Early measures for prevention and containment of COVID-19 in the Maldives: A descriptive analysis by Mariyam SUZANA, Sheena MOOSA, Fathmath Nazla RAFEEG, Sofoora K. USMAN

“…Introduction: The Maldives attracts more than one million travelers annually placing it at a high risk of imported epidemic-prone diseases; and it has one of the most congested capital cities in the world making it a conducive environment for infectious diseases. …”
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Emergency Care for Suicidal Behavior Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Two Hospitals in Bogotá: a Longitudinal Analysis by Gutiérrez-Dajud, Sasha Stefany, Pastran-Cortés, Ana María, Mendivelso, Fredy, Rodríguez-Bedoya, Ingrid Milena, Moreno-Gómez, Jairo Enrique, Muñoz-Tamayo, Rodrigo

“…The need to integrate emergency departments in the prevention, detection, management, and follow-up of suicidal behavior, especially in the current mental health epidemic, is underscored.…”
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Predictors for abundance of host flea and floor flea in households of villages with endemic commensal rodent plague, Yunnan Province, China. by Jia-Xiang Yin, Alan Geater, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Xing-Qi Dong, Chun-Hong Du, You-Hong Zhong

“…<h4>Background</h4>From 1990 to 2006, fifty-five natural villages experienced at least one plague epidemic in Lianghe County, Yunnan Province, China. …”
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All-Trans Retinoic Acid Inhibits Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Commitment to Adipocytes via Upregulating FRA1 Signaling by Linjun Xie, Liying Zou, Jie Chen, Youxue Liu

“…Obesity, caused by an increased number and volume of adipocytes, is a global epidemic that seriously threatens human health. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) can differentiate into adipocytes. …”
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Serological monitoring of avian influenza and Newcastle disease in the Russian Federation in 2020 by M. A. Kulagina, M. A. Volkova, Ir. A. Chvala, O. S. Osipova, P. S. Yaroslavtseva, D. B. Andreychuk, I. A. Chvala

“…The insufficient level of post-vaccination antibodies suggests that the risk of epidemic among poultry in industrial poultry farms and backyards remains.…”
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Prevention and control of cholera with household and community water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions: A scoping review of current international guidelines. by Lauren D'Mello-Guyett, Karin Gallandat, Rafael Van den Bergh, Dawn Taylor, Gregory Bulit, Dominique Legros, Peter Maes, Francesco Checchi, Oliver Cumming

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Recent evidence suggests that interventions for effective cholera control and response to epidemics should focus on case-centred approaches and within-household transmission. …”
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Combining Software-Defined and Delay-Tolerant Networking Concepts With Deep Reinforcement Learning Technology to Enhance Vehicular Networks by Olivia Nakayima, Mostafa I. Soliman, Kazunori Ueda, Samir A. Elsagheer Mohamed

“…It optimally deploys DTN routing protocols (Spray and Wait, Epidemic, and PRoPHETv2) and buffer schedules (Random, Defer, Earliest Deadline First, First In First Out, Large/smallest bundle first) based on network state information (that is; traffic pattern, buffer size variance, node and link uptime, bundle Time To Live (TTL), link loss and capacity). …”
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Multimodal machine learning for analysing multifactorial causes of disease—The case of childhood overweight and obesity in Mexico by Rosario Silva Sepulveda, Magnus Boman, Magnus Boman

“…In particular, it may aid in developing more effective public health policies to address the ongoing paediatric obesity epidemic in Mexico.…”
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Effectiveness of a Mixed Martial Arts-Based Training Program in Reducing Obesity and Improving Cardiovascular Health Among Women in Indonesia by Surya Adi Saputra, Septiani Dewi Hamni, Exie Shirley, Helen Knowles

“…To develop and validate a comprehensive Body Fighter Camp Model and Training Program specifically designed for women in Indonesia, addressing the growing obesity epidemic and its associated health risks. The study aims to create an effective mixed martial arts-based exercise intervention that can simultaneously improve body composition and cardiovascular health. …”
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Effects of Particulate Matter Exhaust on Functional Parameters of Organ Systems and Reactive Oxygen Species: A Cross-Sectional Study by Manjula Shivanagappa, SS Malini, Thanmayi Mahadeshwara Prasad, D. R. Mahadeshwara Prasad

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Impacts of a multipronged initiative with community HIV clinics to support retention and re-engagement in HIV care by Ellen Eaton, Claudia T. Martorell, Jewel Sawyer, Tanya S. Schreibman, Gregory S. Felzien, Jenniffer Meza Jimenez, Chelsie Anderson Chadha, Jeffrey Carter, Chris Napolitan, Laura Simone, Leah Molloy, Bonnie Douglas

“…Background Despite advances in HIV treatment, gaps in care retention threaten the individual health of people with HIV (people) and public health efforts to end the HIV epidemic. Objective This project aimed to identify and address gaps in retention and support re-engagement in care. …”
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Development and validation of highly sensitive multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for detection of classical swine fever virus genome by A. S. Sadchikova, A. S. Igolkin, R. S. Chernyshev, A. A. Kozlov, I. S. Kolbin, A. V. Sprygin, D. A. Biryuchenkov, I. A. Chvala, A. Mazloum

“…The last CS  case in the Russian Federation was reported in 2020, however, the threat of the disease emerging still persists. A set of anti-epidemic measures including mainly preventive vaccination and annual diagnostic monitoring using molecular-genetic and serological methods is required for CSF virus introduction prevention and rapid eradication of potential disease out breaks. …”
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Is oxidative stress - antioxidants imbalance the physiopathogenic core in pediatric obesity? by Ancuta Lupu, Silvia Fotea, Elena Jechel, Iuliana Magdalena Starcea, Ileana Ioniuc, Anton Knieling, Delia Lidia Salaru, Maria Oana Sasaran, Olga Cirstea, Ninel Revenco, Cristina Maria Mihai, Vasile Valeriu Lupu, Alin Horatiu Nedelcu

“…Despite the early recognition of obesity as an epidemic with global implications, research on its pathogenesis and therapeutic approach is still on the rise. …”
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Content analysis of food and beverage marketing in global esports: sponsorships of the premier events, leagues, teams and players by Robin Ireland, John William Long, Sara Jordan Maksi, Francisco Javier López Frías, Travis D Masterson

“…Background Food marketing has been implicated as a driving force of the obesity epidemic. Electronic sports, or ‘esports’, garners billions of viewership hours and is a consolidation of two major marketing outlets, online social media and sporting events, making it a focal point for food marketers and policy-makers.Methods The top 10 esports events and leagues were identified using data scraped between 1 January 2021 and 15 December 2021. …”
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Monkeypox: epidemiological situation, diagnostics, prevention, new challenges and problems of our time by Belyakova E.N., Shipulin G.A.

“…Until recently, most cases of infection with orthopoxviruses were sporadic, did not lead to epidemic outbreaks and were difficult to register [2]. …”
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Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U): insights from people living with HIV attending health facilities in Rwanda by Pierre Gashema, Felix Ndahimana, Eric Saramba, Tumisime Musafiri, Etienne Ishimwe, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, Angelique Ingabire, Vedaste Masengesho, Sam Kanyesigye, Nadine Rujeni, Muhayimpundu Ribakare, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira

“…Further research is essential to better understand the challenges faced by PLWH, which is critical for achieving the UNAIDS goal of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030.…”
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Differences in clinical characteristics between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and influenza: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yingying Han, Jia Guo, Xingzhao Li, Zhuan Zhong

“…Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic has brought major challenges to the global health system, and influenza is also a problem that cannot be ignored. …”
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Powdery mildew resistance of Nordic spring bread wheat accessions from the collection of the Vavilov Institute (VIR) by T. V. Lebedeva, A. N. Brykova, E. V. Zuev

“…Annual harvest losses may reach 10–15%, and up to 30% in an epidemic year. The VIR collection contains rich diversity of wheat, a valuable source of original material for wheat resistance breeding programs.The aim of this study was to generalize the results of long-term field and laboratory investigations on powdery mildew resistance in spring bread wheat of Nordic origin from the VIR collection and search for accessions resistant in all development phases.Materials and methods. …”
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Facilitators and barriers to Tuberculosis case notification among private health facilities in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. by Veronica Kembabazi, Julius Ssentongo, Elizeus Rutebemberwa

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Private Health Facilities (PHFs), Uganda's main healthcare providers, are indispensable stakeholders in the national tuberculosis (TB) program's efforts to improve TB case notification and combat the epidemic. However, notification rates remain relatively low in PHFs compared to public providers. …”
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High Prevalence of Autoimmune Diabetes and Poor Glycaemic Control among Adults in Madagascar: A Brief Report from a Humanitarian Health Campaign in Ambanja by Ernesto Maddaloni, Giovanlorenzo Pastore, Marco Giuseppe Del Buono, Aldostefano Porcari, Mario Fittipaldi, Francesco Garilli, Claudio Tiberti, Silvia Angeletti, Paolo Pozzilli, Giovanni Mottini, Nicola Napoli

“…These data highlight that the diabetes epidemic involves every corner of the world possibly with different patterns and features.…”
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