Characteristics of patients assisted at an ambulatory of dementia from a university hospital Perfil dos pacientes atendidos no ambulatório de demência de um hospital universitário... by Lyssandra dos Santos Tascone, Rita de Cássia G. Marques, Elaine Cristina Pereira, Cássio M.C. Bottino

“…CONCLUSION: Neuropsychiatric symptoms were quite common in patients with dementia, being more frequent as severity increased, and those symptoms were associated with functional impairment in the patients.…”
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Opportunistic Cryptococcal Antigenemia in the HAART Era at HIV Epidemic Settings of Northwest Ethiopia by Markos Negash, Tadelo Wondmagegn, Fitsumbrhan Tajebe

“…Cryptococcus antigenemia prevalence in plasma samples of HIV‐positive patients was determined by using Antigen lateral flow assay (CrAg‐LFA) also, and CD4+ Th cell counts and HIV‐RNA levels were quantified from blood specimen. …”
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Heat transfer analysis of Cu-Water nanofluid in a square enclosure using Caputo fractional derivative and machine learning by Muhammad Ismail, N. Keerthi Reddy, H. Thameem Basha, Bongsoo Jang

“…Fractional-based fluid transport modeling provides a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the thermophysical properties of small-scale fluids and polymer solutions. …”
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Exceeding the guidelines: A descriptive study of exercise, pregnancy, maternal and neonatal health outcomes in elite and recreational athletes by Emilie Mass Dalhaug, Birgitte Sanda, Kari Bø, Wendy J. Brown, Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen, Lene Annette Hagen Haakstad

“…However, more research is needed to confirm these findings.…”
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Facial emotion based smartphone addiction detection and prevention using deep learning and video based learning by C. Joseph, P. Uma Maheswari

“…After the intervention of TMVM the students showed more than 90% improvement in their BHP parameters. …”
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Screening out serum protein biomarkers from both groups of asthma and ABPA patients by YANG Lei, WANG Yun, JIN Meiling, SHUAI Diquan, CAI Hui, YE Ling, LI Shuiming, SHEN Bo

“…And the AUC of the combined diagnosis of CPN2 and IGLL5 was 0.867, with more sensitivity of 86.7% and the specificity of 80.0% in comparison those between ABPA and asthma groups. …”
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Global determinants of breast cancer mortality: a comprehensive meta-analysis of clinical, demographic, and lifestyle risk factors by Zelalem G. Dessie, Temesgen Zewotir

“…By utilizing a large dataset, this review aims to provide a more robust understanding of the key determinants influencing breast cancer outcomes. …”
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The efficacy of exercise prescription in patients with osteoporotic fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mingzhe Yu, Pei Zhou, Yanjun Che, Yuan Luo

“…Results Of the 701 articles reviewed, we included 11 randomized controlled trials in the meta-analysis. A total of 1101 samples were pooled, including 357 males and 744 females. …”
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Reinforced Concrete with Graphene Oxide: Techno-Economic Feasibility for Reduced Cement Usage and CO2 Emissions by D. Domínguez-Santos, P. Muñoz, J. O. Morales-Ferreiro, C. Acuña, D. E. Diaz-Droguett, Elvira Villaro

“…The methodology involved synthesising GO using a modified Hummers’ method, ensuring uniform dispersion in concrete matrices. …”
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Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection after drug treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Tie-Wu Jia, Sara Melville, Jürg Utzinger, Charles H King, Xiao-Nong Zhou

“…Information on study year, country, sample size, age of participants, diagnostic method, drug administration strategy, prevalence and intensity of infection pre- and posttreatment, cure and egg reduction rate, evaluation period posttreatment, and adherence was extracted. …”
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Advances in the recombinase polymerase amplification platform for urogenital schistosomiasis diagnosis (ShDraI-RPA) towards implementation at the point-of-care by Silvia G. Mesquita, Owain Donnelly, John Archer, Elena B. Lugli, Bonnie Webster

“…A two-step DNA extraction method proved optimal for extracting DNA from single S. haematobium eggs in spiked urine. …”
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GUIDELINES FOR THE SERVICE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BOUTIQUE HOTELS THAT ATTRACT DOMESTIC WORKCATION TOURISTS: THE CASE OF PATTAYA CITY, THAILAND by Chayapoj LEE-ANANT, Phornprom RUNGREAUNG

“…Meanwhile, the concept of ‘workcation’ is more recognizable due to its concept of ‘anywhere is an office’. …”
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Concept “Holy Fool” in the Linguistic World-Image of the Russian-Speaking Population of Ukraine by Iia Gordiienko-Mytrofanova, Iuliia Kobzieva

“…The sample comprised 204 respondents aged 18-35, males and females being equally represented. …”
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Is the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) a Single or Two Construct Measure? A Theoretical and Pragmatic Perspective by Gerald Michael Humphris, Jonathan Timothy Newton

“…Anticipatory dental anxiety was more strongly related to oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) than treatment-related dental anxiety as predicted. …”
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Integrating petrophysical data into efficient iterative cluster analysis for electrofacies identification in clastic reservoirs by Mohammed A. Abbas, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar, Aqsa Anees, David A. Wood

“…Specifically, the clusters it establishes are less rigidly constrained than those derived from the more commonly used K-means clustering method. The EM methodology developed generates dependable electrofacies estimates in the studied reservoir intervals where core samples are not available. …”
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Geo-spatial analysis of high-risk fertility behaviors and child stunting in Ethiopia by Wondaya Fenta Zewdia, Daniel Asmelash, Yemane Asmelash

“…This study aimed to investigate the spatial association between HRFB of birth and stunting in under-five children across Ethiopia’s administrative zones.MethodThis study used cross-sectional data from the latest Mini Ethiopian Demographic and Health 2019 Survey, which included a weighted sample of 4,969 under-five children from 64 administrative zones. …”
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Health risk assessment of toxic elements in Kashan drinking water reservoirs using Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis by Bahador Nemati, Saeid Fallahizadeh, Gholamreza Mostafaei, Mohammad Bagher Miranzadeh

“…In this study, 39 water samples were collected from 13 active water reservoirs. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of a novel measure of trauma-related cannabis use to cope by Sage E. Hawn, Terrell A. Hicks, Christopher Latourrette, Anita Thomas, Daniela Chaname, Sarah Ehlke, Abigail Powers Lott

“…Despite theoretical and empirical evidence for PTSD-related cannabis use to cope, no measure of this construct exists.Objective: We sought to address this gap by developing and validating a novel measure of PTSD-specific cannabis self-medication, which we have termed the Trauma-Related Cannabis Use to Cope (TRCU) questionnaire.Method: The psychometric properties of the TRCU and how it relates to relevant constructs were examined among a diverse sample of 345 trauma-exposed undergraduate cannabis users (Mage = 22.19, SD = 6.45; 46.7% White; 79.7% woman-identifying) using structural equation modelling in Mplus.Results: Study findings indicate that the TRCU is a more precise and targeted measure of cannabis use to cope with PTSD symptomology, as compared to existing measures of cannabis coping motives. …”
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Comparative analysis of patient outcomes in pulmonary embolism with chronic inflammatory diseases by Marlon V. Gatuz, Rami Abu-Fanne, Dmitry Abramov, Mamas A. Mamas, Ariel Roguin, Ofer Kobo

“…Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a critical condition with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly among patients with chronic inflammatory diseases (CID) such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus that are linked to a heightened risk of thromboembolic events. Method: This retrospective analysis examined 725,725 adult patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of PE using the National Inpatient Sample database from 2016 to 2019. …”
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Effect of gum chewing and cold therapy on postoperative cesarean women’s self-assessed pain levels and narcotics use: a comparative study by Reda Mhmoud Mohamed Hables, Nor El-Hoda Mohamed El-Sayed ElShabory, Esraa Mostafa Abd El-Aty Ibrahim

“…Purposive sample of 159 pregnant women who enrolled randomly in the three parallel groups. …”
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