Distance to Specialist Medical Care and Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Rural Saskatchewan by Catherine M. Spagnuolo, Michael McIsaac, James Dosman, Chandima Karunanayake, Punam Pahwa, William Pickett

“…The availability of fewer practicing medical specialists combined with longer travel distances to access health care services results in barriers to diagnosis and treatment in rural communities. This study aimed to (1) determine whether the proportion of adults reporting OSA symptoms in the absence of a sleep apnea diagnosis in rural populations varied by travel distance to specialist medical care and (2) assess whether any distance-related patterns were attributable to differences in the frequency of diagnosis among adults who likely required this specialist medical care. …”
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Impact of urbanisation on the gaps of hypertension prevalence, awareness and treatment among older age in China: a cross-sectional study by Qiutong Yu, Genyong Zuo

“…Objectives To examine the impact of urbanisation on the prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypertension among elderly in China.Design This cross-sectional study used data from the most recent nationally representative Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, 2018.Setting People in urban and rural communities from 500 sample areas in 22 Chinese provinces.Participants After exclusion, this study surveyed 9859 participants in the final analysis.Primary and secondary outcome measures The main dependent variables were prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypertension defined as (1) systolic blood pressure (BP)≥140 mm Hg, diastolic BP≥90 mm Hg or (2) taking antihypertensive drugs. …”
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INTRA-REGIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE VOIVODESHIP IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN 2010 AND 2020 by Paweł Dziekański, Łukasz Popławski, Fabio Fragomeni

“…It is an element of local territorial capital and a development factor, an element that shapes both the structures of economies and their communities, a determinant of their sustainable development. …”
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LA GEOPEDOLOGIA COMO BASE PARA ZONIFICAR LA APTITUD FORESTAL EN UNA CUENCA DEL NOROESTE DE LA PATAGONIA ARGENTINA by Maria Cristina Frugoni, Romina González Musso, Gabriel Falbo, Dolores Zapiola

“…Nothofagus antarctica (ñire) shrubs cover part of the suitable areas; because of conservation criteria of these natural communities, these lands were considered not suitable. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone: an application of Health Belief Model constructs by Simon Ssentongo, Alex Muhereza, Morie Mustapha, Ruth Gemi, Dennis Cherian, Rebecca Waugh, Benjamin Crookston, Cougar Hall, Mary Linehan, Hayden Borg, Joshua West

“…Consequently, to boost vaccine acceptance, public health campaigns should focus on reshaping risk perceptions, addressing obstacles, emphasizing the advantages of getting vaccinated, and fostering a sense of self-efficacy within target communities.…”
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Protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial examining the effects of temporarily pausing Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy to coincide with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination... by Abhishek Abhishek, Jonathan A Cook, Helen M Parry, Anne Francis, Lelia Duley, Vicki S Barber, Paul Moss, Nicholas Peckham

“…Results will be communicated to participants, the CLL patient and clinical communities and health policy-makers.Trial registration number ISRCTN14197181.…”
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An analysis of heavy metals contamination and estimating the daily intakes of vegetables from Uganda by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Eric Oloya, Otim, Herbert Izo, Ninsiima, Gerald, Zirintunda, Andrew, Tamale, Justin, Ekou, Grace Henry, Musoke, Robert, Muyinda, Kevin, Matama, Regan, Mujinya, Henry, Matovu, Fred, Ssempijja, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Mauryn, Atino, Bede, Udechukwu, Ronald, Kayima, Patrick, Etiang, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayikobua, Stellamaris, Kembabazi, Ibe Michael, Usman, Sheu Oluwadare, Sulaiman, Phyllis Candy, Natabo, Grace Nambatya, Kyeyune, Gaber El-Saber, Batiha, Ochan, Otim

“…Furthermore, low EDIs of essential elements in the vegetables create demand for nutritious foods to promote healthy communities…”
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African animal trypanocide resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Ewan, Thomas MacLeod, Susan, Christina Welburn

“…Background: African animal trypanocide resistance (AATr) continues to undermine global efforts to eliminate the transmission of African trypanosomiasis in endemic communities. The continued lack of new trypanocides has precipitated drug misuse and overuse, thus contributing to the development of the AATr phenotype. …”
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The Impact of Sex Education Towards Moral Development Among Pupils in Kebisoni Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Kamagara, Annet

“…From objective three, the possible solution to the challenges that affect the teaching of sex education in the Kebisoni sub-county Rukungiri district and these included communities create local advisory committees composed of parents, religious leaders, undergraduate institutions should require prospective teachers in certain dis-.…”
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Effectiveness of the Local Natural Methods of Extending Fruit Shelf Life in Selected Cooler Parts of Uganda. by Mwesigye, Deus

“…By addressing post-harvest losses, enhancing food security, and increasing farmers' incomes, these practices play a crucial role in improving the overall well-being of communities in such regions.…”
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Epidemiology of Trypanosomiasis in Wildlife—Implications for Humans at the Wildlife Interface in Africa by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ssempijja, Fred, Buyinza, Bridget, Alzahrani, Khalid J., Matama, Kevin, Nakimbugwe, Helen N., Alkazmi, Luay, Onanyang, David, Bogere, Paul, Ochieng, Juma John, Islam, Saher, Matovu, Wycliff, Nalumenya, David Paul, Batiha, Gaber El-Saber, Osuwat, Lawrence Obado, Abdelhamid, Mahmoud, Shen, Tianren, Omadang, Leonard, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…Increasing proximity between human settlements and grazing lands to wildlife reserves and game parks only serves to exacerbate zoonotic risk. Communities living and maintaining livestock on the fringes of wildlife-rich ecosystems require to have in place methods of vector control for prevention of AAT transmission and for the treatment of their livestock. …”
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Strong benefits of hedgerows to bats in three European winegrowing regions by Fernanda Chávez, Martin H. Entling, Rafael Alcalá Herrera, Emilio Benítez, Stefan Möth, Jo Marie Reiff, Silvia Winter, Verena Rösch

“…It has been shown that high landscape heterogeneity can benefit bat communities in arable fields. However, to date, the relationship between bats and the surrounding landscape within a viticultural matrix has received little attention, despite moths being major pests in viticulture. …”
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Characteristics of tongue coating microbiota in diabetic and non-diabetic kidney patients receiving hemodialysis by Qiang Luo, Siyuan Chu, Yongqun Wu, Lingling Jin, Rui Liu, Yulin Xu, Yina Yu, Yawei Jin, Luckress Ornelle Edouarda Phyfamin Houndekon, Heshen Hu, Yvchen Zou, Hao Huang, Haimin Chen

“…Results Both nonDM_HD and DM_HD showed distinct bacterial communities of oral microbiota compared to HC. The abundance of Streptococcus, Lactobacillus, Ruminococcaceae G1, Ligilactobacillus and Abiotrophia showed a significant increase (p < 0.05) in DM_HD and nonDM_HD compared to HC, while Haemophilus, Lachnoanaerobaculum, Peptostreptococcaceae G1, Peptostreptococcus showed a significant decrease (p < 0.05) respectively. …”
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Metabolic redundancy and specialisation of novel sulfide-oxidizing Sulfurimonas and Sulfurovum along the brine-seawater interface of the Kebrit Deep by Rayyan Alamoudi, Alan Barozzi, Grégoire Michoud, Marc W. Van Goethem, Charlene Odobel, Yue Chen, Ramona Marasco, Daniele Daffonchio

“…Abstract Background Members of the Campylobacterota phylum are dominant key players in sulfidic environments, where they make up a stable portion of sulfide-oxidizing bacterial communities. Despite the significance of these bacteria in primary production being well recognised in several ecosystems, their genomic and metabolic traits in sulfidic deep hypersaline anoxic basins (DHABs) remain largely unexplored. …”
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‘Dynamic zero-COVID’ policy and viral clearance during an omicron wave in Tianjin, China: a city-wide retrospective observational study by Qi Wu, Yan Xie, Tao Cheng, Junping Wu, Wentao Jiang, Lixia Shi, Xiaolong Liu, Yu Hu, Yahui Feng, Hongxia Shao, Xiaowen Gong, Zhen Song, Saibing Qi, Xueou Liu, Qiujin Shen, Junren Chen

“…We also sought to better understand how clinical features affected the timing of viral clearance.Design A retrospective study of the omicron wave in Tianjin between 8 January 2022 and 3 March 2022.Setting Except for the first cases on 8 January, all the omicron cases were identified through PCR mass testing in the residential communities. Residential quarantine and serial PCR mass testing were dynamically adjusted according to the trends of new cases.Participants All the 417 consecutive PCR-positive cases identified through mass screening of the entire city’s 14 million residents. 45.3% of the cases were male, and the median age was 37 (range 0.3–90). 389 (93%) cases had complete data for analysing the correlation between clinical features and the timing of viral clearance.Main outcome and measure Time to viral clearance.Results Tianjin initiated the ‘dynamic zero-COVID’ policy very early, that is, when daily new case number was ≈0.4 cases per 1 000 000 residents. …”
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The Gut Microbiota and Its Relevance to Peripheral Lymphocyte Subpopulations and Cytokines in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Yuan Li, Sheng-Xiao Zhang, Xu-Fang Yin, Ming-Xing Zhang, Jun Qiao, Xiao-Hong Xin, Min-Jing Chang, Chong Gao, Ya-Feng Li, Xiao-Feng Li

“…Gut microbiome of RA patients was clearly different from that of HCs. Abnormal bacteria communities are associated with the altered levels of lymphocyte subpopulation and cytokines, which might be one of the pathogenesis of RA.…”
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Microbial Colonization and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles in Chronic Wounds: A Comparative Study of Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Venous Ulcers by Florica Sandru, Elena Poenaru, Smaranda Stoleru, Andreea-Maria Radu, Alexandra-Maria Roman, Corina Ionescu, Aurelian Zugravu, Jafal Mugurel Nader, Livia-Cristiana Băicoianu-Nițescu

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Chronic wounds, including hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and venous ulcers (VU), are commonly associated with complex microbial communities that may influence wound healing and treatment outcomes. …”
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Reductive acetogenesis is a dominant process in the ruminant hindgut by Qiushuang Li, Jiabin Huo, Gaofeng Ni, Fan Zhang, Shizhe Zhang, Xiumin Zhang, Rong Wang, Jinzhen Jiao, Zhongtang Yu, Xuanxuan Pu, Yipeng Yue, Emilio M. Ungerfeld, Xiaoli Zhang, Jian Wu, Zhiliang Tan, Chris Greening, Min Wang

“…While the rumen microbiome has been extensively studied, the cecal microbiome remains much less investigated and understood, especially concerning the assembling microbial communities and overriding pathways of hydrogen metabolism. …”
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Surface water and flood-based agricultural systems: Mapping and modelling long-term variability in the Senegal river floodplain by Andrew Ogilvie, Cheickh Sadibou Fall, Ansoumana Bodian, Didier Martin, Laurent Bruckmann, Djiby Dia, Issa Leye, Papa Malick Ndiaye, Donissongou Dimitri Soro, Jean Homian Danumah, Jean-Claude Bader, Jean-Christophe Poussin

“…Flood-based agricultural practices cover between 13,000 ha and 133,000 ha over the same period, highlighting the pronounced variability faced by local rural communities. Occurrence maps and predictive models for annual flooded and cultivated areas based on upstream flows can support early warning tools, helping to prepare for extreme floods and droughts. …”
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Characterising “obesogenic” versus “protective” food consumption, and their value chain among Ghanaian households by Reginald Adjetey Annan, Nana Ama Frimpomaa Agyapong, Robert Aidoo, Charles Apprey, Linda Nana Esi Aduku, Elizabeth C Swart

“…Setting: Rural and urban communities in the Ashanti Region and selected retail/wholesale/producers nationwide. …”
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