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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38515191/attributes-of-anopheles-gambiae-swarms-in-south-central-uganda
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Krystal Birungi, Danspaid P Mabuka, Victor Balyesima, Frederic Tripet, Jonathan K Kayondo
BACKGROUND: Anopheles gambiae continues to be widespread and an important malaria vector species complex in Uganda. New approaches to malaria vector control are being explored including population suppression through swarm reductions and genetic modification involving gene drives. Designing and evaluating these new interventions require good understanding of the biology of the target vectors. Anopheles mosquito swarms have historically been hard to locate in Uganda and therefore have remained poorly characterized...
March 21, 2024: Parasites & Vectors
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38469023/saudi-healthcare-students-general-practices-applied-to-protect-against-covid-19-and-their-beliefs-regarding-the-use-of-herbal-supplements-as-a-protection-method
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Raid M Al Zhranei, Fenoon Aljohani, Samaher Almutairi, Sawsan Abdulhafiz, Wafaa Aljohani
BACKGROUND: At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the absence of treatment increased the Saudi population's inquietude regarding the virus. Therefore, people were seeking alternative methods to protect themselves from disease's fast transmission, such as hand hygiene, social isolation, and the use of natural and dietary products. AIM: The main objective of this study is to assess healthcare students' general practices applied to protect against COVID-19 and their beliefs regarding the use of herbal supplements as a protection method...
February 2024: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38213723/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-and-non-small-cell-lung-cancer-an-association
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Paul Zarogoulidis, Rena Oikonomidou, Dimitris Petridis, Haidong Huang, Chong Bai, Eleni-Isidora Perdokouri, Anastasios Vagionas, Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt, Christoforos Kosmidis, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Panagoula Oikonomou, Christina Nikolaou, Charalampos Charalampidis, Dimitrios Matthaios, Athanasia Pataka, Chrysanthi Sardeli
Objectives: Lung cancer is known to be associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Moreover; nutritional status is associated with chronic obstructive disease treatment and lung cancer. Our aim was to evaluate the interaction of the COPD status and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. Methods: Eighty-two patients were enrolled in our multicenter study. Chronic obstructive disease stage, spirometry and treatment was recorded along with the treatment and Body Mass Index (BMI), Mediterranian Diet Score, Pack Years, Basic Metabolsim (RMR) (kcal/day), VO₂ (ml/min), Ve (lt/min) and Physical Activity...
2024: Journal of Cancer
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38117372/dissolution-profiles-comparison-using-conventional-and-bias-corrected-and-accelerated-f2-bootstrap-approaches-with-different-software-s-impact-of-variability-sample-size-and-number-of-bootstraps
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Rajkumar Boddu, Sivacharan Kollipara, Adithya Karthik Bhattiprolu, Karthik Parsa, Sanketh Kumar Chakilam, Krishna Reddy Daka, Ashima Bhatia, Tausif Ahmed
Dissolution profiles comparison is an important element in order to support biowaivers, scale-up and post approval changes and site transfers. Highly variable dissolution can possess significant challenges for comparison and f2 bootstrap approach can be utilized in such cases. However, availability of different types of f2 and confidence intervals (CI) methods indicates necessity to understand each type of calculation thoroughly. Among all approaches, bias corrected and accelerated (BCa) can be an attractive choice as it corrects the bias and skewness of the distribution...
December 20, 2023: AAPS PharmSciTech
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38024064/the-prevalence-of-anxiety-among-children-in-saudi-arabia-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-cross-sectional-study
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Moudi M Alasmari, Hatoon Alshaikh, Solaf H Alotaibi, Yara Batwa, Mona Y Alsheikh, Heba Alshaeri, Abdulnasser Helali
BACKGROUND: The year 2021 was a year that can be perceived as a stressful event given the considerable lifestyle changes that have occurred worldwide due to the pandemic. Several studies have investigated the psychological impact on people during this time period. However, only a few of them have investigated the impact on young children in Saudi Arabia (SA) specifically. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety in children living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study that included the parents of 388 children aged 6-9 years living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia...
November 2023: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37903486/comparison-of-efficacy-and-safety-between-carboplatin-etoposide-and-cisplatin-etoposide-combination-therapy-in-patients-with-advanced-neuroendocrine-carcinoma-retrospective-study
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Hiroo Imai, Ken Saijo, Yoshifumi Kawamura, Shuto Kodera, Keigo Komine, Tomoyuki Iwasaki, Noriko Takenaga, Yuki Kasahara, Kota Ouchi, Hidekazu Shirota, Masanobu Takahashi, Chikashi Ishioka
INTRODUCTION: Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) is characterized by a poor prognosis and is generally treated with platinum and etoposide combination therapy as first-line chemotherapy. However, it remains uncertain whether carboplatin and etoposide combination therapy (CE) and cisplatin and etoposide combination therapy (PE) have comparable treatment efficacy. In this retrospective analysis, we compared the efficacy and safety of CE and PE in patients with NEC. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the patient's clinical record from 2005 to 2022 at the Department of Medical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital...
October 30, 2023: Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37785207/clinical-outcomes-of-carbon-ion-radiotherapy-for-large-sized-%C3%A2-4cm-hepatocellular-carcinoma
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M Wakatsuki, H Makishima, Y Mori, T Kaneko, S Yasuda, N Okada, M Nakajima, K Murata, N Okonogi, S Aoki, H Ishikawa, S Yamada
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S): Radical treatment options for bulky unresectable locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are limited. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of carbon-ion radiotherapy (C-ion RT) for bulky (≥4cm) locally advanced HCC. MATERIALS/METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with bulky (≥4cm) locally advanced HCC treated by C-ion RT between April 2000 and March 2020 in our institution...
October 1, 2023: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37766873/subjective-sleep-quality-caffeine-and-dieting-behaviors-among-university-attending-young-adults
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Elizabeth A Claydon, Jenna M Kahwash, Christa L Lilly, Yahya Alamir, Keith J Zullig
BACKGROUND: Research has shown that university students engage in behaviors that are associated with poor sleep quality, such as higher caffeine and alcohol intake. Yet studies exploring eating habits and weight loss mechanisms related to sleep quality have generally been inconclusive. This study explored total daily caffeine consumption (along with different sources of caffeine) as well as dieting and exercising to lose weight in the last 30 days as risk factors for poor sleep quality among an undergraduate university population...
2023: Nature and Science of Sleep
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37719605/referral-patterns-to-pediatric-rheumatology-from-primary-care-physicians-and-general-pediatrics-at-a-single-pediatric-rheumatology-center-in-saudi-arabia
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Sulaiman Alhumaid, Abdulaziz Alsuhibani, Abdulmajeed A Alsabr, Abdulmajed Alrajeh, Yazeed Alhumaidi, Wafaa Al Suwairi
Objective This study aims to investigate referral patterns to pediatric rheumatology and assess the correctness of referrals from primary care physicians and pediatric specialties. Methodology A cross-sectional, retrospective study was conducted on all patients who were referred to the Pediatric Rheumatology Department since 2015 ( N  = 282) at King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital (KASCH), Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic. Age, gender, reason for referral, clinical features, referring department, and final diagnosis were taken as variables...
August 2023: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37670303/professional-assessment-compared-to-patients-attitudes-toward-tooth-replacement-a-cross-sectional-study
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Haidar Alalawi, Hasan Alhumaily
BACKGROUND: There is a difference between patient self-assessment and professional assessment of oral health needs; therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate patients' individual needs and awareness of replacing missing teeth with prostheses and then to compare this information with professionally assessed clinical prosthetic needs in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia...
September 5, 2023: BMC Oral Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37536002/digital-communication-use-before-and-during-covid-among-residential-older-adults
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Cynthia Williams, Michelle Dedeo
Many older adults living in residential care facilities do not use digital communication technologies. The study was a retrospective pre-post study testing the impact of a digital communication program instituted at two Continuing Care Retirement Communities. We distributed a survey between March 2021 and April 2021 to examine study objectives. Data analyses were performed using JMP Pro 16.1 and SAS 9.4. One hundred twenty-six people started the survey, with 120 completing the survey and included in the analysis...
August 1, 2023: Geriatric Nursing
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37410778/enhancing-the-land-use-efficiency-of-low-land-rice-oryza-sativa-l-grass-pea-lathyrus-sativus-l-additive-series-relay-intercropping-in-north-western-ethiopia-a-farmer-s-indigenous-knowledge
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Endeshew Assefa, Yayeh Bitew
In Ethiopia, the facts of farmers' indigenous knowledge-based cropping systems have rarely been investigated through research. A field experiment was conducted during 2021/2022 main cropping season at Fogera Plain with the objective of examining the effect of additive series relay intercropping of grass pea with lowland rice on the grain yield of the component crops and the production efficiency of the cropping system. The experiment consisted of a factorial combination of four seed proportions of grass pea (SPGP) (25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the recommended seed rate of sole grass pea) relay intercropped with full seed rates of rice in four rice: grass pea spatial arrangements (SA) (1:1, 2:1, 3:1, and their mixed relay intercropping system)...
2023: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37289751/adoption-of-antenatal-care-conversation-mapping-among-health-care-providers-in-saudi-arabia-application-of-the-diffusion-innovation-theory
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Anwar Alhashem, Bayader A Alotaiby, Rahaf B Al Thobaiti, Mudhi M Almaktoomi, Shahad I Alzahrani, Alia A Albaiz, Basil H Aboul-Enein, Nada Benajiba
AIM: To measure the factors influencing on the adoption of antenatal care conversation mapping among health care providers in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), using the diffusion innovation theory. METHODS: 88 healthcare providers (Riyadh) were recruited using a non-probability convenient sampling technique were trained on how to use a newly developed antenatal care conversation map. Data was collected by self-administrated questionnaire on health education services, adoption of conversation map and diffusion of innovation variables...
2023: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37225581/effects-of-medium-chain-fatty-acids-and-tributyrin-supplementation-in-milk-replacers-on-growth-performance-blood-metabolites-and-hormone-concentrations-in-holstein-dairy-calves
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K Murayama, T Fukui, S Kushibiki, K Sakamoto, K Inouchi, T Sugino
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of triglycerides containing medium-chain fatty acids (MCT) and tributyrin (TB) supplementation in a milk replacer (MR) on growth performance, plasma metabolites, and hormone concentrations in dairy calves. Sixty-three Holstein heifer calves (body weight at 8 d of age, 41.1 ± 2.91 kg; mean ± SD) were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 experimental MR (28% crude protein and 18% fat): (1) containing 3.2% C8:0 and 2.8% C10:0 (in fat basis) without TB supplementation (CONT; n = 15), (2) containing 6...
May 22, 2023: Journal of Dairy Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36921550/meat-quality-attributes-of-male-and-female-broilers-from-4-commercial-strains-processed-for-2-market-programs
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C J Maynard, A R Jackson, J P Caldas-Cueva, A Mauromoustakos, M T Kidd, S J Rochell, C M Owens
In recent times, meat quality has become a key aspect of poultry production. In the current study, 2,400 sex separate broilers from 4 commercial strains were placed in 6 replications to evaluate various meat quality characteristics when grown to 2 market weights. Broilers were fed 1 of 2 diets with varying degrees of amino acid inclusion to evaluate meat quality of broiler raised on varying planes of nutrition. Birds were processed to meet 2 specified target weights (2.5 and 3.8 kg) representing small bird and big bird debone markets in the United States, respectively...
February 10, 2023: Poultry Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36712774/estimated-gestational-age-from-infant-s-foot-length-in-japanese
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Shingo Niimi, Takuro Kimura, Reo Saiki, Hiroshi Kanda, Yuki Okamatsu, Maki Goto, Shuichi Yatsuga
Aim In developed countries including Japan, gestational age (GA) is predicted by the last menstrual period (LMP) and/or fetal ultrasound. In some developing countries, GA is predicted by infant's foot length (FL). Pregnant women who did not have pregnancy check-up is not infrequent in Japan, therefore there are sometimes opportunities to estimate the GA from infants after the delivery. The aim of this study is to determine the estimated GA formula from infant's FL in Japanese. Methods This study was a prospective cohort study...
December 2022: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36635303/prediction-of-type-2-diabetes-mellitus-using-hematological-factors-based-on-machine-learning-approaches-a-cohort-study-analysis
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Amin Mansoori, Toktam Sahranavard, Zeinab Sadat Hosseini, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Negar Emrani, Eisa Nazar, Melika Gharizadeh, Zahra Khorasanchi, Sohrab Effati, Mark Ghamsary, Gordon Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour Mobarhan
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a significant public health problem globally. The diagnosis and management of diabetes are critical to reduce the diabetes complications including cardiovascular disease and cancer. This study was designed to assess the potential association between T2DM and routinely measured hematological parameters. This study was a subsample of 9000 adults aged 35-65 years recruited as part of Mashhad stroke and heart atherosclerotic disorder (MASHAD) cohort study. Machine learning techniques including logistic regression (LR), decision tree (DT) and bootstrap forest (BF) algorithms were applied to analyze data...
January 12, 2023: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36443993/eating-behaviour-characteristics-and-dietary-intake-among-japanese-junior-high-school-students-a-cross-sectional-study
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Airi Sekine, Fumiko Okazaki, Hiroki Sugiyama, Kae Saeki, Reiko Suzuki
BACKGROUND: Psychological characteristics of eating behaviour may be related to dietary habits. AIM: We investigated the association between eating behaviour characteristics and nutrition and food intake adequacy in Japanese adolescents. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey was conducted among 136 junior high school students (boys: 90, girls: 46) at a junior high school in Tokyo, Japan. Eating behaviour was categorised into three types (emotional, external, and restrained) using scores on the Japanese version of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire...
November 28, 2022: Nutrition and Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36350138/using-a-machine-learning-algorithm-to-predict-outcome-of-primary-cytoreductive-surgery-in-advanced-ovarian-cancer
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Sabrina Piedimonte, Lauren Erdman, Delvin So, Marcus Q Bernardini, Sarah E Ferguson, Stephane Laframboise, Genevieve Bouchard Fortier, Paulina Cybulska, Taymaa May, Liat Hogen
OBJECTIVE: To develop a machine learning (ML) algorithm to predict outcome of primary cytoreductive surgery (PCS) in patients with advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included patients with AOC undergoing PCS between January 2017 and February 2021. Using radiologic criteria, patient factors (age, CA-125, performance status, BRCA) and surgical complexity scores, we trained a random forest model to predict the dichotomous outcome of optimal cytoreduction (<1 cm) and no gross residual (RD = 0 mm) using JMP-Pro 15 (SAS)...
November 9, 2022: Journal of Surgical Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36308501/microbial-contamination-and-quantitative-microbial-risk-assessment-of-high-density-polyethylene-hdpe-film-sachet-drinking-water-in-ghana
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Prosper Naah Angnunavuri, Francis Attiogbe, Bismark Mensah
The present research estimated the impact of storage on the microbial quality of high-density polyethylene drinking water. Samples were taken from two popular companies in Greater Accra using a two-sided exact test in SAS JMP to estimate the sample size. The samples were stored across three temperature profiles at 8 °C, 30 °C (average room temperature), and 40 °C (average outdoor temperature) for 28 days. The samples were examined using standard microbiological methods for heterotrophic plate counts (HPCs), faecal coliforms, and Escherichia coli...
October 2022: Journal of Water and Health
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