The Analysis of the Effective Factors on Urban Blight in District 3, Region 12, Tehran City by Hossein Mansourian, Ahmad Pour Ahmad, Hasan Ashouri

“…The sampling method in the case study area was a simple random method—from the parents or one of the family members older than 16 years old. …”
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Depositional environment of the Barut Formation at the Barut Aghaji section, northwestern Soltanieh Mountains, western Alborz by Tahereh Zaki, Najmeh Etemad-Saeed, Mehdi Daraei

“…Our findings provide new data on the palaeogeographical conditions of this area in northern Iran during the Early Cambrian time.   Material & Methods In this study, detailed field investigations were carried out to prepare a stratigraphic section, sampling and recognizing lithofacies. …”
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Neumonía por COVID-19 en urgencias: ecografía pulmonar. Implicaciones pronósticas by Mónica Contreras-Moreira, Elpidio Calvo Manuel, Joaquín Antonio Álvarez Gregori

“…Few experiences have been published on the prognostic capacity of lung ultrasound, which do not include hospital-obtained laboratory parameters. Material and methods: Through a prospective, multicenter, observational study with consecutive sampling, carried out between April and July 2020, 263 adult patients who attended the emergency department of Spanish hospitals due to symptoms compatible with respiratory infection were recruited. …”
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Bionomics of Anopheles gambiae complex (Diptera: Culicidae) and malaria transmission pattern in a pre-elimination area in South–Western Senegal by Moussa Diop, Youssouph Coulibaly, Omar Thiaw, Abdoulaye Kane Dia, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Modibo Sangaré, Ndèye Aita Ndoye, Moussa Diallo, Mame Fatou Tall, Mouhamadou Bassir Faye, Oumar Ciss, Seynabou Mocote Diédhiou, Ousmane Faye, Abdoulaye Diop, Abdoulaye Konaté, Badara Samb, Abdoulaye Niang, Lassana Konaté, Roger Clément Kouly Tine, El Hadji Amadou Niang

“…Female biting activity was more frequent during the second half of the night. …”
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Personal protection and influencing factors of livestock workers in Xinjiang by Xixiao MA, Xueying XIANG, Zhaojie WANG, Wanting XU, Jiguo JIN, Fan WU, Xiangnan WEI, Jianyong WU, Fuye LI

“…We selected large-scale cattle and sheep farms, cooperatives, individual livestock households, livestock trading markets, slaughterhouses, and retail markets. Using cluster sampling, we recruited all livestock workers (1074 participants) at sampled sites. …”
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The level of immunity against hepatitis B virus among employees of a police unit by Seyed Amin Mousavi Nezhad, Hasan Reza Allipour abdoli, Hamid Mashhadi Aghaei

“…Conclusion: Considering that more than one thirds of the samples did not have the necessary safety to prevent hepatitis B infection; therefore, staff training about repercussions of such disease and the role of vaccination in preventing disease is necessary.…”
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Development of a rapid malaria LAMP-MS assay for diagnosis of malaria infections by Woong Sik Jang, Min Kyeong Choi, Young Lan Choe, Chae Seung Lim

“…The Chelex-100/boiling method is simpler and more cost-effective than conventional DNA extraction processes, making it suitable for use in resource-limited settings. …”
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Evaluation of the Relationship between CD44 Expression and Gleason Grade among Prostate Adenocarcinoma and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Joben Kianparsa, Masood Soltanipur, Mohammadreza Jalali Nadoushan

“… Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the expression of cluster of differentiation 44 (CD44) in prostate adenocarcinoma (PAC) compared to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) to address the need for biomarkers that can aid in grading classification and prognosis. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the CD44 expression in the tissue samples of the PAC and BPH was examined with hematoxylin and eosin and immunohistochemistry methods. …”
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mecA and PVL genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens: a cross-sectional hospital based study from Nepal by Sirjana Adhikari, Supriya Sharma, Sanjib Adhikari, Sanjit Shrestha, Dwij Raj Bhatta

“…Each sample underwent conventional cultural methods for bacterial isolates identification. …”
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X-law operation for energy-efficient time-of-arrival positioning to achieve higher accuracy with lower bandwidth: A game-changer for UWB localization devices by Mohammad Esmaeili-Yadaki, Hassan Khani

“…Thus, the XLO achieves a time-of-arrival (ToA) positioning accuracy that existing methods require more energy and bandwidth to attain. …”
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Men’s internet sex addiction predicts sexual objectification of women even after taking pornography consumption frequency into account by Pavla Novakova, Edita Chvojka, Anna Ševčíková, Lukas Blinka, Paul Wright, Steven Kane

“…Such users may, in response to internet sex addiction symptoms such as craving, have increased levels of sexual objectification.MethodsIn a sample of 1,272 male consumers of online video pornography (Mage = 32.93, SDage = 9.44), we examined whether internet sex addiction is linked to sexual objectification via an online survey.ResultsWe fitted a series of structural equation models and found that men who scored higher on internet sex addiction were more likely to objectify women. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of endoscopy for the detection of isthmuses of mandibular molar teeth using micro-CT as reference by Ali Keleş, Cangül Keskin, Rawan Alqawasmi, Kaan Gündüz, Hikmet Aydemir

“…Type I istmuses were significantly more detected than band-shaped isthmuses (P<0.05). …”
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Dyslipidemia in Patients with a Cardiovascular Risk and Disease at the University Teaching Hospital of Yaoundé, Cameroon by Vicky Jocelyne Ama Moor, Sylvie Ndongo Amougou, Sebastien Ombotto, Felicien Ntone, Doriane Edna Wouamba, Bernadette Ngo Nonga

“…Low levels of HDL cholesterol and hypertriglyceridemia are more prevalent in our study population. More studies are needed to confirm this finding in our environment.…”
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Evaluation of a multicomponent child development intervention delivered through the government health system: a feasibility study by Stephen P Luby, Mahbubur Rahman, Fahmida Tofail, Helen O Pitchik, Fahmida Akter, Jesmin Sultana, Abul Kasham Shoab, Tarique Md. Nurul Huda, Tania Jahir, Md Ruhul Amin, Jyoti Bhushan Das, Farzana Yeasmin, Laura H Kwong, Jenna E Forsyth, Malay K Mridha, Peter J Winch, Rezaul Hasan, Md Khobair Hossain, Rizwana Khan, Jahangir Rashid, Sabina Ashrafee, Lia C. H. Fernald

“…There were no differences in caregiver depressive symptoms in either analysis. More child play activities and nutrition knowledge were associated with attendance in the cross-sectional sample.Conclusions A multicomponent child development intervention delivered by government health workers increased the presence of children’s toys and books and caregiver knowledge of lead in families who attended two or more sessions. …”
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Effects of Regular Habitual Exercise on Platelet Energetics in Male Recreational Contact Sports Student‐Athletes: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Tomoharu Mochizuki, Takashi Ushiki, Hiroshi Koga, Katsuya Suzuki, Misato Sato, Mami Osawa, Masami Kamimura, Hajime Ishiguro, Tatsuya Suwabe, Tomoyuki Kawase

“…Habitual exercise may impact platelet energetics as well as muscle cell energetics; however, further validation should be conducted with large samples to provide more insights into this hypothesis.…”
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THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TEACHING SYSTEMS IN LEARNING RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS APPARATUS MOTOR SKILLS by Despoina Τsopani, George Dallas, Niki Tasika, Amalia Tinto

“… The purpose of this study was to examine which of the two teaching systems, the Current Teaching System (CTS) and the Serial Organization System (SOS), is more effective in the learning rhythmic gymnastics skills in this novice (basic) level of students. …”
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Correlation between the Intensity of Helicobacter pylori Colonization and Severity of Gastritis by Hamid Reza Ghasemi Basir, Mehdi Ghobakhlou, Parvin Akbari, Arash Dehghan, Mohamad Ali Seif Rabiei

“…Methods. In this cross-sectional study, endoscopic gastric biopsy samples of 544 patients who complained symptoms of dyspepsia for more than three months referring to the laboratory were studied. …”
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Imaging genomics of cancer: a bibliometric analysis and review by Xinyi Gou, Aobo Feng, Caizhen Feng, Jin Cheng, Nan Hong

“…Despite different systems utilizing different imaging modalities, more than half of the studies in each system employed radiomics features. …”
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Interpersonal trust in a couple as a sociocultural value by N. N. Nadezhina

“…With a quota sample, 1,155 respondents were interviewed.The Results. …”
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Gallbladder diseases detected by ultrasound and correlated risk factors by Sahar Ahmed MAHDI, Israa JAAFAR

“…The study aimed to determine the variety of gallbladder disease detected by ultrasound in Iraqi patients. Methods. This study involved a randomly selected sample of 100 men and 100 women who attended the ultrasound clinic at Emamein Kadhimein Medical City for abdominal ultrasonography for various reasons in a period of 8 months (Oct 2022-Jul 2023). …”
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