Investigating the impact of armed conflict, cultural factors, and demographic characteristics on access to family planning services in Northwest Syria: a cross-sectional study by Okba Doghim, Abdulselam Daif, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Kristen Meagher, Preeti Patel

“…Moreover, the number of children significantly impacted usage, with higher rates observed among women with more children (p < 0.001). Logistic regression analysis further demonstrated that awareness of family planning methods significantly influenced usage (OR: 2.39, p < 0.001). …”
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‘Machine Learning’ multiclassification for stage diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease utilizing augmented blood gene expression and feature fusion by Manash Sarma, Subarna Chatterjee

“…This study integrates clinical data from electronic health records (EHRs) with gene expression datasets, which has been found to significantly enhance the accuracy of stage diagnosis. Methods A combination of XGBoost and SFBS (“sequential floating backward selection”) methods is utilized to select features. …”
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Resource-Oriented Case Management to Implement Recommendations for Patients With Chronic Pain and Frequent Use of Analgesics in General Practices (Project RELIEF): Protocol for a S... by Regina Poß-Doering, Sabrina Brinkmöller, Alexandra Balzer, Viktoria Sophie Wurmbach, Cinara Paul, Regina Stolz, Marco Richard Zugaj, Jonas Tesarz, Michel Wensing, Cornelia Straßner

“…Our secondary objective is to estimate potential effects of the complex intervention. MethodsA single-arm trial with general practices and patients with CNCP and analgesics use will be conducted, accompanied by a mixed methods process evaluation. …”
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Clinical profiles and care of transgender children and adolescents who receive specialized consultations: do individuals who are assigned female at birth differ? by Chystelle Lagrange, Nina Verger, Julie Brunelle, Fanny Poirier, Hugues Pellerin, Nicolas Mendes, Gregor Mamou, Nifoular Forno, Laetitia Martinerie, David Cohen, Agnès Condat

“…Abstract Context Clinical data on transgender children and adolescents are scarce, and sample sizes often do not allow for comparisons according to sex assigned at birth. …”
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Twitter (X) and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Characterizing the Most Amplified, Influential, and Connected Voices Driving Twitter Discourse About Tobacco Regulatory Polic... by Nathan A. Silver, Miao Feng, Elexis C. Kierstead, Hy Tran, Steven Binns, Sherry Emery, Barbara A. Schillo

“…We identified 58 tobacco policy top users who had 1,000 or more total retweets and were among the top 100 for any of our influence metrics at more than one time period. …”
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Identity Crisis As A Threat Among Indonesian Young Generations by Elisha Samantha Dewi Manurung, Faukha Ilmania Salsabila, Putu Tanisya Putri Wirawan, Nadila Dwi Anggraini, Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin

“…In living life as a part of a nation and state, people sometimes feel confused about what is more important between the country and the state, and they sometimes even underestimate the two. …”
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Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward sexually transmitted infections among Baghdad undergraduate students for research-guided sexual health education by Ghaith Al-Gburi, Ali Al-Shakarchi, Jaafar D. Al-Dabagh, Faris Lami

“…This study was conducted to identify knowledge gaps and negative attitudes toward sexually transmitted infections and infected individuals among undergraduate students and give recommendations accordingly for the development of more objective research-guided health campaigns and school sex education programs.MethodA cross-sectional study was conducted between May 17, 2022 and June 2, 2022 using a self-administrated questionnaire containing 84 items related to sexually transmitted infections distributed online to Baghdad-based university students.ResultThe sample consisted of 823 respondents; 332 men and 491 women. …”
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PENGARUH TATA RUANG DAN KOMUNIKASI INTERN TERHADAP EFEKTIVITAS KERJA GURU DI SMK NEGERI 9 SEMARANG by Ade Rustiana, Nela Harni Rosmawati

“…Based on this research, the authors suggest that: in drafting desk should be more loose and in placing the furniture and other equipment should be to take advantage of the space available, so the staff room and classrooms and teachers more impressed with a neat move freely when doing academic activities; head schools should pay more attention to another teacher performance by giving instructions clearly did not even hesitate to reprimand if proven negligent in completing the job, as an effort to improve the quality of education, school principals should be willing to open ourselves to receive all complaints, ideas, or ideas from teachers.…”
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Copy number variations in the Brazilian High-Risk Cohort for Mental Conditions by Júlia Arendt, Malú Zamariolli, Liriel Almodobar, Lucas Toshio Ito, Rafaella Ormond, Adrielle M. Oliveira, Vanessa Kiyomi Ota, Luis Augusto Rohde, Euripedes Constantino Miguel, Pedro Mario Pan, Rodrigo Affonseca Bressan, Giovanni Salum, Sintia Belangero, Marcos Leite Santoro

“…Duplications in 2q13 and 15q13.3 were less frequent, while those in 2q11.2 and 16p11.2 were more frequent in the BHRCS than in databases such as the Database of Genomic Variants and the Genome Aggregation Database. …”
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Dysbiosis associated with enhanced microbial mobility across the respiratory tract in pulmonary tuberculosis patients by Mingyang Qin, Weimin Ding, Lin Qin, Ruobing Liang, Yang Guo, Ying Zhao, Huifang Xu, Yanhua Wen, Yu Pang, Liang Li

“…Here, we explored the diversity of the microbiome in PTB patients across multiple respiratory sites and investigated potential interactions between the microbiomes of these sites. Methods A total of 130 respiratory tract samples were collected from multiple sites of 22 patients with PTB and 14 healthy individuals, including the oral cavity, trachea, and both the healthy and affected sides of the lungs. …”
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Assessing the Remineralization Potential of Commercial Pediatric Dentifrices on Demineralized Deciduous Enamel Lesions: An <italic>In Vitro</italic> Scanning Electron Microscopy–En... by Krishnamoorthy Ragini, Veerabadhran M Mahesh, Selvaraj Vinodh, Muthusamy Manoharan, Mohanraj Kamatchi, Charan T Vemagiri

“…Upon coating the second half with nail varnish, a random allocation of samples was done on the type of dentifrice applied. …”
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Two-Photon Microscopy for the Investigation of Morphological and Quantitative Changes in Skin Chrono- and Photo-Aging by Stefano Bighetti, Chiara Rovati, Luca Bettolini, Mariachiara Arisi, Mariateresa Rossi, Cosetta Ravelli, Sara Rovaris, Marina Venturini, Stefania Mitola, Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton

“…Understanding these changes is crucial for developing effective anti-aging treatments. Materials and Methods: This pilot cross-sectional study examined skin biopsy samples from three Caucasian male subjects with different levels of UV exposure, aiming to evaluate the effectiveness of two-photon microscopy (2PM) and Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) in visualizing and quantifying structural changes associated with skin aging. …”
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Unique Pakistani gut microbiota highlights population-specific microbiota signatures of type 2 diabetes mellitus by Afshan Saleem, Aamer Ikram, Evgenia Dikareva, Emilia Lahtinen, Dollwin Matharu, Anne-Maria Pajari, Willem M. de Vos, Fariha Hasan, Anne Salonen, Ching Jian

“…Taken together, our findings call for a more global representation of understudied populations to extend the applicability of microbiota-based diagnostics and therapeutics.…”
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Investigating the Impacts of a Modified Mindfulness Practice on Minoritized College Students’ Chronic Stress by Midley Michaud, Maiya Evans, Rebecca Mendez, Jalena Zapanta, Anthony Trochez, Kala M. Mehta, Leticia Márquez-Magaña, Audrey Parangan-Smith

“…Context: Students of color in the United States experience elevated stress across the entire spectrum of education, spanning from early stages of K-12 to the more advanced stages of postgraduate studies. This sustained state of chronic stress decreases learning and curtails opportunities, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math (ST EM) fields, where stress levels are considered exceptionally high. …”
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Performance evaluation of the Qiagen BK virus ASR on the NeuMoDx system by Amorce Lima, Luciano Soares, Caroline Simmons, Laura Rowe, Dominic Uy, Deanna Becker, Suzane Silbert

“…Compared to the SOC, the Qiagen BKV ASR had a more automated workflow, with less hands-on time, leading to quicker turnaround time. …”
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Evaluation of a newly developed ELISA against Widal, TUBEX-TF and Typhidot for typhoid fever surveillance by Moustafa Abdel Fadeel, Brent L House, Momtaz M Wasfy, John D Klena, Engy E Habashy, Mayar M Said, Mohamed Abdel Maksoud, Bassem Abdel Rahman, Guillermo Pimentel

“…Rapid and accurate laboratory methods for diagnosis of this disease are needed for both patient care and surveillance situations. …”
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Microplastic analysis in soils: A comparative assessment by Stoyana Peneva, Quynh Nhu Phan Le, Davi R. Munhoz, Olivia Wrigley, Flora Wille, Heidi Doose, Crispin Halsall, Paula Harkes, Michael Sander, Melanie Braun, Wulf Amelung

“…Raman spectroscopy was most sensitive to soil organic matter residues, requiring more sophisticated sample pretreatment. Fluorescence staining with subsequent Fluorescence microscopy detection effectively recovered most small-sized LDPE-MiP but missed 56–93 % of small PBAT/ PLA particles. …”
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Screening of Aroma Compounds in Commercial Tea (Camellia sinensis) from Indonesia and Testing Their Activity as Antioxidants by Warsito Warsito, M. Fadel Alief, Vina Octavia Azzahra, M. Farid Rahman, Rurini Retnowati

“…The main major components (more than 0.5% identified) contained in the three samples identified were benzyl acetate, between 4,56-26.27%, and linalool compounds from tea leaves, as much as 20.59%, and 3.42% in samples C and B which were not found in sample A. …”
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ATTITUDE AND EVALUATION BY THE MOSCOW CITY YOUTH OF THE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF CLINICS) by T. V. Smirnova, R. G. Smirnov, E. I. Tcoi, V. V. Maslyakov

“…Relief gender differences have been defined: in general, according to the sample, young girls not only visit polyclinics more often than young boys, but are also more demanding to the quality of medical services provided and service. …”
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Reconstruction of U.S. Regional-Scale Soybean SIF Based on MODIS Data and BP Neural Network by YAO Jianen, LIU Haiqiu, YANG Man, FENG Jinying, CHEN Xiu, ZHANG Peipei

“…The proposed OCO-2 SIF data reconstruction method in this study holds the potential to provide a more reliable SIF dataset. …”
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