A Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Dementia Risk Reduction: Protocol for the My Healthy Brain Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Ryan A Mace, Makenna E Law, Joshua E Cohen, Christine S Ritchie, Olivia I Okereke, Bettina B Hoeppner, Judson A Brewer, Stephen J Bartels, Ana-Maria Vranceanu

“…No enrolled participants have dropped out. Enrollment is projected to be completed by December 2024. …”
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Reducing Heavy Drinking Through the “Sober Curious” Movement in Australia: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Paul Russell Ward, Michael Savic, Sarah MacLean, Belinda Lunnay, Antonia Lyons, Tonda Hughes, Kerry London, Gabriel Caluzzi, Simone Pettigrew, Amy Pennay, Samantha Meyer, Tristan Duncan, Nicole Lee

“…MethodsThe project involves 3 stages. Stage 1 will examine the supply side of alcohol-free products. …”
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Genetic surveillance shows spread of ACT resistance during period of malaria decline in Vietnam (2018-2020) by Johanna Helena Kattenberg, Mathijs Mutsaers, Van Hong Nguyen, Thi Hong Ngoc Nguyen, Arlette Umugwaneza, Maria Lara-Escandell, Xuan Xa Nguyen, Thi Huong Binh Nguyen, Anna Rosanas-Urgell

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ELK3-CXCL16 axis determines natural killer cell cytotoxicity via the chemotactic activity of CXCL16 in triple negative breast cancer by Hae-Yun Jung, Dae-Keum Lee, Minwook Lee, Seung Hee Choi, Joo Dong Park, Eun-Su Ko, Jongwon Lee, Kyung-Soon Park, Hae-Yun Jung

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Outness predicts greater leukocyte telomere length in sexually minoritized men with HIV who use methamphetamine by Renessa S. Williams, Ariana Johnson, Michael Miller-Perusse, Annesa Flentje, Judy Moskowitz, Samantha E. Dilworth, Keith J. Horvath, Adam W. Carrico, Brad E. Aouizerat, Delaram Ghanooni

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Well-being package for foster carers and teachers of looked-after children aged 8 to 11 years: the STrAWB feasibility RCT by Nikki Luke, Robin Banerjee, Valerie Dunn, Nick Douglas, Áine Kelly, Helen Trivedi, Annette Bauer, Andrew Cook, Nick Midgley, Matt Woolgar

“…But those who participated thought the project was useful and much needed and felt that splitting children into two groups to see if STrAWB improved well-being was acceptable.…”
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Protocol for a multicentre, prospective cohort study of clinical, proteomic and genomic patterns associated with osteoporosis to develop a multidimensional fracture assessment tool... by Noushin Fahimfar, Bagher Larijani, Afshin Ostovar, Iraj Nabipour, Patricia Khashayar, Hans Peter Dimai, Nahid Moradi, Safoora Gharibzadeh

“…Introduction The HORIZON 2020 project PoCOsteo aims (1) to develop a multidimensional fracture risk assessment tool which would take into account all factors known to be related to an individual’s fracture risk. …”
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Characterization of growth and metabolomic profiles of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei ProSci-92 as a potential probiotic culture in extended milk fermentation by Ting Wu, Shuai Guo, Lai-Yu Kwok, Jicheng Wang, Heping Zhang

“…This study monitored the growth and metabolic dynamics of ProSci-92 and during a 60-h milk fermentation process using nontargeted metabolomics. Fermented milk samples were collected every 12 h, enabling comparative metabolomic profiling at adjacent time points. …”
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The Rational Use of Oxalic Acid Against to “Varroa Destructor”; Regional Scale Pilot Scheme by Fatih Yılmaz, Sedat Sevin, Gökhan Akdeniz, Seyit Hasan Öztürk, Ahmet Kuvancı, Hasan Ese, Mücahit Buldağ, Gülden Ayvaz Baykal

“…In order to evaluate the data, samples were taken for four periods, before and after spraying in spring and autumn. …”
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The Influence of Nordic Walking Training on the Serum Levels of Sirtuins, FOXO3a, and Vitamin D Metabolites in Patients with Multiple Myeloma by Olga Czerwińska-Ledwig, Małgorzata Żychowska, Artur Jurczyszyn, Joanna Kryst, Adrianna Dzidek, Roxana Zuziak, Anna Jurczyszyn, Anna Piotrowska

“…All participants underwent a thorough medical interview before starting the project. Venous blood samples were collected from all participants four times—at baseline, after 3 weeks, after 6 weeks, and after 9 weeks (follow-up). …”
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Biological and Physical Environmental Drivers of Diet Variation in Northern Fur Seals by Elizabeth A. McHuron, Jeremy T. Sterling, Katie Luxa, James Thorson, Rod Towell, Rolf R. Ream, Tonya Zeppelin

“…The frequency of occurrence (FO) of all eight fur seal prey groups detected from hard parts analysis of samples collected from 1987 to 2012 was affected by interannual variation in at least one of the three environmental variables. …”
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Older patients affected by COVID-19: investigating the existence of biological phenotypes by Alberto Zucchelli, Marta Parigi, Silvia Giliani, Davide Liborio Vetrano, Daniela Lucente, Emanuele Marzetti, Riccardo Calvani, Giuseppe Bellelli, Alessandra Marengoni

“…Frailty was identified in 42% of the sample and 27.2% were unable to ambulate outdoors. …”
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Respiratory function and respiratory complications in spinal cord injury: protocol for a prospective, multicentre cohort study in high-income countries by David J Berlowitz, Maria T E Hopman, Martin Schubert, Gabi Mueller, Martin W G Brinkhof, Xavier Jordan, Anja M Raab, Karin Postma, David Gobets, Sven Hirschfeld, Burkhart Huber, Margret Hund-Georgiadis, Renate Wildburger

“…Inpatients with acute SCI, with complete or incomplete cervical or thoracic lesions, 18 years or older and not/no more dependent on 24-hour mechanical ventilation within the first 3 months after injury are eligible for inclusion. The target sample size is 500 participants. The primary outcome is an occurrence of pneumonia; secondary outcomes include pneumonia-related mortality and quality of life. …”
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Study protocol for a multimethod investigation of the development of social and nonsocial reward responsivity and depression in autistic adolescents: Reward and Depression in Autis... by Jessica M. Schwartzman, Autumn Kujawa, Shafali S. Jeste, Blythe A. Corbett, Wenyi Xu, Alexa D. Monachino, Marian A. Castro, Katia Cardenas-Quintero, Anh Dao, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, Santiago Morales

“…A clinical sample of 100 autistic adolescents (14–17 years old) without intellectual disability and with varying severity of depression symptoms (at least 50% with current depression) will be recruited. …”
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The causal relationship between the human gut microbiota and pyogenic arthritis: a Mendelian randomization study by Boliang Bai, Longfei Luo, Feng Yao, Qian Sun, Xingguang Chen, Wen Zheng, Lang Jiang, Xiaodong Wang, Guanghao Su

“…We employed the two-sample Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the causal association between the gut microbiota and pyogenic arthritis. …”
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Ten recommendations for scanning foraminifera by X-ray computed tomography by A. Searle-Barnes, A. Brombacher, A. Brombacher, O. Katsamenis, O. Katsamenis, K. Rankin, M. Mavrogordato, T. Ezard

“…</p> <p>The values of these parameters can exhibit significant variability across individuals, based on the specific needs of the study, the equipment used, and the unique attributes of the samples under consideration. Our motivation with this paper is to share our experience and offer a foundation for similar studies.…”
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Antifungal Metabolites from High-Altitude Soil Actinomycetes Isolated from Nepal by Sagar Aryal, F.P. Jake Haeckl, Rameshwar Adhikari, Balmukunda Regmi, Dev Raj Joshi

“…In the present study, we aimed to detect antifungal compounds from selected Streptomyces species isolated from soil samples.  We selected three strains of Streptomyces (Streptomyces sp. 13104, Streptomyces sp. 13081, and Streptomyces sp. 12933), and fermentation was carried out using International Streptomyces Project (ISP) 2 medium. …”
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Type 1 diabetes prevention clinical trial simulator: Case reports of model‐informed drug development tool by Juan Francisco Morales, Marian Klose, Yannick Hoffert, Jagdeep T. Podichetty, Jackson Burton, Stephan Schmidt, Klaus Romero, Inish O'Doherty, Frank Martin, Martha Campbell‐Thompson, Michael J. Haller, Mark A. Atkinson, Sarah Kim

“…We then applied trial‐specific inclusion/exclusion criteria, sample sizes in treatment and placebo arms, trial duration, assessment interval, and dropout rate. …”
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Cohort profile of PLUTO: a perioperative biobank focusing on prediction and early diagnosis of postoperative complications by Johannes B Reitsma, Marc J M Bonten, Anne Marie G A de Smet, Remco de Bree, Arjen J C Slooter, Gert-Jan de Borst, Imo E Hoefer, Menno R Vriens, Jelle P Ruurda, Peter Noordzij, Lisette M Vernooij, Ronald P Zweemer, Nikki de Mul, Diede Verlaan, Wilhelmina M U van Grevenstein, Jeroen Hagendoorn, Charles Vogely, Jelle L G Haitsma Mulier, Marcel R de Zoete, Janetta Top, Jan A J Kluijtmans, Thijs Rettig, Marije Marsman, Lennie Derde, Judith van Waes, Mienke Rijsdijk, Willem Jan M Schellekens, Olaf L Cremer

“…During the inception phase of the project (first 2 years), 431 patients were eligible of whom 297 patients consented to participate (69%). …”
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Determinants and relationships of climate change, climate change hazards, mental health, and well-being: a systematic review by Karolin Rückle, Mario Rohrer, Barbara Mihók, Barbara Mihók, Maria Johansson, Hanna Andersson, Muhammad Saleem Pomee, Eleni Vergadi, Glykeria Rouva, Apoorv Agrawal, Balint Balázs, Erika Brattich, Maria Carelli, Claudia De Luca, Silvana Di Sabatino, Sruthi Krishnan V, Anna Molter, Francesco Pilla, Paolo Ruggieri, Anna Scolobig, Elke Hertig

“…Overall, comparing the different hazard-outcome relationships is difficult due to varying definitions, measurement techniques, spatial and temporal range, scales, indicators and population samples.Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/home, identifier CRD42023426758.…”
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