Rates of fear of childbirth after previous cesarean section in Dire Dawa City, Ethiopia by Ayantu Kedir, Habtamu Bekele, Maleda Tefera

“…Background: Women’s multidimensional expectations of pregnancy and childbirth can involve many emotions, from joy to fear. It is estimated that most women in Africa suffer from childbirth fear (20%–61.2%). …”
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Misinformation or education? A comparative analysis of Instagram posts related to full mouth rehabilitation by Amal Alfaraj, Faris A. Alshahrani, Meshal Albalawi, Naif AlQahtani, Mohammed Alhajji, Ali Sulaiman Alharbi, Sultan Ainoosah, Khalifa S. Al-Khalifa

“…Statistical tests were applied to assess variations across content categories.ResultsMarketing-oriented content constituted the majority of posts (75.7%), while educational content accounted for only 9%. Most posts (86.8%) contained non-factual or misleading information. …”
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Association between dietary quality index–international (DQI-I) and cardiovascular diseases: insights from RaNCD cohort study by Zahra Mokhtari, Shahab Rezaeian, Neda Izadi, Amir Saber, Mitra Darbandi, Hadi Abdollahzad, Yahya Pasdar

“…Various factors play a role in the development of CVD, with diet being one of the most important. The aim of this study is to measure the association between the dietary quality index- international (DQI-I) and CVDs. …”
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Analyzing the global burden of 11 subtypes of congenital birth defects: trends, sociodemographic correlates, and outcomes from 1990 to 2021 by Enhui Yang, Feng Chen, Yuansi Zhang, Hao Lin, Yang Yang, Xiufeng Huang, Wenjie Zheng, Yu Zhang, Maoping Chu, Xing Rong

“…Among the 11 subtypes, congenital musculoskeletal and limb anomalies were most prevalent, while Turner syndrome was least common. …”
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ParPMC-mediated susceptibility to plum pox virus: vascular expression in Prunus armeniaca and functional validation through ortholog silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana by Ángela Polo-Oltra, Jesús A. Sánchez-Navarro, Ana Berbel, Carlos Romero, Elena Zuriaga

“…Sharka disease, caused by the Potyvirus plumpoxi (plum pox virus, PPV), is the primary limiting factor for stone fruit production globally, and the development of PPV-resistant cultivars is the most effective long-term strategy for controlling this disease. …”
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Photosynthetic light requirement near the theoretical minimum detected in Arctic microalgae by Clara J. M. Hoppe, Niels Fuchs, Dirk Notz, Philip Anderson, Philipp Assmy, Jørgen Berge, Gunnar Bratbak, Gaël Guillou, Alexandra Kraberg, Aud Larsen, Benoit Lebreton, Eva Leu, Magnus Lucassen, Oliver Müller, Laurent Oziel, Björn Rost, Bernhard Schartmüller, Anders Torstensson, Jonas Wloka

“…Abstract Photosynthesis is one of the most important biological processes on Earth, providing the main source of bioavailable energy, carbon, and oxygen via the use of sunlight. …”
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Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets: Assessment of the Awareness and Utilization of Them among Antenatal Clinic Attendees in Abakaliki, Southeast Nigeria by Chidebe Christian Anikwe, John Chiadikobi Irechukwu, Bartholomew Chukwunonye Okorochukwu, Cyril Chijioke Ikeoha, Johnson Akuma Obuna, Brown Nnamdi Ejikeme, Ifeyinwa Helen Anikwe

“…About one-third (30%) of the respondents were nulliparous. Most of the respondents had at least a secondary education. …”
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Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Future Planetary Applications: Initial Results From the San Francisco Volcanic Field, a Lunar Analogue by Nicholas Harmon, Ryan Porter, Catherine Rychert, Nicholas Schmerr, Madison M. Smith, Zhichao Shen, Wenbo Wu, Jacob Giles, Naoma McCall, Jingchuan Wang, Linden Wike, John West, Austin Hoyle, Naya Deykes

“…Abstract Seismic imaging is one of the most powerful tools available for constraining the internal structure and composition of planetary bodies as well as enabling our understanding planetary evolution, geology, and distribution of natural resources. …”
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Anti-diabetes activity of (R)-gentiandiol in KKAy type 2 mice by Yaqi Xu, Jinyue Huang, Shuhan Tang, Yidan Sun, Hao Li, Pengyu Li, Xianna Li, Masao Hattori, Xiuhong Wu, Hailong Zhang, Zhigang Wang

“…Additionally, glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism related to the regulation of glycine was affected the most. The study indicated that the antidiabetic effects of Swertia herbs may due to (R)-gentiandiol which is a metabolite of swertiamarin in vivo. …”
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Assessing the Utilization of Electronic Consultations in Genetics: Seven-Year Retrospective Study by Sawona Biswas, Joyce So, Robert Wallerstein, Ralph Gonzales, Delphine Tout, Lisa DeAngelis, Aleksandar Rajkovic

“…Geneticists responded to 83.9% (522/622) of e-Consults within 3 days, with most spending between 5 and 20 minutes on their e-Consult response. …”
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MOODLE – COMPUTERIZED DISTANT LEARNING SUPPORT SYSTEM by V. A. Tunda, E. A. Tunda

“…Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is the system developed by the English-speaking community around the world for more than 10 years, supports both, offline and online training. In most cases, Moodle is used to support and connect learning face-to-face with online training, as well as with other types of learning. …”
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Monitorização vídeo-EEG prolongada em crises não epilépticas: semiologia clínica Prolonged vídeo-EEG monitoring in nonepileptic seizures: clinical semiology by Lúcia Helena Neves Marques, Sérgio José Alves de Almeida, Adriana Barbosa Santos

“…The mean age was 32.5 ± 11 years and the most frequent semiological sign was apparent sleep (82.2%). …”
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Economic burden of the novel coronavirus infection: a systematic review by V. M. Timiryanova, I. A. Lakman, N. Sh. Zagidullin, D. F. Gareeva

“…A significant interest of the world scientific community in assessing the COVID-19 global burden is observed, determined by the search for the most effective study methods. Further investigations in this area should focus on detailing within the estimated economic burden of losses associated with post-COVID-19 complications, including their various combinations, as well as on the analysis of the correlation and mutual compensation of effects from various types of treatment, with a deeper study of indirect losses. …”
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Accuracy of two Sepsityper MALDI-TOF MS methods for bacterial identification in bloodstream infections in dogs, foals, and calves using Bayesian latent class model by Donatienne Castelain, Jade Bokma, Mathilde Laetitia Pas, Serge Verbanck, Dominique Paepe, Bart Pardon, Filip Boyen

“…Accuracy was compared using Bayesian latent class model with priors for sensitivity (99.9%) and specificity (96.0%) based on literature, and a prevalence of 26.0%.Conventional culture method identified 173 bacteria with Escherichia coli (19.1%,33/173), Staphylococcus spp. (12.1%,21/173) and Streptococcus spp. (8.1%,14/173) being most common. Sensitivity of Rapid Sepsityper®, Sepsityper® Extraction, and conventional culture method was 62.1%, 86.1%, and 97.4%, respectively. …”
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Comparative and Phylogenetic Analyses of Mitochondrial Genomes in Carabidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) by Pingzhou Zhu, Tianyou Zhao, Yufang Meng, Hongliang Shi, Hongbin Liang, Chunyan Yang, Fan Song, Jinhong Zhou, Weidong Huang

“…The results confirmed the distinct separation of Cicindelidae from Carabidae. Within Carabidae, most subfamilies were supported as monophyletic, except Licininae and Platyninae. …”
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Unlocking biomarker discovery: large scale application of aptamer proteomic technology for early detection of lung cancer. by Rachel M Ostroff, William L Bigbee, Wilbur Franklin, Larry Gold, Mike Mehan, York E Miller, Harvey I Pass, William N Rom, Jill M Siegfried, Alex Stewart, Jeffrey J Walker, Joel L Weissfeld, Stephen Williams, Dom Zichi, Edward N Brody

“…New diagnostics are needed to detect early stage lung cancer because it may be cured with surgery. However, most cases are diagnosed too late for curative surgery. …”
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Patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior among Brazilian schoolchildren: analysis based on types of behavior by Lizziane Andrade Dias, Gilmar Mercês de Jesus, Graciete Oliveira Vieira

“…Abstract Background Studies on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) patterns contribute to planning specifically-population-targeted health interventions. However, most do not assess PA and SB based on types. The current study identified patterns of PA and SB based on types and their association with demographic factors (age, school shift) and weekly attendance in physical education classes (PEC) among schoolchildren. …”
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Thermal and Expansion Analysis of the Lebanese Flatbread Baking Process Using a High-Temperature Tunnel Oven by Yves Mansour, Pierre Rahmé, Nemr El Hajj, Olivier Rouaud

“…According to previous CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations, most heat loss in similar tunnel ovens occurs via the chimney (50%) and oven walls (29%). …”
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Zero Watermarking Algorithm for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images Considering Spectral and Spatial Features by Bingbing Yang, Haowen Yan, Liming Zhang, Qingbo Yan, Zhaoyang Hou, Xiaolong Wang, Xinyu Xu

“…Most existing zero-watermarking algorithms for remote sensing images are designed for panchromatic or multispectral data. …”
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Update on Erythrodermic Psoriasis: Proposal of a Management Algorithm by an Innovative Severity Evaluation Approach by Xu JM, Wu C, Feng H, Jin HZ

“…Jia-Ming Xu,* Chao Wu,* Hao Feng, Hong-Zhong Jin Department of Dermatology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hong-Zhong Jin, Email jinhongzhong@263.netAbstract: Erythrodermic psoriasis (EP) is an uncommon and severe form of psoriasis, which exhibits a Th1/Th17/TNF inflammatory pattern. Most patients with EP experience systemic symptoms that necessitate systemic treatments. …”
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