Association of sleep duration with overweight and obesity among school-aged children and adolescents in Pakistan—An empirical cross-sectional study by Moazzam Tanveer, Alexios Batrakoulis, Ejaz Asghar, Andreas Hohmann, Serge Brand, Matheus S. de Sousa Fernandes, Luca P. Ardigò, Georgian Badicu

“…Overweight and obesity were determined using WHO references. Statistical analyses included Chi-square tests, Pearson correlation coefficients, and logistic regressions. …”
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Caesarean section rates and indications in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The case of Mbandaka City by Patrick Bongbanga Mundembe, Roger Mwimba Mbungu, Félicien Kandolo Tshimungu, Jules Moti Kangite, Jean Claude Efoloko Likulu, Guillin Boboko Bikoko, Monizi Mawunu, Jean-Paul Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua

“… Introduction Caesarean section (CS) is a medically appropriate intervention for managing complications during childbirth. However, the increasing number of both scheduled and emergency CS procedures has led to concerns about the potential overuse of this technique. …”
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Ningaloo Marine Park management program best practice for whale shark (Rhincodon typus) conservation by Julian A. Tyne, Holly Raudino, Emily Lester, Gemma Francis, Peter Barnes, Kelly Waples

“…Using EMS data from 2010 to 2023 we mapped the density distribution of all whale shark encounters to identify hotspots. …”
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Management of Persistent Epistaxis Using Floseal Hemostatic Matrix vs. traditional nasal packing: a prospective randomized control trial by Scott Murray, Adrian Mendez, Alexander Hopkins, Hamdy El-Hakim, Caroline C. Jeffery, David W. J. Côté

“…Trial registration Trial registration number: NCT02488135 . Date registered: June 26, 2015.…”
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Regulatory T cell-like response to SARS-CoV-2 in Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) transduced with human ACE2. by Bradly Burke, Savannah M Rocha, Shijun Zhan, Miles Eckley, Clara Reasoner, Amin Addetia, Juliette Lewis, Anna Fagre, Phillida A Charley, Juergen A Richt, Susan R Weiss, Ronald B Tjalkens, David Veesler, Tawfik Aboellail, Tony Schountz

“…Viral antigen was prominent in lungs for up to 14 days, with loss of pulmonary cellularity during this time; however, the bats did not exhibit weight loss or visible signs of disease. …”
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Association of different insulin resistance surrogates with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among the population with cardiometabolic multimorbidity by Hongqiang Zhang, Zhixin Tu, Sihua Liu, Jumei Wang, Jie Shi, Xingyu Li, Rongdongqing Shi, Minghui Chen, Tong Yue, Sihui Luo, Yu Ding, Xueying Zheng

“…Results Of the 477 all-cause deaths that occurred during a median follow-up of 5.8 years, 197 were related to cardiovascular disease. …”
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Effect of K-N-Humates on Dry Matter Production and Nutrient Use Efficiency of Maize in Sarawak, Malaysia by Auldry Chaddy Petrus, Osumanu Haruna Ahmed, Ab Majid Nik Muhamad, Hassan Mohammad Nasir, Make Jiwan

“…The plant samples were harvested on the 57th DAS during the tassel stage. The dry matter of plant parts (leaves, stems, and roots) were determined and analyzed for N, P, and K using standard procedures. …”
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Abortion-related complications in Brazil: results from the World Health Organization Multi-country Survey on Abortion (MCS-A) by Nelio Neves Veiga Junior, Luiz Francisco Cintra Baccaro, Adriana Mendonça da Silva Alexandrino, Alexandre Volta Andrade do Nascimento, Camila Tereza Camilo Clerot, Cintya Andreia do Nascimento Santos, Claudia Lucrécia de Matos Silva, Claudio Lucio de Medeiros Albuquerque, Débora Paulo Santos, Demétrio Antonio Gonçalves da S. Gomes, Édson Cunha de Araújo Junior, Elizabete das Chagas Vilanova, Georgina Costa Teixeira, Graciete Helena Nascimento dos Santos, Guilherme Augusto Guerra Avelar, Iara Elce Lopes Barros, Jaqueline Polon Abboud, Jeane Cristina Antas Lins, Joanne Thalita Pereira Silva, Kelma H. Aguiar de Lucena, Lara Wanderley Paes Barbosa, Lia Ferreira Caixeta Barreto de Siqueira, Luciana de Melo Freitas Carneiro, Lucila Nagata, Márcia de Oliveira Pereira Lúcio, Maria Cleane Rodrigues da Silva, Maria da Conceição Ribeiro Simões, Maria Fernanda da Mota Magalhães, Mariana Viana Almeida, Michelle Regina Faria Lira, Nádia Martins de Paula Souza, Rafael Martins Papa, Rafael Ribeiro Matos, Renata Porto Pinheiro, Roberta Souza dos Anjos, Suelen Miranda de Jesus, Tedy Roger Flores Ynturias, Valéria Cristina Gonçalves, Viviane Resende de Abreu Caetano

“…Most women who responded to the interview were treated kindly (95.6%), however, 66.7% felt stressed and 10.1% reported that their preferences were not respected during hospitalization. Nine out of ten women treated in Brazilian public hospitals due to abortion-related complications undergo some surgical procedure, the most common of which is uterine curettage. …”
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Epidemiological pattern of trauma among children 0-9 years in Cameroon. by Odette Dzemo Kibu, Sithombo Maqungo, Georges Nguefack-Tsague, Dickson Shey Nsagha, Nicholas Tendongfor, Fanny Nadia Dissak Delon, Darwin Touko, Elvis Asangbeng Tanue, Rasheedat Oke, Sandra Irene McCoy, Sabrinah Ariane Christie, Catherine Juillard, Alain Chichom-Mefire

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from the Cameroon Trauma Registry currently running in 10 pilot sites across seven of the ten regions of Cameroon. We retrieved data for all children aged 0-9 years from June 2022 to August 2023. …”
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Assessment of the effect of heterosis by productive parameters of young-of-the-year carps obtained from crossing Ukrainian and Polish breeds by H. Kurinenko, A. Derenko

“…It was found that in the first year of cultivation, the offspring obtained from crossing carp of Ukrainian and Polish selection allow, on average, increasing the productivity of fish farming water bodies compared to pure lines by 48.1% using Galician females, and by 54.6% using Nyvky females. …”
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Differential Diagnosis of Jejunum and Ileum Tumours Based on Video Capsule Endoscopy Data Using Mathematical Analysis by E. D. Fedorov, E. V. Ivanova, S. E. Rauzina, D. E. Seleznev, A. V. Budykina

“…Materials and methods. In the study, we analysed data on the examination and treatment of 65 patients (35 men and 30 women aged 18–80 years (mean age 46 ± 28 years)), who underwent VCE in the City Clinical Hospital No. 31 and in the Clinica K+31 during the period October 2008 — April 2017. …”
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Characterization and utilization of trichoderma sp. for efficient management of oil palm empty fruit bunch waste in plantations by N. Nurmiati, P. Periadnadi, K. Kartiwan, T.W. Edelwis

“…Therefore, this study aimed to characterize Trichoderma sp. in each substrate as well as to assess cellulolytic and ligninolytic potential in vitro using a specific medium. Characterization and utilization of the plant were examined to efficiently manage empty fruit bunch (EFB) waste in Indonesian oil palm plantations. …”
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Nodulation, Growth, and Yield of Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) as Affected by Bio-, Organic, and Inorganic NPSB Fertilizers, and Lime in Assosa Zone, Western Ethiopia by Abiyot Abeje, Getachew Alemayehu, Tesfaye Feyisa

“…The productivity of soybean in Assosa Zone particularly in Assosa and Bambassi districts is very low due to poor soil fertility management practices that resulted in severe soil acidity and low N-fixing inoculants in the soil. …”
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Trends in motives for trying to stop smoking: a population study in England, 2018–2023 by Sarah E Jackson, Jamie Brown, Sharon Cox, Vera Buss

“…We estimated time trends in the proportion of attempts to quit that were motivated by (i) health concerns, (ii) cost, (iii) social factors and (iv) health professional advice, and calculated prevalence ratios (PRs) for the change in prevalence across the whole time series (May 2023 vs March 2018).Results Up to 2020, one in two attempts to quit were motivated by health concerns (mean monthly proportion 51.0%), one in five by social factors (20.2%) and cost (19.9%) and one in six by health professional advice (16.5%). …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes in South Africa: Evidence from the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey by L Mpolokeng, A Musekiwa

“…We adjusted all our analyses for complex survey sampling using survey weights. …”
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GENOME POLITICS: STRATEGY AND TACTICS by Jonas Rubikas

“…Is the genome absolute constant or does the genome change during life, development and evolution of the organism? …”
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Unraveling landslide failure mechanisms with seismic signal analysis for enhanced pre-survey understanding by J.-M. Chang, J.-M. Chang, C.-M. Yang, W.-A. Chao, W.-A. Chao, C.-S. Ku, M.-W. Huang, M.-W. Huang, T.-C. Hsieh, C.-Y. Hung

“…By combining the above mechanism with geomorphological features identified during field surveys, such as the imbrication-like feature in the deposits and the gravitational slope deformation, with video from the event, we can infer the failure mechanism of retrogression of Event 1 after shear-off from the toe. …”
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Teaching undergraduate medical students virtual consultation skills: a mixed-methods interventional before-and-after study by Edie Booth, Kate McFetridge, Evelyn Ferguson, Catherine Paton

“…There was no change in exposure to virtual consultations during O&amp;G placement. 16 (80%) participants responded to the online survey; 14 (87.5%) rated the sessions ‘very useful’ and all 16 considered them worthwhile continuing. 12 (75%) had the opportunity to practise virtual consultations on general practitioner, mostly via telephone.Conclusions We found that teaching students virtual consultation skills improved short term confidence and were transferable to primary care placements. …”
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An interactive, online decision aid assessing patient goals and preferences for treatment of aortic stenosis to support physician-led shared decision-making: Early feasibility pilo... by Megan Coylewright, Diana Otero, Brian R Lindman, Melissa M Levack, Aaron Horne, Long H Ngo, Melissa Beaudry, Hannah V Col, Nananda F Col

“…AVITA presents options, frames decisions, clarifies patient goals and values, and generates a summary to use with clinicians during the encounter.<h4>Results</h4>30 patients (9 women [30.0%]; mean [SD] age 70.4 years [11.0]) and 14 clinicians (4 women [28.6%], 7 cardiothoracic surgeons [50%]) comprised 28 clinical encounters Most patients [85.7%] and clinicians [84.6%] endorsed AVITA. …”
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Using the CIPP Model to elicit perceptions of health professions faculty and students about virtual learning by Sakineh Gerayllo, Mohammadali Vakili, Leila Jouybari, Zahra Moghadam, Ali Jafari, Alireza Heidari

“…Abstract Background The outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic has caused a huge crisis initiating fundamental changes in education since this crisis has turned face-to-face education into virtual training. …”
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