Sex differences in sickness absence and the morbidity-mortality paradox: a longitudinal study using Swedish administrative registers by Bertil Lindahl, Daniel Avdic, Pathric Hägglund, Per Johansson

“…At the same time, men had higher mortality in the 18 diagnosis categories analysed. The pattern of more sickness absence in women was the same across 17 different diagnosis categories. …”
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Dynamic Plasticity and Fracture of Al 7075 and V95T1 Alloys: High-Velocity Impact Experiments by Egor S. Rodionov, Andrey Ya. Cherepanov, Alfiya G. Fazlitdinova, Timur T. Sultanov, Victor G. Lupanov, Polina N. Mayer, Alexander E. Mayer

“…A novel method to measure dynamic flow stress and corresponding strain rates obtained from Taylor tests using profiled samples with a reduced cylindrical head part was applied to study the dynamic characteristics of similar commercial 7075 and V95T1 aluminum alloys. …”
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BREEDING OF TRITICALE WITH WHEAT TYPE OF GRAIN by V. Ya. Kovtunenko, V. V. Panchenko, A. P. Kalmysh

“…The results of the variety-testing after four ancestors during the years of 2011-2013 showed that the average productivity of the variety was 76,1 hwt per ha, which was on 20,6 hwt more than the standard variety ‘Soyuz’ and on 8,4 hwt more than the variety ‘Valentin-90’. …”
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Risk of physical health comorbidities in autistic adults: clinical nested cross-sectional study by Megan Hunt, Jack F. G. Underwood, Leon Hubbard, Jeremy Hall

“…Aims To investigate the prevalence of physical health comorbidities in autism. Method We undertook a nested cross-sectional study, using a sample from the National Centre for Mental Health database. …”
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Serum and nasal lavage fluid eosinophil-derived neurotoxin levels and their determinants in adults by Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermis, MD, Carina Malmhäll, PhD, Magnus P. Borres, MD, PhD, Robert Movérare, PhD, Daniil Lisik, MD, PhD, Reshed Abohalaka, MSc, Selin Ercan, MD, Susanne Schmeisser, Rani Basna, PhD, Roxana Mincheva, MD, PhD, Göran Wennergren, MD, PhD, Jan Lötvall, MD, PhD, Linda Ekerljung, MD, PhD, Madeleine Rådinger, PhD, Hannu Kankaanranta, MD, PhD, Bright I. Nwaru, PhD

“…Objective: We sought to characterize the distribution of serum and nasal lavage fluid (NLF) EDN levels in different adult population subgroups and assess the determinants of high EDN levels. Methods: Serum and NLF samples were collected from a population-based adult cohort study, the West Sweden Asthma Study. …”
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Leishmania ITS1 Is Genetically Divergent in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Visceral Leishmaniasis: Results of a Study in Southern Iran by Zahra Rezaei, Eqlima Azarang, Saeed Shahabi, Mostafa Omidian, Bahman Pourabbas, Bahador Sarkari

“…Haplotype and nucleotide diversity were much more prevalent in symptomatic cases where six haplotypes were seen in the ITS1 of Leishmania from symptomatic patients and only two haplotypes were observed in the samples from asymptomatic cases. …”
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Artificial Intelligence for Detecting COVID-19 With the Aid of Human Cough, Breathing and Speech Signals: Scoping Review by Mouzzam Husain, Andrew Simpkin, Claire Gibbons, Tanya Talkar, Daniel Low, Paolo Bonato, Satrajit S. Ghosh, Thomas Quatieri, Derek T. O'Keeffe

“…<italic>Conclusions:</italic> The included studies show that AI has the potential to help detect COVID-19 using cough, breathing and speech samples. The proposed methods (with some time and appropriate clinical testing) could prove to be an effective method in detecting various diseases related to respiratory and neurophysiological changes in the human body.…”
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The Role of Local Communities in Conserving Endangered Species (Case study: Persian Fallow Deer in Khuzestan Province, Iran) by Mohammad Reza Ashrafzadeh, Sara Salem

“…Sample size was determined by Cochran's sample size formula which was calculated 417 persons at 5% level of significance. …”
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Effects of wilting extent on the concentration of phytoestrogens, nutritional value, microbial populations, and in vitro ruminal methane emissions of red clover hay and silage acro... by D. Zamudio, R.A. De Castro, A.P. Jimenez-Lagos, M.V.S.B. Cardoso, M.A. Killerby, G. Pereira, M.R.M. Lima, C. Knight, J.J. Romero

“…For both conservation methods, WET reduced methane yield only at the end of storage. …”
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Acceptability of an Intervention to Prevent Older Adult Mistreatment Among Family Caregivers to Persons With Dementia: Multimethod Pilot Study by Kylie Meyer, Wenxing Wei, Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho, Susanna Mage, Sohee Kim, Elliane Irani, Christopher Burant, Zachary Gassoumis, Erin Gentry Lamb, Jaclene A Zauszniewski, Donna Benton

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the acceptability of the revised KINDER intervention. MethodsThe investigators conducted semistructured qualitative interviews with a purposive sample of family caregivers following participation in KINDER (N=11) and collected postintervention survey data (N=71). …”
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Differential directional effects between insomnia symptoms and suicidal ideation across trait depression levels: a cross-lagged network analysis among Chinese medical undergraduate... by Jingxuan Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang, Feng Hu, Kuiliang Li, Mengjie Luo, Mengjie Luo, Yang Yu, Yang Yu, Zhengzhi Feng, Zhengzhi Feng

“…Future research and validation should be conducted in more diverse populations.…”
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Efficacy of non-surgical, non-pharmacological treatments for congenital muscular torticollis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Joyaa B. Antares, Mark A. Jones, Nga Ting Natalie Chak, Yuan Chi, Hong Li, Mingdi Li, Eva Y. W. Chan, Tracy Mui Kwan Chen, Crystal Man Ying Lee, Donna M. Urquhart

“…The addition of an electrophysical agent to an active control reduced sternocleidomastoid tumour thickness (MD -2.03 mm, 95%CI -2.67,-1.39) and optimised Tuina reduced tumour thickness more than traditional Tuina (MD -1.20 mm, 95%CI -1.80,-0.59). …”
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Overloaded Vertebral Body Following Consecutive Three‐Level Hybrid Surgery Comparing with Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion by Shi‐hao Chen, Ya‐ling Li, Hao Liu, Ting‐kui Wu, Kang‐kang Huang, Ming‐he Yao, Bei‐yu Wang

“…Conclusions Three levels of HS appear to reduce stress concentrations and alleviate morphological changes in OVB. The occurrence of more VBC patients with OVB was associated with the use of Zero‐P or Zero‐P VA implants.…”
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Evaluation of the Occurrence of Initial Failures from Stress Concentrators in Welded Joints and Structural Elements by K. А. Molokov, V. V. Novikov, M. Dabalez

“…Data on the occurrence of initial failures obtained through testing on standard samples cannot always be extrapolated to real welded joints and structures. …”
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Goals and opportunities of bedside hemostasis screening tests by E. V. Roitman, A. A. Shabalina, M. M. Tanashyan, N. Yu. Dmitrieva

“…Blood samples were collected as a part of routine check-up for neurological patients (n = 80) at Research Center of Neurology. …”
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&alpha;-Methyl-Tryptophan Inhibits SLC6A14 Expression and Exhibits Immunomodulatory Effects in Crohn&rsquo;s Disease by Su Y, Li J, Chen Y, Bao J, Lei Z, Ma M, Zhang W, Liu Q, Xu B, Hu T, Hu Y

“…Traditional diagnostic and therapeutic methods have limitations, necessitating the exploration of more effective strategies.Methods: In this study, we employed the Gene Expression Omnibus database to identify genes that are differentially expressed in CD. …”
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Interventions promoting resilience through climate smart agricultural practices for women farmers: A systematic review by Ashrita Saran, Sabina Singh, Neha Gupta, Sujata Chodankar Walke, Ranjana Rao, Christine Simiyu, Suchi Malhotra, Avni Mishra, Ranjitha Puskur, Edoardo Masset, Howard White, Hugh Sharma Waddington

“…Data Collection and Analysis Information about participant characteristics, intervention characteristics, control conditions, research design, sample size, bias risk, outcomes, and results were gathered. …”
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UNDERSTANDING EDUCATORS’ EXPERIENCE AND ATTITUDE TO GAMIFIED LEARNING APPLICATIONS by Anastasiia V. Tokarieva, Inna V. Сhyzhykova

“…The sample of the participants included 74 respondents. …”
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Effectiveness of Biochar Biofertilizer on Some Morphological, Physiological and Biochemical Traits of Marigold (Calendula officinalis L.) Under Cadmium Stress by Mahyar Gerami, Leila Dustdar Mahmoudabad, Akram Ghorbanpour, Mohadeseh Amiri

“…In this regard, using biochar is a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly method and its influence on the reduction of heavy metals bioavailability of soil is an important advantage. …”
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ECG‐based epileptic seizure prediction: Challenges of current data‐driven models by Sotirios Kalousios, Jens Müller, Hongliu Yang, Matthias Eberlein, Ortrud Uckermann, Gabriele Schackert, Witold H. Polanski, Georg Leonhardt

“…Each patient had more than three recorded epileptic seizures, each at least 2 hours apart. …”
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