Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension among the Adult Population in Burkina Faso: Evidence from a Nationwide Population-Based Survey by Kadari Cissé, Seni Kouanda, Yves Coppieters’t Wallant, Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou

“…A modified Poisson regression model using a generalized estimating equation was used to identify factors associated with awareness of hypertension. …”
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Psilocybin-assisted therapy for reducing alcohol intake in patients with alcohol use disorder: protocol for a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled 12-week clinical trial... by Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Patrick MacDonald Fisher, Gitte Moos Knudsen, Dea Siggaard Stenbæk, Anders Fink-Jensen, Mathias Ebbesen Jensen, Tobias Søgaard Juul

“…Ninety treatment-seeking patients, aged 20–70 years, diagnosed with alcohol use disorder will be recruited from the community via advertisement and referrals from general practitioners or specialised treatment units. …”
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Development of a Frailty Prediction Model Among Older Adults in China: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis Using the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey by Xianping Tang, Dongdong Shen, Tian Zhou, Song Ge, Xiang Wu, Aming Wang, Mei Li, Youbing Xia

“…A total of 9006 participants were included in the analysis. Their general demographic, socioeconomic status and health behaviour risk factors were collected in the CLHLS. …”
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Access to preventive health assessments for people with intellectual disability: a systematic scoping review informed by the Levesque Access Framework by Maddison Eveleigh, Jodie Bailie, Alison Laycock, Sally Hall Dykgraaf, Paul Caltabiano, Bradley Shea, Nicholas Lennox, Kanchana Ekanayake, Ross Stewart Bailie

“…Most of the published research focused on supply-side factors, such as the availability and promotion of assessments by health services, practitioners’ views on their effectiveness; communication challenges; and the provision of reasonable adjustments. …”
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Patient perspectives of jail based MOUD treatment: views of individuals who have returned to the community following incarceration by Claudia Santelices, Warren Ferguson, Rebecca Rottapel, Ekaterina Pivovarova, Elizabeth Evans, Thomas Stopka, Peter Friedmann

“…Since 2019, we have conducted a Type-1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study of this program. We present findings on the perspectives and experiences of persons treated in these jails. …”
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Risk factors analysis of airway mucus plugs in community-acquired refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia: a case-control study by Liping Li, Chunlan Song, Xiaowen Yi, Peng Li, Yuanzhe Li

“…The patients were divided into airway mucus plugs group and non-airway mucus plugs group based on the imaging findings under fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The differences in general data’s, clinical manifestations, imaging changes, pathogens, and laboratory data’s between the two groups were compared. …”
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Dynamical Dark Energy in the Crosshairs: A Joint Analysis with DESI, Type Ia Supernovae, and TDCOSMO Constraints by Tonghua Liu, Xiaolei Li, Jieci Wang

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Help-seeking for depression among Vietnamese migrant workers in Japan and factors related to their intentions to seek help from a psychiatrist: a cross-sectional study by Yui Fukuda, Atsuko Taguchi, Akane Futami, Yusuke Umegaki, Pham Nguyen Quy, Toshihiko Nakajima, Akihito Uezato

“…A lower preference for coping on one’s own, greater recognition of the effectiveness of help, greater ability to make work adjustments, and a higher level of Japanese language proficiency were related to greater intentions to seek help from a psychiatrist. …”
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Investigating the Influence of the Weed Layer on Crop Canopy Reflectance and LAI Inversion Using Simulations and Measurements in a Sugarcane Field by Longxia Qiu, Xiangqi Ke, Xiyue Sun, Yanzi Lu, Shengwei Shi, Weiwei Liu

“…Although radiative transfer models can simulate the weed layer’s influence on canopy reflectance and LAI inversion, few experimental investigations use in situ measurement data to verify these effects. Here, we propose a practical background modification scheme in which black material with near-zero reflectance covers the weed layer and alters the background spectrum of crop canopies. …”
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Video-Based Assessment of Surgical Skill in Orthopaedic Surgery by Jillian McNally, MD, David Wilson, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Emma E. Jones, BScH, Neyousha Shahisavandi, MPH, Caroline King, PhD, Chad Coles, MD, FRCSC, Raymond Andrew Glennie, MD, MSc, FRCSC

“…There was a 19.7% error rate, meaning the videos were generally 80% accurate in predicting the year of training. …”
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Use of complementary medicine products: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of 2019 Australian adults by Joanna E Harnett, Erica McIntyre, Amie Steel, Hope Foley, David Sibbritt, Jon Adams

“…Given the number of Australians using both CM products and pharmaceutical medicines, it is important to evaluate the potential clinical implications of such practices to ensure safe, effective and coordinated health policy and patient care.…”
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Screen time and adolescent well-being: a comparative study of Russia and Cuba by Dmitry Kornienko, Natalia A. Rudnova, Aleksander Veraksa, Jorge Enrique Torralbas Oslé, Apollinaria Chursina, Emely Corcho Rosales

“…Considering the prevailing worldwide pattern of excessive internet usage and social media consumption, we expect to observe rare and minor variations in screen time and its effects on health and well-being.MethodsThe sample consists of 524 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 (M = 15.6; SD = 1.28), with 58.7% female. …”
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Association of outdoor light at night with obstructive sleep apnoea: A cross-sectional study among adults in Southern China by Suhan WANG, Gongbo CHEN, Yan CHEN, Hailin XIONG, Qiong OU

“…ConclusionOur findings demonstrate that an elevated outdoor LAN is significantly associated with higher odds of OSA (especially mild and moderate OSA) in Southern China, especially in females. An effective outdoor LAN management and policy-making framework has been suggested as potential preventive measures to reduce burden of OSA.…”
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MRI diagnosis of cortical dysplasia in the immature brain by M. V. Polyanskaya, A. A. Demushkina, F. A. Kostylev, F. A. Kurbanova, I. G. Vasilyev, V. A. Chadaev, N. N. Zavadenko, A. A. Alikhanov

“…We consider the standard T2 weighted images with high TR values, the most effective MR modality for diagnosing CDs in young children.…”
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Role of leisure and sleep in promoting daily physical activity in adults with down syndrome by Melissa R. Jenkins, Victoria L. Fleming, Emily K. Schworer, Yiwen Dong, Dana L. Tudorascu, Benjamin L. Handen, Sigan L. Hartley

“…Although physical activity can mitigate the effects of these conditions, adults with DS spend more time sedentary relative to the adult general population. …”
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Implications of Cognitive Impairment on Antihypertensive Medication Use in HIV by Azin Tavasoli, Bin Tang, Mohammadsobhan S. Andalibi, Donald R. Franklin, Scott L. Letendre, Robert K. Heaton, Ronald J. Ellis

“…The association between the global T-score and the number of antihypertensives was evaluated using generalized linear mixed-effects models. Summary regression-based change score (sRCS) was analyzed as an indicator of global performance over time. …”
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What Obstetricians Need to Know about Crohn’s Disease—A Narrative Review by Bianca Mihaela Danciu, Augustin Marian Marincaş, Mihai Ciocîrlan, Anca Angela Simionescu

“…This suggests that modulating the early microbiome can be an effective strategy to reduce cases of CD. Conclusions: Healthcare practitioners and patients must be aware that CD patients can have a successful pregnancy and a healthy infant. …”
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Assimilating multi-site eddy-covariance data to calibrate the wetland CH₄ emission module in a terrestrial ecosystem model by J. T. Kallingal, M. Scholze, P. A. Miller, J. Lindström, J. Rinne, M. Aurela, P. Vestin, P. Weslien

“…The results of the validation experiment indicate that for four out of the five validation sites the RMSE was successfully reduced, demonstrating the effectiveness of the framework for estimating <span class="inline-formula">CH₄</span> emissions from wetlands not included in the assimilation experiment. …”
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Applications of artificial intelligence and computational intelligence in hydraulic optimization of centrifugal pumps: a comprehensive review by Yuanhui Xu, Xingcheng Gan, Ji Pei, Wenjie Wang, Jia Chen, Shouqi Yuan

“…The findings reveal that the integration of advanced intelligent methods with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been widely demonstrated to improve the accuracy, effectiveness, and adaptability of centrifugal pump optimisation. …”
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Vertical Dense Jets in Crossflows: A Preliminary Study with Lattice Boltzmann Methods by Maria Grazia Giordano, Jérôme Jacob, Piergiorgio Fusco, Sabina Tangaro, Daniela Malcangio

“…Understanding pollutant dispersion is essential for designing effective waste management systems, employing both experimental and computational techniques. …”
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