Greener and facile synthesis of binary zinc oxide/nickel oxide heterojunction nanocomposite for potential solar energy conversion, environmental remediation and energy storage appl... by Muthusamy Kandasamy, Ahmad Husain, S. Alex Pandian, Manickam Selvaraj, Santhanakrishnan Suresh, Prem Gunnasegaran, Nalandhiran Pugazhenthiran, Sekar Thambidurai, Devakumar Balaji

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The Conceptual Domain of Hunting and Its Negative Representation in Love: A Cognitive-Cultural Analysis by Raheleh Gandomkar, Masoomeh Hashemi

“…Our findings indicated that these metaphors sometimes convey negative connotations toward women and, at other times, toward men, influenced by prevailing social values. …”
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Applying ‘cultural humility’ to occupational therapy practice: a scoping review protocol by Hardeep Singh, Michelle L A Nelson, Heather Colquhoun, Kristina Marie Kokorelias, Tram Nguyen, Ruheena Sangrar, Sachindri Wijekoon, Erica Nekolaichuk, Sofia Mirzazada, Holly Assaf

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Challenges and barriers to physician decision-making for prescribing and deprescribing among patients with multimorbidity in eastern China’s primary care settings: a qualitative st... by Ming Yan, Zhijie Xu, Andrew Farmer, Yu Xia, Mi Yao, Lingyan Wu, Xinmei Zhou, Liyan Han

“…Themes were developed using a conventional content analysis approach.Setting 12 community health centers and 8 township health centers across four regions in eastern China were included.Participants 26 PCPs from 20 primary care institutions in eastern China were interviewed through purposive sampling, representing a mix of urban and rural healthcare settings.Results Of the 26 participants in this study, 14 (53.8%) were women, and the mean age was 36.3 years old. When prescribing and stopping medications for patients with multimorbidity, they often encounter complex challenges. …”
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Exploring the heterogeneity of HER2 gene status and expression in non-positive breast cancer patients: insights from immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization by Jingmin Zhong, Beibei Gao, Qingjie Wang, Jun He, Danjv Luo, Chen Zhang, Jun Fan, Xiu Nie

“…Abstract Breast cancer became the most prevalent malignancy among women, and HER2 expression status is critical for treatment decisions. …”
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Telerehabilitation: A Practical Remote Alternative for Coaching and Monitoring Physical Kinetic Therapy in Patients with Mild and Moderate Disabling Parkinson’s Disease during the... by Aurelian Anghelescu

“…We studied 17 patients (5 women and 12 men), aged between 54-70 years (average 65.9 ± 4.87), with a disease history of 7.3 ± 3.6 (years), with mild or moderate disabling clinical forms, quantified by an average Hoehn and Yahr score of 2.3 ± 0.35 (limits 1.5-3). …”
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clinical competence of health professionals in Poland and Spain: results of the health exclusion research in Europe (HERE) study by Piotr Karniej, Anthony Dissen, Łukasz Pietrzykowski, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Antonio Martinez Sabater, Janina Kulińska, Jakub Zieliński, Michał Czapla

“…Gender was a significant predictor, with men scoring higher in clinical preparedness (B = 0.771, p = 0.002), while women scored higher in attitudes (B = -0.457, p < 0.001). …”
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Community-based newborn care utilization and associated factors in Nekemte City, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2023 by Dawit Tesfaye Daka, Bizuneh Wakuma, Werku Etafa, Dereje Temesgen Chewaka, Ashenafi Zewdie, Mekdelawit Birhanu Ayele, Yohannis Midekso Beriso, Bruck Tesfaye Legesse, Wandimu Muche Mekonen

“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of CBNC utilization and associated factors among women who delivered recently their newborns in Nekemte city, West Oromia, Ethiopia. …”
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Fatal poisonings in Nordic countries in 2022 among people who use drugs by Pirkko Kriikku, Hilde Marie E. Edvardsen, Gunilla Thelander, Svava Thordardottir, Charlotte Uggerhøj Andersen, Ilkka Ojanperä, Anna K. Jönsson, Joachim Frost, Simon Kjær Hermansen, Gerd J.M. Delaveris, Kirsten Wiese Simonsen

“…This is the eighth report in a series of studies on PWUD conducted about every fifth year since 1984 by a working group representing Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.Data on the number of deaths, gender, age, place of death, main intoxicant, and drugs detected in blood were recorded. …”
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A nursing and midwifery training program in Kathmandu on antimicrobial resistance and stewardship and infection prevention and control: a qualitative and quantitative outcomes and... by Jamuna Tamrakar Sayami, Rakchya Amatya, Kshitij Karki, Deepak Bajracharya, Basudha Shrestha, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Tyler Prentiss, Anita Shallal, Marcus Zervos, Katie Latack, Linda Kaljee

“…Qualitative process evaluation interviews were conducted with purposefully selected trainees.Setting(s)Trainees worked in healthcare facilities in Kathmandu Valley.ParticipantsA total of 126 nurses and midwives participated in the training and the quantitative evaluation. …”
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Hubungan Aktivitas Fisik terhadap Kadar Hemoglobin pada Mahasiswa Anggota UKM Pandekar Universitas Andalas by Laura Kosasi, Fadil Oenzil, Amel Yanis

“…The study did by measuring the hemoglobin levels and filling the questionnaires of physical activity levels based on three scores, that works index score, sports index score, and free time index score. …”
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Characteristics of different lipid droplet-mitochondrial contacts patterns during lipid droplet metabolism in T2DM-induced MASLD by Ye Xu, Yuan Zhang, Wen Sun, Qiang Tang, Wanyu Feng, Hongjian Xiao, Jingjie Wang, Xinmeng Yuan, Mengqi Xiang, Yaran Gao, Hanyu Zhang, Jiao Lu

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A Digital Tool (Technology-Assisted Problem Management Plus) for Lay Health Workers to Address Common Mental Health Disorders: Co-production and Usability Study in Pakistan by Maham Saleem, Shamsa Zafar, Thomas Klein, Markus Koesters, Adnan Bashir, Daniela C Fuhr, Siham Sikander, Hajo Zeeb

“…Stage 1 (evidence review and stakeholder consultation) included 3 focus group discussions with 32 LHWs and 7 in-depth interviews with key stakeholders working in the health system or at the health policy level. …”
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Effect of retirement on the body mass index in China: a nationwide study based on the regression discontinuity design by Jiarun Mi, Xueyan Han, Hanchao Cheng, Zhaoyang Pan, Jian Guo, Hailu Zhu, Qi Wang, Yicong Wang, Yuanli Liu, Congyi Zheng, Xin Wang, Xue Cao, Zhen Hu, Yixin Tian, Zengwu Wang, Tianjia Guan

“…Retirement leads to an increase in the BMI among men but does not affect that in women. When considering adjustments to existing retirement policies, the differential health effects of retirement across various populations should be taken into account.…”
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Therapeutic alliance in a stepped digital psychosocial intervention for breast cancer patients: findings from a multicentre randomised controlled trial by Aida Flix-Valle, Joan Carles Medina, Arnau Souto-Sampera, Alejandra Arizu-Onassis, Eva Juan-Linares, Maria Serra-Blasco, Laura Ciria-Suárez, Guillem Feixas, Cristian Ochoa-Arnedo

“…Therapeutic alliance was assessed at 3, 6 and 12 months after inclusion using the working alliance inventory for patients and therapists. …”
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Feasibility and usefulness of Gini coefficients of primary care visits as a measure of service inequality: preliminary findings from a cross-sectional study using region-wide elect... by Xin Yang, Jing Chai, Jing Cheng, DeBin Wang, XingRong Shen, Rong Liu, ManMan Lu, Jia Xu, Ningjing Yang, Guocheng Li

“…The study also produced topographic maps of the GPVs for nine selected diseases.Setting All primary healthcare facilities within the 105 townships or communities randomly selected from Anhui province, China.Participants All practising doctors working with and all patients presenting to the above sampled facilities during the 27-month study period.Results The overall rate of primary healthcare visits during the 27-month period was estimated at 147.78%, with intra-regional variation coefficients by all-cause and system-specific disease ranging from 49.02% to 68.96%, and women were more likely than men to seek primary healthcare. …”
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The effect of core stabilization exercises and shock wave therapy in patients with radiculopathy by J. Bubelis

“…The study involved 40 subjects (22 women and 18 men) diagnosed with lumbar radiculopathy. …”
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Protocol for the implementation evaluation of an integrated paediatric and primary care model: Strengthening Care for Children (SC4C) by Yvonne Zurynski, Susan Woolfenden, Peter D Hibbert, Harriet Hiscock, Raghu Lingam, Karen Wheeler, Michael Hodgins, Jade Burley, Rachel Pelly, Jane Le, Sonia Khano, Tammy Meyers Morris, Stephanie Germano

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Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Access (EMPallA): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of specialty outpatient versus nurse-led tel... by Jeanne Cho, Michael Hill, Corita R Grudzen, Deborah J Shim, Abigail M Schmucker, Keith S Goldfeld, Lauren Southerland, Jeffrey M Caterino, Marie-Carmelle Elie, Robert Swor, Susan E Cohen, Arum Kim, Joseph Lowy, Jennifer S Scherer, Nancy E Bael, Ellin Gafford, Joshua Lakin, Paige Barker, Angela Chmielewski, Jennifer Kapo, Audrey Tan, Rebecca Yamarik, Susan Salz, Stephen Ryan, Anne Kim, Isabel Castro, Amelia Hargrove, Laura Stuecher, Nora Daut, Juanita Booker-Vaughns, Garrett K Chan, J Nicholas Dionne-odom, Patrick Dunn, Robert Galvin, Ernest A Hopkins III, Margaret M Maguire, Neha Reddy Pidatala, Dawn Rosini, Sally Welsh, Karen Jubanyik, Ada L Rubin, Kei Ouchi, Rebecca Murray, Nicole Tang, Marie Bakitas, Abraham Brody, Caroline Blaum, Mara Flannery, Richard Tamirian, Pamela Marsack, Jennifer Bonito, Romilla Batra, Donna C Sadasivan, Eric David Isaacs, Constance L Kizzie-Gillett, William K Vaughan, Pluscedia G Williams, Angela Young-Brinn

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Guidance for the gastrointestinal evaluation and management of iron deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa by W M Simmonds, Y Awuku, C Barrett, M Brand, K Davidson, D Epstein, E Fredericks, S Gabriel, S Grobler, C Gounden, L Katsidzira, V J Louw, V Naidoo, C Noel, E Ogutu, N Ramonate, N Seabi, M Setshedi, J Van Zyl, G Watermeyer, C Kassianides

“…As iron deficiency (ID) anaemia in men and post-menopausal women is mostly caused by gastrointestinal blood loss or malabsorption, the initial evaluation of a patient with ID anaemia involves referral to a gastroenterologist. …”
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