Efecto de Bioestimulantes en Producción y Calidad de Fresa (Fragaria ananassa cv. Albión) Bajo Estrés Hídrico by Ma. De Lourdes Javalera-Rincón, José Antonio González-Fuentes, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza, Armando Robledo-Olivo, Eduardo Alberto Lara-Reimers, Álvaro Morelos-Moreno

“…Los recursos hídricos limitados afectan a nivel mundial tanto a las actividades sociales como agrícolas. En México la producción e importancia del cultivo de fresa incrementa anualmente, al igual que los problemas de desertificación. …”
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Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among students enrolled at King Khalid University: a cross-sectional study by Abdulaziz M. Al-Garni, Ayed A. Shati, Nora A. Almonawar, Ghadi M. Alamri, Lujain A. Alasmre, Thamraa N. Saad, Faisal M. Alshehri, Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Ramy Mohammed Ghazy

“…Methods An anonymous validated short form of Arabic questionnaire of the depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21) survey was distributed online on social media platforms and through face-to-face interview for 1700 students from March 1st to May 31st 2024. …”
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The Assessment of the Supply of Calcium and Vitamin D in the Diet of Women Regularly Practicing Sport by Michał Wrzosek, Jakub Woźniak, Dorota Kozioł-Kaczorek, Dariusz Włodarek

“…The examined group was provided with the questionnaires via social media. To assess intake levels, the authors applied the group-based cutoff point method (calcium norm was EAR 800 mg/day; vitamin D norm was AI 15 μg/day). …”
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Associação entre espiritualidade, coping religioso e variáveis sociodemográficas em residentes de saúde do Recife by Arturo de Pádua Walfrido Jordán, Maria de Fátima Costa Caminha, Leopoldo Nelson Fernandes Barbosa, Brunna Haimenis, Lays Santana Freitas, João Victor de Albuquerque Muniz de Arruda Falcão

“…RESUMO Introdução: A espiritualidade, ao viabilizar o coping religioso/espiritual positivo ou enfrentamento religioso/espiritual, promove o fortalecimento da resiliência, a construção de uma visão positiva de mundo e a mobilização da rede de apoio social, desempenhando um papel relevante na promoção da saúde física e mental. …”
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Assessing intrinsic capacity for person‐centred HIV care: a cross‐sectional study in ageing populations in Malaysia and Hong Kong by Reena Rajasuriar, Syaza Hisham, John Son Lim, Jean Yi Cheong, Wen Ying Ho, Siew Hwei Yap, Nurul Syuhada Zulhaimi, Malinee Neelamegam, Catherine Cheung, Vivian Wong, Ruhana Che Yusof, Kejal Hasmukharay, Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar, Meng Li Chong, Pui Li Wong, Grace Chung‐Yan Lui

“…Conclusions IC is a good composite measure to monitor non‐HIV, age‐associated physical and social vulnerabilities in PWH on ART and should complement disease‐based monitoring in routine HIV care. …”
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Efficacy of brain stimulation therapies across psychiatric, movement, and cognitive disorders: an umbrella review synthesizing meta-analyses of randomized controlled trialsResearch... by Zhenyue Zu, Fenglan Chen, Linxi Yang, Wenzhuo Wei, Mi Zhang, Limin Huang, Ni Li, Zihan Lv, He Du, Xinrong Xue, Lijun Ma, Huixue Wang, Kai Wang, Xiaoming Li

“…Funding: This work was supported by the Anhui Natural Science Foundation (2023AH040086), Key Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Science of Anhui Province on Adolescent Mental Health and Crisis Intelligence Intervention (SYS2023B08), and the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U23A20424).…”
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The prevalence and associated disability burden of mental disorders in children and adolescents in China: a systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease StudyResea... by Wanyue Dong, Yunning Liu, Ruhai Bai, Lei Zhang, Maigeng Zhou

“…Funding: China National Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 72104113, 72204112), Social Science Fund of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. 21GLD008), ShuangChuang Doctor Program of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. …”
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Standardized Outcomes for Randomized Controlled Trials Targeting Early Interventions in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Protocol for the Development of a C... by Raphael Cinotti, Yvan Derouin, Amandine Chenet, Lydia Oujamaa, Bertrand Glize, Yoann Launey, Claire Dahyot-Fizelier, Emmanuelle Cartron, Melodie Renvoise, Benedicte Sautenet, Veronique Sebille

“…Managing TBI is a major human, social, and economic concern. In the last 20 years, there has been an increase in clinical trials in neurocritical care, leading mostly to negative results. …”
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The effectiveness of providing training and ongoing support to foster cultural humility in volunteers serving as mentors to youth of color: a mixed-methods study protocol by Bernadette Sánchez, Amy J. Anderson, Carla Herrera, David L. DuBois, Kay Thursby Bourke, Jean K. Sack, So Jung Lee, Karen Burchwell, Lidia Y. Monjaras-Gaytan, Yesenia Garcia-Murillo

“…The aim of the intervention activities is to enhance the capacity of mentors to have more culturally responsive and informed interactions with their mentees of color, thereby strengthening the youth’s ethnic/racial identity and abilities to both cope with experiences of racism and contribute to causes that advance social justice. Methods Recruitment started in June 2022, with a goal of enrolling 240 dyads (i.e., “matches”), each consisting of a volunteer mentor and a youth of color aged 9- to 17-years old with whom they were paired through BBBS. …”
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Baska Mask versus I-gel in Spontaneously Breathing Anaesthetised Patients: A Randomised Clinical Study by Bhagyavardhan Botta, Yogarajan Ramalingam, Grishma Robba, Tanya Elizabeth, Kala Balasubramanian, Selvamani Subramanian, Senthil Kumar Vannivedu Santhnam, Kavyasri Morampudi

“…The outcomes were analysed using statistical software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 and repeated measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied to find the relationship between the two groups. …”
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Generation Victoria (GenV): protocol for a longitudinal birth cohort of Victorian children and their parents by Elizabeth K. Hughes, William Siero, Alisha Gülenç, Susan A. Clifford, Tony Frugier, Simon M. Hall, Jatender Mohal, Kathryn North, Natasha Zaritski, Sharon Goldfeld, Richard Saffery, Melissa Wake

“…., state and federal physical and mental health, education, social, geospatial, ecological); (2) biosamples storage and use (e.g., residual clinical pregnancy and newborn screening, GenV-collected perinatal parent/infant saliva); (3) phenotypic and biosamples collection waves at child ages 6, 11 and 16 years, likely in schools and remotely for parents; and (4) opportunities for collaborative research integrated into GenV as a population registry (e.g., trials, natural experiments, depth subcohorts). …”
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Distribution and determinants of the utilization of senior residential care homes in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Saad M. Bindawas, Vishal Vennu, Maha Almarwani, Walid Alkeridy, Walid Alkeridy, Walid Alkeridy

“…BackgroundWith the accelerated increase in the population of seniors aged 60 years or older in Saudi Arabia, understanding the utilization of senior residential care homes is crucial for improving service delivery and policy planning to meet the care transformation objectives of Vision 2030.ObjectiveTo assess the distribution and determinants of senior residential care home utilization across Saudi Arabia’s 13 administrative regions, focusing on predictors of functional dependency among different socio-demographic groups.MethodsThis study analyzed data from 283 Saudi individuals aged ≥65 admitted to social residential care homes in 2021. Variables included age, sex, education level, marital status, region, and reasons for service use. …”
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Effect of home environment on neuropsychiatric development in preterm infants discharged from NICU at 18 months corrected age by Yuan Tian, Chuncao Zhang, Li Shen, Haifeng Jiang, Feng Liu, Jinjin Chen, Xia Hong

“…Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that compared with infants in supportive home environments, infants with moderate/unsupportive home environments had significantly elevated risks of development delay: 2.162-fold for global (odds ratio (OR) 2.162, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.274 to 3.665, p=0.004), 2.193-fold for fine motor (OR 2.193, 95% CI 1.161 to 4.140, p=0.016), 2.249-fold for language (OR 2.249, 95% CI 1.336 to 3.786, p=0.002) and 2.042-fold for personal-social (OR 2.042, 95% CI 1.149 to 3.628, p=0.015).Conclusions A supportive home environment is a crucial protective factor for the neuropsychological development of preterm infants. …”
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The Knee-SCHOOL: a brief patient-centered multidisciplinary educational program for knee osteoarthritis by Denise Vianna Machado Ayres, Sabrina Saemy Tome Uchiyama, Andréa Oliveira Prates, Rosana Aparecida Freitas Lopes, Antenor Bispo Santos Silva, Denise Rodrigues Tsukimoto, Rosimeire Alves Amorim, Taynah Souza Ribeiro, Artur Cesar Aquino Santos, André Tadeu Sugawara, André Tadeu Sugawara, Marcos Montagnini, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Marta Imamura, Marta Imamura

“…Participants attended educational sessions delivered by a multidisciplinary team (two physicians, two nurses, two physical therapists, one occupational therapist, one dietitian, one psychologist, one social worker, and one physical educator) addressing several aspects of KOA. …”
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Global burden, trends, and disparities in kidney cancer attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021 by Siyu Han, Shiyu Zhao, Ran Zhong, Peizhe Li, Yuewen Pang, Shuang He, Junyao Duan, Huijie Gong, Jing Shi, Li Liu, Yongji Yan

“…The positive correlation between higher SDI and increased deaths highlights the role of economic and social factors in disease prevalence. Cross-country analysis shows that while relative inequalities between groups are improving, absolute differences in health burdens continue to grow. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Cerebrovascular Accident: A Cross-sectional Study by (Col.) OK Radhakrishnan, Rutu K Rao, Varsha Manade, Swaranjali Gore, Shreya Gandhi, Khushboo Goyal, Tushar Agrawal

“…Data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 26.0. Statistical significance was set at 5%. …”
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UAE pharmacists’ perceptions of the causes of unwanted or unused medications, their practices, and barriers to promoting safe medication disposal by the public by Maram O. Abbas, Semira Beshir, Doaa Kamal AlKhalidi, Eiman Shamseldin Al Gailani Ali, Yosra Lozon, Rizah Anwar Assadi, Hana Ghdaiba, Rahaf Adnan AL-Zeer

“…The data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 29. Results A total of 370 pharmacists participated in this survey, most of whom were between 18 and 34 years old (69.2%). …”
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Investigating the effect of using a home safety training application by caregivers on accident risk management in the elderly by Mahdie Dehnavi, Najmeh Valizadeh zare, Seyd Reza Mazlom, Samira Mohajer, Tahereh Sadeghi, Mohammad Namazinia, Danial Baghie

“…Falls are a major concern among the elderly, leading to physical and psychological injuries and imposing significant financial burdens on healthcare and social systems. Given the widespread acceptance of smartphones and mobile health applications, however limited research has been conducted on the effectiveness of mobile applications in training caregivers for home safety and accident prevention in elderly populations. …”
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Rewilding beech-dominated temperate forest ecosystems: effects on carbon stocks and biodiversity indicators by Markuljaková K, Mikoláš M, Svitok M, Meigs GW, Keeton WS, Kozák D, Pavlin J, Gloor R, Kalaš M, Ferenčík M, Ralhan D, Frankovič M, Hofmeister J, Dúhová D, Mejstrík M, Dušátko M, Veber A, Knír T, Svoboda M

“…We compared some of the best-preserved primary old-growth forests with adjacent secondary old-growth forests which have been allowed to undergo self-development for an extended period of seven decades in the ecologically and socially important beech-dominated forests of the Carpathian Mountains. …”
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Effect of motivational interviewing to promote advance care planning among palliative care patients in ambulatory care setting: a randomized controlled trial by Helen Yue-Lai Chan, Doris Yin-Ping Leung, Po-Tin Lam, Polly Po-Shan Ko, Raymond Wai-Man Lam, Kin-Shan Chan

“…The intervention group reported greater improvements in social support and value of life than the control group immediately after the intervention. …”
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