Risk Perception and Risk Communication for Training Women Apprentice Welders: A Challenge for Public Health Nursing by Clarice Alves Bonow, Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz, Marlise Capa Verde de Almeida, Laurelize Pereira Rocha, Anelise Miritz Borges, Diéssica Roggia Piexak, Joana Cezar Vaz

“…A correlation of the women apprentices’ ages and the identification of health disorders were made. …”
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Rough Sets Data Analysis in Knowledge Discovery: A Case of Kuwaiti Diabetic Children Patients by Aboul ella Hassanien, Mohamed E. Abdelhafez, Hala S. Own

“…The rough set theory is used to identify the most important attributes and to induce decision rules from 302 samples of Kuwaiti diabetic children patients aged 7–13 years old. To increase the efficiency of the classification process, rough sets with Boolean reasoning discretization algorithm is introduced to discretize the data, then the rough set reduction technique is applied to find all reducts of the data which contains the minimal subset of attributes that are associated with a class label for classification. …”
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Dutch Translation and Validation of the Headache-Specific Locus of Control Scale (HSLC-DV) by Marceline C. Willekens, Don Postel, Martin D. M. Keesenberg, Robert Lindeboom

“…The response of 87 participants with migraine, tension-type headache, and cervicogenic headache, aged between 18 and 55 years (75% female), is used. …”
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Social support, parenting style and mental health of children and adolescents by Sandra Midori Sakuramoto, Carolina Elisabeth Squassoni, Thelma Simões Matsukura

“…Fifty one pairs took part in the present study, composed by father or mother and their children with ages ranging from 11 and 13 years old. The instruments used to collect data were: Social Support Questionnaire, Parental Style Inventory, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and an identification questionnaire. …”
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Local versus Regional Contributions to PM10 Levels in the Western Mediterranean by Álvaro Clemente, Nuria Galindo, Jose F. Nicolás, Javier Crespo, Carlos Pastor, Eduardo Yubero

“…Seven factors were obtained at both sites using Positive Matrix Factorisation (PMF): Saharan dust, Aged sea salt, Ammonium sulfate, Nitrate, Road traffic, Local dust and Fresh sea salt. …”
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Myristoylated Eepd1 Enhances Lipolysis and Thermogenesis through PKA Activation to Combat Obesity by Suzhen Chen, Yanping Wang, Qian Zhou, Qiqi Qian, Quanxin Jiang, Chuchu Liu, Yan Liu, Peihui Zhou, Jie Xiong, Yao Zhang, Ning Wang, Yang Emma Li, Limin Yin, Hongyuan Yang, Junli Liu

“…Abstract Middle-aged obesity, characterized by excessive fat accumulation and systemic energy imbalance, often precedes various health complications. …”
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Prevalence of Tinea Versicolor among Dormitory Students by Soheil Taherpouran, Ali Asadi Zeidabadi Asadi Zeidabadi, Arian Alhani, Ensieh Lotfali

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 350 students between the ages of 18-25 years who lived in a school dormitory and were suspected of clinical diagnosis of Tinea versicolor. …”
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Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model Groups by Katarzyna Domosławska-Żylińska, Dorota Włodarczyk

“…ObjectivesAn analysis of men’s perceptions of the role of three health behaviours (smoking avoidance, physical activity, and diet) in relation to the subjective threat of lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers, with adoption of the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM).MethodsThe study was conducted using a survey questionnaire by Computer Assisted Web Interviewing on a representative sample of 1,000 male Polish citizens aged 18–65.ResultsProstate cancer was considered the most likely and most severe type of cancer. …”
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Divergent effects of entomopathogenic fungi and medicinal mushroom species on Drosophila melanogaster lifespan by Md M. H. Nafis, Amran A. Q. A. Al-Shaarani, Mohammed H. M. Muafa, Yiwen Wang, Chunying Deng, Yusufjon Gafforov, Lorenzo Pecoraro

“…The significant lifespan extending effect on Drosophila produced by the analyzed L. edodes strain could represent very important experimental evidence of the anti-aging and lifespan prolonging effects of this medicinal mushroom species.…”
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Motor coordination and weight status in children according to area of residence by Živan Milošević, Filip Sadri, Ivo Sadri, Marijana Sinđić, Maja Batez

“…This research study is focused on investigating differences in the total motor coordination score and weight status in 70 children aged (7 to 8) living in different residential areas within the territory of the city of Šabac, Republic of Serbia (35 urban and 35 rural areas). …”
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Methylphenidate Efficacy: Immediate versus Extended Release at Short Term in Mexican Children with ADHD Assessed by Conners Scale and EEG by Alfredo Durand-Rivera, Efren Alatorre-Miguel, Elizabeth Zambrano-Sánchez, Celia Reyes-Legorreta

“…Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 5-6% of school aged children worldwide. Pharmacological therapy is considered the first-line treatment and methylphenidate (MPH) is considered the first-choice medication. …”
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Characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at Puskesmas Sanden: A cross sectional study by Sari Dina Fitria, Sukirto Novi Wijayanti, Arifin Zainul, Devi Noor Rahmawati Evita, Irmawan Rano, Yuniasih Dewi, Masduki Imam

“…The majority of T2DM patients were female (56.3%) and aged 51-65 years (51.0%). Hypertension was the most common comorbidity (63.0%). …”
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A novel SEPT12 mutation, T96I, is associated with sperm head and annulus defects by Kuan-Ru Chen, Han-Yu Wang, Han-Yu Wang, Yung-Che Kuo, Yu-Chih Lo, Pao-Lin Kuo, Pao-Lin Kuo, Pao-Lin Kuo

“…Infertility affects around 8%–12% of reproductive-aged couples and is a major health concern. Both genetic and environmental factors influence male infertility. …”
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A Modified Method for Studying Behavioral Paradox of Antioxidants and Their Disproportionate Competitive Kinetic Effect to Scavenge the Peroxyl Radical Formation by Nusrat Masood, Kaneez Fatima, Suaib Luqman

“…We have described a modified method for evaluating inhibitor of peroxyl radicals, a well-recognized and -documented radical involved in cancer initiation and promotion as well as diseases related to oxidative stress and ageing. We are reporting hydrophilic and lipophilic as well as natural and synthetic forms of antioxidants revealing a diversified behaviour to peroxyl radical in a dose-dependent manner (1 nM–10 μM). …”
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Sex and outcomes of patients with microsatellite instability-high and BRAF V600E mutated metastatic colorectal cancer receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors by Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner, Chiara Cremolini, Sara Lonardi, Filippo Pietrantonio, Julien Taieb, David Tougeron, Robyn L Ward, Marco Vitellaro, Thierry André, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Jitendra Jonnagaddala, Francesca Bergamo, Raghav Sundar, Claire Gallois, Michael J Overman, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Lisa Salvatore, Romain Cohen, Rossana Intini, Priya Jayachandran, Miriam Koopman, Javier Ros, Marwan Fakih, Vincenzo Nasca, Giacomo Mazzoli, Jeanine M L Roodhart, Filippo Ghelardi, Elena Elez, Durgesh Wankhede, Marta Ligero, Joseph Zhao, Koen Zwart, Jeroen Derksen, Nicholas Hawkins, Javier Carmona

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Altered thermal preference by preoptic estrogen receptor alpha neurons in postpartum females by Nan Zhang, Meng Yu, Qianru Zhao, Bing Feng, Yue Deng, Jonathan C. Bean, Qingzhuo Liu, Benjamin P. Eappen, Yang He, Kristine M. Conde, Hailan Liu, Yongjie Yang, Longlong Tu, Mengjie Wang, Yongxiang Li, Na Yin, Hesong Liu, Junying Han, Darah Ave Threat, Nathan Xu, Taylor Smiley, Pingwen Xu, Lulu Chen, Tianshu Zeng, Yanlin He, Chunmei Wang

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CroALa by Neven Jovanović

“…Croatiae auctores Latini (CroALa), a text collection first published in 2009, makes freely accessible Latin texts written by or about people of Croatian origin from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The collection is intended primarily for scholars of Latin and neo-Latin literature and language and of Croatian history and culture. …”
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Profile of cognitive deficits among children residing in areas with high ambient air pollution in Odisha by Kulumina Dash, Pratap Kumar Jena, Jigyansa Ipsita Pattnaik, Sayali Mishra, Jayaprakash Russell Ravan

“…Material and Methods: A total of 30 children aged 6–8 years from Kalinga Nagar, Odisha were sampled, and their cognitive functions covering domains such as memory, attention, IQ, executive function, verbal skills, vocabulary, visuospatial ability, and processing speed and accuracy were assessed using the Malin’s Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC). …”
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Microneedling with platelet-rich plasma versus microneedling with vitamin C in treatment of acne scars: comparative study by Khaled M. Tawfik, Mahmoud A.E. Makki, Fatma E.-Z.M. Mahmoud

“…Patients and methods This is a comparative study that was carried out on 20 patients (their ages ranged from 22 to 37 years). They are four males and 16 females, they presented with postacne scars. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN NORTH CENTRAL by ALERO MARTHER RICHARDS, SIMON REAZANYI SHEYIGARI

“…A survey research using questionnaire as instrument was used to obtain data, with 1182 respondents aged between 18 and 25 were randomly sampled from the six States of the region. …”
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