Effect of visit-to-visit blood pressure variability on cardiovascular events in populations with different body mass indexes: a prospective cohort study by Shouling Wu, Haojia Chen, Youren Chen, Weiqiang Wu, Jianhuan Huang, Zekai Chen, Zhichao Chen, Xiuzhu Yan

“…Objective This study was performed to explore the effects of visit-to-visit blood pressure variability (BPV) on cardiovascular events (CVEs) in people with various body mass indexes (BMIs).Design Prospective cohort study.Setting The average real variability of systolic blood pressure (ARVSBP) was the indicator for visit-to-visit BPV. The participants were divided into three groups: normal weight, overweight and obesity. …”
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The policy and practice of establishing healthy eating in preschool children in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina: a qualitative study by S. Stojisavljevic, B. Djikanovic, D. Stojisavljevic, D. Manigoda, J. Niskanovic

“…Experiences with limited financial resources and rigid public procurement procedures make it difficult to obtain desired food items. All the participants agreed that long-term commitment is needed to achieve the full implementation of policy recommendations, together with tripartite and convergent education programs for personnel, parents, and children. …”
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Digital cognitive training in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Sally Richmond, Hannah Kirk, Kim Cornish, Mark A Bellgrove, Tori Gaunson, Meg Bennett

“…Participants will be randomly allocated to either an adaptive, digital game-based (1) attention training programme (intervention) or (2) a numeracy programme (control). …”
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Opinions on hypertension care and therapy adherence at the healthcare provider and healthcare system level: a qualitative study in the Hague, Netherlands by Mattijs E Numans, Michiel L Bots, Sytske van Bruggen, Hedwig M M Vos, Rimke C Vos, Guy Rutten, Saskia E van Grondelle, Judith Meijer, Erik van Duin

“…Data were analysed using the theoretical domains framework (TDF) and the behaviour change wheel.Setting and participants Participants were from a highly urbanised city environment (the Hague, Netherlands), and included nine primary care physicians, six practice nurses and five secondary care physicians involved in hypertension care.Results Nine domains on the TDF were found to be relevant at the healthcare provider level (‘knowledge’, ‘physical, cognitive and interpersonal skills’, ‘memory, attention and decision processes’, ‘professional, social role and identity’, ‘optimism’, ‘beliefs about consequences’, ‘intention’, ‘emotion’ and ‘social influences’) and two domains (‘resources’ and ‘goals’) were found to be relevant at the system level. …”
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Association of serum calcium level with periodontitis: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2009–2014 by Hongliang Cao, Min Wang, Mengna Duan, Song Wang, Haiyang Zhang

“…PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the association between serum calcium levels and periodontitis in a U.S. adult population, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009–2014.MethodData were analyzed from 8,601 participants aged over 30 years, who were categorized based on the presence or absence of periodontitis. …”
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Knowledge and Awareness of Diabetic Retinopathy among Diabetic Sudanese Patients, Khartoum State, Sudan, 2018 by Mohammed I. M. Ahmed, Mawahib A. E. Abu Elgasim, Mehad A. T. Mohamed, Manasik M. N. Munir, Manasik S. N. Abdelrahim, Zeinab M. M. Ali Ahmed, Lobina Abozaid

“…Moreover, 39% of the participants had irregular diabetes follow-up and 43% monthly follow-up. …”
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Etiology of Tendency Toward Using Cannabis: A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Teenager’s Consumers by Soodabeh Rostami, Atousa Kalantar Hormozi, Mohammad Asgari, Ezzatollah Kordmirza Nikoozadeh

“…The analysis of the participants’ experiences led to the identification of 136 primary codes, 30 sub-categories, 11 main categories, and 2 core categories. …”
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Relationship between Ca2+ and cAMP as second messengers in ACTH-induced cortisol production in bovine adrenal fasciculata cells by Masahiko Kutsukake, Naoko Kuwabara, Yoshikazu Miyate, Kenzo Kudo, Shoko Goto, Eiichi Taira, Eiichi Tachikawa

“…However, both second messengers jointly participate in the production in adrenal fasciculata cells stimulated by ACTH.…”
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La problématisation dans un processus de recherche collaborative by Liliane Portelance, Louise Giroux

“…Elle a demandé également la reconnaissance mutuelle de l’apport de chaque participant. Beaucoup de souplesse et d’adaptabilité de la part de chacun ont été nécessaires tout au cours du processus, lequel n’était pas soutenu par un dispositif de démarche formatrice au profit des praticiens. …”
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Students’ engagement in a hybrid classroom: a comparison between face-to-face and virtual environments by Sian Hoon Teoh, Joseph Boon Zik Hong, Nurshamshida Md Shamsudin, Parmjit Singh, Rudi Hartono

“…The correlation results revealed a significant contribution from participation engagement, even though it has the lowest value in the descriptive statistics.…”
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Lung Function Abnormalities in Sickle Cell Anaemia by Yvonne A. Dei-Adomakoh, Jane S. Afriyie-Mensah, Audrey Forson, Martin Adadey, Thomas A. Ndanu, Joseph K. Acquaye

“…This was an analytical cross-sectional study involving 76 clinically stable, hydroxyurea-naive adult Hb-SS participants and 76 nonsickle cell disease (non-SCD) controls. …”
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Digital Device Use, Computer Vision Syndrome, and Sleep Quality among an African Undergraduate Population by Prince Kwaku Akowuah, Augustine N. Nti, Stephen Ankamah-Lomotey, Asafo Agyei Frimpong, Jeremiah Fummey, Prince Boadi, Kofi Osei-Poku, Joseph Adjei-Anang

“…Results. Mean (SD) age of participants was 20.95 (1.68) years and most (54.97%) of them were females. …”
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Safety and efficacy of oral administrated cepharanthine in non-hospitalized, asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 patients: a Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial by Jianyi Wei, Shupeng Liu, Yuexiang Bian, Lei Li, Biyun Qian, Zixuan Shen, Yan Zhang, Adila Abuduaini, Fuchen Dong, Xin Zhang, Jinhui Li, Yongpei Yu, Weituo Zhang, Jun Wang, Wei Zhai, Qixiang Song, Yu Zheng, Weihua Pan, Lanlan Yu, Qimin Zhan, Ning Zhang, Junhua Zheng, Shuming Pan, Chen Yao, Hai Li

“…Among 262 randomized participants, 188 completed the trial among group of 120 mg/day CEP (n = 65), 60 mg/day CEP (n = 68) and placebo (n = 55). …”
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An assessment of awareness, knowledge and perception of monkeypox (mpox) disease among internet users in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey by Omotayo Olojede, Damola Bakare, Abiodun Sogbesan, Julius Salako, Ayobami Bakare

“…Results: We recruited 277 participants. Most (90.6%) were aware of mpox and social media (39.8%) was the most popular source of information. …”
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Assessment of awareness of keratoconus and its relation to eye rubbing among Saudi Arabia population by Nuwayyir Abdullah Alqasimi, Lujain Hatim Aljohani, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Bader Saad AlQahtani, Bader Saad AlQahtani, Nasser Saleh Al Haydar, Bdour Raja Alanazi, Danah Tariq Alfurayhan, Lina Sami Hussain Saber, Fatemah Saleh Alsalem, Nawaf Abdullah Alqahtani, Jose Manuel Vargas

“…The majority of the participants in the study were female, and their ages ranged from 18 to 30 years. …”
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Alcohol consumption associated with suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in substance users: A cross-sectional study of an addiction registry in western Iran. by Vahid Farnia, Mahsa Mohebian, Omran Davarinejad, Denise A Hien, Safora Salemi, Sara Hookari, Hafez Bajoghli, Bahareh Rahami

“…<h4>Results</h4>The participant's average age was 37.97 years, and 982 were male (94.7%). …”
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Hokuriku-plus familial hypercholesterolaemia registry study: rationale and study design by Hiroshi Matsumoto, Akihiro Nomura, Hayato Tada, Hirofumi Okada, Atsushi Nohara, Masa-aki Kawashiri, Koji Maeno, Manabu Fujimoto, Shohei Yoshida, Masaya Shimojima, Toyonobu Tsuda, Mika Mori, Shin-ichiro Takashima, Takeshi Kato, Soichiro Usui, Kenji Sakata, Kenshi Hayashi, Noboru Fujino, Akihiro Inazu, Shizuko Takahara, Yasuhito Imai, Takao Matsubara, Kenji Miwa, Masanobu Namura, Hidenobu Terai, Taiji Yoshida, Tsutomu Araki, Masahiro Minamoto, Toru Aburao, Yuji Ito, Chiaki Nakanishi, Suguru Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Todo, Junji Koizumi, Yoshihito Kita, Hiroaki Shintaku, Akihiko Hodatsu, Hidekazu Ino, Toshinori Higashikata, Mutsuko Takata, Katsushi Misawa, Masato Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Noji, Kazuo Osato, Tomohito Mabuchi, Taro Ichise, Bunji Kaku, Shoji Katsuda, Katsuharu Uchiyama, Kensuke Fujioka, Takuya Nakahashi, Tsuyoshi Nozue, Ichiro Michishita, Kazuo Usuda, Kanichi Otowa, Kazuyasu Okeie, Satoshi Hirota, Isao Aburadani, Keisuke Kurokawa, Osamu Takatori, Shunichiro Hondo, Hiroyuki Oda, Shigeo Takata, Hisayoshi Murai, Masaki Kinoshita, Hideo Nagai, Yoshiteru Sekiguchi, Satoru Sakagami, Wataru Omi, Chikara Fujita, Tatsuo Katsuki, Hiroshi Ootsuji, Atsushi Igarashi, Manabu Nakano, Seiichiro Okura, Yasuhito Mitamura, Naoki Sugimoto, Masakazu Yamamoto, Hironobu Akao, Kouji Kajinami, Masayuki Takamura

“…A total of 1000 patients will be enrolled into the study, and we plan to follow-up participants over 5 years. We will collect clinical parameters, including lipids, physical findings, genetic backgrounds and clinical events covering atherosclerotic and other important events, such as malignancies. …”
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Unveiling the interplay of medical professionalism, mental well-being and coping in medical students: a qualitative phenomenological study by Kamran Sattar, Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff

“…Seven FGDs, each with 5–10 participants, were conducted via Zoom©, yielding comprehensive qualitative data. …”
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Identifying common baseline clinical features of COVID-19: a scoping review by Matilde Monteiro-Soares, Daniela Ferreira-Santos, Priscila Maranhão

“…We have included 56 articles in our analysis, with 89% conducted in China and 75% containing inpatients. …”
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Tailoring lipid management interventions to reduce inequalities in cardiovascular disease risk management in primary care for deprived communities in Northern England: a mixed-meth... by Julia L Newton, Yu Fu, Sarah Sowden, Paula Whitty, Eugene YH Tang

“…Findings will be disseminated to the participating sites, participants, commissioners, and in peer-reviewed journals and academic conferences.…”
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