Exploring Product Innovation and Consumer Attitudes in Molecular Gastronomy: Marketing Insights for the Gourmet Food Industry by Min-Yen Chang, Chiao-Xuan Huang, I-Kai Lin, Han-Shen Chen

“…Through convenience sampling, we surveyed individuals who had experienced molecular gastronomy, collecting 407 valid responses, with a response rate of 95.3%. …”
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Assessment of Rifampicin Resistance in Presumptive Tuberculosis Cases at Dadeldhura Hospital of Sudurpaschim Province of Nepal by Madan Singh Bohara

“… Objectives: This study sought to determine the prevalence of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in patients at Dadeldhura Hospital in Nepal who were suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis. …”
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Estimating the Effectiveness of Pfizer and Sinopharm Vaccines and their Relationship to Occupation, Residence, Smoking, and Body Mass Index During Pregnancy Smoking by Shahad Th. Jameel, Asmaa Haseeb Hwaid, Abdulrazak SH. Hasan

“…As for smoking, the study participants who smoked had a lower titer compared with non-smokers, with a statistically significant difference (P = 0025). …”
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Do health professionals know about overdiagnosis in screening, and how are they dealing with it? A mixed-methods systematic scoping review. by Veerle Piessens, Ann Van den Bruel, An Piessens, Ann Van Hecke, John Brandt Brodersen, Emelien Lauwerier, Florian Stul, An De Sutter, Stefan Heytens

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>There is a lack of research on HPs' knowledge of overdiagnosis, however, HPs who do know about overdiagnosis attribute substantially different levels of harm to it. …”
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Contemporary Normative Values for Five Common Static Standing Tasks on Firm and Compliant Floor Surfaces in Children Two to Thirteen Years by Nancy S. Darr, Mary Rose Franjoine, Cathey Norton, Brenda L. Young

“…The primary purpose of this study was to investigate developmental trajectories of and relationships between four static standing positions (SPs [SU, SFT, TS, SLS]) in children aged 2 through 13 years who are developing typically. The effects of altered sensory input, including floor surface (firm and compliant) and vision (eyes open [SU] and eyes closed [SEC]), as well as influences of sex, height, weight, and BMI on static standing were also examined. …”
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Treatment-related toxicity, utility and patient-reported outcomes of head and neck cancer patients treated with proton therapy: A longitudinal study by Yi Hsuan Chen, Michiel Kroesen, Mischa Hoogeman, Matthijs Versteegh, Carin Uyl-de Groot, Hedwig M. Blommestein

“…Method: A questionnaire-based (consisting of EORTC-QLQ-C30, EQ-5D, and EORTC-H&N-35) prospective cohort study was performed in a Dutch proton therapy center. HNC patients who received PT between January 2020 to December 2022 were enrolled in this study. …”
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Study protocol: an observational study of distress, immune function and persistent pain in HIV by John A Joska, Mark R Hutchinson, Maia Lesosky, Victoria J Madden, Ncumisa Msolo, Luyanduthando Mqadi, Gillian J Bedwell, Jonathan Grant Peter, Romy Parker, Andrew Schrepf, Robert R Edwards

“…This prospective, observational, case–control study will characterise the relationships between distress, IR, pain-related signalling as captured by induced secondary hyperalgesia (SH), and pain, in people with HIV who report persistent pain (PP) (cases) or no pain (controls).Methods and analysis One hundred people with suppressed HIV, reporting either PP or no pain, will be assessed two or four times over 6 months. …”
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Cervical cancer screening: Impact of collection technique on human papillomavirus detection and genotyping by Alisa P. Young, Mutiya Olorunfemi, Leigh Morrison, Scott A. Kelley, Anna Laurie, Anna McEvoy, Jill Schneiderhan, Julie Prussack, Marie Claire O'Dwyer, Pamela Rockwell, Philip Zazove, Jonathan Gabison, Jane Chargot, Kristina Gallagher, Ananda Sen, Dongru Chen, Elizabeth A. Haro, Emma A. Butcher, Martha L. Alves, Christelle El Khoury, Melinda L. Dendrinos, Nicole Brashear, Roger Smith, Richard W. Lieberman, Natalie Saunders, Elizabeth Campbell, Heather M. Walline, Diane M. Harper

“…Methods: Participants recruited in 2020–2022 included 97 colposcopy attendees and 96 routine primary care screening attendees aged 30–65, who agreed to self-sample before their clinically scheduled speculum-based exam. …”
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Implementation of a rapid host-protein diagnostic test for distinguishing bacterial and viral infections in adults presenting to urgent care centers: a pragmatic cohort study by Boaz Kalmovich, Daniella Rahamim-Cohen, Ilan Yehoshua, Sara Kivity, Noam Orvieto, Shirley Shapiro Ben David

“…Methods A pragmatic prospective cohort study. Physicians who ordered MMBV reported electronically (in real-time) whether they intended to prescribe antibiotics before ordering the test and upon UCC discharge whether MMBV aided in patient management. …”
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The effect of intervention based on adapted mental health literacy curriculum on attitude and help-seeking intention in high school students in Iran by Zahra Saboohi, Mahnaz Solhi, Mozhgan Lotfi, Malihe Nasiri

“…Materials and Methods: This study is semiexperimental research that was conducted on 200 female teenagers who were studying in girls’ secondary schools in Saveh, Central part of Iran, in 2023. …”
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The short-, medium-, and long-term prevalence of physical health comorbidities in first-episode psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol [version 2; peer review: 3... by Michael Norton, Brian O'Donoghue, Mary Clarke, Karen O'Connor, Jennifer Murphy, Anna Zierotin

“…Methods Using the PRISMA and MOOSE guidelines, Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL+, as well as Clinical Trials gov.uk, OpenGrey, WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, Current Controlled Trials, United States National Institute of Health Trials Registry, and the Irish Health Repository, will be searched from inception. …”
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An analytic solution of the non-linear equation ∇2λ(r)=f(λ) and its application to the ion-atmosphere theory of strong electrolytes by S. N. Bagchi

“…A critical analysis of these results eventually led to the formulation of a new approach to the statistical mechanics of classical systems, (see Bagchi [2]), In view of the uncertainties inherent in the nature of the system to be discussed below, it is believed that this voluminous work, (containing 35 tables and 120 graphs), in spite of its legitimate simplifying assumptions, would be of great assistance to those who are interested in studying the properties of ionic solutions from the standpoint of a physically and mathematically consistent theory.…”
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A Randomized Controlled Study of Robot-Assisted versus 3D Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with Carcinoma Prostate by Ketan Kumar Kapoor, Anup Kumar

“…Groups A and B included patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and 3D laparoscopic transperitoneal radical prostatectomy, respectively. …”
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Suicide following the death of a sibling: a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden by Ichiro Kawachi, Jan Saarela, Mikael Rostila

“…We adjusted for intrafamily correlation in death risks, which might occur because of shared genetics and shared early-life experiences of siblings in the same family.Design A follow-up study between 1981 and 2002 based on the total population.Setting Sweden.Participants Swedes aged 25–64 years (n=1 748 069).Primary and secondary outcome measures Suicide from the Swedish cause of death register.Results An increased risk of mortality from suicide was found among persons who had experienced the death of a sibling. In women, the suicide risk was 1.55 times that of non-bereaved persons (95% CI 0.99 to 2.44), and in men it was 1.28 times higher (95% CI 0.93 to 1.77). …”
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IMMUnity Unveiled: A Translational NETwork for tackling PARKinson's Disease – IMMUPARKNET [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Tamara Saksida, Alessia di Flora, Marina Romero-Ramos, Vladimirs Pilipenko, Laura Muñoz Delgado, Franca Marino, Yasemin Gursoy Ozdemir, Neda Nikolovski, Cristoforo Comi, Dale Lawson, Inês Figueira, Mitilda Gugu, Simona Poletti, Shubhra Acharya, Dogukan Pira

“…As we gather scientists and clinicians who study immunity in PD and related fields, IMMUPARKNET will establish the first nucleus of a multidisciplinary ecosystem that aims to harmonize efforts and approaches, both in research and clinical practice, to boost the development of ground-breaking treatments for PD. …”
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Knowledge on hydroxychloroquine prescription and attitude toward its use in COVID-19 – A survey-based study among doctors by T P Afra, N A Uvais, Anuradha Bishnoi, Edavalath Sukesh, Salin Eliyas, N A Bishurul Hafi, T Muhammed Razmi

“…Contrary to the published guidelines/recommendations, 80% and 55.7% of respondents opined for routine cardiac and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase evaluations before prescribing HCQ. Those who were dealing with COVID-19 patients directly (n = 41) had significantly lower knowledge score compared to the others (6.37 vs. 7.72, P = 0.007). …”
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Albumin-to-Fibrinogen Ratio Independently Predicts 28-Day Mortality in Patients with Peritonitis-Induced Sepsis by Huiyu Tai, Zhiyun Zhu, Haifeng Mei, Wenbin Sun, Wei Zhang

“…A total of 246 eligible patients who were scheduled to undergo surgical treatment for peritonitis-induced sepsis were enrolled in this study. …”
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The Association between Abnormal Vaginal Flora and Cytological Evidence of HPV with Prematurity in High-Risk Pregnant Women by Alana Dantas Freire, Ada Isa Custódio, José Queiroz Filho, Janaína Crispim Freitas, Ana Katherine Gonçalves, Ricardo Ney Cobucci

“…Study design: A prospective cohort study was designed with high-risk pregnant women who delivered singletons between 20-42 gestational weeks between January to November 2018. …”
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NLRP3 is a BMI-independent mediator of stable COPD by Yonca Gungor, Selin Ercan, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermiş, Yiğit Kozalı, Gizem Kursunluoglu, Ceyda Sahan, Aylin Ozgen Alpaydin, Hulya Ayar Kayali

“…Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated, and total RNA was extracted for real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis to measure the expression levels of inflammasome molecules. Results 29 subjects who were diagnosed with stable COPD and 32 controls were included in the data analysis. …”
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Russia and Poland: Problems of Inevitable Coexistence by D. V. Ofitserov-Belskiy

“…For Russian interests it is no matter who are or will be in power in Poland. However as a rule, it is an important factor that foreign policy decisions are de facto within the competences of the President and the government, as well as experiencing a significant influence of the parliamentary forces. …”
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