Evaluation of medicine use behaviors of adult patients in a rural area: A cross-sectional study from Turkey by Hakan Alan, Mahcube Cubukcu, Eda C. Guzel, Latife M. Yildiz

“…The questionnaire consisting of 29 questions about sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge of drugs, and usage habits was applied to the participants by using the face-to-face interview technique. …”
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The Effect of Pilates Exercises Applied to Overweight and Obese Women on Body Composition by Havva Arguz, Şükran İribalcı

“…Age, height, body weight, waist and hip circumferences of all participants (training + control) participating in the study were determined at the beginning of the study, and waist/hip ratio, body fat percentage (BFP), body fat mass (BFM), body mass index (BMI) were determined by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (Bodystat Quadscan 4000) method, lean body mass (LBM) and lean body mass index (LBMI)were measured and the measurements were repeated at the end of the study. …”
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Psychological impact and coping mechanisms among sudanese medical students: a study on anxiety, depression, behavioral, and cognitive changes post COVID-19 lockdown and ongoing con... by Ali Awadallah Saeed, Ahmad Mohammad Al Zamel, Abrar Abdu Abass, Aisha Ahmed Mohammed, Fidaaldeen Adil Abdallh, Hiba Elhadi Ali, Nooralain Mohammed Hassan, Raad Mohammed Osman, Toga Abdelmutaal Mohammed, Azza Osman Yousif, Lamya Bashir Eisa

“…The study found that 74.2% of participants experienced behavioral, cognitive, and emotional changes. …”
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Examining the Intergovernmental and Interorganizational Network of Responding to Major Accidents for Improving the Emergency Management System in China by Pan Tang, Haojia Chen, Shiqi Shao

“…A mixed method of data collection is applied to identify the participating organizations and to determine the interaction spanning organizational boundaries in both hierarchical and horizontal dimensions. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and risk of depression in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: Evidence from a large national cohort study by Zhang-Yang Xu, Hong Zheng, Zi-Jun Pan, Shou-Yi Hu, Yun-Xia Wang, Wen-Jun Su

“…Participants were categorized into tertiles based on their TyG levels. …”
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Pediatric Intensive Care Provider Attitudes About Children with Medical Complexity and Neurologic Impairment: A Qualitative Study by Elizabeth J. Bleed, Leonardo Barrera, Mickayla Jones, Seema K. Shah, Megan Crowley-Matoka, Carolyn C. Foster

“…Participants were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling until information power was reached, and came from seven PICUs across six states, with 10 participants from the authors’ home institution and 10 from external PICUs. …”
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A cross-sectional study on psychiatric comorbidity, coping strategies, and quality of life in women diagnosed with breast and cervical cancers attending a tertiary care center in S... by Susila Sharmili Kumaravel, Niranjana Devi Andisamy, Praveena Daya Appadurai, Thenmozhi Lakshmanamoorthy, Ayyakutti Muni Raja, Rajeshwari Kathiah, Arumuganathan Shanmugavinayagam

“…Results: Sixty-eight participants (34 in each group) were recruited from a tertiary care hospital’s Oncology unit between September 2019 and August 2020. …”
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Evaluation of Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Related to Toxoplasmosis Among Females in Algeria by Mohamed Lounis, Samah Aissaoui, Fatima Ghouissem, Karim Souttou

“…The majority of participants ignored symptoms such as skin rashes (29.2%) and swollen lymph nodes (36.5%), as well as sequelae including mental impairment (32.3%) and eyesight issues (35.1%). …”
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Drawing as a learning tool for anatomy: design and implementation of a method. by Elena Martínez Carracelas, Miguel Ángel Fernández-Villacañas Marín, Matilde Moreno Cascales, Diego Flores Funes

“…Likewise, the mean scores of the subject General Anatomy of the Locomotor System of the participants in the workshop and the rest of the students who did not participate were compared with the Mann-Whitney U test. …”
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The impact of musical expertise and directional isotropy on the proportions and magnitudes of pitch-shift responses in glissandos by Li-Hsin Ning

“…During the sustained vowel task, participants maintained a steady and comfortable pitch while vocalizing /a/ for 3 s. …”
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The effects of combined training on tennis-specific performance in young tennis players by Gülşah Şahin, Osman Kurttekin

“…The training group (TRAIN) participated in a combined training program of core stability and tennis training, while control group (CONT) participated in tennis training program. …”
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Analysis of Tobacco Cessation Programs in Dental Settings by Niharika Benjamin, Varsha Choubey, Meenakshi Bhasin, Bedkekar Sushma, Anushree Choudhary, Pallavi Ammu Thomas

“…Satisfaction with the program was high among participants in the intervention group, with 85% reporting they would recommend the program to others. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Glycemic Control and Its Associated Factors among Diabetes Mellitus Patients by Daniel Asmelash, Netsanet Abdu, Samson Tefera, Habtamu Wondifraw Baynes, Cherie Derbew

“…Results. Of the total 403 participants, 216 (53.6%) were males and 176 (43.7%) were illiterate. …”
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Female healthcare undergraduates' scientific readiness for raising breast cancer awareness in Syrian conservative community by Mohammed Alshafie, Anas Bitar, Mhd Basheer Alameer, Dima Alhomsi, Massa Alfawal, Maher Saifo

“…There was no significant difference in breast cancer knowledge between participants with and without a medical relative or family history of breast cancer. …”
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Frequency-specific changes in prefrontal activity associated with maladaptive belief updating in volatile environments in euthymic bipolar disorder by Marina Ivanova, Ksenia Germanova, Dmitry S. Petelin, Aynur Ragimova, Grigory Kopytin, Beatrice A. Volel, Vadim V. Nikulin, Maria Herrojo Ruiz

“…Twenty-two euthymic BD and 27 healthy control (HC) participants completed a reward-based motor decision-making task in a volatile setting. …”
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Tibial acceleration alone is not a valid surrogate measure of tibial load in response to stride length manipulation by Jean Tu, Olivia L. Bruce, W. Brent Edwards

“…Methods: Twenty-seven physically active participants ran 10 trials at preferred speed in each of 5 stride length conditions: preferred, ±5%, and ±10% of preferred stride length. …”
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Environmental pollution evaluation and spatiotemporal distribution of different forms of phosphorus in a phosphate mining area in Western Hubei, China by Lei Kou, Junwei Zhang, Liyue Huang, Guanyu Chen, Shupeng Jiang, Ding Han, Dayuan Jiang

“…The total phosphorus in surface water was strongly correlated with particulate phosphorus, and the correlation coefficient was 0.984. …”
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Can physical education state policies impact on youth’s health behaviors? A natural experiment study by Lizandra Barbosa da Silva, Maria Cecília Marinho Tenório, Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins, Caroline Ramos de Moura Silva, Rafael Miranda Tassitano

“…This study examined the impact of the implementation of an educational policy on PE offering and students’ participation, and whether health related behaviors could be moderated by PE participation. …”
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Serious Bacterial Infections and Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Syndemic or Intertwined Epidemics? by Thomas J. Stopka, Robin M. Nance, L. Sarah Mixson, Hunter Spencer, Judith I. Tsui, Judith M. Leahy, Mai T. Pho, Jean DeJace, Judith Feinberg, April M. Young, Wei-Teng Yang, Amelia Baltes, Eric Romo, Randall T. Brown, Kerry Nolte, William C. Miller, William A. Zule, Wiley D. Jenkins, Joseph A. Delaney, Peter D. Friedmann

“…Eighty-nine participants (5%) reported hospitalization for an SBI in the year prior to the survey. …”
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How Does Listening to “Fetal Heartbeats” Affect the Feelings of Pregnant Women? by Mehmet Sinan Beksac, Canan Unal, Burcu Yalaniz, Murat Cagan, Atakan Tanacan, Erdem Fadiloglu, Hanife Guler Donmez

“…RESULTS: Of the 291 women, 172 (59.1%) Group 1 participants were compared to 119 (40.9%) Group 2 participants. …”
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