Rationale, design, and methodology of My Body Is Fit and Fabulous at school (MyBFF@school) study: a multi-pronged intervention program to combat obesity among Malaysian schoolchild... by Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin, Abqariyah Yahya, Fuziah Md. Zain, Rusidah Selamat, Zahari Ishak, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin

“…The investigators found 3,516 primary schoolchildren (29.4%) and 2,910 secondary schoolchildren (26.8%) had BMI z-score of more than + 1SD who were eligible for the study. …”
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Health‐Seeking Behavior of Patients With Dental Abscesses: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Kwame Adu Okyere Boadu, Richard Okyere Boadu, Abigail Achiaa Nyarko, Esther Priscilla Biamah Danquah, Victor Wireko Adu, Nana Atuahene Oti, John Billy Owusu Quarshie, Nana Bempong Owusu‐ Ankomah

“…It further identified factors influencing patients' knowledge and practices, and examined the necessity of targeted educational interventions. Methods A cross‐sectional quantitative design was used to collect data from 100 participants through purposive sampling. …”
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Clonal Evolutionary Analysis during HER2 Blockade in HER2-Positive Inflammatory Breast Cancer: A Phase II Open-Label Clinical Trial of Afatinib +/- Vinorelbine. by Gerald Goh, Ramona Schmid, Kelly Guiver, Wichit Arpornwirat, Imjai Chitapanarux, Vinod Ganju, Seock-Ah Im, Sung-Bae Kim, Arunee Dechaphunkul, Jedzada Maneechavakajorn, Neil Spector, Thomas Yau, Mehdi Afrit, Slim Ben Ahmed, Stephen R Johnston, Neil Gibson, Martina Uttenreuther-Fischer, Javier Herrero, Charles Swanton

“…This trial included prospectively planned exome analysis before and after afatinib monotherapy.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>HER2-positive IBC patients received afatinib 40 mg daily until progression, and thereafter afatinib 40 mg daily and intravenous vinorelbine 25 mg/m2 weekly. …”
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Prevalence of Self-Harm Behaviors and Deliberate Self-Cutting in High School Students in Northern Iran and Its Relationship with Anxiety, Depression, and Stress by Elahe Abdollahi, Maryam Kousha, Arvin Bozorgchenani, Mohammadreza Bahmani, Elahe Rafiei, Fatemeh Eslamdoust-Siahestalkhi

“…Objective: The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of self-harm and deliberate self-cutting in high school students in northern Iran, and its relationship with anxiety, depression, and stress. Materials and Methods: In this analytical cross-sectional study, participants were 617 high school students in Rasht, Iran in 2018 who were selected through multistage cluster random sampling. …”
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Lassa fever prevention in Nigeria: A study of a multi-disciplinary mix of healthcare workers in a referral treatment centre in Nigeria by Osarhiemen Iyare, Sadiku Saidu, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Ijeoma Nkem Okedo-Alex, Sandra Chizoba Mba, Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba

“…This study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice toward Lassa fever prevention and control in a tertiary hospital in Ebonyi State Nigeria. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out at the Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki among 386 healthcare workers selected using a stratified random sampling technique. …”
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Predicting Short-Term Risk of Cardiovascular Events in the Elderly Population: A Retrospective Study in Shanghai, China by Zhu W, Tan S, Zhou Z, Zhao M, Wang Y, Li Q, Zheng Y, Shi J

“…This study aimed to develop a short-term risk prediction model for CVD events among individuals aged ≥ 60 years in Shanghai, China.Methods: Stratified random sampling recruited elderly individuals. …”
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Reduced antimicrobial consumption through enhanced pneumonia management in critically ill patients: outcomes of an antibiotic stewardship program in the intensive care unit by Asieb Sekandarzad, Annabelle Flügler, Anne Rheinboldt, David Rother, Gesche Först, Siegbert Rieg, Alexander Supady, Achim Lother, Dawid Leander Staudacher, Tobias Wengenmayer, Winfried V. Kern, Paul Marc Biever

“…This study examines the impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) in the ICU on both diagnostic accuracy and antimicrobial consumption in critically ill patients with pneumonia.MethodsThis cohort study compares a prospective cohort with matched controls from a retrospective sample in the ICU of a tertiary hospital. …”
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Prevalence of Anemia and Its Associate Factors among Women of Reproductive Age in Lao PDR: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey by Sengtavanh Keokenchanh, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Akiko Tokinobu, Kaoru Midorikawa, Wakaha Ikeda, Akemi Morita, Takumi Kitajima, Shigeru Sokejima

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among WRA 15–49 years in Lao PDR. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional study, using the Lao Social Indicator Survey II, 2017 dataset. …”
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Annotating the microbial dark matter with HiFi-NN by Gavin Ayres, Geraldene Munsamy, Michael Heinzinger, Noelia Ferruz, Kevin Yang, Bastiaan Bergman, Philipp Lorenz

“…Here, we present HiFi-NN (Hierarchically-Finetuned Nearest Neighbor search) which annotates protein sequences to the 4th level of Enzyme Commission (EC) number with greater precision and recall than state-of-the-art deep learning methods. Furthermore, we show that this method can correctly identify the EC number of a given sequence to lower identities than BLASTp. …”
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Market Premium and Macroeconomic Factors as Determinants of Industry Premium: Evidence from Emerging Economies by Muhammad Imran, Mengyun Wu, Linrong Zhang, Yun Zhao, Noor Jehan, Hee Cheol Moon

“…Two-stage least square (2SLS) method is applied to estimate the macro-based multifactor model. …”
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Salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase as stress markers to evaluate an individualized music intervention for people with dementia: feasibility and pilot analyses by Mareike Christina Hillebrand, Cornelia Sindermann, Christian Montag, Alexandra Wuttke, Rebecca Heinzelmann, Heidrun Haas, Gabriele Wilz

“…Method Participants were N = 64 nursing home residents with dementia (meanage = 83.53 ± 7.71 years, 68.8% female). …”
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Histological Findings in Infective Endocarditis—A Retrospective Cohort Study Conducted at “Dr. Carol Davila” Central Military Emergency University Hospital in Bucharest by Corina-Ioana Anton, Ion Ștefan, Sorin Duțulescu, Florica Stăniceanu, Cosmin Alexandru Buzilă, Alexia-Teodora Ștefan, Adrian Streinu-Cercel

“…Consequently, pathologists and clinicians face significant difficulties in distinguishing between genuine infective processes and the normal wear and tear of mechanical valves. Method: This retrospective cohort study was conducted between January 2017 and January 2024 and examined tissue samples from 93 patients who underwent a surgical removal of mechanical heart valves, with 41 cases suspected of infective endocarditis and 52 cases of non-IE. …”
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Personalised Medicine in Cervical Cancer: Evaluating Therapy Resistance Through Multi‐Model Approaches by Madré Meyer, Carla Eksteen, Cayleigh deSousa, Nireshni Chellan, Ruzayda Van Aarde, Meenal Bhaga, Johann Riedemann, Matthys H. Botha, Frederick H. van derMerwe, Anna‐Mart Engelbrecht

“…While ex vivo models offer valuable insights, combining multiple experimental methods is crucial for a more reliable and comprehensive understanding of treatment response and resistance mechanisms. …”
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Soil physico-chemical properties and microbial diversity on chilli anthracnose disease severity in Northern Karnataka, India by Simran Panigatti, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Ravichandra Hospet, Govardhana Guggalada Yadav, Smita Shinde, Vijaykumar Narayanaswamy Kondenahalli, Prabhudeva Shantappa Ajjappalavara, Poojashree Nagappa Kummur, Umesh Madar, Jiaojiao Song, Kasem Soytong

“…The soil physico-chemical (texture, moisture, density, pH, EC, OC, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Zn, Cu, Fe, and B) properties, microbial (fungi and bacteria) diversity of 17 soil samples were analysed by standard protocols and evaluated their correlation with % DI, using Pearson correlation and cluster analysis method. …”
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Sound‐Insulation Performance of Polylactic Acid Parts 3D Printed by Fused Filament Fabrication with Functionally Graded Porous Structure for Effective Noise Reduction by Reza Navidpour, Taher Azdast, Rezgar Hasanzadeh, Milad Moradian, Peyman Mihankhah, Asghar Rasouli

“…The experimental results of single porosity samples show that at higher frequencies, samples with lower infill density (higher porosity) have higher sound absorption coefficients, while at lower frequencies, samples with higher infill density (lower porosity) have more effective sound absorption. …”
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Intelligent single-cell manipulation: LLMs- and object detection-enhanced active-matrix digital microfluidics by Zhiqiang Jia, Chen Jiang, Jiahao Li, Yacine Belgaid, Mingfeng Ge, Li Li, Siyi Hu, Xing Huang, Tsung-Yi Ho, Wenfei Dong, Zhiwen Yu, Hanbin Ma

“…Furthermore, a three-class detection method considering droplet edges is implemented to realize the automatic identification of cells and oil bubbles. …”
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Express quantitative spectrophotometric determination of 2-(((3-(2-fluorophenyl)- 5-thio-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)imino)methyl)phenol as an active substance of a medicinal product for... by K. P. Miedviedieva, R. L. Prytula, O. P. Shmatenko, I. V. Bushuieva, V. V. Parchenko, L. I. Kucherenko, S. O. Vasiuk

“…Materials and methods. The research object is a working standard sample of 2-(((3-(2-fluorophenyl)-5-thio-4H-1,2,4-triazole-4-yl)imino)methyl)phenol provided by NUNVF, LLC “Brovapharma” according to the “Research and production technological regulations for the production of 2-(((3-(2-fluorophenyl)-5-thio-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)imino)methyl)phenol” developed based on scientific developed by the Ukrainian Military Medical Academy in conjunction with the National Military Medical Clinical Center “Main Military Clinical Hospital” (term of validity of the regulations until 12/31/2034). …”
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Personality Disorders in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Comparative Study versus Other Anxiety Disorders by Josep Pena-Garijo, Silvia Edo Villamón, Amanda Meliá de Alba, M. Ángeles Ruipérez

“…The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence for the relationship between personality disorders (PDs), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and other anxiety disorders different from OCD (non-OCD) symptomatology. Method. The sample consisted of a group of 122 individuals divided into three groups (41 OCD; 40 non-OCD, and 41 controls) matched by sex, age, and educational level. …”
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Prediction of Basketball Shooting Ability on the Basis of Anthropometric Characteristics, Wrist Range of Motion, and Strength of Upper Extremity in Elite Female Basketball Players by Nahid Adibpour, Leila Ghazaleh, Farzaneh Hatami

“…Objective: This study aims to predict basketball shooting ability on the basis of anthropometric characteristics, wrist range of motion, and strength of upper extremity in elite female basketball players. Methods: The sample of the study included 34 female basketball players invited to attend the national team trainings. 15 subjects were playing in center and 19 subjects in guard and forward positions. …”
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Colorimetric, chemical, and genetic characterization of purple garlic in two producing regions in Brazil by Dalvan Carlos Beise, Ana Kelly de Sousa Silva, Suelen Martinez Guterres, Caroline Bedin Zanatta, Ketlin Schneider, Amanda Venturi Corrêa de Almeida, Volni Mazzuco, Cristian Soldi, Leocir José Welter, Valdir Marcos Stefenon

“…Garlic bulbs grown in the Planalto Catarinense region have a more intense purplish color. The samples from the Midwestern/Southeastern region present a significantly lower concentration of volatile compounds. …”
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