Can the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Be Delayed by a Group-Based Lifestyle Intervention in Women with Prediabetes following Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)? Findings from a Randomized Control Mixed Methods Trial by Angela O’Dea, Marie Tierney, Brian E. McGuire, John Newell, Liam G. Glynn, Irene Gibson, Eoin Noctor, Andrii Danyliv, Susan B. Connolly, Fidelma P. Dunne

“…To evaluate a 12-week group-based lifestyle intervention programme for women with prediabetes following gestational diabetes (GDM). Design. A two-group, mixed methods randomized controlled trial in which 50 women with a history of GDM and abnormal glucose tolerance postpartum were randomly assigned to intervention (n=24) or wait control (n=26) and postintervention qualitative interviews with participants. …”
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The Role of “Mixed” Orexigenic and Anorexigenic Signals and Autoantibodies Reacting with Appetite-Regulating Neuropeptides and Peptides of the Adipose Tissue-Gut-Brain Axis: Relevance to Food Intake and Nutritional Status in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa by Kvido Smitka, Hana Papezova, Karel Vondra, Martin Hill, Vojtech Hainer, Jara Nedvidkova

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HEalth professionals Responding to MEn for Safety (HERMES): Mixed methods evaluation of a pilot sexual health intervention for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men experiencing domestic violence and abuse by Ana Maria Buller, Giulia Ferrari, Alexandra Bleile, Gene S. Feder, Petra J. Brzank, Loraine J. Bacchus

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Needs of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) in Community based Cancer Awareness and Screening Programme: A Mixed Method Study from a Rural Area in Central Kerala, Southern India by L Meenu, N Divyamol, K Anupriya, TK Abdu Saleem

“…Materials and Methods: A mixed-method study was conducted in Kuzhalmannam Panchayath in Palakkad district of Kerala, India, among 30 ASHAs, for two-months from 15th August 2022 to 14th October 2022 in two phases. …”
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Stability Constants of Mixed Ligand Complexes of Transition Metal(II) Ions with N-(2-Hydroxy-1-naphthylidene)-2,6-diisopropylaniline as Primary Ligand and N-(2-Hydroxybenzylidene)-2,3-dimethylaniline as Secondary Ligand by A. K. Mapari, K. V. Mangaonkar

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DEPEND study protocol: early detection of patients with pancreatic cancer – a pilot study to evaluate the utility of faecal elastase-1 and 13C-mixed triglyceride breath test as screening tools in high-risk individuals by Christopher D Byrne, Sam Wilding, Paul Remi Afolabi, Declan McDonnell, Victoria Goss, Jocelyn Walters, Zaed Z Hamady

“…In this study, we propose the use of a diagnostic algorithm that combines tests of pancreatic exocrine function (faecal elastase-1 (FE-1) test and the 13C-mixed triglyceride (13C-MTG) breath test) to identify patients with PC that urgently needs imaging studies.Methods and analysis This prospective pilot (proof of concept) study will be carried out on 25 patients with resectable PC, 10 patients with chronic pancreatitis and 25 healthy volunteers. …”
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FERN: is it possible to conduct a randomised controlled trial of intervention or expectant management for early-onset selective fetal growth restriction in monochorionic twin pregnancy – protocol for a prospective multicentre mixed-methods feasibility study by Kerry Woolfall, Jamie J Kirkham, Jane Sandall, Mariana Popa, Enrico Lopriore, Mark Turner, Shakila Thangaratinam, Aris T Papageorghiou, Andrew Sharp, Lawrence Impey, Andy Healey, Jessica Mendoza, Asma Khalil, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Brigitte Vollmer, Zarko Alfirevic, Rajeswari Parasuraman, Jan Deprest, Richard Edmund Ashcroft, Kurt Hecher, Smriti Prasad, Baskaran Thilaganathan, Richard J Jackson, Tracy Karen Mitchell, Natasha Fenwick, Monique C Haak, Liesbeth Lewi, Shauna Leven, Fabricio Da Silva Costa, Odai Yaghi, Tracey Ricketts, George Attilakos, Carolyn Bailie, Christine Cornforth, Mark Denbow, Louise Hardman, Jane Harrold, Joel Marsden, Tommy Mousa, Surabhi Nanda, Michelle Watson, Karen Wilding, Dilly Anumba, Edward D Johnstone, Yoav Yinon, Ahmet Baschat

“…Therefore, the main objective of the FERN study is to assess the feasibility of conducting an RCT of active intervention vs expectant management in monochorionic twin pregnancies with early-onset (prior to 24 weeks) sFGR.Methods and analysis The FERN study is a prospective mixed-methods feasibility study. The primary objective is to recommend whether an RCT of intervention vs expectant management of sFGR in monochorionic twin pregnancy is feasible by exploring women’s preference, clinician’s preference, current practice and equipoise and numbers of cases. …”
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A SEIR model for control of infectious diseases with constraints by M. H. A. Biswas, L. T. Paiva, MdR de Pinho

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Detecting memberships in multiplex networks via nonnegative matrix factorization and tensor decomposition by Fengqin Tang, Xiaozong Wang, Xuejing Zhao, Chunning Wang

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Film Cooling Effectiveness Data for Simple Injection Geometries: A Collection of Three-Axis Plots by L. D. Stone, R. J. Goldstein

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Dietary carotenoid intakes and biological aging among US adults, NHANES 1999–2018 by Xiang Qi, Xuanyang Wang, Licheng Cheng, Yue Li, Keke Dang, Shuo Yang, Yina Wang, Runyi Zhou, Can Zhang, Ying Li

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Relationships Between <i>Candida auris</i> and the Rest of the <i>Candida</i> World—Analysis of Dual-Species Biofilms and Infections by Monika Janeczko, Tomasz Skrzypek

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Eenergy effiency access strategy:towards hybrid wireless sensor network by Ya-song WANG, Qin-yu ZHANG, Yun-he LI, Jing HAN

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Space-time spectrum sharing based on game theory:dynamic access and penalty strategy by Yangyang NIU, Zhiqing WEI, Zhiyong FENG

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Stability, instability and complex behavior in macrodynamic models with policy lag by Toichiro Asada, Hiroyuki Yoshida

Subjects: “…Policy lag; Mixed difference and differential equations; Dynamic stability; Hopf bifurcation; Complex behavior.…”
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Estimation of car braking parameters by Marijus Radavičius, Saulius Nagurnas

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Myocardial Infarction-Associated Shock: A Comprehensive Analysis of Phenotypes, SCAI Classification, and Outcome Assessment by Stanislav Dil, Maria Kercheva, Oleg Panteleev, Sergey Demianov, Aleksandr Kanev, Nina Belich, Boris Kornienko, Vyacheslav Ryabov

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Coupled fracture modes under anti-plane loading by Les P. Pook, F. Berto, A. Campagnolo

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Molecular dynamics simulation dataset for xSiO2−yB2O3−(1−x−y)Na2O glassesMendeley Data by Michel Mama Toulou, Paul C.M. Fossati, Cindy L. Rountree

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Epidemic spread of influenza viruses: The impact of transient populations on disease dynamics by Karen R. Ríos-Soto, Baojun Song, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

Subjects: “…epidemic models; epidemiological time scales; singular perturbation theory; avian influenza; mixing probabilities.…”
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