Rapid Initial-State Preparation for the Quantum Simulation of Strongly Correlated Molecules by Dominic W. Berry, Yu Tong, Tanuj Khattar, Alec White, Tae In Kim, Guang Hao Low, Sergio Boixo, Zhiyan Ding, Lin Lin, Seunghoon Lee, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan, Ryan Babbush, Nicholas C. Rubin

“…We show how to achieve unitary synthesis with a Toffoli complexity about 7× lower than that in prior work and use that to derive a more efficient MPS-preparation method. For filtering, we present two different approaches: sampling and binary search. …”
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How do aesthetics drive customer retention in Bali cafes? by Efin Shu, Annarica Tisna

“…The food service landscape is changing as customers want to fulfill more than just their hunger and thirst. Customers now care more about the looks of the place and food to satisfy their hedonistic desire. …”
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Food Hygiene Knowledge, Practices, and Associated Factors among Food Handlers in Institutional Food Establishments in Nekemte Town, Western Oromia, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Stud... by Habtamu Fekadu Gemede, Tamiru Yazew

“…About 360 food handlers in the study area participated in a cross-sectional study that was based in an institution. Using methodical sampling approaches, the necessary sample was selected. …”
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The factors related to mother's beliefs and behaviors concerning the prevention of poisoning among children under the age of five, using the Health Belief Model by Forouzan Rezapur Shahkolai, Khadijeh Bandehelahi, Akram Karimi Shahanjarini, Maryam Farhadian

“…The participants were selected randomly, using cluster sampling method. Data were collected through interviews, by trained interviewers, and using a questionnaire developed by the authors. …”
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Acceptance-based process variables on postpartum well-being and distress: The mediating role of psychological flexibility. by Alexa Bonacquisti, Emily C Woodworth, Maria Diaz, Victoria A Grunberg

“…Our study aims to examine: (1) whether acceptance-based process variables (awareness, acceptance, cognitive defusion, psychological flexibility) were associated with postpartum outcomes; and (2) whether psychological flexibility mediated the relationship between treatment engagement and postpartum outcomes.<h4>Method</h4>Postpartum women (N = 266) were recruited online using snowball sampling via social media (i.e., Facebook). …”
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Gender roles and constraints in enhancing hybrid chicken production for food security in lower Eastern Kenya. by John K Musyoka, Wilckyster N Nyarindo, Robyn Alders, Hezron N Isaboke

“…The PSM and ESR models were estimated on a sample of 582 households selected using multistage stratified random sampling method. …”
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Nutritional Assessment of Patients with Type-2 Diabetes in a Tertiary Level Hospital in a Low-and Middle-income Country by Rama Subba, Asmita Luitel, Rinku Joshi, Bhupal Baniya

“…The majority of the patients were taking medicines along with exercise and diet control, however, only 15.04% of patients were following the expert’s advice. More than one-fifth of the patients were consuming more calories than they needed.  …”
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Religiosity Predicts Marital Satisfaction (Case study: female students of Payame Noor Gonbad Kavous University) by Gholamreza khoshfar, Fatemeh Bay, Alireza Ghorbani

“…The statistical population included 400 married female students who were studying, 200 of whom were selected using Cochran's sample size estimation formula and by simple random sampling. …”
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Digital Mental Health Interventions for Young People Aged 16-25 Years: Scoping Review by Courtney Potts, Carmen Kealy, Jamie M McNulty, Alba Madrid-Cagigal, Thomas Wilson, Maurice D Mulvenna, Siobhan O'Neill, Gary Donohoe, Margaret M Barry

“…By adopting these approaches, digital mental health interventions can become more accessible, engaging, and impactful for young people worldwide.…”
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Recurrent postmenopausal bleeding: Pathological findings and predictive factors. A multicenter, prospective, observational study by Laura D. P. R. vanMaldegem, Johanna A. van derZande, Lucy A. vanWerkhoven, Patricia C. Ewing‐Graham, Bernadette A. M. Heemskerk‐Gerritsen, Helena C. vanDoorn

“…Women with PMB undergoing endometrial sampling and aged 40 years and older were included. …”
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Advancing shock prediction: leveraging prior knowledge and self-controlled data for enhanced model accuracy and generalizability by Cheng-Yu Tsai, Xiu-Rong Huang, Po-Tsun Kuo, Tzu-Tao Chen, Yun-Kai Yeh, Kuan-Yuan Chen, Arnab Majumdar, Chien-Hua Tseng

“…The most predictive features included ECG_HRV_pNN50 (proportion of successive heartbeat intervals differing by more than 50 ms), RESP_Width_Mean (mean width of respiratory waveform), RESP_Cycle_Rate_Mean (mean respiratory cycle rate), ABP_TimeSBP2DBP_SampEn (sample entropy of systolic-diastolic intervals), and ABP_AmplitudeDBP_Median (median amplitude of diastolic peaks). …”
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Predictors of hearing screening among residents of Saudi Arabia at primary healthcare settings in Riyadh: useful insights from a cross-sectional survey by Ibtehaj F. Alshdoukhi, Mamdouh M. Shubair, Ashraf El-Metwally, Rasha Abdullah Alhazzaa, Faris Fatani, Ali Alshehri, Aljohrah Ibrahim Saleh Aldubikhi, Lama Mohammad Alomari, Nouf Binhowaimel, Hanan M. Al Kadri

“…Older age, educated, employed, people with good status health, and diabetic individuals were more likely to go for hearing screening. Health literacy sessions need to be carried out to raise awareness among residents of Saudi Arabia and more robust epidemiological studies need to be carried out to explore the reasons of low hearing screening in this population.…”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IMMUNE MICROENVIRONMENT OF THE NORMAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE PERITUMORAL AREA IS AN ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN GASTRIC CANCER by N. V. Danilova, V. M. Kkomyakov, A. V. Chayka, I. A. Mikhailov, N. A. Oleynikova, P. G. Malkov

“…The aim of the study was to study and evaluate the predictive value of the immune microenvironment of gastric cancer and morphologically normal mucous membrane of the peritumoral area using an automatic morphometric analysis system on the example of CD 8+ cells.Material and Methods. Surgical samples from 130 patients with a verified diagnosis of gastric cancer were used. …”
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Bleeding Through a Pandemic: Women&rsquo;s Lived Experiences with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Anto-Ocrah M, Affan NJ, Vempalli H, Chen M, Niyomugabo C, Glantz JC, Hollenbach S

“…A third objective was to explore women’s lived experiences with menorrhagia during the pandemic, including menstrual pain and impact on socialization, sex life, and product use.Methods: This was a secondary data analyses of a cross-sectional study that recruited adult women between the ages of 18– 45 years using Dynata, a survey sampling company that maintains a web panel of survey takers across the United States. …”
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Identifying the Combined Impacts of Sensor Quantity and Location Distribution on Source Inversion Optimization by Shushuai Mao, Jianlei Lang, Feng Hu, Xiaoqi Wang, Kai Wang, Guiqin Zhang, Feiyong Chen, Tian Chen, Shuiyuan Cheng

“…A research strategy combining random sampling and coefficient of variation methods was proposed to simultaneously quantify their combined impacts in the case of a single emission source. …”
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Exploring the Role of FDG PET CT Scan in Detecting High Grade Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Marzieh Azmoun, Mohammad Moeini Nodeh, Maryam Emadzadeh, Kamran Ariana, Habibollah Dadgar, Amirreza Khorosanchi, Emran Askari, Eisa Nazar

“…Currently, the standard method for evaluating patients at the initial stages of cancer diagnosis in Mashhad oncology centers involves computed tomography scans (CT scans), histopathological evaluation of tissue, bone marrow sampling, and cytogenetic studies, all of which are time-consuming and costly. …”
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Prevalence and associations of problematic smartphone use with smartphone activities, psychological well-being, and sleep quality in a household survey of Singapore adults. by Rebecca Hui Shan Ong, Hui Shan Sim, Manfred Max Bergman, Choon How How, Constance Ai Li Png, Chau Sian Lim, Lai Huat Peh, Hong Choon Oh

“…Associations between PSU and poor sleep quality (OR = 3.72, p < 0.001), depressive (OR = 3.83, p < 0.001), and anxiety symptoms (OR = 2.59, p = 0.004) and social media usage (OR = 3.46, p < 0.001) were more pronounced in adults over 30. PSU was more prevalent among females in those aged 21-30 (OR = 2.60, p = 0.022). …”
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Density, age and sex structure of goitred gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in Golestan National Park by Hossein Varasteh Moradi, Meysam Madadi

“…The transect line sampling method was used to survey the population dynamics of Goitred gazelle, during the survey at each of the 24 transects, in 3 visits were conducted between February 2016 and July 2016. …”
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Real-world antibiotic utilization during pregnancy in Italy: a multiregional retrospective population-based study by Michela Servadio, Valeria Belleudi, Francesca R. Poggi, Serena Perna, Antonio Addis, Marina Davoli, Francesco Trotta, Filomena Fortinguerra, MoM-Net Group

“…Women who underwent chorionic villus sampling and those who underwent amniocentesis registered a peak during trimester I (25%) and trimester II (41%), respectively. …”
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Strong Association of Waist Circumference (WC), Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR), and Waist-to-Hip Ratio (WHR) with Diabetes: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional... by Fu-Liang Zhang, Jia-Xin Ren, Peng Zhang, Hang Jin, Yang Qu, Yao Yu, Zhen-Ni Guo, Yi Yang

“…The purpose of this study is to compare the correlation between four anthropometric indices and the prevalence of diabetes. Methods. A total of 4052 participants aged 40 years and above were selected in Dehui City, Jilin Province, using a multistage stratified whole group sampling method. …”
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