Prevalence, correlates of postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic; and validation of the arabic edinburgh postnatal depression scale among Lebanese women by Christian El Kahwaji, Elie Barakat, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Camille Akkari, Savio Barakat, Souheil Hallit

“…The scale yielded good composite reliability (ω = 0.97), and appropriate patterns of correlations with anxiety and social support measures, thus attesting for its convergent validity. …”
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Health literacy interventions and health literacy-related outcomes for older adults: a systematic review by Neil Marshall, Michelle Butler, Veronica Lambert, Claire M. Timon, David Joyce, Austin Warters

“…Abstract Background Older adults, identified as 65 years and over, a population for which low health literacy is prevalent, represented most people attending primary health care services provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland in 2019. …”
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Viral infections and related fatal adverse events associated with complement inhibitors for PNH: a real-world pharmacovigilance analysis in FAERS by Jinman Zhong, Chang Chen, Yunman Xu, Yueping He, Jiewen Tan, Dan Xiong

“…Time-to-onset analysis and logistic regression were used to assess temporal patterns and identify factors associated with viral infections and fatal outcomes.ResultsAmong 58,613 AE reports, 11,957 (20.4%) were infection-related, and 8.91% were fatal. …”
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Gender and age features of clinical and psychopathological phenomenology of depressive disorders in modern times by О. O. Belov, N. H. Pshuk

“…Women also had significantly higher state (43.0 ± 12.3 (42.0; 32.0–52.0) versus 39.1 ± 12.1 (36.0; 27.0–49.0), P < 0.01) and trait (42.6 ± 10.4 (43.0; 33.0–53.0 points) versus 39.1 ± 9.7 (36.0; 31.0–44.0) points, P < 0.05) anxiety. An analysis of age patterns revealed a gradual increase in depressive and anxiety manifestations with age, more pronounced in the age group over 45 years. …”
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How do surgically treated multiligamentous knee injuries affect overall complication rate and especially stiffness? A systematic review by Lucas Martorell de Fortuny, Alexandre Santoli, Vasileios Giovanoulis, Angelo V. Vasiliadis, Simone Perelli, Joan Carles Monllau, Az-Eddine Djebara, Nicolas Pujol

“…Despite numerous publications, the low incidence and heterogeneity of injury patterns limit high-level evidence for optimal surgical timing, technique, and management of complications. …”
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Exploring Older Adult Cancer Survivors’ Digital Information Needs: Qualitative Pilot Study by Lorelei Newton, Helen Monkman, Claire Fullerton

“… Abstract BackgroundOlder adults (aged >65 years) are disproportionately affected by cancer at a time when Canadians are surviving cancer in an unprecedented fashion. …”
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Analysis of parental beliefs and practices leading to excessive screen time in early childhood by Geetha R Menon, Priyank Bhutani, Litna A Varghese, Gagan Bajaj, Charul Bhutani, Firoz Khan, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Suvendra Kumar Ray, Siddhartha Sankar Satapathy

“…It is important to explore parental beliefs and practices that could shape children’s screen time routines.Methods This cross-sectional study surveyed 3624 parents of children aged 2–5 years from five northern Indian states between July and October 2024. …”
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Sex differences in attention deficit hyperactivity symptom severity and functional connectivity of the dorsal striatum in young adults by Yu Chen, Guangfei Li, Jaime S. Ide, Xingguang Luo, Chiang-Shan R. Li

“…Sex differences in most of these connectivity patterns were confirmed by slope tests. Further, k-means clustering of FC's identified 3 groups each in men and in women. …”
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Decadal trends of maternal mortality and utilization of maternal health care services in India: Evidence from nationally representative data by Ravleen Kaur Bakshi, Neeta Kumar, Arti Srivastava, Sonam Kumari, Pradeep Aggarwal, Md Asif Khan, Khangembam Jitenkumar Singh

“…In India, the MMR has significantly declined over the years and currently stands at 97 per 100,000 live births. …”
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Promoting Resilience in Youth through Mindfulness mEditation (PRYME): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of mindfulness training as add-on t... by Maud Schepers, Paul Lagerweij, Dirk Geurts, Florian Krause, Hanneke den Ouden, Roshan Cools, Anne Speckens, Guusje Collin

“…Furthermore, mindfulness-based interventions may modulate cognitive processes and brain activity patterns associated with internalizing disorders. This study aims to determine how early-stage mindfulness-based intervention impacts internalizing symptom development, associated cognitive and brain processes, and mental illness progression in help-seeking youth. …”
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Regional Wave Analysis in the East China Sea Based on the SWAN Model by Songnan Ma, Fuwu Ji, Qunhui Yang, Zhinan Mi, Wenhui Cao

“…Because of the influence of climate events such as El Niño and extreme heatwaves, the wave energy flux density decreased significantly in some years (a 21% decrease in 2015). The coefficient of variation of wave energy in the East China Sea exhibits pronounced regional heterogeneity, which can be categorized into four distinct patterns: high mean wave energy with high variation coefficient, high mean wave energy with low variation coefficient, low mean wave energy with high variation coefficient, and low mean wave energy with low variation coefficient. …”
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Features of functional state restoration among military personnel after traumatic brain injury combined with acubarotrauma by A. V. Shvets, Yu. V. Podolian, M. I. Holinko

“…A discriminant model allows to reliably (P < 0.001) determine patterns of informative characteristics of functional state in patients with concussion and those who additionally had acubarotrauma on admission to the hospital. …”
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How far along the future path do individuals recognize the path for stepping on multiple footfall targets? A new evaluation method under virtual reality by Ryotaro Waki, Ryotaro Waki, Kazuyuki Sato, Kazuyuki Sato, Junki Inoue, Junki Inoue, Minoru Yamada, Takahiro Higuchi

“…IntroductionThe ability to visually recognize the path ahead during walking is essential for adjusting gait patterns in an anticipatory manner to mitigate perturbations induced by tripping. …”
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Dynamic time warping network analysis of posttraumatic stress symptoms in Japanese first responders by Florentine H. S. van der Does, Masato Kitano, Masanori Nagamine, Taku Saito, Nic J. A. van der Wee, Toshinori Chiba, Naoki Edo, Eric Vermetten, Erik J. Giltay

“…DTW, a statistical technique for identifying patterns in time-series data, was employed to model undirected and directed (temporal) symptom networks.Results: The sample consisted of 10211 personnel [97.8% male, mean age 36.7 (SD = 7.5)]. …”
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Efficacy of using bedaquiline in treatment of tuberculosis patients with multiple and extensive drug resistance by A. A. Starshinova, M. M. Nazarenko, E. N. Belyaeva, D. A. Kudlay, M. V. Pavlova, P. K. Yablonskiy

“…Treatment outcomes were analyzed by subgroups formed taking into account resistance patterns and addition of bedaquiline to the treatment regimens: Ia – n = 94 (MDR TB; Bq-) and IIa ‒ n = 80 (XDR TB; Bq-); Ib ‒ n = 22 (MDR TB; Bq+) and IIb ‒ n = 23 (XDR TB; Bq+). …”
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SURVEILLANCE OF β-LACTAMASE GENES OF SALMONELLA FROM CHICKEN IN WET MARKETS OF METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES by Miles Madayag, Rance Derrick Pavon, Jonah Feliza Mora, Khristine Balaga, Windell Rivera

“…In addition, blaCTX-M groups II and IV genes were co-detected and multidrug resistance (MDR) profiles were also observed in all blaCTX-M-positive isolates. The high AMR patterns of Salmonella isolates suggest potential threats to food safety and public health. …”
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Multi-century mean summer temperature variations in the Southern Rhaetian Alps reconstructed from <i>Larix decidua</i> blue intensity data by R. Cerrato, M. C. Salvatore, M. C. Salvatore, M. Brunetti, A. Somma, C. Baroni, C. Baroni

“…By establishing the relationships between BI patterns in tree rings and climate variables, we explored the possibility of using the obtained data for constructing a high-resolution, long-term climate record. …”
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Hantavirus in rodents in the United States: Temporal and spatial trends and report of new hosts by Francisca Astorga, Abdelghafar Alkishe, Paanwaris Paansri, Gabriel Mantilla, Luis E. Escobar

“…This study can be considered a baseline to assess hantavirus patterns across host taxa, geographies, and seasons in the United States.…”
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Determinants of school-going adolescent girls’ health and nutritional status in district Malir, Karachi: a baseline cross-sectional study by Saira Zafar, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Zoha Imtiaz Malik, Abdul Momin Rizwan Ahmad

“…Data were collected through a structured questionnaire including socio demographic profile, anthropometric measurements, dietary patterns, preferences, safe water and hygiene practices, access to health care facilities, and understanding of malnutrition-related symptoms. …”
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A holistic framework for intradialytic hypotension prediction using generative adversarial networks-based data balancing by Hsuan-Ming Lin, JrJung Lyu

“…SHAP analysis identified Dialysis Date (as a proxy for temporal patterns like day-of-week) and hemodynamic indicators (e.g., Systolic Diastolic Difference, Previous Systolic Pressure) as key IDH predictors. …”
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