Socioeconomic differentials in hypertension based on JNC7 and ACC/AHA 2017 guidelines mediated by body mass index: Evidence from Nepal demographic and health survey. by Juwel Rana, Zobayer Ahmmad, Kanchan Kumar Sen, Sanjeev Bista, Rakibul M Islam

“…The body mass index (BMI) was examined as a secondary outcome and assessed as a potential mediator.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We analyzed the latest Nepal Demographic and Health Survey data (N = 13,436) collected between June 2016 and January 2017, using a multistage stratified sampling technique. …”
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Analyzing Time Use by Occupation Area between Weekdays and Weekends by Gender of Parents in Single-Parent Families by Woo-Hyuk Jang, Jin-Hyuk Bang

“…Women spent more time on “education” and “work” on weekdays, and on weekends, they spent more time on “rest and sleep,” “leisure,” and “social participation.” …”
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Application of droplet digital PCR in detection of seed-transmitted pathogen Acidovorax citrulli by Yu LU, Hai-jun ZHANG, Zi-jing ZHAO, Chang-long WEN, Ping WU, Shun-hua SONG, Shuan-cang YU, Lai-xin LUO, Xiu-lan XU

“…The 26 positive samples were identified in 201 commercial seed samples through ddPCR, which was the highest positive number among all the methods. …”
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A Framework for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns: Insights from Social Media (A Systematic Review) by Saeideh Sadat Alavi, Mohammad Ghadamyari, Tahmoores Sohrabi

“…This model can serve as a valuable tool for researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors engaged in this field.Materials & MethodsThis study employed a qualitative approach through a systematic literature review (SLR) guided by the established seven-step method outlined in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Higgins & Green, 2008). …”
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A genome-wide One Health study of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Norway reveals overlapping populations but few recent transmission events across reservoirs by Marit A. K. Hetland, Mia A. Winkler, Håkon P. Kaspersen, Fredrik Håkonsholm, Ragna-Johanne Bakksjø, Eva Bernhoff, Jose F. Delgado-Blas, Sylvain Brisse, Annapaula Correia, Aasmund Fostervold, Margaret M. C. Lam, Bjørn-Tore Lunestad, Nachiket P. Marathe, Niclas Raffelsberger, Ørjan Samuelsen, Marianne Sunde, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Anne Margrete Urdahl, Ryan R. Wick, Iren H. Löhr, Kathryn E. Holt

“…Conclusions Our large One Health genomic study highlights that human-to-human transmission of KpSC is more common than transmission between ecological niches. …”
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Methamphetamine use and associated factors among people who inject drugs in Iran 2020 by Yasaman Mansoori, Soheil Mehmandoost, Mehrdad Khezri, Ali Mirzazadeh, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Naser Nasiri, Mohammad Sharifi, Hamidreza Rashidi, Abedin Iranpour, Mostafa Shokoohi, Nima Ghalekhani, Marjan Pedarzadeh, Surur Fuladi, Mohammad Karamouzian, Hamid Sharifi

“…This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of methamphetamine use and its correlates in a nationwide survey among PWID in Iran in 2020. Methods  We recruited 2,684 PWID in 11 major cities from July 2019 to March 2020 using respondent-driven sampling (RDS). …”
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Evaluating an intervention to promote access to mental healthcare for low language proficient migrants and refugees across Europe (MentalHealth4All): study protocol for a pretest–p... by Fang Wang, Mike Mösko, Demi Krystallidou, Yuhui Chen, Liza G G van Lent, Saskia Hanft-Robert, Ilaria Galasso, Barbara Schouten, Antoon Cox, Sona Hodakova, Chiara Rao, Koen Kerremans, Raquel Lázaro Gutiérrez, Özlem Temizöz, Dalia Mankauskienė, Łucja Biel, Emilio Di Maria, Julia van Weert, Melanie de Looper, Gian Hernandez, Gaukhar Orkashbayeva, Tobias Kleineidam, Angeliki Tsoukaneli, Mehmet Uygun, Ily Hollebeke, Beatrice Bünsch, Leon Köchel, Mia Mengtong Li, Mara Morelli, Stefania Muzi, Cecilia Serena Pace, Carlotta Gualco, Nijolė Maskaliūnienė, Katarzyna Czarnocka-Gołębiewska, Urszula Okulska-Łukawska, Argnieszka Biernacka, Aleksandra Kalata-Zawłocka, Agnieszka Słopień, Natalia Pytlińska, Monika Šavelová, Andrej Birčák, Daniela Müglová, Carmen Valero Garcés, Carmen Pena Díaz, Elena Alcalde Peñalver, Cristina Álvaro Aranda, Silvia Damianova Radeva, Sabine Braun, Jaleh Delfani, Graham Hieke, Elena Davitti, Constantin Orasan, Lieven Buysse

“…Background Migrants and refugees with low language proficiency (LLP) in the dominant language of their host country have a higher risk of suffering from certain mental health disorders compared with non-migrant populations. They are also more likely to experience a lack of access to mental healthcare due to language-related and culture-related barriers. …”
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Body Composition Profiles and Associated Factors in Adolescents UndergoingLong-term Regular Exercise by WANG Yutong, GUO Xiaoyuan, DU Hanze, PAN Hui, WANG Wei, ZHANG Mei, BAN Bo, LI Ping, ZHANG Xinran, ZHANG Qiuping, SUN Hongshuang, LI Rong, CHEN Shi

“…ObjectiveTo investigate body composition and associated factors in adolescents undergoing long-term regular sports training.MethodsThis prospective longitudinal cohort study employed convenience sampling to recruit adolescents receiving structured athletic training at Jining Sports Training Center in June 2023. …”
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Disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow as predictive classifiers for small cell lung cancer patients by Ying Wang, Jingying Nong, Baohua Lu, Yuan Gao, Mingming Hu, Cen Chen, Lina Zhang, Jinjing Tan, Xiaomei Yang, Peter Ping Lin, Xingsheng Hu, Tongmei Zhang

“…WES analysis indicated that post-treatment DTCs isolated from bone marrow at the time of disease progression shared more homologous somatic gene mutations with pre-treatment CTCs compared with post-treatment CTCs. …”
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Mild autonomous cortisol secretion leads to reduced volumetric BMD at lumbar spine in patients with primary aldosteronism by Nabeel Mansour, Denise Bruedgam, Daniel Heinrich, Ulrich Dischinger, Nicole Reisch, Friederike Völter, Friederike Völter, Isabel Stüfchen, Elisabeth Nowak, Stephanie Zopp, Victoriya Vasileva, Osman Öcal, Moritz Wildgruber, Max Seidensticker, Jens Ricke, Martin Bidlingmaier, Martin Reincke, Juínia Ribeiro de Oliveira Longo Schweizer

“…ObjectivesGlucocorticoid cosecretion is more common in primary aldosteronism (PA) than previously thought. …”
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Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance of Uropathogens Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Sara Sadia Chowdhury, Promi Tahsin, Yun Xu, Abu Syed Md. Mosaddek, Howbeer Muhamadali, Royston Goodacre

“…<b>Results</b>: Out of 6549 urine samples, 1001 cultures were positive. The infection was more prevalent in females compared to males. …”
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Cost of TB care and equity in distribution of catastrophic TB care costs across income quintiles in India by Kathiresan Jeyashree, Jeromie W. V. Thangaraj, Devika Shanmugasundaram, Sri Lakshmi Priya Giridharan, Sumit Pandey, Prema Shanmugasundaram, Sabarinathan Ramasamy, Venkateshprabhu Janagaraj, Sivavallinathan Arunachalam, Rahul Sharma, Vaibhav Shah, Bhavani Shankara Bagepally, Joshua Chadwick, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Aniket Chowdhury, Swati Iyer, Raghuram Rao, Sanjay K. Mattoo, Manoj V. Murhekar

“…We estimated the costs incurred by the PwTB during TB care and identified the factors associated with the costs. Methods In our cross-sectional study, we used multi-stage sampling to select PwTB notified under the NTEP, whose treatment outcome was declared between May 2022 and February 2023. …”
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Evaluation of the Performance and Growth Indices of Green Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) in a Replacement Intercropping System by Mahna sadat Ghotb Sharif, Ghorbanali Asadi, Mohammad Javad Mostafavi

“…This suggests that the P2N2 and P3N1 treatments utilized arable land more effectively and ecologically compared to the P1N3 treatment. …”
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Occupational stress and its effects on depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and sleep in workers of ferrous and non-ferrous metal mining industry in Gansu Province by Yuhong HE, Haiya ZHANG, Nan ZHOU, Jia XU, Wenli ZHAO

“…ObjectiveTo understand the current status of occupational stress, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and sleep quality of workers in ferrous and non-ferrous metal mining industry in Gansu Province, and to explore the effects of occupational stress on depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and sleep. MethodsFrom April to December 2022, the workers of 25 large, medium, and small and micro enterprises were selected by stratified cluster random sampling and surveyed in ferrous and non-ferrous metal mining industry in Gansu Province. …”
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Determinants of solid fuel use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis using DHS data. by Jember Azanaw, Mastewal Endalew

“…Households in DHS are selected using a two-stage cluster sampling methodology. A total of 233, 391 weighted samples were included in the study. …”
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24-Epibrasinolid and Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) Extract Effect on Grain Yield and Some Morphophysiologycal Characteristics of the Sensitive and Tolerant Quinoa (... by R Sohrabi, A Pirzad, M Niazkhani, T MirMahmoodi

“…According to the results, the use of two anti-stress solutions, especially 24-epibrasinolide, significantly improved the oxidative damage caused by salt stress by reducing hydrogen peroxide and increasing the activity of non-enzymatic antioxidants. Titikaka was more resistant to the negative effects of salinity stress on morphological and biochemical characteristics than Sajma, and Sajma under foliar spraying of cauliflower extract and Titikaka under foliar spraying of 24-epibrassinolide showed a better response to saline conditions. …”
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Circulating short-chain fatty acids and Mediterranean food patterns. A potential role for the prediction of type 2 diabetes risk: The Di@bet.es Study by Gemma Llauradó, Lídia Cedó, Elisenda Climent, Joan Badia, Gemma Rojo-Martínez, Juana Flores-Le Roux, Oscar Yanes, Maria Vinaixa, Minerva Granado-Casas, Didac Mauricio, Sonia Fernández-Veledo, Joan Vendrell

“…This study aimed to evaluate whether circulating concentrations of SCFAs are associated with specific food consumption patterns and to assess their association with T2D development in at-risk subjects within a prospective cohort (The Di@bet.es Study). Methods The Di@bet.es study is a prospective, population-based study utilizing random cluster sampling from the Spanish population aged over 18 years (n = 5,072). …”
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People living with chronic pain in Canada face difficult decisions and decisional conflict concerning their care: data from the national DECIDE-PAIN survey by Florian Naye, France Légaré, Chloé Cachinho, Thomas Gérard, Karine Toupin-April, Maxime Sasseville, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Annie LeBlanc, Isabelle Gaboury, Marie-Eve Poitras, Linda C. Li, Alison M. Hoens, Marie-Dominique Poirier, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Simon Décary

“…We sought to understand decisional needs of people living with chronic pain in Canada. Methods We conducted a population-based cross-sectional online survey of random samples of adults living in Canada with chronic noncancer pain and registered with the Leger Marketing panel. …”
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Assessing spatial variability of soil macro fauna and tree canopy using fractal theory (Case study: Riparian Forest of Maroon River) by Shaieste Gholami, ehsan sayad, Hamid Taleshi

“…Soil macro fauna were sampled using 175 sampling point along parallel transects (perpendicular to the river). …”
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What is the current state of anxiety and its related factors in Chinese patients undergoing colonoscopy? A cross-sectional study by Qian-Qian Yue, Ge-Hui Feng, Tong Peng, Tian Tang, Ying-Xue Sun, Xin-Ru Meng, Li-Li Huang, Ke-Hao Zhao, Hui-Lin Huang, Ying Zeng

“…However, limited studies have explored the level of anxiety, factors that influence it, and its specific causes. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted, recruiting 825 patients undergoing colonoscopy in Hunan Province between January and July 2023 using stratified sampling. …”
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