Rapid Decrease in Dextrose Concentration After Intra-Articular Knee Injection: Implications for Mechanism of Action of Dextrose Prolotherapy by Kenneth Dean Reeves, Jordan R. Atkins, Clare R. Solso, Chin-I Cheng, Ian M. Thornell, King Hei Stanley Lam, Yung-Tsan Wu, Thomas Motyka, David Rabago

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Association of sociodemographic factors and television food advertisements with junk food consumption among a sample of adolescents aged 13 to 17 in Magura district, Bangladesh: a... by Shammy Akter, Md. Hasan Al Banna, Justice Kanor Tetteh, Trisha Mallick, Bably Sabina Azhar, Joytun Nahar, Masuma Chowdhury, Addah Graham Gilbert Wilfred, Sumaia Sahrin

“…Policymakers and nutrition experts may use these data to modify food labelling and television commercial rules in order to develop family-oriented interventions to improve diet quality and health indicators.…”
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Effects of Different Levels of Green Tea Powder on Performance, Antioxidant Activity, Egg Mass, Quality, and Cecal Microflora of Chickens by Wei Luo, Qisong Tan, Hui Li, Tao Ye, Tao Xiao, Xingzhou Tian, Weiwei Wang

“…The statistical software SPSS was used to perform a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) on the experimental data, and Duncan’s method was used to perform multiple comparisons among groups. …”
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Context specific challenges of the WHO infection prevention and control core components in the Faranah region: a mixed methods approach by Anna Borodova, Amadou Aziz Diallo, Christine Timbo Songbono, Carlos Rocha, Ibrahima Nabé, Frederic Le Marcis, Mahamoud Sama Cherif, Sophie Alice Müller

“…These rates vary globally, with scare data suggesting that the highest prevalence occurs in the African region exceeding 50% in Guinea. …”
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Bridging knowledge and practice in the prevention of child maltreatment in medicine: an analysis of counselling and training approaches by Anna Eberhardt, Anna Eberhardt, Ulrike Hoffmann, Ulrike Hoffmann, Jörg M. Fegert, Jörg M. Fegert, Oliver Berthold, Oliver Berthold

“…The combination of individual counseling and structured training can improve child protection expertise comprehensively. …”
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MRI-based 3D models of cranial nerves in clinical care: a systematic review by Manon C. M. Moll, Luc H. E. Karssemakers, Milou Baarsma, Loes M. M. Braun, Leon C. ter Beek, Stevie van der Mierden, Baris Karakullukcu, Ludi E. Smeele, Maarten J. A. van Alphen, Matthijs H. Valstar

“…Abstract Background Technical advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition and reconstruction have improved the visualization of anatomical structures such as cranial nerves (CNs) and enabled subsequent three-dimensional (3D) models for use in clinical care. …”
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Lessons from the Frontline: A Phenomenological Study into Faculty Members’ Experiences with Challenges of Remote Online Exams in Medical Sciences Universities by Mostafa Hadavinejad, Mahdieh Azin, Asieh Fatemidokht, Jalal Hassanshahi, Afsaneh Amiri Khorasani, Foad Iranmanesh

“…Purposeful sampling was implemented to ensure maximum diversity. Data were gathered through comprehensive, semi-structured interviews lasting between 60 to 90 minutes, conducted either face-to-face or through online platforms. …”
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Use of MedSafer electronic decision support for deprescribing in patients on hemodialysis: a qualitative study by Émilie Bortolussi-Courval, Jimmy J. Lee, Emilie Trinh, Lisa M. McCarthy, M. Battistella, Ryan Hanula, Todd C. Lee, Kathleen Rice, Emily G. McDonald

“…Interviews with participating nephrologists were conducted and transcribed by the study lead. Afterwards, data was coded and analyzed thematically with a focus on their perspective on participating in a quality improvement project during their clinical practice. …”
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Integrating Geodetector and GTWR to Unveil Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity in China’s Agricultural Carbon Emissions Under the Dual Carbon Goals by Huae Dang, Yuanjie Deng, Yifeng Hai, Hang Chen, Wenjing Wang, Miao Zhang, Xingyang Liu, Can Yang, Minghong Peng, Dingdi Jize, Mei Zhang, Long He

“…To reveal the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and complex driving mechanisms of agricultural carbon emissions (ACEs), this study constructs a comprehensive accounting framework for agricultural carbon emissions based on provincial panel data from China spanning 2000 to 2023. The framework encompasses three major carbon sources—cropland use, rice cultivation, and livestock farming—enabling precise quantification of total agricultural carbon emissions. …”
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Combining ATAC-seq and RNA-seq reveals key genes for gonadal abnormalities in one-month-old XX-DSD pigs by Congying Yu, Bingzhou Zhong, Yuqiao Zhang, Haiquan Zhao, Jinhua Wu, Haiyi Yu, Hui Yu, Hua Li

“…Following this, we analyzed ATAC-seq data and identified 14,820 differential accessible chromatin peaks. …”
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Exploring the impact of an interventional approach to resident teaching in anesthesiology clerkships by Carine Zeeni, Halah Ibrahim, Nathalie Khoueiry Zgheib, Elie Saliba, Marc Moukarzel, Reine Obeid, Nadine Abi Younes, Midhat Siddik, Gladys Honein Abou Haidar, Fatima Msheik-El Khoury

“…An open-ended question elicited students’ feedback on the behaviors of effective resident teachers. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. …”
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Assessing Paramedics’ Competence and Training in End-of-Life Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in Saudi Arabia by Ahmed Alanazy, Fatimah Khalifah Alsahli, Zahra Essam Alhassan, Zahra Hassan Alabdrabulridha, Moneerah Khalifah Aljomaan, Abdullah Alruwaili

“…The survey was structured into two parts, with the second part developed from the relevant literature. …”
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Genomic Prediction in a Self-Fertilized Progenies of <i>Eucalyptus</i> spp. by Guilherme Ferreira Melchert, Filipe Manoel Ferreira, Fabiana Rezende Muniz, Jose Wilacildo de Matos, Thiago Romanos Benatti, Itaraju Junior Baracuhy Brum, Leandro de Siqueira, Evandro Vagner Tambarussi

“…However, its efficiency may be compromised due to the complex structures of breeding populations, which arise from the use of multiple parents from different species. …”
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Prevalence and distribution of Cryptosporidium spp. in cattle in central and western Inner Mongolia, China by Ziran Mo, Bin Xu, Jingwei Quan, Qinghan Meng, Xu Jiang, Junyan Li, Jia Wang, Yaping Xuan, Xingyu Ruan, Wenbin Yang, Xiaoping Luo, Wei Hu

“…Although Inner Mongolia is an important production and export base for beef, milk, and other cattle products, there is a paucity of comprehensive data on the prevalence of Cryptosporidium in cattle in the region. …”
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Study of sociodemographic factors and perceptions of women in the reproductive age group with anaemia – A hospital-based cross-sectional study in South India by N Bushra Thasneem, Resmi S. Kaimal, Abdul Hakeem Thengu Murichathil

“…To eliminate repeats, caution was taken not to include previously recorded data if such a situation arose where previously the interviewed person came for subsequent visit during the study period. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the training needs assessment for critical care nurses by Amir Jalali, Mostafa Bafandeh Zendeh, Azam Sharifi, Amirhossein Naghibzadeh, Leila Moradi, Jalal Karimi, Nazanin Mardani Taghvostani, Khalil Moradi

“…Results The results of the EFA and CFA confirmed the thirteen-factor structure with 66 items, explaining 62.337% of the total variance. …”
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Lipopolysaccharide and ARDS caused by new coronavirus infection: hypotheses and facts by I. A. Yatskov, V. A. Beloglazov, E. I. Ryapova

“…This review presents data from the literature that provide insight into the role of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of the Gram-negative bacteria in pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection. …”
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Optimizing XGBoost Hyperparameters for Credit Scoring Classification Using Weighted Cognitive Avoidance Particle Swarm by Atul Vikas Lakra, Sudarson Jena, Kaushik Mishra

“…Decision trees offer the advantage of handling high-dimensional and complexly correlated data through feature combination and selection. Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) overcomes the issue of overfitting in decision trees by integrating multiple tree models. …”
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The effectiveness of online Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing 2.0 Group Protocol on post-traumatic stress disorders symptoms, depression, anxiety, and stress in individ... by Alişan Burak Yasar, İbrahim Gundogmus, Derin Kubilay, Görkem Alban Tunca, Ersin Uygun, Zeynep Zat Çiftçi, Önder Kavakcı, Önder Kavakcı

“…The participants were given a sociodemographic data form, Depression Anxiety Stress 21 scale (DASS-21) and Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R). …”
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Exploring Virtual Reality-Based Reminiscence Therapy on Cognitive and Emotional Well-Being in People with Cognitive Impairments: A Scoping Review by Susanna Pardini, Riccardo Calcagno, Anna Genovese, Elio Salvadori, Oscar Mayora Ibarra

“…The scoping review protocol is registered a priori with the Center for Open Science (OSF) (registration type: OSF Preregistration, data registered: 15 November 2024, associated project: osf.io/r7jha, identifier: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/R7JHA).…”
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