Analysis of factors influencing HPV vaccination intention among Chinese college students: structural equation modeling based on health belief theory by Shi-Yuan Song, Ying Guo, Yi-Hua Li, Zheng Wang, Wei Gao

“…This study also aimed to provide a scientific basis for future health education and HPV vaccine promotion in China’s college student population.MethodsBased on health belief theory, 1,388 valid questionnaires were collected online to investigate college students’ knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors related to HPV vaccination and the factors influencing their willingness to be vaccinated. …”
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Relationship between caries indexes and obesity in a sample of Puerto Rican adolescents by Lydia M. Lopez del Valle, Mariely Nieves-Plaza, Sona Rivas-Tumanyan, Rosana Hanke-Herrero

“…Statistical analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistics.ResultsNearly 60% of the sample population was female, with a mean age of 15.7 (±1.25). …”
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Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study from 82938 Adults in China by Qingqing Liu, Jie Yuan, Maerjiaen Bakeyi, Jie Li, Zilong Zhang, Xiaohong Yang, Fangming Gao

“…The nomogram showed accurate prediction for T2DM among Chinese population with overweight and obese and might aid in assessment risk of T2DM.…”
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Genomic Insights into Blood Pressure Regulation: Exploring Ion Channel and Transporter Gene Variations in Jordanian Hypertensive Individuals by Mansour Abdullah Alghamdi, Laith AL-Eitan, Rasheed Ibdah, Islam Bani Khalid, Salma Darabseh, Maryam Alasmar, Asaad Ataa

“…This study investigates the genetic basis of hypertension in the Jordanian population, focusing on gene variants related to ion channels and transporters, including <i>KCNJ1</i>, <i>WNK1</i>, <i>NPPA</i>, <i>STK39</i>, <i>LUC7L2</i>, <i>NEDD4L</i>, <i>NPHS1</i>, <i>BDKRB2</i>, and <i>CACNA1C</i>. …”
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Polytrauma in Older Adults Leads to Significantly Increased TIMP-1 Levels in the Early Posttraumatic Period by Mareen Braunstein, Thomas Kusmenkov, Wolf Mutschler, Christian Kammerlander, Wolfgang Böcker, Viktoria Bogner-Flatz

“…TIMP-1 levels showed a significant maximum after 72 h in the older study population. MMP-9 levels were nonsignificantly higher during the whole observational period in older polytrauma patients when compared to younger patients. …”
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Burden assessment of podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka woreda, east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey, Kenate Bekele, Tsige Amberbir, Geleta Tadele, Abdi Samuel

“…Logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify factors associated with ALA.Results Prevalence of podoconiosis in the population was 3.05% (1197/39 256) (95% CI 2.9% to 3.2%). …”
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors +/− Chemotherapy for Patients With NSCLC and Brain Metastases: A Systematic Review and Network Meta‐Analysis by Lauren Julia Brown, Nicholas Yeo, Harriet Gee, Benjamin Y. Kong, Eric Hau, Inês Pires daSilva, Adnan Nagrial

“…No significant difference was observed in OS. In the population of patients without BM, no significant differences in PFS or OS were observed between chemoimmunotherapy versus ICI alone. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, Motivations, Expectations, and Systemic Factors Regarding Antimicrobial Use Amongst Community Members Seeking Care at the Primary Healthcare Level: A Scoping... by Nishana Ramdas, Johanna C. Meyer, Natalie Schellack, Brian Godman, Eunice Turawa, Stephen M. Campbell

“…Methods: OVID Medline, PubMed, and CINAHL databases were searched using Boolean operators and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms relevant to antimicrobial use and community behaviors. The Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Study Design (PICOS) framework guided study selection, which focused on community members seeking care in PHC in LMICs. …”
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Assessing vulnerability and climate risk to agriculture for developing resilient farming strategies in the Ganges Delta by Uttam Kumar Mandal, Fazlul Karim, Yingying Yu, Amit Ghosh, Taslima Zahan, Sonali Mallick, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Priya Lal Chandra Paul, Mohammed Mainuddin

“…Among the 89 administrative units analyzed, five upazilas in Bangladesh and two blocks in India were identified under very high vulnerability index, covering 18.6% the area and 8.13% of the total population. When combining vulnerability and climate hazard, three upazilas in Bangladesh and one block in India were identified under very high risk to agriculture. …”
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Imaging the large‐scale and cellular response to focal traumatic brain injury in mouse neocortex by Yelena Bibineyshvili, Thomas J. Vajtay, Shiva Salsabilian, Nicholas Fliss, Aastha Suvarnakar, Jennifer Fang, Shavonne Teng, Janet Alder, Laleh Najafizadeh, David J. Margolis

“…Correspondingly, two‐photon calcium imaging in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) found strong activation of neuropil and neuronal populations during the CCI‐induced travelling wave. …”
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Multiple Sessions of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Improve Periodontal Outcomes in Patients with Down Syndrome: A 12-Month Randomized Clinical Trial by Rafael Ferreira, Sebastião Luiz Aguiar Greghi, Adriana Campos Passanezi Sant’Ana, Mariana Schutzer Ragghianti Zangrando, Carla Andreotti Damante

“…Adjuvant treatments to scaling and root planing (SRP), such as antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), may benefit this population. This study evaluated the effectiveness of aPDT as an adjunct to SRP in individuals with DS. …”
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Risk of aortic aneurysm and dissection following exposure to fluoroquinolones, common antibiotics, and febrile illness using a self-controlled case series study design: Retrospecti... by Ajit A Londhe, Chantal E Holy, James Weaver, Sergio Fonseca, Angelina Villasis, Daniel Fife

“…<h4>Setting</h4>Primary and Secondary Care.<h4>Study population</h4>51,898 patients across 3 US claims databases (IBM® MarketScan® commercial and Medicare databases, Optum Clinformatics).…”
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The potential for gene-editing to increase muscle growth in pigs: experiences with editing myostatin by A. C. Dilger, X. Chen, L. T. Honegger, B. M. Marron, J. E. Beever

“…These animals were bred to commercial sires to expand the population and determine potential interactive effects between myostatin mutations and the naturally-occurring g.3072G > A mutation in insulin-like growth factor 2. …”
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PI3Kδ inhibitor linperlisib combined with gemcitabine and oxaliplatin for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a multicenter, single-arm phase Ib/II trial by Peng Sun, Hong Cen, Haiyan Yang, Rui Huang, Zhen Cai, Xuekui Gu, Hanying Bao, Zusheng Xu, Zuhong Xu, Zhi-Ming Li

“…Results The ORR observed in the full study population was 53.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 37.2–69.9). …”
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Insight into Nigeria’s progress towards the universal coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services: a secondary data analysis by Xiaohui Wang, Joy James Mafiana, Xiping Shen, Wenping Hu

“…The widest inequality was by economic status with the difference ranging from 21.9% points (95% CI 10.1% to 33.8%) to 56.3% points (95% CI 51.5% to 61.2%), Absolute Concentration Index from 3.5% points (95% CI 1.6% to 5.5%) to 11.3% points (95% CI 10.4% to 12.2%), Slope Index of Inequality from 23.1% points (95% CI 11.9% to 34.2%) to 65.5% points (95% CI 62.6% to 68.5%) and population attributable risk from 9.3% points (95% CI 7.3% to 11.4%) to 31.2% points (95% CI 29.0% to 33.3%). …”
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Prevalence of <i>Leptospira</i> spp. in Lithuanian Wild Boars (<i>Sus scrofa</i>) by Birutė Karvelienė, Inga Stadalienė, Jūratė Rudejevienė, Evelina Burbaitė, Dalia Juodžentė, Marius Masiulis, Jūratė Buitkuvienė, Jurgita Šakalienė, Gintaras Zamokas

“…Hunted animals were collected from ten counties that represented the boar population of the country. The sera of 451 collected boars were evaluated for eight <i>Leptospira</i> serovars using the microscopic agglutination test. …”
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Co-Creating Snacks: A Cross-Cultural Study with Mediterranean Children Within the DELICIOUS Project by Elena Romeo-Arroyo, María Mora, Olatz Urkiaga, Nahuel Pazos, Noha El-Gyar, Raquel Gaspar, Sara Pistolese, Angelique Beaino, Giuseppe Grosso, Pablo Busó, Juancho Pons, Laura Vázquez-Araújo

“…The present study underscores the value of co-creation processes involving children to address non-recommended dietary patterns, highlighting the critical role of sensory properties, cultural differences, and contextual factors in designing healthy snacks that meet the Mediterranean diet’s principles but are highly appreciated by the young segment of the population.…”
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Clinicopathological Features, Treatment Strategy, and Prognosis of Primary Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Duodenum: A SEER Database Analysis by Guoliang Zheng, Yue Wang, Yan Zhao, Zhichao Zheng

“…In this study, we sought to describe clinical features and identify factors affecting survival in patients with PDL using a large population cohort. Methods. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was queried from 1998 to 2015. …”
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Cervical cancer screening by cotesting method for Vietnamese women 25–55 years old: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Hien Thu Bui, Van Nu Hanh Pham, Thang Hong Vu

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Accounting in conditions of COVID-19 by M. G. Kudinova, V. V. Kozlov, N. A. Shevchuk, E. V. Uvarova

“…It is noted that the danger to the life and health of the population during the COVID-19 pandemic has a negative impact on the financial system of various countries, including Russia. …”
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