Reckoning with the past: a qualitative analysis of medical students describing their formative experiences with weight bias by Elizabeth W. Cotter, Ashley Dunford, Kirsten Gilchrist, Tong Yan, Lawrence Deyton, Kofi Essel

“…Method Seven hundred and sixteen second-year medical students completed the Weight Implicit Association Test (IAT) between April 2019-April 2022 and were instructed to write a reflective response based on their results. …”
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Investigating the knowledge and attitude of mothers with teenagers toward human papillomavirus vaccine injection by Leila Shasti, Sayeda Zeinab Hoseinnezhad, Zohre Keshavarz, Maryam Najiabhary, Farangis Habibi, Zeinab Hamzegardeshi

“…Strobe checklist was also used to write the text of the article. RESULT: The average age of mothers was 35.61 (6.11) and the average age of fathers was 41.61 (7.21). …”
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Second Edition of the Scientists of Tomorrow/Cientistas do Amanhã Project: advancing scientific thinking, methodology, and equitable education by Érika Bevilaqua Rangel, Victoria Tomaz, André Luiz Teles e Silva, Érica Kássia de Sousa Vidal, Isabella de Sousa Nóbrega, Alexandre Giannecchini Romagnolo, Olívia Furiama Metropolo Dias, Marcella Liciani Franco, Guilherme Ferreira de Britto Evangelista, Pedro Cancello, Thiago Pinheiro Arrais Aloia, Guilherme Martelossi Cebinelli, Lorrayne Belotti, Letícia Yamawaka de Almeida, Ilana Eshriqui Oliveira, Daiana Bonfim, Raymundo Machado de Azevedo Neto, Ronaldo Hueb Baroni, Marcella Zuliani Lopes Soares, Priscilla Cerullo Hashimoto, Thomaz Bittencourt Couto, João Carlos Barbosa, Luciana Cintra, Camila Hernandes, Elisa Harumi Kozasa, Eliseth Ribeiro Leão, Lionel Fernel Gamarra, Luciano Cesar Pontes de Azevedo, Luiz Vicente Rizzo

“…In the second edition, the program featured 17 students and 35 activities from the beginning of August to the end of November 2023. …”
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Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention for Reducing Psychological Distress in Health Care Professionals: Randomized Controlled Trial by Lin Zhang, Shuang Huang, Sha Liu, Yuanxiu Huang, Shan Chen, Jinsong Hu, Mingzhong Xu

“…MethodsFrom October 2022 to February 2023, a total of 108 health care professionals were recruited via WeChat and randomized into a 6-week iACT intervention program with therapist support (n=54) or waitlist control group (n=54). …”
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A decline in the coverage and utilization of long-lasting insecticidal nets in Southern Ethiopia: A repeated cross-sectional study. by Misganu Endriyas, Tarekegn Solomon, Taye Gari, Teka Samuel, Bernt Lindtjørn

“…Most households were headed by males (89%), farmers (63%), and persons who were unable to read and write (55%). The ownership of at least one LLIN per household was 85% in survey one and dropped to 69% in survey two. …”
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A Training Needs Analysis for AI and Generative AI in Medical Education: Perspectives of Faculty and Students by Lise McCoy, Natarajan Ganesan, Viswanathan Rajagopalan, Douglas McKell, Diego F. Niño, Mary Claire Swaim

“…Surveys contained 14 to 15 multiple-choice items, with 8 items including a write-in option. A total of 68 faculty and 506 students responded to the survey, with a 50% response rate for faculty and 30% for students. …”
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Lifestyles and their relative contribution to biological aging across multiple-organ systems: Change analysis from the China Multi-Ethnic Cohort study by Yuan Zhang, Dan Tang, Ning Zhang, Yi Xiang, Yifan Hu, Wen Qian, Yangji Baima, Xianbin Ding, Ziyun Wang, Jianzhong Yin, Xiong Xiao, Xing Zhao

“…The sponsors had no role in the design, analysis, interpretation, or writing of this article.…”
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Improving SARS-CoV-2 variants monitoring in the absence of genomic surveillance capabilities: a serological study in Bolivian blood donors in October 2021 and June 2022 by Lucia Inchauste, Elif Nurtop, Lissete Bautista Machicado, Yanine Leigue Roth, Shirley Lenz Gonzales, Maria Luisa Herrera, Katty Mina Villafan, Pedro Mamani Mamani, Marcelo Ramos Espinoza, Juan Carlos Pavel Suarez, Juan Cansio Garcia Copa, Yitzhak Leigue Zabala, Etzel Arancibia Cardozo, Pierre Gallian, Xavier de Lamballerie, Stéphane Priet

“…The funders of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report.…”
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On Minimizing Risk and Harm in the Use of Psychedelics by Jules Evans, Marc Aixalà, Brian T. Anderson, William Brennan, Rebecka Bremler, Joost J. Breeksema, Lisa Burback, Abigail E. Calder, Robin L. Carhart‐Harris, Katherine Cheung, Neşe Devenot, Ingmar Gorman, Jakub Greń, Peter S. Hendricks, Brian Holoyda, Edward Jacobs, Joy Krecké, Daniel J. Kruger, David Luke, Tomislav Majić, Amy L. McGuire, Nicky J. Mehtani, David S. Mathai, Kristin Nash, Tehseen Noorani, Roman Palitsky, Oliver C. Robinson, Otto Simonsson, Elin Stahre, Michiel vanElk, David B. Yaden

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Letter From the Editor by Regina Hoffman

“…Caitlyn Allen, managing editor at Patient Safety, sat down with representatives from Jefferson University to talk about their Health Mentors Program (HMP). HMP pairs students in clinical programs with persons in the community who are experiencing chronic conditions or disabilities and serve as their health mentors. …”
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Academic Grieving: (Critical) Reflections on the Dangers of Romanticizing DEI in Engineering Education by James Holly Jr., Amy Slaton

“…We understand the potential of our urgent tone to be perceived as critical, even perhaps hurtful, though we write assertively in order to describe entities and circumstances we consider having already caused tremendous hurt. …”
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The Training Method for Digital Data Operation by I. V. Shevtsova

“…A review of scientific sources has shown that programming skills are required to apply existing data mining methods. …”
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Prevention practices of hepatitis B virus and its associated factors among barbers in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia by Baye Tsegaye Amlak, Benalfew Lake Mengistie, Seblework Abraham Teshale

“…Consequently, these findings underscore the need for targeted educational programs, improved access to sterilization tools, and policy changes to promote safer practices.…”
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Burden of perceived stress among university students in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Setegn Fentahun, Gidey Rtbey, Girum Nakie, Fantahun Andualem, Techilo Tinsae, Getasew Kibralew, Getachew Tesfaw, Tigist Kifle, Mulualem Kelebie, Gebresilassie Tadesse

“…The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines were used to write the report of the current study. We extracted and analyzed data using standardized data extraction checklists and STATA version 14 statistical software, respectively. …”
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The Role of Local Government Councils in Emancipating Special Interest Groups: A Case Study of PWDs in Bukimbiri Sub-County Kisoro District. by Kamusiime, Daniel

“…The findings found that the challenges faced by people with disability include inability to read and write or illiteracy, lack of mobility, negative attitudes from parents, cultural attitudes towards people with disability, and ignorance of parents/guardians. …”
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The Role of Local Government Councils in Emancipating Special Interest Groups: A Case Study of PWDs in Bukimbiri Sub County Kisoro District . by Kamusiime, Daniel

“…The findings found that the challenges faced by people with disability include the inability to read and write or illiteracy, lack of mobility, negative attitudes from parents, cultural attitudes towards people with disability, and ignorance of parents/guardians. …”
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Consensus of expert advices on routing, diagnosis, and management of patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders by A. N. Boyko, K. Z. Bakhtiyarova, L. V. Brylev, M. N. Zakharova, D. S. Kasatkin, D. S. Korobko, S. V. Kotov, V. S. Krasnov, N. A. Malkova, E. V. Popova, S. A. Sivertseva, T. O. Simaniv, A. A. Sokolova, N. A. Totolyan, T. N. Trushnikova, F. A. Khabirov, N. V. Khachanova

“…As a result, the experts developed further steps necessary to improve the medical care to these patients: to write and publish clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of NMOSDs; to consider the possibility of optimizing the NMOSDs diagnostic program including the aquaporin-4 antibodies (AQP4-IgG) testing; to evaluate the implementation of a set of measures aimed at including the corresponding laboratory investigations into the system of state guarantees (together with the institutions of the Ministry of Health of Russia), if there is clinical and economic feasibility; to include the issues of timely NMOSDs evaluation in educational programs initiated by the scientific medical community, in order to raise awareness of primary care neurologists in relation to the clinical and neuroimaging signs of probable NMOSDs; to assess the possibility of introducing routing schemes for patients with NMOSDs at the regional level; to work out a decision on the collection of NMOSDs epidemiological and clinical data in the Russian Federation.…”
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EDITORIAL by Ivan Čuk

“…Worth to read and re-think about our rhythmic and gymnastics programs at Universities. The sixth and the seventh article are dealing with Code of Points. …”
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Assessment of drug utilization evaluation and post-dispensing knowledge of ophthalmic medications: an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study at the University of Gondar Compreh... by Abaynesh Fentahun Bekalu, Tekletsadik Tekleslassie Alemayehu, Gebremariam Wulie Geremew, Abebech Tewabe Gelaye, Habtamu Semagn Ayele, Demis Getachew, Alemante Tafese Beyna, Assefa Kebad Mengesha, Esileman Abdela Muche

“…These findings highlight the urgent need to improve prescribing practices, enhance counseling, and implement targeted educational programs to ensure safer and more effective ophthalmic care.…”
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Seismic Response Analysis Method of Damping Structures Based on the Inter-history Iteration and Secondary Development of ABAQUS by JIA Chuanguo, QUAN Ziyu, CHEN Xi, LI Yutao

“…These interfaces empower users to expand the functionality of the main program by writing specific function codes designed to their requirements. …”
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