A Validated Volumetric Absorptive Microsampling-Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method to Quantify Doxycycline Levels in Urine: An Application to Monitor the Malaria... by Mylène Penot, Cyril Linard, Nicolas Taudon

“…The mean extraction recovery was 109% (mean RSD, 5.4%, n = 6) for doxycycline and 102% (mean RSD, 7.0%) for the internal standard. …”
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Air Quality of Bursa: Temporal and Spatial Evaluation of PM10, PM2.5, NO2 and SO2 Pollutants Using IDW Geostatistical Technique by Duygu Arıkan İspir, Ferruh Yıldız

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The Prevalence and Determinants of Stunting among Children 6 - 59 Months of Age in One of the Sub-Counties in the Rwenzori Sub-Region, Western Uganda by Enos Mirembe, Masereka, Arthur, Kiconco, Edson, Katsomyo, Clement, Munguiko

“…We recommend enforcing ownership of food granary by households especially during dry season, support to de-worming programs targeting children below five years of age and establishing community based income generating livelihood projects.…”
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Prevalence and determinants of clustering of adverse lifestyle behaviors among 35 – 75 years old residents at high cardiovascular disease risk in Hebei province: an analysis of dat... by Yuejing QIAO, Yuhuan LIU, Lijuan TANG, Dongsheng JIANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…A total of 18 357 (61.76%) of the residents reported the clustering of adverse lifestyle behaviors (with two or more of the five behaviors) and the subgroups of reporting higher clustering of the adverse lifestyle behaviors were those being males (9 745 [79.74%] reporting the clustering), aged 45 – 54 years (4 932, 63.94%), with primary education or below (9 254, 64.70%), with agricultural household registration (15 321, 67.26%), and with annual household income of ≤ 25 000 Chinese yuan (13 836, 66.41%), and being farmers (13 795, 67.72%). …”
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Population Characteristics and Their Implications on the Benefit Basket of National Social Health Insurance Scheme in Sierra Leone: A Prospective View by Abraham Isiaka Jimmy, Kwabena Anarfi Boateng, Peter Twum, Deborah Larbie, Abdul Bangura, Hassan Milton Conteh, Peter Agyei-Baffour

“…The study found that most (83.54%) of the respondents affirmed that children below 18 years should be excluded from premium payments and as high as 71.65% also stated that pregnant women should be excluded as well. …”
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Trends in motives for trying to stop smoking: a population study in England, 2018–2023 by Sarah E Jackson, Jamie Brown, Sharon Cox, Vera Buss

“…Rises in health-related and social motives soon returned to baseline levels (52.0% in May 2023 vs 52.5% in March 2018; PR=0.99, 95% CI 0.86 to 1.14) or below baseline (16.0% vs 21.6%; PR=0.74, 95% CI 0.54 to 1.01), respectively. …”
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A Modified Cycle Slip Detection Method with GNSS Doppler Assistance and Optimizing by Adaptive Threshold and Sliding Polynomial Fitting by Kezhao Li, Yunyan Shen, Xiaokui Yue, Yingxiang Jiao, Kai Wang, Zhe Yue, Keke Xu

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Incidence and predictors of mortality among HIV positive children on anti-retroviral therapy in the selected health facilities of West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia: Retrospective... by Gelane Gurmu, Emiru Merdassa, Gemechu Tiruneh, Keneni Efrem, Firezer Belay, Lalisa Mekonnen, Jira Wakoya Feyisa, Matiyos Lema, Adisu Tafari Shama, Markos Desalegn

“…This study also showed that children with WHO clinical stage III (AHR = 3.4, 95% CI: 1.2, 7.4), stage IV (AHR = 5.4, 95%CI: 1.5, 19.8), Being anemic (AHR = 4.9, 95%CI: 1.8, 13.4), CD4 cell count below threshold (AHR = 3.7, 95%CI = 1.4, 9.5), delayed developmental milestone (AHR = 4.5, 95%CI: 1.7, 11.7) were at higher risk of mortality.…”
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Effects of switching from MiniMed™ 640G to 770G on continuous glucose monitoring metrics and DTR‐QOL scores: An observational study of Japanese people with type 1 diabetes mellitus... by Toshiki Kogai, Junko Sato, Haruna Yasuda, Tatsuhiro Ayame, Azusa Ozaki, Eri Takagi, Mami Koshibu, Yuya Nishida, Fuki Ikeda, Hirotaka Watada

“…Results The baseline time in range 70–180 mg/dL was 67.3 (54.8–78.4)%, with a significant improvement beginning 8 weeks after the switch and lasting until 52 weeks. …”
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Human health risk assessment of aluminium in water treated with aluminium-based coagulants in a rural area by Fernando García-Ávila, Tatiana Encalada-Alvear, Luis M. Alvarez-Altamirano, Alex Avilés-Añazco, Lorgio Valdiviezo-Gonzalez, Emigdio Alfaro-Paredes

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Dual interfacial modification of hematite electron transport layer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells by Abu Summama Sadavi Bilal, Muhammad Meesum Bilal, Muhammad Faheem Zia, Shazia Feroz, Muhammad Nauman Ullah, Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Nargis Bano, Ijaz Hussain, Rida Fatima

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Impact of Grape Variety, Yeast and Malolactic Fermentation on Volatile Compounds and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra in Red Wines by Anna Stój, Tomasz Czernecki, Bożena Sosnowska, Agnieszka Niemczynowicz, Arkadiusz Matwijczuk

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Large Language Models in Dental Licensing Examinations: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mingxin Liu, Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Wenbo Huang, Atsushi Ogihara, Hikari Sophia Nagao, Hiroko Okada, Takahiro Kiuchi

“…Conclusion: LLMs, particularly GPT-4, show potential in dental education and diagnostics, yet their accuracy remains below the threshold required for clinical application. …”
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Ionized and total magnesium levels and health outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Juhaina Salim Al-Maqbali, Salwa Al Harasi, Qasim Al Mamary, Henrik Falhammar, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Mohammed Al Za’abi, Abdullah M. Al Alawi

“…An iMg/tMg ratio above 80% was associated with elevated HbA1c levels, while ratios below 60% were associated with diabetic retinopathy and hypertension. …”
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Microbiological and Physicochemical Characteristics of Three Types of “Soumbara” from Seeds of African Locust Bean in Korhogo Markets, Côte d’Ivoire by Ollo Kambire, Konan Mathurin Yao, Andrée Emmanuelle Sika, Aminata Coulibaly, Zamble Bi Irie Abel Boli, Rose Koffi-Nevry

“…For this purpose, a preliminary survey followed by a sampling of 54 samples of “Soumbara” was carried out. The microorganism load count was carried out according to microbiological standards. …”
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Anemia Prevalence and Risk Factors in Two of Ethiopia’s Most Anemic Regions among Women: A Cross-Sectional Study by Gebru Gebremeskel Gebrerufael, Bsrat Tesfay Hagos

“…The applicability of the proportional odds test was evaluated using the chi-square test of the parallelism assumption. A p value of 0.05 or below was used to define crucial and statistically significant predictor variables. …”
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Study of soil cover of Veronica spuria L. populations in Ile Alatau mountains, Kazakhstan by Yerkebulan Balkybek, Bekzat Tynybekov, Kanat Kulymbet, Ussen Kurmanbay, Zoya Umirbayeva, Zinat Nurakyn, Assiya Myltykbayeva, Alibek Ydyrys, Murat Toktar

“…In terms of salt content, all soil samples turned out to be non-saline (salt content below 0.025%).…”
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Patterns of beta-blocker use and dose optimization among ambulatory heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) attending public hospitals in Northeast Ethiopia:... by Minimize Hassen, Tsehaynesh Kebede Ebsa, Oumer Sada Muhammed, Tewodros Solomon, Mulat Belete Demessie, Teklehaimanot Fentie Wendie, Nuhamin Alemayehu Tesfaye, Mengistie Yirsaw Gobezie

“…Factors positively associated with beta-blocker use included Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor use (AOR: 15.48, 95% CI: 2.11-113.54, p = 0.007), and taking multiple medications (AOR: 7.12, 95% CI: 1.54–33.02, p = 0.012), while ingestion of secondary prevention agents (AOR: 0.05, 95% CI: 0.01–0.98, p = 0.048) and male gender (AOR: 0.08, 95% CI: 0.01–0.47, p = 0.005) were negatively associated. …”
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Rare renal proximal tubular dysfunctions in primary biliary cholangitis by Xiaoxiao Shi, Tianchen Guo, Yubing Wen, Wei Ye, Wenling Ye, Ke Zheng, Yan Qin, Xuemei Li, Fengchun Zhang, Limeng Chen

“…Most of them were asymptomatic PBC (7, 63.6%) with a high prevalence of elevated serum immunoglobulin M (IgM, 81.8%) and G (IgG, 54.5%) levels. In the kidney, they had a mean estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) level of 46.54 ± 23.03 ml/min/1.73m2, and 81.8% of them had eGFR below 60 ml/min/1.73m2. …”
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Improving glycemic control by transitioning from the MiniMedTM 640G to 770G in Japanese adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a prospective, single-center, observational study by Satoshi Kubota, Ai Sato, Manami Hosokawa, Yosuke Okubo, Shohei Takayama, Atsuko Kaneko, Yasuho Shimada, Yuki Asano, Yoshihiko Sato, Masanori Yamazaki, Mitsuhisa Komatsu

“…There was a significant reduction in time above the range (181–250 mg/dL: 25.8 [20.9–28.6] to 19.5 [17.1–22.1] %, p < 0.001; >251 mg/dL: 8.7 [4.0–13.0] to 4.7 [3.6–9.1] %, p < 0.001). Time below the range remained unchanged (54–69 mg/dL: 1.8 [0.4–2.4] to 2.1 [0.4–3.9] %, p = 0.24; <54 mg/dL: 0.2 [0.0–1.0] to 0.5 [0.1–1.3] %, p = 0.14). …”
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