Healthcare resource utilization burden associated with cognitive impairments identified through natural language processing among patients with schizophrenia in the United States by Jerome Vaccaro, Mona Nili, Pin Xiang, James K. Nelson, Cory Pack, Randall Thompson, Joe Vasey, Joseph Parks

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Age-period-cohort analysis of self-harm incidence rates by gender in Iran among individuals aged 10–39 years, 1990–2019 by Yousef Ramazani, Alireza Abdi, Shahab Rezaeian, Farid Najafi, Zhyla Aliyavari, Mehdi Moradinazar

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Self-Care Interventions as a Health Technology for Managing Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Study in Iran by Zahra Yousefi Malekroodi, Seyed Ali Majidi, Amirmohammad Taalipasand

“…The data obtained from field investigations were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical tests, including Pearson correlation and linear regression, at a significance level of 0.01 and a confidence interval of 0.99, in SPSS software version 16. …”
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Student-Life Stress Level and its Related Factors among Medical Students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in 2015 by Roya Nikanjam, Majid Barati, Saeed Bashirian*, Mohammad Babamiri, Ali Fattahi, Alireza Soltanian

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The preference for surprise in reinforcement learning underlies the differences in developmental changes in risk preference between autistic and neurotypical youth by Motofumi Sumiya, Kentaro Katahira, Hironori Akechi, Atsushi Senju

“…Using the choice-related data of each participant, we fit four reinforcement learning models and compared the fit of each model to the data. …”
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Multi-omics-based subtyping of melanoma suggests distinct immune and targeted therapy strategies by Changchang Li, Xiaoqiong Lin, Jinhui Wang, Qiaochu Zhou, Fangfang Feng, Jie Xu

“…BackgroundMelanoma is a highly heterogeneous malignancy with diverse molecular and clinical behaviors. A precise molecular classification is critical for improving prognostic assessment and guiding personalized therapy.MethodsWe performed an integrative multi-omics analysis of skin cutaneous melanoma using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and validated our findings in independent cohorts. …”
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The effect of disaster risk perceptions on disaster preparedness levels of students at a university in Turkey by Bahar Kalın, Maide Yeşilyurt

“…The data were analyzed using SPSS software. Descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were calculated. …”
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Compliance to a Five-Year Biannual Ivermectin Treatment for Onchocerciasis Elimination and Its Determinants among Adults in the Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: A Community-Bas... by Bedilu Kifle, Mamo Nigatu

“…Descriptive statistics were used to summarize descriptive data. Binary logistic regression was done to assess statistical associations. …”
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Dental caries and related factors in the elderly of the Azar cohort population: A cross-sectional study. by Maryam Hosseinpour Sarmadi, Nasrin Sharififard, Zeinab Mahboobi, Elnaz Faramarzi, Aylin Bilehjani

“…The present study aimed to assess dental caries in elderly individuals using the DMFT index (decayed, missing, and filled teeth) and to explore its relationship with various factors based on data from the Azar cohort study in Iran.…”
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Normal weight obesity in adolescents: patterns and associated factors by Maria Kaczmarek

“…BackgroundNormal-weight obesity (NWO), which is defined as excess body fat despite a normal body mass index (BMI), is increasingly recognized as a cardiometabolic risk factor. However, data on its prevalence and associated factors in adolescent populations is limited.ObjectivesTo estimate the prevalence of NWO among Polish adolescents and to identify individual and contextual correlates using a multidimensional ecological framework.MethodsData were drawn from the cross-sectional, population-based ADOPOLNOR study and included 4,037 adolescents (49.6% boys) aged 10–18 years with a normal BMI, as classified by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). …”
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Predictors of self-care in kidney transplant patients according to preoperative dialysis: A comparative study by Hyeiyeon Im, Hye-Young Jang

“…These questionnaires assessed general and disease-specific characteristics, stress, social support, and self-care behaviors. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. …”
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The interaction of adverse childhood experiences, sex, and transgender identity as risk factors for depression: disparities in transgender adults by Siva Balakrishnan, Wei Yang, Ann M. Weber

“…We assessed whether the known association between ACE and depression was modified (or differed) by adult transgender identity and by assigned sex at birth, which we used as a proxy for adults' biological (e.g., hormonal changes) and social (e.g., sexism) experiences in childhood.MethodsData from a representative sample of 519 transgender and 127,214 cisgender US adults was retrieved from the 2019 and 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys. …”
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Balance Exercises Based on Virtual Reality on the Cognitive Performance of Older Adults With Parkinson Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment by Ali Mehraban, Azadeh Sadat Zendehbad, Fereidoun Nowshiravan Rahatabad

“…Meanwhile, subsequent data analysis involved the application of correlated t tests and independent t tests, executed using the SPSS software, version 26, considering a significance level of 0.05. …”
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Professionalism Among Medical Residents in a Teaching Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study by Fatemeh Zolfaghari, Mina Mobasher, Samira Sohbati, Fatemeh Karami Robati

“…Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2021 on medical residents studying four major specialities (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics) at Kerman’s Afzalipour Teaching Hospital. Data were collected using the ABIM professionalism questionnaire. …”
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“PrevenganT2,” a Culturally Responsive Family-Based Diabetes Prevention Intervention for Hispanic or Latino Adults at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept... by Brooke E Franklin, Brynn L Meulenberg, Elizabeth Z Beaulieu, Jessica Cisneros-Macias, Yiqing Cao, Sara Carbajal-Salisbury, Jeannette Villalta, Nelamaria Flores, Virginia Fuentes, Maria C Hernandez, Diana Parry-Alba, Carmen Rodriguez, Yolanda Rodriguez, Veronica S Zavala Orozco, Anu Asnaani, Ana Sanchez-Birkhead, Katherine J W Baucom

“…ObjectiveGiven the potential impact of cultural adaptation on such interventions, our community-academic research team used the Obesity-Related Behavioral Intervention Trials (ORBIT) model to guide an adaptation of the core 16 modules of the National Diabetes Prevention Program’s PrevengaT2 curriculum to meet the needs of Hispanic or Latino communities in Utah. …”
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Lichen Sclerosus is a high-cost diagnosis, compounded by comorbid conditions by Joseph Visingardi, Shreya Patel, Vanessa Lu, Darrel Bibicheff, Elise J.B. De

“…Therefore, this study aims to investigate the global costs associated with the treatment of LS using a contained insurance dataset. Methods: : Deidentified 12-month data from 2022 to 2023 for a northeastern private insurer of teachers and municipal workers was queried to analyze costs associated with a diagnosis of LS (ICD-10 code L90.0). …”
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The I-V Characteristic Prediction of BCD LV pMOSFET Devices Based on an ANFIS-Based Methodology by Shen-Li Chen

“…Here, the power of using ANFIS to realize the I-V behaviors is demonstrated in these p-channel MOS transistors. …”
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Personality dimensions as determinants of breast cancer progression and quality of life by Ali Talaei, Fatemeh Homaei Shandiz, Elham Ghaffari, Asma Khorshi Shamshiri, Sahar Omidvar-Tehrani, Fahimeh Afzaljavan

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Work-Family Conflict among Iranian Emergency Medical Technicians and Its Relationship with Time Management Skills: A Descriptive Study by Mehdi Beyramijam, Yousof Akbari Shahrestanaki, Hamidreza Khankeh, Mohsen Aminizadeh, Ali Dehghani, Mohammad Ali Hosseini

“…The Carlson Family-Conflict Questionnaire and the “Time Management Behaviors Scale” developed by Macan were used as evaluation instruments. …”
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Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life by Ahmad Hamidi, Zidan Syamsul Alam, Burhan Hambali, S Susanti, Ajeng Annamayra, Tian Kurniawan

“…This research was designed to inform policymakers on the importance of implementing needs-based health services and improving overall health status.A total of 201 employees were selected as the sample population. To collect data, the researchers used the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). …”
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