Comparative analysis of emotional and behavioral problems among adolescent offspring of female sex workers and residents of urban slum, Bangladesh by Afia Mahmuda Khan, Koustuv Dalal, Sumaiya Zabin Eusufzai, Sabrin Shohid, Rinku Das, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Lameea Shahed, Turia Alam, Kazi Sayma Ferdous, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems among adolescent offspring of female sex workers and compare that with adolescent offspring of slum-dwellers in Daulatdia and Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 394 adolescent children (196 adolescent offspring of sex workers and 198 adolescent offspring of slum dwellers) from March 2024 to May 2024 using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Exploring Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Thyroid Function and Aggressive and Impulsive Behaviors in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder by Zhao S, Wang A, Han Y, Song C, Zhang H, He K, Chen J

“…In the future, longitudinal studies with larger sample sizes should be conducted to explore molecular mechanisms for more personalized treatments.Keywords: MDD, thyroid function, gender differences, aggressive and impulsive…”
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Changes in prevalence of alcohol and tobacco consumption across districts of India, 2016 and 2021 by Sunil Rajpal, Abhishek Kumar, Shreya Ronanki, Nehantha Sathesh, Rockli Kim, S. V. Subramanian

“…This study examines the trends and patterns in alcohol and tobacco consumption across 720 districts nested within 36 states (Union Territories) between 2016 and 2021. Methods We used the fourth (2015–16) and fifth (2019–21) rounds of the National Family Health Survey of India. …”
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Comparative performance of a commercial and in-house Mp1p antigen-detecting enzyme immunoassay for the rapid diagnosis of talaromycosis. by Joseph Barwatt, Lottie Brown, Nguyen Thi Mai Thu, Paula Gonzalez, Sruthi Venugopalan, Heera Natesan Sambath, Ngo Thi Hoa, Jian-Piao Cai, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Vo Trieu Ly, Thuy Le

“…The aim of this study was to perform a head-to-head comparison of the performance of our in-house monoclonal antibody-based Mp1p antigen-detecting enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with its recently-developed commercial platform.<h4>Methods</h4>In this diagnostic accuracy, retrospective, case-cohort study, we compared the sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (LR+) and negative likelihood ratio (LR-) of the commercial Wantai Mp1p EIA versus our in-house Mp1p EIA on paired plasma and urine samples from 424 hospitalized adults with advanced HIV disease, including 224 cases of proven talaromycosis, where Talaromyces marneffei was isolated in culture of blood or other clinical specimens, and 200 controls diagnosed with a range of other opportunistic infections. …”
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Comparative evaluation of oral microbiologic profile in children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus versus healthy controls and its relation to oral health status by Wedad M. Nageeb, Asmaa Ali Emam Abo-Elsoud, Mona Karem Amin, Tarek Mohamed Nabil Mohamed Kamel Mahmoud, Noha El-Sayed Fathi Abdou

“…C. dubliniensis and C. tropicalis occurred more frequently in the saliva of children with poor glycemic control. …”
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Features of the coronavirus disease course in young children by N. S. Kosmynina, I. Yu. Avramenko

“…To analyze the features of the coronavirus disease course in young children. Materials and methods. We analyzed case histories of 60 children aged 0 to 3 years who were hospitalized to the Lviv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital “OHMATDYT” in the period from April to December 2020 with a diagnosis of coronavirus disease. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Analysis of the Bioavailability of AQUATURM^®, a Water-Soluble Curcumin Formulation, in Comparison to a Conventional Curcumin Tablet, in Human Subjects by Lillian Jabur, Rishi Pandey, Meena Mikhael, Garry Niedermayer, Erika Gyengesi, David Mahns, Gerald Münch

“…<b>Results:</b> AQUATURM® achieved a significantly higher systemic exposure compared to the comparator, with a more than 7-fold increase in area under the curve (AUC_0–12h) and higher peak plasma concentrations (Cmax). …”
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Body Weight and Breast Cancer Treatment Experiences: Results From the Share Thoughts on a Breast Cancer Study by Sarah H. Nash, Elizabeth Verhage, Bradley D. McDowell, Joan Neuner, Elizabeth Chrischilles, Ingrid M. Lizarraga, Mary Schroeder

“…Our objective was to evaluate differences in treatments received, patient experiences of care, and treatment decision‐making processes among breast cancer survivors by body size. Methods We used data from the Share Thoughts on Breast Cancer study. …”
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Meta-analysis of nifedipine and enalapril combination therapy for hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Kun Wang, Wenchao Ma, Leina Sun, Fangcheng Su

“…Methods: We employed a revised version of the Jadad scale to assess the quality of the research literature following a rigorous screening process. …”
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Effective coverage of antenatal care and associated factors among pregnant women in Tanzania: a multilevel analysis by Amanuel Yosef Gebrekidan, Beshada Zerfu Woldegeorgis, Gizachew Ambaw Kassie, Kirubel Eshetu Haile, Ashenafi Teklay Abrha, Angwach Abrham Asnake, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom

“…Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effective coverage (quality-adjusted coverage) of ANC and its associated factors among pregnant women in Tanzania.MethodsThis research was based on data from the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey. …”
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Costing and cost-effectiveness of Cepheid Xpert HIV -1 Qual Assay using whole blood protocol versus PCR by Abbott Systems in Malawi by Maggie Nyirenda-Nyang'wa, Gerald Manthalu, Matthias Arnold, Dominic Nkhoma, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Maganizo Chagomerana, Precious Chibwe, Kevin Mortimer, Neil Kennedy, Derek Fairley, Victor Mwapasa, Chisomo Msefula, Henry C. Mwandumba, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Nigel Klein, Dagmar Alber, Angela Obasi

“…We assessed whether POCT Cepheid Xpert HIV-1 Qual assay whole blood (XpertHIV) was more cost-effective than PCR. # Methods From July-August 2018, 700 PCR Abbott tests using dried blood spots (DBS) were performed on 680 participants who enrolled on the feasibility, acceptability and performance of the XpertHIV study. …”
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Machine learning-based identification of histone deacetylase-associated prognostic factors and prognostic modeling for low-grade glioma by Keshan Wen, Weijie Zhu, Ziyi Luo, Wei Wang

“…Immune infiltration and tumor microenvironment characteristics were assessed using Single Sample Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (ssGSEA) and ESTIMATE algorithm. …”
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Role of KLF5 in enhancing ovarian cancer stemness and PARPi resistance: mechanisms and therapeutic targeting by Huimin Xiao, Guiyun Cheng, Haocheng Zhang, Yao Liu, Zhongshao Chen, Yuehan Gao, Feng Gao, Yanling Liu, Shourong Wang, Beihua Kong

“…PARPi-resistant cells formed larger and more numerous spheres and had higher ALDH activity. …”
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Ethnicity as a factor in the subjective experience of loneliness in students by Yu. M. Zabrodin, E. L. Soldatova, O. O. Andronnikova, Yu. M. Perevozkina

“…A positive experience of loneliness is more characteristic of girls than boys (p = 0.02). …”
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Optimizing IoT intrusion detection with cosine similarity based dataset balancing and hybrid deep learning by Arvind Prasad, Wael Mohammad Alenazy, Naved Ahmad, Gauhar Ali, Hanaa A. Abdallah, Sadique Ahmad

“…Abstract With IoT networks expected to exceed 29 billion connected devices by 2030, the risk of cyberattacks has never been higher. As more devices come online, the attack surface for hackers continues to expand, making cybersecurity a pressing concern. …”
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High expression of SOX9 is a diagnostic and prognostic indicator of glioma by Libo Xu, Zhenhao Wang, Mao Li, Qingsong Li

“…Additionally, the clinical significance of SOX9 in GBM was assessed by Kaplan-Meier Cox regression and prognostic model. What’s more, we analyzed SOX9-related immune cell infiltration and expression of immune checkpoints in GBM. …”
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Associations between subjective and objective measures of stress and load: an insight from 45-week prospective study in 189 elite athletes by Kristina Drole, Mojca Doupona, Kathrin Steffen, Kathrin Steffen, Aleš Jerin, Aleš Jerin, Armin Paravlic, Armin Paravlic

“…Blood samples were collected five times during the 2022/23 season to measure cortisol and the free testosterone to cortisol ratio (FTCR). …”
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Acceptability of an open-label wait-listed trial design: Experiences from the PROUD PrEP study. by Mitzy Gafos, Elizabeth Brodnicki, Monica Desai, Sheena McCormack, Will Nutland, Sonali Wayal, Ellen White, Gemma Wood, Tristan Barber, Gill Bell, Amanda Clarke, David Dolling, David Dunn, Julie Fox, Lewis Haddow, Charles Lacey, Anthony Nardone, Killian Quinn, Caroline Rae, Iain Reeves, Michael Rayment, David White, Vanessa Apea, Wilbert Ayap, Claire Dewsnap, Yolanda Collaco-Moraes, Gabriel Schembri, Yinka Sowunmi, Rob Horne, PROUD Study Team

“…We report on the acceptability of this open-label wait-listed trial design.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants completed an acceptability questionnaire, which included categorical study acceptability data and free-text data on most and least liked aspects of the study. …”
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Salivary vitamin D levels in children with autism in relation to oral health status and disease severity by Jehan Y Al-Demirchi, Batool H Al-Ghurabi, Waqar AlKubaisy

“…Three millilitres of un-stimulated salivary sample was taken by drooling technique, the salivary level of vitamin D assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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Attention Deficit Predicts Intellectual Functioning in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 by Magdalena Heimgärtner, Sofia Granström, Karin Haas-Lude, Robert A. Leark, Victor-Felix Mautner, Karen Lidzba

“…NF1-only was associated with inattentiveness when compared to the normative sample of the T.O.V.A. Conclusion. NF1 is associated with variable attention problems. …”
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