The Hobby–Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment Survey (HETDEX) Active Galactic Nuclei Catalog: The Fourth Data Release by Chenxu Liu, Karl Gebhardt, Erin Mentuch Cooper, Dustin Davis, Donald P. Schneider, Matt J. Jarvis, Daniel J. Farrow, Steven L. Finkelstein, Óscar A. Chávez Ortiz, The HETDEX Collaboration

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Prevalence and determinants of HIV among reproductive-age women (15–49 years) in Africa from 2010 to 2019: a multilevel analysis of demographic and health survey data by Alemu Gedefie, Amare Muche, Anissa Mohammed, Aznamariam Ayres, Dagnachew Melak, Eyob Tilahun Abeje, Fekade Demeke Bayou, Fekadeselassie Belege Getaneh, Lakew Asmare, Abel Endawkie

“…The highest percentage of HIV was found in Lesotho (23.98%), followed by South Africa (19.12%), and Mozambique (14.67%). However, the lowest HIV prevalence was found in Niger (0.54%), Senegal (0.59%), and Burundi (0.79%). …”
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Challenges faced by women oncologists in Africa: a mixed methods study by Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Reshma Jagsi, Matthew Jalink, Verna Vanderpuye, Nwamaka Lasebikan, Miriam Mutebi, Nazik Hammad, Susan Msadabwe, Laura Carson, Dorothy Chilambe Lombe, Zainab Doleeb, Haimanot Kasahun Alemu, Nesrine Chraiet, Naa Adorkor Aryeetey, Zainab Mohamed, Nazima Jaffer Dharsee, Sitna Mwanzi, Khadija Warfa, Emmanuella Nwachukwu, Edom Seife Woldetsadik, Hirondina Vaz Borges Spencer

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Care coordination across healthcare systems: development of a research agenda, implications for practice, and recommendations for policy based on a modified Delphi panel by Aneesa Motala, Susanne Hempel, Michelle Wong, Maria Bolshakova, Ning Fu, David Ganz, Sonali Saluja, Timothy Kim, Carolyn Turvey, Kristina Cordasco, Aashna Basu, Tonya Page, Reshma Mahmood, Jenny Barnard, Isomi M Miake-Lye

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Patterns and factors associated with healthcare utilisation in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study based on the World Health Survey Plus 2023 by Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Por Ir, Paul Kowal, Nawi Ng, Srean Chhim, Chhorvann Chhea, Chamnab Ngor, Sereyraksmey Long, Poppy Walton, Khin Thiri Maung, Grace Marie Ku, Heng Sopheab

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Early onset neonatal bloodstream infections in South African hospitals by Genevieve Theron, Adrie Bekker, Larisse Bolton, Andrew Whitelaw, Arnoldus Engelbrecht, Louisa Erasmus, Aaqilah Fataar, Chandre Geldenhuys, Marlize Kunneke, Dave Le Roux, Natasha O’Connell, Kessendri Reddy, Natasha Rhoda, Lloyd Tooke, Mark Wates, Thandi Wessels, Angela Dramowski

“…Methods We retrospectively analysed blood culture-confirmed EO-BSI episodes at nine neonatal units from three central and six peripheral hospitals in the Western Cape Province, South Africa between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2018. …”
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Intersectional discrimination, exclusion and the socio-political economy of global mental health: A systematic scoping review of the literature by Rochelle A. Burgess, Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh, Bijayalaxmi Biswal, Diana Ceccolini, Babatunde Fadipe, Denaneer Khan, Neena Aggarwal, Ishrat Pabla, Camila Solis, Ramya Pillutla, Piyali Sarkar, Eric Frasco, Valentina lemmi, Soumitra Pathare, Crick Lund

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A randomized controlled, trial on effects of mobile phone text messaging in combination with motivational interviewing versus standard infant feeding counselling on breastfeeding a... by Moleen Zunza, Lehana Thabane, Louise Kuhn, Christine Els, Carl Lombard, Mark F. Cotton, Taryn Young

“…Abstract Background Despite efforts to promote optimal breastfeeding practices, the practice of exclusive breastfeeding is low in South Africa. We conducted a trial to determine whether text messaging plus motivational interviewing prolonged exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life and improved child health outcomes. …”
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CompSafeNano project: NanoInformatics approaches for safe-by-design nanomaterials by Dimitrios Zouraris, Angelos Mavrogiorgis, Andreas Tsoumanis, Laura Aliisa Saarimäki, Giusy del Giudice, Antonio Federico, Angela Serra, Dario Greco, Ian Rouse, Julia Subbotina, Vladimir Lobaskin, Karolina Jagiello, Krzesimir Ciura, Beata Judzinska, Alicja Mikolajczyk, Anita Sosnowska, Tomasz Puzyn, Mary Gulumian, Victor Wepener, Diego S.T. Martinez, Romana Petry, Naouale El Yamani, Elise Rundén-Pran, Sivakumar Murugadoss, Sergey Shaposhnikov, Vasileios Minadakis, Periklis Tsiros, Harry Sarimveis, Eleonora Marta Longhin, Tanima SenGupta, Ann-Karin Hardie Olsen, Viera Skakalova, Peter Hutar, Maria Dusinska, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, L. Cristiana Gheorghe, Katie Reilly, Emilie Brun, Sami Ullah, Sebastien Cambier, Tommaso Serchi, Kaido Tämm, Candida Lorusso, Francesco Dondero, Evangelos Melagrakis, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Georgia Melagraki, Iseult Lynch, Antreas Afantitis

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IMA Genome – F19 by Janneke Aylward, Andi M. Wilson, Cobus M. Visagie, Joseph Spraker, Irene Barnes, Carla Buitendag, Callin Ceriani, Lina Del Mar Angel, Deanné du Plessis, Taygen Fuchs, Katharina Gasser, Daniella Krämer, WenWen Li, Kiara Munsamy, Anja Piso, Jenna-Lee Price, Byron Sonnekus, Chanel Thomas, Ariska van der Nest, Alida van Dijk, Alishia van Heerden, Nicole van Vuuren, Neriman Yilmaz, Tuan A. Duong, Nicolaas A. van der Merwe, Michael J. Wingfield, Brenda D. Wingfield

“…In this issue, we report on a Genome Assembly Workshop for Mycologists that was held at the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and make available the 12 draft genome sequences emanating from the event. …”
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Vertical distribution of ice nucleating particles over the boreal forest of Hyytiälä, Finland by Z. Brasseur, J. Schneider, J. Lampilahti, V. Vakkari, V. Vakkari, V. A. Sinclair, C. J. Williamson, C. J. Williamson, C. Xavier, C. Xavier, D. Moisseev, D. Moisseev, M. Hartmann, P. Poutanen, M. Lampimäki, M. Kulmala, T. Petäjä, K. Lehtipalo, K. Lehtipalo, E. S. Thomson, K. Höhler, O. Möhler, J. Duplissy

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Characterizing populations prioritized for PrEP in 19 African countries: a review of national guidance by Lauren A. Graybill, Caroline N. McKay, Jiayu Wang, Nadia A. Sam‐Agudu, Marcel Yotebieng, Friday Saidi, Linda‐Gail Bekker, Bonnie E. Shook‐Sa, Benjamin H. Chi, Nora E. Rosenberg

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Spatiotemporal analysis of surface Urban Heat Island intensity and the role of vegetation in six major Pakistani cities by Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Kaleem Mehmood, Syed Imran Haider Raza, Sebastian Pfautsch, Munawar Shah, Punyawi Jamjareegulgarn, Fahad Shahzad, Abdullah A. Alarfaj, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Waseem Razzaq Khan, Timothy Dube

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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in a rural population, Sierra Leone by Lisa Maria Kleine, Emmanuel Marx Kanu, Tobias Grebe, Desmond Mohamed Sesay, Henning Loismann, Maxwell Sesay, Tom Theiler, Viktoria Rudolf, Alexander Mellmann, Laura C. Kalkman, Martin P. Grobusch, Frieder Schaumburg

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Flexible reproductive seasonality in Africa-dwelling papionins is associated with low environmental productivity and high climatic unpredictability by Dezeure, Jules, Dagorrette, Julie, Burtschell, Lugdiwine, Chowdhury, Shahrina, Lukas, Dieter, Swedell, Larissa, Huchard, Elise

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Digital technologies for water use and management in agriculture: Recent applications and future outlook by Carlos Parra-López, Saker Ben Abdallah, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Abdo Hassoun, Hana Trollman, Sandeep Jagtap, Sumit Gupta, Abderrahmane Aït-Kaddour, Sureerat Makmuang, Carmen Carmona-Torres

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Factors associated with mortality in thoracic trauma patients in Cameroon by Odette Dzemo Kibu, Georges Nguefack-Tsague, Sithombo Maqungo, Serge Ngekeng, Fanny Nadia Dissak Delon, Darwin Touko, Rasheedat Oke, Cindy Umoh, Roland Mfondoum, Sabrinah Ariane Christie, Catherine Juillard, Alain Chichom-Mefire

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K-nearest neighbor algorithm for imputing missing longitudinal prenatal alcohol data by Ayesha Sania, Ayesha Sania, Nicolò Pini, Nicolò Pini, Morgan E. Nelson, Michael M. Myers, Michael M. Myers, Lauren C. Shuffrey, Maristella Lucchini, Maristella Lucchini, Amy J. Elliott, Amy J. Elliott, Hein J. Odendaal, William P. Fifer, William P. Fifer

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Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems by Pieter De Frenne, Rémy Beugnon, David Klinges, Jonathan Lenoir, Pekka Niittynen, Sylvain Pincebourde, Rebecca A. Senior, Juha Aalto, Kryštof Chytrý, Phillipa K. Gillingham, Caroline Greiser, Eva Gril, Stef Haesen, Michael Kearney, Martin Kopecký, Peter C. le Roux, Miska Luoto, Ilya Maclean, Matěj Man, Rachel Penczykowski, Liesbeth van denBrink, Stijn Van de Vondel, Karen De Pauw, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Julia Kemppinen, Koenraad Van Meerbeek

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Tracking acute flaccid paralysis in Niger: a half-decade epidemiological portrait (2016–2021) by El Khalef Ishagh, Marc Talatou Ouédraogo, Batouré Oumarou, Mutenda Sheria Kaya, Gbaguidi Aichatou Diawara, Abdoulaye Macire Camara, Seyni Moussa, Kuyangisa Bienvenu, Joseph Toko, Hamidou Harouna, Haladou Moussa, N.’Zue Kofi, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Charles S. Wiysonge, Blanche-Philomene Melanga Anya, Manengu Casimir Tshikolasoni

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