Unvaccinated COVID-19 Pneumonia- a family affair by Trilok Stead, Michael Hughes, Frank Fraunfelter, Vashun Rodriguez, Latha Ganti

“…The authors present the case of a 15-year-old boy who was infected with COVID-19 by his family and developed pneumonia severe enough to require hospitalization. …”
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Looking for fun in Cultural Science by McKee Alan

“…There has been a tension in Cultural Studies between those authors who see fun as important; and those who see it as a distraction. …”
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Getting Started in Butterfly Gardening by Richard K. Sprenkel

“… This publication was developed for individuals who are just getting started in butterfly gardening or who want to pursue the hobby with a good chance of success. …”
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Development of indicators to measure health system capacity for quality abortion care in 10 countries: a rapid assessment of a measurement framework and indicators by Leopold Ouedraogo, Katy Footman, Fahdi Dkhimi, Bela Ganatra, Mohamed Ali, Antonella Lavelanet, Souleymane Zan, Shikha Bansal, Karima Gholbzouri, Eman Aly, Nilmini Hemachandra, Laurence Läser, Ulrika Rehnstrom Loi, Dina Gbenou, Yelmali Hien, Asmani Chilanga, Hayfa Elamin, Priya Karna, Laurence Codjia, Heidi Bart Johnston, Ghislaine Glitho Alinsato, Sithembile Dlamini-Nqeketo, Lisa Hedman, Md Khurshid Alam Hyder, Theopista John, Amrita Kansal, Belete Mihretu, Pamela Amaka Onyiah, Sikander Qais, Ellen Thom, Meera Upadhyay, Qudsia Uzma

“…After implementing the indicators for baseline and annual project monitoring, project staff from 10 teams assessed each indicator using 4 criteria: validity, feasibility, usefulness and importance.Results We identified 30 indicators aligning with 5 of the 6 WHO health system building blocks (excluding service delivery): 6 indicators in leadership and governance, 5 in health workforce, 6 in health information, 8 in access to medicines and health products and 5 in health financing. …”
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A cross-sectional study of opinion about mental illness among undergraduate medical students with and without exposure to the psychiatry clinical rotation/postings during their und... by B. Neeraj Raj, B. K. Shivakumar, H. R. Vinay

“…Result: Medical undergraduates from 1st and 2nd years who were unexposed to psychiatry and students from 3rd and 4th years who had exposure to psychiatry constituted about 52.17% (n = 252) and 47.83% (n = 231) of the overall sample size. …”
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Predictors of Delayed Entry into Medical Care of Children Diagnosed with HIV Infection: Data from an HIV Cohort Study in India by Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Praveen Kumar Naik, Manoranjan Midde, Raghavakalyan Pakam

“…The cumulative incidence of children who entered into care was 87.2% at one year, but most children who did not enter into care within one year were lost to followup. …”
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Evaluation of Real-Life Investigational Use of Enoximone in Asthma, the Third Step in Drug Repurposing: A Preliminary Report by Jan Beute, Pieter Boermans, Alex KleinJan

“…The second group consists of patients who use enoximone and were able to phase down their traditional medication without deterioration of their asthma symptoms (n = 11). …”
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Building a foundation to study distributed information behaviour by Terry L. von Thaden

“…</b> By analysing the information behaviour of crews who have accidents and those who do not, researchers may be able to ascertain how they (fail to) make use of essential, safety critical information in their information environment. …”
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Active surveillance for adult low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma—a review focused on the 30-year experience of Kuma Hospital— by Yasuhiro Ito, Akira Miyauchi, Makoto Fujishima, Masashi Yamamoto, Takahiro Sasaki

“…Some PTMCs enlarge or show newly appeared metastatic nodes requiring CS, and findings on the postoperative prognosis and incidence of significant surgical complications (e.g., permanent vocal cord paralysis, hypoparathyroidism) do not differ significantly between patients who underwent CS after AS and those who underwent immediate surgery (IS). …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding and Normative Belief among Rural Mothers in Ethiopia, 2019: A Cross-Sectional Survey Embedded with Qualitative Design by Wolde Melese Ayele

“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess exclusive breastfeeding practice and normative beliefs among mothers who have children less than two years of age in Ethiopia, 2019. …”
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Treating Penile Cancer in the Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy Era by Gavin Hui, Sanaz N. Ghafouri, John Shen, Sandy Liu, Alexandra Drakaki

“…We report a case series of two patients who improved on immunotherapy after progressing with standard chemotherapy regimens. …”
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Impact of Topical Nepafenac on Macular Thickness after Phacoemulsification with Intraocular Lens Implantation in Patients without Diabetic Retinopathy by Arooj Amjad, Muhammad Shaheer, Hassan Tariq, Ammarah Rasheed Arooj Amjad, Muhammad Shaheer, Hassan Tariq, Ammarah Rasheed

“…Group A included patients who received routine steroid+antibiotic post-operative drops while Group B comprised patients who received nepafenac (0.1%) eye drops eight hourly in addition to routine post-operative eye drops. …”
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Comparing Outcomes between Major Trauma Patients Transferred from a Different Hospital and Patients Transported Directly to Trauma Centers: A Retrospective Analysis with Propensity... by Cheng-Hsi Yeh, Sheng-En Chou, Wei-Ti Su, Ching-Hua Tsai, Chun-Ying Huang, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Ching-Hua Hsieh

“…This study aimed to explore differences in outcomes between these major trauma patients who were transferred and those directly transported to trauma centers. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Prompt Treatment on Malaria Prevalence in Children Aged below Five Years in Zambia: A Nested Case-Control Study in a Cross-Sectional Survey by Mukumbuta Nawa

“…Self-reported malaria cases (n = 209) who took treatment in the two weeks preceding the survey were matched with controls (n = 511) who did not report malaria and did not take treatment during the same period using nearest neighbour propensity score matching for age, sex, and district. …”
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Association between smoking status and death from COVID-19 in South Korea: A nationwide cohort study by Jae Woo Choi

“…This study investigated death from COVID-19 among those who tested positive from 1 January to 30 May 2020. …”
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Effects of Undernutrition and Predictors on the Survival Status of HIV-Positive Children after Started Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Northwest Ethiopia by Mulugeta Molla, Fassikaw Kebede, Tsehay Kebede, Assefa Haile

“…This study was aimed at assessing the effects of undernutrition on the survival status of HIV-positive children who received HIV/AIDS care in Northwest Ethiopia. …”
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Breast Cancer Profile among Patients with a History of Chemoprevention by Freya R. Schnabel, Sarah Pivo, Jennifer Chun, Shira Schwartz, Ana Paula Refinetti, Deborah Axelrod, Amber Guth

“…This study identifies women with breast cancer who utilized chemoprevention agents prior to diagnosis and describes their patterns of disease. …”
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Working Students: Educational Success and Subjective Well-being by N. A. Lyz’, O. N. Istratova, E. V. Golubeva

“…Recently, there has been an increase in the number of students who combine study with work. This requires special attention of universities to such students and updates the study of educational success factors. …”
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Bronchoalveolar Activation of Coagulation and Inhibition of Fibrinolysis during Ventilator-Associated Lung Injury by M. J. Schultz, R. M. Determann, A. A. N. M. Royakkers, E. K. Wolthuis, J. C. Korevaar, M. M. Levi

“…We compared bronchoalveolar and systemic levels of coagulation in patients who did and patients who did not develop ventilator-associated lung injury (VALI). …”
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Association of systemic vitamin D on the course of dengue virus infection in adults: a single-centre dengue cohort study at a large institution in Singapore by Sapna P Sadarangani, Htet Lin Htun, Weiping Ling, Robert Hawkins, Tsin Wen Yeo, Laura Rivino, Paul A MacAry, Yee-Sin Leo

“…Six participants had severe dengue based on the World Health Organization (WHO) 1997 criteria (i.e. dengue haemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome) and another six had severe dengue based on the WHO 2009 criteria. …”
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