Burden of Abdominal Obesity and Hypertension among Fishermen: A Cross-sectional Study from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India by L Nancy, R Suba Shree, R Kalaivanan, M Logaraj, K Narmatha

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Growth differentiation factor 5 improves meniscal healing in a pilot study on rats by David Mazy, Nathaniel Léveillé, Line Séguy, Irene Londono, Florina Moldovan, Marie‐Lyne Nault

“…Abstract Purpose Meniscus injuries are common, but failed repairs remain an issue. The aim of this study was to demonstrate, in an in vivo rat model, the ability of growth differentiation factor 5 (GDF5) to improve meniscal tear healing. …”
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Assessing Quality of Life in Patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa in the Saudi Population: Validation of the QOLEB Questionnaire by Shehata N, Mahmoud SA, Abdulghani S, Alghamdi Y, Awan ZA, Alshahrani NZ, Algethami MR, Bamimore MA

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A Novel Method for Traffic Parameter Extraction and Analysis Based on Vehicle Trajectory Data for Signal Control Optimization by Yizhe Wang, Yangdong Liu, Xiaoguang Yang

“…This study addresses the key issue of extracting traffic parameters suitable for signal timing optimization from sampled trajectory data by proposing a comprehensive method for traffic parameter extraction and analysis based on vehicle trajectory data. …”
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Technostress Among Older Workers: A Central European Perspective by Rašticová M, Šácha J, Lakomý M, Mishra PK

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LCFC-Laptop: A Benchmark Dataset for Detecting Surface Defects in Consumer Electronics by Hua-Feng Dai, Jyun-Rong Wang, Quan Zhong, Dong Qin, Hao Liu, Fei Guo

“…As a result, models trained on them often perform poorly when applied to surface defect detection tasks in this domain. To address this issue, the present study introduces a specialized optical sampling system with six distinct lighting configurations, each designed to highlight different surface defect types. …”
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Asthma prevalence and risk factors in Poonch and Rajouri districts, India: an epidemiological and geospatial analysis by Arshad Ahmed, Kheraj, Jorge Rocha, Alireza Mohammadi

“…We conducted a cross-sectional survey across 816 households in 50 villages in Poonch and Rajouri districts, utilizing a stratified random sampling approach to ensure a representative sample. …”
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Abuse and its associated factors among elderly population of Kamalamai Municipality of Sindhuli District, Nepal. by Jwala Subedi, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Paras Kumar Pokharel, Samyog Uprety, Birendra Kumar Yadav, Anisha K C, Sheetal Bhandari, Samiksha Baral

“…<h4>Background</h4>The global rise in the elderly population brings attention to the pressing issue of elder abuse, categorized into physical, psychological, neglect, financial and sexual abuse. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of intimate partner violence against men in Kisumu slums, Kenya by Elizabeth Akello Odemba, Edward A. Frongillo, Sheri D. Weiser

“…Policies, including education to increase awareness of this issue, should be enacted to protect men from intimate partner violence.…”
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Investigating the Nurses and Doctors Attitudes' Regarding the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Who Used the Thrombolytic Agents in Babylon Teaching Hospitals 2022 by Hussein Abbas Salman Al-Ameri, Hasan Salim Abdulsada Al-Jumaili, Marzieh Ziaei Rad

“…Research method: In this comparative study, 103 nurses and 13 doctors were selected in 2022 by available sampling method the type of sample was purposive and was conducted on nurses and doctors working in cardiac and coronary resuscitation units in Babylon Specialized Hospitals. …”
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Workplace violence, work characteristics, and seniority levels among nurses: a cross-sectional study by Hui-Ling Yang, Ju-Chun Tai, Chia-Hui Wang, Yuh-Kae Shyu, Kuei-Ru Chou, Li-Chung Pien

“…Methods The participants in this cross-sectional descriptive survey study were recruited via a convenience sampling approach between February and May 2021. The sample ultimately included 1000 full-time registered nurses who were recruited from a medical center in Taiwan. …”
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Optimizing the lithotripsy timing after drainage of the upper urinary tract in patients with urolithiasis and obstructive uropathy by A. I. Khotko, D. N. Khotko, V. M. Popkov, A. I. Tarasenk

“…At the same time, this issue is still the subject of discussion in publications of recent years.Purpose of the study. …”
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Breath-Focused Mindfulness and Compassion Training in Parent-Child Dyads: Pilot Intervention Study by Satish Jaiswal, Jason Nan, Seth Dizon, Jessica O Young, Suzanna R Purpura, James K Manchanda, Dhakshin Ramanathan, Dennis J Kuo, Jyoti Mishra

“… Abstract BackgroundDepression in children is a concerning societal issue and can be associated with poor academic performance, school dropout, and poor overall quality of life. …”
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Exploring feasible factors to improve the practice of chronic kidney disease prevention among healthcare professionals in syria: a Q-methodology study by Fatema Ahmed, Qingyuan Ye, Li Li, Waleed Ksebe, Ruiyang Xu, Haya Radwan, Chen Wu, Kefang Wang

“…Methods We utilized the Q-methodological approach to rank 37 statements made by HCPs regarding barriers to the prevention of CKD. A Q-sample was constructed from interviews with 12 HCPs from different healthcare settings in Syria, followed by selecting a P-sample (the participants who ranked the statements) of 25 HCPs through structured questionnaires. …”
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Navigating menstrual stigma and norms: a qualitative study on young people’s menstrual experiences and strategies for improving menstrual health by Eva Åkerman, Anna Wängborg, Maria Persson, Renita Sörensdotter, Marie Klingberg-Allvin

“…Sixteen young people aged 18–28 who have experienced the menstrual cycle participated in individual interviews. Purposeful sampling combined with snowball sampling was applied to recruit the participants. …”
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Utilizing SMOTE-TomekLink and machine learning to construct a predictive model for elderly medical and daily care services demand by Guangmei Yang, Guangdong Wang, Leping Wan, Xinle Wang, Yan He

“…The acquired dataset has class imbalance, and to handle this issue, Synthetic Minority Over Sampling Technique with TomekLink (SMOTE-TomekLink) was adopted to resample the dataset for class-balancing. …”
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Identifying the Core Symptoms in Chinese Patients of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Contemporaneous Symptom Network Analysis by Yang Z, Cui M, Zhang J, Wang Z, Yao G, Fu X

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Doctor-patient communication in obesity disease - the perspective of Polish primary care physicians by Iwona Drozdowska, Antonina Doroszewska, Tomasz Pasierski

“…The data were collected via computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). The sample was deliberately random selected from the available database of numbers. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in rural areas of Naubatpur block of Patna District in Bihar, India: a population−based cluster cross−sectional study by Alok Ranjan, Sanjay Pandey, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Chandramani Singh, Mohit Bhardwaj

“…Hypertension, previously considered an urban issue, is increasingly prevalent in rural India, necessitating targeted interventions. …”
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Determinants of access to and use of gestational diabetes mellitus services in Kenya: a multimethod case study protocol by Jacob Spallek, Marie Tallarek, Angela Obongo

“…Introduction Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a growing public health issue in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs), making up about 90% of the global burden of GDM. …”
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