Sexual violence across gender identities and sexual orientations: a stratified, population-based, cross-sectional study among young people aged 16–29 years in Sweden by Matilda Löfström-Bredell, Eva Åkerman, Renita Sörensdotter, Sara Ström, Henrik Källberg, Marie Klingberg-Allvin

“…This study also aims to examine the categories of perpetrators of sexual violence reported by young people. Methods A population-based, cross-sectional survey using stratified random sampling (response rate = 23.7%) yielded a sample of 9,430 respondents. …”
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Analyzing latent categories of stress, anxiety, and depression in medical students: insights into their psychological resilience by Huang Lei, Huang Lei, Jiang Jiaming, Huang Bin, Yuwen Lyu, Liu Junrong, Lawrence T. Lam, Chen Yufei

“…Future research should integrate different research paradigms, deepen understanding, and provide more targeted evidence support for psychological education and intervention programs for medical students.…”
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Prevalence of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy among adults aged 50 years and above in Nepal: a population-based cross-sectional survey by Reeta Gurung, Sailesh Kumar Mishra, Sandip Das Sanyam, Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota, Mohan Krishna Shrestha, Ranjan Shah, Alina Sapkota, Chet Raj Pant, Brish Bahadur Shahi

“…There is limited national data to inform about the prevalence of DM and DR and its associated factors, which led to the basis of conducting this survey, which would guide us for the same as part of the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) survey conducted across Nepal.Methods A population-based cross-sectional RAAB survey was conducted using multistage cluster random sampling. …”
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Infecting minds: socio-contextual drivers of vaccine perceptions and attitudes among young and older adults living in urban and rural areas in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Kingsley Stephen Orievulu, Sally Frampton, Philippa C. Matthews, Nondumiso Mpanza, Thabisile Mjilo, Samukelisiwe Nxumalo, Joshua Hordern, Janet Seeley

“…Older participants (≥ 40 years) demonstrated more positive attitudes towards vaccines. Most participants downplayed the role of culture and religion in attitudes towards vaccines. …”
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ForestSemantic: a dataset for semantic learning of forest from close-range sensing by Xinlian Liang, Hanwen Qi, Xuejie Deng, Jianchang Chen, Shangshu Cai, Qingjun Zhang, Yunsheng Wang, Antero Kukko, Juha Hyyppä

“…Recently, Deep Learning (DL) methods were regarded as a new cornerstone of algorithm development. …”
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Women wash practices and household diarrhea among rural indigenous Kumal community of Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Anusha Sharma, Sudip Khanal, Milan Thapa, Parash Sapkota, Anjali Bhatta, Manaslu Ojha, Rajan Bhusal

“…Respondents with a monthly income of less than 15,000 NPR (AOR = 2.98, 95% CI: 1.42–6.23) and those who kept pigs as livestock (AOR = 4.44, 95% CI: 2.01–9.79) were significantly more likely to experience diarrhea than their respective counterparts. …”
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Prevalence of malaria and associated factors among pregnant women in East Dembia District Northwest Ethiopia by Mekonnen Sisay, Meseret Kebede, Atalay Goshu Muluneh

“…Abstract Background Even though several measures have been taken to eliminate malaria, its burden remains persistently high in Sub-Saharan Africa. More than 125 million pregnant women are at risk of getting malaria per year. …”
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Investigating the Relationship Between Altruism and Social Support With the Resilience of Rescuers by Iman Shakibkhah, Mitra Rafiei, Mohammad Javad Moradian, Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh, Mehdi Heidari, Elahe Piraee

“…The research targeted a statistical population of 700 rescue workers associated with the Red Crescent, from which a sample of 150 participants was selected through convenience sampling. …”
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The Association Between Chronotype and Weight Change Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by Lin X, Kuang X, Ding S, Tian L, Fang J, Chen S, Shi H, Jin X

“…Xinya Lin,1,* Xiaodan Kuang,2,* Shiyun Ding,3 Liuhong Tian,2 Jiaming Fang,2 Shulei Chen,2 Hongying Shi,2 Xiaofeng Jin4 1School of Mental Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 4Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xiaofeng Jin, Email 1095172945@qq.com Hongying Shi, Email shying918@163.comPurpose: This study analyzed the differences in weight change among medical students with different chronotypes and evaluated the association between chronotype and weight change after controlling for confounders.Methods: Using proportional stratified cluster random sampling, 1300 medical students (excluding freshmen) were selected from April to September 2021. …”
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Behaviors and influencing factors of Chinese oncology nurses towards frailty care: A cross-sectional study based on knowledge-attitude-practice theory in 2024. by Xiaoxue Chen, Fang Xiao, Yuhua Miao, Huiying Qin, Lirong Yang, Fang Shen, Xiuhong Yuan

“…Convenience sampling was employed to recruit participants. In China, a "Secondary A hospital is a mid-tier hospital that provides comprehensive medical care and handles more complex cases than primary hospitals but is smaller and less specialized than tertiary hospitals. …”
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MULTIMODAL SYNTACTIC CONSTRUCTIONS: A STRIKING FEATURE OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION IN MODERN ENGLISH by Larysa L. Makaruk

“…The use of the continuous sampling method made it possible to identify verbal, non-verbal and paraverbal components to be analysed. …”
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Perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination among racially and ethnically diverse gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men with and without HIV in the US South:... by Jake S. Waldman, Jorge Alonzo, Lilli Mann-Jackson, Sandy K. Aguilar-Palma, Manuel Garcia, Benjamin D. Smart, Scott D. Rhodes

“…Our community-based participatory research partnership sought to better understand perspectives about and experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccination, and related health care among GBMSM. Methods We collected, analyzed, and interpreted qualitative in-depth interview data from a diverse sample of GBMSM (N = 30) in North Carolina, USA. …”
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SIU-ICUD: Comprehensive Imaging in Prostate Cancer—A Focus on MRI and Micro-Ultrasound by Cesare Saitta, Wayne G. Brisbane, Hannes Cash, Sangeet Ghai, Francesco Giganti, Adam Kinnaird, Daniel Margolis, Giovanni Lughezzani

“…Future research should focus on integrating both modalities into standardized diagnostic pathways for a more individualized approach.…”
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Efficacy of schema mode therapy on obsessive symptoms, distress tolerance and guilt of patients with obsessive-compulsive: A single subject study by aylin ghassemi koushikolaei, iran davoudi, abdolkazem neysi, morteza omidiyan

“…The statistical population encompassed all patients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) attending psychological centers in Ahvaz city. The sampling method adopted for this study was Purposive, specifically selecting four individuals diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder as the research sample. …”
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Machine Learning for the estimation of foliar nitrogen content in pineapple crops using multispectral images and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms by Jorge Enrique Chaparro, José Edinson Aedo, Felipe Lumbreras Ruiz

“…On the first sampling date, XGBoost achieved an R2 of 86.98 %, being the highest. …”
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Effect of malnutrition at admission on length of hospital stay among adult surgical patients in Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, South Ethiopia: prospect... by Zewdu Gebregziabher, Debritu Nane, Samson Kastro Dake, Yoseph Halala Handiso

“…Even though malnourished patients are more prone to stay longer in hospital, there is limited data regarding the magnitude of malnutrition and its effect on length of stay among surgical in patients in Ethiopia while nutritional assessment is also often a neglected component of the health service practice.ObjectiveThis study aims to assess the prevalence of malnutrition at admission and its effect on the length of hospital stay among adult surgical patients in Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, South Ethiopia, 2022.MethodsA facility-based prospective cohort study was conducted among 398 admitted surgical adult patients. …”
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Magnitude of fruit and vegetable consumption and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) attending health services at selected health centers in... by Lelisa Worku, Burtukan Hussien, Teshome Bekele Elema, Taferi Atomsa Rekiti, Amana Ogatu Luke, Addisu Tadesse Sime

“…A study was conducted in selected health centres of Yeka subcity, Addis Ababa, from 2 March 2022 to 5 May= 2022. The sample comprised 285 patients with T2DM chosen by simple random sampling technique. …”
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Artificial intelligence–based diabetes risk prediction from longitudinal DXA bone measurements by Sulaiman Khan, Zubair Shah

“…To handle class imbalance, we augmented our data using Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE) and SMOTEENN (SMOTE with Edited Nearest Neighbors), and to further investigated the association between bones data features and diabetes status, we employed ANOVA analytical method. …”
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Knowledge and perception of artificial lntelligence education among undergraduate healthcare students by Mohammed M. Alsultan, Mohamed A. Baraka, Leena H. Alhajri, Luluah Althayf, Nujud Omar, Faten Alhomoud, Farah Kais Alhomoud, Ahmad Alsultan, Yousef Saeed Alqarni, Fahad T. Alsulami, Feras A. Al-Awad

“…Positive perceptions of AI were more prevalent than negative perceptions among all participants (p = 0.0062). …”
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Dietary patterns of Chinese children and adolescents and their associations with family characteristics and functioning: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Shiqi Luo, Shujuan Liao, Biru Luo, Anqi Xiong, Wenlin Ma, Li Zhao

“…Objective The study aimed to analyze the dietary patterns of Chinese children and adolescents and explore their associations with family characteristics and functioning. Methods 6276 participants aged 6 to 17 years were recruited for the multicenter cross-sectional study through cluster sampling. …”
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