Cocoa farmers' characteristics on climate variability and its effects on climate change adaptation strategy by I. Idawati, N.A. Sasongko, A.D. Santoso, M. Septiani, T. Handayani, A.Y.N. Sakti, B.D. Purnamasari

“…Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the relationship between the characteristics of farmers and their adaptive capacity in responding to the impact of climate change.METHODS: Data were collected from 960 populations from two regencies, 4 districts, and 8 villages using the stratified sampling technique through interviews with 282 respondents. …”
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Effect of Staggered vs. Simultaneous Co-Administration of Bempedoic Acid on Pharmacokinetics of Pravastatin: Randomized, Cross-Over Clinical Trial in Healthy Volunteers by Felicitas Stoll, Salvatore Amato, Max Sauter, Jürgen Burhenne, Johanna Weiss, Walter E. Haefeli, Antje Blank

“…There was no significant difference between simultaneous vs. staggered administration of pravastatin and BA, possibly due to a population that was heterogenous in <i>SLCO1B1</i> haplotypes.…”
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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory by Xinzhang Sun, Ying Lu, Chengping Jian, Hanqing Zhang, Hanqing Zhang

“…In the context of varying cultural backgrounds and dietary habits, this scale serves as a valid tool for assessing and screening the Chinese ON population.…”
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Influence of religion and spirituality on head and neck cancer patients and their caregivers: a protocol for a scoping review by Maheeka Seneviwickrama, Ruwan Jayasinghe, Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi, Simon N. Rogers, Su Keill, Sakuntha Ratnapreya, Sriyani Ranasinghe, Sashini Shehana Denagamagei, Irosha Perera

“…Our eligibility criteria follow the population, concept, and context (PCC) framework. Patients aged ≥ 18 years diagnosed with HNC and their informal, nonpaid caregivers aged > 18 years will be included. …”
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Association of oxidative balance score with metabolic syndrome and its components in middle-aged and older individuals in the United States by Qu Zhang, Yemei Wu, Bo Luo

“…Enhancing OBS through dietary guidelines emphasizing antioxidant-rich foods, fiber, and unsaturated fats, alongside lifestyle changes like regular exercise, smoking cessation, and moderate alcohol intake, may be crucial in MetS prevention for this population.…”
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Political economy analysis of health financing reforms in times of crisis: findings from three case studies in south-east Asia by Sophie Witter, Maria Paola Bertone, Sushil Baral, Ghanshyam Gautam, Saugat K. C. Pratap, Aungsumalee Pholpark, Nurmala Selly Saputri, Arif Budi Darmawan, Nina Toyamah, Rizki Fillaili, Valeria de Oliveira Cruz, Susan Sparkes

“…Abstract Background Over the last decades, universal health coverage (UHC) has been promoted in south-east Asia (SEA), where many countries still need to ensure adequate financial protection to their populations. However, successful health financing reforms involve complex interactions among a range of stakeholders, as well as with context factors, including shocks and crises of different nature. …”
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An international consensus panel on the potential value of Digital Surgery by Anita Patel, Giuseppe Turchetti, Guy Maddern, Ataru Igarashi, Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Gretchen Purcell Jackson, Anastasia Chalkidou, Jamie Erskine, Jean-Christophe Bernhard, Payam Abrishami, Richard Charter, Richard Culbertson, Jo Carol Hiatt, Matthew Lien, Joseph Soon Yau Ng, Koon Ho Rha, Scott Tackett

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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

“…Overall, 99.3 % of the population faced an acceptable cancer risk level. Unlike traditional source apportionment methods, the GA-RF model effectively quantified the contributions of specific influencing factors (e.g., factory density) to pollution sources, rather than merely estimating the percentage contributions of the sources themselves. …”
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Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 20... by Jean Adams, Martin White, Stephen J Sharp, Harry Rutter, David Pell, Steven Cummins, Richard D Smith, Nina Trivedy Rogers

“…Background The WHO recommends taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) to improve population health. We examined changes in volume of and amount of sugar in purchases of soft drinks according to household income and composition, 19 months following the implementation of the UK soft drinks industry levy.Methods Data were from the Kantar Fast Moving Consumer Goods panel, a market research panel which collects data on weekly household purchases (mean weekly number of households=21 908), March 2014–November 2019. …”
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POVEIKIS IR ATSAKAS BIOLOGINIUOSE VYKSMUOSE by Jonas Rubikas

“…Therefore it is possible to affirm that every response in cells and organisms is like twofold: in individual it could be considered as probability, but in population it approaches to (almost) linear dependence. …”
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Pregnancy stressors and postpartum symptoms of depression and anxiety: the moderating role of a cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention by Ahmed Zaidi, Atif Rahman, Pamela J Surkan, Najia Atif, Abid Malik, Yunxiang Sun, Soim Park

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Russian business in the context of the growth of cybercrime: changes in economic behavior and protective mechanisms by S. G. Simonov, I. V. Lysenko

“…The conclusion is substantiated that state support and information protection measures themselves eliminate the consequences rather than the causes of high cybercrime, which is why the security problem cannot be solved without the participation of domestic business and the population of the country. The consolidated participation of Russian business in the fight against cybercrime is noted, which found its concrete embodiment in the creation of the F.C.C.T. joint-stock company. …”
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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 design of this research was comparative study with the cross sectional approach. The population were taken from Minangkabau ethnic age 35-65 years old in four selected districts in Padang. …”
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Association of insulin resistance surrogates with live birth outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing in vitro fertilization by Shenghao Wu, Yanhong Wu, Lizi Fang, Xiaosheng Lu

“…In all three regression models for the fresh embryo transfer (ET) cycles, all three IR surrogates showed stable negative correlations with live birth rate (in Model III: TyG-BMI OR = 0.99, 95% CI: 0.98 ~ 0.99; TyG OR = 0.47, 95% CI: 0.27 ~ 0.82; HOMA-IR OR = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.72 ~ 0.97; all P < 0.05), and this association was stable across all subgroups of the population (all P-interaction > 0.05). However, this relationship did not exist in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles. …”
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Comparison of vaginal versus intramuscular progesterone in programmed cycles for frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in patients with endometriosis by Ziqi Jin, Guoxia Yang, Tianrui Wen, Benyu Miao, Chen Wang, Qingyan Zhang, Fang Gu, Yanwen Xu

“…Currently, the optimal progesterone support in FET cycles remains a contentious issue, and it mainly focused on the general infertile population, without specific attention to infertile patients with endometriosis. …”
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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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THE ROLE OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL AWARENESS AND MUNICIPAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE PROCESSES OF FORMING THE GLOBALIST POTENTIAL OF THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY by Denis O. Bobrovnyk

“…The author claims that at the first stage of such changes there was a multi-level formation of the municipal consciousness of the population in the form of individual, group and collective forms, which became the objectified result of the constant existence and functioning of a person, his groups and associations in the conditions of local democracy within the boundaries of the territorial community in the philosophical state of everyday life - that is, where a person carries out his life cycle in the process of realizing his existential interests (existential-functional and existential-activity dominants). …”
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Use of Cesarean Birth among Robson Groups 2 and 4 at Mizan-Tepi University Hospital, Ethiopia by Margo S. Harrison, Tewodros Liyew, Ephrem Kirub, Biruk Teshome, Andrea Jimenez-Zambrano, Margaret Muldrow, Teklemariam Yarinbab

“…Women in Robson Groups 2 and 4 comprised 11.4% (n = 113) of the total population (n = 993). The cesarean birth rate in Robson Group 2 (n = 56) was 37.5% and in Robson Group 4 (n = 57) was 24.6%. …”
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Research on the application effect of self-transcendence nursing model in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomised controlled trial by Mengpei Xu, Ying Wu, Yaqing Zhou, Zhongmei Lv, Wei Chen, Jingjing Fan

“…Abstract Background Gestational diabetes mellitus is hyperglycemia in special populations (pregnant women), however gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) not only affects maternal health, but also has profound effects on offspring health. …”
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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

“…Homocysteine levels showed a significant association with CAD, p&lt;0.001, OR 3.2, 95% CI (1.9—5.5).ConclusionsOur study suggests that C677T polymorphism of MTHFR gene and hyperhomocysteinemia are risk factors for PCAD in Sudanese population with T2DM.…”
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