How Deep Are the Invisible Wounds? The Impact of Maternal Stress During Pregnancy on Adolescent Anxiety: A Cross-Sectional Study by Dessy Ekawati, Nurul Azmi Arfan, Esti Pratiwi Yosin, Endang Yuswatiningsih

“…Methods: A cross-sectional design was used, involving 143 mothers with adolescents aged 10–19 years, selected through purposive sampling. …”
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Association Between Pesticide Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Female Farmers: A Cross-Sectional Study by Wulan Masyithah, Onny Setiani, Yusniar Hanani Darundiati, Mursid Raharjo, Nurjazuli

“…This study investigates the association between pesticide exposure and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: This analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design involved 162 female farmers selected by purposive sampling from a population of 2,187, using the Lemeshow formula. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Factors among Presumptive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients at Debre Tabor Referral Hospital, South Gondar, Northwest Eth... by Debaka Belete, Azanaw Amare, Tesfaye Andualem, Desie Kasew, Sirak Biset

“…Additionally, it needs further research and recommends more assessment for intestinal parasitic infection in PTB patients.…”
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Respiratory pathogens detected in specimens collected for COVID-19 surveillance in Zambia by Martin Nyahoda, Ngonda Saasa, Katendi Changula, Walter Muleya, Zachariah Mupila, Chilufya Chikoti, Gift Moonga, Catherine Sutcliffe, Geoffrey Kwenda, Edgar Simulundu

“…Setting: Nasopharyngeal specimens collected between July 2020 and July 2021 for COVID-19 testing in hospitals, ports of entry, persons seeking certificates for international travel and in communities were used. Methods: Proportional age-stratified sampling was used to select 128 specimens. …”
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Factors associated with dietary behaviour in kidney transplant recipients: a cross-sectional study by Jiaxin Fang, Xiaohong Lin, Changyun Wei, Qianlu Wang, Keke Lin, Shuping Zhang, Peiyu Zhao, Xiangru Li, Hongxia Liu

“…The aim of this study was to examine the dietary behaviour and explore the influencing factors of dietary behaviour in KTRs based on a health promotion model.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study. A total of 289 KTRs from four hospitals were recruited from October 2022 to March 2023 by convenience sampling method. …”
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A roadmap to good practice for training supervisors and leadership: a European perspective by Seán Lacey, Tamarinde Haven, Rita Santos, Tom Farrelly, Máiréad Murray, Panagiotis Kavouras

“…In assessing effectiveness there was an emphasis to share more research data and to utilize incidents of breaches of research integrity. …”
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Predictors of stillbirth among women who had given birth in Southern Ethiopia, 2020: A case-control study. by Haimanot Abebe, Solomon Shitu, Haile Workye, Ayenew Mose

“…Only ten countries including Ethiopia attribute more than 65% of global burden of still birth. Ethiopia has the 7th highest still birth rate in the world. …”
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Hybrid Deep Learning Approaches for Improved Genomic Prediction in Crop Breeding by Ran Li, Dongfeng Zhang, Yanyun Han, Zhongqiang Liu, Qiusi Zhang, Qi Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang, Shouhui Pan, Jiahao Sun, Kaiyi Wang

“…Genomic selection plays a crucial role in breeding programs designed to improve quantitative traits, particularly considering the limitations of traditional methods in terms of accuracy and efficiency. Through the integration of genomic data, breeders are able to obtain more accurate predictions of breeding values. …”
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Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Mothers of Children Aged 6–24 Months in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019 by Atsedemariam Andualem, Afework Edmealem, Belachew Tegegne, Lehulu Tilahun, Yitayish Damtie

“…A systematic random sampling technique was employed for selection of study participants by considering the 1st comer as a starting point and then at every 5th interval till the sample size was saturated at exit time. …”
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Prevalence of Internet Addiction among Medical Students and Its Association with Psychiatric Disorders during 2021 by Leila Kashani, Fatemeh Sadat Samsam Shariat, Najmeh Shahini, Gholamreza Veghari, Aazam Sadat Heydari Yazdi

“…A convenience sampling method was used, and all students were taken into account as the statistical population. …”
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Readiness and Acceptance of Nursing Students Regarding AI-Based Health Care Technology on the Training of Nursing Skills in Saudi Arabia: Cross-Sectional Study by Kamlah AL-Olaimat, Basma Salameh, Rasha Abdulhalim Alqadi, Abeer Alruwaili, Manal Hakami, Hanay Huwaydi ALanazi, Tahani Maharem, Fadia Ahmed Abdelkader Reshia

“…A convenience sampling technique was applied to recruit 322 participants. …”
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Predictors of receiving care and folic acid supplementation prior to pregnancy: a large cross-sectional study in Shiraz, Iran by Niloufar Izaddoost, Leila Amiri-Farahani, Fatemeh Sajjadian, Sally Pezaro

“…Multi-stage sampling occurred from May 2021 to February 2022 in 18 comprehensive urban health centers and 20 gynecology offices via the proportional allocation method. …”
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Sociocultural determinants of health-associated quality of life among Afghan refugees in Pakistan: evidence from a multi-stage cross-sectional study by Atta Ur Rehman, Rubeena Zakar, Ume Hani, Florian Fischer

“…Investigations in Pakistan on the quality of life of Afghan refugees were scarce despite more than four decades of refugee status. Therefore, this study was initiated to assess the sociocultural determinants influencing health-associated quality of life among Afghan refugees in Pakistan. …”
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Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Myopia: A Local Population Survey in Shanxi, China by Qin Wang, Hao-Yu Bi, Chun-Fang Wang

“…The guidance for myopia-susceptible people is established which might help prevent or delay the onset and development of myopia. Methods. 1,852 students were recruited using the multistage sampling approach from the Gaoping county in Shanxi. …”
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Emergency Management Of Dental Injury; Preparedness Among School Teachers In Swabi Khyber Pukhtunkhwa - A Cross-Sectional Study by Asima Khan, Aalia Khan, Farrah Pervaiz, Mehwish Riaz, Sana Shaukat Siddiqui, Syed Imran Bukhari

“…Prompt and appropriate management of dental trauma is crucial to prevent infection, abscess formation, and pulp necrosis. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 320 male and female teachers via cluster random sampling from October 2023 to May 2024 to assess the level of knowledge among school teachers regarding emergency management of dental injuries, to evaluate the preparedness of school teachers in handling dental injuries in the school setting and to determine the association between demographics with knowledge and preparedness regarding emergency management of dental injuries. …”
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Association between self-reported sleep quality and body mass index among Jimma University academic staff: structural equation modeling by Essa Ahmed, Getu Gizaw, Alemayehu Argaw

“…A two-stage cluster sampling procedure was used to select study participants from their departments. …”
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Stability of Blood DNA Methylation Across Two Timepoints in Three Cohorts by Mikołaj Danielewski, Jarosław Walkowiak, Karolina Wielgus, Jan Krzysztof Nowak

“…<b>Background:</b> DNA methylation mediates the gene–environment interactions, with implications for health and disease. Studies with sampling at more than one timepoint revealed the considerable variability of the blood methylome, but comprehensive resources on genome-wide methylation stability are still lacking. …”
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Factors affecting medical artificial intelligence (AI) readiness among medical students: taking stock and looking forward by Arash Ziapour, Fatemeh Darabi, Parisa Janjani, Mohammad Amin Amani, Murat Yıldırım, Sayeh Motevaseli

“…Accordingly, the Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences student’s education unit should set up more AI training centers to provide and introduce basic artificial intelligence courses. …”
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Latent class analysis for quality of life status, sleep quality and anxiety in patients with type 2 diabetes by Roya Farokhi, Farzaneh Rezaei, Sima Afrashteh, Davoud Adham, Somaieh Matin, Nategh Abbasgholizadeh, Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo

“…To address this research gap, the present study aimed to determine the subgroups of patients with type 2 diabetes based on quality of life, sleep quality, and anxiety in the subgroups of using latent class analysis (LCA). Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted using multistage random sampling. …”
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Predictive ability of plasma concentration of triglyceride/high density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio for cardiometabolic variables in a sub-Sahara black African adolescent populat... by Susan J Holdbrooke, Bamgboye M Afolabi

“…A total of 650 adolescent participants were recruited using a four-stage stratified sampling method but statistical analysis was restricted to the 613 who had complete anthropometric and clinical data. …”
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