Effects of the Non-Nutritive Sweeteners on Glucose Metabolism and Appetite Regulating Hormones: Systematic Review of Observational Prospective Studies and Clinical Trials. by Alonso Romo-Romo, Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas, Griselda X Brito-Córdova, Rita A Gómez Díaz, David Vilchis Valentín, Paloma Almeda-Valdes

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>The aim of this review is to analyze the scientific available evidence regarding the effects of NNS on glucose metabolism and appetite regulating hormones.<h4>Data sources and study eligibility criteria</h4>We identified human observational studies evaluating the relation between NNS consumption and obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome, in addition to clinical trials evaluating the effects of NNS in glucose metabolism and appetite regulating hormones.…”
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Pesticides Usage in the Soil Quality Degradation Potential in Wanasari Subdistrict, Brebes, Indonesia by Tri Joko, Sutrisno Anggoro, Henna Rya Sunoko, Savitri Rachmawati

“…This study was a quantitative and qualitative research. Sources of data were collected from observation, questionnaire, and in-depth interview methods. …”
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Lexical Interference of Russian and Karelian in the Diachronic Aspect of Language Policy by V. A. Ivanova, L. A. Ulianitckaia

“…The research material was broadened by interviewing several informants. The data was collected and analyzed using the method of continuous sampling, questioning, participant observation, and comparative analysis. …”
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Saúde e poder: a emergência política da Aids/HIV no Brasil Health and power: the political emergence of AIDS/HIV in Brazil by Maria Cristina da Costa Marques

“…<br>This analysis of the construction of political responses to AIDS in Brazil is grounded on a study of the epidemic since its first appearance, against a backdrop formed by the recent history of Brazilian health policy, the period's emerging social movements, and data on AIDS/HIV evolution. Together with period documents, oral sources constitute a fundamental part of the research. …”
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What's in a face: Automatic facial coding of untrained study participants compared to standardized inventories. by T Tim A Höfling, Georg W Alpers, Björn Büdenbender, Ulrich Föhl, Antje B M Gerdes

“…Third, although profiles of relevant AU overlapped substantially across the two data sets, there were also substantial differences in their AU profiles. …”
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Biofilm Morphotypes and Population Structure among Staphylococcus epidermidis from Commensal and Clinical Samples. by Llinos G Harris, Susan Murray, Ben Pascoe, James Bray, Guillaume Meric, Leonardos Mageiros, Thomas S Wilkinson, Rose Jeeves, Holger Rohde, Stefan Schwarz, Herminia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia, Joana Rolo, Rory Bowden, Keith A Jolley, Martin C J Maiden, Dietrich Mack, Samuel K Sheppard

“…Of the biofilm morphology characteristics, only biofilm thickness had a significant association with clade distribution. The distribution of some known adhesion-associated genes (aap and sesE) among isolates showed a significant association with the species clonal frame. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Secondary outcomes included: unplanned 60- and 90-day hospital re-admissions; quality of transition; health-related quality of life (EuroQol-5 Dimensions, five-level version); and self-reported healthcare resource use. Data sources National Health Service Secondary Use Services data and Hospital Episodes data for work package 2 and routinely recorded National Health Service acute trust hospital data on re-admissions for work packages 5 and 6. …”
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Scientific research in the health tourism market: a systematic literature review by Nataliia Letunovska, Aleksy Kwilinski, Bozena Kaminska

“…The author’s research will be useful for further research in health tourism, as it provides a basis for some of the works already analyzed and describes the tools for bibliographic analysis of literature sources…”
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The influence of entrepreneurial role model on entrepreneurial intention: a cross-level investigation by Mu Xuan, Liu Yankai

“…Design/methodology/approach – Two major international databases, Adult Population Survey Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (APS GEM) 2017 and Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE), were used as data sources for this paper. In total, the authors obtained data from 174,128 respondents in the APS GEM 2017 database. …”
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How are behavioural interventions delivered to children (5–11 years old): a systematic mapping review by Amberly Brigden, Roxanne Morin Parslow, Lucy Beasant, Esther Crawley, Anna Davies, Catherine Linney, Nina Higson-Sweeney, Rebecca Read, Maria Loades, Sarah Stoll, Richard Morris, Siyan Ye

“…There has been inadequate attention to the delivery of behavioural interventions to younger children (5–11 years old).Objective Our objectives were to describe the characteristics of behavioural interventions for children aged 5–11 years.Data sources We searched five databases: CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO, MEDLINE and Cochrane Library, from January 2005 to August 2019.Study selection The inclusion criteria were (1) children aged 5–11, (2) cognitive and/or behavioural interventions, (3) randomised controlled trials and (4) 2005 onward. …”
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Impact of gender on foreign language teaching anxiety in the Republic of Serbia by Marinković Ivana M.

“…It also includes questions aimed at eliciting some demographic information on the respondents and open-ended questions aimed at eliciting the respondents' opinion on the sources of foreign language teaching anxiety and potential ways of overcoming it. …”
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Evaluating musculoskeletal imaging communication interventions using behavioural science: a scoping review using the COM-B model by Andrew Bateman, Edward Kirby, Andrew MacMillan, Andrew Brinkley, Bernard X W Liew

“…This study aims to identify the Behaviour Change Techniques (BCTs), the behavioural targets and the theoretical basis of interventions seeking to affect the communication of MSK imaging.Design Scoping review using the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation - Behaviour (COM-B) model.Data sources Searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, AMED and PsycINFO from inception to 9 February 2024.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included studies that have developed or evaluated interventions which target the communication of MSK imaging findings. …”
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Standard echocardiography versus handheld echocardiography for the detection of subclinical rheumatic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy by Mark Emmanuel Engel, Leila Hussein Abdullahi, Lisa Helen Telford, Eleanor Atieno Ochodo, Liesl Joanna Zuhlke

“…Objective To summarise the accuracy of handheld echocardiography (HAND) which, if shown to be sufficiently similar to that of standard echocardiography (STAND), could usher in a new age of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) screening in endemic areas.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources PubMed, Scopus, EBSCOHost and ISI Web of Science were initially searched on 27 September 2017 and again on 3 March 2020 for studies published from 2012 onwards.Eligibility criteria Studies assessing the accuracy of HAND compared with STAND when performed by an experienced cardiologist in conjunction with the 2012 World Heart Federation criteria among populations of children and adolescents living in endemic areas were included.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed the methodological quality of included studies against review-specific Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS)-2 criteria. …”
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Aortic stiffness after living kidney donation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kevin D Burns, Rosendo A Rodriguez, Mohsen Agharazii, Ann Bugeja, Edward G Clark, Kylie McNeill

“…This review aimed to determine the effects of living kidney donation on cf-PWV, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and their differences versus non-nephrectomised healthy individuals.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central databases, Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Database, Technologies in Health, EBM Reviews, ProQuest and ‘Grey Matters Light’). …”
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Economic Evaluation Methodologies of Remote Patient Monitoring for Chronic Conditions: Scoping Review by Siri Bjorvig, Elin Breivik, Jordi Piera-Jiménez, Carme Carrion

“…Commonly reported costs related to health care resource use and technology, but the data sources used, and the level of transparency provided, varied. …”
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Efficacy and safety of 11 sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors at different dosages in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients inadequately controlled with metformin: a Bayesian net... by Yue Li, Zihan Wang, Haiyang Liu, Tingting Gong, Leqing Xu, Yike Wu, Jiyifan Li, Yanan Ding, Junwei Chow, Longzhou Li, Guo Ma

“…Objectives Assess the efficacy and safety profiles of different sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) as an add-on to metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.Design Bayesian network meta-analysis.Data sources PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched before 18 December 2024.Eligibility criteria Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating T2DM patients taking one of 12 SGLT2is as add-on therapy to metformin. …”
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The Impact of Physical Activities on Male Fertility: A Systematic Review by Albert Kapla, Alicja Černohorská, Daria Bednarczyk, Julia Białeta, Karolina Siembab, Katarzyna Rowińska, Michalina Jurkiewicz, Wiktor Garbarczyk, Wiktoria Pysiewicz, Agnieszka Napieralska

“…The search was limited to articles published in English between 1991 and 2023 to ensure the relevance and accuracy of the data. Duplicates, non-peer-reviewed sources, and studies lacking methodological transparency were excluded. …”
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Presenting a model for the establishment and maintenance of expert human resources in the government organizations of Sistan and Baluchestan province by Majid Reza Dahmardeh, Vahid pourshahabi, Amin Reza Kamalian, Habibollah Salaerzehi

“…The statistical population included 181 managers and experts of government organizations in Sistan and Baluchistan province, from which 123 people were selected as a sample using Cochran's method. The data of this research was collected through a researcher-made questionnaire.In order to analyze the data, the structural equation modeling method, the path analysis technique, and the Smartpls software were used to determine the factor load of the manifest and hidden variables. …”
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Acceptability and feasibility of weight management programmes for adults with severe obesity: a qualitative systematic review by Graeme Maclennan, David Cooper, Paul Aveyard, Magaly Aceves-Martins, Fiona Stewart, Jennifer Logue, Zoë C Skea, Michal Shimonovich, Clare Robertson, Alison Avenell, Elisabet Jacobsen, Dwayne Boyers, Lise Retat, Laura Webber, Emily Corbould, Benshuai Xu, Abbygail Jaccard, Bonnie Boyle, Eilidh Duncan, Cynthia Fraser, Lara Kemp, Lorna Van Lierop, Richard Clarke, Laura Stewart, Richard Welbourn, Jamie Blackshaw, Su Sethi

“…Objectives To improve our understanding of the acceptability of behavioural weight management programmes (WMPs) for adults with severe obesity.Design A systematic review of qualitative evidence.Data sources Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, SCI, SSCI and CAB abstracts were searched from 1964 to May 2017.Eligibility criteria Papers that contained qualitative data from adults with body mass index (BMI) ≥35 kg/m2 (and/or the views of providers involved in their care) and considered issues about weight management.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers read and systematically extracted data from the included papers which were compared, and contrasted according to emerging issues and themes. …”
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ORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY EXPLORING ORAL MISINFORMATION AND FACTS IN WESTERN REGION OF SAUDI ARABIA by Afnan A Nassar, Asaiyl Alkhuzai, Jawharah Alghmdi, Huriyyah Alotaibi, Mada Algethami, Thikra Al Sharif, Shahinaz Simbawa, Hesham Alhazmi

“…The survey gathered demographic data and included questions regarding social media usage, dental health myths and facts, dietary factors that influence caries prevention, and the relationship between systemic diseases and periodontal conditions. …”
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