Perceptions and observations of shared decision making during pediatric otolaryngology surgical consultations by Yolanda Evong, Jill Chorney, Gilanders Ungar, Paul Hong

“…Following the encounter, all participants completed a questionnaire that measured perceived levels of SDM (SDM-Q-9). …”
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Awareness of medical students about standard isolation precautions In Sulaimani City by Bushra M. Ali, Saman A. Mohammed, Balen Tayb Abdullah, Osama Muhammed, Mutasam Fabian, Muhammed Rauf

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted from 27th of February 2019 till 1st of March 2019 in Sulaimani University among medical students .A convenient sample of 401 students were participated. Data was collected via online, entered by excel program and analyzed by SPSS program version 21. …”
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Abnormality detection in nailfold capillary images using deep learning with EfficientNet and cascade transfer learning by Mona Ebadi Jalal, Omar S. Emam, Cristián Castillo-Olea, Begoña García-Zapirain, Adel Elmaghraby

“…Our dataset consists of NFC images from a total of 225 participants, with normal images accounting for 6% of the dataset. …”
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The Effectiveness of Health, Educational, and Economic Awareness Programs to Reduce the Negative Effects of Internet Addiction on the Academic Achievement of Primary School Childre... by Fatma Salah Eldin Kassem Mohamed, Abdalmajeed Selmi Arrooqi, Atallah Alenezi, Mona Ahmed Elsemary, Manal Saleh Moustafa Saleh

“…Accordingly, the carry out in Shaqra primary schools, a governmental school. 100 parents (mother or father) of primary school children’s participants. Tools of gathering data: Questionnaire on the impact of Internet addiction on the academic achievement of primary school children, health, educational, and economic awareness program to reduce the negative effects of Internet addiction on the academic achievement of primary school children, Statistical methods (T.test and Likert quintuple scale) have been used to analyze the data. …”
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Human Health, Ecosystem Quality, and Resource Scarcity Burdens Inflicted by Livestock Production Across Chinese Regions by Yixuan Shao, Qilin Cao, Junnian Song, Jiahao Xing, You Wu, Cheng Sun, Pan He, Wei Yang

“…Results indicate that fine particulate matter formation (mainly by livestock housing) and climate change (mainly by enteric fermentation) contribute greater than 60% and 30% to health burdens. …”
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Music Distraction among Young Drivers: Analysis by Gender and Experience by Carlos A. Catalina, Susana García-Herrero, Elvira Cabrerizo, Sixto Herrera, Santiago García-Pineda, Fatemeh Mohamadi, M. A. Mariscal

“…A driving simulator was used, and different driving simulation studies were carried out with young people aged between 20 and 28 years. Each participant carried out three simulations by listening to different type of music in each journey. …”
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Energy resources investment for industrial virtual power plants under techno-economic uncertainties by Saeed Ghamarypour, Morteza Rahimiyan

“…The energy resources investment in industrial parks is technically and economically important to supply power load of factories with different technical requirements and profitably participate in electricity markets. To achieve these goals, this paper proposes the integration of diverse energy assets as an industrial virtual power plant (IVPP) which provides a great flexibility to the industrial park. …”
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The role of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. in the origin, evolution and improvement of stone fruit cultivars by G. V. Eremin

“…Erem. et Garcov. (Taurida).The participation of myrobalan plum in the origin of spp. …”
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Garantia da saúde mental e bem-estar de servidores públicos em Moçambique no âmbito dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável: avanços, limites e perspectivas by Gildo Aliante, Fabio Scorsolini-Comin, Mussa Abacar, Coutinho Maurício José, Alice Costa Macedo

“…Conclusão É mister transformar os direitos legislados em prática no contexto moçambicano, no esteio dos avanços ocorridos em outras partes do mundo.…”
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for fibromyalgia: are we there yet? by Jorge Dornellys da Silva Lapa, Valquíria Aparecida da Silva, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade

“…We conducted a search in Medline and Embase for controlled trials on rTMS in people with FM with at least 10 participants in each treatment arm, and treatment/follow-up of at least 3 weeks. …”
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Association Between Body Composition Characteristics and Pulmonary Function Parameters in Young Adults of Shaheed Benazirabad District by Hajira Naila, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari

“…Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted at the Physiology Department of Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences from February 2023 to April 2024, involving 376 adults. Participants were categorized based on their BMI and evaluated for WHR. …”
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Physiological Aldosterone Concentrations Are Associated with Alterations of Lipid Metabolism: Observations from the General Population by M. Hannich, H. Wallaschofski, M. Nauck, M. Reincke, C. Adolf, H. Völzke, R. Rettig, A. Hannemann

“…Data from 793 men and 938 women aged 25–85 years who participated in the first follow-up of the Study of Health in Pomerania were obtained. …”
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Association of Serum Melatonin Level with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jichen Zhang, Jiancan Lu, Hongling Zhu, Xinglu Zhou, Xijuan Wei, Mingjun Gu

“…Melatonin is an essential neuroendocrine hormone that participates in the regulation of sleep rhythm and cognitive function. …”
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Inequity and vulnerability in Latin American Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations with rheumatic diseases: a syndemic approach by Bernardo A Pons-Estel, Rosana Quintana, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Everardo Álvarez-Hernández, John Londono, Ana M Santos, Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez, Mario H Cardiel, Maria Victoria Goycochea-Robles, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas, Ysabel Granados, Flor Julián-Santiago, Celenia Rosillo, Jose Alvarez-Nemegyei, Natalia Santana, Mario Goñi, Ligia Cedeño, Romina Nieto, Silvana Conti, María Elena Calvo, Eugenia Picco, Rosa Chacón, Jorge Delgado, Alfonso Gastelum Strozzi, Sergio Guevara-Pacheco, Vicente Juarez, Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo, Juan Camilo Rueda, Amaranta Manrique de Lara, Nora Mathern, Marisa Jorfen, Alvaro Sanabria, Cristina Prigione, Adriana MR Silvestre, Vanina García, Julio Miljevic, Daniel Dhair, Matias Laithe, Fadua Midauar, Maria Celeste Martin, Maria Cecilia Barrios, María Elena Crespo, Mariana Aciar, Emilio Buschiazzo, Natalia L Cucchiaro, Mario Ruiz, José Adolfo Sánchez, Rodolfo Franco, Natalia Estrella, Silvia Jorge, Cinthya Retamozo, Sofia Fernandez, Martina Fay, Cecilia Camacho, Graciela Gomez, Jazmin Petrelli, Andrés Honeri, Viviana Arenas Solórzano, Ana Bensi, Marcela Valdata, Rodrigo Giraldo, Ignacio Angarita, Jesus G Ballesteros, Sofia Arias, Andres Vásquez, Lina Valero, Ani Cortes, Estafania Castañeda, Elias Forero, Astrid Feicán, Fernando Vintimilla, Jaime Vintimilla, Veronica Ochoa, Angelita Lliguisaca, Holger Dután, Jacqueline Rodríguez-Amado, Julio Casasola-Vargas, Conrado Garcia, Imelda García-Olivera, César Pacheco, Susana Aidee Gonzalez-Chávez, Hazel Garcia Morales, Arturo Velasco Gutierrez, JF Moctezuma-Rios, Eduardo Navarro-Zarza, Angelia Angulo, Rosana Flores, Janeth Galván Padrón, B Lorena Pérez, Janett Riega, Brenda Vaquez Fuentes, Miguel A Villarreal, Cassandra Skinner Taylor, Sara Marín, Dionicio Galarza Delgado, Diana Flores Alvarado, Jorge A Esquivel Varerio, Luz Helena Sanín, Marco Maradiaga Ceceño, Jorge Zamudio Lerm, Ivan Stekman, Yanira Martínez, Gloris Sánchez

“…Health inequity and vulnerability in RMD were identified through a syndemic approach using network and cluster analysis.Participants A total of 44 560 individuals were studied: 29.78% self-identified as Indigenous, 60.92% were female, the mean age was 43.25 years. …”
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Alterations of triple network dynamic connectivity and repetitive behaviors after mini-basketball training program in children with autism spectrum disorder by Weike Zhang, Kelong Cai, Xuan Xiong, Lina Zhu, Zhiyuan Sun, Sixin Yang, Wei Cheng, Haiyong Mao, Aiguo Chen

“…This study investigated whether a mini-basketball training program (MBTP) could alter repetitive behaviors and the dynamic connectivity of the triple network. 28 male children with ASD were scanned twice with resting-state functional MRI and assessed for repetitive behaviors using the repetitive behavior scale (RBS-R). 15 children in the exercise group participated in a 12-week MBTP, while 13 in the control group maintained their regular routines. …”
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A scoping review of conventional and laser acupuncture as a modality of treatment for migraine by Chizoba ANYIMUKWU, Vinayak K. NAHAR, Sunita KAPUR, Manoj SHARMA

“…Results: A total of 23 interventions with a combined total of 1,714 study participants met the inclusion criteria. Findings indicate that acupuncture is a promising approach in the treatment of migraines accompanied with or without an aura. …”

Relationship between academic procrastination and academic achievement of postgraduate students by Mallika Gayary, Sima Kalita

“…The study sample comprises 235 postgraduate students, consisting of 117 males and 118 females, and is further categorized into 115 Arts and 120 Science students. The selection of participants was done with the help of the stratified random sampling technique. …”
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The Behavioral Mechanism and Forecasting of Beijing Housing Prices from a Multiscale Perspective by Yan Li, Zhaoyang Xiang, Tao Xiong

“…Thus, exploring the behavioral mechanism and accurate forecasts of house prices is a critical element in making decisions under uncertain conditions and is of great practical significance for both participants and policymakers in real estate. According to the complex features of house price, including nonlinear, nonstationary, and multiscale, and considering the remarkable time and frequency discrimination capability of multiscale analysis in dealing with house price problems, we develop an ensemble empirical mode decomposition- (EEMD-) based multiscale analysis paradigm to investigate the behavioral mechanism and then obtain accurate forecasts of house prices. …”
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Devir-terra na literatura de ficção visionária de Jota Mombaça by Wes Viana, Ana Maria Pereira Lima

“…Y en el tercer momento, analizamos el movimiento de transición a la tierra, de la escritora Jota Mombaça, a partir de dos capítulos del libro Ahora no nos matarán (Mombaça, 2021). …”
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ASSESSMENT OF SUSTAINABLE EFFICIENCY ON POTATO FARMS AT BAGHDAD GOVERNORATE by A. H. Alzubaidi, E. H. Ali

“…Furthermore, the research highlighted the importance of participating in training courses to improve scientific knowledge and production performance. …”
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