Factors Affecting Attitudes towards Cohabitation among Iranian Youth by Reyhane Ghasemi Neyasar, Rasoul Sadeghi, Fatemeh Torabi

“…A multi-stage sampling method was employed for sample selection. …”
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Evaluating an intervention to promote access to mental healthcare for low language proficient migrants and refugees across Europe (MentalHealth4All): study protocol for a pretest–p... by Fang Wang, Mike Mösko, Demi Krystallidou, Yuhui Chen, Liza G G van Lent, Saskia Hanft-Robert, Ilaria Galasso, Barbara Schouten, Antoon Cox, Sona Hodakova, Chiara Rao, Koen Kerremans, Raquel Lázaro Gutiérrez, Özlem Temizöz, Dalia Mankauskienė, Łucja Biel, Emilio Di Maria, Julia van Weert, Melanie de Looper, Gian Hernandez, Gaukhar Orkashbayeva, Tobias Kleineidam, Angeliki Tsoukaneli, Mehmet Uygun, Ily Hollebeke, Beatrice Bünsch, Leon Köchel, Mia Mengtong Li, Mara Morelli, Stefania Muzi, Cecilia Serena Pace, Carlotta Gualco, Nijolė Maskaliūnienė, Katarzyna Czarnocka-Gołębiewska, Urszula Okulska-Łukawska, Argnieszka Biernacka, Aleksandra Kalata-Zawłocka, Agnieszka Słopień, Natalia Pytlińska, Monika Šavelová, Andrej Birčák, Daniela Müglová, Carmen Valero Garcés, Carmen Pena Díaz, Elena Alcalde Peñalver, Cristina Álvaro Aranda, Silvia Damianova Radeva, Sabine Braun, Jaleh Delfani, Graham Hieke, Elena Davitti, Constantin Orasan, Lieven Buysse

“…Background Migrants and refugees with low language proficiency (LLP) in the dominant language of their host country have a higher risk of suffering from certain mental health disorders compared with non-migrant populations. They are also more likely to experience a lack of access to mental healthcare due to language-related and culture-related barriers. …”
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Body Composition Profiles and Associated Factors in Adolescents UndergoingLong-term Regular Exercise by WANG Yutong, GUO Xiaoyuan, DU Hanze, PAN Hui, WANG Wei, ZHANG Mei, BAN Bo, LI Ping, ZHANG Xinran, ZHANG Qiuping, SUN Hongshuang, LI Rong, CHEN Shi

“…ObjectiveTo investigate body composition and associated factors in adolescents undergoing long-term regular sports training.MethodsThis prospective longitudinal cohort study employed convenience sampling to recruit adolescents receiving structured athletic training at Jining Sports Training Center in June 2023. …”
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Socioeconomic differentials in hypertension based on JNC7 and ACC/AHA 2017 guidelines mediated by body mass index: Evidence from Nepal demographic and health survey. by Juwel Rana, Zobayer Ahmmad, Kanchan Kumar Sen, Sanjeev Bista, Rakibul M Islam

“…The body mass index (BMI) was examined as a secondary outcome and assessed as a potential mediator.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We analyzed the latest Nepal Demographic and Health Survey data (N = 13,436) collected between June 2016 and January 2017, using a multistage stratified sampling technique. …”
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Disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow as predictive classifiers for small cell lung cancer patients by Ying Wang, Jingying Nong, Baohua Lu, Yuan Gao, Mingming Hu, Cen Chen, Lina Zhang, Jinjing Tan, Xiaomei Yang, Peter Ping Lin, Xingsheng Hu, Tongmei Zhang

“…WES analysis indicated that post-treatment DTCs isolated from bone marrow at the time of disease progression shared more homologous somatic gene mutations with pre-treatment CTCs compared with post-treatment CTCs. …”
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Health perceptions of older individuals on the cognitive benefits of a multicomponent green physical activity program: A qualitative exploration in the Southwest Region of Bahia, B... by Carolina Rego Chaves Dias, Saulo Vasconcelos Rocha, Milena Fernandez Dias, Bruno Morbeck de Queiroz, Natália Nascimento Silva, Ariani França Conceição, Bruna Maria Palotino-Ferreira, Sonia Brito-Costa, Sofia de Lurdes Rosas da Silva, Clarice Alves dos Santos, Lélia Renata Carneiro Vasconcelos, Guilherme Eustáquio Furtado

“…Data were analyzed using Bardin's content analysis method, with IRAMUTEQ software for data processing and analysis. …”
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Circulating short-chain fatty acids and Mediterranean food patterns. A potential role for the prediction of type 2 diabetes risk: The Di@bet.es Study by Gemma Llauradó, Lídia Cedó, Elisenda Climent, Joan Badia, Gemma Rojo-Martínez, Juana Flores-Le Roux, Oscar Yanes, Maria Vinaixa, Minerva Granado-Casas, Didac Mauricio, Sonia Fernández-Veledo, Joan Vendrell

“…This study aimed to evaluate whether circulating concentrations of SCFAs are associated with specific food consumption patterns and to assess their association with T2D development in at-risk subjects within a prospective cohort (The Di@bet.es Study). Methods The Di@bet.es study is a prospective, population-based study utilizing random cluster sampling from the Spanish population aged over 18 years (n = 5,072). …”
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People living with chronic pain in Canada face difficult decisions and decisional conflict concerning their care: data from the national DECIDE-PAIN survey by Florian Naye, France Légaré, Chloé Cachinho, Thomas Gérard, Karine Toupin-April, Maxime Sasseville, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Annie LeBlanc, Isabelle Gaboury, Marie-Eve Poitras, Linda C. Li, Alison M. Hoens, Marie-Dominique Poirier, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Simon Décary

“…We sought to understand decisional needs of people living with chronic pain in Canada. Methods We conducted a population-based cross-sectional online survey of random samples of adults living in Canada with chronic noncancer pain and registered with the Leger Marketing panel. …”
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Multimorbidity of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia and influencing factors of family function among the elderly of original residential communities of Guangzhou city by Huang Zhijie, Mai Zhihua, Wang Haoxiang, He Yuming, Deng Qiaoyan, Dai Ranran, Zhou Zhiheng

“…Objective: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of comorbidities and family function among older people of original residential communities of Guangzhou city with hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Methods: A stratified random sampling method was employed to conduct a survey using the Family APGAR Questionnaire. …”
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Descriptions of self-treatment for the middle-aged and elderly in Shanxi, China. by Rui Wang, Chenjin Ma, Kun Jiang, Ming Li, Shuangge Ma

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A survey was conducted in July 2016 in Shanxi, China. …”
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Preventive Behaviors Related to Women\'s Genital Tract Infections by Azizeh Farshbaf Khalili, Sedigheh Rezaie-chamani, Simin Seidi, Somayeh Ziyadi

“…The study sample was classified based on district classification of Office of Education, type of school, sex and grade. 46 classes (n=576 students) were selected by systematic random sampling method. …”
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Association of atrial fibrillation burden and clinical profile with blood biomarkers: Results from the ISOLATION Ablation Cohort by Zarina Habibi, MD, Dominique V.M. Verhaert, MD, PhD, Konstanze Betz, MD, Ben J.M. Hermans, MD, PhD, Joris Winters, MD, PhD, Suzanne A.M. Philippens, Sevasti-Maria Chaldoupi, MD, PhD, Bart Maesen, MD, PhD, Jos G. Maessen, MD, PhD, Aaron Isaacs, PhD, Sjoerd W. Westra, MD, Robin Nijveldt, MD, PhD, Ludovic Gillet, PhD, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, PhD, Merlin Koehler, Stef Zeemering, PhD, Kevin Vernooy, MD, PhD, Dominik Linz, MD, PhD, Ulrich Schotten, MD, PhD

“…Results: We analyzed blood samples from 508 patients with a mean age of 63 ±9 years; 31.1% were female. …”
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Positive rate and influencing factors of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis among school children aged 9 to 18 years in Xiamen, China by Zhongrui Peng, Yuanchao Li, Hong Yang, Yanfang Jiang, Yuqing Li, Mengyang Gao, Yangjingling Hua, Guimei Liu, Manqi Zhou, Tianmu Chen, Huarong Hong, Lei Li

“…Abstract Objective The present study aimed to investigate the positive rate of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) among school children in Xiamen, Fujian province, China, and evaluate its possible risk factors. Methods The study was a school-based, cross-sectional scoliosis screening program in Xiamen city. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine fumigation combined with acupoint massage in the prevention of deep venous thrombosis of lower limbs in elderly hospitalized patients in the... by DONG Fangfang (董芳芳), ZHANG Linying (张林英), HE Yan (贺艳), XU Man (许曼), LIU Zijing (刘紫荆), XIONG Qiuwan (熊秋婉)

“…Objective To explore the effect of fumigation with Traditional Chinese Medicine combined with acupoint massage in the prevention of deep venous thrombosis of lower limbs in elderly hospitalized patients in the Internal Medicine Department. Methods A simple random sampling method was used to select 80 elderly inpatients (age ≥65 years old) who met the inclusion criteria in the general medical department of a certain hospital in Wuhan from June 2020 to May 2022 as the subjects of this study, and were randomly divided into control group and study group, with 40 patients in each group. …”
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Mild autonomous cortisol secretion leads to reduced volumetric BMD at lumbar spine in patients with primary aldosteronism by Nabeel Mansour, Denise Bruedgam, Daniel Heinrich, Ulrich Dischinger, Nicole Reisch, Friederike Völter, Friederike Völter, Isabel Stüfchen, Elisabeth Nowak, Stephanie Zopp, Victoriya Vasileva, Osman Öcal, Moritz Wildgruber, Max Seidensticker, Jens Ricke, Martin Bidlingmaier, Martin Reincke, Juínia Ribeiro de Oliveira Longo Schweizer

“…ObjectivesGlucocorticoid cosecretion is more common in primary aldosteronism (PA) than previously thought. …”
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Effects of dust fall on stigma and pollination and fertilization process of female flower in pistachio pistachii by ZHOU Xinyu, WANG Fengbo, Amanula Yimingniyazi, WANG Tian, Batur Bake

“…The benzidine-hydrogen peroxide method was applied to study the strength of the stigmatic receptivity of the female flowers under the control and dustfall covering. …”
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Investigating the Factors Influencing the Resilience Capacity of Rural Households Affected by Drought: A Case Study of the Villages of Zehak City by A.R. Sani Heidary, M. Daneshvar Kakhki, M. Sabouhi, H. Mohammadi

“…A stratified random sampling method was used to determine the sample size. …”
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Rapid parameter estimation for merging massive black hole binaries using continuous normalizing flows by Bo Liang, Minghui Du, He Wang, Yuxiang Xu, Chang Liu, Xiaotong Wei, Peng Xu, Li-e Qiang, Ziren Luo

“…Specifically, we employ linear interpolation and trig interpolation methods to construct transport paths for training CNFs. …”
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Assessing spatial variability of soil macro fauna and tree canopy using fractal theory (Case study: Riparian Forest of Maroon River) by Shaieste Gholami, ehsan sayad, Hamid Taleshi

“…Soil macro fauna were sampled using 175 sampling point along parallel transects (perpendicular to the river). …”
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What is the current state of anxiety and its related factors in Chinese patients undergoing colonoscopy? A cross-sectional study by Qian-Qian Yue, Ge-Hui Feng, Tong Peng, Tian Tang, Ying-Xue Sun, Xin-Ru Meng, Li-Li Huang, Ke-Hao Zhao, Hui-Lin Huang, Ying Zeng

“…However, limited studies have explored the level of anxiety, factors that influence it, and its specific causes. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted, recruiting 825 patients undergoing colonoscopy in Hunan Province between January and July 2023 using stratified sampling. …”
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