Ramadan during pregnancy and the role of dietary intake for neonatal health in Kaduna, Northwestern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study by Musa Abubakar Kana, Bilkisu Usman, Amina Mohammed-Durosinlorun, Jennifer Ahmed, Hassana Habiba Abubakar, Yakub Abdulmalik, Fabienne Pradella

“…Methods Between July 2023 and February 2024, we conducted 1814 interviews with women whose pregnancy overlapped with Ramadan 2023 in Kaduna, northwestern Nigeria (cross-sectional study). We used a structured questionnaire to collect data on fasting, diet and sleep during Ramadan, as well as maternal socio-demographic characteristics. …”
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Alternations of interhemispheric functional connectivity in patients with acute acquired concomitant esotropia: a resting state fMRI study using voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivi... by Jiayu Chen, Jie Hao, Jiawen Liu, Huijian Li, Zhaojun Meng, Jing Fu

“…The resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) signals, binocular vision function, and psychometric scale scores were collected rs-fMRI data and structural image data were analyzed for VMHC, and a two-sample t-test was used to analyze the differences in VMHC between groups. …”
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Effect of regular thicknesses on the microstructural and quantitative analysis for a hypo-eutectic ductile iron alloyed with Ni and V by Colin-García E., Sánchez-Alvarado R.G., Cruz-Ramírez A., Suarez-Rosales M.A., Portuguez-Pardo L., Jiménez-Lugos J.C.

“…The area method to determine the average nodule size and nodular structure provided more reliable results than the perimeter and total particle count methods. …”
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Anxiety, depression, and insomnia among medical and non-medical students in Jordan: a cross-sectional study by Jehad Feras AlSamhori, Diala Ra’Ed Kamal Kakish, Abdel Rahman Feras AlSamhori, Ahmad Feras AlSamhori, Noor Rajeh Abu Hantash, Afnan Firas Abu Swelem, Mamoun Hamed Ali Abu-Suaileek, Hazar Mohammed Arabiat, Mohammad Anwer Altwaiqat, Radwan Banimustafa, Abdallah Barjas Qaswal, Abdulqadir J. Nashwan

“…Jordan is experiencing an increase in mental health issues, particularly among children, adolescents, and university students, yet negative attitudes and structural barriers limit access to mental healthcare This study provides a comprehensive analysis of depression, anxiety, and sleep quality among Jordanian undergraduate students. …”
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Establishment of wetland conservation networks in response to climate change and anthropogenic activities: A case study from the Liaohe River Basin in Liaoning Province, China by Kexin Chen, Shuxiu Liang, Pifu Cong, Zhaochen Sun

“…The approach incorporated multi-dimensional factors, including climate change and anthropogenic activities (multi-process) as well as structural and functional aspects of wetlands (multi-level), to anticipate future challenges. …”
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Genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Russia for the period 2022–2023 by Shagabieva Yu.Z., Shpilevaya M.V., Lagun K.M., Ohlopkova O.V., Plakhova K.I., Nosov N.Yu.

“…To perform phylogenetic analysis to assess ongoing changes in population structure of Russian clinical isolates of N. gonorrhoeae. …”
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Study on Change of Landscape Pattern Characteristics of Comprehensive Land Improvement Based on Optimal Spatial Scale by Baoping Feng, Hui Yang, Yarong Ren, Shanshan Zheng, Genxiang Feng, Yuwei Huang

“…Comprehensive land improvement causes strong disturbances of land use patterns in the short term, resulting in changes in landscape structure and function. This study adopts the moving window method and semi-variation function to explore the spatial scale effect of landscape pattern metrics in the comprehensive land consolidation project area of Baimahu Farm, and the spatial variability and homologous ecological processes. …”
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Alterations in the social-conditioned place preference and density of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area in Clsnt2-KO mice by I. N. Rozhkova, S. V. Okotrub, E. Yu. Brusentsev, K. E. Uldanova, E. A. Chuyko, V. A. Naprimerov, T. V. Lipina, T. G. Amstislavskaya, S. Ya. Amstislavsky

“…Thus, a change in social-conditioned place preference in Clstn2-KO mice as well as a higher number of neurons expressing type 2 dopamine receptors and tyrosine hydroxylase in the VTA, the key structure of the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway, were observed.…”
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A liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry method for separation and identification of hemoglobin variant subunits with mass shifts less than 1 Da by Ainslie Chen, Ryan M. Aquino, Hector A. Vidal, Carolyn V. Wong, Ruben Y. Luo

“…A common issue with conventional methods for identifying Hb variants is their subpar ability to provide structural breakdowns of the variants. Reports have surfaced of high-resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) methods that improve on traditional methods; however, ambiguities may arise without separation of Hb subunits prior to HR-MS analysis. …”
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Innovative development, microstructure and hydration characteristics of recycled brick powder-circulating fluidized bed fly ash-based earthwork subgrade backfill by Wenhuan Liu, Kaize Li, Xiaoyu Jiao, Hui Li, Honghong Cao, Yongping Qu

“…The robust honeycomb gel structure, created by the staggered interconnection of C-S-H gel and ettringite, is the primary contributor to mechanical strength. …”
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Hierarchical 2-D/3-D Object-Based Classification of Photogrammetric Textured Mesh Models by Zhongwen Hu, Jinhua Zhang, Zhigang Liu, Yinghui Zhang, Jingzhe Wang, Qian Zhang, Guofeng Wu

“…Although 3-D TMM provides more features than 2-D images, current classification methods have not fully utilized these features, particularly the stereoscopic hierarchical structure of different objects. To address this issue, we propose a hierarchical object-based method for the classification of TMMs, consisting of three key steps: 1) the TMM is first hierarchically segmented into ground surface meshes and off-ground 3-D objects using a cloth-simulated filtering algorithm; 2) the ground surface mesh is projected to 2-D ortho-image, where object-based image classification is used to classify pixels. …”
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Multi-pathway oxidative stress amplification via controllably targeted nanomaterials for photoimmunotherapy of tumors by Song Li, Yunheng Liu, Xiaokang Zhang, Yurong Liu, Longqing Si, Shaojing Jiang, Aoya Wang, Xukai Che, Jing Chen, Jinghui Hu

“…Consequently, the endoperoxide bridge structure in dihydroartemisinin is cleaved, causing additional ROS generation. …”
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Exercise barriers and facilitators during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a qualitative study by Kerry Courneya, Mi-Seong Yu, Ki-Yong An, Jiyong Byeon, Meeok CHOI, June-Won Cheong, Justin Y Jeon

“…An average of three semi-structured interviews were conducted per patient.Setting Exercise during HSCT treatment in an isolated immune room.Intervention Daily unsupervised exercise.Results A total of six patients completed a 6-week exercise programme as well as all scheduled interviews, whose compliance to the exercise programme ranged from 12% to 79%. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of 3D4/21 cells expressing CSFV NS4B by Wang Dong, Huifang Lv, Yuzhen Song, Yujin Lv, Xiapeng Xu, Huiyuan Jing, Zhifeng Peng, Xinghui Song, Yongbin Guo

“…Classical swine fever (CSF) caused by classical swine fever virus (CSFV) has resulted in severe losses to the pig industry worldwide. CSFV non-structural protein 4B (NS4B) plays a crucial role in CSFV replication and pathogenicity. …”
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“The big topic is COVID”: A qualitative study about changes in HPV vaccine conversations between parents and primary care team members throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by Josheili Y. Llavona-Ortiz, Lauren J. Van Scoy, Benjamin Fogel, Casey Pinto, Jamelia Graham, William A. Calo

“…PCTMs rated their confidence and agreement related to HPV vaccine conversations and pandemic impact. Semi-structured interview questions assessed changes in their HPV vaccine conversations throughout the pandemic. …”
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Estimation of Dendrocalamus giganteus leaf area index by combining multi-source remote sensing data and machine learning optimization model by Zhen Qin, Huanfen Yang, Qingtai Shu, Jinge Yu, Zhengdao Yang, Xu Ma, Dandan Duan

“…This method holds significant potential for large-scale forest LAI inversion and can facilitate further research on other forest structure parameters.…”
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The psychological experience of female caregivers of stroke patients in the rehabilitation period: A qualitative research (脑卒中康复期患者的女性照顾者心理体验的质性研究)... by ZHANG Yingjie (张颖杰), LIU Xingling (刘兴玲), ZENG Wen (曾文), WANG Yilian (汪伊恋), LIU Qun (刘群), LI Yueer (黎月娥)

“…Methods The phenomenological research method was used to conduct semi-structured interviews with 12 female caregivers of stroke patients. …”
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Designing and explaining the improvement model of women's employability capacity with emphasis on the 7th development plan by Mahsa Vahidpour, Akbar Etebarian Khorasgani, Mehrban Hadi Peykani, Saeed Daei-Karimzadeh

“…This qualitative research was compiled using thematic analysis; in this research, using semi-structured interviews with 23 experts in the field of policy making, entrepreneurship and management, the findings were combined and the present model was designed. …”
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Representation of the perception of effective factors on the implementation of Eric Cheng's knowledge management model in secondary schools of West Azarbaijan province by parivash mohammadi gheshlagh

“…The research tool is a semi-structured interview, and Lincoln and Guba's four criteria were used for the reliability of the data. …”
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The Relatıonship Between Functional Movement And Body Stability With Service Speed On Veteran Tennis Players by İpek Eroğlu Kolayiş, Hüseyin Günay

“…A healthy psychical structure with a wide range of mobility can contribute to the performance of a variety of sport branches including tennis. …”
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