How eHealth use and cancer information-seeking influence older adults’ acceptance of genetic testing: Mediating roles of PIGI and cancer worry by Yinxia Zhu, Qian Erica Xiao, Man Chon Ao, Xinshu Zhao

“…These findings offer actionable insights for designing targeted health communication strategies and interventions to enhance genetic testing uptake and foster proactive health management among older populations.…”
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Depression among Tibetan residents in the Southeastern region of Qinghai-Tibet plateau: a cross-sectional study by Yuji Chen, Ga Long, Qing Huang, Ping Zhang, Nie Xu

“…The findings underscore the need for targeted prevention and treatment strategies tailored to the specific needs of these populations.…”
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Generation of donor organs in chimeric animals via blastocyst complementation by T. I. Babochkina, L. A. Gerlinskaya, M. P. Moshkin

“…The technologies of producing induced pluripotent stem cells give us the opportunity to obtain human donor cells capable of populating a “free niche”. Taken together, these technologies allow interspecific blastocyst complementation between humans and other animals, which makes it possible in the future to grow human organs for transplantations inside chimeric animals. …”
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From ex vivo to in vivo chimeric antigen T cells manufacturing: new horizons for CAR T-cell based therapy by E. Pinto, L. Lione, M. Compagnone, M. Paccagnella, E. Salvatori, M. Greco, V. Frezza, E. Marra, L. Aurisicchio, G. Roscilli, A. Conforti

“…This novel approach allows to completely eliminate ex vivo cell manipulation and expansion while producing therapeutic cell populations directly in vivo. To date, several studies have demonstrated the feasibility of in vivo T cell reprogramming, by employing injectable viral- or nanocarrier-based delivery platforms in tumour animal models. …”
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Association Between MRI Findings of Facet Arthropathy and Synovitis With Health-Related Outcome and Pain Scores Following Therapeutic Lumbar Facet Injections by Michael S. Green, Michele Van Hal, Matthew Onimus, Christopher R. Hoffman, Dhruv K. C. Goyal, Valeria Potigailo, Khuram S. Kazmi

“…The authors pose that further study could help identify patient populations that are the best candidates for therapeutic intervention. …”
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Sternal-Wound Infections following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: Could Implementing Value-Based Purchasing be Beneficial? by Dominique Brandt, Maximilian Blüher, Julie Lankiewicz, Peter J. Mallow, Rhodri Saunders

“…Data, including SWI rates, CABG volume, and length of stay, were used to populate a previously published Markov model that simulates the patient’s CABG-care pathway and estimates the economic (US$) and care burden of SWIs for each country. …”
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Premonitory urge in tic disorders – a scoping review by John B. Wohlgemuth, Kelly H. Watson, Kayce D. Gill, David A. Isaacs

“…They are highly prevalent, frequently bothersome, and increasingly recognized as a central phenotypic feature in tic disorder populations. This scoping review aimed to systematically consolidate published knowledge and identify knowledge gaps regarding premonitory urges in primary tic disorders.MethodsSearch strategies were deployed in five databases and five topic-relevant journals. …”
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Larvicidal Activities and Synergistic Effects of Essential Oils against Anopheles funestus and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Kisumu, Kenya by Dimitri W. Wangrawa, Jackline Kosgei, Maxwell Machani, James Opala, Silas Agumba, Felix Yaméogo, Dov Borovsky, Eric Ochomo

“…The use of plant-derived essential oils (EOs) is an attractive strategy in controlling mosquito populations because they are environmentally safe and may have a lower chance of developing resistance. …”
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Exploring the protective role of caffeine against Taraxacum-Induced ribotoxic stress mediated through autophagy and mitochondrial depolarization by Chien-Jung Lin, Shu-Ting Liu, Zih-Syuan Wu, Shih-Ming Huang, Teng-Wei Chen

“…However, caffeine could only change the populations of necrotic and apoptotic cells but not T. formosanum-induced cell death. …”
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Potentially Lost Years of Life Due to First Causes of Death by Ling Denise Santeiro Pérez, María Lina Valdés Gómez, José Aurelio Díaz Quiñones, Julio César Díaz Marrero, Yaniela Sarmiento Albelo

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> mortality and health of populations are phenomenon understood as a result of complex environmental, economic, social and individual interactions. …”
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A socioeconomic disadvantage index for informing policy, systems, and environmental change interventions for senior nutrition programs by Shadi Maleki, Cassandra M. Johnson, Francis A. Méndez Mediavilla, Ramalingam Shanmugam, Lesli Biediger-Friedman

“…Identifying socioeconomic disparities within a local area is critical for tailoring policy solutions to older adult populations. However, a comprehensive index for characterizing socioeconomic disadvantage for older adult households in the U.S. is yet to be developed. …”
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Cytotoxic evaluation of a mixture of four commonly used pesticides on mammalian cell lines by Prudence Agnandji, Eugène S. Attakpa, Fabrice Cazier

“…This bears the risk of heightened exposure to insecticide residues in the populations consuming these vegetables. In this study, we investigated how four frequently used insecticides, namely cypermethrin (Cyp), cyfluthrin (Cyf), β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH), and β-endosulfan (β-End), that were previously detected in the blood of vegetable farmers in South Benin act together in mixtures. …”
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Pengembangan Metode Interpolasi Splin Kubik Terapit dan Aplikasinya pada Masalah Pelacakan Trajektori Objek by Elvathna Syafwan, Mahdhivan Syafwan, Shandy Tresnawati

“…Interpolasi splin kubik merupakan sebuah metode pencocokan kurva yang sangat populer karena mudah diterapkan dan menghasilkan kurva yang mulus. …”
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Distribution and Conservation of Ephedra rhytidosperma by Chao Tan, David Kay Ferguson, Yong Yang

“…We also found that E. rhytidosperma populations at different altitudes showed different adaptations to the environment. …”
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Optimising early detection of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review of quantitative screening tools for primary care by Salazar Jones, Sean Inzerillo, Pemla Jagtiani

“…Future research should focus on validating these tools in diverse populations and standardising diagnostic criteria.…”
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Non-modifiable and Modifiable Risk Factors in Vascular Ageing Extremes: The African-PREDICT Study by Donavan Rooi, Ruan Kruger, Esmé Jansen van Vuren, Yolandi Breet

“…Vascular ageing is not completely understood in African populations. Therefore, we aimed to phenotype young South African adults stratified by cfPWV extremes in terms of non-modifiable and modifiable risk factors. …”
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Patient empowerment: a critical evaluation and prescription for a foundational definition by Antonio J. Varela, Michael J. Gallamore, Noah R. Hansen, Dakota C. Martin

“…Practice gaps for those experiencing chronic disease, pain, and mental health disorders in rehabilitation setting are specific populations who benefit from healthcare providers unifying the variables associated with patient empowerment.Results and discussionThe review of associated concepts synthesized an actionable definition of patient empowerment that serves as a foundation for future research. …”
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Serological diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth (Ascaris, Trichuris and hookworm) infections: A scoping review. by Sara Roose, Fiona Vande Velde, Johnny Vlaminck, Peter Geldhof, Bruno Levecke

“…Only two assays designed for pigs are used to inform efficient deworming practices in pig populations. Regarding human diagnosis, none of the existing assays has undergone extensive large-scale validation or integration into routine diagnostics for MDA programs.…”
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Impact of COVID-19 on Utilization of Healthcare Services Among People Living with HIV (PLHIV): A Systematic Review by Enyinnaya Ukaegbu, Maulenkul Tilektes, Antonio Sarria-Santamera

“…There was a scarcity of research on the impact of COVID-19 on women populations living with HIV/AIDS. Other methods of healthcare delivery such as telemedicine and postage services were instrumental to the delivery of HIV care services. …”
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Joint Radio Resource Management of Channel-Assignment and User-Association for Load Balancing in Dense WLAN Environment by Hyun Seob Oh, Dong Geun Jeong, Wha Sook Jeon

“…IEEE 802.11-based wireless local area network (WLAN) is currently the most popular communication system and a lot of access points (APs) have been densely deployed over heavily populated areas. In such dense WLAN environment, the WLAN users can suffer from performance degradation due to high co-channel and adjacent-channel interference among APs. …”
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