Compliance with Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Its Associated Factors among Adolescent Girls in Tamale Metropolis of Ghana by S. Dajaan Dubik, Kingsley E. Amegah, Amshawu Alhassan, Louis N. Mornah, Loveland Fiagbe

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among 424 randomly sampled adolescent girls in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana from April to July 2019 using an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire. …”
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Preference of cesarean delivery and its associated factors among pregnant women attending ante natal care at public health facilities of Debrebrehan City, Ethiopia: Cross-sectional... by Lemlem Zewudu, Fetene Keshaun, Mulualem Silesh, Mitiku Tefera, Eyob Ketema Bogale, Aberham Demis, Zewedie Yeshaw Tekle

“…Women's delivery preferences have become a global issue of interest to many researchers and clinicians, especially given the ever-increasing rate of cesarean sections. …”
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Fair food futures UK: Protocol for a mixed methods study exploring what approaches adopted by community food organisations are more likely to prevent the need for emergency food in... by Laura Sheard, Giorgia Previdoli, Wendy Burton, Rachel Benchekroun, Maddy Power, Bob Doherty, Philip Hadley, Ariadne Beatrice Kapetenaki, Shahid Islam, Sairah Mirza, Claire Cameron, Kate Pickett, Angela Hutton, Charlotte Edwards, Maria Bryant

“…Then, we will conduct a longitudinal qualitative research using a 'researcher in residence' approach in up to 10 CFOs purposively sampled to reflect the diversity of prevention strategies adopted by CFOs. …”
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The Impact of Financial Restrictions and Institutional Investors on the Sensitivity of Cash Holdings to Asymmetric Operating Cash Flows by Ali Asghar Anvary Rostamy, Maryam Bazyar

“…Methods The statistical population consists of all the companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the Iranian calendar years 1393 to 1400 (2014 to 2022). The sample consists of 104 companies. To check the stationarity of the research variables, Levin, Lin, and Chu's unit root test was used, and to test the research hypotheses, the combined data regression method was utilized. …”
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Association of Recreational Physical Activity with Gut Microbiota Diversity and Composition, and Symptom Burden in Crohn’s Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sun S, Chen Y, Zheng M, Zhou M, Weng C, Fan Y, Lv B

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Detecting Conversation Topics in Recruitment Calls of African American Participants to the All of Us Research Program Using Machine Learning: Model Development and Validation Study by Priscilla Pemu, Michael Prude, Atuarra McCaslin, Elizabeth Ojemakinde, Christopher Awad, Kelechi Igwe, Anny Rodriguez, Jasmine Foriest, Muhammed Idris

“…However, limited data and small sample sizes in qualitative studies on the inclusion of underrepresented groups hinder progress in this area. …”
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Developing a Conceptual Pattern of Creating "Mental Imagination" Relying on Shopping Centers in Tehran (Case Study: Iranmall, 7Center & Saray_e_Delgosha) by Negar Salehi, Zohreh Davoudpour, Maryam Khastou

“…In addition to its key position in structure of city,public‌_space of a city is a carrier of stories,meanings and cultural and social values of societies due to its perceptual and symbolic space.Therefore,it should have an interpretative role within its physical text and through its functional and semantic spectrum,it should be able to inject social values into the city's body that always read and interpreted.Therefore,not paying attention to the quality of meanings perceived from urban spaces can become the basis of identitylessness and social instability of cities.This issue becomes more important,especially in case of public_projects with high_audience,such as large shopping_centers.These centers,by creating meanings and images in people's minds,can be influential in the identity or placelessness of urban spaces.Unfortunately,some of these [i]S.C.in Tehran are far from the expected meaning and mental image, and in the form of an "independent_package_of context_meanings",they cause the creation of an undesirable mental_ image, and subsequently provide anonymity,social instability and a decrease in the quality of life in Tehran.so, the goal of the research is "to present a conceptual_model of creating a mental_image in Iranmal,7center and Saray_E_Delgosha S.C.in Tehran" In order to conduct this research, a mixed approach was used.First,"content analysis of texts" with document studies; It led to the extraction of the primary conceptual_model from mental_image.Then,with Delphi_method and interviews with urban_planning_experts,emphasizing three_S.C.and NVivo11, new_indicators were extracted,which led to the evolution of the initial conceptual model.In order to verify the effectiveness of the indicators obtained in the conceptual model on the creation of mental image in three S.C.survey_method was conducted with a questionnaire from citizens and data was analyzed in SPSS with a sample_T_test.Finally, the significance analysis between the components and indicators of the conceptual model was done with Pearson's_correlation test in SPSS and the conceptual model of the study was confirmed.findings show that mental_image in the three mentioned centers can be caused by 3_components(spatial,temporal,social),and 6sub-components (profile,symbolic,imitative,perception of memories,historical_place and sustainable_social_values)and 22indicators. …”
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Text Message Intervention to Facilitate Secure Storage and Disposal of Prescription Opioids to Prevent Diversion and Misuse: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Kathleen L Egan, Melissa J Cox, Donald W Helme, J Todd Jackson, Alice R Richman

“… BackgroundNonmedical use of prescription opioids remains a critical public health issue; 8.5 million people in the United States misused opioids in 2022. …”
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A Case Report of Unusual Diagnosis of Melioidosis in a Non-Traveler: Implications for Transmission and Diagnosis by Fan C, Li X, Pi B, Wu J, Shen H, Guo Y, Wu X

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Prevalence and determinants of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in lifelines: A large Dutch population cohort. by Eline H van den Berg, Marzyeh Amini, Tim C M A Schreuder, Robin P F Dullaart, Klaas Nico Faber, Behrooz Z Alizadeh, Hans Blokzijl

“…<h4>Background & aims</h4>Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is an increasing health issue that develops rather unnoticed with obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome. …”
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The Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Therapy in Mitigating New HIV Infections in Southwest China: An Ecological Study by Sun X, Chen H, Liang S, Xiao T, Zeng Y, Liu H, Feng L, Zhou D

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Community dental visits as a catalyst for understanding oral health disparities in undergraduate dental students by Aaman Eltahmash Israr, Mahrukh Shah, Zilli Huma, Aslam Qamar, Haris Sardar, Sajid Ahmad

“… Background: Oral health disparities remain a critical public health issue, highlighting the need for experiential learning in dental education Objective: To evaluate the impact of community dental visits on undergraduate dental students’ awareness, understanding, and attitudes toward oral health disparities in underserved populations. …”
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Association Between Sarcopenia Susceptibility and Cesarean Section: A Study Based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and Mendelian Randomization by Tian F, Pan H, Wu Q, Jiang D

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Experimental determination and theoretical calculation for CO2 liquid-solid phase equilibrium in PLNG by Zihe LI, Jianlu ZHU, Qing MIAO, Feng YAN, Xin OUYANG, Chaofei NIE, Hui HAN, Yuxing LI

“…Methods A novel liquid-solid phase equilibrium test setup was designed and built with visualization and continuous sampling functions. This setup was employed to experimentally determine the liquid-solid phase equilibrium of carbon dioxide. …”
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Higher minor hemoglobin A2 levels in multiple sclerosis patients correlate with lesser disease severity by Ozcan ME, Ince B, Karadeli HH, Gedikbasi A, Asil T, Altinoz MA

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Assessment of the Real-Time Photoelectric Detection Device (TruScreen) in Screening for Cervical Precancerous Lesions in Middle-Aged Women: An Observational Study by Gao S, Tian Y, Song F, Wang J

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Large-Channel Interlaminar Endoscopic Discectomy for Highly Migrated Lumbar Disc Herniation: Effectiveness and Safety by Zheng S, Zhao Q, Hu Z, Li H, Wang B, Zhu Z, Qiu Y, Sun X

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Implementation processes and capacity-building needs in Ontario maternal-newborn care hospital settings: a cross-sectional survey by Jessica Reszel, Olivia Daub, Sandra I. Dunn, Christine E. Cassidy, Kaamel Hafizi, Marnie Lightfoot, Dahlia Pervez, Ashley Quosdorf, Allison Wood, Ian D. Graham

“…The questionnaire was informed by an implementation science framework, which includes three core phases (identify issue; build solutions; implement, evaluate, sustain). …”
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RBMDC-Net: Effective Jaw Cyst Segmentation Network Using Residual Bottleneck and Multiscale Dilated Convolution by Huixia Zheng, Xiaoliang Jiang, Xu Xu, Zhenfei Yuan

“…In addition, we introduce the multi-level feature guidance module (MFGM) to address the issue of semantic dilution that often occurs during the progressive up-sampling. …”
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Changes in mental health problems and access to mental health care among US adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the national survey of children’s heal... by Lei Xu, Wenhua Lu, Divya Talwar, Sarah B. Maness, Huabin Luo

“…Using a national representative sample, we assessed the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and access to mental health care access among adolescents. …”
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