E-cigarette use and knowledge of its effect on oral health among health sciences students in Trinidad and Tobago by Cherisse Z. Beard, Anil J. Ragbir, Tia L. Rice, Makiba M. Thomas, Rahul S. Naidu

“…Health concerns, including oral health effects have been reported.ObjectiveThis research aimed to assess prevalence of e-cigarette use and knowledge of oral health effects among young university students in Trinidad and Tobago and implications for oral health promotion.MethodsA sample of 193 students, >18 years old, consisting of health sciences students from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, the University of the West Indies. …”
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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness: A study from northern districts of West Bengal by Santanu Hazra, Arpita P. Dutta, Sumana Moitra, Shampa Das, Sanjoy K. Mallick, Arunabha Sarkar, Binita Pradhan, Ayan Chakraborty, Debapriya Bhowmick, Arnab Saha

“…Aim: The study aimed to determine the prevalence and epidemiological pattern of scrub typhus in acute febrile illness cases in northern districts of West Bengal, India. Material and Methods: Blood samples of patients suffering from acute febrile illness for more than five days duration were collected from different districts of the northern part of West Bengal and IgM capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay was performed at the Microbiology laboratory of North Bengal Medical College over the period, January 2019 to December 2023. …”
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Perceived Caregiver Strain, 3- and 18-Month Poststroke, in a Cohort of Caregivers from the Life after Stroke Trial (LAST) by Birgitta Langhammer, Hege Ihle Hansen, Bent Indredavik, Torunn Askim

“…Aim. To gain more knowledge of caregiver strain in the Life After Stroke Trial (LAST) population. …”
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Perception of Saudi dentists and lay people to altered smile esthetics by Nabeel Talic, Samar AlOmar, Asma AlMaidhan

“…Aim: To evaluate and compare the perceptions of Saudi dentists and lay people to altered smile features. Methods: Thirty-six digital smile photographs with altered features were used. …”
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Effect of Low/High Temperature on Structure and Wear Resistance of Ionic Nitriding Layer on SUS301L Stainless Steel for HVAC by GUO Hong-wei, YANG Chun-fang, CUI Zhi-guang, GUO Yu

“…Compared with SUS301L stainless steel substrate, the friction coefficient of ionic nitriding layer was more stable, indicating that the ionic nitriding layer had better friction and wear characteristics. …”
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Effect of autism on overweight in children from a socio-ecological perspective by TaeEung Kim, Eun Hye Kwon

“…Methods This cross-sectional data analysis from the 2021 National Survey of Children’s Health was conducted with the modified ecological systems theory model as the guiding framework. …”
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Wealth and wealth inequality in adult HIV prevalence by Gary Gaumer, Roya Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, Monica Jordan, AK Nandakumar

“…These data link survey responses with the HIV test results from biomarker data. To adjust for sample selection bias in the observational data, an inverse probability reweighting (IPW) technique was used to create sample weights and estimate model parameters…”
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Integrated hydrogeochemical and spatial assessment of groundwater quality using multivariate statistics and GIS: a case study from northeastern Iran by Maryam Tajbakhshian

“…Hydrochemical facies analysis, ion ratio plots, and spatial GWQI maps revealed that more than 70% of samples inside the aquifer fall into poor or very poor quality classes, driven by evaporative dissolution and over-extraction. …”
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Insight into the Sulforaphane Content and Glucosinolate Profile of Broccoli Stems After Heat Treatment by Yu-Hong Zhang, Xue-Yi Liao, Zheng-Hong Li, Yu-Feng Guo, Ming-Xin Ma, Guo-Qiang Zhang

“…Metabolomic analysis was conducted on broccoli stem samples subjected to 25 °C (CK), 50 °C, and 80 °C treatments. …”
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Pharyngeal Airway Dimensions and Head Posture in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients with and without Morphological Deviations in the Upper Cervical Spine by Liselotte Sonnesen, Arne Petersson, Søren Berg, Palle Svanholt

“…Objectives: The aim of the study was to analyse differences in pharyngeal airway dimensions and head posture between obstructive sleep apnea patients with and without morphological deviations in the upper cervical spine and to analyse associations between pharyngeal airway dimensions and head posture in the total sample. Material and Methods: The sample comprised 53 obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients of which 32.1% had upper spine morphological deviations. …”
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Predictors of physical and mental health among unemployed people in Greece by Dimitra Latsou, Mary Geitona

“…A random sample of 830 unemployed people participated in the study. …”

Anatomy and Histology of Digestive Tract in Melanophila (Trachypteris) picta decastigma (Fabricius, 1787) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) by Nurcan Özyurt Koçakoğlu, Üzeyir Çağlar, Selami Candan

“…Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the anatomy and histology of Melanophila picta decastigma (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Materials and Methods: Some of the samples were fixed in 10% formaldehyde for light microscopy, others were fixed with 2.5% glutaraldehyde for scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Effects of Scanning Strategies, Part Orientation, and Hatching Distance on the Porosity and Hardness of AlSi10Mg Parts Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion by Naol Dessalegn Dejene, Wakshum Mekonnen Tucho, Hirpa G. Lemu

“…This study explores the impact of part orientation, scanning methods, and hatching distance on the hardness and porosity of AlSi10Mg alloy produced through L-PBF. …”
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Design and fabrication of novel microfluidic-based droplets for drug screening on a chronic myeloid leukemia cell line. by Niloofar Jaafari, Amir Asri Kojabad, Rima Manafi Shabestari, Majid Safa

“…<h4>Background</h4>The challenges associated with traditional drug screening, such as high costs and long screening times, have led to an increase in the use of single-cell isolation technologies. Small sample volumes are required for high-throughput, cell-based assays to reduce assay costs and enable rapid sample processing. …”
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Prevalence and identification of irregular erythrocyte antibodies in voluntary blood donors in the territory of Southeast Serbia by Ranđelović Milica, Veličković Ana, Vojinović Jelena, Stanojković Zoran

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate the presence of irregular erythrocyte antibodies as well as to determine the specificity and origin of these antibodies in voluntary donors. Methods. This prospective observational study, conducted from January until July 2023, included samples of voluntary blood donors (BDs) for anti-body screening in the population of voluntary BDs in the territory of Southeast Serbia. …”
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Prediction of computer vision syndrome by video game addiction in Chinese and Spanish students by Luis- Lucio Lobato Rincón, Maria Ángeles Medina Sánchez, Pilar Huerta Zavala, Rafael Fabricio Matos Cámara, Ricardo Bernárdez Vilaboa

“…Moreover, it was found that students from the Chinese sample entailed a lower risk of suffering from computer vision syndrome, and that having higher levels of addiction involved 1,4 times more likelihood of suffering from such syndrome. …”
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Effect of Changes in the Concentrations of Sodium Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate, and Citric Acid on the Surface Tension and Viscosity of Solutions of Certain Polymers by Najla Ali Elgheryani

“…Objective: The objective of this work is to improve certain physical properties of the polymers used in the samples. Methods: The weights of the droplets of the solutions were measured, and the time of its flow. …”
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Supporting Participant Engagement in Cancer Genomics Research in Rare Cancers: A Qualitative Study of Patients, Caregivers, and Advocates by Vinayak Venkataraman MD, Lily Weber BS, Lauren Fisher MPH, Andrew Khalaj BS, Eirian Siegal-Botti BA, Diane Diehl PhD, Katherine A. Janeway MD, MMSc, Suzanne George MD, Jennifer W. Mack MD, MPH

“…Introduction The purpose of this study was to identify patterns and themes that support participant engagement in patient-partnered cancer genomics research. Methods The Osteosarcoma (OS) and Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) Projects of Count Me In allow any patient with OS and LMS in the US and Canada to contribute their health information, tumor samples, and lived experience to an aggregated, public research database. …”
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Global prevalence of female sexual dysfunction based on physical activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Nader Salari, Razie Hasheminezhad, Amin Hosseinian-Far, Masoud Mohammadi

“…Conclusion In this meta-analysis, the pooled prevalence of sexual dysfunction among inactive women was reported to be higher and more significant than that of physically active women. …”
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Study of Correlation of Severity and Quality of Life in Patients with Congenital Ichthyosis by Priyanka Hemrajani, Mona Sharma, Tapan Kumar Dhali, Sharath Kumar B.C.

“…Females outnumbered the sample by more than 2/3rd. ‘Symptoms and feelings’ was the most affected domain in the CDLQI. …”
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