Effects of positive sex education and pelvic floor strengthening program on sexual and pelvic health among youngest old: a randomized controlled trial by Ayse Deliktas Demirci, Alime Buyuk, Kamile Kabukcuoglu

“…Abstract Background Despite suggestions to handle comprehensive approach and integrate and various sectors and disciplines to address sexual health, discussions about sexuality in aging populations have largely centered on issues of sexual function. …”
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The effect of simulation-based breast health education on breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination skills of Afghan refugee women: a randomized controlled trial by Nilgün Kuru Alici, Ayşe Arikan Dönmez, Okşan Aktaş, Zeybek Zeytun

“…Study design This study was a pre-test, post-test, parallel-arm randomized controlled trial. Methods The study sample consisted of 46 Afghan women, with 23 participants assigned to each of the intervention and control groups using block randomization. …”
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JAK2 Inhibitors and Emerging Therapies in Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Current Perspectives and Future Directions by Behzad Amoozgar, Ayrton Bangolo, Abdifitah Mohamed, Charlene Mansour, Daniel Elias, Christina Cho, Siddhartha Reddy

“…Both agents offer mechanistically distinct and clinically meaningful additions to the therapeutic armamentarium. In parallel, emerging combination strategies involving JAK2 inhibitors and novel biologics show promise in enhancing immune tolerance while preserving graft-versus-leukemia (GvL) effects. …”
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Entomological assessment of hessian fabric transfluthrin vapour emanators as a means to protect against outdoor-biting Aedes after providing them to households for routine use in P... by Chicoye Supreme, Obrillant Damus, Joseph Frederick, Jean-Frantz Lemoine, Christian Raccurt, Justin McBeath, Nosrat Mirzai, Sheila B Ogoma, Vincent Corbel, Daniel Impoinvil, Gerry F Killeen, Cyrille Czeher

“…In stark contrast, however, parallel sociological assessments of perspectives among these same end-users in urban Haitian communities indicate strong satisfaction in terms of perceived protection against mosquitoes. …”
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Imaging the large‐scale and cellular response to focal traumatic brain injury in mouse neocortex by Yelena Bibineyshvili, Thomas J. Vajtay, Shiva Salsabilian, Nicholas Fliss, Aastha Suvarnakar, Jennifer Fang, Shavonne Teng, Janet Alder, Laleh Najafizadeh, David J. Margolis

“…A depression of calcium signals followed the wave, during which we observed the atypical activity of a sparse population of S1 neurons. Longitudinal imaging in the hours and days after CCI revealed increases in the area of whisker‐evoked sensory maps at early time points, in parallel to decreases in cortical functional connectivity and behavioural measures. …”
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The relationship of white matter tract orientation to vascular geometry in the human brain by Kurt G. Schilling, Allen Newton, Chantal M. W. Tax, Maxime Chamberland, Samuel W. Remedios, Yurui Gao, Muwei Li, Catie Chang, Francois Rheault, Farshid Sepherband, Adam Anderson, John C. Gore, Bennett Landman

“…Even though the spatial patterns of blood vessels run in parallel to several white matter tracts, they do not do so along the entire pathway, nor for all pathways, suggesting that vasculature does not supply/drain blood in a tract-specific manner. …”
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Four-week Nordic hamstring exercise intervention for individuals with ACL reconstruction via hamstrings tendon autograft: feasibility of a pilot randomized controlled trial by Grant E. Norte, Neal R. Glaviano, David A. Sherman, Justin L. Rush, Amanda M. Murray

“…Methods We used a single-blind randomized controlled trial with parallel arms to investigate individuals 18–35 years with primary, unilateral ACLR-HT. …”
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Microbiome and climate: skin microbial diversity and community functions of Polypedates megacephalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) associated with bioclimate by Dan Sun, Yewei Liu, Shipeng Zhou, Madhava Meegaskumbura

“…Additionally, the functional traits of microbial communities changed in parallel with shifts in community diversity and composition. …”
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The Wada Test: contributions to standardization of the stimulus for language and memory assessment by Mäder Maria Joana, Romano Bellkiss Wilma, De Paola Luciano, Silvado Carlos Eduardo Soares

“…Two parallel models were used based on Montreal Procedure adapted from Gail Risse's (MEG-MN,EUA) protocol. …”
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Platform trials—an emerging methodology for perioperative medicine: a narrative review by Tom E. F. Abbott, Sarah-Louise Watson, Salma Begum, Priyanthi Dias, Joanne S. Haviland, James Glasbey, Lawani Ismail, Sharon Love, Rupert M. Pearse

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Effect of multimodal home-based prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity in patients undergoing elective cardiac or non-cardiac major surgery: secondary outcomes f... by Thomas Vetsch, Simone Wen-Shi Dueblin, Prisca Eser, Christian M. Beilstein, Patrick Y. Wuethrich, Matthias Wilhelm, Dominque Engel

“…Study design It is an analysis of secondary outcome data of a prospective, two-arm parallel group, randomised controlled trial. Setting It is a single university hospital in Switzerland. …”
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Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of a Novel Virulent Strain of <i>Cyvirus cyprinidallo</i>2 Originating from an Outbreak in The Netherlands by Bo He, Arun Sridhar, Marc Thiry, Olga Haenen, Alain F. C. Vanderplasschen, Owen Donohoe

“…Importantly, the challenge of adult Shubunkin goldfish with the NL-2 strain via immersion (2000 PFU/mL) induced an average mortality of ~40%, while parallel experiments with the CyHV-2 reference strain ST-J1 resulted in no mortality. …”
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Evaluating women’s experiences and satisfaction with labour induction in India: a comparison of the participant generated experience and satisfaction (PaGES) index with standard me... by Avni Patel, Rachel Howard, Brian Faragher, Jill Durocher, Beverly Winikoff, Andrew Symon, Andrew Weeks, Shuchita Mundle, Kate Lightly

“…Methods A convergent parallel multi-methods research design was used. Participants in the Misoprostol or Oxytocin for Labour Induction (MOLI) trial (n = 520) completed the PaGES Index before and after birth, listing priorities and allocating spending points to demonstrate their relative importance. …”
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FINAM is not a model (v1.0): a new Python-based model coupling framework by S. Müller, M. Lange, T. Fischer, S. König, M. Kelbling, J. J. Leal Rojas, S. Thober

“…It is primarily targeting environmental models, including ecological models for animal populations, individual-based forest models, field-scale crop models, economical models, and hydrological models. …”
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Causal impact of elevated body mass index on diabetic kidney disease: an integrated Mendelian randomization and Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 analysis by Ye-xin Chen, Dong-sen Hu, Mao-xuan Lin, Zi-heng Gao, Han-zhang Hong, Yu-xin Hu, Ling-zi Yao, Gai-wen Cui, Lin Wang

“…The integration of MR and GBD 2021 data underscores the urgent need for targeted public health interventions to reduce BMI levels, especially in high-risk regions and aging populations.…”
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Parboiled Rice and Glycemic Control: Effects on Postprandial Glucose, Insulin Sensitivity, and Incretin Response in Healthy and Type 2 Diabetic Individuals, a Pilot Study by Sara Alkandari, Tasleem A. Zafar, Suleiman Al-Sabah, Mohammed Abu Farha, Jehad Abubaker, Fahd Al-Mulla

“…Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) represents a significant global health burden, especially in populations where rice constitutes a dietary staple. …”
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Establishing the effect of COVID-19 lockdown policy on the utilization of facility-based delivery in Kenya: a multi-method study by MaryBennah N. Kuloba, Christoph Strupat, Thit Thit Aye, Phidelis N. Wamalwa, Judy Gichuki, Benjamin Tsofa, Manuela De Allegri

“…Methods We triangulated results from two parallel yet independent quantitative analyses, exploiting the fact that COVID-19 lockdown policies in Kenya were implemented only in some counties. …”
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Web-Based Video Intervention and Associated Factors for the Uptake of the Catch-Up Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Japan: Randomized Controlled Trial by Toshiki Yoshioka, Atsushi Goto, Taichi Mizushima, Yukio Suzuki, Yutaka Ueda, Asami Yagi, Masayuki Sekine, Risa Kudo, Suzanne M Garland, Suresh Kumarasamy, Ida Ismail-Pratt, Katharina Reimer, Etsuko Miyagi

“…MethodsIn this randomized, parallel, single-blinded, internet-based trial, we recruited women aged 18‐26 years unvaccinated for HPV through a web-based research panel. …”
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Metabolic adverse events associated with systemic corticosteroid therapy—a systematic review and meta-analysis by Szilard Nemes, Veronica Phillips, Spoorthy Kulkarni, Hannah Durham, Luke Glover, Osaid Ather, Leslie Cousens, Parmis Blomgran, Philip Ambery

“…CST was significantly associated hyperglycaemia, hypertension and weight gain as noted in double-blinded placebo-controlled parallel-arms studies: OR of 2.13 (95% CI 1.66 to 2.72), 1.68 (95% CI 0.96 to 2.95) and 5.20 (95% CI 2.10 to 12.90), respectively. …”
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An Integrated Study of Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), and Its Wild, Cultivated, and Feral Forms by Ying Zhao, Richard I. Milne, Jie Liu, Zhi‐Peng Li, Xiao‐Gang Fu, Ke Li, Amos Kipkoech, Zeng‐Yuan Wu

“…ABSTRACT Feralization, the re‐establishment of wild populations from domesticated ancestors, can involve multiple parallel character reversions and potentially also rampant gene flow with cultivated and/or naturally wild material. …”
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