Prevalence of Human Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Risk Factors among School Children in Hakim District, Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia by Eshetu Mekonnen, Nuredin Sadik

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out in a school setting from September 2021 to May 2022. The study involved 333 participants, including 158 males and 175 females, who were selected using a stratified systematic random sampling method. …”
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Effects of Different Microplastics on Methane Production and Microbial Community Structure in Anaerobic Digestion of Cattle Manure by Mengjiao Zhang, Congxu Zhao, Tian Yuan, Qing Wang, Qiuxian Zhang, Shuangdui Yan, Xiaohong Guo, Yanzhuan Cao, Hongyan Cheng

“…Moreover, PHA MPs inhibited methane production by suppressing acetate kinase activity while promoting lactate dehydrogenase release from microorganisms involved in the AD process. Based on changes observed in key enzyme functional gene abundances, PHA MPs reduced acetyl-CoA carboxylase functional gene abundance, negatively affecting the acetone cleavage methanogenesis pathway. …”
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Feeding Problems Assessment Tools in Children: A Scoping Review by Suci Destriatania, Judhiastuty Februhartanty, Fariz Nurwidya, Rini Sekartini

“…In this review, 23 assessment tools were validated and tested for reliability. Pedi-EAT, MCH-FS and BPFAS were commonly used instruments. However, it is clear that no single instrument covers comprehensively all aspects of feeding problems in children. …”
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Preliminary Numerical Modeling of CO2 Geological Storage in the Huangcaoxia Gas Reservoir in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, China by Hongwu Lei, Qian Zhang, Xiaochun Li

“…A coupled thermal-hydrodynamic model including faults is built based on the geological and hydrogeological conditions in the Huangcaoxia gas field. …”
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Comparison of growth hormone therapy response according to the presence of growth hormone deficiency in children born small for gestational age with short stature in Korea: a retro... by Ha Young Jo, Hyun Ji Jang, Chong Kun Cheon, Ju Young Yoon, Sukdong Yoo, Jung Hyun Lee, Jeong Eun Lee, Ye Jin Kim, Sejin Kim, Hyun-Ji Kim, Im Jeong Choi, Min Jung Kwak

“…The findings showed differences in GH dose according to GHD starting from the 2nd year of therapy, with the non-GHD group receiving a significantly higher dose. …”
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O arrendamento de terras para produção de energia eólica: um novo capítulo da questão agrária brasileira by Fernando Joaquim Ferreira Maia, Marcela Peixoto Batista, Tarcísio Augusto Alves da Silva, Damián Copena Rodríguez

“…Resumo O semiárido brasileiro é o novo destino do capital global em energias renováveis, diante da crise ambiental. Esse fato traz como consequência a expansão das bases da acumulação de capital: extração de mais-valor da força de trabalho, apossamento de terras dos camponeses e concentração fundiária. …”
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Dilemmas with brand management in clusters by Barbara Szymoniuk

“…A further dilemma of brand policy in clusters is also connected with the legal protection of the trademark in the case of realizing European Union projects. From the point of view of the purchasers of the cluster’s offer, an additional brand management problem is an excessive number of trademarks and labels on the packages of the products and in marketing messages of clusters. …”
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Emulsifying Properties of Dietary Fiber from Different Sources by Yao WANG, Xue ZHAO, Hao WU, Xinglian XU

“…Five kinds of dietary fibers (rice bran, banana peel, apple peel, oat bran and citrus peel) from different sources were selected as row materials to prepare dietary fiber-based O/W emulsions and the ability of various types of dietary fibers to stabilize emulsions at different concentrations (1%, 2%, 3%) were investigated by analyzing Zeta potential, particle sizes, creaming index, Turbiscan stability index and rheological properties. …”
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Multiomics Integrated Analysis Identifies SLC24A2 as a Potential Link between Type 2 Diabetes and Cancer by Qin Bian, Haijun Li, Xiaoyi Wang, Tingting Liang, Kai Zhang

“…So far, type 2 diabetes (T2D) is considered as an independent risk factor for various cancers, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Methods. SLC24A2 was first identified as a key gene strongly associated with fasting plasma glucose (FPG). …”
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Socioeconomic disparity in stage at cancer diagnosis among patients with type 2 diabetes in Dutch primary care: a cross-sectional study by Geertruida H De Bock, Gijs W D Landman, Nanne Kleefstra, Bert van der Vegt, Sabine Siesling, Klaas H Groenier, Jing de Haan-Du

“…SES was estimated as low, intermediate or high based on postal codes and Dutch social research status scores. …”
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An increased proportion of transgenic plants in the progeny of rapeseed (<i>Brassica napus</i> L.) transformants by G. N. Raldugina, T. Z. Hoang, H. B. Ngoc, I. V. Karpichev

“…We found that, in addition to nutrient media composition, other factors such as plant genotype and explant type also contribute to the rising of chimeric plants during transformation. Based on these results, we developed a simplified method, which consists of several rounds of a combination of cutting, seed production by self-pollination, and subsequent culling of wild-type plants, which significantly enriched descendent populations of the original rapeseed transformants with plants transgenic for the gfp marker.…”
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Método para la actividad cognoscitiva en los estudiantes de medicina ecuatorianos utilizando la web 4.0 by Francisco Obando Freire, Raúl López Fernández, Diego Luna Álvarez, Enrique Luna Álvarez, Walter Luna Álvarez, Raidell Avello Martínez

“…Los métodos fundamentales utilizados fueron el analítico sintético y el tránsito de lo abstracto a lo concreto en el orden teórico, el análisis de documentos, la observación y la encuesta en el práctico. Los resultados se evidencian en que el método para la actividad cognoscitiva desarrolla un proceso de acciones a partir de la motivación, utilizando la base orientadora para la acción tipo tres, permite la ejecución de acciones y operaciones mediante la construcción de metaanálisis en Ciencias de la Salud, llevando a procesos de abstracción y a generar constructos transdisciplinarios, capaces de dar solución a problemas prototípicos emergentes en Pediatría. …”
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Effectiveness of a Positive Youth Development Program for Secondary 1 Students in Macau: A Pilot Study by Andrew L. Luk, Annah M. L. Au, K. M. Leong, Michelle M. X. Zhu, G. B. Lau, Tammy C. P. Wong, Nancy W. I. Lei

“…A mixed research method with a quantitative approach using a pre- and post-test pre-experimental design, and a qualitative approach using a focus group for the participants is carried out. …”
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MEDICAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN INFERTILE WOMEN ACCORDING TO THE REGISTRY OF INFERTILITY COUPLES IN THE TRANSBAIKAL REGION by Татьяна Евгеньевна Белокриницкая, Наталия Ивановна Фролова, Дмитрий Владимирович Малько

“…An analysis of the medical and social characteristics of patients with infertility was carried out according to the data of an electronic questionnaire, which has been developed based on materials from the World Health Organization [WHO-RHR-HRP-19.3]. 1st group included 103 women living in city; 2nd group – 85 women living in the village. …”
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Multi‐objective multiperiod stable environmental economic power dispatch considering probabilistic wind and solar PV generation by Aamir Ali, Sumbal Aslam, Sohrab Mirsaeidi, Noor Hussain Mugheri, Riaz Hussain Memon, Ghulam Abbas, Hammad Alnuman

“…This article addresses these concerns by formulating and solving the economic environmental and stable power dispatch (EESPD) problem, which includes fixed zonal reserve capacity from conventional thermal generators and uncertain reserves from RES. …”
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Effectiveness of Systematic Health Education Model for Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Yongwen Zhang, Lanfang Chu

“…The systematic health education model is a useful method in the treatment of T2DM because it contributes to decrease in HbA1c, LDL cholesterol, and SBP levels, as well as helps in increasing the compliance with the control criteria, except for DBP and BMI.…”
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Effectiveness of mobile health for exercise promotion on cardiorespiratory fitness after a cancer diagnosis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Megan E. Gregory, Weidan Cao, Saurabh Rahurkar, Fadi Haroun, James C. Stock, Sanam M. Ghazi, Daniel Addison

“…Relationships remained after accounting for lipid‐based outcomes (d = 0.30; 95% CI = 0.03–0.56). There was no evidence for heterogeneity or publication‐bias. …”
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Effects of twelve-week aerobic exercise on selected health-related physical fitness variables on Gonji preparatory school male students by Abdurahman Esleman, Bizuneh Yirga Geberemariam, Wondiye Aychiluhim

“…A simple random sampling method was used to select 30 sample students from the 242 total populations and classify them randomly into two equal experimental and control groups (n = 15). …”
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A conceptual model and practical guidance for the development, administration, and evaluation of individualized therapies by Lucie Perillat, Lucie Perillat, Andrew McFadyen, Andrew McFadyen, Andrew McFadyen, Patricia Furlong, James Anderson, James Anderson, James Anderson

“…To address these questions, we introduce a conceptual model alongside practical guidance for the development, administration, and evaluation of individualized therapies, using CRISPR/Cas9-based interventions for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy as a case study. …”
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Mismatch repair deficiency and microsatellite instability in urothelial carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ninet Sinaii, Guru Sonpavde, Amin H Nassar, Min Yuen Teo, Andrea B Apolo, Jonathan E Rosenberg, Giovanni Maria Iannantuono, Elias B A Chandran, Saad O Atiq, Dilara Akbulut, Nicholas I Simon, Abdul Rouf Banday, Salah Boudjadi, Sandeep Gurram, Gisela Butera, Jonathan A Coleman

“…These biomarkers may predict sensitivity to ICI in metastatic UC and resistance to cisplatin-based chemotherapy.…”
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