Examining the Prevalence and Associated Factors of Sexually Transmitted Infections in People Living With HIV/AIDS at a Community Health Center in Bandung City, Indonesia by Nuraeni S, Alfian SD, Puspitasari IM

“…The following significant factors associated with the prevalence of STIs were population group men who have sex with men (MSM) (p = 0.046), referral origin from non-government organizations (NGOs) (p = 0.030), duration of disease (p = 0.023) and duration of ART ranging from 12 to 36 months (p = 0.023), and early clinical stage (p = 0.010).Conclusion: STIs affected over one-third of CHC-registered PLWHA, with syphilis being the most common. …”
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3D modelling and simulation of thermal effects and dispersion of particles carrying infectious respiratory agents in a railway transport coach by Patrick Armand, Jérémie Tâche

“…Our method made it possible to quantify the particles suspended in the air of the railway coach depending on whether the infected passenger wore their mask more or less well. In this third article, we specifically explore how thermal effects due to the presence of passengers influence the spatio-temporal distribution in the railway coach of aerosols produced by the breathing infected person. …”
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Service Innovation in Customer Value Co-Creation: The Mediating Role of Customer Engagement in the Hospitality Industry – A Case Study by Meysam Fakharyan, Ali Hosseinzadeh, Hadi Bastam

“…Therefore, hotel managers should always provide innovative service for customers to promote customer value co-creation opportunities. Third, the results showed that innovation positively affects the customer engagement; thus, it promotes the customer value co-creation behaviors. …”
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Effect on OPU/IVEP success of different applications for synchronizing follicular waves prior to superstimulation in holstein heifers by M. F. Çiftçi, Ö. F. Yeşilkaya, S. Ü. Çizmeci, M. Gölbaşı, A. Sarı, D. A. Dinç

“…After these applications, 25 mg of PGF2<span class="inline-formula"><i>α</i></span> was administered intramuscularly on the third and fourth days of treatment. The intravaginal progesterone device was removed on day 5. …”
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A Panpsychist Interpretation of Evolutionary Theory by Ferhat Onur

“…Along with an interpretation of dual-aspect panpsychism that is compatible with physicalism, when we accept that the most plausible way to extend mentality to all actual entities is to think of it as intentionality, it may become even more easier to situate adaptive evolution within a naturalistic framework. …”
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Integrating Infant Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding Education Into an App in a Novel Approach to Reaching High-Risk Populations: Prospective Observational Study by Tamar Krishnamurti, Rachel Moon, Rudolph Richichi, Rachel Berger

“…Pregnant mothers who received prenatal care within the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center hospital system were randomized to receive either safe sleep or breastfeeding education beginning at the start of the third trimester of pregnancy and ending 6 weeks post partum. …”
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Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Records and Information Practices in Mental Health Care Contexts: Scoping Review by Timothy Kariotis, Megan Prictor, Kathleen Gray, Shanton Chang

“…However, in mental health care contexts, concerns have been raised due to a perception that such access would pose risks to patients, third parties, and the therapeutic relationship. …”
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Echocardiography indicators in patients with atherosclerosis of peripheral arteries of the lower extremities dependent on T(–786)C polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synt... by V.I. Tseluyko, O.D. Yarova

“…Signs of remodeling of left ventricular myocardium (LVM) with an increase of thickness wall ratio (PTS) had 62 patients: in group I 41 (41 %) people (genotype T/T 41.5 %, C/T – 19.5 %, C/C – 39 %), in the second group – 21 (21 %) (genotypes 9.5 %, 42.9 % and 47.6 % respectively); among patients in the second group C allele was more likely to be present (p = 0.048). …”
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Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of a social network-based, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention among men in two Ugandan fishing communities, 2022 by Joseph KB Matovu, Aisha Twahiri Namwama, Linda Kemigisha, Geoffrey Taasi, Jennipher Nakabugo, Julius Wandabwa, Laura M. Bogart, Nuraan Fakier, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Joshua Musinguzi, David Serwadda

“…Of the 352 HIV self-testers, 51 men (14.5%) had reactive (positive) HIV self-test results. Nearly one-third of the HIV self-tested men (31.4%, n = 16) were first-time HIV-positive testers. …”
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The European summer heatwave of 2019 – a regional storyline perspective by T. Klimiuk, P. Ludwig, A. Sanchez-Benitez, H. F. Goessling, P. Braesicke, P. Braesicke, J. G. Pinto

“…Secondly, the global storylines were dynamically downscaled using the regional ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic model in Climate Limited-area Mode (ICON-CLM) to a EURO-CORDEX domain with a horizontal resolution of 12 km, and, thirdly, they were downscaled to a central European (German) domain with a resolution of 3 km. …”
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REGIONAL FACTORS OF MECHANISMS TRANSFORMATION FOR STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR OF UKRAINE by Tetyana Calinescu, Olena Zelenko, Serhii Pidmohylnyi

“…The third year of the full-scale war in Ukraine has given rise to a number of new challenges for the entrepreneurial activity of the industrial sector at the regional level. …”
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A Mobile Health Intervention to Support Collaborative Decision-Making in Mental Health Care: Development and Usability by Kristin Lie Romm, Mari Skoge, Elizabeth Ann Barrett, Lars-Christian Berentzen, Dagfinn Bergsager, Pål Fugelli, Thomas Bjella, Erlend Strand Gardsjord, Kristine Kling, Sindre Hembre Kruse, Kari Jorunn Kværner, Ingrid Melle, Erlend Mork, Henrik Myhre Ihler, Eline Borger Rognli, Carmen Simonsen, Tor Gunnar Værnes, Sofie Ragnhild Aminoff

“…However, the implementation of digital tools, such as mobile apps, remains limited, and attrition rates for mental health apps are typically high. Design thinking can support the development of tools tailored to the needs of service users and clinicians. …”
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Introduction à « Convergences franco-chinoises: la valeur de la créativité transculturelle » by Rosalind Silvester, Guillaume Thouroude

“…While the first revolves around the question of the plurality of the artists’ positions, which goes beyond the binary relationship between France and China, the second section reflects on cultural production as a transformative act putting the inner world of the migrant into a meaningful relationship with the outside world, whether human or non-human. Finally, the third section observes and evaluates the increasingly important role of the visual arts within franco-Chinese artistic production. …”
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Do serial troponins predict the need for cardiac evaluation in trauma patients after ground-level fall? by Rachael A Callcut, Alyssa R Bellini, James T Ross, Madelyn Larson, Skyler Pearson, Anamaria J Robles

“…Second troponin values were drawn on 58% (median 33 ng/L (22–52)), with 42% of patients having an increase from first to second test. 29% of patients had a third troponin drawn (median 42 ng/L (26–67)). The initial troponin value was significantly associated with undergoing a subsequent echo (p=0.01), cardiology consult (p&lt;0.01), admission for cardiac evaluation (p&lt;0.01), cardiology follow-up (p&lt;0.01), and in-hospital mortality (p=0.01); the initial troponin was not associated with cardiac intervention (p=0.91). …”
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The effect of pharmaceutical composition based on L-carnitine on structural and functional features of rat placenta in the model of passive tobacco smoking by I.V. Volokhov, V.A. Rybak, L.Yu. Sergienko, S.S. Sokolova, S.P. Kustova

“…The gravidoprotective effect in rats treated with a pharmaceutical composition based on L-carnitine and exposed to passive smoking was manifested by a significant decrease in the severity of negative changes in the placental histological structure, which were recorded in animals from the passive smoking group, as evidenced by the following signs of increased width of the labyrinthine section normal width of the decidual membrane, no expansion of blood-filled lacunae, sufficient contact area of fetal and maternal vessels, no signs of thrombosis in maternal lacunae, the predominant number of fetal capillaries without signs of hemostasis with normal blood filling and wall thickness. The use of a pharmaceutical composition based on L-carnitine at a dose of 25 mg/kg in pregnant rats with a reproduced model of passive smoking reduces the damaging effect of cigarette combustion products on placental steroidogenesis. …”
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Bacterial Isolates and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns Among Pediatric Patients with Urinary Tract Infections: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study at Tertiary Level i... by Esmat E, Saadaat R, Saedi NH, Hakimi A, Baryali AT, Rasooli AJ, Noor S, Ahmad M, Haidary AM

“…Similarly, E. coli was highly resistant to third-generation cephalosporins, ceftazidime, and ceftriaxone.Conclusion: Due to the high prevalence of UTIs in pediatric patients and their nonspecific signs and symptoms, particularly in infants or young children, diagnosing and treating them, whilst difficult, is crucial. …”
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Geospatial distribution and predictors of postnatal care utilization during the critical time in Ethiopia using EDHS 2019: A spatial and geographical weighted regression analysis. by Muluken Chanie Agimas, Tigabu Kidie Tesfie, Nebiyu Mekonnen Derseh, Meron Asmamaw, Habtamu Wagnew Abuhay, Getaneh Awoke Yismaw

“…<h4>Conclusion and recommendation</h4>In Ethiopia, one-third of women utilize the PNC during critical times. …”
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R&D Expenditure and Innovation in the EU and Selected Member States by Radka MacGregor Pelikánová

“…Secondly, how many European patent applications were filed and patents granted, what was the success rate and how has digitalization been progressing in the EU and selected EU member states and what are the trends? Thirdly, can the possibility of a relationship be implied? …”
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Mechanism of the effect of chitosan combined with EICP on the erosion resistance of slopes in open-pit mine dump by Zhile WANG, Yu TIAN, Wei ZHOU, Yi WANG, Rui LI, Yihan GUO, Ya TIAN, Ao LU

“…At the same time, Ca2+ can drive away the strongly bound water to reduce the thickness of the double layer between particles, thus enhancing the soil structure. …”
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Application of modular teaching combined with progressive cases in clinical nursing teaching of anorectal surgery (模块化教学结合进展性案例在肛肠外科临床护理教学中的应用研究)... by LI Ping (李萍), XIE Wei (谢薇), SUN Lu (孙璐), FENG Lin (冯琳)

“…Students in the observation group believed that modular teaching combined with progressive cases were effective to enhance the knowledge level and practice skills of anorectal surgery nursing, improve nursing students’ learning initiative, clinical thinking, sense of teamwork and communication ability. …”
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