Intensive care unit nurses’ perceived Barriers to Optimal Pain management: A cross-sectional study in Tanzania by Banafsheh Ghorbani, Joel Simbeye, Majed Dehghani, Fatemeh Bahramnezhad

“…Background: Inadequate pain management among critically ill nonverbal patients in ICUs is a significant public health issue that can lead to prolonged mechanical ventilation and poor quality of life. …”
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Parental Verbal Abuse, Substance Use and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Mental Health among In-School Adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria by Emmanuel Uye, Josephine Omotuwa, Esohe Ehondor

“…Objective: Mental health has remained an issue that affects various age groups with different levels of outcomes. …”
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The role of dietary diversity and other factors to stunting among infants and toddlers in West Java, Indonesia by Surmita Surmita, Rini Sekartini, Aria Kekalih, Dian Novita Chandra

“…Abstract Background Stunting is a major public health issue affecting infants and toddlers, characterized by impaired growth due to chronic malnutrition. …”
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USE OF AGRICULTURAL HABITATS AND FOODS BY WILD TURKEYS IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN by R. Neal Paisley, Robert G. Wright, John F. Kubisiak

“…Food habits were determined from wild turkeys collected in crop fields (primarily corn, alfalfa, and oats) by research personnel during spring (n = 100) and summer (n = 45; entire sample from brood flocks) and from legally harvested birds during fall (n = 250). …”
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Team Survivors: Preliminary Analysis of an Innovative Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant by Meghan K. Flannery, Jocelyn Morin, Katrina O’Malley, Debra Schmidt, Jennifer A. Hoag

“…Future studies require a larger sample size to adequately power the analyses.…”
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Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) in the Management of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: A Narrative Review by A F M Shakilur Rahman

“…Nevertheless, methodological errors like small sample sizes and a absence of randomized controlled studies now limit the data. …”
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Effectiveness of virtual reality interventions in promoting healthy eating and physical activity among children: A systematic review by Yuqi Zhang, Amirrudin Kamsin, Nur Amani Natasha Ahmad Tajuddin, Siti Idayu Hasan

“…Background Childhood obesity significantly impacts health, making the promotion of healthy behavior (HB) among children crucial to address this issue. Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising tool for encouraging HB in children. …”
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The Contribution of Lower Local Governments to Health Service Delivery in Kabale Municipality Kabale District: A Case Study of Rushoroza Hospital. by Ayebare, Rosette

“…The issue of unsatisfactory healthcare service delivery is becoming increasingly significant worldwide. …”
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Healthcare workers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative analysis of a text message-based NHS workforce support line by Richard Powell, Lisa Jane Gould, Eleanor Angwin, Emma Lawrance

“…Organisational stressors, mental health provision and additional resources for HCWs to recover from the pandemic remain a vital issue in current NHS service provision.…”
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Analysis of dedifferentiated liposarcomas emphasizing the diagnostic dilemmas by Bhagat Singh Lali, Hema Kini, Shrijeet Chakraborti, Jyoti Kini, Pooja K Suresh

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An Analysis of Mathematics Education Quality: Case Study of Adiyaman University by Suat Aşkın, Murat Ayan

“…The total university student number in the year when the poll is conducted in 2012 is 12.000. The sample volume for the poll is determined as 400 students and the poll is performed. …”
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Assessment of hand hygiene practices among oral health professionals at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital: A cross-sectional study by Omolola Olubunmi Orenuga, Oyinkansola O Sofola, Bimbola Opeyemi Akindele

“…However, compliance with guidelines on hand hygiene practices remains a major issue among healthcare workers. Few studies have emphasized dentists’ compliance with hand hygiene in oral health-related units. …”
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Determinants of Food Insecurity and the Choice of Livelihood Strategies: The Case of Abay Chomen District, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Bacha Gebissa, Wandu Geremew

“…The result of this study is based on primary data and obtained from 150 randomly chosen sample households and secondary data generated from various sources. …”
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Credit Scoring Prediction Using Deep Learning Models in the Financial Sector by Xi Shi, Dingfen Tang, Yike Yu

“…To prevent overfitting and to promote better generalization, we incorporate adaptive regularization strategies that adjust penalization levels in response to validation metrics. We confront the issue of class imbalance by applying dynamic re-sampling and weight adjustment techniques, ensuring balanced model performance across varied data segments. …”
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Developing Life Skills Through Physical Education: Social Skills and Teamwork in Moroccan Secondary School Students by Abdelmajid Ouaddou, Abdelkrim Kanbaai

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Efficient Switched-Beam Detection for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing in 6G Wireless Networks With Full Duplex Technology at the THz Band by Andrea Tani, Dania Marabissi

“…Both molecular re-radiation and RSI are sources of colored noise that dominate additive white Gaussian noise, complicating the operations of SS algorithms that do not require prior information based on the eigenvalues of the sample covariance matrix. To address this issue, we propose a low-complexity solution using a switched beam technique, along with a whitening matrix derived from a dataset containing RSI, molecular noise, and two largest eigenvalue (LE) detectors. …”
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Is consumer response to plain/standardised tobacco packaging consistent with framework convention on tobacco control guidelines? A systematic review of quantitative studies. by Martine Stead, Crawford Moodie, Kathryn Angus, Linda Bauld, Ann McNeill, James Thomas, Gerard Hastings, Kate Hinds, Alison O'Mara-Eves, Irene Kwan, Richard I Purves, Stuart L Bryce

“…Eligible studies were published or unpublished primary research of any design, issued since 1980 and concerning tobacco packaging. …”
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Undetected comorbidities in older adults with serious mental illness, and opportunities for screening – A cross-sectional study from Kerala by Priya Chandran, Jayakrishnan Thavody, C. M. Sujina, Neethu Mohan, Shibu Kumar, Harish M. Tharayil, Anusha Prabakarana, C. B. Sooria, Smita N. Deshpande

“…SENIOR used a cross-sectional study design, among OASMI participants identified through multistage cluster sampling from three districts in Kerala. For data collection trained research fellows conducted participant interviews at the participant households. …”
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Values associated with Nordic Walking: An international cross-sectional survey among individuals practicing walking with poles. by Wioletta Szymczak, Krzysztof Jurek, Monika Dobrogowska

“…<h4>Aim</h4>It is based on the results of original international sociological research study on the issue of sociodemographic profiles of Nordic Walkers in the context of the values associated with this sports activity.…”
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HIV Infection Among Pregnant Women in a Vietnamese Population: Prevalence and Associated Factors by Ho HTT, Nguyen TH, Nguyen HH, Nguyen SPH, Nguyen KT

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