Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV and AIDS among Ghanaian Adults from 1998 to 2014: A Multilevel Logistic Regression Model Approach by Chris Guure, Stephen Owusu, Samuel Dery, Frances Baaba da-Costa Vroom, Seth Afagbedzi

“…Method. The data used for this study were drawn from the Ghana Demographic Health Surveys (GDHS), 1998–2014. …”
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Zone of proximal development and scaffolding required by junior high school students in solving mathematical problems by D. P. Utomo, T. Santoso

“…There is also an attempt to describe the actual level of competence possessed by students, and to determine the level of scaffolding needed to develop students’ learning competencies.Methodology and research methods. The present research employed a qualitative method within the descriptive approach. …”
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An inclusive solution based on grey water footprint for performance evaluation of industrial wastewater treatment systems by Keivan Arastou, Ali Dehnavi, Shervin Jamshidi

“…It means that MBR relatively emitted more GHGs for reducing less GWF. Heavy metal pollution reduction (HPI) was the fourth index quantified based on GWF. …”
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Endometriosis-associated Ovarian Cancer, from Risk Factors to Survival Rate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Elham Askary, Saeed Alborzi, Kefayat Chamanara, Alimohammad Keshtvarz Hesam Abadi

“…While clear cell and endometrioid types were more common in EAOC than in the non-EAOC group, the low-grade serous type was the most prevalent malignancy.Patients with early-stage EAOC have a 1.7 times higher 5-year survival rate compared with non-EAOC groups. …”
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Socioeconomic determinants of chronic health diseases among older Indian adults: a nationally representative cross-sectional multilevel study by Lucky Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Ravi Mehrotra, Ritam Dubey, Shalini Singh

“…The survey asked information related to the diagnosed chronic illnesses such as cataract, tuberculosis, hypertension, heart disease and others. The sample size of this study comprised 39 493 individuals who belonged to the age group 50 years and above.Measures Self-reported diagnosed chronic illness.Method Considering the hierarchal structure of the data multilevel logistic regression analysis was applied to attain the study objective.Results Older adults aged 80 years and older were found with three times more chances (OR: 3.99, 95% CI 2.91 to 5.48) of suffering from a chronic ailment than 50–54 years old. …”
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ChIPbinner: an R package for analyzing broad histone marks binned in uniform windows from ChIP-Seq or CUT&RUN/TAG data by Reinnier Padilla, Eric Bareke, Bo Hu, Jacek Majewski

“…Thus, users are provided with an unbiased method to explore genome-wide differences between two samples using scatterplots, principal component analysis (PCA), and correlation plots. …”
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Internet usage time and trust in doctors: evidence from China by Qiuming Gao, Xuechun Wang, Zhen Lin, Zangyi Liao

“…Objective To examine the relationship between the time spent on the internet and the level of trust in doctors, and explore its mechanism. Methods Multiple regression models are employed, utilizing a sample of 19,193 observations from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2020. …”
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Seroprevalence and Co-Circulation of Rift Valley Fever Virus and West Nile Fever Virus in Livestock Population of Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia by Jemberu Alemu Megenas, Mengistu Legesse Dadi, Tesfu Kassa Mekonnen, James W. Larrick, Gezahegne Mamo Kassa

“…Camels were seven times (OR: 7.016, 95% CI = 2.639–18.653) more likely to be seropositive for the co-circulation than sheep (p≤0.001). …”
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Addressing the needs of infants with prenatal substance exposure: implementation of CAPTA and CARA legislation in an urban hospital setting by Anita Jose, Scott Wetzler, Julie R. Kaplan, Angel Mendoza, Jacqueline Martin, Wenzhu Mowrey

“…Mothers with active SUDs were more likely to experience the most severe mental health symptomatology. …”
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Analysis of influencing factors and construction of predictive model for major gastrointestinal bleeding after receiving VTE prophylactic anticoagulants in non-tumor patients by Xiaoxue Fu, Huiya Ren, Yingbo Yang, Zhixue Niu, Linjie Zhang

“…The prediction accuracy of the model was assessed through bootstrapping method (1,000 bootstrap samples), Hosmer-Lemeshow test, and calibration curve analysis. …”
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Impact of introducing a capacity-based mental health law in Norway: qualitative exploration of multi-stakeholder perspectives by Jacob Jorem, Reidun Førde, Tonje Lossius Husum, Jørgen Dahlberg, Reidar Pedersen

“…Aims To explore the impact of introducing a capacity-based mental health law governing involuntary care and treatment. Method Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted in 2018 with 60 purposively sampled stakeholders, including patients, families, health professionals and lawyers. …”
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Polysomnographic Characteristics of Sleep in Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Chiara Baglioni, Christoph Nissen, Adrian Schweinoch, Dieter Riemann, Kai Spiegelhalder, Mathias Berger, Cornelius Weiller, Annette Sterr

“…Patients had lower sleep efficiency (mean 75% vs 84%), shorter total-sleep-time (309.4 vs 340.3 min) and more wake-after-sleep-onset (97.2 vs 53.8 min). Patients also spend more time in stage 1 (13% vs 10%) and less time in stage 2 sleep (36% vs 45%) and slow-wave-sleep (10% vs 12%). …”
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Evaluating the performance of Moroccan social incubators: an SFA analysis of youth platforms under the national initiative for human development by Younes El Maaqili, Mariam Tlemcani Mhandez, Abdessamad Ouchen

“…Research methodology – Based on a sample of 40 NIHD youth platforms, the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) method was applied to measure their technical efficiency (TE), and then the  determinants of the TE obtained were analysed by a regression using the Tobit model.  …”
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Physicochemical, Microbiological and Sensory Characteristics of Goat Milk (Capra aegagrus hircus) Yogurt with Mungbean (Vigna radiata) Extract Enrichment by Hardi Firmansyah, Risti Rosmiati, Iza Ayu Saufani, Zulfa Nur Hanifa

“…Background: Goat milk offers more superior health benefits than cow milk, while mung beans possess high nutrient contents and promote probiotic growth. …”
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An improved GM(1,1) model based on weighted MSE and optimal weighted background value and its application by Won-Chol Yang, Song-Chol Ri, Kyong-Su Ri, Chol-Ryong Jo, Jin-Sim Kim

“…For the crude oil processing volume prediction example, the fitting MAPE, fitting WMRE and predicting MAPE of the proposed GM(1,1) (4.090405, 3.213106 and 3.775669) were lower than ones of the typical GM(1,1) (4.399448, 3.883765 and 5.040509). When the proposed method is properly combined with the other various techniques including metabolic mechanism, residual GM(1,1), original sequence pre-processing, background value reconstruction and initial condition optimization, its performance may be more and more improved.…”
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Susceptibility to hepatitis B infection, hepatitis B/HIV co-infections and hepatitis B immunity in HIV-positive patients starting HAART in Durban, South Africa by F. M. Chonco, S. Rangiah

“…The aim of this study was to demonstrate the extent of hepatitis B susceptibility, hepatitis B/HIV co-infections and hepatitis B immunity in general HIV-infected patients. Method: This was a retrospective review of 1 066 randomly sampled files of patients initiated on HAART between January 2012 and December 2014 at two Durban hospitals. …”
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In Vitro Maturation (IVM) of Human Oocytes: Promising Potential, Challenges and Chances for Improvement by Roza silvia

“…<p>Abstract<br />In Vitro Maturation (IVM) of human oocytes is an innovation in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). It is believed more patient-friendly than conventional In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) method. …”
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Residual Soil Improvement Using Microbially Induced Cementation of Ureolytic Bacteria by Murtala Umar, Khairul Anuar Kasim, Gambo Haruna Yunusa, Muttaqa Uba Zango

“…Consequently, the greater the amount of calcite precipitated, the more significant the strength improvement up to a treatment duration of 48 hours. …”
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The impact of shot size and duration of peening on the enhancement of wrench socket fatigue lifespan by Hsuan-Han Lai, Kun Ming Chiu, Weite Wu

“…The impact of residual stress on fatigue life was found to be more significant than that of hardness and peening depth.…”
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The Influence of Electric Field on the Adhesion Characteristics of the Polychloroprene-Shungite System by N. N. Komova, V. I. Solodilov, E. V. Prut, E. E. Potapov

“…It is shown that a polychloroprene film formed in an electrostatic field has a more ordered structure compared to a similar sample formed without a field. …”
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