adult with congenital heart defects: a case report by Ahmad Al-Bitar, Mhd Ammar Zalzaleh, Hussien Al Helbawi, Mohammad Hossein Morteza

“…Conclusion This case emphasizes the challenges of managing complex medical conditions in a young individual, highlighting the need for multidisciplinary care and long-term follow-up to ensure the best possible quality of life for the patient. …”
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