Interplay of physical activity, self-rated health, and life satisfaction among large-bodied adolescents in Europe and North America: analysis using clustered binary mixed effects l... by Michael Safo Oduro, Eniola Fasola, Prince Peprah, Isaac Yeboah Addo

“…The moderating role of physical activity in the association was also examined. Methods The study analysed data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey, involving a sample of 24,839 large-bodied adolescents. …”
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Social and Mental Health Factors Involved in the Severity of Loneliness in Older Individuals in a Spanish Rural Area by Mayra Alejandra Mafla-España, Silvia Corchón, Paula Jimeno-de Pedro, Vanessa Ibáñez-del Valle, Omar Cauli

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate loneliness and the psychosocial factors associated with loneliness in rural Spain, which have been minimally studied. <b>Methods</b>: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of permanently resident older people in the <i>Rincón de Ademuz</i> region (Valencia, Spain), a geographic area with very low population density. …”
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Social and individual risk factors of alcohol and drug use among emerging adults in a nightlife setting by Antonina CONTINO, Marco CODARIN, Umberto ALBERT, Francesco MARCATTO, Stefano PASSINI, Thomas WEST, Lorenzo SILVESTRI, Lisa DI BLAS

“…Finally, drug users were 2 to 4 times more likely than their peers to report substance use among their friends. …”
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Age at diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders: is there an association with socioeconomic status and family self-education about autism? by Hrdlicka M, Vacova M, Oslejskova H, Gondžová V, Vadlejchova I, Kocourkova J, Koutek J, Dudova I

“…Michal Hrdlicka,1 Maria Vacova,1 Hana Oslejskova,2 Veronika Gondzova,2 Iveta Vadlejchova,3 Jana Kocourkova,1 Jiri Koutek,1 Iva Dudova1 1Department of Child Psychiatry, Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, 2Department of Child Neurology, Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Brno, 3Child Psychiatry Clinic, Chomutov, Czech Republic Background: The marked increase in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) prevalence has stimulated worldwide interest in exploring broader circumstances of care of autistic children, including the role of socioeconomic status (SES) and family information on autism.Methods: Our sample comprised of 160 children who participated in a diagnostic examination focused on autism, and their parents who completed a simple descriptive questionnaire focusing on the family situation as well as family self-education about autism. …”
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THE HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF IRON STATUS IN ALFA-THALASSEMIA 3.7KB DELETION FROM METROPOLITAN REGION OF MANAUS, AMAZONAS, BRAZIL. by Fernanda Cozendey Anselmo, Abdou Gafar Soumanou, Cleidiane de Aguiar Ferreira, Flora Maia Viga Sobrinha, Ana Caroline Santos Castro, Rafael Oliveira Brito, Adolfo José Mota, Marilda de Souza Gonçalves, Jose Pereira Moura Neto

“…4.2Kb deletions, estimating their frequency in individuals from five regions of Amazon. Methods: Volunteers (individuals >18 years old, of both genders) blood samples (n=1809) were collected from march 2014 to september 2017, at hospitals and/or health centers of each participant city. …”
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Patterns of Internet Use in People Diagnosed With Severe Mental Illness: Qualitative Interview Study by Ruth Wadman, Lauren Walker, Olivia Taylor, Paul Heron, Elizabeth Newbronner, Panagiotis Spanakis, Suzanne Crosland, Emily Jane Peckham

“…We purposively sampled from the wider study based on age, gender, frequency of internet use, and self-reported mental health. …”
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Association of Diabetes Mellitus with Carotid Artery Stenosis Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft in Bangladesh: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study by Chowdhury MAT, Joshi D, Magdum M, Adhikary D, Saklayen S, Alauddin M, Ranjan R, Adhikary AB

“…Further, 28.6% and 9.5% of the diabetic sample had 50– 70% and > 70% CAS, respectively, which is significantly (p =0.02) higher than the non-diabetic sample (8.6% and 1.7%, respectively). …”
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Mutation profile of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with relapses in the central nervous system by E. N. Voropaeva, T. I. Pospelova, V. S. Karpova, M. I. Churkina, Yu. V. Vyatkin, T. A. Ageeva, V. N. Maksimov

“…A panel including more than 70 genes was analyzed.Results. Four main groups of genetic events can be distinguished in the group of studied samples, namely: combined mutations in the NF-kB (MYD88, NOTCH1, CD79B, CARD11) and JAK-STAT (PIM1, STAT6) signaling pathways, as well as aberrations in the main oncosuppressor TP53 and chromatin remodeling system genes (ARID1A, KMT2D, EP300, SMARCA4). …”
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Prevalence and correlates of nonsuicidal self-injury among youths in Singapore: findings from the National Youth Mental Health Study by Sherilyn Chang, Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Bernard Tan, Yeow Wee Brian Tan, Ellaisha Samari, S. Archana, Yi Chian Chua, Yi Ping Lee, Charmaine Tang, Swapna Verma, Mythily Subramaniam

“…Past studies examining NSSI behaviours among youths in Singapore were conducted using clinical samples, which tend to report a higher prevalence compared to community samples. …”
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Prevalence of tuberculosis infection in immunological-competent prison inmates using Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) in a central jail of Assam, India by Reema Nath, Tulika Goswami Mahanta, Nabanita Nirmolia, Gargi Choudhury, Mandira Chetri, Gourangie Gogoi, Ravi Baruah

“…The sample size was 220; calculated using nMaster software. …”
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mpt64 mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with negative MPT64 antigen assay results from a tertiary hospital in Southeastern China by Xinling Pan, Sujuan Zhou, Lulu Jin, Songjun Ji, Xingxing Lou, Bin Lu, Jin Zhao

“…BackgroundMPT64 protein is an effective marker for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in liquid culture and clinical tissue samples. However, some MTB clinical isolates test negative for this antigen because of varied mutation types across different regions.MethodsDNA samples of MPT64 antigen assay-negative MTB strains were collected from a tertiary hospital from January 2016 to January 2024, and mpt64 gene mutations were detected by sequencing. …”
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Forensic characteristics of chest injuries among subjects who died in road traffic accidents by Slović Živana S., Vitošević Katarina, Todorović Danijela, Todorović Miloš

“…The average age of the subjects was 52 ± 19 years. The study sample consisted of 391 (74.5%) men and 134 (25.5%) women. …”
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A radiographic analysis of the location of the mental foramen by Abdalmalik O. Ghandourah, Mohd. B. Badaoud, Anmar Dahlawi, Abdullah Alghamdi, Faisal Alhazmi, Shahinaz N. Sembawa, Abrar K. Demyati

“…Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that the MF’s location was more closely related to the mandibular second premolar than the first premolar. …”
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Clinical and Microbiological Insights into Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: A Study from a Tertiary Care Centre in Central India by Dr Anand Maurya, Mr Chandrashekhar Pathe, Ms Malti Dadheech, Ms Shaina Gaikwad, Dr Jitendra Singh, Dr Sagar Khadanga, Dr Alkesh Khurana, Dr Shashank Purwar, Dr Debasis Biswas

“…NTM diseases were verified using the criteria set forth by the American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America. All samples underwent Ziehl- and Neelsen staining, NALC-NaOH decontamination method for cultivation in the MGIT-960 system (Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems). …”
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Gut Microbial Signatures in Long COVID: Potential Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets by Soyoung Oh, Sujin An, Kihyun Park, Soohyung Lee, Yoo Min Han, Seong-Joon Koh, Joowon Lee, Hyerin Gim, Donghyun Kim, Haesook Seo

“…Here, we aimed to investigate connections between the gut microbiota and long COVID severity. Methods Fecal samples were collected from 31 patients with long COVID, 14 with COVID-19 but not long COVID, and 23 healthy controls. …”
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Comparison of microvascular density in cervical carcinoma in relation to predictive pathohistological parameters by Mandić Aljoša, Ivković-Kapicl Tatjana, Gutić Bojana, Maričić Slobodan, Stevanović Nemanja, Šolajić Nenad, Nikin Zoran, Maksimović Tamara, Stevanović Tijana

“…The aim is to analyze microvascular density (MVD) in groups of patients with high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (H-SIL), and cervical carcinoma, and to compare MVD in relation to the degree of tumor differentiation, size, presence of lymphovascular invasion and lymph node metastases. Materials and methods: The study was retrospective, conducted on histopathological samples of 109 patients who underwent hysterectomy with/without adnexectomy. …”
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Random Forest Regression May Become the Optimal Regression Model for Osteoarthritis of the Knee in Elderly, in the Context of Embodied Cognition and Psychosomatic Medicine by Ma G, Chen J, Li J, Shi H, Chen Y

“…Future research with larger and more diverse samples is recommended to validate these findings.Keywords: knee osteoarthritis, post-treatment depression, psychosomatic outcomes, regression models, random forest, elderly patients, longitudinal analysis…”
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Media Framing and Portrayals of Ransomware Impacts on Informatics, Employees, and Patients: Systematic Media Literature Review by Atiya Avery, Elizabeth White Baker, Brittany Wright, Ishmael Avery, Dream Gomez

“…First, an analysis of the geographic prevalence showed that the United States (34/48, 71%), followed to a lesser extent by India (4/48, 8%) and Canada (3/48, 6%), featured more prominently in our sample. Second, there were no apparent year-to-year patterns in the occurrence of reported events of ransomware attacks on health care provider information systems. …”
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Plasma cell-free extrachromosomal circular DNA is a molecular hallmark of preeclampsia by Peng Han, Chunxiao Zhang, Fangfang Ge, Chengxun Liu, Jing Fu, Wei Lv, Xin Jin, Jianguo Zhang, Lijian Zhao, Yonglun Luo, Xi Su, Xinqiang Lan

“…Identifying new screening biomarkers may improve PE-affected pregnancies’ outcomes. Methods: To investigate eccDNAs in PE, we collected plasma biopsies from 24 PE-affected and 23 normotensive (Norm) pregnancies, including 14 paired samples collected before and after diagnosis. eccDNA was profiled through linear DNA removal, circular DNA enrichment, and sequencing. …”
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Modifying quantitative sensory testing to investigate tactile sensory function and behavioral reactivity in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities: establishing... by Jaclyn Gunderson, Emma Worthley, Breanne Byiers, Alyssa Merbler, Andrea Huebner, Deanna Hofschulte, Jasmine Lee, Catherine Riodique, Frank Symons

“…Methods The mQST protocol was implemented and blindly coded across 47 participants aged 2–12 years (M age = 6.7 years, SD = 2.6; 70% male) with NDDs. …”
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