Perception of cattle owners towards risk of raw milk consumption for bovine tuberculosis transmission in Hosanna, Central Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study. by Likawunt Samuel Asfaw

“…This study aimed to investigate the awareness of cattle farmers in Hosanna, southern Ethiopia, regarding the risk of bovine tuberculosis transmission through the consumption of raw milk.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study among a randomly selected sample of households (n = 462) in Hosanna Town. …”
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Adverse Drug Reactions in Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Patients on Longer Bedaquiline-based Regimen at a Tertiary Care Center in Mumbai by Abhishek Saini, Snehal Jadhav

“…In 37 patients out of 60 (61.66%), more than 1 ADR were observed during the treatment. …”
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Incremental Healthcare Costs and Outpatient Antifungal Treatment of Patients with Aspergillosis in the United States by Emily Durden, Donna McMorrow, Paul Juneau, Robert Fowler, Paresh Chaudhari, David Horn

“…Patients with aspergillosis utilize significantly more healthcare resources and thus incur greater healthcare costs than do similar patients without aspergillosis.…”
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Trauma exposure, prevalence and associated factors of complex PTSD in mainland China: a cross-sectional survey by Kai Li, Yuanyuan Liu, Baoliang Zhong, Jun Tong

“…While numerous studies have examined these conditions globally, no nationwide research has yet investigated their one-month prevalence and associated factors in the general population of China.Objective: This study aimed to determine the one-month prevalence of ICD-11 CPTSD and identify associated factors within a general adult sample in mainland China.Methods: A total of 2,115 adults living in mainland China participated in an online survey. …”
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Insurance companies’ lack of LGBTQ+ affirmation: discrimination, distrust, and dissatisfaction among LGBTQ+ people by Dustin Z. Nowaskie, Dehandra Blackwood, Frank Garcia, Jorge D. Flautero

“…There is very limited data regarding LGBTQ+ people’s perceptions of their health insurer and health insurer workers.MethodsAn online cross-sectional survey was conducted with a national sample of United States residents, who responded to questions about their healthcare, including experiences with their health insurer and health insurer workers.ResultsCompared to cisgender, heterosexual people (n = 1,400), LGBTQ+ people (n = 1,234) reported significantly poorer experiences with their health insurer, including being dissatisfied with their health insurer; believing their health insurer is not their advocate; distrusting their health insurer; not knowing what is covered in their health plan; being dissatisfied with providers in their health plan; and not believing their health insurer meets their needs. …”
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Exploring the Endorsement of Gender Stereotypes and Physical Activity in Young Women by Melanna Cox, Paige F. Richmond, Annie Shtino, John R. Sirard

“…Future research should be conducted in larger, more diverse samples and consider other factors that may impact one’s endorsement of benevolent sexism.…”
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Viral intestinal infections in young children in Baku by F. V. Qilindjova

“…It was found that among mixed viral intestinal infections in young children, the association RV + AstV was more common (6.8 ± 2.3%). Among mixed cultures, the association frequency of RV + C. albicans prevailed and amounted to 7.7 ± 2.5% with predominant detection in the age group of 7— 12 months. — 20.0 ± 10.3%.…”
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Mediating role of social support in relations between psychological capital and subjective well-being among IDF soldiers during conflict: insights from the 2023 Gaza war by Batel Hazan-Liran, Ofra Walter

“…Abstract Background The study explored the relations between psychological capital, social support, and subjective well-being among Israel Defense Forces soldiers, focusing on differences between active-duty and reserve soldiers, as well as pre-war and wartime conditions. Methods The sample comprised 233 soldiers, divided into three groups based on their service conditions: active-duty soldiers before the war, active-duty soldiers during the war, and reserve soldiers during the war. …”
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Adversarial Contrastive Autoencoder With Shared Attention for Audio-Visual Correlation Learning by Jiwei Zhang, Yi Yu, Suhua Tang, Wei Li

“…Simultaneously, adversarial contrastive learning is exploited to maximize semantic feature consistency and improve the ability to distinguish matched and mismatched samples. Both inter-modal and intra-modal semantic information are utilized to supervise the model to learn more discriminative feature representation. …”
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Correlation between Nasoalveolar Molding and Surgical, Aesthetic, Functional and Socioeconomic Outcomes Following Primary Repair Surgery: a Systematic Review by Sophie Maillard, Jean-Marc Retrouvey, Mairaj K. Ahmed, Peter J. Taub

“…Three-dimensional technology results in a more efficient and predictable nasoalveolar molding appliance treatment. …”
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Simplex-structured matrix factorisation: application of soft clustering to metabolomic data by Wenxuan Liu, Thomas Brendan Murphy, Lorraine Brennan

“…Therefore, there is a growing need for soft clustering methods that allow for the clustering of observations into more than one cluster. …”
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Lived experiences of gynaecological cancer survivors in Oman: a qualitative study by Huda Al-Awaisi, Aya Moshtohry, Muna Al Balushi, Ikram Bureny

“…We sought to explore the lived experiences of women surviving gynaecological cancers in Oman.Methods Omani patients with gynaecological cancers who had completed their treatment more than 1 year ago and were following up in the medical oncology clinic at a major cancer centre in Oman were interviewed. …”
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Social participation of women with breast cancer by Nikolić Snežana, Ilić-Stošović Danijela, Kolarević Ivan, Đurđević Ana, Ilić Snežana, Đuričić Milica

“…The study also examined the correlation between the level of accomplishment of life habits and the level of satisfaction with how they are maintained. Methods. The research was conducted at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade and in the “Get Together” Association of Women with Breast Cancer from June to September 2012 on a sample of 30 women. …”
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Profile of breast augmentation surgery in Brazil by Luiz Charles-de-Sá, Natale Ferreira Gontijo-Deamorim, Juan Pablo Albelaez, Paulo Roberto Leal

“…Methods: A 31- item questionnaire was constructed and sent to 6,200 active members of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (SBCP). …”
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Coach-athlete relationship and burnout symptoms among young elite athletes and the role of mental toughness as a moderator by Markus Gerber, Basil Gygax, Robyn Cody

“…Results: Cross-sectionally, athletes who perceived their coach-athlete relationship as negative reported more general and athlete-specific burnout symptoms. …”
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Hypoxia-inducible factor 1a (HIF 1a) and monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT 1) in papillary thyroid carcinoma; A study in Sulaimani City/Iraq by Hadeel Adnan Yasseen, Ari Mohammed Abdullah

“…The objectives of this study are to evaluate expression of MCT1 and HIF1a in papillary thyroid carcinoma and compare them to the expression in non-malignant thyroid tissue, also correlate their expression with poor outcome parameters as lymph node status, tumor size, capsular and vascular invasions. Methods: The study samples composed of 68 cases; 52 males, and 16 females, age ranging from 15-73 years, that had been diagnosed as papillary thyroid carcinoma and compared with 78 cases of non-malignant thyroid tissue regarding the expression of monocarboxylate transporter 1 and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha. …”
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Correlative X-ray imaging to reveal the dissolution of nanoparticles and nutrient transport in plant foliar fertilization by Chengpeng Wu, Emil V. Kristensen, Francesco Minutello, Augusta Szameitat, Søren Husted, Rajmund Mokso

“…The integration of nanotechnology in agriculture allows for more precise nutrient delivery through nanoparticles (NPs), particularly via foliar application. …”
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Ion exchange of sodium with hydrochloric acid in ZSM-5 zeolite by Miladin Gligorić, Zoran Obrenović, Biljana Đurić, Ivan Savić

“…Chemical analysis of samples before and after ion exchange, and application of instrumental methods of X-Ray diffraction, FT-IR spectroscopy, and SEM analysis monitored the influence of the quantity of hydrogen ions on the chemical composition and the structure of ZSM-5 zeolite at different acid concentrations and at different exchange times. …”
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Correlates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in China by Liying Wang, Chenglin Hong, Jane M. Simoni, Na He, Chenxing Li, Lingxiao Chen, Frank Wong

“…Given the high vulnerability of and limited research on ART coverage in China, we describe the ART initiation rate and correlates of ART initiation using Anderson’s health service utilization model. # Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey and collected blood samples for HIV and HCV testing and CD4 count among MSM recruited in Chengdu and Shanghai, China (N= 1,633). …”
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Epigenetic profiling for prognostic stratification and personalized therapy in breast cancer by Xiao Guo, Chuanbo Feng, Jiaying Xing, Yuyan Cao, Tengda Liu, Wenchuang Yang, Runhong Mu, Tao Wang

“…High-MLEM patients showed poorer prognosis but were more responsive to chemotherapy, with vincristine identified as a promising therapeutic option. …”
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