The experiences of night shift workers following three different dietary weight loss interventions: a qualitative study using behaviour change theory by Corinne Davis, Sue Kleve, Catherine E. Huggins, Maxine P. Bonham

“…Three main themes describe intervention factors influencing engagement: 1) Simplicity and ease, 2) Support and accountability, and 3) An individualised approach is sometimes needed. …”
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Exploring the Time to Onset and Early Predictors of Poststroke Spasticity Combined With Surface Electromyography: Protocol for a Nested Case-Control Study by Simeng Song, Shiliang Wang, Shanshan Zeng, Wenqing Wu, Lingying Wu, Xukun Tang, Xiongxing Sun, Dahua Wu, Le Xie

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the timing of poststroke limb spasms using a nested case-control study combined with sEMG and to identify and predict factors of PSS at an early stage. MethodsThis was a nested case-control study. …”
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Process Development for the Continuous Manufacturing of Carbamazepine-Nicotinamide Co-Crystals Utilizing Hot-Melt Extrusion Technology by Lianghao Huang, Wen Ni, Yaru Jia, Minqing Zhu, Tiantian Yang, Mingchao Yu, Jiaxiang Zhang

“…A systematic risk assessment identified five key risk domains: materials, machinery, measurement, methods, and other factors. A Box–Behnken design of experiments (DoE) evaluated the impact of screw speed, temperature, and mixing sections on CC quality. …”
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Hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Sicily from 2008 to 2021: clinical features and predictors of severity by Anna Condemi, Domenico Marrali, Chiara Albano, Giulia Linares, Valeria Garbo, Giovanni Boncori, Laura Venuti, Antonio Cascio, Claudia Colomba

“…Methods All data were retrospectively collected from standard hospital discharge records (HDRs). Significant factors from the univariate analysis were included in a multivariate logistic regression using the stepwise forward selection method to calculate adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and identify independent risk factors for ICU admission. …”
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Development of a bacterial regulatory motif database by V. V. Skakun, Y. A. Nikolaichik

“…Thus, the goal of this work is to create a database with information about bacterial transcription factors and DNA sequences recognized by them, suitable for annotation of regulatory sequences in bacterial genomes.M e t h o d s .  …”
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Establishing large mammal population trends from heterogeneous count data by R. Pradel, P.‐C. Renaud, O. Pays, P. Scholte, J. O. Ogutu, F. Hibert, N. Casajus, F. Mialhe, H. Fritz

“…We develop a bespoke R CRAN package, popbayes, for implementing all the calculations that take the raw counts as input. …”
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Assessment of the Impact of Investments in Fixed Capital on the Economic Growth of the Northern Regions of the Russian Federation by A. Ts. Dolgunova

“…An analysis of regional panel data from 12 northern regions of the Russian Federation was carried out to determine the influence of resource, investment, and innovation factors on the economic growth of the northern region.Results. …”
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Post-War Air Quality Index in Mosul City, Iraq: Does War Still Have an Impact on Air Quality Today? by Zena Altahaan, Daniel Dobslaw

“…Indirectly, the air quality was also compromised by various other factors negatively affecting the quality due to excessive emission levels of air pollutants, such as particulate matter (PM), sulphur dioxide (SO₂), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and other toxic gases. …”
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FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF LINGUISTIC SELF-EDUCATION (SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY) by Oleksandr L. Shums’kyi

“…It is shown that reaching the current level of students’ training for life-long linguistic self-education requires understanding of socio-historical, pedagogical and practical experience, which reveals the logic of development and formation of linguistic self-education as an educational phenomenon, as well as determinants and factors which have been influencing this development. …”
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Indigenous Community Views of Disability in Canada: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Andrés Rojas-Cárdenas, Shaun Cleaver, Ivan Sarmiento, Julie Rock, Yan Grenier, Francis Charrier, Rose-Anne Gosselin, Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson

“…ObjectiveThe objective of this scoping review is to collate the perspectives, concepts, and understandings of disability in Indigenous communities in Canada and to map the factors that influence social approaches to disability from an Indigenous perspective. …”
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Are we working (too) comfortably?: the systematic development of an intervention to support workers to move more while working at home by Divya Sivaramakrishnan, Claire Fitzsimons, Sarah Morton, Jillian Manner, Ruth Jepson, Ailsa Niven

“…Intervention components were developed to address causal factors and presented as a toolkit on an online platform. …”
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Economic Analysis of Global CO₂ Emissions and Energy Consumption Based on the World Kaya Identity by Alina Yakymchuk, Simone Maxand, Anna Lewandowska

“…The World Kaya Identity has been applied to understand how changes in the involved factors affect CO₂ emissions over time. …”
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Innovasjon i kulturskolen? Fem rektorers oppfatninger by Odd Christian Hagen, Bjørn-Terje Bandlien

“…Five principals’ reflections This study explores the factors that hinder and promote innovation in the kulturskole [Voluntary municipal school for teaching art subjects], based on the perspectives of five kulturskole principals. …”
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Optimizing Energy and Spectral Efficiency in Mobile Networks: A Comprehensive Energy Sustainability Framework for Network Operators by Luis Mata, Marco Sousa, Pedro Vieira, Maria Paula Queluz, Antonio Rodrigues

“…The framework can be flexibly applied at the location (site), BS (cell), or equipment type (hardware) levels. Notably, the implemented ML and XAI model achieved an F1-Score of 0.78 for 5G scenarios and 0.83 for 4G scenarios in predicting the Energy Sustainability Class, relying on a reduced set of indicators encompassing the most influential factors. …”
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Survival outcomes and prognostic impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in stage IB lung adenocarcinoma with cribriform component by Rongyang Li, Yu Zhang, Jianhao Qiu, Mingyang Zang, Zhenguo Sun

“…To mitigate selection bias, propensity score matching (PSM) was implemented with 1:1 nearest-neighbor matching. Survival outcomes were compared using Kaplan-Meier methodology with log-rank testing for intergroup comparisons. …”
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Determinants of dental caries in deciduous teeth among Iranian school children: Evidence from a developing country. by Bahareh Sadat Pezeshki, Awat Feizi, Bahareh Tahani

“…<h4>Background</h4>Understanding the social determinants of oral health is essential for addressing oral health disparities and facilitating the implementation of effective oral health policies. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the primary dentition caries status among 7-year-old children and to explore individual- and family-level associated factors.…”
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Dynamic Impact of One-Year Integrated Rice–Crayfish Farming on Bacterioplankton Communities in Paddy Water by Yiran Hou, Qiancheng Xu, Yanhong Yang, Rui Jia, Xiongjian Huang, Linjun Zhou, Bing Li, Jian Zhu

“…Environmental factors and planktonic bacterial communities were evaluated during the tillering, jointing, flowering, and grain-filling stages on August 24, September 5, September 24, and October 16, respectively. …”
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Low Prevalence of Adequate eHealth Literacy and Willingness to Use Telemedicine Among Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Study From a Middle-Income Country by Supawadee Sainimnuan, Rinrada Preedachitkul, Ponnapa Petchthai, Yuwadee Paokantarakorn, Arunotai Siriussawakul, Varalak Srinonprasert

“…We applied univariable logistic regression analysis to elucidate the factors associated with eHealth literacy and willingness to use telemedicine. …”
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Empowerment of Community Creative Economy Through the Islamic Education Assembly (Majelis Taklim) by Handayani Indah Susanti

“…The Mezzo-Level Strategy was effectively implemented, focusing on empowering groups through education and training. …”
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Biomechanical effects of postural and cognitive loads on trunk of workers performing assembly tasks at hand functional height by Huishuan WU, Yu JIN, Yan LIU, Siyi ZENG, Cunwen QIAN, Kezhi JIN

“…In manual tasks, combinations of hand functional height (defined as working height below the waist), awkward postures, and cognitive load are common risk factors. However, there is limited literature documenting how these factors specifically alter biomechanical load on the neck, shoulders, and lower back when working at hand functional height.ObjectiveTo explore quantitative differences in biomechanical load on the neck, shoulders, and lower back of workers performing manual tasks at hand functional height under different postures and cognitive load combinations. …”
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