Acceptability of Iron- and Zinc-Biofortified Pearl Millet (ICTP-8203)-Based Complementary Foods among Children in an Urban Slum of Mumbai, India by Samantha Lee Huey, Sudha Venkatramanan, Shobha A. Udipi, Julia Leigh Finkelstein, Julia Leigh Finkelstein, Julia Leigh Finkelstein, Padmini Ghugre, Jere Douglas Haas, Varsha Thakker, Aparna Thorat, Ashwini Salvi, Anura V. Kurpad, Saurabh Mehta, Saurabh Mehta, Saurabh Mehta

“…Biofortification, a method for increasing micronutrient content of staple crops, is a promising strategy for combating major global health problems, such as iron and zinc deficiency. We examined the acceptability of recipes prepared using iron- and zinc-biofortified pearl millet (FeZnPM) (~80 ppm Fe, ~34 ppm Zn, varietal ICTP-8203), compared to conventional pearl millet (CPM) (~20 ppm Fe, ~19 ppm Zn) in preparation for an efficacy trial. …”
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Push and Pull Between the Public and Professional by Lillian Ringel

“…Yet, the mere fact that the committee existed at all was a step forward. The Seattle Committee was an imperfect attempt to bring the public into the medical realm to decide how to best allocate a scarce resource. …”
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Memory, Emotion, and Quality of Life in Patients with Long COVID-19 by Katrina Espinar-Herranz, Alice Helena Delgado-Lima, Beatriz Sequeira Villatoro, Esther Marín Garaboa, Valeria Silva Gómez, Leonela González Vides, Jaime Bouhaben, María Luisa Delgado-Losada

“…<b>(1) Background:</b> Persistent COVID is characterized by the presence of fatigue, mental fog, and sleep problems, among others. We aimed to study cognitive abilities (attention, executive functions, memory, language) and psychological and emotional factors in a group of participants of the population with persistent COVID-19 and asymptomatic or non-COVID-19-infected patients; <b>(2) Methods:</b> A total of 86 participants aged 18 to 66 years (X = 46.76) took part in the study, with 57 individuals (66.27%) in the experimental group and 29 (33.73%) in the control group. …”
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Twelve-month follow-up effects of cognitive training after heart valve surgery on cognitive functions and health-related quality of life: a randomised clinical trial by Tobias Braun, Andreas Böning, Martin Juenemann, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Gebhard Sammer, Tibo Gerriets, Thomas Mengden, Marius Butz, Jasmin El-Shazly, Marlene Tschernatsch, Rolf Meyer, Patrick Schramm, Thorsten R Doeppner, Markus Schönburg

“…Neuropsychological tests and questionnaires assessing HQL (36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)) and cognitive failures in daily living (Cognitive Failures Questionnaire) were performed presurgery and 12 months after training.Results Twelve months post training, the training group (n=30) showed improvements in HQL compared with the control group (n=28), especially in role limitations due to physical health (U=−2.447, p=0.015, η2=0.109), role limitations due to emotional problems (U=−2.245, p=0.025, η2=0.092), pain (U=−1.979, p=0.049, η2=0.068), average of all SF-36 factors (U=−3.237, p&lt;0.001, η2=0.181), health change from the past year to the present time (U=−2.091, p=0.037, η2=0.075), physical component summary (U=−2.803, p=0.005, η2=0.138), and mental component summary (U=−2.350, p=0.018, η2=0.095). …”
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Outcome Measures Used in Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain by LIN Huize, YAN Wenxi, ZHANG Pingping, FEI Jingwen, SHEN Jianghong, LIU Lanping, WANG Xiang, ZHU Kexin, YANG Tao, YU Jinna

“…A total of 33 outcome indicators were used in all the RCTs, divided into assessing pain, dysfunction, quality of life, activities of daily living, treatment safety, patient satisfaction, disease recognition, psychological status indicators, and other indicators. …”
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Daño del ADN en trabajadoras bananeras expuestas a plaguicidas en Limón, Costa Rica by Vanessa Ramírez, Patricia Cuenca

“…Se recomienda el ensayo cometa para monitoreo genético en poblaciones expuestas a plaguicidas<br>Pesticide use in Costa Rica is very high and all year round. A high percentage of what is sprayed remains in the environment and in the living organisms around. …”
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The Study and Comparison of Pastoral Elements in the Works of Mahmoud Dolatabadi and Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Hossein Khorshidi, Reza Fahimi, Reza Heidari

“…The main subject of most of Dolatabadi's pieces is the description of the problems of the common people in the villages of Khorasan. …”
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The consumption of cannabis in addition to tobacco or on its own among participants of Castilla y León indicated prevention programs by Rocio Villa-Pizarro, Mónica Elías Sancirian, Alexander Velázquez Miranda, Susana Redondo Martín, Castilla y León Indicated Prevention Programs Working group

“…Tobacco is excluded if it is an isolated consumption but included when consumed along other drugs (such as cannabis). We refer to its use as TSDC (Tobacco as Secondary Drug Consumption). …”
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Long-term outcomes of COVID-19 survivors and an exploratory analysis of factors associated with sequela-free survival of patients treated at Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China by Dan Huang, Caiyang Chen, Wei Xuan, Shuting Pan, Zhiwei Fu, Jian Chen, Wenhui Li, Xin Jiang, Hongpan Zhao, Xun Zhou, Liyang Zhang, Sihan Chen, Zhaoyan Feng, Xuliang Jiang, Lili Huang, Xiao Zhang, Hui Zhu, Song Zhang, Weifeng Yu, Diansan Su

“…Of these, 424 patients completed the assessment of all scales. 30.2% (128 of 424) were categorised as sequela-free at follow-up. …”
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Evaluation of preferences in the Landscape of the entrances of Saqqez city by Akbar Rahimi, Ramin Nagshbandi

“…Introduction The growing trend of urbanization in developing countries like as Iran has led to a threefold increase in the urban population, with 54% of the world's population living in cities and projected to reach 66% by 2050. …”
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The Mediating Role of Savoring Beliefs in the Relationship among Family Functioning, Life Satisfaction and Depression by Zabihollah Kavehfarsani, maedh rajae

“…The statistical population included all married men and women living in Isfahan in 2021-2022. …”
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The possible “calming effect” of subchronic supplementation of a standardised phospholipid carrier-based Melissa officinalis L. extract in healthy adults with emotional distress an... by Aasiya Bano, Piril Hepsomali, Fazle Rabbani, Umer Farooq, Ayesha Kanwal, Aisha Saleem, Ali Akbar Bugti, Aftab Alam Khan, Zainab Khalid, Mahroo Bugti, Shah Mureed, Saeed Khan, Ikram Din Ujjan, Sümeyye Şahin, Mehtap Kara, Amjad Khan, Amjad Khan

“…Background: Emotional distress conditions such as depression, anxiety, stress, and poor sleep are widespread health problems that have a significant impact on people’s lives. …”
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The Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on the Security and Mental health of Veterans' Wives by Narges Tamadoni, Ali Asghar Asgharnejad Farid, Hassan Asadzadeh

“…ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This article is taken from a research paper. We would like to thank all the participants in the research and all who helped us in this research. …”
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Schooling experiences in children with long-gap esophageal atresia compared with children with esophageal atresia and primary anastomosis: a Swedish study by M. Dellenmark-Blom, C. Reilly, E. Öst, S. Örnö Ax, J. F. Svensson, A.-M. Kassa, L. Jönsson, K. Abrahamsson, V. Gatzinsky, AM. Tollne, E. Omling, P. Stenström, H. Engstrand Lilja

“…Abstract Background Children with long-gap esophageal atresia (LGEA) risk living with aerodigestive morbidity and mental health difficulties. …”
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Distress Symptoms of Old Age and Mild Cognitive Impairment are Two Distinct Dimensions in Older Adults Without Major Depression by Tran-Chi VL, Maes M, Nantachai G, Hemrungrojn S, Solmi M, Tunvirachaisakul C

“…A large part of the variance (37.9%) in DSOA scores was explained by ACE, negative life events (health and financial problems), a subjective feeling of cognitive decline, and education (all positively). …”
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Social Factors Affecting the Mental Health of Women Compared to Men by Azam Alizadeh, Parvaneh Danesh, Amir Maleki, Fatemeh Javaheri

“…A sample of 600 married men and women aged 20-60 living in Kerman city was selected using quota sampling. …”
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Analysis Spatial Pattern of Indicators Urban Poverty in Babol city by Amer Nikpour, Morteza Rezazadeh, Fatemeh Allahgholitabar Nesheli

“…Introduction One of the most important urban problems is the formation of a phenomenon called urban poverty. …”
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The Care Home Independent Pharmacist Prescriber Study (CHIPPS): development and implementation of an RCT to estimate safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness by David Wright, Richard Holland, David Phillip Alldred, Christine Bond, Carmel Hughes, Garry Barton, Fiona Poland, Lee Shepstone, Antony Arthur, Linda Birt, Jeanette Blacklock, Annie Blyth, Stamatina Cheilari, Amrit Daffu-O’Reilly, Lindsay Dalgarno, James Desborough, Joanna Ford, Kelly Grant, Janet Gray, Christine Handford, Bronwen Harry, Helen Hill, Jacqueline Inch, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Nigel Norris, Maureen Spargo, Vivienne Maskrey, David Turner, Laura Watts, Arnold Zermansky

“…WP2 outcomes identification We followed recognised methodology to develop a COS to identify and select potential outcomes for the CHIPPS trial. …”
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Prioritization of the Eelements Affecting Urban Environmental Quality in Shiraz by Mahshid MohammadEbrahimi, Amir Oshnooei Nooshabadi

“…The physical and rapid growth of cities and urban sprawl in the third-world cities like Iran has caused urban life with environmental problems and poor quality of urban environment in the 21st century. …”
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Comparative analytical comparative study of the "Kan Makan" story by Mikhail Naeema and "One was not the same" Jamalzadeh by Mohammad reza Pashaei, Hedayatollah Taghizadeh

“…The most characteristic features of Naeema's short stories are the abundance of social themes and the expression of pains such as poverty and misery, class distance, and betrayal in the family center. In all his stories, he has tried to reflect the problems of the people, social, religious, religious and cultural issues and to deal with the lives of different sections of society. …”
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