Desempenho de cultivares de cenoura em função da água no solo Performance of carrot cultivars depending on soil water by Joaquim A. Lima Junior, Geraldo M. Pereira, Luciano O. Geisenhoff, Wellington G. da Silva, Renato C. Vilas Boas, Rovilson J. de Souza

“…The minimum value found for the roots of non comercial value occurred at a tension of 21 kPa, resulting in a low root mass of 41.67g.…”
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Association of lifestyle factors with mortality risk in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study by Yue Zhang, Yue Zhang, Yue Ren, Yue Ren, Zhenhua Li, Yaohua Yu, Xia Xu, Jianping Ye, Jianping Ye, Hua Zhang

“…All analyses were adjusted for survey design and weighting variables.ResultsWe included 1,593 participants with COPD, representing 9,208,187 US patients. …”
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Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors: a cross-sectional study in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Seema Mohammed Nasser, Mamdouh M. Shubair, Faris Fatani, Naif M Alhawiti, Bandar Aleissa, Aljohrah Ibrahim Saleh Aldubikhi, Khadijah Angawi, Awad Alshahrani, Sumera Aziz Ali, Shahan Javed, Ashraf El-Metwally

“…Univariate analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between independent variables and hypertension. P-values less than 0.05 were considered significant. …”
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Integration of a Mental Health App (e-MICHI) Into a Blended Treatment of Depression in Adolescents: Single-Group, Naturalistic Feasibility Trial by Lena Lincke, Tim Martin-Döring, Andrea Daunke, Antonia Sadkowiak, Daria Alexandra Nolkemper, Nina Sproeber-Kolb, Stefanie Bienioschek, Olaf Reis, Michael Kölch

“…Advantages could be easy accessibility and availability, reduced time for face-to-face therapy, and the ability to intensify therapy by incorporating it into the patients’ everyday lives. Challenges such as low adherence rates are common in digital health interventions. …”
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Efficacy and moderators of isometric resistance training (IRT) on resting blood pressure among patients with pre- to established hypertension: a multilevel meta-review and regressi... by Chengyu Zhou, Sijia Li, Zengyu Zhang, Jiamin Chen, Jian Song, Yongmin Xie, Zhuolin Tang, Aiguo Zhou

“…The antihypertensive effects of IRT may be moderated by factors such as age, sex, medication status, baseline BP, and training variables (e.g., intensity, modality, recovery), underscoring the need for individualized and well-controlled applications in practice and research. …”
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Machine learning of blood haemoglobin and haematocrit levels via smartphone conjunctiva photography in Kenyan pregnant women: a clinical study protocol by Haripriya Sakthivel, Sang Mok Park, Semin Kwon, Eunice Kaguiri, Elizabeth Nyaranga, Jung Woo Leem, Shaun G Hong, Peter J Lane, Edwin O Were, Martin C Were, Young L Kim

“…Introduction Anaemia during pregnancy is a widespread health burden globally, especially in low- and middle-income countries, posing a serious risk to both maternal and neonatal health. …”
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Association of Adenotonsillectomy with Vaso-occlusive Crisis Frequency in Sickle Cell Patients of Eastern Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study by Moath Alfaleh, Omar Alanzi, Ali Alaskari, Mohammed Alzamil, Hussain Al-Baharna

“…The Red Blood Cells (RBCs) in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) are distorted into a crescent shape in conditions of low oxygen because of a mutant type of haemoglobin. …”
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Cholera outbreak in Hanang District, Manyara, Tanzania, July 2024: An unmatched case-control study by Peter Richard Torokaa, Agnes Njau, Jasper Kimambo, Loveness Urio, Victor Muchunguzi, Robert Makala, Ally Hussein

“…Introduction: Cholera, a secretory diarrheal illness caused by Vibrio cholerae, is a significant public health threat in low-income countries, resulting in 1.3 to 4.0 million cases and 21,000 to 140,000 deaths annually. …”
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Breast cancer screening coverage is severely reduced among women who reside in segregated areas: a cross-sectional investigation in Hungary by Aseel Odeh, Kasabji Feras, Ferenc Vincze, Kinga Lakatos, Anita Pálinkás, László Kőrösi, László Ulicska, Karolina Kósa, János Sándor, János Sándor

“…GMPs showed substantial variability with respect to segregation related inequality. …”
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Optimal group and individual prenatal care visit patterns and preterm birth by Moonseong Heo, Jessica L. Britt, Lu Zhang, Emily A. Doherty, Amy H. Crockett

“…We analyzed prenatal care visit data from N = 1,989 medically low-risk pregnant women who had at least one prenatal care visit between study enrollment and gestational age (GA) week 37. …”
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Sex and age differences in cardiovascular risk factors and lifestyle in patients recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study in Spanish primary health care. by Pilar Vich-Pérez, Belén Taulero-Escalera, Victoria García-Espinosa, Laura Villanova-Cuadra, Paula Regueiro-Toribio, Ignacio Sevilla-Machuca, Julia Timoner-Aguilera, Mario Martínez-Grandmontagne, Tania Abós-Pueyo, Cristina Álvarez-Hernandez-Cañizares, Germán Reviriego-Jaén, Alberto Serrano-López-Hazas, Inés Gala-Molina, Mar Sanz-Pascual, Miguel Ángel Salinero-Fort, LADA-PC consortium

“…The main unhealthy lifestyles were: low physical activity (52%; 95% CI, 48.1-55.9), alcohol consumption (47.7%; 95% CI, 44.0-51.5) and smoking (19.2%; 95% CI, 16.2-22.3). …”
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Instance Segmentation of Sugar Apple (<i>Annona squamosa</i>) in Natural Orchard Scenes Using an Improved YOLOv9-seg Model by Guanquan Zhu, Zihang Luo, Minyi Ye, Zewen Xie, Xiaolin Luo, Hanhong Hu, Yinglin Wang, Zhenyu Ke, Jiaguo Jiang, Wenlong Wang

“…Predominantly found in tropical regions of the Americas and Asia, its harvesting remains labor-intensive in orchard settings, resulting in low efficiency and high costs. This study investigates the use of computer vision for sugar apple instance segmentation and introduces an improved deep learning model, GCE-YOLOv9-seg, specifically designed for orchard conditions. …”
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Determinants of Digital Health Literacy: International Cross-Sectional Study by Connor S Qiu, Tetiana Lunova, Geva Greenfield, Gabriele Kerr, Ömrüm Ergüven, Thomas Beaney, Benedict Hayhoe, Erik Mayer, Azeem Majeed, Ana Luisa Neves

“…Digital health literacy was self-reported using the validated eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS; range: 0-40); low digital health literacy has been previously defined as an eHEALS score<26. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Provincial Dwellers on Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis: Evidence from a Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in the Gambia by Amadou Barrow, Mansour Badjie, Jainaba Touray, Bakary Kinteh, Musa Nget, Ebrima Touray, Sambou L. S. Kinteh, Saikou Omar Sillah, Lamin Darboe, Yunusa Jallow, Modou Badjan, Modou Gaye, Solomon P. S. Jatta

“…Conclusion. Despite the low knowledge, rural dwellers’ attitudes were found to be positive with slightly good practice towards schistosomiasis prevention and control measures. …”
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Physics-informed modeling of splitting tensile strength of recycled aggregate concrete using advanced machine learning by Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Viroon Kamchoom, Shadi Hanandeh, S. Anandha Kumar, Rolando Fabián Zabala Vizuete, Rodney Orlando Santillán Murillo, Susana Monserrat Zurita Polo, Rolando Marcel Torres Castillo, Ahmed M. Ebid, Paul Awoyera, Krishna Prakash Arunachalam

“…Its RMSE and MAE are both low at 0.15 MPa, indicating minimal deviations between predicted and actual values. …”
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A Novel Electrical Load Forecasting Model for Extreme Weather Events Based on Improved Gated Spiking Neural P Systems and Frequency Enhanced Channel Attention Mechanism by Yuanshuo Guo, Jun Wang, Yan Zhong, Tao Wang, Zeyuan Sui

“…Subsequently inverted Transformer model and Informer model are utilized to predict low frequency components and residual component, respectively. …”
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Food consumption patterns and score among women receiving cash assistance: emergency nutrition response in drought affected pastoralist community eastern Ethiopia by Aboma Motuma, Mohammed Jemal Dawe, Assefa Tola Gemada, Temam Beshir, Behailu Hawulte, Hamdi Fekredin Zakaria, Kedir Teji Roba

“…Conclusion The findings show that the acceptable food consumption score was low among cash-beneficiary women. The government should be maximizing on local food production and animal-sourced food to scale up the acceptable food consumption score. …”
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Risk stratification of type 2 diabetes in the Russian population depending on FINDRISC category: results of prospective follow-up by Yu. A. Balanova, S. A. Shalnova, A. E. Imaeva, V. A. Kutsenko, A. V. Kapustina, S. E. Evstifeeva, G. A. Muromtseva, R. N. Shepel, O. M. Drapkina

“…FINDRISC risk was graduated as follow: low (&lt;7), slight (7-11), moderate (12-14), high (15-20), very high (&gt;20). …”
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Study on the predictive value of preoperative CT features for the mitotic index of GIST based on the nomogram by Ren Yingzheng, Jiang Linlin, Yang Yang, An Junjie, Dong Yonghong

“…According to the pathological data, the patients were divided into high mitotic index and low mitotic index, and were divided into a training group (n = 176) and a validation group (n = 74) according to a stratified sampling ratio of 7:3. …”
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Pathomorphological features of ІgG4-releated sclerosing disease of the stomach: case report by O. O. Dyadyk, Y. I. Beketova, N. M. Gorbokon, M. D. Ivanova

“…Common laboratory features are elevated serum globulin, IgG, IgG4, and IgE subtypes and low titers of autoantibodies such as rheumatoid factor and ANA. …”
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