Determinants of food insecurity among Syrian refugee women and their coping strategies by Kübra Esin, Feride Ayyıldız

“…Results It was found that 28% of the women who participated in the study had food security, 35% had mild, 24% had moderate, and 13% had severe food insecurity. …”
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Structural characteristics and problems of dairy farms in balıkesir province by Burak Mat, Yavuz Cevger

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> It was determined that 49.6% of dairy cattle enterprise owners were high school graduates and 63% did not participate in any training related to dairy cattle breeding. …”
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Protecting the American dream for socially vulnerable families: An evaluation of state-level policies to improve housing security and protect mobile home communities by Morgan Clennin, Denise Hartsock, Olivia Goodman, Stacie Daugherty, Cheryl Kelly

“…Methods: Ten mobile home parks in three small-to-medium sized communities in Colorado were invited to participate in the evaluation conducted between 2020 and 2022. …”
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Fetal Rhesus D Genotyping and Sex Determination from Maternal Plasma of Rhesus D-Negative Antenatal Population: The Usefulness of Conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction in Resource... by Otchere Addai-Mensah, Edward Y. Afriyie, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Christian Obirikorang, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Eddie-Williams Owiredu, Francis A. Amponsah, Richard Vikpebah Duneeh, Evans Asamoah Adu

“…Blood samples were collected from each participant (in the third trimester of pregnancy) for DNA extraction/purification and fetal RhD genotyping. …”
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Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of Empirical vitamin D therapy on unintentional falls in older adults in the UK by J Smith, J S Davies, C D Poole

“…Objectives To evaluate the health outcomes and economics associated with the current guidance relating to the prevention of falls in the elderly through vitamin D supplementation.Setting UK.Participants UK population aged 60 years and above.Interventions A Markov health state transition model simulated patient transitions between key fall-related outcomes using a 5-year horizon and annual cycles to assess the costs and benefits of empirical treatment with colecalciferol 800 iu daily.Primary and secondary outcome measures Costs and health outcomes attributable to fall prevention following vitamin D supplementation.Results Our model shows that treating the UK population aged 60 years and above with 800 iu colecalciferol would, over a 5-year period: (1) prevent in excess of 430 000 minor falls; (2) avoid 190 000 major falls; (3) prevent 1579 acute deaths; (4) avoid 84 000 person-years of long-term care and (5) prevent 8300 deaths associated with increased mortality in long-term care. …”
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Peripheral blood age-sensitive immune markers in multiple sclerosis: relation to sex, cytomegalovirus status, and treatmentResearch in context by Haritha Desu, Renaud Balthazard, Audrey Daigneault, Sandra Da Cal, Wendy Klément, Jennifer Yu, Marie-Laure Clénet, Clara Margarido, Annie Levert, Canisius Fantodji, Olivier Tastet, Jean-Marc Girard, Pierre Duquette, Alexandre Prat, Gabrielle Macaron, Marie-Claude Rousseau, Nathalie Arbour, Catherine Larochelle

“…How MS and disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) impact age-sensitive immune biomarkers is only partially understood. Methods: We analyzed 771 serum samples from 147 healthy controls and 289 people with MS (PwMS) by multiplex immunoassays. …”
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Hand cooling induces changes in the kinetics of oxygen uptake by Louis Finiel, Daria Neyroud, Jean-Philippe Antonietti, Anthony M. J. Sanchez, Fabio Borrani

“…Abstract The objective of this investigation was to assess the impact of elevated catecholamine concentrations, induced through cold-water hand immersion, on the oxygen consumption (V̇O2) kinetics during intense exercise, and to contrast this effect with that of the priming effect. Ten active participants underwent three 8-minute constant work rate exercises (CWR) at ∆25%, with one CWR preceded by hand cooling (2 min at 0 °C, HC) and two consecutive CWR to induced priming effect on the second bout (SB). …”
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Electronic health record and primary care physician self-reported quality of care: a multilevel study in China by Wenhua Wang, Mengyao Li, Katya Loban, Jinnan Zhang, Xiaolin Wei, Rebecca Mitchel

“…Methods A total of 224 primary care physicians from 38 community health centres (CHCs) in four large Chinese cities participated in a cross-sectional survey to assess CHC care quality. …”
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Diabetes and Hemoglobin A1c as Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infections in Critically Ill Patients by Eirini Tsakiridou, Demosthenes Makris, Vasiliki Chatzipantazi, Odysseas Vlachos, Grigorios Xidopoulos, Olympia Charalampidou, Georgios Moraitis, Epameinondas Zakynthinos

“…HbA1c was calculated for all participants. DM, HbA1c, and other clinical and laboratory parameters were assessed as risk factors for VAP or BSI in ICU. …”
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Effectiveness of cupping therapy for musculoskeletal pain: an umbrella review by Mohamed Magdy ElMeligie, Amr M. Yehia, Mahmoud Hamada Mohamed, Manna Mahmoud, Mohamed N. AlKholui, Ghada I. Mohamed

“…Results A total of 301 studies involving 27,960 participants were analysed in 21 systematic reviews. …”
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Body Mass Index Trajectories during 6–18 Years Old and the Risk of Hypertension in Young Adult: A Longitudinal Study in Chinese Population by Haoyue Teng, Jia Hu, Wenxin Ge, Qiling Dai, Ji Liu, Chengqi Xiao, Jieyun Yin, Xiaoyan Zhu

“…Based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), a total of 1,872 participants who received ≥2 measurements of BMI during 6–18 years and had assessment of blood pressure (BP) in young adulthood were included. …”
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Concurrent Validation and Reference Values of Gluteus Medius Clinical Test by Amanda S S Teixeira, Paula L Silva, Sabrina P Cintra, Fernanda Viegas, Luciana D Mendonça, Natália F N Bittencourt

“…On the first day, participants performed the maximal isometric test of the hip abductors, measured via hand-held dynamometry. …”
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Improving the Teaching of Persian Verse Literature for non-Persian Speakers: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Educational Materials by Amirreza Vakilifard, Fatemeh Janatirad, Zoya Rezaei Mahalati

“…It is essential to note that this questionnaire underwent a rigorous process of validation and reliability assessment. A total of 29 participants, Persian language and literature instructors, contributed to this research, with a distribution of 18 females and 11 males. …”
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Validation of the COTENP Code: A Steady-State Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis Code for Nuclear Reactors with Plate Type Fuel Assemblies by Duvan A. Castellanos-Gonzalez, João Manoel Losada Moreira, José Rubens Maiorino, Pedro Carajilescov

“…This article presents the validation of the Code for Thermal-hydraulic Evaluation of Nuclear Reactors with Plate Type Fuels (COTENP), a subchannel code which performs steady-state thermal-hydraulic analysis of nuclear reactors with plate type fuel assemblies operating with the coolant at low pressure levels. …”
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Using machine learning to predict patients with polycystic ovary disease in Chinese women by Chen-Yu Wang, Dee Pei, Chun-Kai Wang, Jyun-Cheng Ke, Siou-Ting Lee, Ta-Wei Chu, Yao-Jen Liang

“…Materials and methods: Totally, 170 PCOS patients and 950 control participants were included. We collected information on demographics, biochemistry, and lifestyle. …”
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Behavioural patterns of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study of the effects of active transportation, uninterrupted sitting time, and screen us... by Nicolas Jacquemond, Andrés Ladino, Guillaume Chevance, Brice Lefèvre, Gonzalo Marchant

“…The questionnaire assessed physical activity and sedentary behaviour, and contained questions about modes of transport, and perception of uninterrupted sitting time and screen time to study prior to confinement and during confinement. Participants (N=2873) completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) in an average time of around 15 minutes, after providing digital informed consent. …”
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The effect of an 8-month exercise program on bone density and some physical characteristics in sedentary women by Sedef Kurt, Serkan Hazar

“…The aim of the study was to determine and evaluate the effect of an 8-month step-aerobic and run-walk exercise on bone density and some physical characteristics as weight, total fat mass, total fat percentile and lean mass at sedentary females  14 sedentary females with mean age 37.4 voluntarily participated in the study. Subjects performed an exercise program lasted an hour three days a week for eight months. …”
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Nanoparticles transfected with plasmid-encoded lncRNA-OIP5-AS1 inhibit renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice via the miR-410-3p/Nrf2 axis by Rongjie Zhang, Xin Zhang, Xuhui Zhu, Tao Li, Yansheng Li, Peng Zhang, Yuanhao Chen, Gao Li, Xiuwu Han

“…Additionally, miR-410-3p mimics could reverse the effects of POP-NPs on cellular models, partially counteracted by Nrf2 agonists. The binding relationship between OIP5-AS1 and miR-410-3p, alongside miR-410-3p and Nrf2, has been substantiated by dual-luciferase reporter and RNA pull-down assays. …”
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The association between Planetary Health Diet Index (PHDI) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): the mediating role of dietary inflammatory index (DII) by Hongyang Gong, Kaifeng Zhang, Seok Choi, Shaoqun Huang

“…Furthermore, a mediation analysis was carried out to investigate any possible correlation between DII and the link between PHDI and COPD. Results 30,304 participants were included in this investigation, and 1,498 of them reported COPD events. …”
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Blockchain and cloud platforms in banking services: A paradox perspective by Piotr Łasak, Sławomir Wyciślak

“…The degree of interconnectedness between platform participants and the level of centralization of banking services depends on the platform type. …”
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