Trends for Diarrhea Morbidity in the Jasikan District of Ghana: Estimates from District Level Diarrhea Surveillance Data, 2012–2016 by John Tetteh, Wisdom Kwami Takramah, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Augustine Adoliba Ayanore, Elijah Bisung, Josiah Alamu

“…Declines for diarrhea generally occurred from November to December and increased from January upwards, evidence that most cases of diarrhea in this study were reported in the harmattan season. …”
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Potential of Louhan fish (Amphilophus labiatus) as a local fishery pest in Lake Toba North Sumatra as a source omega 3 and 6 fatty acids by Pandiangan Maruba, Sihombing Dewi Restuana, Daniela Connie, Sibuea Posman, Tampubolon Sanggam Dera Rosa, Sitohang Apul, Sitanggang Lasmianna

“…Identifying the oil of Louhan fish (Amphilophus labiatus), which are now considered a nuisance and a danger to the native fish of Lake Toba, as a source of omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids is the aim of the study. From August to November 2023, the research was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture Laboratory at Santo Thomas Catholic University. …”
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Any Long-term Effect of the Beirut Port Explosion on the Airborne Particulate Matter? by Yi-Bo Zhao, Nathalie Hayeck, Najat A. Saliba, Claudia Schreiner, Markus Zennegg, Fuze Jiang, Renato Figi, Davide Bleiner, Jing Wang

“…The average concentrations of main anions measured in 2020 (one and three months after the explosion) were compared with those in 2009–2015 by calculating the percentage of difference, and the average concentrations of cations and anions in September (one month after the explosion) and November (three months after the explosion) 2020 were also compared to identify any abnormal values, indicating insignificant effects on the post-explosion PM in terms of component concentrations. …”
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Recovery of coral cover at Lizard island Australia 6 years post-disturbance by Gabriel Dax Anderson

“…Between the concentrated patches of physical damage from the cyclones and the uniform impact of the bleaching events, these reefs were devastated, with none of the eight study sites harboring more than 20% live coral cover by May of 2017. In November of 2023, after six years of relatively calmer conditions with no conspicuous region-wide, large-scale disturbances, I documented the extant coral community on eight previously-monitored reefs around Lizard Island. …”
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Pneumococcal vaccination in elderly care facilities in Japan: A cross-sectional, web-based survey by Youngju Kim, Hironori Taniguchi, Kotoba Okuyama, Junpei Kamimoto, Kenji Kawakami

“…This study evaluated pneumococcal vaccination status using evaluable data collected from 445 of 1,313 managing directors of elderly care facilities in Japan through an online survey (September 5, 2022-November 25, 2022; UMIN000048747); comparisons were made with the influenza (2021–2022 vaccination only) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination status. …”
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Predictive Value of Soluble Growth Stimulator Gene 2 Protein for Coronary Slow Flow/No-Reflow in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Receiving Percutaneous Coronary Interve... by Shu-min Chang, Yan-tan Yu, Bo Luan, Ai-jie Hou, Yong Wang

“…A total of 242 STEMI patients who underwent emergency PCI at our hospital between November 2020 and July 2021 were enrolled in this study. …”
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Source Impact Analysis Using Char-EC/Soot-EC Ratios in the Central Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India by Manisha Mishra, U.C. Kulshrestha

“…. < 2.5 µm, n = 102 samples) above an urban location (Prayagraj) on the central Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) for 1 year (December 2016–November 2017). During the study period, the fPM mass concentrations exhibited very high variability, ranging from 22 to 367 (avg. ± SD: 149 ± 87) µg m−3, and approximately 40% of the annual average consisted of carbonaceous aerosols (organic carbon [OC], water-soluble OC [WSOC], and elemental carbon [EC]). …”
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Towards an Integrated <i>Orobanche</i> Management: Understanding Farmers’ Decision-Making Processes Using a Discrete Choice Experiment by Ahmed Yangui, Taheni Mlayeh, Zouhaier Abbes, Mohamed Kharrat

“…Nevertheless, farmers feel to be rewarded for delaying the sowing date from November to December. Furthermore, the study highlights that farmers show no clear preferences for the use of herbicide, specifically glyphosate, as well as for the practice of intercropping with fenugreek. …”
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What makes health systems resilient? An analytical framework drawing on European learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic based on a multitiered approach by Thomas Czypionka, Markus Kraus, Miriam Reiss, Monika Riedel

“…A comprehensive review of the existing literature was conducted to identify relevant frameworks on health system resilience (published between 1 January 2000 and 30 November 2021) and determinants of resilience that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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A scoping review of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people's health in India. by Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A Newman, Murali Shunmugam, Shruta Rawat, Biji R Mohan, Dicky Baruah, Suchon Tepjan

“…We systematically searched 14 databases to identify peer-reviewed journal articles published in English language between January 1, 2010 and November 20, 2021, that reported empirical qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods data on LGBTQI+ people's health in India. …”
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Educational intervention on knowledge level about arterial hypertension in non-hypertensive adults by Dayme Rodríguez Fumero, Taimí Figueredo Pérez, Marisela García de la Torre, Dianelys Díaz Poma, Yaima Montalvo Hernández, Zenaida María Rivero Quesada

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> an educational intervention study was carried out in the family doctor's office No. 7 of the Ernesto Guevara de la Serna polyclinic, Cienfuegos, from February 2021 to November 2023. The universe consisted of 311 non-hypertensive adult patients and the sample by 90 randomly chosen patients who met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Delphi consensus methodology to gauge expert perspectives on smoking prevention, cessation and harm reduction in Italy by Pasquale Caponnetto, Pasquale Caponnetto, Vincenzo Contursi, Francesco Fedele, Fabio Lugoboni, Salvatore Novo

“…In July 2022, a Scientific Committee, including five members, proposed 38 statements spanning three areas: (1) harm from tobacco smoking and strategies for harm reduction; (2) smoke-free alternatives to cigarettes; and (3) anti-smoking legislation. Between August and November 2022, the Expert Panel, including members of the Scientific Committee and 15 other key opinion leaders, voted on the statements in two rounds. …”
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Biochemical Assessment of Insulin and Dopamine 2 Receptors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Khitam Abed Sahil, Nazar Shiyaa Mohammed, Yousr Majd Jmeel, Anil K Sharma

“…The study included 180 subjects aged (20-65) years during the period from November 2022 to March 2023. They were divided into two groups: 120 patients with type 2 Diabetes mellitus (60 males and 60 females), and 60 healthy individuals (30 males and 30 females) as a control group. …”
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Legal regulation of the police officers' powers of the Ukrainian SSR in the 1920s of the XX century by S. V. Vasyliev

“…In the second half of the 1920s the rights and duties of police officers were established in the Regulations on the Workers’ and Peasants’ Militia dated November 10, 1926, and the Administrative Code of the Ukrainian SSR dated 1927. …”
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Analyzing Transit Systems Using General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) by Generating Spatiotemporal Transit Networks by Diyi Liu, Jing Guo, Yangsong Gu, Meredith King, Lee D. Han, Candace Brakewood

“…A further set of before–after analyses shows that although journey time between transit sites significantly dropped on May 2020 during COVID-19 emergencies, the journey time almost totally recovered to the before-COVID-19 level by November 2020. By supporting any valid GTFS schedule, <i>GTFS2STN</i> enables the analysis of historical and planned transit systems, making it valuable for long-term accessibility assessment and travel time variability studies.…”
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Anticoagulant Utilization and Cost Analysis among Cardiology Inpatients in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Western Nepal by Sabina Sankhi, Nirmal Raj Marasine, Parbati Thapa, Nim Bahadur Dangi

“…A prospective cohort study was conducted in patients admitted to the cardiology ward of Manipal Teaching Hospital (MTH), Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal, from August to November 2019. All patients (n = 132) aged ≥18 years of either gender receiving anticoagulants for any indication in the cardiology ward were included in the study. …”
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HUMAN CAPITAL AS THE SOURCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH by Nhat Thien Tran

“…The author list of this article has been corrected at the request of the Editor-in-Chief because the author list was originally incorrect. In November 2023, the Dalat University Journal of Science (DLU-JOS) became aware that the author/contributor list presented in the article was incorrect. …”
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Application of the ESTARFM algorithm for fusing Sentinel-2 and MODIS NDSI series in the eastern Qilian Mountains by Hui Guo, Xiaoyan Wang, Zhiqi Ouyang, Siyong Chen, Tao Che, Zhaojun Zheng

“…We fused MODIS and Sentinel-2 normalized difference snow index (NDSI) to generate daily 10-m snow cover data for the eastern Qilian Mountains from November 1, 2021, to May 1, 2022. We then evaluated the accuracy of the fusion images and compared the differences in snow cover distributions with different resolutions. …”
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Implementasi Nilai-nilai Filsafat Pendidikan dalam Mengemban Tugas Secara Profesional pada Guru Sekolah Dasar by Muhammad Azhar Nawawi, Arita Marini, Edwita Edwita, Durotul Yatimah, Linda Zakiah

“…Pengambilan data dilakukan secara(daring) melalui wadah GoogleForm sejak September-November, Analisis data menggunakan teknik statistik deskriptif. …”
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Long-term Double-J stenting is superior to short-term Single-J stenting in kidney transplantation. by Christiaan A J Oudmaijer, Kelly Muller, Erika van Straalen, Robert C Minnee, Diederik J A N Kimenai, Marlies E J Reinders, Jacqueline van de Wetering, Jan N M IJzermans, Turkan Terkivatan

“…The study was conducted from November 2018 to August 2023, during which 300 recipients were included with complete follow-up.…”
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