Intervention With WhatsApp Messaging to Compare the Effect of Self-Designed Messages and Standardized Messages in Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in Young People Living With... by Jeffrey Freidenson-Bejar, Dianne Espinoza, Rodrigo Calderon-Flores, Fernando Mejia, Elsa González-Lagos

“…We hypothesize that WhatsApp messages self-designed by participants, with spontaneous targeting of BCTs, could be more effective than standard WhatsApp messages designed by the researchers to improve ART adherence. …”
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Trends, and patterns, of premarital sexual intercourse and its associated factors among never-married young women aged 15-24 in Sierra Leone. by Augustus Osborne, Castro Ayebeng, Peter Bai James, Camilla Bangura, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…A weighted sample of 9,675 never-married young women was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of premarital sexual intercourse in Sierra Leone. …”
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Exploratory Impact of iCARE Nigeria, a Combined mHealth and Peer Navigation Intervention, on Depressive Symptoms and Substance Use Among Youth Living With HIV in Nigeria: Single-Ar... by Olusegun Ayomikun Ogunmola, Rita Frinue Tamambang, Kehinde Kuti, Lisa M Kuhns, Olutosin Awolude, Adedotun Adetunji, Bibilola Oladeji, Oladayo Olaleye, Adeola Mary Oyerinde, Robert Garofalo, Babafemi Taiwo, Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun

“…Emerging evidence suggests that combination interventions may be more effective than single interventions in improving key HIV testing and treatment outcomes among youth in Nigeria. …”
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Towards Prepared mums (TOP-mums) for a healthy start, a lifestyle intervention for women with overweight and a child wish: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in the N... by Luc J I Zimmermann, Régine P M Steegers-Theunissen, Yvon E G Timmermans, Kim D G van de Kant, Dorien Reijnders, Lina M P Kleijkers, Edward Dompeling, Boris W Kramer, Marc E A Spaanderman, Anita C E Vreugdenhil

“…A preconception lifestyle intervention might be more effective to reduce perinatal complications. …”
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Administration of dehydroepiandrosterone improves endometrial thickness in women undergoing IVF/ICSI: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ling Huang, Ying Gao, Shuo Liang, Mei Jiang

“…The effectiveness of DHEA requires more research before it can be considered for clinical practice. …”
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Comparative cardiomyocyte differentiation potential of rat adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells from two anatomical sites: metabolomic profiling and pathway analysis by Ahmed Farag, Ahmed Farag, Haney Samir, Sai Koung Ngeun, Masahiro Kaneda, Hanan Hendawy, Ken Takahashi, Ryou Tanaka

“…Metabolomic analysis of the cardiogenic differentiation samples identified distinct metabolic adaptations between the two AD-MSC sources. …”
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Role of ILC2s as Potential Effector Cells of IL25-Mediated Type 2 Inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps in China by Yu Q, Song R, Ba Y, Geng J, Liu X, Liang T, Wang S, Zhao Y

“…TM samples from 7 patients with pituitary tumors were used as controls. …”
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Seeking Satisfaction Among Israeli Young Adults: The Roles of Gratification, Compensation, Reward Deficiency Syndrome, and Compulsivity in Relation to Addictive Behaviors by Efrati Y, Demetrovics Z, Horváth Z, Griffiths MD, Potenza MN, Blum K, Czakó A, Kotyuk E

“…The aim of the present study was to identify distinctive factors of these behavioral addictions, focusing on gratification and compensation, reward deficiency syndrome, and compulsivity among young adults.Methods: The sample comprised 1459 Jewish Israeli young adults from the general community (36% male, 64% female; aged 19– 27 years). …”
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Adolescent binge drinking in the West of Ireland: associated risk and protective factors by Ciara Kelly, Emmet Major, Michéal Durcan, Diarmuid O’Donovan, Áine McNamara

“…This study aimed to examine potential risk and protective factors for binge drinking among 15–16-year-old adolescents in the West of Ireland. Methods This was a cross-sectional secondary analysis of 4473 participants from the Planet Youth 2020 Survey. …”
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Predicting community walking after stroke by Richard A. W. Felius, Richard A. W. Felius, Michiel Punt, Natasja C. Wouda, Natasja C. Wouda, Marieke Geerars, Sjoerd M. Bruijn, Jaap H. van Dieën

“…Future research with a larger sample size is required to refine these findings.…”
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Alcohol use during pregnancy: the impact of social determinants of health on alcohol consumption among pregnant women by MacKenzie R. Peltier, Terril L. Verplaetse, Vera Bici, Abbie A. Mokwuah, C. Leonard Jimenez Chavez, Yasmin Zakiniaeiz, Robert Kohler, Vernon Garcia-Rivas, Bubu A. Banini, Hang Zhou, Nakul R. Raval, Brian Pittman, Sherry A. McKee

“…The study assesses past month alcohol use and past month binge drinking, as well as various SDoH. The sample included 8,638 pregnant women. Results Over 9% of pregnant women reported alcohol use within the past 30 days and 5.25% reported drinking on three or more days within the past month. 3.65% reported past month binge drinking. …”
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Changes in the lifestyle behavior and anthropometrics of university students after the first year: a one-year prospective observational study by Héctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza, María Cassola-Cajiao, Emilia Garzón-Ulloa, Daniela Celi-Lalama, Felipe Araya-Quintanilla, Juan Valenzuela-Fuenzalida, José Francisco López-Gil, José Francisco López-Gil

“…The aim of this study was to examine changes in physiotherapy students' lifestyle behaviors after one year at university.MethodsA total of 100 students of Universidad de Las Americas in Quito, Ecuador, were prospectively recruited. …”
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Using dung bolus diameter for age estimation in an unstudied elephant population in Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania by Katarzyna Nowak, Trevor Jones, Phyllis Lee

“…We intend to re-run this analysis using a larger sample size from more sites, as well as incorporate elephant monitoring into the Udzungwa Mountains National Park’s long-term management plan. …”
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Risk factors for proximal radial abnormalities in children with untreated chronic Monteggia fractures: a review of 142 cases by WenTao Wang, QianQian Mei, Hang Liu, YueMing Guo, HaiBo Mei, Federico Canavese, Antonio Andreacchio, HanQing Lyu, ShunYou Chen, ShengHua He

“…Older age at injury, increased time from injury to diagnosis and DD-RH were risk factors for more severe PRA. Level of evidence III.…”
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Evaluating artesunate monotherapy and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine as potential antimalarial options for prevaccination radical cures during future malaria vaccine field efficacy... by Alphonse Ouédraogo, Daouda Ouattara, San Maurice Ouattara, Amidou Diarra, Emilie S. Badoum, Alimatou Hema, Amidou Z. Ouédraogo, Denise Hien, Edith C. Bougouma, Issa Nébié, Valéry Bocquet, Michel Vaillant, Alfred B. Tiono, Sodiomon B. Sirima

“…Cohort children were actively visited fortnightly to collect blood samples for P. falciparum detection via microscopy and PCR. …”
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Urban growth simulation using cellular automata model and machine learning algorithms (case study: Tabriz metropolis) by Omid Ashkriz, Babak Mirbagheri, Ali Akbar Matkan, Alireza Shakiba

“…To prevent over-fitting of algorithms to training samples and to obtain optimistic results, in the process of extracting optimal parameters of machine learning algorithms, the spatial cross-validation method was used to reduce the spatial correlation between training and test data.Results and discussion: The results showed that the random forest algorithm with the area under the ROC curve of 0.9228 compared to the support vector machine and multilayer perceptron neural network algorithms with 0.8951 and 0.8726, respectively, had a better performance in estimating the change potential of non-urban to urban areas. …”
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Pathogenetic features of anemia of chronic diseases in patients with malignant neoplasms and rheumatic pathology by V. T. Sakhin, M. A. Grigoriev, E. V. Kryukov, S. P. Kazakov, A. V. Sotnikov, A. V. Gordienko, O. A. Rukavitsyn

“…In patients with a rheumatic profile and anemia, a more pronounced synthesis of hepcidin and an increase IL-6 concentration are indicated. …”
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Effects of pre-pregnancy body mass index on cardiometabolic biomarkers in pregnant emirati women by Lolowa A. Almekhaini, Shamsa A. Awar, Taoufik Zoubeidi, Sania Al Hamad, Javed Yasin, Junu V. George, Maha Khaled, Nehaya Qasem, Fatima Bahwan, Hassib Narchi, Elhadi H. Aburawi

“…Average systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements were calculated from each visit. Blood samples were collected randomly once and following cardiometabolic biomarkers were measured. …”
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Previous or current infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus and its impact on maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Benin: a sero-epidemiological study in pregnant women by Manfred Accrombessi, Patrice Dangbemey, Landry Assongba, Anges Yadouleton, Edouard Dangbenon, Nelly Wakpo, Martin C. Akogbeto, Natacha Protopopoff, Jackie Cook, Benjamin Hounkpatin

“…Results SARS-CoV-2 was detected in less than 1% of pregnant women through PCR testing of nasal swab samples. Among the study population, 14.4% of women were vaccinated against COVID-19. …”
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Cardiorespiratory Responses to Glittre ADL Test in Bronchiectasis: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ravoori Hena, Gopala Krishna Alaparthi, K. Shyam Krishnan, R. Anand, Vishak Acharya, Pretham Acharya

“…So, the Glittre ADL test can be used as an assessment tool besides the six-minute walk test for the more complete evaluation of functional capacity and activities of daily living.…”
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