Association between some environmental risk factors and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder among children in Egypt: a case-control study by Riham Abdelhamid Hussein, Rania Hussein Refai, Aleya Hanafy El-zoka, Hanan Galal Azouz, Mohamed Fakhry Hussein

“…The logistic regression model revealed that six factors had a significant association with ADHD: using of newspapers to wrap food 3 or more times a week (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 105.11, 95% CI: 11.18-988.26), daily TV watching by child for more than 5 h (AOR = 63.96, 95% CI: 2.56-1601.32), child’s eating commercially packed noodles 3 times or more per week (AOR = 57.73, 95% CI: 3.77–593.93), using unpackaged flour in cooking (AOR = 44.47, 95% CI: 1.83–629.80), eating sweets daily by child (AOR = 6.82, 95% CI: 1.23–37.94), and lastly elevated hair Manganese level (AOR = 3.57, 95% CI: 1.24–10.29). …”
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Reconfigurable mmWave Planar Phased Array Featuring Wide Elevation and Full Azimuth Spatial Coverage for 5G Vehicular Application by Saiful Islam, Hanvit Kim, Tuyen Dinh Nguyen, Sunwoo Kim, Hyoungsuk Yoo

“…The overall circular antenna array, incorporating director and reflector elements alongside the antenna on an additive substrate, measures <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$74.2 \, \text {mm} \times 74.2 \, \text {mm} \times 2.2 \, \text {mm}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, highlighting its compact design. …”
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Ratio-dependent competitions between a Wolbachia-uninfected bisexual strain and Wolbachia-infected thelytokous strain of the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura (Hyme... by Qian-Jin Dong, Yue He, Yu-Zhe Dong, Wu-Nan Che, Jin-Cheng Zhou, Hui Dong

“…Specifically, when six females were present, the Inter-Td group showed significantly shorter host handling times than the Intra-TdT group. Within intra-strain cohorts, TdT females displayed a lower attack rate than TdB females when four or six females were present, and longer host handling times when six females were present. …”
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Real-world evaluation of physiotherapist-led exercise prehabilitation and rehabilitation during autologous stem cell transplantation in myeloma: a single-centre experience by Orla McCourt, Joanne Land, Neil Rabin, Kwee Yong, Abi Fisher, Jonathan Sive, Charalampia Kyriakou, Michael K Luong, Alasdair Longden

“…Changes in 6 min walk test and timed sit-to-stand were significant and beyond thresholds of clinical importance. …”
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Impact of Order Set on Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Chronic Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cancer, and Pancreatic Resection by Michael Ladna, Ishaan Madhok, Adnan Bhat, Nicole Ruiz, Jackson Brown, Jake Wilson, Peter Jiang, Robert Taylor, Mark Radetic, John George, Christopher Forsmark

“…The BPA triggered a total of 30,838 times resulting in the smart being opened a total of 624 (2.02%) times over 24 months. …”
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The impact of successive Montessori programmes on cognitive achievement by Maria Angelica Paez-Barrameda

“…Further analysis indicated that each additional Montessori programme attended increased the likelihood of passing a CAT by 3.5 times, while a unit increase in EAR enhanced CAT pass odds by 28 times. …”
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A genogeographic study of the Kyrgyz mountain merino via microsatellite markers by A. В. Bekturov, Zh. T. Isakova, V. N. Kipen, T. Dzh. Chortonbaev, S. B. Mukeeva, S. K. Osmonaliev, К. A. Aitbaev

“…The most significant of them were as follows: with regard to the McM042 locus, allele 87 was major in the TALAS and OSH groups (35.6 and 45.7 %, respectively), whereas allele 95 was major in the ISSYK-KUL group (36.2 %); allele 154 was major in all groups with regard to the INRA172 locus, but it was 1.25 times less prevalent in the ISSYK-KUL and 1.66 times less prevalent in the OSH groups compared to TALAS (55.2 and 41.4 %, respectively), whereas alleles 156 and 158 were found only in the ISSYK-KUL group. …”
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What are parents' preferences for Human Papillomavirus vaccination promotion messages and communication? Application of a discrete choice experiment to a French Caribbean setting by Frédérique G. E. Dorleans, Jonathan Sicsic, Valérie Henry, Isabelle Bonmarin, Gwladys Nadia Gbaguidi, Lucie Leon, Jocelyn Raude, Jacques Rosine, Judith E. Mueller

“…Overall, the odds of scenarios stating high vaccine coverage in adolescents were at least 1.8 (95% CI: 1.2—2.6) times more likely to yield theoretical vaccine acceptance compared to a low vaccine uptake reference. …”
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Association of Serum Gamma-Glutamyltransferase with In-hospital Heart Failure in Patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary I... by An-Cheng Hou, Jian-Tong Hou, Wei-Ning Zhou, Yan-Jin Wei, Zhi-Hong Ou, Cun-Fei Liu

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the risk of HF in the second and third GGT tertile groups was 2.51 times greater (95% CI, 1.06–5.96) and 2.77 times greater (95% CI, 1.13–6.81), respectively, than that in the first GGT tertile group. …”
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Understanding the use of the National Early Warning Score 2 in acute care settings: a realist review protocol by Nia Roberts, Geoff Wong, Michelle Treacy, Mandy Odell

“…Introduction Failure to recognise and respond to patient deterioration in an appropriate and timely manner has been highlighted as a global patient safety concern. …”
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miR-16-5p aggravates sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by inducing apoptosis by Han Li, Junyan Duan, Tongtong Zhang, Yingjie Fu, Yue Xu, Hongjun Miao, Xuhua Ge

“…In this study, the expression level of miR-16-5p was found to be significantly upregulated about 20-fold in S-AKI patients, and it also increased by 1.9 times in the renal tissue of S-AKI mice. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that miR-16-5p had the highest predictive accuracy in the diagnosis of S-AKI (AUC = 0.9188). …”
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Utility of Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid Accumulation Products to Define Metabolically-Unhealthy Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Asian Indian Women - A Cross Sectional Study by R. A. Shreenidhi, Reeta Mahey, Monika Rajput, Rohitha Cheluvaraju, Ashish D. Upadhyay, Jai Bhagwan Sharma, Garima Kachhawa, Neerja Bhatla

“…PCOS women having VAI ≥ 2.76 had 19.3 times ([95% CI: 6.50–57.70]) more chance of developing MetS. …”
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Factors Influencing Informed Consent Preferences in Digital Health Research: Survey Study of Prospective Participants by Brian J McInnis, Ramona Pindus, Daniah Kareem, Daniela G Vital, Eric B Hekler, Camille Nebeker

“…For example, older participants tended to prefer the original more than younger participants, by a factor of 1.95 times (P=.004). The results present illustrative examples of how factors related to sex, age, physical activity, and ethnicity all play into preference for consent communication. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with S. haematobium Egg Excretion during the Dry Season, Six Months following Mass Distribution of Praziquantel (PZQ) in 2017 in the Bafia He... by Vicky Daonyle Ndassi, Judith Kuoh Anchang-Kimbi, Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Godlove Bunda Wepnje, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi

“…The risk of egg excretion increased by 4.79 times (95% CI: 2.20-10.41) and 3.68 times (95% CI: 1.59-8.54) among residents in Munyenge and Ikata, respectively. …”
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Relationship between physical activity during pregnancy and maternal health outcomes: evidence from the MAASTHI cohort study in Bengaluru, India by Yamuna Ana, Floor A. van den Brand, Onno C. P. van Schayck, Giridhara R. Babu

“…In addition, women who engaged in sedentary behavior during pregnancy were 1.07 times more likely to be obese and 4.32 times more likely to have elective cesarean section (C-section) delivery than those who engaged in moderate activity.ConclusionThe study found that physical activity during pregnancy has several beneficial effects on maternal prenatal health outcomes, including a reduced risk of obesity and C-section delivery, lower blood glucose levels, and improved mental health. …”
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Mechanisms of N2O production in salinity-adapted partial nitritation systems for high-ammonia wastewater treatment by Xiang Li, Yingxin Jin, Yanying He, Yufen Wang, Tingting Zhu, Yingxin Zhao, Bing-Jie Ni, Yiwen Liu

“…Particularly, the N2O production increased by 2.84–11.14 times in the aerated stage and by 0.61–2.04 times in the nonaerated stage (i.e. anoxic and settling stages). …”
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Un port rural antique de fond d’estuaire à Blainville-sur-Orne (Calvados) by Cécile Allinne

“…This last reflection leads us to speculate on the network function of comparable settlements in Blainville-sur-Orne, as well as on the different categories of rural ports that are thought to have existed in Roman times, for example those associated with villae, hamlets, rural settlements, or production sites.…”
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The investigation of sodium nitrite effects on the toxicokinetics of cyanide and thiocyanate by Sadettin Tanyıldızı, İbrahim Pirinçci, Sezai Kaya, Emine Baydan

“…The distribution half-lives of blood thiocyanate levels according to doses were respectively, 18.30±2.21 and 29.44±3.41 hours; the elimination half-lives were respectively, 224.43±11.40 and 42.89±8.85 hours; mean residence times were respectively, 137.36±24.2 and 64.38±6.6S hours; the duration of maximal concentration were respectively, 24 and 48^th hours; the maximal blood levels were respectively, 0.026 and 0.028 µg/ml were detennined. …”
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Pooled prevalence and associated factors of traditional uvulectom among children in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Solomon Demis Kebede, Kindu Agmas, Demewoz Kefale, Amare Kassaw, Tigabu Munye Aytenew

“…Mothers residing in rural areas were 2.45 times more likely to have a child experienced TCU compared to those in urban areas (AOR = 2.45; 95% CI: 1.59-3.32). …”
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The Status of Wild Grapevine (<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. subsp. <i>sylvestris</i> (C.C. Gmel.) Hegi) Populations in Georgia (South Caucasus) by Gabriele Cola, Gabriella De Lorenzis, Osvaldo Failla, Nikoloz Kvaliashvili, Shengeli Kikilashvili, Maia Kikvadze, Londa Mamasakhlisashvili, Irma Mdinaradze, Ramaz Chipashvili, David Maghradze

“…Flowering timing proved to be the most uniform stage, suggesting minimal environmental pressure on genetic adaptation. …”
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