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

“…The women were encouraged to use locally available nutrient-dense foods to enhance dietary adequacy and -diversity. We applied linear programming to identify food combinations that could increase micronutrient intakes. …”
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A Dual-Recognition Electrochemical Sensor Using Bacteria-Imprinted Polymer and Concanavalin A for Sensitive and Selective Detection of <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 by Xuejie Niu, Yuanbing Ma, Hui Li, Shuang Sun, Luoyuan Shi, Juan Yan, Donglei Luan, Yong Zhao, Xiaojun Bian

“…The sensor exhibits a linear detection range of 10¹–10⁵ CFU mL⁻¹ and a low detection limit of 10 CFU mL⁻¹. …”
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Thiamine dose response in human milk with supplementation among lactating women in Cambodia: study protocol for a double-blind, four-parallel arm randomised controlled trial by Kyly C Whitfield, Hou Kroeun, Tim Green, Frank T Wieringa, Mam Borath, Prak Sophonneary, Jeffrey R Measelle, Dare Baldwin, Lisa N Yelland, Shalem Leemaqz, Kathleen Chan, Jelisa Gallant

“…At 2, 12 and 24 weeks, we will collect sociodemographic, nutrition and health information, a battery of cognitive assessments, maternal (2 and 24 weeks) and infant (24 weeks only) venous blood samples (biomarkers: ThDP and transketolase activity) and human milk samples (also at 4 weeks; biomarker: milk thiamine concentrations). …”
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Research on gut microbiota characteristics of PBC patients at different ALBI grades based on machine learning by Han Shi, Qi Wang, Qi Wang, Qi Wang, Bin Xu, Yanmin Liu, Juan Zhao, Xue Yang, Chunyang Huang, Ronghua Jin, Ronghua Jin, Ronghua Jin, Ronghua Jin

“…Both the comparison of the most abundant genera and the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) in LEfSe demonstrated that Lachnospira had a higher abundance and better discriminative ability in ALBI grade 1. …”
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Percepción de la relación deporte-política desde las funciones de la economía política (Perception of the sport-politics relationship from the functions of political economy) by José Ramón Sanabria Navarro, Yahilina Silveira Pérez, William Alejandro Niebles Núñez

“…Quantitative research was using a sample of 321 persons the sports sector in the departments of Córdoba and Sucre in Colombia. …”
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Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Liver Cirrhotic Patients: Proportion, Correlation, and Relationship of Diastolic Parameters with Stage of Liver Dysfunction by Prionggo Mondrowinduro, Irsan Hasan, Idrus Alwi, Murdani Abdullah

“…Data were extracted to determine prevalence, normality test, Spearman correlation test, and multivariate linear regression test using SPSS for Windows. …”
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The effects of Shenkang suppository on kidney function and gut microbiota in nondialysis patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3–4: A randomized controlled trial by Weiwei Zhang, Xin Zhang, Shuang Xu, Yousuf Abdulkarim Waheed, Yousuf Abdulkarim Waheed, Yizhou Xu, Shulin Li, Shulin Li, Dong Sun, Dong Sun, Dong Sun

“…Baseline data, clinical indicators, kidney markers, and stool samples were obtained from participants before and after treatment. …”
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National serosurvey and risk mapping reveal widespread distribution of Coxiella burnetii in Kenya by Lillian Wambua, Bernard Bett, Hussein M. Abkallo, Mathew Muturi, Daniel Nthiwa, Richard Nyamota, Enock Kiprono, Lynn Kirwa, Francis Gakuya, Andrew W. Bartlow, Earl A. Middlebrook, Jeanne Fair, Kariuki Njenga, John Gachohi, Athman Mwatondo, James M. Akoko

“…These samples were screened for the pathogen using PrioCHECK Ruminant Q Fever AB Plate ELISA kit. …”
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Impacts of soil physical and mechanical behaviors under different tillage depths for agrotechnical operation in Bukito, Sidama, Ethiopia by Samuel Ketena, Girma Gebresenbet, Kishor Purushottam Kolhe, Miheret Dananto, Yared Seifu, Markos Mathwos

“…Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) field experimental design was spotted to take soil samples using appropriate sample equipment and further lab analysis was conducted. …”
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Bridges to treatment satisfaction: the roles of trauma, social support, race and ethnicity among perinatal women receiving behavioural activation therapy by Maya Zaidan, Andrea S. Lawson, Nicole Andrejek, Kate Walsh, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Richard K. Silver, Alison M. Stuebe, Simone N. Vigod, Daisy R. Singla

“…Hierarchical multiple linear regression examined whether PTS symptoms, perceived social support, race and ethnicity predicted treatment satisfaction. …”
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Clinical and genetic determinants of worse sexual experience in male patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis: a multimodal study by Feng Huang, Jian Zhu, Yiwen Wang, Jianglin Zhang, Dai Gao, Xiaojian Ji, Lidong Hu, Xingkang Liu

“…A two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) design was conducted to examine the potential causal association of r-axSpA with the risk of ED.Results There was a significant difference in the total sexual experience score between patients with r-axSpA and healthy controls (41.81±8.71 vs 50.23±8.82, p&lt;0.001). …”
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Immunogenetics of longevity and its association with human endogenous retrovirus K by Lisa M. James, Lisa M. James, Lisa M. James, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos

“…Here we tested the hypothesis that certain HLA alleles may promote longevity by enhanced ability to counter virus antigens that may otherwise contribute to morbidity and mortality.MethodsWe utilized high-resolution genotyping to characterize HLA and apolipoprotein E in a large sample (N = 986) of participants (469 men, 517 women) ranging in age from 24 to 90+ years old (mean age: 58.10 years) and identified 244 HLA alleles that occurred in the sample. …”
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The Relationship Between Binge Eating Behavior and Psychological Pain in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder by Aynur Özbay, Mehmet Emin Demirkol, Lut Tamam, Zeynep Namlı, Mahmut Onur Karaytuğ, Caner Yeşiloğlu

“…Longitudinal studies comparing individuals with different BMIs in different clinical samples are needed to confirm our results.…”
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Utilizing plant-based biogenic volatile organic compounds (bVOCs) to detect aflatoxin in peanut plants, pods, and kernels by Daniel E. Sabo, Justin J. Pitts, Olga Kemenova, Christopher A. Heist, Benjamin Joffe, Xiaojuan (Judy) Song, William M. Hammond

“…It was found using only bVOCs, that Random Forest classification performed well for the analysis of the pod and kernel samples with an F1 score of 0.80. On the other hand, Linear Discriminate Analysis (LDA) was only able to correctly classify 50 % of plant-based samples solely on bVOCs alone, which may be due to training models developed using original labels assuming no cross contamination at the field level. …”
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Dietary fiber source and stage of gestation impact water balance, fecal physicochemical properties, serum electrolytes, and markers of gut motility in sows by Thomas A. Crome, Kyle D. Vahlenkamp, Rachel M. Self, Mark A. Giesemann, Amy L. Petry

“…Two 8-day metabolism periods occurred during mid- (days 50-59) and late-gestation (days 99-108). Fecal samples for physicochemical property analysis and serum samples were taken on day 1 of each period. …”
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An HPLC-MS/MS method for the quantification of heat stress-related milk metabolites in milk from Holstein-Friesian cross-bred cows in Tanzania by V Habimana, AS Nguluma, ZC Nziku, CC Ekine-Dzivenu, G Morota, R Mrode, SW Chenyambuga

“…The calibration curves were linear and ranged from 0.0025 to 0.64 µg/mL for creatinine, 1.25 to 3.20 µg/mL for citrate, and 0.25 to1.28 µg/mL for 3-BHB. …”
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Hormonal balance, anovulatory cycles and luteal phase deficiency: exploring relationships between hematological variables, sex hormones and V̇O2max in athletes by Paula Recacha-Ponce, Pilar Suárez-Alcázar, Carlos Hernando, Pablo Salas-Medina, Maria Muriach, Pablo Baliño, Isabel Guisado-Cuadrado, Eladio Collado-Boira

“…However, it was observed that 26% of the sample did not reach this threshold, exhibiting anovulatory cycles or cycles with deficient luteal phases. …”
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Risk factors of colorectal cancer in middle-aged and elder adults in China: findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study by Lin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Yuyan Zhang, Yujia Huo, Yujia Huo, Yang Zhao, Aimin Xu, Zhining Liu, Qiaojun Hong, Huiming Tu, Junjie Huang, Li Liu

“…However, probably because of the small sample size of colorectal cancer patients, no indicator was confirmed to be risk factor of colorectal cancer in the multivariable logistic regression. …”
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A novel biochemical analysis for ApoE4 quantification in plasma and discrimination of homozygous and heterozygous APOE ε4 carriers by Andrés Rodríguez, Olga Calero, Sergio Veiga, Miriam Menacho-Román, Ignacio Arribas, Lluís Cano, Guillermo García-Ribas, Miguel Calero

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Effect of person-centered intervention on women’s knowledge and attitude towards obstetric violence during facility childbirth in southwest Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study by Ayanos Taye, Tefera Belachew

“…Additionally, a generalized linear regression model was employed to determine the effect size of the intervention on women’s knowledge and attitudes, adjusting for background variables. …”
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