Knowledge, attitude, perception, and preventative practices towards COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Ugochinyere Ijeoma Nwagbara, Emmanuella Chinonso Osual, Rumbidzai Chireshe, Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Balsam Qubais Saeed, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo, Khumbulani W Hlongwana

“…Studies included populations from the following SSA countries: Ethiopia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, and Sierra Leone. All the included studies showed evidence of knowledge related to COVID-19. …”
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Cancer patients’ sense of coherence – psycho-oncological consultations and therapeutic alliance as salutogenic factors by Natalia Cecon-Stabel, Ibrahim Demirer, Holger Pfaff, Antje Dresen

“…Results One hundred patients filled out all three SoC subscales at T1 and T2 and were treated by a psycho-oncologist. …”
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Catastrophic lava flow levee failure: precursors, processes, and implications by Elisabeth Gallant, Hannah R. Dietterich, Matthew R. Patrick, David Hyman, Brett B. Carr, John Lyons, Elinor S. Meredith

“…Our analyses show that surges in effusion rate, rheologic transitions between pāhoehoe and ‘a‘ā flow regimes, slope-breaks, pre-existing topographic highs, and the structure of perched levee walls all played a role in the failure of the levee and subsequent re-routing of the lava flow. …”
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Co-inoculation of Trichoderma viride with Azospirillum brasilense could suppress the development of Harpophora maydis-infected maize in Egypt by Rasha M. Elmeihy, Omar A. Hewedy, Maryam S. Alhumaidi, Khadijah A. Altammar, Eman O. Hassan, Samah A. El-Debaiky

“…Further, there was a noticeable increase in all plant growth and yield parameters. An anatomical examination of the control and inoculated maize roots was also reflective of plant responses under biotic stress. …”
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An X-Linked Hyper-IgM Patient Followed Successfully for 23 Years without Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Necil Kutukculer, Neslihan Edeer Karaca, Guzide Aksu, Ayca Aykut, Erhan Pariltay, Ozgur Cogulu

“…In conclusion, diagnostic delay is a clinical problem for patients with CD40LG deficiency, because of low or normal IgM levels, showing that all the hypogammaglobulinemic patients, not only with high serum IgM levels, but also with normal to low IgM levels, have to be examined for CD40LG expression on activated T lymphocytes. …”
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Shear bond strength of three different fixed retainers: Stainless steel wires versus fiber reinforced composite (An in Vitro study) by Anees Mahmood Mudhir

“…Results: There was a statistically high significant difference among all three retainers groups (p < 0.001); db Straight 8 braid flat soft wire debonding force was (130±29.6N), followed by Speed fiber reinforced splint group (107.5±18.9 N), whereas the minimum was observed 3M Unitek coxial multi strand wire group(76±27.6 N).The site of failure was predominantly at the wire composite interface except in FRC was in enamel/composite interface. …”
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Accidental and Deliberate Self-Poisoning with Medications and Medication Errors among Children in Rural Sri Lanka by Kavinda Dayasiri, S. F. Jayamanne, C. Y. Jayasinghe

“…In addition, focus group discussions were performed on all children and their families who had deliberate poisoning events and medication errors. …”
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Thermal and Fluid Flow Performance Analysis of Tubular Microchannel Heat Sinks with Inward Protrusions and Nanofluids by Ibrahim Ademola Fetuga, Olabode Thomas Olakoyejo, Antônio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Joshua Kolawole Gbegudu, Ebenezer Aderibigbe Adeyemi

“…Furthermore, at a Reynolds number of 400 and a volume fraction of 4%, the Al2O3–water nanofluid reduced the maximum temperature of the MCHS wall by 4% , whereas - and -nanofluids decreased the MCHS wall maximum temperature by 0.5% and 0.48% when compared to pure water, respectively. However, for all the cases of volume fraction (1% to 4%), there was an increase trend in the value of thermal performance for the Reynolds number range of 400 to 800 , and decrease with the Reynolds number range of 800 to 2 000. …”
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Association of Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC) with hematological parameters: a data mining approach by Nafiseh Hosseini, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Pooria Salehi-Sangani, Mahdiyeh Yaghooti-Khorasani, Bahram Shahri, Helia Rezaeifard, Habibollah Esmaily, Gordon A. Ferns, Mohsen Moohebati, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…The dataset was divided into training and test, and each model’s performance was appraised on the test dataset. All data analyses used SPSS version 26 and SPSS Modeler 10. …”
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Genetic structure of the collection of ryegrass (<i>Lolium</i>) cultivars: a study based on SSR and SCoT markers by Yu. M. Mavlyutov, E. A. Vertikova, A. O. Shamustakimova, I. A. Klimenko

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Utility of Computed Tomographic Enteroclysis/Enterography for the Assessment of Mucosal Healing in Crohn's Disease by Shinichi Hashimoto, Kensaku Shimizu, Hiroaki Shibata, Satoko Kanayama, Ryo Tanabe, Hideko Onoda, Naohumi Matsunaga, Isao Sakaida

“…The proportion of previous surgery, clinical remission, stenosis, and CDAI score all showed significant difference between groups. …”
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Reliability of Ultrasound Based Compressibility of the Lower Leg Anterior Tibial Muscle Compartment in Healthy Volunteers by Kay van Heeswijk, Daniëlle Spek, Jesse Muijsenberg, Loes Janssen, Michiel Winkes, Adwin R. Hoogeveen, Marc Scheltinga

“…The intra-observer reliability for d10 and d80 was excellent (ICC>0.90) for all three observers. ICC of compressibility varied among observers and ranged from 0.76 to 0.48, with higher ICCs demonstrated for IM compared to TZIT…”
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A Parallel Approach to Generate Sports Highlights from Match Videos Using Artificial Intelligence by Arjun Sivaraman, Tarun Kannuchamy, Anmol Anand, Shivam Dheer, Devansh Mishra, Narayanan Prasanth, S. P. Raja

“…However, the manual process of compiling all the clips into a single video can be time-consuming and cumbersome for video editors. …”
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Three-dimensional Middle Infrared Spectroscopy Study on Crystalline and Amorphous Structures and Thermostability of Corn, Wheat, and Pea Starch by KONG Xiao-mei, DU Lin-nan, JIANG Meng-wei, CHAI Jia-xin, CHANG Mei-ling, ZHANG Yong, CHANG Ming, XU Yuan-yuan

“…The results showed that the infrared absorption modes of the three types of starch structures mainly include the C—O stretching vibration mode (vC—O starch), and all three types of starch contain crystalline and amorphous structures. …”
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Young researchers’ reflections on workshops with youth to develop research recruitment materials by Zeba Khan, Hajar Seiyad, Kaiya Jacob, Ayla Arhinson, Aleyah Williams, Sarah Munro

“…Collaborating with youth and meaningfully engaging them in all stages of the research process may help us better understand and develop solutions and services that yield stronger usability among youth. …”
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Physiological and biochemical features of fig cultivars (<I>Ficus carica</I> L.) from the collection of the Nikita Botanical Gardens by E. L. Shishkina, E. V. Dunaevskaya, R. A. Pilkevich, N. Yu. Marchuk

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In-Package Air Cold Plasma Treatment of Chicken Breast Meat: Treatment Time Effect by Hong Zhuang, Michael J. Rothrock Jr., Kelli L. Hiett, Kurt C. Lawrence, Gary R. Gamble, Brian C. Bowker, Kevin M. Keener

“…There were no differences (P>0.05) in a∗ and b∗ values between pretreatment and posttreatment plus storage; however, all CP treatments resulted in increased L∗ value (P<0.05). …”
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Association between Cysticercosis and Neoplasia: A Study Based on Autopsy Findings by Camila Lourencini Cavellani, Aline Cristina Souza da Silva, Grace Kelly Naves de Aquino Ribeiro, Lívia Ferreira Oliveira, Mara Lúcia Fonseca Ferraz, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira

“…There was a predominance of three or more cysticerci in groups NC and CC. In the NC group, all had malignant neoplasms, and was predominance of benign neoplasm in NN group. …”
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An analysis of heavy silicone oil treatment for inferior proliferative vitreoretinopathy by Maximilian Hammer, Amanda Ie, Katharina Eibenberger, Gerd Uwe Auffarth, Kanmin Xue

“…Significant cataract progression occurred in all phakic patients. In 25% of pseudophakic cases, posterior capsule opacification was noted. …”
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Assessment of a Low-Cost Ultrasound Pericardiocentesis Model by Marco Campo dell'Orto, Dorothea Hempel, Agnieszka Starzetz, Armin Seibel, Ulf Hannemann, Felix Walcher, Raoul Breitkreutz

“…A total mean VAS score of all questions of 63% showed that participants gained confidence for further interventions. …”
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