ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND DEPRESSION WITH DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AMONG NURSING STUDENTS OF A PRIVATE SECTOR UNIVERSITY, KARACHI by Dr Khalid Hussain, Sultan Muhammad, Khalil Ullah, Saifullah Siddiqui

“…Conclusion: The majority of participants use social media from 0-4 hours and mostly have moderate to extreme levels of depression. …”
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Comparison of Manual, Automatic, and Voice Control in Wheelchair Navigation Simulation in Virtual Environments: Performance Evaluation of User and Motion Sickness by Enrique Antonio Pedroza-Santiago, José Emilio Quiroz-Ibarra, Erik René Bojorges-Valdez, Miguel Ángel Padilla-Castañeda

“…VR provides a controlled and repeatable environment to assess navigation performance and motion sickness across three scenarios: supermarket, museum, and city. Twenty participants completed nine tests each, resulting in 180 trials. …”
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“Arming half-baked people with weapons!” Information enclaving among professionals and the need for a care-centred model for antibiotic use information in Uganda, Tanzania and Mala... by Susan Nayiga, Eleanor E MacPherson, John Mankhomwa, Fortunata Nasuwa, Raymond Pongolani, Rita Kabuleta, Mike Kesby, Russell Dacombe, Shona Hilton, Delia Grace, Nicholas Feasey, Clare I.R. Chandler

“…Participants expressed concern over the danger of sharing detailed information on antibiotic use, particularly that end-users are not equipped to determine appropriate use of medicines. …”
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Magnitude of Prelacteal Feeding and Its Associated Factors among Mothers Having Children Less than One Year of Age: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Eastern Zone, T... by Senait Gebreslasie Gebremeskel, Tesfay Tsegay Gebru, Selam Shushay Kassahun, Berhanu Gebresilassie Gebrehiwot

“…Eight hundred three mothers participated in this study. During the first three days after birth, 198 (24.7%) mothers practiced prelacteal feeding. …”
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES HINDERING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS’ BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY IN GAUTENG PROVINCE by Prince Chukwuneme Enwereji, Bayai Innocent, Timothy Olaniyi Aluko Aluko

“…The study used semi-structured interviews to collect data from the participants. Through these interviews, participants shared their experiences, perspectives and challenges hindering their business success in the region. …”
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Global Warming, Air Pollution and Health by Robin Attfield

“…Other impacts are mediated through the air pollution that results from emissions from vehicles in the form of a cocktail of carbon oxides including carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulates. Most of the world’s cities have streets with unsafe pollution levels, and one child’s death in Britain has been officially ascribed to air pollution (BBC 2020).  …”
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EthnoFilm: cinema-school and ethno-laboratory by Ivan Golovnev

“…This process involved into account the opinion of participants from the national environment. The final stage of the EthnoFilm project was considered as editing of the film almanac. …”
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Association between gross motor function and quality of life in a group of Brazilian adults with cerebral palsy: an exploratory study by Marina Fernandes Ribeiro, Ana Paula de Mendonça, Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais

“…Conclusions: Better GMF partially explains higher HRQoL related to greater physical functioning or summary of physical aspects. …”
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Diversity and inclusion for the All of Us research program: A scoping review. by Brandy M Mapes, Christopher S Foster, Sheila V Kusnoor, Marcia I Epelbaum, Mona AuYoung, Gwynne Jenkins, Maria Lopez-Class, Dara Richardson-Heron, Ahmed Elmi, Karl Surkan, Robert M Cronin, Consuelo H Wilkins, Eliseo J Pérez-Stable, Eric Dishman, Joshua C Denny, Joni L Rutter, All of Us Research Program

“…This paper describes how the program assessed demographic characteristics of participants who have enrolled in other U.S. biomedical research cohorts to better understand which groups are traditionally represented or underrepresented in biomedical research. …”
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Small-sided games are more effective than instructional training for improving vertical jump performance and passing in young volleyball players by Damir Pekas, Draženka Mačak, Anja Kostić Zobenica

“…Thirty-eight adolescent volleyball players participated in this study (12.26±1.01). They were tested for lower body explosive power and passing accuracy. …”
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Perception and Awareness of Diabetes Mellites and Diabetes Ketoacidosis among the General Population in Sudair Area, Saudi Arabia by Yousef A. Alanazi, Bandar M. B. Alsaadoon, Talal M. A. Alanazi, Abdulaziz M. A. Alanazi, Sultan M. B. Alsaadoon, Majeed G. I. Alanazi, Abdulrahman N. N. Almutairi, Khalid F. Alanazi, Riyaz A. Shaik, Elsadig Y. Mohamed

“…Results: There were 709 people who participated in the study; majority of the participants were educated with 368 (51.9%) being University passed out. …”
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Socioeconomic disparities in children's posture defects: a comparison between private and public educational institutions by Lukasz Kolodziej, Sebastian Kwiatkowski, Magda Gebska, Ireneusz Walaszek, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka

“…A comparison of the prevalence of deformities and posture disorders of participants in private and public educational institutions from 2017 to 2020 is presented. …”
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The influence of social networks on finding and selecting healthcare professionals by Letícia Miquelitto GASPARONI, Vinícius Neves MARCOS, Cláudio Mendes PANNUTI, Sílvia Maria Morales PEREIRA

“…Descriptive research was carried out with non-probabilistic convenience and snowball sampling, followed by quantitative data analysis. A total of 268 participants who signed the informed consent were included in the study. …”
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Genetic and peripheral biomarkers of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury: a systematic review by Kiriana Cowansage, Reshmi Nair, Jose M. Lara-Ruiz, Daniel E. Berman, Courtney C. Boyd, Tiffany L. Milligan, Daniel Kotzab, Dawn M. Bellanti, Lisa M. Shank, Maria A. Morgan, Derek J. Smolenski, Ida Babakhanyan, Nancy A. Skopp, Daniel P. Evatt, Marija S. Kelber

“…We included published studies examining differences in peripheral biomarkers among civilian, military, and veteran participants with both TBI and PTSD compared to those with TBI alone as well as, in some cases, PTSD alone and healthy controls. …”
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Tobacco use patterns and attitudes in Singapore young male adults serving military national service: a qualitative study by Mee-Lian Wong, Jeong Kyu Lee, Clive Tan, Lavinia Lin, Mervyn Lim, Seeu Kun Ong

“…Data were analysed using thematic analysis.Results More than half (51.7%) of the participants started smoking before age 18, with a mean age of smoking initiation at 16 years. …”
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Increased thyroxine levels of patients with allergic rhinitis by Violeta Lokaj-Berisha, Besa Gacaferri Lumezi

“…A significant familial history of atopy was reported by 66.4% of participants. Skin prick tests revealed predominant sensitivity to house dust mites (55.2%). …”
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Association of Urinary Phthalates with Self-Reported Eye Affliction/Retinopathy in Individuals with Diabetes: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2010 by Manju Mamtani, Joanne E. Curran, John Blangero, Hemant Kulkarni

“…We show a novel epidemiological link between the environment and diabetic complications in NHANES 2001–2010 participants.…”
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Epidemiology and Control of diabetes - tuberculosis comorbidity in Eswatini: protocol for the prospective study of tuberculosis patients on predictive factors, treatment outcomes a... by Diederick E Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Kennedy Otwombe, Victor Williams, Alinda Vos

“…Key informant interviews from healthcare workers will be analysed using content analysis.Ethics and dissemination This research has been approved by the Eswatini Health and Human Research Review Board and participant confidentiality will be maintained. COVID-19 safety measures to reduce the risk of infection or transmission by researchers and participants have been instituted. …”
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Construction and validation of an overconfidence scale in investment decisions by Daniel Fonseca Costa, Cláudia Cardoso Soares, Bruno César de Melo Moreira, Adriano Olímpio Tonelli

“…The research involved 380 Brazilian participants and employed confirmatory factor analysis and standard multivariate validation methods. …”
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Associations of personality traits with actigraphic sleep in middle-aged and older adults by Jill A. Rabinowitz, Yijun Zhou, Diefei Chen, Yiwei Yue, Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar, Yang An, Sarah Wanigatunga, Jennifer A. Schrack, Vadim Zipunnikov, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Antonio Terracciano, Paul T. Costa, Luigi Ferrucci, Adam P. Spira

“…Participants with wrist actigraphy at multiple study visits had actigraphy data at 3.11 ± 1.52 visits (follow-up = 2.35 ± 0.70 years). …”
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