The impact of locus of control on somatic and psychological profiles of patients with irritable bowel syndrome engaging in aerobic exercise by Laura Prospero, Giuseppe Riezzo, Benedetta D’Attoma, Antonia Ignazzi, Antonella Bianco, Isabella Franco, Ritanna Curci, Angelo Campanella, Claudia Beatrice Bagnato, Piero Porcelli, Gianluigi Giannelli, Francesco Russo

“…Only patients with an internal LoC achieved a statistically significant increase in physical capacity as the effect of the AEP. …”
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‘That’s kind of under my work blanket’—redeployment experiences of children’s hospital staff during the covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study by Paula Kelly, Susie Aldiss, Jo Wray, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Faith Gibson

“…Redeployment is an intentional process to mobilise human resources by reassigning a healthcare worker to a new role or new work location, to achieve sustainable delivery of patient care. We report redeployment experiences of staff from a specialist children’s hospital during first and second waves of the United Kingdom COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics including Patterns of Antihypertensive Drug Administration of the Different Home Blood Pressure Phenotypes in Treated Hypertensive Patients by Chavalit Chotruangnapa, Tossaporn Thammarux, Piyawan Thongdang

“…Home BP phenotypes consisted of controlled hypertension (all home BPs achieved home BP targets), isolated uncontrolled morning hypertension (MoHT) (only morning BP was above home BP targets), isolated uncontrolled evening hypertension (EHT) (only evening BP was above home BP targets), and combined morning-evening uncontrolled hypertension (MoEHT) (all home BPs were above home BP targets). …”
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The availability and distribution of health services and resources across different regions in Afghanistan by Nelly Hegazy, Sherif El Deeb, Marwa Rashad Salem, Jerome A. Shaguy, Ramesh Nassery Mohammed, Abdullah Khawari, Jamshed Tanoli, Alaa Abouzeid, Alaa Abouzeid

“…This analysis emphasises the need for targeted resource allocation and infrastructure improvements to address inequities in access to essential healthcare services, particularly for underserved populations, thereby facilitating the achievement of equitable health outcomes in Afghanistan.…”
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Specifics of Foreign Assistance Allocation under the Trump Administration: From Inauguration to ‘Ukrainegate’ by V. I. Bartenev

“…The research covers a 3-year period from the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States to the Ukrainegate — the first scandal in the U.S. history provoqued by the submission of an anonymous whistleblower’s report pointing at the President’s illegal manipulation of the foreign aid resources to achieve personal political goals, which paved the way to his impeachment. …”
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Investigating the electronic health literacy promotion strategies in adolescent girls: A cross-sectional study in Iran by Elahe Tavassoli, Sara Eslami Farsani, Forouzan Ganji, Ziba Raisi Dehkordi

“…Background: Today, a fifth of the world’s population is made up of adolescents aged 10–19, 500 million of these people are adolescent girls, and investing in the health of adolescents is one of the main ways to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Health concerns are a phenomenon that preoccupies many people at some point in their lives, and in some cases, even though the evidence does not show a specific disease, the person’s concerns are not resolved and health anxiety continues. …”
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Enrichment of electrotrophic microorganisms from contrasting shallow-sea hydrothermal environments in bioelectrochemical reactors by Antoine Carissimo, Victoria Comes, Alenica Heussner, Anne-Hélène Prime, Roy E. Price, Gaël Erauso, Pierre-Pol Liebgott, Sven Kerzenmacher, Guillaume Pillot

“…A Multi-Factor Analysis revealed that the overall bioelectrochemical performances of these reactors set them apart from all the other Panarea and Prony conditions, not only due to their higher current production but also archaeal abundances (measured through qPCR). Most reactors produced organic acids (up to 2.9 mM in 6 days). …”
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Throughout Maximization for IRS-Assisted WPCN With Hybrid TDMA-NOMA Scheme by Yizheng Ma, Ruoyi Wu, Yi Zhang, Yupeng Shang, Linzhen Zhu

“…Additionally, the semi-closed-form expressions of IRS phase shifts during WET and WIT stages are iteratively achieved through Riemannian Manifold Optimization (RMO) and quadratic transformation (QT)-based Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) algorithms. …”
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Determining Priority Areas for the Technological Development of Oil Companies in Mexico by Tatyana Semenova, Juan Yair Martínez Santoyo

“…Currently, the most promising technologies are offshore drilling and production. To achieve the study goals, we analyzed the patent activity of the oil sector. …”
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Comparative study on deep and machine learning approaches for predicting wind pressures on tall buildings by Mosbeh R. Kaloop, Abidhan Bardhan, Pijush Samui, Jong Wan Hu, Mohamed Elsharawy

“…However, its promising results, more work is still required towards achieving the full analytical prediction of wind effects on structures. …”
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Prevalence, Indications, and Community Perceptions of Caesarean Section Delivery in Ngora District, Eastern Uganda: Mixed Method Study by Isaac Waniala, Sandra Nakiseka, Winnie Nambi, Isaac Naminya, Margret Osuban Ajeni, Jacob Iramiot, Rebecca Nekaka, Julius Nteziyaremye

“…Caesarean section is fundamental in achieving equity and equality in emergency obstetric care services. …”
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Insights in biomarkers complexity and routine clinical practice for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules and cancer by Maria de Lurdes Godinho de Matos, Mafalda Pinto, Ana Gonçalves, Sule Canberk, Maria João Martins Bugalho, Paula Soares

“…Conclusions The knowledge of genetic and molecular biomarkers has achieved a high level of complexity, and the difficulties related to its applicability determine that their implementation in clinical practice is not yet a reality. …”
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Development of a diagnostic multivariable prediction model of a positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR result in healthcare workers with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospital settings. by Sandra Liliana Valderrama-Beltrán, Juliana Cuervo-Rojas, Martín Rondón, Juan Sebastián Montealegre-Diaz, Juan David Vera, Samuel Martinez-Vernaza, Alejandra Bonilla, Camilo Molineros, Viviana Fierro, Atilio Moreno, Leidy Villalobos, Beatriz Ariza, Carlos Álvarez-Moreno

“…The selected variables were age, socioeconomic status, occupation, service, symptoms (fever, cough, fatigue/weakness, diarrhea, anosmia or dysgeusia), asthma, history of SARS-CoV-2, vaccination status, and population-level RT-PCR positivity. The model achieved an AUC of 0.79 (95% CI 0.77-0.81), with 93% specificity, 36% sensitivity, and satisfactory calibration.…”
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Long noncoding RNA Gm4419 promotes mesangial cell proliferation and extracellular matrix accumulation via the miR-455-3p/histone deacetylase 2 axis by Yang Wen, Hua Gan, Qing Zhong, Ying Gong

“…In summary, our research indicates that gene silencing of Gm4419 can effectively inhibit high glucose-induced mesangial cells proliferation and extracellular matrix accumulation. This is achieved through the regulation of the miR-455-3p/Hdac2 axis, highlighting the potential of the Gm4419-miR-455-3p-Hdac2 axis as a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy.…”
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Diabetes Management and Outcomes among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending a Renal Service by Elizabeth Skalkos, Rohit Rajagopal, David Simmons

“…Aims. To assess the achievement of metabolic targets and compare the current management of renal service attenders with insulin- and noninsulin-treated T2DM. …”
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Effect of salmon calcitonin on bone mineral density of patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (鲑降钙素对骨质疏松椎体压缩性骨折患者骨密度的影响)... by CAO Min (曹敏), CHEN Siling (陈思伶), LI Na (李娜), JI Tian (纪甜), YANG Yan (杨燕), YANG Liyun (杨丽云), JIAN Huiqing (蹇会清)

“…Results Patients in the study group achieved better outcomes of ALP, S-Ca) BMD and JOA score compared with those in the control group(P<0. 05). …”
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Adherence to implementing physical distancing and other COVID-19 preventive measures and its barriers among adults in Arba Minch town, Southwest Ethiopia: A lesson learned from the... by Teklu Wegayehu, Tsegaye Yohannes, Chuchu Churko, Alemayehu Bekele, Mekuria Asnakew Asfaw

“…<h4>Results</h4>Of the total surveyed adults (459), only 43.6% achieved above the mean score on adherence to implementing preventive measures of COVID-19. …”
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Optimizing the Morphology and Optical Properties of MoS₂ Using Different Substrate Placement: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification by Feng Liao, Yuhan Zeng, Qingqing Xie, Yupeng Yang, Shuangyi Linghu, Li Liang, Zewen Zuo

“…Furthermore, increasing the distance between the precursor inlets and the VP substrate decreases the amount of molecules on the substrate surface, achieving near-stoichiometry and promoting monolayer deposition. …”
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Different modifications of minimally invasive osteosynthesis in pilon fractures: comparative study results by Boris A. Maiorov, Igor G. Belen’kiy, Gennadii D. Sergeev, Kamoliddin K. Gadoev, Mariya A. Sergeeva

“…However, these techniques do not always achieve anatomical reduction of the articular component and stable fixation of all columns of the distal tibia. …”
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Genetic insight into dissecting the immunophenotypes and inflammatory profiles in the pathogenesis of Sjogren syndrome by Jingyi Xu, Shucheng Si, Yijun Han, Lin Zeng, Jinxia Zhao

“…A total of 4 inflammatory cytokines and 7 circulating proteins exhibited potential causal relationships with SS despite no significant result achieved after FDR correction. Finally, results of mediation analysis indicated that CD40L receptor levels had significant mediating effects (β = 0.0314, 95% CI: 0.0004–0.0624, P = 0.0471) at a mediation proportion of 28% (95% CI: 0.364%-55.6%) in causal relationship between CD27 on IgD + CD24 + B cell and SS. …”
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