Diversity and abundance of butterflies in urban areas of Bankura district, Bankura, West Bengal, India by Avisek Patra, Anirban Patra, Biplab Mandal, Anupam Ghosh

“…The Jaccard similarity index was also used to conduct hierarchical classical clustering. Result A total of 47 genera and 59 species of butterflies that belongs to five families were recorded. …”
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The causal effects between low back pain and cerebrospinal fluid metabolites: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Run Peng, Xiaoxin Wang, Wei Wang, Zeqin Li, Yuze Sun, Mingliang Yang

“…We applied several MR methods, including inverse variance weighting, weighted median, MR-Egger, Wald ratio, and MR-PRESSO, to test the causal relationship and conducted a sensitivity analysis to assess the robustness of the results. …”
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Digital health literacy and sociodemographic factors among students in western Iran: a cross-sectional study by Fatemeh Darabi, Arash Ziapour, Hassan Ahmadinia

“…Methods The present research was a descriptive-cross-sectional study conducted between May to June 2024. The statistical population included 500 students from the following Iranian universities in Asadabad county: Islamic Azad University, Payame Noor University, Technical and Vocational College, and Asadabad School of Medical Sciences. …”
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Comparison of Birth Weights of Pre-Delivery Anemic and Non-Anemic Routine Iron Supplemented Pregnant Women by Tolga Atakul

“… OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of pre-delivery hematological parameters on birth weight and to compare their relationship with maternal age and parity in women who had taken routine iron supplementation during pregnancy STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study was conducted among low-risk pregnant women who were delivered at term. …”
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A Global Bibliometric Analysis of Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Future research and policy implications by Trinh Thi Xuan Nguyen, Sumeet Lal, Yoshihiko Kadoya

“… Introduction: Under the profound impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, loneliness has become a major public health concern worldwide. This study is conducted to systematically evaluate existing literature on loneliness during the pandemic to identify research trends and knowledge gaps for future studies and policy developments. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Effects of Herbal Formulation Called Apo-Taat Using Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates by Thanakan Kitnithiprapha, Sumalee Panthong, Intouch Sakpakdeejaroen, Sumalee Kondo

“…Furthermore, safety and clinical trials should be conducted in the future.…”
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Development of the modified Safety Attitude Questionnaire for the medical imaging department by Ravi Chanthriga Eturajulu, Maw Pin Tan, Mohd Idzwan Zakaria, Karuthan Chinna, Kwan Hoong Ng

“…Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to examine model fit. A cut-off of 60% was used to define the percentage positive responses (PPR). …”
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Potentialities in Creating the Pedestrian Malls in the Historical City Centers : A Study Case of Mawlawi Street, Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan by Karzan Saleem Ismael, Najmaldin Hussien Mohammed, Hoshyar Qadir Rasul

“…This aim requires to investigate factors which have become more common in most studies conducted previously, but some factors which were considered as effective and invisible at the same time, will act potentially and has been more  impressive in enhancing these types of decisions. …”
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Hematological study of patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis - Case control study by Shaheen Ali Ahmed, Ali Fakhree Alzubaidee

“…Patient and Methods: This prospective cross sectional case control clinical study was conducted on 50 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis. …”
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Respiratory Admissions Linked to Air Pollution in a Medium Sized City of the UK: A Case-crossover Study by Catherine A. Fitton, Bianca Cox, Munro Stewart, James Chalmers, Jill J. F. Belch

“…Abstract This study, from the Tayside Pollution Research Programme (TPRP), aims to investigate the effects of air pollution on respiratory hospital admissions in adults and children < 16 y of age, over a 14-year period, in Dundee, Scotland (population circa 148,270). We conducted a case-crossover study using routinely collected healthcare records from Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland from 2004 to 2017. …”
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Continuous electrocoagulation treatment of chromium from tannery wastewater in a cylindrical column by Nahid M. Genawi, Nafis Mahmud, Elfatih A. Hassan, Muftah H. El-Naas

“…The experiments of the continuous electrocoagulation reactor system were conducted at a flow rate of 50 ml/min (HRT = 34 min) with the results promise effective removal of chromium ions from tannery wastewater using the electrocoagulation system.…”
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Status and associations of transition shock among nursing students during clinical practice: A cross-sectional study. by Yinying Tang, Xiuwen Chen, Yuying Liao, Tingyu Zheng, Yao Xiao, Yunhui You

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study was conducted on October 8-28, 2022 at four tertiary Class A hospitals in Changsha, Hunan Province, located in south-central China. …”
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Coordination of preventive, emergency and restorative trading strategies under uncertain sequential extreme weather events by Xuemei Dai, Jing Zhou, Xu Zhang, Kaifeng Zhang, Wei Feng

“…Finally, case studies conducted on modified IEEE 141-bus and 300-bus systems validate the approach, showing reductions in load shedding and trading costs by up to 15.39% and 42.88%, respectively, compared to single-stage or two-stage strategies. …”
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Relation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction to Serum Ferritin in Thalassemia Major by Aso Faeq Salih, Adnan M. Hamawandi

“…A prospective study was conducted on 60 thalassemia major patients (33 males and 27 females ) in whom the LV function and its parameters where assessed by echocardiography in relation to serum ferritin during the period from 2nd October 2007 to 2nd February 2008, in Sulaimani pediatric teaching hospital. …”
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AI anxiety: Explication and exploration of effect on state anxiety when interacting with AI doctors by Hyun Yang, S. Shyam Sundar

“…AI) x 2 (explainable vs. non-explainable) experiment (N = 346) was conducted to test the hypotheses. Data revealed that AI (trait) anxiety is significantly associated with state anxiety. …”
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Use of a Launderable Bed Barrier and Antibiotic Stewardship to Decrease Hospital Onset _Clostridioides difficile_ Infections in an Acute Care Hospital: A Retrospective Pre/Post Cas... by Edmond A. Hooker, Peter J. Mallow, Christine McKinney, Martin L. Gnoni, Francisco Fernandez Gonzales

“…**Methods:** A retrospective pre-post study was conducted at an acute care hospital in Kentucky. The preintervention period was September 2014 through March 2016. …”
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Antenatal Ultrasound Findings in Fetus with Down Syndrome by Mehmet Serdar KÜTÜK, Mahmut Tuncay ÖZGÜN, Mehmet Dolanbay, Gülsüm Uysal, Aslı Uzak, Elif Kulengir, Semih Uludağ, Mustafa Başbuğ

“…STUDY DESIGN: The study was conducted in Erciyes University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal Diagnosis Unit between 2010-2012. …”
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The use of photovoice in research with adolescents living with HIV in Africa: A scoping review by Yolanda R. Mayman, Brian van Wyk

“…The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) flowchart guided the screening and reporting of articles, with a narrative synthesis conducted. Results: Three key themes emerged in this review: resilience, personal challenges and environmental factors faced by ALHIV. …”
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The surgical time-out: the relationship between perceptions of a safety-task anchor and surgical team workflow by Vivian J. Zagarese, Ivan Hernandez, Neil M. A. Hauenstein, Roseanne J. Foti, Sarah H. Parker

“…We administered a survey with a 7-point Likert scale to assess the surgical staff’s perceived usefulness of the time-out at the end of the surgery. An analysis was conducted to test if length of the time-out mediated the relationship between perceived usefulness of the time-out and rate at which the nurse leaves the OR to retrieve an instrument useful for the surgery. …”
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Solubility of gemcitabine (an anticancer drug) in supercritical carbon dioxide green solvent: Experimental measurement and thermodynamic modeling by Gholamhossein Sodeifian, Masturah Markom, Jarinah Mohd Ali, Muhammad Zulhaziman Mat Salleh, Reza Derakhsheshpour

“…The solubility measurements at various pressures and temperatures were conducted using UV–vis analysis. Two model types were used to correlate the data: semi-empirical (with 3–6 parameters) and equation of state (EoS) models. …”
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