Influence of physical activity on prevention and occurrence of spinal deformities in children during development by Lazić Irena, Petronić-Marković Ivana, Sinđić-Antunović Sanja, Nikolić Dejan, Aleksić Tanja, Bukumirić Dragica

“…The collected data were processed using methods of descriptive and analytical statistics. …”
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Clinical value of comorbidity of affective disorders and alcohol dependence by O. V. Roshchina, A. I. Rozin, E. D. Schastnyy, N. A. Bokhan

“…The study used clinical, psychopathological, clinical and follow-up, clinical, dynamic and statistical methods. Statistical processing was performed using Pearson’s χ2, Mann – Whitney U-test for comparing independent samples and Spearman’s correlation analysis (r).Results. …”
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The Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on Local Government Performance in Service Delivery. A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Musinguzi, Joshua

“…The study also considered a sample size of 66 respondents. Data was collected through questionnaire and interviewing methods, these methods gave accurate and reliable information. …”
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Seroprevalence of Measles, Rubella and Mumps Antibodies in Foreign Citizens Registered in Moscow Region (Labour Migrants) by T. A. Semenenko, T. П. Gotvyanskaya, E. N. Kudryavtseva, E. V. Rusakova, A. V. Nozdracheva, L. F. Evseeva, M. I. Korabelnikova, D. V. Dubodelov, I. S. Shmyr, S. N. Kuzin

“…The aim of the study was to determine the role of foreign citizens registered in Moscow region, in the maintenance of the epidemic process of measles, rubella and mumps based on the basis of their susceptibility to these infections and compare with the control group (residents of the Russia Central Federal District - donors of blood). Materials and methods. Examination included 909 samples of blood sera obtained from migrant workers and 939 blood donors (residents of the Central Federal district of Russia) which were tested for the presence of antibodies (IgG) to measles, rubella and mumps with the help of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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Associations between perceived discrimination over the life course, subjective social status, and health literacy: A racial/ethnic stratification analysis by Jemar R. Bather, Adolfo G. Cuevas, Adrian Harris, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Melody S. Goodman

“…Objective: To analyze the relationship between perceived discrimination over the life course, social status, and limited health literacy (HL). Methods: 5040 adults who participated in the 2023 Survey of Racism and Public Health. …”
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First record of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from the Meia Ponte River and effluent in Brazil: an analysis of 1198 isolates by Igor Romeiro dos Santos, Leandro Fonseca de Lima, Marcelino Benvindo de Souza, Isabela Náthaly Machado da Silva, Adriano Roberto Vieira de Sousa, Alexandre Melo Bailão, Cátia Lira do Amaral, Elisa Flávia Luiz Cardoso Bailão

“…Effluent samples were collected at two points in the STP (pre- and post-treatment). …”
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COVID‐19 vaccine controversy: A cross‐sectional analysis of factors associated with COVID‐19 vaccine acceptance amongst emergency department patients in New York City by Christina P. Guzman, Jamie Aron, Jennifer Egbebike, M. Claire Greene, Christopher Reisig, Michael DeFilippo, E. Brennan Bollman, Bianca R. Stefan, Bernard P. Chang, Anju Wagh, Tsion Firew

“…We aim to identify factors contributing to COVID‐19 vaccine acceptance and to assess patient attitudes surrounding offering COVID‐19 vaccines in the ED. Methods We conducted a survey of a convenience sample of patients and patient visitors over the age 18 years, who were native English or Spanish speakers. …”
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Development of A Caregiver‐Reported Scale for Pediatric Cancer Financial Toxicity (CRS‐PCFT) by Pengfei Li, Nan Zhang, Xinyue Xu, Yan Liu, Zhengyang Lu, Qian Gao, Shihong Lin, Weimin Guan, Wenxuan Yan, Boyu Liu, Youhua Lu, Jinming Yu

“…However, the availability of survey and/or screening instruments specific to pediatric family financial toxicity is limited. Methods A two‐round cross‐sectional survey was conducted in Shandong Province, China. …”
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A proteotranscriptomic approach to dissect the molecular landscape of human retinoblastoma by Julian Wolf, Rozina Ida Hajdu, Stefaniya Boneva, Ira Godbole, Lucas Stürzbecher, Claudia Auw-Haedrich, Wolf A. Lagrèze, Hansjürgen Agostini, Thomas Reinhard, Stefan Tholen, Oliver Schilling, Günther Schlunck, Bertram Bengsch, Clemens Lange

“…This study aimed to perform an integrated proteotranscriptomic characterization of human retinoblastoma to provide a deeper understanding of disease biology and to identify novel therapeutic targets.MethodsPaired tumor and adjacent retinal tissue samples were dissected from seven eyes. …”
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Psychosocial, pharmacological, and legal interventions for improving the psychosocial outcomes of children with substance misusing parents: A systematic review by Elizabeth Eggins, David B. Wilson, Joseph Betts, Sara Roetman, Ned Chandler‐Mather, Bronwyn Theroux, Sharon Dawe

“…Study participants needed to be comprised of families with children under the age of 18 with one or more currently substance‐misusing parents (or caregivers). …”
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Depression detection based on dual path DCGAN data generation and classification-regression network by LU Jingxue, LI Hongyan, ZHENG Ruichao, QIN Ruizhen

“…In this paper, a dual path DCGAN is proposed to generate data, and a classification - regression network model is proposed to predict the depression score, so as to realize the auxiliary diagnosis of the degree of depression.MethodsFirstly, based on the audio characteristics of depressed patients, six kinds of emotional features are selected from the existing speech features, and the corresponding two-dimensional feature maps are constructed for each audio signal sample. …”
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Symbiosis effects of Mycorrhizal and Pseudomonas on morphophysiological traits of mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) under moisture stressed condition by Mohammad Salehi, Ali Faramarzi, Manochehr Farboodi, Nasser Mohebalipour, Jalil Ajalli

“…Glomus mosseae increased dry weight of leaves and dry weight of plant by 44.3% and 8.45% respectively. G.mosseae was more effective to increase growth characteristics of mung bean. …”
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Study on physiological characteristics of fruit cracking of different jujube varieties by LIU Wei, WANG Jianyu, WANG Zhenlei, LIN Minjuan

“…The pericarp of easy cracking variety contained less water-soluble pectin, hemicellulose, and more ionbound pectin and covalently bound pectin. …”
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U.S. Physicians’ Views on E-Cigarette Risks and Benefits to Adults Who Smoke Versus Young People Who Do Not Smoke by Monica Magalhaes, PhD, Michelle T. Bover Manderski, PhD, MPH, Michelle Jeong, PhD, William J. Young, PhD, Michael B. Steinberg, MD, MPH, Nir Eyal, DPhil

“…Physicians’ perceptions of and attitudes toward this tradeoff remain underexplored. Methods: A random sample of U.S. physicians (N=940) were surveyed on a variety of tobacco-related issues and on their treatment practices and demographics. …”
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Emergency department use and hospital admissions among adult orthotopic heart transplant patients by Suveenkrishna Pothuru, Wan‐Chi Chan, Amandeep Goyal, Tarun Dalia, Ioannis Mastoris, Andrew Sauer, Kamal Gupta, Charles B. Porter, Zubair Shah

“…Abstract Objective To study the demographics, clinical presentations, and outcomes of emergency department (ED) visits of patients with heart transplantation (HT) in the United States. Methods We performed a secondary analysis of the National Emergency Department Sample database from 2016 to 2018. …”
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Normal Metabolic Levels in Prefrontal Cortex in Euthymic Bipolar I Patients with and without Suicide Attempts by Marlos Vasconcelos Rocha, Fabiana Nery-Fernandes, José Luiz Guimarães, Lucas de Castro Quarantini, Irismar Reis de Oliveira, Giovanna G. Ladeia-Rocha, Andrea Parolin Jackowski, César de Araujo Neto, Ângela Miranda-Scippa

“…Besides, these results may implicate mood dependent alterations in brain metabolic activity. However, more studies with larger sample sizes of this heterogeneous disorder are warranted to clarify these data.…”
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Reasons for living and depressive symptomatology in young adults with and without suicide attempts: a moderated mediation approach by Marta Brás, Marta Brás, Marta Brás, Cátia Martins, Cátia Martins, Cátia Martins, Cristina Nunes, Cristina Nunes, Cristina Nunes, Saul Neves Jesus, Saul Neves Jesus, Saul Neves Jesus, Ana Rita Madeira, Cláudia Carmo, Cláudia Carmo, Cláudia Carmo

“…Therefore, it is important to identify its risk and protective factors, and how they interact to develop more effective interventions. The present study aims to analyze the relation between depressive symptoms, hopelessness (risk factors) with reasons for living (protective factors) and suicidal ideation in young adults with and without previous suicide attempts.MethodsA sample of 845 Portuguese young adults answered an online form which assessed suicidal ideation, hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and reasons for living. …”
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DNA Barcoding and Phylogenetic Analysis of Culex and Anopheles Species in Siirt, Türkiye by Halil Dilmen, Behcet İnal, Mehmet Salih Özgökçe, Mustafa Cemal Çiftçi, Hilmi Kara, Sedriye Çatkın, Meryem Özer Dilmen, Gülcihan Koyunçu

“…Further studies with a larger sample size and additional sequences are needed to establish more comprehensive phylogenetic relationships. …”
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Persistence of Untreated Bed Nets in the Retail Market in Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Benjamin Kamala, Dana Loll, Ruth Msolla, David Dadi, Peter Gitanya, Charles Mwalimu, Frank Chacky, Stella Kajange, Mwinyi Khamis, Sarah-Blythe Ballard, Naomi Serbantez, Stephen Poyer

“…The study used mixed methods: (1) a quantitative survey among sampled outlets supported by photographic documentation of all net products and (2) key informant interviews of retailers and wholesalers. …”
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Objective Endoscopic Analysis with Linked Color Imaging regarding Gastric Mucosal Atrophy: A Pilot Study by Kazuhiro Mizukami, Ryo Ogawa, Kazuhisa Okamoto, Mitsutaka Shuto, Kensuke Fukuda, Akira Sonoda, Osamu Matsunari, Yuka Hirashita, Tadayoshi Okimoto, Masaaki Kodama, Kazunari Murakami

“…We aimed to determine whether linked color imaging (LCI), a new image-enhanced endoscopy that enhances subtle differences in mucosal colors, can distinguish the border of endoscopic mucosal atrophy. Methods. This study included 30 patients with atrophic gastritis. …”
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