Findings from a roundtable discussion with Pakistani stakeholders on measuring and valuing health and health-related quality of life for children and adolescents by Madeeha Malik, Azhar Hussain, Fredrick Dermawan Purba, Ning Yan Gu

“…This study aimed to explore the views of key national stakeholders on these valuation issues to inform the development of a localized EQ-5D-Y-3 L value set for Pakistan. …”
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Multidomain Behavioral Change Digital Coaching for Chronic Disease Management in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Framework Development and Preliminary Evaluation by Konstantina Kostopoulou, Danae Lekka, Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis, Nelina Angelova, Panagiotis Stafylas, Stefanos Tamouridis, Alexandra Bargiota, Sofoklis Kyriazakos

“… BackgroundUnhealthy lifestyle behaviors have been identified as a major cause of numerous health issues, with a steady global increase in their prevalence. …”
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The Estimation of Willingness to Pay and the Influential Factors for Air Quality Improvement in the City of Mashhad by S. Kalhori, L. Abolhasani, M. Sabouhi, M. Sarkhosh

“…One of the most important issues and challenges facing the world today is air pollution, particularly PM2.5 pollution. …”
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Early Digital Engagement Among Younger Children and the Transformation of Parenting in the Digital Age From an mHealth Perspective: Scoping Review by Nafisa Anjum, Md Mehedi Hasan, Nursat Jahan, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Allison Garefino, Nazmus Sakib

“…The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines were followed to organize the literature search process. Data collected from the studies were organized into a predeveloped Excel spreadsheet to facilitate analysis. …”
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Analyzing the Risk of Short-Term Losses in Free-Range Egg Production Using Commercial Data by Yusuf Adewale Adejola, Terence Zimazile Sibanda, Isabelle Ruhnke, Johan Boshoff, Saluna Pokhrel, Mitchell Welch

“…The variables studied included laying rate, feed intake, water intake, solar radiation, humidity, precipitation, and indoor/outdoor temperature. These were processed into a set of aggregate features calculated across a 14-day moving window. …”
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MODELS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP QUALITIES IN STUDENT YOUTH: DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXPERIENC by Lavrentieva Olena, Krupskyi Oleksandr

“…The article reveals the topical problem of shaping the leadership qualities in student youth, educating potential leaders who can quickly and purposefully integrate into society, solve social and industrial issues and manage groups and innovative projects. …”
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Advancements in regulatory agility, regional collaboration, and digital transformation: insights from the Asia Partnership Conference of Pharmaceutical Associations (APAC) by Sannie Siaw Foong Chong, Stephanie Hui Min Ong, Siew Mei Long, Masaaki Kanno, Usanee Harnpramukkul, Kum Cheun Wong, Asawari Sathaye, Mamta Singh, Manish Paliwal, Huyen Do, Helene Sou, Richard Simon R. Binos

“…The shift towards digital transformation is evident, with 50% adoption of paperless e-labeling and 100% adoption of e-submissions, though not all processes are paperless with the use of ICH CTD dossier format. …”
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Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review by Aljadani FF, Nughays RO, Alharbi GE, Almazroy EA, Elyas SK, Danish HE, Alanazi RT, Aldrees BA, Jadkarim GA, Mikwar Z

“…Emotional well-being is lowered by the coexisting medical issues especially if living alone. Chemotherapy and monoclonal antibodies can make the patients stressed and more tired. …”
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Supporting Muslim undergraduate medical students through medical school: lessons from a novel, student-led case-based learning intervention by Zain Mohammed, Zain Mohammed, Hafsah Ba, Linta Nasim, Emily Roisin Reid

“…Using Case-Based Learning (CBL) as a pedagogical framework, a novel student-led teaching intervention was created and delivered to small groups of faculty and students, with the aim of enhancing awareness, promoting inclusivity, and supporting educators of these issues.MethodsThis CBL intervention was designed and led by Muslim medical student facilitators with subject expertise and previous experience in implementing curricular interventions. …”
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Creencias sobre la enseñanza de la composición escrita y de la gramática de estudiantes de grado de Educación Primaria y de Educación infantil / Beliefs about the teaching of wri... by Marilisa Birello, Maria Rosa Gil Juan

“…In the analyzed data we observe that, regarding beliefs about writing and grammar, students are more concerned about superficial aspects such as orthographic issues. Moreover, in the narratives students make few references to the need to adapt writing to a communicative situation or to the aims of communication, as well as overlooking morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic aspects. …”
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Ukrainian agriculture during the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war: consequences, policy responses and recovery strategies by Maryna Nehrey, Nataliia Klymenko, Volodymyr Kravchenko, Mariana Komar

“…The following four-step process was undertaken: (i) a systematic literature review of academic, institutional, and policy sources; (ii) statistical analysis of agricultural data from Ukrainian and international institutions; (iii) K-means clustering of regions by the level of impact of the war, economic loss and agricultural activity was conducted using R statistical software; (iv) an evaluation of Ukrainian agricultural policies issued during the RUW. …”
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The study of the influence of <i>Thlaspi arvense</i> L. on the characteristics of the reproductive system of male rats by R. G. Farkhutdinov, K. A. Pupykina, L. A. Sharafutdinova, A. M. Fedorova, Z. R. Hismatullina, M. I. Garipova, E. F. Koroleva, A. A. Yamaleeva, T. D. Rendyuk

“…Thlaspi arvense L. is a promising medicinal plant, as it is widely used in folk medicine as a diuretic, anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic, antihistamine, hemostatic, astringent, has a positive effect on the processes of spermatogenesis and is widely distributed in our country. …”
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The Effects of Pregnancy and Childbirth on Women's Health-Related Quality of Life: A Scoping Review by Asmaa Othman

“… Context: Although pregnancy and childbearing are the most natural processes for women, it is accompanied by significant life changes for the mother, who needs to adjust to parenting. …”
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Patient-reported outcomes for menopause management interventions study: PROMMIS by Mukherjee Annice, Anne Armstrong, Lucy Whitaker, Jackie Maybin, Rebecca Reynolds, Paula Briggs

“…However, there is a lack of outcome data for under-represented groups with complex health issues, particularly concerning cardiometabolic and gynaecological risks, oestrogen-related cancers and testosterone use. …”
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POSITION OF THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME AMONG FACIAL PAIN SYNDROMES by V.L. Melnyk, V.K. Shevchenko, Yu.I. Sylenko

“… At the present time, the actual problem of dentistry is the study of the issues of the syndrome of pain dysfunction (SPD) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), which is found in 14-20% of teenagers and significantly increases with age (Siemkin V.A, Rabukhina N.A., 2000 ; Khavatova VA, 2005). …”
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Snow depth estimation on leadless landfast ice using Cryo2Ice satellite observations by M. Saha, J. Stroeve, J. Stroeve, D. Isleifson, J. Yackel, V. Nandan, V. Nandan, J. C. Landy, H. M. Lam

“…<p>Observations of snow on Arctic Sea ice are vitally important for sea ice thickness estimation, bio-physical processes, and human activities. While previous studies have combined CryoSat-2- and ICESat-2-derived freeboards to estimate snow depth over Arctic sea ice, these approaches require leads within the ice pack to estimate the freeboard heights above the sea surface. …”
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Aerodynamic Optimization and Wind Field Characterization of a Quadrotor Fruit-Picking Drone Based on LBM-LES by Zhengqi Zhou, Yonghong Tan, Yongda Lin, Zhili Pan, Linhui Wang, Zhizhuang Liu, Yu Yang, Lizhi Chen, Xuxiang Peng

“…To address the aforementioned issues, this paper constructs a drone and wind field testing platform and employs the Lattice Boltzmann Method and Large Eddy Simulation (LBM-LES) algorithm to solve the high-dynamic, rapidly changing airflow field during the transient picking process of the drone. …”
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Generation Victoria (GenV): protocol for a longitudinal birth cohort of Victorian children and their parents by Elizabeth K. Hughes, William Siero, Alisha Gülenç, Susan A. Clifford, Tony Frugier, Simon M. Hall, Jatender Mohal, Kathryn North, Natasha Zaritski, Sharon Goldfeld, Richard Saffery, Melissa Wake

“…GenV is guided by its 6 principles of Inclusivity, Collaboration, Sustainability, Enhancement, Systematised Processes and Value and enabled by large-scale biobanking, IT and novel high-throughput technology infrastructure. …”
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Automated sleep staging model for older adults based on CWT and deep learning by Qunfeng Niu, Ranran Gui, Hengfang Liu, Liuyi Li, Lei Shi, Kunming Jia, Peng Li, Li Wang

“…Traditional sleep staging requires manual classification by professional technicians based on the characteristic features of each sleep stage. This process is time-consuming, and the accuracy of staging is heavily influenced by subjective factors. …”
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Virtual Primary Care for People With Opioid Use Disorder: Scoping Review of Current Strategies, Benefits, and Challenges by Shawna Narayan, Ellie Gooderham, Sarah Spencer, Rita K McCracken, Lindsay Hedden

“…After a double review process, we retained 3% (28/938) of the studies for extraction. …”
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