Support Needs Approach for Patients (SNAP) tool: a validation study by Morag Farquhar, Silvia Mendonca, Gail Ewing, A Carole Gardener

“…Stage 1: Face and content validity assessed though focus groups involving patients and carers considering appropriateness, relevance and completeness of the SNAP tool. Data were analysed using conventional content analysis. …”
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A phenome-wide association study of uterine fibroids reveals a marked burden of comorbidities by Elizabeth A. Jasper, Brian S. Mautz, Jacklyn N. Hellwege, Jacqueline A. Piekos, Sarah H. Jones, Yanfei Zhang, Eric S. Torstenson, Sarah A. Pendergrass, Ming Ta Michael Lee, Todd L. Edwards, Digna R. Velez Edwards

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An estimation of the health and climatic impacts of household biomass consumption across Nigeria in 2018 by Jessica Slater, Eve Palmer, Maria Yetano-Roche, Ewah Eleri, Christopher S Malley

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The association of dietary intake of purine-rich vegetables, sugar-sweetened beverages and dairy with plasma urate, in a cross-sectional study. by Lina Zgaga, Evropi Theodoratou, Janet Kyle, Susan M Farrington, Felix Agakov, Albert Tenesa, Marion Walker, Geraldine McNeill, Alan F Wright, Igor Rudan, Malcolm G Dunlop, Harry Campbell

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 2,076 healthy participants (44% female) from a population-based case-control study in Scotland (1999-2006) were included in this study. Dietary data was collected using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). …”
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From Routine to Crisis: The Impact of COVID‐19 Pandemic on Antibiotic Consumption in Iran by Satar Rezaei, Mohammad Bazyar, Sina Ahmadi, Abdolvahed Khodamoradi

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Influência de fatores climáticos e operacionais sobre a uniformidade de distribuição de água, em um sistema de irrigação por aspersão de alta pressão Influence of climatic and oper... by Hamilton Jorge Azevedo, Salassier Bernardo, Marcio Mota Ramos, Gilberto Chohaku Sediyama, Paulo Roberto Cecon

“…For each one of these situations the CUC was analysed according to the following independent variables: wind speed and direction, operation pressure, spacings between sprinklers and lateral lines, and sprinkler speed rotation. The evaluation of data was made with multiple regression analysis, which made it possible to develop a statistical model to estimate the CUC. …”
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Abstract 238: Gender Differences In Clinical Factors In Obese Ischemic Stroke Patients With A History Of Smoking by Dami T. Ojo, Philip Brewer, Sahil Garg, Philip Broughton, Thomas Nathaniel

“…Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 6‐year data from 5469 patients with an ischemic stroke event from a regional stroke center. …”
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Stroke prediction in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation using machine learning combined clinical and left atrial appendage imaging phenotypic features by Hao Huang, Yan Xiong, Yuan Yao, Jie Zeng

“…Methods This single-center prospective cohort study collected clinical data and cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) images from elderly AF patients. …”
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The nutritional evaluation of forage-based mixed rations in New Zealand using an in vitro gas production technique. 1: analytical survey by N.D. Meads, R. Tahmasbi, N. Jantasila

“…Estimating GHG production can be problematic at a farm or animal level, and requires controlled conditions to produce real data. An in vitro gas production technique (IVGPT) was developed to evaluate forage-based total mixed rations in digestion kinetics and GHG production. …”
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Transcriptions of creative ethnoidentity in the Podlesnaya Tavla by Natalya I. Voronina, Irina L. Sirotina

“…The conclusions drawn by the authors contribute to the development of national humanitarian thought and to the understanding of ethno-identity and the unique character of artistic ethnoculture. …”
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Perceived Stress Mediates the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Onset of Bruxism Among Adolescents by Wang LL, Zhou SJ, Li HJ, Li JJ, Qi M, Zhao J, Tan YL, Chen JX

“…The chi-square test was used for demographic data and t-test was used for continuous variables. …”
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Burden of bronchiolitis post-COVID-19 pandemic in children less than 2 years old in 2021–2024: experience from a tertiary center in Saudi Arabia by Rawan Alrashed, Ibtihal Almeshawi, Asmaa Alshammari, Wateen Alhamoud, Reem AlShathri, Aliyah Alotaibi, Danyah Saja, Yara Algoraini

“…Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS, with statistical significance at p < 0.05. …”
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Large-Eddy Simulation of Flows Past an Isolated Lateral Semi-Circular Cavity by Yiqing Gong, Yun Xu, Jingqiao Mao, Jie Dai, Lei He, Hao Zhang, Qianshun Xu

“…These changes enhanced vertical momentum transfer and turbulence production within the cavity. Spectral analysis revealed dominant KH frequencies governing periodic momentum exchange and indicating a transition from viscosity-damped upstream turbulence to fully developed shedding downstream.…”
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The impact of cerebral vessels morphological alteration and white matter hyperintensities burden on the one-year risk of ischemic stroke recurrence by Hao Wang, Guoqing Wu, Bei Wang, Ying Liu, Lan Zheng, He Wang, Jing Ding

“…By incorporating clinical characteristics, six predictive models were developed using Cox proportional hazards analysis to estimate the one-year risk of stroke recurrence. …”
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Optimization of co-flow micro-heat-exchanger performance using Response Surface Methodology: energy transfer rate and thermodynamic irreversibility by Ferhi Mokhtar, Mliki Bouchmel, Miri Rached, Djebali Ridha

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Identification Method of Gas Migration Channels for CO2 Drive in Tight Oil Reservoirs by LU Xiaoxiao, AN Jixing, ZHU Lin, WANG Shaoqing, LI Pengfei, PAN Weizhi, LIN Yujing

“…This study utilizes dynamic and static well logging data, along with core assay analysis, to establish reservoir classification standards and analyze water and gas absorption patterns. …”
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Subnational trends and inequalities of under-immunisation and zero-dose among children aged 12–23 months in Uganda: a national population-based cross-sectional study by Aluísio J D Barros, Peter Waiswa, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Ronald Wasswa, Thiago M Santos

“…The objective of this study was to examine the subnational trends in the prevalence and inequalities in under-immunisation and zero-dose among children aged 12–23 months in Uganda.Study design A retrospective national cross-sectional study.Setting UgandaParticipants Uganda Demographic and Health Survey secondary data of only children aged 12–23 months. The samples selected for analyses were 1507 in 2006, 1409 in 2011 and 2650 children in 2016.Outcome measure The primary outcomes were under-immunisation and zero-dose vaccination.Absolute and relative inequality measures were used in the analysis.Results From 2006 to 2016, the under-vaccination rate decreased by 21%, but remained high at 40.8%. …”
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Online continuing education for midwives in China: current trends, barriers, and future directions by Yao Zhang, Qinqi Deng, Xiaolong Zheng, Xinfen Xu, Fang Wang

“…However, it remains in the early stages and requires further development.…”
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Epidemiological and economic model to estimate the optimal edge width of citrus block to be weekly sprayed with insecticide for huanglongbing management by Isabela Vescove Primiano, Eduardo Cassettari Monteferrante, Leonardo Ferreira, Andreia Cristina de Oliveira Adami, Sílvia Helena Galvão de Miranda, Franklin Behlau, Renato Beozzo Bassanezi

“…ABSTRACT A modeling approach was implemented to assist growers in estimating the most economical edge width to be sprayed weekly (EWSW) with insecticides for the management of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) Diaphorina citri, vector of the causal agent of huanglongbing (HLB), in the periphery of sweet orange farms. The model was developed based on epidemiological and economic data. …”
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Association between Age at Type 2 Diabetes Onset and Diabetic Retinopathy: A Double-Center Retrospective Study by Mengdie Chen, Yiyun Wang, Ping Feng, Yao Liang, Qiao Liu, Mengyao Yang, Chaoyin Lu, Penghua Shi, Jian Cheng, Anjing Ji, Qidong Zheng

“…Anthropometry data, laboratory reports, and medical history were collected. …”
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