Associations among skin carotenoids, anthropometric parameters and healthy lifestyle behaviors in young adults: a cross-sectional, population-based study by Giuseppina Augimeri, Danilo Lofaro, Adele Vivacqua, Ines Barone, Cinzia Giordano, Catia Morelli, Domenico Conforti, Diego Sisci, Stefania Catalano, Daniela Bonofiglio, The MeDiet Working Group

“…Student’s t-test, chi-squared test, and univariate and multiple linear regressions were used for analyses. Results Participants had a mean BMI of 23.30 ± 3.79, which falls within the normal range as well as a medium adherence to the dietary (MEDAS: 7.19 ± 1.86) and lifestyle (MEDLIFE: 3.38 ± 1.21) MD patterns. …”
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Impact of Maternal Parity and Direct-Fed Microbial Supplementation on Reproductive Performance, Digestibility, and Milk Quality from Early Gestation to Lactation in Sows by Panumas Kongpanna, John A. Doerr, Uttra Jamikorn, Dachrit Nilubol

“…Moreover, the parity showed linear effect on TB, BA, LW, litter size (LS), WW, total PWM, the ATTD of OM and EE, colostrum IgG at 12 h and IgA at 12 and 24 h post-partum, milk fat at L7 and L21, and milk lactose at L14 (<i>p <</i> 0.05). …”
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Diagnostic tests, drug prescriptions, and follow-up patterns after incident heart failure: A cohort study of 93,000 UK patients. by Nathalie Conrad, Andrew Judge, Dexter Canoy, Jenny Tran, Johanna O'Donnell, Milad Nazarzadeh, Gholamreza Salimi-Khorshidi, F D Richard Hobbs, John G Cleland, John J V McMurray, Kazem Rahimi

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>For this retrospective population-based study, we used linked primary and secondary health records from a representative sample of the UK population provided by the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). …”
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Seasonal Variations in the Structure and Function of the Gut Flora in Adult Male Rhesus Macaques Reared in Outdoor Colonies by Longbao Lv, Feiyan Zhang, Haimei Zhou, Wenxian Xiao, Yingzhou Hu, Wenchao Wang, Zhu Zhu, Fangming Zhu, Dongdong Qin, Xintian Hu

“…The phyla Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes and the genus <i>Prevotella 9</i> were the significantly dominant groups in all 120 fecal samples from the rhesus monkeys. A linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe) analysis (LDA > 4) indicated that at the phylum level, Firmicutes was significantly enriched in winter, Bacteroidetes was significantly enriched in summer, and Proteobacteria and Campylobacter were significantly enriched in spring. …”
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Salivary microbiota profile in adult and children population according to active dentin caries: a metagenomic preliminary analysis by Nuria Tamayo-Estebaranz, Nuria Tamayo-Estebaranz, Carolina Muñoz-González, Ana María Gil-Valcárcel, Ana María Gil-Valcárcel, Paula Calvo López-Dávalos, Andrea Martín-Vacas, Marta M. Paz-Cortés, Juan Manuel Aragoneses

“…DNA was obtained from the pellet of saliva samples using the Bacterial DNA kit and analysed with the Illumina NextSeq platform from all participants. …”
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Formation and Characterization of Xylitol-Modified Glycidyl Methacrylate-<i>co</i>-Ethyl Methacrylate Matrices for Controlled Release of Antimicrobial Compounds by Adam Chyzy, Przemysław Gnatowski, Edyta Piłat, Maciej Sienkiewicz, Katarzyna Wozniak, Marta Wojnicka, Krzysztof Brzezinski, Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska

“…A statistical analysis of API release using Linear Mixed Model was performed, examining the relationship between % mass of API, sample (hydrogels and control), time, sample–time interaction, and variability between individuals. …”
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Methamphetamine use and associated factors among people who inject drugs in Iran 2020 by Yasaman Mansoori, Soheil Mehmandoost, Mehrdad Khezri, Ali Mirzazadeh, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Naser Nasiri, Mohammad Sharifi, Hamidreza Rashidi, Abedin Iranpour, Mostafa Shokoohi, Nima Ghalekhani, Marjan Pedarzadeh, Surur Fuladi, Mohammad Karamouzian, Hamid Sharifi

“…We used RDS-Gile's SS weighted analysis for descriptive statistics and a survey package (svy) using linearized variance estimations and stratification by cities for bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses. …”
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Gender Differences for the Associations among Housework, Self-Stigma, and Psychiatric Symptoms among Community Severe Mental Disorder Patients by Li Q, Xu M, Chen Y, Su X, Zhong Y, Wang M, Sun L

“…Self-stigma fully mediated the housework and psychiatric symptoms (indirect effect = − 2.228, 95% CI = − 4.046, − 0.716).Conclusion: Housework alleviated psychiatric symptoms in both genders, but only reduced the self-stigma of disease in women, suggesting its potential as a modifiable rehabilitation intervention.Limitation: The cross-sectional design precludes causal inferences, self-reported data may introduce recall bias, the Shandong-based sample limits generalizability, unmeasured confounders (eg, medications, comorbidities) warrant further study, and the small sample size may reduce statistical power.Keywords: severe mental illness, housework, self-stigma, psychiatric symptoms, social participation…”
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Prevalence of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in regions with varying transmission intensities and implications for malaria elimination in Mainland Tanzania by Misago D. Seth, Zachary R. Popkin-Hall, Rashid A. Madebe, Rule Budodo, Catherine Bakari, Beatus M. Lyimo, David Giesbrecht, Ramadhani Moshi, Ruth B. Mbwambo, Filbert Francis, Dativa Pereus, Doris Mbata, Daniel P. Challe, Salehe S. Mandai, Gervas A. Chacha, Angelina J. Kisambale, Daniel Mbwambo, Sijenunu Aaron, Abdallah Lusasi, Samwel Lazaro, Celine I. Mandara, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Jonathan J. Juliano, Julie R. Gutman, Deus S. Ishengoma

“…Results Of the selected samples, 525/2685 (19.6%) were positive by qPCR for P. falciparum, and the positivity rates varied across different regions. …”
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Game-Related Statistics in the Spanish Water Polo League: Differences between Seasons (Estadísticas de partido en la Liga Española de Waterpolo: Diferencias entre temporadas) by María del Carmen Iglesias Pérez, Enrique García Ordóñez, Carlos Touriño González

“… The aim of this study was to identify the differences between seasons in men´s water polo regular competition by analysing the changes of game-related statistics. The sample comprised 88 games from the Spanish Professional Water Polo League (2011-2014). …”
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Excess costs of transgender and gender-diverse people with gender incongruence and gender dysphoria compared with people from the general population in Germany: a secondary analysi... by Judith Dams, Hans-Helmut König, Thomas Grochtdreis, Peer Briken, Alexander Konnopka, Janis Renner, Arne Dekker, Timo Nieder

“…Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the excess costs associated with GIC/GD in Germany.Design In a secondary analysis, baseline data of a randomised controlled trial with a sample of TGD people with GIC/GD were combined with data of a telephone survey conducted in a representative sample of the general German population. …”
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Simultaneous detection and differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria in smear-negative sputum by a multiplex PCR assay: a clinical feasibility s... by Long Xie, Jing Cao, Yong Yang, Shao-Long Jiang, Jin-Lin Tan, Jia Zhang, Ze-Fan Ruan, Li Chen, Da-Yong Xu, Zhong Chen, Ming-Xiang Huang, Xi-Wen Jiang

“…The multiplex PCR assay demonstrated a wide linear dynamic range (108–103 copies/mL), low limit of detection (103 copies/mL), high precision (intra-assay CV 0.05–1.18%, inter-assay CV 0.08–2.57%), and complete specificity for both M. tuberculosis and NTM. …”
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Impact of dairy farming on gut microbiota structure and diversity of practitioners by Zhaojie WANG, Xixiao MA, Xianxia LIU, Yanggui CHEN, Xueying XIANG, Wanting XU, Jiguo JIN, Fan WU, Xiangnan WEI, Jianyong WU, Fuye LI

“…MethodsThe 16S rRNA full-length amplicon sequencing technology was used to sequence 60 fecal samples from dairy farm workers, 89 from dairy cows, and 50 from the general population. …”
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Prognostic value of plasma biomarkers for informing clinical trial design in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease by Yuqi Qiu, Diane M. Jacobs, Karen Messer, David P. Salmon, Cheryl L. Wellington, Sophie Stukas, Carolyn Revta, James B. Brewer, Gabriel C. Léger, Brianna Askew, Lia Donahue, Stephen Kaplita, Vladimir Coric, Irfan A. Qureshi, Howard H. Feldman, The Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study T2 Protect AD Study Group

“…Biomarker-informed sample size calculations were modeled. Results Of 350 trial participants, 319 had all requisite biomarker and clinical outcome data for inclusion in these analyses (mean age 71.5, SD = 8.03; 58.6% female). …”
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Feasibility and usefulness of Gini coefficients of primary care visits as a measure of service inequality: preliminary findings from a cross-sectional study using region-wide elect... by Xin Yang, Jing Chai, Jing Cheng, DeBin Wang, XingRong Shen, Rong Liu, ManMan Lu, Jia Xu, Ningjing Yang, Guocheng Li

“…It first extracted a random sample of 7.09 million primary care records from 1 October 2019 to 31 December 2021. …”
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Randomised waitlist-controlled trial of a 10-week community programme using a plant-based diet in a predominantly Māori population in Tairāwhiti (Gisborne) by Morgen Smith, Nicholas Wright, Patrick McHugh, Bruce Duncan, Christina Chwyl

“…After all participants received the intervention, repeated-measures ANOVAs were used to assess changes over time; significant omnibus effects were followed by paired-sample t-tests comparing baseline with subsequent time points. …”
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De-stress your physiological activation by compressing your imagination: a brief session of hypnosis decreases sympathetic stress response in moderately stressed dentists by Luca Queirolo, Luca Queirolo, Luca Queirolo, Enrico Facco, Enrico Facco, Andrea Roccon, Elisa Pistollato, Adolfo Di Fiore, Teresa Fazia, Christian Bacci, Gastone Zanette

“…Longitudinal controlled studies and larger samples are necessary to corroborate our results and to check the durability of effects over time. …”
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Prevalencia de sobre peso y obesidad en escuelas primarias por zonas socioeconómicas de la ciudad de Chihuahua (Prevalence of overweight and obesity in elementary schools by socio... by Arturo Iván Chávez Erives, Carlos Javier Ortiz Rodríguez, Samuel Alferdo Islas Guerra, Arturo Martínez Trevizo, Salvador Jesús López-Alonso, Gabiel Gastélum-Cuadras

“…Results: The average age of the school children evaluated was 10,6±,92 years, 19,8% obesity was found from the total sample, with 23,9% representing boys and 15,8% representing girls. …”
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Immune response dynamics to SARS-CoV-2 in the Albanian population: A study on T-cell and antibody interactions during the transition from pandemic to endemic phase by Genc Sulcebe, Erkena Shyti, Jonida Dashi-Pasholli, Margarita Kurti, Haijuan Wang

“…These analyses employed bivariate and multivariate approaches, including Fisher’s exact test, the Mann–Whitney U test, the Kruskal–Wallis test, linear and multiple regression analyses, and Spearman’s correlation coefficient test. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARAMETERS OF THE DENTAL APPARATUS AND RESPIRATORY ORGANS IN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT by V.L. Bogdanov, T.A. Vyshemyrska, A.Ya. Grigorenko, N.N. Tormakhov, P.S. Flis

“…Testing the hypothesis of the normal distribution of sample data by the Shapiro-Wilk test showed that the frequency distribution of measurement data in the samples is close to normal. …”
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