Prevalence and Associated Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Primary School Children Aged 7–17 Years in Urban Mbarara, Uganda by Benedict Twinomugisha, Abdon Marius Birungi

“…There was a statistical association between overweight/obesity and ownership of residence (O.R.: 0.4, 95% C.I.: 0.2–0.8), modes of transport (O.R.: 8.2, 95% C.I.: 3.4–20.0), leisure time activities (O.R.: 0.4, 95% C.I.: 0.2–0.7), frequency of consuming vegetables and fruits (O.R.: 2.8, 95% C.I.: 1.4–5.5), and the type of school attended (O.R.: 0.2, 95% C.I.: 0.1–0.4). …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Optimal Development and Characterization of Stevia-Sweetened Functional Beverage by Muhammad Kamran Khan, Muhammad Naveed Asif, Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Sajid Arshad, Sadia Hassan, Muhammad Imran Khan, Mahr-un Nisa, Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal, Niaz Muhammad

“…According to the observation, the treatment US60 (60% amplitude for 15 min) showed better retention for total phenolic content (78.65 ± 1.37 mg GAE/100 mL), total flavonoid content (23.53 ± 0.15 mg CE/100 mL), DPPH (66.43 ± 1.45 %), and FRAP (65.17 ± 1.10 mmol Trolox/100 mL) as compared to pasteurized and control samples while keeping other physicochemical properties in range. …”
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Rectal Tumour Staging with Endorectal Ultrasound: Is There Any Difference between Western and Eastern European Countries? by Anna Fábián, Renáta Bor, Klaudia Farkas, Anita Bálint, Ágnes Milassin, Mariann Rutka, László Tiszlavicz, Tibor Wittmann, Ferenc Nagy, Tamás Molnár, Zoltán Szepes

“…The effect of neoadjuvant therapy, rectal probe type, and investigator’s experience were also assessed. Results. 311 of the 647 ERUS assessed locoregional extension. Histological comparison was available in 177 cases: 67 patients underwent surgery alone; 110 received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT); ERUS preceded CRT in 77 and followed it in 33 patients. …”
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Clinicopathologic Significance of HIF-1α, CXCR4, and VEGF Expression in Colon Cancer by Yugang Wu, Min Jin, Huanbai Xu, Zhang Shimin, Songbing He, Liang Wang, Yanyun Zhang

“…Therefore, the disease-free survival of all patients after curative resection can be considered in association with all three markers expression.…”
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Enhancing heat recovery efficiency in chimney exhaust systems using thermoelectric generators – Thermal modeling and parametric analysis by Obeida Farhat, Mahmoud Khaled, Jalal Faraj, Khaled Chahine, Farouk Hachem, Cathy Castelain

“…Performance metrics demonstrate that the positioning of the thermoelectric generator site can bring about major improvements including thermal resistance, generated power, temperature of water heated, and energy conversion efficiency, which ranged from 0.57 % to 5.6 %, depending on thermoelectric generators configuration and operating parameters. …”
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Return to Play Assessment After Lateral Ankle Sprains – German Male Elite Youth Football (Soccer) Academy Baseline Data by Zacharias Flore, Götz Welsch, Hendrik Bloch

“… # Results Male elite youth football players achieved better results in the dynamic performance tests (SHT, F-8, and MAT) compared to reference values of the cohorts previously described in the literature: YBT-LQ total score (cm) dominant (dom) 99.3±8.3, non-dominant (ND) 99.5±10.4; HRT (average number) dom. 27.1±5.4, ND 25.2±5.1); SLDJ height (cm) dom 15±5, ND 15±5 and contact time (sec) dom 0.29±0.08, ND 0.29±0.07, Reactive Strength Index (RSI) dom 0.52±0.12, ND 0.50±0.13); SHT (sec) dom 7.12±0.73, ND 7.39±0.93; F-8 (sec) dom 10.52±1.02, ND 10.37±1.04; and MAT (sec) 5.82±0.22. …”
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Short-term evolution and dispersal patterns of fluconazole-resistance in Candida auris clade III by Irving Cancino-Muñoz, Juan Vicente Mulet-Bayona, Carme Salvador-García, Nuria Tormo-Palop, Remedios Guna, Concepción Gimeno-Cardona, Fernando González-Candelas

“…Moreover, we have estimated the evolutionary rate of clade III to be 2.25e-7 s/s/y (2.87 changes per year). We found that one of these subgroups shows intrinsic resistance to fluconazole and is responsible for the majority of cases within this clade globally. …”
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Assessing Lung and Skin Cancer Risks for Steel and Iron Manufacturing Industry Workers Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Ying-Fang Wang, Yu-Chieh Kuo, Ming-Yeng Lin, Perng-Jy Tsai

“…Results show that the inhalatory gas-phase PAH exposure levels (2.17 × 104–1.52 × 105 ng m−3) were consistently higher than that of particle-phase (2.73 × 103–6.76 × 103 ng m−3) in all selected exposure groups. …”
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Rational engineering of Escherichia coli strain for stable and enhanced biosynthesis of pinene by Muhammad Hammad Hussain, Lu Han, Yanlong Wei, Muhammad Javid, Kamran Ashraf, Maria Martuscelli, Waleed Aldahmash, Meijin Guo, Ali Mohsin, Zhanxia Li

“…Conclusively, this research validates the model’s universality and highlights its potential for application as cutting-edge biofuel precursors.…”
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HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Cascade Stages Among Men Who Have Sex With Men With Sexually Transmitted Infections in China: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Xue Yang, Wenting Kang, Zhuoer Zhang, Houlin Tang, Dapeng Zhang, Lijun Sun, Zaicun Li, An Liu

“…Among them, 85.55% (n=1137) had heard of PrEP, 81.57% (n=1084) expressed their willingness to use PrEP if engaging in high-risk HIV behaviors, 70.58% (n=938) had consulted a health care professional about PrEP, 62.98% (n=837) reported having used PrEP, and 46.35% (n=616) possessed a basic understanding of PrEP. …”
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صحت‌سنجی پهنه و هیدروگراف سیلاب با استفاده از داده‌های بارش ERA5 (مطالعه موردی: حوضه زشک) by سعیده پورانتظاری, کاظم اسماعیلی, علیرضا فرید حسینی, الهه غفاری

“…نتایج نشان داد که داده‌های بارش ERA5 دارای کم‌برآوردی می‌باشد و داده‌های بارش در گام زمانی ماهانه ([0.92-0.68]=R) دقت بالاتری نسبت به روزانه ([0.081-0.52]=R) داشت و هیدروگراف جریان آن در مقایسه با هیدروگراف مشاهداتی غیرقابل‌قبول (0.47-NSE= و 55.16-=PBias) بود. پهنه سیلاب دبی داده‌های بارش بازتحلیل‌شده ERA5 نیز نسبت به پهنه سیلاب دبی مرجع معادل 0.19- به دست آمد که به دلیل کم‌برآوردی داده‌های بارش و به دنبال آن کم‌برآورد شدن دبی اوج هیدروگراف آن در مدل HEC-HMS این نتیجه به دست آمده است. …”
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Improving explainability of post-separation suicide attempt prediction models for transitioning service members: insights from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servi... by Emily R. Edwards, Joseph C. Geraci, Sarah M. Gildea, Claire Houtsma, Jacob A. Holdcraft, Chris J. Kennedy, Andrew J. King, Alex Luedtke, Brian P. Marx, James A. Naifeh, Nancy A. Sampson, Murray B. Stein, Robert J. Ursano, Ronald C. Kessler

“…The revised model improved prediction of post-separation SAs in the first year (AUC = 0.85) and second-third years (AUC = 0.77) after separation, but embedded models could not predict post-separation SLEs with enough accuracy to support intervention targeting.…”
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A single-center, single-arm, prospective, open-label, and comparative trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability profile of a 90-day oral L-arginine hydrochloride intervention f... by Hiroyuki Naito, Masahiro Nakamori, Megumi Toko, Yuki Hayashi, Taku Tazuma, Tomoaki Watanabe, Keito Ishihara, Keisuke Tachiyama, Yu Yamazaki, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…Over the course of three months, the average changes in body weight, body mass index, and the ALSFRS score were − 0.37 kg, -1.1 kg/m2, and − 1.7 points, respectively. …”
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Comparative efficacy of acupuncture therapies in premature ovarian failure: A systematic review and network meta-analysis by Yonghang Yi, Fengjun Ma, Yang Jiao, Rongqi Zhang, Yunhao Yi, Yuxia Ma

“…The NMA results indicated that moxibustion_catgut implantation at acupoint (MB_CIA) (P-score = 0.88; pooled mean difference (95 % CI): 22.07 (1.61–302.48)) showed the highest improvement in overall effectiveness, while warming acupuncture (WA) (0.95; −27.56 (-45.35 to −9.78)) improved follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels best. …”
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Patient-reported systemic symptoms in women with silicone breast implants: a descriptive cohort study by Karlinde Amber Spit, Miranda Scharff, Christel JM de Blok, Frank B Niessen, Yara Bachour, Prabath W Nanayakkara

“…Women who underwent explantation showed more improvement of their systemic symptoms compared with women who did not (OR 2.9, 95% CI 1.3 to 6.2). Additionally, women who underwent explantation within 10 years after implantation improved significantly better than women who got the implants removed after 10 years (p=0.007). …”
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Substitución de harina de girasol por poroto de soja en la dieta de novillos alimentados a corral sobre la respuesta productiva y características de la res by A. J. Pordomingo, G.A. Felice, F. Kent, R.R. Jouli, N.A. Juan

“…Se determinó: peso vivo (PV), aumento diario de PV (ADPV), consumo de materia seca (CMS), CMS en relación con el PV (CMSPV), índice de conversión (IC: CMS/ADPV), rendimiento de res (RRes), área de ojo de bife (AOB) sobre el longissimus thoracis y espesor de grasa dorsal (EGD). …”
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Stability analysis for seed yield of chickpea (<i>Cicer arietinum</i> L.) genotypes by experimental and biological approaches by R. Karimizadeh, P. Pezeshkpour, A. Mirzaee, M. Barzali, P. Sharifi, M. R. Safari Motlagh

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Maternal Vitamin D Status and Its Effect on Vitamin D Levels in Early Infancy in a Tertiary Care Centre in Sri Lanka by Kaneshapillai Anusha, Usha Hettiaratchi, Dulani Gunasekera, Shamini Prathapan, Guwani Liyanage

“…Mean 25(OH)D was higher in pregnant (46.4±17.5 nmol/L) and lactating (51.9±17.0 nmol/L) mothers than infants (28.1±13.7 nmol/L). …”
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تلاقی‌پذیری و مقاومت به بیمارگر Pythium ultimum در سه گونه مختلف از جنس گلرنگ (Carthamus) by محمدهادی پهلوانی, حامد بگ محمدی, اسداله احمدی خواه, سید اسماعیل رضوی

“…برای بررسی واکنش به بیمارگر از هشت ژنوتیپ متعلق به گونه زراعی، دو توده از گونه وحشی C. oxyacanthus از تهران و اصفهان و یک توده از گونه وحشی C. lanatus جمع‌آوری شده از استان گلستان به عنوان فاکتور فرعی، و دو محیط استریل و آلوده به بیمارگر P. ultimum به عنوان فاکتور اصلی در طرح اسپیلت پلات استفاده شد. …”
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Emotion dysregulation in adolescents is normalized by ADHD pharmacological treatment by Krisztina Kondi, Mária Takács, Evelyn Kovács-Posta, Claudia Szajli, Tünde Sebők-Welker, János M. Réthelyi, Nóra Bunford

“…Methods Examined, in N = 297 adolescents (M age=15.77 years, SD = 1.06; 39.06% girls; n = 86 classified as with ADHD), whether accounting for depression and oppositional symptoms, concurrent and 18-month prospective measures of parent- and self-reported ED (1) differ across adolescents without ADHD, medication-naïve adolescents with ADHD, and ever-medicated (currently or previously) adolescents with ADHD. …”
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