“To not feel fake, it can’t be fake”: co-creation of a harm reduction, peer-delivered, health-system intervention for people who use drugs by J. Deanna Wilson, Stephanie P. Klipp, Kelsey Leon, Jane M. Liebschutz, Jessica Merlin, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Sommer Nolette, Kristina T. Phillips, Michael Stein, Nate Weinstock, Megan Hamm

“…Abstract Background People who use drugs (PWUD) continue to experience not only high overdose rates but also growing infectious complications. …”
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Deciphering stable water isotope records of firn cores from a strongly maritime, high-accumulation site on the Antarctic Peninsula by Kirstin Hoffmann-Abdi, Hanno Meyer, Francisco Fernandoy, Johannes Freitag, Fyntan M. Shaw, Martin Werner, Elizabeth R. Thomas, Joseph R. McConnell, Christoph Schneider

“…Average annual accumulation rates of 2500 kg m−2 a−1 largely reduce the modification of isotopic signals in the snowpack by post-depositional processes, allowing excellent signal preservation in space and time. …”
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Impact of Intraoperative Prognostic Factors on Urinary Continence Recovery Following Open and Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy by Boris M. Kajmakovic, Milos Petrovic, Petar R. Bulat, Uros Bumbasirevic, Bogomir Milojevic, Predrag Nikic, Aleksandar Janicic, Otas Durutovic, Bojan Cegar, Adi Hadzibegovic, Sanja Ratkovic, Zoran M. Dzamic

“…The process of regaining continence was monitored at intervals of 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after surgery. …”
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Food and Beverage Content on YouTube Videos Targeting Children: A Descriptive Analysis by Tülin Çoban, Volkan Gün, Sevda Betül Bozkurt, Busenur Sarıduman, Büşra Güleçer, Cristina Cebanova, Ebru Ocak, Elif İkiz, Mert Kara, Merve Nur Uluğ, Muhammed Taha Uludağ, Hilal Özcebe

“…Methods: The five most-watched videos (345 videos in total) on each of the 69 channels, selected by ratings on YouTube, were watched. The videos and all the advertisements shown during videos were assessed according to the determined criteria through the data collection form prepared by the researchers. …”
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The dynamics of organ donation in Palestine: legal, religious, and socioeconomic perspectives in a complex political and economic landscape by Muayad K. Hattab, Belal M. Rahhal, Fayez Mahamid, Noor O. Adas, Rana Dawas, Nidal Jaradat, Hamzeh Al Zabadi, Iyad Ali, Jamal Kielani, Ali Musleh, Ghassan Khaled

“…Strengthening legal frameworks and healthcare infrastructure will be key to improving organ donation rates and ensuring ethical practices in the region.…”
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Influence of gender norms on unassisted homebirths in Afghanistan: A qualitative study by Ahmad Rashed Wassif, Maisam Najafizada, Shree Mulay

“…Despite efforts to promote gender equality in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2021, the country continues to face significant challenges in women's health, including high rates of unassisted homebirths and maternal mortality. …”
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Associations between contextual and compositional characteristics of early childcare facilities with health, health behaviours and well-being among young children aged 0 to 6 years... by Jennifer Hilger-Kolb, Sven Schneider, Raphael Herr, Nina Osenbruegge, Stephanie Hoffmann, Max Herke, Claudia Pischke, Leonie Sundmacher, Katharina Diehl

“…During the selection process, we will follow a two-step process. First, two reviewers will independently screen titles/abstracts of all potentially eligible articles by applying a set of previously defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Turbulent dissipation along contrasting internal tide paths off the Amazon shelf from AMAZOMIX by F. Kouogang, F. Kouogang, A. Koch-Larrouy, J. Magalhaes, A. Costa da Silva, D. Kerhervé, A. Bertrand, E. Cervelli, F. Assene, F. Assene, J.-F. Ternon, P. Rousselot, J. Lee, M. Rollnic, M. Araujo

“…</p> <p>Microstructure analyses, integrated with hydrographic data, highlighted contrasting dissipation rates. …”
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Digital Health Applications (DiGA) for Treating Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Protocol for a Systematic Health App Review and Systematic Review of Published Evidence by Annika Schmitz, Lucas Kueppers, Jacob Klein, Silke Frey, Arian Karimzadeh, Ana Luísa Neves, Birgitta Weltermann

“…ObjectiveThis protocol aims to describe the methodology of the planned systematic review. Using expert ratings, the app review will assess the guideline conformity, functions, and usability of German DiGAs for depression and GAD listed at the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). …”
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Insomnia prehabilitation in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients: Protocol for a pilot, multicentre, randomised controlled trial comparing nurse delivered sleep restriction thera... by Leanne Fleming, Solveiga Zibaite, Simon D Kyle, Kathleen Boyd, Vivien Green, James Mansell, Beatrix Elsberger, David Young

“…Specifically, we will explore (i) rates of patient recruitment and retention, (ii) intervention fidelity, (iii) data collection procedures and outcome measure completion, (iv) intervention acceptability. …”
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Ways to improve methods of monitoring the coordination abilities of young basketball players aged 13-14 by Roman Boichuk, Mykola Nosko, Yuliya Nosko, Zhanna Grashchenkova, Iryna Petrenko, Ivan Vaskan, Andriy Shankovskyi

“…The validity of the tests was evaluated based on ratings of coordination and technical readiness, as well as overall test battery ratings. …”
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The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Physical and Emotional Dimensions of Girls with Persistent Depression by Froogh Abiri Bonab, Marziyeh Alivandi Vafa, Ali Khademi, Gholam Hossein Javanmard

“…The second author supervised the whole process of the research. The third author conducted the data analysis and provided critical insights for the interpretation of results. …”
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Usability Testing of a Digitized Interventional Prehabilitation Tool for Health Care Professionals and Patients Before Major Surgeries: Formative and Summative Evaluation by Andreas A Schnitzbauer, Charlotte Detemble, Sara Fatima Faqar-Uz-Zaman, Julia Dreilich, Lisa Mohr, Svenja Sliwinski, Dora Zmuc, Mark Siller, Johannes Fleckenstein

“…As staff is permanently drained from clinical care, remote and digital solutions with real-time assessments of data, including patient-related outcome reporting, may simplify preparation before major surgeries. …”
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Modeling Lake Titicaca's water balance: the dominant roles of precipitation and evaporation by N. Lima-Quispe, D. Ruelland, A. Rabatel, W. Lavado-Casimiro, T. Condom

“…We demonstrate that a simple representation of hydrological processes and irrigation enables accurate simulation of water levels. …”
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A randomised controlled trial of a faith-based culturally adapted intervention for depression in young Muslim women (IM-Adapted): a multi-site feasibility trial protocol by Megan Smith, Andy Jones, Pashtana Zormati, Louca-Mai Brady, Allan Clark, Atiya Kamal, Farzana Karawalli, Safiya Khan, Silvana E. Mengoni, Ghazala Mir, David Turner, Salman Waqar, David Wellsted, Daksha Trivedi

“…Outcomes are referral, recruitment and retention rates, session attendance, adherence and acceptability of intervention, data collection, and adverse events, measured at baseline, 3 and 6 months. …”
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Dental Health Literacy among Highly Skilled Professionals in India: A Pilot Study by Harsh Priya, Ramya Shenoy, Mithun Pai, Dimple Rani Bangera, Ashwini Rao, Rajesh G Rao

“…Participants also participated in interviews to collect sociodemographic information, dental visit history, dental needs, global oral health ratings, dental knowledge, practices, and comprehension. …”
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Relationship between Snow and Temperature over Some Iraqi Meteorological Stations by Zainab M. Abbood, Yasmin Q. Tawfeek, Salwa S. Naif, Osama T. Al-Taai, Ahmed S. Hassan, Monim H. Al-Jiboori, Zeinab Salah

“…The falling snow does begin to melt as soon as the temperature rises above freezing, but as the melting process begins, the air around the snowflake is cold. …”
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Optune in Glioblastoma: Revolutionizing Treatment with Tumor Treating Fields by Patrycja Długozima, Klaudia Mączewska, Dominika Hakało, Julia Kozakiewicz, Kamil Kościelecki, Agnieszka Kalisz, Iwona Skorulska, Paulina Grzeszczuk, Weronika Grywińska, Aleksandra Głowacka

“…TTFields utilize alternating electric fields to interfere with the mitotic processes of cancer cells, thereby inhibiting tumor growth. …”
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The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses during the omicron outbreak by Yingying Gu, Pinglang Hu, Huanzeng Ren, Caijun Dai, Xuejiao He, Weizhen Cheng, Lihua Yu, Achang Fang, Xiaoling Meng, Meiyang Lou, Youying Chen, Danli Chi, Huasu Zhou, Qiaoge Chen, Shuhong Ni, Qiqi Huang

“…The data were analyzed via serial multiple mediation analysis with the PROCESS macro in SPSS. …”
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The moderating and mediating role of resilience in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and depression, PTSD, and suicidality in Kenyan youth by Victoria Mutiso, David Ndetei, Eric Jeremiah, Pascalyne Nyamai, Samuel Walusaka, Veronica Onyango, Christine Musyimi, Kamaldeep Bhui, Daniel Mamah

“…Participants completed the Trauma and Distress Scale (ACEs), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (depression), Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (suicidality), Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (PTSD), and Adult Resilience Measure-Revised (resilience). …”
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