Prevalence and factors associated with childhood malaria and anaemia in Osun state, Nigeria: a baseline household malariometric study by Olusola Ajibaye, Semiu Adebayo Rahman, Oluwagbemiga Olanrewaju Aina, Chinazo Ujuju, Chimere Obiora Agomo, Samuel Akindele, Olakiigbe Abiodun, Tolulope Victoria Uzoka, Nnenna Ogbulafor, Olufemi Oroge, Rufai-Ahmed Garba, Michael Ekholuenetale, Kolawole Maxwell, Ridwan Akorede Awosanya, Mary Abosede Adekola, Benjamin Bukky Ilesanmi, Adekemi Ajayi, Olusola Oresanya, James K. Tibenderana, Adeola Yetunde Olukosi

“…In addition, children aged 7–12 months (aOR = 2.856; 95% CI 1.524–5.354) and those aged 13–18 months (aOR = 4.269; 95% CI 2.422–7.526) had higher odds of malaria infection, respectively, when compared with children aged 2–6 months. …”
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Enhancing predictive accuracy for urinary tract infections post-pediatric pyeloplasty with explainable AI: an ensemble TabNet approach by Hongyang Wang, Junpeng Ding, Shuochen Wang, Long Li, Jinqiu Song, Dongsheng Bai

“…Among the 764 pediatric pyeloplasty cases analyzed, 265 (34.7%) developed postoperative UTIs, predominantly within the first three months. …”
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Mindfulness Intervention for Health Information Avoidance in Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study by Chenyu Gu, Liquan Qian, Xiaojie Zhuo

“…Nevertheless, the results revealed a significant interaction effect between mindfulness and cyberchondria on health information avoidance (effect=‒0.357, P=.002, 95% CI ‒0.580 to ‒0.131), suggesting that mindfulness intervention effectively inhibited the transformation of cyberchondria into health information avoidance behavior. …”
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Spatial distribution and determinants of improved shared sanitation facilities among households in Ethiopia: Using 2019 mini-Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. by Baye Tsegaye Amlak, Daniel Gashaneh Belay

“…Community-level characteristics such as residing in urban areas [AOR = 7.60; 95% CI: 3.47, 16.67], the metropolitan region [AOR = 25.83; 95% CI: 10.1, 66.3], and periphery regions [AOR = 5.01; 95% CI: 2.40, 10.48] were also associated with the use of shared toilet facilities.…”
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Etiology of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in Tertiary-Care Hospitals in Thailand: A Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study by Rongrungruang Y, Plongla R, Pleumkanitkul S, Hantrakun V, Khawcharoenporn T

“…Medical records of patients with a documented diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia (NP) were systematically reviewed to collect data on demographic, clinical, microbiological, and 30-day readmission due to NP.Results: A total of 240 patients were included in the study, comprises patients with VAP (62.9%), HAP (36.7%), and ventilated HAP (vHAP) (0.4%). All of the patients had late-onset NP, occurring after five days of hospitalization with median time to NP of 13 days (interquartile range [IQR] 6– 25 days) from admission. …”
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Drug-drug interaction between ensitrelvir and tacrolimus in a patient undergoing treatment for COVID-19: a case report by Yuki Miyata, Ryo Yamaguchi, Takehito Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Kishida, Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Hiroaki Harada, Takeya Tsutsumi, Keishi Fujio, Tappei Takada

“…Abstract Background Ensitrelvir is a novel SARS-CoV-2 3-chymotrypsin-like protease inhibitor, similar to nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. …”
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Ten Machine Learning Models for Predicting Preoperative and Postoperative Coagulopathy in Patients With Trauma: Multicenter Cohort Study by Xiaojuan Xiong, Hong Fu, Bo Xu, Wang Wei, Mi Zhou, Peng Hu, Yunqin Ren, Qingxiang Mao

“…Trial RegistrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR2300078097; https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?…”
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Delay of innate immune responses following influenza B virus infection affects the development of a robust antibody response in ferrets by Thomas Rowe, Ashley Fletcher, Melissa Lange, Yasuko Hatta, Gabriela Jasso, David E. Wentworth, Ted M. Ross

“…Inoculation of ferrets, with over 1,500 human clinical influenza isolates (1998–2019) resulted in lower antibody responses (HI <1:160) to 86% (387 out of 448) influenza B viruses (IBVs) compared to 2.7% (30 out of 1,094) influenza A viruses (IAVs). …”
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实时三维超声造影在判断移植肾动脉数目及监测动脉 并发症中的应用

“…【方法】 回顾性分析30例移植肾患者的二维超声造影(2D-CEUS)及实时3D-CEUS图像?以CT血管成像(CTA)?数字减影血管成像(DSA)或手术记录作为诊断参考标准,分别比较2D-CEUS(方法1)及2D-CEUS联合实时3D-CEUS(方法2)在肾动脉(RA)数目及动脉性VC的诊断水平及诊断信心?…”
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CHA2DS2-VASc Score Is Associated With Prognosis in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Without Atrial Fibrillation by Mingjuan Song, MM, Xu Chen, MD

“…Multivariate Cox regression models indicated that, compared with a CHA2DS2-VASc score of 0 or 1, the hazard ratio (HR) of MACE occurrence was 3.22 (95% CI, 1.93-5.37; P < .01) for a CHA2DS2-VASc score greater than 2 and 1.92 (95% CI, 1.24-2.98; P < .01) for a CHA2DS2-VASc score of 2. …”
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中华草龟源维氏气单胞菌的分离及生物学特性鉴定 by 赵允清 邵明珠 郭家媚 葛 成 周云宵吴同垒 张志强 任 海 张召兴 张艳英

“…结果显示:CRQ1株对斑马鱼的半数致死量( LD₅₀)为3.57×10⁷cfu/mL,携带<i>aerA、act、aha、Ser、Exu、Lip、Hly、ompA</i>和<i>LuxS</i> 9种毒力基因; 分离菌对替米考星、环丙沙星和恩诺沙星等9种药物敏感,对阿米卡星、链霉素和磺胺间甲氧嘧啶等8种药物中度敏感,对新斯的明耐药; 该分离菌携带四环素类耐药基因<i>tet(A)、tet(E),</i>氟喹诺酮类耐药基因<i>oqxA、gyrA、gyrB、parC、parE,</i>氨基糖苷类耐药基因<i>aac</i>2<i>、aac(</i>6<i>)-Ib、aadB、aac</i>4<i>,</i>磺胺类耐药基因<i>sul-</i>1<i>,</i>大环内酯类耐药基因<i>ermB</i>,分离菌含有多类抗菌药物的耐药基因,但未表达出相应的耐药表型,这与用药时间长短和用药频率有关。…”
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Are Saudi Radiological Sciences Students Prepared for Emergencies? Exploring Knowledge, and Attitudes Towards Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Alshamrani KM, Alkhayyat AA, Arif RN, Alahmadi AAS, Aldahery ST, Alsharif WM, Qurashi AA

“…Descriptive statistics were generated, and chi-square test examined associations between categorical variables and Basic Life Support (BLS) training status.Results: Out of 367 students contacted, 261 participated (71.1% response rate). …”
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Understanding Health-Related Discussions on Reddit: Development of a Topic Assignment Method and Exploratory Analysis by Garrett J Chan, Mark Fung, Jill Warrington, Sarah A Nowak

“…STIs comprised 7.44% (5876/78,980) of posts, and anxiety comprised 5.43% (4289/78,980) of posts. …”
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Impact of the Smarter Safer Homes Solution on Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Older People Living in Their Own Homes: Randomized Controlled Trial by Wei Lu, David Silvera-Tawil, Hwan-Jin Yoon, Liesel Higgins, Qing Zhang, Mohanraj Karunanithi, Julia Bomke, Joshua Byrnes, Jennifer Hewitt, Vanessa Smallbon, Jill Freyne, Deepa Prabhu, Marlien Varnfield

“…In comparison to the control group, the intervention group had a higher ASCOT score at the 6-month assessment (mean difference 0.045, 95% CI 0.001 to 0.089; Cohen d=0.377). However, this difference did not persist at the 12-month assessment (mean difference 0.031, 95% CI –0.014 to 0.076; Cohen d=0.259). …”
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Osteoarthritis and Degree of Fatigue are Associated with Pain Levels in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study of 394 Patients by Wang Z, Lan T, Zhang Y, Guo Z, Yu H, Sun G, Wang Z, Yan Z, Tao Q, Xu Y

“…An interaction analysis based on the main regression model was performed to examine the interaction between OA and degree of fatigue.Results: Among the FMS patients, the presence of OA was identified as a risk factor associated with higher pain-VAS scores (OR=2.777, 95% CI=1.377– 5.601, P=0.004); furthermore, higher degree of fatigue scores on the FS-14 were found to be significantly associated with high pain level (OR=1.145, 95% CI=1.054– 1.243, P=0.001). …”
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Life cycle assessment of paper products based on recycled and virgin fiber by J. Simamora, E.I. Wiloso, M. Yani

“…The results of the impact assessment of global warming potential fossil, acidification, particulates, fossil abiotic depletion, and human toxicity-cancer for duplex board were 1,848.26 kilogram carbon dioxide equivalent, 8.12 kilogram-sulfur-dioxide-equivalent, 2.12 kilogram particulate matter 2.5-equivalent, 14,668.06 megajoule, and 0.0000017 comparative toxic unit, while for folding boxboard 2,651.25 kilogram carbon- dioxide-equivalent, 13.95 kilogram sulfur-dioxide-equivalent, 3.27 kilogram particulate matter 2.5-equivalent, 22,395.81 mega-joule, and 0.0000021 comparative toxic unit, respectively. …”
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Assessment of factors influencing job satisfaction among healthcare workers' in public hospitals in Nairobi County, Kenya by Lifuleze CM, Muhonja FH, Muchiri J

“…Results: The study found that promotions ( p-value<0.001) with OR =1.790 and 95% CI = (1.090, 2.939), Training and development (p-value<0.001) with OR = 1.960 and 95% CI = (1.214, 3.165), Communication (p-value=0.001) with OR = 1.189 and 95% CI = (0.687, 2.059), Supervision (P-Value < 0.001) with OR = 1.380 and 95% CI = (0.805, 2.365), quality of buildings in terms of space (p-value<0.001) with OR = 1.505 and 95% CI = (0.924, 2.453), Equipment adequacy (p-value<0.001) with OR = 2.871 and 95% CI = (1.698, 4.854), Availability of PPEs’ (p-value=0.022) with OR = 2.394 and 95% CI = (1.316, 4.357), and Availability of amenities such as toilets and water (p-value=0.04) with OR = 1.844 and 95% CI = (1.458, 2.556) had a statistically significant effect on satisfaction/dissatisfaction by Healthcare workers. …”
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Effects of Environmental Factors on Carbon Stocks of Dry Evergreen Afromontane Forests of the Choke Mountain Ecosystem, Northwestern Ethiopia by Fikirte Asrat, Teshome Soromessa, Tesefaye Bekele, Rama Mohan Kurakalva, Sravya Sai Guddeti, David Russel Smart, Kristine Steger

“…For lower, medium, and higher altitudes, the total carbon stock variation along an altitudinal gradient was 289.67 t·ha−1, 347.93 t·ha−1, and 414.89 t·ha−1 in Anshirava forest and 270.99 t·ha−1, 204.24 t·ha−1, and 224.82 t·ha−1 in Ziba forest, respectively. …”
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Associations between prior healthcare use, time to diagnosis, and clinical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease: a nationally representative population-based cohort study by Alex Bottle, Sonia Saxena, Richard C G Pollok, Jonathan Blackwell, Irene Petersen, Hanna Creese, Nishani Jayasooriya, Richard CG Pollok

“…For UC, &gt;2 consultations were associated with corticosteroid dependency (aHR=1.76, 95% CI 1.28 to 2.41), immunomodulator use (aHR=1.68, 95% CI 1.24 to 2.26), UC-related hospitalisation (aHR=1.43, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.95) and colectomy (aHR=2.01, 95% CI 1.22 to 3.27). …”
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A Navier–Stokes-Informed Neural Network for Simulating the Flow Behavior of Flowable Cement Paste in 3D Concrete Printing by Tianjie Zhang, Donglei Wang, Yang Lu

“…Moreover, the mean prediction time used in the NSINN, the ANN, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) are 0.039 s, 0.014 s, and 3.37 s, respectively. …”
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