Assessing the Sustainability of Southeast Asia’s Energy Transition: A Comparative Analysis by Faten Derouez, Adel Ifa

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Respiratory drive: a journey from health to disease by Dimitrios Georgopoulos, Maria Bolaki, Vaia Stamatopoulou, Evangelia Akoumianaki

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Incident Cheyne-Stokes respiration occurring in CPAP-treated patients and cardiovascular risk: a 2-years prospective follow-up (The Alertapnee study) by Arnaud Prigent, Joëlle Texereau, Sébastien Bailly, Renaud Gervais, Anne-Laure Serandour, Régis Luraine, Jean Louis Pépin

“…Patients who experienced a SCE in year 2 had significantly more nights with CSR (median 48/90nights; IQR = 35) and a significantly greater mean percentage of CSR (median 13.8%; interquartile range (IQR) = 13.7) as compared with patients free of SCE (median 9.5/90 nights IQR = 27.8 (p = 0.012); 6.1% IQR = 4.5 (p = 0.008), respectively). …”
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Uncontrolled Hypertension and Behavioral Risk Factors among Adult Hypertensive Patients at Saint Paul’s Hospital, Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Yemisirach Sisay, Hana Abera, Tolesa Diriba Biratu, Tesfaye Girma Legesse

“…Among hypertensive patients who are alcoholics, smokers, or salt consumers, the odds of having uncontrolled hypertension are AOR = 16.7, 95% CI = (8.13–34.346); AOR = 7.4, 95% CI = (1.211–45.29); and AOR = 13.4, 95% CI = (7.355–25.098), respectively. …”
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The negative impacts of bisphenols on thyroid function in adults with bisphenol A exposure level exceeding the tolerable daily intake by Ziwei Pei, Lei Zhang, Yan Bao, Jingguang Li, Qin Zhuo

“…Trend tests indicated that higher BPA levels were correlated with higher rates of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) in males (OR=1.383, 95 % CI [1.024, 1.867]). We also observed that bisphenol F (BPF) contributed to the occurrence of thyroid globulin antibody positivity (TGAb.P) in both males and females. …”
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Impact of Soft Drink Intake on Bone Development and Risk of Fractures in a Danish Cohort of Schoolchildren by Helene Hermansen, Mina Nicole Händel, Malene Søborg Heidemann, Niels Wedderkopp

“…This study assessed the association between soft drink intake and bone health outcomes in Danish schoolchildren aged 7.7–12 years, within a physical activity intervention framework. …”
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DETERMINATION OF LOCAL DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVEL (LDL) PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ON CT HEAD EXAMINATION BASED ON SIZE-SPECIFIC DOSE ESTIMATES (SSDE) VALUES by Risalatul Latifah, Naily Z. Jannah, Dezy Z.I Nurdin, Budi P

“…Conclusion: From the results of the SSDE value, DRL values can be determined for the age group 0-1 years, 2-5 years and 6-10 years respectively 23,1±1,5 mGy, 24,3± 1,8 mGy and 27, 5± 10,5mGy.…”
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Compassion Competence and Patient Safety Competency in psychiatric nurses by Giti Setoodeh, Maryam Shafieejahromi, Ladan Zarshenas, Banafsheh Tehranineshat

“…Additionally, the patient safety competency score of psychiatric nurses was 3.56 ± 0.44, with subscales of attitude (3.67 ± 0.34), knowledge (3.06 ± 0.77), and skill (3.63 ± 0.58). …”
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Prevalence of, and factors associated with, sarcopenia in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mobin Marzban Abbas Abadi, Danial Hosseinzade, Majid Khalilizad, Majid Khalilizad

“…The overall pooled prevalence of sarcopenia in Iran was 22.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 18.7–25.6). This rate in older adult population (≥60 years) was 23.5% (95% CI: 17.9–29.0). …”
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Determinants of Walking among Middle-Aged and Older Overweight and Obese Adults: Sociodemographic, Health, and Built Environmental Factors by Samuel N. Forjuoh, Marcia G. Ory, Jaewoong Won, Samuel D. Towne, Suojin Wang, Chanam Lee

“…Walking the recommended ≥150 minutes per week for any purpose (n=57, 22.5%) was significantly associated with having at least a college degree (OR=5.55, 95% CI = 1.79–17.25), having no difficulty walking a quarter of a mile (OR=5.18, 95% CI = 1.30–20.83), and being unemployed (OR=3.25, 95% CI = 1.18–8.93) as well as perceived presence of sidewalks/protected walkways (OR=3.56, 95% CI = 1.10–11.50) and perceived absence of distracted drivers in the neighborhood (OR=4.08, 95% CI = 1.47–11.36). …”
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Association between Smoking and Liver Fibrosis among Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Hongjie Ou, Yaojie Fu, Wei Liao, Caixia Zheng, Xiaolu Wu

“…This was a cross-sectional study that included a total of 225 patients with NAFLD. Among them, 127 were nonsmokers and 98 were smokers. Liver significant fibrosis was diagnosed when the liver stiffness (LS) value was higher than 7.4 kPa. …”
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The Swallowing Clinical Assessment Score in Parkinson’s Disease (SCAS-PD) Is a Valid and Low-Cost Tool for Evaluation of Dysphagia: A Gold-Standard Comparison Study by Larissa L. Branco, Sheila Trentin, Carla Helena Augustin Schwanke, Irenio Gomes, Fernanda Loureiro

“…SCAS-PD was differentiated between normal/functional deglutition and dysphagia with AUC 0.97, 95% CI 0.92–1.00, and an optimal cutoff at 19 (sensitivity 100% and specificity 87.5%). …”
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Profile and factors associated with low birth weight in Indonesia: a national data survey by Mario Ekoriano, Anugerah Widiyanto, Muthmainnah Muthmainnah, Yuli Devi, Bambang Cahyono, Izatun Nafsi, Teguh Widodo

“…Results: The prevalence of LBW in Indonesia was found to be 11.7%. North Maluku was the province with the highest LBW rate (20.1%), and West Java had the highest number of LBW infants in Indonesia, with 104 585 infants. …”
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Clinically interpretable multiclass neural network for discriminating cardiac diseases by Agnese Sbrollini, Chiara Leoni, Micaela Morettini, Cees A. Swenne, Laura Burattini

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The plight of Ukrainian refugees staying in Sweden under EU:s mass refugee directive: a brief trauma-focused, participatory, online intervention as a pilot feasibility study by Solvig Ekblad, Oksana Gramatik, Yuliia Suprun

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Impact of COVID-19 on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Motahare Shabestari, Forouzan Salari, Reyhaneh Azizi, Akram Ghadiri-Anari, Nasim Namiranian

“…Lockdown restrictions were associated with decreased TC and LDL-C levels in T2DM patients without a history of COVID-19 infection.…”
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Components of cognitive–behavioural therapy for mitigating core symptoms in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Sayo Hamatani, Kazuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiko Kunisato, Yoshifumi Mizuno

“…Third-wave therapy (OR=4.80, 95% credible interval (CrI) 2.50 to 9.10), behaviour therapy (OR=3.50, 95% CrI 1.70 to 7.30) and CBT (OR=3.10, 95% CrI 1.70 to 5.70) were treatments that demonstrated superior efficacy compared with placebo. …”
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Sustainable Building Standards in the Galapagos Islands: Definition, Simulation, and Implementation in Representative Living Labs by Jorge Torres-Barriuso, Iñigo Lopez-Villamor, Aitziber Egusquiza, Antonio Garrido-Marijuan, Ander Romero-Amorrortu, Ziortza Egiluz

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Effect of selected Indonesian plants on Giardia intestinalis in an experimental in vitro model by Radka Pecková, Karel Doležal, Bohumil Sak, Dana Květoňová, Martin Kváč, Ivan Petřík, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Ivona Foitová

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Efecto antibacteriano de nueve extractos hidroalcohólicos de plantas etnomedicinales de Huayucachi-Perú sobre bacterias grampositivas by Héctor Alexander Vilchez-Cáceda, Ketty Rojas-Berastein, Christhian Alexander Alvia-Saldarriaga, Carolina Mayo Takahashi-Ferrer

“…Se obtuvieron rangos de inhibición de 12,725 ±0,0411 a 17,617 ±0,0405 mm para S. aureus; 13,017 ±0,0366 a 18,133 ±0,0432 para S. pneumoniae y 12,992 ±0,0336 a 17,550 ±0,0417 para S. pyogenes. …”
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