‘I do what a woman should do’: a grounded theory study of women’s menstrual experiences at work in Mukono District, Uganda by Julie Hennegan, Kellogg J Schwab, Natalie G Exum, Simon P S Kibira, Fredrick E Makumbi, Justine Bukenya

“…Menstrual health has received increasing recognition as an essential issue for public health and gender equality. A growing body of research has elucidated adolescent girls’ menstrual needs and informed policy and practice responses. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on female fertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Qi Zhang, Tong Wang, Qian Yang, Fangyuan Li, Hua Lu, Xinyun Li, Qianchen Liu, Lingxia Qiang

“…Introduction The increased social and economic burden caused by the novel COVID-19 outbreak is gradually becoming a worrisome issue for the health sector. The novel coronavirus invades the target cell by binding to ACE2, which is widely expressed in the ovaries, uterus, vagina and placenta. …”
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A Retrospective Study of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization and Quality of Antibiotic Use in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Low-Resource Settings by Vedrana Barišić, Tijana Kovačević, Maja Travar, Ana Golić Jelić, Pedja Kovačević, Dragana Milaković, Ranko Škrbić

“…Antibiotic consumption was expressed in defined daily doses (DDD) per 100 bed-days, and compared across three periods: pre-COVID-19 (2015–2019), COVID-19 (2020–2022), and post-COVID-19 (2023–2024). …”
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Could Mussel Populations Be Differentially Threatened by the Presence of Microplastics and Related Chemicals? by Filipe Borges, Rosa Freitas, Ana L. Patrício Silva, Dulce Lucy Soliz Rojas, Gema Paniagua González, Montserrat Solé

“…Mussels serve as indicators of anthropogenic chemical pollution; however, the effects of microplastics and plastic-related chemicals on their health performance remain an emerging issue. In this study, mussels were exposed to a polyamide (PA; 5 μg/L) and tricresyl phosphate (TCP; 1 μg/L) for 28 days. …”
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Weight bias in mental health settings: a scoping review by Samantha R. Philip, Erin C. Standen, Jordan Schueler, Sherecce A. Fields, Sean M. Phelan, Sean M. Phelan

“…Qualitative studies from client samples revealed experiences of weight stigma during treatment, including MHPs’ expressions of implicit and explicit weight bias, assumptions and misattributions based on the clients’ weight, unsolicited (direct or subtle) weight loss advice, and differential treatment based on size. …”
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MicroRNA-Based Delivery Systems for Chronic Neuropathic Pain Treatment in Dorsal Root Ganglion by Stefan Jackson, Maria Rosa Gigliobianco, Cristina Casadidio, Piera Di Martino, Roberta Censi

“…Neuropathic pain is a significant global clinical issue that poses substantial challenges to both public health and the economy due to its complex underlying mechanisms. …”
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MLAR-Net: A Multilevel Attention-Based ResNet Module for the Automated Recognition of Emotions Using Single-Channel EEG Signals by M. Maithri, U. Raghavendra, Anjan Gudigar, Samir Kumar Praharaj, Karthikeyan Sriram, Massimo Salvi, Chai Hong Yeong, Filippo Molinari, U. Rajendra Acharya

“…However, not all channel information is important for emotion recognition. Another issue with the existing dataset is the availability of a small quantity of samples. …”
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Differential tissue and cellular distribution of chemokine C-C motif ligand 2 in grey/white matters of healthy and simian immunodeficiency virus infected monkey by Xue Shi, Jingdong Zhang, Huangying Zhao, Hongjun Li, Junyi Zhu, Huangui Xiong

“…However, its cellular distribution in grey and white matter (GM, WM) remains elusive. We explored this issue using healthy and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infected monkeys and found: 1) Neurons were a major source of CCL2-like immunoreactivity (CCL2-ir) in normal GM, and corpus callosum (CC) ependyma showed high density of CCL2-ir. 2) Upon SIV infection, CCL2-ir was strikingly raised in GM neurons, and in CC ependyma. 3) Brain vascular-perivascular cells were a large source of CCL2-ir in normal GM and WM, which was relatively larger in CC WM than in GM. 4) Vascular-perivascular CCL2-ir proportional areas were significantly enhanced by SIV infection in both GM and CC WM. 5) Microglia seemed not to express CCL2 in healthy brain. …”
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Application of multi-omics technology in pathogen identification and resistance gene screening of sheep pneumonia by Kai Huang, Lvfeng Yuan, Jia Liu, Xiaolong Li, Dan Xu, Xiaoxue Zhang, Jie Peng, Huibin Tian, Fadi Li, Weimin Wang

“…Abstract Background Pneumonia constitutes a major health challenge in sheep, severely compromising growth rates and overall productivity, and resulting in considerable economic losses to the sheep industry. To address this issue, the development of disease-resistant breeding programs based on the identification of genetic markers associated with pneumonia susceptibility is of critical importance. …”
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Digital multimodal intervention for cancer-related cognitive impairment in breast-cancer patients: Cog-Stim feasibility study by Giulia Binarelli, Florence Joly, François Christy, Bénédicte Clarisse, Marie Lange

“…Results Among 419 radiotherapy-treated patients with breast cancer, 170 had cognitive complaints (41%), 83 were eligible (49%), 29 were not included (35%) due to organizational issue and 20 among eligible contacted patients agreed to participate (37%). …”
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Academic Staff Perspectives on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Pharmaceutical Sciences Research and Writing: A Qualitative Study. by Samer Imad Mohammed, Dheyaa Jabbar Kadhim, Basma Zuheir Al-Metwali, Ehab Mudher Mikhael, Noor Mohammed Hassan

“…However, most academic faculty express concerns about their students relying only on these tools, which may result in dependency and a decline in writing proficiency. …”
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Medication misuse and illicit substance use among palliative care patients in German palliative care units– an evaluation from the perspective of palliative care providers by Jannis Eersink, Julian Maul, Nils Heuser, Astrid Morin, Martin Gschnell, Christian Volberg

“…This study aims to explore how practitioners perceive the issue and management of substance misuse in palliative care patients. …”
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A pH-triggered self-releasing humic acid hydrogel loaded with porcine interferon α/γ achieves anti-pseudorabies virus effects by oral administration by Maoyuan Sun, Yongli Shi, Baishi Lei, Wuchao Zhang, Jingjing Feng, Shenghu Ge, Wanzhe Yuan, Kuan Zhao

“…However, the efficacy of monomeric IFN is limited, and its administration relies solely on injection. To address this issue, we successfully expressed and purified a recombinant porcine IFNα and IFNγ fusion protein (rPoIFNα/γ). …”
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Bacterial conjunctivitis: microbiological profile and molecular characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci isolated from Minia governorate, Egypt by Fatma Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Gamal Fadl Mahmoud Gad, Ahmed Mohamed Kamal El Shafei, Reham Ali Ibrahem

“…Ocular infections caused by bacterial sources are a global health issue that can damage the construction of the eye, and lead to disability. …”
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Identifying the effects of excess weight, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance on liver stiffness using ultrasound elastography in children by Zehra Filiz Karaman, Nihal Hatipoğlu, Fatih Kardaş, Sibel Saraçoğlu, Gül Direk, Mustafa Kendirci, Abdulhakim Coşkun

“…However, large scale longitudinal studies might clarify this issue. …”
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Unveiling Neck Pain in Young Adults: A Descriptive Study Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cervical Spine Highlighting Poor Posture and Degenerative Disc Disease by Nitesh Narendra Agarwal, Pankaj Asaram Badarkhe, Sahebrao Bhumanna Kaslod, Meenakshi Induprakash Gajbhiye

“…Introduction: Neck pain is a widespread issue among the elderly, often causing disability and affecting daily activities. …”
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The Objectivity of Nonexistent in the View of Mu'tazila and an Analysis of Received Criticisms on it by Aflatoon Sadeghi

“…The importance of examining this theory in Islamic theology goes back to solving the important issue of divine knowledge of beings before creation. …”
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Public danger of the individual and the basis of criminalization by Karavaeva Yu.S.

“…This conclusion does not raise objections and, by and large, only confirms the positions expressed in science: if the subject of a crime is special, then public danger of the act increases due to its properties. …”
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Constitutional consolidation of the rule of law as the basis for the development of the Ukrainian state: historical origins and implementation practice by Lutskyi R., Kaleniuk O., Lytsur M.

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De “La Legión contra la droga” a “Todos con la Patria”. Evolución de los 101 km en 24 h de Ronda (From "The Legion Against Drugs" to "All with the Homeland": Evolution of the 101... by Angel Acuna Delgado

“…In this work we focus our attention on the stories issued around the race, asking about the motives, values ​​and sensations expressed by participants, public and organizers, in order to understand the keys to their success and the philosophy that surrounds it. …”
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