Impact of resin tapping on the radial growth and climate sensitivity of naturally- regenerated Pinus roxburghii (Chir pine) in Western Nepal by Bipin Bhattarai, Narayan Prasad Gaire, Tek Maraseni, Bishnu Prasad Devkota, Badri Bhattarai, Shankar Tripathi, Kamal Raj Aryal, Hari Adhikari

“…We collected core samples (dbh>30cm) from the community forest in the Salyan district: 26 from tapped and 33 from untapped trees situated in similar climatic, topographic, and ecological conditions. …”
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Chemical Profiling and Biological Activities on Nepalese Medicinal Plant Extracts and Isolation of Active Fraction of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis by Anita Khadka, Akash Budha Magar, Khaga Raj Sharma

“…The present study involves nine different medicinal plants, namely, Neolamarckia cadamba, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, Pogostemon benghalensis, Equisetum debile, Litsea monopetala, Spilanthes uliginosa, Desmostachya bipinnata, Mallotus philippensis, and Phoenix humilis, collected from Chitwan district of Nepal for biochemical analysis followed by the isolation of active plant fractions from the bioactive plant extract. …”
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Spatiotemporal models with confounding effects: application on under-five mortality across four sub-Saharan African countries by Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Ding-Geng Chen, Ding-Geng Chen, Temesgen T. Zewotir, Najmeh Nakhaei Rad

“…Districts in Nigeria and Ethiopia have the highest risk of U5M; hence, districts in these countries require special attention.…”
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Mechanisms and thresholds of land use affecting surface water quality in Hangzhou City’s residential areas by Qianhu Chen, Jinye Huang

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Acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness of intensified health education, SMS/phone tracing and transport reimbursement for uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in a... by Mitch M Matoga, Evaristar Kudowa, Mercy Tsidya, Jennifer Tseka, Beatrice Ndalama, Naomi Bonongwe, Esther Mathiya, Edward Jere, Dumbo Yatina, Blessings Kamtambe, Mina C Hosseinipour, Charles S Chasela, Sara Jewett

“…Using a concurrent exploratory mixed-method approach, we assessed the intervention's acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness among men with STIs and healthcare workers (HCWs) at Bwaila District Hospital. Participants completed Likert scale surveys and participated in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs). …”
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Challenges of healthcare financing in the world’s largest refugee camp: a mixed-method study among healthcare stakeholders for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh by Isabel Smith, Imdadul Haque Talukdar, Sayeeda Tarannum, M A Rifat, Priyanka Boga, Jubayer Mumin, Pablo André Veronés, Ziba Mahdi, Syeda Saima Alam, Arif Faysal Khan

“…Financial documents (available online) and reports from respective coordinating agencies were also reviewed.Setting Online key informant interviews (KIIs) were conducted from Stockholm with participants residing in Bangladesh between June 2022 and September 2022.Participants Eight KIIs were conducted with professional health programme managers, executives and personnel involved in policy coordination and implementation in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.Results We identified four themes and three subthemes outlining key challenges in healthcare funding, including decreasing funds (supported by a quantitative assessment) due to macroglobal issues, conflicting short-term and long-term priorities between implementing partners, insufficient efficacy due to challenges with collaborative priority-setting and implementing common processes, and a lack of consensus regarding equity between host and refugee communities.Conclusions The study identified unique challenges beyond the commonly discussed health financing issues in a resource-deficient setting: stakeholders’ conflicting priorities regarding funding and undecided equity issues among the host and refugee communities are worth scholarly and policy focus. …”
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Socio-economic determinants and spatial analysis of access to sanitation among older adults in Ghana by Ebenezer Nana Kwaku Boateng, Yvonne Ami Adjakloe, Addae Boateng Adu-Gyamfi, Amos Apraku, Simon Mariwah, Razak M. Gyasi

“…Findings indicated regional and district-level disparities in sanitation access among older adults in Ghana. …”
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Epidemiology of clinically significant migraine in Israel: a retrospective database study by A. Shifrin, E. Domany, M. Tirosh, D. Davidovici, S. Vinker, I. Forschner, A. Israel

“…This study assessed the prevalence and annual incidence of clinically significant migraine in Israel from 2017 to 2022, with analyses stratified by age, sex, socioeconomic status, and district. Additionally, we compared relevant characteristics between adult migraine and non-migraine members of Leumit Healthcare Services (LHS), a national health provider in Israel. …”
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Predicting plaque regression based on plaque characteristics identified by optical coherence tomography: A retrospective study by Cheng-Hui Fan, Lyu-fan Chen, Jing Cheng, Yi-Qiong Wang, Ling-Hao Xu, Ji-Ming Li

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Capsular polysaccarides of probiotics and their immunomodulatory roles by Jing Li, Saisai Feng, Leilei Yu, Jianxin Zhao, Fengwei Tian, Wei Chen, Qixiao Zhai

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Preliminary Experiment on the Effect of 18% Substitute Salt on Home Blood Pressure Variability in Hypertensives by Jing Li, Lisha Mu, Huakun Rao, Yangfeng Wu, Hao Wang, Hongbing Tao, Lihong Mu

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Implementing Cancer Pain Management Training for Pharmacists Using the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model by Liu Y, Peng Y, Zhu B, Xia Z, Yuan Y, Zhang F

“…Yu Liu,1 Yang Peng,2 Bimin Zhu,2 Zhihua Xia,1 Yonghua Yuan,3 Fujun Zhang4 1Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pharmacy, Dianjiang County People’s Hospital, Chongqing, 408300, People’s Republic of China; 3College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Fujun Zhang, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, People’s Republic of China, Email cnzfj@cqmu.edu.cnPurpose: To develop a training program on cancer pain management for pharmacists and to evaluate the effectiveness of the training.Methods: The program developed a well-structured curriculum and subsequent evaluation of training effectiveness, guided by the Kirkpatrick four-tier evaluation model, including reaction, learning, behavior, and results. …”
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Interfacial cfDNA Enrichment and Amplification with On‐Chip Thermoplasmonics for Highly Sensitive Cancerous Liquid Biopsy by Danhua Wang, Linlin Liu, Wenjing Chi, Zhenping Liu, Jiayun Wu, Yirou Liang, Fei He, Ruixiang Zhang, Pengxin Huang, Yunbo Li, Guangyu Qiu

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Carvacrol acetate activated Nrf2 modulates mitophagy for the treatment of neurocyte oxidative stress induced by chlorpyrifos by Hong-Ling Zhou, Bei-Bei Wang, Xu-Li Fan, Xiao-Min Zhang, Ying Song

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Nutrition and Physical Therapy in the Prevention and Treatment of Endometriosis by Paulina Krzemińska, Maciej Gołębski, Wojciech Nowak, Jagoda Mikołajczyk, Zuzanna Kukla, Stella Mieruszyńska, Izabela Sadowska, Joanna Kołodziej, Mirosław Sawicki, Jakub Włosiański, Sebastian Musialik

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Influence of High School Socioeconomic Status on Athlete Injuries during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ecological Study by Garrett Bullock, Albert Prats-Uribe, Charles Thigpen, Heather Martin, Beverly Loper, Ellen Shanley

“…High school socioeconomic status was determined by the school district median household income. Socioeconomic strata were defined as <$30,000, $30,000-50,000, $50,001-100,000, and >$100,000. …”
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The impact of delay in HIV diagnosis on patient survival: analysis of HIV infection trends from 2007 to 2023 by Riyaz A. Shaik, Sharan K. Holyachi, Mohammad S. Ahmad, Mohammed Miraj, Syed Yousaf Kazmi, Mohammad Rehan Asad, Ali Faraz, Mirwais Ramozi, Ritu Kumar Ahmad

“…Methods In this retrospective cohort study, data from the ART Center of Koppal District Hospital, India, from April 2007 to August 2023 were used. …”
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Solid waste management system for small island developing states by J. Weekes, J. Musa Wasil, K. Malave Llamas, C. Morales Agrinzoni

“…The study area comprised 3 communities which were representative of the waste management district, and were selected using the purposive sampling method, while the sample size of 0.3% of the households in the study area was selected randomly by administering questionnaires to anonymous respondents in arbitrary households in the communities. …”
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Making the most of existing research: an evidence gap map of the effects of food systems interventions in low-income and middle-income countries by Birte Snilstveit, Ingunn Gilje Storhaug, Charlotte Lane, Nick Moore, Mark Engelbert, Thalia Morrow Sparling, Amber Franich, Heike Rolker

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Effects of Simvastatin on Glucose Metabolism in Mouse MIN6 Cells by Jieqiong Zhou, Weihua Li, Qiang Xie, Yuxi Hou, Shaopeng Zhan, Xi Yang, Xiaofeng Xu, Jun Cai, Zhengrong Huang

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