Conditioning factors for the scientific productivity of undergraduate students of health sciences at a private Peruvian University: A cross-sectional analytical study [version 3; p... by Oriana Rivera-Lozada, Isabel Cristina Rivera-Lozada, César Antonio Bonilla-Asalde

“…Results From the total of 400 students, 74.5% were male, 57.25% were aged between 18 and 27 years, 17% belonged to the school of human medicine and 72% were in their sixth year of studies. …”
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Impact of healthcare-associated infections on in-hospital outcomes during the COVID-19 era: a multicenter comparative study of 20,942 isolated microorganisms from ICU patients by Armin Khavandegar, Zeinab Siami, Aziz Rasouli, Pershang Nazemi, Anoosha Gull

“…In the present study, we aimed to compare the frequency of HAIs in ICU-admitted cases within and before the COVID-19 era.MethodsThis multicenter retrospective study applied a descriptive-analytical approach to investigate the frequency of HAIs in the ICU departments of hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences from 2017 to 2022.ResultsOverall, 14,268 cases with 20,942 isolated microorganisms were recruited for this study, with 8,289 (58.1%) of them being male and 5,975 (41.9%) being female. A total of 6,722 (47.1%) cases with 9,917 (47.4%) isolated microorganisms were documented in the pre-COVID-19 era, while 7,546 (52.9%) patients with 11,025 (52.64%) were reported in COVID-19 era. …”
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Examining of Impression Management of Academicians in Higher Education Institutions Providing Sports Education by Hakan Salim Çağlayan, İbrahim Bülent Fişekçioğlu, Tuncay Sarıipek

“…A research using a descriptive scanning method aimed at revealing the current situation; 51 Faculties of Sports Sciences participating in the data collection process[n=426], 13 School of Physical Education and Sports[n=72] and 2 at the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching Affiliated to the Faculties of Education[n=5] a total of 503 who served[male=404, female=99; professor=44, associate professor=99, dr.teachmember=122, teaching.see=133, Res.see=105] it was carried out on the sample of Acaemicians. …”
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Global burden and trends of norovirus-associated diseases from 1990 to 2021 an observational trend study by MengLan Zhu, MengLan Zhu, ZiLing Huang, TongTong Liu, ChenNan Wu, ZhiHan Shang, LuLu Zhang

“…Notably, children under 5 years old had considerably higher ASDR: 475.52 years (95% UI: 160.73 to 893.72) per 100,000 for males and 335.44 years (95% UI: 112.29 to 623.48) per 100,000 for females. …”
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Evaluation the Efficacy of ELISA IgG, IgM and IgA Tests for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori by Hogir Mohammed Shukri Saadi, Ali Yahya Saeed

“…A total of 86 patients with ages ranging from 18-77 years old (43 males and 43 females) who were referred to the Duhok Hepatology & Gastroenterology center/Azadi Teaching Hospital for endoscopic examination from June to October, 2013 were enrolled in the study. …”
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Effect of “Helping Babies Breathe” Training on Ethiopian Undergraduate Midwifery Students’ Knowledge and Skills in Neonatal Resuscitation at Public Universities: A Non-Randomized Q... by Endalew Gemechu Sendo, Girum Sebsibe Teshome, Wegnesh Kelbessa Jirata, Lemi Abebe Gebrewold, Rahel Endalew Gemechu

“…Of the participants in the study, 43 were female and 11 were male. The study participants were between the ages of 21 and 25, with a mean age of 22.47 years. …”
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Sprega simulacionog planerskog alata sa alatom za proračun tokova snaga: Studija slučaja Republike Srbije by Nikola Rajaković, Bojan Ivanović, Ilija Batas Bjelić, Tomislav Rajić

“…Alat CASE se koristi za brojne sistemske proračune tokova snaga, struja kratkog spoja, rednih kvarova, stabilnosti na male poremećaje i tranzijentne stabilnosti. U programu su implementirani i proračuni koji se baziraju na proračunu tokova snaga: redukcija mreže, sigurnost (N-1 i N-X), NTC i OTDF/PTDF. …”
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The association between dolutegravir-based antiretrovirals and high blood pressure among adults with HIV in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Agete Tadewos Hirigo, Daniel Yilma, Ayalew Astatkie, Zelalem Debebe

“…Other significant covariates associated with HBP included being male (AOR 2.6; 95% CI: 1.4–4.9), age >45 years (AOR 2.0; 95% CI: 1.2–3.4), high waist-to-height ratio (AOR 2.4; 95% CI: 1.1–4.9), inadequate vegetable intake (AOR 1.7; 95% CI: 1.0–2.7), low physical activity (AOR 2.4; 95% CI: 1.1–5.4), and LDL-cholesterol (AOR 1.1; 95% CI: 1.0–1.2). …”
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Impact assessment of integrated-pathy on anthropometric, physiological, biochemical, and psychological parameters on type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: A single-arm, observational... by Akshay Vashisht, Medha Bhatt, Vedpriya Arya

“…Results: The inclusion rate of participants was 48.18% with 36 female and 17 male participants. 66.03% of the participants were physically active or moderately active, rest 33.97% were least active or had a sedentary lifestyle. …”
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Examining the Prevalence and Associated Factors of Sexually Transmitted Infections in People Living With HIV/AIDS at a Community Health Center in Bandung City, Indonesia by Nuraeni S, Alfian SD, Puspitasari IM

“…The factors associated with the prevalence of STIs in PLWHA, including sociodemographic factors such as gender, age, education level, marital status, occupation, population group, referral origin, and clinical factors such as length of illness, duration of ART, clinical stage, and comorbidities, were analyzed by using chi-square analysis.Results: Total 156 PLWHA data with STIs from medical records were collected (male, n = 152, 97.4%; female, n = 4, 2.6%). The prevalence of STIs among PLWHA was 32.1%, consisting of syphilis (n = 36; 72%), gonorrhea (n = 11; 22%), genital herpes (n = 2; 4%), and condyloma (n = 1; 2%). …”
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The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy, Aerobic Fitness, and Traditional Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Training: A Prospective Cohort Study by Brian R Kreisel, Kelly M Scott, Erin M Florkiewicz, Michael S Crowell, Jamie B Morris, Paige A McHenry, Timothy M Benedict

“…Injured cadets had significantly lower self-efficacy scores (p=0.003 and p=<0.001), shorter height (p=<0.001), lower weight (p=0.036), lower push-up and plank performance (p=<0.001), slower two-mile run performance (p=<0.001), and females sustained a proportionally higher number of injuries than males (p=<0.001). Cadets with low self-efficacy, shorter height, lower hand release push-up performance, lower plank performance and slower two-mile run performance were at greater risk for musculoskeletal injury. …”
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Music’s Vibratory Enchantments and Epistemic Injustices. Reflecting on Thirty Years of Feminist Thought in Music Theory by Judy Lochhead

“…These new perspectives have, in part, resulted in an increased diversity in the demographics of musicology, but there have not been changes of sufficient significance in either content or methodology in North American music theory and the demographics of music theory remain dominated by white, male practitioners. In this short essay, I propose two ways that music-theoretical practice can be transformed in order to overcome the “epistemic injustices” of past work in music theory. …”
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OUR EXPERIENCE IN TREATMENT OF ENTEROATMOSPHERIC FISTULAS FORMED AS A RESULT OF MINE-EXPLOSIVE INJURY by Kyrylo Parkhomenko, Anastasia Drozdova, Kostiantyn Prokopenko, Ivan Parkhomenko

“…There were 9 (52.9%) female patients, 8 (47.1%) male patients. The age of the patients varied from 42 to 75 years. …”
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Health and Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Children and Young People: Analysis of Free-Text Responses From the Children and Young People With Long COVID Study by Natalia K Rojas, Sam Martin, Mario Cortina-Borja, Roz Shafran, Lana Fox-Smith, Terence Stephenson, Brian C F Ching, Anaïs d'Oelsnitz, Tom Norris, Yue Xu, Kelsey McOwat, Emma Dalrymple, Isobel Heyman, Tamsin Ford, Trudie Chalder, Ruth Simmons, Snehal M Pinto Pereira

“…There were significant observed associations between sentiment and COVID-19 status as well as sex (P=.001 and P<.001, respectively) such that the majority of the responses, regardless of COVID-19 status or sex, were negative; for example, 84.1% (227/270) of the responses from female individuals and 61.7% (87/141) of those from male individuals were negative. There were no observed associations between sentiment and all other examined demographics. …”
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The associations between sedentary behavior and neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yunchen Meng, Yaqi Xue, Sanjun Yang, Fang Wu, Yanyu Dong

“…Subgroup analyses revealed that the risk of NP was greater in female (OR = 1.43, 95%CI: 1.22, 1.67) than in male (OR = 1.13, 95%CI: 1.01, 1.27) and was greater in employees (OR = 1.97, 95%CI: 1.70, 2.28) than in students (OR = 1.26, 95%CI: 1.15, 1.39). …”
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Vasoreactive testing prevalence and characteristics in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension by Goncharova Natalia, Kirill Lapshin, Aelita Berezina, Irina Zlobina, Anton Ryzhkov, Zhaneta Matakaeva, Elizaveta Andreeva, Olga Moiseeva

“…METHODS: One hundred and sixty-six adult IPAH patients (44.2 ± 15.3 years, 34 males) comprised into prospective single-center study between 2008 and 2023 years. …”
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The predictive role of the hs-CRP/HDL-C ratio for long-term mortality in the general population: evidence from a cohort study by Yifeng Wang, Li Wang, Zongquan Zhao, Song Yin, Xuejun Tang, Kerui Zhang

“…Results The overall median age of the cohort was 47.0 years (interquartile range (IQR) 32.0–62.0), and 4,585 (48.30%) patients were male. During a median follow-up period of 37.0 months, 239 (2.52%) all-cause deaths occurred, 59 (0.62%) of which were attributed to cardiovascular events. …”
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Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index: A Promising, Non-Invasive Biomarker for Crohn&rsquo;s Disease Activity and Severity Assessment by Deng Y, Fu T, Gao D, Zhou J, Nie X, Wang F, Yu Q

“…Model validation was performed using the Concordance index (C-index), calibration analysis and decision curve analysis (DCA).Results: In this study, 254 patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) were enrolled, including 171 males and 83 females, with ages ranging from 13 to 74. …”
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Ascorbic acid-containing compound efficacy in ischemic brain damage by Rita M. Termulaeva, Konstantin Y. Belanov, Natalya D. Bunyatyan, Aleksander S. Pirozhkov, Dmitrii E. Timoshkin, Ekaterina V. Blinova, Olga V. Vasilkina, Kirill D. Blinov, Elena V. Semeleva, Aleksander A. Dmitriev, Dmitrii S. Blinov

“…The substance neuroprotection was studied in male Sprague-Dawley rats with intraluminal middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion/reperfusion treated with 18 mg/kg of 2-EA along with neurological deficiency evaluation and morphological assessment of brain sections. …”
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Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Depressive Disorders in Pediatric Patients With Tuberculosis by Mihailov OM, Stavar Matei L, Tocu G, Ciubara A, Mihailov R

“…Key risk factors for depressive disorders included a rural background, male gender, and age between 15 and 18 years.Conclusion: Specific risk factors and vulnerabilities contribute to the development of depressive disorders in pediatric TB patients. …”
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