Centering community-based maternal and child nutrition services in Bangladesh’s rural primary healthcare: what has potential to scale by Safina Abdulloeva, Arti Bhanot, Mohd. Aziz Khan, Md. Mofijul Islam Bulbul, Mijanur Rahman, Kaosar Afsana, Thomas Forissier, Deepika Sharma, Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam

“…The assessment followed a mixed-method design with household survey of 1,166 pregnant women, mothers of children under-6 months and 6–23 months, and observations of 965 service delivery points along with qualitative study.ResultsA higher proportion of children received growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) services through expanded program on immunization (EPI) sessions, with better compliance to service delivery protocol in intervention areas compared with controls. …”
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Individual-level and community-level factors associated with the family planning use among pastoralist community of Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Mussie Alemayehu, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Elizabeth Reed, Afework Mulugeta

“…To determine the fixed effect of individual-level and community-level factors of FP use, a two-level mixed-effects logistic regression was used. The result was described using the Adjusted OR (AOR), and the variance partition coefficient.Setting and participants Afar, Ethiopia (2018; n=891) married women of reproductive age (15–49) years.Primary outcome measures FP use or non-use.Results The current use of FP was 18.7% (16.31%–21.43%). …”
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A web-based pilot randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of education and contact-based interventions in reducing public suicide stigma by Nathalie Oexle, Matthias Lühr, Daniele Valacchi, Nicolas Rüsch

“…To explore the attractiveness of the provided intervention material, we used Brown-Mood’s median test to compare the times participants spent with the provided intervention material in each group. We then used linear mixed models to compare effects on suicide stigma and suicide normalization between intervention groups and control groups. …”
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Influence of diglyme and cumene additives upon emission and combustion behaviour of diverse biodiesel fuelled diesel engine by Swarup Kumar Nayak, Dinesh Babu Munuswamy, Ganesan Subbiah, Mallireddy Naresh, Yuvarajan Devarajan

“…Specifically, the effects of diglyme (DG) and cumene (CU) as fuel additives on the combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of diesel engines fueled with jojoba methyl ester (JME), polanga oil methyl ester (PME), and their blended variant mixed methyl ester (MME) were evaluated. Experiments were conducted on a single-cylinder, 4-stroke, water-cooled, direct injection diesel engine operating at a constant speed of 1500 rpm and injection timing of 21ºbTDC under varying load conditions (0–5.02 kW). …”
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Spectrum, Pattern, and Clinical Outcomes of Adult Emergency Department Admissions in Selected Hospitals of Western Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Prospective Study by Ashenafi Habte Woyessa, Birhanu Yadecha Dibaba, Getahun Fetensa Hirko, Thanasekaran Palanichamy

“…This study has showed mixed cases with varied patterns and outcomes of adult emergency department admissions. …”
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Investigating the Reliability of Shore Hardness in the Design of Procedural Task Trainers by Kyleigh Kriener, Kate Sinclair, Grant Robison, Raushan Lala, Hayley Finley, William Jase Richardson, Mark J. Midwinter

“…An inverse correlation between tissue thickness and hardness on the Shore A scale was found for all tissues and was significant (<i>p</i> < 0.05) for ICA, VN, and skin. There were mixed results for the correlation between tissue thickness and hardness on the Shore OO scale (−0.06–0.92), and only IJV had a statistically significant correlation (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Changes in the number and characteristics of tertiary hospital psychiatric admissions in south Croatia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study by Tea Vukićević, Tonka Borovina Marasović, Andrea Botica, Tonći Mastelić, Toni Utrobičić, Trpimir Glavina, Livia Puljak, Svjetlana Došenović

“…Abstract Background There is mixed evidence on the impact of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on psychiatric hospital care for people with severe mental diseases, possibly due to regional differences. …”
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VOWEL FORMANT VARIABILITY IN THE SPEECH OF PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS by Gloria Gagliardi, Chiara Meluzzi

“…The descriptive, static and dynamic analysis mixes a quantitative and qualitative approach. The results show a reduction of vowel space in speakers with dementia, especially along the F1 axis. …”
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A Digital Behavior Change Intervention for Health Promotion for Adults in Midlife: Protocol for a Multidimensional Assessment Study by Dagmar Soleymani, Dominique Pougheon-Bertrand, Rémi Gagnayre

“…Users are divided into 2 groups (socioeconomically disadvantaged users and others) to characterize differences and make corrections. The protocol uses a mixed assessment approach based on website traffic and user login data. …”
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Youth Involvement in Pornography and Academic Engagement in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Kanyesigye, Bens Rogers

“…The study employed a cross-sectional research design and later adopted a mixed methods approach (qualitative and quantitative approaches) which was used in examining the characteristics of the population as an approach to identify correlations of the study. …”
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Developing and validation of religious education curriculum in preschool by Zeinab Ashrafi Soltan-Ahmadi, Sadegh Maleki Avarsin, Javad Keyhan, jahangir yari

“…The research method is applicable in terms of purpose, mixed (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of the type of data, and is a sequential exploratory combined approach. …”
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Alteration, mineralization, geochemistry and fluid inclusion investigations in Joftrud prospect area, southwest of Birjand by Omid Shareipour, Azadeh Malekzadeh Shafaroudi, Maryam Javidi Moghaddam

“…Decreasing temperature and fluid mixing by high-salinity fluid can cause metal deposition. …”
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Measurement report: Exploring the variations in ambient BTEX in urban Europe and their environmental health implications by X. Liu, X. Zhang, M. Dufresne, T. Wang, L. Wu, R. Lara, R. Seco, M. Monge, A. M. Yáñez-Serrano, A. M. Yáñez-Serrano, A. M. Yáñez-Serrano, M. Gohy, P. Petit, A. Chevalier, M.-P. Vagnot, Y. Fortier, A. Baudic, V. Ghersi, G. Gille, L. Lanzi, V. Gros, L. Simon, H. Héllen, S. Reimann, Z. Le Bras, M. J. Müller, D. Beddows, S. Hou, Z. Shi, R. M. Harrison, W. Bloss, J. Dernie, S. Sauvage, P. K. Hopke, P. K. Hopke, X. Duan, T. An, A. C. Lewis, J. R. Hopkins, E. Liakakou, N. Mihalopoulos, N. Mihalopoulos, X. Zhang, A. Alastuey, X. Querol, T. Salameh

“…Seasonal trends show benzene had similar median concentrations across urban background, traffic, and industrial sites, indicating mixed sources. Toluene levels were highest in traffic and industrial areas, highlighting road traffic and industrial emissions. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and relaxation on pediatric respiratory virus hospitalizations in Southwest China: a retrospective study by Ting Gong, Fengqi He, Yongle Zhao, Shuya Lu, Daiyin Tian, Daiyin Tian

“…Detection rates were 34.97% (8553/24459) pre-pandemic, 21.93% (4621/21067) during the pandemic, and 21.64% (2953/13647) post-pandemic. Mixed infections rates significantly decreased during the pandemic (0.78%) and post-pandemic (0.78%) compared to pre-pandemic levels (1.63%) (P &lt; 0.001). …”
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Children with autoimmune hepatitis receiving standard-of-care therapy demonstrate long-term obesity and linear growth delay by Or Steg Saban, Shannon M. Vandriel, Syeda Aiman Fatima, Celine Bourdon, Amrita Mundh, Vicky L. Ng, Simon C. Ling, Robert H.J. Bandsma, Binita M. Kamath

“…Children diagnosed with AIH between 1997 and 2023 at SickKids had serial growth measurements. Mixed effect models assessed the impact of time and daily steroid exposure on z-scores. …”
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Evaluation of waning of IgG antibody responses after rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP and Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola virus disease vaccines: a modelling study from the PREVAC randomized trial by Simon Valayer, Marie Alexandre, Mélanie Prague, Abdoul Habib Beavogui, Seydou Doumbia, Mark Kieh, Brian Greenwood, Bailah Leigh, Marie Poupelin, Christine Schwimmer, Samba O. Sow, Irina Maljkovic Berry, Jens H. Kuhn, Daniela Fusco, Natasha Dubois Cauwelaert, Deborah Watson-Jones, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Yves Lévy, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Laura Richert, Edouard Lhomme

“…Data from a large phase 2 randomized double-blind clinical trial (PREVAC) were used to evaluate waning of anti-Ebola virus (EBOV) glycoprotein (GP1,2) antibody concentrations after rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP or Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo vaccination with linear mixed-effect regression models. After a post-vaccination peak, each vaccination strategy was associated with a decrease of anti-EBOV GP1,2 antibody concentrations with distinct kinetics, highlighting a less-rapid decline in antibody levels after vaccination by rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP. …”
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Compatibility and antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Lycopersicon esculentum peels by Esraa Ali, Samah H. Abu-Hussien, Esraa Hesham, Shimaa Ahmed, Habiba Mostafa, Ahmed Gamal, Salwa M. El-Sayed, Bahaa Hemdan, Ashraf Bakry, Naglaa M. Ebeed, Hesham Elhariry, Ahmed Galal, Basma T. Abd-Elhalim

“…The initiative biosynthesis of L. esculentum silver nanoparticles (Le-AgNPs) was indicated by the color change of L. esculentum (Le) extract mixed with silver nitrate (AgNO3) solution from faint pink to faint brown. …”
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Predictive Factors for Failure of Noninvasive Ventilation in Adult Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Clinical Study by Qimin Chen, Ming Liu, Bo Liu, Wei Li, Daixiu Gao, Lulu Xie, Yu Wu, Liang Li, Ying Liu, Ying Wang, Tang Yan, Yuanyi Liu, Yumei Cheng, Xu Liu, Feng Shen

“…We aim to determine the factors that predict the failure of NIV in critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF). Setting. Adult mixed ICU in a medical university affiliated hospital. …”
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Comparative Lipid-Lowering/Increasing Efficacy of 7 Statins in Patients with Dyslipidemia, Cardiovascular Diseases, or Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analyse... by Xiaodan Zhang, Lu Xing, Xiaona Jia, Xiaocong Pang, Qian Xiang, Xia Zhao, Lingyue Ma, Zhiyan Liu, Kun Hu, Zhe Wang, Yimin Cui

“…Three reviewers independently extracted data in duplicate. Firstly, mixed treatment overall comparison analyses, in the form of frequentist NMAs, were conducted using STATA 15.0 software. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Automated and Handheld Breast Ultrasound Findings for Small (≤1 cm) Breast Cancers Based on BI-RADS Category by Han Song Mun, Eun Young Ko, Boo-Kyung Han, Eun Sook Ko, Ji Soo Choi, Haejung Kim, Myoung Kyoung Kim, Jieun Kim

“…Statistical analyses were performed using Bowker’s test of symmetry, a paired <i>t</i>-test, and a cumulative link mixed model. <b>Results</b>: ABUS assigned lower BI-RADS categories than HHUS while still maintaining malignancy suspicion in categories 4A or higher (54.8% consistent with HHUS; 37.3% downcategorized in ABUS, <i>p</i> = 0.005). …”
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