Cultural adaptation of ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) an early palliative care model for Iranian patients with heart failure and their caregivers: a qualitativ... by Arvin Mirshahi, Ali Khanipour-Kencha, Marie Bakitas, J. Nicholas Odom, Rachel Wells, Arpi Manookian

“…The one-on-one semi-structured interviews will explore three main areas: (1) the primary needs and challenges faced by individuals with heart failure and their family caregivers, (2) the extent of patients’ involvement in healthcare decision-making, and (3) participants’ preferences for content and delivery method of ENABLE. …”
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Cross sectional associations of physical activity and sleep with mental health among Chinese university students by Bo Li, Shan-shan Han, Yu-peng Ye, Ya-xing Li, Shu-qiao Meng, Shuo Feng, Han Li, Zhong-lei Cui, Yang-Sheng Zhang, Yao Zhang, Qing Zhang, Guang-xu Wang, Hu Lou, Weidong Zhu, Yang Liu

“…In September 2022, a survey was conducted among 36,756 university students from 104 higher education institutions across 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China. The participants’ PA behaviors, sleep patterns, depressive symptoms (use the CES-D), anxiety symptoms (use the GAD-7), smoking and drinking behaviors, and demographic information were assessed through an online questionnaire using Questionnaire Star software. …”
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Old Vilnius in the Perspektive of Nations' Historical Consciousness by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…On the one hand, the status of Vilnius as a capital was argued because of its multiethnicity; on the other hand, the question of multiculture was often neglected by stressing Polish, Russian, or Byelorussian heritage and thus participating in the political partition of Vilnius.   …”
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Systemic nitric oxide metabolites and the chance of pre-diabetes regression to normoglycemia: A 9-year cohort study by Zahra Bahadoran, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi, Asghar Ghasemi

“…Multinomial logistic regression analyses estimated the odds ratios (OR) of Pre-DM regression and progression across tertiles (tertile 3 vs. tertile 1 and tertile 2) of serum NOx, crude, and BW-adjusted NOx-to-Cr ratio. Results: Participants who regressed to normoglycemia (NG) had a higher BW-adjusted NOx-to-Cr ratio than those who developed type 2 diabetes (T2D) or those who remained Pre-DM (0.52±0.34 vs. 0.43±0.25 and 0.48±0.29, P=0.023). …”
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How does integrating ‘disaster nursing’ into nursing curricula impact nursing students’ perception of disaster literacy and preparedness? by Özüm Erkin, Selahattin Güçlü Kiyan

“…The study population comprised 66 nursing students enrolled in the elective "Disaster Nursing" course, with 62 volunteering for participation. Data collection tools included an individual introduction form, the Disaster Literacy Scale, and the Perception of Disaster Preparedness in Nurses Scale. …”
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Pediatric Emergency Department-based Food Insecurity Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Stephanie Ruest, Lana Nguyen, Celeste Corcoran, Susan Duffy

“…Conclusions: Nearly 60% of survey participants in an urban pediatric ED during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced food insecurity, substantially higher than previous reports. …”
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The White Matter Functional Abnormalities in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack: A Reinforcement Learning Approach by Huibin Ma, Zhou Xie, Lina Huang, Yanyan Gao, Linlin Zhan, Su Hu, Jiaxi Zhang, Qingguo Ding

“…Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and clinical/physiological/biochemical data were collected from each participant. We compared the group differences between patients with TIA and HCs in the low-frequency range of WM using two resting-state metrics: amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and fractional ALFF (fALFF). …”
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Mapping C. difficile TcdB interactions with host cell-surface and intracellular factors using proximity-dependent biotinylation labeling by Jennifer S. Ward, Karl J. Schreiber, John Tam, Ji-Young Youn, Roman A. Melnyk

“…Despite great progress in identifying many of the key host factors involved in the uptake of toxins, significant knowledge gaps remain as to how partially characterized and newly discovered microbial toxins exploit host factors or processes to intoxicate target cells. …”
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The Effect of Music on the Happiness of Turkman Elderly in Day Care Centers by Zahra Sabzi, Razieh Saffar, Fatemeh Mehravar, Hamideh Mancheri

“…Methods: A quasi-experimental, before-and-after design was employed, involving 74 elderly participants from two day care centers in Golestan province. …”
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Educational migration from Tajikistan to Russia: trends and consequences by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…The article considers the scale of emigration from Tajikistan to Russia, the distribution of Tajik migrants on the territory of Russia, the importance of the educational migration development for Tajikistan. …”
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The efficacy and safety of fluvoxamine in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials. by Qiufeng Zhou, Guozheng Zhao, Yu Pan, Ying Zhang, Yuehua Ni

“…<h4>Results</h4>We pooled 4,711 participants from six RCTs (2,382 in the fluvoxamine group and 2,329 in the placebo group). …”
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Adherence to Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Treatment among Patients with Uncomplicated Malaria in Northern Ghana by Abraham Rexford Oduro, Samuel Chatio, Paula Beeri, Thomas Anyorigiya, Rita Baiden, Philip Adongo, Patricia Akweongo

“…The average age was 12 years and females represented 54.0%. All participants completed day 3 follow-up but 12.7% had leftover pills. …”
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Prognostic implications of system inflammation response index in atrial fibrillation patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Yang Chen, Bin Zhou, Chaoquan Peng, Yong Liu, Weiyan Lai

“…A cohort of 2054 AF and T2DM patients participated. COX regression analysis revealed elevated SIRI levels as an independent risk factor for both in-hospital and 1-year mortality. 192 patients died during hospitalization, and 265 died during the follow-up of 1 year. …”
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LINC02389/miR-7-5p Regulated Cisplatin Resistance of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer via Promoting Oxidative Stress by Peng Ma, Wen Han, Cunying Meng, Xiaohong Tan, Pengfei Liu, Lei Dong

“…Besides, LINC02389 could reverse the inhibitory effect of cisplatin on NSCLC cells, which was partially reversed by attenuating the expression of miR-7-5p. …”
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Influence of Support Vector Regression (SVR) on Cryogenic Face Milling by Rao M. C. Karthik, Rashmi L. Malghan, Fuat Kara, Arunkumar Shettigar, Shrikantha S. Rao, Mervin A. Herbert

“…The performance of the (BNN-SVR) is a prevalent new ability to fetch the partially trained weights from the BNN model into the SVR model, thus leading to the conversion of static learning capability to dynamic capability. …”
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Transforming dementia research into practice: a multiple case study of academic research utilization strategies in Dutch Alzheimer Centres by Eden Meng Zhu, Martina Buljac-Samardžić, Kees Ahaus, Robbert Huijsman

“…Methods Individual semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 29 respondents across the five Alzheimer Centres in the Netherlands. Participants were selected through purposive (snowball) sampling. …”
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Congestive heart failure adherence redesign trial: a pilot study by Ashvarya Mangla, Rami Doukky, Lynda H Powell, Elizabeth Avery, DeJuran Richardson, James E Calvin

“…To assess the feasibility of conducting a larger trial testing the efficacy of this dual-level intervention, we conducted the Congestive Heart failure Adherence Redesign Trial Pilot (CHART-P), a proof-of-concept, quasi-experimental, feasibility pilot study.Setting A large tertiary care medical centre in Chicago.Participants Low-income patients (&lt;US$30 000/year) hospitalised for exacerbation of systolic HF (ejection fraction ≤50%) and their physicians. …”
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“…They were just treating her Symptom by Symptom”: maternal experiences of having a child with spinal muscular atrophy in Ghana by Esther Doe-Yo Tawiah, Jacob Owusu Sarfo

“…The study adhered to ethical guidelines, including informed consent procedures and confidentiality measures to protect participants’ rights and privacy. Results This study explored mothers’ experiences caring for children with SMA, revealing a spectrum of challenges that impact their physical, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being. …”
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Healthcare Workers’ General Health and Its Relation with Anxiety, Anger, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder during COVID-19 Outbreak in Southeast Iran by Alireza Malakoutikhah, Leila Ahmadi Lari, Pooya Baharloo, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Mohamed Alnaiem, Hossein Khaluei, Mahlagha Dehghan

“…Results. 28.1% (n=128) of the participants had mental health disorders. The mean score of anxiety was 43.99±9.24 which was at moderate to high level of anxiety. …”
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From Heritage Building Information Modelling Towards an ‘Echo-Based’ Heritage Digital Twin by Hord Arsalan, David Heesom, Nigel Moore

“…While this approach effectively preserves existing or partially extant heritage, it faces limitations in reconstructing lost or poorly documented structures. …”
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