Evaluation of lung cancer early detection offered by the German Social Accident Insurance for formerly asbestos-exposed employees using low-dose computed tomography – setting and s... by Felix Greiner, Jan Heidrich, Helena Keller, Dirk Taeger, Thorsten Wiethege, Volker Harth

“…The health services research project EVALUNG aims to evaluate the EVA-LCS using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. …”
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Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Acute Heart Failure: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Abdulmajeed Alharbi, Nahush Bansal, Anas Alsughayer, Momin Shah, Waleed Alruwaili, Mohammed Mhanna, Halah Alfatlawi, Eun Seo Kwak, Ayman Salih, Mohanad Qwaider, Ragheb Assaly

“…Background/Objectives: Heart failure presents a significant public health challenge, affecting millions in the US, with projections of increasing prevalence and economic burdens. …”
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Assessment of fluoride intake from drinking water and toothpaste in 3-year-olds: Preliminary results in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia by Đukić-Ćosić Danijela, Antonijević Evica, Mandinić Zoran, Ćurčić Marijana, Ćupić-Miladinović Dejana, Antonijević Biljana, Matović Vesna

“…Fluoride concentrations in water and toothpaste samples were determined electrochemically by using fluoride-selective electrode. …”
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Hypermethylation of PM20D1 Is Associated With Carotid Bifurcation Intima‐Media Thickness in Dominican Republic Families by Nicole D. Dueker, Hongyu Zhao, Hannah Gardener, Sonya S. Kaur, Chuanhui Dong, Digna Cabral, Ralph L. Sacco, Susan H. Blanton, Tatjana Rundek, Liyong Wang

“…As reported in GTEx (Genotype‐Tissue Expression project), rs823154 is an expression quantitative trait locus for PM20D1 in multiple tissues, including the aorta (P=2.3×10−60) and blood (P=4.0×10−73), suggesting that hypermethylation of the PM20D1 DMR directs lower expression of the gene. …”
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Socio-demographic factors related to children’s knowledge about their rights to healthcare services in transitional Albania by Herion Muja, Herion Muja, Herion Muja, Suela Vasil, Suela Vasil, Andis Qendro, Timo Clemens, Dorina Toçi, Dorina Toçi, Ervin Toçi, Helmut Brand, Genc Burazeri, Genc Burazeri

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Impact of Polystyrene Microplastics on Human Sperm Functionality: An In Vitro Study of Cytotoxicity, Genotoxicity and Fertility-Related Genes Expression by Filomena Mottola, Maria Carannante, Ilaria Palmieri, Lorenzo Ibello, Luigi Montano, Mariaceleste Pezzullo, Nicola Mosca, Nicoletta Potenza, Lucia Rocco

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Living with Dementia in Aotearoa (LiDiA): a cross-sectional feasibility study protocol for a multiethnic dementia prevalence study in Aotearoa/New Zealand by Mary Roberts, Ngaire Kerse, Sarah Cullum, Adrian Martinez-Ruiz, Susan Yates, Gary Cheung, Makarena Dudley, Rita Krishnamurthi, Fuafiva Fa’alau, Seini Taufa, Jacinta Fa’alili-Fidow, Claudia Rivera-Rodriguez, Staverton Kautoke, Etuini Ma’u

“…Recent estimations have projected a threefold increase in dementia prevalence in NZ by 2050, with the greatest increase in non-NZ–Europeans. …”
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Self-care practices of professionals on residency programs in the state of Paraíba in Brazil and their implications for primary health care by Ana Paula Ramos Machado, Élida de Fátima Diniz Souza, José Danúzio Leite de Oliveira, José Olivandro Duarte de Oliveira, Lauradella Geraldinne Sousa Nóbrega, Maysa Barbosa Rodrigues Toscano, Nayara Moreira Lacerda Massa, Ricardo Alves de Olinda, Alecsandra Ferreira Tomaz, Carla Campos Muniz Medeiros, David Matheson, Silvana Santos

“…Methods This was a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach and a census-type sample of 300 professionals. Data was obtained using an electronic questionnaire applied in the second half of 2023. …”
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Public values to guide childhood vaccination mandates: A report on four Australian community juries by Chris Degeling, Julie Leask, Katie Attwell, Nicholas Wood, Annette Braunack‐Mayer, Kerrie Wiley, Paul Ward, Stacy M. Carter

“…We deliberately excluded nonvaccinating individuals from participating, as the divisive and often hostile nature of the topic, and their minority status, made it difficult to ensure they would feel safe as members of the jury without overrepresenting their perspective in the sample. Two related projects engaged directly with these parents.…”
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Evaluation of the impact of ecological factors on the habitat suitability and bioactive components accumulation of the medicinal holoparasitic plant Cynomorium songaricum using mac... by Jiacheng Ji, Jiacheng Ji, Xinxin Wei, Xinxin Wei, Huan Guan, Huan Guan, Zikang Jin, Zikang Jin, Xin Yue, Zhuoran Jiang, Youla Su, Youla Su, Shuying Sun, Shuying Sun, Guilin Chen, Guilin Chen

“…Employing Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) modeling, we projected current and future (2050s-2090s) habitat suitability under four emission scenarios. …”
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Multicentre pragmatic embedded stepped wedge cluster randomised trial comparing glucose 5% with sodium chloride 0.9% as the default drug diluent in the ICU: the sweet-water trial p... by Alexander Zarbock, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Claudia Spies, Felix Balzer, Martin Witzenrath, Philipp Enghard, Björn Tampe, Oliver Hunsicker, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Bjoern Weiss, Jens Nee, Christian Strauss, Heiko Schenk, Jan-Hendrik Bernhard Hardenberg, Ricarda Merle Hinz, Mareen Pigorsch, Alexander Uhrig, Holger Müller-Redetzky, Tim Schroeder, Ulrike Trost, Daniel Zickler, Rainer Borgstedt, Mariam Abu-Tair, Uta Hildebrand, Dario von Wedel

“…The study will include twelve clusters (ICUs and one intermediate care unit) across six hospitals in Germany, with a projected total sample size of 4485 patients. In line with the stepped-wedge cluster-randomised design, one ICU will transition every 4 weeks, in a randomised sequence, from using sodium chloride 0.9% as the default drug diluent to glucose 5%.The primary endpoint is the prevalence of hypernatraemia >150 mmol/L through day 28. …”
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“Aria di Ricerca in Valle del Serchio”: a cross-sectional citizen science study to evaluate CKD prevalence and associations with environmental risk factors in the Serchio Valley (L... by Chiara Doccioli, Francesco Sera, Giorgia Stoppa, Bruna De Marchi, Bruna De Marchi, Dolores Catelan, Antonella Ficorilli, Antonella Ficorilli, Giulia Malavasi, Annibale Biggeri

“…This study, conducted as part of the European project CitieS-Health, aimed to estimate the prevalence of CKD in the Serchio Valley, Tuscany, Italy, an area subject to environmental contamination from various sources, including a potentially polluting copper foundry.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted from 2019 to 2022 among a representative sample of 400 adults from eight municipalities, integrating a citizen science (CS) approach to enhance public engagement. …”
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Association of PM2.5 and its elemental components with plasma metabolome in healthy older adults: Evidence from epidemiological and experimental studies by Quan Zhou, Liangping Chen, Chenzhou He, Xiaoying Liu, Wenli Wang, Shuling Kang, Yu Jiang, Jianjun Xiang, Xiaoyang Zhang, Chuancheng Wu

“…Fasting venous blood samples from participants and rat heart blood were collected for non-targeted metabolomic analysis using Orthogonal Projections to Latent Structures-Discriminant Analysis (OPLS-DA) and pathway enrichment analysis via MetaboAnalyst 5.0. …”
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The association between uterine adenomyosis and adverse obstetric outcomes: A propensity score‐matched analysis by Rachel S. Mandelbaum, Samuel J. F. Melville, Caroline J. Violette, Joie Z. Guner, Kaitlin A. Doody, Shinya Matsuzaki, Molly M. Quinn, Joseph G. Ouzounian, Richard J. Paulson, Koji Matsuo

“…Material and methods This historical cohort study queried the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's National Inpatient Sample. The study population was all hospital deliveries in women aged 15–54 years between January 2016 and December 2019. …”
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Generation of Dual-Color FISH probes targeting 9p21, Xp21, and 17p13.1 loci as diagnostic markers for some genetic disorders and cancer in Egypt by Amal M. Mohamed, Maha Eid, Ola Eid, Shymaa H Hussein, Wael Mahmoud, Rana Mahrous, Khaled Refaat, Marwa Farid

“…The production of FISH probes in Egypt can be used as a powerful diagnostic marker for genetic disorders and cancers and our work can be consider as a base to start national project to produce our needs of FISH probes.…”
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Elevated Dipeptides and Agrochemicals in the Saliva of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Dual Origin Metabolomic Insights by Preethi Balan, Weiying Lim, Yong Mong Bee, Qifan Chen, Fabio R.M. Leite, Chaminda Jaya Seneviratne

“…Methods: Salivary metabolites were analysed via ultraperformance liquid chromatography coupled with Q-Exactive mass spectrometry in samples from women with T2DM (n = 39) and healthy controls (n = 40). …”
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Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes from neonatal cortical microstructure: A conceptual replication study by Andrea Gondová, Sara Neumane, Yann Leprince, Jean-François Mangin, Tomoki Arichi, Jessica Dubois

“…This allowed us to evaluate whether some limitations of the original study (mainly small sample size and limited variability in the input and output features used in the predictive models) would influence the prediction results. …”
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Exposure to high temperature and sleep in preadolescents from two European birth cohorts by Esmée Essers, Laura Granés, Núria Botella, Sami Petricola, Llúcia González-Safont, Ane Arregi, Oscar Vegas, Martine Vrijheid, Carmen Iñiguez, Hanan El Marroun, Henning Tiemeier, Mònica Guxens

“…Methods: We evaluated preadolescents from the Dutch Generation R Study (3,340 (mean age 13.5 years) and the Spanish INMA Project (587 (mean age 14.3 years)). Ambient nocturnal temperature at participants’ residences was estimated with the UrbClim model at a 100x100m resolution. …”
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Milk quality and production under climate change uncertainty: case of the Algerian cattle breed by Ali Boudebbouz, Aissam Bousbia, Rassim Khelifa, Meriem Imen Boussadia, Asma Ben Chabane, Lamiss Boumendjel, Meryem Sahri, Dounya Achwak Chemmam, Yassine Gueroui, George Symeon, Sofiane Boudalia

“…Following that, 122 milk samples were collected for physicochemical and bacteriological analyses. …”
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Skeletal Muscle Resident Progenitor Cells Coexpress Mesenchymal and Myogenic Markers and Are Not Affected by Chronic Heart Failure-Induced Dysregulations by R. I. Dmitrieva, T. A. Lelyavina, M. Y. Komarova, V. L. Galenko, O. A. Ivanova, P. A. Tikanova, N. V. Khromova, A. S. Golovkin, M. A. Bortsova, A. Sergushichev, M. Yu. Sitnikova, A. A. Kostareva

“…Gastrocnemius muscle biopsy samples were obtained from 3 healthy donors (HD) and 12 HF patients to purify mRNA for further analysis and to isolate SM-MPC. …”
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