Anemia, Thrombocytopenia, and Changes in Biochemical Parameters Occurring in Patients with Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: Data Analysis from Antimalarial Efficacy-Ran... by Khadime Sylla, Roger Tine, Doudou Sow, Souleye Lelo, Annie Abiola, Jean Louis NDiaye, Magatte NDiaye, Kuaku Folly, Léon Amath NDiaye, Oumar Gaye, Babacar Faye

“…A total of 720 patients with completed biological data were included in the analysis (320 in the AL arm, 160 in the ASMQ arm, 120 in the DHAPQ arm, and 88 in the ASAQ arm). The mean age of the patients was 9.43±9.1 years. Male subjects represented 58.47% (sex ratio was 1.4 for males). …”
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Identification of the primary pollution sources and dominant influencing factors of soil heavy metals using a random forest model optimized by genetic algorithm coupled with geodet... by Tong Liu, Mingshi Wang, Mingya Wang, Qinqing Xiong, Luhao Jia, Wanqi Ma, Shaobo Sui, Wei Wu, Xiaoming Guo

“…A Monte Carlo model was further applied to assess source-oriented health risk probabilities across age groups in the study area. The results revealed three principal components representing pollution sources, with contribution rates of 47.2 %, 33.3 %, and 19.5 %, respectively. …”
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TG : HDL-C Ratio Is a Good Marker to Identify Children Affected by Obesity with Increased Cardiometabolic Risk and Insulin Resistance by Ahmad Kamil Nur Zati Iwani, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin, Md Zain Fuziah, Janet Yeow Hua Hong, Yahya Abqariyah, Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud

“…Data of 232 children with obesity aged 10–16 years were obtained from our study, MyBFF@school study, conducted between January and December 2014. …”
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Widespread use of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence tools among medical students in Uganda: A cross-sectional study. by Elizabeth Ajalo, David Mukunya, Ritah Nantale, Frank Kayemba, Kennedy Pangholi, Jonathan Babuya, Suzan Langoya Akuu, Amelia Margaret Namiiro, Yakobo Baddokwaya Nsubuga, Joseph Luwaga Mpagi, Milton W Musaba, Faith Oguttu, Job Kuteesa, Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke, Ian Guyton Munabi, Sarah Kiguli

“…There is a need to promote AI literacy in institutions to empower older students with essential skills for the digital age. Further, educators should assume students are using AI and adjust their way of teaching and setting exams to suit this new reality. …”
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Urban green space during the Coronavirus disease pandemic with regard to the socioeconomic characteristics by R. Setiowati, R.H. Koestoer, K. Mizuno, H.S. Hasibuan

“…It was also discovered that the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents including age, education level, occupational status, and average monthly income differed statistically significantly from the criteria associated with the visitation to urban green spaces during the pandemic. …”
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Perbedaan Asupan Natrium Dan Kalium Pada Penderita Hipertensi Dan Normotensi Masyarakat Etnik Minangkabau di Kota Padang by Mifthahul Jannah, Delmi Sulastri, Yuniar Lestari

“…The population were taken from Minangkabau ethnic age 35-65 years old in four selected districts in Padang. …”
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Admission Blood Glucose Level with a Cutoff Value of 15 mmol/L Is a Reliable Predictor of Mortality in Polytraumatized Patients—a Prospective, Observational, Longitudina... by Armanious TR, Khalifa AA, Abubeih H, Badran M, Adam FF, Farouk O

“…Patients were divided into five groups based on the admission blood glucose levels.Results: We included 202 patients, having a mean age of 44± 13.9 (20 to 70) years, and 52% were females. …”
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Parents'/caregivers' fears and concerns about their child's epilepsy: A scoping review. by Bernie Carter, Georgia Cook, Lucy Bray, Amber Collingwood, Holly Saron, Alison Rouncefield-Swales

“…Search terms were developed using population (parents/caregivers of children aged ≤ 18 years with epilepsy, families); concept (parents'/caregivers' fears, concerns, anxiety about their child's epilepsy); and context (any setting). …”
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Barriers and drivers to exclusive breastfeeding in Kyrgyzstan: a qualitative study with mothers and health workers by Cath Jackson, Marina Duishenkulova, Nurila Altymysheva, Jyldyz Artykbaeva, Raisa Asylbasheva, Eleonora Jumalieva, Anastasia Koylyu, Sian Lickess, Tursun Mamyrbaeva, Veerle Snijders, Julianne Williams, Tiina Likki

“…Ten focus group discussions with 40 primary care health workers and 20 in-depth interviews with mothers of a child currently aged 6–12 months who initiated breastfeeding with this child were conducted. …”
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Stress and Coping of Parents with Children Seeking Treatment from a Tertiary Care Mental Health Institute by Stuti Sharma Lohar, Arunjyoti Baruah, Sandeep Kollipara

“…Furthermore, the coping strategy, positive reappraisal was found significantly associated with age (x2 = 7.658, P = 0.006), gender (x2 = 10.364, P = 0.001), and occupation ((x2 = 5.396, P = 0.020) of participants. …”
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5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T gene polymorphism as a risk factor for premature coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Nisreen O. Mohammed, Ibtisam A. Ali, Bahaelddin K. Elamin, Bakri Osman Saeed

“…We enrolled 226 Sudanese patients with T2DM, age range 25-60 years, recruited from Alshaab and Omdurman teaching hospitals in Khartoum State. 113 patients had CAD confirmed by angiography and electrocardiography (ECG) and 113 had no evidence of CAD. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 active infection and antibodies amongst health personnel during the outbreak in Cameroon: Strengthening the health system for response to future public health emergencie... by Sen Claudine Henriette Ngomtcho, Blaise Mboringong Akenji, Ketina Hirma Tchio-Nighie, Joseph Fokam, Etienne Guenou, Carolle Nsa'Amang Eyebe, Yvan Junior Nzegni Kamkoum, Valdex Derick Ntale Tchoffo, Collins Buh Nkum, Hervé Christian Tchoudjin Paho, Yvette Marie Solange Ebogo, Aude Nanfak, Martin Maidadi-Foudi, Crescence Fouda, Angyiba Serge Andigema, Lilian Nsah Bongdze-Em, Beri Nadin Nfor, Judith Torimiro, Anne Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Michel Noubom, Marie Claire Assoumou Okomo, Jérôme Ateudjieu

“…<h4>Results</h4>Out of 510 HP reached, 458 were enrolled with mean age of 35 (±10) years. Thirty-four (7.4%) were PCR-positive to SARS-CoV-2 with 73.5% being clinicians versus 9 (26.4%) non-clinicians (p = 0.05). …”
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Associations between disease severity, depression, health-related quality of life, and physical activity in adults with sickle cell disease by Adekola B. Ademoyegun, Mutiu A. Adeyemo, Babatunde Y. Adewuyi, Adebukola G. Ibitoye, Olalekan I. Akerele, Taofeek O. Awotidebe, Chidozie E. Mbada

“…Methods A total of 385 patients with SCD (mean age 35.45 ± 12.01 years; 51.70% female) attending hematology clinics in two Nigerian tertiary hospitals participated in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Consistency analysis of two US techniques for evaluating hepatic steatosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by Fei Chen, Jingjing An, Long Deng, Jing Wang, Ruiling He

“…Results A total of 62 patients were enrolled, including 44 males (71.0%) with an age of (41 ± 13) years and a body mass index of (27.0 ± 3.5) kg/m2. …”
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Mobile-based in-home telerehabilitation compared with in-hospital face-to-face rehabilitation for elderly patients after total hip arthroplasty in China's level 1 trauma center: a... by Yang Zhou, Yiming Lyu, Qiaojie Wang, Yanhong Ma, Lihua Huang, Xin Zhang, Xin Zhang

“…Patients were evaluated at baseline, 4 weeks, and 12 weeks postoperatively employing functional tests (Timed Up &amp; Go test and Berg balance test) and self-reported questionnaires (Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) and Short Form 12 (SF-12)).ResultsThere was no significant difference between the two groups for the demographic and clinical characteristics. 61 participants were analyzed (PT group: n = 31, women: 48.4% of participants; TELE group: n = 30, 33.3% of participants) whose median age was 70 and 69 years, in PT group (IQR: 63–73) and TELE group (IQR: 66–72) respectively. …”
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Femoral neck system (FNS) versus 4 cannulated compression screws (CCSs) in the treatment of young patients with Pauwels type III femoral neck fracture: a retrospective comparative... by Yang Gao, Tianle Ma, Xiaohu Chang, Peng Jia, Xiaoteng Li, Xin Tang

“…Various demographic and clinical variables, including age, gender, fracture side, mechanism of injury, Garden classification, and time interval between injury and surgery, were collected. …”
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Scrub typhus in pregnancy: A 10-year multicenter study in resource-limited settings in China. by Peilin Zhao, Tieyong Dong, Hongbin Lu, Rui Zhu, Shanshan Zhao, Wuqian Tao, Li Li, Chunmei Liu, Shuwei Pu, Ling Mo, Huanhuan Wang

“…The use of macrolides reduced the risk of a poor fetal outcome, while lower gestational age (GA) at the time of infection, pneumonia, leucopoenia, thrombocytopenia, and use of chloramphenicol were associated with a poor fetal outcome in univariate logistic-regression analysis, but only lower GA at the time of infection and pneumonia were independent risk factors for a poor fetal outcome on multivariate logistic-regression analysis with an odds ratio of 6.6 (95% CI 2.4-17.8, p < 0.001) and 3.1 (95% CI 1.3-7.6, p = 0.011).…”
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Assessment of genetic conservation units of an endangered glacial relict insular species, Amentotaxus formosana, based on fine-scale genetic structures of multiple fragmented mount... by Ya-Zhu Ko, Huie-Chuan Shih, Chin-Shang Ho, Chaur-Tzuhn Chen, Tsai-Wen Hsu, Meng-Shin Shiao, Yu-Chung Chiang, Yu-Chung Chiang

“…In this study, a substantial sample of over 600 individuals, predominantly middle-aged, was collected, representing a majority of the existing individuals in the Chachayalaishan and Dawu habitats. …”
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Chemical analysis of buffalo meat in a self-consumption system in northeastern of Argentina by Gladis Rébak, Gladys Obregón, Diego Gómez, Laura Vázquez-Acosta, Mariano Pino, Julia Obregón, Rosa Molina, Victoria Cantero, Luz Segovia-Espinola

“…The sample included 15 post-weaning Murrah (n: 5), Mediterranean (n: 5) buffaloes breeds and their crosses (n: 5), with ages ranging from 12 to 15 months and average weights of 380 kg. …”
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Frequency of viral etiology in community-acquired pneumonia by Zain Ahmad Khan, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Imran Ahmed, Joveria Farooqi, Muhammad Irfan

“…Confusion-Urea-Respiratory Rate-Blood Pressure-Age of 65 scores of 3-5 [odds ratio (OR) 4.234; 95% confidence interval 1.156-15.501], leukocytosis (OR 0.137; 0.030-0.636), high C-reactive protein (>10mg/L) (OR 1.008; 1.001-1.014), high serum procalcitonin level (≥0.5 ng/mL) (OR 10.731; 3.018-38.153), and mechanical ventilation required (OR 47.104; 13.644-162.625) were associated with mortality. …”
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