Lower limb injuries and their association with anthropometrics - an observational study of 381 German elite youth football players by Sebastian Viktor Waldemar Schulz, Lynn Matits, Eric Schwarz, Achim Jerg, Moritz Otte, Patrick Wiedemann, Daniel Alexander Bizjak, Johannes Kirsten, Alexander-Stephan Henze

“…Conclusion This study provides the first structured overview of lower limb injuries in two German elite youth football academies and their association with anthropometric data. …”
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A Wearable Sensor Node for Measuring Air Quality Through Citizen Science Approach: Insights from the SOCIO-BEE Project by Nicole Morresi, Maite Puerta-Beldarrain, Diego López-de-Ipiña, Alex Barco, Oihane Gómez-Carmona, Carlos López-Gomollon, Diego Casado-Mansilla, Maria Kotzagianni, Sara Casaccia, Sergi Udina, Gian Marco Revel

“…The findings demonstrate that wearable low-cost sensors, when supported by a structured engagement and data validation framework, can provide reliable, actionable air quality data, empowering citizens and informing evidence-based environmental policy.…”
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Assessment of Hand Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Among Health Sciences Students in Herat, Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ejaz E, Masudi M, Rahimi A, Osmani K, Shayan NA

“…This study assesses the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) related to HH among final-year health sciences students in Herat, Afghanistan.Methods: A convenience-based cross-sectional study was conducted in October to December 2023 at public and private health sciences institutions in Herat, using a structured questionnaire to assess KAP on HH. A sample of 427 participated. …”
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Carry-over effects in Culex species along a land use gradient with differences in microclimatic conditions by Carmen Villacañas de Castro, Johann Musculus, Esther Timmermann, Renke Lühken, Ellen Kiel, Felix Gregor Sauer

“…Results A piecewise structural equation model (SEM) was employed to simultaneously estimate the linear regression coefficients for various predicted relationships. …”
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Automatic melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer diagnosis using advanced adaptive fine-tuned convolution neural networks by Muhammad Amir Khan, Tehseen Mazhar, Muhammad Danish Ali, Umar Farooq Khattak, Tariq Shahzad, Mamoon M. Saeed, Habib Hamam

“…This unsupervised technique enables the mining of discriminative features from the skin cancer images, effectively mitigating overfitting concerns and letting the model adjust structural features of skin cancer images, facilitating effective detection of skin cancer features. …”
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Urban malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of epidemiologic studies by Hailu Merga, Teshome Degefa, Zewdie Birhanu, Afework Tadele, Ming-Chieh Lee, Guiyun Yan, Delenasaw Yewhalaw

“…This scoping review maps the epidemiology of urban malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, identifying research gaps and guiding strategies for control and elimination. Methods A structured search across multiple databases was performed using predefined eligibility criteria to select articles. …”
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Anthropology of Religion as a Bridge between East and West: A Cultural Anthropological Distinction between Intercultural Communication and Worldviews by Pieter BOERSEMA

“… At the beginning of cultural anthropology in the 19th century it was mainly a Western affair to describe non-Western cultures, and religion was an important phenomenon. In the Structural Functionalism of the mid-20th century (Malinowski, Radcliffe Brown), religion was part of society and could be described in an agnostic way. …”
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Development and testing of data infrastructure in the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Clinical Emergency Data Registry for opioid‐related research by Andrew Taylor, Jeremiah Kinsman, Kathryn Hawk, Gail D'Onofrio, Caitlin Malicki, Bill Malcom, Pawan Goyal, Arjun K. Venkatesh

“…Future work should focus on implementing structured data collection tools, such as standardized documentation templates and adhering to data standards within the EHR that would better characterize ED‐specific care for opioid use disorder and related research.…”
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Nasal carriage rate and multiple antimicrobial resistance indices of Staphylococcus aureus among healthcare students at the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria by Sumayya Abdullahi, Idris N. Abdullahi, Hafeez A. Adekola, Nicholas Baamlong, Amos Dangana, Yahaya Usman, Abdurrahman E. Ahmad, Sumaiya Salisu, Mukhtar M. Abdulaziz

“…Antimicrobial resistance phenotype was determined by the disk diffusion method. Structured questionnaires were used to collect participants’ sociodemographic and risk factor data. …”
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Exploring perceptions of dignity among older adults living in nursing homes: a qualitative study by Kejimu Sunzi, Hui Luo, Lina Yin, Yadi Li, Xin Zhou, Cheng Lei

“…Between June and December 2023, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 35 nursing-home residents in western China (aged 65–92 years; length of stay 1 to > 7 years). …”
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Study of the spatiotemporal evolution of the stress, deformation and creep characteristics of pillars in solid potash mines by Luwei Zhang, Gaofeng Ren, Yongxiang Ge, Congrui Zhang, Xin Wang

“…The ore layer is composed of carnallite and sodium chloride, and there are staggered structural planes in the ore layer, resulting in an asymmetric deformation mode of radial displacement. …”
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Genome-wide analysis of the laccase gene family in tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius): insights into stem development, lignification, and responses to abiotic stress by Deepak Kumar Jha, Deepak Kumar Jha, Subhadarshini Parida, Seema Pradhan, Nrisingha Dey, Shuvobrata Majumder

“…Further expression analysis in X-ray-induced bfs (bast fibre-shy) mutant tossa jute lines suggested that ColLAC34 is involved in both lignification and structural development, while ColLAC22, ColLAC40, and ColLAC46 play key roles in lignification. …”
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Socioeconomic status and lifestyle as factors of multimorbidity among older adults in China: results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey by Wei Gong, Wei Gong, Wei Gong, Xiaoxiao Hu, Huimin Cui, Huimin Cui, Yuxin Zhao, Yuxin Zhao, Hong Lin, Hong Lin, Hong Lin, Peng Sun, Peng Sun, Jianjun Yang, Jianjun Yang

“…Socioeconomic and functional variables were dominant factors associated with multimorbidity, suggesting structural roots of health inequality. These findings offered empirical and theoretical support for early risk stratification and targeted public health interventions aimed at mitigating multimorbidity in aging populations.…”
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South Africa’s male homicide epidemic: Who is killing men and why do we ignore the victims? by Richard Matzopoulos, Morna Cornell, Brett Bowman, Lorna J. Martin, Rachel Jewkes, Naeema Abrahams

“…Broad population-based approaches are required to address the insidious effect of recalcitrant societal norms and structural interventions to overcome the root causes of poverty and inequality and the poor control of alcohol and firearms. …”
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Spatial ratio of two fungal genotypes content of Naematelia aurantialba and Stereum hirsutum in nutritional growth substrate and fruiting bodies reveals their potential parasitic l... by Jianqiong Lan, Yongkang Zhang, Yingli Cai, Xiaofei Shi, Kaixuan Zhang, Jiacheng Huang, Chengmo Yang, Xinhua He, Fuqiang Yu, Wei Liu

“…Our findings support a refined life cycle model: S. hirsutum initially colonizes and degrades substrates, forming the structural foundation for subsequent parasitism by N. aurantialba during reproductive development, ultimately yielding deformed composite fruiting bodies. …”
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Cardiovascular abnormalities in children with Turner syndrome: a 15-year retrospective study and analysis of warning signs by Hongliang Jia, Ye Li, Ye Li, Panwang Huang, Panwang Huang, Beilei Zeng, Beilei Zeng, Yuan Zhou, Yuan Zhou, Zhuangjian Xu, Yaping Ma, Yaping Ma

“…The proportions of haplotypes, chimeric types, and structural abnormalities in the TS without CAs group were 9/31, 16/31, and 6/31, respectively. …”
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Cognition and experience of surgical incisions in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery with enhanced recovery after surgery protocol: A qualitative study by Hongxia Xu, Yihong Xu, Gongjie Shi, Jiaqi Lu, Liping Zhu, Guibing He, Xiao Liang

“…The participants were adults (≥18 years) who underwent elective laparoscopic abdominal surgery under ERAS, excluding those with cognitive impairments, language barriers, or emergency procedures. Semi-structured interviews, covering physical function, social function, emotional function, self and others’ acceptance, and confidence in the nature and treatment of the disease, were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim and guided by a thematic framework co-developed by surgeons, nurses, and psychologists. …”
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Perceptions and attitudes of nurse practitioners toward artificial intelligence adoption in health care by Moustaq Karim Khan Rony, Sharker Md. Numan, Fateha tuj Johra, Khadiza Akter, Fazila Akter, Mitun Debnath, Sujit Mondal, Md. Wahiduzzaman, Mousumi Das, Mohammad Ullah, Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Shuvashish Das Bala, Mst. Rina Parvin

“…Data were collected through a semi‐structured questionnaire with 37 nurse practitioners selected through purposive sampling, specifically Maximum Variation Sampling and Expert Sampling techniques, to ensure diversity in characteristics. …”
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Costs of biomarker testing in advanced non‐small cell lung cancer: a global study comparing next‐generation sequencing and single‐gene testing by Umberto Malapelle, Chien‐Chin Chen, Enrique deÁlava, Paul Hofman, Daniel Kazdal, Tae‐Jung Kim, Tony Kiat Hon Lim, Aleš Ryška, Angelica A Saetta, Ed Schuuring, Giancarlo Troncone, Michele Biscuola, Yi‐Lin Chen, Gek San Tan, Charles Hugo Marquette, Maria Michelli, Arja terElst, Hana Vošmiková, Joshua Kapp, Sebastian Gonzalez‐McQuire, Andromachi Giannopoulou, Jean Marie Franzini, Victoria Lucia Rabsiun Aramburu, Anna Baggi, Albrecht Stenzinger

“…Biomarker data collected via structured questionnaires (1 January–31 December 2021) were used to feed micro‐costing analyses for three scenarios [‘Starting Point’ (SP; 2021–2022), ‘Current Practice’ (CP; 2023–2024), and ‘Future Horizons’ (FH; 2025–2028)] in both a real‐world model, comprising all biomarkers tested by each center, and a standardized model, comprising the same sets of biomarkers across centers. …”
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Influence mechanism of natural factors and human socio-economic activities on ecosystem health in arid regions of Central Asia: A case study of Fuyun area, northwest China by Xu Bi, Kailong Shi, Yongyong Fu, Wangyue Zhou, Ruoning Zhao, Haijun Bao

“…Subsequently, the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and mediation analysis were employed to investigate the interactive mechanisms among influencing factors and elucidate the drivers of EHI changes.The findings indicated that: (1) EHI exhibited significant spatial heterogeneity, decreasing along the elevation gradient from north to south. (2) Potential evapotranspiration (PET), temperature, and precipitation were the primary drivers of EHI spatial differentiation. …”
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