Suppression of the T-dependent antibody response following oral exposure to selected polycyclic aromatic compounds in B6C3F1/N mice by Victor J. Johnson, Cynthia V. Rider, Michael I. Luster, Cynthia J. Willson, Shawn Harris, Billie Stiffler, James Blake, Esra Mutlu, Veronica Godfrey, Brian Burback, Reshan Fernando, Suramya Waidyanatha, Gary R. Burleson, Dori R. Germolec

“…Careful characterization of strong positive and clear negative PACs is needed in order to lay the foundation for generating robust immunotoxicity data for structurally diverse PACs that have not yet been evaluated.MethodsIn the current study, adult B6C3F1/N female mice were treated daily for 28 consecutive days by oral administration of B(a)P to provide dose levels ranging between 2 and 150 mg/kg bodyweight/day. …”
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Design and rationale of MYOFLAME-19 randomised controlled trial: MYOcardial protection to reduce post-COVID inFLAMmatory heart disease using cardiovascular magnetic resonance Endpo... by Valentina O. Puntmann, Dietrich Beitzke, Andreas Kammerlander, Inga Voges, Dominik D. Gabbert, Marcus Doerr, Bishwas Chamling, Biykem Bozkurt, Juan Carlos Kaski, Erica Spatz, Eva Herrmann, Gernot Rohde, Philipp DeLeuw, Lenka Taylor, Christine Windemuth-Kieselbach, Cornelia Harz, Marta Santiuste, Laura Schoeckel, Juliana Hirayama, Peter C. Taylor, Colin Berry, Eike Nagel

“…ABSTRACT: Background: Cardiac symptoms due to postacute inflammatory cardiac involvement affect a broad segment of previously well people with only mild acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness and without overt structural heart disease. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging can identify the underlying subclinical disease process, which is associated with chronic cardiac symptoms. …”
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Comparison of post-stroke white matter assessment using disconnectome-symptom mapping versus quantitative diffusion MRI by Martin Domin, Sook-Lei Liew, Brenton Hordacre, Lara A Boyd, Adriana B Conforto, Justin W Andrushko, Michael R Borich, Richard C Craddock, Miranda R Donnelly, Adrienne N Dula, Steven J Warach, Steven A Kautz, Bethany P Tavenner, Na Jin Seo, Shraddha Srivastava, Kristin A Wong, Artemis Zavaliangos-Petropulu, Paul M Thompson, Martin Lotze

“…Indirect structural disconnection‐symptom mapping allows white matter impairment to be determined without the need for multi-directional diffusion (MDDW) imaging for each individual. …”
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The mediating role of professional values and self-efficacy in the relationship between organizational justice and quality of working life among nurses in southwestern Iran by Sahar Ansari, Zinat Mohebbi, Camellia Torabizadeh, Alimohammad Keshtavarz Hesam Abadi

“…To perform structural equation modeling (SEM) considering the sample size, we used Smart PLS version 4, and to determine the role and strength of the mediating effects of professional values and self-efficacy, we utilized Sobel tests and the Variance Accounted For (VAF) statistic. …”
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Os agentes comunitários de saúde nas práticas educativas: potencialidades e fragilidades [Community health workers in educational activities: potentials and weaknesses] [Los agente... by Elaine Franco dos Santos Araujo, Elisabete Pimenta Araújo Paz, Liane Gack Ghelman, Maria Yvone Chaves Mauro, Marilurde Donato, Sheila Nascimento Pereira de Farias

“…The study was approved by the research and ethics committee. Data were obtained by scripted, semi-structured interview and analyzed using content analysis. …”
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Non-targeted metabolomics and network pharmacology of Taohong Siwu Decoction in hepatic fibrosis mouse model using high resolution mass spectrometry by Shengsheng Li, Shengsheng Li, Shenglan Qi, Rongsheng Li, Fangming Yang, Zhenyi Niu, Wei Liu, Suping Ma, Zhun Xiao

“…Network pharmacology and metabolomic data were integrated to elucidate the therapeutic targets, differential metabolites, and signaling pathways of THSW Decoction. …”
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Processo de internação em clínica cirúrgica de um hospital público universitário [Process of hospitalization at surgical-clinic unit at a public university hospital] [Proceso de ho... by Nadja Maria Queiroz de Albuquerque, Alba Lucia Castelo Branco, Maria Regina Araujo Reicherte Pimentel, Frances Valeria Costa e Silva, Luciana Guimarães Assad, Matheus de Albuquerque Santos

“…Method: in this exploratory, qualitative, descriptive study, the 28 participants were members of the multidisciplinary team of surgical-clinic unit of a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected from February to April 2019 using two semi-structured interview scripts. …”
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Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention on psychological distress among women with a history of gender-based violence in urban Kenya: A randomised clinical trial. by Richard A Bryant, Alison Schafer, Katie S Dawson, Dorothy Anjuri, Caroline Mulili, Lincoln Ndogoni, Phiona Koyiet, Marit Sijbrandij, Jeannette Ulate, Melissa Harper Shehadeh, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Mark van Ommeren

“…Limitations of the study include no long-term follow-up, reliance on self-report rather than structured interview data, and lack of an attention control condition.…”
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Epidemiological, clinical, and molecular analysis of human adenovirus infections in hospitalized children with acute respiratory infections in Tianjin, China by Yulian Fang, Yulian Fang, Min Lei, Min Lei, Lu Zhang, Mengzhu Hou, Mengzhu Hou, Ning Wang, Ning Wang, Chunquan Cai, Chunquan Cai

“…Molecular characterization revealed structural conservation in the Penton protein of HAdV-C and identified Hexon as the most polymorphic region with 85 variable sites, indicating divergent evolutionary pressures across viral domains.ConclusionHAdV-3, HAdV-7, HAdV-2, and HAdV-1 were the predominant HAdV types in children hospitalized with ARIs in Tianjin. …”
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Vivências de alunos de enfermagem no laboratório de coleta de sangue: um olhar em Roy [Nursing students’ experiences in the blood laboratory: a look at roy] by Silvana Silveira Kempfer, Luciara Fabiane Sebold, Francine Gelbecke, Telma Elisa Carraro, Vera Radünz

“…Nineteen students were interviewed using a semi-structured instrument, in the second half of 2010. Data were organized using content analysis, generating the categories: stimuli perceived by the students in the three dimensions (focal, contextual and residual); and modes of adaptation used by students to cope with the experience of care. …”
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An integrated microbiome- and metabolome-genome-wide association study reveals the role of heritable ruminal microbial carbohydrate metabolism in lactation performance in Holstein... by Chenguang Zhang, Huifeng Liu, Xingwei Jiang, Zhihong Zhang, Xinfeng Hou, Yue Wang, Dangdang Wang, Zongjun Li, Yangchun Cao, Shengru Wu, Sharon A. Huws, Junhu Yao

“…Moreover, the highly heritable microbes can increase energy-corrected milk (ECM) production by reducing the rumen acetate/propionate ratio, according to the structural equation model (SEM) analysis (CFI = 0.898). …”
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Studying the Digital Intervention Engagement–Mediated Relationship Between Intrapersonal Measures and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Second... by Michael P Williams, Justin Manjourides, Louisa H Smith, Crissi B Rainer, Lisa B Hightow-Weidman, Danielle F Haley

“…Conversely, the direct effects observed in this study may reflect existing structural disparity (eg, race and ethnicity) or behavioral dispositions toward technology (eg, tracking health via phone apps). …”
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Insulinoterapia: conhecimento e práticas utilizadas por portadores de diabetes mellitus tipo 2 [Insulin therapy: knowledge and practices used by patients with type 2 diabetes melli... by Maria Albertina Rocha Diógenes, Ana Karen Pereira de Souza, Izabela Peixoto Cavalcante, Lúcia Claudiana Oliveira Lopes, Matilde Maria Campos Barroso Rebello

“…Descriptive study carried out with 55 subjects in a reference institution in Diabetes and Hypertension in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, from August to October 2010. For data collection we used semi-structured interview. …”
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A medicalização e patologização na perspectiva das mulheres transexuais: acessibilidade ou exclusão social [The medicalization and pathologization in the perspective of transgender... by Janaina Pinto Janini, Rosângela da Silva Santos, Octavio Muniz da Costa Vargens, Luciane Marques de Araújo

“…Method: descriptive, qualitative research with 40 transsexual women, performed between December 2016 and April 2017, using semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to content analysis. …”
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Molecular epidemiologic characteristics and pretreatment drug resistance of HIV-1 in young and middle-aged first-diagnosed infections, 2019–2021 in Pudong New Area, Shanghai by Yan TANG, Jingjing LANG, Qiuli XU, Huiqin FU, Panpan CHEN, Lipeng HAO

“…Demographic and epidemiologic data were collected through structured in-person interviews. …”
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Genomic characterization of three marine fungi, including Emericellopsis atlantica sp. nov. with signatures of a generalist lifestyle and marine biomass degradation by Ole Christian Hagestad, Lingwei Hou, Jeanette H. Andersen, Espen H. Hansen, Bjørn Altermark, Chun Li, Eric Kuhnert, Russell J. Cox, Pedro W. Crous, Joseph W. Spatafora, Kathleen Lail, Mojgan Amirebrahimi, Anna Lipzen, Jasmyn Pangilinan, William Andreopoulos, Richard D. Hayes, Vivian Ng, Igor V. Grigoriev, Stephen A. Jackson, Thomas D. S. Sutton, Alan D. W. Dobson, Teppo Rämä

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Striving to integrate self-management into daily life: a qualitative meta-synthesis of the perspectives and experiences from head and neck cancer survivors by Hao Zhang, Li Yin, Qing Yang, Aiping Wang, Linyu Xu, Jianxia Lyu

“…Two researchers independently screened the literature and performed quality assessments using the Joanna Briggs Institute qualitative research evaluation tool. Subsequently, data extraction was conducted to collect pertinent information. …”
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Aborto en Melilla: barreras de océano y frontera by Eva Estévanez Jiménez, Maite Cruz Piqueras

“…The study was guided by a theoretical framework that focuses on barriers to abortion access and sexual and reproductive rights. The collected data was analyzed using content analysis and categorized based on key dimensions of the study. …”
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Post-conflict nutritional status of school-age children in North Wollo zone, Northeast Ethiopia: a multi-center cross-sectional study by Zelalem Dejazmach, Birtukan Gizachew Ayal, Woldeteklehaymanot Kassahun, Getinet Kumie, Muluemebet Kassa, Berihun Mulu Yayeh, Seada Seid Ahmed, Abebe Worku Gela, Habtu Debash, Selamawit Ayalew, Asmamaw Ameshe, Abebaw Alamrew, Mulu Shiferaw Asfaw, Sefineh Fenta feleke, Melese Abate Reta

“…Methods Cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 2022 within the community, involving 584 school-age children. Socio-demographic data was collected through a structured questionnaire, and anthropometric measurements were transformed into indices using the World Health Organization’s Anthro-software. …”
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PRECISION MEDICINE IN CLL: TREATMENT BASED ON MOLECULAR PROFILES by Esra Terzi Demirsoy

“…The current international consensus defines ''undetectable'' MRD as U-MRD4, though some studies report data at MRD5 or lower levels. Currently, MRD is associated with disease prognosis and is utilized to adjust the duration of treatment. …”
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