HIV risk screening and HIV testing among orphans and vulnerable children in community settings in Tanzania: Acceptability and fidelity to lay-cadre administration of the screening... by Michelle M Gill, Ola Jahanpour, Roland van de Ven, Asheri Barankena, Peris Urasa, Gretchen Antelman

“…Improvements to questions and their delivery and ongoing mentorship could strengthen tool performance and HIV case finding using a targeted testing approach. Overall, home-based HIV risk screening and testing were acceptable to beneficiaries and CCW, could improve testing uptake, and serve as a platform to promote healthy behaviors for those with limited health system interactions.…”
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Association of Family Well-Being Parenting Style and Child Care in Southern Division Kabale District. by Niyomigisha, Saviour

“…From the 231 questionnaires distributed in the parishes a total of 165 were collected and used in the analysis. Data was collected through questionnaires and interviews. …”
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Large-scale functional network connectivity mediate the associations of white matter lesions with executive functions and information processing speed in asymptomatic cerebral smal... by Jing Chen, Weiwei lu, Zhangyang Wang, Mingfang Shi, Zhang Shi, Weibin Shi

“…Large-scale internetwork and intranetwork functional connectivity (FC) were calculated using a combination of resting-state functional MRI data and independent component analysis. …”
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Thermal resistance capacity model for transient simulation of capillary-box heat exchangers by Huili Yu, Yuhao Wang, Guangrui Xv, Di Wu, Songtao Hu

“…The state-space representation is used to solve the governing equations. The model is verified against experimental data, achieving very good agreement with the mean bias error (MBE) of 7.2 %. …”
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An observational study on non-communicable disease risk factors among healthcare workers in high-stress environments by Alessandra Pirrello, Daniele Giacomo Mancuso, Chiara Pace, Angelo Immordino, Virginia Meli, Fabio Tramuto, Alessandra Casuccio, Palmira Immordino

“…An online questionnaire, based on the WHO’s STEPS approach, was administered to 390 HCWs. Data from 273 responses were analyzed using SPSS software.ResultsThe sample comprised 57.9% women, predominantly nurses (35.9%).DiscussionKey findings revealed that 56.8% consumed alcohol, 42.1% used tobacco, and 86.1% frequently skipped meals due to work. …”
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Measuring (Mis)trust in the age of COVID-19: viewpoints of vaccine clinical trial participation among individuals living with sickle cell disease by Khadijah Abdallah, Kiana Amini, Hasmin C. Ramirez, Madison Keller, Diba Seddighi, Marilyn S. Baffoe-Bonnie, Shameka Thomas, Vence L. Bonham, Ashley J. Buscetta

“…Methods This cross-sectional study is part of a larger longitudinal study aimed at understanding the lived experiences of individuals living with SCD in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the first wave of the longitudinal study, collected June– December 2020, were used for the analyses (n = 185). …”
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Agenda-setting Policy Analysis on Iranian Physical Activity Promotion Policies: An application of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework by Behrouz Fathi, Rahim Khodayari-Zarnaq, Sara Pourazavi, Haidar Nadrian, Ahmad Kousha

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Comparison of Common Methods of Extraction and Rotation in Exploratory Factor Analysis to Validate the Addiction Potential Questionnaire of 12-18-Year-Old Iranian Children by Aboubakr Jafarnezhad, Haleh Ghaem Maralani, Ali Sahraian, Jafar Hassanzadeh

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Cost-effectiveness of the rural lifestyle eating and activity program (Rural LEAP). by Tiffany A Radcliff, Murray J Côté, Meena N Shankar, Patricia E Durning, Kathryn M Ross, David M Janicke, Christie A Befort, Laurel S Curran, Michael G Perri

“…Using a program/participant perspective, cost-effectiveness was assessed for a 5-year time horizon using a discrete Markov model, with sensitivity analysis to test model assumptions. …”
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Metabolic syndrome among people living with HIV on first-line antiretroviral therapy in scarce-resource settings: an evidence from Tanzanian facility-based survey by Deogratius Bintabara, Sola T. Hyera, Festo K. Shayo

“…MetS was established by using the Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were used to analyze the data, and all statistical analyses were performed using Stata version 17.0. …”
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The mediating role of psychological distress in the association between migration experiences and stigma and coping strategies: a cross-sectional study on Ethiopian migrant returne... by Yekoyealem Desie, Lemma Derseh Gezie, Kassahun Habtamu, Abebaw Minaye, Mulat Asnake, Emebet Mulugeta, Fantahun Admas, Azeb Asaminew Alemu, Dame Abera, Endirias Gina, Teshome Kondale

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Scrutinizing News Media Cooperation in Facebook and Twitter by Praboda Rajapaksha, Reza Farahbakhsh, Noel Crespi

“…Therefore, in this paper, researchers have been used machine learning and text mining techniques to attain useful insights from the news media data in social media in-order to understand the factors for gaining large audience attention. …”
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The role of cultural factors in green supply chain management practices: a conceptual framework and an empirical investigation by Sadia Iddik

“…Design/methodology/approach – Using survey data from a sample of Moroccan manufacturing firms, 130 responses were collected and analyzed using SPSS 25 and Smart PLS v 3.3.3 software. …”
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Relative Fat Mass and Psoriasis Risk: Evidence from NHANES 2009–2014 by Ma T, Xiang X, Liu G

“…Multivariable logistic regression models were used to analyze the association between RFM and psoriasis risk, adjusting for covariates such as age, gender, race, socioeconomic factors, and health behaviors. …”
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Efficacy of Mobile App–Based Dietary Interventions Among Cancer Survivors: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Krista Ching Wai Chung, Naomi Takemura, Wendy Wing Tak Lam, Mandy Man Ho, Antoinette Marie Lee, Wynnie Yuen Yee Chan, Daniel Yee Tak Fong

“…Albeit a growing interest in using mobile apps for health promotion, there is a need for comprehensive evidence on the effects of mobile apps, particularly on dietary behaviors. …”
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High Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Related Demographic Factors in North of Iran: Results from the PERSIAN Guilan Cohort Study by Mohammadreza Naghipour, Farahnaz Joukar, Hossein-Ali Nikbakht, Soheil Hassanipour, Mehrnaz Asgharnezhad, Morteza Arab-Zozani, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei

“…Demographic, anthropometric, blood pressure, and biochemical data were used in this study. The IDF definitions were used to diagnose the metabolic syndrome. …”
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Efficiency optimization of a hybrid Savonius-Darrieus hydrokinetic turbine via regression modeling and CFD-based design of experiments by Mateo Arrieta-Gomez, Sebastián Vélez-García, Diego Hincapié Zuluaga, Juan C. Tejada, Daniel Sanin-Villa

“…The best regression model was identified using the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC). …”
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Culturally Modifying MassMen for Massachusetts Latino/x Men: Formative Research for the CDC-Funded Massachusetts Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program by Airín D. Martínez, Samantha Kloft, Delvis J. Hernández, Parastoo Dezyani, Pablo Fernández, Geraldo Pagán, Mariel Batista, Oscar Torres, Kelley Cunningham

“…We conducted a community-engaged study using survey data and eight bilingual (English/Spanish) focus groups with Latino/x men ( N = 31, ages 19–59). …”
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Nutritional knowledge, sociodemographic, and lifestyle factors as determinants of diet quality – a Polish population-based study by Alicja Kucharska, Beata Irena Sińska, Mariusz Panczyk, Piotr Samel-Kowalik, Filip Raciborski, Aneta Czerwonogrodzka-Senczyna, Iwona Boniecka, Iwona Traczyk

“…This study aimed to examine the relationship between nutritional knowledge and diet quality among Polish adults, accounting for socioeconomic determinants, and to identify subgroups at risk of poorer dietary patterns.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted using data from two nationally representative surveys (2017–2020), totaling 4,000 adults. …”
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The neural underpinnings of repeated skill transfer in human cultural evolution by Heidi Øhrn, Heidi Øhrn, Emilie Pettersen Sjursen, Karsten Specht, Karsten Specht, Kenneth Hugdahl, Kenneth Hugdahl, Kenneth Hugdahl, Larissa Mendoza Straffon, Larissa Mendoza Straffon, Andrea Bender, Andrea Bender

“…We obtained data from two chains of multiple generations of participants. …”
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