Life-course socioeconomic status and breast and cervical cancer screening: analysis of the WHO's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) by Dejana Braithwaite, Tomi Akinyemiju, Kemi Ogunsina, Swati Sakhuja, Valentine Ogbhodo

“…We examined the association between individual, parental and life-course SES in relation to breast and cervical cancer screening using education-based and employment-based measures of SES.Participants 22 283 women aged 18–65 years, recruited from China, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa.Results Having a college degree (OR 4.18; 95% CI 2.36 to 7.40) increased the odds of breast cancer screening compared with no formal education. …”
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Association between colorectal cancer and arthritis among Americans in 2005–2016 by Zhongbo Hou, Niping Qin, Yanlin He, Jiang Chen, Yibo Cao, Wei Xie, Tianbao Xiao

“…A total of 300,106 adults participated in the study, and through a questionnaire survey, they were categorized into the control group and the CRC group. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of Field-Based Physical Fitness Tests: A Systematic Review by Carolina Cruz-León, Pablo Expósito-Carrillo, Sandra Sánchez-Parente, José Jiménez-Iglesias, Milkana Borges-Cosic, Magdalena Cuenca-Garcia, José Castro-Piñero

“…Studies were classified as very low quality, low quality or high quality, based on the criteria of appropriate number of participants, appropriate description of the study population, and appropriate number of items reported to assess feasibility/safety. …”
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MARKETS IN CRYPTO-ASSETS AND CAPITAL MARKET by Cristian GHEORGHE

“…Representations of value regarding crypto asset include a value attributed to a crypto-asset by the parties concerned or by market participants. That means the value is based on the interest of the purchaser of the cryptoasset only. …”
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Association between psychological resilience, social support and oral health behaviours in patients with implant dentures by Tingting Cui, Liying Qiu, Deqiang Hou

“…Oral health behaviour partially mediated the relationship between psychological resilience and social support. …”
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Pituitary Stalk Interruption Syndrome: A Case and Literature Review by Anuja Choure, MD, Leena Shahla, MD

“…The magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed an ectopic posterior pituitary with a partially empty sella, absence of the pituitary stalk, and a small anterior pituitary. …”
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Overview of systematic reviews on strategies to improve treatment initiation, adherence to antiretroviral therapy and retention in care for people living with HIV: part 1 by Lehana Thabane, Shari Margolese, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Beth Rachlis, Winston Husbands, Carmen Logie, Marek Smieja, Elizabeth Alvarez, Daeria O Lawson, Anisa Hajizadeh, Annie Wang, Dominik Mertz, Anita C Benoit, Lisa Puchalski Ritchie, Babalwa Zani

“…Knowledge gaps were the types of participants included in primary studies (vulnerable populations not included), poor research quality of primary studies and poorly tailored interventions (not designed for vulnerable populations). …”
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Enfoque y manejo del paciente con trauma toracoabdominal penetrante by Sergio Luis Jaramillo Escobar, Ana Lucía Castaño Cardona

“…Delimitar de forma apropiada esta zona anatómica es el punto de partida para hacer un uso eficiente de las ayudas de imagen disponibles, pero se conocen sus limitaciones. …”
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ASSESMENT OF THE ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BORDER INSECURITY USING AHP. A CASE STUDY OF GURIN-FOFURE, ADAMAWA STATE. by JOLLY P. M, MUAZU H. G.

“…Delphi method was employed in the selection of participants for the study in the areas affected by border insecurity based on the knowledge of the population and the purpose of the studywith the sample size of 385. …”
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Exploring the associations of gut microbiota with inflammatory and the early hematoma expansion in intracerebral hemorrhage: from change to potential therapeutic objectives by Haixiao Jiang, Wei Zeng, Fei Zhu, Xiaoli Zhang, Demao Cao, Aijun Peng, Hongsheng Wang

“…This study analyzes these changes and associations in order to predict and prevent hematoma expansion after emICH.MethodsThe study included 100 participants, with 70 individuals diagnosed with emICH (30 with hematoma expansion and 40 without hematoma expansion, referred to as the HE and NE groups) and 30 healthy controls matched in terms of age and gender (HC). …”
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Impact of a phone call with a medical student/general practitioner team on morbidity of chronic patients during the first French COVID-19 lockdown (COVIQuest): a cluster randomised... by Bruno Giraudeau, Estelle Boivin, Vincent Camus, Agnes Caille, Olivier Saint-Lary, Jean-Pierre Lebeau, Stéphanie Sidorkiewicz, Denis Pouchain, Maeva Jego, Sophie Sun, Denis Angoulvant, Wissam El-Hage, Sébastien Bruel, Clarisse Dibao-Dina, Julie Léger, Isabelle Ettori-Ajasse, Juliette Chambe, Karim Abou-Mrad-Fricquegnon, Baptiste Motte, Benoit Chiron, Cam-Anh Khau, Tiphanie Bouchez, Maria Ghali, Leslie Guillon-Grammatico, Emeline Laurent, Rémy Boussageon

“…Clusters were GPs from eight French regions.Participants Patients ≥70 years old with chronic CVD (COVIQuest_CV subtrial) or ≥18 years old with MHD (COVIQuest_MH subtrial).Interventions A standardised GP-initiated phone call aiming to evaluate patients’ need for urgent healthcare, with a control group benefiting from usual care (ie, the contact with the GP was by the patient’s initiative).Main outcome measures Hospital admission within 1 month after the phone call.Results In the COVIQuest_CV subtrial, 131 GPs and 1834 patients were included in the intervention group and 136 GPs and 1510 patients were allocated to the control group. …”
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“I lock myself in my room and cry in frustration”: an analysis of adolescent behaviors of child-to-parent violence by Shirley Arias-Rivera, Barbara Lorence, Barbara Lorence, Jesus Maya

“…A randomized sample of 1,067 Spanish adolescents, participating in a national CPV project, was studied using the Child-to-Parent Aggression Questionnaire. …”
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Association of ambient temperature with social isolation among the community-dwelling Chinese older adults: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong by Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Hong Qiu, Kin-Fai Ho, Annie Wai-Ling Cheung, Hera Leung, Frank Youhua Chen, Eng-Kiong Yeoh

“…Results: Among the 1616 participants, the distribution of LSNS-6 score was approximately normal and the mean score was a bit higher on cool days than on hot days (13.0 vs. 12.2). …”
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Unraveling pathogenesis and potential biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder associated with HIF1A pathway based on machine learning and experiment validation by Jinru Cui, Heli Li, Cong Hu, Feiyan Zhang, Yunjie Li, Ying Weng, Liping Yang, Yingying Li, Minglan Yao, Hao Li, Xiaoping Luo, Yan Hao

“…Hypoxic condition of the brain is considered an important pathological mechanism of ASD. HIF1A is a key participant in brain hypoxia, but its contribution to the pathophysiological landscape of ASD remains unclear. …”
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Acute dental pain and the different management methods among adults in Taif, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Bandar S. Shukr, Ayman Mandorah, Faisal K. Altalhi, Yousef A. Alqurashi, Hassan T. Shawli, Ali A. Alqarni, Mohammed A. Alzubaidi

“…Results and Discussion: Of the 556 participants, approximately 68% reported having dental pain, and almost 39% reported that the pain originated from a tooth. …”
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The role of sex, age, and BMI in treatment decisions for knee osteoarthritis: conservative management versus total knee replacement by Fabiola Ojeda, Laura Tío, Francisco Castro-Domínguez, Simone Tassani, Jerome Noailly, Jordi Monfort

“…Methods This case–control study compared patients assigned to TKR versus conservative management, examining subjects aged 60–75 years with radiographically confirmed KOA (Kellgren–Lawrence grades 2–3), with all participants evaluated by blinded clinicians using validated assessment tools including Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADs), Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Daily physical activity (DPA) questionnaires. …”
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Hybrid Power Generation Supply Chain Financing and Purchasing Strategies with Option Hedging against Disruption by Guoshu Dong, Qing Xia, Bo Xu, Ziguang Dong

“…However, the impact of strategic behavior on all participants in the ESC remains unexplored. Thus, we construct a game model for the ESC consisting of two heterogeneous power plants and a strategic power grid with financial constraints, in order to analyze the purchasing and financing strategies for low-carbon electric-power consumption and examine the profit scenario from the credit and option hedging. …”
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Enhance health evidence quality in classification tasks: A triangulation approach utilizing case-based reasoning and process features by Ruihua Guo, Ross Smith, Qifan Chen, Angus Ritchie, Simon Poon

“…This study proposed an integrated approach to enhance the quality of health evidence from a classification task for predicting Medicare's Diagnosis-Related Groups of ischemic heart disease (IHD) patients. Methods Eligible participants were identified from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC IV), a publicly available hospital database. …”
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The moderating effect of alternate Mediterranean diet on the association between sedentary behavior and insomnia in postmenopausal women by Zhumei Sheng, Mincong Zhou

“…Similarly, in the participants with low aMED adherence, sedentary time ≥8 h was also associated with prolonged nocturnal awakening (OR = 1.90, 95% CI = 1.27–2.83) and undesired early morning awakening (OR = 1.85, 95% CI = 1.09–3.16).ConclusionAdherence to the aMED modulates the association between sedentary behavior and insomnia symptoms in postmenopausal women. …”
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Spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitors disrupt human neutrophil swarming and antifungal functions by Alex Hopke, Adam L. Viens, Natalie J. Alexander, Seok Joon Mun, Michael K. Mansour, Daniel Irimia

“…Furthermore, we reveal that granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (GCSF and GM-CSF) can partially rescue the antifungal functions of neutrophils exposed to SYK inhibitors. …”
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