Prevalence of Smoking among Workers of the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima University General Hospital by Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, Ahmed Pomares Ávalos

“…<strong>Background:</strong> excessive tobacco use is considered the largest epidemic of the twentieth century and the risk factor that contributes the most to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases. …”
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Trauma and Growth: Impact of AIDS Activism by Judith G. Rabkin, Martin C. McElhiney, Mark Harrington, Tim Horn

“…Twenty-eight years later, ACT UP study participants recall their activist days during the AIDS epidemic as the peak experience of their lives. While some continue to have symptoms of stress and depression, most found that their activism has enriched their subsequent lives.…”
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A Time Scales Approach to Coinfection by Opportunistic Diseases by Marcos Marvá, Ezio Venturino, Rafael Bravo de la Parra

“…We show that an opportunistic disease outbreak might change drastically the outcome of the primary epidemic process, although it does among the outcomes allowed by the primary disease. …”
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Adapting a Database of Text Messages to a Mobile-Based Weight Loss Program: The Case of the Middle East by Selma Limam Mansar, Shashank Jariwala, Nawal Behih, Maahd Shahzad, Aysha Anggraini

“…Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic. Qatar, a rapidly developing country in the Middle East, has seen a sharp increase in the prevalence of obesity. …”
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An update on active and passive surveillance for African swine fever in the Dominican Republic by Rachel A. Schambow, Nianet Carrasquillo, Silvia Kreindel, Andres M. Perez

“…These results suggest that ASF in the country is reaching a stable state that does not resemble an epidemic situation. This may suggest the need to change from an approach of emergency response to one of sustained and progressive control, ultimately for the long-term goal of ASF eradication in the Dominican Republic.…”
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Crisis Spreading Model of the Shareholding Networks of Listed Companies and Their Main Holders and Their Controllability by Yuanyuan Ma, Lingxuan Li

“…Based on the systematic analysis of the epidemic diseases and rumors spreading on the complex networks, the SIR model is introduced to research the crisis spreading in shareholding networks of listed companies and their main holders on the basis of the data about ownership structure in Chinese Stock Markets. …”
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Importance of Artificial Intelligence-based Radiography in the Examination and Treatment of Patients with Subacromial Impingement Syndrome by Aytan Akhundova

“…According to experts, the number of these diseases is already approaching epidemic levels in Sweden, Finland, Japan, and the United States. …”
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Evaluation of COVID-19 protease and HIV inhibitors interactions by Tran Linh, Tam Dao Ngoc Hien, Elhadad Heba, Hien Nguyen Minh, Huy Nguyen Tien

“…The epidemic of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that started in 2019 has evoked an urgent demand for finding new potential therapeutic agents. …”
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Leaf-Encapsulated Vaccines: Agroinfiltration and Transient Expression of the Antigen Staphylococcal Endotoxin B in Radish Leaves by Pei-Feng Liu, Yanhan Wang, Robert G. Ulrich, Christopher W. Simmons, Jean S. VanderGheynst, Richard L. Gallo, Chun-Ming Huang

“…The concept of encapsulating antigens in leaves rather than purifying them for immunization may facilitate rapid vaccine production during an epidemic disease.…”
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Obesity and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in Middle East and UAE by Mayank G. Vats, Bassam H. Mahboub, Hassan Al Hariri, Ashraf Al Zaabi, Deepa Vats

“…We will also suggest to control this epidemic of obesity and OSA so that the corrective measure could be taken at health ministry level to help people of this region to fight against obesity and related disorders, primarily OSA.…”
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Does Prolonged Naltrexone Therapy Alter the Rewarding Nature of Exercise, Socialization, and Eating? A Narrative Review by Caitlin Collier, Thomas Hilton

“…Relevance: Mortality amongst subjects with substance use disorder has increased to epidemic proportions since fentanyl became widely available. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Providers by Derrick Huang, Latha Ganti, Emily Weeks Graham, Dipal Shah, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, Morthatha Al-Bassam, Frank Fraunfelter, Mike Falgiani, Leoh Leon, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz

“…# Objective Vaccine hesitancy among healthcare providers can compromise public confidence in vaccination during the ongoing COVID-19 global epidemic and increase susceptibility to life-threatening disease. …”
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Spatial and temporal evolution of tourism flows among 296 Chinese cities in the context of COVID-19: a study based on Baidu Index by Yibo Tang, Gangmin Weng, Simeng Qin, Yue Pan

“…Although a rebound is observed in 2023, it has not yet returned to pre-epidemic levels. (2) COVID-19 has impacted the spatial distribution pattern without altering the essential characteristic of “high in the East and low in the West.” …”
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Integrating online training and knowledge sharing among teachers through a cloud-based video platform by Jun Peng, Yi Dai, Yue Li

“…These findings have important implications for professional development of teachers, particularly in the context of the ongoing epidemic and the shift towards a networked and intelligent world. …”
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Impaired Inflammatory Response to LPS in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Lusine Khondkaryan, Sona Margaryan, David Poghosyan, Gayane Manukyan

“…Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a severe health problem worldwide, reaching epidemic levels. High susceptibility to infections of T2DM patients indicates dysregulated immune responses to pathogens. …”
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An sveir model for assessing potential impact of an imperfect anti-SARS vaccine by Abba B. Gumel, C. Connell McCluskey, James Watmough

“…If$\R_{v}\le 1$, the disease will be eliminated from the community; whereasan epidemic occurs if $\R_{v}>1$. This study further shows that animperfect SARS vaccine with infection-blocking efficacy is alwaysbeneficial in reducing disease spread within the community, althoughits overall impact increases with increasing efficacy and coverage.In particular, it is shown that thefraction of individuals vaccinated at steady-state and vaccineefficacy play equal roles in reducing disease burden, and thevaccine must have efficacy of at least 75% to lead to effectivecontrol of SARS (assuming $\R=4$). …”
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Wound Healing and Omega-6 Fatty Acids: From Inflammation to Repair by Jéssica R. Silva, Beatriz Burger, Carolina M. C. Kühl, Thamiris Candreva, Mariah B. P. dos Anjos, Hosana G. Rodrigues

“…Poor wound healing or a chronic wound represents a silent epidemic that affects billions of people worldwide. …”
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The potential impact of a prophylactic vaccine for Ebola in Sierra Leone by Erin N. Bodine, Connor Cook, Mikayla Shorten

“…We have developed an ordinary differential equations model that simulates an EVD epidemic and takes into account (1) transmission through contact with infectious EVD individuals and deceased EVD bodies, (2) the heterogeneity of the risk of becoming infected with EVD, and (3) the increased survival rate of infected EVD patients due to greater access to trained healthcare providers. …”
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Serotonin circuits act cooperatively with pathophysiology of opioid use disorder by Arakawa Hiroyuki, Ozawa Akihiko

“…Opioid abuse and its negative effect have become a critical epidemic, putting our health and society in jeopardy. …”
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Trends and Progress on Antibiotic-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Genes in relation to Human Immunodeficiency Virus by N. G. Mbewana Ntshanka, T. A. M. Msagati

“…This review therefore aims to give in-depth coverage on the trends and the progress on the development of TB and HIV-resistant strains, highlight strategies to solve the problem, and accentuate the repercussions of the COVID-19 epidemic on the AMR.…”
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