Medicaid expansion, dental visits and expenditures in veterans, older adults, and the foreign-born by Adejare Atanda, McKing I. Amedari, Israel T. Agaku, Lenwood W. Hayman, Mian B. Hossain

“…Using the 2012–2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys for a secondary data analysis, logistic and two-part regressions were used to model dental visits and costs as a function of key explanatory variables. …”
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How Argentinian Consumers Perceive the Safety of Irradiated Foods by Tiago Rusin, Anna Lucia Casañas Haasis Villavicencio, Wilma Maria Coelho Araújo, Cristiane Faiad

“…Food irradiation is a process used for various purposes, the main function of which is food safety. Although food irradiation has been used to ensure food safety, most consumers are unaware of the basic concepts of irradiation, misinterpreting information and showing a negative perception towards food treated with ionizing radiation. …”
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Empirical Re-Investigation into the Export-Led Growth Hypothesis (ELGH): Evidence from EAC and SADC Economies by Ojo Johnson Adelakun, Oluwafemi Opeyemi Ojo, Sakhile Mpungose

“…A dynamic panel data model based on an augmented Cobb-Douglas production function is estimated using the System Generalised Method of Moments (System GMM) to address endogeneity and reverse causality. …”
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Common and rare variant analyses implicate late-infancy cerebellar development and immune genes in ADHD by Yuanxin Zhong, Larry W. Baum, Justin D. Tubbs, Rui Ye, Lu Hua Chen, Tian Wu, Se-Fong Hung, Chun-Pan Tang, Ting-Pong Ho, Robert Moyzis, James Swanson, Chi-Chiu Lee, Pak C. Sham, Patrick W. L. Leung

“…At the polygenic level, we also discovered a strong genetic correlation with resting-state functional MRI connectivity of the cerebellum involved in the attention/central executive and subcortical-cerebellum networks. …”
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Les relations entre l’Europe du Nord et la Russie post-soviétique à travers le prisme de la conservation de la nature by Ian Florin

“…These interviews explore perceptions of the GBF’s role in transnational governance and its function within European-Russian relations. A thematic analysis of the collected data enables a nuanced understanding of how conservation initiatives are framed and mobilized in different political and institutional contexts.This article illustrates how the relationship between the European Union and Russia is not the work of two monolithic blocs motivated solely by their interest in power, but that it operates through diverse channels and responds to the subjectivities of the actors who make it up at local level. …”
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Quality of care in one Italian nursing home measured by ACOVE process indicators. by Claudia Pileggi, Benedetto Manuti, Rosa Costantino, Aida Bianco, Carmelo G A Nobile, Maria Pavia

“…Adherence to indicators varied for the different domains of care and was proven worse for the screening and prevention indicators both for geriatric and general medical conditions. Statistical analysis showed disparities in provision of appropriate processes of care associated with gender, age, co-morbidities, level of function and mobility, length of stay and modality of discharge by NHs.…”
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Related factors and prognostic significance of predialysis blood pressure variability by LV Yu-feng, DONG Hai-xia

“…Objective To study the clinical variables that may plausibly influence predialysis systolic blood pressure variability(SBPV),and to investigate the correlations of predialysis SBPV with all-cause mortality in patients receiving prevalent maintenance hemodialysis(MHD).Methods A total of 50 patients were enrolled in the study.All the blood pressure values before each dialysis were recorded between March and May in 2011.The mean systolic pressure(SBP)was calculated,and SBPV was estimated with the coefficient of variability.During the three months,clinical data and related biochemical parameters were collected,and echocardiography was carried out to detect cardiac structure and function.Death events were recorded during the next five years.Results The predialysis SBPV was 8.5% ±2.1%.SBPV showed a positive correlation with the age,body mass index(BMI)and left atrial diameter(LAD)(P<0.05 for all).Meantime,SBPV showed a negative correlation with the serum creatinine(SCr),average DBP,parathyroid hormone(PTH),doses of calcium carbonate and activated vitamin D(P<0.05).Patients with diabetes mellitus(DM),coronary artery disease(CAD)or taking alfablocker had higher SBPV(P<0.05).SBPV was used as a variate for conducting the multiple linear regression analysis,after adjustment,the seven variables of age,DM,CAD,BMI,LAD,SCr and taking alfa-blocker maintained their associations with predialysis SBPV(P<0.05).The equation of R~2=0.630.During 5 years of follow-up,12 patients died(24.0%).The Kaplan-meier survival analysis showed that the predialysis SBPV elevation was associated with the mortality rate(P<0.01).Conclusions Advanced age,the history of DM and/or CAD,lower SCr,higher BMI and LAD,and taking alpha-blocker were the independent risk factors of increased predialysis SBPV.The predialysis SBPV increase is associated with all-cause mortality in patients given prevalent MHD.…”
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The Effect of Comprehensive Corrective Exercises on Posture of Wushu Practitioners With Upper Cross Syndrome by Fatah Hajizadeh, Parisa Sedaghati, Farzaneh Saki

“…Paired t-test and covariance analysis were used for data analysis. SPSS software was used at the significance level (P≤0.05). …”
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Identification of modifier gene variants overrepresented in familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis patients with a more aggressive renal phenotype. by Monica Vall-Palomar, Julieta Torchia, Jordi Morata, Monica Durán, Raul Tonda, Mireia Ferrer, Alex Sánchez, Gerard Cantero-Recasens, Gema Ariceta, Anna Meseguer, Cristina Martinez

“…Familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC) is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive renal tubular disease with an incidence of <1/1.000.000 individuals, caused by loss-of-function mutations in CLDN16 and CLDN19. Our study includes a unique cohort representing all known FHHNC patients in Spain, with 90% harbouring mutations in CLDN19. …”
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Experimental studies of load transformation of the support contour of a load-lifting crane by Potakhov D.A., Vatulin J.S.

“…As part of the study of the hanging hydraulic cylinder, the parameters of the distribution of the stress-strain state of the cylinder (housing) of the hydraulic cylinder as a function of time were determined.…”
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Dynamic and efficient vehicular cloud management scheme with privacy protection by Min XIAO, Tao YAO, Yuanni LIU, Yonghong HUANG

“…The vehicular cloud (VC) formed by vehicles is used for localization processing and consumption of traffic sensing data to achieve timely intelligent traffic management.The vehicle cloud is highly dynamic, self-organizing and timely, in which the identity and location privacy of vehicle users need to be protected as this poses challenges to the vehicular cloud management.A dynamic and self-organizing vehicle cloud management scheme based on the asymmetric group key agreement protocol was designed, where the vehicle cloud is automatically formed through the self-organized group key agreement of vehicles.The group key was used to control the provision and access of vehicle cloud services, and the dynamic management of the vehicle cloud was implemented through group key update.The scheme used traceable one-time pseudonym technology to achieve anonymous authentication and conditional privacy protection of vehicle users, and the group key agreement stage only included one bilinear pair operation to achieve high efficiency.In addition, the key negotiation and update process used lightweight signatures, supporting batch verification, to achieve efficient message source authentication and integrity authentication.Then the security and efficiency of vehicle cloud communications in the self-organizing environment can be ensured.The dynamic key update mechanism of the key agreement protocol realized the dynamic joining or exiting of vehicles in the vehicle cloud, adapting to the dynamic characteristics of the vehicle cloud.Under the random oracle model and the difficult assumption of the inverse computational Diffie Hellman (ICDH) problem, it was proved that the asymmetric group key agreement scheme satisfied the selective-plaintext security.The security analysis shows that the scheme can protect the identity and location privacy of vehicle users, realize the legal tracking of malicious vehicles, and ensure the confidentiality, integrity and anti-counterfeiting of communications, as well as the forward security of vehicle cloud dynamic management.The performance comparison analysis shows that this scheme has certain advantages in communication and computing efficiency under the condition of the same function and security level.…”
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FunFOLDQA: a quality assessment tool for protein-ligand binding site residue predictions. by Daniel B Roche, Maria T Buenavista, Liam J McGuffin

“…Currently, methods for ligand binding site residue predictions are assessed in the function prediction category of the biennial Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction (CASP) experiment, utilizing the Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) and Binding-site Distance Test (BDT) metrics. …”
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Prevalence of mental health conditions in post-conflict Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A repeated, cross-sectional study. by Maaike L Seekles, Jacob K Kadima, Pierre O L Omumbu, Junior K Kukola, Joy J Kim, Christian B Bulambo, Raphael M Mulamba, Motto Nganda, Laura Dean

“…As a key public health issue, these conditions negatively affect individuals, communities, and societies to function after a conflict. Documenting the prevalence of mental health conditions amongst these populations is crucial to prioritise and guide future mental health interventions. …”
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Comparison of clinical efficacy between proximal femoral locking plate and cannulated compression screws for femoral neck fracture by Xianglong Zhou, Dongxuan Wei, Jiheng Xiao, Tianyi Xia, Haoran Zhou, Jianhui Xiang, Hanhong Fang, Hui Song, Liming Xiong

“…ObjectiveThe objective of this study is to investigate the clinical efficacy of proximal femoral locking plates in comparison to cannulated compression screws for the treatment of femoral neck fractures.MethodsA retrospective analysis of clinical data from 50 patients with femoral neck fractures treated at the Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology from September 2018 to June 2023. …”
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Tasks and means of therapeutic exercises in patients with breast cancer in pre- and postoperative periods by T. I. Grushina

“…Individual TEs classes include breathing exercises, position treatment, and special exercises to restore shoulder joint function and to control posture. Lymphadenectomy and failure to ligate intersected lymphatic vessels lead to inevitable lymphorrhea and seroma. …”
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Adaptation and validation of the west haven-yale multidimensional pain inventory for Pakistani population by Hira Liaqat, Saima Dawood

“…Data was analysed using SPSS 24. Results: Of the 306 subjects, 204(66.7%) were females and 102(33.3%) were men. …”
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Reliability and validity of mental health measurement of young people in a Chinese urban context. by Jing Zhou, Timo Toikko

“…The study responds to the global demand for valid and reliable health data to support mental well-being initiatives. Utilizing a sample of 3,279 participants aged 14-35 years, the study employed rigorous statistical analyses, including Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and tests for convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity, to evaluate the scale's psychometric properties. …”
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Study on Finite Element Model Modification of Long-Span Suspension Bridge Based on BPANN-GA by Zi-Xiu Qin, Xi-Rui Wang, Wen-Jie Liu, Zi-Jian Fan

“…Based on the measured values, a fitness function is constructed, and the GA is used to optimize the model parameters. …”
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The La carga de las mochilas provoca trastornos posturales en alumnos de primaria by Hasbiah Hasbiah, Hendrik Hendrik, Melvi S. Tandi, Supartina Hakim, Andi Halimah, Arpandjam’an Arpandjam’an

“…This can affect cardiopulmonary function, limit mobility, and cause structural problems. …”
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Hemoglobin level and its related factors in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis by Liu Zhao-xia, Cao Hong-xia, Xu Xing-xin, Lu Wen, Dai Hong

“…Results Mean Hb concentration was（106.08±20.42） g/L and the rate of target-attaining for hemoglobin 40.36%.The rate of targets for ferroprotein（200-500 μg/L）,transferrin saturation（≥20%）were 76.78% and 38.95%.Compared with non target-hemoglobin group, target-hemoglobin group had significant statistical differences of dialytic duration, dose of recombinant human erythropoietin, subjective global assessment, serum phosphate, blood calcium, serum albumin, serum iron, ransferrin saturation, cholesterol level and residual renal function（P<0.05）.Compared with high transport group, high average transport and low average transport groups had statistically different level of hemoglobin.Univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that duration of dialysis therapy >1 year, subjective global assessment, serum albumin<35 g/L,parathyroid hormone >300 ng/L,blood calcium >2.5 mmol/L,serum iron<10.6 μmol/L and transferrin saturation<20%.Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that duration of dialysis therapy ≥5 years, serum albumin<35 g/L,intact parathyroid hormone >800 ng/L,serum iron<10.6 μmol/L and transferrin saturation<20% were independent risk factors of anemia in PD patients. …”
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