Understanding the factors associated with child malnutrition in rural Burundi: experiences from the Muyinga and Ngozi provinces by Willy Désiré Emera, Marijke D’Haese, Wannes Slosse, Carl Lachat

“…It remains unclear which factors are associated with child malnutrition in rural Burundi, in particular in a context of subsistence farming as found in rural Burundi.Aim: This study investigates child undernutrition in rural Burundi and identifies household-level risk factors in subsistence farm households.Method: A sample of 242 children participated in a cross-sectional survey conducted in Muyinga and Ngozi provinces. …”
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Inferences from a community study about non-epileptic events by Marleide da Mota Gomes, Leandro Albuquerque Lemgruber Kropf, Erica da Silva van Beeck, Ivan Luiz de Vasconcellos Figueira

“…This finding contrasts with the literature based on samples from tertiary epileptic centers with video-EEG resources, which found somatoform disorders to be more prevalent than dissociative and anxiety phenomena.…”
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Blanking on blanks: few insect microbiota studies control for contaminants by Elisabeth M. Williamson, Tobin J. Hammer, Katja Hogendoorn, Raphael Eisenhofer

“…ABSTRACT Research on insect-microbe relationships is booming, with DNA sequencing being the most commonly used method to describe insect microbiota. However, sequencing is vulnerable to contamination, especially when the sample has low microbial biomass. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of antimicrobial resistance patterns of Staphylococcus spp. and E. coli in rodents and shrews at human-animal interfaces in Chattogram, Bangladesh. by Md Aftabuddin Rumi, Pronesh Dutta, Monjurul Islam, Md Abu Sayeed, Md Kaisar Rahman, Md Helal Uddin, Shariful Islam, Ricardo J Soares Magalhaes, Jonathan H Epstein, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Ariful Islam

“…We performed culture sensitivity (CS) tests of the isolates using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method for 14 antimicrobials. The overall prevalence of Staphylococcus spp. was 26.5% (95% CI: 0.20-0.33; n = 53), and E. coli was 56% (95% CI: 0.49-0.63; n = 112) in the sampled rodents and Asian house shrews. …”
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Identification of a potential interspecies reassortant rotavirus G and avastrovirus 2 co-infection from black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in Hungary. by Péter Pankovics, Károly Takáts, Péter Urbán, Róbert Mátics, Gábor Reuter, Ákos Boros

“…Between 2014 and 2018 within the framework of the "Life Bird Ringing program" a total of 7 faecal samples were collected from gulls and one sample (MR04) was randomly selected for viral metagenomics and mass sequencing. 95.4% and 4% of the reads were classified into family Seadornaviridae and Astroviridae, respectively, and then were verified by RT-PCR method. …”
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The Effect of Digital Addiction Training on University Students’ Digital Addiction, Sleep Quality, and Orexin-A Levels: Randomized Controlled Trial by Zehra İncedal Sonkaya, Burak Yazgan

“…Methods This research was designed as a pre-test-post-test experimental study with a control group. …”
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Soil properties under different land uses and slope gradients: Implications for sustainable land management in the Tach Karnuary watershed, Northwestern Ethiopia by Tenagne Ewunetu, Tenagne Ewunetu, Yihenew G. Selassie, Yihenew G. Selassie, Eyayu Molla, Habtamu Admase, Ashenafei Gezahegn, Ashenafei Gezahegn

“…In addition, undisturbed soil samples were obtained using a core sampler to assess the bulk density. …”
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Short-Form Video Informed Consent Compared With Written Consent for Adolescents and Young Adults: Randomized Experiment by Aliyyat Afolabi, Elaine Cheung, Joanne Chen Lyu, Pamela M Ling

“…ResultsIn total, 435 cases comprised the final analytic sample (video: n=215, 49.4%; written: n=220, 50.6%). …”
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Unveiling the interplay among skin microbiota, cytokines, and T2DM: an insightful Mendelian randomization study by Zhe Zhang, Chunyu Jiang, Yi-qi Xing, Tianke Yang, Linxuan Zou, Zhuqiang Jia, Lin Zhao, Xin Han, Xueling Qu, Zhen Zhang, Junwei Zong, Shouyu Wang

“…We employed two-sample MR and multivariable MR methods to assess the correlation between the skin microbiome and T2DM, and to investigate whether this correlation is affected by inflammatory cytokines. …”
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Role of laparoscopic surgery in blunt abdominal trauma; retrospective analysis in a tertiary trauma center by Rifan Alyami, Ahad E. Alotaibi, Leen Almohayya, Ajyad Al Jawad, Raghad Almukhayzim, Abeer Alhoumedan, Rakan S. Aldusari

“…We recommend conducting further studies with larger sample sizes and more variables to provide sufficient data to accurately assess the efficacy and safety of laparoscopy in trauma situations.…”
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Patients’ Internet Use for Health-Related Purposes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Valentin NĂDĂŞAN, Teodor-Marian BACIU, Alexandra-Maria NEGUŢESCU, Răzvan MOLDOVAN, Roberto CHICOŞ, Agnos-Milian HERŢELIU, Andrea-Ildikó GÁSPÁRIK

“…The aim of the study was to assess patients’ medical internet use and their intention to discuss online findings with doctors. Materials and Methods: The observational and cross-sectional study included a sample of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases who voluntarily participated in a health education and screening campaign, conducted in four cities in Romania during March-November 2024. …”
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Study of a combined biological product with antibacterial and probiotic activity by V. A. Neschislyaev, E. G. Shilova, A. M. Nikolaeva, E. V. Orlova

“…The titres calculated for the combined biological product and its complex bacteriophage component were comparable and amounted to 10–6.6±0.01 and 10–6.9±0.01, respectively. The disc diffusion method demonstrated that the combined biological product had a more pronounced antibacterial effect on all tested strains than its individual components. …”
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Cuproptosis-related lncRNA predicts prognosis and immune pathways in osteosarcoma patients by LIAO Jun, FENG Yanbin, XI Deshuang, ZONG Shaohui

“…The level of immune cell infiltration in tumor samples from OS patients was inferred by the ESTIMATE algorithm. …”
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Individual and mixtures of PFAS during pregnancy are associated with maternal cardiometabolic outcomes during pregnancy by Clark R. Sims, Neha Sehgal, Donald Turner, Lauren A. Havens, Andrew J. Morris, Kartik Shankar, Kevin J. Pearson, Todd M. Everson, Aline Andres

“…Results Six PFAS were detected in more than 70% of the maternal serum samples: PFOS, PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFHxA. …”
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Assessment of all-cause and cardiovascular death risk in Russian men with leg pain by S. A. Shalnova, E. B. Yarovaya, V. A. Kutsenko, A. V. Kapustina, Yu. K. Makarova, Yu. A. Balanova, A. E. Imaeva, G. A. Muromtseva, O. M. Drapkina

“…To study the prevalence of intermittent claudication (IC) and assess the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause death In Russian men with IC according to 30-year follow-up.Material and methods. The study used data obtained from representative samples of men examined inMoscow andSt. …”
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Characteristics of gut and lung microbiota in patients with lung masses and their relationship with clinical features by Yanping Yang, Jiacheng Shen, Sulan Wei, Maosong Ye, Xing Zhao, Jian Zhou, Lin Tong, Jie Hu, Yuanlin Song, Shengdi Wu, Nuo Xu

“…Therefore, we categorized the microbiota into feces and bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF) groups to compare microbial characteristics between benign and malignant masses, analyze their clinical correlations, and develop predictive models for lung cancer. Methods A total of 238 fecal samples and 34 BALF samples were collected from patients with benign and malignant masses and then analyzed by 16 SrRNA. …”
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Rapid Screening of Illegal Addition of Compounds Regulating Sexual Function in Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on UPLC-Q-TOF MS Technique Combined with UNIFI Software by Min LIAO, Ying-chao WANG, Qi CHEN, Lian JIANG, Hai-ning WANG

“…Sample preparation methods were selected according to different TCM formulations. …”
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Penerapan Feature Engineering dan Hyperparameter Tuning untuk Meningkatkan Akurasi Model Random Forest pada Klasifikasi Risiko Kredit by Nadea Putri Nur Fauzi, Siti Khomsah, Aditya Dwi Putra Wicaksono

“…Metodologi penelitian yang digunakan adalah Sample, Explore, Modify, Models, dan Assess (SEMMA). …”
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Clinical study on the correlation of early renal damage in patients with hypertension with different salt intake by LU Wen, TAO Hui-lin

“…Objective To study the correlation of early renal injury in hypertension patients with different salt intake. Methods Selection in our hospital between January 2015 and December 2015, in line with the selected conditions of 2 964 cases of primary hypertension, male 1 382 cases, 1 582 cases of women, according to quartile is divided into low salt intake, the intake group, high intake group, high intake, collecting relevant data including age, sex, course of past history, smoking, drinking, etc.; Blood samples: blood potassium, blood sodium, blood creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, blood glucose, serum uric acid, serum cystatin C, triglyceride, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, HDL. …”
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Epidemiological, etiological, and serological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Guizhou Province, Southwest China, from 2008 to 2023. by Fajin Li, Dan Wang, Fei Su, Suye Zhao, Jun Guo, Fumin Zhang, Xueqin Ran, Jiafu Wang, Shijun Li

“…<h4>Background</h4>Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is caused by more than 20 different enteroviruses (EVs). The predominant EV serotypes of HFMD have been continuously changing in recent years. …”
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