Low energy density, high nutrient adequacy and high nutrient density are each associated with higher diet costs in Chinese adults from Henan Province by Junya Zhai, Baihui Ma, Lijun Guo, Hongbo Wu, Quanjun Lyu, Pipasha Khatun, Rui Liang, Fangfang Yao, Minghua Cong, Yongxia Kong

“…Methods A total of 680 Chinese adults aged above 25 years from Henan province were investigated in 2020. Three indices were adopted for evaluating diet quality: the nutrient-rich foods 9.2 (NRF 9.2) index for evaluating nutrient density, the mean adequacy ratio (MAR) for evaluating nutrient adequacy, energy density (ED) based on solid foods only for evaluating energy density. …”
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Evaluating the Association Between Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (Rs1801131 and Rs1801133) Gene Polymorphisms and Severity of Coronary Lesions in Patients With STEMI and NSTEMI: A Retrospective Cross‐Sectional Study by Behnam Nazarzadeh, Saeedeh sadat Ghazanfari, Farzaneh Karimi, Seyed ali Moezibady, Fatemeh Salmani, Kazem Dastjerdi, Hamidreza Mohammadi

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Assessment of adherence to dietary recommendations and associated factors among type 2 diabetic patients in selected hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Wabi Temesgen Atinafu, Kefyalew Naniye Tilahun

“…Moreover, there is a gap from the perspective of patients in the area of this topic.ObjectivesThis study aimed to assess adherence to dietary recommendations and associated factors among type 2 diabetic patients in Addis Ababa Selected Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024.Methods and materialsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted in a 420 sampled population among four hospitals found in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 24 June to 15 July 2024. …”
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Fixation of Olecranon Fractures Using a Hybrid Intramedullary Screw and Tension Band Construct by Kaitlin Rush, John Fisher, Neil Jain, Caleb Gottlich, Cyrus Caroom

“…A retrospective review was conducted on patients with olecranon fractures who underwent internal fixation at a level 1 trauma center between January 1st, 2013, and April 22nd, 2023. Data was collected using CPT codes, and patients were categorized into five groups based on the method of fixation received: no implant, tension band only, locking olecranon plate, intramedullary screw and tension band hybrid, and others. …”
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Emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant <i>bla</i>_POM-1 Harboring <i>Pseudomonas otitidis</i> Isolated from River Water in Ghana by Frederick Ofosu Appiah, Samiratu Mahazu, Isaac Prah, Taira Kawamura, Yusuke Ota, Yohei Nishikawa, Mitsunori Yoshida, Masato Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hoshino, Toshihiko Suzuki, Tomoko Ishino, Anthony Ablordey, Ryoichi Saito

“…In this study, for the first time, we characterized <i>P. otitidis</i> from Densu river water in Ghana. …”
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Spatial identification of regions exposed to multi-hazards at the pan-European level by T.-E. Antofie, T.-E. Antofie, S. Luoni, A. Tilloy, A. Sibilia, S. Salari, G. Eklund, D. Rodomonti, C. Bountzouklis, C. Corbane

“…<p>The European Commission Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC) has developed and hosts a web platform, the Risk Data Hub (RDH), designed to facilitate access to and sharing of curated, EU-wide risk data, tools, and methodologies, ultimately supporting disaster risk management (DRM) initiatives. Based on the RDH data, we propose a methodology for the identification of regions with multi-hazard exposure at the pan-European level (EU27+UK). …”
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Otimização de filmes de acetato de celulose incorporado com nanocristais de celulose e aroma de salada de frutas by Amanda Lélis de Souza, Bárbara Teixeira Gomes, Taila Veloso de Oliveira, Nilda de Fatima Ferreira Soares

“…Ademais, a produção de polímeros ativos e biodegradáveis mostra-se uma alternativa ecologicamente correta para a produção de embalagens de alimentos, como substituição aos materiais à base de polímeros sintéticos e não biodegradáveis, uma vez que causam sérios problemas ambientais. …”
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Quality and resilience of clinical laboratories in Rwanda: a need for sustainable strategies by Vincent Rusanganwa, Innocent Nzabahimana, Magnus Evander

“…Background Quality healthcare is a global priority, reliant on robust health systems for evidence-based medicine. Clinical laboratories are the backbone of quality healthcare facilitating diagnostics, treatment, patient monitoring, and disease surveillance. …”
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Presenting a model for solving lot-streaming hybrid flow shop scheduling problem by considering independent setup time and transportation time by Roja Ruhbakhsh, Esmaeil Mehdizadeh, Mohammad Amin Adibi

“…Inspired by previous studies, two multi objective metaheuristic algorithms based on the genetic algorithm is used to solve the large-scale problems. …”
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Machine Learning Approach to Predict the DC Bias for Adaptive OFDM Transmission in Indoor Li-Fi Applications by Marwah T. Salman, David R. Siddle, Amadi G. Udu

“…However, a significant challenge posed by the DCO-OFDM scheme is the additional power of the DC bias required to ensure that the amplitudes of the transmitted signals are nonnegative. …”
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Immobilization of resin photocatalyst in removal of soluble effluent organic matter and potential for disinfection by-products by E.N. Hidayah, R.B. Pachwarya, O.H. Cahyonugroho

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The existence of organic matter is one of the main issues for wastewater reclamation since chlorination is applied most frequently before use wastewater reclamation for many purposes. One of the eco-friendly and effective methods is using innovative material through resin immobilized heterogeneous photocatalyst, which is based on the principle of advanced oxidation processes.  …”
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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

“…Despite the higher antibody titer among participants residing in Khanaqin compared to those from other locations, the current results indicate no significant differences in antibody titer based on the participants' place of residence (P = 0.474). …”
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Biochar and straw amendments drive microbial regulation of phosphorus dynamics in saline-irrigated cotton fields by Yang Ye, Xiaowen Guo, Yueyao Li, Wei Min, Huijuan Guo

“…Saline water drip irrigation is a potential solution for addressing freshwater scarcity in arid regions. However, prolonged use can accumulate soil salinity and reduce phosphorus (P) availability. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological Association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. V. Okhlobystin, S. A. Alekseyenko, Ye. V. Beloborodova, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…The highest evidential base at EPN is accumulated for pancreatin mini-microspheres. …”
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Concepts and types of administrative and legal means of ensuring economic security by the National Police of Ukraine by V. V. Tolochko

“…The analysis of the current administrative law and the practice of its application and, respectively, the powers of the main units of the National Police, which are entrusted with the task to ensure economic security, provided the opportunity to refer the following types of administrative and legal means of ensuring economic security by the National Police of Ukraine: 1) means of persuasion, positive incentives or incentives that contribute to raising the creative activity of legal relations participants, based on their quest for positive results of their work, to the realization of social and personal interests; 2) measures of administrative coercion, which are used for the purpose of prevention, termination of offenses, ensuring proceedings in cases on administrative offenses and bringing offenders to administrative liability. …”
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Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Model for the Prediction of Bloodstream Infections in Patients with Hematological Malignancies and Febrile Neutropenia by Antonio Gallardo-Pizarro, Christian Teijón-Lumbreras, Patricia Monzo-Gallo, Tommaso Francesco Aiello, Mariana Chumbita, Olivier Peyrony, Emmanuelle Gras, Cristina Pitart, Josep Mensa, Jordi Esteve, Alex Soriano, Carolina Garcia-Vidal

“…This study investigates machine learning (ML) for identifying patient profiles with increased susceptibility to bloodstream infections (BSI) during FN onset, aiming to tailor treatment approaches. <b>Methods:</b> From January 2020 to June 2022, we used the unsupervised ML algorithm KAMILA to analyze data from hospitalized hematological malignancy patients. …”
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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

“…HPs' perceptions of overdiagnosis varied widely, from considering it a significant harm to seeing it as negligible. …”
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Quantitative analysis of different SLAM algorithms for geo-monitoring in an underground test field by Jing Li, Jörg Benndorf, Paweł Trybała

“…This involves the development of an underground test field and some specific metrics, which allow detailed local accuracy analysis of point measurements, line segments, and areas using artificial targets. With this proposed methodology, a series of repeated experimental measurements has been performed with an autonomous driving robot and the selected LiDAR- and visual-based SLAM methods. …”
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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

“…The questionnaires were distributed pre-treatment, and 0, 6, 12, 24 months post-treatment. …”
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5-HT1A receptor: its role in the regulation of different kinds of behavior by V. S. Naumenko, E. G. Ponimaskin, N. K. Popova

“…Increased interest to the 5-HT1А receptor is based on (1) a key role in the autoregulation of the brain serotonergic system due to the postsynaptic and presynaptic localization, (2) a great body of data demonstrating implication of 5-HT1А receptor in the control of various physiological functions (3) involvement of 5-HT1А receptors in the mechanisms of depression, anxiety and suicide. …”
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