Assessing biomarkers of exposure to carcinogens associated with combustible cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and heated tobacco products: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yue Cao, Lin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Mengqi Yang, Jiaxuan Li, Xi Chen, Fangzhen Zheng, Jianqiang Zhang, Xiao Xu, Xiaona Liu, Xiaona Liu

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Incidence of schizophrenia and other psychoses in England, 1950-2009: a systematic review and meta-analyses. by James B Kirkbride, Antonia Errazuriz, Tim J Croudace, Craig Morgan, Daniel Jackson, Jane Boydell, Robin M Murray, Peter B Jones

“…<h4>Participants</h4>People, 16-64 years, with first -onset psychosis, including non-affective psychoses, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychotic depression and substance-induced psychosis.<h4>Study appraisal and synthesis methods</h4>Title, abstract and full-text review by two independent raters to identify suitable citations. …”
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Mental Health Issues and 24-Hour Movement Guidelines–Based Intervention Strategies for University Students With High-Risk Social Network Addiction: Cross-Sectional Study Using a Ma... by Lin Luo, Junfeng Yuan, Chen Xu, Huilin Xu, Haojie Tan, Yinhao Shi, Haiping Zhang, Haijun Xi

“…Meeting ST alone showed the strongest effects on substance (0.6176) and alcohol use (0.6597). Depression was influenced by meeting sleep+ST (0.2053), meeting PA+ST+sleep (0.1650), and meeting PA+ST (0.1634). …”
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Impact of healthy pregnancy and lifestyle in mothers on developmental delay in their offspring: a strength-based analysis of a longitudinal study among indigenous children in Austr... by Md Irteja Islam, Thomas Stubbs, Tuguy Esgin, Alexandra Martiniuk

“…Random-effect models were used to longitudinally measure the impact of maternal healthy pregnancy and lifestyle on developmental delays in their children between 2008 and 2018. …”
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Associations between parental alcoholism and delinquent behaviours among youth: exploring serial and parallel mediation by posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, anxiety symptoms... by Belise Blandine Isingizwe, Japhet Niyonsenga, Clementine Kanazayire, Naasson Nduwamungu, Jeanne Marie Ntete, Jean Mutabaruka

“…This study, therefore, aimed to explore whether Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) symptoms and impulsivity serially or parallel mediate the associations between PA and delinquency among youth.Method: A random sample of 341 male participants aged between 17 and 25 years (M = 21.34, SD = 2.23) was selected from the Iwawa Rehabilitation Centre for youth affected by delinquency, alcohol or substance abuse, or homelessness in Rwanda. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of khat chewing among Ethiopian university students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Alemu Gebrie, Animut Alebel, Abriham Zegeye, Bekele Tesfaye

“…Since the included studies exhibit high heterogeneity, a random effect meta-analysis model was computed to estimate the pooled prevalence of khat chewing. …”
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Clinical efficacy of a new medical and prophylactic milk product for osteoporosis prophylaxis by O B Ershova, K Y Belova, N. V. Konoplyanlk

“…Material and methods. Randomized blind placebo-controlled study of CP efficacy was conducted in parallel groups. 100 menopausal women with osteopenia confirmed by bone densitometry were included (50 in the treatment group and 50 in the control group). …”
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Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Ruth F Hunter, Kayla de la Haye, Jennifer M Murray, Jennifer Badham, Thomas W Valente, Mike Clarke, Frank Kee

“…The primary outcome of health behaviours or outcomes at ≤6 months was assessed by random-effects meta-analysis. Secondary outcomes included those measures at >6-12 months and >12 months. …”
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Prevalence of Self-Harm Behaviors and Deliberate Self-Cutting in High School Students in Northern Iran and Its Relationship with Anxiety, Depression, and Stress by Elahe Abdollahi, Maryam Kousha, Arvin Bozorgchenani, Mohammadreza Bahmani, Elahe Rafiei, Fatemeh Eslamdoust-Siahestalkhi

“…Objective: The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of self-harm and deliberate self-cutting in high school students in northern Iran, and its relationship with anxiety, depression, and stress. Materials and Methods: In this analytical cross-sectional study, participants were 617 high school students in Rasht, Iran in 2018 who were selected through multistage cluster random sampling. …”
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Study of the effect of food on the bioavailability, safety and tolerability of Aterixen^® 100 mg tablet in healthy volunteers by V. B. Vasilyuk, Yu. A. Dzhurko, A. A. Globenko, L. N. Schitov, V. N. Shabrov, M. A. Pasko, O. V. Kovchan, A. V. Kapashin, A. I. Bashkatova

“…The quantification of the active substance XC221GI in plasma samples was performed using a validated high-performance liquid chromatography method with mass spectrometric detection. …”
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Perbedaan Daya Hambat Bakteri dari Propolis Cair yang Ada di Pasaran Terhadap Escherichia Coli dan Staphylococcus Aureus Secara In Vitro by Bangun Azhari Yusuf, Aziz Djamal, Asterina

“…This type of study was the experimental diffusion method (disc method) and the analytic distinction owned by linking two of propolis as an antibacterial effect. …”
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Mobile telephone-delivered Contingency Management (mCM) to reduce heroin use in individuals with opioid use disorder (CM4OUD): A feasibility study protocol. by Carol-Ann Getty, John Strang, Ewan Carr, Jesse Dallery, Nicola Metrebian

“…This paper provides a protocol for a feasibility study that aims to determine the acceptability and feasibility of conducting a future randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness of app-based CM to encourage heroin abstinence among clients receiving OAT in UK drug treatment services.<h4>Methods</h4>Forty OAT service users in UK drug treatment services who continue to use heroin will be randomly assigned to either (1) OAT plus a smartphone app providing abstinence incentives or (2) standard OAT alone. …”
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Cohort Profile Update: Reflecting back and looking ahead: Updating the Comparative Outcomes and Service Utilization Trends (COAST) Study to include 28 years of linked data from peo... by Michael Owusu Budu, Katherine W. Kooij, Katherine Heath, Taylor McLinden, Claudette Cardinal, Scott D. Emerson, Paul Sereda, Jason Trigg, Jenny Li, Erin Ding, Mark W. Hull, Kate Salters, Viviane D. Lima, Rolando Barrios, Julio S. G. Montaner, Robert S. Hogg, COAST Study Team

“…The cohort was recently updated to include persons diagnosed with HIV after March 31, 2013, and expanded to broaden research applications. Methods COAST includes PWH and a 10% random sample of the general population without HIV, all aged ≥19. …”
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Hemicelulose em reconstrução da parede abdominal em ratos Reconstruction of the abdominal wall in rats with hemicellulose by Fernando Antônio Gomes de Andrade, Cláudio Eduardo de Oliveira Cavalcanti, Priscila Kuriki Vieira Mota, Raphaela Plech, Lydia Masako Ferreira

“…In the last years, has been observed the development of new techniques to resolve SLAW, some which include the making of flaps and the use of biocompatible and synthetic materials. METHODS: This random experimental and uncontrolled study evaluated the use of hemicellulose as a repair of SLAW in 40 EPM III Wistar female rats. …”
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Investigating Protective and Risk Factors and Predictive Insights for Aboriginal Perinatal Mental Health: Explainable Artificial Intelligence Approach by Guanjin Wang, Hachem Bennamoun, Wai Hang Kwok, Jenny Paola Ortega Quimbayo, Bridgette Kelly, Trish Ratajczak, Rhonda Marriott, Roz Walker, Jayne Kotz

“…Several machine learning models, including random forest (RF), CatBoost (CB), light gradient-boosting machine (LightGBM), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), k-nearest neighbor (KNN), support vector machine (SVM), and explainable boosting machine (EBM), were developed and compared for predictive performance. …”
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Machine learning applications in forecasting patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes after carpal tunnel release: a retrospective study by Zohreh Manoochehri, Sara Manoochehri, Seyed Reza Bagheri, Alireza Abdi, Ehsan Alimohammadi

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Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in the Normalization of Brain Activation in Patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review of Neurophysiolo... by Melody M. Y. Chan, Yvonne M. Y. Han

“…Randomized controlled trials that studied the effects of tDCS on brain activity by comparing experimental and sham control groups using either electrophysiological or neuroimaging methods were included. …”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of existing TNF blocking agents in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. by Kalle J Aaltonen, Liisa M Virkki, Antti Malmivaara, Yrjö T Konttinen, Dan C Nordström, Marja Blom

“…Hence, a systematic review is required to indirectly compare the substances. The aim of our study is to estimate the efficacy and the safety of TNF-blockers in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and indirectly compare all five currently available blockers by combining the results from included randomized clinical trials (RCT).…”
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Acute effects of caffeinated chewing gum on basketball performance in elite female players by Aleksandra Filip-Stachnik

“…Background: To date, no study has investigated the effects of acute intake of caffeinated chewing gum in female basketball players. Methods: Nine elite female basketball players participated in a randomized crossover placebo-controlled double-blind experiment. …”
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Screening for problematic opioid use in the emergency department: Comparison of two screening measures by Brittany E. Punches, Caroline E. Freiermuth, Jon E. Sprague, Jennifer L. Brown, Elizabeth Hutzel‐Dunham, Joshua Lambert, Robert Braun, Andrew Littlefield, Jennifer A. Frey, Daniel J. Bachmann, Jason J. Bischof, Michael V. Pantalon, Rachel M. Ancona, David F. Kisor, Michael S. Lyons

“…Our objectives were (1) to compare two screening measures for OUD characterization in the ED and (2) to determine the proportion of ED patients screening positive for OUD and those who endorse other substance use to guide future screening programs. Methods A cross‐sectional study of randomly selected adult patients presenting to three Midwestern US EDs were enrolled, with duplicate patients excluded. …”
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