Adequately Iodized Salt Utilization and Associated Factors among Households in Tach Armachio District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Worku Mamo, Terefe Derso, Solomon Gedlu Nigatu

“…A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from January 25 to February 24, 2019, in Tach Armachio district, Northwest Ethiopia. A single population proportion formula was used to calculate the sample size and a total of 555 households were sampled. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and carotid atherosclerosis in Chinese steelworkers: a cross-sectional study by Haoyue Cao, Qinglin Li, Juxiang Yuan

“…The TyG index is associated with an increased risk of CAS among steelworkers, underscoring its potential as a reliable and practical predictive tool for assessing CAS risk in this population. Steelworkers with a TyG index>8.72 should receive additional CAS screening and health interventions. …”
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Cardiovascular risk profiles and the uptake of the NHS Healthcheck programme in male prisoners in six UK prisons: an observational cross-sectional survey by Kamlesh Khunti, Richard Morriss, Christopher Packham, Elizabeth Butcher, Marie Williams, Joanne Miksza

“…CVD risk was similar to community levels but this population was 10 years younger. Definite case-level depression or anxiety was present in 20.7% and 18.0%, respectively, of participants. …”
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Prehospital video triage of suspected stroke patients in Greater Manchester: pilot project report by Christopher Ashton, Adrian R Parry-Jones, Lisa Brunton, Ibrahim Alghamdi, David A Jenkins

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Comparison of Conservation Strategies for California Channel Island Oak (Quercus tomentella) Using Climate Suitability Predicted From Genomic Data by Alayna Mead, Sorel Fitz‐Gibbon, John Knapp, Victoria L. Sork

“…If preserving Island Oak ecosystems is the goal, assisted dispersal into multiple sites could produce adapted populations. If the goal is to preserve a species, the Santa Rosa population would be suitable. …”
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Patient and family engagement in infection prevention in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: defining a consensus framework using the Q methodology – NOSO-COVID study protocol by Laurence Bernard, Nathalie Camille Clavel, Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay, Alain Biron, Anaick Briand, Jesseca Paquette, Carol Fancott, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Vincent Dumez

“…The overarching objective of the proposed study is to explore how patients and families can effectively be engaged in infection prevention by developing a consensus framework with key stakeholders.Design and methods The proposed study is based on a cross-sectional exploratory study at one of the largest university hospitals in North America (Montreal, Canada). The targeted population is all healthcare professionals, managers and other non-clinical staff members who work on clinical units, and the in-patients and their families. …”
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The new urban wastewater treatment directive from the perspective of the receiving rivers’ quality by Máté Krisztián Kardos, Miklós Patziger, Zsolt Jolánkai, Adrienne Clement

“…The UWWTD update mandates extended removal of nutrients and stricter limits on micropollutants, primarily at wastewater treatment plants with a constructed capacity above 10 000 population equivalents. The revised Environmental Quality Standards Directive expands the list of regulated pollutants and lowers permissible concentrations for priority substances, including pharmaceuticals. …”
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Bacterial Isolation from Natural Grassland on Nitrogen-Free Agar Yields Many Strains Without Nitrogenase by Amrit Koirala, Nabilah Ali Alshibli, Bikram K. Das, Volker S. Brözel

“…Nitrogen inputs for sustainable crop production for a growing population require the enhancement of biological nitrogen fixation. …”
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Self-reported illnesses in Thatta: Evidence from a rural and underdeveloped district in Sindh province, Pakistan. by Muhammad Ashar Malik, Rahat Batool, Muhammad Ahmed, Imran Naeem Abbasi, Zafar Ahmed Fatmi, Sarah Saleem, Sameen Siddiqui

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A district-level survey was conducted in Thatta in 2019 with a population-representative sample of all ages (n = 7811) a. …”
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From fragmented to integrated healthcare managing hypertension post-stroke: a qualitative study by Hala F. Azhari, Jonathan Hewitt, Martin O'Neill, Alexander Smith, Terence Quinn, Jesse Dawson

“…IntroductionAs stroke incidence rises with an aging population, hypertension remains a critical modifiable risk factor for both primary and secondary stroke prevention. …”
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Desertification risk assessment and management program by M. Akbari, M. Ownegh, H.R. Asgari, A. Sadoddin, H. Khosravi

“…Desertification risk assessment results also showed that about 78% of central and northern parts of the region, with the largest population and residential centers, surface and underground water resources, agriculture and horticulture, is confronted with a high to very high degree of risk. …”
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Modeling Ebola Virus Disease transmissions with reservoir in a complex virus life ecology by Tsanou Berge, Samuel Bowong, Jean Lubuma, Martin Luther Mann Manyombe

“…Firstly it involves the synergy between the epizootic phase (during which the disease circulates periodically amongst non-human primates populations and decimates them), the enzootic phase (during which the disease always remains in fruit bats population) and the epidemic phase (during which the EVD threatens and decimates human populations). …”
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Association of Asthma Control and Metered-Dose Inhaler Use Technique among Adult Asthmatic Patients Attending Outpatient Clinic, in Resource-Limited Country: A Prospective Study by Bezie Kebede, Girma Mamo, Abebaw Molla

“…It is a common chronic respiratory disease affecting 1–18% of population in different countries. It can be treated mainly with inhaled medications in several forms, including pressurized metered-dose inhaler (MDI). …”
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Abuse and misuse of tramadol in patients with non-oncologic pain in a region of Southern Europe by M. Perelló, K. Rio-Aigé, G. Cereza, P. Rius, F. J. Pérez-Cano, M. Rabanal

“…It is mandatory to evaluate the criteria for prescribing tramadol and initiatives to improve the knowledge of the health professionals and the population.…”
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Environmental Challenges Faced by a Kindergarten and a School in the Katima Mulilo Education Circuit by Давид Нкенгбеза, Мундія Кілібоні Еустінах, Євген Літаба Маемеко, Муквамбо Музва

“…This method is appropriate for this study because participants were required to share their perspectives and express their thoughts about their school environment, allowing researchers to gather detailed experiences and feedback from the population. The study also employed the case study method. …”
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Prognostic Utility of the Combination of Platelet Count with Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Aged Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Inter... by Xiao-Qing Quan, Hong-Yan Ji, Jie Jiang, Jia-Bao Huang, Cun-Tai Zhang

“…The prognostic role of the combination of platelet count and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on mortality was assessed by the univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis. Result. Our study population was divided into three parts according to the median values of platelet count and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns in Men with Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving Docetaxel by Keith L. Davis, Benjamin Gutierrez, Teresa Zyczynski, James A. Kaye

“…**Results:** Patients had a mean [±SD] age of 66.5 [8.9] years, the majority (63%) were white, and geographic dispersion was similar to the US population. The majority of patients initiated docetaxel between 2008 and 2010. …”
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Potato spindle tuber viroid by A. V. Kochetov, A. Y. Pronozin, N. V. Shatskaya, D. A. Afonnikov, O. S. Afanasenko

“…RNA replication is prone to errors and infected plants contain a population of mutated forms of the PSTVd genome. Interestingly, at 7 DAI, only 25 % of the newly synthesized RNAs were identical to the master copy, but this proportion increased to up to 70 % at 14 DAI and remained the same afterwards. …”
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Prevalence and clinicopathological Spectrum of Auto-Immune Liver Diseases & Overlap syndrome by Annapoorani Varadarajan, Archana Rastogi, Rakhi Maiwall, Chhagan Bihari, Sherin Thomas, Vikrant Sood, Saggere Muralikrishna Shasthry

“…The literature on the prevalence of these AILDs in Indian population is scarce. This study aims to assess the prevalence and clinicopathological spectrum of various AILDs especially the overlap syndrome. …”
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Consumer attitudes and behavior towards organic products: Evidence from the Lithuanian market by Lina Pilelienė, Vilma Tamulienė

“…The survey results are based on the answers of 269 respondents representing the population of the four biggest cities in Lithuania. …”
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