Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and its Associated Risk Factors among symptomatic Residents of Sulaimani city, Kurdistan region, Iraq, 2020 by Seerwan Hama Rashid Ali, Sabiha Sharif Salih, Taib Ahmed Hama Sour, Goran Mohammad Raouf, Araz Latif Rahim

“…Infection by H. pylori bacteria is rife in dyspeptic patients; and is more common in the age group of 31-40 years. One of noninvasive test to diagnosis H. pylori is Urea breath test.  …”
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Public insight into knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study from the West Bank, Palestine by Haya Jebreen Mohammed Warasna, Bashar Yaser Hasan Awad, Mohamad A. Banat, Mohammad Yaser Hasan Awad, Ahmed Farid Gadelmawla, Jameel Suliman, Tarek A. Owais, Ahmad J. Warasna

“…Among the participants, 569 were female, predominantly aged 25 or younger (66%, n = 479), and 62% (n = 450) were single. …”
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Socio-Demographic and Lifestyle Factors Influencing Adherence to AntiHypertensive Treatment in a Rural Area of Ludhiana, India by Sangeeta Girdhar, ,Mahesh Satija, Daljit Kaur, .Anurag Chaudhary

“…Hence, this study was done in a rural area of Ludhiana to determine adherence to anti-hypertensive treatment among hypertensive patients and explore various socio-demographic and lifestyle factors associated with adherence Methodology A cross-sectional study was conducted among clinically diagnosed cases of hypertension attending OPD at Rural health Training centre, Pohir over 3-month period, aged above 18 years of age and were on treatment for at least 6 months. …”
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Individual, household, and community-level factors associated with high-risk fertility behaviour among Nigerian women: secondary analysis of the 2018 demographic and health survey... by Michael Ekholuenetale, Chimezie Igwegbe Nzoputam, Amadou Barrow, Amit Arora

“…The sample was made up of 21,792 women aged 15–49 years selected from 1389 enumeration areas. …”
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Clinical outcomes after immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated acute kidney injury: a cohort study by Vin-Cent Wu, Ting-Ya Yang, Min-Hsiang Chuang, Hong-Min Lin, Heng-Chih Pan, Yun Chou, Jui-Yi Chen

“…Kaplan-Meier analyses coupled with log-rank tests were conducted to estimate the survival probabilities.Setting Data were sourced from the TriNetX database spanning records from 25 March 2011 to 5 April 2024.Participants Patients with cancer aged ≥18 years treated with ICPi with or without AKI occurrence.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, and secondary outcomes included major adverse kidney events (MAKE), major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), the composite of MAKE or MACE with death, and end-stage renal disease.Results The study identified 926 patients with cancer who developed ICPi-AKI (mean age, 67.1±11.8 years; 57.4% men). …”
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Association of blood manganese and selenium levels with hepatic steatosis among adolescents: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis by Bin You, Bin You, Bin You, Bin You, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen

“…Multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess the associations between blood manganese and selenium levels and hepatic steatosis, while restricted cubic splines (RCS) were employed to examine the dose-response relationships.ResultsThe mean age of the participants was 15.37 years, with 52.22% boy. …”
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Influencing factors for delay in healthcare-seeking, definitive diagnosis, identification in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Minhang District by MA Qiongjin, YAN Huiqin, WU Yunhua, GUO Xu, YANG Lijia, TANG Lihong, YANG Shengyuan

“…The majority of patients were aged 25 to <45 years (1 664 cases, 39.49%). The prevalence rates of delay in healthcare-seeking, definitive diagnosis and identification were 36.81%, 30.21% and 38.09%, respectively. …”
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A Digital Behavior Change Intervention for Health Promotion for Adults in Midlife: Protocol for a Multidimensional Assessment Study by Dagmar Soleymani, Dominique Pougheon-Bertrand, Rémi Gagnayre

“…In the long term, the intervention intends to prevent frailty and reduce the burden of multimorbidities in older age, particularly for lower socioeconomic groups. …”
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Utilizing A Multi-Stage Transition Model for Analysing Child Stunting in Two Urban Slum Settlements of Nairobi: A Longitudinal Analysis, 2011-2014. by Oduro, Michael S., IddiI, Samuel, Asiedu, Louis, Asiki, Gershim, Kadengye, DamazoT.

“…A subset of 692 children aged 0 to 3 years, with complete anthropometric data, and household socio-demographic data was used for the analysis. …”
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Child Abuse and Intention to Dropout Among Secondary School Students in Rubanda District. by Ninsiima, Patience

“…Key findings indicated that female students had a higher dropout rate (53.2%) compared to males (46.8%). The age group 11-14 accounted for 54% of dropout cases, while students aged 15-18 and 19 and above had dropout rates of 32% and 14%, respectively. …”
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Sleep Needs for Children by Suzanna Smith

“…“Does your school-aged child complain about being sleepy during the day, doze off in class, or yawn a lot? …”
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Practical Uses for Ultrasound in Managing Beef Cattle Reproduction by Mario Binelli, Thiago Martins, John Arthington, Kalyn Waters, Vitor Mercadante, Philipe Moriel, Angela Gonella-Diaza

“… This publication aims to discuss the use of ultrasound to assist with beef cattle reproduction, which includes evaluation of the pre-service status of heifers and cows, diagnosis of pregnancy, determination of fetal age and sex, and evaluation of reproductive fitness of embryo recipients. …”
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Sleep Needs for Children by Suzanna Smith

“…“Does your school-aged child complain about being sleepy during the day, doze off in class, or yawn a lot? …”
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General Anxiety Disorder in Youth: A National Survey by Sofia Malik, Thor S. Stead, Rohan Mangal, Latha Ganti

“…The authors conducted a survey of youth ages 16-24, on what life is like for those who are living with anxiety. …”
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Parents’ Role in Supporting, Brokering or Impeding Their Children’s Connected Learning and Media Literacy by Livingstone Sonia, Blum-Ross Alicia

“…How do parents and carers approach the task of bringing up their children in the digital age? What is their vision of their children’s future and that of the wider society? …”
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La penna di Dhuoda e di Ildegarde: un dono di fede* by Francesca Sivo

“…This paper focuses on the life experiences of Dhuoda (9th century) and Hildegard of Bingen (12th century), which testify to an important turning point for the role of women in the Middle Ages. The former focused on a domestic perspective, the latter projected to an ecumenical horizon, but both believed in the educational value of the word as a warning that becomes an authentic profession of faith through ars and scientia, the God-given and olny true key to access the faith itself.…”
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The Functional Assessment of Balance in Concussion (FAB-C) Battery by Thaer Manaseer, Jackie L. Whittaker, Codi Isaac, Kathryn J. Schneider, Douglas P. Gross

“…All 40 uninjured participants \[12 female; median age 17 years] completed the FAB-C assessment compared to 86% of seven participants with SRC \[1 female; median age 17]. …”
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The Psychological Impact of Amblyopia Treatment: A Systematic Literature Review by Louisa Haine, Isaac Taylor, Megan Vaughan

“…Factors such as the presence of strabismus, moderate and severe amblyopic density, occlusive patch treatment and patching during school age increase the likelihood of experiencing distress as a result of amblyopia treatment. …”
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Characteristics and outcome of patients with anorexia nervosa on medical nutritional therapy: an institutional study with review of literature by Denise Elizabeth Shi Yun Teo, Valerie Wei Ling Teong, Rajeev Ramachandran, Su Lin Lim, Charlotte Xianghui Lin

“…Conclusion: Patients with AN appear to be presenting at a younger age. Medical stabilisation of AN patients can be achieved more quickly through a higher calorie inpatient AN treatment protocol. …”
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Study of Life Events and Quality of Life in Patients of Major Depressive Disorder by Alkesh Patil, Aparna Sengupta, Ashwini Mule, Sagar Karia

“…Background: Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses found across all ages, genders and socioeconomic status. It has significant health, psychosocial, and economic impact. …”
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