Harmoni budaya: dukungan keluarga dalam membangun prestasi mahasiswa melalui tradisi rambu Solo by Glori Debora Palungan, Dewita Karema Sarajar

“…Upacara sakral ini, yang integral dalam budaya Toraja, menuntut sumber daya dan partisipasi yang signifikan dari keluarga, sering kali mengakibatkan prioritas lebih tinggi dibandingkan pendidikan dan masa depan anak-anak mereka. Di tengah Rambu Solo', beberapa keluarga tertentu, terutama yang berjuang mempertahankan status sosial mereka, berhadapan dengan dilema mendukung pendidikan anak-anak mereka. …”
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Development of an Evidence-Based First Aid Guideline for First Responders in Sub-Saharan Africa by Bert Avau

“…Les meilleures preuves disponibles étaient systématiquement collectées et présentées aux rédacteurs de contenus indépendants chargés de rédiger la première version du manuel. …”
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Optimizing injection accuracy for Baxter’s nerve entrapment: an ultrasonography-guided approach based on anatomical surface landmarks by Jung-woo Choi, Hyung-Jin Lee, Yong-Seok Nam, Mi Young Shin, Sang-Hyun Kim, Jun-Ho Kim, In-Beom Kim

“…Significant sex-related differences (O to B; B to BN) and notable disparities between the distances on the right and left sides (O to BN; BN to X-axis) were observed. …”
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La inteligencia artificial en la formación académica primaria y secundaria en el Ecuador by Roberto Wellington Acuña Caicedo, Christian Ruperto Caicedo Plúa, Antonieta del Carmen Rodríguez Gonzalez, Lenin Jonatan Pin Garcia

“…Para ello, se realizó un análisis de datos estadísticos disponibles en el sitio web oficial del Ministerio de Educación del Ecuador, que abarca los periodos académicos 2009-2010 hasta 2022-2023. …”
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Prevalence of daily fruit and vegetable intake by socio-economic characteristics, women’s empowerment, and climate zone: an ecological study in Latin American cities by Giovanna Valentino, Amy H. Auchincloss, Binod Acharya, Natalia Tumas, Nancy López-Olmedo, Ana Ortigoza, Mariana Carvalho de Menezes, María Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, Carolina Nazzal

“…Interventions to improve F&V intake in Latin America should consider the behaviour disparities related to underlying local social, economic, and climate zone characteristics.…”
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Socio-economic inequalities in minimum dietary diversity among Ethiopian children aged 6–23 months: a decomposition analysis by Nigusu Worku, Amare Mesfin Workie, Lamrot Yohannes, Mihret Getnet, Mihret Getnet, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Adina Yeshambel Belay, Lakew Asmare, Hiwot Tadesse Alemu, Demiss Mulatu Geberu, Melak Jejaw, Kaleb Assegid Demissie, Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Asebe Hagos

“…Undernutrition is mainly caused by wealth and educational disparities across the country. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the socio-economic inequalities in minimum dietary diversity (MDD) practices among Ethiopian children aged 6–23 months and the potential contributing factors.MethodsThe study utilized the recent datasets of the Ethiopia Mini Demographic and Health Survey (EMDHS) of 2019. …”
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The effect of caregiver opinion leaders to increase demand for evidence-based practices for youth anxiety: A cluster randomized controlled trial by Margaret E. Crane, Marc S. Atkins, Sara J. Becker, Jonathan Purtle, Gillian C. Dysart, Sydney Keller, Olivia Brauer, Sirina E. Tiwari, Thomas M. Olino, Lara Baez, John Lestino, Philip C. Kendall

“…Method Participants ( N  = 262; 92% female; 69% White, 82% non-Hispanic) were caregivers who registered for a virtual presentation on youth anxiety treatment through their child's school. …”
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A retrospective comparative study of endoscopic and microscopic Tympanoplasty by Ying-Chieh Hsu, Chin-Lung Kuo, Tzu-Chin Huang

“…Comparisons between these groups focused on the following: (I) surgical outcomes, including successful tympanic membrane healing and post-operative complications; (II) restoration of hearing; and (III) consumption of medical resources, including the duration of surgery and anesthesia. …”
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The Global Burden of Migraine: A 30-Year Trend Review and Future Projections by Age, Sex, Country, and Region by Lingkang Dong, Wenqi Dong, Yuchen Jin, Yumeng Jiang, Zhuangzhuang Li, Dongzhen Yu

“…Adolescents also face a rapidly rising prevalence. Disparities across SDI regions, countries, age groups, and sexes emphasize the need for targeted public health strategies. …”
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Embryo Mosaicism Rate in National Referral Hospital of Indonesia Detected Using Next-Generation Sequencing: A Retrospective Study by Achmad Kemal Harzif, Muhammad Ikhsan, Pritta Ameilia Iffanolida, Kresna Mutia, Budi Wiweko, R Muharam, Kanadi Sumapraja, Gita Pratama, Mila Maidarti, Vita Silvana, Amalia Shadrina, Irene Sinta Febriana, Nafi'atul Ummah, Aisyah Retno Puspawardani, Andon Hestiantoro

“…Statistical analysis revealedno significant disparity in mean maternal age among embryos with low-level mosaicism, high mosaicism, and normalchromosomes (33.88 vs. 35 vs. 33.26 years old, respectively). …”
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Effective Facial Expression Recognition System Using Artificial Intelligence Technique by Imad S. Yousif, Tarik A. Rashid, Ahmed S. Shamsaldin, Sabat A. Abdulhameed, Abdulhady Abas Abdullah

“…This paper presents an improved performance of the Facial Expression Recognition (FER) systems via augmentation in Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms, two renowned artificial intelligence techniques possessing disparate strengths. ANNS are inspired by the neural architecture of human brain capable of learning and recognizing patterns in unchartered data after trained examples, on the other hand GAs come from fundamental principles underlying natural selection perform optimization process based-on evolutionary methods which includes fitness evaluation, comparison, selection, crossover, and mutation. …”
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A prognostic signature of Glutathione metabolism-associated long non-coding RNAs for lung adenocarcinoma with immune microenvironment insights by Junxi Hu, Junxi Hu, Shuyu Tian, Shuyu Tian, Qingwen Liu, Qingwen Liu, Jiaqi Hou, Jiaqi Hou, Jun wu, Jun wu, Xiaolin Wang, Xiaolin Wang, Yusheng Shu, Yusheng Shu

“…Patient stratification based on model scores revealed significant disparities in immune cell composition, functionality, and mutations between groups. …”
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Understanding the educational inequalities in suicide attempts and their mediators: a Mendelian randomisation study by Jing Wang, Ye Yang, Rui Gao, Lilu Ding, Jiahao Zhu, Dan Zhou, Yingjun Li, Houpu Liu

“…Elucidating modifiable risk factors that serve as intermediaries in the impact of low educational attainment on suicide has the potential to reduce health disparities.Aims To examine the risk factors that mediate the relationship between educational attainment and suicide attempts and quantify their contributions to the mediation effect.Methods We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis to estimate the causal effect of educational attainment on suicide attempts, utilising genome-wide association study summary statistics from the Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH; 6024 cases and 44 240 controls) and FinnGen (8978 cases and 368 299 controls). …”
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Pediatric Emergency Department-based Food Insecurity Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Stephanie Ruest, Lana Nguyen, Celeste Corcoran, Susan Duffy

“…Nearly 50% of respondents identified as White and non-Hispanic, with approximately 80% female. Thirty percent had a household income of <$25,000 and 32% between $25,000–<50,000. …”
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Association between behavioral and sociodemographic factors and high subjective health among adolescents: a nationwide representative study in South Korea by Jaehyun Kong, Seohyun Hong, Seunghwan Lee, Seokjun Kim, Soeun Kim, Jiyeon Oh, Wonwoo Jang, Hanseul Cho, Sooji Lee, Jiseung Kang, Yejun Son, Lee Smith, Selin Woo, Dong Keon Yon

“…Healthier behavioral factors (ROR, breakfast consumption, 1.13 [95% CI, 1.10–1.16]; sufficient fruit intake, 1.12 [95% CI, 1.09–1.15]; sufficient physical activity, 2.02 [95% CI, 1.95–2.09]) were associated with higher subjective health, and the disparities increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Risk stratification for acute stroke development after a transient ischemic attack and the use of scoring systems in pre-hospital scenarios by Janković Tamara, Đorđević Stefan

“…Upon examination, the patient was found to be disoriented and dysphasic, with left hemiparesis and ataxia. This time, the patient was taken to an appropriate hospital, where cerebrovascular insult was confirmed, and she was hospitalised. …”
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EVALUACIÓN DEL INCREMENTO DE LA EFICIENCIA MATERIAL ASOCIADA AL DESCREMADO DE LECHE FRESCA EN LA "PASTEURIZADORA CUBANACÁN" by Darien Pérez Muñoz, Omar Pérez Navarrro, Denio Pérez Muñoz

“…Introducción: Atendiendo a la necesidad de incrementar la eficiencia material de la industria láctea cubana, se precisa disponer en la Pasteurizadora Cubanacán de esquemas tecnológicos que aprovechen integralmente la composición de la leche fresca. …”
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Disrupting the network of co-evolving amino terminal domain residues relieves mitochondrial calcium uptake inhibition by MCUb by Danielle M. Colussi, Ryan Grainger, Megan Noble, Taylor Lake, Murray Junop, Peter B. Stathopulos

“…Thus, we reveal that matrix Ca2+ binding to both the MCU-NTD and MCUb-NTD promote mtCU inhibition through disparate interaction sites, highlighting the evolution of discrete feedback regulation mechanisms to precisely control mtCU function.…”
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Clinical Utility of an Alzheimer’s Disease Blood Test Among Cognitively Impaired Patients: Results from the Quality Improvement PrecivityAD2 (QUIP II) Clinician Survey Study by Mark Monane, Demetrius M. Maraganore, Robert M. Carlile, Kim G. Johnson, David A. Merrill, Darren R. Gitelman, Kenneth S. Sharlin, Lawren A. VandeVrede, Kristi K. George, Jimin Wang, Tim West, Leslie Jacobs, Philip B. Verghese, Joel B. Braunstein

“…<b>Results</b>: Patients had a median age of 74, 53% were female, and 28% were traditionally under-represented in Black, Hispanic, and Asian groups. The composite primary endpoint, defined as a change in AD diagnostic certainty, drug therapy, or additional brain amyloid evaluation pre- and post-BBM testing, was 75% (<i>p</i> < 0.0001 versus the pre-specified threshold of 20% clinically meaningful change). …”
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Eficacia de los agentes hemostáticos para el control de hemorragias externas en sanidad militar by Laura Corrochano-Rodríguez, Beatriz Rodríguez Martín, Pedro Ángel Caro-Alonso

“…Objetivos: Sintetizar y analizar la evidencia disponible sobre la eficacia de diferentes agentes hemostáticos utilizados en ambientes tácticos, transportados por los combatientes del ejército. …”
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