Prevalence and associated factors of probable depression amongst pregnant and parenting young females: a comparison of adolescents and young adults in rural South Africa by K. P. Seakamela, R. G. Mashaba, C. B. Ntimana, M. O. Mbombi, J. Tlouyamma, J. Tlouyamma, P. Mphekgwana, R. Nemuramba, K. Mothapo, L. Muthelo, L. N. Mabila, I. Dhau, E. Maimela, E. Maimela

“…Therefore, the current study aimed to identify the prevalence of probable depression and associated factors amongst pregnant and parenting young females.MethodThe study was a cross-sectional design, consisting of 362 pregnant and parenting adolescents and young adults aged 14–22. The study used the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) to measure probable depression. …”
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Risk factors of stroke-related sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Huan Yan, Juan Li, Lihong Xian, Yujie Li, Simin Li, Qinghua Wen

“…Meta-analysis was then performed using Revman 5.4 software to determine the significant risk factors for patients with stroke-related sarcopenia.ResultsA total of 14 studies (n = 3,113) were selected to determine the following factors that were statistically significant in patients with stroke-related sarcopenia: Age (OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.06; P < 0.0001), tube feeding (OR = 3.98; 95% CI: 2.12, 7.47; P < 0.0001), pre-stroke sarcopenia (OR = 1.84; 95% CI: 1.39, 2.43; P < 0.0001), atrial fibrillation (OR = 1.53; 95% CI: 1.15, 2.02; P = 0.003), NIHSS score (OR = 1.48; 95% CI: 1.21, 1.81; P = 0.0001), and osteoporosis (OR = 1.801; 95% CI: 58, 2.04; P < 0.00001). …”
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Influence of High School Socioeconomic Status on Athlete Injuries during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ecological Study by Garrett Bullock, Albert Prats-Uribe, Charles Thigpen, Heather Martin, Beverly Loper, Ellen Shanley

“… # Results Injury incidence increased in three of four socioeconomic strata during the 2020-2021 year (<$30,000: 2019-2020: 15.6 (13.1-18.1), 2020-2021: 26.3 (23.1-29.6); $30,000-50,000: 2019-2020: 7.8 (7.1-8.6), 2020-2021: 14.9 (13.8-15.9); $50,001-100,000: 2019-2020: 15.1 (14.7-15.4), 2020-2021: 21.3 (20.9-21.8); >$100,000: 2019-2020: 18.4 (18.1-18.8), 2020-2021: 17.3 (16.8-17.7)). …”
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Prevalence of HIV Drug Resistance Mutations in HIV Type 1 Isolates in Antiretroviral Therapy Naïve Population from Northern India by S. Sinha, H. Ahmad, R. C. Shekhar, N. Kumar, L. Dar, J. C. Samantaray, S. K. Sharma, A. Bhargava, R. M. Pandey, R. L. Mitsuyasu, J. L. Fahey

“…One patient had a major RT mutation M184V, known to confer resistance to lamivudine, and another had a major protease inhibitor (PI) mutation D30N that imparts resistance to nelfinavir. …”
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Intertwined depressive and cognitive trajectories and the risk of dementia and death in older adults: a competing risk analysis by Jufen Liu, Ziyang Ren, Yushan Du, Lirong Nie

“…Compared with older adults with the trajectory of no depressive symptoms and very good cognitive function, those with the trajectory of no depressive symptoms but rapidly decreased cognitive function were much more likely to develop new-onset all-cause dementia and death, with subdistribution hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of 4.47 (2.99 to 6.67) and 1.84 (1.43 to 2.36), especially in women.Conclusions To effectively mitigate the risk of dementia and death, it is crucial to acknowledge the importance of preventing cognitive decline in older adults without depressive symptoms, particularly in women.…”
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Evaluación temporal y espacial en la calidad microbiológica del agua superficial: caso en un sistema de abastecimiento de agua para consumo humano en Costa Rica by Eric Morales-Mora, Liliana Reyes-Lizano, Kenia Barrantes-Jiménez, Luz Chacón-Jiménez

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Impact of non-participation bias due to psychiatric illness on mortality and cardiovascular event estimates: a Danish longitudinal population study by Christian Torp-Pedersen, Mads Rasmussen, Christina Ellervik, Anders Jorgensen, Henrik E Poulsen, Zerlina Rygner

“…Of 28 504 non-participants, 2453 (8.6%) had a psychiatric diagnosis (OR for non-participation 1.84 (95% CI 1.69 to 2.00)). The most under-represented psychiatric disorders in participants were organic mental disorders (5.76 (3.90 to 8.48)), substance abuse (3.12 (2.14 to 4.54)) and schizophrenia (3.12 (2.33 to 4.18)). …”
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Xenopus laevis neural stem progenitor cells exhibit a transient metabolic shift toward glycolysis during spinal cord regeneration by Paula G. Slater, Paula G. Slater, Miguel E. Domínguez-Romero, Guillermo Campos, Guillermo Campos, Vania Aravena, Vania Aravena, Javier Cavieres-Lepe, Verónica Eisner

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Utilizing Local Waste: Sustainable Adsorption of Reactive Blue 235 on Surfactant-Modified Bamboo Fibers by Samriti Vaid, Varinder Kaur, Sanyog Sharma, Anupinder Singh, Bhavna Vaid, Raj Kumar Arya, G. D. Verros

“…Delving into the thermodynamic aspects of the process, we calculated ΔH and ΔS to be 54.88 kJ/mol and 184.54 J/mol/K, respectively. The consistently negative values of ΔG (between −0.183 kJ/mol and −3.884 kJ/mol) at all temperatures underscored the feasibility, spontaneity, and entropy-driven nature of the adsorption of RB235 on CTAB-treated bamboo fiber (BAT). …”
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Defect prediction and experimental study on investment casting of K4169 superalloy complex thin-walled parts by WANG Xiang, ZHANG Ying, SUI Dashan, CHEN Zhongfeng, DONG Anping, GUO Zhao, QI Fei, YI Chushan, GUI Daxing

“…The overall defects of the casting are less； the micro-shrinkage average volume fraction of different parts is counted， and the highest is only 1.01%； the minimum secondary dendrite arm spacing（SDAS） in the thin-walled region is only 18.4 μm， and the maximum secondary dendrite spacing in the thick part is 38.8 μm； the as-cast microstructure of K4169 alloy is dendritic structure. …”
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Long term cost-effectiveness analysis of IDegLira in the treatment of type 2 diabetes patients compared to GLP-1RA added to basal insulin after IDegLira entered the national reimbu... by Dunming Xiao, Junling Weng, Lei Zhang, Chang Xing, Yan Wei, Yingyao Chen

“…The eye diseases (background, proliferative retinopathy, macular edema, and visual loss) decreased by 24.4%, 41.1%, 18.9%, and 12.2%, respectively. Neuropathy decreased by 17.3%. …”
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Perioperative Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesic Efficacy of Morphine with Combined Nefopam and Parecoxib versus Parecoxib in Gynecologic Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind... by Varinee Lekprasert, Lapuskorn Yapanan, Wichai Ittichaikulthol, Rungrawan Buachai, Phimol Soisod, Areepan Sophonsritsuk

“…The VNRS on movement at 6 hours after surgery of the nefopam group was significantly different from that of the control group [mean (SD), 4.14 (2.11) vs. 5.14 (1.80), P=0.04]. The VNRS of the nefopam group at 12 hours after operation during resting and on movement was significantly different from that of the control group ([mean (SD), 1.47 (1.80) vs. 2.54 (2.15), P=0.03], [mean (SD), 3.22 (1.84) vs 4.17 (1.74), P=0.03]), respectively. …”
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Lymphopenia Is Associated with Gross Target Volumes and Fractions in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with External Beam Radiation Therapy and Also Indicates Worse Overall... by Hai-Ge Zhang, Ping Yang, Tao Jiang, Jian-Ying Zhang, Xue-Juan Jin, Yong Hu, Jing Sun, Shi-Suo Du, Zhao-Chong Zeng

“…Total lymphocyte counts were collected from 184 HCC patients treated by radiotherapy (RT) with complete follow-up. …”
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Elevating photovoltaic efficiency: Cobalt doping approaches with sustainable transition metal cations in lead halide perovskite solar cells by M.I. Khan, Saddam Hussain, M. Atif, J.E. Leal-Perez, B.A. García-Grajeda, J.M. Mendivil-Escalante

“…Further assessment of the optical properties by UV–Vis analysis reveals that the incorporation of 3 % Co2+ doping into MAPbI2Br reduced the band gap energy to 1.84 eV. All in all, in terms of important solar cell performance metrics, the introduction of 3 % Co2+ doping to MAPbI2Br has led to significant improvements. …”
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Th17 Cell Response in SOD1G93A Mice following Motor Nerve Injury by Allen Ni, Tao Yang, Nichole A. Mesnard-Hoaglin, Rafael Gutierrez, Evan B. Stubbs, Susan O. McGuire, Virginia M. Sanders, Kathryn J. Jones, Eileen M. Foecking, Junping Xin

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Biopsychosocial evaluation of patients with multiple sclerosis using a short set of categories of the international classification of functioning, disability and health, and its re... by D. Valadkevičienė, I. Žukauskaitė, D. Jatužis

“…The cross-sectional study involved 184 people with MS including 157 people who had applied to the Disability and Working Capacity Assessment Office under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania (DWCAO) to determine their working capacity level and 27 people with MS who hadn’t yet applied to DWCAO. …”
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Ambulatory Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy in Quebec: The Hôpital Charles LeMoyne Experience in 1996 by Laurent Delorme, Charles Frenette, Isabelle Le Corre, Julie Duchesne, Carole Delorme, Pauline Plourde

“…Hospitalized patients constituted only 18.4% of admissions to the outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy program. …”
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Immunostimulatory Effects of Guanine-Quadruplex Topologies as Scaffolds for CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides by Soumitra Pathak, Nguyen Bui Thao Le, Taiji Oyama, Yusuke Odahara, Atsuya Momotake, Kazunori Ikebukuro, Chiho Kataoka-Hamai, Chiaki Yoshikawa, Kohsaku Kawakami, Yoshihisa Kaizuka, Tomohiko Yamazaki

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Poor Control of Plasma Triglycerides Is Associated with Early Decline of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates in New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in China: Results from a 3-Year Follow-U... by Chuan Wang, Lingshu Wang, Kai Liang, Fei Yan, Xinguo Hou, Fuqiang Liu, Li Chen

“…Compared with patients with constantly abnormal TG levels, the risks were even higher in the subjects who experienced a transition from normal TG to hypertriglyceridemia (OR=2.576 versus OR=2.184, after multiple adjustment), and by tight controlling of TG, patients started with abnormal baseline TG levels could reduce the risk of DKD progression to the same low levels as the TG-constantly-normal group. …”
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The Use of Le Bail Method to Analyze the Semicrystalline Pattern of a Nanocomposite Based on Polyaniline Emeraldine-Salt Form and α-Al2O3 by Edgar A. Sanches, Adriano de S. Carolino, Amanda L. dos Santos, Edson G. R. Fernandes, Daniela M. Trichês, Yvonne P. Mascarenhas

“…Nanocomposite DC electrical conductivity was found around 0.24 S/cm (against 1.84×10-4 S/cm for pure PANI-ES), showing an increase of about 1,300 times compared to the pure PANI-ES at room temperature. …”
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