The Sustainability of Knowledge-Sharing Behavior Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior in Q&A Social Network Community by Xin Feng, Lijie Wang, Yue Yan, Qi Zhang, Liming Sun, Jiangfei Chen, Ye Wu

“…Currently, social Q&A platforms are facing problems such as low user participation rate and gradual decrease in the number of active users. …”
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Effect of Functional Threshold Trainings Applied to Junior Elite Cyclists on Power and Strength Parameters by Duran Akbaş, Fatih Kılınç

“…In spite of the performance improvement in both groups of athletes participating in the study, FTP training group showed more progress. …”
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Influence of strength and power training on the rate of force development, peak force and functional mobility in elderly people with Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled tr... by Késia Maísa do Amaral Felipe, Késia Maísa do Amaral Felipe, Patrícia de Aguiar Yamada, Tamires Meneghetti, Flávia Roberta Faganello-Navega, Flávia Roberta Faganello-Navega

“…FM was also assessed using the following tests: gait speed test (GS), Timed Up and Go (TUG), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS); parallel feet on a force platform. Next, the participants underwent lower limbs muscle strength or muscle power training for eight consecutive weeks twice a week and were then re-evaluated.ResultsThe repeated measures ANOVA test showed a significant difference for PF, RFD and FM regardless of training type.ConclusionThe proposed muscle strength and muscle power training protocols influenced the increase in RFD, PF and FM of all participants; however, the increase in RFD in the first 200 ms was more pronounced in the groups submitted to power training and the increase in PF was more pronounced in the groups submitted to strength training.…”
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Factors affecting mental health service delivery from primary healthcare facilities of western hilly district of Nepal: a qualitative study by Madhusudan Subedi, Gaurav Devkota, Puspa Basnet, Bijay Thapa

“…Awareness regarding mental health and modalities of treatment to the community and provision of training and authority to prescribe psychotropic medicines were recommended by the participants for proper mental health service delivery.Conclusions Awareness regarding mental illness treatment modalities to the community and mental health training for healthcare service providers would help increase mental health service delivery from PHC facilities. …”
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Pleiotropic effect of teneligliptin versus glimepiride add-on therapy on hs-CRP and cardiorenal parameters in Indian type 2 diabetes patients: An open-labeled randomized controlled... by M Kanimozhi, Manisha Bisht, Ravikant, Arkapal Bandyopadhyay, Manisha Naithani, Shailendra Handu

“…The mean age of the participants was 50.65 and 50.7 years in arms 1 and 2, respectively. …”
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Acceptance Factors and Psychological Investigation of Clinical Trials in Cancer Patients by Jiangjie Sun, Jingyi Fang, Chenchen Zhang, Nannan Jia, Weiming Zhao, Jinjian Gao, Yingying Huang, Jiqing Hao, Liping Zhang

“…To understand the degree of oncology patients’ awareness of drug clinical trials and oncology patients’ willingness to participate in drug clinical trials and the factors influencing them. …”
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Integrated course on ocular anatomy for ophthalmology clerkship by Li Huang, Xinyu Liu, Yuxian Zou, Xianchai Lin, Zhen Mao

“…Fifty-two participants agreed (76.4% strongly agreed, 18.2% more agreed) that the course could help them better understand the anatomy of the eye. …”
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Association between magnesium depletion score and prostate cancer by Hongyang Gong, Xiaomei Lin, Shaoqun Huang

“…A total of 16,043 participants were included in this study, of whom 511 had PCa. …”
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Rasch-Built Overall Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Disability Scale as a Novel Tool to Measure Disease Progression by Can Sun, Yong Chen, Lu Xu, Wenjing Wang, Nan Zhang, Christina N. Fournier, Nan Li, Dongsheng Fan

“…Participants were followed for 18 months to assess time to tracheostomy and survival. …”
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Evaluation of Melatonin and Antioxidant Levels in the Serum of Breast Cancer Patients by Amjad Mahmood Qadir, Arzu Karatepe, Ayşegül Yazici, Rzgar Farooq Rashid, Pelin Koparir, Rebaz A. Omer, Shamal R. Hama

“…Melatonin levels varied based on the age of the participants, with higher amounts observed in younger participants compared to older people in both groups. …”
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In-home work environment for home care workers in Northern Sweden before and during the Covid-19 pandemic by Fredrik Norström, Karin Bölenius, Klas-Göran Sahlén, Magnus Zingmark, Anita Pettersson-Strömbäck

“…Methods Two cross-sectional studies were conducted, one before (2017) and one during the pandemic (2021/2022) in three Swedish regions (Jämtland/Härjedalen, Västerbotten and Västernorrland), in which 1,154 (58%) out of 2,000 and 629 (33%) of 1,900 invited home care workers participated, respectively. Participants responded to a questionnaire asking about 10 problems associated with the in-home work environment as well as Covid-19–related challenges. …”
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Follicular Helper CD4+ T Cells, Follicular Regulatory CD4+ T Cells, and Inducible Costimulator and Their Roles in Multiple Sclerosis and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Xue Zhang, Ruli Ge, Hongliang Chen, Maxwell Ahiafor, Bin Liu, Jinbo Chen, Xueli Fan

“…ICOS, expressed on activated CD4+ effector T cells, participates in T cell activation, differentiation, and effector process. …”
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Effect of improving food security on parenting practices and caregiver–adolescent relationships: qualitative findings of an income-generating agricultural intervention in rural Ken... by Maricianah A. Onono, Lila Sheira, Edward A. Frongilio, Gladys Odhiambo, Pauline Wekesa, Amy Conroy, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Craig R. Cohen, Sheri D. Weiser

“…Method We conducted semi-structured, individual interviews with 62 caregiver–adolescent dyads who were participants in the adolescent Shamba Maisha (NCT03741634), a sub-study of adolescent girls and caregivers with a household member participating in the Shamba Maisha agricultural and finance intervention trial (NCT01548599). …”
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Associations of substance use and positive coping behaviors with sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic by Jessica Laudie, Bethany L. Stangl, Tommy Gunawan, Tommy Gunawan, Melanie L. Schwandt, Cecilia Cheng, Amanda K. Gilmore, Amanda K. Gilmore, David Goldman, David Goldman, Vijay A. Ramchandani, Nancy Diazgranados, Jeremy W. Luk

“…In this study, we examined changes in sleep quality from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic by history of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and investigated the cross-sectional associations of substance use and positive coping behaviors with sleep quality domains.MethodsData were drawn from the NIAAA COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Alcohol Study which enrolled participants from June 2020 to December 2022. Participants (N = 373, 50.9% male, mean age = 43.7, 37.3% with AUD history) reported their sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for the month prior to the pandemic and the past month before the time of assessment. …”
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Phenotype of Peripheral NK Cells in Latent, Active, and Meningeal Tuberculosis by José Alberto Choreño-Parra, Luis Armando Jiménez-Álvarez, Ellis Daniela Maldonado-Díaz, Graciela Cárdenas, Luis Alejandro Fernández-Lopez, José Luis Soto-Hernandez, Marcela Muñoz-Torrico, Gustavo Ramírez-Martínez, Alfredo Cruz-Lagunas, Armando Vega-López, María Lilia Domínguez-López, Carlos Sánchez-Garibay, Parménides Guadarrama-Ortíz, Silvia Giono, Luis Antonio Jiménez-Zamudio, Shabaana A. Khader, Ethel A. García-Latorre, Citlaltepetl Salinas-Lara, Joaquín Zúñiga

“…Hence, several innate immune mechanisms may participate in the containment of Mtb infection and prevent extrapulmonary disease manifestations. …”
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Surgical informed consent practice and associated factors among adult postoperative patients in public hospitals of Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia 2023/2024. Cross sectional. by Fiseha Abadi Gebreanenia, Hailemarim Berhe Kahsay, Desta Siyoum Belay, Binyam Gebrehiwet Tesfay, Fissha Brhane Mesele, Mamush Gidey Abirha

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Majority of participants did not receive comprehensive information during the surgical informed consent process in the study hospitals. …”
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Investigating papillary thyroid cancer risk factors among women living at the central region of Iran: a case–control study by Hamed Ghoshouni, Saeed Hosseini, Akram Ghadiri-Anari, Reyhaneh Azizi, Masoud Rahmanian, Narjes Hazar

“…Results In present study, 77 individuals participated in the case group, 76 in the relative control group and 72 in the non-relative control group. …”
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The Potential of Distance Learning within the Course “History of Linguistic Studies” by Sergiy Lukyanenko

“…A specific component of DLS are forums, participation in which involves creating an essay on a certain aspect of the topic. …”
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Prevalence of lymphedema symptoms across cancer diagnoses and association with depression, pain interference and health-related quality of life by Gitte Sone Larsen, Christoffer Johansen, Annika von Heymann, Bolette Skjødt Rafn

“…Results: Of 1,901 patients in follow-up who received the lymphedema symptom items, 1,296 responded. Most participants had breast cancer (48%), followed by testicular (17%), gynecological (16%), and head/neck cancer (11%). …”
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How I experienced tele-intervention: Qualitative insights from persons who stutter by Raadhiyah Hoosain, Shabnam Abdoola, Esedra Krüger, Bhavani Pillay

“…Written informed consent was obtained from all participants with experience in both tele-intervention and in-person treatment. …”
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