Ultraviolet-C-based sanitization is a cost-effective option for hospitals to manage health care-associated infection risks from high touch mobile phones by David C. Cook, David C. Cook, Matthew Olsen, Oystein Tronstad, Oystein Tronstad, Oystein Tronstad, John F. Fraser, John F. Fraser, John F. Fraser, John F. Fraser, John F. Fraser, Adrian Goldsworthy, Adrian Goldsworthy, Rashed Alghafri, Rashed Alghafri, Simon J. McKirdy, Lotti Tajouri, Lotti Tajouri, Lotti Tajouri

“…Mobile phones have become essential tools for health care workers around the world, but as high touch surfaces, they can harbor microorganisms that pose infection risks to patients and staff. …”
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Integrating WHO thinking healthy programme for maternal mental health into routine antenatal care in China: a randomized-controlled pilot trial by Anum Nisar, Juan Yin, Jingjun Zhang, Wenli Qi, Jie Yu, Jiaying Li, Xiaomei Li, Atif Rahman

“…BackgroundWomen with perinatal depression and their children are at increased risk of poor health outcomes. Integrating evidence based non-stigmatizing interventions within existing health systems is crucial to reducing psychosocial distress during pregnancy and preventing perinatal depression. …”
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A new method for detecting mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and reconstructing constituent strains provides insights into transmission by Benjamin Sobkowiak, Patrick Cudahy, Melanie H. Chitwood, Taane G. Clark, Caroline Colijn, Louis Grandjean, Katharine S. Walter, Valeriu Crudu, Ted Cohen

“…Results All 36/36 in vitro mixed and 12/12 non-mixed samples were correctly classified with MixInfect2, and major strain proportions were estimated with high accuracy (within 3% of the true strain proportion), outperforming previous tools. …”
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Physical activity and motivational readiness for physical activity behavior change in adults with non-communicable diseases in Germany: a trend analysis of two cross-sectional heal... by Benjamin Wenz, Jonathan Graf, Gorden Sudeck, Wolfgang Geidl, Kristin Manz, Susanne Jordan, Andrea Teti, Lars Gabrys

“…To improve health monitoring and to address World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to systematically identify and track efforts to reduce inequalities in PA participation, trend analysis of PA in adults with NCD was performed for the period 2014/15 to 2019/20 for Germany. …”
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Development and validation of genome-informed and multigene-based qPCR and LAMP assays for accurate detection of Dickeya solani: a critical quarantine pathogen threatening the pota... by Shefali Dobhal, Gem Santillana, Michael J. Stulberg, Dario Arizala, Anne M. Alvarez, Mohammad Arif

“…Our study employed a whole-genome comparative approach, identifying unique target gene loci (LysR and TetR family of transcriptional regulators gene regions) and designing loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a multi-gene-based multiplex TaqMan qPCR assays for specific detection and differentiation of D. solani. …”
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Optimal selection of satellite XCO₂ images for urban CO₂ emission monitoring by A. Danjou, G. Broquet, A. Schuh, F.-M. Bréon, T. Lauvaux, T. Lauvaux

“…</p> <p>We show that our automated method for the emission estimation, based on a Gaussian plume model, manages to produce estimates for 92 % of the synthetic images. …”
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Suicidal ideation and suicide attempt among pregnant adolescent girls in Ghana: a cross-sectional study by Kwaku Oppong Asante, Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie, Erica Danfrekua Dickson, Sandra Naa-Shasha Quarshie, Sophia Ewuenye Adwoa Kpebu

“…Adverse childhood experiences (aOR=3.04; 95% CI 1.33 to 6.97; p=0.008), history of attempted suicide before current pregnancy (aOR=3.47; 95% CI 1.27 to 9.47; p=0.0.015) and depression (measured by the 5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index; aOR=0.31; 95% CI 0.12 to 0.77; p=0.012) were uniquely associated with increased odds of suicide attempt. …”
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Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis: Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Combination Therapy with Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers and Amlodipine in Asian Hypertensive Pati... by Dae Wook Lee, Mira Jung, Hye Won Wang, Zainah Khan, Philippe Pinton

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Patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration Have Increased Susceptibility to Valvular Heart Disease by Natan Lishinsky-Fischer, Itay Chowers, MD, PhD, Yahel Shwartz, MSc, Jaime Levy, MD

“…Aortic valve stenosis is the third most common cardiovascular disease in the Western world, after hypertension and coronary artery disease. …”
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5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T gene polymorphism as a risk factor for premature coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Nisreen O. Mohammed, Ibtisam A. Ali, Bahaelddin K. Elamin, Bakri Osman Saeed

“…BackgroundAfrica, like the rest of the world, is experiencing an increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus. …”
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Mangrove biomass productivity and sediment carbon storage assessment at selected sites in Mauritius: the effect of tidal inundation, forest age and mineral availability by M D D Doodee, S D D V Rughooputh, S Jawaheer

“…Mangals, recognised as key ‘blue carbon’ ecosystems, are amongst the world’s most carbon-dense ecosystems and can sequester a considerable amount of carbon through biological carbon sequestration in their biomass and soils. …”
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Lymphadenopathies: A Retrospective Study of Epidemiology, Characteristics, Diagnosis and Treatment Outcomes of Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Mogadishu-Somalia by Kıratlı K, Bulut M, Ali MA, Aysin M, Ali AM, Mohamed Hirsi I, Bashir AM

“…Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey; 3Balikesir University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Balikesir, Turkey; 4Mogadishu Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdo&gbreve;an Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Mogadishu, Somalia; 5Mogadishu Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdo&gbreve;an Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Mogadishu, SomaliaCorrespondence: Kaz&inodot;m K&inodot;ratl&inodot;, Mogadishu Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdo&gbreve;an Training and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Mogadishu, Somalia, Email drkazimkiratli@gmail.comIntroduction: Lymphadenopathies, which can be caused by infections, malignant diseases, autoimmune disorders, and many other diseases, pose a challenge to clinicians in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as all over the world. The purpose of this research was to identify the clinical and diagnostic characteristics of Somalian patients suffering from swollen lymph nodes.Methods: Under the purview of this study, the diagnoses, patient clinical courses, and treatment outcomes were ascertained retrospectively by analyzing the biochemical, microbiological, radiological, and pathological data of the cases in all age groups who underwent therapy for lymphadenitis at Mogadishu Somali Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdo&gbreve;an Training and Research Hospital between January 2016 and September 2023.Results: During the study period, 317 patients were followed up, with 53.3% of the patients as female, 46.7% as male, 28.1% as pediatric, 63.1% as adult, and 8.8% were elderly patients. …”
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A qualitative study to explore healthcare providers' perspectives on barriers and enablers to early detection of breast and cervical cancers among women attending primary healthcar... by Gugulethu Tshabalala, Charmaine Blanchard, Keletso Mmoledi, Desiree Malope, Daniel S O'Neil, Shane A Norris, Maureen Joffe, Janan Janine Dietrich

“…Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, including South Africa (SA), bear some of the world's highest cancer case fatality rates, largely attributed to late diagnosis. …”
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Implementation of Compensation-Sensitive Shot-Style-Feedback of Aiming Point Training Data at the Swiss Shooting Federation by Dino Tartaruga, Ralf Kredel

“…In addition, we would like to scientifically validate specific training interventions to promote successful shot styles, with the aim to provide evidence-based training recommendations in the future. In our view, this project serves as a good example of how challenging real-world problems brought up by coaches and embedded scientists can be jointly structured and solved at federation and university level, and how their solution can ultimately lead to practical tools reshaping and improving a federation’s process landscape. …”
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Design of Intelligent Feature Selection Technique for Phishing Detection by Sharvari Sagar Patil, Narendra M. Shekokar, Sridhar Chandramohan Iyer

“…The technique is designed to select the features using the RL agent dynamically. We have evaluated our technique using the real-world phishing dataset and compared its performance with the existing techniques. …”
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Penerapan Decision Tree dan Random Forest dalam Deteksi Tingkat Stres Manusia Berdasarkan Kondisi Tidur by Sza Sza Amulya Larasati, Elok Nuraida Kusuma Dewi, Brahma Hanif Farhansyah, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar, Fajar Pradana

“…Stres telah banyak dikaitkan dengan tidur. Penelitian ini akan mengungkap hubungan kondisi tidur pada manusia dengan tingkat stres yang sedang diderita dengan 5 tingkatan: normal, stres ringan, stres sedang, stres tinggi, stres sangat tinggi. …”
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Appetite Suppression and Antiobesity Effect of a Botanical Composition Composed of Morus alba, Yerba mate, and Magnolia officinalis by Mesfin Yimam, Ping Jiao, Mei Hong, Lidia Brownell, Young-Chul Lee, Eu-Jin Hyun, Hyun-Jin Kim, Tae-Woo Kim, Jeong-Bum Nam, Mi-Ran Kim, Qi Jia

“…Efficacy was evaluated in C57BL/6J mouse models treated with oral doses of 1.3 g/kg/day for 7 weeks. …”
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Les paysages mémoriels de la Grande Guerre (1914-1918) : un changement de paradigme dans la recherche sur le tourisme de mémoire by Myriam Jansen-Verbeke, Wanda George

“…L’inclusion dans l’enquête de questions ouvertes portant sur les valeurs, expériences ou souvenirs de plus de 2.400 répondants provenant de 61 pays ont permis d’établir une vaste base de données, d’où se dégagent des variables pertinentes dans le processus actuel de mise en tourisme d’anciens paysages mémoriels. …”
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Disorders of the central nervous system cognitive and mnestic functions in genetic arterial hypertension and with the use of beta-blockers of different generations by A. O. Svitlytskyi, A. A. Yehorov, O. V. Melnikova, T. A. Hrekova

“…Correction with propranolol and carvedilol has proven to be poorly effective in terms of the ability to learn and develop the conditioned-reflex skill with the worst effect of propranolol. …”
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The Croton genera (Euphorbiaceae) and its richness in chemical constituents with potential range of applications by Carlos Andrés Coy-Barrera, Laura Galvis, Maria Juliana Rueda, Sergio Alejandro Torres-Cortés

“…Furthermore, Croton has applications as an insecticide and as an alternative source of biodiesel. This demonstrates that species of this genus possess potential for various medicinal applications and serve as a source of chemical compounds that could become active principles of phytotherapeutics with significant results.It is evident that this type of compound has variety concerning oxygen substituents, which may provide information of interest for future studies on structure-activity relationships and offer alternatives of natural origin that can be evaluated against related organisms to demonstrate the pharmacological potential found in the literature. …”
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