Perception of patient safety culture among undergraduate dental students: a cross-sectional study by Jeetendar, Mariyam Iqbal, Mohid Abrar Lone, Maham Muneeb Lone, Maria Shakoor Abbasi, Naseer Ahmed, Muhammad Saad Shaikh

“…Results Based on the demographic variables, most of our respondents were female (60.5%), final year (59.1%), and public college students (53%). …”
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Future permafrost degradation under climate change in a headwater catchment of central Siberia: quantitative assessment with a mechanistic modelling approach by T. Xavier, L. Orgogozo, A. S. Prokushkin, E. Alonso-González, S. Gascoin, O. S. Pokrovsky, O. S. Pokrovsky

“…For the active layer thickness, a variable that integrates both the thermal and hydrological states of the near-surface permafrost, this projected increase would correspond to a <span class="inline-formula">∼350</span> km southward shift in current climatic conditions. …”
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Regional healthcare resource allocation and decision-making: Evaluating the effectiveness of the three-stage super-efficiency DEA model by Ying Liu, Lanxian Mai, Feng Huang, Zhiyu Zeng

“…The research methodology involves identifying input, output, and environmental variable indicators to construct a healthcare resource allocation index system. …”
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Clinical Differences between Early- and Late-Onset Asthma: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Jiaming Li, Ling Ye, Jun She, Yuanlin Song

“…Among allergic features, mite sensitization was most common in EOA patients, followed by LOA and COPD, whereas mold sensitization was more prevalent in LOA than EOA. …”
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Machine learning models for predicting tibial intramedullary nail length by Sercan Capkin, Ali Ihsan Kilic, Hakan Cici, Mehmet Akdemir, Mert Kahraman Marasli

“…These findings underscore the linear nature of the relationship between anthropometric variables and IMN length, with linear regression offering the most reliable predictions. …”
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GENDER AND VARIATIVE REPRESENTATION OF REFLECTIONS ON LOVE BY ZINAIDA GIPPIUS by Elena V. Pedchenko

“…The article is devoted to the study of the gender problems of the life and work of Zinaida Gippius as the realization of the idea of a human actor and the embodiment of the game elements of the era, which continues and expands the already existing discourse in literary studies. The gender-variable representation of the philosophy of love is considered in the author’s fiction and documentary prose. …”
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Assessing chemical pollution with biomonitoring approaches in streams and rivers: a critical review by Ariane Moulinec, Jens Arle, Henner Hollert, Sarah Hörchner, Sarah Johann, Cornelia Kienle, Matthias Oetken, Andrea Sundermann

“…Because native communities are exposed to a wide range of stressors, isolating the effects of chemical pollution alone is often limited. Most of the existing community indices cannot depict the full extent of the impact of pollutants on communities, but rather provide information on either general degradation of water and/or sediment quality. …”
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Expansion of supraglacial lake area, volume and extent on the Greenland ice sheet from 1985 to 2023 by Yubin Fan, Chang-Qing Ke, Lanhua Luo, Xiaoyi Shen, Stephen John Livingstone, James M. Lea

“…Increasing air/land surface temperature, surface pressure and decreasing snowfall were the most important contributing factors in driving lake variability.…”
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Prevalence and determinants of medication adherence among hypertensive patients: An institution-based cross-sectional study. by Azaz Bin Sharif, Syed Sharaf Ahmed Chowdhury, Md Zakir Hossain, Md Anwar Hossain, Ahmed Hossain, Hasan Mahmud Reza

“…Among various reasons for taking the medicine irregularly, forgetfulness (20.29%) was the most common cause reported by the participants, followed by a busy work schedule (7.71%). …”
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CCG•CGG interruptions in high‐penetrance SCA8 families increase RAN translation and protein toxicity by Barbara A Perez, Hannah K Shorrock, Monica Banez‐Coronel, Tao Zu, Lisa EL Romano, Lauren A Laboissonniere, Tammy Reid, Yoshio Ikeda, Kaalak Reddy, Christopher M Gomez, Thomas Bird, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Lawrence J Schut, Alfredo Brusco, J Andrew Berglund, Lis F Hasholt, Jorgen E Nielsen, SH Subramony, Laura PW Ranum

“…Abstract Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8), a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CTG•CAG expansion, is unusual because most individuals that carry the mutation do not develop ataxia. …”
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Estimation of Free-Living Energy Expenditure by Heart Rate and Movement Sensing: A Doubly-Labelled Water Study. by Søren Brage, Kate Westgate, Paul W Franks, Oliver Stegle, Antony Wright, Ulf Ekelund, Nicholas J Wareham

“…Combined heart rate (HR) and acceleration (ACC) sensing may increase precision of physical activity EE (PAEE) which is the most variable component of total EE (TEE).<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate estimates of EE using ACC and HR data with or without individual calibration against doubly-labelled water (DLW) estimates of EE.…”
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Evaluating maternal drug use disparities, risk factors and outcomes in Northeast Arkansas: a pre, during, and post-COVID-19 pandemic analysis by Enrique Gomez Pomar, Johnna Berryhill, Sudeepa Bhattacharyya

“…Mothers who smoked during pregnancy were more than twice as likely to have an MDS + result than those who did not (OR 2.39 (95% CI: 1.34–3.02), and most were from metropolitan areas (73%) or white (67%). …”
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Hypoxia Dependent Inhibition of Glioblastoma Cell Proliferation, Invasion, and Metabolism by the Choline-Kinase Inhibitor JAS239 by Claire Louise Kelly, Martyna Wydrzynska, Marie M. Phelan, Sofya Osharovich, Edward J. Delikatny, Violaine Sée, Harish Poptani

“…<b>Background:</b> Elevated choline kinase alpha (ChoK) levels are observed in most solid tumors, including glioblastomas (GBM), and ChoK inhibitors have demonstrated limited efficacy in GBM models. …”
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Health Equity and Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Interventions for Adolescents: A Systematic Review by Sarah B. Maness, Lois Coleman Carpenter, Idara Akpan, Nubwa St. James, Daniela Romero-Cely, G. J. Corey Harmon, Miranda Cano, Erika L. Thompson

“…Results: Ultimately, 74 articles were included for full extraction. Sex was the most common demographic variable analyzed by the HPV vaccine (n = 38), followed by race/ethnicity (n = 15), income/SES (n = 6), and geographic region (n = 6). …”
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Multifactorial diagnostics of perceptual processes of athletes in virtual reality and on a 2 D monitor by B.I. Bespalov, S.V. Leonov, A.M. Mukhamedov, N.I. Bulaeva, I.S. Polikanova

“…The latent time of motor reactions (RT) of the subjects at the time of the appearance of the puck on the court, BP at the beginning or in the direction of its movement, was chosen as the dependent variable. Four variables varied on two levels &mdash; the &laquo;Environment&raquo; (virtual or 2D monitor), the &laquo;Distance&raquo; from the puck to the gates, the &laquo;Direction&raquo; of their movement to the left or right side of the gates, as well as the direction to one of the two close &laquo;Zones&raquo; of gates. …”
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Official Development Assistance and Private Voluntary Support for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health in Guinea-Bissau: Assessing Trends and Effectiveness by Anaxore Casimiro, Joana Branco, Réka Maulide Cane, Michel Jareski Andrade, Luís Varandas, Isabel Craveiro

“…Conclusions: Although variable, ODA+ for RMNCH in Guinea-Bissau has helped reduce child mortality. …”
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Effectiveness of UAN fertilisation with potassium thiosulphate in pepper and tomato cultivation by Marzena Błażewicz-Woźniak, Marzena Brodowska, Monika Karsznia

“…Taking into account the pepper yield and the accumulation of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur in the fruit, the most favourable fertilisation combination was the combination of an optimal nitrogen dose (170 kg N ha‒1) with potassium thiosulphate. …”
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Modeling the 2023 Türkiye Earthquakes and Strain Accumulation Along the East Anatolian Fault Zone: Insights from InSAR, GNSS, and Small-Magnitude Seismicity, with Implications for... by Daniele Cheloni, Nicola Angelo Famiglietti, Aybige Akinci, Riccardo Caputo, Annamaria Vicari

“…The 6 February 2023 M_W 7.8 and M_W 7.6 earthquakes in southeastern Türkiye ruptured more than 400 km of the East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ), producing one of the most destructive seismic sequences in recent history. …”
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Treatment outcomes of new tuberculosis patients hospitalized in Kampala, Uganda: a prospective cohort study. by Bruce J Kirenga, Jonathan Levin, Irene Ayakaka, William Worodria, Nancy Reilly, Francis Mumbowa, Helen Nabanjja, Grace Nyakoojo, Kevin Fennelly, Susan Nakubulwa, Moses Joloba, Alphonse Okwera, Kathleen D Eisenach, Ruth McNerney, Alison M Elliott, Roy D Mugerwa, Peter G Smith, Jerrold J Ellner, Edward C Jones-López

“…<h4>Background</h4>In most resource limited settings, new tuberculosis (TB) patients are usually treated as outpatients. …”
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Predicting Quality of Life in People Living with HIV: A Machine Learning Model Integrating Multidimensional Determinants by Meilian Xie, Zhiyun Zhang, Yanping Yu, Li Zhang, Jieli Zhang, Dongxia Wu

“…The SHAP technique identified the top four predictors of QoL, ranked by importance, with symptom burden being highlighted as the most critical predictor variable. Conclusions The machine-learning model, predominantly a GP model, demonstrated the better predictive performance among the six models evaluated, for detecting the QoL predictor in PLWH, indicating that symptom burden influences QoL level. …”
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