Uncontrolled hypertension among adult hypertensive patients in Addis Ababa public hospitals: A cross-sectional study of prevalence and associated factors. by Asmamaw Deguale Worku, Asinake Wudu Gessese

“…To address these, enhancing patient education on medication adherence, promoting lifestyle changes, and leveraging digital health tools, like mobile apps, for real-time support and adherence tracking are recommended.…”
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Channel Roughness and its Substantial Impacts on Flood Modeling Errors by Md Abdullah Al Mehedi, Shah Saki, Krutikkumar Patel, Chaopeng Shen, Sagy Cohen, Virginia Smith, Adnan Rajib, Emmanouil Anagnostou, Tadd Bindas, Kathryn Lawson

“…Due to its control of flow velocity and shear stress, n is critical for modeling timing of floods and pollutants, aquatic ecosystem health, infrastructural safety, and so on. While alternative formulations exist, open‐channel n is typically regarded as temporally constant, determined from lookup tables or calibration, and its spatiotemporal variability was never examined holistically at large scales. …”
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Formulation and Stability of Cellulose Particles Enriched with Phenolic Acids by Mirela Kopjar, Josipa Vukoja, Ivana Buljeta, Ina Ćorković, Anita Pichler, Josip Šimunović

“…Dietary fibers and phenolic acids are recognized for their various health benefits; thus, cellulose was selected as a carrier polymer of phenolic acids, including gallic acid and caffeic acid. …”
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Supply-Side Practices and Constraints of the Kola Nut (Cola nitida (Vent) Schott. and Endl.) Value Chain in Ghana: A Descriptive Evidence by Frederick Amon-Armah, Solomon Sefa Oduro, Eric Kofi Doe, Moses Asani, Daniel Nyadanu, Sampson Konlan

“…However, these chemicals may be dangerous to the health of consumers in the long run. The low selling price of kola nuts was perceived to be the most (74.8%) constraint to kola nut processing and marketing. …”
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Proliferin-1 Ameliorates Cardiotoxin-Related Skeletal Muscle Repair in Mice by Hiroki Goto, Aiko Inoue, Limei Piao, Lina Hu, Zhe Huang, Xiangkun Meng, Yusuke Suzuki, Hiroyuki Umegaki, Masafumi Kuzuya, Xian Wu Cheng

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Effects of Manual Acupuncture Versus Sham Acupuncture in patients with Post-Stroke Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Conghui Wei, Jinling Chen, Qu Yang, Jingjing Xu, Qingsong Li, Fulin Li, Yu Liu, Jun Luo

“…The primary outcome was the Hamilton Depression Scale-24 (HAMD-24); the secondary outcomes included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), the Barthel index, EEG power spectrum, and EEG imaginary coherent (iCOH). …”
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Antibiotic Resistance of Enterobacteriaceae in Microbiomes Associated with Poultry Farming by Anna S. Krivonogova, Irina M. Donnik, Albina G. Isaeva, Egor A. Loginov, Maxim V. Petropavlovskiy, Elisey N. Bespamyatnykh

“…The food industry is looking for alternative means to preserve health and maintain high productivity of commercial poultry, e.g., probiotics, phytobiotics, organic acids, etc. …”
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Impact of resin tapping on the radial growth and climate sensitivity of naturally- regenerated Pinus roxburghii (Chir pine) in Western Nepal by Bipin Bhattarai, Narayan Prasad Gaire, Tek Maraseni, Bishnu Prasad Devkota, Badri Bhattarai, Shankar Tripathi, Kamal Raj Aryal, Hari Adhikari

“…It also emphasizes the importance of considering rainfall and temperature patterns when planning tapping activities to ensure sustained resin production and promote tree health.…”
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Enhancing accuracy and efficiency in upper extremity disability assessments: development and testing of a desktop application by Emre Ozmen, Gamze Gül Güleç, Hazal İzol Özmen, Melih Civan, Esra Circi, Serdar Yuksel, Alican Baris

“…Conclusion: This application was developed for physicians who examine patients with musculoskeletal system disabilities in the upper extremities for the Health Board. Our results show that the application reduces the average evaluation time by 5 minutes while maintaining accuracy comparable to the manual method. …”
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Negotiating a physically active life in tune with ageing: a grounded theory study of older persons’ experiences of participating in high-intensity interval training by Helena Fridberg, Maria Wiklund, Fredrik Snellman, Erik Rosendahl, Mattias Hedlund, Carl-Johan Boraxbekk, Nina Lindelöf

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BreathCarer: Informal carers of patients with chronic breathlessness: a mixed-methods systematic review of burden, needs, coping, and support interventions by Saskia Blütgen, Anne Pralong, Carolin Wilharm, Yvonne Eisenmann, Raymond Voltz, Steffen T. Simon

“…Breathlessness is a significant risk factor for high carers’ burden, contributing to deteriorating physical and mental health among carers and creating an urgent need for external support. …”
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SGCL-LncLoc: An Interpretable Deep Learning Model for Improving lncRNA Subcellular Localization Prediction with Supervised Graph Contrastive Learning by Min Li, Baoying Zhao, Yiming Li, Pingjian Ding, Rui Yin, Shichao Kan, Min Zeng

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Outcomes of Del Nido and hyperkalemic blood cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery with prolonged aortic cross-clamp times★ by Szpytma Malgorzata, Gimpel Damian, Ross Jordan, Newland Richard F., Crouch Gareth, Rice Gregory D., Bennetts Jayme S., Baker Robert A.

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Bibliometric Study of the National Scientific Production of All Peruvian Schools of Dentistry in Scopus by Frank Mayta-Tovalino, Josmel Pacheco-Mendoza, Ana Diaz-Soriano, Fernando Perez-Vargas, Arnaldo Munive-Degregori, Silvia Luza

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Evaluating the Effect of Chloroform and Water Extract of Satureja khuzistanica on the Expression of Bcl-2 and Bax in Gastric Cancer Cell Line by Bagher Biglak, Asghar Tanomand, Leyla Açik, Farzad Arjomandi Rad, Gholamreza Shahsavari, Saman Kazemi, Hossein Soltanzadeh

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Exclusive Breastfeeding Knowledge, Intention to Practice and Predictors among Primiparous Women in Enugu South-East, Nigeria by Chikaodili N. Ihudiebube-Splendor, Chinyelu B. Okafor, Agnes N. Anarado, Nonyelum N. Jisieike-Onuigbo, Anthonia U. Chinweuba, Ada C. Nwaneri, Joyce C. Arinze, Paulina C. Chikeme

“…A total population study that applied inclusion criteria was used to recruit 201 primiparous mothers attending their third trimester antenatal care from selected health facilities in rural and urban communities in Enugu State. …”
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Assessment of Biosecurity Status in Commercial Chicken Farms Found in Bishoftu Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Abdulbari Ismael, Adem Abdella, Shihun Shimelis, Asamenew Tesfaye, Yimer Muktar

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Characterization of physical, structural and antioxidant properties of hemp seed and seed meal protein-gallic acid conjugates by Wannawarang Tanbamrung, Suphat Phongthai, Pornchai rachtanapun, Kongsak Boonyapranai, Prem Thongchai, Liang Zhang, Kanyasiri Rakariyatham

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Altered expression profile of plasma exosomal microRNAs in exclusive electronic cigarette adult users by Dongmei Li, Zidian Xie, Sadiya Bi Shaikh, Irfan Rahman

“…We used plasma samples from 15 exclusive e-cigarette users and 15 non-users from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Wave 1 study (2013–2014) and sequenced miRNAs with Illumina NextSeq 500/550. …”
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Molecular Evidence of Coinfection with Acute Respiratory Viruses and High Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among Patients Presenting Flu-Like Illness in Bukavu City, Democratic Republic of... by Patrick Bisimwa Ntagereka, Rodrigue Ayagirwe Basengere, Tshass Chasinga Baharanyi, Théophile Mitima Kashosi, Jean-Paul Chikwanine Buhendwa, Parvine Basimane Bisimwa, Aline Byabene Kusinza, Yannick Mugumaarhahama, Dieudonne Wasso Shukuru, Simon Baenyi Patrick, Ronald Tonui, Ahadi Bwihangane Birindwa, Denis Mukwege

“…We screened 1352 individuals with flu-like illnesses seeking treatment in 10 health facilities. Nasopharyngeal swab specimens were collected to detect SARS-CoV-2 using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and 10 common respiratory viruses were detected by multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay. …”
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