Association between adult body shape index and serum levels of the anti-aging protein Klotho in adults: a population-based cross-sectional study of the NHANES from 2007 to 2016 by Li Gong, Jinghan Xu, Yiyang Zhuang, Liwei Zeng, Zhenfei Peng, Yuzhou Liu, Yinluan Huang, Yutian Chen, Fengyi Huang, Chunli Piao

“…Higher ABSI was associated with lower serum Klotho concentrations; however, this association did not seem to be significant in subjects with BMI ≥30 kg/m2.Further study is needed to verify the causality of this association and elucidate the underlying mechanisms.…”
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Non-pharmacological interventions for the reduction and maintenance of blood pressure in people with prehypertension: a systematic review protocol by Paul Rutter, Andrew Clegg, Valerio Benedetto, Caroline Watkins, Nefyn Williams, Joseph Spencer, Lucy Hives, Emma P Bray, Cath Harris, Rachel F Georgiou, Nafisa Iqbal

“…Where relevant, the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) will be used to assess the certainty of the evidence found.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not needed. Results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal, disseminated via the wider study website and shared with the study sites and participants.Registration details The review is registered with PROSPERO (CRD420232433047).…”
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3D echocardiography derived reference values and determinants of left ventricular twist and torsion from the population-based STAAB cohort study by Julia Napp, Götz Gelbrich, Floran Sahiti, Vladimir Cejka, Dora Pelin, Lena Schmidbauer, Mengmeng Chen, Niklas Hitschrich, Marcus Schreckenberg, Stefan Frantz, Peter U. Heuschmann, Stefan Störk, Caroline Morbach

“…We found a differential association with respective determinants as LV rotational parameters increased with age and with higher blood pressure but decreased with higher body weight. Further research is needed to elucidate these associations in more detail and to determine the additional information contributed by twist and torsion. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Prophylactic Agents in Prevention of Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials by Waleed T Batais, Nada O Taher, Abeer K Alhindi, Abdullah A Ghaddaf, Anas Alamoudi, Sarah A Al-Ghamdi, Jumanah J Homsi, Hashem S Almarzouki, Mansour A Qurashi

“…There were no significant differences in adverse events (RR=0.83; 95% CI= (0.59 to 1.17); p=0.28) or mortality (RR=0.93; 95% CI= (0.67 to 1.30); p=0.68) across all groups.Conclusion Lipids show promise in reducing severe ROP in preterm infants, while vitamin A and propranolol were not effective. Further research is needed to confirm these findings and explore the potential role of lipids in clinical practice.…”
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Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression, general depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress (PODSAS) among mothers during their 4-week postnatal follow-up in five public... by Boon How Chew, Subashini Ambigapathy, Saidatul Akmar Mohammad Redzuan, Priyasini Suntharalingam, Thenmoli Palaniyappan, Venotha Ganasan, Puteri Normalina Megat Abu Bakar, Paream Kaur, Lili Zuryani Marmuji, V Paranthaman

“…Findings from this study will be used to identify the needs for early screening and detection, encourage development of interventions to reduce its occurrence and support mothers with PODSAS.Methods and analysis This cross-sectional study will recruit 459 postpartum mothers during their 4-week postnatal follow-up in five selected public health clinics in Perak from September 2019 to May 2020. …”
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Defining indicators for disease burden, health outcomes, policies and barriers and facilitators to health services for migrant populations in the Middle East and North African regi... by Charles Agyemang, Ali Ardalan, Farah Seedat, Bouchra Assarag, Nuria Casamitjana, Kolitha Wickramage, Sally Hargreaves, Ana Requena-Mendez, Fouad M Fouad, Dominik Zenner, Anna Deal, Stella Evangelidou, Wafa Saidi, Chiaki Ito, Oumnia Bouaddi, Moudrick Abdellatifi, Alba Cuxart-Graell, Hassan Edries, Eman Elafef, Taha Maatoug, Anissa Ouahchi, Liv Mathilde Pampiri, Sara Arias, Adel Abdelkhalek, Ahmed Hamed Arisha, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani, Aasmaa Chaoui, Wafa Chemao-Elfihri, Kenza Hassouni, Mahmoud Hilali, Mohamed Khalis, Wejdene Mansour, Ali Mtiraoui, MENA Migrant Health Working Group, Asad Adam, Adnene Ben Haj Aissa, Salma Altyib, Hanen Ben Belgacem, Imane Belkhammar, Thomas Calvot, Luciana Ceretti, Nelly Chavassieux, Hassan Chrifi, Mohamed Douagi, Algdail Elnil, Gonzalo Fanjul, Ahmed Hamed, Abdedayem Khelifi, Lora Makhlouf, Maissa Mokni, Davide Olchini, Tarik Oufkir, Nasong Park, Giuseppe Raffa, Sandra Santafé, Alice Sironi, Fatma Temimi, Zeineb Turki

“…Introduction The Middle East and North African (MENA) region is characterised by high and complex migration flows, yet little is known about the health of migrant populations, their levels of underimmunisation and access to healthcare provision. Data are needed to support regional elimination and control targets for key diseases and the design and delivery of programmes to improve health outcomes in these groups. …”
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Validation of the Transition Readiness and Appropriateness Measure (TRAM) for the Managing the Link and Strengthening Transition from Child to Adult Mental Healthcare in Europe (MI... by Fiona McNicholas, Dieter Wolke, Jason Madan, Jatinder Singh, Federico Fiori, Paramala Santosh, Jane Warwick, Helena Tuomainen, Swaran Singh, Laura Adams, Mathilde Mastroianni, Natalie Heaney, Kate Lievesley, Ilyas Sagar-Ouriaghli, Giovanni Allibrio, Rebecca Appleton, Nikolina Davidović, Giovanni de Girolamo, Gwen Dieleman, Katarina Dodig-Ćurković, Tomislav Franić, Charlotte Gatherer, Suzanne Gerritsen, Elisa Gheza, Lidia Manenti, Athanasios Maras, Francesco Margari, Adriana Pastore, Moli Paul, Diane Purper-Ouakil, Francesco Rinaldi, Vehbi Sakar, Ulrike Schulze, Giulia Signorini, Cathy Street, Priya Tah, Sabine Tremmery, Amanda Tuffrey, Frank Verhulst, Anna Wilson

“…To improve this state of affairs, there needs to be a recognition of the problem and initiatives and an urgent requirement for appropriate tools for measuring readiness and outcomes at the transfer boundary (16–18 years of age in Europe). …”
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Perancangan User Experience Aplikasi Bimbingan Akademik Mahasiswa FILKOM Menggunakan Metode Human-Centered Design by Farassulthana Azzahra Willary Yaasiin, Herman Tolle, Hanifah Muslimah Az-Zahra

“…This study designed a user experience application for academic guidance for FILKOM students by applying the Human-Centered Design (HCD) method to help develop solution designs that focus on the human perspective into all parts of the problem-solving process in order to help map out the right needs for stakeholders and users. The test results using the usability testing method use a combination of ISO 9241-210 and UEQ testing assessments with detailed assessment techniques for completion rate, time based efficiency, System Usability Scale (SUS), and User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ). …”
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The Impact of p53 and Ki67 Expression in Endometrial Cancer and its Effect on Survival by Zekiye Sahin, Burak Bayraktar, Tugba Karadeniz, Muzaffer Sanci

“…The results of this study pave the way for new studies: however, randomized controlled prospective and multi-center studies are needed for immunohistochemical measures to be used as a parameter. …”
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Pendekatan Soft System Methodology (SSM) untuk membangun SIMOKAUD Holistik Integratif by Erly Krisnanik, Tri Rahayu, Kraugusteeliana Tambun

“…One form of integrative holistic development is health care for PAUD children which includes nutritional needs, immunization scheduling and early childhood development care. …”
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Aksi Penyerangan Non-Player Character (NPC) Menggunakan Metode Naive Bayes pada Shooter Game by Edi Siswanto, Alfa Faridh Suni

“…Abstract Non-Player Character’s (NPC) attacks behaviour is one important substance in making games. While NPC attacks needs specific strategy to not get defeated easily. …”
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CD36 inhibition enhances the anti-proliferative effects of PI3K inhibitors in PTEN-loss anti-HER2 resistant breast cancer cells by You-Yu Liu, Wei-Lun Huang, Sin-Tian Wang, Hui-Ping Hsu, Tzu-Ching Kao, Wei-Pang Chung, Kung-Chia Young

“…Therefore, seeking for alternative combination therapy needs urgent attentions in PTEN-loss anti-HER2 resistant breast cancer. …”
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Pancreatic cancer mortality in South Africa: A case-control study by M L Nhleko, I Edoka, E Musenge

“…Smoking and certain occupations increased the risk of pancreatic cancer mortality. Further research is needed to evaluate the associations between other extrinsic and intrinsic factors and pancreatic cancer mortality. …”
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Medical complexity in emergency and urgent care settings: a scoping review protocol by Diane Lorenzetti, Tanvir C Turin, Sumedh Bele, Eddy Lang, Doreen Rabi, Naomi Popeski, Marie-Claire Uwamahoro, Conne Lategan, Kate Yakubets, Cassandra Chisholm

“…Introduction Considering the impact of non-medical factors (personal and social) on patients with multiple chronic conditions, the term ‘medical complexity’ is gaining traction as it encompasses both medical and non-medical aspects of patients’ medical needs. When primary care is not able to provide timely care for chronic challenges or acute concerns, complex patients require care in emergency or urgent care settings. …”
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Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards COVID-19: an Epidemiological Survey in Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Zhino Rawf Ali, Bayan Omar Sharif, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Varin Tofiq Abbas, Azad Karim Ahmed, Shaho Osman Mahmood, Chiman Jamal ahmed, Sarwat Ahmed Abdulqader

“…Covid-19 considered as a pandemic disease and spread very rapidly, the people are needed to respond to this danger situation without becoming complacent because still there is no vaccine for it. …”
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HUBUNGAN ANTARA MOTIVASI BELAJAR DENGAN PEMAHAMAN KONSEP FISIKA PESERTA DIDIK MAN BARAKA by Muhammad Amran Shidik

“…This research was included in product-moment research, where there were two variables that wanted to know the relationship and direction needed, and used quantitative research. The subjects of this study were all students of class X MIA MAN Baraka with a total of 121 students. …”
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Game Edukasi Pengenalan Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI) Menggunakan Myo Armband pada Arsitektur Client Server by Rizky Yuniar Hakkun, M. Rizky, Buchori Rafsanjani

“…In the five simultaneous client requests test, the average time needed is 0.12654 seconds per request at a mean network latency of 36.7 ms.     …”
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Ambient PM2.5 Temporal Variation and Source Apportionment in Mbarara, Uganda by Silver Onyango, Crystal M. North, Hatem A. Ellaithy, Paul Tumwesigye, Choong-Min Kang, Vasileios Matthaios, Martin Mukama, Nuriat Nambogo, J. Mikhail Wolfson, Stephen Ferguson, Stephen Asiimwe, Lynn Atuyambe, Data Santorino, David C. Christiani, Petros Koutrakis

“…Our findings confirm that air quality in southwestern Uganda is unsafe and that mitigation efforts are urgently needed. Ongoing work focused on improving air quality in the region may have the greatest impact if focused on traffic and biomass-related sources.…”
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Implementasi Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) untuk Klasterisasi Cerita Berbahasa Bali by Ngurah Agus Sanjaya ER

“…Abstract Balinese folklores have diverse topics but contain local wisdom that needs to be preserved. Grouping the stories based on the topics can certainly help readers to choose their readings accordingly. …”
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Post-evaluation model for 500 kV substation engineering projects using the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method by Jianquan Chen, Yi Zhuang, Shaoyong Chen, Zhongtian Zhang, Yu Zhang

Subjects: “…500 kV substation engineering…”
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