Antenatal Care Services and its correlation with Outcomes of Pregnancy amongst Beneficiaries in Rural Health Training Center Jetalpur, Ahmedabad by Bansi Davda, Sheetal Vyas, Mayank Patel, Jay Sheth, Minal Patel

“…Continued efforts are essential to strengthen maternal health services and reduce disparities in rural healthcare.…”
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Biomass to biofuel: Impacts and mitigation of environmental, health, and socioeconomic challenges by Prangon Chowdhury, Nafisa Anjum Mahi, Rahbaar Yeassin, Nahid-Ur-Rahman Chowdhury, Omar Farrok

“…Socioeconomic dimensions, such as rural employment, poverty reduction, and gender disparities, underscore the need for equitable policies to ensure biofuel initiatives uplift vulnerable communities without aggravating inequalities. …”
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Bioanthropological and Biomechanical Perspectives on Skeletal Senescence Variation by Sayf Muhammad Alaydrus, Muhamad Andri Jauhari

“…Variations were found in the bone aging process in different populations, especially regarding bone mineral density loss in white, African-American, Asian, and Hispanic populations. Conclusion: Specific population-based healthcare services in geriatrics and gerontology are highly suggested to ensure inclusive healthcare for every aged individual. …”
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City Health Assessment: Urbanization and Eco-Environment Dynamics Using Coupling Coordination Analysis and FLUS Model—A Case Study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration by Xiangeng Peng, Liao Liao, Xiaohong Tan, Ruyi Yu, Kao Zhang

“…The findings revealed that while the overall coordination between urbanization and ecology in the PRD has improved, it remains at a moderate level with pronounced core-periphery disparities. Core cities face increasing ecological pressures and inefficient land use patterns. …”
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Hemorrhagic Shock Induces a Rapid Transcriptomic Shift of the Immune Balance in Leukocytes after Experimental Multiple Injury by Lisa Debler, Annette Palmer, Sonja Braumüller, Bettina Klohs, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Karlheinz Holzmann, Markus Huber-Lang, Rebecca Halbgebauer

“…Therefore, we investigated the influence of an additional hemorrhagic shock (HS) on the early posttraumatic immune dysbalance in the whole population of blood leukocytes. …”
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A New Species of the Durophagous Mosasaurid <i>Carinodens</i> from the Late Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and Implications for Maastrichtian Mosasaurid Diversity by Nicholas R. Longrich, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Nour-Eddine Jalil, Nathalie Bardet

“…Late Cretaceous marine ecosystems saw a major adaptive radiation of mosasaurids, which evolved highly disparate jaw and tooth morphologies to feed on different prey. …”
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Study protocol for the development and pilot-testing of a Self-assessment tool for the implementation of the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health (ESCNH) by James Webbe, Helmut Hummler, Luc J I Zimmermann, Ylva Thernström Blomqvist, Nicholas Lack, Dietmar Schlembach, Julia Hoffmann, Silke Mader, Eleni Vavouraki, Sarah Lehmann, Gina Ancora, Esther Schouten, Ilaria Simonelli, Isabel Geiger

“…Introduction In Europe, disparities exist in having access to optimal neonatal care. …”
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Evaluation of the effects of short-term PM2.5 exposure on triglyceride-glucose metrics in a population in eastern China by Zhenpeng Guo, Chenchen Yang, Qiang Zhang, Xinling Shi, Xiaona Li, Qun Zhang, Jianming Wang

“…Objective This study endeavors to probe the association between PM2.5 and TyG within the population of eastern China and to determine whether there are disparities in this association among diverse subgroups. …”
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Knowledge and awareness of asbestos risk among General Practitioners: Validation of a questionnaire in an area with a high incidence of asbestos-related diseases by Marinella Bertolotti, Manuela Tamburro, Angelo Salzo, Antonella Cassinari, Stefania Crivellari, Carlotta Bertolina, Marianna Farotto, Carmen Adesso, Michela Anna Di Palma, Anna Natale, Federico Torregiani, Guglielmo Pacileo, Antonio Maconi, Giancarlo Ripabelli

“…Results: Although GPs were aware of the health hazards of asbestos (94 %) and the increased risk of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure (92.6 %), significant disparities and heterogeneity of knowledge were observed among territorial districts and by comparing Casale Monferrato district with all the others, particularly regarding asbestos exposure routes, reporting of occupational diseases, and mesothelioma latency. …”
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Racism, homophobia, and the sexual health of young Black men who have sex with men in the United States: A systematic review. by Sarah E Janek, Lisvel A Matos, Sandy Hatoum, Marta I Mulawa, Leila Ledbetter, Michael V Relf

“…Despite a high annual HIV incidence, extant literature has found BMSM to engage in fewer sexual risk behaviors than White and Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men, resulting in a gap between risk behaviors and the inequity of HIV infection. …”
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Latino Alzheimer's Caregiving: Neither a Burden nor a "Carga" by Lyda Arevalo-flechas

“…Not having a Spanish equivalent for the expression “caregiver burden.” raises concern when this concept is translated to the wordcargaand used to describe Latino caregiving.Aim:To describe the perceptions of the caregiving experience of bilingual Latino/Hispanic family caregivers of relatives living with Alzheimer’s disease, and explore the language used in their narratives.Method:Data collection and analyses followed a modified Spradley ethnographic methodology. …”
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Tuberculosis and drug resistance in a region of Southern Italy among native and foreign-born populations: A twelve-year province-based study by Salvatore Rotundo, Salvatore Nisticò, Helen Linda Morrone, Luigia Gallo, Saveria Dodaro, Carmelo Papola, Pasquale Minchella, Giovanni Matera, Francesca Greco, Luigi Principe, Lorenzo Antonio Surace, Francesco Lucia, Francesca Serapide, Alessandro Russo, Carlo Torti, Enrico Maria Trecarichi

“…Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge, with the World Health Organization (WHO) aiming for a 95% reduction in TB deaths by 2030. Disparities in TB detection persist, particularly regarding gender, immigration status, and resistance patterns. …”
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Advantages and challenges of using arterial spin labelling MRI to monitor cerebral blood flow in multi-centre clinical trials of neurodegenerative disease: Experience from the RADA... by Lina Jarutyte, Jan Petr, Nicholas Turner, Patrick G. Kehoe, Henk-Jan Mutsaerts, David L. Thomas

“…In the multi-centre setting, disparities in ASL implementation on scanners from different manufacturers lead to inherent differences in measured CBF and its associated parameters (e.g. spatial coefficient of variation (sCoV) of CBF, a proxy of arterial arrival times). …”
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A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity by Byron A. Foster, Christian A. Aquino, Mario Gil, Jonathan A. L. Gelfond, Daniel E. Hale

“…The model of a parent mentor clinical trial is feasible, and both randomized groups experienced small, sustained effects on adiposity in an obese, Hispanic population.…”
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Gap dynamics in the U.S. between urban areas in the current trend and in sustainable scenario by Haoyu Wang, Xiuyuan Zhang, Shihong Du, Yuyu Zhou, Donghai Wu, Qian Wang, Lubin Bai, Bo Liu, Shuping Xiong

“…The gap initially increases before reaching a inflection point in 2090, and it disparates greatly from −100 % to 240 % at city level. …”
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Retrotrans-genomics identifies aberrant THE1B endogenous retrovirus fusion transcripts in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis by Shunsuke Funaguma, Aritoshi Iida, Yoshihiko Saito, Jantima Tanboon, Francia Victoria De Los Reyes, Kyuto Sonehara, Yu-ichi Goto, Yukinori Okada, Shinichiro Hayashi, Ichizo Nishino

“…The expression profiles of THE1B fusion transcripts in tuberculosis (TB) significantly differed from SM in single-cell RNA-seq data, suggesting that the differences between TB’s caseous granulomas and sarcoidosis’s non-caseous granulomas might be linked to disparate expression patterns of THE1B fusion transcripts. …”
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Effect of interface morphology on tensile response of Ti6Al4V alloy fabricated by laser hybrid additive manufacturing: Experiments &amp; simulations by Wei Fan, Guang Hu, Yuguang Chen, Yue Du, Yijie Peng, Yongxia Wang, Yunlong Li, Hua Tan, Fengying Zhang, Xin Lin

“…Despite its promise, the inherent disparity in microstructures between the wrought substrate and DED part introduces cross-regional mechanical heterogeneity, limiting structural reliability. …”
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Tuberculous Otitis Media: A Mysterious Ailment by Saravana Selvan Velmurugan, Vivek Mariappan, Mohamed Siddique Samsudeen, Suresh Kumar Narayanan, Rhea Mathai, Tany James Maria

“…The typical presentation was prolonged ear discharge not responding to culture sensitive antibiotics, hard of hearing, perforation of tympanic membrane, pale whitish granulation tissue. …”
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Clinical Manifestations Associated with Overweight/Obesity in Puerto Ricans with Fibromyalgia Syndrome by Ruth M. Fred-Jiménez, Mariangelí Arroyo-Ávila, Ángel M. Mayor, Grissel Ríos, Luis M. Vilá

“…To determine the clinical manifestations associated with overweight/obesity in Hispanics from Puerto Rico with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). …”
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Wearable Activity Tracking Device Use in an Adolescent Weight Management Clinic: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial by Kanika Bowen-Jallow, Omar Nunez-Lopez, Alex Wright, Erika Fuchs, Mollie Ahn, Elizabeth Lyons, Daniel Jupiter, Lindsey Berry, Oscar Suman, Ravi S. Radhakrishnan, Andrea M. Glaser, Deborah I. Thompson

“…Overall, the majority of participants were Hispanic (56%). Sexes were equally distributed. The average baseline BMI was 37.5 kg/m2. …”
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