Workplace violence and associated factors against nurses working in public hospitals in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yeshiwas Ayale Ferede, Agerie Mengistie Zeleke, Jember Ayelgne Beyene, Getanew Kegne Nigate, Worku Chekol Tassew

“…Female nurse (POR = 2.25; 95% CI: 1.29, 3.92), short work experience (POR = 3.25; 95% CI: 2.37, 4.45), and living without a spouse (POR = 2.03; 95% CI: 1.03, 3.99) were identified factors associated with workplace violence. …”
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Ranking food security indicators and metrics in Hawaiʻi: a Delphi approach by Jason Shon, Albie Miles

“…Results highlight the need to clarify terminology, address food (in)security misconceptions, develop new metrics for data gaps, and prioritize initiatives like the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that address Hawaiʻi’s high living costs and enhance food access. The participatory, multidimensional metrics model presented here is adaptable to other regions, extending its impact beyond Hawaiʻi.…”
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Barriers and facilitators to improved sedentary behaviour in coronary heart disease patients: a scoping review by Lili Yang, Chen Wu, Yuting Yang, Qiao Yuan

“…Facilitators included capability (eg, exercise session, improving understanding of SB), opportunity (eg, utilisation of support, tele-rehabilitation guidance, diversification of living environments) and motivation (perceived benefit).Conclusions Patients with CHD have unique barriers and facilitators to improving SB. …”
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Click beetle larvae from Cretaceous Burmese amber represent an ancient Gondwanan lineage by Robin Kundrata, Simone Policena Rosa, Katerina Triskova, Gabriela Packova, Johana Hoffmannova, Jan Brus

“…Although Elateridae spend most of their lives as larvae, our knowledge on immature stages of this family is limited, which is especially valid for the fossils. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain for adults aged 55 and older 1990–2021: an analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021 by Shangbo Xu, Jiaxin Chen, Chicheng Wang, Ye Lin, Weipeng Huang, Haoyue Zhou, Weibiao Ji, Yangbo Chen

“…Methods We analyzed the data from the Global Burden of Disease 2021, focusing on LBP prevalence, incidence, and years lived with disability (YLDs), along with associated risk factors. …”
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Bouvard et Pécuchet et le ruban de Möbius. Variation mathématique sur le désir by Florence Pellegrini

“…Complementary, antithetical but harmonic, the childless widower and the bachelor resolve the solitude of their lives in this providential encounter which mates them for good: a two-headed protagonist, Bouvard and Pécuchet form an inseparable entity that functions with cross-references, connections, inverted symmetry. …”
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Oral Health Status of the Elderly at Tonga, West Region, Cameroon by Yotat Michele Lolita, Agbor Ashu Michael, Ntumba Hubert, Djachechi Florence, Bolenge Jacques

“…This is a cross-sectional study of persons of at least 65 years, living in Tonga village, West Region of Cameroon. …”
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Longitudinal pathways from emotional abuse to problematic gaming in adolescents: The role of psychoticism by Valeria Verrastro, Valeria Saladino, Fiorenza Giordano, Danilo Calaresi

“…Background: Problematic gaming (PG) has emerged as a major concern due to its potential impact on adolescents' everyday lives. Emotional abuse (EA) and psychoticism are considered factors influencing PG, but their long-term interactions have not been extensively studied. …”
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A copula-based multivariate flood frequency analysis under climate change effects by Marzieh Khajehali, Hamid R. Safavi, Mohammad Reza Nikoo, Mohammad Reza Najafi, Reza Alizadeh-Sh

“…Abstract Floods are among the most severe natural hazards, causing substantial damage and affecting millions of lives. These events are inherently multi-dimensional, requiring analysis across multiple factors. …”
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Functional Autonomy Affects Elderly Spatial Perception in Body-Centered Coordinates by Giorgia Committeri, Valentina Sebastiani, Francesco de Pasquale, Massimiliano Stocchi, Chiara Fini

“…To this aim, a sample of elderly adults with preserved cognitive functions but different levels of FA, measured through the Instrumental Activity of Daily Living (IADL) scale, were enrolled and tested on the extrapersonal space categorization task. …”
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Flooding and child development: Evidence from Vietnam by My Tra Nguyen, Kien Le

“…To do so, we draw from a panel dataset of children (the Young Lives Project) from five provinces of Vietnam (Phu Yen, Ben Tre, Lao Cai, Hung Yen, and Da Nang) where children were followed over 15 years. …”
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Customers’ Preferences for Crape Myrtle (<i>Lagerstroemia</i> L.) Across Geographical Regions: Evidence from China by Siwen Hao, Donglin Zhang, Yafeng Wen

“….), as a popular ornamental plant, holds significant importance in residents’ daily lives by supporting ecosystem services, enhancing urban aesthetics, and even impacting biological health. …”
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BOKO HARAM OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA:THE NEXUS BETWEEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND TERRORISTS by Musa Abdulkarim Itodo, BINTA YAKUBU SULE

“…There are spate of armed militia engagements against the federal republic of Nigeria and security agencies in the North-East Boko Haram terrorist) and armed militia and acclaimed (freedom fighters) in the South-West, South- East and South-South regions with terrible fatalities in human lives and properties. There emerged several non-state armed groups in Nigeria which began to engage in resources and identity based struggles against presumed injustice and marginality. …”
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A mixed-methods investigation of an ecological momentary assessment protocol for cigarette-smoking youth: Psychometric properties and participant experiences by Suhaavi Kochhar, Hanneke Scholten, Dominique F Maciejewski, Michelle A Pingel, Maartje Luijten

“…Further, participants answered qualitative questions about their experiences with the EMA including the timing and frequency of assessments, clarity of individual items, and how it impacted their daily lives. Results: The EMA questionnaires showed good convergent validity and reliability. …”
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Joint Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Mobile Edge Computing-Enabled Medical Vehicular Networks by Chuangchuang Zhang, Siquan Liu, Hongyong Yang, Guanghai Cui, Fuliang Li, Xingwei Wang

“…The delay requirement is very vital for medical services to guarantee service quality and save the lives of patients. Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), as an emerging network paradigm, enables the computation extensive tasks to be offloaded to edge servers, efficiently reducing the delay and bandwidth demands. …”
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Mothering Here and Mothering There: International Migration and Postbirth Mental Health by Stephanie S. Bouris, Lisa A. Merry, Amy Kebe, Anita J. Gagnon

“…Over one-third of DC mothers were living in poverty (36.0% versus 18.6%, P=0.001), and one in seven was experiencing household food insecurity (16.3% versus 7.6%, P=0.01). …”
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'Sanctifying Sex': Exploring 'Indecent' Sexual Imagery in Pentecostal Liturgical Practices by Sarojini Nadar, Johnathan Jodamus

“…Some of the consequences of this repression of sexuality are young people being forced into early marriages to avoid 'living in sin', teenage pregnancies as a consequence of not wanting to disobey the church's teaching on sex and contraceptives, as well as more serious consequences of unbridled sexual expressions resulting in sexually transmitted viruses. …”
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Polygyny and intimate partner violence among married women: Sub-national estimates from a cross-sectional study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. by Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Dickson Abanimi Amugsi

“…Net of controls, women in polygynous unions living Bandundu [AOR = 2.16, 95%CI = 1.38-3.38], Katanga [AOR = 1.78, 95%CI = 1.09-2.89], North Kivu [AOR = 6.22, 95%CI = 1.67-23.22], and South Kivu [AOR = 2.79, 95%CI = 1.03-7.54] had higher rates of IPV than their counterparts in monogamous unions. …”
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Determining the status of small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level in women undergoing menopausal transition by Qingfang He, Yujia Fang, Lixin Wang, Mingbin Liang, Xiangyu Chen, Ruying Hu, Jieming Zhong

“…Permanent resident adults aged 30–69 years who lived in two communities in Zhejiang Province and participated in a community health examination from May 26 to September 17 were recruited. …”
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Effectiveness of Systematic Health Education Model for Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Yongwen Zhang, Lanfang Chu

“…To test effectiveness of the systematic health education model for T2DM, we conducted a randomized study with a control group among patients with T2DM living in Nanjing, China. Methods. 998 eligible patients completed the enrollment and were randomized to systematic health education model and conventional model groups (498 and 500 patients, resp.). …”
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