Knowledge, attitude, and practice of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention among barbing and beauty salon operators in Mogadishu, Somalia, 2024 by Saadaq Adan Hussein, Marian Muse Osman, Yahye Sheikh Abdulle, Abdirahman Aden Hussein, Abdullahi Ahmed Tahlil MD, Ahmed Mohamed Nur, Mohamed MAli Fuje, Mohamed Farah Yusuf, Rage Adem, Abdirahman Abdikadir Osman, Mohamed Abdurahman Hashi, Ayan Nor Ali, Abdullahi Ali Hayle, Mohamed Adan Mohamed, Omar Mohamed Mohamud, AbdulJalil Abdullahi Farah, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo

“…Abstract Introduction HIV/AIDS is a global public health issue affecting 40.4 million lives. Barbershops and beauty salons pose health risks due to the use of sharp tools, which can transmit blood-borne diseases like HIV. …”
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Household Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic Between Slum and Non-Slum Areas in Kinshasa, DR Congo: A Cross-Sectional Study by Pierre Z. Akilimali, Benito M. Kazenza, Francis K. Kabasubabo, Landry M. Egbende, Dynah M. Kayembe, Nguyen Toan Tran, Désiré K. Mashinda

“…Introduction: Food insecurity is a vital issue, especially in places such as Kinshasa. Additionally, food insecurity has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Filling knowledge gaps: A methodological approach for the rapid investigation of species with restricted populations by André Cesar Furlaneto Sampaio, Pablo Melo Hoffmann, Elivelton Marcos Gurski, Ollyver Rech Bizarro, Santiago José Elías Velazco, Marcos Bergmann Carlucci, Marília Borgo, Mayara Monteiro Ferreira, Alessandro Camargo Angelo, Christopher Thomas Blum

“…In the second phase, we conducted systematic transects and distance sampling within this area, mapping the population and identifying less degraded sectors. …”
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Mediation of nutritional status between the number of teeth and depressive symptoms in multi-ethnic older adults from Western China by Xin Tian, Xin Xia, Huixian Li, Yuexia Hu, Yuqing Xie, Xiuying Hu, Jirong Yue, Birong Dong, Bei Wu, Yanyan Wang

“…BackgroundDepression is a prevalent issue among older adults, affecting the quality of life and overall health of individuals. …”
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SpiNeRF: direct-trained spiking neural networks for efficient neural radiance field rendering by Xingting Yao, Xingting Yao, Qinghao Hu, Fei Zhou, Tielong Liu, Tielong Liu, Zitao Mo, Zeyu Zhu, Zeyu Zhu, Zhengyang Zhuge, Jian Cheng, Jian Cheng

“…To address this issue, we present two methods: Temporal padding (TP) and temporal condensing-and-padding (TCP). …”
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CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION IN CHILDREN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE by I. V. Babachenko, O. V. Samodova, V. A. Anokhin, E. V. Mikhaylova, A. V. Bogdanova, K. V. Evdokimov, E. V. Sharipova, N. L. Rogushina, S. V. Khaliullina, T. K. Chudakova, M. S. Yarushkina, S. G. Grigor’ev

“…Etiology of acute respiratory viral infections were confirmed by examination of smears from the posterior pharyngeal wall by polymerase chain reaction. The study sample included 991 child’s first year of life with lesions of the lower respiratory tract.Results. …”
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Registry study of immune-related adverse events using electronic patient-reported outcome in patients with cancer receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: protocol for a multicentre... by Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Tempei Miyaji, Takashi Kawaguchi, Kanako Azuma, Taiki Hirata, Ayako Torii, Hiroaki Usui, Soan Kim, Tatsuya Hayama, Daisuke Hirate, Yosuke Kawahara, Yuki Kumihashi, Tomomi Chisaka, Tetsuya Wako, Akinobu Yoshimura

“…A registry will be established using background information obtained from medical records. The sample size is determined by 1 year projection without using statistical methods. …”
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A mathematical model to improve water storage of glacial lake prediction towards addressing glacial lake outburst floods by M. Qi, M. Qi, M. Qi, M. Qi, S. Liu, S. Liu, S. Liu, Z. Zhao, Z. Zhao, Y. Gao, Y. Gao, F. Xie, F. Xie, G. Veh, L. Xiao, L. Xiao, J. Jing, Y. Zhu, Y. Zhu, K. Wu, K. Wu

“…Subsequently, we incorporate data from 40 additional measured lakes as a sample set to compare and evaluate the model's performance against other existing models. …”
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Food insecurity and health behaviors in a disaster-affected population: A case study of Tacloban, Philippines by Gashaw Enbiyale Kasse, Abdo Megra Geda, Aregash Wendimu Tumebo, Elvis Akem Tambe, Abraham Belete Temesgen, Mulusew Tesfaye Yitie, Tadesse Mihiret Yimam, Samuel Atalay Shiferaw

“…Background: Food insecurity is a widespread issue that poses a major global challenge with far-reaching impacts. …”
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Registry for Evaluating Healthy Life Expectancy and Long-Term Outcomes after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in the Very Elderly (REHEALTH AF) study: rationale and design... by Kengo Kusano, Ayako Okada, Koji Miyamoto, Eizo Tachibana, Wataru Shimizu, Masato Murakami, Tomoo Harada, Kojiro Tanimoto, Takeshi Kato, Satoru Sakagami, Katsuhito Fujiu, Tatsuya Hayashi, Yasuo Okumura, Kazuhiro Satomi, Tomoyuki Shiozawa, Hideki Kobayashi, Michifumi Tokuda, Teiichi Yamane, Ryohsuke Narui, Seigo Yamashita, Satoru Miyanaga, Ikutaro Nakajima, Hidehira Fukaya, Hajime Kihara, Shiro Nakahara, Koichi Nagashima, Kenta Murotani, Shinya Suzuki, Ryuta Watanabe, Katsuaki Yokoyama, Hidemori Hayashi, Yu-ki Iwasaki, Yuhi Fujimoto, Yasushi Mukai, Koichiro Ejima, Takayuki Otsuka, Masaomi Kimura, Masahide Harada, Junjiroh Koyama, Hideharu Okamatsu, Mitsuru Takami, Morio Shoda, Kenichi Hiroshima, Tadashi Fujino, Keijiro Nakamura, Koji Kumagai, Yuji Watari, Mina Hatsuno, Kazuki Iso, Kazumasa Sonoda, Yoshiyasu Aizawa, Akio Chikata, Masaru Inoue, Hitoshi Minamiguchi, Nobuhiko Makino, Yoshinao Yazaki, Hideshi Aoyagi, Makoto Ichikawa, Hironori Haruta, Takafumi Hiro, Kimie Okubo, Ken Arima, Taiki Tojo, Yoshiaki Fukuda, Koji Oiwa, Tamami Fujiishi, Masashi Akabane, Norikazu Ishikawa, Haruna Tabuchi, Kenjiro Miyamoto, Hiroshi Mase

“…Study subjects are to be enrolled from 52 participant hospitals and three clinics located throughout Japan from 1 June 2022 to 31 December 2023, and each will be followed up for 1 year. The planned sample size is 660, comprising 220 ablation group patients and 440 non-ablation group patients. …”
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Prevalence of bacterial eye infections and multidrug resistance patterns among eye infection suspected patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mihret Tilahun, Alemu Gedefie, Bekele Sharew, Habtu Debash, Agumas Shibabaw

“…Abstract Background Bacterial eye infections are major global health issue in developing countries like Ethiopia, poor hygiene, limited healthcare infrastructure, and inadequate treatment options contribute to the increased burden of these infections, leading to significant ocular morbidity and potential blindness. …”
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School life during COVID-19: a qualitative study exploring English secondary school staff and pupils’ experiences of the school-based mitigation measures by Sarah Bell, Jane Williams, Sabi Redwood, Jeremy Horwood

“…Participants were purposively sampled from English schools serving diverse communities participating in the CoMMinS (COVID-19 Mapping and Mitigation in Schools) study. …”
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A clarion call to the addiction science community: It’s time to resist the anti-scientific policies of the US Trump administration by Thomas F. Babor, Bryon Adinoff, Luke Clark, David Crockford, Zsolt Demetrovics, Paul Dietze, Jean-Sébastien Fallu, Sally Gainsbury, Gail Gilchrist, David A. Gorelick, Kathryn Graham, Jason Grebely, Derek Heim, Matilda Hellman, Anne-Marie Laslett, Caravella McCuistian, Michal Miovsky, Neo K. Morojele, Jacek Moskalewicz, Isidore Obot, Richard Pates, Robin Room, Marta Rychert, Aysel Sultan, Carla Treloar, Nigel E. Turner, Samantha Wells, Emily C. Williams, Katie Witkiewitz

“…This is clearly unethical (removing authors who contributed to a publication), possibly illegal (changing an article after copyright has been transferred to a journal), and definitely unscientific (editors should not publish articles that fail to accurately describe sample characteristics in terms of sex, gender and sexual minority composition, where relevant). …”
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Determinants of non-accessibility to primary health care in the Ikela Health Zone, Ikela, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Louison Lofoka Botuli, Basua Babintu Mukandu, Gerard Eya Matangelo Eloko, Monizi Mawunu, Jean-Paul Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua

“… Introduction Accessibility to healthcare in the Ikela Health Zone is a significant public health issue. The inability of households to access primary healthcare services hinders efforts to improve health outcomes. …”
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Medical expenditure of women during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium at the beginning of China’s universal two-child policy enactment: a population-based retrospective study by Xin Wang, Ying Zhang, Yu Chen, Shuang Zang, Meizhen Zhao, Yalan Zhu

“…Reducing medical expenditure by shortening the length of stay could be a feasible way to effectively address the issue of cost in women during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium.…”
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Sick leave and return to work for patients with anxiety and depression: a longitudinal study of trajectories before, during and after work-focused treatment by Kenneth Sandin, Frederick Anyan, Kåre Osnes, Ragne Gunnarsdatter Hole Gjengedal, Jonas Sigurd Risberg Leversen, Silje Endresen Reme, Odin Hjemdal

“…Objectives Sick leave due to anxiety and depression is a heterogeneous process constituting a pressing public health issue. This longitudinal study aimed to identify sick leave trajectories among patients before, during and after work-focused treatment, in all 29.5 months. …”
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ANALYSIS OF CASES OF CEREBRAL COMMOTION AFTER ROAD ACCIDENTS IN KRASNODAR by V. A. PORODENKO, S. A. ANUPRIENKO, YU. A. SERGEEVA, V. V. SHUTOVA

“…A retrospect analysis has been done to 353 expert reports and forensic medical examination acts issued after road accidents which involved medically documented cerebral commotion. …”
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Assessment of the Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown Dietary Diversity among Urban Households in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria by Solomon Taiwo Folorunso, Ruth Alabi, Omolola Stephen-Adamu, Godfrey Onuwa

“…Dietary diversity became a global concern in improving health conditions through the habit of food group consumption by adding health dimension to the issue of food calorie consumption. Access to nutritionally adequate and good quality diet is essential to human health, productivity and work output. …”
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Validation of the Brazilian version of the processes of change questionnaire in weight management in adults with overweight and obesity in Brazil by Quênia de Carvalho, Paola Rampelotto Ziani, Bruno Braga Montezano, Jeferson Ferraz Goularte, Adriane R Rosa

“…Abstract Background In Brazil, 57.5% of men and 62.6% of women are considered overweight, highlighting obesity as a public health issue. Obesity increases the risk of various chronic diseases, and most people struggle to maintain weight loss in the long term. …”
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Implementation and evaluation of hospital-to-home transitional care intervention in patients with chronic heart failure by Zhi-Fen Feng, Yun Liu, Jordan Tovera Salvador, Minerva Bravo De Ala, Mary Ann Cabansag Nery, Xin-Yue Huang, Lei Zhang, Shan Liu

“…Methods Convenient sampling was used to select 60 patients with CHF from the cardiology department of a tertiary Grade A hospital in Guangdong Province between February and June 2022. …”
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