Evaluating the Efficacy of a Serious Game to Deliver Health Education About Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Clustered Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial by Lauren Bloomfield, Julie Boston, Martin Masek, Lesley Andrew, Donna Barwood, Amanda Devine

“…The findings were compared with changes in an active control (comparison) group who received an in-class educational presentation about IMD transmission and protection. …”
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Malaria prevalence, transmission potential and efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy in the Kenyan Central highlands: a zone previously characterized as malaria-free by Francis T. Kimani, Kelvin K. Thiongó, Maureen A. Otinga, Lewis K. Mbabu, Mary N. Ombati, Stanley K. Kitur, Sarah A. Ochieng’, Lucy N. Wachira, Damaris K. Matoke-Muhia, Luna Kamau

“…This however does not rule out a likely changing malaria transmission scenario in this zone, thus the need for further investigations.…”
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Environmental exposures associated with atopy in a rural community in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study by Vuyelwa Ndlovu, Vuyelwa Ndlovu, Moses Chimbari, Pisirai Ndarukwa, Pisirai Ndarukwa, Elopy Sibanda, Elopy Sibanda

“…IntroductionThe increasing prevalence of allergic diseases in Zimbabwe may be attributed to changing environmental exposure patterns. In this study, we sought to identify the most influential environmental and lifestyle factors that may explain the observed atopy in a rural community in Zimbabwe.MethodsUsing a cross-sectional study, information on a wide array of environmental and lifestyle exposures was self-reported by a sample of participants (children aged <18 years and adults aged ≥18 years) in the Gwanda district, Zimbabwe. …”
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Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa by Meike Piepenbring, Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Jean Evans I. Codjia, Carola Glatthorn, Paul Kirk, Yalemwork Meswaet, David Minter, Boris Armel Olou, Kai Reschke, Marco Schmidt, Nourou Soulemane Yorou

“…Documentation of fungal diversity is urgently needed because natural habitats are being lost on a large scale through altered land use and climate change.…”
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Experimental Investigation of the Dependence of Accessible Porosity and Methane Sorption Capacity of Carbonaceous Shales on Particle Size by Garri Gaus, Anton Kalmykov, Bernhard M. Krooss, Reinhard Fink

“…Methane excess sorption capacity increased significantly for particle sizes <64 μm for the Alum and <1 μm for the Bazhenov and Kimmeridge samples while no significant changes upon grinding were observed for the Eagle Ford Shale. …”
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Impact of healthcare-associated infections on in-hospital outcomes during the COVID-19 era: a multicenter comparative study of 20,942 isolated microorganisms from ICU patients by Armin Khavandegar, Zeinab Siami, Aziz Rasouli, Pershang Nazemi, Anoosha Gull

“…The odds of death were increased in the SSI group more than the rest (OR:2.65, CI 95%: 2.13–3.29).ConclusionCOVID-19 changed the pattern of HAIs and also increased their mortality. …”
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Low ITN utilization among households in SWEPR Ethiopia: challenge for malaria elimination, a mixed design approach by Wondwossen Niguse, Bezuayehu Alemayehu, Tadesse Gebremedhin, Mathewos Alemu, Girma Mamo, Ephrem Negeri, Ibrahim Temam, Haile Zewdie, Tamirat Bogale, Erkyihun pawulos, Endale Sahlie

“…Therefore, behavioral change communications (BCC) interventions and education and communication (IEC), interventions should be done in the region.…”
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Providing an e-cigarette starter kit for smoking cessation and reduction as adjunct to usual care to smokers with a mental health condition: findings from the ESCAPE feasibility st... by Dimitra Kale, Emma Beard, Anna-Marie Marshall, Jodi Pervin, Qi Wu, Elena Ratschen, Lion Shahab

“…Abstract Background Smoking rates in the UK have declined steadily over the past decades, masking considerable inequalities, as little change has been observed among people with a mental health condition. …”
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Secular trends of physical fitness for college students in Anhui Province over the past decade by Jianzhong Sun, Hui Liang, Lei Wang, Zhongju Chen, Cunjian Bi, Feng Zhang

“…This article aims to delve into the changes in the physical fitness of college students over the past decade and anticipates future trends. …”
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Role of mordenite zeolite in improving nutrient and water use efficiency in Alfisols by Girijaveni V, Sammi Reddy K, Srinivasarao Ch, Raju B M K, Divya Balakrishnan, Sumanta Kundu, Pushpanjali, Jagriti Rohit, Singh V K

“…In addition, pot experiment was carried out with three levels of fertiliser rates, four levels of zeolite, and two levels of moisture in randomised complete block design with three replications to evaluate the changes in soil available nutrients and their uptake in tomato. …”
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The importance of dietary magnesium sulphate for prophylaxis of parturient paresis in cow with high milk production by M. Ali Bostancı, Mahmut Ok

“…The aim ol this study is to search for changing of acid- base balance, Ca⁺⁺, Mg⁺⁺ and P⁺ levels, when MgS0₄ is added to the ration for last penod of pregnancy in cows. …”
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Efficacy of Intrathecal 0.75% Hyperbaric Ropivacaine versus 0.5% Hyperbaric Bupivacaine for Elective Inguinal and Perineal Surgery: A Randomised Double-blinded Clinical Study by Bhavini Shah, Dipanjali Mahanta

“…The study also assessed motor block onset and duration using modified Bromage scale, observing postoperative micturition, intraoperative haemodynamic changes and adverse effects. Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 16.0, with a p-value of <0.05 considered significant. …”
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Deep learning-based CT-free attenuation correction for cardiac SPECT: a new approach by Pei Yang, Zeao Zhang, Jianan Wei, Lisha Jiang, Liqian Yu, Huawei Cai, Lin Li, Quan Guo, Zhen Zhao

“…The 95% limits of agreement (LoAs) between the Deep AC and CTAC images for the summed stress/rest scores (SSS/SRS) were [− 2.3, 2.8] and [-1.9,2.1] in the training set and testing set respectively. Changes in perfusion categories were observed in 4.19% and 5.9% of studies assessed for global perfusion scores in the training set and testing set. …”
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The Anglo-French Relationship as seen through British Political Cartoons, from the Third to the Fifth Republic by Richard Davis

“…Dans les relations franco-britanniques, c’était la Grande-Bretagne qui avait le dessus et les dessins de presse ont souvent présenté John Bull comme une figure imposante à côté d’une Marianne coquette mais pas toujours très rassurante. Ses images ont changé considérablement dans la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle. …”
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An analysis of the Policy of Increasing the Salaries of Government Employees Based on the Framework of Kingdon's Multiple Streams (Case Study of Budget Law 1401) by Seyyed Mojtaba Shahraeini, Heidar Najafi, Seyyedamir Abbaszade, Mahdi Khosravi, Iman Akbari

“…Conclusion Based on the research findings, it is recommended that in future annual budget laws, when considering salary and benefits increases, attention should be paid to the impact of changes in the tax rate on net salary and benefits growth. …”
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Application of dynamic systems modeling approach to rank optimal urban waste management strategies using SWOT method by Hamid Shahbandarzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Kabgani

“…This approach shows that among SO strategies, increasing awareness and changing citizens' attitudes towards proper waste management is in the first place. …”
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Spirituality-based palliative care education on quality of life, death anxiety, and resilience of heart failure patients: Randomized controlled clinical trial by Roghayeh Balaghi Inaloo, Mostafa Bijani, Leila Nikrouz, Azizallah Dehghan, Abdulhakim Alkamel, Ali Taghinezhad, Zahra Khiyali

“…The intervention group showed significant improvements in quality of life, death anxiety, and resilience scores both immediately after the intervention and at the three-month follow-up (p < 0.05). No significant changes were observed in the control group. Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that spirituality-based palliative care education effectively reduces death anxiety while enhancing quality of life and resilience among heart failure patients. …”
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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

“…Outcomes included estimated annual linear trajectories for weight, body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) during baseline and on treatment. Changes were estimated using linear mixed-effects models fitted over measurements pre-index and on treatment; 95% CIs were derived from nonparametric bootstrap procedures. …”
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Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy of Lung Nodules in Chest Computed Tomography Using Artificial Intelligence: Retrospective Analysis by Weiqi Liu, You Wu, Zhuozhao Zheng, Mark Bittle, Wei Yu, Hadi Kharrazi

“…The detection accuracy demonstrated a decrease from 93.33% to 92.23% for Hospital A and from 95.27% to 92.77% for Hospital C. Regarding the changes in lung nodule detection capability over a 3-year period following the integration of the AI system, the detection rates for lung nodules exhibited a modest increase from 54.6% to 55.84%, while the overall accuracy demonstrated a slight improvement from 92.79% to 93.92%. …”
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ViTAU: Facial paralysis recognition and analysis based on vision transformer and facial action units by Jia GAO, Wenhao CAI, Junli ZHAO, Fuqing DUAN

“…Current research primarily focuses on broad facial changes and often neglects finer facial details, which leads to insufficient analysis of how different areas affect recognition results. …”
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