Users’ Perspectives of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Services: Survey Study by Kate Churruca, Darran Foo, Andrew Turner, Emily Crameri, Maree Saba, Samantha Spanos, Matthew Vickers, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis

“… Abstract BackgroundCommercially run direct-to-consumer (DTC) telemedicine services are on the rise in countries such as Australia and the United States. These include DTC services that are web-based, largely asynchronous, and offer targeted treatment pathways for specific health issues (eg, weight loss or sexual function). …”
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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

“…NAFLD was diagnosed by serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), hepatic steatosis index (HSI), and United States fatty liver index (USFLI). The link between a single BFR exposure and NAFLD was estimated using weighted logistic regression and restricted cubic splines (RCS). …”
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Improving serum redox balance, inflammatory status, physical function, and cognitive ability through dual-task resistance training and detraining in nursing home residents by Erivaldo Machado Araújo, Hélio José Coelho-Júnior, Caio Victor Sousa, Thiago dos Santos Rosa, Ivo Vieira Sousa Neto, Emanuele Marzetti, Octávio Luiz Franco, Samuel da Silva Aguiar

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Supporting primary care clinicians in caring for patients with alcohol use disorder: study protocol for Records for Alcohol Care Enhancement (RACE), a factorial four-arm randomized... by Kara M. Magane, Richard Saitz, Sarah Fielman, Marc R. LaRochelle, Christopher W. Shanahan, Christine A. Pace, Michael LaValley, Kaley Penington, Skylar Karzhevsky, Emily Hurstak

“…Abstract Background Unhealthy alcohol use, a spectrum of use inclusive of risky consumption and alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Most people with unhealthy alcohol use do not receive evidence-based treatment. …”
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Synthesizing field plot and airborne remote sensing data to enhance national forest inventory mapping in the boreal forest of Interior Alaska by Pratima Khatri-Chhetri, Hans-Erik Andersen, Bruce Cook, Sean M. Hendryx, Liz van Wagtendonk, Van R. Kane

“…The remote sensing data were collected under variable sky conditions (clear to overcast) throughout a 1-month growing-season period, and field data collected by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis program (FIA). …”
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Research Status and Direction of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Complicated with Coronary Heart Disease: A Bibliometric Analysis from 2005 to 2024 by Bian H, Zhu S, Xing W, Qi L, Xue J, Peng X, Jin Z, Zhao H

“…The volume of literature in this domain is projected to continue growing steadily. The United States emerged as the leading country by publication count; Lin Cheng-li ranked first among authors, while China Medical University topped institutional contributions. …”
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Biliary atresia susceptibility gene EFEMP1 regulates extrahepatic bile duct elastic fiber formation and mechanics by Kapish Gupta, Jessica Llewellyn, Emilia Roberts, Chengyang Liu, Ali Naji, Richard K. Assoian, Rebecca G. Wells

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α-methyltryptophan-mediated protection against diabetic nephropathy in db/db mice as studied with a metabolomics approach by Aimin Cai, Dingchao Shen, Qiushuang Xiong, Jie Ding, Yang Ding, Xinlu Lin, Lijia Chen, Qing Yao, Qing Yao, Guangyong Lin, Ruijie Chen, Vadivel Ganapathy, Vadivel Ganapathy, Longfa Kou

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A latent class assessment of healthcare access factors and disparities in breast cancer care timeliness. by Matthew R Dunn, Didong Li, Marc A Emerson, Caroline A Thompson, Hazel B Nichols, Sarah C Van Alsten, Mya L Roberson, Stephanie B Wheeler, Lisa A Carey, Terry Hyslop, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Melissa A Troester

“…The main limitations of this work were inability to make inferences about causal effects of individual variables that formed the latent classes, reliance on self-reported socioeconomic and healthcare history information, and generalizability outside of North Carolina, United States of America.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Black patients face more frequent delays throughout the care continuum, likely stemming from different types of access barriers at key junctures. …”
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Responsible research in health disparities using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentSM (ABCD) study by MR Gonzalez, C Cardenas-Iniguez, DE Linares, S Wonnum, K Bagot, EJ White, A Cuan, S DiMatteo, YD Akiel, P Lindsley, JC Harris, E Perez-Amparan, TD Powell, Comité Organizador Latino de City Heights (COLCH), G Dowling, D Alkire, WK Thompson, TM Murray

“…Purpose: The Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentSM (ABCD) Study is the largest longitudinal study on brain development and adolescent health in the United States. The study includes a sociodemographically diverse cohort of nearly 12,000 youth born 2005–2009, with an open science model of making data rapidly available to the scientific community. …”
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Ziziphus jujube promotes fertility and pregnancy outcomes in Rat model of uterine adhesions by Fereshteh Asgharzadeh, Fereshteh Asgharzadeh, Mahsa Attarian, Majid Khazaei, Majid Khazaei, Abdulridha Mohammed Al-Asady, Abdulridha Mohammed Al-Asady, Abdulridha Mohammed Al-Asady, Saeide Mansoori, Hamideh Naimi, Moein Eskandari, Azar Khorrami, Seyedeh Elnaz Nazari, Akram Aminian, Marjaneh Farazastanian, Elaheh Eshtad, Amir Avan, Amir Avan, Mikhail Ryzhikov, Malihe Hasanzadeh, Seyed Mahdi Hassanian, Seyed Mahdi Hassanian

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Efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of obinutuzumab in patients with follicular lymphoma: a rapid review by Chao Wang, Yunzhuo Dong, Peng Men, Ruixia Zhang, Ying Xiao, Yishan Bu, Yinpeng Qin, Xinran Zhang, Qianqian Dou, Yiheng Yang, Huier Gao, Yi Zhang

“…The economic researches conducted in China, United States, Japan, Italy and Norway had demonstrated that obinutuzumab-based chemothrepy was cost-effective compared to other chemothrepies. …”
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A Review on Blockchain Applications in Operational Technology for Food and Agriculture Critical Infrastructure by Chengliang Zheng, Xiangzhen Peng, Ziyue Wang, Tianyu Ma, Jiajia Lu, Leiyang Chen, Liang Dong, Long Wang, Xiaohui Cui, Zhidong Shen

“…The year 2018 marked a surge in research within this domain, with the IEEE Internet of Things Journal and IEEE ACESS emerging as the most prolific journals, each boasting nine publications. The United States, China, and India are at the forefront in terms of journal citation counts. …”
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Treatment patterns for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease under the tiered medical system by Xiaoli Wang, Xingru Zhao, Tianqi Cen, Yi Yu, Zhiwei Xu, Lijun Shen, Ziqi Wang, Paul Jones, Quncheng Zhang, Yunxia An, Xiaoju Zhang

“…In addition, the use of inhalation therapies containing inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in China’s primary care is notably lower (16.9%) than the United States, the United Kingdom, and other middle-to-high-income countries (29.5-57.0%). …”
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The mC2HEST Score for Incident Atrial Fibrillation by Yanguang Li, MD, Qiaoyuan Li, MD, Lili Wang, MD, Tao Zhang, MD, Hai Gao, MD, Daniele Pastori, MD, PhD, Zhuo Liang, MD, Gregory Y.H. Lip, MD, Yunlong Wang, MD

“…Methods: Participants from the MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis were enrolled in the present study, which involved population of different ethnicities (Caucasian, African-American, Chinese-American, and Hispanic) aged between 45 and 84 from 6 communities in the United States. The discriminative and calibration performance of the mC2HEST score was compared with other risk models. …”
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The multifaceted role of the inferior colliculus in sensory prediction, reward processing, and decision-making by Xinyu Du, Haoxuan Xu, Peirun Song, Yuying Zhai, Hangting Ye, Xuehui Bao, Qianyue Huang, Hisashi Tanigawa, Zhiyi Tu, Pei Chen, Xuan Zhao, Josef P Rauschecker, Xiongjie Yu

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Molecular Data Confirm the Occurrence of the Allochthonous <i>Gambusia holbrooki</i> (Pisces: Poeciliidae) in Sicily and the Maltese Archipelago by Luca Vecchioni, Mirko Liuzzo, Arnold Sciberras, Jeffrey Sciberras, Justin Formosa, Alan Deidun, Gabriele Giacalone, Vincenzo Arizza, Marco Arculeo, Federico Marrone, Francesco Paolo Faraone

“…<i>affinis</i> were asynchronously introduced from the United States into Europe and subsequently translocated globally as biocontrol agents of the malaria vector (i.e., the larvae of the <i>Anopheles</i> mosquitoes), with dramatic consequences for the inland water native fauna. …”
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Corrigendum: Heterogeneous phenotype of a Chinese Familial WHIM syndrome with CXCR4V340fs gain-of-function mutation by Yu Huang, Yu Huang, Yu Huang, Lu Li, Lu Li, Ran Chen, Ran Chen, Lang Yu, Lang Yu, Shunkai Zhao, Yanjun Jia, Yanjun Jia, Ying Dou, Ying Dou, Ying Dou, Zhiyong Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang, Yunfei An, Yunfei An, Xuemei Tang, Xuemei Tang, Xiaodong Zhao, Xiaodong Zhao, Lina Zhou

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Changamoto Za Mtalaa Mpya Katika Ufundishaji Wa Lugha Ya Kiswahili Kwa Walimu Shule Za Upili, Wilayani Kasese. by Biira, Janet

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The Contribution of the Hotel Industry on Youth Empowerment in Mbarara City: A Case Study of Hotel Triangle Mbarara City. by Owomuhangi, Emmanuel

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