Nurses’ knowledge to identify, prevent and manage hypertensive disorder of pregnancy by Princess Z. Mkhize, Vinogrin Dorsamy, Olive P. Khaliq, Jagidesa Moodley

“…Preventative strategies in low- and middle-income countries emphasise frequent antenatal visits, symptom identification, patient education and the prophylactic use of calcium and low-dose aspirin to prevent HDP for nurses because they are the frontline workers at antenatal clinics countrywide. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study where a self-administered questionnaire was conducted among nurses (midwives and professional nurses) employed at hospitals and clinics in Durban, South Africa, to assess their understanding and practices regarding identification and initial management of HDP, particularly for eclampsia and PE with severe features. …”
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Impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 Pandemic on Postgraduate Medical Education in Armed Forces Medical Services Institutions: A Students' Perspective by Nithya Nair, Mansur Ali Khan, Vijoy Kumar Jha, Debasish Mahapatra

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional self-administered questionnaire-based survey was used to assess the effect on medical training and stress of postgraduate residents in clinical specialties of armed forces institutions. …”
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Pattern of intimate partner violence disclosure among pregnant women attending ante-natal clinic in Oyo East Local Government, Nigeria by Abayomi Olusola Ayodapo, Olutoyin O Sekoni, Michael C Asuzu

“…Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study among pregnant women aged 18–49 years. …”
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Bringing optimised COVID-19 vaccine schedules to immunocompromised populations: statistical elements and design by Michael Dymock, James H. McMahon, David Griffin, Michelle Hagenauer, Tom L. Snelling, Julie A. Marsh, On behalf of the BOOST-IC Investigator Team

“…Abstract Bringing optimised coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine schedules to immunocompromised populations (BOOST-IC) is a multi-site, adaptive platform trial designed to assess the effect of different booster vaccination schedules in the Australian immunocompromised population on the immunogenicity, safety and cross-protection against COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its variants. …”
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STUDI RETROSPEKTIF PERBANDINGAN EFEKTIVITAS TETES MATA DENGAN DEKSAMETASON DAN TANPA DEKSAMETASON DALAM MENGATASI KONJUNGTIVITIS by Herleeyana Meriyani, Ni Wayan Ciptawati, Ni Nyoman Wahyu Udayani

“…Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian non eksperimental  yaitu Cross Sectional dengan pengambilan data secara retrospektif di salah satu rumah sakit pemerintah di Bali. …”
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How do leadership styles influence employee engagement and performance in SMEs? by Glory Mphaluwa, Liu Hui, Rutendo Samantha Marere, Lazarus Obed Livingstone Banda

“…This study, therefore, investigates how transformational, democratic, and autocratic leadership styles influence engagement and, in turn, employee performance in this context. Using a cross-sectional survey design, data were collected from 231 employees of various private SMEs, with subsequent analysis using structural equation modeling to explore direct and indirect effects. …”
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Prevalence of Undernutrition among Preschool Children (3-6 Years) Attending Anganwadi Centers in Urban Mysuru by Preetha Susan George, M. R. Narayana Murthy

“…Materials and Methods: This community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in the field practice area of Bannimantap Urban Primary Health Centre for a period of 1 year. …”
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Financial toxicity and acute injury in the Kilimanjaro region: An application of the Three Delays Model. by Parker Frankiewicz, Yvonne Sawe, Francis Sakita, Blandina T Mmbaga, Catherine Staton, Anjni P Joiner, Emily R Smith

“…Our study aimed to describe the landscape of acute injury care and financial toxicity in the Kilimanjaro region by leveraging the Three Delays Model.<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study used an ongoing injury registry and financial questionnaires collected at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Moshi, Tanzania from December 2022 until March 2023. …”
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A duplex real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for simultaneous detection of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus types 1 and 5 by Chunzhong Xu, Ziyan Wang, Ziyan Wang, Ziyan Wang, Yongjuan Zhao

“…The assay exhibited remarkable specificity with no cross reactions with nine other herpesviruses, and high sensitivity with limit of detection (LOD) of 30 and 189 copies per 25 μL reaction for EEHV1 and EEHV5, respectively. …”
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Strategies for delivering drugs across the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases by Xiaopei Zhang, Xiaopei Zhang, Manfei Fu, Yuanfei Wang, Tong Wu, Tong Wu

“…A number of drug delivery systems have been developed to enhance the capacity of drugs to cross BBB. A detailed introduction of the structure and function of BBB was given based on the mechanism of BBB, while comparing with the pathological changes of BBB in neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), including activation of endothelial cells, the loose of tight junction and increase of BBB permeability. …”
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Relationship between parameters of subclinical atherosclerosis and osteoporosis and their prognostic significance: data from the prospective studies by I. A. Skripnikova, M. A. Kolchina, O. V. Kosmatova, T. T. Tsoriev, O. Yu. Isaykina, O. M. Drapkina

“…Most of the papers on this issue are observational, cross-sectional, or study associations of preclinical markers with disease risk or outcomes. …”
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Burden of caring for children living with human immunodeficiency virus in a semi-rural South African community by Stacy Maddocks, Verusia Chetty

“…Methods: An analytical cross-sectional survey using the Zarit Burden questionnaire was conducted with caregivers of children living with HIV who were accessing care from a semi-rural healthcare setting between May and August 2019. …”
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Evaluation of Association between Health Promotion Behaviors and Quality of Life in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Referred to Farshchian Hospital in Hamedan in 2021 by Kobra Gholami Kiaee, Samira Rahimi Naderi, Soheila Panahi, Gholamreza Shafiee

“…Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the year 2021 on cardiovascular patients referring to Farshchian Hospital in the city of Hamedan. …”
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Assessment of musculoskeletal disorders risk using MFA method and the survey of correlation between its results and results of RULA method by M Zokaei, M Flahati, H Jalilian, Mamin Faghih, M Normohammadi, S Amiry

“…This study was conducted to illustrate the correlation between the results of MFA method and RULA in the assessment of musculoskeletal disorders risk. Methods: In this cross-sectional study 37 jobs were selected as a sample by using of Cochran formula. …”
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Trauma, personality structure and psychopathology: a cartography of psychodynamic constructs by Jürgen Fuchshuber, Victor Blüml, Nestor Kapusta, Henriette Löffler-Stastka, Johanna Alexopoulos, Elisa Renner, Hugo Senra, Human-Friedrich Unterrainer

“…Methods A total sample of 498 (77% female) participants from the general population was investigated. A cross-sectional network between personality organization [IPO-16], hypomentalizing [RFQ-6], attachment [ECR-RD8]), primary affective traits [BANPS-GL], depression, anxiety and somatization symptoms [BSI-18], addiction [WHO-ASSIST] and childhood trauma [CTQ] was estimated via the EBICglasso and relimp algorithm. …”
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Reconfigurable control of coherence, dissipation, and nonreciprocity in cavity magnonics by Jintao Shuai, Bojong Kim, Junyoung Kim, Rutvij Bhavsar, Sang-Koog Kim

“…Here, we demonstrate magnetic field angle-dependent control of photon–magnon coupling and magnon dissipation in a cross-shaped microwave cavity supporting a spatially nonuniform radio-frequency (rf) magnetic field. …”
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Dermatologic Manifestations In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients On Hemodialysis by P Shrestha, M Mathur

“…Material and Methods: A hospital based cross sectional comparative study was conducted. …”
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Impact on Quality of Life in Chronic Pruritus in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Kathmandu by Arnab Panta, Dinesh Binod Pokhrel, Sudip Parajuli

“…Materials and Methods: This was a hospital-based descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, over a period of one year (October 2020 through September 2021), involving 180 participants. …”
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Multiple correspondence analysis on intensity of elderly sports participation in China by Lanfang Zhu, Suqi Jiang, Chenyang Zhao, Yu Feng, Jian Kang

“…Caused by too many variables in CHARLS, its cross-sectional nature precludes causal inference. …”
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Machine learning supported ground beef freshness monitoring based on near‐infrared and paper chromogenic array by Yihang Feng, Yi Wang, Burcu Beykal, Zhenlei Xiao, Yangchao Luo

“…The optimal preprocessing pipeline was found by 10‐fold cross‐validation in machine learning model development. …”
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