Mental health among single and partnered parents in South Korea. by Kyoung Ae Kong, Hee Yeon Choi, Soo In Kim

“…However, the odds of alcohol dependence were 3.6 times higher among single mothers than partnered mothers (OR = 3.58, 95% CI 1.81-7.08) and were 1.4 times greater among single fathers than partnered fathers (OR = 1.35, 95% CI 0.81-2.25). …”
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Hypertensive crisis: Insights into prevalence and associated factors at a tertiary care facility in Zambia. by Lukundo Siame, Mbulazi B Kabeta, Gift C Chama, Lweendo Muchaili, Ceaser Wankumbu Silumbwe, Benson M Hamooya, Bislom C Mweene, Situmbeko Liweleya, Sydney Mulamfu, Joreen P Povia, Sepiso K Masenga

“…Individuals in employment were 3.94 times more likely to experience a hypertensive crisis compared to those who were unemployed (AOR: 3.94; 95% CI: 1.52-10.21; p = 0.005). …”
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High acceptability of newborn screening for sickle cell disease among post-natal mothers in Western Kenya. by John Orimbo, Shehu Shagari Awandu, Faith Muhonja, Patrick Owili, Dickens Omondi

“…Mothers aged 25-34 years were 3 times less likely to accept newborn screening for sickle cell disease than those younger mothers than 25 years (OR=0.33;95%CI = 0.13-0.86; p = 0.024).Similarly, mothers in the formal employment were 6 times less likely to accept newborn screening for sickle cell disease than those who were students (OR= 0.16; 95%CI = 0.03-0.84; p = 0.031).Mothers who were in formal employment were 25 times less likely to accept newborn screening for sickle cell disease than those who were students in the multivariate logistic analysis model (aOR= 0.04; 95% CI = 0.00-0.78; p = 0.034). …”
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Improvement of antagonism and fungicides tolerance in Trichoderma harzianum and T.viride local isolates by Ultra-Violet irradiation by Abdullah Abdul Kareem Hassan

“…The optimum exposure time to ultraviolet irradiation is 30 min, in which, the percentage of kill was 98-99% .After UV-irradiation treatment (Quartz lamps 30W at 240-280 nm, peak 254nm, distance from the source was 20 cm), antagonistic capability against R. solani and F. oxysporum was improved in mutants MT3,MT5,MS1 and MS6, in which antagonistic reaction score were 3.6,3.9,3.2 and 3.6 against F. oxysporum and 3.7,4,3.4 and 4 against R. solani compared to 3.2, 2.8, 2.6 and 2.8 against F. oxysporum and 2.7, 2.9,3.1 and 3 against R. solani in the wild types T3, T5, S1 and S6,respectively. …”
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Evaluating Feasibility and Acceptability of the “My HeartHELP” Mobile App for Promoting Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors: Mixed Methods Study by Jina Choo, Songwhi Noh, Yura Shin

“…Acceptability was determined as acceptable if the average scores for the total scale and each subscale were 3.5 points or greater. Second, qualitative data were collected through 2 focus groups, each consisting of 14 or 15 participants. …”
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Altered CD73-Adenosine Signaling Linked to Infection in Patients undergoing hemodialysis by Xiang F, Zhang Z, Nie Y, Cao X, Li Y, Chen X, Gong S, Zou J, Teng J, Ding X, Shen B

“…The hazard ratios for one- and three-year infection incidences were 3.173 (95% CI 1.782– 5.650, p < 0.001) and 1.429 (95% CI 1.052– 1.992, p = 0.035), respectively. …”
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Trends in colorectal cancer in Iraq over two decades: incidence, mortality, topography and morphology by Salih Ibrahem, Hussien Ahmed, Suhair Zangana

“…Rectal (C20) tumors were 37.2% in 2000 down to 31.4% in 2019, while rectosigmoid junction tumor (C19) were 3.6% in 2000 dropping to 2% in 2019. CONCLUSIONS: CRC in Iraq is still a disease of the elderly and is rising in incidence and mortality in all age groups. …”
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Application of concentrated growth factor in promoting wound healing and alleviating postoperative reactions after extraction of mandibular impacted third molar by ZHANG Guangye, XIONG Jiwen, YANG Shiyi, WANG Gang, YOU Didi, GAO Qianqian

“…[Results:] At 1 d, and 3 d after surgery, VAS scores in research group were (3.72±0.56) and (2.94±0.43) points, significantly lower than those in control group [(4.81±0.61), (3.86±0.57) points; P<0.001]. …”
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Life‐years lost associated with mental disorders in people with HIV: a cohort study in South Africa, Canada and the United States by Yann Ruffieux, John A. Joska, Raynell Lang, Chunyan Zheng, Naomi Folb, Gregory D. Kirk, Angela M. Parcesepe, Michael J. Silverberg, Sonia Napravnik, Kelly Gebo, Joseph J. Eron Jr, Brenna C. Hogan, Keri N. Althoff, Mpho Tlali, David J. Grelotti, Mona Loutfy, Peter F. Rebeiro, Mary‐Ann Davies, Matthias Egger, Gary Maartens, Andreas D. Haas

“…In SA, the LYL associated with any mental health disorder were 3.42 years (95% CI 2.42−4.28) in males and 2.95 years (0.67−5.95) in females. …”
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Association of oxidative balance score with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among patients with cardio-renal-metabolic disease by Yucui Lin, Yunxia Wang, Cailing Liu, Danjie Ye, Ziran Huang, Yangbin Ou, Wenjun Gu, Jianhong Ma

“…Sensitivity analysis and subgroup analysis were also performed.ResultsDuring a median follow-up of 7.9 years, there were 3,838 (25.2%) and 1,412 (8.9%) patients who died from all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, respectively. …”
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IgG to Galactose-Alpha-1,3-Galactose: Impact of Alpha-Gal IgE Sensitization, Blood Type, and Tick Bites by Samuel M. Ailsworth, Matthew MacCallum, Nathan E. Richards, Lisa J. Workman, Pamela Schoppee Bortz, Thomas Makin, Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills, Jeffrey M. Wilson

“…<b>Results:</b> The median age of the 267 subjects in the vaccine cohort was 42 years, and median alpha-gal IgG levels were 3.0 μg/mL. Alpha-gal IgG levels were higher among the 43 (16.1%) subjects who had alpha-gal IgE sensitization (≥0.1 IU/mL) and among subjects lacking the B blood group antigen (blood groups A and O). …”
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Alterations of fecal microbiota and plasma metabolome in patients with Parkinson’s disease with rapid eye movement sleep disorder by Yangdanyu Li, Yuning Liu, Fujia Li, Xu Liu, Zixuan Zhang, Jinyu Li, Guiyun Cui, Chuanying Xu

“…Moreover, the differential metabolites identified in both PD-nRBD and PD-RBD were 3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine-4,5-dicarboxylate (VIP = 5.802) and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol sulfate (VIP = 5.732). …”
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Associations of Circulating Gamma-Linolenic Acid and Cardiometabolic Health in Chinese Adults: A Prospective Study by Yu-Ming Chen, Hai-Li Zhong, Yan Yan, Ying-Di Yang, Hang-Zhu Chen, Ting-Yu Sun

“…Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of MetS, CAP, and CHD for the quartile (Q) 4 (vs. 1) of GLA were 3.11 (2.50, 3.87), 1.25 (0.99, 1.58), and 1.54 (1.12, 2.13) (all <i>p</i>-trends < 0.05). …”
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Suprachoroidal Injection of Topotecan for Retinoblastoma: A Preclinical Study by Arun D. Singh, MD, Vishal Raval, MD, Sandeep Kumar, PhD, Anthony Daniels, MD

“…Half-life (T1/2) in the retina was 24.8 minutes. Choroidal levels were 3.3-fold higher than retina with a similar rapid decline pattern. …”
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Peculiarity of Clinical Course of Childhood Hepatitis C Depending on the Viral Genotype by E. A. Leybman, L. I. Nikolaeva, E. I. Samokhvalov, K. K. Kyuregayn, O. V. Isaeva, G. V. Sapronov, T. V. Cherednechenko, A. G. Pisarev, A. E. Grishechkin, M. I. Michailov, V. F. Uchaikin

“…The main HCV subtypes were 3a (46.03%), 1b (33.3%), and 1a (11.6%). Three children (4.8%) showed intergenotype recombinant RF_2k/1b. …”
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Impact of cariprazine on body weight and blood pressure among adults with bipolar I disorder, schizophrenia, or major depressive disorder in a real-world setting by Christoph U. Correll, Andrew J. Cutler, François Laliberté, Guillaume Germain, Sean D. MacKnight, Julien Boudreau, Sally W. Wade, Nadia Nabulsi, Huy-Binh Nguyen, Mousam Parikh

“…Among patients with measurements before and during cariprazine treatment, estimated annual weight trajectories were + 3.55 (95% CI 2.38, 4.59) kg/year before cariprazine initiation and + 0.91 (− 1.17, 2.82) kg/year during cariprazine treatment. …”
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Facile synthesis, characterization, molecular and dynamic optical properties of metronidazole and sulfamethoxazole adducts of tricarbonyl(1-5-η-2-methoxycyclohexadienylium)iron by Tunmise Tunrayo Eugene-Osoikhia, Adewale Saheed Olawoyin, Torhile Japhet Aasegh, Nnenna Winifred Odozi, Nathanael Damilare Ojo, Temidayo Oyetunde, Emmanuel Oloruntoba Yeye, Raymond Akong Akong, Emmanuel Usman Onche, Oluwatoba Emmanuel Oyeneyin, Ibrahim Adebayo Oladosu

“…The β(0;0,0) and β(-ω;ω,0) were 8–14 times greater than urea, while the EOKE and DCSHG were 3–14, and 3–196 times higher, respectively. The 1MF and 1MD displayed greater NLO properties than 1 M. …”
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Role and mechanism of a novel fusion gene RELCH-RET in driving malignant transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells: a preliminary study by ZHOU Xiaogang, ZHOU Xiaogang, HAO Xianglin, XIA Jiying

“…Dimerization and multimerization status of RELCH-RET were analyzed by chemical cross-linking (DTME treatment) in combination with Western blotting, with the reversibility being confirmed through de-cross-linking experiments. Results‍　‍There were 3 cases carrying RELCH-RET fusion gene screened out from the 469 NSCLC patients. …”
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Risk Assessment and Influencing Factors of Bank Collapse in Jingzhou Section of Yangtze River in 2024 by LI Ling-yun, DENG Cai-yun, CHEN Fei, LIU Guo-liang, HE Guang-shui, GUO Chao, WANG Hong-yang

“…Among them, the total lengths of the Level I and II warning bank sections were 3.54 km and 16.76 km, respectively. [Conclusions] Based on the evaluation results of typical bank sections including protected, unprotected, and mainstream-adjacent banks, the bank collapse risk assessment model constructed in this study demonstrates certain applicability for bank collapse prediction in typical sections of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. …”
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Effects of Different LEDs Light Combination on the Proliferation, Rooting and Growth of Two Kinds of Ornamental Dendrobium Tissue Culture Seedlings by Yao WU, Zaihua WANG, Guangying YE, Yi YANG, Houcheng LIU, Rong ZHOU

“…Mini Red had the best proliferation effect in light quality culture of R6B3G0, the proliferation coefficient reached 2.35 per plant, and its fresh weight, dry weight and dry matter content were 3.941 g/plant, 0.2731 g/plant and 7.06%, respectively; the root number and average root length were 14.20 roots/plant and 2.81cm, respectively. …”
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