Contextual factors influencing schistosomiasis treatment and identification of delivery platforms for arpraziquantel in hard-to-reach areas and populations in Homa Bay County, Keny... by Phyllis Munyiva Isaiah, Doris Osei Afriyie, Mary Maghanga, Donna Obare Ogeto, Mary Amuyunzu Nyamongo, Peter Steinmann

“…We conducted a generic qualitative study using two case study interviews with parents/caregivers living with disability caring for children ≤5 years,18 focus group discussions (FGDs) with parents/caregivers of children ≤5 years (each with 8-10 participants), 14 key informant interviews (KIIs) with various government agencies, and unstructured observations. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The case study interviews and FGDs revealed awareness of schistosomiasis among community members but limited knowledge of transmission risk factors. …”
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CULTURAL PROPERTIES OF BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS STRAIN AB1908 by V. V. Kirpichenko, S. V. Kononova, A. V. Kononov, O. P. Byadovskaya, B. L. Manin, A. V. Sprygin

“…One of the major factors contributing to respiratory pathology development is bovine respiratory syncytial infection. …”
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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders among Recreational Cyclists by Manali K. Shah, Megha S. Sheth, Ruchi Desai

“…Conclusion and Clinical Implications: This study found that MSDs are common in recreational cyclists, with knee and lower back most commonly involved. This data could provide the evidence required to find risk factors responsible for MSDs in cyclists and develop injury prevention and treatment plans for common MSDs seen in recreational cyclists.…”
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Assimilating talent-centric approaches to digital workplace engagement behaviours by Sheikh Muhamad Hizam, Habiba Akter, Waqas Ahmed, Ilham Sentosa

“…Research approach/design and method: The study used a self-administered questionnaire with quota sampling, and data analysis was conducted using the PLS-SEM technique to assess measurement and structural models. …”
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Cohort study to characterise surgical site infections after open surgery in the UK’s National Health Service by Julian F Guest, Graham W Fuller, Ben Griffiths

“…Objective To characterise surgical site infections (SSIs) after open surgery in the UK’s National Health Service.Design Retrospective cohort analysis of electronic records of patients from Clinical Practice Research Datalink, linked with Hospital Episode Statistics’ secondary care datasets.Setting Clinical practice in the community and secondary care.Participants Cohort of 50 000 adult patients who underwent open surgery between 2017 and 2022.Outcome measures Incidence of SSI, clinical outcomes, patterns of care and costs of wound management.Results 11% (5281/50 000) of patients developed an SSI a mean of 18.4±14.7 days after their surgical procedure, of which 15% (806/5281) were inpatients and 85% (4475/5281) were in the community after hospital discharge. …”
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Epistemic Curiosity Scale for Young Children: A Scale Adaptation to Turkish by Seda Saraç, Enisa Mede, Tuğba Abanoz

“…The ages of the children ranged from 48 to 83 months (M = 68.34; SD = 7.96). Data were obtained from the mothers. The scale’s factor structure was tested with Confirmatory Factor Analysis. …”
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Reclamation Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture on Post-Mining Land: A Case Study in East Kalimantan, Indonesia by Ansahar, Santun Sitorus, Hartrisari, Eka Putri

“…A land evaluation was conducted using a matching system, while socioeconomic data were collected through purposive sampling interviews across four post-mining sites in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. …”
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Radio Absorption and Shielding of Electromagnetic Radiation by Polypyrroleand Magnetite-Based Textiles in the 3.9…8 GHz Frequency Range by A. E. Scherbakov

“…Another direction consists in the development of textile-based composite materials for shielding electromagnetic waves. …”
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Sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with diet quality among low-income community health center patients with hypertension. by Jessica Cheng, Katherine C Faulkner, Ashlie Malone, Kristine D Gu, Anne N Thorndike

“…Self-reported sociodemographic and behavioral data were entered into a Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) regression model to determine the relative importance of factors related to diet quality.…”
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Exploring association between countries' self-reported International Health Regulations core capacity and COVID-19 control outcomes by Feng-Jen Tsai, Chia-Ping Lin, Battsetseg Turbat

“…One hundred and seventy-four countries with COVID-19 data were included in the analysis. The human development index (HDI), health workforce density (HWD), health expenditure (HE), and international travel volume (ITV) were collected as controls. …”
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To the experience in the use of tests for current control of knowledge on historical geology in MGRI by E. S. Gaponenko, L. V. Novgorodova, E. S. Lekaj, R. U. Eremenko, V. N. Komarov, A. O. Andruhovych

“…The value of control maps for the analysis and statistical processing of test results has been considered. …”
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Nurses' Metaphorical Perceptions About Their Managers: A mixed-method research by Serap Altuntaş, Ayşe Çiçek Korkmaz, Bahar Kuleyin

“…This study was conducted in a total of 118 nurses between August and November 2022. The data were collected  as  online by the researchers through personal information form and an questionnaire including a semi-structured open-ended form.  …”
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Pathways to Criminal Hacking: Connecting Lived Experiences with Theoretical Explanations by Melissa Martineau, Elena Spiridon, Mary Aiken

“…Interviews were conducted from November 2023 to March 2024. Data collected during the interviews were analyzed through a process of thematic analysis. …”
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Non-pharmacological interventions in primary care to improve the quality of life of older patients with palliative care needs: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials by Barbara Gomes, Filipe Prazeres, Carlos Seiça Cardoso, Joana Rita Matos

“…We also handsearched abstract books of relevant congresses and scientific meetings in the last 5 years. Screening, data extraction and quality evaluation (Cochrane risk-of-bias (RoB) V.2.0 tool and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE)) were done independently by two reviewers, with disagreements solved by a third reviewer. …”
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Modelling the Effects of Intelligentization on the Economic Resilience of Rural Households in the Face of Climate Change (Case study: Ferdows, Boshrouyeh & Sarayan Counties) by Aliakbar Anabestani, Nabiollah Taheri, Pegah Moridsadat

“…To calculate the sample size among households, 301 samples were selected using Cochran's formula. For data analysis in this research, correlation and stepwise regression tests were conducted using SPSS software. …”
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Spinal mobility in children with diabetes and factors, which influence it by O. Ye. Pashkova, K. P. Lysenko

“…It was determined that the level of periostin tended to increase gradually with the progress of diabetes. Data analysis showed that children with high levels of periostin had low levels vitamin D in blood serum. …”
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Unlocking public sector excellence: The synergy of intellectual capital and digital leadership in tax administration by Amrie Firmansyah, Ferry Irawan, Suparna Wijaya

“…The analysis is conducted using structural equation modeling to test the hypothesized relationships. …”
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Late-Onset Bloodstream Infection and Perturbed Maturation of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Premature Infants. by Alexander G Shaw, Kathleen Sim, Paul Randell, Michael J Cox, Zoë E McClure, Ming-Shi Li, Hugo Donaldson, Paul R Langford, William O C M Cookson, Miriam F Moffatt, J Simon Kroll

“…<h4>Method</h4>Daily faecal samples and clinical data were collected over two years from 369 premature neonates (<32 weeks gestation). …”
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Species-specific quantification of circulating ebolavirus burden using VP40-derived peptide variants. by Qingbo Shu, Tara Kenny, Jia Fan, Christopher J Lyon, Lisa H Cazares, Tony Y Hu

“…Since there are differences in the disease severity caused by different species, species identification and viral burden quantification are critical for treating infected patients timely and effectively. Here we developed an immunoprecipitation-coupled mass spectrometry (IP-MS) assay for VP40 antigen detection and quantification. …”
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A graphical modelling approach to the dissection of highly correlated transcription factor binding site profiles. by Robert Stojnic, Audrey Qiuyan Fu, Boris Adryan

“…Both methods are implemented in the R package ddgraph, available as part of Bioconductor (http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.11/bioc/html/ddgraph.html). Applied to real data, our method identified TFs that specify different classes of cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) in Drosophila mesoderm differentiation. …”
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