Review on the application of acupoint sticking therapy for constipation in adult patients (中医穴位贴敷疗法在成人便秘中的应用研究进展) by WANG Xiaomin (王晓敏), ZHENG Naihua (郑乃花), YANG Dongmei (杨冬梅), E Haiyan (鄂海燕), ZHANG Lijun (张丽君), LIU Xiaoliu (刘晓柳)

“…The purpose of this paper is to summarize the risk factors, epidemiological investigation, Traditional Chinese Medicine cognition and treatment principles of constipation in adult patients, and analyze the research status of Traditional Chinese Medicine acupoint application therapy for constipation in adult patients, in order to provide a reference for the clinical practice and further exploration of appropriate techniques of Traditional Chinese Medicine. …”
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Development and Application of Quadruple Luminex xTAG Method for Simultaneous Detection of Japanese Encephalitis Virus, West Nile Virus, Yellow Fever Virus and Zika Virus by Junying SUN, Qiwen WU, Jichu LI, Chunhong LI, Pengju GUO, Yi HUANG, Feifei YIN

“…【Conclusion】The established quadruple Luminex xTAG method has high throughput, high specificity and sensitivity as well as high cost-effectiveness, providing a high-throughput technology method for clinical diagnosis and epidemiological monitoring of arboviruses.…”
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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

“…The COVID-19 pandemic imposed social/physical distancing, lockdown measures, and forced reorientation of the rehabilitation programs for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Epidemiologic safety measures boosted remote exercise-based treatment. …”
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Chemical Composition and Larvicidal Activity of Lavandula angustifolia Subsp. angustifolia and Lavandula dentata Spp. dentata Essential Oils against Culex pipiens Larvae, Vector of... by Fouad El-Akhal, Amal Ramzi, Abdellah Farah, Yassine Ez Zoubi, Moussa Benboubker, Khalid Taghzouti, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami

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Prenatal Characteristics of Infants with a Neuronal Migration Disorder: A National-Based Study by Estelle Naumburg, Bo Strömberg, Helle Kieler

“…Pathogenesis of malformations of the central nervous system includes both genetic and environmental factors. Few epidemiological studies have addressed the impact of prenatal exposures. …”
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Personalized statin therapy: Targeting metabolic processes to modulate the therapeutic and adverse effects of statins by Zhuangqi Shi, Shuxin Han

“…However, the therapeutic efficiency and adverse effects of statins vary among different patients, which numerous clinical and epidemiological studies have attributed to genetic polymorphisms in statin-metabolizing enzymes and transport proteins. …”
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The Effect of Sleep Disruption on Cardiometabolic Health by SeokHyun Hong, Da-Been Lee, Dae-Wui Yoon, Seung-Lim Yoo, Jinkwan Kim

“…This review synthesizes current evidence demonstrating the intricate relationships between sleep disturbances and cardiometabolic dysfunction. Epidemiological studies have consistently demonstrated that insufficient sleep duration (<7 h) and poor sleep quality are associated with increased risks of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. …”
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Low dose deltamethrin exposure affects gene expression in rat frontal cortex by Junze Wu, Ariv Shah, Rami Ridi, Zacharia Rashid, Ali Sajid Imami, Nilanjana Saferin, James Patrick Burkett

“… Pyrethroids are a class of commonly used synthetic insecticides, widely used in agricultural and residential settings due to their efficacy and relatively low environmental impact. Nonetheless, epidemiological studies have found that exposure to pyrethroids during developmental stages is linked to risk for neurodevelopmental disorders. …”
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Families Living with Blood-Borne Viruses: The Case for Extending the Concept of “Serodiscordance” by Asha Persson, Christy E. Newman, Myra Hamilton, Joanne Bryant, Jack Wallace, kylie valentine

“…The concept of “serodiscordance” (mixed infection status) is primarily associated with epidemiological concerns about HIV transmission risk in couples. …”
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Health aspects of peanuts as an outcome of its chemical composition by Rabiatu Bonku, Jianmei Yu

“…Due to the high nutrient contents of peanuts, they have been used to combat malnutrition in most developing countries. Epidemiologic studies have associated nut consumption with a reduced incidence of cardiovascular heart diseases and gallstones in both genders and diabetes in women. …”
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Overview of multimorbidity research in India: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Arpita Ghosh, Siaa Girotra, Parul Puri

“…Background Due to demographic and epidemiological shifts, people are living until older ages with more morbidities. …”
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Exploring Spatial Inequalities in COVID-19 Mortality and Their Association With Multidimensional Poverty in Colombia: A Spatial Analysis Study by Claudia Birchenall-Jiménez, Claudia Birchenall-Jiménez, Wilson Giovanni Jiménez-Barbosa, Javier Riascos-Ochoa, Federico Cosenz

“…ObjectivesThe objective is to examine spatial inequalities in COVID-19 mortality rates in Colombia in relation to the spatial distribution of multidimensional poverty.MethodsA retrospective spatial epidemiological study was conducted in Colombia from 2020 to 2022. …”
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Near-Complete Avipoxvirus Genome Assembled from Skin Lesions of Dead Eurasian Crane (<i>Grus grus</i>) by Eszter Kaszab, Endre Sós, Krisztina Bali, Viktória Sós-Koroknai, Edina Perge, Krisztina Ursu, Szilvia Marton, Márton Hoitsy, Gábor Kemenesi, Krisztián Bányai

“…Our study reaffirms previous findings that even complex virus genomes can be determined from a metagenomic assemblage generated directly from avian tissue samples without prior virus isolation, a promising approach for the epidemiologic surveillance of avipoxvirus infections in wild birds and domestic poultry.…”
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Differential Susceptibility to Particulate Matter-Induced Cardiac Remodeling and Senescence: A Comparative Study in Young and Aged Mice by Dunia Waked, Gabriel Henrique Rodella Guedes, Raissa Macedo, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Mariana Matera Veras, Ana Paula Cremasco Takano

“…Background: Epidemiological and toxicological studies have shown that inhalation of particulate matter (PM), a major component of air pollution, is associated with the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). …”
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Fetal Programming of Body Composition, Obesity, and Metabolic Function: The Role of Intrauterine Stress and Stress Biology by Sonja Entringer, Claudia Buss, James M. Swanson, Dan M. Cooper, Deborah A. Wing, Feizal Waffarn, Pathik D. Wadhwa

“…Epidemiological, clinical, physiological, cellular, and molecular evidence suggests that the origins of obesity and metabolic dysfunction can be traced back to intrauterine life and supports an important role for maternal nutrition prior to and during gestation in fetal programming. …”
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Electromagnetic Fields, Oxidative Stress, and Neurodegeneration by Claudia Consales, Caterina Merla, Carmela Marino, Barbara Benassi

“…On the basis of two decades of epidemiological studies, an increased risk for childhood leukemia associated with Extremely Low Frequency fields has been consistently assessed, inducing the International Agency for Research on Cancer to insert them in the 2B section of carcinogens in 2001. …”
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Mortality Associated with Recurrent Extreme Hyperferritinemia in Critically Ill Adolescents by John Scott Baird

“…A retrospective review of the medical records of 4 critically ill adolescents with recurrent extreme hyperferritinemia and systemic inflammation was performed to identify additional common epidemiologic factors. Results. Systemic inflammation was characterized as cytokine storm syndrome in 2 patients and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in 2 patients. …”
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Brazil’s response to public health emergencies in 2023: lessons for the international community by Ana Sara Semeão de Souza, João Roberto Cavalcante, Raquel Proença, Carlos Henrique Michiles Frank, Thiago Basílio Mendonça, Giovana Ferreira Costacurta, Igor de Assis Rodrigues, José Lucas Pinho da Fonseca, Daniel Roberto Coradi de Freitas, Edenilo Baltazar Barreira Filho, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Márcio Henrique de Oliveira Garcia

“…To describe the Brazilian experience of responding to public health emergencies in 2023, the organizational structure, and epidemiological characteristics. Methods. Three emergencies (case studies) that occurred during the study year were analyzed according to the actions implemented during the response and the impacts on the population. …”
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Predominant Dissemination of PVL-Negative CC89 MRSA with SCCmec Type II in Children with Impetigo in Japan by H. Kikuta, M. Shibata, S. Nakata, T. Yamanaka, H. Sakata, K. Akizawa, K. Kobayashi

“…Furthermore, molecular epidemiological analysis and virulence gene analysis were performed. …”
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Forecasting Influenza Trends Using Decomposition Technique and LightGBM Optimized by Grey Wolf Optimizer Algorithm by Yonghui Duan, Chen Li, Xiang Wang, Yibin Guo, Hao Wang

“…Accurate influenza prediction is a critical issue in public health and serves as an essential tool for epidemiological studies. This paper seeks to improve the prediction accuracy of influenza-like illness (ILI) proportions by proposing a novel predictive model that integrates a data decomposition technique with the Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) algorithm, aiming to overcome the limitations of current prediction methods. …”
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