Characterization of olive mill wastewater in three climatic zones in the North of Jordan by Mamoun Gharaibeh, A. Albalasmeh Ammar, Hanady Abu Abbas

“…Purpose Olive mill wastewater (OMW) is annually generated in large amounts in Jordan without any treatment creating major environmental and public health issues. The objective of this study is to determine changes in OMW characteristics under three climatic zones in the North of Jordan during two harvest seasons.Method OMW samples were obtained from 10 olive mills, representing three climatic zones (arid, semi-arid, and semi-arid to sub-humid) during November 2017 and November 2018. …”
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Evolution of CpG-islands by means of tandem duplications by V. N. Babenko, Y. L. Orlov, Zh. T. Isakova, D. A. Antonov, M. I. Voevoda

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Optimal Pathways to Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care Settings: A Scoping Review by Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis, Izolde Bouloukaki, Antonios Christodoulakis, Antonia Aravantinou-Karlatou, Ioanna Tsiligianni

“…Important strategies for LCS included the use of shared decision-making tools, electronic health record (HER) prompts, risk prediction models, community outreach, and integration with smoking cessation programs. …”
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Sex differences in the association between lipids and cognitive function in older adults by Jiahao Chen, Yinming Wang, Wenyan Guo, Muyuan Jiang, Zixuan Gai, Huinan Zhang, Mulei Chen, Yifan Fan

“…Methods: 2,170 participants from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (1999-2002 and 2011-2014) were included. …”
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The incidence of benign and malignant tumors among adults with long-term physical disabilities by S. Alekova Todorova

“…The harmful impact of a number of behavioral habits and health determinants significantly contributes to this negative tendency.…”
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A case report of an early neonatal death accompanied by disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 infection by Mitić Gorana P., Spasić Igor G., Panjković Milana D., Vučković Biljana A.

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Packaging of organic food—the dilemma of consumers’ internal and external motives by Olena Nifatova, Olena Nifatova, Kseniia Bliumska-Danko, Kseniia Bliumska-Danko, Sandra Charreire-Petit, Yuriy Danko

“…However, organic packaging can be an indicator of external (altruistic) consumer motives, subject to the limitations that organic packaging is less related to health care and more to altruistic motives. Consumers driven by external motives may expect produce to be organic at all stages of their life cycle and are more likely to rely on the producer’s commitment to environmental responsibility. …”
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Variation in Malaria Transmission Dynamics in Three Different Sites in Western Kenya by S. S. Imbahale, W. R. Mukabana, B. Orindi, A. K. Githeko, W. Takken

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Preparation of Ca-Mg Double-Doped Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles and Their Drug-Loading and Drug-Releasing Properties by Qian Zhang, Jiamin Huang, Chao Liu, Ruihua Chen, Tao Jiang, Yusufu Hailili, Telieke Bahetibieke, Xiaohui Tang, Mei Wang

“…Breast cancer is a common clinical malignant tumor that seriously threatens women’s physical and mental health. Chemotherapy, as the first choice of breast cancer treatment, has limited its application in the clinic due to problems of poor stability, short half-life, and serious toxic side effects. …”
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Intermediate between Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia and Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia: A Report of Two Hypereosinophilic Cases with Possible Novel Molecular Mutations by Jui Choudhuri, Mohammad Eskandari, Yang Shi, Yanhua Wang

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Comparison of Four Intrapartum Cardiotocography Classifications for Predicting Neonatal Acidemia at Birth by Nika Troha, Katja Razem, Ursa Luzovec, Miha Lucovnik

“…Last 30-60 minutes before delivery of CTG traces was classified retrospectively according to four classification systems—International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and the 5-tier system by Parer and Ikeda. …”
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Assessment of Stroke Case-fatality, Disability, Perceived Needs and Barriers for Care among First-ever Stroke Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Neuro-specialty Center in India: A... by Azad Devyani, Pradeep S. Banandur, Gautham Melur Sukumar, Girish Baburao Kulkarni, S. Mythirayee, Himani Rathore

“…Background: Stroke is a major public health and clinical challenge that results in significant mortality and disability. …”
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Children Who Experience Unintentional Injuries: Their Functional Profiles by Sara Rosenblum, Tal Nardi-Moses, Helly Goez, Naor Demeter

“…Unintentional injuries are accidents that pose a major health problem among school children. This study compared the functional behavior and executive function characteristics of school-aged children who experienced unintentional injuries with those of controls who had not been injured. …”
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On the implications of artificial intelligence methods for feature engineering in reliability sector with computer knowledge graph by Heling Jiang, Yongping Xia, Changjie Yu, Zhao Qu, Huaiyong Li

“…This work employs support vector machine (SVM), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) and logistic regression models to predict the health state of the pump and to establish fault diagnosis. …”
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The Role of Surveillance Inspections in Reducing False-Positives of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants during the COVID-19 Epidemic by Li-Li Liu, Yu-Hong Zheng, You-Quan Zhang, Jin-Piao Lin, Zhi-Lin Luo, Liu-Min Yu, Shi-Hua Gao, Falin Chen

“…This study aims to assess the effectiveness of surveillance inspections conducted by the provincial health committee in Quanzhou city during a COVID-19 outbreak in reducing false-positive results in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assays. …”
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Clinicomycological Characterization of Superficial Mycoses from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal by Sundar Khadka, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, Dinesh Binod Pokharel, Bharat Mani Pokhrel, Shyam Kumar Mishra, Subhash Dhital, Basista Rijal

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Evaluation of Osteoporosis Awareness among Healthcare Professionals in Tertiary Care Hospitals of Islamabad and Rawalpindi: A Comprehensive Analysis using the Osteoporosis Knowledg... by Benish Adil, Taqdees Khaliq, Sarah Azam Shah, Hafiz Zayn Zafar

“…The overall knowledge is affected by age, post-graduate qualification and speciality of the health care provider. …”
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Close to the border-Resilience in healthcare in a European border region: Findings of a needs analysis. by Leonie A K Loeffler, Sophie Isabelle Lambert, Lea Bouché, Martin Klasen, Saša Sopka, Lina Vogt, COMPAS Consortium

“…Behavioral data on psychological distress (Patient Health Questionnaire-4), work-related stressors, individual resilience (Brief Resilience Scale, Resilience at Work scale), and organizational resilience (Benchmark Resilience Tool-short) were collected.…”
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The association between melatonin hormone and reproductive hormones in polycystic ovary syndrome: A case–control study by Ban Jabir Edan, Zahid Mohammed-Ali Kadhim

“…Materials and Methods: A case-control study included 200 women in reproductive age (20–40 years), including 100 PCOS patients and 100 controls who appeared to be in generally good health. Anthropometric measurements were evaluated. …”
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Evaluation of Background Black Carbon Concentration in India by Maji Smaran, V. Vinoj

“…Abstract Air pollution levels are rapidly increasing over the Indian region in recent times impacting the health and welfare of the general population of which black carbon (BC) is an important component. …”
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