Context-Tailored Food-Based Nutrition Education and Counseling for Pregnant Women to Improve Birth Outcomes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi by Penjani Rhoda Kamudoni, Lillian Kaunda, Marion Tharrey, Maggie Mphande, Shyreen Chithambo, Elaine Ferguson, Zumin Shi, Ibrahimu Mdala, Kenneth Maleta, Alister Munthali, Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen, Per Ole Iversen

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Households willingness to pay for improved solid waste management by S. Akhtar, A.S. Ahmad, M.I. Qureshi, S. Shahraz

“…The area lacks frequent collection of waste containers. Therefore, there is a need for upgradation of storage and collection facilities in terms of increase in collection efficiency and rates, introduction of recycling facility and segregation of waste at source. …”
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Increased Gait Speed Changes Knee Mechanics Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Implications and Caution for Treadmill Training in Early Rehabilitation by Sara Y Almansouri, Susan M Sigward

“…Increasing gait speed implicitly increases lower extremity demands; however, it is not known if increased treadmill speed will result in improved knee mechanics in early recovery post-ACLr. …”
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Regular Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use Increases Stress Fracture Risk in the General Population: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Alexandra Ciuciu, Christopher Mulholland, Michael A. Bozzi, Chris C. Frymoyer, Leonardo Cavinatto, David Yaron, Marc I. Harwood, Jeremy D. Close, Christopher J. Mehallo, Ryan E. Tomlinson

“…Subjects diagnosed with stress fractures had a statistically significant increase in both current use (p=0.03) and regular use (p=0.04) of ibuprofen/naproxen/celecoxib as compared to control subjects. …”
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Influence of Micron Roughness on Droplet Adhesion and Detachment Behavior with Coal Surfaces by Siheng Hou, Peng Xiong, Xianshu Dong, Hengfei Chen, Shuhuan Li, Yujin Sun

“…A highly sensitive adhesion force measuring instrument was employed to study the continuous attachment and detachment processes between droplets and coal surfaces of different roughness levels. Contact angle results indicated that as the roughness of the coal sample surface increased, the contact angle gradually decreased, suggesting an increase in the hydrophilicity of the coal surface. …”
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Cetyl pyridinium chloride-amino acid-based ionic liquids: Synthesis, characterization, and physicochemical properties by FT-IR, UV–visible, density, conductivity, viscosity, surfac... by Rohit Kumar Dev, Shiv Narayan Yadav, Pawan Shah, Nisha Magar, Srijana Ghimire, Mahima Koirala, Ashok Kumar Das, Sujit Kumar Shah, Ramesh L. Gardas, Ajaya Bhattarai

“…The ionic liquids (ILs) are gaining much attention because of their many special properties, including highly solvating, tunable, non-flammable, and reusable extractants. In the current study, a novel set of room-temperature ILs based on the active compound Cetyl Pyridinium Chloride - Amino Acid ([CetPyl] [AA]) where ionic liquids have been successfully synthesized and characterized by both spectral (FT-IR and UV-visible), and physiochemical (density, surface tension, contact angle, molar free energy, conductivity, viscosity, and pH) properties. …”
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Salicylic Acid Improved the Growth of <i>Dunaliella salina</i> and Increased the Proportion of <i>9-cis</i>-β-Carotene Isomers by Shuaicheng Xiang, Xiaoting Qiu, Xiaojun Yan, Roger Ruan, Pengfei Cheng

“…<i>Dunaliella salina</i> is an important source of natural β-carotene (containing <i>9-cis</i> and <i>all trans</i> isomers) for industrial production. …”
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Tidal Current Energy Assessment and Exploitation Recommendations for Semi-Enclosed Bay Straits: A Case Study on the Bohai Strait, China by Yuze Song, Pengcheng Ma, Zikang Li, Yilin Zhai, Dan Li, Hongyuan Shi, Chao Li

“…Against the backdrop of increasingly depleted global non-renewable resources, research on renewable energy has become urgently critical. …”
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Myopia as a problem of the modern world. Methods of treatment and prevention by Marcelina Szewczyk, Julia Ufnal, Dominika Rosińska-Lewandoska, Dominika Lewandowska, Klaudia Kożuchowska, Dawid Pilarz, Maria Morawska, Anna Wolff, Szymon Gruszka, Kinga Jarosz

“…Short-sightedness is increasingly being called the “scourge” of our time. …”
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Self-Management Support for Cancer Survivors: A Descriptive Evaluation of the Symptom Navi Training from the Perspective of Health Care Professionals by Marika Bana, Selma Riedo, Karin Ribi

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A Study on the Management and Evolution of Land Use and Land Cover in Romania During the Period 1990–2022 in the Context of Political and Environmental Changes by Jenica Călina, Aurel Călina, Gheorghe Marian Vangu, Alin Constantin Croitoru, Marius Miluț, Nicolae Ion Băbucă, Ion Stan

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i>: The Current State of Evidence and a Call for More National Surveillance Studies by Sunčanica Ljubin-Sternak, Tomislav Meštrović

“…<i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> (<i>C. trachomatis</i>) remains the most common bacterial sexually transmitted agent worldwide. Although current treatment regimens are highly effective, sporadic reports of reduced antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment failure raises concerns, especially in the context of increasing global antibiotic consumption and the well-documented rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in other sexually transmitted pathogens. …”
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Legal problems of water protection on the example of manufacturing enterprises as sewage disposal plants – current limitations and de lege ferenda remarks by Agnieszka Sznajder

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A comprehensive review on anticorrosive behaviour of surfactants across diverse metals using multiple techniques: Current insights and future horizons by Pavitra Shenoy, Namitha Kedimar, Suma A. Rao

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Electromagnetic control and heat transfer enhancement in exothermic reactions experiencing current density: The study preventing thermal explosions in reactive flow by Gasmi Hatem, Akindele Akintayo Oladimeji, Obalalu Adebowale Martins, Usman Abdulazeez Adebayo, Khan Umair, Yilmaz Yalcin, Taiwo Musilimu, Hussain Syed Modassir, Nizampatnam Neelima

“…Our findings reveal that increased electric field conductivity significantly enhances the current density along the channel walls, driven by the combined effects of the Frank–Kamenetskii term and electric field loading. …”
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Estimating cardiovascular effects of influenza vaccination in older adults: a target trial emulation using proximal causal inferenceResearch in context by Jinxin Guo, Tiansheng Wang, Zhike Liu, Weihong Zeng, Peng Shen, Yexiang Sun, Siyan Zhan, Yang Xu

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HVDC transformer insulation system: Present research, trends, challenges, and prospects by Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Shafique

“…High-voltage direct current (HVDC) has attained significant consideration owing to numerous valuable characteristics, for instance, lowest transmission losses, improved stability, and control operation. …”
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An interpretable machine learning tool for in-home monitoring of agitation episodes in people living with dementia: a proof-of-concept studyResearch in context by Marirena Bafaloukou, Ann-Kathrin Schalkamp, Nan Fletcher-Lloyd, Alex Capstick, Chloe Walsh, Cynthia Sandor, Samaneh Kouchaki, Ramin Nilforooshan, Payam Barnaghi

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Increasing our knowledge about the epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori in Nunavik’s Inuit population (Québec, Canada) using Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 cross-sectional survey by Julie Ducrocq, Benoit Lévesque, Gaston De Serres, Véronique Boiteau, Cedric P. Yansouni, Jean-François Proulx, Denis Talbot

“…Despite current regional guidelines targeting high risk individuals in the context of high prevalence, Nunavik’s health authorities must remain vigilant by following gastric cancer incidence and the rapid evolution of guidelines, while considering local realities.…”
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Nurse‒physician interprofessional collaboration in the context of expanding nursing practice in primary health care: A comparative qualitative study of Brazil and Germany by Cassiano Mendes Franco, Daria Bula, Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira Toso, Ligia Giovanella, Kerstin Hämel

“…Our study analyzes the current forms and prospects of nurse‒physician collaboration in the context of expanding nursing practice in PHC in Brazil and Germany. …”
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