Severely reduced physical performance is already present at the time of admission for stem cell transplantation by Dirk Reinhardt, Ronja Beller, Gabriele Gauß, Oliver Basu, Stefan Schönberger, Michaela Höfs

“…Correlations were observed among age and fitness parameters, the number of inpatient days and fatigue, and many previous exercise sessions correlated with better hand grip strength.Conclusion These results indicate a poorer fitness status in children before HSCT compared with healthy children, recommending the need for structured exercise programmes for children undergoing HSCT. …”
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Antibiotic use among university students: insights from a Nigerian institution by Francisca Ogochukwu Onukansi, Mfonobong Effiong Umoh, Stanley Chinedu Eneh, Collins Chibueze Anokwuru, Cosmas Nnadozie Ezejindu, Ugonma Winnie Dozie, Mariagorathy Iheoma Diala, Leo Cedric Fozeu Fosso, Chukwuocha Uchechukwu Madukaku

“…From these categories, students were randomly chosen and surveyed using a semi-structured questionnaire that was based on established research. …”
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Effectiveness of nurses’ training about mechanical ventilation weaning on neonatal outcomes by Mohammed F. Alharbi, Salwa A. Marzouk, Nojoud Alrashidi, Mohammed H. Abu-Alghayth, Eman A. Mater, Marwa A. Ibrahim, Huwida Hamdy Abdelmonem, Hanan A. Mohammed, Shadia A. Syan, Aml S. Abdelrahem, Ahlam D. Alshehri, Shimaa M. Moursy, Abeer A. Almowafy, Faransa A. Ahmed

“…Data was collected using a structured questionnaire about the nurses and neonates. …”
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Social media and depression among young adults in Bangladesh: Patterns, predictors, and implications by Mst Rahnuma Haque, Md. Nazrul Islam Mondal, Moynul Haque, Mohammad Mazharul Islam, Md Hasanul Kabir Sowmik, Shela Parvin, Mst Nadira Parvin

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 450 young adults in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh, using a structured questionnaire administered through face-to-face interviews and a purposive sampling technique. …”
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Prevalence of cervical dysplasia and its relationship with socio-demographic characteristics in a low-resource setting by Babatunde Enoch Adewumi, Julius kolajo Dare, Rita Omobosola Alabi, Rosemary Oluwatosin Komolafe, Sonnen Atinge, Enoch Olaoluwa Olatoye, Halimat Eyitayo Issa, Bethrand Ozioma Chukwu, Emmanuel Kokori, Alexander Idu Entonu

“…Informed consent was obtained from each participant, and data were collected through structured questionnaires. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used to assess the association between socio-demographic factors and cervical dysplasia. …”
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Forging partnerships for health equity research: transformative capacity-building for community-academic teams by Carmen R. Valdez, Liana Petruzzi, Liana Petruzzi, Phillip W. Schnarrs, Phillip W. Schnarrs, Tasha Banks, Chris M. Coombe, Chris M. Coombe, Barbara A. Israel, Barbara A. Israel

“…Yet a limited number of academic and medical institutions provide structured and formal training on how to conduct high-quality CBPR or develop academic-community partnerships.MethodsBuilding upon a capacity-building program, we developed and implemented a year-long academic partnership training program. …”
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Behavior and design implications of web-post shear failure in cellular beams by Worathep Sae-Long, Sutham Arun, Suchart Limkatanyu, Preeda Chaimahawan, Nattapong Damrongwiriyanupap, Wichaphon Fakkaew, Sangsan Wongchairattana

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Pulsed Electromagnetic Field-Assisting Reduced Graphene Oxide-Incorporated Nanofibers for Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells by Juo Lee, Sungmin Lee, Iksong Byun, Myung Chul Lee, Jungsil Kim, Hoon Seonwoo

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A new Track of Fatigue crack growth in Aluminum Alloy (2219) under Cyclic Stresses by Abdullah Dhayea Assi

“…It was found out that this crack grow and propagate in three phases, the first phase though the grain size (micro-structure short cracks(MSC)), second phase cross the boundary of the grain size to about 1mm in length (physically short cracks (PSC)) and the third phase up to the final fracture (Length cracks(LC)).  …”
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How content complexity and sensory modality influence student satisfaction in art education by Chenxi Sun, Xinan Zhao, Ningning Chen

“…This study investigates how perceived content complexity and modality structure affect student satisfaction in art-related programs, drawing on Construal Level Theory (CLT) to explain the psychological mechanisms involved. …”
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Assessing Measurement Invariance of Achievement Emotions Questionnaire for Teachers in Prospective Teacher Sample by Sevilay Kilmen

“…Although configural invariance suggests that the three-factor structure of the AEQT is the same across the teacher training programs, the lack of metric invariance indicates that the relationship between the items and the underlying latent variable the AEQT factors is not the same across these groups. …”
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The polyphasic approach reveals two new species and two new records of Nigrospora (Apiosporaceae, Amphisphaeriales) associated with Aquilaria sinensis from China by Shiyu Zhang, Junfu Li, Hongbo Jiang, Shuang Ye, Ausana Mapook, Jianchu Xu, Kevin D. Hyde, Prapassorn Damrongkool Eungwanichayapant

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Anticipated effects of centralising complex gastrointestinal surgery in a rural area in Germany - perspective of health professionals: a qualitative study by Charlotte M. Kugler, Stephan Gretschel, Julia Scharfe, Stefanie Pfisterer-Heise, René Mantke, Dawid Pieper

“…This redistribution might also have unintended effects on treatments beyond the scope of the minimum volume standards and could influence medical training programs and the recruitment of medical staff. Fostering structural collaboration among hospitals was suggested as a solution. …”
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Contribution of Range‐Wide and Short‐Scale Chemical Soil Variation to Local Adaptation in a Tropical Montane Forest Tree by Sebastián Arenas, Jorge Cruz‐Nicolás, Gustavo Giles‐Pérez, Josué Barrera‐Redondo, Verónica Reyes‐Galindo, Alicia Mastretta‐Yanes, Erika Aguirre‐Planter, Luis E. Eguiarte, Juan Pablo Jaramillo‐Correa

“…Here, we used landscape genomics approaches to investigate how chemical edaphic variation influences the genetic structure of this species at the range‐wide and local scales. …”
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Psychological correlates of eating behavior in overweight/obese adolescents in Taiwan: Psychometric and correlation analysis of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)-R21 by Yu-Wen Lin, Chung-Ying Lin, Carol Strong, Chih-Hsiang Liu, Yi-Ping Hsieh, Yi-Ching Lin, Meng-Che Tsai

“…This study aimed to assess the factor structure and reliability of TFEQ-R21 and to identify the correlates of eating behavior in obese and non-obese Taiwanese adolescents. …”
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Molecular profiling and sex determination of Cannabis sativa germplasm collection: Exploring microsatellite markers and high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis by Anastasia Boutsika, Eleftheria Deligiannidou, Theodoros Moysiadis, Nikolaos Tourvas, Panagiotis Karnoutsos, Marios Karagiovanidis, Dimitrios Magalios, Christos Nanos, Vangelis Mitsis, Eleni Tsaliki, Eirini Sarrou, Apostolos Kalivas, Ioannis Ganopoulos

“…Utilizing 10 microsatellite markers, important genetic variation was observed among the samples. Population structure analysis using STRUCTURE software indicated four distinct genetic subpopulations, which were further supported by the principal coordinate analysis (PCoA). …”
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Knowledge and attitudes about rare genetic diseases among practitioners of oral medicine/pathology in Brazil: a cross-sectional study by Samuel Trezena, Samuel Trezena, Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli, Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan, Edgard Graner, Lívia Maria Ferreira Sobrinho, Faizan Alawi, Ricardo D. Coletta, Hercílio Martelli-Júnior, Hercílio Martelli-Júnior, Hercílio Martelli-Júnior

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Awareness and adoption strategies for improved agricultural practices (IAPs) by smallholder farmers in the Mbeya Region, Tanzania by Phenson Justine, Ádám Csorba, Caleb Melenya Ocansey, Brian Rotich, Isaiah Maket, Azaria Stephano Lameck, Mustapha Abdulkadir, Mohammed Ahmed MohammedZein, Erika Michéli, Yuri Andrei Gelsleichter

“…The data was collected from smallholder farmers using the ODK collect tool through a well-structured questionnaire. The probit model and One-way ANOVA test were performed to identify predictor variables. …”
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Solitary Wave Solutions to the Modified Zakharov–Kuznetsov and the (2 + 1)-Dimensional Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff Models in Mathematical Physics by M. Al-Amin, M. Nurul Islam, Onur Alp İlhan, M. Ali Akbar, Danyal Soybaş

“…The modified Zakharov–Kuznetsov (mZK) and the (2 + 1)-dimensional Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff (CBS) models convey a significant role to instruct the internal structure of tangible composite phenomena in the domain of two-dimensional discrete electrical lattice, plasma physics, wave behaviors of deep oceans, nonlinear optics, etc. …”
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A cohesin cancer mutation reveals a role for the hinge domain in genome organization and gene expression. by Zachary M Carico, Holden C Stefan, Megan Justice, Askar Yimit, Jill M Dowen

“…These findings provide insight into how altered cohesin function contributes to disease and identify a requirement for the cohesin hinge domain in three-dimensional chromatin structure.…”
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