Medical Causes of Death in Iranian Children Aged 1-59 Months: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Gholamreza Mohammadi, Raheb Ghorbani, Shaqayegh Khosravifar, Masoudeh Babakhanian

“…However, without accurate recording of causes of death using international classification of diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10), as well as conducting autopsy or registering precise age periods for children under five years old, it is not possible to adequately analyze extensive patterns of mortality in the country. …”
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A study to determine the relationship between sleep quality and socioeconomic status of the nursing officers working in a selected hospital, Bhubaneswar by Indrani Sen, Anannya Chatterjee, Ishita Bhattacharya, Soudamini Pahi, R Asokan, Chandan Pradhan, Minati Das, Nibedita Mohanty

“…Nursing officers, because of their demanding shift work, often experience disrupted sleep patterns. This study aims to determine the association between sleep quality and socioeconomic status among nursing officers in a selected hospital in Bhubaneswar. …”
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Global trends and disparities in ischemic heart disease attributable to high systolic blood pressure, 1990-2021: Insights from the global burden of disease study. by Zhenhua Zhuang, Qiuju Wang, Haifeng Li, Shenghong Lan, Yanru Su, Yue Lin, Peng Guo

“…Variations in SDI also correlated with shifting patterns in HSBP-related IHD burden, highlighting the importance of socioeconomic factors.…”
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Investigating Phonological Development in L2 and L3 Among Mandarin Speakers in Hong Kong: A Case Study by Tian Jing Xuan

“…Five MSs in HK who had learned L2 for around 15 years were recruited. Three of them were at the intermediate stage of L3 learning and had learned L3 for 4 years. …”
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Smartphone addiction, stress, and sleep deprivation: emerging as new risk factors for acute coronary syndrome in young people by Shridhar Dwivedi, Vinod Sharma, Aishwarya Belwal

“…They were categorized into two groups: Group A (aged ≤45 years) and Group B (aged 46 years and above). Results: Among patients aged 45 and below, 75% reported prolonged screen time (4+ hours/day), increased stress, and sleep deprivation. …”
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Self-Care in Professionals Working with Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence: A Thematic Analysis by Carmen Yago Alonso, Consuelo Paterna Bleda, Carmen Martínez Martínez

“…A total of 40 professionals from psychology and social work participated, mostly women, with an average age of 40 years and an average of 7 years of experience in this field of intervention. …”
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Demographic rise of sea urchin Centrostephanus sylviae on Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara Islands at the Juan Fernandez Archipelago: A biophysical and ecological approach. by Valentina Nuñez-Espinosa, Carolina Parada, Braulio Tapia, Billy Ernst, Javier Porobic, David Véliz, Iván Hinojosa, Leonardo Yévenes-Vega

“…We performed simulations of larval dispersal patterns and connectivity between release and recruitment zones for three study years (2013, 2015, and 2018). …”
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A mixed methods study on non-adherence to oral antidiabetic agents in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: Unveiling the post-intervention outcomes by Mukesh Kumar, Surendra Reddy Kovvuru, Gurkaran Bedi, Naushad Akhtar, Pritama Paul, Uttam Kumar Paul

“…Results: The study revealed significant insights into the demographic profile of patients with T2DM, with notable patterns in age, gender, educational status, and employment. …”
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Assessing short- and long-term drought severity and return periods using bivariate copula models in Saudi Arabia by Saeed Alqadhi, Javed Mallick, Swapan Talukdar, Hoang Thi Hang

“…Wavelet analysis identified dominant drought periodicities of 1–3 years, linked to large-scale climate oscillations such as ENSO. …”
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Lifestyles, Social and Family Variables and their Association with Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents by Bei Chen, Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Georgia Díaz-Perera Fernández, Jorge Bacallao Gallestey

“…The family context, parents and other relatives have a great influence on children, modeling their customs, habits, patterns of behavior, eating and physical activity.…”
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Trends in Antarctic Ice Sheet Elevation and Mass by Andrew Shepherd, Lin Gilbert, Alan S. Muir, Hannes Konrad, Malcolm McMillan, Thomas Slater, Kate H. Briggs, Aud V. Sundal, Anna E. Hogg, Marcus E. Engdahl

“…From these measurements, patterns of change that are strongly associated with glaciological events emerge. …”
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Personalized Visualization of the Gestures of Parkinson’s Disease Patients with Virtual Reality by Konstantinos Sakkas, Eirini Georgia Dimitriou, Niki Eleni Ntagka, Nikolaos Giannakeas, Konstantinos Kalafatakis, Alexandros T. Tzallas, Evripidis Glavas

“…Assessment methods, despite the many years of existence of the disease, lack individualized visualization. …”
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Emerging roles of exosomal circRNAs in non-small cell lung cancer by Hongyuan Yin, Jiayi Shi, Shaoling Li, Qianhui You, Huici Zhu, Chinying Koo, Baonian Liu, Likun Hou, Chunyan Wu

“…Circular RNA (circRNA), a type of non-coding RNA possessing a covalently closed loop structure, substantial abundance, and tissue-specific expression patterns, is stably enriched in exosomes. In recent years, significant breakthroughs have been made in research on exosomal circRNA in NSCLC. …”
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The Multifaceted Botanical Impact of the Invasive Common Milkweed (<i>Asclepias syriaca</i> L.) in a Protected Sandy Grassland in Central Europe by Sarolta Meinhardt, Dénes Saláta, Eszter Tormáné Kovács, Örs Ábrám, Edina Morvai, Orsolya Szirmai, Szilárd Czóbel

“…Simpson diversity showed a similar pattern to Shannon diversity, with one exception in spring 2022. …”
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Lifestyles according to disease duration in patients with diabetes and hypertension by Joan A. Loayza-Castro, Lupita Ana Maria Valladolid-Sandoval, Luisa Erika Milagros Vásquez Romero, Fiorella E. Zuzunaga-Montoya, Jhonatan Roberto Astucuri Hidalgo, Víctor Juan Vera-Ponce

“…The time since diagnosis variable was dichotomized (< 2 years versus ≥2 years). Results: Lifestyle trends between the established years showed a fluctuating pattern, with a significant interruption in 2020, followed by a return to pre-2020 variations, except for a decrease in smokers in subjects with HTN. …”
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Endoscopic Features of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: From Its Origins to Current Practice and Innovations. Literature Review and Personal Experience by E. D. Fedorov, V. O. Kaibysheva, E. V. Gorbachev, A. I. Mokritskiy, L. M. Mikhaleva, K. S. Maslyonkina, S. G. Shapovalianc

“…The main and additional endoscopic findings in eosinophilic esophagitis include edema, linear furrows, rings, exudates, strictures, so-called “feline” esophagus, narrow-caliber esophagus, and the “crepe-paper” esophagus. In recent years, new endoscopic signs have been proposed, such as multiple polypoid lesions, esophageal changes resembling “ankylosaur back” and a “caterpillar track” pattern. …”
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Clinical features of patients with dysthymia in a large cohort of Han Chinese women with recurrent major depression. by Wenqing Wu, Zhoubing Wang, Yan Wei, Guanghua Zhang, Shenxun Shi, Jingfang Gao, Youhui Li, Ming Tao, Kerang Zhang, Xumei Wang, Chengge Gao, Lijun Yang, Kan Li, Jianguo Shi, Gang Wang, Lanfen Liu, Jinbei Zhang, Bo Du, Guoqing Jiang, Jianhua Shen, Ying Liu, Wei Liang, Jing Sun, Jian Hu, Tiebang Liu, Xueyi Wang, Guodong Miao, Huaqing Meng, Yi Li, Chunmei Hu, Yi Li, Guoping Huang, Gongying Li, Baowei Ha, Hong Deng, Qiyi Mei, Hui Zhong, Shugui Gao, Hong Sang, Yutang Zhang, Xiang Fang, Fengyu Yu, Donglin Yang, Tieqiao Liu, Yunchun Chen, Xiaohong Hong, Wenyuan Wu, Guibing Chen, Min Cai, Yan Song, Jiyang Pan, Jicheng Dong, Runde Pan, Wei Zhang, Zhenming Shen, Zhengrong Liu, Danhua Gu, Xiaoping Wang, Xiaojuan Liu, Qiwen Zhang, Yihan Li, Yiping Chen, Kenneth S Kendler, Jonathan Flint, Zhen Zhang

“…<h4>Results</h4>We examined the clinical features in 5,950 Han Chinese women with MDD between 30-60 years of age across China. We confirmed earlier results by replicating prior analyses in 3,950 new MDD cases. …”
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Brain histiocytosis with precocious puberty and growth hormone deficiency at early childhood: A case report by Katanić Dragan, Kolarović Jovanka, Grujičić Danica, Skender-Gazibara Milica, Knežević-Pogančev Marija, Koprivšek Katarina, Vlaški Jovan, Vorgučin Ivana, Katanić Jasmina

“…Case report. A girl, age 2.5 years was presented with diabetes insipidus and nearly fatal full spectrum isolated brain histiocytosis. …”
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Deoxynucleoside therapy for respiratory involvement in adult patients with thymidine kinase 2-deficient myopathy by Cristina Domínguez-González, Ana Hernandez-Voth, Javier Sayas Catalan, Marta Corral Blanco, Alba Castaño Mendez, Miguel Angel Martin, Carlos De Fuenmayor Fernandez de la Hoz, Victoria Villena Garrido

“…Forced vital capacity (FVC), maximuminspiratory and expiratory pressures (MIP/MEP), sniff nasal inspiratory pressure (SNIP), cough peak flow (CPF), arterial blood gas and nocturnal pulse oximeter (SpO2) were collected.Results We studied six patients, five of which were women, with a median age at onset of symptoms was 35.8 (range 5 to 60) years old. Patients presented a restrictive ventilatory pattern (median FVC of 50 (26 to 71)%) and severe neuromuscular respiratory weakness (MIP 38 (12 to 47)% and SNIP 14 (8 to 19) cmH2O). …”
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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Colorectal Neoplasms: Clinical Experience in a Tertiary Medical Center in Taiwan by Mei-Yu Tseng, Jung-Chun Lin, Tien-Yu Huang, Yu-Lueng Shih, Heng-Cheng Chu, Wei-Kuo Chang, Tsai-Yuan Hsieh, Peng-Jen Chen

“…The mean age of the patients was 66.3±12.9 years, and the male-female ratio was 1.8 : 1. The mean tumor size was 37.2±17.9 mm. …”
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