Telehealth group intervention for adolescents and young adults with cancer: a feasibility pilot study protocol by Sherilynn F. Chan, Joanna Patten, Nancy Lau

“…Participants who opt-in for study procedures will also complete exploratory measures of social connectedness/isolation, depression, and benefit finding, pre- and post-intervention (Aim 3). Discussion Findings from this pilot study will inform intervention refinement, intervention implementation, and sample sizes for future powered trials. …”
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Analysis of the predictive value of the prostate-specific antigen-to-neutrophil ratio for the diagnosis of prostate cancer by Yuxuan Chen, Haisheng Yan, Yaoqin Xu, Kexin Chen, Runqin Yang, Jiali Yang, Ruian Zhu, Rui Lin, Jiang Wang, Jie Liu, Pingsheng Gao, Lei Pang, Lexin Wang

“…Abstract Background Currently, serum PSA is the most commonly used screening tool in clinical practice. However, PSA levels in the range of 4–10 ng/ml are considered the ‘grey zone’ of prostate cancer screening. …”
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Principles of organization and structure of the management system of a holding type company by A. Borovikov, O. Smolyakov

“…The features of the functioning of such key management units of the executive office and commercial management as analytical group, plan development and control group and market measurement group, have been considered.The importance of the vocational guidance component of the Directorate of Personnel Management, based on psychodiagnostic methods, has been noted. …”
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Innovation Mirage: The Role of Technological Uncertainty in Military Instability by I. A. Istomin

“…The article tests the theory against the historical record of military clashes in Europe from the end of the 18th to the middle of the 20th centuries, as well as the crises between superpowers during the Cold War. …”
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Nutritional care for children with feeding difficulties and disabilities: A scoping review. by Alyssa Klein, Malia Uyehara, Andrew Cunningham, Madina Olomi, Kristen Cashin, Catherine M Kirk

“…The prevalence of feeding difficulties globally ranges from 25-45 percent to 33-80 percent in children without and with disabilities, respectively. …”
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Invited review: Improved control of Johne's disease in dairy cattle through advancements in diagnostics, testing, and management of young stock by Larissa Martins, Karin Orsel, Razieh Eshraghisamani, Jose Miguel Hernández-Agudelo, A. Caroline Pereira, Waseem Shaukat, Ad P. Koets, John P. Bannantine, Caroline Ritter, David F. Kelton, Richard J. Whittington, Maarten F. Weber, Antonio Facciuolo, Navneet K. Dhand, Karsten Donat, Susanne Eisenberg, Miguel A. Salgado, John P. Kastelic, Jeroen De Buck, Herman W. Barkema

“…The limited success may partly be attributed to excluding young stock (calves and replacement heifers or bulls) from testing strategies aimed at identifying MAP-infected cattle. …”
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A scoping review on the use of traditional medicine and oral health in Africa. by Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Mobolaji Timothy Olagunju, Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin, Omolola Titilayo Alade

“…The studies were published from eight countries located in the five sub-regions on the continent. …”
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Cardiovascular risk and mortality in men receiving testosterone replacement therapy for Klinefelter syndrome in Denmark: a retrospective cohort studyResearch in context by Simon Chang, Lars Pedersen, Anne Skakkebæk, Agnethe Berglund, Claus H. Gravholt

“…We similarly identified a comparison cohort of 50,150 men from the background population matched on month and year of birth. …”
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A bibliometric study on organization citizenship behavior for the environment by M.M. Sulphey, N.S. AlKahtani, N.A.M. Senan, A.H.E. Adow

“…It is possible that the selection criteria concealed certain relevant articles based on the search query used in the study.…”
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Siphon-type hydroelectric plants: application for power generation in a low head dam in southern Brazil by Janaina Terhorst Pizutti, Carlos Henrique Pereira Assunção Galdino, Fernando Setembrino Cruz Meirelles, Alexandre Beluco

“…The reduced structural requirements (generator, turbine, and suction tube), as well as the minimal intervention in the existing structure of the dam, the cessation of new socio-environmental and economic impacts related to the construction of a new plant are the main favorable characteristics of these facilities. The case study of an inoperative plant and the tools available in the Homer Software for data simulation were used as methodological resources. …”
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Mental health service satisfaction among adults with mental illness attending a psychiatric outpatient clinic: a cross-sectional study by Wondale Getinet Alemu, Wondale Getinet Alemu, Lillian Mwanri, Clemence Due, Telake Azale, Anna Ziersch

“…Therefore, we aimed to assess mental health service satisfaction and its determinants in adult patients with mental illness in an outpatient clinic in Northwest Ethiopia.MethodsA hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from October to March 2023. …”
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Evaluation of Four Multiple Imputation Methods for Handling Missing Binary Outcome Data in the Presence of an Interaction between a Dummy and a Continuous Variable by Sara Javadi, Abbas Bahrampour, Mohammad Mehdi Saber, Behshid Garrusi, Mohammad Reza Baneshi

“…The evaluation was based on raw bias (RB) as well as five other measurements that were averaged over the repetitions. …”
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Traumatic dental injuries in the first year of life and related risk factors in three regions of Brazil: a multicenter birth cohort study by Carlos Alberto Feldens, Bruno Antonio Sehn Konzen, Elisa Maria Rosa de Barros Coelho, Alessandra Castro Alves, Eliane Gerson Feldens, Márcia Regina Vítolo, Paulo Floriani Kramer

“…However, there is no evidence from cohort studies on which to base prevention strategies at the beginning of life, when children are entirely dependent upon supervision. …”
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Comparison of cultural and immunological methods for the evaluation of foodborne intoxications risk caused by staphylococcus aureus in white cheese, raw milk, minced meat and inego... by Nihat Telli, Nuray Gamze Yörük, Arife Ezgi Telli, Muhammed Ali Cebirbay, Ahmet Güner

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Breastfeeding empowerment and its relationship with health literacy and spousal support among breastfeeding mothers in Tabriz, Iran: a cross-sectional study by Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Mina Hosseinzadeh, Shaqayeq Targhaq, Zahra Mousavi

“…Background Breast milk is crucial for the health and survival of infants, but exclusive breastfeeding often fails due to various reasons such as lack of breastfeeding empowerment.Objectives This study aimed to determine the status of breastfeeding empowerment and its relationship with health literacy and perceived spousal support among breastfeeding mothers while recognising that other related factors also contribute to breastfeeding empowerment.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Primary health centres of Tabriz city, Iran.Participants Included 342 breastfeeding mothers with infants aged 6 months or younger in Tabriz, Iran.Results The mean (SD) scores for breastfeeding empowerment, health literacy and partner support were 141.98 (33.92) out of a possible range of 37 to 185, 126.08 (21.27) out of a possible range of 33 to 165 and 64.95 (12.62) out of a possible range of 20 to 100, respectively. Based on the adjusted general linear model, for every unit increase in perceived spousal support, women’s breastfeeding empowerment score increased significantly (B=0.546; 95% CI 0.29 to 0.79; p<0.001). …”
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Reliability of Spatiotemporal Characteristics During Single-Legged Hop and Bilateral Drop Jump Tasks Using an Instrumented Pressure Walkway by Matthew McManigal, Austin Post, Michael Allen, Alyx Jorgensen, MIke Rosenthal, Michael Wellsandt, Matthew Tao, Elizabeth Wellsandt

“…# Background Single-legged hop tests have been widely used to assess performance-based outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. …”
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Teorías del aprendizaje para una superación profesional en Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación by Mayelin Ferrer García, Keila Irene Díaz Tejera

“…Objetivo: analizar las teorías del aprendizaje que sirven como fundamentos para la estrategia de superación profesional en Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación para los docentes de Tecnología de la Salud. Métodos: se realizó una revisión bibliográfica en las bases de datos: Dialnet, SciELO, REDIB, Redalyc, Latindex y Google Scholar. …”
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N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictive marker of the outcomes of fibrinolytic therapy in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction by Amit Kumar, Shweta Tanwar, Rajesh Chetiwal

“…Patients were categorized as thrombolysis success or failure groups based on electrocardiogram (ECG) criteria. The outcomes were measured in terms of in-hospital mortality and adverse cardiovascular events. …”
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Security environment of the state in the context of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine activities by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…The concept of “security environment” (in the context of the existence of a state or a set of states) should be applied when referring to the set of conditions and factors of its existence that provide such a state with protection from internal and external threats. Based on the analysis of the Ukrainian researchers’ publications, as well as the works of foreign scholars, the author identifies the main types of security environments depending on the characteristics of threats to such environments: external and internal. …”
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Experimental Study on Chemiluminescence Properties of Ammonia-Methane Non-Premixed Laminar Flames by Haihang Su, Yuxuan Wu, Jinzhi Yan, Liqiao Jiang

“…The fundamental investigation on the chemiluminescence characteristics of NH₃-based flames is essential for the development of low-cost, real-time optical diagnostic sensor technologies. …”
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