Non-adherence to medication and its associations among type 2 diabetes patients following up with health coaches in primary healthcare centers, Makkah city, KSA by Ahmad Salah Alkathiri, Renad Turki Alghamdi, Abeer Ahmad Alamri, Haneen Hassan Alhazmi, Sarah Badr Alsharif, Sahab Muqbil Alharbi, Muath Aldomini, Baraa Sami Quronfulah, Mohamed O. Nour, Mohamed Osman Elamin, Abdullah Khalid Alafif, Saud Hasan Surbaya, Osama M. Hayat Noor

“…Understanding the factors contributing to non-adherence is crucial for developing effective interventions and improving patient care. …”
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Genomic Insights into Colistin and Tigecycline Resistance in ESBL-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Harboring <i>bla</i>_KPC Genes in Ecu... by David Ortega-Paredes, Felipe Del Canto, Rafael Rios, Lorena Diaz, Jinnethe Reyes, Cesar A. Arias, Jeannete Zurita

“…In <i>K pneumoniae</i>, sequence data and phenotypic analysis linked a nonsense amino acid substitution coded in the <i>mgrB</i> (K3*) gene and missense amino acid substitutions coded in the <i>marA</i>, <i>acr</i>A, <i>arnB</i>, <i>eptA</i>, <i>pmrB</i>, <i>pmrJ</i>, and <i>phoQ</i> genes to colistin resistance. …”
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Exploring the effect of climate change on food supply chains in Africa: a systematic review with a focus on South Africa by Merishca Naicker, Denver Naidoo, Rob Slotow, Mjabuliseni Simon C. Ngidi

“…The assessment followed PRISMA guidelines to enhance transparency and replicability. Data was imported into NVivo 12 for thematic analysis, identifying key themes pertaining to agricultural production, food safety, distribution, and resilience. …”
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Biomedical Application Prospects of Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles for Regenerative Medicine by Ekaterina V. Silina, Natalia E. Manturova, Elena L. Chuvilina, Akhmedali A. Gasanov, Olga I. Andreeva, Maksim A. Pugachevskii, Aleksey V. Kochura, Alexey A. Kryukov, Yulia G. Suzdaltseva, Victor A. Stupin

“…Results: According to TEM data, the size of the NPs was in the range of 2–43 nm, with an average of 20 nm. …”
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Effectiveness of Stress Coping Skills Training With Psycho-Educational Approach among Caregivers` of Schizophrenic Patients on Family Function And Psychological Wellbeing by ّFarzaneh Sheikholeslami, Javad Khalatbary, Shohreh Ghorbanshiroudi

“…For multivariate analysis of the associated factors with delirium, Backward Logistic Regression model was used. …”
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Global burden of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, 2010 to 2021 by Gong Feng, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D. Byrne, Yusuf Yilmaz, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana, Leon A. Adams, Jerome Boursier, George Papatheodoridis, Mohamed El-Kassas, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Silvia Sookoian, Laurent Castera, Wah-Kheong Chan, Feng Ye, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Helena Cortez-Pinto, Hon Ho Yu, Won Kim, Manuel Romero-Gómez, Atsushi Nakajima, Khin Maung Win, Seung Up Kim, Adriaan G. Holleboom, Giada Sebastiani, Ponsiano Ocama, John D. Ryan, Monica Lupșor-Platon, Hasmik Ghazinyan, Mamun Al-Mahtab, Saeed Hamid, Nilanka Perera, Khalid A. Alswat, Qiuwei Pan, Michelle T. Long, Vasily Isakov, Man Mi, Marco Arrese, Arun J. Sanyal, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Nathalie Carvalho Leite, Luca Valenti, Philip N. Newsome, Hannes Hagström, Salvatore Petta, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Marlen I. Castellanos Fernández, Isabelle A. Leclercq, Gulnara Aghayeva, Abdel-Naser Elzouki, Ali Tumi, Ala I. Sharara, Asma Labidi, Faisal M. Sanai, Khaled Matar, Maen Al-Mattooq, Maisam Waid Akroush, Mustapha Benazzouz, Nabil Debzi, Maryam Alkhatry, Salma Barakat, Said A. Al-Busafi, John Rwegasha, Wah Yang, Agyei Adwoa, Christopher Kenneth Opio, Mohammadjavad Sotoudeheian, Yu Jun Wong, Jacob George, Ming-Hua Zheng

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Optimization of High-Performance-Concrete properties containing fine recycled aggregates using mixture design modeling by Tounsia Boudina, Dalila Benamara, Rebih Zaitri

“…The statistical results show that the proposed models are well correlated with the experimental data…”
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Hybrid closed-loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and economic modelling by Asra Asgharzadeh, Mubarak Patel, Martin Connock, Sara Damery, Iman Ghosh, Mary Jordan, Karoline Freeman, Anna Brown, Rachel Court, Sharin Baldwin, Fatai Ogunlayi, Chris Stinton, Ewen Cummins, Lena Al-Khudairy

“…Two reviewers extracted data independently using a piloted data extraction form. …”
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Genetic association of ACE2 rs2285666 (C>T) and rs2106809 (A>G) and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection among the Ghanaian population by Alexander Owusu Boakye, Alexander Owusu Boakye, Christian Obirikorang, Christian Obirikorang, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Evans Asamoah Adu, Evans Asamoah Adu, Doris Winter, Eric Ebenezer Boham, Eric Ebenezer Boham, Hakim Alani, Sylvester Kofi Newton, Nana Safi Toure Almoustapha, James Deke, James Deke, Welbeck Odame Dzadey, Louis Adu-Amoah, Louis Adu-Amoah, Sally-Ann Kroduah, Sally-Ann Kroduah, Mary Ama Grant, Gracelyn Asare, Amos Amoako-Adusei, Wibke Loag, Jenny Kettenbeil, Yaw Adu Sarkodie, Ebenezer Oduro-Mensah, Alfred Edwin Yawson, Stephen Apanga, Rose Odotei Adjei, Rose Odotei Adjei, Austin Gideon Adobasom-Anane, Austin Gideon Adobasom-Anane, Eva Lorenz, Eva Lorenz, Aurélia Souares, Aurélia Souares, Oumou Maiga-Ascofaré, Oumou Maiga-Ascofaré, Oumou Maiga-Ascofaré, Jürgen May, Jürgen May, Jürgen May, Nicole S. Struck, Nicole S. Struck, John Humphery Amuasi, John Humphery Amuasi, John Humphery Amuasi, John Humphery Amuasi

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The mediating role of entrepreneurial attitude with entrepreneurial education and self-efficacy on students' entrepreneurial mindset by davoud tahmasebzadeh sheikhlar, mahdiye ruhi, amin parvari

“…Participants were asked to answer the items using a 5-point Likert scale from 1 indicating "strongly disagree" to 5 indicating "strongly agree". The analysis data of this research is in two parts, descriptive and inferential, using SPSS26 software, and in order to test the hypotheses, structural equation modeling using partial least squares method is used using SmartPLS software. …”
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由TIMSS 2019電腦化測驗檢視 臺灣學生表現之模式效應及數位落差現象 The Mode Effects and Digital Divide Among Taiwanese Students Based on the TIMSS 2019 Computer-Based Testing... by 陳冠銘 Kuan-Ming Chen, 許添明 Tian-Ming Sheu, 任宗浩 Tsung-Hau Jen

“…Based on these identified mode effects, scaling procedures were implemented using the international average mode effect and performance data from previous assessment cycles (which included only paperTIMSS) for each subject to generate scale scores. …”
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Risk factors and economic burden of healthcare-associated infections among patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the ICU: a cohort study from China by Zhenyu Hu, Minjin Peng, Chen Dong, Li Li, Qiao Hu, Hanlin Liao, Haining Jiang, Xianglan Fang, Qifei Zhang, Binbin Fu, Tingyu Lan, Kun Meng, Yijun Tang, Duoshuang Xie

“…Among these patients, 14.43% developed ECMO-related HAIs, resulting in 17 HAI events among 14 patients. …”
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Academic response to improving value and reducing waste: A comprehensive framework for INcreasing QUality In patient-oriented academic clinical REsearch (INQUIRE). by Belinda von Niederhäusern, Gordon H Guyatt, Matthias Briel, Christiane Pauli-Magnus

“…The framework addresses 5 study stages (concept, planning and feasibility, conduct, analysis and interpretation, and reporting and knowledge translation) and includes the following dimensions: (i) protection of patient safety and rights, (ii) relevance/patient centeredness and involvement, (iii) minimization of bias (internal validity), (iv) precision, (v) transparency/access to data, and (vi) generalizability (external validity) of study results. …”
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The Relationship Between Quantitative Ischemia, Early Revascularization, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events by Robert JH. Miller, MD, Bryan Bednarski, MSc, Yujie Cui, MSc, Vinicius Calsavara, PhD, Krishna Patel, MD, Alan Rozanski, MD, Joanna X. Liang, MPH, Valerie Builoff, BSc, Wanda Acampa, MD, Timothy M. Bateman, MD, Marcelo Di Carli, MD, Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH, Andrew J. Einstein, MD, PhD, Matthews B. Fish, MD, M. Timothy Hauser, MD, Philipp A. Kaufmann, MD, Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD, Terrence D. Ruddy, MD, Tali Sharir, MD, Albert J. Sinusas, MD, Damini Dey, PhD, Daniel S. Berman, MD, Piotr J. Slomka, PhD

“…Background: Observational data have suggested that patients with moderate to severe ischemia benefit from revascularization. …”
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The association of ideal cardiovascular health and its change with subclinical atherosclerosis according to glucose status: A prospective cohort study by Xiaojing Jia, Yilan Ding, Chunyan Hu, Hong Lin, Lin Lin, Xueyan Wu, Hongyan Qi, Shuangyuan Wang, Ruizhi Zheng, Jie Zheng, Min Xu, Yu Xu, Tiange Wang, Zhiyun Zhao, Yuhong Chen, Mian Li, Guang Ning, Weiqing Wang, Weiguo Hu, Yufang Bi, Jieli Lu

“…Methods We conducted a prospective analysis of 5225 participants without prior cardiovascular diseases, of whom 4768 had complete data on CVH change. …”
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Grip Strength and Age-Related Ocular Diseases: Insights from Observational, Mendelian Randomization, and Mediation Analyses by Chao Chen, Dongling Guo, Jiaqi Meng, MD, Jiao Qi, MD, Keke Zhang, MD, Wenwen He, MD, Yih Chung Tham, PhD, Xiangjia Zhu, PhD

“…Subjects: A total of 307 796 UK Biobank participants with grip strength and covariates data available. Methods: Logistic regression models were used to evaluate the associations between grip strength and age-related ocular diseases. …”
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Incidence and risk factors of ischemic stroke in patients with cancer-associated venous thromboembolism: from the Contemporary Management and Outcomes in Patients With Venous Throm... by Toru Sato, Yoshito Ogihara, Yugo Yamashita, Takeshi Morimoto, Ryuki Chatani, Kazuhisa Kaneda, Yuji Nishimoto, Nobutaka Ikeda, Yohei Kobayashi, Satoshi Ikeda, Kitae Kim, Moriaki Inoko, Toru Takase, Shuhei Tsuji, Maki Oi, Takuma Takada, Kazunori Otsui, Jiro Sakamoto, Takeshi Inoue, Shunsuke Usami, Po-Min Chen, Kiyonori Togi, Norimichi Koitabashi, Seiichi Hiramori, Kosuke Doi, Hiroshi Mabuchi, Yoshiaki Tsuyuki, Koichiro Murata, Kensuke Takabayashi, Hisato Nakai, Daisuke Sueta, Wataru Shioyama, Tomohiro Dohke, Ryusuke Nishikawa, Takeshi Kimura, Kaoru Dohi

“…We calculated the cumulative incidence function of ischemic stroke accounting for the competing risk of death and investigated risk factors for ischemic stroke in a subdistribution hazard model of multivariable analysis. Results: During a median follow-up period of 1020 days, 71 patients (4.7%) developed ischemic stroke, and the cumulative incidence of ischemic stroke was 4.0% at 1 year and 4.7% at 3 years. …”
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Sources and trends of black carbon aerosol in the megacity of Nanjing, eastern China, after the China Clean Action Plan and Three-Year Action Plan by A. Abulimiti, A. Abulimiti, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, M. Yu, M. Yu, Y. Hong, Y. Hong, Y.-C. Lin, Y.-C. Lin, C. Gul, F. Cao, F. Cao

“…Based on 3-year monitoring data, the random forest (RF) algorithm was employed to reconstruct BC concentrations in Nanjing from 2014 to 2021. …”
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The association between traumatic temporomandibular joint bony ankylosis and depressive disorder in growing rats by Tiange Deng, Yang Xue, Yiming Wang, Xiang Guo, Zhen Ma, Hongzhi Zhou, Zaiyong Yang, Zhengwu Peng, Xiangxiang Hu, Ning Li, Kaijin Hu, Lei Wang

“…The correlations between PMMO/area of bony fusion and duration of immobility, sucrose preference, CB1 receptor protein, mean optical density of CB1 receptor protein, and the number of BrdU-positive cell were evaluated using linear regression analysis. The level of significance was 0.05. Results In the test group, the traumatic TMJ complexes with narrowed joint space developed TMJ bony ankylosis, the area of bony mass of experimental side (21.26 mm2) was larger than that of sham side (1.73 mm2) (p < 0.001). …”
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Global Feature Focusing and Information Enhancement Network for Occluded Pedestrian Detection by ZHENG Kaikui, JI Kangyou, LI Jun, LI Qiming

“…Finally, conducted a visualization analysis of the detection boxes and central heatmaps. …”
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