Dietary intakes, food behaviours, and health indicators among Métis youth in Manitoba, Canada by Chantal Perchotte, Olena Kloss, Joyce Slater, Alan Katz, Bhanu Pilli, Aynslie Hinds, Marcelo L Urquia, Julianne Sanguins, Chris Green, Jaime Cidro, Dan Chateau, Nathan Nickel, Thomas Falkenberg

“…Design: This observational cross-sectional study involved a cohort of adolescents completed a self-administered web-based survey on demographics, dietary intake (24-h recall), food behaviours, food security, and select health indicators. …”
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Identification of unmet information needs among families of critically ill patients and their association with post-intensive care syndrome-family: protocol for a single-center cro... by Yoshiyasu Ito, Takuro Hamaguchi, Masatomo Suzuki, Yasushi Otaka, Mariko Asai, Yukihiro Sakaguchi, Yuki Shirai, Eisho Yoshikawa, Amane Tateno, Shoji Yokobori

“…Methods This study will be a single-center cross-sectional study using a questionnaire survey. The participants will include family members of patients admitted to the emergency ICU of the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital in Japan. …”
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Co-designing action-oriented mental health conversations between care providers and ageing Canadians in the community: a participatory mixed-methods study protocol by Carrie McAiney, Paul Holyoke, Heather McNeil, Justine L Giosa, Elizabeth Kalles, Nelly D Oelke, Katie Aubrecht, Olinda Habib Perez

“…Phase 1 engages ageing Canadians in four online workshops (n=60) and a national survey (n=1000) to adapt an evidence-based visual model of mental health for use with older adults in home and community care. …”
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Irregular Pulse and Cardiovascular Disease From NHANES (1999–2018): A Cross‐Sectional Study by Qingping Zeng, Weihong Chang, Rui Zhang, Hongxuan Fan, Aman Liu, Ping Zhang, Fei She, Boda Zhou

“…Methods This cohort study used National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 1999 through 2018 and linked mortality information until 2019. …”
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Risk of residual/recurrent cervical diseases in HPV-positive women post-conization depends on HPV integration status by Wenyu Lin, Yuxuan Huang, Yan Zhang, Lixiang Huang, Hongning Cai, Guanxiang Huang, Ye Li, Qiaoyu Zhang, Huifeng Xue, Binhua Dong, Pengming Sun

“…HPV integration test was performed using the high-throughput viral integration detection (HIVID), a sensitive method for genome-wide survey of HPV integration breakpoints. Results Among the 73 participants with HPV infection post-conization, 10 cases (13.7%) were positive for HPV integration. …”
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Magnitude of Multidrug Resistance among Bacterial Isolates from Surgical Site Infections in Two National Referral Hospitals in Asmara, Eritrea by Eyob Yohannes Garoy, Yacob Berhane Gebreab, Oliver Okoth Achila, Nobiel Tecklebrhan, Hermon Michael Tsegai, Alex Zecarias Hailu, Abrehet Marikos Buthuamlak, Tewelde Ghide Asfaga, Mohammed Elfatih Hamida

“…Here, we report on a spectrum of bacteria associated with surgical site infections in two referral hospitals in Eritrea and the associated antibiotic susceptibility patterns. Methods. This survey was conducted between February and May 2017. …”
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Associations between brominated flame retardants exposure and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Mediation analysis in the NHANES by Yulan Cheng, Jingyi Su, Xiangdong Wang, Ruiyao Huang, Zixuan Zhao, Kai Tian, Tianxiang Gu, Xiaoke Wang, Lin Chen, Xinyuan Zhao

“…Methods: We included 4110 adults from the 2009–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). NAFLD was diagnosed by serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), hepatic steatosis index (HSI), and United States fatty liver index (USFLI). …”
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Assessing HIV/AIDS patients’ access to antiretroviral drugs using the healthcare accessibility framework: a cross-sectional study from Shandong, China by Zhixin Fan, Songlin Zheng, Weiming Cui, Chao Zheng, Qiang Sun, Jia Yin

“…Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire survey, using convenience sampling, was conducted among HIV/AIDS patients in three AIDS-designated hospitals in Shandong Province. …”
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Burnout and its relationship with depressive symptoms in primary school teachers under the “Double Reduction” policy in China by Yunhui Zhong, Shuixiu Lai, Yibo Li, Kan Yang, Hong Tang, Xiang-yang Zhang, Xiang-yang Zhang, Xiang-yang Zhang

“…This study examined self-reported burnout levels of primary school teachers and investigated the relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms in the context of the “Double Reduction” policy in China.MethodsA cross-sectional survey recruited 3,199 primary school teachers from 15 cities across China. …”
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Feasibility pilot of a novel coaching intervention to optimize cannabis use for chronic pain management among Veterans by Kevin F. Boehnke, Gabrielle Bowyer, Jenna McAfee, Tristin Smith, Catherine Klida, Vivian Kurtz, Evangelos Litinas, Poonam Purohit, Anne Arewasikporn, Dana Horowitz, Laura Thomas, Jennifer Eckersley, Mia Railing, David A. Williams, Daniel J. Clauw, Kelley M. Kidwell, Amy S. B. Bohnert, Rachel S. Bergmans

“…Among those who completed end of intervention surveys (16/21), 87.5% were very or completely satisfied with the intervention and 81.3% rated coaching as very or extremely helpful. …”
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An evaluation study of direct economic losses from surgical site infections in adults: structural equation modeling by Qiuxia Zuo, Di Liu, Baoji Dong, Yuan Zhou, Kexin Zhao, Ping Tian, Ping Tian

“…Influencing factors were analyzed using a recursive system model.ResultsAmong the 74,258 patients surveyed, 226 developed SSIs, resulting in an infection rate of 0.3%. …”
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Spatiotemporal characteristics of macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups and biological assessment of water quality in the Hulan River Basin by Peilun Li, Shuhan Xiong, Jiacheng Liu, Xiangsheng Meng, Anqi Wang, Chunfeng Wang, Yanshen Zhang, Jilong Wang

“…This study focused on the Hulan River Basin, situated in a cold region, utilizing survey data on macroinvertebrates and water environmental factors collected in late April, late June, and late September of 2023. …”
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Children’s emerging concepts of resilience: insights from using body mapping in an East London cohort sample of 7-10-year-old children by Aisling Murray, Dominie Mahala Smith Scott, Milena Nikolajeva, Daniele Porricelli, Francois van Loggerenberg, Dennis Ougrin, Jennifer Y. F. Lau

“…Demographic data were collected via self- and parent-report surveys and school records. Manifest content analysis identified four thematic categories related to worries, somatic stress and resilience.Results196 children (48.47% boys, 46.43% girls; 35.20% White, 30.10% Asian, 11.22% Black) across school years 3–5 completed body mapping. …”
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Nonlinear associations of the hs-CRP/HDL-C index with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and advanced liver fibrosis in US adults: insights from NHANES 2017–2... by Bin Liang, Xue Qiu, Jiansheng Huang, Yequan Lu, Hairong Shen, Jianchao Ma, Yongyu Chen

“…The study analyzed secondary data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017–2018 database. The hs-CRP/HDL-C index was calculated by the quotient of hs-CRP and HDL-C. …”
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Niche and interspecific association of dominant arbor species in Quercus communities in the Qinling Mountains, China by Ruizhi Huang, Qi Wang, Jingyi Sun, Yipei Zhao, Shaowei Yang, Wenfa Xiao, Jianfeng Liu

“…In this study, we conducted a field survey on five types of Quercus communities across six elevation belts ranging from 900 to 2300 m (a.s.l) on the north and south slopes of Qinling Mountains, where the north subtropical and warm temperate zones divide. …”
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Assessment approach for conservation effectiveness and gaps for endangered species based on habitat suitability: A case study of alpine musk deer in western China by Feng Jiang, Pengfei Song, Jingjie Zhang, Dongwu Wang, Renhong Li, Chengbo Liang, Tongzuo Zhang

“…This study integrated data from 274 alpine musk deer occurrence points, obtained through infrared camera monitoring, field surveys, and literature reviews, with environmental variables, employing the MaxEnt model to analyze the current spatial distribution of suitable habitats and priority conservation areas in Western China. …”
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Bayesian Estimation of the True Bovine Brucellosis Prevalence in Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Ecuadorian Cattle Populations, and the Sensitivity and Specificity of a Competitive a... by Ana Dolores Garrido Haro, Margoth Yolanda Barrionuevo Samaniego, Paola Moreno-Caballeros, Alexandra Burbano-Enríquez, Verónica Alexandra Salas Torres, María Cristina Galante Mulki, Constance Wielick, Jorge Ron-Román, Claude Saegerman

“…To estimate and compare the diagnostic sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) of two screening tests, a new competitive (cELISA) and an indirect ELISA based on a new synthetic antigen (iELISA), a randomized, stratified, cross-sectional, serological survey was performed on the cattle population (3299 bovine sera from 223 farms) in continental Ecuador. …”
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SOA Services Identification and Design Methods From Business Models: A Systematic Literature Review by Redouane Blal, Abderrahmane Leshob, Hafedh Mili, Imen Benzarti, Pierre Hadaya, Raqeebir Rab

“…These limitations triggered the necessity for a survey that extracts more information about how to design SOA architectural models from business models. …”
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Cohort profile: Born in Wales—a birth cohort with maternity, parental and child data linkage for life course research in Wales, UK by Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Sarah Davies, Michaela James, Sinead Brophy, Sam Dredge, Hope Jones, Mike J Seaborne, Natasha L Kennedy, Adele Battaglia

“…This comprehensive dataset comprises over 400 000 child electronic records. Additionally, survey responses about health and well-being from a cross-section of the population including 2500 parents and 30 000 primary school children have been collected for enriched personal responses and linkage to the data spine.Findings to date The electronic cohort comprises all children born in Wales since 2011, with follow-up conducted until they finish primary school at age 11. …”
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Recreational prescription opioid misuse among college students in the USA: An application of the theory of planned behavior by Robert E. Davis, Martha A. Bass, Mary A. Ford, John P. Bentley, KoFan Lee, Nicole A. Doyle

“…Methods: A random sample of college students in the USA completed an electronic survey measuring TPB constructs, salient beliefs, RPOM, and demographic items. …”