Access to support services for individuals who experience intimate partner violence during stressful life events (SLEs) in high-income countries: Protocol for a scoping review. by Dina Idriss-Wheeler, Ziad El-Khatib, Sanni Yaya

“…Accessibility to programs is an issue in normal times because of stigma, social norms, and lack of knowledge; this has been further amplified by situations where individuals who experience violence are isolated physically and emotionally, as well as face controlling behaviours by their perpetrators of violence. …”
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Prevalence of nasopharyngeal bacteria during naturally occurring bovine respiratory disease in commercial stocker cattle by Afroza Akter, Hannah Teddleton, Marc Caldwell, Gina Pighetti, Phillip R. Myer, Madison T. Henniger, Liesel Schneider, Elizabeth Shepherd

“…In healthy calves, the relative abundance of Mycoplasma differed by day (P = 0.01), whereas on day 7, calves had five times greater abundance compared to day 0 (d 0: 0.06 ± 0.05; d 7: 0.30 ± 0.05). …”
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Impaired arbitration between reward-related decision-making strategies in Alcohol Users compared to Alcohol Non-Users: a computational modeling study by Srinivasan A. Ramakrishnan, Riaz B. Shaik, Tamizharasan Kanagamani, Gopi Neppala, Jeffrey Chen, Vincenzo G. Fiore, Christopher J. Hammond, Shankar Srinivasan, Iliyan Ivanov, V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Wouter Kool, Muhammad A. Parvaz

“…In this study, 81 individuals (47 frequent Alcohol Users and 34 Alcohol Non-Users) performed a modified 2-step learning task where stakes were sometimes high, and other times they were low. Maximum a posteriori fitting of a dual-system reinforcement-learning model was used to assess the degree of model-based control, and a utility model was used to assess risk sensitivity for the low- and high-stakes trials separately. …”
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Comparison of Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging Patterns and Severity among COVID-19 Patients during the First and Fourth Waves in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Lensa Million Baharu, Amir Alwan, Seife Teferi Dellie, Tesfaye Kebede Legesse, Kibruyisfaw Weldeab Abore

“…Duration of symptoms was a statistically significant predictor of CT severity during the first wave of COVID-19, and patients that presented later than 14 days had 4.12 times higher odds of being in the severe CT score category than those that presented less than 7 days (AOR = 4.12, p = 0.011). …”
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A randomised trial comparing preoperative administration of single-dose kefazolin to kefazolin plus metronidazole as prophylactic antibiotics at caesarean section by R Lamfel, L Snyman, L Seopela, G Jahn, P Becker

“…The risk of postpartum infection is estimated to be five to ten times higher compared with normal vaginal delivery. …”
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Examining the intersection of child protection and public housing: development, health and justice outcomes using linked administrative data by John W Lynch, Emma Baker, Alicia Montgomerie, Catia Malvaso, Rhiannon Megan Pilkington

“…Children known to both systems experienced more emergency department and hospitalisation contacts, greater developmental vulnerability and were about six times more likely to have youth justice system contact.Conclusions There is substantial overlap between involvement with child protection and public housing in SA. …”
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Intention to use mobile phone-based TB screening among HIV patients in Debre Tabor Town public health facilities, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Teshager Workneh Ayalew, Kassahun Dessie Gashu, Adamu Takele Jemere, Nebebe Demis Baykemagn

“…Abstract Background To ensure fair access to TB screening, early diagnosis of TB infections, and timely starting of appropriate treatment, mobile technology tools provide convenience and feasibility for communities with limited infrastructure. …”
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A Comparison of Urine Dilution Ability between Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Other Chronic Kidney Diseases, and Healthy Control Subjects: A Case-Control Study by M. H. Malmberg, F. H. Mose, E. B. Pedersen, J. N. Bech

“…Blood samples were drawn four times (at baseline, 2 h, 4 h, and 6 hours after the water load) for analyses of plasma osmolality, vasopressin, renin, angiotensin II, and aldosterone. …”
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Historical origin and development of politically motivated criminal offences: Political delicts by Matić Goran D.

“…One of the most important achievements of the European legal culture and thought from humanism and the Renaissance to the most recent times is the establishment of the concept and legal institute of political delict, as a privileged delict - criminal offence regulated by law, in terms of general and legal culture, despite the fact that it has been limited mainly to verbal political actions in democratic states. …”
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Impact of lay health worker programmes on the health outcomes of mother-child pairs of HIV exposed children in Africa: A scoping review. by Kathrin Schmitz, Tariro Jayson Basera, Bonaventure Egbujie, Preethi Mistri, Nireshni Naidoo, Witness Mapanga, Jane Goudge, Majorie Mbule, Fiona Burtt, Esca Scheepers, Jude Igumbor

“…Community awareness on Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (MTCT), proper and consistent use of condoms, clinic attendance and timely HIV testing of HEIs, as well as retention in care for infected persons, have all improved because of LHW programmes.…”
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Weekend effect on in-hospital outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: insights from a propensity-matched national analysis by Guangzhi Cong, Bo Shi, Xueping Ma, Congyan Ye, Rui Yan, Shizhe Fu, Kairu Wang, Haowei Li, Ru Yan, Shaobin Jia, Israel Gitangaza, Abdul Rehman

“…Significant heterogeneity in mortality was observed based on admission urgency, with a 3.27 times higher increased risk of death observed for elective admissions on weekends than on weekdays (P for interaction = 0.001). …”
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Association between inflammatory indices and preoperative deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty: a retrospective study by Xiaojuan Xiong, Peng Hu, Ting Li, Shuang Yu, Qingxiang Mao

“…Multivariate binary regression analysis revealed that the risk of preoperative DVT in TJA patients with SII ≥ 470*109/L, MLR ≥ 0.306, PLR ≥ 127, and NLR ≥ 2.08 increased by 2.26 (P < 0.001, 95% confidence interval (CI) [1.52–3.37]), 1.92 (P = 0.002, 95% CI [1.28–2.9]), 2.1 (P < 0.001, 95% CI [1.4–3.16]), and 1.94 (P = 0.002, 95% CI [1.29–2.92]) times, respectively. Age, P < 0.001, odds ratio (OR) = 1.08, 95%CI [1.05–1.10]; corticosteroid use, P = 0.002, OR 3.8, 95% CI [1.94–9.22]). …”
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Evaluation of selected agricultural by-products as potential feeds for rearing edible grasshopper, Ruspolia differens (Serville) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) by Amos Acur, Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Philip Nyeko

“…Female individuals were ~ 1.3 times heavier than males 14 days post emergence, although both sexes had similar weights at adult emergence. …”
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"They are not HIV treatments drugs; they are preventive drugs (PrEP)". Experiences of PrEP uptake among vulnerable adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania. by Magreth Thadei Mwakilasa, Alexander Mwijage, Stella Mushy, Maryam Amour, Nathanael Sirili, Evaline Maziku, Samwel Likindikoki, Emmanuel Balandya, Gideon Kwesigabo, Benson Kidenya, Stephen E Mshana, Eligius Lyamuya, Blandina Mmbaga, Bruno Sunguya, John Bartlett

“…The institutional level barriers included inadequate privacy, PrEP drug stockout, being turned away by health care facilities (HCF), long waiting times, and distance to the HCF. Facilitators included factors at individual level (experienced benefit of PrEP, adequate PrEP knowledge, having multiple partners, perceived risk due to the nature of the work, PrEP ensuring privacy), interpersonal level (support from social networks), and institutional level (Free availability of PrEP, receiving refill reminders).…”
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Artificial neural networks analysis predicts long-term fistula function in hemodialysis patients following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty by Aichi Chien, Ayush Lall, Maitraya Patel, Lucas Cusumano, Justin McWilliams

“…PTA is also the first-line intervention to restore blood flow and prolong the use of an AVF, and many patients undergo the procedure multiple times. Although PTA is important for AVF maturation and maintenance, research into predictive models of AVF function following PTA has been limited. …”
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Clinical Observation on Lumbar Muscle Fasciitis Treated by Siling and Tuina Exercise Technique Combined with Kinesiology Tape by Yi DING, Chenchen GUO, Ning WANG, LI Li

“…The above two groups were treated once a day, five times for a course of treatment, two days rest between courses, and a total of four courses of treatment. …”
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The temporal variation of CH4 emissions embodied in Chinese supply chains, 2000–2020 by Jiaxi Wu, Mengxin Chen, Xialing Sun, Zheng Meng

“…By 2020, the CH4 emissions driven by urban consumption were 3.1 times that of rural consumption. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of China's supply chain over the past two decades. …”
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Guar gum-modified magnetic palladium nanocatalyst: C–N coupling reaction and STAT3-Mediated breast cancer therapy by Junrui Luan, Xin Dong, Shuwen Zhou

“…In addition, the new accelerator bears the ability to be recuperated and recycled 7 times. The MTT test was then used to investigate the extent to which Fe3O4@guar gum/Pd NP-treated cells suppressed human breast cancer. …”
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Amino acid profiles and growth performance of spiny lobster Panulirus ornatus fed on combination of three mollusk meals by Agus Kurnia, Wellem Henrik Muskita, Muhaimin Hamzah, Laode Baytul Abidin, Ruslaini Ruslaini, Suaida Suaida, Rahel Amanda

“…Feeding the lobster two times a day (08.00 a.m and 05.00 p.m) in dosage of 8% total biomass weight for 60 days of rearing period. …”
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Life-course socioeconomic status and breast and cervical cancer screening: analysis of the WHO's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) by Dejana Braithwaite, Tomi Akinyemiju, Kemi Ogunsina, Swati Sakhuja, Valentine Ogbhodo

“…Women with higher parental SES were almost 10 times more likely to receive breast cancer screening (OR 9.84; 95% CI 1.75 to 55.5) compared with women with low parental SES. …”
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