Prevalencia de tabaquismo en pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica. Cienfuegos, 2017- 2018 by Ahmed Pomares Ávalos, Marian Amanda Vázquez Núñez, Erika Solange Ruíz Domínguez, Amanda Chaviano Rodríguez

“…El instrumento se aplicó de forma individual y el análisis estadístico de la información se realizó en el paquete estadístico SPSS. …”
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Arabic translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the BDDQ-AS for rhinoplasty patients by Ahmed S. Abdelhamid, Saad Elzayat, Mohamed A. Amer, Hossam S. Elsherif, Garyfalia Lekakis, Sam P. Most

“…This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate BDDQ-AS to Arabic as a novel tool for screening and detecting BDD in Arabic rhinoplasty individuals. Methods BDDQ-AS was translated from English to Arabic following the international consensus guidelines. …”
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Processing, characterisation and oxidation resistance of βNiAl bond coat: Al and Zr effects by Chandio A.D., Shaikh A.A., Salman W., Ahmed H.

“…Initially, three sets of BCs were prepared: Zr-free βNiAl (undoped), Al and Zr co-deposited in a single-step process (1SP), and Zr and Al, which were individually deposited in two processing steps (2SP): zirconizing and aluminizing. …”
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Dose-response relationship between lipids and all-cause mortality in the dialysis population: a meta-analysis by Ye Yao, Jing Xiong, Mi-Yuan Wang

“…Results A total of 11 publications with a cumulative total of 106,808 individuals were included. All-cause mortality was statistically different between the highest dose total cholesterol (TC) group and the low TC group (HR = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.75–0.90, P < 0.05). …”
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The Role of Empathy in Developing Professional Identity of would-be Economists in the home Reading Classroom by M. V. Grineva

“…Despite the fact that professional identity - usually interpreted as individuals' perception of themselves as members of a certain profession - is the culmination of a long process of professional development, its cultivation with future specialists should be seen as a priority as early as at a higher education level - a college or university. …”
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Embodied climate impacts in urban development: a neighbourhood case study by Simon Sjökvist, Nicolas Francart, Maria Balouktsi, Harpa Birgisdottir

“…However, research on UDAs is limited, with most life-cycle assessments (LCAs) focusing on individual buildings. This study examines the embodied CO2e emissions from buildings and infrastructure in a newly developed UDA, using an archetype-based LCA approach that combines both on-site and average data, which can serve as a stepping stone for a more comprehensive analysis. …”
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Two chromatographic methods for analyzing paracetamol in spiked human plasma with its toxic metabolite, N-acetyl parabenzoquinone imine and its antidote, N-acetyl-l-cysteine by Omar M El-Abassy, Michael Gamal Fawzy, Ebraam B. Kamel

“…The current methods can quantify NAPQI, which is helpful in figuring out drug concentrations in individuals with APAP intoxication diagnoses. Additionally, the current approaches can estimate NAC as an antidote; as a result, this study is a complete study because it can analyse drug, toxic metabolite, and antidote in one analytical run. …”
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Performance of the Illumina GGP Bovine 100K SNP array for buffalo populations genotyping in Colombia by William Burgos-Paz, Yolanda Gómez-Vargas, Edison J. Ramírez-Toro

“…Eight DNA samples from buffalo individuals belonging to the Murrah, Mediterranean, and crossbred genetic groups were genotyped using the Illumina Bovine HD770K Array. …”
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Identifying Fraudulent Responses in a Study Exploring Delivery Options for Pregnancies Impacted by Gestational Diabetes: Lessons Learned From a Web-Based Survey by Emma Ruby, Serine Ramlawi, Alexa Clare Bowie, Stephanie Boyd, Alysha Dingwall-Harvey, Ruth Rennicks White, Darine El-Chaâr, Mark Walker

“… Current literature is unclear on the safety and optimal timing of delivery for pregnant individuals with gestational diabetes mellitus, which inspired our study team to conduct a web-based survey study exploring patient and provider opinions on delivery options. …”
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Violence Detection From Industrial Surveillance Videos Using Deep Learning by Hamza Khan, Xiaohong Yuan, Letu Qingge, Kaushik Roy

“…The lightweight convolutional neural network (CNN) model initially identifies individuals in the video stream to minimize the processing of irrelevant frames. …”
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Recognition and Classification of 3D Objects of Different Details by Islam A. Alexandrov, Maxim S. Mikhailov, Alexander N. Muranov, Vladimir Zh. Kuklin

“…It was shown how much more effective the use of the three descriptors was compared to the use of each one individually. An example of object recognition using the proposed method was also given. …”
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A Neurophysiological Study of Musical Pitch Identification in Mandarin-Speaking Cochlear Implant Users by Jieqing Cai, Yimeng Liu, Minyun Yao, Muqing Xu, Hongzheng Zhang

“…Although neurophysiological studies of the musical pitch perception of English-speaking CI users are actively ongoing, little such research has been conducted with Mandarin-speaking CI users; as Mandarin is a tonal language, these individuals require pitch information to understand speech. …”
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Nutrient Composition of Stiff Porridge made from Carrots and Eggplant Flour and its Nutritional Benefit to Elderly. by Ozioma C. Azubuike, Adaeze L. Nwaigwe, Uju B. Ejinkeonye, Glory M. Nwakpadolu

“…Based on this study, the following recommendations are made: Utilization of 100% eggplant in stiff porridge production is recommended especially to individuals that are mineral deficient since it had increased mineral content, in addition to proximate composition. …”
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Predictors of Young Adult Women’s Psychological Well-Being in Romantic Relationships by Elif Yöyen, Süreyya Çalık, Tülay Güneri Barış

“…In other words, it describes an individual who is happy and free from psychopathology. …”
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An Update on National Consensus Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Hepatitis C & Literature Review in Epidemiology of Hepatitis C in Pakistan - 2022 by Sibt ul Hasnain Syed, Muhammad Umar, Hamama tul Bushra Khaar, Tayyab Saeed Akhter, Tassawar Hussain, Amjad Salamat, Syed Irfan Ahmad, Rai Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Khurram, Anwar A. Khan, Fazl-e-Hadi, Aftab Mohsin, Waseem-Ud-Din, Saleem Qureshi, Sohail Iqbal Bhutta, Javeria Zahid Khan, Sadia Ahmad, Aqsa Naseer, Anum Abbas, Misbah Noreen, Faiza Aslam, Zahid Mahmood Minhas, Asif Abbas Naqvi, Atifa Shoaib, Saima Ambreen, Gul Nisar, Mohammad Mujeeb Khan, Talal Khursheed, Mohammad Osama

“…To achieve this goal WHO’s World Health Assembly has set some targets and individual countries have developed their own strategies to achieve those targets [2].  …”
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Preparation and characterization of graphene oxide-based cation, chelating, and anion exchangers for salt removal by Mahmoud A. Al Azwani, Saleh Al Busafi, El-Said I. El-Shafey

“…The produced ion exchangers show an efficient removal of both the cations and anions from the individual salt solution of Ca(NO3)2, MgSO4, and NaCl. …”
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Automatic summarization of cooking videos using transfer learning and transformer-based models by P. M. Alen Sadique, R. V. Aswiga

“…This will make the cooking process easier for individuals who are searching for precise step by step cooking instructions. …”
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Ultra-processed food intake, genetic polymorphisms, and the risk of dyslipidemia in the adult Korean population by Minsu Cho, Heejin Lee, Jung Eun Lee

“…There was no interaction by dyslipidemia-related genetic variations; ORs (95% CIs) were 1.04 (0.89, 1.22; p for trend=0.91) and 0.98 (0.84, 1.15; p for trend=0.72) for individuals with high and low polygenic scores, respectively (p for interaction=0.90). …”
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A grounded theory study on medical students’ proxy online health information seeking behavior by Pan Minghao, He Leyun, Yang Jingying, Huang Wanyu, Wang Fan, Wang Linlin, Shen Meiyu

“…Results Findings of this study include the factors influencing medical student’ proxy online health information seeking, the emotional attitudes of the interviewees, and the results of proxy information seeking behavior. Students’ individual traits, information itself and the search platform all exercise influences on their seeking behavior. …”
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Characteristics of Nonunion Fractures in Patients with Antebrachial Fractures at dr. Mohamad Soewandhie General Hospital Surabaya 2021-2022: A Retrospective Study by Tasya Monica, Bimo Sasono, Cempaka Harsa Sekarputri

“…Interestingly, even individuals with an ideal BMI were still at risk for nonunion.…”
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