Practice and factors associated with sunlight exposure of infants among mothers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shambel Dessale Asmamaw, Tibebu Habte Zewde, Abiel Teshome, Esayas Nigussie

“…The quality assessment of included articles was evaluated using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance of Enteric Bacteria in HIV-Infected Patients at the Banka Ad-Lucem Hospital, West Region of Cameroon by Ornella J. T. Ngalani, Armelle T. Mbaveng, Wiliane J. T. Marbou, Roland Y. Ngai, Victor Kuete

“…CD4+ T-lymphocyte count and serum hs-CRP of HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients were examined, respectively, by flux cytometry and the ELISA solid-phase direct sandwich method. Among all the participants, 39 (26.35%) were males and 109 (73.65%) were females. …”
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Occurrences and characteristics of forced marriages among girls married before the age of 16 in a Northern Nigerian State by Felix O. Sanni, Olumide F. Ajani, Elizabeth A. Sanni, Zachary T. Gwa, Michael O. Dada, Yemisi B. Alabi, Donald C. Udah, Jubril A. Kareem

“…Structured questionnaires were distributed to 210 female participants aged between 15 and 49, who were married before reaching 16, from 1989 to 2019, to gather data. …”
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Internet-Based Supportive Interventions for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: Randomized Controlled Trial by Yanhong Xie, Shanshan Shen, Caixia Liu, Hong Hong, Huilan Guan, Jingmei Zhang, Wanqi Yu

“…These caregivers were randomly divided into an intervention group and a control group, with 36 participants in each group. The intervention group underwent caregiver skill training via a web-based platform, whereas the control group initially received face-to-face follow-up guidance and was subsequently offered web-based training after 6 months. …”
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Diabetes Distress in Young Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Survey in China by Yanfen Hu, Lingxia Li, Jun Zhang

“…Pearson’s correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to analyze the influencing factors of diabetic distress. Results. Among participants, 90.82% suffered from diabetes distress with an average score of 3.01±0.58. …”
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Sleep quality during pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology and natural conceiving: a prospective birth cohort study by Yidong Xie, Yidong Xie, Ruoti Peng, Li Xiao, Li Xiao, Shangwei Li, Shangwei Li, Xiaohong Li, Xiaohong Li

“…Multivariable logistic regression models with adjustments for influencing factors were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the associations of sleep quality.ResultsIn the IVF/ICSI group, 61.1%, 55.5%, and 66.5% of participants in T1, T2, and T3 reported poorer sleep quality compared to the NC group, which had 43.2%, 37.4%, and 46.4% throughout the same trimesters. …”
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Political economy analysis of health financing reforms in times of crisis: findings from three case studies in south-east Asia by Sophie Witter, Maria Paola Bertone, Sushil Baral, Ghanshyam Gautam, Saugat K. C. Pratap, Aungsumalee Pholpark, Nurmala Selly Saputri, Arif Budi Darmawan, Nina Toyamah, Rizki Fillaili, Valeria de Oliveira Cruz, Susan Sparkes

“…Changing decision rules to block veto points was significant in one case, and all three cases used participation and dialogue strategically to further reforms. …”
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Analysis of epidemiological trends and risk factors in high-risk areas for pulmonary tuberculosis: an observational longitudinal study in Xinjiang, China by Liping Zhang, Di Wu, Yanling Zheng, Yaoqin Lu, Salawati Haritebieke, Guangchao Liu

“…The relative importance of these variables to pulmonary TB (PTB) is revealed by the Q-value (0, 1), with larger values indicating that the spatial heterogeneity of the explanatory variables to PTB is more pronounced.Participants All clinically diagnosed and confirmed cases in Xinjiang, China, were collected. …”
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Evaluation of gestational nonpersistent pesticide exposure with newborn size and gestational length in rural Ghana using a novel time-varying extension of multiple informant models by Wylie BJ, Kaali S, Duttweiler L, Ae-Ngibise KA, Mujtaba M, Tawiah C, Gibson E, Calafat AM, Ospina M, Jack DJ, Agyei O, Lee AG, Roberts DJ, Boamah-Kaali EA, Factor-Litvak P, Modest AM, Hauser R, Coull BA, Asante KP

“…Study Design: In a Ghanaian pregnancy cohort, we measured select biomarkers of organophosphate, pyrethroid, and herbicide pesticides in repeated urine samples (1–5/participant). We developed a new model for assessing critical windows of vulnerability from irregularly-timed measurements of nonpersistent pesticides, leveraging strengths from multiple informant and distributed lag models. …”
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Insights into youth nutritional status in Serbia: assessing prevalence and trend in the context of social determinants by Sanja Stanisavljević, Aleksandar Milovanović, Anđela Milovanović, Branko Jakovljević, Vesna Bjegović-Mikanović, Divna Kekuš

“…The average BMI of the study participants was 23.01 ± 6.01. The female respondents were more frequently underweight, and the male respondents were pre-obese and obese. …”
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Assessment of stress and health conditions among students in the context of the war in Ukraine by Vladimir Potop, Igor Vypasniak, Iryna Ivanyshyn, Vasyl Lutskyi, Iryna Kryventsova, Lyudmila Shesterova, Katarzyna Prusik

“…A total of 443 students participated: 36 from Poland, 215 from Romania, and 179 from Ukraine. …”
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Factors associated with male acceptance of modern contraceptive methods. A descriptive cross-sectional study in a peri-urban municipality by Judith A. Anaman-Torgbor, Mirialys Fiona Nana Ama Anaman, Elvis Reindolf Kale, Kennedy Diema Konlan

“…Systematic random sampling was used to select 503 participants from households with married men and women. …”
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Contagious viruses’ corollaries and deterioration of quality education in developing countries: an integrated model of artificial intelligence (AI) awareness and remote working by Muhammad Asif Zaheer, Tanveer Muhammad Anwar, Mohamed Albeshr, Maryam Manzoor, Zoia Khan

“…Organizational commitment partially mediates between perceived work stress and turnover intention but exhibited no mediation between remote work and turnover intention. …”
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Naoxintong Is Involved in the Coagulation Regulation of Warfarin Through the MAPK Pathway by Luo X, Chen L, Xu J, Li J

“…In vivo testing indicated that NXT may be able to participate in the regulation of the warfarin coagulation process through multiple targets and multiple pathways, which may be related to MAPK.Conclusion: Our data suggests that NXT is involved in the coagulation regulation of warfarin through the MAPK pathway.Keywords: Naoxintong, Warfarin, coagulation dysfunction, network pharmacology, mechanism research…”
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Serum advanced glycation end products as a putative biomarker in Type2 DKD patients’ prognosis by Ze-Hou Wang, Ze-Hou Wang, Zong-Jin Zhang, Yue-Fen Wang, Jin Xie, Jin Xie, Yi-Min Li, Cun Shen, Yuan Meng, Wen-Jing Zhao, Lu-Ying Sun, Wei Jing Liu

“…Serum AGEs levels were log-transformed and adjusted for ALB to calculate corrected lgAGEs. Participants were stratified into the high- and low-level groups based on the median corrected lgAGEs. …”
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Investigation on the Effect of Atmosphere on the Pyrolysis Behavior and Oil Quality of Jimusar Oil Shale by Zhiqin Kang, Zhijing Wang, Yang Lu, Ran Cao, Dongwei Huang, Qiaorong Meng

“…The existence of CO2 prevented methyl radicals from accepting hydrogen radicals during pyrolysis and reduced the alkane yield, while CO2 participated in the addition reaction of alkane, which increased the alkene yield. …”
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Changes in laboratory value improvement and mortality rates over the course of the pandemic: an international retrospective cohort study of hospitalised patients infected with SARS... by Ramakanth Kavuluru, Xuan Wang, Paul Avillach, Florence Bourgeois, Kee Yuan Ngiam, Gabriel A Brat, Isaac Kohane, Tianxi Cai, Yuk-Lam Ho, Yuan Luo, Harrison G Zhang, Kelly Cho, Vincent Benoit, Antoine Neuraz, Chuan Hong, Sehi L'Yi, Griffin Weber, Bryce W Q Tan, Alba Gutiérrez-Sacristán, Clara-Lea Bonzel, Nathan P Palmer, Alberto Malovini, Valentina Tibollo, Meghan R Hutch, Molei Liu, Riccardo Bellazzi, Luca Chiovato, Fernando J Sanz Vidorreta, Trang T Le, William Yuan, Bertrand Moal, Michele Morris, David A Hanauer, Sarah Maidlow, Kavishwar Wagholikar, Shawn Murphy, Hossein Estiri, Adeline Makoudjou, Patric Tippmann, Jeffery Klann, Robert W Follett, Nils Gehlenborg, Gilbert S Omenn, Zongqi Xia, Arianna Dagliati, Shyam Visweswaran, Lav P Patel, Danielle L Mowery, Emily R Schriver, Malarkodi Jebathilagam Samayamuthu, Sara Lozano-Zahonero, Daniela Zöller, Amelia L M Tan, Byorn W L Tan, John H Holmes, Petra Schubert, Brett K. Beaulieu-Jones, Miguel Pedrera-Jiménez, Noelia García-Barrio, Pablo Serrano-Balazote, Andrew South

“…Objective To assess changes in international mortality rates and laboratory recovery rates during hospitalisation for patients hospitalised with SARS-CoV-2 between the first wave (1 March to 30 June 2020) and the second wave (1 July 2020 to 31 January 2021) of the COVID-19 pandemic.Design, setting and participants This is a retrospective cohort study of 83 178 hospitalised patients admitted between 7 days before or 14 days after PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection within the Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 by Electronic Health Record, an international multihealthcare system collaborative of 288 hospitals in the USA and Europe. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials for physical activity among colorectal cancer survivors: directions for future research by Jiayu Mao, Xiaoke Qiu, Yi Zhang, Can Wang, Xueli Yang, Qiuping Li

“…In the meta-analysis, nine of these studies involving 684 participants were included, and results showed that PA interventions have a positive effect on increasing total PA levels in CRC survivors (Z = 2.79, p = 0.005). …”
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Air Transport Area as an Object of State Regulation by O. V. Brusakova

“…It is concluded that the state needs to respond appropriately, i.e. to implement appropriate state regulation of the aviation area functioning during the pandemic, in particular in the implementation of air transportation in exceptional cases, the operation of airfields and airports in quarantine, aircraft parking in designated areas, standardization of issues, related to the return of passengers for canceled flights or their rebooking, providing state support to the aviation area in connection with the cessation of financial revenues from all market participants (including by allocating subsidies from the state budget, providing state aid to ensure minimal operation of airports and airfields, exemption of airlines from paying certain types of taxes for a certain period of time), etc.…”
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Who is engaging with lateral flow testing for COVID-19 in the UK? The COVID-19 Rapid Survey of Adherence to Interventions and Responses (CORSAIR) study by Nicola T Fear, Susan Michie, Richard Amlot, G James Rubin, Louise E Smith, Henry WW Potts

“…Objectives To investigate uptake of lateral flow testing, reporting of test results and psychological, contextual and socio-demographic factors associated with testing.Design A series of four fortnightly online cross-sectional surveys.Setting Data collected from 19 April 2021 to 2 June 2021.Participants People living in England and Scotland, aged 18 years or over, excluding those who reported their most recent test was a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test (n=6646, n≈1600 per survey).Main outcome measures Having completed at least one lateral flow test (LFT) in the last 7 days.Results We used binary logistic regressions to investigate factors associated with having taken at least one LFT. …”
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