Health behaviour surveillance of Health Sciences students in Northern Germany: Design and first results by Sandra Tobisch, Annika von Borczyskowski, Ralf Reintjes

“…</p><p class="2berschriftMasterthesis"><strong>Methods</strong></p><p>Since 2014, an almost complete convenience sample of Health Sciences students is surveyed twice a year at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. …”
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Remote Sensing Image Change Captioning Using Multi-Attentive Network with Diffusion Model by Yue Yang, Tie Liu, Ying Pu, Liangchen Liu, Qijun Zhao, Qun Wan

“…The diffusion model is able to learn the training data distribution and contextual information of RS objects from which more robust and generalized representations could be extracted for the downstream application of change captioning. …”
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Quality of life and climacteric symptoms in women with endometrial cancer: examining the impact of lower limb lymphedema by Chia-Chun Li, Ting-Chang Chang, Chi-Wen Chang, Chun-Hsia Huang, Yun-Fang Tsai, Chiu-Lan Huang, Lynn Chen

“…Women with LLL also had significantly more severe climacteric symptoms, including anxiety, depression, and vasomotor issues, and they reported poorer physical, role, emotional, cognitive, and social functioning. …”
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An evaluation of the ambulatory diagnosis and treatment of seborrheic dermatitis in PWH in a regional healthcare system by David Perez, Seble G. Kassaye, Carly Herbert, Deniz Ozisik, Aniket Kini, Adam Visconti

“…Using a cross-sectional design, we analyzed a random sample of 100 persons 18 years or older with a diagnosis of HIV and more than one visit to a regional primary care or HIV clinician with an ICD code for treatment of seborrheic dermatitis. …”
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Frequency and characteristics of Meckel's diverticulum in ten-year biopsy material of the institute of pathology by Mehmedović Amin, Kotur Milica, Trajković Lazar, Janković Radmila

“…The prevalence of Meckel's diverticulum in the general population is 0.3 - 2.9%, with a more frequent occurrence in men. It is mainly lined with typical ileal mucosa, although ectopic tissues may also be present. …”
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The Management of Children and Adolescents with Overactive Bladder Refractory to Treatment with Parasacral Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation by Carlos Eduardo Rocha Macedo, Antônio Vitor Nascimento Martinelli Braga, Felipe Santos Marimpietri, Beatriz Paixão Argollo, Glicia Estevam de Abreu, Maria Luiza Veiga da Fonseca, Ana Aparecida Nascimento Martinelli Braga, Ubirajara Barroso Jr.

“…Patients received one or more treatments. Of these, 70% underwent monotherapy. …”
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South African medical interns’ perspectives on the use of point of care ultrasound by Pierre-Andre Mans, Oladele V. Adeniyi

“…Conclusion: Medical interns expressed a need for more POCUS training. Most of the studied sample did not feel adequately prepared to perform POCUS independently. …”
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Observational quality control study: insourcing multi-PCR-impact on the use of anti-infectives for patients with pleocytosis by Jörg Tebben, Bianca Wiebalck, Holger Schmidt

“…The initial treatment of pleocytosis usually consists of both antiviral therapy and antibiotics until laboratory results enable a more specific approach. Therefore, it is crucial to rapidly and accurately detect pathogens. …”
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Genetic associations of TMEM154, PRC1 and ZFAND6 loci with type 2 diabetes in an endogamous business community of North India. by Gagandeep Kaur Walia, Pratiksha Sharma, Tripti Agarwal, Moti Lal, Himanshu Negandhi, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Rajesh Khadgawat, Mohinder Pal Sachdeva, Vipin Gupta

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>We confirm the role of ZFAND6, PRC1 and TMEM154 in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes among Indians. More efforts are needed with larger sample sizes to validate the diabetes GWAS loci in South Asian populations for wider applicability.…”
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How does science and technology finance affect the agricultural green development: an interpretation from the perspective of rural human capital and agricultural industrial agglome... by Sheng Yao, Guosong Wu, Shu Zhang

“…This study takes China as an example and employs econometric methods to explore the impact of science and technology finance on agricultural green development and its underlying mechanisms. …”
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Project-based learning with arduino robots: impact on undergraduate students’ achievement and task persistence in robotics programming by Fadip Audu Nannim, Nnenna E. Ibezim, Moeketsi Mosia, Basil C. E. Oguguo

“…A sample of 74 second-year computer and robotics education students from three intact classes in three tertiary institutions offering robotics programming II were selected forthe study.Results and DiscussionPARA improved the academic achievement of students in robotics programming (63.00 ± 16.81) more than the conventional method, which uses Interactive PowerPoint (IPP) (43.79 ± 12.07). …”
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Characterization of Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease in Diabetic Patients at the General Calixto García Clinical Surgical University Hospital by Yunier Angarica Aguilar, Jorge Félix Salazar Rodríguez, Damaris Herrera Arrebato, Emelina Despaigne Carrión, María de los Ángeles Hechevarría Heredia, César Emilio Reina Rodríguez

“…Descriptive statistical methods such as absolute frequency and percentage were used. …”
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Common Temporization Techniques Practiced in Saudi Arabia and Stability of Temporary Restoration by Fahda N. Algahtani, Reem M. Barakat, Bashayer S. Helaby, Manar A. Alhefdhi, Munirah S. Binshabaib, Lama A. Alrasheed, Mohammed H. Mashyakhy

“…Two-visit RCT is commonly practiced in Saudi Arabia, and endodontists performed significantly more single-visit procedures. Temporization practices may lack uniformity; however, clinicians were more likely to use calcium sulfate-derived material for two weeks or less. …”
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Meso and micro pore structure test of Jingyang shallow loess by Xiaorui FENG, Xinghua ZHU, Hengfei SUN, Liang JU, Ruixiang WEN, Yongjiu XIAO

“…Aiming to study the distribution of pore structure in shallow loess, this study analyzes the structural samples of loess using CT tomography and mercury intrusion methods in the southern plateau of Jingyang, Shaanxi Province. …”
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The effect of nitrogen fertilisation on the yield and quality of winter wheat grain on meadow‐chestnut soil by S. A. Teymurov, M.‐R. A. Kaziev, A. A. Bagomaev

“…The study of the effect of nitrogen fertilization on the yield and quality of winter wheat grain on meadow‐chestnut soil.Methods. Analyses of soil samples were carried out using generally accepted standard techniques. …”
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Eating disorders and psychiatric comorbidity among first-year university students in Sweden: Prevalence and risk factors by Catharina Strid, Petra Lindfors, Claes Andersson, Anne H. Berman

“…Group A participants exhibited a higher risk of hazardous drinking, were more likely to have received medical treatment, and to identify as bisexual. …”
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Factors associated with knowledge in African immigrants with personal experiences of dementia by Manka Nkimbeng, Truphosa (Posa) Aswani, Elle Albers, Wynfred N. Russell, Tetyana P. Shippee, Joseph E. Gaugler

“…Abstract INTRODUCTION Dementia literacy shapes understanding of care and caregiving and thus influences the health outcomes of the care partner and the person living with dementia. METHODS Linear regression models were used to identify factors associated with dementia knowledge among a cross‐sectional sample of African immigrants with personal experiences of dementia. …”
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Factors associated with the use of dental services by older people in the city of São Paulo, Brazil by Yan Nogueira Leite de Freitas, Cristian Arnecke Schröder, Camila Nascimento Monteiro, Edigê Felipe de Sousa Santos, Moisés Goldbaum, Chester Luiz Galvão Cesar, Marília Cristina Prado Louvison

“…ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the factors associated with the use of dental services by older people living in São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary data analysis from sub-samples of older people in the Health Surveys in the City of São Paulo, Brazil (ISA-Capital), conducted in 2003, 2008 and 2015. …”
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Are men's gender equality beliefs associated with self-reported intimate partner violence perpetration? A state-level analysis of California men. by Kalysha Closson, Nicole E Johns, Anita Raj

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the association between gender equality beliefs and self-reported intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration among California men.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed men's data (N = 3609) from three waves (2021, 2022, and 2023) of cross-sectional data from a statewide sample of California adults. …”
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Pregnancy outcome following radioactive iodine therapy for Graves’ disease in women of childbearing age: a systematic review by Churun Xu, Lingge Wei, Peng Xie

“…Further prospective studies are required to establish more comprehensive and reliable conclusions and to evaluate more pregnancy outcomes.…”
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