Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake and its determinants among women in Africa: an umbrella review by Berihun Agegn Mengistie, Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw, Gebeyehu Lakew, Gebrehiwot Berie Mekonnen, Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw, Alex Ayenew Chereka, Gemeda Wakgari Kitil, Wubet Tazeb Wondie, Alemken Eyayu Abuhay, Eyob Getachew

“…Data were extracted using Microsoft Excel 2019 and analyzed using Stata software (version 17). …”
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Co-designing and pilot-testing an infographic to support the consent process in an adaptive platform trial for adults in ICU with community-acquired pneumonia or COVID-19: a mixed... by Heather K. O’Grady, Kathy Smith, Sandra Dalziel, Barbara Dolanjski, Gyan Sandhu, Marlene Santos, Jackie Bosch, Lyn S. Turkstra, Srinivas Murthy, John C. Marshall, Michelle E. Kho, for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

“…Phase 1: We conducted focus groups with individuals with lived experience, including ICU survivors, substitute decision makers (SDMs) and research coordinators (RCs) to refine an infographic to augment a priori REMAP-CAP consent encounters. We analyzed data using inductive content analysis. Phase 2: We piloted the infographic with patients/SDMs approached a priori to participate in REMAP-CAP, who could communicate in English, at five sites in Ontario, Canada. …”
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The association between the gut microbiome and antituberculosis drug-induced liver injury by Shengfei Pei, Li Yang, Huixia Gao, Yuzhen Liu, Jianhua Lu, Er hei Dai, Chunyan Meng, Fumin Feng, Yuling Wang

“…The samples underwent 16S rDNA sequencing, and clinical data and blood samples were also collected for further analysis. …”
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Impact of Blood Metabolic Profile and Ingestive Behaviours Registered with Noseband Sensor on Methane Emission During Transition Period in Dairy Cows by Justina Krištolaitytė, Karina Džermeikaitė, Arūnas Rutkauskas, Greta Šertvytytė, Gabija Lembovičiūtė, Samanta Arlauskaitė, Akvilė Girdauskaitė, Violeta Juškienė, Remigijus Juška, Walter Baumgartner, Ramūnas Antanaitis

“…These findings emphasise the complex interactions between feed intake, metabolism, and methane emissions, underscoring the importance of integrating behavioural and physiological indicators to develop targeted strategies for enteric methane mitigation while providing baseline data from healthy cows that could guide future research on methane emissions in cows undergoing postpartum metabolic disorders.…”
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A Note on the Links Between Manufacturing, Goods and Services Exports by Broussolle Damien

“…The first one concerns annual one-digit headings for 13 developed countries. The last one pertains to quarterly data from 1994 to 2011 for 24 developed countries. …”
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Guidance on minimum information requirements (MIR) from designing to reporting human biomonitoring (HBM) by Maryam Zare Jeddi, Karen S. Galea, Jillian Ashley-Martin, Julianne Nassif, Tyler Pollock, Devika Poddalgoda, Konstantinos M. Kasiotis, Kyriaki Machera, Holger M. Koch, Marta Esteban López, Ming Kei Chung, Jihyon Kil, Kate Jones, Adrian Covaci, Yu Ait Bamai, Mariana F. Fernandez, Robert Pasanen Kase, Henriqueta Louro, Maria J. Silva, Tiina Santonen, Andromachi Katsonouri, Argelia Castaño, Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá, Elizabeth Ziying Lin, Krystal Pollitt, Ana Virgolino, Paul T.J. Scheepers, Lisa Jo Melnyk, Vicente Mustieles, Ana Isabel Cañas Portilla, Susana Viegas, Natalie von Goetz, Ovnair Sepai, Emily Bird, Thomas Göen, Silvia Fustinoni, Manosij Ghosh, Hubert Dirven, Jung-Hwan Kwon, Courtney Carignan, Yuki Mizuno, Yuki Ito, Yankai Xia, Shoji F. Nakayama, Konstantinos C. Makris, Patrick J. Parsons, Melissa Gonzales, Michael Bader, Maria Dusinska, Aziza Menouni, Radu Corneliu Duca, Kaoutar Chbihi, Samir El Jaafari, Lode Godderis, An van Nieuwenhuyse, Asif Qureshi, Imran Ali, Carla Costa Trindade, Joao Paulo Teixeira, Alena Bartonova, Giovanna Tranfo, Karine Audouze, Steven Verpaele, Judy LaKind, Hans Mol, Jos Bessems, Barbara Magagna, Maisarah Nasution Waras, Alison Connolly, Marc Nascarella, Wonho Yang, Po-Chin Huang, Jueun Lee, Henri Heussen, Ozlem Goksel, Masud Yunesian, Leo W.Y. Yeung, Gustavo Souza, Ana Maria Vekic, Erin N. Haynes, Nancy B. Hopf

“…Leveraging the data and insights from HBM, policymakers can develop more effective strategies to protect public health and ensure safer working environments.…”
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Short- and long-term outcomes of Impella-protected, high-risk, elective PCI in patients with multivessel coronary disease and low ejection fraction — Polish Impella Registry by Wojciech J. Skorupski, Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Aleksandra Gąsecka, Jerzy Sacha, Tomasz Pawłowski, Gabriel Bielawski, Wojciech Balak, Adam Sukiennik, Paulina Burzyńska, Adam Witkowski, Mateusz Warniełło, Łukasz Rzeszutko, Stanisław Bartuś, Artur Pawlik, Mateusz Kaczyński, Robert Gil, Wiktor Kuliczkowski, Krzysztof Reczuch, Marcin Protasiewicz, Jacek Legutko, Paweł Kleczyński, Piotr Wańczura, Sebastian Gurba, Anna Kochanowska, Michał Łomiak, Maciej Krajsman, Włodzimierz Skorupski, Maciej Zarębiński, Piotr Pawluczuk, Szymon Włodarczak, Adrian Włodarczak, Krzysztof Ściborski, Artur Telichowski, Mieszko Pluciński, Jarosław Hiczkiewicz, Karolina Konsek, Michał Hawranek, Mariusz Gąsior, Jan Peruga, Marcin Fiutowski, Robert Romanek, Piotr Kasprzyk, Dariusz Ciećwierz, Andrzej Ochała, Wojciech Wojakowski, Janusz Kochman, Maciej Lesiak, Marek Grygier

“…IMPELLA-PL is a multicenter registry developed to share clinical data and experiences using Impella technology in Poland. …”
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CPEB4 modulates liver cancer progression by translationally regulating hepcidin expression and sensitivity to ferroptosis by M. Eugenia Delgado, Salvador Naranjo-Suarez, Marta Ramírez-Pedraza, Beatriz I. Cárdenas, Carmen Gallardo-Martínez, Alexandra Balvey, Eulalia Belloc, Judit Martín, Mark Boyle, Raúl Méndez, Mercedes Fernandez

“…Methods: We analyzed publicly available patient databases and conducted studies using human and mouse liver cancer cells, xenograft and allograft models, mouse models of high-fat diet-related liver cancer, and CPEB4 knockout and knockdown mice and cell lines. Results: Patient data analysis (n = 87) showed a strong correlation between low CPEB4 levels and reduced survival rates (p <0.001). …”
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The Utility of C-Reactive Protein, Procalcitonin, and Leukocyte Values in Predicting the Prognosis of Patients with Pneumosepsis and Septic Shock by Melek Doganci, Guler Eraslan Doganay, Hilal Sazak, Ali Alagöz, Mustafa Ozgur Cirik, Derya Hoşgün, Emine Banu Cakiroglu, Murat Yildiz, Maside Ari, Tarkan Ozdemir, Derya Kizilgoz

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> This single-center, retrospective, cross-sectional observational study included patients who developed sepsis and septic shock due to community-acquired pneumonia and were admitted to the ICU. …”
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Multicomponent intervention for controlling hypertension in the adult rural population of Pakistan: a protocol for a hybrid type III implementation-effectiveness cluster randomised... by Catherine Hewitt, Aziz Sheikh, Simon Walker, Sajid Soofi, Kamran Siddiqi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zainab Samad, Aysha Almas, Saima Afaq, Hajra Khwaja, Shiraz Hashmi, Imran Naeem, Salim S Virani, Saira Bukhari, Sawera Hanif

“…In this study, we will develop and test strategies for the implementation and scale-up of a proven multicomponent hypertension intervention (MCHI) in Pakistan that comprises health education, blood pressure (BP) monitoring and referrals by lady health workers (LHWs) and hypertension management by physicians in primary care settings.Methods and analysis In this 24-month hybrid type III implementation-effectiveness cluster-randomised controlled trial, we will recruit 3000 adult hypertensive patients from two rural districts of Pakistan. …”
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Serum sPD-1 as a marker of T cell exhaustion in ART-naïve, ART-experienced, and intestinal parasite co-infected HIV-positive adults at the university of Gondar comprehensive specia... by Tadelo Wondmagegn, Wubet Birhan, Eseye Derb, Mulualem Lemma, Hana Yohannes, Degsew Ewunetie Anteneh, Alembante Bazezew, Kebebe Tadesse, Bewuketu Belete Alemu

“…Socio-demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were extracted from a previous project assessing intestinal parasite prevalence in the same population. …”
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Long-Term Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Older Adults: The ALIENOR Study by Blondy Kayembe-Mulumba, MD, MPH, Karen Leffondré, PhD, Bénédicte M.J. Merle, PhD, Jean-François Korobelnik, MD, PhD, Catherine Helmer, MD, PhD, Christophe Tzourio, MD, PhD, Cécile Delcourt, PhD, Audrey Cougnard-Grégoire, PhD, Marie-Noëlle Delyfer, MD, PhD

“…Design: Prospective analysis of 14-year data from the ALIENOR (Antioxydants, LIpides Essentiels, Nutrition et maladies OculaiRes) study, a French longitudinal population-based cohort study (2006–2020). …”
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Internet-Based Dementia Prevention Intervention (DementiaRisk): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Knowledge Translation by Anthony J Levinson, Stephanie Ayers, Sandra Clark, Rebekah Woodburn, Maureen Dobbins, Dante Duarte, Roland Grad, Nick Kates, Sharon Marr, Doug Oliver, Alexandra Papaioannou, Karen Saperson, Henry Siu, Gillian Strudwick, Richard Sztramko, Sarah Neil-Sztramko

“…Analyses and interpretation of data are ongoing. ConclusionsDementiaRisk is a readily scalable, technology-enhanced solution for dementia prevention education. …”
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Provincial distribution and factors associated with self-reported sexually transmitted infections and their symptoms among women in Sierra Leone by Augustus Osborne, Mainprice Akuoko Essuman, Florence Gyembuzie Wongnaah, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Camilla Bangura, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…Methods The study used data from the 2019 Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey, comprising 13,965 women aged 15 to 49 who have ever had sex. …”
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Validation of research activity in the field of sports science and physical education for students in higher education by Vladimir Potop, Liviu E. Mihailescu, Ilie Mihai, Constantin Ciorbă, Andrii Chernozub, Miroslawa Cieslicka, Wladyslaw Jagiello, Liviu M. Matac, Adrian D. Pricop

“…This validation is also important for developing innovative educational tools and ensuring rigorous evaluation criteria in academic and school settings. …”
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Progression of the first stage of spontaneous labour: A prospective cohort study in two sub-Saharan African countries. by Olufemi T Oladapo, Joao Paulo Souza, Bukola Fawole, Kidza Mugerwa, Gleici Perdoná, Domingos Alves, Hayala Souza, Rodrigo Reis, Livia Oliveira-Ciabati, Alexandre Maiorano, Adesina Akintan, Francis E Alu, Lawal Oyeneyin, Amos Adebayo, Josaphat Byamugisha, Miriam Nakalembe, Hadiza A Idris, Ola Okike, Fernando Althabe, Vanora Hundley, France Donnay, Robert Pattinson, Harshadkumar C Sanghvi, Jen E Jardine, Özge Tunçalp, Joshua P Vogel, Mary Ellen Stanton, Meghan Bohren, Jun Zhang, Tina Lavender, Jerker Liljestrand, Petra Ten Hoope-Bender, Matthews Mathai, Rajiv Bahl, A Metin Gülmezoglu

“…Substantial differences exist between actual plots of labour progression of individual women and the 'average labour curves' derived from study population-level data. Exclusion of women with augmented labours from the study population resulted in slightly faster labour progression patterns.…”
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Grupo de promoção da saúde para portadores do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana [Group health promotion for patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus] by Larissa de Araújo Lemos, Maria Luciana Teles Fiuza, Agnes Caroline Souza Pinto, Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão

“…ABSTRACT This study aimed to grasp subjects developed in a self-help group focusing on health promotion by patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). …”
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Novel Deep Learning Model for Glaucoma Detection Using Fusion of Fundus and Optical Coherence Tomography Images by Saad Islam, Ravinesh C. Deo, Prabal Datta Barua, Jeffrey Soar, U. Rajendra Acharya

“…In addition to a fixed test set evaluation, we perform five-fold cross-validation, confirming the robustness and consistency of the fusion model across multiple data partitions. On our fixed test set, the fundus-only model achieves 86% accuracy (AUC 0.89) and the optical coherence tomography-only model, 84% accuracy (AUC 0.87). …”
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Twelve-Month Outcomes and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Biomarkers After Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implantation in Pseudophakic Eyes with Post-Vitrectomy Cystoid Macular Edem... by Francesco Pignatelli, Alfredo Niro, Giuseppe Addabbo, Pasquale Viggiano, Giacomo Boscia, Maria Oliva Grassi, Francesco Boscia, Cristiana Iaculli, Giulia Maria Emilia Clima, Antonio Barone, Ermete Giancipoli

“…Eyes with post-PPV CME in the first 2 months after surgery, with available clinical and OCT data for 12 months after surgery, were included in the evaluation. …”
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How People with COPD Perceive and Communicate Exacerbations: A Multicountry Survey Study by Franssen FME, Young R, van Boven JFM, Crooks MG, Eckerd M, Grobert M, Hurst JR, Hutchinson A, Linnell J, Stolz D, Winders T, Zhang J, El Khoury J, Nordon C

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