The Relationship between Depression, Doing Exercise, Age and Cigarettes Smoking in ARV - HIV Patients by Vu Hoang Anh Nguyen, Uyen Thi Bich Nguyen, Thanh Nguyen Ai Tran, Yen Thi Hoai Phan, Ngoc-Anh Truong, Huyen-Trang Luu-Thi, Vinh-Long Tran-Chi

“…The PHQ - 9 scale was used for evaluating depression in 128 Vietnamese ARV - HIV patients participating in the study. Results: According to the findings, depression and exercise have been shown to have a positive effect on smoking among HIV patients, and geriatric HIV patients are significantly less likely to smoke. …”
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SEE IT, LIKE IT, BUY IT! HEDONIC SHOPPING MOTIVATIONS AND IMPULSE BUYING by Merima Činjarević, Kasim Tatić, Srđan Petrić

“…An online questionnaire was directed to a sample of 500 individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using nonprobability convenience sampling method. A total of 224 participants completed the questionnaire, which corresponds to the response rate of 44.8 percent. …”
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Diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease by eliciting trait-specific eye movements in multi-visual tasks by Maosong Jiang, Yanzhi Liu, Yanlu Cao, Shufeng Xia, Fei Teng, Wenzhi Zhao, Yongzhong Lin, Wenlong Liu

“…Methods We recruited 114 PD patients and 125 healthy controls and collected their eye-tracking data in a VR environment. Participants completed a series of specific VR tasks, including gaze stability, pro-saccades, anti-saccades, and smooth pursuit. …”
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Development of a Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides in Fecal Samples by Esther A. Shiraho, Agola L. Eric, Ibrahim N. Mwangi, Geoffrey M. Maina, Joseph M. Kinuthia, Martin W. Mutuku, Robert M. Mugambi, Jackson M. Mwandi, Gerald M. Mkoji

“…Ascaris adult and ova were obtained from naturally infected school children, whose parents/guardians gave consent for their participation in the study. Genomic DNA was extracted using alkaline lysis method and amplified by LAMP at 63°C for 45 minutes. …”
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Research on the Relationship between Business Cycle and Industrial Fluctuations in Northeast China Based on Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise by Yinan Zhou, Guofeng Gu, Qiushuang Ren

“…The results obtained are as follows: (1) In the three northeastern provinces of China, economic fluctuations were almost free from the influence of the primary industry, most affected by the secondary industry, and gradually influenced by the tertiary industry after the 21st century. (2) Regarding the short-term business cycle of each province, economic development was the most stable when the market and government participated in the development of the secondary industry simultaneously. (3) The midterm business cycle of Jilin Province was affected by the investment of equipment in secondary and tertiary industries, while that of Liaoning Province was affected by the investment of equipment in the secondary industry. (4) Investment in the equipment of the secondary industry and the construction of secondary and tertiary industries was the key to maintaining the stability of long-term business cycle in Heilongjiang Province, and that in the construction of secondary and tertiary industries was the key to maintaining the stability of long-term business cycles in Jilin and Liaoning Provinces.…”
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Meralgia Paresthetica Review: Update on Presentation, Pathophysiology, and Treatment by Yanet de la Caridad Gomez, Edgar Remotti, Deandra Uju Momah, Emily Zhang, Daniel D. Swanson, Rosa Kim, Ivan Urits, Alan D. Kaye, Christopher L Robinson

“…Further research including randomized controlled trials are needed to better understand the most optimal treatment options for MP including studies with a larger number of participants.…”
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Minasse Tcheraz’s Contacts of Europe and His Impressions of Berlin Congress by Serdar, Sakin

“…Various meetings, dinner parties and situations encountered at schools they visited were given as examples to illustrate this fact. …”
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Predictors of Medical Students’ Adoption of Emergency Medicine Virtual Simulation Platforms by Lingjiao Tang, Yu Ning, Hui Lv, Xuebin Li, Aihe Tang

“…A total of 819 medical students from southern Chinese universities participated in the study. Structural equation modeling is used to examine data from cross-sectional quantitative surveys. …”
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Enhancing crisis communication and risk management competencies: A qualitative study of city information officers by Enrico B. Galicia, John Matthew Aquino

“…Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed that, while officers face certain challenges, such as occasional communication delays and limited formal training in risk management, they have demonstrated resilience and adaptability in high-pressure situations. Participants shared successful strategies they have employed, such as leveraging existing networks and utilizing local knowledge to ensure timely information dissemination during emergencies. …”
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Patient Perception of Ideal Body Weight and the Effect of Body Mass Index by Rozhin Naghshizadian, Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar, Kruthi Kella, Michael M. Weber, Marius L. Calin, Shahida Bibi, Daniel T. Farkas

“…The study took place in an urban area, with the majority of participants in the study being Hispanic (65.7%) or African-American (28.0%). …”
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Sobre o Impossível da Identidade Sexual: Considerações sobre a Angústia, o Real e o Gozo // ON THE IMPOSSIBLE OF SEXUAL IDENTITY: CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE ANGUISH, THE REAL AND TH... by Paula Affonso de Oliveira, Ronildo Deividy Costa da Silva

“… O presente artigo procura articular o percurso da angústia em Freud e Lacan às teorias queer e enquanto elemento disruptivo das práticas discursivas que tratam a sexualidade como um campo de determinação de identidades. …”
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Uncovering narrative aging: an underlying neural mechanism compensated through spatial constructional ability by Yumeng Li, Junying Zhang, Xin Li, Zhanjun Zhang

“…This framework used a total of 740 healthy older participants with completed narrative and extensive neuropsychological tests and MRI scans. …”
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Adaptation to Accelerated Digitalization in the Context of a Pandemic: Comparative Study of Higher Education Systems in Russia and Belarus by L. G. Titarenko

“…The article reflects the input of the first and second waves of the pandemic on the higher education system in Russia and Belarus. …”
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‘A wound that aches yet isn’t felt ... a pain that rages without hurting’: Getting to know the identity of outsourced housekeepers through the bond of memory and social class by Viviani Teodoro dos Santos, Marivânia Conceição de Araújo, Marcio Pascoal Cassandre

“…As methodological procedures, we used a semi-structured interview with the cleaning team supervisor, two focus groups, individual narrative interviews with the eight housekeepers and a brief period of participant observation. The confirmation was that past memories are an essential part of understanding this collective identity and that the group has in common a profession that does not come from a choice based on skills or vocation, but from conditions of social vulnerability. …”
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Natural History Analysis of 101 Severe Dysplasia and Esophageal Carcinoma Cases by Endoscopy by Jin-Wu Wang, Chen-Tao Guan, Li-Li Wang, Ling-Yun Chang, Chang-Qing Hao, Bian-Yun Li, Ning Lu, Wen-Qiang Wei

“…After the onset endoscopy screening, 2093 of the patients participated in the endoscopic follow-up voluntarily. …”
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Influence of Disc Size on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Cirrus Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma by Shino Sato, Kaori Ukegawa, Eri Nitta, Kazuyuki Hirooka

“…A total of 51 eyes of 51 normal participants and 71 eyes of 71 glaucoma patients were examined. …”
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Affordability, negative experiences, perceived racism, and health care system distrust among black American women aged 45 and over by Jacqueline Wiltshire, Carla Jackie Sampson, Echu Liu, Myra Michelle DeBose, Paul I Musey, Keith Elder

“…Approximately 23% of participants reported affordability problems, while 44% had a negative experience with a provider. …”
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Burden, Positive Aspects, and Predictive Variables of Caregiving: A Study of Caregivers of Patients with Pediatric Glaucoma by Yingting Zhu, Jinyun Gao, Xinyan Li, Qiongman Yang, Yu Lian, Huiming Xiao, Wenmin Huang

“…The demographic data of the enrolled participants were also collected. The CBI and the PAC scores were analyzed in relation to each other and different characteristics of the patients with PG and their caregivers through a generalized linear regression model. …”
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Simplified Assessment of Antiretroviral Adherence and Prediction of Virological Efficacy in HIV-Infected Patients in Cambodia by Olivier Segeral, Yoann Madec, Boroath Ban, Vara Ouk, Chan Roeurn Hak, Clotilde Le Tiec, Eric Nerrienet, Cécile Goujard, Anne Marie Taburet, Jean Francois Delfraissy, Arnaud Fontanet

“…Two hundred fifty-nine patients treated for a median of 16 months participated in the survey. At inclusion in the program, 158 patients (61%) were ARV-naïve. …”
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Cytokine and Chemokine Profile in Individuals with Different Degrees of Periportal Fibrosis due to Schistosoma mansoni Infection by Robson Da Paixão De Souza, Luciana Santos Cardoso, Giuseppe Tittoni Varela Lopes, Maria Cecília F. Almeida, Ricardo Riccio Oliveira, Leda Maria Alcântara, Edgar M. Carvalho, Maria Ilma Araujo

“…From these data we conclude that IL-5 and TNF-α may participate in liver pathology in schistosomiasis. The positive association between IL-13, TNF-α, MIP-1α, and RANTES with parasite burden, however, might predict the development of liver pathology.…”
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