The relationship between health literacy and COVID-19 prevention behaviors among people living with HIV by Iman Navidi, Raheleh Soltani

“…The mean score of HL was 3.5 (0.73) out of 5 and 36.6% of them had higher HL. The mean of behaviors was 17.2 (3.4) out of 25 and 53.6 had higher behaviors. …”
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Influence of sowing amount and substrate thickness on the quality of sandy ecological grass blankets by ZOU Jiatong, YU Weijie, ZHANG Zheng, FENG Zhidao, ZHANG Changlin

“…Z5/45 treatment had the highest root length density, while Z9/15 treatment had the smallest leaf width and the best texture. …”
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Particle Filtration Efficiency, Breathability, and Reusability of Common Masks by Heikki Junninen, Nieves Maria Flores March, Marko Vana, Kalju Tamme, Helina Lipp, Sander Mirme, Siim Pikker, Tareq Hussein, Markku Kulmala

“…The overall average breathability was 97 Pa cm–2 with disposable masks had pressure difference better than community mask requirements. …”
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The Impact of Passive Smoking on Salivary Glutathione Peroxidase and Selenium in Relation to Dental Caries Severity among Five Years Old Children by Shahba’a Munther, Baydaa Hussain Awn, Hiba N. Yassin

“…Background: It had been found that passive smoking may have the same harmful effect as tobacco cigarettes smoking. …”
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Can the 3rd Hour Value of 100 g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Be Ignored in the Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus? by Mehmet Metin Altay, Serdinç Özdoğan, Aytaç Tohma, Sertaç Esin, Okyar Erol, Orhan Gelişen, Melih Akkuş, Sinan Karadeniz

“…RESULTS: Out of 1195, 124 patients (10.4%) were diagnosed as having GDM. 65 patients (52.4%) had high values of first and second hours; 33 patients (26.6%) had high values of first, second and third hours; 19 patients (15.4%) had second and third hours high values; 7 patients (5.6%) had first and third hours high values of 100 gr OGTT out of those 124 patients. …”
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Influence of sleep duration and quality on depression symptoms among nurses during the Omicron outbreak: a cross-sectional survey by Yingying Gu, Pinglang Hu, Caijun Dai, Shuhong Ni, Qiqi Huang

“…Results In total, 2140 nurses were included in this study; 1481 (69.2%) had poor sleep quality, while 866 (40.4%) had depression symptom scores > 7 according to the HADS criteria. …”
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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE IT SECTOR: WAS THE ADJUSTMENT AS EASY AS IT SEEMED? THE CASE OF CROATIA by Julia Perić, Ružica Stanić

“…In addition, this paper answers whether and to what extent IT companies had to adapt their business models and what other challenges (cybersecurity, new platforms, etc.) they had to respond to. …”
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Major adverse cardiovascular events among Black and White Veterans receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: a retrospective cohort study by Alexander R. Lucas, Dustin Bastiach, Bassam Dahman, Asit K. Paul, Samina Hirani, Vanessa B. Sheppard, W. Gregory Hundley, Bhaumik B. Patel, Rhonda L. Bitting, Michael G. Chang

“…Men treated with ADT + RT or RT alone had significantly increased risks of MACE is they had pre-existing CMD. …”
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Aetiologies and Management of Retropharyngeal Abscess in Paediatric Age Group by Prem Kumar, Abhilasha Somashekhar

“…One child had sustained injury to neck, and one had history of chicken bone ingestion. …”
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A study looking at how missed somatropin injections affect growth in children with growth hormone deficiency: a plain language summary of publication by Jane Loftus, Bradley S. Miller, Craig S. Parzynski, Jose Alvir, Yong Chen, Priti Jhingran, Anu Gupta, Mitch DeKoven, Victoria Divino, Jenny Tse, Jing He, Michael Wajnrajch

“…Adherence in this study refers to whether the children had enough somatropin to have daily injections as prescribed. • In this study, researchers found that children with GHD who had high adherence to daily somatropin injections grew more than children who had low adherence to daily somatropin injections. • Researchers, doctors, and nurses need to look at how they can help children with GHD follow their prescribed injection schedule and reduce the number of missed injections. …”
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COVID-19-Related Mental Health Burdens: Impact of Educational Level and Relationship Status Among Low-Income Earners of Western Uganda by Lemuel, Ann Monima, Usman, Ibe Michael, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Alghamdi, Saad, Aigbogun, Eric Osamudiamwen, Archibong, Victor, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Kabanyoro, Annet, Ifie, Josiah Eseoghene, Swase, Dominic Terkimbi, Ssempijja, Fred, Ayuba, John Tabakwot, Matama, Kevin, Onohuean, Hope, Kembabazi, Stellamaris, Henry, Rachael, Odoma, Said, Yusuf, Helen, Afodun, Adam Moyosore, Assaggaf, Hamza M., Kairania, Emmanuel, Aslam, Akhmed, Okon, Owoisinke, Batiha, Gaber El-Saber, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…In addition, no formal education had a positive correlation with anger and depression (r2 = 1.9% and 0.3%, respectively). …”
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USE OF THE MICROWAVE ENERGY FOR ALUMINUM WASTE FOAMING by LUCIAN PAUNESCU, MARIUS FLORIN DRAGOESCU, SORIN MIRCEA AXINTE, ANA CASANDRA SEBE

“…The powder mixture was completed with dolomite as a foaming agent. The products had a fine and homogeneous porous structure (pore size between 0.4-0.9 mm). …”
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The Impact of p53 and Ki67 Expression in Endometrial Cancer and its Effect on Survival by Zekiye Sahin, Burak Bayraktar, Tugba Karadeniz, Muzaffer Sanci

“…The non- endometrioid group also had a high degree of positive staining of Ki67 at 51.8%, whereas the endometrioid group had 25%. …”
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Additive impact of metabolic syndrome and sarcopenia on all-cause and cause-specific mortality: an analysis of NHANES by Meng Zhang, Qing-Yue Zeng, Linli Zhuang

“…Mortality data were obtained from the National Death Index up to December 2019.ResultsAmong the 21,962 participants, 13,517 (61.5%) had neither MetS nor SP(MetS-/SP-), 5,407 (24.6%) had MetS only(MetS+/SP-), 2,698 (12.2%) had SP only(MetS-/SP+), and 340 (1.5%) had both MetS and SP(MetS+/SP+). …”
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Mortality trends of traumatic brain injuries in the adult population of the United States: a CDC WONDER analysis from 1999 to 2020 by Muhammad Hamza Dawood, Yusra Fazli, Sejal Lund, Shurjeel Uddin Qazi, Rija Tahir, Areehah Zafar Masood, Aiman Azam Qureshi, Saleha Safdar, Heraa Zaheer, Muhammad TayyabMuzaffar Chaychi

“…South had the highest AAMR (25.3), followed by West (22.7). …”
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The intersection of intimate partner violence with sexual reproductive health in the Pacific: findings from a Kiribati population study by Anneliese Spiteri-Staines, Luz Viviana Sastre Gomez, Jess Letch, Anna Bornemisza, Kristin Diemer

“…Results Of the n = 3,106 women who had been intimately partnered or sexually active in the last year, 20% had unmet need for either spacing or limiting, the greatest unmet need being observed in women aged 15–24 years (28.8%). …”
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YOUTH RESTIVENESS IN NIGERIA: AN EVALUATION OF IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LAGOS, NIGERIA by NIYI ADEGOKE, Odedokun Ezekiel Adeyemi, Odunayo Tolulope Ojo

“…The paper recommended among others that the Government should provide basic social amenities such as water, good roads, health care center, electricity etc and also provide more opportunities to create employments for the youth. …”
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PREDICTORS OF M-CONTINUANCE INTENTION: CASE OF USERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Grcić, Ensar Mekić

“…Once the data was collected, factory data analysis was conducted to assure validity and reliability through items' loadings and Cronbach's Alpha values. Furthermore, the scales were tested for convergent validity through partial least-square path modelling using Smart PLS 3 software. …”
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LANGUAGE SKILLS, SUB-SKILLS AND VOCABULARIES NEEDED BY AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL: A NEED ANALYSIS STUDY by Surya Lestari, Syahrial Syahrial, Bambang Suwarno

“…Related to heavy machine are rear body offset, over hung, road clearance, light van and rear engine. Related to motorcycle are swing arm, bottom link fork, drum brake and kick starter. …”
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Jesus' affection towards children and Matthew's tale of two kings by A. G. van Aarde

“…The aim is to demonstrate that Matthew situates the beginning and end of Jesus’ public ministry within the context of Jesus’ relationship to children. Jesus’ baptism by John (Mt 3:15) and Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem (Mt 21:1-17) form the two poles of his ministry in Matthew. …”
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