Dermatomycosis in cats (prevalence, diagnosis, course, treatment) by O.-L. I. Labunska, V. M. Hunchak, B. V. Gutyj, I. I. Khariv, M. P. Soltys

“…When examining cats suspected of having dermatomycosis, anamnestic data are taken into account (type of animal, sex, age, breed, housing and feeding conditions, general condition, behavioral reactions, presence of appetite, appearance), as well as clinical manifestations of skin lesions, namely the location of the pathological process, nature and its manifestations. …”
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Rural Patients’ Perceived Importance of Racial and Ethnic Concordance With Providers and Receipt of Annual Routine Visits by Bobbie L Johannes PhD, MPH, Arch G Mainous PhD, Tyler Prochnow PhD, Xuewei Chen PhD, MCHES, Selena E Ortiz , PhD, MPH, Matthew Lee Smith PhD, MPH, CHES

“…Therefore, our study identifies the patient characteristics associated with: (1) perceived importance of having racial and ethnic concordance; and (2) not having a routine provider visit in the past year among rural patients living throughout the United States. Data were collected through an online survey using Qualtrics, incorporating validated questionnaire items to assess health beliefs, healthcare practices, access to care, and patient–provider distrust. …”
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Application of communication strategies in the diffusion of agricultural innovations and technologies: the case of Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia by Bewket Sisay Melaku, Enkuye Yizengaw Sefereh, Minas Hiruy Emunu, Dessalegn Yeshambel Wassie

“…The study also incorporated document analysis as a data collection instrument. The study predominantly used a qualitative approach to the research design. …”
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The effects of the image attributes of golf star athletes supported by adult amateur golfers on sports participation desire and continuation intention by Ji-Hye Yang, Ga Young Kim, Hye Jin Yang, Chulhwan Choi, Chul-Ho Bum

“…The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, validity and reliability, and multiple regression analyses. …”
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Tooth loss and physical function among older adults related to race and ethnicity in Hawai‘i: A cross-sectional study from 2014 to 2020 by Wei Zhang, Yan Yan Wu, Fran C. Woodworth, Deborah J. Mattheus

“…Methods: We examined severe tooth loss and functional limitations in relation to sociodemographic factors, including race/ethnicity, using four waves of data from the Hawaiʻi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System collected between 2014 and 2020. …”
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Smoking as a causative factor in chronic kidney disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Yue Yang, Zheng Zhang, Hai-tao Lu, Qian-qian Xu, Li Zhuo, Wen-ge Li

“…This study applied bivariate causal analysis and two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) methods to examine the association between various smoking behaviors – initiation, cessation, age at initiation, cigarettes smoked per day, and lifetime smoking – and CKD, using genome-wide data. …”
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Presenting a Model of Managerial practical wisdom in Hospitals by Mahdavi Akramsadat, Ardabili Farzad Sattari, Kheirandish Mohammad, Ebrahimpour Habib, Daryani Shahram Mirzaei

“…This qualitative study was conducted to provide a model of managerial practical wisdom in public hospitals in order to define the components affecting managerial practical wisdom, development strategies and its results in hospitals based on interpretive paradigm using Grounded strategy and content analysis technique and based on paradigm model of Corbin and Strauss (2008). …”
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Random Oversampling-Based Diabetes Classification via Machine Learning Algorithms by G. R. Ashisha, X. Anitha Mary, E. Grace Mary Kanaga, J. Andrew, R. Jennifer Eunice

“…In this work, we propose an e-diagnostic model for diabetes classification via a machine learning algorithm that can be executed on the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). The study uses and analyses two benchmarking datasets, the PIMA Indian Diabetes Dataset (PIDD) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) diabetes dataset, to classify diabetes. …”
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Effects of TMS on anhedonia and suicidal ideation in treatment-resistant depression: Outcomes from the University of Minnesota Interventional Psychiatry Program by A. Irem Sonmez, Ryan Webler, Alyssa M. Krueger, Clara Godoy-Henderson, Christi Sullivan, Saydra Wilson, Sarah Olsen, Sabine Schmid, Alexander Herman, Alik Widge, Carol Peterson, Ziad Nahas, C. Sophia Albott

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Adherence to the 3+30+300 urban green space rule and mental health, physical activity, and overweight: A population-based study in the Netherlands by Marco Helbich, Matthew H.E.M. Browning, Dirk Voets, Payam Dadvand

“…Methods: We used population-based health survey data for 2022 from the Netherlands. …”
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Structural, mechanical, electronic and optical properties of N-decorated single-walled silicon carbide nanotube photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution via water splitting: a DFT stud... by Yahaya Saadu Itas, Razif Razali, Salisu Tata, Mohammed Kolo, Hamid Osman, Abubakr M. Idris, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker

“…Investigations of the structural, mechanical, electronic, and optical properties of the studied systems were carried out using popular density functional theory implemented in quantum ESPRESSO and Yambo codes. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mortality Rates From Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in Taiwan: An Interventional Time Series Study by Chen-Mao Liao, Chen-Mao Liao, Yi-Wei Kao, Yi-Wei Kao, Chih-Ming Lin, Chih-Ming Lin, Pei-Yu Lai, Pei-Yu Lai

“…ObjectivesTo examine whether the likelihood of death from non-communicable diseases nationwide was heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsData on mortality caused by seven leading non-communicable chronic diseases from 2011 to 2022 were extracted from Taiwan’s Death Registry. …”
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Spontaneous blinking and brain health in aging: Large-scale evaluation of blink-related oscillations across the lifespan by Sujoy Ghosh Hajra, Jed A. Meltzer, Prerana Keerthi, Chloe Pappas, Allison B. Sekuler, Cam-CAN Group, Careesa Chang Liu

“…To address this, we undertook the first large-scale evaluation of BRO responses in healthy aging using the Cambridge Centre for Aging and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) repository, which contains magnetoencephalography (MEG) data from a large sample (N = 457) of healthy adults across a broad age range (18–88) during the performance of a simple target detection task. …”
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Home Range Analysis of Teratoscincus roborowskii in the Turpan Basin, Northwestern China: Insights from VHF Tagging Technology by WENJUAN JING, HAN YAN, XUEJUN MA, Feng Xu

“… The home range (HR) of an animal encompasses the area utilized during activities such as foraging, mating, and other routine behaviors, with its size reflecting behavioral patterns and ecological niche. …”
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Enhancing Skin Cancer Prevention and Awareness in the Italian Population: Insights from the “Save Your Skin” Screening Campaign by Paola Savoia, Laura Cristina Gironi, Chiara Airoldi, Francesca Zottarelli, Mauro Alaibac, Marco Ardigò, Giuseppe Argenziano, Stefano Astorino, Francesco Bellinato, Luca Bianchi, Maurizio Congedo, Claudia Costa, Alessandro Di Stefani, Maria Concetta Fargnoli, Caterina Foti, Pasquale Frascione, Giampiero Girolomoni, Vieri Grandi, Fabrizio Guarneri, Katharina Hansel, Francesco Lacarruba, Serena Lembo, Angelo Valerio Marzano, Giuseppe Micali, Steven Paul Nisticò, Annamaria Offidani, Ketty Peris, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Pietro Quaglino, Marco Romanelli, Franco Rongioletti, Pietro Rubegni, Camilla Salvini, Massimiliano Scalvenzi, Paolo Sena, Marco Spadafora, Carlo Francesco Tomasini, Marina Venturini, Elisa Zavattaro

“…Objectives: This study analyzed data from Italy's 2023 "Save Your Skin" campaign, which provided free skin checks nationwide. …”
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Effect of teriflunomide on cortex-basal ganglia-thalamus (CxBGTh) circuit glutamatergic dysregulation in the Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus mouse model of multiple sclero... by Claire M Modica, Ferdinand Schweser, Michelle L Sudyn, Nicola Bertolino, Marilena Preda, Paul Polak, Danielle M Siebert, Jacqueline C Krawiecki, Michele Sveinsson, Jesper Hagemeier, Michael G Dwyer, Suyog Pol, Robert Zivadinov

“…Mice were examined with MRS and volumetric MRI scans (0, 8, 26, and 39 weeks) in the cortex, basal ganglia and thalamus, using a 9.4T scanner, and with behavioral tests (0, 4, 8, 12, 17, 26, and 39 weeks). …”
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The role of interoceptive awareness in social anxiety disorder – results of an internet-based CBT-manualized therapist delivered group-treatment by I. Schmalbach, K. Petrowski

“…While internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) offers an effective and more accessible treatment option, experimental treatment outcomes related to IAw and specific to SAD are rare. …”
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Numerical Investigation on Flow and Thermal Characteristics of Spray Evaporation Process in Boiler Desuperheater by Jianqing Wang, Baoqing Liu, Bin Du, Kaifei Wu, Qi Lin, Bohai Liu, Minghui Cheng

“…The Eulerian–Lagrangian approach was used to describe the two-phase flow characteristics. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of statin therapy in the general working-age population by V. S. Kaveshnikov, V. N. Serebryakova, I. A. Trubacheva

“…Association analysis included blocks of socio-economic, psychosocial, behavioral, and medical variables. We used methods of univariate and multivariate statistics. …”
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A Systematic Review of Telehealth Applications in Endocrinology by SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Soudabeh Yarmohammadi, Pegah Mirzapour, Soheil Dehghani, Sepide Ahmadi, Faeze Abbaspour, Ava Pashaei, Ayoob Molla, Alireza Pashaei, Samin Ahmadi, Esmaeil Mehraeen

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