Anemia and Contributing Factors in Severely Malnourished Infants and Children Aged between 0 and 59 Months Admitted to the Treatment Centers of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A Multi... by Wubet Worku Takele, Adhanom Gebreegziabher Baraki, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Hanna Demelash Desyibelew, Behailu Tariku Derseh, Abel Fekadu Dadi, Eskedar Getie Mekonnen, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu

“…Methods. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted that included 1,301 infants and children, who developed SAM and were admitted to the three referral hospitals of the Amhara region. …”
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Skeletal Status, Body Composition, and Glycaemic Control in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Elzbieta Wierzbicka, Anna Swiercz, Pawel Pludowski, Maciej Jaworski, Mieczyslaw Szalecki

“…Objective. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare the skeletal status outcomes and body composition between patients stratified by glycaemic control (1-year HbA1c levels) into well- and poorly-controlled subgroups in a population of T1DM adolescents, that is, <8% and ≥8%, respectively. …”
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OBSERVATION OF THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN OF FETAL CEREBRAL SULCI BETWEEN 18 TO 32 WEEKS OF GESTATIONAL AGE BY USING ULTRASONOGRAPHY - A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN TWO MATER... by Sujith Kumar Reddy Madithati, Sai Shankar Mankuzhy Gopalakrishnan, Santosh Chandrasekhar, Jenikar Paulraj, Archana Bala, Geeta Shankar

“…Material and Methods. This is a Cross-sectional observational study, performed among 110 antenatal women investigated under the Department of Radio Diagnosis, Shri Sathya Sai medical college and research institute, Ammapettai. …”
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ANALISIS PERANCANGAN STRUKTUR BETON BERTULANG UNTUK FUNGSI RENTAL OFFICE 30 LANTAI DENGAN PENEKANAN SISTEM RIGID FRAME BERKANTILEVER by Reinhart Bunadi, Nasruddin Junus, Imriyanti Imriyanti

“…The number of main reinforcement and intermittent distances varies according to the cross-sectional dimensions of the structural elements. …”
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Effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation on cognitive and swallowing function in patients with MCI and dysphagia risk: a randomized controlled trial by Jie Wang, Mengqing Zhang, Xiaomei Wei, Cheng Yang, Meng Dai, Zulin Dou, Yonghui Wang

“…However, there was significant improvement in 10-ml OTT when choosing patients with OTT exceeding 1000 ms. FC value between the left middle frontal gyrus and the rDLPFC increased significantly in real stimulation group (p < 0.05 with false discovery rate corrected). …”
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Healthcare performance of leprosy management in peripheral health facilities of Dhanusa and Mahottari, Nepal by Ram Kumar Mahato, Uttam Ghimire, Bijay Bajracharya, Binod K. C., Deepak Bam, Deepak Ghimire, Uttam Raj Pyakurel, David T. S. Hayman, Basu Dev Pandey, Chuman Lal Das, Krishna Prasad Paudel

“…Methods The performance of health workers and facilities was evaluated through a combined cross-sectional and retrospective study approach of 31 health facilities and their LFPs in Dhanusa and Mahottari Districts in Madhesh Province, Nepal. …”
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Glioma Image-Level and Slide-Level Gene Predictor (GLISP) for Molecular Diagnosis and Predicting Genetic Events of Adult Diffuse Glioma by Minh-Khang Le, Masataka Kawai, Kenta Masui, Takashi Komori, Takakazu Kawamata, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Tomohiro Inoue, Ippei Tahara, Kazunari Kasai, Tetsuo Kondo

“…A total of 108 WSIs from the Tokyo Women’s Medical University were used as the external dataset. In cross-validation, GLISP yielded patch-level/case-level predictions with top performances in <i>IDH1/2</i> and 1p/19q co-deletion with average areas under the curve (AUCs) of receiver operating characteristics of 0.75/0.79 and 0.73/0.80, respectively. …”
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Machine learning models for dementia screening to classify brain amyloid positivity on positron emission tomography using blood markers and demographic characteristics: a retrospec... by Noriyuki Kimura, Kotaro Sasaki, Teruaki Masuda, Takuya Ataka, Mariko Matsumoto, Mika Kitamura, Yosuke Nakamura, Etsuro Matsubara

“…Classification performance was similar in Model 1 (basic demographic characteristics and Mini Mental State Examination [MMSE] subscores) and Model 2 (demographic characteristics and blood test results) with a cross-validated mean ROC AUC (SD) of 0.70 (0.01) for both. …”
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Perbedaan Kadar Malondialdehide dan Tromboksan B2 pada Remaja dengan Dismenore dan Tanpa Dismenore by Berliana Irianti, Ermawati , Arni Amir

“…It was an observational study with comparative cross-sectional design. The subjects consisted of two groups, they are 23 adolescent with dysmenorrhea and 23 adolescents without dysmenorrhea, done in Juny -<br />July 2014. …”
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Types of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) used by people of different age and smoking status groups: results from a US nationally representative survey by Lucy Popova, Robert T Fairman, David L Ashley, Zachary B Massey, Bai Cham, Ruiyan Luo, Mohammed Alqahtani, Scott Weaver

“…This study sought to identify differences in the use of ENDS device type based on age and cigarette use status to inform policy about regulating ENDS.Design This was a cross-sectional study.Setting Data was derived from a national survey conducted in 2021 in the USA.Participants Participants include 2369 US youth and adults (13 years or older) who reported past 30-day ENDS use.Outcome measures Past 30-day fairly regular use (i.e., several times a week or more) of ENDS device types, namely cigalikes, disposables, refillable tank/box mods, closed pods, refillable pods and drippers. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Salmonella typhi among Food Handlers Working in Catering Establishments of Public Institutes Found in Dawuro Zone, South-Western Ethiopia by Abera Kumalo, Eyasu Gambura, Terfe Dodicho, Khawaja Shakeel Ahmed, Tamrat Balcha, Bahailu Beshir, Misrak Abraham

“…The present study is aimed at determining the prevalence of Salmonella typhi and intestinal parasites among food handlers working in catering establishments of public institutes found in Dawuro Zone, South-Western Ethiopia. Methods. A cross-sectional study is conducted among food handlers working in catering establishments of public institutions found in Dawuro Zone from March to July 2019. …”
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Excess Sensitivity and Financial Development in the Iranian Households by Amineh Mahmoudzadeh, Kamyab Rajabizadeh, Majid Einian

“…These surveys incorporate data on various aspects of household’s financial information, including the amount and number of loans received and essential details about their employment status. Due to the cross-sectional nature of the data, it is imperative to use a pseudo-panel approach, providing several advantages. …”
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Water homeostasis gene expression in the kidney of broilers divergently selected for water conversion ratio by Kentu Lassiter, Loujain Aloui, Elizabeth S. Greene, Marciela Maqaeda, Travis Tabler, Sami Dridi, Robert F. Wideman, Jr., Sara Orlowski, Walter G. Bottje

“…In Exp. 2, HWE and modern random bred (MRB) broilers were placed in 12 controlled-environmental chambers (2 floor pens/chamber, 6 chambers/line, 11 birds per pen, 132 birds/line) on day of hatch. The broilers were brooded at thermoneutral temperatures from 0 to 4 wks. …”
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Common mental disorders and associated factors among adult patients admitted in non-psychiatric wards of public hospitals in Harari regional State, Eastern Ethiopia by Hirko Assefa, Tilahun Ali, Ibsa Mussa, Tadesse Misgana, Dawit Abdi, Abinet Zewudie, Abdi Temesgen

“…Methods An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 640 randomly selected patients admitted to non-psychiatric wards from November 15 to December 15, 2022. …”
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LEGAL AND ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF INDEPENDENT AZERBAIJAN IN RELATION TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES by Katana Gafarova

“…In the economic sphere, Azerbaijan chooses the means and instruments of co-operation that correspond to the foundations of a civilised, market-based approach to the comprehensive solution of security, resource, energy and financial problems. …”
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Exploring the minds of rural seniors: A journey into cognitive health in aging communities by Raju Naganandini

“…Aim: This study aims to investigate the level of cognitive function among older adults in four different rural areas, examining how demographic, socioeconomic, and lifestyle factors contribute to cognitive health. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 800 participants (200 from each rural area). …”
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Efficacy of Unsupervised YouTube Dance Exercise for Patients With Hypertension: Randomized Controlled Trial by Mizuki Sakairi, Taiju Miyagami, Hiroki Tabata, Naotake Yanagisawa, Mizue Saita, Mai Suzuki, Kazutoshi Fujibayashi, Hiroshi Fukuda, Toshio Naito

“…The control group was instructed to choose any exercise other than dance and perform it for 10 minutes each day. …”
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Significance of Heparin-Binding Protein and D-dimers in the Early Diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis by Tomasz Mikuła, Mariusz Sapuła, Joanna Jabłońska, Joanna Kozłowska, Wojciech Stańczak, Dagny Krankowska, Alicja Wiercińska-Drapało

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate the significance of heparin-binding protein (HBP) in comparison to CRP, PCT, WBC, and D-dimers in the diagnosis of SBP. Design. Cross-sectional descriptive single-center study. …”
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Defining “Giant” Mediastinal Tumors: Proposal of a New Clinical–Radiological Classification and Case Report by Emanuel Palade, George Bucur Delaca, Ioana-Medeea Titu, Sergiu Adrian Ciulic, Gabriel Cismaru, Adrian Stef, Simona Manole

“…This classification integrates clinical presentation and cross-sectional imaging findings, offering a standardized framework for tumor reporting. …”
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Mortality Prediction Using SaO2/FiO2 Ratio Based on eICU Database Analysis by Sharad Patel, Gurkeerat Singh, Samson Zarbiv, Kia Ghiassi, Jean-Sebastien Rachoin

“…Model hyperparameters were tuned using the Sklearn RandomizedSearchCV with tenfold cross-validation. We used AUC as our metric for model performance. …”
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