Physical Activity Behavior in Swiss Secondary School Students: A Segmented Analysis by Marion Gasser, Andrea-Maria Nadenbousch, Fabienne Egger, Mario Kamer, Stefan Valkanover, Mirko Schmidt

“…Physical activity behavior was measured using GENEActiv wrist-worn accelerometers over seven consecutive days. …”
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Effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on neonatal calf diarrhea when administered at a disease alert generated by automated milk feeders by A. Welk, M.C. Cantor, H.W. Neave, J.H.C. Costa, J.L. Morrison, C.B. Winder, D.L. Renaud

“…A subset of calves (n = 32) were fitted with IceQube pedometers at 3 d of age to measure activity behaviors (lying time and step count). …”
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Factors associated with uptake and acceptability of cervical cancer screening among female sex workers in Northeastern Uganda: A cross-sectional study. by Ronald Opito, Emmanuel Tiyo Ayikobua, Hellen Akurut, Susan Alwedo, Saadick Mugerwa Ssentongo, Walter Drake Erabu, Lazarus Oucul, Musa Kirya, Lameck Lumu Bukenya, Elly Ekwamu, Abraham Ignatius Oluka, Samuel Kabwigu, Emmanuel Othieno, Amos Deogratius Mwaka

“…The primary outcome was uptake of cervical cancer screening measured as the proportion of female sex workers who have ever been screened for cervical cancer. …”
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Meat characteristics of buffaloes (Bubalus bub- alis) in two production systems and two slaugh- ter weights by David Hernández-Sánchez, René Rodríguez-Florentino, Luis A. de la Cruz-Cruz, Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca, María M. Crosby Galván, Miguel Á. Mata-Espinosa, René Pinto-Ruiz

“…Color (A Minolta colorimeter was used to record the values of *L, *a, and *b,) and pH was measured on the Longissimus dorsi muscle (24 h, and 7, 14, and 21 d); in addition to performing the proximal chemical analysis (moisture, crude protein, fat, and collagen), resistance to cutting and water retention capacity. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Carbon Density Simulation Methods in Grassland Ecosystems: A Case Study from Gansu Province, China by Luyao Wu, Jiaqiang Du, Xinying Liu, Lijuan Li, Xiaoqian Zhu, Xiya Chen, Yue Gong, Yushuo Li

“…Using remote sensing, topography, climate, and 490 measured sample data points, this study employs five representative inversion models from three model categories: parametric (single-factor model and stepwise multivariate linear regression), spatial (geographically weighted regression (GWR) and multi-scale geographically weighted regression (MGWR)), and non-parametric (random forest (RF)). …”
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Regarder au-delà des élections : l’historicité complexe de la participation politique dans la Libye contemporaine by Chiara Loschi, Chiara Pagano

“…Since then, many international scholars have considered elections as a yardstick to measure the progress of Libya’s regime change and to determine the (im)possibility of democracy or the inability of Libyan society to establish institutionalised modes of governance. …”
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Unravelling population structure and marker trait association using SSR markers among the identified drought tolerant rice landraces (Oryza sativa L.) by Shanmugam Manju Devi, John Amalraj Joel, Muthurajan Raveendran, Ramamoorthy Pushpam, Sengalan Muthuramu, Raman Pushpa, N. Sritharan, Periyasamy Prasanna, Ramalingam Suresh

“…The allele frequency divergence is 0.095 which is a measure of fixation index revealing that the moderate divergence is not extremely pronounced. …”
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Analysis of the relationships between the degree of migraine with right-to-left shunts and changes in white matter lesions and brain structural volume by Xin Pan, Haoran Ren, Lili Xie, Yu Zou, Furong Li, Xiaowen Sui, Li Cui, Zhengping Cheng, Jiaojiao Wu, Feng Shi, Hongling Zhao, Shubei Ma

“…RLS flow, HIT-6 score and MIDAS grade were not correlated with the WML variables measured in this study. (3) There was a significant difference in the volume of the precentral gyrus between migraineurs with RLS and normal controls (P < 0.001), and there was a significant difference between migraineurs with different RLS flows and different HIT-6 scores and peripheral cerebrospinal fluid volumes. …”
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Evolution of burnout syndrome in Spanish healthcare professionals during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: psychosocial variables involved by Fernanda Gil-Almagro, Fernanda Gil-Almagro, Fernanda Gil-Almagro, F. Javier Carmona-Monge, Fernando J. García-Hedrera, Cecilia Peñacoba-Puente

“…The results of the repeated measures General Linear Models, after controlling for the effect of the covariates show that the evolution of emotional exhaustion is associated with the levels of depression at T1 (p = 0.031), of cognitive fusion at T2 (p &lt; 0.001) and of resilience at T2 (p = 0.039). …”
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Discharge readiness and its influencing factors among pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (妊娠期糖尿病产妇出院准备度现状及影响因素研究) by DUAN Meimei (段美美), SUN Guiyu (孙贵豫), LI Yuanyuan (黎媛媛)

“…Conclusion Medical staff can start from the main factors affecting the discharge readiness of GDM parturients, strengthen the explanation of disease knowledge, encourage parturients to self-measure blood sugar, improve the quality of discharge guidance, and thus improve their discharge readiness. …”
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Application of modified nursing shift schedule based on SBAR communication model in perioperative management of patients with early gastric cancer (基于SBAR模式改良护理交班表在早期胃癌患者围手术期管理中的应用... by DANG Limei (党李梅), GUAN Chengguo (管成果), ZAI Xiaojuan (宰小娟)

“…The quality of nursing shift, patient’s satisfaction and nurse’s critical thinking ability were measured and compared between two groups. Results After implementation of modified nursing shift schedule, the quality of nursing shift was improved, and nurses achieved a higher score of The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI) compared with that before implementation of modified nursing shift schedule (259. 95±38. 60 vs. 228. 68±36. 44, P＜0. 05). …”
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Efficacy of a Mobile Health–Based Behavioral Treatment for Lifestyle Modification in Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management: Greenhabit Randomized Controlled Trial by Ana Maria Ruiz-Leon, Rosa Casas, Sara Castro-Barquero, Sofia Alfaro-González, Petia Radeva, Emilio Sacanella, Francesc Casanovas-Garriga, Ainhoa Pérez-Gesalí, Ramon Estruch

“…The primary outcomes were HbA1c and fasting plasma glucose (FPG). Repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to compare changes over time (baseline to 6 weeks and baseline to 12 weeks) between the 2 intervention groups. …”
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Comparison of Field and Virtual Vegetation Surveys Conducted Using Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) Imagery at Two Coastal Marsh Restoration Projects by Aaron N. Schad, Molly K. Reif, Joseph H. Harwood, Christopher L. Macon, Lynde L. Dodd, Katie L. Vasquez, Kevin D. Philley, Glenn E. Dobson, Katie M. Steinmetz

“…Traditional field vegetation plot surveys are critical for monitoring ecosystem restoration performance and include visual observations to quantitatively measure plants (e.g., species composition and abundance). …”
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Life course socioeconomic position and care dependency in later life: a longitudinal multicohort study from 17 countriesResearch in context by Ting Pan, Chenshuang Li, Ying Zhou

“…Care dependency was measured using activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) following WHO recommendations. …”
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Prevalence of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in people living with HIV: a systematic review with meta-analysisResearch in context by Dimitra V. Pouliopoulou, Nicole Billias, Joy C. MacDermid, Erin Miller, Kelly K. O'Brien, Kieran L. Quinn, Monali S. Malvankar-Mehta, Tiago V. Pereira, Angela M. Cheung, Fahad Razak, Saverio Stranges, Pavlos Bobos

“…Summary: Background: Given the chronic immune activation and inflammatory milieu associated with Long COVID and HIV, we assessed the prevalence of Long COVID in adults living with HIV; and investigated whether adults living with HIV were associated with increased chance of developing Long COVID compared to adults living without HIV Methods: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched Medline, EMBASE, CINHAL, PubMed and CENTRAL from inception until June 14th, 2024, for observational studies that measured the prevalence of Long COVID in adults living with HIV and the odds of developing Long COVID following a SARS-CoV-2 infection in people living with HIV compared to people living without HIV. …”
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Thoracolumbar fascia ultrasound shear strain differs between low back pain and asymptomatic individuals: expanding the evidence by Norio Tomita, Marie-Hélène Roy-Cardinal, Boris Chayer, Stacey Daher, Ameer Attiya, Aline Boulanger, Nathaly Gaudreault, Guy Cloutier, Nathalie J. Bureau

“…Cumulated (C|ShS|L) and maximum (Max|ShS|L) shear strain parameters were computed from radiofrequency data, and TLF thickness was measured on reconstructed B-mode images. Statistical analysis included linear mixed-effects regression. …”
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Oncolytic influenza virus enhances killing effect of gemcitabine against pancreatic cancer cells by MENG Zihe, MENG Zihe, XU Yongru, DENG Zhaoda

“…HE staining was performed to observe the pathological changes in major organs （heart， liver， lungs， kidneys and brain）， and the serum levels of alanine aminotransferase （ALT） and aspartate aminotransferase （AST） were measured to evaluate the safety of the recombinant oncolytic virus. …”
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Intranasal delivery of hMSC-derived supernatant for treatment of ischemic stroke by inhibiting the pro-inflammatory polarization of neutrophils by Yixiang Jiang, Ning Wang, Jingyi Liu, Haoran Ren, Wenkang Jiang, Yanting Lei, Xidan Fu, Miao Hao, Xiujuan Lang, Yumei Liu, Xijun Liu, Rui Li, Hulun Li

“…In vitro, flow cytometry and ELISA measured the effects of hMSC-L and hMSC-M on N2 polarization and inflammatory cytokines expression in primary murine neutrophils. …”
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Adverse reactions of botulinum toxin type A for treating strabismus in children by E.E. Sidorenko, I.A. Ostanina, K.N.M. Rosel’o, D.V. Migel, E.I. Sidorenko

“…Visual fixation and acuity were measured before BTA injection. BTA was injected in horizontal extraocular muscles (average dose 3.40 U).…”
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Thiol-Disulfide Homeostasis in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Rats by Enes Aydın, Serpil Mungan Durankaya, Osman Yilmaz, Günay Kirkim, Safiye Aktaş, Salim Neşelioğlu, Özcan Erel, Yüksel Olgun, Abdullah Dalgıç

“…Results: Intergroup comparisons by frequency on day 5 of noise exposure showed statistically significantly lower responses in ABR measurements at 8 kHz, 12 kHz, and 16 kHz in group 2 compared to group 3 (P = .003, P=.006, and P=.002). …”
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