Risk perceptions and changes in tobacco use in relation to Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic: A qualitative study on adolescent tobacco users in Hong Kong by Tianqi Chen, Lijun Wang, Yee Tak Derek Cheung, Man Ping Wang, Tai Hing Lam, Sai Yin Ho

“…Methods We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews from January to April 2021 and in February 2022 on 40 adolescents (63% boys, Secondary school grades 2–6) who participated in our previous smoking surveys and were using cigarettes, ECs or HTPs before the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020. …”
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The Role of Technical Car Features in Managing and Promoting New Peer-to-Peer Car-Sharing Systems: Insights from Potential Users and Strategic Implications for Service Providers by Katarzyna Turoń, Andrzej Kubik, Piotr Folęga, Andrzej Wilk, Peter Bindzar, Truong M. N. Bui

“…Addressing this gap, and in the context of launching a new peer-to-peer car-sharing service in Katowice, Poland, this article investigates the technical features influencing the choice of vehicles in peer-to-peer car-sharing systems, particularly from the perspective of individuals who currently do not use such platforms. The study employs Social Network Analysis (SNA) to examine the interrelationships between vehicle attributes. …”
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Role of CBNAAT in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective cross-sectional study by Rahul Gupta, Ashok Kumar Janmeja, Arjun Kumar, Balbir Singh, Pramod Kumar Shridhar

“…Methods This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the 100 stable patients of EPTB (55 TPE and 45 TBLN) who came to the Respiratory Medicine Department in MMMC&H, Solan, India. …”
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Développement physique et psychologique de gymnastes féminines prépubères by Mireille Bernard, Martine Beaussant, Fany Perroy

“…As most of gymnasts have dropped out (63%), we show the results of girls who have completed our study : 10 gymnasts and 20 controls.At the beginning of the study (T1), girls are 11,2 ± 0,9 years old. …”
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Burden of Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana: The Korle-Bu Experience by Eugenia V. Asare, Ivor Wilson, Amma A. Benneh-Akwasi Kuma, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh, Fredericka Sey, Edeghonghon Olayemi

“…A retrospective review of medical records of all SCD patients aged 13 years and above, who presented to the sickle cell clinic at Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics (GICG), Korle-Bu, from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2014, was carried out, using a data abstraction instrument to document their phenotypes, demographics, attendance/clinic visits, pattern of attendance, and common complications seen. …”
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Diagnosis of Non-Tumor Stenosing Lesions of the Major Duodenal Papilla Using Endoscopic Ultrasonography by V. A. Belozerov, O. I. Okhotnikov, N. A. Korenevskiy, V. A. Prokopov, S. N. Grigoriev, S. M. Shevyakin

“…The results of the examination and treatment of 2146 patients treated at the Kursk Regional Multidisciplinary Clinical Hospital in the period from 2015 to 2022, who underwent transpapillary interventions and/or endoscopic ultrasonography on the basis of the endoscopy department, are presented. …”
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Using nutritional survey data to inform the design of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in low-resource contexts: a cross-sectional analysis based on data from an adult Caribbean popu... by Jean Adams, Nigel Unwin, Ian Hambleton, Fumiaki Imamura, Rachel Harris, Miriam Alvarado, Angela Rose

“…Data were available on 334 adults (25–64 years) who completed two non-consecutive 24-hour dietary recalls. …”
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Hospitalization outcomes in people living with HIV on Dolutegravir-based regimen in Mwanza, Tanzania: a comparative cohort by Godfrey A. Kisigo, Eric Barongo, Benson Issarow, Cody Cichowitz, Bahati Wajanga, Samuel Kalluvya, Robert N. Peck

“…Male sex, using DTG-based regimen for < 3 months, diagnosis of suspected IRIS, diagnosis of ART side effect, advanced WHO clinical stage, CD4 count < 200 cells/mm3, hemoglobin level 7–11.9 gm/dl and hemoglobin level < 7 gm/dl were all independent risk factors for death. …”
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Independent and joint associations of neighbourhood greenness and walkability with transportational and recreational physical activity among youth and adults in Canada by Natalie Doan, Sebastian A. Srugo, Stephanie A. Prince, Rachel C. Colley, Daniel G. Rainham, Taru Manyanga, Gregory P. Butler, Richard Larouche, Sarah E. Turner, Justin J. Lang

“…Methods: We analyzed repeated cross-sectional data from 132,927 urban-dwelling youth (12–17 years) and adults (≥18 years) who participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey (2015–2018). …”
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Adverse childhood experiences and perceived body size across the life course: a longitudinal study using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) by Jean-Eric Tarride, Laura N Anderson, Lauren Griffith, Andrea Gonzalez, Vanessa De Rubeis

“…For females, there was a strong association for those who reported 4–8 ACEs with the consistently high trajectory (OR: 1.70; 95% CI: 1.24 to 2.34) but no association for males (OR: 0.99; 95% CI: 0.69 to 1.41).Discussion Distinct patterns of body size throughout the life course exist. …”
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Enhancing intercultural communication via the ENACT Web App in language teaching by Belma Haznedar, Elifcan Öztekin, Sumru Akcan

“…Ten pre-service English language teachers, who participated in the project as workshop facilitators, were initially engaged with the web app as users by completing a 2-week online training. …”
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Evaluation of the human interaction with automated vehicles on highways by Cadell Chand, Hisham Jashami, Haizhong Wang, David Hurwitz

“…Half of the participants involved in a crash with an HV perceived the leading vehicle to be at fault, while all the participants who crashed with an AV blamed themselves for the error. …”
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A new and automated risk prediction of coronary artery disease using clinical endpoints and medical imaging-derived patient-specific insights: protocol for the retrospective GeoCAD... by Louisa Jorm, Daniel Moses, Dona Adikari, Ramtin Gharleghi, Shisheng Zhang, Arcot Sowmya, Sze-Yuan Ooi, Susann Beier

“…This may open new pathways in the early implementation of personalised preventive therapies in susceptible individuals as a potential key in addressing the growing burden of CAD.Methods and analysis GeoCAD is a retrospective cohort study in 1000 adult patients who have undergone CTCA for investigation of suspected CAD. …”
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Privacy protection of sexually transmitted infections information from Chinese electronic medical records by Mengchun Gong, Yue Yu, Zihao Ouyang, Wenzhao Shi, Chao Liu, Qilin Wang, Jiale Nan, Endi Cai, Fen Ding, Sheng Nie

“…Abstract The comprehensive adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) offers numerous benefits but also introduces risks of privacy leakage, particularly for patients with Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) who need protection from social secondary harm. …”
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DIGITAL AND NON-DIGITAL GAMES IN YOUNG LEARNER EFL CLASSROOMS AT WARTIME IN UKRAINE by Ilona Huszti, Enikő Nagy-Kolozsvári, Márta Fábián

“…Reasons for playing these two types of games were elicited from the children who were additionally asked about the preferences concerning playing games alone (solitary play) or with peers (collaborative play), in the English classroom or beyond it, i.e. preferred contexts for gameplay (classroom vs. home). …”
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Impact of Anterior Commissure Involvement and Frozen Guided Resections on Oncological Outcomes after Laser Cordectomy in Early Glottic Cancers – A 10-year Retrospective Analysis fr... by Elizabeth Mathew Iype, Ankit Vishwani, Bipin T Varghese, Shaji Thomas, Sahya S Lal

“…Materials and Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of patients with early glottic cancer (Tis, T1) who underwent TLM in a tertiary cancer center in South India from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2019. …”
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Men's gender role and attitude toward sexual autonomy of women in India. by Manas Ranjan Pradhan, Prasenjit De

“…Measurement of women's sexual autonomy from men's perspective is rare in India, though critical for achieving the sexual and reproductive rights of women who continue to exhibit poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes. …”
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Evaluation of Hydatid Cyst Cases: A Single-center Retrospective Study by Suzan Şahin, Bülent Kaya

“…Methods: Patients aged 18 and over who were diagnosed with hydatid cyst and followed in our hospital between January 2018 and December 2023 were included in the study. …”
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Can GastroPanel be used as a triage tool to select patients with advanced atrophic gastritis for gastroscopy? A prospective clinical validation study by Eleanor Wood, Marco Novelli, Laura Marelli, Roger Feakins, Cinzia Papadia, Ray Shidrawi, Kari Juhani Syrjänen

“…In receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis, using moderate/severe atrophic gastritis of the corpus (AGC2+) as the endpoint, AUC=0.840 (95% CI 0.630 to 1.000) and 0.960 (95% CI 0.907 to 1.000) for PGI and the PGI/PGII ratio, respectively.Conclusion GastroPanel is a reliable dyspepsia triage test distinguishing patients who can be safely treated conservatively from those with moderate to severe corpus atrophic gastritis at high risk of developing GAC.…”
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Impact of insurance payer type (medicare vs. private) on the patient reported outcomes after shoulder arthroplasty by Paul V. Romeo, MD, Aidan G. Papalia, MBA, Andrew J. Cecora, BS, Bradley A. Lezak, MD, Matthew G. Alben, DO, Dashaun A. Ragland, BS, Young W. Kwon, MD, PhD, Mandeep S. Virk, MD

“…Results: 143 patients were identified who met the inclusion criteria for this study. There were 98 patients within the Medicare cohort and 45 patients with private insurance. …”
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