Insights into youth nutritional status in Serbia: assessing prevalence and trend in the context of social determinants by Sanja Stanisavljević, Aleksandar Milovanović, Anđela Milovanović, Branko Jakovljević, Vesna Bjegović-Mikanović, Divna Kekuš

“…Different factors were associated with different nutritional status levels - for underweight: female gender (OR: 5.29), age 15–19 (OR: 0.06), being married/ in a relationship (OR: 0.69), living in Belgrade region (OR: 1.35), presence of chronic diseases (OR: 0.56), consumption of psychoactive substances (OR:0.56) and non-smoking (OR: 0.70); for pre-obesity: female gender (OR: 0.38), ages 15–19 (OR:0.36) and 20–24 (OR:0.65), being married/ in a relationship (OR: 1.39), having high wealth index (OR:1.30) and non-smoking status (OR:1.32); for obesity: female gender (OR: 0.36), ages 15–19 (OR:0.35) and 20–24 (OR:0.51), being married/ in a relationship (OR:2.31) and primary education level (OR:2.17). …”
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Key Genes Involved in the Response of <i>Triticum urartu</i> to Boron Toxicity Stress by Gul Sema Uyar, Anamika Pandey, Mehmet Hamurcu, Tomas Vyhnanek, Mustafa Harmankaya, Ali Topal, Sait Gezgin, Mohd. Kamran Khan

“…Boron (B) toxicity is one of the stresses decreasing the wheat cultivars’ yield in arid and semi-arid regions around the world. Wild wheat progenitors, such as <i>Triticum urartu</i> Thumanian ex Gandilyan, possess a broader gene pool that harbors several genes conferring tolerance to various biotic and abiotic stresses. …”
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Levels of blood pressure, cardiovascular biomarkers and their correlations in women with previous pre-eclamptic pregnancy within 7 years postpartum: a cross-sectional study in Thai... by Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Annetine Staff, Jarawee Sukmanee, Penkae Rothmanee, Wilaiwan Sriwimol

“…Objective To assess the levels of blood pressure, cardiovascular biomarkers and their correlations measured within 7 years postpartum in women with previous pre-eclamptic pregnancies compared with women with previous normotensive pregnancies.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Two tertiary hospitals in the southern region of Thailand.Participants Women with pre-eclamptic and normotensive pregnancies in the past 7 years were enrolled from 1 October 2019 to 30 April 2021. …”
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Russian business in the context of the growth of cybercrime: changes in economic behavior and protective mechanisms by S. G. Simonov, I. V. Lysenko

“…It is stated that many of them, especially in the Russian regions, are not ready to purchase information security services not only financially, but also organizationally. …”
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Genome-wide identification of the adaptor protein complexes and its expression patterns analysis in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) by Dan Wang, Min Su, Jian-Hong Hao, Zi-Dong Li, Shuqi Dong, Xiangyang Yuan, Xiaorui Li, Lulu Gao, Xiaoqian Chu, Guanghui Yang, Jia-Gang Wang, Huiling Du

“…Furthermore, these promoter region of the SiAP complex genes contains 49 cis-elements that are associated with responses to light, hormones, abiotic stress, growth and development. …”
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Seismic Signal-Based Investigation on the Disaster Differences between 2021 Yangbi Ms 6.4 Earthquake and 2014 Ms 6.5 Ludian Earthquake in Yunnan Province, China by Jinchang Chen, Ailan Che, Lanmin Wang, Lixin Jiang

“…Thus, large energy in high frequency caused the instantaneous and cumulative damage to short-period structures in Yangbi County and may cause the resonance of column-and-tie timber structure, and large energy in low frequency caused the instantaneous and cumulative damage to long-period structures of Longtou Village in Ludian earthquake. …”
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Prevention and Control of Losses of Gaseous Nitrogen Compounds in Livestock Operations: A Review by A.A. Jongebreur, G.J. Monteny

“…For the entrepreneur, the strategy must be built on the regulations, the special conditions of his farm, and what is reasonably achievable.…”
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Evaluation of mucosal adjuvants to chitosan-nanoparticle-based oral subunit vaccine for controlling salmonellosis in broilers by Raksha Suresh, Shekoni Olaitan Comfort, Sara Dolatyabi, Jennifer Schrock, Mithilesh Singh, Gourapura J. Renukaradhya

“…Poultry meat and eggs are recognized as the major source of Salmonella food poisoning in humans. …”
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Barriers and drivers to exclusive breastfeeding in Kyrgyzstan: a qualitative study with mothers and health workers by Cath Jackson, Marina Duishenkulova, Nurila Altymysheva, Jyldyz Artykbaeva, Raisa Asylbasheva, Eleonora Jumalieva, Anastasia Koylyu, Sian Lickess, Tursun Mamyrbaeva, Veerle Snijders, Julianne Williams, Tiina Likki

“…However, global prevalence rates are 48% with variations between countries and within regions. Kyrgyzstan has consistently high early breastfeeding initiation rates, yet exclusive breastfeeding for six months is 46%. …”
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La Nòva Cançon occitana : révolution en occitan, révolution dans la chanson occitane ? by Philippe Martel

“…C’est ainsi qu’à côté de la dimension proprement sociale — contre le sous-développement régional, pour la défense du « vivre et travailler au pays » — est présent un autre discours, où la référence à l’histoire propre du sud et à la valorisation de la langue introduit une dimension nationalitaire, parfois presque nationaliste. …”
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The Genesis of Higher Education Internationalisation by D. А. Smaliakou

“…In this regard, the research of such a fundamental problem as its genesis may affect further affords in the field of its justification, determination of ultimate goals and mechanisms of implementation, as well as interpretation of its ethical, political and spiritual aspects of international academic mobility.The aim of the research was to reveal the real reasons and conditions of internationalisation as a new level of higher education, public and supranational policy.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Men's more frequent predisposing factors in infectious endocarditis facilitate improvement of outcomes by shortening of diagnostic delay by S. Andreß, K. Reischmann, S. Markovic, F. Rohlmann, B. Hay, W. Rottbauer, D. Buckert, S. d'Almeida

“…Men diagnosed within 3.5 days had a mortality rate of 13.5% compared to 31.8% for those diagnosed later (p = 0.028).ConclusionMen with suspected IE are younger, have more predisposing factors and experience a more complicated course of disease, while benefiting from early diagnosis. Therefore, recognizing the heightened risk profile specific to men during diagnosis can help to address their poorer prognosis.…”
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Consequences of insecticide overuse in Hungary: assessment of pyrethroid resistance in Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes by Rebeka Csiba, Zsaklin Varga, Dorina Pásztor, Bianka Süle, Vera Ihuoma Ogoke Mxinwa, Zoltán Soltész, Brigitta Zana, Krisztián Bányai, Gábor Kemenesi, Kornélia Kurucz

“…Mosquito specimens were investigated retrospectively, collected from previous years within the framework of local monitoring programs run in urban areas representing five regions of Hungary. The mutations in mosquitoes were detected individually by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and gel electrophoresis, following generally used protocols. …”
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The Lost Gambit: The Third War between Israel and Egypt, its Causes and Lessons by Alek D. Epstein

“…Whatever views and powers he had in different years of his extremely intensive and multifaceted activity, the Middle East lacks very much statesmen of such magnitude and with such depth of understanding of geopolitical and regional processes which distinguished Yevgeny Maximovich, to the memory of whom the current essay is devoted. …”
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Prevalence, cessation, and geographical variation of smoking among middle-aged and elderly adults in China: A population-based study by Qingjia Zeng, Chongyang Zhang, Feiyu Su, Yanli Wan, Wen-jun Tu, Hongpu Hu

“…This cross-sectional study presented the standardized prevalence of smoking and cessation across various demographics, including age, sex, residence, income, education, BMI, and geographical region. Multivariable logistic regression was employed to examine the associations between smoking pack-years and related factors. …”
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Design and expression of a chimeric recombinant antigen (SsIR-Ss1a) for the serodiagnosis of human strongyloidiasis: Evaluation of performance, sensitivity, and specificity. by Mostafa Omidian, Zohreh Mostafavi-Pour, Marzieh Asadi, Meysam Sharifdini, Navid Nezafat, Ali Pouryousef, Amir Savardashtaki, Mortaza Taheri-Anganeh, Fattaneh Mikaeili, Bahador Sarkari

“…Using bioinformatics analysis, the regions with the highest antigenicity that did not overlap with other parasite antigens were selected. …”
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Can the Rwandan Catholic Church Overcome its History of Politicization? A Reply to Philippe Denis by Anthony Court

“…These contributions together with earlier work constitute the bedrock of later research, including the intensive focus on the mass violence in Rwanda during the first half of the 1990s and its consequences for the Great Lakes region. One of the most controversial questions to emerge from the occurrences of the 1990s has been the role of the churches, and particularly the dominant Roman Catholic Church, in the violence manifesting in its most extreme form in the genocide of 1994. …”
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Factors Predicting Insecticide-Treated Bednet Use among Children under Age Five in Female-Headed Households in Ghana: An Analysis of the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey by Desmond Klu, Grace Frempong Afrifa-Anane, Michael Larbi Odame

“…The study used data from the 2019 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey (GMIS), which included a weighted sample of 2,018 female household heads across the 16 regions of Ghana. This survey was carried out between September 25 and November 24, 2019. …”
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EZH2 Mediates miR-146a-5p/HIF-1α to Alleviate Inflammation and Glycolysis after Acute Spinal Cord Injury by Shuangfei Ni, Bo Yang, Lei Xia, Huafeng Zhang

“…ChIP verified the enrichment of H3K27me3 in the miR-146a-5p promoter region. Bioinformatics predicted the binding sites of HIF-1α and miR-146a-5p, and dual-luciferase reporter assay verified the binding of HIF-1α and miR-146a-5p. …”
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Altered medial temporal lobe subregion volumes in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms by Z. Makdad Najeeb, P. C. Sundgren, A. Jönsen, K. Zervides, J. Lätt, T. Salomonsson, J. Nystedt, P. Nilsson, A. Bengtsson, G. Kuchcinski, L. E. M. Wisse

“…Abstract Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often presents with neuropsychiatric (NP) involvement, including cognitive impairment and depression. Past magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research in SLE patients showed smaller hippocampal volumes but did not investigate other medial temporal lobe (MTL) regions. …”
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