Photovoice versus focus groups: a comparative study of qualitative health research techniques by Paloma Conde, Jesús Rivera-Navarro, Marta Gutiérrez-Sastre, Ignacio González-Salgado, Manuel Franco, María Sandín Vázquez

“…The comparison considered the following methodological aspects: study design, logistic aspects, commitment and involvement, ethical issues, and data analysis. Results: We identified differences, similarities, potentialities, and limitations of each technique with their corresponding results. …”
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Actividad física auto-reportada, tiempo de pantalla y su asociación con calidad de sueño y calidad de vida en estudiantes de Pedagogía en Educación Física durante la pandemia del C... by Miguel Corvalán-Luengo, Pedro Díaz-Vásquez, Natasha Uribe-Uribe, Javier Russell-Guzmán

“…They were asked about screen time, level of physical activity and sedentary behavior (IPAQ); sleep quality (PSQI), and quality of life (WHOQoL-BREF). Statistical analysis of the data was performed using SPSS version 26. 72.7% of the participants reported high levels of physical activity. …”
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Study of the energy flow and Global Warming Potential (GWP) of alfalfa and maize silage production with different water supply sources (a case study: Qazvin Plain) by Ehsan Khodarezaie, Korous Khoshbakht, Hadi Veisi, Mohammad Reza Nazari

“…Introduction: Energy use in agriculture has grown faster than other sectors of the global economy. In developing countries, most agricultural systems consume significant amounts of energy to increase production and food security. …”
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Sofrimento laboral e estratégias de defesa referidas por técnicas de enfermagem de maternidades públicas [Distress at work and defensive strategies reported by nursing technicians... by Fernanda Alves Bittencourt Rodrigues, Jane Márcia Progianti, Juliana Amaral Prata, Elias Barbosa de Oliveira, Marina Nunes de Souza, Luísa dos Santos Belém

“…Method: in this exploratory, qualitative, descriptive study of 11 nursing technicians from public maternity hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, data were collected in May 2019 by semi-structured interviews, subjected to thematic content analysis, and discussed in the light of the Psychodynamics of Work. …”
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Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Local Mechanical Properties - LMP 2019 by Editorial, Foreword

“…They include papers from in-situ testing, ceramics and sintered materials, biological materials, coatings and films, cement and building materials, glasses, polymers, fibers, novel alloys and data analysis.</p><p>The organizing committee hopes that the proceedings will provide a valuable overview and state-of-the-art in the field of local mechanical properties in the countries of Central Europe. …”
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Association between herbicide exposure and liver enzyme levels in a middle-aged and elderly population by Weiya LI, Zhuoya ZHAO, Xu CHENG, Jun AN, Shiyang ZHANG, Chengyong JIA, Meian HE

“…The baseline liver enzyme levels and the changes in AST and ALT over 5 years in those who developed abnormal liver enzymes were significantly higher than those in the normal liver enzyme group (P <0.05). …”
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Service evaluation under rules tested at Volleyball Men’s Under 23 World Championship (Evaluación del saque en función de las reglas probadas en el Campeonato del Mundo de Voleibol... by Mladen Stankovic, Guillermo Ruiz-Llamas, Dušan Perić, Miriam E. Quiroga-Escudero

“…Pearson’s Chi-Square test was used for data analysis. Significant differences were observed in serve type by set phase (p = .000), serve quality of set Winner and set Loser teams (p = .000), serve zone by set Winner and set Loser teams (p = .000), placement zone by serve zone (p = .004), serve quality distribution by serve zone (p = .039), serve quality distribution by placement zone (p = .000), serve type distribution by in-game role (p = .000), serve quality distribution by in-game role (p = .000), and serve zone distribution by in-game role (p = .000). …”
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Pirfenidone Prevents Myocarditis by Restoring Metabolic Hormone Levels in a Mouse MASH Model and its Effect on H9c2 Myoblast Viability under Glucolipotoxicity by Daniel López-Cifuentes, Ana S. Sandoval-Rodríguez, Ángel O. Vázquez-Esqueda, Jonathan S. Rodríguez-Sanabria, Juan Armendáriz-Borunda, Jorge Gutiérrez-Cuevas

“…Results: HFHC mice developed MASH, myocarditis and fibrosis (P≤0.05). …”
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Investigating Engine Performance and Emission Characteristics during Testing of Diesel-Biodiesel Mixed Fuels Obtained from Vegetable Oils and their Modeling by S. R. Mousavi Seyedi, M. Askari, S. M. R. Miri

“…Therefore, it is essential to develop sustainable and clean energy sources to meet these needs. …”
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Espiritualidade como recurso terapêutico no ambulatório de cardiologia [Spirituality as a therapeutic resource in the cardiology outpatient clinic] [La espiritualidad como recurso... by Janaína Mengal Gomes Fabri, Eliane Ramos Pereira, Celia Caldeira Fonseca Kestenberg, Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade Silva, Isadora Pinto Flores, Angelica Yolanda Bueno Bejarano Vale de Medeiros

“…The study was approved by the research ethics committee. Results: the data were organized into two categories: “If God exists, why did he do this to me?” …”
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Factors associated with low HIV testing rate among people aged 15 to 65 years in Maroua 1 Health District, Far North Region of Cameroon by Godfroy Rostant Pokam Djoko, Alice Ketchaji, Juluis Visnel Foyet, Béatrice Tengoche, Oussena Nzie Vessah, Raoul Djiala Tawe Nsekalhye, Gwladys Kamwa Tchiemou, Nicole Modeste Ndohi, Dorcas Kamguem Keng, Amandine Koe Ngono

“…These factors were assessed by multiple logistic regression analysis, and associations were established by calculating Odds ratios, confidence intervals, and P-values. …”
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Detection Method of Apple Alternaria Leaf Spot Based on Deep-Semi-NMF by FU Zhuojun, HU Zheng, DENG Yangjun, LONG Chenfeng, ZHU Xinghui

“…There is an urgent need to develop new methods for detecting apple Alternaria leaf spot, which can assist in the precise prevention and control of apple tree diseases.…”
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Evaluation of Technical and Anthropometric Factors in Postures and Muscle Activation of Heavy-Truck Vehicle Drivers: Implications for the Design of Ergonomic Cabins by Esteban Ortiz, Daysi Baño-Morales, William Venegas, Álvaro Page, Skarlet Guerra, Mateo Narváez, Iván Zambrano

“…These factors were identified through video analysis and surveys from drivers at two Ecuadorian trucking companies. …”
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Redução de hemoglobina: risco para lesão renal aguda após revascularização do miocárdio [Hemoglobin decrease: risk for acute kidney injury after myocardial revascularization] [Red... by Tayse Tâmara Paixão Duarte, Wellington Luiz Lima, Alisson Henrique Santos Ribeiro, Marcia Cristina Silva Magro

“…Results: it was observed that 45 patients (78.9%) developed acute kidney injury after myocardial revascularization. …”
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exoALMA. XV. Interpreting the Height of CO Emission Layer by Giovanni P. Rosotti, Cristiano Longarini, Teresa Paneque-Carreño, Gianni Cataldi, Maria Galloway-Sprietsma, Sean M. Andrews, Jaehan Bae, Marcelo Barraza-Alfaro, Myriam Benisty, Pietro Curone, Ian Czekala, Stefano Facchini, Daniele Fasano, Mario Flock, Misato Fukagawa, Himanshi Garg, Cassandra Hall, Jane Huang, John D. Ilee, Andrés F. Izquierdo, Kazuhiro Kanagawa, Geoffroy Lesur, Giuseppe Lodato, Ryan A. Loomis, Ryuta Orihara, Christophe Pinte, Daniel J. Price, Jochen Stadler, Richard Teague, Gaylor Wafflard- Fernandez, Andrew J. Winter, Lisa Wölfer, Hsi-Wei Yen, Tomohiro C. Yoshida, Brianna Zawadzki

“…The availability of exquisite data and the development of new analysis techniques have enabled the study of emitting heights in protoplanetary disks. …”
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Post COVID sequelae among COVID-19 survivors: insights from the Indian National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 by Balram Bhargava, Ashish Sharma, Rajnish Joshi, Amit Patel, Deepak Kumar, Ashish Pathak, Sudhir Bhandari, Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra, Aparna Mukherjee, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Priyanka Ghosh, Gunjan Kumar, Simmi Dube, Nehal M Shah, Hemang M Purohit, Vikas Suri, Arti D Shah, Alka Turuk, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Ritin Mohindra, Ashish Bhalla, Star Pala, Balkishan Gupta, Damodar Sahu, Sourin Bhuniya, Abhishek Agrawal, Samiran Panda, Deepak Jain, Arunansu Talukdar, Janakkumar R Khambholja, Nikita Sharma, Geetha R Menon, Subhasis Mukherjee, Puspender Misra, Lokesh Kumar Sharma, Samita S, Himadri Das, Debasis Sarkar, Soumyadeep Ghosh, Moumita Dutta, Shreetama Chakraborty, Tridip Dutta Baruah, Pankaj Kumar Kannauje, Arvind Kumar Shukla, Nitesh Shah, Mary John, Kiranpreet Kaur, Vijay Nongpiur, Sachin K Shivnitwar, Bobba Rohil Krishna, Naveen Dulhani, Jigyasa Gupta, H K Aggarwal, Parshwa Naik, Manisha Panchal, Mayank Anderpa, Nyanthung Kikon, Christina Nzani Humtsoe, Rajaat Vohra, Lipilekha Patnaik, Jagdish Prasad Sahoo, Arun Kokane, Yogiraj Ray, Kruti Rajvansh, Arun Madharia, Neha Shrivastava, Sushila Kataria, Mohammad Shameem, Nazish Fatima, Saumitra Ghosh, Avijit Hazra, Himanshu D, Veeresh B Salgar, Santosh Algur, Kala Yadhav M L, Pavan Kumar M, Mendu Vishnu Vardhana Rao

“…This analysis was conducted with an objective to estimate the frequency of post COVID sequelae and subsequently, design a framework for holistic management of post COVID morbidities.Methods Follow-up data collected as part of a registry-based observational study in 31 hospitals across India since September 2020–October 2022 were used for analysis. …”
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Ginelfite, Ag₂(Ag_0.5Fe_0.5)TlPb_24.5(Sb,As)_32.5S_75.5, a new boxwork sulfosalt from Jas Roux, France: occurrence and... by C. Biagioni, C. Biagioni, J. Sejkora, Y. Moëlo, G. Favreau, V. Bourgoin, J.-C. Boulliard, E. Bonaccorsi, E. Bonaccorsi, D. Mauro, D. Mauro, S. Musetti, M. Pasero, M. Pasero, N. Perchiazzi, N. Perchiazzi, J. Ulmanová

“…Electron microprobe analysis gave (in wt% – average of 35 spot analyses) Cu 0.07, Ag 2.34, Tl 1.14, Pb 45.44, Fe 0.22, As 6.17, Sb 23.46, S 21.07, total 99.91. …”
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Pertussis clinical profile shift, severity, prediction in a tertiary hospital: A comparative study before, during, and after COVID-19 in Southern China by Shufeng Tian, Yulan Chen, Qiru Su, Biao Sun, Zengrui Lin, Yuchun Long, Hongmei Wang, Cuijuan Liao, Ying Zhang, Jinjun Zheng, Lvjun Chen, Song Guan, Sen Wang, Xinlei Xu, Jingwen Ai, Wenhong Zhang, Jikui Deng

“…Methods: Demographic, clinical, vaccination, and laboratory data were collected for patients who tested positive for pertussis by polymerase chain reaction and/or culture from January 1, 2019, to March 30, 2024. …”
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Identifying molecular signatures of post-traumatic stress disorder vulnerability and progression in a longitudinal study: a study protocol by Federico Suprani, Federico Suprani, Pasquale Paribello, Pasquale Paribello, Giulia Federica Mancini, Giulia Federica Mancini, Maria Morena, Maria Morena, Marco Pinna, Marco Pinna, Federica Pinna, Federica Pinna, Martina Contu, Martina Contu, Caterina Visioli, Fabio Medas, Gian Luigi Canu, Federico Cappellacci, Pietro Giorgio Calò, Gabriele Finco, Salvatore Sardo, Monica Maria Francesca Puligheddu, Monica Maria Francesca Puligheddu, Ernesto D’Aloja, Claudia Pisanu, Alessio Squassina, Donatella Congiu, Gian Marco Leggio, Mirko Manchia, Mirko Manchia, Mirko Manchia, Patrizia Campolongo, Patrizia Campolongo

“…Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a highly debilitating psychiatric disorder, which develops in a subset of trauma-exposed individuals. …”
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Demand and Influencing factors for community health services during chemotherapy of patients with advanced cancer by Qianqian Li, Xunrui Chen, Wenying Zhang, Haihua Yuan, Yanjie Zhang, Bin Jiang, Feng Liu

“…Background: Implementing effective, rational support and comprehensive services for patients with advanced cancer undergoing chemotherapy is a significant challenge in community health services. According to recent data, the mortality rate from malignant tumors in Shanghai residents now ranks second only to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. …”
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