Assessing Sensory Characteristics and Consumer Preference of Legume-Cereal-Root Based Porridges in Nandi County by Peninah W. Gitau, Catherine N. Kunyanga, George O. Abong', John O. Ojiem, James W. Muthomi

“…A total of 149 participants composed of men (30.9%) and women (69.1%) aged between 11 and >60 yrs were interviewed. Newly formulated porridges were more preferred to the previous porridge formulations on color (40–54.2%), smell (40–52.4%), taste (41.5–47.5%), texture (58.3%), viscosity (35.4–45.8%), and overall acceptability (35–54.2%). …”
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Antibiotics Resistance Pattern of Food-Borne Bacteria Isolated from Ice Cream in Bangladesh: A Multidisciplinary Study by Md Sohel, Moushumi Akter, Md. Fahmid Hasan, Shahin Mahmud, Mohammod Johirul Islam, Ashekul Islam, Khairul Islam, Abdullah Al Mamun

“…Ice cream is one of the most popular food items consumed during the summer season in Bangladesh by all ages but mostly school-going students. Due to the ingredients and handling process of ice cream, it acts as a good shelter for pathogenic and nonpathogenic microorganisms. …”
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Surgical frequency analysis of patients clustered according to postoperative pain trajectory: a retrospective study by Qurani Alifitriah Tartar, Kyung Nam Park, Kwang-Suk Seo, Myong-Hwan Karm

“…We assessed postoperative pain patterns in patients undergoing various dental surgeries, categorized based on changing pain levels, and identified the most frequent surgical procedures within each pain pattern cluster. Patients aged 18 years and older undergoing elective oral and maxillofacial surgeries under general anesthesia and hospitalized for > 36 h were included. …”
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Implementing psychosocial interventions for teachers' mental health: Protocol for integrating scoping review with teachers lived experiences in LMICs. by Kanika Malik, Sadananda Reddy, Yasmine A Shilla, Aditi Khanna, Ranya R Kaurr, Abbey Boban

“…The review will focus on examining psychosocial interventions studies promoting mental health or addressing mental problems among grade 1-12 school teachers of all genders, ages and contexts, except those working in specialized settings, such as special education centers, or disaster- or crisis-stricken zones. …”
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COVID-19 in patients presenting with malaria-like symptoms at a primary healthcare facility in Accra, Ghana. by Issabella Asamoah, Mildred Adusei-Poku, Priscilla Vandyck-Sey, Allen Steele-Dadzie, Atta Senior Kuffour, Albert Turkson, Ivy Asantewaa Asante, Kantanka Addo-Osafo, Quaneeta Mohktar, Bright Adu, Yaw A Afrane, Kwamena W C Sagoe

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This study enrolled 300 patients presenting with malaria-like symptoms aged ≥18yrs. After consent was obtained from study patients, two to three millilitres of whole blood, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab samples, were collected for screening of Plasmodium falciparum using malaria rapid diagnostic test, microscopy and nested PCR, and SARS-CoV-2 using SARS-CoV-2 antigen test and Real-time PCR, respectively. …”
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The Effectiveness of Population Mass Screening to Oral Cancer: A Simulation Study by Chiu-Wen Su PhD, William Wang-Yu Su MD, Sam Li-Sheng Chen PhD, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen PhD, Tsui-Hsia Hsu MSc, Mu-Kuan Chen MD, PhD, Amy Ming-Fang Yen PhD

“…A hypothetical cohort of 8 million participants aged ≥30 years with cigaret smoking and/or betel quid chewing habits was constructed based on parameters extracted from studies on oral cancer screening. …”
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Diabetes Management and Outcomes among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending a Renal Service by Elizabeth Skalkos, Rohit Rajagopal, David Simmons

“…Single-centre retrospective cross-sectional study involving medical record review of patients with T2DM aged ≥18 years who visited a metropolitan renal outpatient clinic in 2017. …”
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Nutritional Value and Consumer Acceptance of New Cereal Bars Offered to Children by Białek Małgorzata, Rutkowska Jarosława, Radomska Justyna

“…The main aim of this study was to determine consumer preferences by school-aged children and selected quality indicators of new, highly nutritive grain bars designed as a snack during school break. …”
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Factors associated with, and variations in, COVID-19 hospital death rates in England’s first two waves: observational study by Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin, Stephen Brett, Puji Faitna

“…Mortality improved for all ages; in wave 2, it peaked in December 2020 at 24.2% (lower than wave 1’s peak) but halved by March 2021. …”
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Sleep-related drugs utilization and suicide behaviors: a population-based study in China by Yunshu Zhang, Bo Liu, Keqing Li, Hailing Jia, Hemin Shi, Yongqiao Liu, Jianfeng Li, Long Sun

“…Methods The study was conducted among community residents aged 18 and older using a cross-sectional design, analyzing 21,376 participants. …”
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Evaluating the impact of a multimodal perinatal education program on birth preparedness, mental health, and birth outcomes among rural primiparous women: a retrospective cohort stu... by Wei Li, TaiFang Ren, GuiHong Xu, YongShu Wang

“…A total of 149 rural primiparous women, aged 18–49 years with a rural household registration, were identified and categorized into two groups: the Intervention Group (n = 77), exposed to the perinatal education program, and the Control Group (n = 72), not exposed. …”
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Exploring health outcome disparities in African regional economics communities: a multilevel linear mixed-effect analysis by Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica, Nicholas Ngepah

“…Conversely, DTP immunization coverage among children aged 12–23 months is associated with higher within-regional inequality in infant mortality rates. …”
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Are free school meals failing families? Exploring the relationship between child food insecurity, child mental health and free school meal status during COVID-19: national cross-se... by Maria Bryant, Tiffany C Yang, Madeleine Power, Bridget Lockyer, Rachael H Moss, Wendy Burton, Bob Doherty

“…This study examined levels of food security and FSM status to support decision-making regarding increasing the current eligibility criteria.Design Two cross-sectional national surveys administered in August–September 2020 and January–February 2021 were used to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the food experiences of children and young people.Setting UK.Participants 2166 children (aged 7–17 years) and parents/guardians.Main outcome measures Participant characteristics were described by food security and FSM status; estimated marginal means were calculated to obtain the probability of poor mental health, expressed as children reporting feeling stressed or worried in the past month, by food security status and FSM status.Results We observed food insecurity among both children who did and did not receive of FSM: 23% of children not receiving FSM were food insecure. …”
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Relationship between Motives of Constructing Ethnic Identity and Individual Values among Russian High Schoolers from the Central and Far Eastern Regions of Russia by N.V. Murashcenkova, V.V. Gritsenko, E.V. Kulesh

“…</strong>Russian high schoolers ages 15 to 18 from Smolensk (185 Russians, <em>M </em>= 16,3, <em>SD </em>= 0,48, 59,5% of girls) and Khabarovsk (134 Russians, <em>M</em> = 16,8, <em>SD</em> = 0,72, 67,9% of girls) participated in the study.…”
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Serum hydroxycotinine was associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a cross-sectional study based on NHANES by Meng’en Zhu, Zhimin Bi, Yaoling Wang, Wei Li

“…Although long-term smoking has been associated with CKD, the potential relationship between its metabolite hydroxycotinine and CKD has not been clarified.Methods A total of 8,544 participants aged 20 years and above from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017 - March 2020 were enrolled in our study. …”
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Protocol for a meta-review of interventions to prevent and manage ICU delirium by Andrew Booth, Maria Pufulete, Ben Gibbison, Burak Kundakci, Katherine Louise Jones

“…We will include all critically ill adults (aged≥18 years) and any ICU delirium prevention or management intervention (pharmacological or non-pharmacological). …”
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Diet supplementation with phytase and xylanase on laying performance, egg quality, apparent metabolizable energy, and phosphorous use in laying hens by Autchara Kayan, Sombat Prasongsook, Theerawit Poeikhampha

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 576 laying hens, aged 47 weeks, were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments: (T1) a control diet, (T2) a negative control diet with reduced energy and phosphorus, (T3) T2 supplemented with phytase (50 g/ton) and xylanase (100 g/ton), and (T4) T2 supplemented with phytase and NSP enzyme mix. …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the composite physical function scale in Chinese community-dwelling older adults by Jiaying Qi, Jing Xu, Hui Zhang, Mingshuai Feng, Hongyan Meng, Li Wang

“…Construct validity analysis revealed a significant difference in C-CPF scores amongst older adults in groups of different ages, regular exercise and physical activity habits (P < 0.01). …”
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Early childhood caries and their association with serum iron, serum ferritin, serum albumin, and Vitamin D by Vasundhara Megha, Jeevendra Nath Shukla, Rajat Kumar Singh, Chitrita Gupta Mukherjee, Siddharth Anand, Aparna Singh

“…A total of 200 children aged between 3–6 years were screened for ECC, according to the AAPD guidelines. …”
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Analgesic efficacy of serratus anterior plane block v/s thoracic paravertebral nerve block in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries: A prospective randomized study by Jaya Lalwani, Sonali Sahu, Vritika Manghnani

“…Methods: Eighty patients scheduled for VATS under general anaesthesia, aged 18-65 years, ASA grade II & III were randomised to receive either SAP block (Group A) or TPV block (group B) after induction. …”
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