Nutritional content and healthiness in sweet and salty snacks and beverages popular in South Korea and the United States assessed by nutrition labels: a cross-sectional comparative... by Bo Jeong Gong, Segovia Lucas, Diewo Camara, Pauline E. Jolly, Chandrika Piyathilake, Taisun Hyun

“…Policymakers in both countries should work to improve the presentation of nutrient information on nutrition labels to assist consumers in making healthier food choices.…”
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Evaluation of spring barley cultivars released in Belarus under the environmental conditions of the Northern Trans-Urals by M. N. Fomina, Yu. S. Ivanova, M. V. Bragina, O. N. Kovaleva

“…Studying the genetic diversity of ex situ barley accessions under contrasting environmental conditions (humid with a lack of heat, favorable, arid, etc.) makes it possible to assess them according to the duration of the growing season, resistance to lodging, potential productivity, drought resistance, grain quality, and environmental plasticity. …”
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The Unignorable Near-ground PM2.5, UFP, PAHs, and BC Levels around a Traffic Prohibited Night Market by Sheng-Lun Lin, Hongjie Zhang, Ming-Yeng Lin, Shih-Wei Huang

“…Abstract In some special densely populated areas, the background atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration is very high, which makes near-ground (NG) exposure a major problem endangering human health. …”
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Ophthalmologists’ and patients’ perspectives on treatments for diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy in Vietnam: a descriptive qualitative study by Tunde Peto, Nathan Congdon, Lynne Lohfeld, Hoang Tran, Katie Curran, Van Thu Nguyen, Tung Thanh Hoang, Hue Thi Nguyen, Quan Nhu Nguyen, Catherine Dardis, Hoang Huy Tran, Anh Tuan Vu, Mai Quoc Tung

“…Services must be available, accessible and acceptable to patients if we are to ensure they seek such care.Objectives To understand patients’ knowledge and attitudes towards laser versus antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections to treat DR in Vietnam, and to identify factors Vietnamese ophthalmologists consider when making treatment decisions.Methods This is a descriptive qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with 18 patients (12 from Ho Chi Minh City and 6 from Hanoi) plus individual interviews with 24 ophthalmologists working in eye clinics in these cities. …”
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FTIR: A novel method for identifying fish gut contents by Abolfazl Aminimehr, Mohammad Amini Chermahini, Laleh Moosavi Dehmoordi

“…The ratio of fats in the feed and the resulting feces showed the least change, making fats as one of the groups that can be used to distinguish samples. …”
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Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease (review) by A. V. Scherbakov

“…The use of these technologies made it possible to assess the genetic diversity of the FMD virus, to analyze the evolution of the virus in the enzootic regions, and track the pathways of FMD epizootic and panzootic spread. …”
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Development of specialist palliative care in Dutch hospitals between 2014 and 2020: a repeated survey by N. van Velzen, L. Brom, M. J. D. L van der Vorst, M. L. Kiers, M. F. M. Wagemans, H. Kazimier, M. S. A. Boddaert, N. J. H. Raijmakers, A. Stoppelenburg

“…Specialist palliative care teams have made significant progress in increasing inpatient consultations, and in improving collaboration between primary and hospital care.…”
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The record-breaking precipitation event of December 2022 in Portugal by T. M. Ferreira, T. M. Ferreira, R. M. Trigo, T. H. Gaspar, J. G. Pinto, A. M. Ramos

“…The extratropical cyclone and associated AR moved northeast towards Iberia, making landfall in Portugal on 12 December as an extreme AR event, leading to the 24 h record-breaking precipitation event.…”
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Exploring socio-demographic determinants of obesity in Jordanian women of reproductive age: insights from a nationwide survey by Mahmoud Shaaban Abdelgalil, Sara Hosny El-Farargy, Mohamed Adel Dowidar, Mohamed Abd-ElGawad

“…Policymakers should adopt a multilevel approach that focuses on high-risk subgroups, including older women, and those living in Tafilh. Efforts should be made to raise awareness and provide preventative measures tailored to these groups to effectively reduce obesity and its associated complications.…”
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Impact of Implementing Structured Compensatory Methods on Knowledge and Awareness of Cognitive Dysfunction Management Among Neurological Disorder Patients in Vijayapur Hospitals by Nelson Vijaykumar, Aleyamma Varghese

“… Background Cognitive impairment hinders thinking learning memory and decision-making with symptoms like memory loss poor concentration and mood changes. …”
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Investigating the status of the second victims of error and related factors in nurses: a description study by Fardin Shahbazzadeh, Aghil Habibi Soola, Sajjad Narimani, Mehdi Ajri-Khameslou

“…The second victim of error phenomenon was more prevalent among novice nurses, who tended to make more mistakes in a reprimanding work environment. …”
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Implementing Machine Learning for Smart Farming to Forecast Farmers’ Interest in Hiring Equipment by Manik Rakhra, Sumaya Sanober, Noorulhasan Naveed Quadri, Neha Verma, Samrat Ray, Evans Asenso

“…It is a revolutionary idea in agriculture to create custom hiring centers, which are intended to make it easier for like-minded farmers to embrace technology/machinery for enhanced resource management practices. …”
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Risk factors and outcomes in patients who switched from peritoneal dialysis to physician-oriented or patient-oriented kidney replacement therapy by Liu Zhang, Xu Guan, Liang Liu, Yinghui Huang, Jiachuan Xiong, Jinghong Zhao

“…They were divided into physician-oriented group or patient-oriented group based on the decision-making process. Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the influencing factors related to KRT conversion in PD patients. …”
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Attention-Based Image-to-Video Translation for Synthesizing Facial Expression Using GAN by Kidist Alemayehu, Worku Jifara, Demissie Jobir

“…With the development of generative adversarial networks (GANs), great progress has been made in image generation tasks which can be used for facial expression synthesis. …”
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Letter Position Dyslexia in Arabic: From Form to Position by Naama Friedmann, Manar Haddad-Hanna

“…The results indicated that the participants made 40% letter position errors in migratable words when the resulting word included the letters in the same form, whereas migrations that changed letter form almost never occurred. …”
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Analysis of Users’ Neural Responses to Native Advertisements Using Cognitive Indicators and Electroencephalography by Mina Montakhab Madani, Yalda Rahmati Ghofrani, Shahrokh Yousefzadeh Chabok, Rahmat Ali Saberi Haghayegh

“…Neuromarketing analyzes neural signals and examines consumers’ reactions to marketing stimuli, offering profound insights into their motivations and decision-making. Objectives: This research aimed to study the brain waves of users before and during the viewing of native advertisements and the relationship between neural responses of the brain and self-report. …”
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How much missing data is too much to impute for longitudinal health indicators? A preliminary guideline for the choice of the extent of missing proportion to impute with multiple i... by K. P. Junaid, Tanvi Kiran, Madhu Gupta, Kamal Kishore, Sujata Siwatch

“…Proportions beyond 70% lead to significant variance shrinkage and compromised data reliability, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging imputation limitations for practical decision-making.…”
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Prediction Models for Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients with Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal by Pengfei Cheng, Pengyu Yang, Hua Zhang, Haizhen Wang

“…Prediction models for the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in patients with cardiac arrest play an important role in helping physicians evaluate the survival probability and providing medical decision-making reference. Although relevant models have been developed, their methodological rigor and model applicability are still unclear. …”
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Taking risky actions as a basis for prosecuting the officials of the business company by V. H. Zhornokui

“…It has been concluded that, given the essence of the risky activities of an entrepreneurial company aimed at making a profit and its further distribution among the participants, the actions (inaction) of the participants of relations within the relevant legal entity contain risks of both economic and legal content. …”
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Basal Cell Carcinoma Diagnosed by Dermoscopy in Dermatology Clinic of the Miguel Enríquez University Hospital by Delia María Gálvez Medina, Yurelbis Loida Lobaina Mejías, Juliette Massip Nicot, Lisbeth Fernández González, Carmen Oraida Tenorio Morión, Dayné Leyva Duthil

“…The universe of study was made up of patients older than 18 years who presented one or more presumptive lesions of basal cell carcinoma less than 3 cm in diameter. …”
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