Assessment of occupational hazards in midwifery setting and impact of occupational stress and job satisfaction on midwives’ quality of work-life: multicenter study in IRAN by Nasibeh Sharifi, Azita Fathnezhad-Kazemi, Nazanin Rezaei, Masoumeh Yaralizadeh, Zahra PourMohammad

“…Method This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 in Iran, involving midwives working in hospitals (teaching and non-teaching) and health centers. …”
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Bacteraemia in a Nigerian hospital: Implementing antimicrobial resistance surveillance by Adewale A. Amupitan, Adeyemi T. Adeyemo, Adefunke O. Amupitan, Temitope O. Obadare, Aaron O. Aboderin

“…Results: Aerobic blood cultures were conducted in a third of clinical sepsis cases (n = 601/1851), of which 114 (19.0%) were true positives, with a 2.2% contamination rate. …”
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Prevalence of Hyper virulence and Multidrug resistance Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from UTI patients by Manar Abdul karim, Zainab Mohammed Alzubaidy, Khazal Dabua Wadi

“…Ceftazidime and cefepime were used as antimicrobial agents, and the measurements were conducted on Muller-Hinton agar. Serial dilutions were generated, and the resulting MIC values were found to be 512 and 1024µg/mL, respectively. …”
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Predictors of survival rates among breast cancer patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2024 by Chalie Mulugeta, Tadele Emagneneh, Getinet Kumie, Assefa Sisay, Nigusie Abebaw, Mulat Ayele, Abebaw Alamrew

“…This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to identify and synthesize the predictors of survival rates among breast cancer patients in Ethiopia. Methods We conducted a systematic review of observational cohort studies. …”
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PTEN suppresses renal cell carcinoma proliferation and migration via inhibition of the PI3K/AKT pathway by Xu Xu, Yuan-Yue Tang, Xiaohong Liang, Wen Luo, Dong-Mei Jiang, Jie Chen

“…Cell viability and migration were assessed using the CCK-8 assay and wound healing assay. All analyses were conducted with SPSS 22.0 software, with statistical significance defined as p < 0.05. …”
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Analyzing Maternal Needs for &ldquo;Internet+ Nursing Service&rdquo; After Hospital Discharge: A SERVQUAL-KANO Model Approach by Ding L, Ding Y, Wang Y, Li X, Liu Y

“…This study employs a combination of the SERVQUAL and KANO models to investigate maternal requirements for Internet+ nursing services and to establish a foundation for enhancing the quality of postnatal nursing services.Patients and Methods: A questionnaire was designed by combining SERVQUAL and KANO models, and a cross-sectional survey was conducted in the obstetrics department of a tertiary hospital in China after expert correspondence. …”
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Respiratory pathogen spectrum and epidemiological trends in Hainan Province: a retrospective analysis from 2017 to 2023 by Lvying Wu, Jianan Zhang, Zhiming Wu, Hua Pei, You Zhang

“…Methods A retrospective study was conducted to demonstrated the epidemiology characteristics of respiratory pathogens across pre-COVID-19, NPI and COVID-19 pandemic in Hainan from 2017 to 2023. …”
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How prepared is Nigeria digital payment for health workers? A landscape analysis by Folashayo Peter Adeniji, David Ayobami Adewole, Segun Bello, Elizabeth Ekirapa, Juliet Aweko, Vincent Michael Kiberu, Charles Opio, Peter Waiswa, Olufunmilayo Ibitola Fawole

“…Abstract Introduction Stakeholders in the health sector have advocated for the optimization of digital payment channels in low-and-middle-income countries in order to improve program outcomes. We conducted a landscape analysis of the local context, challenges, and opportunities for digitized health worker payments in Nigeria. …”
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Validating a digital depression prevention program for adolescents in Jordan: cultural adaptation and user testing in a randomized controlled trial by Latefa Ali Dardas, Obada Al-leimon, Tracy Gladstone, Abd Arrahman Dabbas, Insaf Alammouri, Benjamin Van Voorhees

“…It evaluated the feasibility, cultural acceptability, and effectiveness of the translated and culturally adapted DHI, named Al-Khaizuran, with comparisons to school-based group CBT.MethodsA two-arm, single-blind randomized controlled trial with a mixed-methods design was conducted among 109 Jordanian adolescents aged 15–17 years experiencing mild to moderate depression. …”
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Effect of Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation and Task-Oriented Training on Electroencephalography-Based Motor Recovery Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Maryam Zolghadr, Shohreh Noorizadeh Dehkordi, Javad Sarrafzadeh, Saeed Talebian, Hassan Haddadzade Niri, Marzieh Yassin

“…Materials and Methods: Thirty chronic hemiparetic stroke survivors were randomly assigned to receive real or sham stimulation targeting the primary motor cortex (C3/C4) at 2 mA for 20 minutes and TOT daily over 15 sessions. EEG was conducted before and after the intervention, with a 3-month follow-up and the relative powers of delta to gamma frequency bands were recorded during the movement task with each hand (healthy and involved). …”
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Wind Field Retrieval From Co-Polarized SAR Imagery Without External Wind Direction Assistance by Xianen Wei, Jinsong Chong, Yawei Zhao, Lijie Diao, Xuan Jin

“…Four cases were initially conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in both downwind and upwind scenarios. …”
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Mothers’ Knowledge of and Practices Toward Oral Hygiene of Children Aged 5-9 Years in Bangladesh: Cross-Sectional Study by Tahazid Tamannur, Sadhan Kumar Das, Arifatun Nesa, Foijun Nahar, Nadia Nowshin, Tasnim Haque Binty, Shafiul Azam Shakil, Shuvojit Kumar Kundu, Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Shafkat Mahmud Rafsun, Umme Habiba, Zaki Farhana, Hafiza Sultana, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman

“…MethodsThis cross-sectional survey was conducted from January 1 to December 31, 2022, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Order Flow Imbalance and Information Asymmetry on Treasury Bill Price Changes by Ali Namaki, Aysa Kazemi bavil

“…Moreover, based on the analyses conducted using the impulse response function, in the event of a shock, the effect of order flow imbalance in long-term maturity treasury bills will remain for extended periods and affect price changes. …”
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Influence of diglyme and cumene additives upon emission and combustion behaviour of diverse biodiesel fuelled diesel engine by Swarup Kumar Nayak, Dinesh Babu Munuswamy, Ganesan Subbiah, Mallireddy Naresh, Yuvarajan Devarajan

“…Specifically, the effects of diglyme (DG) and cumene (CU) as fuel additives on the combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of diesel engines fueled with jojoba methyl ester (JME), polanga oil methyl ester (PME), and their blended variant mixed methyl ester (MME) were evaluated. Experiments were conducted on a single-cylinder, 4-stroke, water-cooled, direct injection diesel engine operating at a constant speed of 1500 rpm and injection timing of 21ºbTDC under varying load conditions (0–5.02 kW). …”
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Vertical and horizontal bone loss following alveolar socket preservation using bone grafts and autologous platelet concentrates vs bone grafts alone: a systematic review and meta-a... by Shivang Davda, Rawand Shado, Ines Novo Pereira, David Madruga, Haidar Hassan

“…Methods A search on Pubmed, Scopus, Embase and Google Scholar databases was conducted to identify human studies using APCs in extraction sockets between January 2014 and August 2024. …”
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Modeling factors related to earthquake preparedness: a structural equation modeling approach by Azadeh Fatehpanah, Elham Maraghi, Anthony Coetzer-Liversage, Mahmood Karimy, Amir H. Pakpour, Majed Maripour, Nematollah Jaafarzadeh Haghighi Fard, Marzieh Araban

“…Method This methodological study was conducted in Iran in 2022, involving 302 participants selected through stratified random sampling. …”
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Efecto de una intervención Act sobre la resistencia aeróbica y evitación experiencial en marchistas / Effect of an ACT Intervention on Aerobic Endurance and Experiential Avoidance... by María Clara Rodríguez-Salazar, Ángela Patricia Valero-Ballesteros

“…The ACT intervention was conducted in four sessions, where they developed the contents defined by the authors of this intervention (Wilson and Luciano, 2002). …”
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Self-reported knowledge and difficulties towards palliative care among healthcare professionals in rural China: a cross-sectional study by Junwei Niu, Min Feng, Changhui Song, Hui Xie

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted between June and July 2024, using a convenience sample of 255 healthcare professionals from four secondary/tertiary hospitals participated. …”
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Effects of PBAT on Soil Water and Salt in Maize Root Zone and Maize Yield in Saline-alkali Land by YANG Zhaoyu, WANG Jing, LÜ Wen, SUN Haojie, REN Hongwu, MA Weiwei, HOU Jiana

“…[Methods] Comparative tests were conducted on four mulching treatments, including PBAT biodegradable film (black and white) mulching, ordinary black film mulching and open-field cultivated maize without mulching, under three irrigation conditions (2 600, 3 300 and 4 200 m3/hm2) from April to September 2023 in Xinghuocun Experimental Station, Huinong District, Ningxia, and there were 12 treatments in total. …”
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Lipoprotein (a) levels in children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia by Liliya F. Galimova, Dinara I. Sadykova, Evgeniia S. Slastnikova, Chulpan D. Khaliullina, Karina R. Salakhova

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: A comparative, prospective, longitudinal, cohort study was conducted in 2017–2022. The study group included 243 children aged 5 to 17 years (Ме 11 [7.0–15.0]), of which 122 children had heterozygous FH. …”
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