Vaping guidance and women's decision-making during pregnancy & postpartum by Greaves L, A.C. Brabete, N. Poole, E. Huber, J. Stinson

“…Background: Vaping during pregnancy remains under researched and under reported, making appropriate prevention, health promotion and intervention difficult to design and mount. In this article we assessed the experiences and considerations of women who vape during pregnancy and/or within 2 years post-partum, in order to underpin realistic and informative health information for women and providers in face of conflicting and minimal guidance. …”
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Public support for smoke-free private indoor and public outdoor areas in the Netherlands: A trend analysis from 2018– 2022 by Nienke W. Boderie, Sabri Ennissay, Wilhelmina IJzelenberg, Frank J. van Lenthe, Jessica Baars, Jasper V. Been

“…Results A total of 5582 participant responses were included. Between 2018 and 2022, support increased most for smoke-free policies regarding train platforms (+16%), theme parks (+12%), beaches (+10%), and terraces (+10%). …”
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Breaking the myth: the association between the increasing incidence of labour induction and the rate of caesarean delivery in Finland - a nationwide Medical Birth Register study by Mika Gissler, Seppo Heinonen, Heidi Kruit, Leena Rahkonen

“…We used data from the nationwide Medical Birth Register collecting data on delivery outcomes on all births from 22+0 weeks and/or birth weight of at least 500 g.Setting Finland.Participants 663 024 live births in Finland from 2008 to 2019.Main outcome measures The rates of labour induction and caesarean delivery.Results The rate of labour induction increased from 17.8% to 30.3%; p<0.001, during the study. …”
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Hypertension and retinal microvascular dysfunction (HyperVasc): protocol of a randomised controlled exercise trial in patients with hypertension by Justin Carrard, Lukas Streese, Timo Hinrichs, Henner Hanssen, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Konstantin Gugleta, Joséphine Gander, Christoph Hauser

“…Analysis of variance and analysis of covariance will be used to investigate group differences between healthy controls and hypertensive patients and training effects in hypertensive patients, respectively.Ethics and dissemination The Ethics Committee of Northwestern and Central Switzerland approved this study (EKNZ-2021-00086). All participants will give informed consent.Trial registration number NCT04763005.…”
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Awareness of Being at Risk of Stroke and Its Determinant Factors among Hypertensive Patients in Banyumas, Indonesia by Ismail Setyopranoto, Arif Setyo Upoyo, Atyanti Isworo, Yunita Sari, Amelia Nur Vidyanti

“…The main outcome was the level of participants’ awareness of being at risk of stroke. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to measure determinant factors associated with the level of awareness. …”
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The association between personality traits and transphobia among university students: a cross-sectional study in northwestern Iran by Ali Reza Shafiee-Kandjani, Behzad Shalchi, Asal Raeisnia, Sara Tajlil, Elham Davtalab-Esmaeili

“…Results The response rate was calculated as 98.35% in which 204 (48.8%) out of the participants were female. The mean (SD) age was 23.73 (2.01) years. …”
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Past and present foodscapes of a traditional fermented milk, mabisi, in three Zambian regions. by Taonga Chirwa-Moonga, Elise F Talsma, Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Bas J Zwaan, Sijmen E Schoustra, Wilfred Dolfsma

“…Adopting a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews, along with purposive and snowball sampling, a total of 86 participants that differ in mabisi production and consumption were sampled from Southern, Eastern, and Western provinces of Zambia. …”
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Acceptance of Mass Drug Administration for Prophylaxis against Lymphatic Filariasis in a Tribal Endemic Area: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study by Asmit Agarwal, Vikas Maharshi

“…Items were grouped under “knowledge,” “social processes,” “think and feel,” “practical factors,” and “motivation/hesitancy” domains. Results: Of 101 participants, majority were aware of the disease (92.1%), its vector (74.3%), at least one disability caused (87.2%), and governmental scheme of MDA (69.3%). …”
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Failure Mechanism and Control Technology of Thick and Soft Coal Fully Mechanized Caving Roadway under Double Gobs in Close Coal Seams by Shengrong Xie, Xiaoyu Wu, Dongdong Chen, Yaohui Sun, En Wang, Xiaowei Wu, Xiaobo Duan, Zaisheng Jiang, Pengyu Qi, Songhao Shi

“…The surrounding rock of the roadway under double gobs in the lower coal seams is partially damaged by the mining of the upper coal seam and the stress superimposition of the stepped coal pillars. …”
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An evaluation approach to PM2.5 policy effectiveness over South Korea based on a newly proposed scalable spatial decomposition method by Jihoon Seo, Ahreum Lee, Doo-Sun R Park, Daeok Youn, Kyung Hwan Kim, Chang-Eui Park, Jin Young Kim

“…Applying this approach to hourly fine particulate matter (PM _2.5 ) concentrations from 535 monitoring stations across South Korea for 2021–2022, we evaluated the effectiveness of PM _2.5 management policies. …”
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Food Producing Facades Key to a Sustainable Future by Christopher Paul Leınınger

“…The façade temperatures were reduced between 5.56oC-20.53oC (10oF-36.95oF) with approximately 20% reduction in cooling energy, reducing urban heat island. Airborne small particulates (PM2.5 )were reduced a maximum of 5.6% for the living facade compared to the control. …”
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Awareness, usage and perceptions of authorship guidelines: an international survey of biomedical authors by Sara Schroter, Tobias Kurth, Ilaria Montagni, M Eikermann, Elke Schäffner

“…Objectives To investigate authors’ awareness and use of authorship guidelines, and to assess their perceptions of the fairness of authorship decisions.Design A cross-sectional online survey.Setting and participants Corresponding authors of research papers submitted in 2014 to 18 BMJ journals.Results 3859/12 646 (31%) researchers responded. …”
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CHILDREN ON ANTI EPILEPTIC DRUGS HAVE LOW SERUM CALCIUM AND RAISED ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE LEVELS by Tanzeela Rani, Syeda Mamoona Qudrat, Salma Aziz, Nasar Um Min Allah, Ammara Khalid, Mobeen Tabassum

“…Bone metabolism was evaluated by measuring serum calcium and alkaline phosphatase levels in all the study participants. Data was entered on SPSS v 22 and descriptive statistics were applied.  …”
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Estimation of Salivary and Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) Levels in Individuals with Oral Cancer, Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders, Tobacco Users, and Healthy Subjects – A P... by Mohithan Subramanian, Saramma Mathew Fenn, Gowda Venkatesha Ramachandra Reddy, Karthik Rajarammohan, Ravikumar Pethagounder Thangavelu

“…Methods: The study divided 120 participants into four groups: Group A (oral cancer), Group B (potentially malignant disorders), Group C (tobacco users), and a control group of 30 healthy individuals. …”
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Aerobiology matters: Why people in the community access pollen information and how they use it by Danielle E. Medek, Constance H. Katelaris, Andelija Milic, Paul J. Beggs, Edwin R. Lampugnani, Don Vicendese, Bircan Erbas, Janet M. Davies

“…Local AusPollen information was accessible to 84.6% of participants, and was reportedly used for preparation and planning (34.6%), guiding activities (32.9%), and medication decisions (28.2%). …”
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Optimisation of Longitudinal Seismic Energy Dissipation System for Straddle-type Monorail-Cum-Road Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge by Xiong Liang, Baomu Li, Xiaolu Liu, Linong Liang

“…A suitably large value of velocity exponent α may be required to increase the working velocity of the viscous damper to reduce the damper’s participation in the process of the train crossing the bridge.…”
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Adductor canal block (ACB) plus infiltration of the posterior capsule of the knee (iPACK) block versus 4-in-1 block in an arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair: A ra... by Ritesh Roy, Gaurav Agarwal, Priyanka Ahuja, Ankita Mohta

“…Methods: The study was conducted on 184 participants undergoing ACL repair in the age group of 18–70 years. …”
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Online Learning as e-Learning: The Quality and Results (Critical Analysis) by A. V. Dozhdikov

“…This article critically examines the result obtained by researchers at the Higher School of Economics in relation to the results of the experiment to assess the quality of online learning. …”
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Oxidative balance scores and gallstone disease: mediating effects of oxidative stress by HaoPeng Zhu, Lei Jin, Zhe Zhang, Chao Lu, QiTao Jiang, YiPing Mou, WeiWei Jin

“…Methods Cross-sectional data from 6,196 participants in the NHANES 2017–2020 were analyzed. OBS, encompassing 16 dietary and 4 lifestyle factors, was assessed alongside GSD prevalence. …”
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Designing smartphone-based cognitive assessments for schizophrenia: Perspectives from a multisite study by Aishwarya Raje, Abhijit R. Rozatkar, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Ritu Shrivastava, Ameya Bondre, Manaal Amir Ahmad, Anshika Malviya, Yogendra Sen, Deepak Tugnawat, Anant Bhan, Tamonud Modak, Nabagata Das, Srilakshmi Nagendra, Erlend Lane, Juan Castillo, John A. Naslund, John Torous, Soumya Choudhary

“…Inductive thematic analysis was used to analyze data. Results: Participants found the app and its proposed cognitive assessments to be acceptable, helpful, and easy to use. …”
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