Comparative analysis of tuberculosis drug consumption data in public and private sectors across selected districts of Madhya Pradesh by Manohar Bhatia, Ghanshyam Ahirwar, Vikas Pandey, Bikramjeet Mitra, Vikash Dwivedi, Yogesh Sharma, Varsha Rai

“…Public sector drug sales varied, with Tikamgarh declining sharply from 38,304 patient months in 2018 to 8,810 in 2019, while Datia remained more stable. The private sector, particularly in Datia, peaked at 30,238 patient months in 2020. …”
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Diabetes care provision in UK primary care practices. by Gillian Hawthorne, Susan Hrisos, Elaine Stamp, Marko Elovainio, Jill J Francis, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Margaret Hunter, Marie Johnston, Justin Presseau, Nick Steen, Martin P Eccles

“…We investigated the provision and receipt of diabetes care delivered in UK primary care.<h4>Methods</h4>Postal surveys with all healthcare professionals and a random sample of 100 patients with Type 2 diabetes from 99 UK primary care practices.…”
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Management of an Organization’s Development PotentialBased on a Balanced Scorecard by L. F. Shilova, A. N. Bystrova, D. L. Skipin, A. S. Gurina, K. A. Kostina

“…Management of development potential is based on the interaction between the organization and the employee, the use of the balanced scorecard can make this interaction more effective.…”
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Examining older adults’ vulnerability to online health scams: insights from routine activity theory by Hongliang Chen, Miao He, Xiaowen Xu, David Atkin

“…After removing incomplete responses, the final sample consisted of 471 participants. The survey assessed digital behavior patterns, exposure to promotional messages, health conditions, and fraud-related experiences.ResultsThe findings revealed that older adults who installed numerous mobile applications, frequently used social networking sites, and engaged in risky online behaviors were more likely to be targeted by health fraud. …”
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Land tenure security and forest cover in the Colombian Amazon by Kelly W. Jones, Nicolás Cabra-Ruiz, Natalia Correa Sánchez, Eduardo Molina González, Maria Alejandra Vélez

“…We explore how the effect of a land title on forest cover is moderated by perceptions of LTS, time to markets, and participation in a conservation program. We find that more secure land tenure, on average, has a statistically significant and negative influence on forest cover in our sample. …”
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Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infections in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome at Al-Muthanna Province, Iraq by Taisir Abdulelah Kadhim, Suhair M. Jabbar, Mustafa H. Ghazi, Sadiq S. Sadiq, Nadia Mudher Sulaiman Al-Hilli

“…The urine culture was grown using blood, MacConkey's agar, and chromoagar, and all samples were identified by using the VITEK 2 system. …”
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Investigation of Entamoeba gingivalis and Trichomonas tenax in gingivitis and periodontitis patients by Mehmet Aciöz, Gökhan AK, Faruk Bozkaya

“…Scraping samples taken from mandibular right incisal region, maxillary right sulcus region and maxillary right palatal cervical regions were examined under a light microscope for E. gingivalis and T. tenax. …”
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Sex differences in functioning and disability among adults with cardiometabolic multimorbidity using Canadian longitudinal study on aging data: A cross-sectional study by Nicole I. Ketter, Isabelle Rash, Michelle C. Yang, Sarah Park, Brodie M. Sakakibara

“…Background Cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CM), two or more of stroke, diabetes, and heart disease is increasing in prevalence and associated with a multiplicative mortality risk. …”
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High-Performance Sport by Gasser B, Püntener O, Hoppeler H, Flück M

“…Measurements of O2, heart rate and EMG during the same protocol with larger samples could reveal more accurately factors determining rate of perceived exertion while eccentric muscle activity.KEY WORDS: Softroboter, Fall Prophylaxis, Cardiovascular Prevention, Rehabilitation…”
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DNA methylation patterns and predictive models for metabolic disease risk in offspring of gestational diabetes mellitus by Na Wang, Suping Li, Li Yang

“…Larger and more diverse cohorts are warranted to confirm these preliminary findings, clarify their clinical implications, and enhance early risk assessment for metabolic disorders in children born to GDM mothers.…”
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Gender-affirming hormone therapy: effects on cardiovascular risk and vascular function by Kirsty A McGinley, Angela K Lucas-Herald, Paul Connelly, Christian Delles

“…More evidence is required to elucidate the mechanisms behind the increased risk of CVD in the transgender population and determine whether GAHT is a contributing factor.…”
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A cross-lagged network analysis of multisystemic factors influencing adolescent depressive symptoms: considering gender differences by Qiu Li, Xue-Ying Liu, Wei-Liang Wang, Fang Zhou

“…Results Network analysis revealed that teacher support had the highest out-expected influence for the overall sample, while friend support was central to in-expected influence. …”
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Effects of municipal waste compost and nitrogen fertilizer on growth and mineral composition of tomato by Majid Rajaie, Amir Reza Tavakoly

“…The beneficial effect of MWC on nutrients uptake was more pronounced with N addition. Plant and soil concentrations of cadmium and lead were under the detection limit of atomic absorption spectrophotometer. …”
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An Assessment of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Final-Year Dental Students on and Towards Antibiotic Use: A Questionnaire Study by Ozgun Yildirim, Humeyra Yildiz, Nur Mollaoglu

“…This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of final-year dental students regarding perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in oral surgery and to identify potential curricular improvements based on the findings. <b>Methods:</b> A questionnaire was administered to 117 final-year students at Gazi University Faculty of Dentistry in December 2024. …”
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Implementation Outcomes for Agitation Detection Technologies in People with Dementia: A Systematic Review by Nicolas Farina, Lorna Smith, Melissa Rajalingam, Sube Banerjee

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> There is a need for more empirical data on this topic to maximise uptake and adoption. …”
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Effect of drama-education for alcohol/substance user on attitudes toward violence against women: randomized controlled design by Hümeyra Hançer Tok, Makbule Tokur Kesgin

“…Further studies with larger and more diverse samples are recommended to confirm the generalizability and long-term impact of this approach. …”
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Expectations of orthodontic treatment among 7–12 year-old children – a cross sectional study by Anne-Maria Aulu, Tuija Pikkusaari, David Rice, Heidi Arponen

“…Results: From the initial orthodontic screening, a sample of 98, 94 participants were included in further analysis. …”
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Teaching transference focused psychotherapy to South African mental health practitioners by Henk S. Temmingh, Iliana Fanidi, Craig Bracken, Tennyson Lee

“…Participants with higher baseline confidence were more likely to drop out. Conclusion: Brief training in TFP can lead to significant improvements in attitude and confidence in managing patients with PD. …”
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An action decoding framework combined with deep neural network for predicting the semantics of human actions in videos from evoked brain activities by Yuanyuan Zhang, Manli Tian, Baolin Liu

“…To improve decoding accuracy, we join by adding the nonlocal-attention mechanism module to the X3D model to capture long-range temporal and spatial dependence, proposing a multilayer perceptron (MLP) module of multi-task loss constraint to build a more accurate regression mapping approach and performing data enhancement through linear interpolation to expand the amount of data to reduce the impact of a small sample.Results and discussionOur findings indicate that the features in the X3D-DNN are biologically relevant, and capture information useful for perception. …”
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Exploring Protective Factors of Social Media Against Maladaptive Eating Behaviors: A Pilot Study by Avrohom LEVY, Ioulia FURMAN, Mannat AGNISH, Aaradhana NATARAJAN, Kayleen MELVIN, Beth LOVERIDGE-LENZA

“…Participants with higher DEAS scores more frequently internalized harmful weight-loss messages. …”
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