A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Association between Physical Activity and Visceral Adipose Tissue Accumulation in a Multiethnic Cohort by Iris A. Lesser, Ann C. Yew, Dawn C. Mackey, Scott A. Lear

“…Chinese and South Asians had higher amounts of VAT at a given BMI but lower amounts of moderate PA, vigorous PA, and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA). …”
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Prevalence of urinary incontinence and its associated predictor and Self-care behavior among the elderly females in Chaiyaphum Province, Thailand: Cross-sectional study by Patchareepon Chompoowisate, Sumattana Glangkarn, Chaloemporn Namyota

“…UI self-care behavior on overall prediction was moderate, whereas behavioral change and self-care performance were high. …”
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Identification of specific risk factors and predictive analytics for cardio-cerebral arterial stenosis: a comparative study utilizing framingham risk stratification insights by Gege Zhang, Sijie Dong, Fanfan Feng, Weihao Kan, Taozhen Shi, Hongmei Ding, Ruiguo Dong

“…Dual arterial stenosis was found in 2,258 patients (38.8%), single ICAS in 399 (6.8%), and single COAS in 3,159 (54.3%). The moderate- and high-risk groups had significantly lower risks of single ICAS and COAS. …”
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Prognostic accuracy of Whole Lung Perfusion Blood Volume as a predictor of 28-day Mortality in Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism – A prospective study by N Krishna Reddy, Subathra Adithan, Shubhamoy Gantait, Venkateswaran Ramanathan, Manju Rajaram

“…Results: The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.696, indicating a moderate discriminatory power in distinguishing between patients who experienced mortality and those who did not. …”
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Third-hand Smoking Beliefs in Patients with Cancer by Remziye Can, Elif Saraç, Esra Yıldız, Şerif Kurtuluş

“…Beliefs about the harms of THS exposure were moderate. They believed that THS has a more harmful impact on health than its persistence in the environment. …”
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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of a Self-Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding the Use of a Communication Board in Communicating with Patients on Mechanical Ventilation... by Sheela A J Williams, Sowjanya P

“…In the post-test 25 83.3 had adequate levels of knowledge 5 16.7 had moderate levels of knowledge and none of the staff nurses had inadequate knowledge. …”
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Effects of pandemic on families, parenting stress, and emotional well-being of children in villages under Mugalur Subcentre, Sarjapur PHC, Bengaluru by Soumya Surendran, Deepthi N Shanbhag, Loana Mariyam Sebastian, Ben Mathews, Joel Harry, V Rachel, GS Ranjitha

“…Results: Among 210 study participants, 105 (50%) were found to have moderate to high stress due to the pandemic. Parenting stress was found to be high in 40 (20%) parents and moderate in 63 (30%) parents. …”
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Quantifying the Impact of Dysmenorrhea Symptoms on Quality-of-Life and Access to Oral Contraceptives by Income by Rhea Choksey, Rohan K. Mangal, Thor S. Stead, Terrika Jones, Rosa Flores, Latha Ganti

“…Most reports of uterine contractions range between moderate to severe pain, and patients often elect to cope with their discomfort without assistance from a physician. …”
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Distributary channel type and high‐quality reservoirs in tight sandstone—A case study on the outcrops and reservoirs of Xujiahe formation in Western Sichuan Basin by Junwei Zhao, Ling Zhang, Lei Tian, Yingtao Yang, Gongyang Chen

“…Channel type I and the bottom of type II develop moderate compaction–dissolution diagenetic facies, the middle and upper parts of type II and type III can develop strong compaction, moderate compaction–dissolution, or strong cementation diagenetic facies, and type IV can develop strong compaction diagenetic facies. …”
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Tobacco Use and Cardiovascular Diseases in Older Adults by María Gabriela Balarezo García, Karla Hurtado Serrano, Ximena Elizabeth Trujillo Romero

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the existence of a moderate significant association was found between smoking and the presence of cardiovascular diseases in older adults from Tungurahua.…”
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Prevalence and features of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, United States, 2016-2022. by Kaitlin Benedict, Jeremy A W Gold, Mitsuru Toda, Joy Hsu

“…ABPA prevalence increased with asthma severity (Commercial/Medicare: mild 1.3, moderate 9.3, severe 70.6, Medicaid: mild 0.3, moderate 2.4, severe 32.4). …”
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Readiness for Hospital Discharge and Its Correlation with the Quality of Discharge Teaching among the Parents of Premature Infants in NICU by Li Meng, Zhang Lingling, Zhang Haihong, Zhang Xiaobai, Huang Dandan, Wu Shaoyan

“…The quality of the discharge guidelines perceived by parents of premature infants was moderate, which may have reduced their readiness for hospital discharge. …”
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Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological Screening of β-Amino-, Thiadiazole/Thiadiazine-Phosphonate Based Triazole Motifs as Antimicrobial/Cytotoxic Agents by Abdou Wafaa M., Ganoub Neven A., Sabry Eman

“…The results showed that all synthesized compounds reflected remarkable antitumor activity against breast (especially MDA-MB-231/ATCC and BT-549), and prostate carcinoma cell lines (PC-3 and DU-145), whereas a moderate to good effect on ovarian and liver cancer cells was observed.…”
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Effectiveness of Group Health Education on “Perceived Stress” among High-School Children of Kolar: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Anandu Suresh, Mahendra M. Reddy, Prasanna B. T. Kamath

“…Results: Before the intervention, 6.2%, 92.4%, and 1.5% of the students had mild, moderate, and severe stress, respectively, in the intervention group. …”
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Association between exclusive or dual use of combustible cigarettes and heated tobacco products and depressive symptoms. by Bo Gyeong Lee, Haein Lee, Namhee Kim

“…After adjusting for general characteristics, compared to non-users, CC-only users were more likely to have mild and moderate to severe depressive symptoms. HTP-only users and dual users were also more likely to have moderate to severe depressive symptoms.…”
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Mode I stress intensity factor with various crack types by Ehab Samir Mohamed Mohamed Soliman

“…Consequently, crack severity is considered as moderate in case of (CCP) and the minimum in case of (DECP). …”
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Assessing the Impacts of Climatic and Water Management Scenarios in a Small Mountainous Greek River by Angeliki Mentzafou, Anastasios Papadopoulos, Elias Dimitriou

“…Integrated water management practices that moderate the impact of climate change on the water ecosystem services should be prioritized. …”
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Motor Control System for Adaptation of Healthy Individuals and Recovery of Poststroke Patients: A Case Study on Muscle Synergies by Fady S. Alnajjar, Juan C. Moreno, Ken-ichi Ozaki, Izumi Kondo, Shingo Shimoda

“…We then compared the resulting computed muscle synergies with those observed in 10 moderate-stroke survivors throughout an 11-week motor recovery period. …”
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Antimicrobial Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma against Porphyromonas gingivalis by Thuy Anh Vu Pham, Thao Thi Phuong Tran, Ngan Thi My Luong

“…Subgingival plaque of patients with moderate and severe chronic periodontitis was collected to isolate P. gingivalis. …”
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Efficacy of pulmonary surfactant with budesonide in premature infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Nanthida Phattraprayoon, Bing Tan, Mingkwan Na Takuathung

“…These results were based on low to very low evidence certainty. Only moderate-to-severe BPD or severe BPD showed a significant reduction when PS was used in conjunction with budesonide, a finding supported by moderate evidence certainty. …”
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