Anterior bone loss after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: influence factors and its impact on surgical outcomes by Rui Zong, Chuan-yu Liu, Yuan-zhi Jin, Zi-han Peng, Jun-bo He, Ting-kui Wu, Hao Liu, An-yun Yu

“…According to that, the patients were grouped into none-mild ABL group and moderate-severe ABL group. Baseline data, clinical evaluation, and radiological parameters were recorded and compared. …”
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Relationships among social support, healthy lifestyle beliefs, physical literacy, and enjoyment of physical activity: a moderated mediation model by Mehmet Akif Yücekaya, Sinan Uğraş, Ahmet Enes Sagin, Arif Çetin, Teodora-Mihaela Iconomescu, Laurențiu-Gabriel Talaghir

“…The study tested the moderated mediation model for its association among the variables.ResultsThe model developed in this study found social support in PA predicted health lifestyle beliefs, positively, and significantly. …”
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Assessing the potential of managed aquifer recharge using rooftop rainwater harvesting with shallow wells in peri-urban communities in Kumasi, Ghana by P. Amihere-Ackah, I. Monney, D. C. Okyere, K. A. Adjei, E. K. Appiah-Adjei

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Perioperative Arthroscopic Tourniquet Usage: Practices and Trends of the AANA Membership Are Varied by Brian Day, M.B., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.(Lon), F.R.C.S.(Eng and C)

“…Multiple-choice responses were counted, and short-form responses were reviewed and aggregated based on keywords. Qualitative analysis was used to understand the data. Results: A total of 59 AANA DocMatter Community Members participated in the survey. …”
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Effectiveness of Fewer Falls, an online group-based self-management fall prevention programme for people with multiple sclerosis: protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Maria Flink, Charlotte Ytterberg, Kristina Gottberg, Marie Kierkegaard, Susanna Tuvemo Johnson, Elizabeth Walker Peterson, Ulrika Meijer, Johanna Bylinder

“…Introduction Fewer Falls is a manualised self-management fall prevention programme co-developed for and with ambulatory and non-ambulatory people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). …”
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FUNDAMENTALS OF FOREST NURSERY ECONOMICS by V. N. Petrov, I. V. Filinova

“…With the help of such methods, it is possible to generalize and systematize the collected material for its further detailed study. The analysis of the obtained quantitative data on forest nurseries of the country allowed them to be classified according to various characteristics: natural, economic and legal. …”
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Edge-Optimized Deep Learning Architectures for Classification of Agricultural Insects with Mobile Deployment by Muhammad Hannan Akhtar, Ibrahim Eksheir, Tamer Shanableh

“…Our study explores various methodologies for model development, including the utilization of Mobile-ViT and EfficientNet architectures, coupled with transfer learning and fine-tuning techniques. …”
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Mother–newborn couplet care and the expectations, concerns and educational needs of healthcare professionals: a qualitative study by Jette Led Sørensen, Porntiva Poorisrisak, Laura Emdal Navne, Lotte Broberg, Joan Neergaard Larsen, Helena Hansson, Ragnhild Maastrup

“…Objectives Our aim was to explore healthcare professionals’ (HCPs) expectations, concerns and educational needs regarding preparing for implementing the concept of couplet care, keeping newborns in need of intensive care together with their mothers in need of obstetrical care.Design A qualitative focus group study based on semistructured interviews. We analysed the data using reflexive thematic analysis. This study is part of a comprehensive research project and pre-implementation based on curriculum development principles and implementation theory.Setting We conducted four focus group interviews from May to June 2023 at a tertiary referral university hospital in Denmark.Participants Neonatologists, obstetricians, midwives and nurses (n=21) were recruited from neonatal and obstetric departments. …”
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Quality of Experience Under Huge Load for WebRTC Applications: A Case Study of Three Media Servers by Ivan Chicano-Capelo, Francisco Gortazar, Micael Gallego

“…We also found that the behavior of the three media servers under load with respect to the QoE perceived by users is different, which might be important for practitioners, and that not all users are impacted equally by an overload on the server, and how users are impacted under such a load depends as well on the media server. From our extensive analysis of the data collected, we provide detailed implications for practitioners when using WebRTC applications.…”
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Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Multiple Sexual Partnership Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Irene Esi Donkoh, Joshua Okyere, Abdul‐Aziz Seidu, Sanni Yaya

“…Methods Our study included twenty‐two sub‐Saharan African countries with data sourced from the Demographic and Health Survey (2015–2022). …”
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Interactive Computer-Adaptive Chronic Kidney Disease (I-C-CKD) Education for Hospitalized African American Patients: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Akilah King, Tayo Omoniyi, Lindsay Zasadzinski, Cynthia Gaspard, Denesha Gorman, Milda Saunders

“…This includes 50 patients in the control group and 46 patients in the intervention group. Data analysis has not occurred. ConclusionsAfrican American individuals often receive less patient education about self-care and treatment options for CKD. …”
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Differential approach to the diagnosis and treatment of appendicular peritonitis in children by I. Yu. Karpova, D. S. Strizhenok, D. A. Myasnikov, V. V. Parshikov, E. D. Pyatova, T. E. Potemina

“…Local forms of AP prevailed – 90 %, of which appendicular abscess was found in 35 % of observations. Data of anamnesis, examination of patients, assessment of purulent-inflammatory markers in complicated and controversial situations were resolved by ultrasound of abdominal cavity organs. …”
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Lessons learned from implementing health systems science and community service course for fourth-year medical students by Sarah B. Siddiqui, Kathleen M. Everling, Premal Patel, Hani Serag

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Association between medication adherence and illness perceptions in atrial fibrillation patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants: An observational cross-sectional pilot stu... by Motoyasu Miyazaki, Akio Nakashima, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Yuya Sakamoto, Koichi Matsuo, Miwa Goto, Masanobu Uchiyama, Keisuke Okamura, Ryoko Mitsutake, Hidenori Urata, Hidetoshi Kamimura, Osamu Imakyure

“…The patients' characteristics and clinical data were collected from electronic medical records.…”
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Cultivating healthcare innovators: a cross-sectional study on entrepreneurial abilities and influencing factors among nursing undergraduates by Hongyu Yu, Guimin Wen

“…Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted at the nursing school of a university. Data was collected from 521 undergraduate nursing students using convenience sampling from March to April 2023. …”
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miR-184, a downregulated ovary-elevated miRNA transcriptionally activated by SREBF2, exerts anti-apoptotic properties in ovarian granulosa cells through inducing SMAD3 expression by Baosen Shan, Yangan Huo, Zhennan Guo, Qiqi Li, Zengxiang Pan, Qifa Li, Xing Du

“…Here, 13 downregulated OE miRNAs were systematically identified by integrating tissue expression high-throughput data and comparative transcriptome analyses, among which miR-184 was specifically highly expressed in ovary but dramatically downregulated during follicular atresia. …”
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PLA2R1 Overexpression Causes Podocyte Injury by Inhibiting the Cell Cycle: A Clinical Cross-Sectional Investigation and Cellular Study by Liang W, Zhang H, Wu Y, Lai Z, Zhang W, Cao Y, Tan L, Xiong Z, Yang G, Xiong Z

“…This study suggests that PLA2R1-related PMN pathogenesis could involve an additional immune response, offering insights into PMN treatment development.Keywords: PLA2R1, membranous nephropathy, nephrotic syndrome, podocyte…”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hepatitis B and C Virus Co-Infection among Women Attending Antiretroviral Therapy Clinic in Yola, Nigeria by Maryam Adam Ibrahim1*, James Hamuel Doughari2

“…These findings will inform the development and improvement of testing, vaccination, and treatment programs to enhance health outcomes and quality of life for this population. …”
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Inpatient clinician workload: a scoping review protocol to understand the definition, measurement and impact of non-procedural clinician workloads by Angela Keniston, Marisha Burden, Erica Mitchell Smith, Christine Cara Welles, Nemanja Vukovic, Lauren McBeth, Ben Harnke

“…All relevant published peer-reviewed and dissertaion grey literature will be included. Data will be extracted using a standardised form to capture key article information. …”
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The global and regional burden of genital ulcer disease due to herpes simplex virus: a natural history modelling study by Nicky J Welton, Peter Vickerman, Katherine M E Turner, Christine Johnston, Katharine Jane Looker, Charlotte James, Marie-Claude Boily, Sami L Gottlieb

“…Here we present the first global and regional estimates of GUD due to HSV-1 and HSV-2 among women and men aged 15–49 years old.Methods We developed a natural history model reflecting the clinical course of GUD following HSV-2 and genital HSV-1 infection, informed by a literature search for data on model parameters. …”
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