Investigation of distribution and the loss assessment of Helicoverpa armigera in bean fields of Markazi Province. by sedighe ashtari, mazaher yousefi, Gholam Reza Goodarzi

“…In a study it was concluded that Caboli type cultivars were more sensitive to this pest, but the compensation mechanism was more in these cultivars relative to the Deci cultivar. …”
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Stunting Among Children 0-59 Months in Rubirizi District-A Cross Sectional Study by Mubangizi Kizito, Noel Kansiime, Calvin Cherop, Fred Bagenda

“…A cross-sectional study involving quantitative and qualitative methods was conducted with 374 caregivers of children aged 0–59 months. …”
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Impact of gas flaring on acute respiratory distress among pregnant women and newborn babies in Delta State Central Senatorial District, Nigeria by Omatseye Alero Akuirene, John Esimaje Moyegbone, Charity Omoikhekpen Chukumah, Mercy Ebiyemi Kalaroo, Josiah Obaghwerhievwo Adjene, Emmanuel Agbonomhen Agege, Joseph Onyedenyifa Odoko, Ezekiel Uba Nwose

“…Using a multi-stage random sampling technique, a structured survey questionnaire was used to collect respondents’ RDS experiences and that of their new borne. …”
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Cardiovascular diseases health literacy among Italian navy personnel: A cross-sectional survey by L. Rondinini, V. Di Fiore, M. Pasquale, G. Cruschelli, D. Rocchi, F. Baglivo, A. Baggiani, A.D. Porretta

“…Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: From February 2021 to March 2022, participants were enrolled through opportunistic sampling among Italian Navy personnel. …”
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Smart Management of Energy Losses in Distribution Networks Using Deep Neural Networks by Ihor Blinov, Virginijus Radziukynas, Pavlo Shymaniuk, Artur Dyczko, Kinga Stecuła, Viktoriia Sychova, Volodymyr Miroshnyk, Roman Dychkovskyi

“…The primary objective is to enhance the accuracy of short-term forecasting for nodal loads and corresponding energy losses, enabling more efficient and intelligent grid operation. Two predictive approaches were explored: the first involves separate forecasting of nodal loads followed by loss calculations, while the second directly estimates network-wide energy losses. …”
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Integrative immune analysis in patients with leprosy reveals host factors associated with mycobacterial controlResearch in context by Anouk van Hooij, Krista E. van Meijgaarden, Marufa Khatun, Santosh Soren, Kimberley Walburg, Khorshed Alam, Abu Sufian Chowdhury, Colette L.M. van Hees, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Annemieke Geluk

“…This integrative approach merged sampling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in low resource areas with immune-analysis using cutting edge technology. …”
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Quality of life of high risk pregnant mothers residing in a rural community in Karnataka - A cross sectional study by Meera Sasidharan, Raghavendra Huchchannavar, Nanjesh Kumar S, Saniya Rafeek, Pawan Kumar B, Preetham Shenoy M

“…In highrisk pregnancies, these natural changes may lead to more significant adverse outcomes for mother and the fetus. …”
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Childbearing Tendency and Related Factors Among Married Women in Rasht City, north of Iran by Asieh Jahanbakhshi, Maryam Niknami, Sedigheh Pakseresht, Zahra Atrkar Roushan, Sara Shirzad Chenari

“…Objective: This study aimed to determine childbearing desire and its related factors among married women. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 550 women aged 15 to 49 referring to comprehensive health centers in Rasht City were selected by multi-stage random sampling. …”
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Dysbiosis and Metabolic Dysregulation of Salivary Microbiota in Schizophrenia by Wang J, Lu L, Ren L, Zhu R, Jiang Y, Qiao Y, Li Y

“…Clinical parameters, including oral health status, were also evaluated to minimize variability in sampling.Results: Patients with SZ exhibited significantly poorer oral health compared to healthy controls, with more missing teeth and worse periodontal status. …”
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Abundance and diversity of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in rivers of the Andean Eastern Hills of Bogotá (Colombia), and its relationship with water stream physicochemical vari... by Alexandra Buitrago-Guacaneme, Aura Sotelo-Londoño, Gabriel A. Pinilla-Agudelo, Alexander García-García, Ligia I Moncada, Peter H Adler

“…Multivariate methods were used to determine the presence of each species in relation to dissolved oxygen, nitrates, pH, temperature, and water velocity. …”
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Relationships between nurses’ perceived social support, emotional labor, presenteeism, and psychiatric distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Hossein Ebrahimi, Farnaz Rahmani, Khadijeh Ghorbani

“…This study examined nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, use, and acceptance of the use of artificial intelligence in nursing care. Methods This was a cross-sectional survey study. A total of 296 nurses were recruited via stratified random sampling from 9 teaching hospitals in a province in the northwestern region of Iran in 2020. …”
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Understanding the marital self-disclosure experience during chemotherapy for gastric cancer: a qualitative study by Ye Zhou, Ye Zhou, Chong Chin Che, Mei Chan Chong, Haiyan Zhao, Yuzhu Hou, Min Zhao

“…The study aims to assist nurses in developing effective communication strategies for patients and their spouses, thus promoting their psychological well-being.MethodsThe study employed purposive sampling with a maximum variation approach to select participants. …”
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Thermal Infrared UAV Applications for Spatially Explicit Wildlife Occupancy Modeling by Eve Bohnett, Babu Ram Lamichanne, Surendra Chaudhary, Kapil Pokhrel, Giavanna Dorman, Axel Flores, Rebecca Lewison, Fang Qiu, Doug Stow, Li An

“…This study demonstrates the potential for spatially explicit methods for monitoring grassland mammals using TIR UAV as indicators of anthropogenic impacts and conservation effectiveness. …”
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High prevalence of periodontal disease and periodontopathogen colonization in adults with autism spectrum disorder: a pilot study by Ludivine Berbé, Ludivine Berbé, Marie Machouart, Marie Machouart, Amandine Luc, Eliane Albuisson, Catherine Strazielle, Catherine Strazielle, Catherine Bisson, Catherine Bisson

“…Most studies have assessed oral microbiota in children only and few have explored the oral flora composition in adults with ASD.MethodsIn our study, periodontal and dental status was evaluated in 30 adults with ASD using appropriate indices. …”
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Quality of life, insomnia, attitudes and beliefs in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer: a cross-sectional study in Amol city Northern Iran by Mohammad Eslamijouybari, Vipin Patidar, Shiv Kumar Mudgal, Rakhi Gaur, Zohreh Hosseini Marznaki, Andrew Fournier, Mohammad Hossein Hakimi, Sahar Khosravi

“…The goal of the current study was to examine the quality of life, insomnia, attitudes and beliefs in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. Methods A correlational study among 468 breast cancer patients (Stages I–III) selected through convenient sampling in northern Iran was conducted in 2024 to measure quality of life (QoL), insomnia, and patients’ attitudes and beliefs toward cancer via the EORTC QLQ-C30, the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and the Cancer Attitude and Belief Questionnaire, respectively. …”
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Practice towards Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention and Its Associated Factors among Undergraduate Students at Hawassa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawas... by Amdehiwot Aynalem, Bedilu Deribe, Mohammed Ayalew, Abyalew Mamuye, Eskinder Israel, Andualem Mebratu, Dawit Getachew Assefa

“…The 404 sampled participants were recruited using a systematic random sampling technique. …”
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Risk factors of vitamin D deficiency among 15-year-old adolescents participating in the Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team Study (MyHeARTs). by Shiao Wei Quah, Hazreen Abdul Majid, Nabilla Al-Sadat, Abqariyah Yahya, Tin Tin Su, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin

“…By identifying potential risk factors, prevention strategies and interventions can be carried out to improve the vitamin D status in adolescents.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Stratified random sampling design was used to select adolescents from 15 urban and rural secondary schools in Selangor, Perak and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. …”
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Characterization of regional influenza seasonality patterns in China and implications for vaccination strategies: spatio-temporal modeling of surveillance data. by Hongjie Yu, Wladimir J Alonso, Luzhao Feng, Yi Tan, Yuelong Shu, Weizhong Yang, Cécile Viboud

“…Influenza surveillance should be strengthened in mid-latitude provinces, given the complexity of seasonal patterns in this region. More broadly, our findings are consistent with the role of climatic factors on influenza transmission dynamics. …”
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Jump around: Selecting Markov Chain Monte Carlo parameters and diagnostics for improved food web model quality and ecosystem representation by Gemma Gerber, Ursula M. Scharler

“…Further, post hoc algorithm quality diagnostics with commonly used trace plots and the coefficient of variation (CoV) rarely address critical aspects of algorithm quality, such as (1) if the returned ensemble successfully targeted the solution space distribution (stationarity), (2) correlation between ensemble solutions (mixing), and (3) if the ensemble contains enough solutions to adequately capture input data variability (sampling efficiency). Therefore, we used several established MCMC convergence diagnostics to (1) quantify how algorithm parameters affect ensemble flow values and if these differences propagate to ecological indicators and (2) evaluate algorithm quality and compare to current evaluation and ecosystem modelling methods. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of the Influence that Bone Density and Implant Fixation Features have on Total Ankle Tibial Component Stability by Joshua E. Johnson PhD, Gabriel Clarke MS, Cesar de Cesar Netto MD, PhD, Bopha Chrea MD, Donald D. Anderson PhD

“…Methods: FEA was conducted in 4 TAR patients with relatively low-density (n = 2, lowest 10% of a sample including 58 patients) and average-density (n = 2, midrange of sample) bone as assessed from deidentified patient CT scans. …”
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