Mental health discussions among rural residents: a social network approach by Emily Long, Abodunrin Aminu, Srebrenka Letina, Claire Goodfellow, Mark McCann

“…This study applies a novel social network design to identify characteristics of mental health discussion networks among rural residents in Scotland. Methods: Data were collected on 505 social contacts of residents living in the Scottish Highlands. …”
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Does initial postgraduate career intention and social demographics predict perceived career behaviour? A national cross-sectional survey of UK postgraduate doctors by Jennifer Cleland, Kim Walker, Peter Johnston, Gillian Marion Scanlan, Suzanne Anderson Stirling

“…However, little is known about how personal characteristics and intention interact with career decision-making. To address this gap, we examined the link between career intention at the start of the 2-year UK Foundation Programme (FP) and career intentions on its completion.Methods Data came from the 2017 UK National Career Destination Survey, a cross-sectional study completed by all second year foundation doctors. …”
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Anti-<i>Candida</i> Activity of Cysteine-Modified Amidated Decoralin in the Presence of Engineered Nanomaterials by Vânia Rocha, Helena Almeida, Bruno Sarmento, José das Neves

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Our data suggest that Cys-Dec-CONH₂ is able to establish strong interfacial interactions with different nanomaterials, which need to be considered when developing nanomedicines based on this peptide for the management of candidiasis.…”
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The effects of women's livelihood strategy choices on rural household cooking energy consumption: Taking Hubei Province as an example by CHANG Huayi, ZHANG Junbiao

“…[Methods] Based on theoretical analyses, this study employed an instrumental variable method and using micro-level survey data from rural households in Hubei province in 2021 to test the hypotheses. …”
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Multi-Scale Evaluation and Simulation of Livelihood Efficiency in Post-Poverty Mountainous Areas by Yuxuan Xu, Jiangbo Chang, Fang Su

“…Consequently, these studies fail to reveal the interactions and synergistic enhancement pathways between the two scales. …”
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Text-Guided Visual Representation Optimization for Sensor-Acquired Video Temporal Grounding by Yun Tian, Xiaobo Guo, Jinsong Wang, Xinyue Liang

“…Experiments on Charades-STA, ActivityNet Captions, and TACoS, widely used benchmark datasets, demonstrate that our method outperforms state-of-the-art methods across multiple metrics.…”
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Factors Associated with Adherence to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Among Patients Attending a Nurse-Led Community Clinic in Australia: A Qualitative Study by Fouziah Almouqati, Judith Daire, Catherine Catanach, Jean-Louis deSousa, Sam Quill, Mohamed Estai

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore barriers and enablers impacting patient adherence to DR screening recommendations. The interview data were analyzed thematically using NVivo based on the socio-ecological model, with salience identified by the frequency of the theme. …”
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Genetic mechanisms of hemispheric functional connectivity in diabetic retinopathy: a joint neuroimaging and transcriptomic study by Xin Huang, Yu-Xuan He, Song Wan

“…Spatial transcriptomic-neuroimaging associations were examined using AHBA, revealing genes significantly correlated with VMHC alterations. …”
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Identification of potential biomarkers for 2022 Mpox virus infection: a transcriptomic network analysis and machine learning approach by Joy Prokash Debnath, Kabir Hossen, Sabrina Bintay Sayed, Md. Sayeam Khandaker, Preonath Chondrow Dev, Saifuddin Sarker, Tanvir Hossain

“…Subsequently, gene expression network analyses pinpoint the key DEGs, followed by their candidate drug assessment using the Drug SIGnatures DataBase (DSigDB) and validation by multiple machine learning algorithms. …”
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Impact of resistance exercise and diet on physical activity, sleep, and fatigue in obese individuals: a randomized controlled trial by Burak Buğday, Alara Livanur Çelik, Elif Esma Safran, Ömer Şevgin

“…Outcomes included the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), body weight, and waist circumference, measured at baseline, mid-intervention, and post-intervention. Data were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA and chi-square tests. …”
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"People are shortening the lifetime of mentally ill persons"; Community's perception towards mental illness and help-seeking behavior in Bench Sheko, Sheka, Kaffa and West Omo zone... by Nahom Solomon Habtamu, Gebremeskel Mesafint, Kidus Yenealem, Sewagegn Demelash, Zenebu Muche, Dawit Getachew

“…A purposively selected 58 individuals were interviewed by research experts using interview guides and responses were audio recorded. …”
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Characteristics of positive feedback provided by UK health service users: content analysis of examples from two databases by Mike Slade, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone, Richard Byng, Alex Stirzaker, Alex Russell, Rebecca Lloyd, Fiona Ng

“…Narrative feedback often described the cumulative impact of interactions with healthcare providers, healthcare professionals, influential individuals and community organisations. …”
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Characterization of gut microbiota in very low birth weight infants with versus without bronchopulmonary dysplasia by Anucha Thatrimontrichai, Manapat Praditaukrit, Gunlawadee Maneenil, Supaporn Dissaneevate, Kamonnut Singkhamanan, Komwit Surachat

“…Background Gut-lung crosstalk is a pathway involving interactions between the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and immune systems. …”
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Characterizing the functioning of the attentional networks in state and trait anxiety: the role of affective information by Antonia Pilar Pacheco-Unguetti, Antonia Pilar Pacheco-Unguetti, Alberto Acosta, Alberto Acosta, Juan Lupiáñez, Juan Lupiáñez

“…Previous studies suggest that anxiety can influence attentional processes, but the impact of affective information, such as alerting emotional stimuli, on these attentional networks remains unclear.MethodsWe conducted a set of experiments using negative or neutral faces as alerting stimuli, presented either alone or together with a neutral sound, within a modified version of the Attention Network Test-Interactions (ANT-I). …”
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Soil Bacterial Biodiversity in Drylands Is Dependent on Groundcover Under Increased Temperature by Jana Stewart, Nathali Machado deLima, Richard Kingsford, Miriam Muñoz‐Rojas

“…Groundcover may shelter soil microbial communities from increasingly harsh temperatures under climate change, mitigating effects on microclimate, but few data on the microbial response exists. Understanding the fine‐scale interactions between plants and soil is crucial to improving conservation and management of drylands under climate change. …”
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A Mendelian randomized study of circulating antioxidants in the diet and risk of cardiovascular disease by Ruonan Yang, Mingyue Lv, Xiujuan Yang, Siwei Zhai

“…This study investigates the causal effects of five circulatory antioxidants on various cardiovascular diseases using Mendelian randomization (MR) to mitigate confounding biases.We conducted a two-sample Mendelian Randomization (MR) analysis utilizing summary-level genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from both the UK Biobank and FinnGen. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of the microbial consortium in the culture of flagellate Monocercomonoides exilis by Alejandro Jiménez-González, Sebastian Cristian Treitli, Priscila Peña-Diaz, Anna Janovská, Vladimír Beneš, Petr Žáček, Vladimír Hampl

“…These findings provide new insights into microbial interactions within xenic cultures and emphasize the complex nature of maintaining amitochondriate eukaryotes in vitro.…”
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PARAFFIN: A software tool for Pathology Report Automated Feedback for Improved Education of anatomic pathology trainees by Clarissa E. Jordan, Justin E. Juskewitch, Andrew P. Norgan

“…PARAFFIN is implemented as two R scripts running on a Posit Connect server: a data extraction script, which accesses an interactive report from our enterprise analytics SQL server, and a reporting script, which performs recipient-specific filtering and emails the trainee with their personalized case log attached as .txt and .csv files. …”
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To Hunt or Patrol? Social Composition and Location Mediate Scent Marking Decisions of a Large Carnivore by K. Whitney Hansen, Neil R. Jordan, Megan J. Claase, J. W. McNutt, Alan Wilson, Christopher C. Wilmers

“…ABSTRACT While sociality is known to mediate territorial processes, it is less clear how sociality interacts with environmental features and neighbors' location to influence habitat selection and behavior. …”
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Color stability of clear aligners exposed to various beverages: an in vitro study by Chanakarn Kobkiatkawin, Woraphong Panyayong, Suphachai Suphangul, Sasipa Thiradilok

“…Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and 3D laser scanning microscopy were performed to identify the polymer composition and surface properties. The data were analyzed via two-way ANOVA and multiple comparisons using Bonferroni corrections, with P < 0.05 indicating statistical significance. …”
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