Irrational medicine use and its associated factors in conflict-affected areas in Mali: a cross-sectional study by Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed, Alassane Seydou, Issa Coulibaly, Karina Kielmann, Raffaella Ravinetto

“…Results The average number of medicines per prescription was 3.89 ± 1.83; out of these, 94.0% were prescribed by generic name, and 91.0% belonged to Mali’s National List of Essential Medicines. …”
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Impact of sleep quality on academic achievements of undergraduate medical students: a cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia by Arwa Khaled, Dalia Almaghaslah, Ayesha Siddiqua, Geetha Kandasamy, Khalid Orayj

“…Additionally, students who had more than five courses per semester more frequently had daytime sleepiness p = 0.03. …”
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Biochemical Characterization of Ethiopian Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) by Basazinew Degu Gebremedin, Bizuayehu Tesfaye Asfaw, Wendawek Abebe Mengesha, Kebebew Assefa Abebe

“…Combined analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed significant differences among genotypes in fixed oil yield per hectare (FOY), EO content (EOC), and EO yield per hectare (EOY). …”
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Brain Health Indicators in Cuban Preschoolers by Yaser Ramírez Benítez, Miriela Díaz Bringas, Rodneys Mauricio Jiménez-Morales, Ijang Bih Ngyah-Etchutambe, Linda S. Pagani

“…Continuous exposure (five to seven times per week) and transient exposure (two to three times per week) were found to be more negatively related to sleep quality than in cognitive functions, particularly in children of middle socio-economic status. …”
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Impact of Resistance Exercise under Hypoxia on Postexercise Hemodynamics in Healthy Young Males by Masahiro Horiuchi, Arisa Ni-i-nou, Mitsuhiro Miyazaki, Daisuke Ando, Katsuhiro Koyama

“…The subjects belonged to a track & field club (sprinters, hurdlers, and long jumpers) and engage in regular physical training (1-2 h per day, 3-5 days per week). Each participant performed eight sets of bilateral leg squats with a one-minute interval under normoxia (room air) and hypoxia (13 % FiO2). …”
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Safety evaluation of the food enzyme α‐amylase from the non‐genetically modified Aspergillus sp. strain FUA by EFSA Panel on Food Enzymes (FEZ), Holger Zorn, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Francesco Catania, Gabriele Gadermaier, Ralf Greiner, Baltasar Mayo, Alicja Mortensen, Yrjö Henrik Roos, Marize L. M. Solano, Monika Sramkova, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Cristina Fernàndez‐Fraguas, Magdalena Andryszkiewicz, Natalia Kovalkovicova, Eleonora Marini, Yi Liu

“…It was estimated to be up to 0.687 mg TOS/kg body weight (bw) per day in European populations. Genotoxicity tests did not indicate a safety concern. …”
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THE EFFECT OF QUERCETIN ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN RAT LIVER UNDER 270TH DAY CENTRAL DEPRIVATION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE SYNTHESIS by M.V. Rud, V.I. Shepitko, Ye.V. Stetsuk, O.Ye. Akimov

“…Animals from experimental group I were injected triptorelin acetate subcutaneously at a dose of 0.3 mg of active substance per kg of body weight. In experimental group II, animals received triptorelin acetate in the same dosage and quercetin 100 mg per kg body weight 3 times a week, whereas the control group was administered saline. …”
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Comparative analysis of finishing and polishing procedures on gloss and color stability in bioactive dental resin composites by Fatin A Hasanain, Alaa Turkistani

“…Two different bioactive dental resin composites (Beautifil Flow Plus F00 and Activa Presto) along with a nanohybrid composite (Filtek Z250 XT) were tested. A total of 20 samples per material were prepared and divided into four groups as per polishing protocol: Sof-Lex Diamond, Jiffy and TorVm polishing systems as well as a control group without polishing. …”
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Field experiment confirms high macroplastic trapping efficiency of wood jams in a mountain river channel by Maciej Liro, Paweł Mikuś, Anna Zielonka

“…The trapping efficiency was three times higher in the straight, regulated reach (14.8% per km) than in the highly sinuous, unregulated reach (4.5% per km). …”
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Study of nodulation and nitrogen fixation in two cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] cultivars inoculated with different strains of Bradyrhizobium sp. by Yu. V. Fotev, K. K. Sidorova, T. I. Novikova, V. P. Belousova

“…High variation of the nodulation ability of both cultivars has been observed: at the beginning of flowering, the number of nodules per plant was 4–47 in Sibirskiy razmer and 17–117 in Yunnanskaya. …”
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Steatohepatitis Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk for Fibrosis Progression in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Hannes Hagström, Olof Elfwén, Rolf Hultcrantz, Per Stål

“…There was a trend for an association between fibrosis progression per se and increased mortality (hazard ratio 2.83, 95% CI 1.0–8.1, p=0.05). …”
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A szakértői elfogultság a büntetőügyekben - I. rész by Márton Lontai, Horolma Pamzsav, Dávid Petrétei

“…A hírhedt Mayfield-ügyben a jogtalanul őrizetbe vett jogász által indított per kevésbé közismert iratait egybevetve a többször feldolgozott kormányzati jelentésekkel, gyanú merült fel a szerzőkben arra vonatkozóan, hogy az ügy nem a szakértők kognitív elfogultságáról szólt, hanem klasszikus koncepciós per volt. …”
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Responsiveness of services rendered at primary healthcare facilities of Bharatpur, Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Anup Adhikari, Damaru Prasad Paneru, Amshu Pokhrel

“…A pretested structured interview schedule was used to conduct a face-to-face interview to obtain the information per the study’s objective. Univariate as well as bivariable and multivariable logistic regressions were carried out to obtain the result per our objectives.Results The overall performance of the responsiveness of services was 74.6% (95% CI 70.1 to 78.8), dignity being the highest performing domain (97.2%) and choice being the lowest (22.6%). …”
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Characteristics and association mechanisms of the transition between dominant morphology and recessive morphology of rural settlements by ZHANG Bailin, ZHANG Xinyu, ZHAO Yining, LIU Hongwu

“…The mutation point of recessive morphology appeared in Dongli District, Jinnan District and Beichen District around 2005, while it in Xiqing District appeared between 2000 and 2005. (2) The coupling coordination between dominant and recessive morphologies of rural settlements in Tianjin has gone through three stages: low coupling coordination, medium coupling coordination and basic coupling coordination, and the coupling coordination degree showed a decreasing trend from the four urban districts to five suburban districts and the Binhai New District. (3) From 1980 to 2000, the area, patch number and patch density of dominant morphology of rural settlements significantly affected the recessive morphology, while the patch number, per capita area and cohesion index from 2000 to 2010, and the index of cohesion index, per capita area and landscape shape index from 2010 to 2020 were also impactful. …”
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Municipal solid wastes quantification and model forecasting by Y. Teshome, N. Habtu, M. Molla, M. Ulsido

“…Interviews and field measurements were used to obtain socioeconomic and solid waste data from 90 households and 69 samples from non-residential areas.FINDINGS: The research area's mean household solid waste generation rate is 0.39kilograms per capita per day. Organic waste accounted for the majority of the waste generated in the study area (71.28 percent), followed by other waste (9.77 percent), paper (6.71 percent), and plastic waste (6.41 percent). …”
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Supplementing volatile-flavour herbal-extract mixture to the diet of sows and their weaned offspring improves the growth performance of weaned piglets by D.X. Dang, K.D. Han, I.H. Kim

“…A total of 18 sows (Landrace × Yorkshire) were randomly assigned to dietary treatments based on average parity (1.78) with nine replicates per treatment. The feeding period was 35 days, from d 7 before farrowing to d 7 after weaning. …”
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High mortality rates and long-term complications in children with infectious brainstem encephalitis: A study of sixteen cases. by Yuanyuan Zhou, Yi Zhu, Lingfeng Cao, Yingyan Shi, Jun Shen

“…The incidence of infectious BE was estimated to be 16 cases per 30 million outpatient visits and 13 cases per 500,000 hospitalized patients. …”
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Physical activity and mental well-being of adolescents: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 lockdown in Serbia by Višnja Đorđić, Miroslav Marković, Svetlana Mirčić Vukobrat, Anita Čikić

“…According to the self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), participants were divided into three groups: 1) engaged in MVPA for at least 60 minutes every day; 2) engaged in MVPA for at least 60 minutes on 4-6 days per week; and 3) engaged in the same amount of MVPA on 0-3 days per week. …”
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Doctoral education for physician assistants/associates: trends and characteristics in the U.S. by Aurielle Eileen Rowe Martin, Gerald Kayingo

“…Total credit hours ranged from 12 to 60 credits. The cost per credit ranged from $480–1200 per credit hour. …”
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Physical Activity Surveillance in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Mixed-Methods Investigation by Susan Giblin, Paul Scully, Julie Evers, Niall Dalton, Grainne Hayes, Alan Donnelly, O. Orla Neylon, Clodagh O’Gorman

“…Females (mean=7,306 steps±5,468) achieved significantly less (p=0.001) steps per day compared to males (10,806 steps±5,904). …”
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