Adherence to physical activity guidelines associated with self-care management and self-regulatory efficacy for type 2 diabetes among Black/African American men by Jeong-Hui Park, Tyler Prochnow, Ledric D. Sherman, Matthew Lee Smith, Meg Patterson, Yunlin Zhou

“…Younger participants (aged 21–40) reported an average of 4.33 days per week of self-care management, while middle-aged and older participants (aged 40 and above) reported 4.42 days. …”
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The mediating effect of empathy in the relationship between humanistic practice competence and caring ability among newly employed nurses by Rongxiu Jin, Yi Wang, Ying Shan, Jiuqun Li

“…Results: The findings highlighted that newly employed nurses excelled in humanistic practice competence with an average score of 106.50 ± 18.79 but did not meet the international standard in caring ability, scoring only 187.00 ± 21.62.The analysis demonstrated that newly employed nurses exhibited a humanistic practice competence score exceeding the average benchmark (106.50 ± 18.79), while their caring ability (187.00 ± 21.62) fell below established international standards.A significant positive correlation was identified between humanistic practice competence and caring ability. …”
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Interpretable machine learning analysis of environmental characteristics on bacillary dysentery in Sichuan Province by Yao Zhang, Qiao-Lin Wang, Wei Peng, Meng-Yuan Zhang, Yao Qin, Lun Zhang, Rong-Jie Wei, Dian-Ju Kang

“…The findings provide a scientific basis for refining targeted public health intervention strategies.…”
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The relationship among patient reported outcome measure scores with health care costs and inpatient admission: results from Utah mEVAL and value driven outcomes by Rachel Kroencke, Zoe Gombart, Yue Zhang, Haojia Li, Rachel Hess

“…Abstract Background Patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) profile patient health status, have been found to be helpful in identifying high health care utilizers, and may be useful in providing targeted interventions to decrease health care costs. …”
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Psychometric Evaluation of Large Language Model Embeddings for Personality Trait Prediction by Julina Maharjan, Ruoming Jin, Jianfeng Zhu, Deric Kenne

“…The correlation between established psycholinguistic markers and the performance trade-off with computational cost provides a hint for future computational linguistic work targeting LLM for personality assessment. Further research should explore fine-tuning strategies to enhance psychometric validity.…”
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Peculiar morphology of Asgard archaeal cells close to the prokaryote-eukaryote boundary by Burak Avcı, Kassiani Panagiotou, Mads Albertsen, Thijs J. G. Ettema, Andreas Schramm, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen

“…The average width was 1.1–0.8 µm in the round expansion and the cell body, respectively. …”
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Adolescent parenthood and HIV-infection in South Africa-Associations with child cognitive development. by Kathryn J Steventon Roberts, Lorraine Sherr, Katharina Haag, Colette Smith, Janina Jochim, Elona Toska, Marguerite Marlow, Lucie Cluver

“…Young mothers and their children may benefit from adapted interventions aimed at bolstering child development outcomes. Targeted programming particularly among younger adolescent mothers and those experiencing education interruption may identify those families, particularly in need. …”
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Enhancing pediatric distal radius fracture detection: optimizing YOLOv8 with advanced AI and machine learning techniques by Farid Amirouche, Aashik Mathew Prosper, Majd Mzeihem

“…This study aims to refine the YOLOv8-AM model to improve the detection of distal radius fractures in pediatric patients by integrating targeted improvements and new attention mechanisms. …”
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Unveiling barriers of introverts to collaborative learning: an exploratory mixed-methods study across medical student personalities by Varathpavee Bhuriveth, Sethapong Lertsakulbunlue, Vittavat Tangdumrongvong, Sakarn Charoensakulchai, Phunlerd Piyaraj, Chitrawina Mahagita, Anupong Kantiwong

“…Methods The study utilized an exploratory mixed-methods design targeting pre-clinical medical students. The qualitative phase involved in-depth semi-structured interviews with 12 students to identify obstacles faced by introverts in CL. …”
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Analysis of epidemiological trends and risk factors in high-risk areas for pulmonary tuberculosis: an observational longitudinal study in Xinjiang, China by Liping Zhang, Di Wu, Yanling Zheng, Yaoqin Lu, Salawati Haritebieke, Guangchao Liu

“…Furthermore, the interactions among these factors enhanced the explanatory power regarding the incidence of the disease.Conclusions Identifying the high-risk groups, regions, influencing factors and interactions of PTB in Xinjiang, China, will expand the epidemiological knowledge of PTB in high-risk areas and potentially aid in designing targeted interventions.…”
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How TikTok Influencers Disclose Food and Beverage Brand Partnerships: Descriptive Study by Roxanne Dupuis, Aviva A Musicus, Brittany Edghill, Emma Keteku, Marie A Bragg

“…A team of research assistants then coded each video for how the product was featured (ie, in the video, audio, or caption) and, for branded products, whether the video was accompanied by any disclosures of brand relationships. Average pairwise percentage agreement among coders was 92%, and average pairwise Cohen κ was 0.82. …”
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Procrastination in Medical University Students with Different Personality Orientation by T. A. Voronova, S. V. Dubrovina, Yu. V. Chepurko

“…The research findings can be employed to organise targeted psychological work with students of medical universities.…”
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The gut microbiota regulates diabetic retinopathy in adult rats by Jueyu Hou, Jueyu Hou, Zhongping Lv, Zhongping Lv, Yujiao Wang, Yujiao Wang, Danian Chen, Danian Chen

“…IBA1, IB4, and Brn3 staining were performed on adult rats’ retinal wholemount or sections to observe the changes in microglia, blood vessels and the number of ganglion cells.ResultsLong-term (6 months) T2D caused gut dysbiosis with increased average taxa numbers. We showed that broad-spectrum antibiotics (ABXs) gavage can reduce the average number of gut microbiota taxa and retinal microglia in adult male BN rats with or without T2D. …”
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Research on wind temperature prediction of tunneling working site based on PSO−SVR by Yanhe LI, Zhijun WAN, Zhenzi YU, Hong GOU, Wanli ZHAO, Jiale ZHOU, Peng SHI, Zheng ZHEN, Yuan ZHANG

“…The tunnelling working site is a primary underground thermal hazard and requires targeted thermal hazard mitigation to ensure safe and efficient mine production. …”
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Costing curative outpatient care for the poorest in Burkina Faso: informing universal health coverage and leaving no one behind by Yvonne Beaugé, Valéry Ridde, Sidibé Souleymane, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, Hoa Thi Nguyen, Emmanuel Bonnet, Manuela De Allegri

“…These individuals were targeted and exempted from user fees through a community-based targeting approach. …”
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Systematic analysis of gout burden among young adults in China from 1990 to 2021: findings from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Yuxin Zhong, Yan Li, Chenyu Hu, Tao Tao, Liyuan Hao, Na Li, Xiaoyan Zeng, Zixin Zhang, Xiaoyu Hu

“…Joinpoint regression and the AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model were used to assess trends and predict future burden. …”
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The role of the hippocampus in working memory and word reading: Novel neural correlates of reading among youth living in the context of economic disadvantage by ET. Marcelle, H. Yang, JW. Cohen, B. Ramphal, D. Pagliaccio, V. Rauh, BS. Peterson, F. Perera, H. Andrews, AG. Rundle, J. Herbstman, AE. Margolis

“…Such findings point to new targets for reading intervention in adolescents.…”
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Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Nine Soils According to Water Quality, Soil Texture, and Clay Mineralogy by Clarissa Buarque Vieira, Gabriel Henrique Maximo Clarindo Silva, Brivaldo Gomes de Almeida, Luiz Guilherme Medeiros Pessoa, Fernando José Freire, Valdomiro Severino de Souza Junior, Hidelblandi Farias de Melo, Luara Gabriella Gomes de Lima, Rodrigo Francisco do Nascimento Paiva, Jorge Freire da Silva Ferreira, Maria Betânia Galvão dos Santos Freire

“…The C_TH was easily reached in soils with high concentrations of highly active clays such as smectites. In sandy soils, the target C_TH was only reached under extremely high SAR values, indicating a greater resistance of these soils to salinization/sodification. …”
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Absolute purity determination of an organic fluorine pharmaceutical voriconazole via quantitative 19F NMR and method validation by Nahoko Uchiyama, Junko Hosoe, Kohei Kiyota, Takanori Komatsu, Naoki Sugimoto, Kyoko Ishizuki, Tatsuo Koide, Mika Murabayashi, Taeko Shinozaki, Yoshinori Fujimine, Katsuya Ofuji, Hitoshi Shimizu, Kazuhiro Fujita, Takashi Hasebe, Yumi Asai, Eri Ena, Yoshinobu Makino, Toru Miura, Yasuhiro Muto, Katsuo Asakura, Takako Suematsu, Hitomi Abe, Ai Kohama, Takashi Goto, Masu Yasuda, Tomohiko Ueda, Yukihiro Goda

“…The quantitative values of the three target signals FA, FB, and FC were calculated and were comparable; 99.40 %, 99.66 %, and 99.49 %, respectively.Owing to a difference of up to 8.8 % between the quantitative values of the two signals other than the targeted quantitative signal, the average FA, FB, and FC quantitative values were considered for purity (%). …”
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Studying the Requirement of Water Police to Control Groundwater Resources in the Villages Iij, Jovin and Soufiabad of Sorkheh - Semnan by Peyman Akbarzadeh, Mohammadreza Yazdani, Shima Nikoo

“…The number of samples using Cochran formula was calculated, 160 people. 3-Results and Discussion Results indicated that the average age of the whole sample is 40.9 years old. …”
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