Two surveys separated by almost a decade reveal the inexorable decline in sleep time in teens: Results of the National survey of middle and high schools in adolescents on health an... by Damien Léger, Virginie Ehlinger, Stanislas Spilka, Olivier Le-Nézet, Brigitte Fauroux, Victor Pitron, Emmanuelle Godeau

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>We investigated total sleep time (TST) and sleep paradigms during schooldays and leisure days in teenagers, and compared the findings to results from 8 years before.<h4>Methods</h4>The EnCLASS epidemiological survey is a representative sample of thousands of French middle and high schoolers. …”
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Abrasive resistance and microhardness of self-adhesive (Surefil one) and conventional bulk fill composites: An- in vitro study. by Maryam Fakher Ibrahim, Bahar Jafaar Selivany, Abduloma Baraka Ali

“…Conclusion: Beautifil bulk was more resistant to abrasion in comparison to Surefil one self-adhesive and One bulk fill. …”
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Understanding street-exposure and abuse among street-involved children and youth in Kenya: structural intervention insights from routinely collected program data by Michael Goodman, Kelvin Munene, Nora Gardner, Stanley Gitari

“…There is limited understanding of the timing of these abuse experiences, which may inform interventional efforts.Methods This study analysed relationships between the duration of street exposure, sleep location and experiences of abuse among formerly SICY (aged 6–19 years) in Kenya. …”
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Developing a multi-variate prediction model for COVID-19 from crowd-sourced respiratory voice data by Yuyang Yan, Wafaa Aljbawi, Sami O. Simons, Visara Urovi

“…Aim: COVID-19 has affected more than 223 countries worldwide and in the post-COVID era, there is a pressing need for non-invasive, low-cost, and highly scalable solutions to detect COVID-19. …”
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Pre-vaccination nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in a Nigerian population: epidemiology and population biology. by Ifedayo M O Adetifa, Martin Antonio, Christy A N Okoromah, Chinelo Ebruke, Victor Inem, David Nsekpong, Abdoulie Bojang, Richard A Adegbola

“…This study was carried out to describe the pre vaccination epidemiology and population biology of pneumococcal carriage in Nigeria.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a cross sectional survey. Nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) were obtained from a population sample in 14 contiguous peri-urban Nigerian communities. …”
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The influence of mineral powders on the resistance of bitumen binder to thermal deformations by M. A. Vysotskaya, V. S. Lesovik, Ya. M. Katrich, D. Yu. Egorov

“…It was shown that filling the binder with mineral powder (dust) in the maximum permissible concentration limit changes the PG (X) brand parameter by three positions from 64 °C to 82 °C. More fundamental data were obtained for the low-temperature stability of samples with a collapse of the parameter (± Y) from -34 °C to -22 °C. …”
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Clinico-Microbiological Profile of Infections in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit : An Observational Prospective Study by Amarpreet Kaur, Veenu Gupta, P L Gautam, Menal Gupta

“…Depending on the clinical suspicion, various samples were received in the department and processed as per standard protocols. …”
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RADIATION HYGIENIC MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF POPULATION DOSES IN RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED AREAS OF TULA REGION by T. M. Chichura, A. E. Lomovtsev, A. Yu. Khozhainov

“…Over that period, more than fifty thousand samples of the main foodstuffs from the post-Chernobyl contaminated area were analyzed. …”
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Technology use and health behavior among patients with diabetes: do underlying motives for technology adoption matter? by Sára Imola Csuka, Sára Imola Csuka, Barbara Horvát, Georgina Csordás, Csilla Lakatos, Tamás Martos, Tamás Martos

“…The study aimed to investigate the associations between health technology use and technology adoption motivation and associated health behavior of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.MethodsA cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted on a sample of 315 patients with diabetes. …”
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Incidence of hypoglycemia among patients with type 2 diabetes who fasted during Ramadan by Bayar Ahmed Qasim, Mazyar Jabbar Ahmed, Ayad Ahmad Mohammed

“…All patients’ body mass index recorded and a blood sample was taken to measure HbA1c and lipid profile. …”
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Using extended‐duration audio recordings to survey avian species by Amy K. Tegeler, Michael L. Morrison, Joseph M. Szewczak

“…We used SonoBird (DNDesign, Arcata, CA) software to search for 24 species detected by point‐count surveys but not in the manually sampled subset of audio files. We detected 22 additional species, bringing the total audio‐file species detections to 85, 4 more than detected by 8 point‐count surveys. …”
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Evaluation of factors affecting the physiological levels of copper and iron in sheep and cattle in some areas of Diyala Governorate, Iraq by Al-Zubaidi Raad Mahmood Hussein, Marah Salim Hameed, Waleed Ibrahim Jalil, Ali Ibrahim Ali AL-Ezzy

“…Aim: Evaluation of copper and iron status in sheep and cattle in some areas of Diyala governorate, Iraq. Methods: One hundred blood samples were collected, 50 from sheep and 50 from cattle in order to measure the levels of copper and iron in the serum. …”
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Interventions to address unequal gender and power relations and improve self-efficacy and empowerment for sexual and reproductive health decision-making for women living with HIV:... by Jennifer L Robinson, Manjulaa Narasimhan, Avni Amin, Sophie Morse, Laura K Beres, Ping Teresa Yeh, Caitlin Elizabeth Kennedy

“…Studies were limited by small sample sizes, high loss to follow-up, and high reported baseline condom use.…”
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COVID-19 and renal allograft rejection: insight from controlled and non-controlled studies by Ahmed Daoud, Karim Soliman, Maria Aurora Posadas Salas, Genta Uehara, Sakshi Vaishnav, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Michael J. Casey

“…Aim Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), due to their immunosuppressed status, are potentially more susceptible to both the severe effects of COVID-19 and complications in their transplanted organ. …”
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Nutritional status of schoolchildren living on a city in Brazilian Western Amazon: a cross-sectional study by Stephaney Aragão Soares, Amanda Forster Lopes, Regina Coeli da Silva Vieira, André Bento Chaves Santana, Kemilla Sarmento Rebelo

“…The most consumed foods were fresh fruits (76.29%), followed by ultra-processed candies (56.7%) and vegetables (54.64%). Furthermore, more than half of the children consumed processed meats (50.52%) and sugary drinks (54.17%). …”
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MONITORING THE SAUSAGE PRODUCT USING LANEY DEMERIT CHART BASED ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS by Farhan Landi, Muhammad Ahsan, Kevin Agung Fernanda Rifki

“…The findings reveal that conventional control charts (u control chart, demerit control chart, and AHP-based demerit control chart) exhibited oversensitivity because it is attributed to the large number of samples produced by the company, prompting the need for a more balanced approach. …”
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Impact of brain damage on moral judgment by Miho Suganami, Keisuke Takahata, Yu Mimura, Masahiro Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Uchida, Taro Muramatsu, Masaru Mimura

“…Results Compared to HCs, individuals with brain damage judged protagonists to be more blameworthy than did HCs in vignettes where harmful intentions were absent (No Negligence, p = 0.02; No Harm, p = 0.02). …”
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Effect of a Plant-Based Nootropic Supplement on Perceptual Decision-Making and Brain Network Interdependencies: A Randomised, Double-Blinded, and Placebo-Controlled Study by David O’Reilly, Joshua Bolam, Ioannis Delis, Andrea Utley

“…These changes not only resulted in localised increases in the redundancy among brain network interactions but also more significant and widespread increases in synergy, especially within the delta frequency band. …”
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Vaginal microbiome distinction in women with HPV+, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, and cervical cancer, a retrospective study by Yuanyue Li, Yuanyue Li, Xiaomei Wu, Xiaomei Wu

“…This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the vaginal microbiota, HPV infection, cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CINs), and cervical cancers in 69 women.MethodsDNA was extracted from vaginal samples, followed by HPV genotyping through PCR and sequenced of the16S rRNA gene.ResultsOur results revealed that Lactobacillus was the predominant bacterium across all groups, with prevalence rates of 60.2% in women with HPV+, 63.9% in CINI, 97.7% in CINII, 52.0% in CINIII, 36.9% in cervical cancer, and 70.9% in NILM (normal cytology). …”
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Two-Stream Proximity Graph Transformer for Skeletal Person-Person Interaction Recognition With Statistical Information by Meng Li, Yaqi Wu, Qiumei Sun, Weifeng Yang

“…Compared with RGB data, skeletal data can more accurately depict articulated human movements due to its detailed recording of joint locations. …”
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