Exploring the Socio-personal Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Symptoms of Reproductive Tract Infections among Sexually Active Married Women in Ernakulam District of Kerala... by Ann Merrin George, Leena Kunnath Chacko

“…Also, efforts to improve the reproductive health of the women and reduce the obstetric/gynaecological risk factors should be devised to curtail the peak of RTIs.…”
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Study on the Properties of Polyurethane–Urea Elastomers Prepared by TDI/MDI Mixture by Xiangcheng Bian, Jiaguo He, Maoyong He, Bingxiao Liu, Yinzhu Zhang

“…As well known, the easily volatile 2,4-toluene diisocyanate (TDI) monomer poses a great threat to the environment and human health during the preparation of polyurethane–urea elastomer (PUU). …”
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Rapid Identification of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Genes Using Direct PCR Amplification and Oxford Nanopore Technology Sequencing by Kaishun Zhao, Chunlin Tu, Wei Chen, Haiying Liang, Wenjing Zhang, Yilei Wang, Ye Jin, Jianrong Hu, Yameng Sun, Jun Xu, Yanfang Yu

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis antimicrobial resistance has been continually reported and is a major public health issue worldwide. Rapid prediction of drug resistance is important for selecting appropriate antibiotic treatments, which significantly increases cure rates. …”
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Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Meetings: Evidence, Challenges, and the Role of Clinical Decision Support Technology by Vivek Patkar, Dionisio Acosta, Tim Davidson, Alison Jones, John Fox, Mohammad Keshtgar

“…The growing acceptance by clinical community of the health information technology in recent years has created new opportunities and possibilities of using advanced clinical decision support (CDS) systems to realise full potential of cancer MDT meetings. …”
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Causality Extraction from Medical Text Using Large Language Models (LLMs) by Seethalakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Luciana Garbayo, Wlodek Zadrozny

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Online suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours talk: A scoping review protocol. by Andrea Lamont-Mills, Luke T Bayliss, Steven A Christensen

“…It is anticipated that review outcomes could inform the training of health practitioners and peer/professional online moderators in how to best talk with people experiencing suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours. …”
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Canadian Standards Association Standard CAN/CSA/Z264.1-02:2002: A New Voluntary Standard for Spacers and Holding Chambers Used with Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhalers by Myrna B Dolovich, Jolyon P Mitchell

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Valorization of Waste Cooking Oil into Biodiesel via Bacillus stratosphericus Lipase Amine-Functionalized Mesoporous SBA-15 Nanobiocatalyst by Abdallah R. Ismail, Hamdy Kashtoh, Mohamed A. Betiha, Salem A. Abu Amr, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Nour Sh. El-Gendy

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Organophosphorus Pesticides Management Strategies: Prohibition and Restriction Multi-Category Multi-Class Models, Environmental Transformation Risks, and Special Attention List by Yingwei Wang, Lu Wang, Yufei Li

“…This paper aims to provide an effective method for identifying the potential restriction levels of OPs and to propose an evaluation system that comprehensively considers the health risk, thereby supporting the improvement and optimization of management and usage strategies for OPs.…”
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Chronic osteomyelitis as evidence of a source of uncontrolled sepsis. A case report by Ariel Efrén Uriarte Méndez, Jorge L. Capote Padrón, José Julio Requeiro Molina, Lioby Kauteks Pardiñas de León

“…Sepsis and septic shock are major health problems that affect millions of people worldwide and have a high lethality. …”
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING RATIOS AS A TOOL FOR THE EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT OF MILLS COMPANY by EGU USANG INAH, AGIM, DAVID AGIABEKONG, IYANG GODWIN USHIE

“…Based on the findings, it was recommended amongst others that business managers of mills company should appreciate the important of frequently subjecting their financial statement to ratio analysis to determine the financial health of the company, users of financial statement are highly advised to use financial ratios to analysis their financial statement of a company for a better financial decision. …”
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Efficient Degradation of Industrial Biowaste via In-Vessel Composting—Technical and Microbial Assessments by Jamie Jean Minn Tan, Zi Xiang Keng, Siew Hui Chong, Guan-Ting Pan, Ajit Singh, Christinavimala Supramaniam, Ianatul Khoiroh

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Social network analysis in healthcare settings: a systematic scoping review. by Duncan Chambers, Paul Wilson, Carl Thompson, Melissa Harden

“…We are utilising SNA to inform the development and implementation of tailored behaviour-change interventions to improve the uptake of evidence into practice in the English National Health Service. To inform this work, we conducted a systematic scoping review to identify and evaluate the use of SNA as part of an intervention to support the implementation of change in healthcare settings.…”
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Convergent evolution of oxidized sugar metabolism in commensal and pathogenic microbes in the inflamed gut by Sophia Levy, Angela K. Jiang, Maggie R. Grant, Gabriela Arp, Glory Minabou Ndjite, Xiaofang Jiang, Brantley Hall

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The Effects of Alexithymia on Self-Reflection and Insight in Major Depressive Disorder by Aysu Yakin Olgun, Meliha Zengin Eroglu

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Combined Dexamethasone Suppression-Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulation Test in Studies of Depression, Alcoholism, and Suicidal Behavior by Leo Sher

“…Major depression, alcoholism, and suicidal behavior are public health problems around the world. Considerable evidence suggests that HPA dysregulation is involved in the pathogenesis of depressive disorders, alcoholism, and suicidal behavior. …”
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Tumor-initiating and metastasis-initiating cells of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma by Dinh-Xuan Pham, Tien Hsu

“…Abstract Clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common subtype of kidney malignancy. ccRCC is considered a major health concern worldwide because its numbers of incidences and deaths continue to rise and are predicted to continue rising in the foreseeable future. …”
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Multiobjective Optimization Approach for Robust Bridge Damage Identification against Sensor Noise by Seung-Yong Ok, Sungmoon Jung, Junho Song

“…One of the important goals of structural health monitoring is to identify structural damage using measured responses. …”
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Profile of Torso Trauma Following Road Traffic Accidents by Nandkishor Shinde, Vikram Siddareddy, Mohammed Abdul Baseer, Afia Kauser, Ayeesha Uzma

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Bioactive Substances, Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Activity in Whole Fruit, Peel, and Pulp of Citrus Fruits by Anna Czech, Agnieszka Malik, Bożena Sosnowska, Piotr Domaradzki

“…The use of whole citrus fruits in the food industry means that the valuable peel is used, but this may raise palatability or health concerns among consumers. The content of sugars, dietary fibre, redox compounds, lead, and cadmium was compared in citrus fruits (orange; pomelo; mandarin; lemon; key lime; and red, yellow, and green grapefruit). …”
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