Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Type 2 Diabetes Mortality Attributable to Particulate Matter Pollution in China and the U.S. by Xiaoxue Liu, Maigeng Zhou, Chuanhua Yu, Zhi-Jiang Zhang

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Calorie Labeling in a Rural Middle School Influences Food Selection: Findings from Community-Based Participatory Research by Monica Hunsberger, Paul McGinnis, Jamie Smith, Beth Ann Beamer, Jean O’Malley

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Effect of Implementing a Free Delivery Service Policy on Women’s Utilization of Facility-Based Delivery in Central Ethiopia: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis by Ayalneh Demissie, Alemayehu Worku, Yemane Berhane

“…Routine monthly data were extracted from the District Health Information System and verified using data from the delivery ward logbooks across the study facilities. …”
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Empathy and Mental Health of Preschool Teachers: A Latent Profile Analysis by Jin R, Li X, Huang H

“…Rong Jin, Xiangyu Li, Heqing Huang Faculty of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: : Heqing Huang, Faculty of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, No. 5, North Third Street, Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13520262816, Email aivita@126.comPurpose: This research, grounded in the self-other oriented empathy theoretical framework, aimed to explore the classification of empathy and its relationship with mental health among preschool teachers.Methods: A total of 4345 preschool teachers participated in the study. …”
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Conflict Probability Prediction and Safety Assessment of Straight-Left Traffic Flow at Signalized Intersections by Yingying Ma, Zihao Zhang, Jiabin Wu

“…Finally, to validate the performance of the proposed model, the measured data were collected from the intersection of Wushan road and Yuehan road in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China. SSAM（Surrogate Safety Assessment Model）traffic conflict simulation was used to analyze the traffic conflict in the actual data and compared to the SICP model. …”
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STRENGTHENING RESILIENCE: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN FACILITATING LOCAL AGRICULTURAL ADAPTATION TO THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN TANZANIA by Reginald Chetto, Makarius Mdemu, Jacob Kihila

“…Data for this article was collected from Manzase and Haneti villages in Chamwino district in Dodoma region, Tanzania. The study adopted a qualitative approach and deployed key informant interviews and focus group discussions for data collection. …”
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Impact of Using the INTUSTEL Model in Creative Thinking and the Acquisition of Performing Some of the Football Skills by Students by Entethar Faroq Allyas Soran, Stefan Jajo Marzena Garash

“…The research population consisted of intermediate-stage Mariam Al-Adhraa Secondary School for the academic year (2023-2024) in the district of Al-Hamdaniya. As for the sample, it was limited to students selected randomly through a lottery, totalling (48) female students. …”
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The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation and inhibitory control training on depression and anxiety among post-stroke individuals by Csaba Kazinczi, Noemi Szepfalusi, Viola Luca Nemeth, Adrienn Holczer, Katalin Jakab, Laszlo Vecsei, Peter Klivenyi, Anita Must, Mihaly Racsmany

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The Influence of Seasons and Weather on the Volume of Trauma Patients: 4 Years of Experience at a Single Regional Trauma Center by Se Heon Kim, Young Hoon Sul, Jin Young Lee, Joong Suck Kim

“…Meteorological data including hourly temperature (°C), precipitation (mm), humidity (%), and wind speed (m/s) for each district were collected retrospectively. Statistical analysis was done using the independent <i>t</i>-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and linear regression analysis. …”
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LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND MOTIVATION ON THEUSE DENTURES BY PEOPLE WHO LOSE TEETH IN PUSAKA RAKYAT VILLAGE BEKASI by Didik Marsigid, Mujiwati, Iin Alpadari

“…Purpose: To determine level of knowledge and motivation toward use of dentures by people who have lost their teeth in Pusaka Rakyat Village, Tarumajaya District, Bekasi Regency. Method: Quantitative descriptive with sample 100 people, has criteria including people in Pusaka Rakyat Village who are 20 years old, have lost at least one tooth element, and never used dentures. …”
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Bullous Scabies in an Immunocompromised Host by James R. Wester, Lesley E Jackson, Kathryn Mokgosi, Tomer Barak, Mahmoud Abu Hazeem

“…A 40-year-old woman with a history of poorly controlled HIV presented to a district referral hospital in rural Botswana for a generalized skin rash of several months duration. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA TOUCH AND PLAY 3D IMAGES MATERI PANCA INDERA KELAS IV SEKOLAH DASAR BERBASIS ADOBE FLASH by Ilmiah Nu Izzah

“…The use of teaching media in the 4th Grade of SDN Sukorejo IV, Sukerejo District, Pasuruan Regency has not been maximal, thus resulting the decreasing level of students’ motivation during the learning session. …”
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Surgical Synechiolysis of Iridocapsular Adhesion and Sulcus Placement of a Rigid Intraocular Lens on an Oversized Residual Capsular Rim by Jiao Lyu, Qi Zhang, Haiying Jin, Tingyi Liang, Jili Chen, Peiquan Zhao

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The prediction of attitude towards cheating based on spiritual intelligence and achievement goal orientation in students by maryam sheykh, Solmaz Dabiri

“…The statistical population of the present study included all female students of the first secondary level in the 15th district of Tehran in the academic year of 2022-2023 who were studying in the fields of math physics, experimental sciences, and humanities. …”
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A Qualitative Study on the Pathways to Evidence-Based Antenatal Care in Periurban Ghana by Jones Asafo Akowuah, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Benedict Osei Asibey

“…Seventeen (17) respondents consisting of four mothers receiving ANC services, four mothers receiving postnatal care with their ANC experience, four midwives, and four nurses with the District Public Health Nurse were involved in the study. …”
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The Impact of Smartphone and Social Media Use on Adolescent Sleep Quality and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Young Lee, Judy Blebea, Furhut Janssen, Sarah E. Domoff

“…This project uses archival data collected in fall 2020 through school-based surveys to adolescents in a rural school district in Michigan. There were a total of 200 participants (91.7% response rate) of which 180 adolescents (12-15 years old, 40.0% male, 55.6% female, 3.9% nonbinary) were included in the analysis based on their SM use, the majority of whom identified as white (91.7%). …”
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Plasma MicroRNA Expression Profiles in Psoriasis by Shiju Xiao, Xin Liu, Xiaoxu Wang, Hongpeng Lv, Junbo Zhao, Xinwei Guo, Fuyang Xian, Yunrun Ji, Guangzhong Zhang

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Forest plantations influence on the thermophysical properties of southern chernozems by V. A. Gorban, N. A. Bilova

“…The influence of forest plantations on thermophysical properties was performed using soil samples taken from zonal southern chernozems (used as a control), southern chernozems under R. pseudoacacia plantations and under Q. robur plantations near the city of Zelenodolsk (Kryvorizky district, Dnipropetrovsk region). It was established that the growth of forest plantations led to a decrease in the surface temperature, the temperature at a depth of 50 cm, and the average temperature of the 0–50 cm layer of southern chernozems compared to zonal southern chernozems. …”
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Exploration of Muscle Fatigue Effects in Bioinspired Robot Learning from sEMG Signals by Ning Wang, Yang Xu, Hongbin Ma, Xiaofeng Liu

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Effect of Disturbance Regimes on Spatial Patterns of Tree Species in Three Sites in a Tropical Evergreen Forest in Vietnam by Do Thi Ngoc Le, Nguyen Van Thinh, Nguyen The Dung, Ralph Mitlöhner

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