Recruiting participants for focus groups in health research: a meta-research study by Jonas Lander, Simon Wallraf, Dawid Pieper, Ronny Klawunn, Hala Altawil, Marie-Luise Dierks, Cosima John

“…The studies varied in terms of number of participants (range = 7–202) and group size (range = 7–20). Recruitment occurred often in healthcare settings, rarely through digital channels and everyday places. …”
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Auriculoterapia para ansiedade na gestação: validação de protocolo clínico by Herica Pinheiro Correa, Daniel Vinícius Alves Silva, Kaue Batista Andrade, Antônio Prates Caldeira, Tânia Couto Machado Chianca, Maria Fernanda Santos Figueiredo Brito, Caroline de Castro Moura, Diego Dias de Araújo

“…A auriculoterapia com cristais radiônicos unilateral, com alternância do pavilhão auricular uma vez por semana, durante quatro sessões, evidenciou significativa melhora da ansiedade (p=0,029). …”
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Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Contribution of Proxabrushes with Regular Toothbrushes and Only Regular Toothbrushes to the Oral Health of Thai Elderly by Orachad Gururatana, Warangkana Vejvithee, Narisa Ekpatcha

“…A sample of 475 aged between 60 and 91 years participated in the study; 158 (33.3%) were males and 317 (66.7%) were females. The results revealed that, compared to baseline knowledge, attitude and practice were improved at follow-up for both the test and control groups (p < 0.05). …”
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Development potential of multi-cropping systems and its influence on agricultural water consumption in the Huang–Huai–Hai River Basin of China by Linghui Li, Qingming Wang, Yong Zhao, Jiaqi Zhai, Haihong Li, Shuying Han, Lichuan Wang, Yunpeng Gui

“…The results indicated that in the past 22 years, both of the actual and potential CS have shown a trend of transition to MCS with an area of 187.4 thousand km2 and 215.4 thousand km2. …”
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“Unmasking the Uncommon”: A case series of multi-drug resistant Elizabethkingia meningoseptica causing late-onset sepsis and meningitis in preterm neonates [version 2; peer review:... by Anisha Maria Fernandes, Sinchana Bhat, Suchitra Shenoy M., Prajnha U.P.

“…Initial investigations revealed normal complete blood counts (CBC) parameters and elevated CRP levels. Blood and CSF cultures isolated Elizabethkingia meningoseptica with a similar AST pattern. …”
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The Impact of Chemotherapy and Body Mass Index on Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Colon Cancer Patients: A PROFILES‐Registry Study by Anneke Kastelein, Floortje Mols, Laura Kervezee, Niels H. Chavannes, Hans Gelderblom, Jacques Neefjes, Chris Hinnen

“…Moreover, this group reported more fatigue compared to healthy (8.1, 95% CI: 5.5–10.9, p < 0.001) and overweight (9.7, 95% CI: 7.2–12.3, p = 0.019) chemotherapy‐treated patients. …”
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Biomarker Analysis Revealed Distinct Profiles of Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Infants with Ocular Lesions of Congenital Toxoplasmosis by Anderson Silva Machado, Ana Carolina Aguiar Vasconcelos Carneiro, Samantha Ribeiro B&#xe9;la, Gl&#xe1;ucia Manzan Queiroz Andrade, Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos-Santos, Jos&#xe9; N&#xe9;lio Janu&#xe1;rio, Jordana G. Coelho-dos-Reis, Eloisa Am&#xe1;lia Vieira Ferro, Andr&#xe9;a Teixeira-Carvalho, Ricardo Wagner Almeida Vitor, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, UFMG Congenital Toxoplasmosis Brazilian Group &#x2014;UFMG-CTBG

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Development of a novel strategy for the quantification of ultra-trace impurity elements in high-purity magnesium using inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry by Liang Fu, Guangsheng Huang, Yaobo Hu, Xianhua Chen, Jingfeng Wang, Fusheng Pan

“…The spike recovery of each analyte was 93.6%–107%, and the relative standard deviation (RSD) was 3.2%–6.9%, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of a new human immunodeficiency virus antigen and antibody test using light-initiated chemiluminescent assay by Yijun Li, Fangfang Jin, Yunhui Li, Yan Li, Yajie Wang, Ximing Yang

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Evolution of a seafloor massive sulfide deposit on axial volcanic ridges: a case study of the Duanqiao hydrothermal field, Southwest Indian Ridge by Weifang Yang, Chunhui Tao, Chunhui Tao, Shili Liao, Huichao Zhang, Huichao Zhang, Chuanwei Zhu, Wei Li, Guoyin Zhang, Xuefeng Wang, Lisheng Wang

“…The results revealed that pyrite is enriched in Mn, Co, As, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sb, Tl, and Pb, chalcopyrite is characterized by high concentrations of Se, Sn, In, As, Ag and Pb, and sphalerite is enriched in Co, Ga, Ge, As, Ag, Cd, Sb, and Pb. …”
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Environmental awareness and plastic use behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic by H. Herdiansyah, Nuraeni .

“…Data analysis was carried out using chi-square to identify partial relationships and logistic regression to distinguish relationships simultaneously.FINDINGS: This study found that 53.2 percent of respondents frequently used plastic during the Covid-19 pandemic. …”
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Bacterial profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of adult lower respiratory tract infections in Colombo, Sri Lanka by Nadeesha Amarasinghe, Muthulingam Athavan, Deepal Jayamanne, Yamuna Rajapakshe, Aflah Sadikeen, Kirthi Gunasekara, Amitha Fernando, Lilani Karunanayake

“…Coliforms (n = 176, 43.6%), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 117, 29%) were the most common isolated bacteria, followed by Moraxella (n = 47, 11.6%), Haemophilus influenzae (n = 23, 5.7%), and Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 18, 4.4%). …”
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Leveraging advanced deep learning and machine learning approaches for snow depth prediction using remote sensing and ground data by Haytam Elyoussfi, Abdelghani Boudhar, Salwa Belaqziz, Mostafa Bousbaa, Karima Nifa, Bouchra Bargam, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…New hydrological insights for the region: The Results highlight the efficacy of AI-based approaches for snow depth prediction, with SVR achieving the best performance (Root Mean Square Error of 2–5 cm and an average coefficient of determination of 0.97). …”
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Enhancing food security while reducing environmental impacts: Life cycle assessment of cultivation-irrigation systems and yield gap closure in paddy fields by Abdullah Darzi-Naftchali, Markus Berger, Fereshteh Batoukhteh, Ali Motevali

“…Overall, DDSR-D decreased the total EI by approximately 36.3 %, 13.3 %, 26.7 %, and 3.1 % compared to T-CF, T-AWD, DDSR-S, and DDSR-F, respectively. …”
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Does gender influence outcome measures similarly in patients with spondyloarthritis? Results from the ASAS-perSpA study by Sofia Ramiro, Maxime Dougados, Anna Molto, Clementina López-Medina, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Diego Benavent, Dafne Capelusnik

“…While being female independently contributed to higher BASDAI across the three disease subtypes (with varying magnitude), female gender was only associated with higher ASDAS in pSpA (β (95% CI): 0.36 (0.15 to 0.58)) and PsA (0.25 (0.12 to 0.38)) but not in axSpA (0.016 (−0.07 to 0.11)). …”
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Correlation between depressive symptoms and cognitive function in middle-aged and elderly population in China: an analysis of CHARLS baseline data by Yuchao SUN, Jing FENG, Zihui LEI, Ge QU, Xinyan LI, Yong GAN

“…ObjectiveTo examine the association between depressive symptoms and cognitive function and the influences of gender, region of life, and residential area on the association in middle-aged and elderly people in China. MethodsData on 17 705, 2 834, and 574 individuals aged ≥ 45 years were extracted from the 2011, 2013, and 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) enrollment surveys, which used the 10-item Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression Short Form (CES-D-10) to identify participants′ depression symptoms. …”
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Correlation between METTL3 overexpression and 18F-FDG uptake in patients with soft tissue sarcoma by Tong Wu, Jinghui Xie, Hongbo Feng, Hua Zhang, Juan Tao, Bo Chen

“…METTL3 expression positively correlated with the expression of CD163 (r = 0.502, p = 0.011), CD68 (r = 0.381, p = 0.017), and CD8 (r = 0.319, p = 0.048), and exhibited a trend toward correlation with CD4 expression (r = 0.310, p = 0.055). …”
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18F-FDG PET/CT assessment of metabolic tumor burden predicts survival in patients with metastatic posterior uveal melanoma by Tine Gadegaard Hindso, Torben Martinussen, Camilla Wium Bjerrum, Sune Høgild Keller, Annika Loft, Mette Bagger Sjøl, Kristoffer Nissen, Carsten Faber, Marco Donia, Inge Marie Svane, Eva Ellebaek, Steffen Heegaard, Jens Folke Kiilgaard, Karine Madsen

“…The three parameters were also independent predictors in the multivariate Cox model, while the AJCC staging turned insignificant. …”
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Depression among people living in rural and urban areas of Thailand: A cross-sectional study. by Wiriya Mahikul, Wisut Lamlertthon, Kanchana Ngaosuwan, Pawaree Nonthasaen, Napat Srisermphoak, Wares Chancharoen, Saimai Chatree, Arpaporn Arnamwong, Pisinee Narayam, Chatchamon Wandeecharassri, Pakin Wongpanawiroj

“…In multiple logistic regression analysis, urban residence was significantly associated with higher rates of depression compared with rural residence (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 9.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.08-17.52). Nuclear family and using social media were associated with lower levels of depression in urban areas (AOR 0.50 and 0.43, 95% CI 0.27-0.93 and 0.22-0.84, respectively). …”
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Different expression of circulating microRNA profile in tibetan OSAHS with metabolic syndrome patients by Xue-feng Shi, Xiang He, Ze-rui Sun, Jie Duo, Hao Yang

“…We identified IKBKB, PIK3R1, and MAP2K1 as the target genes most associated with Mets pathogenesis in OSAHS, regulated by miR-503-5p, miR-497-5p, and miR-497-5p, respectively. Additionally, the target genes of differentially expressed miRNAs between Tibetan OSAHS patients with MetS and healthy individuals are regulated by transcription factors such as NR2C1, STAT3, STAT5a, HIF1a, ETV4, NANOG, RELA, SP1, E2F1, NFKB1, AR, and MYC. …”
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